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Rotary launches its annual Designated Driver program BY RON OSBURN Staff Writer rosburn@tdnpublishing.com

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Miami County has had just one holiday season, alcohol-related traffic death during the past 13 years. Local physician and Troy Rotary Club member Dr. Michael L. Pope likes to think the Rotary’s Designated Driver Program has had something to do with that. “I call them the badge of glory,” Pope said of the small, round, gold and blue metal Designated Driver buttons that are distributed free by the Troy, Tipp City and West Milton Rotary clubs to local bars, carry-

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outs, drive-throughs, state liquor stores and anywhere else in the county that sells alcohol. In turn, workers at those drivethroughs, liquor stores, bars and carry-outs hand out the buttons free to anyone who wants one. As many as 7,000 Designated Driver buttons are distributed each year by carryout workers, bartenders and waitresses, whom Pope calls, “the real heroes of the program.” STAFF PHOTO/RON OSBURN Pope said the idea of the buttons Troy physician and Rotary Club member Michael L. Pope and Miami County Sheriff Charles Cox discuss the Rotary’s • See BUTTONS on A2 Designated Driver Program Tuesday at Troy Country Club.

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Happy holidays? Do you have a happy Christmas story to tell? Are you a soldier home for the holidays? Did you or a family member survive a health scare that makes this season especially happy? Or, a variety of other reasons why you feel lucky to be here for yet another season? If so, we may want to tell your story. Please send a one to two paragraph explanation of why you should be featured this season in the Troy Daily News to vallieu@tdnpublishing.com.

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Four-year-old Marshall Lipscomb tries out a toy guitar while his Dad, Ralph Lipscomb, looks on during the COPS Christmas shopping program at Meijer Friday night.

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COPS Christmas shop for local kids in need BY RON OSBURN Staff Writer rosburn@tdnpublishing.com Miami County Sheriff’s Deputy Todd Tennant and Troy Police officer Jeff Waite were on patrol Friday night. But unlike most nights, neither were looking for bad guys. Both Waite and Tennant were patrolling the aisles of the Troy Meijer store, doing some Christmas shopping for a couple of local kids in need. Waite and Tennant were two of about 20 local law enforcement personnel and Victim Witness advocates who participated in a night of Christmas shopping for 51 local kids in need. The night is part of the Community Outreach Program Services by the Miami County Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 58, and staged in partnership with the Troy Meijer store, according to sheriff’s Deputy Billy Ray, who oversees the COPS program.

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Kids are paired up with a law enforcement officer or Victim Witness advocate and are able to shop and fill a cart full of toys or clothes of their choosing. Some of the younger children, like 4-yearold Marshall Lipscomb, came with their parents, while older kids sent in their Christmas wish list. Waite and Tennant spent about 45 minutes Friday night working off one of those lists, picking out a coat, sweatshirts and jeans, among other items, for a pair of brothers in need, ages 14 and 17. Marshall Lipscomb’s Dad, Ralph, and mother, Lisa Anterola, meanwhile, helped Marshall fill four carts with toys — one cart for Marshall and one for Ralph and Lisa’s three other children, ages 12, 10 and 8.

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COPS • Continued from A1 “We just kind of let him pick as he goes,” Ralph Lipscomb said of Marshall as they picked out a pair of Nintendo games. This is the fourth year the COPS program has been at the Troy Meijer, and about the 30th year for the program, said Ray. The Elliott Morris FOP Lodge 154 organized the shopping program for decades at another Troy big box store until the lodge merged with Lodge 58 and moved the shopping to the Meijer store. “We’ve been super excited. The Christmas music, the officers, the shopping, it all gets me in the Christmas spirit,” said a grinning Dessie Szklany, Troy Meijer store manager. Meijer dubs the program “Shop with a Hero.” Law enforcement offi-

cers from Troy, Piqua, Tipp City, West Milton, Versailles, the Miami County Sheriff’s office and county Victim Witness advocates all participated in the shopping Friday night. The kids and their families are referred to the COPS program from local schools, law enforcement, the court system and the victim witness program and social service agencies. It was Waite’s first time participating in the COPS shopping program. “It’s great. I’m happy to help out people that are not as fortunate as us. Kids shouldn’t be without this time of the year,” he said. Victim Witness Advocate Michelle Cornatzer has been helping kids and families shop for four years. She said it helps balance out the day-to-day stresses in her job. “You see a lot of difficult

situations throughout the year in my job. So I look forward to this every year. This is the best part of the job,” Cornatzer said. Ray said he raises funds throughout the year to fund the COPS program, which sponsors other community activities, along with the Christmas shopping, throughout the year. The FOP stages fundraisers and accepts donations and Ray also organizes a golf outing that raises $2,000 toward the $6,000 cost of the night of Christmas shopping. Meijer contributes $2,000 and FOP Lodge 58 matches that with $2,000, Ray said. After the shopping was finished Friday, Ray, Szklany and most of the other law enforcement shoppers repaired to the Lodge building on LeFevre Road to wrap the gifts. They’re delivered to the kids on Dec. 22, Ray said.

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gram a part of their party planning process,” Pope said Tuesday at Troy Country Club during a news conference kicking off the 2011 Designated Driver program. Pope, a Troy chiropractic physician, said the statistics back up the success of the program. “There’s been only one alcohol-related, holiday season traffic fatality since the program

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was found in groundwater and soil gas, along with TCE (Trichloroethylene). Both TCE and PCE are man-made chemicals, with PCE widely used for dry cleaning and metaldegreasing. As a nonflammable liquid, PCE evaporates easily in the air and has a sweet odor, while TCE is a colorless liquid with a somewhat sweet chloroformlike odor and sweet burning taste. Likewise, TCE has been used for degreasing of metal parts and widely used in automotive and metal-fabricating industries from the 1950s to 1970s. According to the Health Assessment Section of the Ohio Department of Health single exposure of PCE in high enough concentrations may cause headaches, dizziness, sleepiness, confusion, nausea, difficulty in speaking and walking, unconsciousness and death. The International Agency for Research on Cancer classifies it as a Group 2A carcinogen meaning it is “probably” carcinogenic to humans. IARC also classifies TCE as a Group 2A carcinogen, while the U.S. EPA had classified it as a B2 carcinogen — a probable human cancer-causing agent. However, a classification update this fall from the EPA to the Integrated Risk Information System database, “characterizes the chemical as carcinogenic to humans and as a human noncancer health hazard.” Because the plume of contamination was found to be migrating toward the well fields of the city, the U.S. EPA proposed the Troy site (East Troy Contaminated Aquifer Superfund Site) to the National Priorities list. Troy is not alone in terms of ground water pollution in the Miami Valley as TCE and other VOCs were found beneath BehrDayton Thermal, a manufacturer of heating and air conditioning automotive

parts about two miles north of downtown Dayton. The Dayton VOC plume involved 76 residential and commercial properties with an elementary school, some 1,600 feet south of Behr, going so far as to relocate after indoor air samples tested above HAS screening levels in 2007. Like Dayton’s plume, it is unknown how long the contamination has been present in the impacted Troy neighborhoods or whether residents were being exposed in the past. Between July 2006 and April 2007, the U.S. EPA collected sub-slab and indoor air samples from 85 locations: 78 residences, two churches, four schools and the Troy Police Station. Elevated indoor air levels were found in 16 residences and one school. Vapor abatement units were installed that summer with confirmation sampling showing the system was working according to a health consultation report by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services from July 29, 2008. As posed by the HAS report in 2008, “less than 15 percent of the homes in the area of concern have been sampled and it is likely that other homes in this area could be above the screening levels as well.” As noted in both reports and the fall meeting in Troy, until the source of the plume can be identified, and thus removed, contamination poses a potential public health hazard for residents living in the area both presently and for the future. “We haven’t done any of the sampling, so no information to report,” said Kolak in a message last week when asked about any updates on testing in the affected area. Right now the group is shooting for testing this month, once they’ve secured a lab. For more information visit: www.epa.gov/region5/ cleanup/troyvoc.

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TUESDAY • TCT PRODUCTION: Troy Civic Theatre will present “Have Yourself a Merry Little • SANTA AT THE C o m m u n i t y LIBRARY: Santa and Mrs. Christmas,” at 4 p.m. at the Barn in the Park in Troy Claus will visit the MiltonCalendar Community Park, Troy. The Union Public Library at 6 reader’s theater production is p.m. and have pictures taken CONTACT US for the entire family and is with children until 7:30 p.m. filled with holiday memories, One photo will be provided stories and verse full of holiby the New Friends of the day spirit. Call 339-7700 for Library and participants can Call Melody tickets. bring their own camera to Vallieu at • CHRISTMAS IN capture the fun. Each child 440-5265 to WILLIAMSBURG: Hospice also will receive a small gift. of Miami County will offer a A craft is planned for families list your free holiday tour, Christmas in to work on and cookies and calendar Williamsburg, from noon to 6 punch will be furnished. A items.You p.m., at the home of Tom raffle for a prize basket also Hagan, 7800 McMaken will be held. can send Road, Covington. Participants Civic agendas your news by e-mail to will be able to enjoy the many • The village of West vallieu@tdnpublishing.com. Milton Council will meet at decorated rooms in the Williamsburg-style home, 7:30 p.m. in council chamsocialize and purchase bers. Christmas gift items, including fully decorated Christmas trees. A holiday WEDNESDAY gift store in the home also will be available. Tickets are $10 per person if purchased in • KIWANIS MEETING: The Kiwanis Club advance at Hospice of Miami County or For of Troy will meet from noon to 1 p.m. at the All Seasons Gift Shop, Troy; Wertz Variety Troy Country Club, 1830 Peters Road, Troy. Store, West Milton; Treasures on High, Lunch is $10. Kristy Warren and Chad Hewitt Covington; or Readmore’s Hallmark, Piqua. with AmeriCorps will speak . For more infor• LIVE NATIVITY: First Lutheran Church, mation, contact Kim Riber, vice president, at 2899 W. Main St., will offer a drive through (937) 974-0410. live nativity, “Journey to the Manger,” from 6-8 • STAUNTON LUNCHEON: The Staunton p.m. Visitors will hear and watch the story of School Alumni will meet at 11:30 a.m. at Jesus’ birth come alive as they make the jour- Friendly’s in Troy. Anyone who attended or ney to the manger. The event is free and the graduated from the school is invited to attend. public is invited to attend. Visit www.flctroyParticipants share lots of good memories. For nalc.org for more information. more information, call Virginia Hissong at 335• TURKEY SHOOT: The Troy VFW Post 2405 or Shirley Palsgrove at 335-2859. 5436, 2220 LeFevre Road, will offer a turkey • STORY TIME: Children ages 3-5 are shoot beginning at noon. Sign ups will begin invited to join in listening to stories, watching at 11 a.m. The women’s auxiliary will offer an a puppet play and making a simple craft at all-you-can-eat breakfast from 9 a.m. to noon 10:30 a.m. at the Milton-Union Public Library. for $5. The theme will be “Christmas.” • BREAKFAST OFFERED: The Pleasant Hill VFW Post No. 6557, 7578 W. Fenner Road, Ludlow Falls, will offer a made-to-order THURSDAY breakfast from 8-11 a.m. All items are a la • QUARTER AUCTION: The Covington carte. VFW Post No. 4235 Ladies Auxiliary will offer • EUCHRE TOURNEY: A Euchre tournaits first quarter auction at 173 N. High St. ment will be offered at the Pleasant Hill VFW Post No. 6557, 7578 W. Fenner Road, Ludlow Doors will open at 6 p.m. and the auction will begin at 7 p.m. Food will be available to order. Falls. Sign ups will be at noon and play at 1 Proceeds will benefit the many community p.m. Entry will be $3 per person. projects the auxiliary is involved in. • MUSEUM OPEN: The Museum of Troy • BOE MEETING: The Newton Board of History, 124 E. Water St., Troy, will celebrate the Christmas season by being open from 1-5 Education will meet at 7 p.m. in the board of p.m. The Christmas season will conclude with education room. • AG BREAKFAST: An agriculture breakthe organization’s annual holiday open house. fast will be offered at 7:30 a.m. at Frisch’s The children’s choir from the Troy Methodist Church will provide music and drama and Mr. Restaurant, Troy. The roundtable discussion will provide an opportunity to update and Scrooge from Dicken’s “Christmas Carol” will inform the community on current events. make an appearance. Refreshments will be • BOARD MEETING: The Covington served. • PARTY FOR WILDLIFE: Brukner Nature Exempted Village Schools Board of Education Center will offer its annual Winter Party for the will meet at 5 p.m. in the Covington Board of Education office, 25 Grant St., to discuss disWildlife from 2-4 p.m. at the center. trict finances. No action will be taken at the Participants will be able to enjoy refreshmeeting. ments, make a treat for your wild friends and • DISCOVERY WALK: A morning discovmeet some of the center’s newest wildlife ambassadors. Join a staff naturalist for a spe- ery walk for adults will be offered from 8-9:30 a.m. at Aullwood Audubon Center, 1000 cial presentation featuring the eastern Aullwood Road, Dayton. Tom Hissong, educascreech-owl and its amazing abilities to catch tion coordinator, will guide walkers as they prey with sharp talons and to camouflage experience the seasonal changes taking itself into a perfect broken tree branch. place. Bring binoculars. Admission is a gift for the wildlife ambassa• PROJECT FEEDERWATCH: Project dors. Check out the wish list in this month’s FeederWatch will be offered from 9:30-11:30 newsletter or the “Wishes for Wildlife” tree a.m. at Aullwood. Participants are invited to located at the entrance to the newly renovatcount birds, drink coffee, eat doughnuts, ed bird room for some gift ideas. share stories and count more birds. This bird • PANCAKES AND SAUSAGE: The Tipp count contributes to scientific studies at the City American Legion Auxiliary, Unit No. 586, 377 N. Third St., Tipp City, will offer an all-you- Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Check out the can-eat pancake and sausage breakfast from Cornell web site at www.bird.cornell.edu/pfw. 8-11 a.m. for $5. Items available will include pumpkin, oatmeal and buttermilk pancakes FRIDAY made to order, country sausage or maple flavored sausage links, fruit and juice. Proceeds • FRIDAY DINNER: The Covington VFW will be used to further auxiliary programs for Post No. 4235, 173 N. High St., Covington, veterans, their families and scholarships for will offer dinner from 5-8 p.m. For more infortheir children. mation, call 753-1108. • BOWLERS BREAKFST: The Elks • DINNER OFFERED: The Pleasant Hill bowlers will offer breakfast from 9 a.m. to VFW Post No. 6557, 7578 W. Fenner Road, noon at the Elks, corner of Cherry and Ludlow Falls, will offer dinner from 6-7:30 pm. Franklin streets. The meal will include all-youfor $7-$8. For more information, call (937) can-eat eggs, bacon, sausage, pancakes, 698-6727. hashbrowns, biscuits and gravy. The cost is • SOLSTICE CONCERT: Come celebrate $6 and is open to the public. the new season with wine, nature and song in • CANDLE DIPPING: Aullwood Audubon the candlelit Heidelberg Auditorium and enjoy Center, 1000 Aullwood Road, Dayton, will songs of the season with True Life Travelers offer red and blue candle dipping beginning at at 7 p.m. Chris and Linda Tatarian (of Rum 2:30 p.m. The cost is the general admission River Blend) will be joined by Charlie and fee of $4 for adults and $2 per child, plus $1 Mary Jo Leet, creating musical harmony. for each candle made. Call 890-7360 for Admission is $5 for BNC members and $10 reservations. for nonmembers, refreshments included. • BLOOD DRIVE: The Miami County MONDAY YMCA, 3060 S. County Road 25-A, Troy, will have a blood drive from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Individuals with eligibility questions are invited Civic agendas to email canidonate@cbccts.org or call (800) • Troy City Schools will meet at 5:30 p.m. 388-GIVE or make an appointment at in the board offices. www.DonorTime.com. • The Bethel Board of Education will meet • PROJECT FEEDERWATCH: Project at 7 p.m. in the school auditorium. Call 845FeederWatch will be offered from 9:30-11:30 9414 for more information. a.m. at Aullwood. Participants are invited to • The Pleasant Hill Village Council will count birds, drink coffee, eat doughnuts, meet at 7 p.m. at 200 W. Walnut St., Pleasant share stories and count more birds. This bird Hill • The Tipp City Parks Advisory Committee count contributes to scientific studies at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Check out the will meet at 7 p.m. at the Tipp City Cornell web site at www.bird.cornell.edu/pfw Government Center. for more information. • Covington Village Council will meet at 7 p.m. at Town Hall. • The Police and Fire Committee of Village SATURDAY Council will meet at 6 p.m. prior to the council meeting. • BUFFET BREAKFAST: The Sons of the • Laura Village Council will meet at 7 p.m. American Legion Post 43, 622 S. Market St., in the Municipal building. Troy, will offer an all-you-can-eat buffet style • Brown Township Board of Trustees will breakfast to the public from 7-10:30 a.m. for meet at 8 p.m. in the Township Building in $7. Breakfast will include scrambled eggs, Conover. sausage gravy and biscuits, fried potatoes, • The Union Township Trustees will meet bacon, sausage, toast, juice and coffee. Take at 1:30 p.m. in the Township Building, 9497 out orders will be available by calling 335Markley Road, P.O. Box E, Laura. Call 6983502. Wi-Fi also is available.

Tipp City woman believes in helping hospitalized kids BY ALISHA MCDARRIS For the Miami Valley Sunday News When Tammie Rafferty’s daughter was admitted to the Cincinnati Children’s Hospital residential mental hospital in 2007, it turned her world upside down. But not just because of her own child. Rafferty confessed that Mary’s 15-month stay was devastating, especially around Christmas, but it opened her eyes to a previously unknown world of lonely children with severe emotional or behavioral problems. A large majority of the children on her daughter’s unit that year were, and are, in foster care with no one to visit or care for them or celebrate holidays and special occasions. “These kids are just completely overlooked and forgotten year after year,” Rafferty said, “It’s a vicious cycle — nobody reaches out to help because nobody knows they’re there.” It was that thought during Christmas 2007 that spurred Rafferty to make a promise to the kids, ensuring they would no longer be overlooked and forgotten. So, Project Believe was born. When she went to the hospital on Christmas Day to celebrate with her family, Rafferty brought gifts for all the children on the unit, especially those with no family. The next year friends and family chipped in and Rafferty once again found herself passing out wrapped gifts for all the family-less kids on the familiar unit. By 2009, word of what Rafferty was up to had

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Tammie Rafferty models the handmade scarf and hat every child will get this year. spread and more friends and family pitched in and were able to provide all 35 kids in the hospital with new pajamas, socks and toys. The pajamas especially touched Rafferty’s heart. She remembers visiting her daughter, who was always bundled in cozy PJ’s and a blanket from home and a teddy bear, right alongside a roomful of other children in scrubs, mismatched socks and scraggly Ts. “It broke my heart,” Rafferty explained. “I just couldn’t stand it.” But she wasn’t one to sit by and mope. Today, Project Believe is an official nonprofit organization in Ohio and waiting on federal approval, which should come through soon. Rafferty is thrilled with the growth because it means more money from grants and the public to help make more kids happy during the holidays. Rafferty losing her job

earlier this year also contributed to Project Believe’s growth, an incident which she’s certain was a sign that it was time to make the organization a full-time endeavor. “This is my job. It’s not generating any income, but the kids are taken care of,” Rafferty said. She’s always amazed at how little it takes to light up the kids’ spirits. “These kids appreciate anything and everything because they literally have nothing. It takes so little to do something big in these kids’ lives,” Rafferty said as she teared up. But Rafferty can’t do it alone. The organization relies on the generosity of others in the form of monetary donations, new toys, games, socks and toiletries. This year, those with an urge to pitch in can join Rafferty and many others from the community at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 21, at Christian CrossRoads Church for the Project Believe Wrap Party. All the gifts that have been donated and purchased over the year will be wrapped and bagged for 35 grateful, deserving kids. “It’s a small act, what we do, but it’s so big to them because it makes them feel important. The kids mean so much to me,” she said. Monetary donations can be made online at www. projectbelieve.net and toys and other gifts can be dropped at Rafferty’s home at 435 S. First St. in Tipp City. She can be reached at 266-3074. All donations for this year’s gift drop must be in by Dec. 20.

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

EDITORIAL ROUNDUP The Burlington (Vt.) Free Press on medical marijuana: A formal federal recognition of marijuana as a prescription drug is the logical approach to the medical marijuana debate. The current state-by-state approach that challenges federal drug laws only invites confusion for doctors, patients, dispensaries and law enforcement agencies. The question of whether to permit medical uses of marijuana must be kept separate from the decriminalization debate. There is a vast difference between allowing the use of a substance to treat an illness or its symptoms, and lifting all restrictions on the drug. Vermont Gov. Peter Shumlin is on the right tack joining efforts by governors of other states to push the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency to make it legal for doctors to prescribe marijuana for medicinal use. … Recognizing marijuana as a prescription medication also means it must be subject to the same testing and oversight as other medication. In July, a Vermont law went into effect allowing four medical marijuana dispensaries. Since 2004, the state has allowed some patients suffering from specific chronic and debilitating conditions to register with the Department of Public Safety and grow limited quantities of marijuana. The only sensible solution is a federal policy that makes room for the legitimate medical use of marijuana. Los Angeles Times on advice for Congress: With Congress lurching toward adjournment after a year rich in drama but poor in accomplishment, lawmakers have to decide whether to renew a handful of tax and spending measures that could have significant effects on the economy. Their job is complicated by the uncertain state of the recovery; although the housing market remains grim, there are hints in other sectors that the economy is gaining steam. We think it’s too early yet for Congress to stop trying to stimulate growth, but Washington still needs to be smart about how it does so. And some of the proposals coming out of the White House and Capitol Hill don’t pass that test. … The Senate devoted much of its attention recently to renewing the payroll tax cut, which would save middle-class families about $1,000 in 2012. Naturally, Republicans and Democrats found a way to fight over a tax cut both sides profess to like, with Republicans backing a simple renewal and Democrats lining up behind President Obama’s call for a significantly deeper cut in 2012. Each side filibustered the other’s proposal, and we can all be thankful for that. The impasse should prod lawmakers to strike a deal on a simple renewal of the payroll tax cut for employees, combined with a continuation of extended unemployment benefits. The former is a proven stimulus, and the latter should be a no-brainer. The New York Times on NATO attack and Pakistani soldiers. Pakistan is refusing to help calm public fury — or help figure out what led to a NATO attack that left 24 Pakistani soldiers dead. It has rejected American entreaties to participate in a joint investigation. On Monday, it boycotted an international conference in Bonn that laid plans for Afghanistan’s future. Both moves are self-defeating. If there is any chance of salvaging a working relationship, Washington and Islamabad must establish what went wrong along the border and work together to ensure that it does not happen again. The Pentagon has promised a transparent inquiry — it must deliver one — and officials say they can compensate for Pakistan’s lack of cooperation by using phone conversations, email exchanges and surveillance images. But without Islamabad’s participation, the Pakistani public will never find the results credible. The two sides have radically different versions of what went awry during an Afghan-American operation against a Taliban training camp. The Americans say they were fired on first and cleared the strikes with Pakistani Army officers. The Pakistanis say that NATO gave the wrong coordinates for the strikes and that their forces fired only after the attacks began. The United States needs Pakistan’s cooperation — as grudging and duplicitous as it is. Islamabad controls supply routes for American troops in Afghanistan (they were closed in retaliation for the attack), and it is essential to negotiations with the Taliban. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and Defense Secretary Leon Panetta quickly offered condolences. President Obama waited eight days to overrule Pentagon concerns and telephone President Asif Ali Zardari of Pakistan to say the deaths were regrettable and accidental. We share frustrations over Pakistan, but that delay further fueled the crisis.

THEY SAID IT “Miami County is really progressive and they saw the need for our assistance to check-up on these sex offenders to target all those who are noncompliant with the rules of registration. Often more than 10 percent are not within compliance, so we are checking to make sure they are following all the guidelines.” — U.S. Marshall Bill Taylor, on the sex offender sweep that took place in Miami County this past week “You’re looking at a 50/50 split in the county from (the Issue 2) vote. I feel like I can really generate some support now.” — Democratic candidate Dave Fisher, on his decision to run for state representative “This is a great tribute to my father and my brother.” — Pat Robinson, on the section of the Great Miami River Recreational Trail that was named in honor of the Duke Foundation

DOMA defends marriage from wrong people I have two friends, Doug and Phil, who are very lucky guys. They both are among the rare few who have found the one person that they are meant to be with, the person they were intended all along to spend their lives with, to marry. There’s just one problem — only it’s not their problem. It’s a problem those in power have. The people they’re meant to be with are each other. I’ve known Doug and Phil for right around 12 years now, and they’ve been together that entire time and longer. Where many of my heterosexual friends’ relationships have failed, moved on to others and failed again, Doug and Phil have been going strong this whole time. Sure, they’ve had ups and downs like anyone else, but — just like any good married couple should — they’ve worked through the tough times and emerged stronger still. In an age where the divorce rate is astronomical, they are a shining example of a good marriage. Yet they are denied the right to even recognize their relationship as a marriage — something they very much want to and should have the right to do, especially in a country founded on the ideals of “freedom

Josh Brown Sunday Columnist for all” — and for very questionable, and sometimes even unclear, reasons. “A marriage is an accepted social standard, a ‘next step’ after dating. We are denied it because, somehow, we might ruin marriage for everyone,” Doug said. “I have pondered that denying same-sex marriage might be society’s way of fighting homosexuality, as if denying the validity of our relationships could stop people from being gay. You would think they would want us to be married, enforcing normality and conformity upon our subculture.” Right. Somehow, some way, gay people getting married would harm the sanctity of the institution of marriage and ruin being married for people all over the country.

I haven’t been married long, but I already have changed the way I define my worth as a man — by being a good husband to my wife, Mandie, and making her happy for the rest of my life. I see getting married as the single most important decision in my life, and Mandie as the single most important person in it. The thought of men like Doug and Phil getting married does not threaten any of that in the slightest. “The logic of disallowing samesex marriages is weak and shallow thinking at best. That reasoning is tainted by bigotry,” Doug said. “If your churches do not want to marry us, fine — they should not be forced to conduct services outside of their dogma. However, civil recognition of homosexual relationships should be mandatory, legally binding and subject to dissolution only through civil court judgments or death.” Meanwhile, trash like Kim Kardashian actually has the right to not only disrespect the entire institution of marriage, but pervert it, as well, using it not as an expression of her love for a man … but as a plot device on her family’s host of reality TV shows. Her 72-day union to NBA player

Kris Humphries was nothing but an elaborate ruse with the sole purpose of scoring higher ratings, and I truly hope he gets the annulment he filed for. The fact that their “marriage” existed does detract from the meaning of the institution for anyone who actually cares about their spouse. Doug and Phil contribute to society. They work. They pay taxes. They’re good people and good, lawabiding American citizens (even if there’s one law — the Defense of Marriage Act — that they shouldn’t be forced to abide). Theirs is not a moral choice or a lifestyle — they can no more change the sexual orientation they were born with than a black man can change the color of his skin or a woman can change her gender (and look how long it took those groups to get rights in this supposedly free country). I would be honored to welcome quality human beings like Doug and Phil into the club of happilymarried couples. Marriage doesn’t need defended from them. TDN Sports Editor Josh Brown appears Sundays. “All men are created equal” — unless you’re not part of the majority.

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Three women accept Nobel Peace Prize Trio fight repression of women in Liberia, Yemen OSLO, Norway (AP) — Three women who fought injustice, dictatorship and sexual violence in Liberia and Yemen accepted the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize on Saturday, calling on repressed women worldwide to rise up against male supremacy. “My sisters, my daughters, my friends find your voice,” Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf said after collecting her Nobel diploma and medal at a ceremony in Oslo. Sirleaf, Africa’s first democratically elected female president, shared the award with women’s rights campaigner Leymah Gbowee, also from Liberia, and Tawakkul Karman, a female icon of the protest movement in Yemen. The peace prize was announced in October, along with the Nobel awards for medicine, physics, chemistry, literature and economics. Worth 10 million kronor ($1.5 million) each, the Nobel Prizes are always handed out on the anniversary of award founder Alfred Nobel’s death on Dec. 10, 1896.

By selecting Karman, the prize committee recognized the Arab Spring movement that has toppled autocratic leaders in North Africa and the Middle East. Praising Karman’s struggle against Yemen’s regime, Nobel committee chairman Thorbjoern Jagland also sent a message to Syria’s leader Bashar Assad, whose crackdown on rebels has killed more than 4,000 people according to U.N. estimates. “President Assad in Syria will not be able to resist the people’s demand for freedom of human rights,” Jagland said. Karman is the first Arab woman to win the prize and at 32 the youngest peace laureate ever. A journalist and founder of the human rights group Women Journalists without Chains, she also is a member of the Islamic party Islah. Wearing headphones over her Islamic headscarf, she clapped and smiled as she listened to a translation of Jagland’s introductory remarks.

Climate deal up for approval Documents drawn up at U.N. conference DURBAN, South Africa (AP) — A package of documents was submitted to a marathon U.N. climate conference Saturday that would set a new course for the global fight against climate change for decades to come. South Africa’s foreign minister and chairman of the 194-party conference, Maite Nkoana-Mashabane, told delegates that failure to agree after 13 days of work would be an unsustainable setback for international efforts to control greenhouse gases. “This multilateral system remains fragile and will not survive another shock,” she told a full meeting of the conference, which had been delayed more than 24 hours while ministers and senior negotiators labored over words and nuances. There was no guarantee the package would be approved, and objections and amendments were submitted from the floor. The convention operates by consensus, and the package will not be put up for a vote. “There is still a lot of work to be done,” European Commissioner Connie Hedegaard said as she headed into the full plenary session where the deal was being presented. “Things are progressing.” Earlier as negotiations dragged on, some ministers and top negotiators left Durban with no assurance of an agreement. Hedegaard, drawn and fatigued after two nights with minimal sleep, warned

that failure in Durban would jeopardize new momentum in acting against global warming. Nkoana-Mashabane said the package of four documents, which were being printed as she spoke, were an imperfect compromise, but they reflected years of negotiations on issues that had plagued U.N. climate efforts. The 100-plus pages would give new life to the 1997 Kyoto Protocol, whose carbon emissions targets expire next year and apply only to industrial countries. A separate document obliges major developing nations like China and India, excluded under Kyoto, to accept legally binding emissions targets in the future, by 2020 at the latest. Together, the two documents overhaul a system designed 20 years ago that divide the world into a handful of wealthy countries facing legal obligations to reduce emissions, and the rest of the world which could undertake voluntary efforts to control carbon. The European Union, the primary bloc falling under the Kyoto Protocol’s reduction commitments, said an extension of its targets was conditional on major developing countries also accepting limits with the same legal accountability. The 20th century division of the globe into two unequal parts was invalid in today’s world, the EU said. The package also would set up the structure and governing bodies of a Green Climate Fund, which will receive and distribute billions of dollars promised annually to poor countries to help them adapt to changing climate conditions and to move toward low-carbon economic growth.

Holidays are a time for remembering. This Christmas season, we light a candle in our funeral home for the families we have served this past year and in memory of our nation’s families. We also remember by inviting families to place ribbons on our Tree of Remembrance outside.

In her acceptance speech, Karman paid tribute to Arab women and their struggles “in a society dominated by the supremacy of men.” According to an English translation of her speech, delivered in Arabic, she criticized the “repressive, militarized, corrupt” regime of outgoing President Ali Abdullah Saleh. She also lamented that the revolution in Yemen hasn’t gained as much international attention as the revolts in Egypt, Tunisia, Libya and Syria. “This should haunt the world’s conscience because it challenges the very idea of fairness and justice,” Karman said. No woman or sub-Saharan African had won the prize since 2004, when the committee honored Wangari Maathai of Kenya, who mobilized poor women to fight deforestation by planting trees. Sirleaf, 73, was elected president of Liberia in 2005 and won re-election in October. She is widely credited with helping her

country emerge from an especially brutal civil war. The Nobel chairman noted that she initially supported Charles Taylor but later dissociated herself from the former rebel leader who is now awaiting judgment from the International Criminal Court on charges of war crimes in Sierra Leone. Gbowee, 39, challenged Liberia’s warlords as she campaigned for women’s rights and against rape. In 2003, she led hundreds of female protesters through Monrovia to demand swift disarmament of fighters, who continued to prey on women, despite a peace deal. “We used our pains, broken bodies and scarred emotions to confront the injustices and terror of our nation,” she told the Nobel audience in Oslo’s City Hall. She called the peace prize a recognition of the struggle for women’s rights not only in Yemen and Liberia, but anywhere that women face oppression. “We must continue to unite in

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WILLIAM A. ‘BILL’ NICHOLS TROY — William A. “Bill” Nichols, 88, of Troy, passed away Thursday, Nov. 17, 2011, after a lengthy illness. He was born in 1923 in Terre Haute, Ind., to William B. and Oneita (Aldrich) Nichols. He is survived by his wife of 65 years, Gerri Nichols; daughters, Debra (Jack) Staudt of Russia, Ohio, and Melissa (Dennis) Purcell of Howell, Mich.; and one grandson, Nick Staudt. Bill was a veteran of World War II serving with the Army Air Corps.

He graduated from Rose Hulman Institute of Technology in 1949 with a degree in mechanical engineering. He worked as a sales engineer for many years retiring from Ohio Transmission and Pump in 1988. A memorial service will be at 1 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 15, 2011, at the Troy-Hayner Cultural Center. If desired, donations may be made to Hospice of Miami County or Friends of Hayner. To send a special online message to the family, visit www.Newcomer Dayton.com.

DONALD G. RAYLE TROY — Donald G. Rayle, 82, of Troy, passed away on Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2011, at Riverside Methodist Hospital in Columbus. Donald was born in Leipsic, Ohio, on May 27, 1929; he was the son of the late Arthur and Jessie (Myers) Rayle. He also was preceded in death by a brother, Warren Rayle; a sister, Florence (Ray) Hagen; and a brother-inlaw, Jack Parthemore. Donald was a 1947 graduate of Hamler High School and went on to attend the University of Findlay for two years and then received his bachelor’s degree at The Ohio State University in Electrical Engineering. He served his country proudly in the U.S. Army after being drafted out of college. Donald retired from Hobart Brothers after 38 years of dedicated service. He was a very active

member of First Lutheran Church, serving as church librarian. He is survived by his loving wife of 54 years, Wanetta (Roeth) Rayle; daughters, Amy (Scott) Chapman and Ruth (Philip) Moore; a grandson, Ethan Chapman; sisters, Carolyn (William) Powell and Janet Parthemore; a sister-inlaw, Ruth Rayle; and many nieces and nephews. A memorial service for Donald will be conducted at 11 a.m. Dec. 17, 2011, at First Lutheran Church, 2899 W. Main Street, Troy, OH 45373. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service (10-11 a.m.) at the church. In lieu of flowers, contributions can be made to First Lutheran Church or a charity of your choice. Arrangements are by Schoedinger Worthington Chapel. Please visit www.schoedinger.com to send condolences and share memories.

FUNERAL DIRECTORY • Ruth A. Johnson WEST MILTON — Ruth A. Johnson, age 72, of West Milton, formerly of West Virginia, passed away Dec. 6, 2011, at Upper Valley Medical Center. Services will be held at the convenience of the family. Arrangements in care of Jackson-Sarver Family Funeral Home.

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Echoes of 2007 color reactions to latest Virginia Tech shooting BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) — Four and a half years ago, the sound of horns and alarms did not have the same effect on Jerzy Nowak. On the morning of April 16, 2007, the Virginia Tech horticulture professor was at his desk in Sanders Hall, writing research grant proposals, when the wail of sirens split the crisp, snowy air. It would be hours before he learned that a gunman was loose on campus and more than half a day would pass before university officials arrived at his home to confirm that his wife, French professor Jocelyne Couture-Nowak, was among the 32 slain. So when the alarms again sounded Thursday morning, Nowak was immobilized. “I froze … like my life just stopped for a split second,” he said in his thick Polish accent. “I actually reacted … much stronger than last time. Because, last time, I was not aware what was going on.” For those who were there in 2007, the shooting death of a campus police officer in a school parking lot and the apparent suicide of his killer brought back harrow-

ing memories of what remains the worst mass killing in United States history. But the police and university response to the incident were also proof that the painful sacrifices of “4/16” were not in vain. “There have been a lot of people that have been working REALLY hard since 2007 to make sure that there are systems in place to prevent what happened in 2007 and the miscommunications that could have saved people’s lives from EVER happening again,” said Fred Cook, 26, who broke his ankle jumping from a second-floor window of Norris Hall, where student Seung-Hui Cho killed 30 of his victims and eventually took his own life. “So it pays tribute to the work that some of the survivors and some of the groups that have come out of this have done in that time, what the university has done in that time, to make sure that this doesn’t happen again.” Officer Deriek W. Crouse was making a traffic stop when police say Ross Truett Ashley, a 22-year-old student at a nearby college, walked up to his cruiser and

LOS ANGELES (AP) Authorities on Saturday identified the gunman who was shot and killed by police after he fired at passing cars on a Hollywood street, wounding one driver while screaming that he wanted to die. The body of Tyler Brehm, 26, was scheduled to be examined later Saturday, Los Angeles County Coroner’s Lt. Larry Dietz said. Brehm walked down the middle of Sunset Boulevard on Friday, firing on motorists with no clear target until police shot him, authorities said. In amateur video taken at the scene, the gunman appeared to have short hair and wore jeans and a white tank top. He paced back and forth near the busy intersection with Vine Street, firing close to 20 rounds from what appeared to be a .40 caliber handgun, police said. Several witnesses reported seeing him reload at least once. “He was screaming he was going to die and that

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Los Angeles Police officers advance on a wounded gunman Friday at Sunset and Vine streets in Los Angeles. Police say the 26-year-old man walked down the middle of a street in Hollywood, firing on passing cars with no clear target until police shot and killed him. he wanted to die,” Gregory Bojorquez, a photographer who captured images of the shooting’s aftermath, told the Los Angeles Times. Investigators were trying to determine a motive for the attack. Chris Johns captured video of the gunman from his apartment window several stories above the street, and tried to distract and divert the gunman

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from shooting anyone on the street. “Hey why don’t you come up here! Come up here buddy!” Johns yelled. Johns told KABC-TV he saw a plainclothes officer shoot the man. “I started shouting out to the officer, saying ‘take him out, that’s the guy!’” Johns said. He continued shooting at vehicles and in the air

Norris for his 9 a.m. German class in Room 207. O’Dell, then a sophomore, was sitting in the second row when the blackclad Cho burst into the room and began firing. He dove under his desk but was shot through his upper right arm. When Cho moved on, O’Dell and other students ran to the door (none of the classroom doors in Norris had locks) and closed it. Cho returned, but O’Dell and his classmates wedged their feet against the door and prevented him from reentering. Now in the third year of a four-year veterinary doctoral program, the 24-yearold Roanoke native was in his apartment about 2 miles off campus Thursday, studying for an ophthalmology exam, when he received a “VT Alert.” There had been false alarms before, and he was hoping this was one of them. Then he turned on the local news and realized this was the real thing. “I never thought that I would see a school shooting at Virginia Tech while I was still a student here,” he said.

when he was confronted by an off-duty LAPD officer and a plainclothes detective who was on duty in the area. The officers ordered the suspect to stop and drop his weapon. He was shot when he pointed his weapon at the officers. The gunman was pronounced dead at the scene, Los Angeles police Officer Cleon Joseph said. No officers were hurt. The area was cordoned off and the gunman lay under a white sheet in the street hours after the gunfire, leaving traffic tangled on busy Hollywood streets, an area packed with stores and restaurants. The 40-year-old male driver of a Mercedes-Benz was wounded in the face and upper torso and taken to a hospital in critical condition. He was identified by the Times as John Atterberry, a music industry executive. A truck and another car were struck by bullets. Two people were treated at the scene for minor injuries.

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NEW YORK (AP) — From late-night comedy shows to cable news interviews, free media exposure has proved influential in defining the Republican presidential candidates and setting the dynamics of the Elections board primary race, especially for lower-tier hopefuls lacking meets Thursday cash for TV ads. TROY — The regular The turn toward free December meeting of the media, and Twitter, too, Miami County Board of may have come at the Elections will be 3 p.m. expense of traditional camThursday in the Miami paigning. It also raises the County meeting room, chances that a moment of adjacent to the elections THS orchestra, fuzzy thinking or a verbal office on the ground floor gaffe will haunt a candidate choirs perform of the Miami County endlessly in the YouTube Courthouse, 215 W. Main world. TROY — The Troy High St. in Troy. “The campaigns are School Orchestra will perusing free media as an form at 7 p.m. Tuesday amplifier and it’s smart, Brukner party and the High School will take the stage especially for those who for animals today Choirs don’t have much money,” at 7 p.m. Thursday. American University politiAll performances will TROY — Brukner be in the Troy High School cal communications profesNature Center will offer sor Leonard Steinhorn says. its annual Winter Party Auditorium. “But there’s also a reality show quality to it all, with the kind of visual moments people don’t forget.” There have been many such moments. During one debate, Texas Gov. Rick Perry * Your 1st choice for complete Home Medical Equipment couldn’t remember the third of three agencies he Funeral Home & Cremation Services wants to eliminate as presiLift Chairs S. Howard Cheney, Owner-Director dent. A video of a Wisconsin 1990 W. Stanfield, Troy, OH • Pre-arranged funeral plans available newspaper editorial board 45373 • 937-335-9199 1124 W. Main St • Call 335-6161 • Troy, Ohio session showed businesswww.legacymedical.net www.fisher-cheneyfuneralhome.com man Herman Cain strug2239975 2239953

TROY — The retirement of Troy Fire Department Assistant Chief David Newnam has resulted in a promotional process within the Troy Fire Department. With the examination process complete, and following certification by the Troy Civil Service Commission, the City of Troy has announced the promotion of Platoon Commander Gary W. Stanley Jr. to the rank of assistant fire chief, effective today. Stanley was appointed to the Troy Fire Department on Jan. 31, 1993, and promoted to the position of platoon commander, effective May 15, 2011. The promotion of Stanley created a vacancy in the position of Fire Department platoon com-

mander. The Troy Civil Service Commission conducted a written examination and assessment for platoon commander earlier in 2011 and has certified a candidate from that process. The City of Troy has announced the promotion of Firefighter Donald W. Pemberton to the rank of platoon commander, effective today. Platoon Commander Pemberton was appointed to the Troy Fire Department on June 4, 1995. At 4 p.m. Monday in council chambers, Troy City Hall, there will be a promotion ceremony for the new assistant fire chief and platoon commander. Fire department vacancies are filled though a selection process administered by the Troy Civil Service Commission. The promotional process consists of two elements: the

shot him. Within minutes of the 911 call, an alert went out and the campus was locked down. Cho shot his first two victims around 7:30 a.m. on the fourth floor of West Ambler Johnston Hall. Campus officials, believing this was a domestic shooting, didn’t lock down the campus or issue an alert. It wasn’t until 9:26 a.m. that the university sent out the first email to students and faculty. The subject line read, “Shooting on campus.” But it wasn’t until nearly a half hour later that a second email warned everyone to “stay put” and said a gunman was on the loose on campus. Coincidentally, this latest shooting occurred the same day university officials were in Washington to appeal a $55,000 fine by the Department of Education for delays in notification during the 2007 rampage. Derek O’Dell thinks an alert immediately after the first shootings four years ago might have changed his life. That day, O’Dell arrived on campus around 8 a.m. for an exam. He was blissfully unaware that anything was amiss as he strolled over to

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gling to answer questions about Libya; the display of unpreparedness helped speed his exit from the race. Fox News, long popular with conservative viewers, has been a go-to venue for the candidates. Six contenders attended a Fox News forum hosted by Mike Huckabee last weekend in which they were questioned by three Republican state attorneys general. Cain made regular appearances on Fox to defend himself against allegations of sexual impropriety; his wife, Gloria, did her sole campaign interview with Fox. The network hasn’t always been friendly territory for candidates. On a “Fox News Sunday” appearance last spring, moderator Chris Wallace pointedly asked Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann, “Are you a flake?” He later apologized. Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney was panned for his performance last week in an interview with Fox News anchor Bret Baier. Romney appeared agitated and angry when Baier pressed him on contradictory positions he’s taken on issues like abortion. “This is an unusual interview,” Romney told Baier with a forced laugh.

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McGraw wins at Edgewood BY ROB KISER Ohio Community Media rkiser@dailycall.com TRENTON — Doug Curnes will take quality over quantity. Which left the Troy wrestling coach extremely happy with his team’s performance at the Edgewood Invitational Saturday. Led by 182-pound champion Kevin McGraw, the Trojans had seven wrestlers place and finished 11th as a team with 119 points.

MIAMI COUNTY “We don’t have a lot of kids, but the kids we have are a great group of kids who work hard,” Curnes said. “Sidney (last Saturday) wasn’t a bad start to the season, but the improvements we wade today were great. It shows how hard we have been working and I couldn’t have been more pleased.” McGraw came in as the fourth seed, but easily surpassed that. “They have a criteria they used for seeding,” Curns said. “I can’t really tell you why he was the fourth seed. Obviously, he should have been seeded higher than that.” McGraw cruised through his four-man pool, recording two pins and a technical fall to advance to the semifinals. He was matched

SPORTS CALENDAR TODAY Hockey Troy at Bowling Green (1 p.m.) Swimming Lehman at Sidney tri (5 p.m.)

TUESDAY Boys Basketball Miami East at Troy (7:30 p.m.) Tippecanoe at Ben Logan (7:30 p.m.) Troy Christian at Miami Valley (7:30 p.m.) Girls Basketball Milton-Union at Preble Shawnee (7:30 p.m.) Lehman at Marion Local (7:30 p.m.) Bowling Beavercreek at Piqua (4:30 p.m.) Wrestling Tippecanoe at Coldwater tri (6 p.m.) WEDNESDAY Girls Basketball Piqua at Urbana (7:30 p.m.) Bowling Troy at Springboro (4 p.m.) Graham at Tippecanoe (4 p.m.) THURSDAY Girls Basketball Troy at Beavercreek (7:30 p.m.) Milton-Union at Carlisle (7:15 p.m.) Miami East at Mississinawa Valley (7 p.m.) Tri-Village at Bethel (7 p.m.) Troy Christian at Emmanuel Christian (7 p.m.) Covington at Newton (7 p.m.) Tri County North at Bradford (7 p.m.) Bowling Lebanon/Northmont at Troy (3:30 p.m.) Tippecanoe at West Carrollton (4 p.m.) Piqua at Wayne (4 p.m.) Wrestling Piqua quad (5 p.m.)

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• HOCKEY: The Troy High School hockey team will be holding its annual food drive during its home contest at 4:15 p.m. Dec. 17 against Upper Arlington. Each person who brings in a non-perishable food items will receive $2 off their admission to the game. • HALL OF FAME: The MiltonUnion Athletic Department will be honoring its seventh class of Athletic Hall of Fame inductees during the Covington-Milton-Union boys basketball game on Jan. 7, 2012. The induction ceremony will take place between the JV and varsity contests. Inductees will include Lori Kinnison-Meyer, Dave Fine, Ralph Hildebrand and Ed Lendenski. • BASEBALL: The Troy Post 43 baseball team is holding an all-youcan-eat spaghetti dinner on the first Saturday of every month. Items include a large salad bar, bread, dessert, coffee and soft drinks. The price is $6.75 for adults and $4 for children under 12. All proceeds go to the Troy Post 43 team baseball team. • BASEBALL: The Troy Post 43 baseball team is holding the 27th Annual Troy Legion Baseball Christmas Wreath Sale. Items include custom decorated or plain wreaths of every size, poinsettias, grave blankets, grave stands, center pieces and white pine roping. All proceeds go to the Troy Post 43 baseball team. To place an order or find out more information, call Frosty or Connie Brown at (937) 3394383 or send an email to ibrown@woh.rr.com.

MONDAY Girls Basketball Tippecanoe at Anna (7:30 p.m.) Miami East at Greenon (7:30 p.m.) Troy Christian at Miami Valley (TBA) Bradford at Houston (7 p.m.) Bowling Troy at Springfield (4 p.m.)

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Troy’s Kristen Wood tries to get around the defense of Fairmont’s Chelsea Welch during Saturday’s game at the Trojan Activities Center.

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Devils hammer Chieftains Indians win, improve to 5-1 Staff Reports TIPP CITY — Tippecanoe’s 0-2 start to the season may not be forgotten. But it seems like a pretty distant memory now. The Red Devils were firing on all cylinders, torching Bellefontaine in the first half and coasting to their third straight victory — and a 2-0 start in the Central Buckeye Conference Kenton Trail Division — 81-38 Saturday at home.

BY JOSH BROWN Sports Editor jbrown@tdnpublishing.com A lesser team would have been worried, even scared by Troy’s hot start. Fairmont was not.

TROY The returning Division I State runner-up Firebirds absorbed the Trojans’ 6-0 run to start Saturday’s Greater Western Ohio Conference crossover test at the Trojan Activities Center, then they turned on the pressure and pulled away with a flawless second-half effort, knocking off Troy 58-38. But as the Trojans (3-1) showed early on, they were not intimidated by the No. 1 ranked team in the area. “We knew this was going to be a great challenge,” Troy coach Nathan Kopp said. “We executed well early. We made some baskets and made them change up

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Ellise Sharpe was unstoppable, drilling three 3-pointers and leading all scorers with 22 points. Morgan Miller added 14 points, Erica Comer chipped in 10 and Chelsea Clawson had eight as 11 Red Devils scored in the game. Tippecanoe (3-2, 2-0) led 28-11 after the first quarter, then only gave up three points in the second to build an insurmountable 45-14 lead at the half. In the end, the Devils had three less field goals — 35 — than the Chieftains (0-4, 0-2) had total

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Sullinger missing in Buckeye loss Tyshawn Taylor played through the pain. Jared Sullinger did not. That may have been the difference for No. 13 Kansas in its victory over second-ranked Ohio State. See Page A8.

NEW YORK (AP) — Robert Griffin III beat out preseason favorite Andrew Luck for the Heisman Trophy, dazzling voters with his ability to throw, run and lead Big 12 doormat Baylor into the national rankings. The junior quarterback known as RG3 became the first Heisman winner from Baylor on Saturday night by a comfortable cushion over the Stanford star. Griffin started the season on the fringe of the Heisman conversation, a talented and excit-

ing player on a marginal team, while Luck was already being touted as a No. 1 NFL draft pick. Draft day might very well still belong to Luck, but Griffin diverted the Heisman to Waco, Texas, to a school that has never had a player finish better than fourth in the voting — and that was 48 years ago. Right before his name was called, Griffin took a deep AP PHOTO breath. When it was announced In this photo provided by the Heisman Trophy Trust, Robert Griffin he broke into a bright smile. III, of Baylor University, holds the Heisman Trophy award after ■ See HEISMAN on A8 being named the winner Saturday in New York.

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No. 13 Kansas tops No. 2 OSU LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Tyshawn Taylor played through the pain. Jared Sullinger did not. That may have been the difference for No. 13 Kansas in its victory over second-ranked Ohio State. The Jayhawks’ starting point guard had a careerhigh 13 assists despite a torn meniscus and sprained MCL in his right knee, helping Kansas to a 78-67 victory over the Buckeyes, who were missing Sullinger for the second consecutive game due to back spasms. “I can get on Ty because he will turn it over every now and then, but where would we be without him?” Self said. “We don’t win the game tonight if he doesn’t play. He definitely isn’t 100 percent.” Thomas Robinson took advantage of Sullinger’s absence inside to score 21 points, and freshman for-

ward Kevin Young came off the bench to add a career-high 14 for the Jayhawks (6-2), who extended their winning streak to 47 games over non-conference opponents at Allen Fieldhouse. William Buford had 17 of his 21 points in the second half for Ohio State (81), which was playing on the road for the first time this season. Deshaun Thomas added 19 points. “When you make mistakes, Kansas is so good they’re going to make you pay, and we made some key mistakes,” Buckeyes coach Thad Matta said. “Our guys competed just made mistakes down the stretch.” Taylor hurt his knee in practice earlier in the week and could have opted for surgery, but the Jayhawks’ medical staff decided he wouldn’t harm it any more by playing. They left it up to him to

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the senior to decide whether he could manage the pain, and Self didn’t ask how much he was experiencing. “If you ask them if they’re hurting, then you give them an opportunity to give you an answer,” Self said, adding that Taylor hadn’t practiced all week until Friday. He’ll have surgery Sunday and will miss about three weeks. It was more publicly known that Sullinger was a question mark, but he wasn’t ruled out until just before the game, when his balky back simply wouldn’t loosen up. “As I told Coach Self when we shook hands before the game, ‘Merry Christmas early,’” Matta said. “I don’t think his exact words were, ‘Merry Christmas,’” Self said with a grin. “I think there were some other words in

there, maybe describing the holiday.” “I don’t think you put an asterisk with the win,” Self added. “Ohio State can certainly say, and rightfully so, ‘Jared didn’t play.’ And we know he didn’t play, and they’re a much better team with him. We wanted him to play. But just because he plays doesn’t guarantee anything.” The Jayhawks were desperate for a high-profile victory after losses to top-ranked Kentucky and No. 7 Duke, and they got on against a Buckeyes team that had led the nation in scoring margin. “We had this awesome non-conference schedule set up and we still have some good teams to play, but the main teams were Kentucky, Ohio State and Duke,” Robinson said, “and it would have been incomplete if we didn’t get one of them.”

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Ohio State guard William Buford (44) shoots over Kansas forward Kevin Young (40) and guard Conner Teahan (2) during the second half in Saturday Lawrence, Kan.

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No. 8 Xavier tops Cincy Game called after benchclearing brawl

BOSTON — Kyle Casey had 20 points and nine rebounds to lead Harvard to a 76-52 victory over Boston University.

CINCINNATI (AP) — Xavier center Kenny Frease used a white cloth to soak up the blood streaming from a gash below his eye. Coaches from both teams bear-hugged their players and tried to yank them away from the bedlam. The latest crosstown shootout got out of control Saturday and ended in bedlam, a few seconds early. The repercussions haven’t even started. Eighth-ranked Xavier crosstown rival beat Cincinnati 76-53 on Saturday in a game that featured a steady stream of trash talking and was called with 9.4 seconds left when the teams got into a brawl in a corner of the court. Words escalated into shoves and swings. Both benches cleared. Frease left the court with a stream of blood on his face after getting punched by Cincinnati’s Yancy Gates and then kicked as he lay on the floor. It left a black-and-blue mark on the annual rivalry. Suspensions are expected after the videotapes are reviewed. The Atlantic 10 and the Big East were examining the brawl, along with the schools. “There’s no excuse for any of them, on our side, on their side,” Cincinnati coach Mick Cronin said angrily. “Guys need to grow up. “There is zero excuse for that in basketball. You’ve got to learn how to win on one side, you’ve got to learn how to lose on the other side.” The last two games have been one-sided, leading to some heightened emotion. Cincinnati (5-3) won by 20 points on its home court last season, the most lopsided finish for one of the rivalry games in eight years. Xavier (8-0) answered with its secondbiggest win in the series’ history. There’s always a steady flow of trash talking in the games, and players have occasionally had to be

pulled away from each other by referees and coaches. The brawl on Saturday took it to a new level. Xavier guard Mark Lyons exchanged words with Cincinnati players as the teams passed each other on court and headed for the locker rooms at halftime, with the Musketeers ahead 34-25. Xavier took control of the game by opening the second half with a 9-2 run, and led by double digits the rest of the way. Xavier’s Tu Holloway got open for a layup with 18.6 seconds left, and the players headed down court. Holloway, a senior guard held to five points in the rivalry last season, said some things to the Cincinnati bench and got shoved, igniting the free-forall. During the week, Cincinnati guard Sean Kilpatrick told an inter-

viewer that Holloway the Atlantic 10’s player of the year wouldn’t start for his team. Holloway wanted the last word as the clock ran out. “I was just saying it’s my city right here,” Holloway said. “I’m cut from a different cloth. None of them guys on that team is like me, so I don’t understand. I felt disrespected for them guys to come at me and talk like that, so I let the whole staff over there and let their players know that none of them is like me. “That’s when it started.” Both coaches expressed disappointment at how the players behaved. Neither was sure after the game of what had happened or which players could face suspensions. “It was such a melee,” Xavier coach Chris Mack said. “We were just trying to separate players and it

becomes chaotic in there.” Cronin had urged the referees to hand out technical fouls if the trash talking continued in the second half. None was called Mack got one in the first half for disagreeing with a goaltending call. “It’s disappointing,” Mack said. “We’re all competitors. We all played our hearts out. This game means so much. There’s a lot of pressure on both teams to win it. For it to play itself out like it did at the end, I don’t know another word other than disappointing. “The crime of it was for 39-and-a-half minutes, it was probably one of the cleaner crosstown shootouts in terms of hard fouls and (pileups for) loose balls.” Cronin told his players to remove their jerseys after the game because he was so upset at what happened.

believable,” he said. “It’s unbelievable because in the moment we’re all amazed when great things happen. But it’s believable because great things don’t happen without hard work. Griffin received 405 first-place votes and 1,687 points. “Everybody associated with Baylor has a reason to celebrate tonight,” he said. Luck received 247 firstplace votes and 1,407

points to become the fourth player to be Heisman runner-up in consecutive seasons and first since Arkansas running back Darren McFadden in 2006 and ‘07. He was also first to congratulate Griffin “Very much well deserved,” Luck said. Alabama running back Trent Richardson was third with 138 first-place votes and 978 points.

Wisconsin running back Montee Ball (348 points) was fourth and the other finalist, LSU cornerback Tyrann Mathieu (327) was fifth. Navy 27, Army 21 LANDOVER, Md. — Playing his last game before he goes to SEAL training, Alexander Teich absolutely, positively, emphatically did not want to be known as a member

of the Navy team that finally lost to Army. The fullback was out there returning kickoffs, something he hadn’t done all year. He was running over to the stands to fire up the Brigade of Midshipmen that took up a quarter of the lower bowl of the Washington Redskins stadium. It took a bit more suspense than usual, but Teich and the Midshipmen made

it a perfect 10 against the Black Knights, winning 2721 Saturday in the 112th edition of one of the most passionate rivalries in sports. “I’m an emotional person — I don’t know if you guys noticed yet,” the senior captain said with a smile. “I was amped. You don’t want to let that ball drop in on the senior class, and I was going to do whatever it took.”

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Indiana’s Victor Oladipo (4) and Kentucky’s Michael Kidd-Gilchrist battle for a rebound during the first half Saturday in Bloomington, Ind.

Indiana upsets No. 1 Kentucky Watford 3 at buzzer sinks Wildcats BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) — Indiana finally has the horses to beat topranked Kentucky. Christian Watford’s buzzer-beating 3-pointer from the left wing stood up to a replay review Saturday night, giving the Hoosiers a stunning 73-72 upset. NO. 3 SYRACUSE 85, GEOR. WASH. 50

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Dion Waiters had 19 points and six steals, both career highs, and No. 3 Syracuse beat George Washington with ease, 8550, on Saturday night. NO. 4 UNC 84, LONG BEACH 78

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — John Henson had 24 points and 10 rebounds to help fourth-ranked North Carolina beat Long Beach State 84-78 on Saturday night. NO. 5 LOUISVILLE 80, F. DICKINSON 58

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Gorgui Dieng had 14 points and 12 rebounds to lift Louisville to its 17th straight win on Saturday night. NO. 7 DUKE 86, WASHINGTON 80

NEW YORK — Freshman Austin Rivers scored 18 points and the Blue Devils overcame a poor performance from the free throw line at Madison Square Garden. NO. 14 WISCONSIN 62, UNLV 51

MADISON, Wis. — Reserve Ben Brust hit all seven of his 3-point attempts and finished with a career-high 25 points for the Badgers.

NO. 15 PITT 74, OKLAHOMA ST. 68

NEW YORK — Ashton Gibbs scored 17 points, including three free throws in the final 17 seconds as Pitt sent Oklahoma State to its third loss. NO. 17 M. STATE 106, TROY 68

STARKVILLE, Miss. — Dee Bost scored a seasonhigh 28 points, and Arnett Moultrie added 20 points and 12 rebounds for Mississippi State. NO. 18 G-TOWN 62, HOWARD 48

WASHINGTON — Playing its first game this season as a ranked team, Georgetown held Howard scoreless for nearly 10 minutes at the start then staved off a strong comeback bid. SAINT JOSEPH’S 80, NO. 19 CREIGHTON 71

PHILADELPHIA — Carl Jones scored 29 points, Ronald Roberts and Langston Galloway each had 12, and Saint Joseph’s spoiled Creighton’s first week in the Top 25 in five years. NO. 20 MICHIGAN 90, OAKLAND 80

AUBURN HILLS, Mich. — Tim Hardaway Jr. scored 18 of his 21 points in the second half and Evan Smotrycz had a career-high 20 points and nine rebounds for Michigan. NO. 25 HARVARD 76, BOSTON U. 52

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Xavier center Kenny Frease (32) shoots against Cincinnati forward Yancy Gates in the first half Saturday in Cincinnati.

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Heisman ■ CONTINUED FROM A7 Then it was hugs all around, for his coaches, his parents, his sister and his fiance. He took a few long strides up to the stage and let out a laugh when he got there, making a joke about the Superman socks — complete with capes on the back — he was wearing before going into his acceptance speech. “This is unbelievably

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MVP Braun tests positive, appealing

By The Associated Press While the New Orleans Hornets try to trade Chris Paul, Dwight Howard wants to be moved, too. Howard has formally requested a trade from the Orlando Magic, a person familiar with the situation told The Associated Press on Saturday. It’s unknown if the Magic will grant their AllStar center’s wishes, but they have given New Jersey, Dallas and the Los Angeles Lakers permission to talk with his agent about trades. The Hornets seem more motivated to deal. The NBA, as their owners, killed the first attempt Thursday, a three-team trade that would have sent Paul to the Lakers. But general manager Dell Demps said they will keep trying, since Paul

has told them he won’t sign a contract extension this season. Howard, Paul and the Nets’ Deron Williams were expected to lead the 2012 free agency class. Instead, two of them could soon be on the block, giving the NBA an immediate jolt to its post-lockout return. “I’m like everybody else. I’m adapting to all this nonsense,” Celtics forward Kevin Garnett said. “I think this whole league is in a bunch of uncertainty at this point and I fall in line with that. A lot of players don’t know what it is.” Some deals are getting done: Tyson Chandler joined the New York Knicks via a sign-and-trade in a three-team deal and Boston re-signed Jeff Green — but most of the focus remained on the status of the two All-

Stars. Until those situations are cleared up, business is moving slowly around the NBA. Top free agents such as Nene and Marc Gasol remain unsigned and other transactions will wait, with one agent describing the free agency process thus far as like “molasses.” In the meantime, Paul was back at Hornets practice for the second straight day. Pau Gasol, who would have moved to Houston in the proposed three-team deal, practiced for the first time with the Lakers, knowing it could also be for the last time. “If the NBA hadn’t stopped it, I would be gone,” Gasol said. “I wouldn’t be here. It’s tough to keep your balance. At the same time, I’m happy it hasn’t happened, because my heart is here, my mind is here. I

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Tippecanoe’s girls had a top-10 showing at the S&S Holiday Classic at Western Bowl in Columbus Saturday, finishing eighth out of 30 teams with a total of 3,524. “Just a great day today,” Tippecanoe coach Clay Lavercombe said. “Really happy with the results. Rebecca Milas shot her career best game today.” That game came in the third round of individual bowling as Milas rolled 149-197-234 for a 580 series. Caitlin Wolff rolled 223-168-157—545, Demi York rolled 173-148-173—

494, Chelsea Brown rolled 165-164-161—490 and Jordan Amspaugh rolled 135-144-160—439. The Red Devils boys finished 22nd out of 36 teams with a total of 3,772. Ryan Rittenhouse led the way with games of 236-204-237 for a 677 series. Logan Banks rolled 190-188-240—618, Steven Calhoun rolled 174-182-133—489, Josh Bellas rolled 167-177143—487, Jack Bauder rolled 171-168—339 and Jordan Vollmer added a 143 game. Tippecanoe hosts Graham Wednesday.

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Roundup ■ CONTINUED FROM A7 points. Tippecanoe travels to Anna Monday. Bellefontaine — 38 Brunswick 1-1-3, J. Haley 3-28, K. Haley 1-4-6, Johnson 4-2-11, Newlon 2-0-4, Rader 2-2-6. Totals: 13-11-38. Tippecanoe — 81 Alvarez 2-1-5, Clawson 4-0-8, Comer 5-0-10, Feitshans 1-0-2, Miller 6-2-14, Nelson 2-0-4, Pickrell 2-1-5, Printz 1-2-4, Rosselit 1-0-2, Sharpe 9-1-22, Zellers 2-1-5. Totals: 35-8-81. Score By Quarters BF ........................11 14 22 38 Tipp .....................28 45 66 81 3-point goals: Bellefontaine — Johnson. Tippecanoe — Sharpe 3. Records: Bellefontaine 0-4, 02. Tippecanoe 3-2, 2-0.

Newton 40, Dixie 39 NEW LEBANON — The Newton Indians are figuring out how to win the close ones. For the second Saturday in a row, the Indians (5-1) held off a late charge by the opposition and pulled off a one-point victory, this time knocking off Dixie on the road 40-39. Andee Welbaum led Newton with 12 points, hitting the team’s only two 3pointers on the day, Trista Lavy added nine points and Kasey Thompson and Aryn Doseck each had six. Newton turned a fourpoint lead at the end of the first quarter into a 29-18 lead at the half. But the Greyhounds (0-4) chipped into the lead in the third quarter and outscored the Indians 13-5 in the fourth as Newton went 8 for 20 from the free throw line in the game. But it was just enough to win. Newton faces Covington in Cross County Conference play Thursday. Newton — 40 Hignite 1-0-2, Tri. Lavy 2-5-9, Snipes 1-1-3, Welbaum 5-0-12, King 0-2-2, Thompson 3-0-6, Doseck 3-0-6. Totals: 15-8-40. Dixie — 39 Rader 2-0-5, Myers 2-0-4, Hundley 2-0-6, Leis 2-6-10, Bates 5-4-14. Totals: 13-10-39. Score By Quarters Newton..................8 29 35 40 Dixie ......................4 18 26 39 3-point goals: Newton —

Welbaum 2. Dixie — Hundley 2. Records: Newton 5-1. Dixie 0-4.

• Boys Lehman 74, Newton 50 SIDNEY — Newton played much better on Saturday than it did a night ago against Franklin Monroe. But missed opportunities cost the Indians Saturday, as Lehman held them off for a 74-50 victory. “We were really in the ballgame in the first half, down 28-19, but I thought we really outplayed them,” Newton coach Steve Fisher said. “We got in foul trouble early, and that really stifled our offense. “What it really came down to was we went 19 of 39 from the foul line. We had our chances in the second half. It was a combination of things, like missing foul shots and open looks. So the final score really doesn’t reflect how close the game was. We were close heading into the fourth, we just couldn’t capitalize on our opportunities. “If we played as well as we did tonight, I think it could have been a different story last night.” Jordan Hodges led the Indians with 16 points, while Bobby Gerodimos had 15 and Daniel Vance added 10. “It was nice to see those guys get going,” Fisher said. “Bobby scored our first 13 of the game and then we had to get him on the bench because of foul trouble.” The Indians (1-3) play Bradford on Friday. Versailles 52, Covington 31 COVINGTON — Versailles held Covington’s offense in check all night, topping the Buccaneers 5231 Saturday. Cole Owens led the Buccs with 17 points and Dylan Owens added six. Covington (1-1) takes on National Trail Friday.

want to be here. That’s the reality. I heard it was back on the table again. Everything is possible again.” With little time between the ratification of the new collective bargaining agreement and the Christmas season openers, the NBA had training camps and free agency open Friday. But because so many transactions still haven’t been completed, teams are being left short-handed as they begin preparations. The Knicks had only six players practicing as they maneuvered to fit in Chandler. The Hornets were similarly limited. “The league is just so backlogged, everybody is doing the same thing,” said Celtics coach Doc Rivers, whose Celtics will visit the Knicks in the NBA season opener.

NEW YORK (AP) — National League MVP Ryan Braun has tested positive for a performanceenhancing substance, a case still under appeal to an arbitrator under Major League Baseball’s drug program, a person familiar with the situation told The Associated Press. The person spoke Saturday night on condition of anonymity because the appeal is still ongoing. The positive test was first reported by ESPN. If Braun’s appeal is denied, the Milwaukee Brewers star would be subject to a 50-game suspension. Braun tested positive for elevated testosterone, ESPN said, adding that a later test determined the testosterone was synthetic.

If suspended, Braun would be eligible to return for Milwaukee’s May 31 game at the Los Angeles Dodgers, barring any postponements. He would miss the first 57 days of the major league season, losing about $1.87 million of his $6 million salary “There are highly unusual circumstances surrounding this case which will support Ryan’s complete innocence and demonstrate that there was absolutely no intentional violation of the program,” Braun’s representatives at the Creative Artists Agency said in a statement. The person familiar with the situation said Braun and others involved in the appeals process have known about the positive test since late October.

Troy’s Shelby Schultz battles for a loose ball Saturday against Fairmont. ■ CONTINUED FROM A7 what they were doing.” Fairmont (3-0) began the game with three straight turnovers, and Troy cashed in. Kristen Wood scored on a drive, Tori Merrell scored on a putback then Wood drove and dumped to an open Todda Norris, and the Firebirds had to take a step back and rethink their approach. They figured it out. The Firebirds switched to a full-court press and didn’t let the Trojans get the ball past halfcourt on four straight possessions, forcing steals and turnovers and setting off on an 11-point run. “We made them change up what they were doing. They like to sit back in the half court,” Kopp said. “They went to the press, and we didn’t make enough adjustments after that to allow us to execute. “They (Fairmont) can do a lot of different things because of how athletic and long they are. Towards the end of the first half, we started breaking their press a little better and getting some baskets.” Fairmont led by as many as 29-20 before Troy began to find its own answers. Morgan Taylor hit Merrell for a bucket in the paint, then Chelsey Sakal hit a 3 in transition to cut the lead to 29-26 before a pair of Fairmont free throws made it a five-point game at the half. Another 3 by Sakal — who led Troy with nine points and seven rebounds

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Troy’s Morgan Taylor drives for a layup against Fairmont Saturday at the Trojan Activities Center. — early in the third quarter cut the Firebirds’ lead to 33-29. That was as close as Troy got, though, as Fairmont went on a ninepoint run that ate up most of the third and a 14-point run in the fourth to close out the game. “I think we got a little tired, and they started making baskets,” Kopp said. “They made it to the state final last year for a reason. Size-wise, they were bigger than us at every position. We were just outmanned.” And it was 6-foot-2 Kathryn Westbeld that put that size to the most use, leading the Firebirds with 14 points and 12 rebounds Troy’s Mackenzie Schulz looks to pass the ball from the — both game highs. floor Saturday against Fairmont. Fairmont — 58 Chelsea Welch added 12 Bond each scored six points. Danielle Newell 1-0-2, Emily The Troy defense — points and five steals and Pacenta 1-0-2, Shea Morgan 2-4-8, Alona Skipper hit three 3s which entered the game Chelsea Welch 3-5-12, Sarah allowing only 27.3 points O’Malley 1-0-3, Alona Skipper 4-0and added 11 points. Morgan Taylor, however, per game — held Fairmont 11, Kathryn Westbeld 7-0-14, played arguably her best to its lowest point total of Emma Havener 3-0-6. Totals: 22-9game yet for the Trojans, the season. But the Trojans 58. Troy — 38 getting to the basket on the were 2 for 15 from 3-point Mackenzie Schulz 0-0-0, drive and distributing the range in the game after Chelsey Sakal 3-1-9, Todda Norris 5 for 9 in 1-0-2, Morgan Taylor 3-2-8, ball for eight points and going Wednesday’s rout of West Zechariah Bond 2-2-6, Tori Merrell three assists. 3-0-6, Shelby Schultz 0-0-0, Maci “Morgan got to the rim Carrollton. Wadsworth 0-0-0, Kristen Wood 2“When we got penetra- 3-7. Totals: 14-8-38. and made some baskets,” Score By Quarters Kopp said of Taylor. “We tion, we got good looks,” Fairmont...............13 31 42 58 need her to step up and be Kopp said. We just didn’t Troy .........................9 26 31 38 that second ballhandler for get enough.” 3-point goals: Fairmont — Troy now has an extra us, someone that can drive Welch, O’Malley, Skipper 3. Troy — day to prepare for a rare Sakal 2. and score.” Records: Fairmont 3-0. Troy 3Wood added seven Thursday night game, points and two assists and when they travel to 1. Reserve score: Fairmont 27, Merrell and Zechariah Beavercreek. Troy 23.

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Wrestling ■ CONTINUED FROM A7 up against top seed Brandon Pummill of Piqua in the semifinals. McGraw was leading 1-0 late in the third period when he came out on top in a scramble and pinned Pummill at the 5:57 mark. “What that tells me is he was in better condition,” Curnes said. “A lot of times when you have a scramble situation late in a match like that, the better-conditioned guy will come out on top.” McGraw then dominated Steffen McGraw of Mount Healthy in the finals. He hit a near-fall late in the first period to take a 5-0 lead and went on to win by major decision 15-5. “We came down here using this to gauge whether to have Kevin (McGraw) stay at 182 or go down to

170,” Curnes said. “For him to be able to win, that is a big accomplishment for him and show how hard he has worked.” Troy’s quality at 285 pounds wasn’t hard to spot. The Trojans’ other two semifinalists were both at the weight. In fact, Ryan Rich defeated teammate Alex Dalton in the semifinals with a pin in 49 seconds before losing 7-3 to Brandy Vanover of Kings in the finals. Dalton would go on to finish fourth, while yet another Troy wrestler, Andrew Kostecka, would take sixth in the same weight class. “We had three guys place at 285,” Curnes said. “Ryan (Rich) and Alex (Dalton) both had strong tournaments and Andrew

(Kostecka) is going to be our 220.” Other placers for Troy included Mason Perkins (132) and Logan Schlosser (152), who finished seventh and Cam Kauflin (160) who finished eighth. • Greenville Duals GREENVILLE — The Miami East Vikings began each dual 30 points down to start Saturday’s Greenville Duals. By the end of the day, they were giving away 36 points before any matches were wrestled. Still, the Vikings were tough when they were on the mat despite losing in all five duals on the day: 42-39 to Monroe, 52-14 to Greenville, 48-30 to Clermont Northeastern, 54-29 to Arcanum and 64-18 to

Celina. “Going into the day, with one guy already injured, we took nine bodies with us to wrestle. We finished the day with eight guys for the 14 weight classes,” Miami East coach Jason Sroufe said. “We were giving away 30 or 36 points all day. “We won a few head-tohead matches with the bodies we have, though, and that’s what we want to do.” Allen Seagraves (120) was 5-0 on the day, while Austin Rush (132), Mack Rose (138) and Danny O’Malley (160) were all 3-2. “All day, we wrestled well, though. Overall we were pretty pleased with everyone’s effort,” Sroufe said. Miami East travels to Versailles Saturday for another dual tournament.

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FOOTBALL National Football League All Times EDT AMERICAN CONFERENCE East W L T Pct PF PA New England 9 3 0 .750 362 247 N.Y. Jets 7 5 0 .583 290 260 5 7 0 .417 278 304 Buffalo 4 8 0 .333 246 220 Miami South W L T Pct PF PA Houston 9 3 0 .750 310 189 7 5 0 .583 249 229 Tennessee 3 9 0 .250 152 238 Jacksonville 0 12 0 .000 174 358 Indianapolis North W L T Pct PF PA 10 3 0 .769 282 198 Pittsburgh 9 3 0 .750 296 192 Baltimore 7 5 0 .583 266 250 Cincinnati Cleveland 4 9 0 .308 178 254 West W L T Pct PF PA 7 5 0 .583 256 292 Denver 7 5 0 .583 274 308 Oakland Kansas City 5 7 0 .417 163 268 San Diego 5 7 0 .417 287 289 NATIONAL CONFERENCE East W L T Pct PF PA Dallas 7 5 0 .583 283 244 N.Y. Giants 6 6 0 .500 287 315 Philadelphia 4 8 0 .333 271 282 4 8 0 .333 202 256 Washington South W L T Pct PF PA New Orleans 9 3 0 .750 393 269 7 5 0 .583 269 244 Atlanta 4 8 0 .333 290 324 Carolina Tampa Bay 4 8 0 .333 218 329 North W L T Pct PF PA x-Green Bay 12 0 0 1.000 420 262 7 5 0 .583 291 242 Chicago Detroit 7 5 0 .583 333 277 Minnesota 2 10 0 .167 246 330 West W L T Pct PF PA x-San Francisco10 2 0 .833 288 161 Seattle 5 7 0 .417 216 246 Arizona 5 7 0 .417 232 269 2 10 0 .167 140 296 St. Louis x-clinched division Thursday, Dec. 8 Pittsburgh 14, Cleveland 3 Sunday's Games New Orleans at Tennessee, 1 p.m. Indianapolis at Baltimore, 1 p.m. Kansas City at N.Y. Jets, 1 p.m. Minnesota at Detroit, 1 p.m. Houston at Cincinnati, 1 p.m. Tampa Bay at Jacksonville, 1 p.m. Atlanta at Carolina, 1 p.m. Philadelphia at Miami, 1 p.m. New England at Washington, 1 p.m. San Francisco at Arizona, 4:05 p.m. Chicago at Denver, 4:05 p.m. Buffalo at San Diego, 4:15 p.m. Oakland at Green Bay, 4:15 p.m. N.Y. Giants at Dallas, 8:20 p.m. Monday's Game St. Louis at Seattle, 8:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 15 Jacksonville at Atlanta, 8:20 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 17 Dallas at Tampa Bay, 8:20 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 18 New Orleans at Minnesota, 1 p.m. Seattle at Chicago, 1 p.m. Cincinnati at St. Louis, 1 p.m. Carolina at Houston, 1 p.m. Green Bay at Kansas City, 1 p.m. Tennessee at Indianapolis, 1 p.m. Miami at Buffalo, 1 p.m. Washington at N.Y. Giants, 1 p.m. Detroit at Oakland, 4:05 p.m. New England at Denver, 4:15 p.m. Cleveland at Arizona, 4:15 p.m. N.Y. Jets at Philadelphia, 4:15 p.m. Baltimore at San Diego, 8:20 p.m. Monday, Dec. 19 Pittsburgh at San Francisco, 8:30 p.m. Heisman Finalist Voting Finalist voting for the 2011 Heisman Trophy, with first-, second- and thirdplace votes and total points (voting on 3-2-1 basis): Player . . . . . . . . . 1st 2nd 3rdTotal Griffin III, Baylor . 405 168 1361,687 Luck, Stanford . . 247 250 1661,407 Ball, Wisconsin . . 138 207 150 978 Mathieu, LSU . . . . 22 83 116 348 Richardson, Ala.. . 34 63 99 327 Heisman Winners 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_Vacated 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 1980_George Rogers, South Carolina, HB 1979_Charles White, Southern Cal, TB 1978_Billy Sims, Oklahoma, HB 1977_Earl Campbell, Texas, FB 1976_Tony Dorsett, Pittsburgh, HB 1975_Archie Griffin, Ohio State, HB 1974_Archie Griffin, Ohio State, HB 1973_John Cappelletti, Penn State, HB 1972_Johnny Rodgers, Nebraska, FL 1971_Pat Sullivan, Auburn, QB 1970_Jim Plunkett, Stanford, QB 1969_Steve Owens, Oklahoma, HB 1968_O.J. Simpson, Southern Cal, TB 1967_Gary Beban, UCLA, QB 1966_Steve Spurrier, Florida, QB 1965_Mike Garrett, Southern Cal, TB 1964_John Huarte, Notre Dame, QB 1963_Roger Staubach, Navy, QB 1962_Terry Baker, Oregon State, QB

1961_Ernie Davis, Syracuse, HB 1960_Joe Bellino, Navy, HB 1959_Billy Cannon, LSU, HB 1958_Pete Dawkins, Army, HB 1957_John David Crow, Texas A&M, HB 1956_Paul Hornung, Notre Dame, QB 1955_Howard Cassady, Ohio State, HB 1954_Alan Ameche, Wisconsin, FB 1953_John Lattner, Notre Dame, HB 1952_Billy Vessels, Oklahoma, HB 1951_Dick Kazmaier, Princeton, HB 1950_Vic Janowicz, Ohio State, HB 1949_Leon Hart, Notre Dame, E 1948_Doak Walker, SMU, HB 1947_John Lujack, Notre Dame, QB 1946_Glenn Davis, Army, HB 1945_Doc Blanchard, Army, HB 1944_Les Horvath, Ohio State, QB 1943_Angelo Bertelli, Notre Dame, QB 1942_Frank Sinkwich, Georgia, HB 1941_Bruce Smith, Minnesota, HB 1940_Tom Harmon, Michigan, HB 1939_Nile Kinnick, Iowa, HB O'Brien, Texas 1938_Davey Christian, QB 1937_Clint Frank, Yale, HB 1936_Larry Kelley, Yale, E 1935_Jay Berwanger, Chicago, HB NCAA Football Championship Subdivision Playoff Glance All Times EST First Round Saturday, Nov. 26 James Madison 20, Eastern Kentucky 17 Old Dominion 35, Norfolk State 18 Stony Brook 31, Albany (N.Y.) 28 Central Arkansas 34, Tennessee Tech 14 Second Round Saturday, Dec. 3 Georgia Southern 55, Old Dominion 48 Montana 41, Central Arkansas 14 Maine 34, Appalachian State 12 Sam Houston State 34, Stony Brook 27 Montana State 26, New Hampshire 25 Lehigh 40, Towson 38 North Dakota State 26, James Madison 14 Northern Iowa 28, Wofford 21 Quarterfinals Friday, Dec. 9 Montana 48, Northern Iowa 10 Saturday, Dec. 10 Sam Houston State 49, Montana State 13 Georgia Southern 35, Maine 23 North Dakota State 24, Lehigh 0 Semifinals Friday, Dec. 16 or Saturday, Dec. 17 Montana (11-2) vs. Sam Houston State (13-0) Georgia Southern (11-2) vs. North Dakota State (12-1) Championship Friday, Jan. 7 At Pizza Hut Park Frisco, Texas Semifinal winners, 1 p.m. NCAA Division II Football Playoff Glance All Times EST First Round Saturday, Nov. 19 North Greenville 63, Albany State (Ga.) 14 California (Pa.) 44, Elizabeth City State 0 Kutztown 17, Concord 14 North Alabama 43, West Alabama 27 Northwest Missouri State 35, Missouri Western 29 Minnesota-Duluth 30, Saginaw Valley 27 Wayne State (Mich.) 48, St. Cloud State 38 Washburn 52, Abilene Christian 49 Second Round Saturday, Nov. 26 New Haven 44, Kutztown 37 North Greenville 58, at Mars Hill 32 Northwest Missouri State 38, Midwestern State 31 Wayne State (Mich.) 38, NebraskaKearney 20 Winston-Salem 35, California (Pa.) 28 Delta State 42, North Alabama 14 Pittsburg State 31, Washburn 22 Minnesota-Duluth 24, Colorado StatePueblo 21 Quarterfinals Saturday, Dec. 3 Winston-Salem 27, New Haven 7 Wayne State (Mich.) 31, MinnesotaDuluth 25 Delta State 28, North Greenville 23 Pittsburg State 41, Northwest Missouri State 16 Semifinals Saturday, Dec. 10 Wayne State 21, Winston-Salem 14 Delta State (11-2) at Pittsburg State (11-1), 7:05 p.m. Championship Saturday, Dec. 17 At Braly Municipal Stadium Florence, Ala. Semifinal winners, 11 a.m. NCAA Division III Football Playoff Glance All Times EST First Round Saturday, Nov. 19 Franklin 24, Thomas More 21 Kean 34, Christopher Newport 10 Salisbury 62, Western New England 24 St. John Fisher 23, Johns Hopkins 12 Delaware Valley 62, Norwich 10 Wesley 35, Hobart 28 Wabash 38, Illinois College 20 Centre 51, Hampden-Sydney 41 Mount Union 47, Benedictine (Ill.) 7 Wis.-Whitewater 59, Albion 0 St.Thomas (Minn.) 48, St.Scholastica 2 Monmouth (Ill.) 33, Illinois-Wesleyan 27 Mary Hardin-Baylor 34, Redlands 13 McMurry 25, Trinity (Texas) 16 North Central (Ill.) 59, Dubuque 13 Linfield 30, Cal Lutheran 27 Second Round Saturday, Nov. 26 Salisbury 49, Kean 47 St. John Fisher 27, Delaware Valley 14 Mount Union 30, Centre 10 Wabash 29, North Central (Ill.) 28 Wesley 49, Linfield 34 Wis.-Whitewater 41, Franklin 14 St. Thomas (Minn.) 38, Monmouth (Ill.) 10 Mary Hardin-Baylor 49, McMurry 20 Quarterfinals Saturday, Dec. 3 Mount Union 20, Wabash 8 Wis.-Whitewater 34, Salisbury 14 St. Thomas (Minn.) 45, St. John Fisher 10 Wesley 27, Mary Hardin-Baylor 24 Semifinals Saturday, Dec. 10 Mount Union 28, Wesley 21 Wis.-Whitewater 20, St.Thomas (Minn.) 0 Championship Amos Alonzo Stagg Bowl Friday, Dec. 16

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SPORTS ON TV TODAY FIGURE SKATING Noon NBC — ISU, Grand Prix Final, at Quebec City (same-day tape) GOLF 3 p.m. NBC — Franklin Templeton Shootout, final round, at Naples, Fla. NFL FOOTBALL 1 p.m. CBS — Regional coverage, doubleheader FOX — Regional coverage 4 p.m. FOX — Regional coverage 4:15 p.m. CBS — Regional coverage, doubleheader game 8 p.m. NBC — N.Y. Giants at Dallas At Salem Stadium Salem,Va. Mount Union (14-0) vs. WisconsinWhitewater (14-0), 7 p.m. NAIA Football Playoff Glance All Times EST First Round Saturday, Nov. 19 Marian (Ind.) 31, Grand View (Iowa) 0 St. Francis (Ind.) 28, Missouri Valley 14 Georgetown (Ky.) 21, Benedictine (Kan.) 7 MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) 40, Southern Nazarene (Okla.) 28 St. Xavier (Ill.) 51, Bethel (Tenn.) 13 St. Francis (Ill.) 21, Morningside (Iowa) 17 Carroll (Mont.) 47, Valley City State (N.D.) 0 Azusa Pacific 49, Ottawa (Kan.) 26 Quarterfinals Saturday, Nov. 26 Marian (Ind.) 49, St. Francis (Ill.) 7 Georgetown (Ky.) 26, St. Francis (Ind.) 14 St. Xavier (Ill.) 22, MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) 14 Carroll (Mont.) 17, Azusa Pacific (Calif.) 14 Semifinals Saturday, Dec. 3 St. Xavier (Ill.) 30, Marian (Ind.) 27 Carroll (Mont.) 35, Georgetown (Ky.) 3 Championship Saturday, Dec. 17 At Barron Stadium Rome, Ga. St. Xavier (Ill.) (13-1) vs. Carroll (Mont.) (12-1), 4:30 p.m.

BASKETBALL Saturday’s College Basketball Scores EAST Baruch 80, Purchase 68 Brown 90, CCSU 80 Castleton St. 85, Maine Maritime 52 Chestnut Hill 86, Caldwell 84 Clarion 78, Cheyney 71, OT Colgate 65, St. Francis (NY) 63 College of NJ 70, Delaware Valley 67 Columbia 63, LIU 53 Drexel 64, Princeton 60 E. Mennonite 91, Johnson & Wales 51 Edinboro 73, Millersville 58 Franklin & Marshall 71, Haverford 61 Gannon 94, Shippensburg 75 Georgetown 62, Howard 48 Goldey Beacom 76, Dominican (NY) 74 Hamilton 96, Vassar 71 Harvard 76, Boston U. 52 Juniata 68, Ithaca 65 Keuka 69, Cobleskill 49 La Salle 76, Army 64 Lebanon Valley 76, Moravian 70 Lehigh 70, Wagner 69 Loyola (Md.) 65, Mount St. Mary's 54 Lycoming 90, Wilkes 88 Malone 84, Waynesburg 60 Manhattan 68, Hofstra 59 Manhattanville 83, William Paterson 80 Mercyhurst 70, Bloomsburg 66 Niagara 79, Hartford 76 Pace 66, Queens (NY) 46 Pittsburgh 74, Oklahoma St. 68 Providence 72, Bryant 61 Rochester 72, Hobart 62 Saint Joseph's 80, Creighton 71 Slippery Rock 78, Mansfield 72 Temple 78, Villanova 67 Ursinus 74, Dickinson 54 Washington & Jefferson 65, Westminster (Pa.) 63 Washington (Md.) 81, McDaniel 63 MIDWEST Anderson (Ind.) 72, Mount St. Joseph 45 Ball St. 58, Butler 55 Bethel (Minn.) 93, Martin Luther 38 Capital 75, Mount Union 69 Carthage 51, Albion 43 Central 58, Augsburg 50 Cleveland St. 69, Akron 66 Concordia (Wis.) 90, Aurora 68 Culver-Stockton 74, Peru St. 60 DePaul 102, Chicago St. 95 Edgewood 84, Benedictine (Ill.) 71 Findlay 75, Saginaw Valley St. 50 Grand Valley St. 62, Rochester (Mich.) 53 Grinnell 103, Carroll (Wis.) 89 Hanover 82, Defiance 72 Heidelberg 64, Muskingum 52 Hillsdale 72, Lake Superior St. 56 Ill.-Chicago 62, N. Illinois 55 Indiana 73, Kentucky 72 Indiana St. 68, Maryville (Mo.) 57 Indiana-East 101, Cincinnati Christian 72 Kalamazoo 75, Denison 66 Kansas 78, Ohio St. 67 Lakeland 94, Concordia (Ill.) 72 Loyola of Chicago 57, Toledo 55 Michigan 90, Oakland 80 Milwaukee Engineering 70, Marian (Wis.) 61 Minnesota 69, St. Peter's 47 Missouri 84, Navy 59 Missouri Baptist 82, Greenville 77 N. Iowa 67, Milwaukee 51 N. Michigan 81, Ohio Dominican 69 Northland 90, North Central (Ill.) 82 Oberlin 74, Alma 66 Purdue 61, E. Michigan 36 Rockford 88, Wis. Lutheran 80 Rose-Hulman 66, Bluffton 55 S. Indiana 90, Ohio Valley 64 Saint Louis 72, Ill.-Springfield 62 Spring Arbor 79, Olivet 78 St. Olaf 82, Gustavus 59 Wabash 72, Wooster 58 Waldorf 65, Viterbo 56 Walsh 99, Fisher 53 Wilmington (Ohio) 59, BaldwinWallace 56

Wis.-La Crosse 57, Wis.-Superior 56 Wis.-Whitewater 68, Wis.-Eau Claire 59 Wisconsin 62, UNLV 51 Wright St. 51, Miami (Ohio) 49 Xavier 76, Cincinnati 53 SOUTH Austin Peay 74, Tennessee 70 Bluefield 103, Bridgewater (Va.) 65 Campbell 103, Methodist 55 Carson-Newman 94, Lees-McRae 73 Christian Brothers 106, Arkansas Baptist 67 Delaware 58, Delaware St. 42 Duke 86, Washington 80 ETSU 65, Appalachian St. 48 Freed-Hardeman 74, William Carey 59 George Mason 76, Radford 61 Georgia St. 96, Rhode Island 64 Georgia Tech 65, Savannah St. 45 Guilford 66, Randolph-Macon 53 Indiana-Southeast 81, Spalding 70 Jacksonville St. 55, Southern U. 50 Kent St. 58, W. Carolina 56 Limestone 74, Catawba 69 Louisville 80, Fairleigh Dickinson 58 Martin Methodist 86, William Woods 66 Md.-Eastern Shore 95, Mercy 69 Middle Tennessee 78, UT-Martin 62 Mississippi 80, MVSU 56 Mississippi St. 106, Troy 68 North Carolina 84, Long Beach St. 78 North Greenville 87, St. Augustine's 76 Roanoke 77, Shenandoah 65 Samford 82, Lindsey Wilson 56 Tennessee St. 65, Cent. Michigan 57 Texas Wesleyan 72, FIU 68 Trevecca Nazarene 107, Fisk 82 Tusculum 76, Newberry 70 UCF 53, Bethune-Cookman 51 VMI 122, Milligan 73 Young Harris 80, Reinhardt 67 SOUTHWEST Missouri St. 68, UALR 60 Oklahoma 78, Arkansas 63 Stephen F. Austin 74, Alabama St. 48 TOURNAMENT Holland Sentinel Community Classic Championship Hope 101, Mount Vernon Nazarene 67< Third Place Marian, Ind. 72, Purdue-N. Central 37 Saturday's Scores Boys Basketball Akr. Hoban 54, Cle. Rhodes 31 Arlington 55, Lima Temple Christian 23 Athens 71, Gallipolis Gallia 53 Beachwood 81, Independence 49 Cin. Indian Hill 61, Loveland 35 Cin. Mt. Healthy 38, Cin. NW 37 Circleville Logan Elm 55, Ashville Teays Valley 40 Cle. Hts. Beaumont 83, Maple Hts. 59 Cols. St. Charles 69, Cols. West 32 Cory-Rawson 48, Mt. Blanchard Riverdale 39 Edgerton 52, Montpelier 36 Elida 58, Delphos St. John's 49 Elmore Woodmore 46, Port Clinton 35 Ft. Recovery 65, Ansonia 42 Greenwich S. Cent. 59, Crestline 46 Ironton 66, Portsmouth 52 Lima Bath 78, Bluffton 45 Mansfield Sr. 87, Lima Sr. 60 Newark 52, Logan 49 Ontario 66, Willard 58 Orange 69, Aurora 51 Ottawa-Glandorf 67, Fostoria 39 Richmond Hts. 78, Gates Mills Hawken 60 Sandusky St. Mary 31, Lakeside Danbury 17 Spencerville 81, Ft. Jennings 69 Teays Valley Christian, W.Va. 56, OVC 38 Van Wert 59, Coldwater 43 Vandalia Butler 46, New Carlisle Tecumseh 27 W. Jefferson 69, Sugar Grove Berne Union 59 Saturday's Scores Girls Basketball Akr. Coventry 53, Kent Roosevelt 37 Akr. Manchester 76, Massillon Tuslaw 34 Amherst Steele 46, Berea 19 Antwerp 52, Gorham Fayette 45 Arlington 62, N. Baltimore 40 Bellevue 59, Willard 48 Berlin Hiland 43, W. Lafayette Ridgewood 25 Caldwell 63, St. Clairsville E. Richland Christian 8 Can. McKinley 74, Shaker Hts. Hathaway Brown 40 Carey 63, Tol. Scott 36 Cin. Anderson 38, Cin. Walnut Hills 20 Cin. Sycamore 56, W. Chester Lakota W. 48 Clayton Northmont 49, Vandalia Butler 23 Cle. Max Hayes 27, Cle. Horizon Science 15 Clyde 64, Sandusky St. Mary 36 Collins Western Reserve 56, Greenwich S. Cent. 44 Cuyahoga Falls CVCA 60, Navarre Fairless 55 Cuyahoga Falls Walsh Jesuit 76, Chardon NDCL 23 Day. Carroll 96, Cin. Purcell Marian 33 Day. Chaminade-Julienne 46, Hamilton Badin 32 Day. Christian 65, Franklin Middletown Christian 18

MIAMI VALLEY SUNDAY NEWS • WWW.TROYDAILYNEWS.COM Northridge 61, Day. Day. Meadowdale 49 Delphos Jefferson 56, Kalida 39 E. Cle. Shaw 51, Cle. E. Tech 27 Elmore Woodmore 50, Gibsonburg 34 Elyria 64, Mayfield 56 Elyria Cath. 46, Grafton Midview 30 Fairborn 60, Springfield 25 Fairport Harbor Harding 57, Cle. St. Martin De Porres 15 Fairview 49, Sheffield Brookside 43 Ft. Loramie 53, Russia 47 Germantown Valley View 45, Franklin 35 Hamilton 67, Fairfield 62 Huber Hts. Wayne 85, Sidney 49 Jackson 54, Chillicothe 44 Jackson Center 55, DeGraff Riverside 40 Jamestown Greeneview 52, S. Charleston SE 37 Johnstown-Monroe 81, Howard E. Knox 70 Kettering Alter 53, Cin. McNicholas 31 Lawrence Co., Ky. 48, Ironton 25 Leavittsburg LaBrae 49, Southington Chalker 43 Leipsic 42, Holgate 38 Liberty Twp. Lakota E. 50, Cin. Oak Hills 21 Lima Cent. Cath. 53, St. Henry 50 Lima Shawnee 81, Van Buren 39 Logan 35, Gallipolis Gallia 31 Lorain 45, Euclid 28 Lucasville Valley 62, Portsmouth Clay 27 Maple Hts. 66, Warrensville Hts. 35 Medina Buckeye 61, Rocky River Lutheran W. 50 Miamisburg 66, W. Carrollton 32 Middleburg Hts. Midpark 78, Olmsted Falls 36 Milan Edison 69, Oak Harbor 60 Mogadore 54, Garrettsville Garfield 31 Mogadore Field 40, Mantua Crestwood 35 Monroeville 53, Ashland Crestview 49 New Carlisle Tecumseh 65, Riverside Stebbins 20 New Philadelphia 34, Cambridge 32 Newton Local 40, New Lebanon Dixie 39 Norton 52, Akr. Springfield 26 Oberlin Firelands 48, Oberlin 45 Ottoville 63, Bluffton 31 Pandora-Gilboa 55, Miller City 41 Parma Hts. Valley Forge 69, Parma 56 Parma Normandy 56, Garfield Hts. 44 Plymouth 58, New London 51 Port Clinton 46, Castalia Margaretta 39 Sandusky 45, Norwalk 40 Sandusky Perkins 68, Huron 32 Shadyside 61, Oak Glen, W.Va. 45 Spring. Cath. Cent. 51, Cedarville 43 Springboro 55, Beavercreek 34 Tallmadge 46, Green 45 City Tippecanoe 81, Tipp Bellefontaine 38 Vanlue 51, Tol. Maumee Valley 9 Versailles 60, Arcanum 19 Vincent Warren 59, Portsmouth 39 Wadsworth 60, Copley 23 Willoughby S. 34, Ashtabula Lakeside 22 Youngs. Ursuline 55, Youngs. East 40 Zanesville Rosecrans 63, Byesville Meadowbrook 38 Zoarville Tuscarawas Valley 52, Wooster Triway 35 Coal Grove Shootout Fairview, Ky. 46, Ironton St. Joseph 37

HOCKEY National Hockey League All Times EDT EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Philadelphia 28 18 7 3 39101 81 Pittsburgh 30 17 9 4 38 94 75 N.Y. Rangers 26 16 6 4 36 77 59 New Jersey 28 14 13 1 29 71 80 N.Y. Islanders 27 9 12 6 24 62 88 Northeast Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Boston 28 18 9 1 37 94 59 29 15 11 3 33 91 94 Toronto 29 15 12 2 32 79 79 Buffalo Montreal 30 12 11 7 31 74 77 30 13 13 4 30 91105 Ottawa Southeast Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA 29 16 8 5 37 81 71 Florida Washington 28 15 12 1 31 88 89 29 13 12 4 30 82 92 Winnipeg Tampa Bay 29 12 15 2 26 75 96 Carolina 31 9 18 4 22 79108 WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA 29 17 8 4 38 96 90 Chicago Detroit 28 18 9 1 37 89 62 St. Louis 29 17 9 3 37 71 62 Nashville 29 14 11 4 32 77 79 Columbus 29 8 17 4 20 71 99 Northwest Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Minnesota 30 20 7 3 43 79 64 Vancouver 29 18 10 1 37 97 71 Edmonton 29 14 12 3 31 83 77 Calgary 28 13 13 2 28 70 80 Colorado 30 13 16 1 27 78 91 Pacific Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Phoenix 29 15 11 3 33 77 76 San Jose 26 15 10 1 31 73 61 Dallas 27 15 11 1 31 71 77 Los Angeles 28 13 11 4 30 64 65 Anaheim 29 8 16 5 21 67 95 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. Friday's Games Washington 4, Toronto 2 Buffalo 2, Florida 1, OT Winnipeg 4, Carolina 2 Edmonton 4, Colorado 1 Saturday's Games Montreal 2, New Jersey 1 N.Y. Rangers 4, Buffalo 1 Vancouver 4, Ottawa 1 Pittsburgh 6, N.Y. Islanders 3 Philadelphia 5, Tampa Bay 2 Detroit 7, Winnipeg 1 Boston 5, Columbus 3 St. Louis 1, San Jose 0 Nashville 3, Anaheim 2 Minnesota 4, Phoenix 1 Edmonton at Calgary, 10 p.m. Dallas at Los Angeles, 10:30 p.m. Sunday's Games San Jose at Chicago, 7 p.m. Florida at N.Y. Rangers, 7:30 p.m. Monday's Games New Jersey at Tampa Bay, 7 p.m.

GOLF Dubai World Championship Scores Saturday At Jumeirah Golf Estates (Earth Course) Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Purse: $7.5 million Yardage: 7,675; Par: 72 Third Round Alvaro Quiros, Spain............68-64-70—202 Paul Lawrie, Scotland.......65—73-66—204 L. Oosthuizien, South Africa72-67-66—205 Luke Donald, England.........72-68-66—206 Peter Hanson, Sweden.......64-72-71—207 Francesco Molinari, Italy .....71-68-68—207 Shane Lowry, Ireland...........69-70-68—207 R.McIlory, Northern Ireland.66-71-71—208 Robert Rock, England.........68-69-71—208 C. Schwartzel, South Africa 69-71-68—208 Sergio Garcia, Spain...........67-73-68—208 Paul Casey, England ...........72-66-70—208 Martin Kaymer, Germany....73-71-64—208 Pablo Larrazabal, Spain......71-68-70—209 Ian Poulter, England ............73-69-68—210 David Lynn, England ...........69-72-70—211 Lee Westwood, England.....73-69-69—211 Jaco Van Zyl, South Africa..69-70-72—211 Johan Edfors, Sweden........72-68-72—212 Alexander Noren, Sweden..70-72-70—212 Edoardo Molinari, Italy.........71-73-68—212 G. McDowell, N. Ireland.......71-71-71—213 G. Fdez-Castano, Spain......70-71-72—213 F.Andersson Hed, Sweden .75-66-72—213 Matteo Manassero, Italy......73-68-72—213 Nicolas Colsaerts, Belgium.72-74-67—213 Robert Karlsson, Sweden...73-72-68—213 Jamie Donaldson, Wales ....75-69-69—213 Thorbjorn Olesen, Denmark70-73-70—213 Richie Ramsay, Scotland ....74-69-70—213 David Horsey, England........69-72-73—214 Thomas Levet, France.........70-75-69—214 Gregory Bourdy, France,.....70-73-71—214 Thomas Bjorn, Denmark.....73-70-71—214 Raphael Jacquelin, France .74-67-74—215 Felipe, Aguilar, Chile............70-77-68—215 Rhys Davies, Wales.............73-73-69—215 Ernie Els, South Africa........74-69-73—216 Lorenzo Gagli, Italy..............72-71-73—216 G.Coetzee, South Africa .....74-73-69—216 Anders Hansen, Denmark..74-73-69—216 Hennie Otto, South Africa ...70-75-71—216 Gregory Havret, France ......72-72-72—216 Rafael Cabrera-Bello, Spain72-70-74—216 Thomas Aiken, South Africa69-73-75—217 Ross Fisher, England..........68-74-75—217 Mark Foster, England..........76-71-70—217 Retief Goosen, South Africa74-69-75—218 M. Angel Jimenez, Spain ....71-77-71—219 Peter Lawrie, Ireland............75-74-71—220 Joost Luiten, Netherlands...76-71-73—221 Simon Dyson, England .......77-75-69—221 James Morrison, England...75-70-76—221 Christian Nilsson, Sweden..76-73-73—222 D. Clarke, Northern Ireland .76-72-75—223 M. Hoey, Northern Ireland...75-72-76—223 Scott Jamieson, Scotland ...72-72-79—223 Franklin Templeton Shootout Scores Saturday At Tiburon Golf Club (Gold Course) Naples, Fla. Purse: $3 million Yardage: 7,288; Par: 72 (36-36) Second Round Better Ball Keegan Bradley/Brendan Steele63-62—125 Mark Calcavecchia/Nick Price....63-63—126 Rory Sabbatini/Jhonattan Vegas 67-60—127 Rickie Fowler/Camilo Villegas.....65-63—128 Jerry Kelly/Steve Stricker ............64-65—129 Kenny Perry/Scott Stallings.........67-62—129 Charles Howell III/Justin Leonard68-62—130 Anthony Kim/Webb Simpson......67-63—130 Jason Dufner/Sean O'Hair..........66-64—130 Greg Norman/Scott McCarron ...69-62—131 Chris DiMarco/Chad Campbell...68-63—131 Stewart Cink/Bo Van Pelt ............70-62—132

TRANSACTIONS Saturday's Sports Transactions BASEBALL American League LOS ANGELES ANGELS — Agreed to terms with 1B Albert Pujols on a 10year contract and LHP C.J. Wilson on a five-year contract. BASKETBALL National Basketball Association ATLANTA HAWKS — Signed F Vladimir Radmanovic. GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS — Signed F Gary Flowers and F Chris Wright. INDIANA PACERS — Re-signed C Jeff Foster. Signed F-C Jeff Pendergraph, F-C Jarrid Famous, F Tyren Johnson, F Darnell Lazare and F-C Matt Rogers. NEW YORK KNICKS — Traded F Ronny Turiaf, cash considerations and a 2013 second-round draft pick to Washington and G Andy Rautins to Dallas, who sent C Tyson Chandler and the draft rights to Ahmad Nivins and Giorgos Printezis to New York and a 2012 second-round draft pick to Washington. Washington also sent a conditional future second-round draft pick to Dallas. Waived G Chauncey Billups. SACRAMENTO KINGS — Signed F Lawrence Hill and G Adrian Oliver. TORONTO RAPTORS — Signed F Rasual Butler. WASHINGTON WIZARDS — Signed F Larry Owens. FOOTBALL National Football League NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS — Signed DL Eric Moore. Signed DB Malcolm Williams from the practice squad. Placed DL Jermaine Cunningham on injured reserve. Released DB Sterling Moore. HOCKEY National Hockey League NHL — Fined Montreal F Lars Eller $2,500 for boarding Los Angeles D Drew Doughty during the Dec. 3 game. EDMONTON OILERS — Assigned RW Cameron Abney and C Ryan Martindale from Stockton (ECHL) to Oklahoma City (AHL). FLORIDA PANTHERS — Reassigned F Evgenii Dadonov to San Antonio (AHL). LOS ANGELES KINGS — Activated D Willie Mitchell from injured reserve. Assigned F Ethan Moreau to Manchester (AHL). American Hockey League BINGHAMTON SENATORS — Recalled F Jack Downing from Elmira (ECHL). Signed D Mike Ratchuk to a professional tryout agreement. SAN ANTONIO RAMPAGE — Recalled RW Anthony Luciani from Cincinnati (ECHL). Reassigned F AJ Jenks to Cincinnati. Released C Brian Sutherby. SYRACUSE CRUNCH — Recalled F Kevin King from Elmira (ECHL). ECHL ECHL — Suspended Utah F Riley Emmerson two games and fined him an undisclosed amount for his actions during Friday's game against Alaska. Fined the Bakersfield and Stockton organizations undisclosed amounts for their players' actions prior to the start of Friday's game. COLLEGE TEXAS A&M — Named Kevin Sumlin football coach. UCLA — Named Jim Mora football coach.

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Colleges buy up .xxx sites

Postal closures will be ‘a mess’ strong union contracts and shrinking operations dependent on intricate logistics. “The downsizing or the demise of the postal service, it’s going to be a mess and it’s going to be a mess for a long time,” said John Zodrow, a retired Denver attorney and former Postal Service arbitrator who wrote a book about its labor relations. “It’s a huge undertaking.” The proposed closures are among several moves aimed at helping the agency avert bankruptcy and adjust to declining mail volume as customers migrate to the Internet to communicate and pay bills. Delivery changes announced Monday would virtually eliminate the chance for stamped letters to arrive the next day for the first time in 40 years and pave the

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — The U.S. Postal Service’s plan to close 252 mail processing facilities and cut 28,000 jobs by the end of next year may help the agency curb its mounting financial problems, but it faces big practical obstacles. Deciding which plants to close will be difficult and face opposition from leaders. community Actually closing all of them could take a few years, and most workers will stay employed under union rules. The bulk of the job cuts will actually come from attrition and retirements, not layoffs, while the remaining work force is shuffled into new locations and positions. What’s about to unfold in cities from Reno, Nev., to Chicago will illustrate the complexity of cutting a work force protected by

way for closing more than half of the 461 plants where the mail gets processed and sorted. Postal officials say they can save up to $3 billion by 2015 by following through with the cuts getting rid of buildings, running equipment more efficiently, operating fewer mail trucks and cutting employees. The postal service’s manager of collective bargaining said Monday that the agency foresaw the “potential for significant attrition” given that more than 20 percent of postal workers were eligible for early retirement. Managers and non-career employees could be laid off while no decisions have been made on how any early retirement incentives will be offered, said the official, Kevin Rachel. For most workers and communities, the uncer-

tainty is terrible but the economic impact might not be as catastrophic as feared. Most workers in the facilities are represented by the American Postal Workers Union, which reached a fouryear contract in May guaranteeing that its 220,000 clerks and maintenance employees cannot be laid off or transferred more than 50 miles away. Employees in plants that are closed will have to decide whether to relocate to the places where work is consolidated, which will need to rapidly expand in size. If they stay behind, they will fight for remaining jobs in the area and will likely have to switch duties. Many post offices, for instance, have deliberately left open retail clerk and letter-carrying jobs. “It’s, ‘grab a job before

there are no more jobs left to be grabbed.’ It’s the proverbial musical chairs,” Zodrow said. Zodrow said the turbulence could motivate more workers to take early retirement, which he warned would be a mistake for some. Postal workers do not have skills that transfer well to the private sector and are making more than they would elsewhere, he said. The outcome of negotiations between the postal service and unions representing mail handlers and letter carriers, which both have deadlines of next week, could be crucial in determining how cost-cutting plans are carried out. Mail handlers, who are represented by a union of 47,000 members, are bargaining about job protections and reassignment rules.

Universities trying to thwart porn ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The University of Kansas is buying up website names such as www. KUgirls.xxx and www. KUnurses.xxx. But not because it’s planning a Hot Babes of Kansas site or an X-rated gallery of the Nude Girls of the Land of Aaahs. Instead, the university and countless other schools and businesses are rushing to prevent their good names from falling into the hands of the pornography industry. Over the past two months, they have snapped up tens of thousands of “.xxx” website names that could be exploited by the adult entertainment business. “Down the road there’s no way we can predict what some unscrupulous entrepreneur might come up with,” said Paul Vander Tuig, trademark licensing director at the Lawrence, Kan., school. The university spent nearly $3,000 in all. It plans to sit on the .xxx names and do nothing with them. The brand-new .xxx suffix is an adults-only variation on .com. The .xxx name went on sale to the public for the first time this week, promoted as a way to enable porn sites to distinguish themselves and a means of making it easier for Internet filters to screen out things parents don’t want their children to see. ICM Registry of Palm Beach, Fla., is the exclusive manager of the .xxx names and sells them through a dozen middleman companies such as GoDaddy.com for an average of $100 a year. Indiana University spokesman Mark Land said the school spent $2,200 to buy www. hoosiers.xxx and 10 other such names. Other Indiana schools took the same step, including Purdue University and Ball State University. “This is just a modest cost of doing business in the world we live in,” Land said. ICM sold .xxx names for the past two months exclusively to companies and others that wanted to protect their brands from the porn industry. During the so-called sunrise sale, ICM registered nearly 80,000 names, said chairman and CEO Stuart Lawley.

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Ohio Lottery names store its Retailer of the Week BY MELODY VALLIEU Staff Writer vallieu@tdnpublishing.com

WEST MILTON

C & J Party Supply has been named Retailer of the Week by the Ohio Lottery Commission. Owner Phillip Wilson said the business, 26 Emerick Road, will be featured on the Ohio Lottery’s weekly Cash Explosion Show at 7:30 p.m. Dec. 17. Wilson said it could not be a more appropriate time to feature the business he has owned for 28 years, because he recently renovated the business, which is a state liquor store, and offers wine and lottery sales. The business also serves as a carry out. “All your party supply

needs — except the paper,” Wilson said jokingly. The Milton-Union graduate said C & J Party Supply is a family business, and at one time or another, most all of his family has worked for the store. The Ohio Lottery each week recognizes one outstanding retail partner who offers courteous service and sales enthusiasm, according to its website. Retailer of the Week is chosen based on recommendations by their lottery sales representative and regional sales office staff. He said he believes good customer service def-

initely helped his store be identified as a top Ohio Lottery retailer. “I have some great employees,” he said. “After being here 28 years, and it being the first time being selected, it’s kind of special.” Wilson said the store has sold several $100,000 winning tickets and a new car winner also purchased their ticket at his store. In the future, Wilson said he hopes to continue staying competitive by updating the existing building and offering wine tastings and other customer-friendly opportunities. PROVIDED PHOTO For more information, C & J Party Supply can be Owner Phillip Wilson stands inside C & J Party Supply reached at (937) 698- in West Milton, which recently was named Retailer of the Week by the Ohio Lottery Commission. 6800.

TradeWinds Learning Center to open in Troy For the Miami Valley Sunday News TradeWinds Learning Center will have its grand opening from 1-5 p.m. Dec. 17 at 29 S. Norwich Road. The event will feature free refreshments, sample lessons and a raffle. Raffle tickets can be purchased at the door for $2 each. Prizes will be awarded hourly

beginning at 2 p.m. and will include free tuition, gift cards from area merchants, art work and items for children. All proceeds from the sale of raffle tickets will go to benefit programs that serve children in Miami County. TradeWinds coordinates and teaches lessons in language and culture, and business and leadership.

TROY Languages offered include: English (for non-natives, as well as natives who may need help with their writing, social studies, sciences, etc.), Japanese, Korean, Chinese and Spanish. TradeWinds also sponsors a Global Youth Leadership program, a pro-

gram for students in grades 9 through 12 that focuses on developing world-class leaders from an early age. Information on the program will be available at the grand opening and applications for the program will begin in January. Additionally, TradeWinds offers handcrafted gifts from around the “Ring of Fire” Pacific Rim coun-

tries, and supports local Ohio artists, including ceramics, paintings, sculptures, accessories and other gift items. For Information, call Steven Kiefer at (937) 5702688, or email skiefer@ tradewindslearningcenter.com. The company’s website can be found at http://tradewinds-salon. weebly.com.

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TODAY IN HISTORY Today is Sunday, Dec. 11, the 345th day of 2011. There are 20 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Dec. 11, 1936, Britain’s King Edward VIII abdicated the throne so he could marry American divorcee Wallis Warfield Simpson his brother, Prince Albert, became King George VI. On this date: In 1928, police in Buenos Aires announced they had

thwarted an attempt on the life of President-elect Herbert Hoover. In 1941, Germany and Italy declared war on the United States the U.S. responded in kind. In 1946, the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) was established. In 1961, a U.S. aircraft carrier carrying Army helicopters arrived in Saigon the first direct American military support for

South Vietnam’s battle against Communist guerrillas. In 1972, Apollo 17’s lunar module landed on the moon with astronauts Eugene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt aboard they are, to date, the last two men to step onto the lunar surface. In 2008, Bernie Madoff was arrested, accused of running a multibillion-dollar Ponzi scheme. (Madoff is serving a 150-year federal prison sentence.)

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A protester holds a badminton racket as he shouts slogans during a rally in St.Petersburg, Russia, Saturday. More than 10,000 people are protesting in St. Petersburg against Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and his party, which won the largest share of a parliamentary election that observers say was rigged.

Russia’s stunning protests end with hint of change MOSCOW (AP) — Tens of thousands of people held the largest anti-government protests that post-Soviet Russia has ever seen on Saturday to criticize electoral fraud and demand an end to Vladimir Putin’s rule. Police showed surprising restraint and state-controlled TV gave the nationwide demonstrations unexpected airtime, but there is no indication the opposition is strong enough to push for real change from the prime minister or his ruling party. Nonetheless, the prime minister seems to be in a weaker position than he was a week ago, before Russians voted in parliamentary elections. His United Party lost a substantial share of its seats, although it retains a majority. The independent Russian election-observer group Golos said Saturday that “it achieved the majority mandate by falsification,” international observers reported

widespread irregularities, and the outpouring of Russians publicly denouncing him throughout the country undermines Putin’s carefully nurtured image of a strong and beloved leader. Putin “has stopped being the national leader in the eyes of his team, the ruling political class and society,” analyst Alexei Malachenko of the Moscow Carnegie Center wrote on his blog. Putin, who was the president of Russia in 20002008 before stepping aside because of term limits, will seek a new term in the Kremlin in the March presidential elections. The protests have tarnished his campaign, but there is not yet any obvious strong challenger. The most dramatic of Saturday’s protests saw a vast crowd jam an expansive Moscow square and adjacent streets, packed so tight that some demonstrators stood on others’ toes. Although police estimated

the crowd at 30,000, aerial photographs suggested far more, and protest organizers made claims ranging from 40,000 to 100,000 or more. Elsewhere in Russia, some 7,000 protesters assembled in St. Petersburg, and demonstrations ranging from a few hundred people to a thousand took place in more than 60 other cities. Police reported only about 100 arrests nationwide, a notably low number for a force that characteristically quick and harsh action against opposition gatherings. The police restraint was one of several signs that conditions may be easing for the beleaguered opposition, at least in the short term. Although city authorities generally refuse opposition forces permission to rally or limit the gatherings to small attendance, most of the protests Saturday were sanctioned.

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Downtown shops offer gift options BY MELANIE YINGST Staff Writer myingst@tdnpublishing.com orget about those big box stores and their splashy holiday advertising. Downtown businesses in Troy have an abundance of unique gift ideas for children, families and that hard to buy for relative. Teachers: Instead of the tired-old apple ornament or candle, a gift certificate to Brower’s Stationary or freshly ground coffee is the A+ gift to express your appreciation for your child’s educator. Teachers already enjoy a 10 percent discount at Brower Stationers, 16 S. Market St. Let your child’s teacher know how much you appreciate their time and effort with a gift certificate so teachers can pepper their students papers with stickers or a new stockpile of red ink pens to mark up their papers for the rest of the semester. “A gift certificate is the perfect gift for a teacher so they can come in and get their supplies that they need for their classroom,” said Lori Gunther, owner of Brower Stationers. “Lots of times teachers will come in with three or four gift certificates so they can stock up on their supplies for their classroom.” If you want to take shining the teacher’s apple one step further, stop into Bakehouse Bread and Cookie Company or NightSky Coffee shop for a nice quiet lunch after school lets out. Sparkles and Shiny Things: Sometimes it’s best to pull out all the stops during the holiday and give a gift that out shines all the rest. For the ladies, it’s wide array of jewelry and for the fellas it’s time for a new watch. Two of downtown Troy’s jewelers have both on hand well, to place on the hand under the Christmas tree. William and Boss Jewelers, 217 Public Square S.E. Troy, has a wide variety of custom jewelry and designer watches. “Our goal is to make shopping for jewelry fun and affordable and as stress-free as possible for our customers,” said Mary Louise Boss of William and Boss Jewelers. “We believe shopping should be fun — part of the fun is finding something very nice and high quality at an affordable price.” “We offer free gift wrapping with every purchase, which totally eliminates the stress for our customers of appropriately wrapping a package for the gift presentation,” Boss said. “Customers can have a complete gift ready for presentation when they have finished their purchase. That is peace of mind.” Jenny Nimer, owner of Hittle’s Jewelers, 106 W. Main St., Troy, said they offer something for everyone. “For the men, it’s Citizen watches and for the ladies, of course, diamonds,” Nimer said, listing off the wide variety of diamond arrangements and choices for customers. Other unique gift ideas include Waterford Crystal and Lisa Robin Jewelry, locally made by an artisan from Dayton that specializes in unique designs of necklaces.

Allison Fullenkamp, from samozrejme in downtown Troy, shows off some of the “green” toys available at her store, including toy dump trucks made from 100 percent recycled materials.

ABOVE: A selection of locally made hats for children available at samozrejme. RIGHT, TOP: Locally made hair accessories, such as this hair band, are available at Samozrejme. RIGHT, BOTTOM: Glass Lock Snack Cubes — manufactured by weangreen — have become popular items at samozrejme.

Staff photos/Jim Davis Children’s Stocking Stuffers: Warm-up your babes in swaddling clothes this holiday season at two of downtown Troy’s children boutiques — Pinky Scout and samozrejme. Allison Fullenkamp, owner of samozrejme, 123 S. Market St., said the store has something for children of all ages and eco-friendly adult gifts as well. The store, the name of which derives from the Slovak word for “naturally; of course,” offers everything from glass containers, washable lunch bags, glass water bottles to unique baby items to non-toxic teethers and locally made clothing and accessories. One of the hottest items is the all natural toy lines of Haba and Plan toys. “Both are sustainable made toys with non-toxic

components,” Fullenkamp said. Plan toys are made of rubber wood and Haba toys are made from recycled milk jugs. “When the tree no longer makes natural rubber, it’s used for the toy and they use water-based paints,” Fullenkamp said. Also popular is the Plan pull toys, doll houses and other “heirloom” toys that can be passed down from generation to generation. Haba toys, made from recycled milk jugs, is a line that also is very Earth friendly and affordable with dump trucks and even tool sets — including pink and purple trucks. “Lots of stocking stuffers like the glass containers and water bottles that don’t leave a taste and can be easily washed and are very durable,” Fullenkamp said. She also said she is the only store in

Ohio that sells the weangreen glass, made in Canada. Also popular is the variety of accessories like caps, up-cycled mittens and hair accessories made locally by artisans from Troy and Sidney. “The Ohio State hats and hairbands are handsdown the most popular sellers,” she said. Also popular is the “chew beads,” or necklaces that can be worn by mothers that are safe for infants to chew and play with due to being made out of medical-grade silicone. “They can be worn as jewelry or the babies can play with them and it’s safe for them to put them in their mouths because they are non-toxic,” she said. Sports of All Sorts: The great outdoors is one giant playground for some

folks, and Troy’s downtown has a variety of outfitters to keep your loved ones in the game of life. Mike Porter’s Family Bike Shop is enjoying its new location in downtown Troy, 945 W. Main St. “We have great bike path trails that people can enjoy and we offer a widevariety of price points as well as bikes for the road or mountain bike,” Porter said. Porter said one can find an assortment of accessories from the Family Bike Shop, from helmets to clothing, for bike enthusiasts. “Our focus is on quality, which will lead to a more enjoyable experience,” Porter said. For the runners in your family, the new store Up and Running recently opened for those who prefer to be grounded. Also, for the professional spectator, there’s stadium

seats for the fan available at Troy Sports Center, 401 Public Square in downtown Troy. While you’re there, stop in and get your favorite local high school spirit gear and cheer on your favorite team in style and comfortably all year long. Everything in Between: Of course there’s All Around Books for your bookworms and for the decorator there’s David Fair on the Square and Expressions for the Home and Home Comfort Gallery and Design. And for those who are even harder to buy for, try something unique at the multiple gift shops like For All Seasons, where all profits are donated to Hospice of Miami County. For more information about shopping, dining and services in downtown Troy, visit

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‘Thin month’ of December is hardly lifeless In Celtic lore, a “thin place” is a geographic location where the veil between the physical and spiritual is less substantial; a spot where the boundary between heaven and earth, between the human and the divine, between the known and the mystery is noticeably tenuous, palpable in its sudden close presence. When you draw near one of these thin places you feel something — an opening, awakening, stirring; a sort of precursor to the transcendental. This thin place might be an outcropping of stone, a bubbling spring, or a grove of dark hemlocks. Its location is often where the ancients built their tombs and places of worship, erected churches, monasteries, castles … and sometimes practiced ritual sacrifice or other dark ceremonies. Do such thin places really exist? I believe they do — but then, my veins are filled with Celtic blood from both sides of the family tree, so I’m doubtless genetically predisposed to such notions. You’d best call on your

from autumn into winter with the passage of the solstice. But we also have a counterpoint transition of spring-intosummer at June’s solstice, plus the quarter-mark seasonal transitions provided by the equinoxes in March and September. Yet none of these astronomical waypoints, though they each mark the simultaneous end/beginning Jim McGuire of another season, feel “thin” in Troy Daily News Columnist the way I perceive December, nor does their affect seem particularly profound beyond calenown faith and experience to dar recordkeeping. make that decision. I rather suspect this percepWhat I do know, and the tion of “thinness” might have to point I’ve been sidling toward in do with light and weather. a rather roundabout fashion, is December is the darkest that in a most similar way — month of the year — that is, we though without quite the overhave the fewest total hours of tones of spirituality, and as a daylight allotted to us during place situated in seasonal time this month. Moreover, rather than upon the physical December’s weather is often land — December always cloudy, which further reduces strikes me as a “thin month.” the overall illumination. December is, of course, a Unlike many whose mood transition month, one of four we and behavior are affected by pass through during the round seasonal light disorder, I don’t of a year. Two-thirds of the way find myself depressed by this into this twelfth month we shortchanging of natural light. change seasons — transitioning However, I do notice a tendency

toward introspection, a slowing to contemplate my surroundings, a keener interest in seeking understanding of many things at a deeper level. December’s is a fully revealed landscape. Leaves which began falling in October and continued through November, are now all down, wet and brown underfoot. The woodland color is mostly gone, replaced with a vertical monotone of bare trunks. Any view, even if dimly lit, is long and open. The world is not lifeless. Not at all! But it is subdued, quieter, a place of restricted, almost stealthy movement. Even the river, high from recent rains, seems hushed and oddly restrained as it slips quickly along. December’s wind whispers, or sometimes moans. At night, when the clouds give way, the moon can be seen stealing furtively through the tangle of sycamore limbs. Stars grow large, wink, and creep across the sky. Sometimes an owl calls, or geese high on the wing.

Then there’s the cold. Not the penetrating razor-sharp cold of mid-January, but a cold that’s recognizably more than a deep chill. A distinctive December cold — penetrating, bright, numbing when you breathe. A cold you feel, not unpleasantly, in your throat and lungs. Yes, weather is part of it, to be sure. As is light. But still, that’s not the whole explanation for my heightened perception. Yet frankly, I don’t have the full answer. All I can say, again, is that December seems a thin month — a time when the unknown stirs, draws close — when something seems ready to happen. Maybe my feelings connect back more than two millennium to the rugged Judean hills where, one starry winter’s night, a child was humbly born … and learned men rode swiftly from the East, bearing gifts and acclaim, following a star. Did they, too, feel the season’s pull and expectation? Is that really thin December’s wondrous gift?

More people getting flu shots New fronts open in the battle against age-related diseases at drug, grocery stores BY GRACE RUBENSTEIN Sacramento Bee People increasingly are getting flu shots at retailers rather than from their doctors or at public vaccine clinics. Supermarkets and retail drugstores such as Walgreens and CVS are expanding into the vaccine business. The share of seasonal flu shots given at stores jumped from 7 percent in the 2006-07 season to more than 18 percent last fall and winter, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports. A doctor’s office is still

the most common place to go — 40 percent of people who got immunized last season did so in that setting — but stores came in second. Among seniors age 65 and over receiving the vaccine, 24 percent got it at a store. The turning point for retail pharmacies came in 2009, when the H1N1 virus, or swine flu, was circulating the globe. The U.S. government that fall urged every possible provider — including retail pharmacies — to offer inoculations. The pandemic prompted record numbers of people to get immunized against the regular flu,

too. Manufacturers distributed about 111 million vaccine doses that season — the first time the number topped 100 million — and 140 million in the following one, the CDC estimates. Yet even after swine flu went away, the new vaccine infrastructure kept chugging. “It was really a watershed year,” said Chrissy Kopple, spokesperson for the National Association of Chain Drug Stores. “More and more people were becoming aware that in their neighborhood they could go down the street and get their flu shot.”

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BY JEREMY OLSON Minneapolis Star Tribune Do you want to live to 120, only to feel like you’re 120? In the human quest for longevity — if not immortality — it’s a question that often gets overlooked. But it’s a core issue for a team of scientists at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., whose work is reshaping the course of geriatric research nationally. Over the past three years, Mayo has built one of the largest aging centers in the nation. With 48 geriatricians, 10 geriatric psychiatrists and research supported by 90 federal or private foundation grants, the center has been producing more than 100 research papers annually. Aging is still the enemy, but the Mayo team’s goal is to understand how it works and how to get in its way. “What elderly people don’t want to do is live a very long time at all costs, feeling sick,” said Dr. James Kirkland of Mayo’s Robert and Arlene Kogod Center on Aging. “What people want is to be independent and free of chronic disease and able to do things on their own.” For Kirkland, it’s the difference between life span and a relatively new term called “healthspan,” which means the quality of your life in whatever time you have. The center recently scored a high-profile success with the discovery that removing certain cells from the body might slow the onset of age-related diseases. These “senescent” cells, which are no longer dividing or producing new cells, are normally removed from the body by natural processes, but they build up with age. Kirkland and his colleagues found that by using drugs to clear these cells from genetically modified mice, they could inhibit the aging process — and in doing so made the mice less prone to such age-related problems as cataracts, inactivity because of muscle loss and wrinkles because of fat-tissue loss. “Even if the drug was started in old age,” Kirkland said, “we delayed subsequent age-related declines.” The study gained global attention when it was published in the journal Nature, but it represents just one among many research targets at the center. One of Kirkland’s colleagues, Dr. Johannes Veldhuis, is examining whether a decline in growth hormone is either a

cause or an effect of aging, and if drugs targeting the decline could alter the aging process. A team of researchers led by Dr. Andre Terzic is looking at using elderly patients’ own stem cells and transplanting them back into tissues in need of repair. Dr. Sundeep Khosla is studying genetic and age-related causes of osteoporosis and complications from the resulting loss of bone density. Some studies offer smaller goals and immediate payoffs, such as how to improve recovery from chemotherapy for elderly patients. Others will take years in pursuit of the aging center’s ultimate goal — to uncover the steps in the aging process that lead to such ailments as Alzheimer’s disease, cancer, heart attacks, strokes and diabetes. Kirkland doesn’t foresee an old-age drug that could ward off all these diseases. But if his research identifies the aging process that triggers them, it will give doctors a road map for how and when to intervene before they become severe. “Our paper brings it beyond the level of science fiction,” he said, “but it starts us on an extremely long path.” Pamela Rotty gladly signed up to be part of this quest. The 54-year-old from Rochester has seen the difference in healthspan in her own family: Her father’s poor health left him unable to travel or fulfill all his retirement dreams, while her grandmother farmed and even took a bellydancing class in her 90s. “You don’t think about it as much in your 30s and 40s,” she said. “But now you’re just over the hump of 50 and all of a sudden you’re looking over the other side and you’re a little more focused. You start looking at the longevity of your parent and grandparents.” Rotty was at Mayo recently, participating in Khosla’s latest study of muscle and bone loss in postmenopausal women. Study coordinators had her run up stairs, then do it again carrying 25 pounds of weight, then sit and rise from a chair 10 times quickly. She also received a full-body scan and a CT scan, and was strapped into a chair to measure how much weight she could lift with her knees. The former aerobics instructor took it all with a grain of competition, and scowled when a test of her knee lift came in at 48 pounds. “Fifty” sounded

nicer to her. The study seeks to identify when declines in muscle and bone make women more at risk for osteoporosis and its complications. Often, bone and muscle decline are studied separately. But Khosla (the bone guy) and Nathan LeBrasseur (the muscle guy) are examining how they work together. “If we can identify the women that are most at risk for losing bone and muscle mass, those are the women that are at risk for of healthspan,” loss because of falls that cause hip fractures, Khosla said. Across Mayo’s campus, similar experiments are taking place with mice in LeBrasseur’s lab. Mice are being modified genetically to see how the inclusion or removal of certain genetic traits or proteins affect aging and bone and muscle strength. Researchers hold mice near a wire. When the mice claw the wire, it measures their strength by how hard they pull against it. A mouse-size treadmill measures endurance. Studies have been inconclusive on whether exercise lengthens lifespan. But LeBrasseur said there is evidence that physical activity improves healthspan — reducing the odds of certain diseases, for example. Even so, exactly how exercise affects healthspan isn’t fully understood. “It’s time now to really start digging into the mechanisms of exercise,” said LeBrasseur, an associate professor of physical medicine and rehabilitation. Research in this area has a tantalizing payoff. Understanding how the body changes in response to exercise could lead to drugs that maximize the body’s response to working out, or stimulate the body in ways that mimic exercise. “I don’t believe we’ll ever be able to put exercise in a pill,” LeBrasseur said, “but if we can replicate some of the effects of exercise in a pharmacological format, that might be very good for individuals” who are too frail to be physically active. Of course, tinkering with the body to disrupt aging has to be measured against the potential harm. Senescent cells, for example, might have some underlying and misunderstood purpose. Removing them could disrupt that natural process and lead to unexpected cancers or diseases — more than offsetting the benefit Kirkland found through his research.

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Sharing child care duties can be tricky BY ELLEN GIBSON Associated Press Rosa Feddersen and her husband bought their dream retirement home on a lake in Oklahoma City five years ago. He, a pilot for U.S. Airways, was nearing the end of his career, and the area had everything the couple wanted. But when they learned their first grandchild was on the way in 2009, their agenda changed. After pleas from their daughter, they moved back to Pennsylvania to help with the baby. Their daughter and son-inlaw are both surgeons, and Feddersen sometimes watches her granddaughter, Nora, 70 hours a week. While it’s a lot of work, she says the arrangement seems to be working for everyone. One reason: When it comes to taking care of baby, parents and grandparents try to stay out of each other’s way. “When I’m watching her, they pretty much understand that what I say goes,” Feddersen says. “But when they’re home, I totally back off.” That kind of mutual trust is essential to a successful childcare arrangement with grandparents, says Lawrence Balter, a child psychologist and parenting expert who is also a professor emeritus at New York University. Sharing childrearing duties is almost never simple. “Both generations are going to have their ideal way of doing things,” he says. “You have to be able to navigate and find a happy medium.” More and more families are finding themselves in these murky waters. According to the most recent Census data, 30 percent of pre-school children with employed mothers are cared for by a grandparent, while 21 percent attend a daycare center. And the economic woes of the past few years have led parents to seek more help from relatives, says Donna Butts, executive director

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In this Dec. 2 photo, Rosa Feddersen watches as her 15-month-old granddaughter Nora Thiel checks out Christmas tree ornaments in Feddersen's home near Middletown, Pa. Feddersen and her husband bought their dream retirement home on a lake in Oklahoma City five years ago, but when they learned their first grandchild was on the way in 2009, their agenda changed. of Generations United, a nonprofit based in Washington, D.C. In addition to being a moneysaving option — the average cost of center-based daycare is approaching $12,000 a year — letting grandparents take care of the kids has other benefits, Butts says. Children learn about their family history and are cared for by adults who love them, while parents can have more flexible schedules. As for the grandparents, a 2007 study by Linda Waite, a professor of sociology at the University of Chicago, found that grandmothers who babysit 200 to 500 hours per year exercise more and get depressed less

often. But these arrangements can also be tricky because there isn’t the same clearly defined code of conduct that would apply with a professional daycare provider. Balter shares these tips for ensuring that everyone remains healthy and happy. • Set clear expectations. Determine how many hours each week the grandparent will care for the child, during what times and at whose house, and do your best to stick to the plan. Also, if there’s compensation involved, decide on the amount in advance. Is the grandparent expected to do any chores during the day? Make

sure everyone agrees. • Establish routines. Work together to create a rough schedule for the children’s day, including naptimes and meals. This is a good opportunity for mom or dad to fold in more detailed requests — for instance, if there are certain foods they do or do not want the child to eat. • Don’t be critical. Remember you’re on the same team. Instead of a parent saying, “My daughter doesn’t go to bed because you’re getting her overexcited after dinner,” try phrasing it without accusation: “Let’s run through the schedule and see what we can do so she’ll be calmer at night.” This

advice applies to grandparents, too. If you notice the parents doing something ineffective, instead of correcting them, try offering gentle suggestions, such as, “When you were a kid, we did it this way and it seemed to work.” • Don’t obsess over consistency. While it’s important for an individual caregiver to be consistent, it’s fine if mom and grandma don’t have exactly the same rules. Kids learn that different things are expected of them in different contexts. (Even with mom and dad, they’ve already figured out what they can get away with when each parent is in charge.) Learning how to behave in diverse environments will help them when they start school. • Relinquish some control. This goes for both parents and grandparents. As a grandparent, it’s natural to feel defensive when your own offspring second-guess your childrearing skills. Just remember that scientific research is always evolving and today’s parents have access to knowledge you might not have had. That said, for many parents, it’s tempting to micromanage, but don’t expect grandparents to report everything that happens during the day. Trust that as long as kids are loved and kept safe, they will be OK. • Schedule regular check-ins. Plan to sit down once every few months to discuss how things are going. In the chaos of drop-off and pick-up, there won’t be much time to compare notes or share concerns. During these check-in sessions, be honest about what’s working for you and make any necessary adjustments. For Feddersen, when the hours spent babysitting got to be too much, the family decided to send the toddler to a daycare center a couple of days a week. Now grandma has some free time to sleep in and get her nails done, and granddaughter is learning valuable socialization skills.

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In this Aug. 27 file photo, Niagara Falls is illuminated in orange. The tourism season at Niagara Falls is slowing, but November started the busy season for those who light the falls in colors every night. Two Ontario men, 80-year-old Peter Gordon and 78-year-old Dick Mann, alternate on the controls, working from an illumination tower on the Canadian side of the falls. The 21-spotlight system uses 4,000-watt bulbs that shine with a combined brilliance of 8.2 billion candles.

Lighting of falls has colorful history NIAGARA FALLS, Ontario (AP) — You can’t take a boat ride into the roar and spray of Niagara Falls in the winter, but this time of year offers a different spectacle: Nighttime illumination of the falls in a changing array of colors — red, white, blue, purple, orange, amber and green. In spring and summer, the colored lights shine for just three hours, but with less daylight in winter, curtains of color wash over the falls each night for up to seven hours. Crowds gather along the sidewalk and railing on Niagara Parkway to see the show as mist rises from the falls and basin in front of them; others watch from the windows of hotels and restaurants on the Canadian side. The display starts with patriotic themes red, white and blue for the American Falls, red and white for the horseshoe-shaped Canadian Falls and frequently includes colors to honor a cause. When Niagara Falls hosted the first wedding following New York’s legalization of same-sex marriage in July, Mayor Paul Dyster arranged for a rainbow of colors, the symbol of gay pride. On Nov. 16, the falls were lit by white light for 15-minute stretches for lung cancer awareness, a

IF YOU GO … • NIAGARA FALLS: http://www.niagaraparks.com/ attractions/falls-illumination.html. The falls currently are illuminated in color from 5 p.m.-midnight with shorter hours as dusk and daylight change through the seasons.

request made by Christine Dwyer, who founded a group called Make Some Noise for Lung Cancer Awareness after losing her best friend to the disease. “I think it validates us a bit,” said Dwyer, of Becket, Mass. She said supporters sent her emails after the lighting, saying, “I heard about this, I’m in tears, I’m so grateful.” The light beams emanate from a bank of 18 spotlights, each 30 inches in diameter, sitting atop a raised stone bunker across the road. For more than 50 years, Peter Gordon, 80, has been manning the light show, splitting the week with “the rookie,” Dick Mann, 78, who has been at it just under 30 years. Both are from Ontario. “I never get tired of it,” Gordon, 80, said one night in November, the start of his busy

season, when fewer daylight hours mean longer nights to light. The best views come on crisp winter nights, Gordon said, when the mist is transformed to sparkling ice crystals that catch the soft colors. For the past year, Gordon and Mann have used a relatively new technology to control the lights — computerized touch screens. But the history of Niagara’s illumination goes back more than 150 years. The falls were lit for the first time at 10 p.m. on Sept. 14, 1860, when 200 lights like those used to signal for help at sea were put in place for a visit from the Prince of Wales. Electricity was first used in 1879. An Illumination Tower, still used today, was built in 1899. Colors appeared in 1907 when gelatin films were included in a 36-light system near the base of the gorge designed by General Electric Co. of Schenectady. Workers, including Peter Gordon’s father, were paid $3 a night to change the gels when a foreman shouted cues. The Niagara Falls Illumination Board, a cross-border body established in 1925, has kept the lights on most nights since, with a few exceptions.

They were turned off during World War II, for example, to conserve power. The control room where Gordon and Mann work 75 feet above street level has a musty old feel with stone walls, wellworn wooden floors, cobwebby beams overhead and a couple of bare bulbs above a bank of humming generators. “This place is a dump, really,” said Gordon, laughing. But then there’s that milliondollar view. After changing the lights’ colors on the touchscreen, the controller can see the result 15 seconds later by looking out the windows or stepping through a door to a platform outside, where the lights are mounted. On the face of the waterfalls, colors fade to white as the next colored gel covers the spotlight and a new hue spills with the water over the falls. With each color change, it’s as if someone has dumped dye into the river above as it careens over the edge to the rocks below. The 4,000-watt spotlights burn with a combined brilliance of 8.2 billion candles, about what NASA used to light the runway for night space shuttle landings. Gordon staggers the lights to avoid repeating color combina-

tions, changing them as often as every five minutes to keep things fresh for tourists milling across the street below. Like other landmarks, including the Empire State Building and Eiffel Tower, the falls have been lit to honor a variety of causes: Alzheimer’s Disease, World AIDS Day, Canada’s Remembrance Day, March of Dimes and others. The charities are not asked to pay the $85 an hour it takes to light the falls. The cost is split among Niagara Falls, N.Y., Niagara Falls, Ontario, Niagara Parks and Ontario Hydro. Each bulb costs $1,500. Not everyone loves the illumination. “All that does is make it into a sideshow,” said Niagara Falls historian Paul Gromosiak, who advocates for keeping the falls in their most natural state and questions the logic and expense of using artificial light on a natural wonder. “The only light we should have on the falls is moonlight.” As midnight nears, Gordon goes back to the patriotic colors that began the night, leaving them on for 15 minutes. The colors retract and the water rushes white for the last few minutes, and the falls fade to black.

Ski trail maps use artist’s hand-painted panoramas LOVELAND, Colo. (AP) — If you’ve ever gone skiing at an unfamiliar resort without getting lost, chances are you have James Niehues to thank. Niehues, 65, is the man behind the trail map. His handpainted panoramas have been reproduced into millions of pocket-sized maps handed out by ski resorts in North America, Japan, Korea, China, New Zealand, Australia, Chile and Serbia. “His trail maps are as much a part of the sport as snow,” said Greg Ditrinco, executive editor of Ski Magazine. That’s high praise for a fellow whose formal art training consisted of a “learn to draw” mailorder course, taken in ninth grade while home sick from school. Niehues always wanted to find a job that “had a little art.” After the Army, he worked as an offset pressman, an ad layout artist and a designer before contacting Bill Brown, who painted the majority of the ski maps in the 1970s and 1980s. Niehues went to Brown looking for some encouragement, but left with a commission. Brown was moving away from maps and into video, and asked Niehues to take over painting an inset for a Winter Park, Colo., trail map. From his start in 1987 until today, Niehues has painted about 300 panoramas, mostly of ski

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This undated photo courtesy of James Niehues shows Niehues working on the Mt. Hood Skibowl, Ore., trail map at his studio in Loveland, Colo. From his start in 1987 until today, Niehues has painted about 300 panoramas, mostly of ski resorts. resorts, but also of golf courses, hiking trails, resort property and tourist regions. His style is distinctive. He paints from an aerial perspective, distorted if necessary to bring a labyrinth of runs and mountain faces into a single plane. “That’s why I’ve lasted so long doing what I do,” explained Niehues. “Every ski slope is a puzzle to me; to turn all those slopes so you can get the best view. “ Niehues works out of a wellorganized basement studio in the modest house he shares in

Loveland, Colo., with his wife, Dora, who handles the business end of things. To craft a map, Niehues researches his subject, checking satellite images on Google Earth, existing maps, blueprints and photographs. Then, whenever possible, he visits the resort, taking photographs from the air while being flown over at various altitudes. “By the time I get down from the flight I know what perspective I can get to represent the mountain,” he said. If he can’t make the flight personally, he

asks the resort to supply aerial photographs. Niehues starts by providing the client with a couple of small sketches, followed by a large pencil on vellum drawing. The sketch time can take from a day to a week, depending on the size of the resort. Once he gets the client’s approval, he begins painting in gouache, an opaque watercolor, on a 30-by-40 inch prepared illustration board. This method allows him to lift the color and update sections as resorts change over the years. Small ski areas might require three days of painting, while large resorts require 10, depending on the number of trees. Regional representations can take up to three weeks. Niehues licenses the image to the client, but he maintains the copyright. His most lucrative job was $13,500 for a regional map, six years ago. “If there were two really good artists in this business, we’d both starve,” he said. Niehues will sketch one resort while painting another, but he only paints one at a time. “I tried doing several at a time in my early career. It was OK but they would end up looking similar and I didn’t like that,” he explained. And that is what Niehues doesn’t like about his nemesis:

computers. He’ll use a computer to adjust the color or perspective on a nearly finished map. But in Niehues’ opinion, computer-generated maps lack any character. “They can’t do what I can do,” he explained. “A computer-generated map is obviously computer generated. They have cloned trees; all of them identical.” Keeping the panoramas unique is part of what motivates Niehues. He paints some with bright blue skies, others with alpenglow at sunset. “I try to make each one as different as I can,” he said. Over the decades, his style and palette have changed, in part because of developments in reproduction techniques, and in part because of his own evolution as an artist. “I think I’m getting better,” he said. “Now I put indigo in my snow. It gives it more body, settles it down, especially if it has trees on it.” Because there are so few projects available — he normally paints 16 to 25 a year — Niehues will take almost any commission. But he won’t relax his standards if a client tinkers with his work. “I’ve had to occasionally call somebody up after they’ve used a computer program to alter the color or proportions and say, ‘Take my name off of it. That isn’t how I painted it,’” he said.

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The Billboard Top Albums 1. Christmas, Michael Buble. 143/Reprise/Warner Bros. 2. 21, Adele. XL/Columbia/Sony Music. 3. Under The Mistletoe, Justin Bieber. SchoolBoy/Raymond Braun/Island/IDJMG. 4. Take Care, Drake. Young Money/Cash Money/Universal Republic. 5. Here And Now, Nickelback. Roadrunner. 6. My Life II…The Journey Continues (Act 1), Mary J. Blige. Matriarch/Geffen/IGA. 7. Talk That Talk, Rihanna. SRP/Def Jam/IDJMG. 8. Concerto: One Night In Central Park, Andrea Bocelli. Sugar/Decca. 9. NOW 40. Various artists. Universal/EMI/Sony Music/Capitol. 10. Own The Night, Lady Antebellum. Capitol Nashville. Hot Adult Contemporary Songs 1. All I Want For Christmas Is You, Michael Buble. 143/Reprise/Warner Bros. 2. Fa La La, Jim Brickman Featuring Olivia Jade Archbold. Somerset/Mood. 3. Have A Holly Jolly Christmas, Michael Buble. 143/Reprise/Warner Bros. 4. All I Want For Christmas Is You (SuperFestive!), Justin Bieber Duet With Mariah Carey. SchoolBoy/Raymond Braun/Island/IDJMG. 5. Mistletoe, Justin Bieber. SchoolBoy/Raymond Braun/Island/IDJMG. 6. The Heart Of Christmas, Matthew West. Sparrow/Capitol. 7. It’s Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas, Michael Buble. 143/Reprise/Warner Bros. 8. Someone Like You, Adele. XL/Columbia. 9. If I Die Young, The Band Perry. Republic Nashville/Universal Republic. 10. Rolling In The Deep, Adele. XL/Columbia. Mainstream Rock Songs 1. Face To The Floor, Chevelle. Epic. 2. Bottoms Up, Nickelback. Roadrunner/RRP. 3. Buried Alive, Avenged Sevenfold. Hopeless/Sire/Warner Bros. 4. Not Again, Staind. Flip/Atlantic. 5. The Sound Of Winter, Bush. Zuma Rock/eOne. 6. A Warrior’s Call, Volbeat. Vertigo/Universal Republic. 7. The Collapse, Adelitas Way. Virgin/Capitol. 8. What You Want, Evanescence. Wind-up. 9. Tonight, Seether. Windup. 10. Monster You Made, Pop Evil. eOne. Alternative/Modern Rock Tracks 1. Lonely Boy, The Black Keys. Nonesuch/Warner Bros. 2. Paradise, Coldplay. Capitol. 3. The Sound Of Winter, Bush. Zuma Rock. 4. Cough Syrup, Young

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FILM REVIEW The Giant. Roadrunner/RRP. 5. Walk, Foo Fighters. Roswell/RCA/RMG. 6. Dark Horses, Switchfoot. lowercase people/Atlantic. 7. These Days, Foo Fighters. Roswell/RCA. 8. Face To The Floor, Chevelle. Epic. 9. Tonight, Seether. Windup. 10. Sail, AWOLNation. Red Bull. Hot Country Songs 1. We Owned The Night, Lady Antebellum. Capitol Nashville. 2. Tattoos On This Town, Jason Aldean. Broken Bow. 3. Keep Me In Mind, Zac Brown Band. Southern Ground/Atlantic/Bigger Picture. 4. Baggage Claim, Miranda Lambert. RCA. 5. Country Must Be Country Wide, Brantley Gilbert. Valory. 6. God Gave Me You, Blake Shelton. Warner Bros./WMN. 7. Let It Rain, David Nail. MCA Nashville. 8. Easy, Rascal Flatts Featuring Natasha Bedingfield. Big Machine. 9. I Got You, Thompson Square. Stoney Creek. 10. Drink In My Hand, Eric Church. EMI Nashville. Top Country Albums 1. Own The Night, Lady Antebellum. Capitol Nashville. 2. Clear As Day, Scotty McCreery. 19/Mercury Nashville/IGA/UMGN. 3. Speak Now: World Tour Live CD + DVD, Taylor Swift. Big Machine. 4. My Kinda Party, Jason Aldean. Broken Bow. 5. The Band Perry, The Band Perry. Republic Nashville/Universal Republic. 6. Speak Now, Taylor Swift. Big Machine. 7. Tailgates & Tanlines, Luke Bryan. Capitol Nashville. 8. Clancy’s Tavern, Toby Keith. Show Dog-Universal. 9. Four The Record, Miranda Lambert. RCA/SMN. 10. Chief, Eric Church. EMI Nashville. Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums 1. Take Care, Drake. Young Money/Cash Money/Universal Republic. 2. My Life II…The Journey Continues (Act 1), Mary J. Blige. Matriarch/Geffen/IGA. 3. Talk That Talk, Rihanna. SRP/Def Jam/IDJMG. 4. Inevitable (EP), Trey Songz. Songbook/Atlantic/AG. 5. Tha Carter IV, Lil Wayne. Young Money/Cash Money/Universal Republic. 6. Watch The Throne, Jay Z & Kanye West. Roc-AFella/Roc Nation/Def Jam/IDJMG. 7. Immortal, Michael Jackson. MJJ/Epic/Sony Music. 8. 4, Beyonce. Parkwood/Columbia/Sony Music. 9. Open Invitation, Tyrese. Voltron Recordz. 10. Ambition, Wale. Maybach/Warner Bros.

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In this film image released by Warner Bros. Pictures, Katherine Heigl, left, and Jon Bon Jovi are shown in a scene from “New Year’s Eve.”

‘New Year’s Eve’ drops ball Movies sets record for schmaltz BY DAVID GERMAIN AP Film Critic “New Year’s Eve” is the second in a remarkably shallow series of holidaythemed, celebrity-stuffed confections from director Garry Marshall and screenwriter Katherine Fugate, following their 2010 “Valentine’s Day” collaboration. Of course, the really good stuff will come once they get to “Columbus Day,” or maybe, just maybe, “Ash Wednesday.” Many of the elements are the same as they were for “Valentine’s Day,” just moved back on the calendar a few weeks, with the script again weaving together a dozen or so plot lines that crisscross a holiday prone to sentimentalizing. If there is some kind of world record for schmaltz, this may have set it. Included here are first kisses, midnight rendezvous, dying fathers, newborn babies, husbands at war and trapped strangers. It’s narcotic mawkishness, with notes played on heartstrings like a 12-string guitar. Though it’s pure, rosy fantasy on screen, this is

cynical, paint-by-the-numbers entertainment, sold with a gaggle of stars spread across its movie poster like a telethon lineup. The threads of romance emanate from where else? New York’s Times Square. Hilary Swank plays a character running the ball drop festivities, at which a famous rocker (Jon Bon Jovi as “Jensen”) is to perform, and where various police keep watch, including one played by Chris “Ludacris” Bridges. Some of the footage from these scenes came from last year’s New Year’s in Times Square shot by cinematographer Charles Minsky. This, surely, is the film’s biggest accomplishment: The atmosphere is very true to the Times Square celebration. Katherine Heigl plays a chef catering a pre-party featuring Jensen, who happens to be her exboyfriend. Her sous chef is Sofia Vergara of “Modern Family.” Abigail Breslin, now a teenager, is hoping to join her friends in Times Square, but her mother (Sarah Jessica Parker) won’t let her. Jessica Biel, with husband Seth

Meyers, is going into labor, competing for the new year’s first baby against a rival couple (Sarah Paulson, Til Schweiger). Michelle Pfeiffer plays a meek office assistant who quits her job (John Lithgow plays her recordlabel executive boss, a good bit of casting that should have spawned laughs) and hires a courier (an ultra-confident Zac Efron) to help her accomplish a list of resolutions. Ashton Kutcher, as a bearded grouch, gets stuck in an elevator for hours with backup singer Lea Michele. (I crossed my fingers that bathroom needs would spoil their budding romance, but alas.) Most incredulous, perhaps, is the pairing of nurse Halle Berry and dying Vietnam veteran Robert De Niro. En route to love and new beginnings, the many characters run around familiar New York tourist attractions and pair off predictably. Editor Michael Tronick deserves credit for stitching all of these corny story lines together smoothly. None of the characters are more than cardboard cliches, but the cast is likable and pretty enough (there

are some rom-com pros here, including Heigl and Josh Duhamel) that most are able to swallow the pallid dialogue without causing inadvertent laughs. The cameos keep coming until the end, with even Mayor Michael Bloomberg dropping by. After all, this is as much an ad for New York as it is a movie. And I’m pretty sure I spotted Knick Amare Stoudemire as the credits rolled. Obviously, the NBA lockout was very hard on players. And it’s during these lighthearted extras and outtakes at the end of “New Year’s Eve” where the first and only honest moment of the film occurs. Carla Gugino, who plays the OB/GYN delivering the expected babies, hints at the crassness of the enterprise. In a gag, she emerges from between Biel’s legs with not a child, but “Valentine’s Day” DVDs. Congratulations. It’s dreck. “New Year’s Eve,” a Warner Bros. Pictures release, is rated PG-13 for language, including some sexual references. Running time: 117 minutes. One and a half stars out of four.

Stay home, don’t hire ‘The Sitter’ BY DAVID GERMAIN AP Film Critic

Jonah Hill, world’s worst babysitter. Must have sounded like such movie magic that the makers of “The Sitter” grabbed the first three brats they found on the street, shoved them in a minivan with Hill and started filming. As broad, dumb comedy goes, it’s not a bad idea to Hot Rap Songs cast Hill as a chubby 1. … in Paris, Jay Z slacker roped into a hellKanye West. Roc-Aish night tending to a Fella/Roc Nation/Def high-maintenance brood. Jam/IDJMG. Yet other than Hill’s 2. Headlines, Drake. admirable work ethic tryYoung Money/Cash ing to squeeze laughs out Money/Universal Republic. 3. Work Out, J. Cole. Roc of this dismally underdeveloped scenario, “The Nation/Columbia. Sitter” has nothing going 4. She Will, Lil Wayne for it. Featuring Drake.Young Not even its fleeting Money/Cash length. Take away the Money/Universal Republic. opening and closing cred5. Dance, Big Sean. its, and you’re left with G.O.O.D./Def Jam/IDJMG. not much more than an 6. Lotus Flower Bomb, hour of actual movie. But Wale Featuring Miguel. it feels much, much Maybach/Warner Bros. longer, watching “The 7. Make Me Proud, Drake Featuring Nicki Minaj. Sitter” slog along from one rotten gag to the next. Young Money/Cash The movie’s also a seriMoney/Universal Republic. ous racial offender, parad8. Sexy And I Know It, ing a gang of black actors LMFAO. Party Rock/will.i.am/Cherrytree/Int around as hoods stealing cars, talking jive or lookerscope/Universal. ing for a fight. 9. That Way, Wale Director David Gordon Featuring Jeremih & Rick Green who started as an Ross. Maybach/Warner indie-film prodigy with Bros. such small, smart dramas 10. Body 2 Body, Ace as “George Washington” Hood Featuring Chris and “All the Real Girls” Brown. We The Best/Def before going Hollywood Jam/IDJMG.

with the 2008 hit “Pineapple Express” delivers his second bad, raunchy comedy of the year, after last spring’s “Your Highness.” He’s single-handedly jeopardizing the goodwill R-rated comedy has gained in Hollywood from such dirtier-minded hits as “Bridesmaids,” ”Bad Teacher” and others in the Judd Apatow mold. Apatow protege Hill, who leaped from a bit part in “The 40-Year-Old Virgin” to stardom in “Superbad,” plays Noah Griffith, an idler kicked out of college, living with his divorced mom and whiling away his time watching TV. His mother guilts him into taking a babysitting job for family friends, and from there, the merry mayhem is supposed to take off. It’s all just muck from then on, except for an occasional throwaway line that’s worth a chuckle. Screenwriters Brian Gatewood and Alessandro Tanaka’s verbal jokes are mostly mindless, though, and “The Sitter” really fails in the physical comedy department with an assault of mean, humorless sight gags. The filmmakers try to sneak in tender, nurturing moments with each of the three kids: 13-year-old social outcast Slater (Max Records of “Where the Wild Things Are”); little

sister Blithe (Landry Bender), a junior party girl whose painted-whore makeup is not hilarious, as the filmmakers apparently believed, but simply creepy; and their adopted Hispanic brother, Rodrigo (Kevin Hernandez), a destructive monster with an arsenal of cherry bombs. Bender is shrilly annoying, Hernandez is obnoxiously annoying, while Records is merely annoying. The same goes for Ari Graynor as Noah’s sort-of girlfriend, whose promise of sex sends him out cruising Manhattan in search of cocaine, taking the kids along in their parents’ minivan. (How did tubby loser Noah hook up with a hottie like Graynor? Who really cares?). “The Sitter” bumbles along in an awkward collection of episodes as Noah encounters obstacle after witless obstacle, weirdo after dreary weirdo. Saddest among

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his new acquaintances is Sam Rockwell as a psychotic drug dealer. Rockwell is pals with Green, putting in a fine performance in the director’s 2007 drama “Snow Angels.” Friends deserve better than what Rockwell gets in “The Sitter.” Hill is no funnier here than his co-stars, yet he’s clearly trying to make “The Sitter” work. His earnestness almost makes you believe in Noah, if not in the mess of miserable action swirling around him. Advice to parents, and everyone else, looking for some decent entertainment to babysit your eyeballs for a while: don’t hire “The Sitter.” “The Sitter,” a 20th Century Fox release, is rated R for crude and sexual humor, pervasive language, drug material and some violence. Running time: 81 minutes. One and a half stars out of four. 2241845

Billboard Top 10 1. We Found Love, Rihanna Featuring Calvin Harris. SRP/Def Jam/IDJMG. 2. Sexy And I Know It, LMFAO. Party Rock/will.i.am/Cherrytree/Int erscope. 3. It Will Rain, Bruno Mars. Summit/Chop Shop/Elektra/Atlantic. 4. Moves Like Jagger, Maroon 5 Featuring Christina Aguilera. A&M/Octone/Interscope. 5. Good Feeling, Flo Rida. Poe Boy/Atlantic. 6. Someone Like You, Adele. XL/Columbia. 7. Without You, David Guetta Featuring Usher. What A Music/Astralwerks/Capitol. 8. … in Paris, Jay Z Kanye West. Roc-AFella/Roc Nation/Def Jam/IDJMG. 9. The One That Got Away, Katy Perry. Capitol. 10. Stereo Hearts, Gym Class Heroes Featuring Adam Levine. Decaydance/Fueled By Ramen/RRP.

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DATES TO REMEMBER E. Franklin St., Troy. Learn new and age-appropriate ways to parent children. Call 339-6761 for more infor• DivorceCare seminar and supmation. There is no charge for this port group will meet from 6:30-8 p.m. program. at Piqua Assembly of God Church, • Narcotics Anonymous, Hug A 8440 King Arthur Drive, Piqua. Child Miracle, will meet at 7 p.m. at the care provided through the sixthChurch of the Brethren, 1431 W. grade. Main St., Troy, use back door. • COSA, an anonymous 12-step • Narcotics Anonymous, Inspiring recovery program for friends and Hope, 12:30 p.m., Trinity Episcopal family members whose lives have Church, 60 S. Dorset Road, Troy. been affected by another person’s • Sanctuary, for women who have compulsive sexual behavior, will been affected by sexual abuse, locameet in the evening in Tipp City. For tion not made public. Must currently more information, call 463-2001. be in therapy. For more information, • AA, Piqua Breakfast Group will call Amy Johns at 667-1069, Ext. meet at 8:30 a.m. at Westminter 430 Presbyterian Church, corner of Ash • Miami Valley Women’s Center, and Caldwell streets, Piqua. The dis- 7049-A Taylorsville Road, Huber cussion meeting is open. Heights, offers free pregnancy test• AA, Troy Trinity Group meets at ing, noon to 4 p.m. and 6-9 p.m. For 7 p.m. for open discussion in the 12 more information, call 236-2273. Step Room at the Trinity Episcopal • Pilates for Beginners, 8:30-9:30 Church, 1550 Henley Road, Troy. a.m. and 5:30-6:30 p.m. at 27 1/2 E. • AA, open meeting, 6 p.m., Main St., Tipp City. For more inforWestminster Presbyterian Church, mation, call Tipp-Monroe Community corner of Ash and Caldwell streets, Services at 667-8631 or Celeste at Piqua. Alley entrance, upstairs. 669-2441. • AA, Living Sober meeting, open • The Ex-WAVES, or any woman to all who have an interest in a sober who formerly served during World lifestyle, 7:30 p.m., Westminster War II, will meet at 1 p.m. the second Presbyterian Church, corner of Ash Monday at Bob Evans in Troy. and Caldwell streets, Piqua. • Next Step at Noon, noon to 1 • Narcotics Anonymous, Winner’s p.m. at Ginghamsburg South Group, will meet at 5 p.m. at Trinity Campus, ARK, 7695 S. County Episcopal Church, 60 S. Dorset Ave., Road 25-A, one mile south of the Troy. Open discussion . main campus. • Narcotics Anonymous, Poison • Al-Anon, “The Language of Free, 7 p.m., First United Methodist Letting Go, Women’s Al-Anon,” will Church, 202 W. Fourth St., third be at 6:45 p.m. at the Presbyterian floor, Greenville. Church, Franklin and Walnut streets, • Narcotics Anonymous, Never Troy. Women dealing with an addicAlone, Never Again, 6:30 p.m., First tion issue of any kind in a friend or Christian Church, 212 N. Main St., family member are invited. Sidney • Teen Talk, where teens share TUESDAY their everyday issues through communication, will meet at 6 p.m. at the • Deep water aerobics will be Troy View Church of God, 1879 offered from 9-10 a.m. or 6-7 p.m. at Staunton Road, Troy. Lincoln Community Center, 110 Ash • Singles Night at The Avenue will St., Troy. For more information, call be from 6-10 p.m. at the Main Carmen Pagano at (469) 667-3059 Campus Avenue, Ginghamsburg or 335-2715. Church, 6759 S. County Road 25-A, • The Friends and Neighbors Troy. Each week, cards, noncompetiClub of Miami County, a women’s tive volleyball, free line dances and nonprofit and social organization free ballroom dance lessons. Child doing charitable work in the Troy care for children birth through fifth area, meets at 7 p.m. the second grade is offered from 5:45-7:45 p.m. Tuesday of each month at the Troyeach night in the Main Campus Hayner Cultural Center. For more building. For more information, call information, contact Joanne at 667-1069, Ext. 21. jrosenberglvspopcorn@hotmail.com. • Mothers of Preschoolers MONDAY (M.O.P.S.) and MOMSnext are groups of moms who are pregnant, a • Christian 12 step meetings, new mom or a mom of a school“Walking in Freedom,” are offered at aged child who meet to unwind and 7 p.m. at Open Arms Church, 4075 socialize while growing and learning Tipp Cowlesville Road, Tipp City. to be better moms. Meetings are the • Shallow water aerobics will be second Tuesday each month from offered from 8-9 a.m. or 11 a.m. to 6:15-8:30 p.m. at Troy Christian noon at the Lincoln Community Church, 1440 E. State Route 55, Center, 110 Ash St., Troy. For more Troy. Single, married, teen, working information, call Carmen Pagano at or stay-at-home moms are invited. (469) 667-3059 or 335-3059. For more information, contact Robin • An evening grief support group Klosterman at 339-9980 meets the second and fourth rklosty@frontier.com. Monday evenings at 7 p.m. at the • A teen support group for any Generations of Life Center, second grieving teens, ages 12-18 years in floor, 550 Summit Ave., Troy. The the greater Miami County area is support group is open to any grievoffered from 6-7:30 p.m. on the secing adult in the greater Miami County ond and fourth Tuesday evenings at area and there is no participation the Generations of Life Center, secfee. Sessions are facilitated by ond floor, 550 Summit Ave., Troy. trained bereavement staff. Call 573- There is no participation fee. 2100 for details or visit the website Sessions are facilitated by trained at homc.org. bereavement staff and volunteers. • AA, Big Book discussion meet- Crafts, sharing time and other grief ing will be at 11 a.m. at Trinity support activities are preceded by a Episcopal Church, 60 S. Dorset light meal. Road, Troy, in the 12 Step Room. • A Fibromyalgia Support group The discussion is open to the public. will meet from 6:30-8 p.m. the first • AA, Green & Growing will meet Tuesday at the Troy First United at 8 p.m. The closed discussion Methodist Church, 110 W. Franklin meeting (attendees must have a St., Troy, in Room 313. Enter from desire to stop drinking) will be at south parking lot. The support group Troy View Church of God, 1879 Old is free. For more information, contact Staunton Road, Troy. Aimee Shannon at 552-7634. • AA, There Is A Solution Group • Mothers of Preschoolers, a will meet at 8 p.m. in Ginghamsburg group of moms who meet to unwind United Methodist Church, County and socialize while listening to inforRoad 25-A, Ginghamsburg. The dis- mation from speakers, meet the seccussion group is closed (participants ond and fourth Tuesday from 6:15must have a desire to stop drinking). 8:30 p.m. Single, married, working or • AA, West Milton open discusstay-at-home moms are invited. sion, 7:30 p.m., Good Shepherd Children (under 5) are cared for in Lutheran Church, rear entrance, MOPPETS. For more information, 1209 S. Miami St. Non-smoking, contact Michelle Lutz at 440-9417 or handicap accessible. Andrea Stapleton at 339-8074. • Al-Anon, Serenity Seekers will • The Miami Shelby Chapter of meet at 8 p.m. in the 12 Step Room the Barbershop Harmony Society at Trinity Episcopal Church, 60 S. will meet at 7:30 p.m. at Greene Dorset Road, Troy. The discussion Street United Methodist Church, 415 meeting is open. A beginner’s meet- W. Greene St., Piqua. All men intering begins at 7:30 p.m. ested in singing are welcome and • Alternatives: Anger/Rage visitors always are welcome. For Control Group for adult males, 7-9 more information, call 778-1586 or p.m., Miami County Shelter, 16 E. visit the group’s Web site at Franklin St., Troy. Issues addressed www.melodymenchorus.org. are physical, verbal and emotional • Divorce Care, 7 p.m. at violence toward family members and Richards Chapel, 831 McKaig Ave., other persons, how to express feelTroy. Video/small group class ings, how to communicate instead of designed to help separated or confronting and how to act nonviodivorced people. For more informalently with stress and anger issues. tion, call 335-8814. • Mind Over Weight Total Fitness, • AA, women’s meeting, 8-9 p.m., 6-7 p.m., 213 E. Franklin St., Troy. Dettmer’s Daniel Dining Room. Other days and times available. For • AA Tuesday night meeting, 7 more information, call 339-2699. p.m., Troy Church of the Brethren, • TOPS (Take Off Pounds 1431 W. Main St., Troy. Sensibly), 6 p.m., Zion Lutheran • AA, The Best Is Yet To Come Church, 11 N. Third St., Tipp City. Group will meet at 11 a.m. in the 12 New members welcome. For more Step Room at Trinity Episcopal information, call 667-6436. Church, 60 S. Dorset Road, Troy. The • Troy Noon Optimist Club will discussion is open. meet at noon at the Tin Roof restau• AA, Tipp City Group, Zion rant. Guests welcome. For more Lutheran Church, Main and Third information, call 440-9607. streets at 8 p.m. This is a closed dis• Weight Watchers, Westminster cussion (participants must have a Presbyterian, Piqua, weigh-in is at 5 desire to stop drinking). and meeting at 5:30 p.m. • Al-Anon, 8:30 p.m. Sidney • Parenting Education Groups will Group, Presbyterian Church, corner meet from 6-8 p.m. at the Family North and Miami streets, Sidney. 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Brethren, 1431 W. Main St., Troy. Open discussion. • An Intermediate Pilates class will be from 9-10 a.m. and 6-7 p.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. • 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 • Shallow water aerobics will be offered from 8-9 a.m. or 11 a.m. to noon at the Lincoln Community Center, 110 Ash St., Troy. For more information, call Carmen Pagano at (469) 667-3059 or 335-3059. • 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. • 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, is $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. • Weight Watchers, Suite 2600, Stouder Center, Troy, at 9 a.m. and 6 p.m. For more information, call (800) 374-9191. • 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 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 9-10 a.m. or 6-7 p.m. at Lincoln Community Center, 110 Ash St., Troy. For more information, call Carmen Pagano at (469) 667-3059 or 335-2715. • The Generations of Life Center of Hospice of Miami County will offer a 6 O’Clock Supper at local restaurants on the third Thursday of each month at 6 p.m. The locations vary, so those 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. • Tipp City Seniors, meet at noon; bring a covered dish for lunch; programs are held one or two times a month. 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. • Weight Watchers, Suite 2600, Stouder Center, Troy, at 6:30 p.m. For more information, call (800) 3749191. • AA, Tri-City Group meeting will take place 8:30-9:30 p.m. in the cafeteria 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. • Recovery International, a selfhelp group for adults of any age suffering from panic, anxiety, depression or other nervous or mental disorders, will meet every Thursday from 6-7:45 p.m. at the Troy-Miami County Public Library, 419 W. Main St., Troy. The organization is not meant to replace the advice of physicians, but can be a useful tool in developing good mental health through will training. There is no charge to attend, but free will donations are taken. For more information, call 473-3650 or visit the group’s Web site at www.LowSelfHelpSystems.org. • 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 • Shallow water aerobics will be offered from 8-9 a.m. or 11 a.m. to noon at the Lincoln Community Center, 110 Ash St., Troy. For more information, call Carmen Pagano at (469) 667-3059 or 335-3059. • A “Late Night Knit” meeting will be from 7-10 p.m. on the first and third Friday at Tippecanoe Weaver and Fibers Too, 17 N. 2nd St., Tipp City. All knitters are invited to attend. For more information, call 667-5358. • 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, Suite 2600, Stouder Center, Troy, at 10 a.m. For more information, call (800) 3749191. • 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 • 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.

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BOOK REVIEW

Sunday, December 11, 2011

SUNDAY CROSSWORD

I.O.U’S

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In this book cover image released by Random House, “Then Again,” by Diane Keaton, is shown.

Keaton’s mom co-stars in book Quirky ‘Then Again’ just right BY DOUGLASS K. DANIEL AP Book Critic “Then Again” (Random House), by Diane Keaton: In her revealing and perceptive memoir, actress Diane Keaton recalls the bittersweet love affair that’s dominated her life. Not with Woody Allen or Warren Beatty or Al Pacino — with her own artistic ambitions. Diane Hall wanted so much to be a performer when she was growing up in Santa Ana, Calif. It took time — years, in fact — for her to realize that life wasn’t what it seemed to be in movies and on TV shows. It still didn’t seem real when she found herself an Oscar winner for “Annie Hall,” on Warren Beatty’s arm, and meeting remarkable people. She worried that she was in over her head in more ways than one. “You’re a movie star,” Beatty advised her. “That’s what you wanted. You got it. Now deal with it.” “Then Again” is about Keaton dealing with it — the fame, the family, the future and her ongoing need to be creative. It’s refreshing to hear someone with her enviable success acknowledge that she has found it all a bit disorienting and, at times, unsatisfying. A much larger presence in her life than the men she loved and lost — larger than Woody or Warren or Al — was her mother. Throughout the book, Keaton contrasts her story with Dorothy Hall’s, told through her late mother’s journals and other writings. Having raised four children and toughed out a strained marriage, Dorothy found herself battling depression in middle age and beyond. She had no better answers to life’s challenges than did her successful daughter. “Bogged down by the same dilemmas, Mom and I shared a fear of failure, a concern for what others think, demeaning comparisons, and low self-esteem.” To cope, Dorothy tried to pep herself up with daily bromides; her daughter binged and purged. Keaton writes about their lives with a warmth and richness that matches her public persona. Her book isn’t filled with details about movies like “The Godfather” and “Reds.” One of her best and bravest performances, in “Looking for Mr. Goodbar,” is ignored, and she offers fleeting if telling observations about her fellow artists and former loves. “Then Again” is like one of her quirky, lovable, eyecatching outfits, put together with a little of this and a bit of that, striving for a look that roughly follows the norm before throwing in something unexpected. In other words, it’s unique and just right for Diane Keaton.

1. Name in Genesis 5. Side 10. Tunnel 15. Nest occupant 19. Take on cargo 20. Perfume 21. Gung-ho 22. Teatro — Scala 23. Sociable 25. Grasping 27. Writer of chronicles 28. Wax and a wick 30. Aficionados 31. Jointed stem 32. Coastal bird 33. Blackthorn 34. Per — 37. Edged weapon 38. Heirs apparent 42. Jibe 43. Famed 45. Old name for Tokyo 46. Some votes 47. Remained in effect 48. Injury 49. Brochette 50. D.C. org. 51. Falls flat 52. Vocalize 54. Commemorative slab (var.) 55. News item start 57. Gaudy 58. Struck a certain way 59. Prayer leader 60. Spurned 63. Et — (and others) 64. Brewed beverages 66. Pelt 67. Varied 71. Express a viewpoint 72. Resources 74. St. Louis players 75. A Gershwin 76. Lacking feet 77. Mild expletive 78. Darts 79. Dactyls 80. Concern of epidemiologists 81. Praiseworthy 84. Cut back 85. Old Roman coin 87. Flat-bottomed boats 88. Soaks in brine 89. Lupino and others 90. Orbital point 91. Outdoes 92. Heart-health drug 95. Highlanders 96. Denigrate 100. Communicable 102. Concordant 104. Commedia dell’— 105. Overplay a part 106. Run off 107. Greek letters 108. Suds

109. Jutlanders 110. King- — 111. Profligate fellow

DOWN 1. Giant kelp 2. Cowshed 3. “East of —” 4. Bequests 5. Porridge relative 6. Spring 7. Crotchety oddball 8. Dingo’s neighbor 9. Flavor receptor: 2 wds. 10. Place of disembarking 11. Shelter 12. Vegetarian gelatin 13. — -de-lance 14. Wood lily 15. Forfeited 16. — vera 17. Aspersion 18. Ticket of a kind 24. Winged 26. Air-conditions

29. One of the Olympians 32. Glories 33. Clipped off 34. Fox or wolf, e.g. 35. Start for phobia 36. Esteemed 37. Inclinations 38. Arrivederci! 39. Tedious, in a way 40. Roman official (var.) 41. Observed 43. Lay — — thick 44. — Island 47. Diets, British style 49. Impassive 51. Erupt 52. Trousers of a ribbed fabric 53. Finnish poem 54. Parts of shoes 56. Correct a text 57. Beef cut 58. Bundles 61. Intone 62. English composer 64. Takes it easy 65. Crab or custard

68. Deletions 69. Dunne or Cara 70. Sheaths 72. Chagall and Anthony 73. Great Lake tribe 74. Blemishes 77. Unbalanced upstairs 78. Settles 79. More loyal 81. Kind of circus 82. Battles 83. Plant disease 84. Enter briefly: 2 wds. 86. Tee-hee 88. Oodles anagram 90. Sharp 91. Suburb of Phoenix 92. Eschar 93. Raced 94. What’s at stake 95. Presently 96. Josip — Tito 97. Dog in a movie 98. Elaborate feast 99. Being 101. “— — little teapot...” 103. Ring star

BOOK REVIEW

Ex-cop solves crime in post-Katrina New Orleans hero, Cliff St. James, was a policeman until the hurricane. He is now teaching martial arts, but he’s “Storm Damage: a broke and going deep into Crime Novel” debt. (Minotaur), by Ed “Mother Nature and the Kovacs: The bleak and looters had destroyed my dangerous situation in New Orleans that followed place of business; my stuHurricane Katrina has an dents fled to points unknown around the counelement of treachery try. I had no job, no added to it in Ed Kovacs’ income. Me and a couple new novel, “Storm hundred thousand other Damage.” people.” As the book opens, it’s St. James is in his damfive months, 15 days into the “new normal,” as resi- aged dojo when a woman walks in and startles him dents called the time just so much, he’s decked by a after the storm. Kovacs’ BY MARY FOSTER AP Book Critic

student. Twee Siu is the daughter of the last murder victim before Katrina hit. Her father was a friend of St. James, and she wants to hire the former cop to find out what happened. He is reluctant to take the case until Siu offers him $550 a day plus expenses and a $30,000 bonus if he finds out what happened to her father. In “Storm Damage,” everyone has an ulterior motive and everyone is dirty, especially the police and Detective Sgt. Dice McCarty, who was St.

James’ nemesis when he was on the force. McCarty has since hooked up with St. James’ ex-wife. As St. James looks for answers, he wanders through a city that is as dark and the characters as hard to pin down as the floodwaters still swirling in many of the city’s streets. Finding out what happened isn’t going to be easy. The body disappeared with the flood, and so did any evidence. That’s not to say St. James won’t find out a lot about his old

friend, including a connection with the CIA. By the time Mardi Gras hits the storm-torn streets, St. James is trying to not only solve a mystery, but also avoid a killer who’s looking for him. Kovacs has written a fast-paced, gritty novel in which no one is to be trusted and nothing is as it seems. His noir take on the thriller will hook readers and make residents of New Orleans glad that although things were bad in their city, they weren’t as bad as Kovacs paints them.

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Detective Roy Grace returns in ‘Dead Man’s Grip’ BY JEFF AYERS AP Book Critic “Dead Man’s Grip” (Minotaur), by Peter James: A tragic car accident on the streets of London reveals a conspiracy in Peter James’ “Dead Man’s Grip.” Single mom Carly Chase, who’s in a hurry, swerves her car to avoid hitting a young man on a

bicycle. A multicar accident occurs. Carly drives into a building; the bicyclist is hit by a truck. Carly is shocked when she fails a blood alcohol test, because she hasn’t had a drink since the previous night. The young man dies. His family has close ties with an organized crime group and orders a professional hit on Carly and any

possible witnesses. Detective Superintendent Roy Grace soon discovers that Carly and her son are in danger when the drivers of the other vehicles involved in the accident are found dead. Carly refuses to go into hiding and believes the family will call off the assassin if she apologizes. Her apology might be too late.

James has created a flawed and compelling character in his Detective Superintendent Roy Grace series, and the tense suspense in “Dead Man’s Grip” will keep readers turning the pages. A dopey name for the villain doesn’t keep him from being creepy. Fans will love this latest thriller, and newcomers will find “Dead Man’s Grip” the perfect place to start.

In this book cover image released by Minotaur, “Dead Man’s Grip,” by Peter James is shown.

King (Scribner) 5. “Explosive Eighteen” by Janet Evanovich (Bantam) 6. “Catching Fire” by Suzanne Collins (Scholastic Press) 7. “The Litigators” by John Grisham (Doubleday) 8. “Kill Alex Cross” by James Patterson (Little,

Brown) 9. “Mockingjay” by Suzanne Collins (Scholastic Press) 10. “The Son of Neptune: The Heroes of Olympus, Book Two” by Rick Riordan (Disney-Hyperion)

by Carol V. Aebersold, Chanda A. Bell (CCA & B) 2. “Steve Jobs: A Biography” by Walter Isaacson (Simon & Schuster) 3. “Killing Lincoln: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever” by Bill O’Reilly and Martin Dugard (Henry Holt and

Co.) 4. “Being George Washington: The Indispensable Man, As You’ve Never Seen Him” by Glenn Beck (Threshold Editions) 5. “Guinness World Records 2012” by Guinness World Records (Guinness World Records)

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Sunday, December 11, 2011

WEDDINGS

ANNOUNCEMENTS ANNIVERSARY

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ENGAGEMENT

Barnes, O’Toole exchange vows Millers celebrate 60 years

Baker, Morgan plan to marry

PIQUA — Tamara Marie Barnes and Jacob Dean O’Toole were united in marriage at 3:30 p.m. Sept. 24, 2011, in Troy, with Mayor Mike Beamish officiating. Barb Barnes, Wayne Chalmers of Piqua and Ron Barnes of Fletcher are parents of the bride. Bryan and Laura O’Toole of Troy are parents of the groom. The bride wore a white gown with Dallas blue sash and stars. She carried blue and white roses with silver lillies and a yellow rose in the middle. Bridesmaids were Sarah O’Toole and Cicly Goodale Arielle and Lauren Barnes served as flower girls. Elliott Barnes was ringbearer. Best man was Luke O’Toole. Ben Adams and James Ferris were groomsmen.

TROY — Tiffany Leah Baker and Chris Alan Morgan, both of Troy, announce their engagement and plans to marry in fall 2013. She is the daughter of Rod Baker of New Carlisle and Nina Baker of Springfield. Jack and Barbara Morgan of West Chester are parents of the groom-to-be. The bride-elect is employed by Brower Insurance Agency. Her fiance is employed by Cincinnati Insurance Co.

TIPP CITY — William and Irene Miller of Tipp City are celebrating their 60th wedding anniversary. They were married Dec. 1, 1951, in Oil City, Pa. Their children include Brian of Tipp City, Molly of Olive Hill, Ky., and Keith of Hilliard; three grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. William was employed by Monroe Township and the city of Tipp City.

WEDDING A reception was held in Troy. The bride is attending Sinclair Community College for social work. She is employed by Miami County-West Central. The groom is attending Sinclair Community College for criminal justice. She is employed by the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Corrections as a corrections officer. The couple reside in Piqua.

WEDDING

Gutmann, Hodapp are wed

PIQUA — Claire Valentine Gutmann, daughter of Michael and Elizabeth Gutmann of Piqua, wed Peter Joseph Hodapp, son of Peter and Cindy Hodapp of Sidney, on Aug. 13, 2011. The wedding mass was celebrated at St Cecelia’s Church in TROY — Alyce Cincinnati by the Marie Bero and Rev. Fr. Earl Brian Michael Haren Fernandes. were married Oct. 8, The bride, 2011, at St. Patrick escorted by her Catholic Church, father, wore a Troy, with Deacon satin strapless John Carlin officiatRamona Kaveza Virginia in 2008, and is ing. gown. She carried a sum- presently a third-year The bride is the mer bouquet of student at the University daughter of James hydrangea, roses and of Cincinnati College of and Susan Bero of lilac. She was attended Law. Bethlehem, Pa. by the man of honor, her Joe received his bachPatrick and Patricia brother, William. Chris elor of science degree in Haren of Troy are Ulrich, formerly of accounting from the parents of the groom. Sidney, served as the University of Cincinnati Bridesmaids were best man. The couple in 2008, and is employed Chelsea Puin, Leann held their reception with by Great American Summers, Britney family and friends at Insurance Co. He is also Ridenour, Billie Jo Drees Pavilion at Devou pursuing a master’s Bramlette and Erin at The Crystal Room. Memorial Park in degree in business Bero The bride received a Covington, Ky. administration at Xavier Ringer bearer and bachelor of science degree Claire and Joe are University. flower girls were Rylee in education from Ohio both graduates of Following a honeyBero, cousin of the bride, University in 2005. She is Lehman Catholic High moon trip to Vancouver, Ava Norton, cousin of the a first-grade teacher in School. Claire received Canada, the couple and groom, Lauren Finley, Dayton. her bachelor of arts their Scottish Terrier, friend of the bride, and The groom received a degree in English from Desmond, reside in Cole and Grant Finley, bachelor of arts degree in the University of Newport, Ky. friends of the bride. political science from The Best man was Tim Ohio State University. He MARRIAGE LICENSES Haren. Groomsmen were is attending the Brendan Haren, Connor University of Dayton Haren, Justin Shroyer, School of Law, class of Robert Jeffrey Bowers, 154 Riverside Drive, Troy, to Jared Frey and Jim Bero 2013. Lita Jo Sturgeon, 50, of 26, of 316 Miles Ave., Tipp Jr. The couple reside in City, to Kelly Renee Pierson, 2578 W. State Route 55, A reception was held Beavercreek. Troy. 44, of 127 S. Monroe, Troy. Dustin Michael Hawk, 24, Timmothy Robert Beebe, HOLIDAY TIP 23, of 727 Grant St., Troy, to of 661 Beechwood Drive, Tipp City, to Amby Brooke Lana Shea Bennett, 24, of Silvers, 25, of 7380 Winding Your holiday, your way: We all know the value of fam- same address. Way, Tipp City. ily traditions and the sense of comfort they impart. Harold Eli Stover III, 20, Brett Alan Jones, 27, of However, sometimes breaking from old traditions can save of 1334 Skylark Drive, Troy, 425 Adams St., Piqua, to your sanity. Keep the best, ditch the rest. Going around to Jessica Marie Jennings, Shaun Michele Gibson, 26, the room and sharing favorite holiday memories can be 19, of 1625 W. Grant St., of same address. just as meaningful as singing every song in the holiday Piqua. Kenneth Roger songbook if piano time has grown tedious over the years. Mark Jon Williams, 48, of Hickerson, 25, of 140 Heather Road Apt. B, Troy, to Laura Rae Riethman, 25, of same address. Nalin Prabhu, 32, of 1071 Maplecrest Drive, Troy, to Heather Ann Nees, 28, of same address. Bowen Gregory Chaney, 28, of 719 Drury Lane, Apt. A, Troy, to Lindsey Lyna Schindel, 30, of same address.

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Jean, Moran exchange vows COLUMBUS — The parents of Tia Marie Jean and Luke Brandon Moran are happy to announce their marriage, which took place New Year’s Eve, Dec. 31, 2010. The 6 p.m. candlelit double-ring ceremony was held in the Regent Ballroom at Hilton Columbus Easton. The ceremony was officiated by Pastor Ken Murphy of Cypress Wesleyan Church. Tia is the daughter of Larry and Patricia Jean of Circleville. Luke is the son of Louis and Julie Moran of Troy. Given in marriage by her father and mother, the bride wore a silk faille fit-andflare-style gown with a rhinestone broach at the waist. A pearl and rhinestone necklace and bracelet, rhinestone hair comb, fingertip veil and blue peeptoed heels completed the look. Meghan Biniker, a dental school friend, served as her maid of honor. Matron of honor was Sara Rinfret, a college friend. Bridesmaids were Megan Jean, sister-inlaw of the bride, Jennifer Walters, childhood friend, Brooke Moats, high school friend, and Lindsey Olinger, college friend. Performing the duties of best man was childhood and college friend, Drew Riess. Groomsmen were Todd Jean, brother of the bride,

Christopher Moran and Blake Moran, brothers of the groom, Nathan Anspaugh, cousin of the groom and Carlen Harris, college friend. Gavin Jean, nephew of the bride, served as the ring bearer. Following the cocktail hour, the reception was also held in the Regent Ballroom. Guests enjoyed an evening performance from The Company Band. At the turn of the New Year, guests celebrated with hats, feather tiaras and confetti. The groom’s parents hosted a rehearsal dinner at the groom’s aunt and uncles’ home in Plain City. Tia is a 1999 graduate of Logan Elm High School and 2003 graduate of Otterbein College with a bachelor of science degree in life sciences. She earned her doctorate degree from The Ohio State School of Dentistry in 2007. She practices dentistry at Postle Dental Group in Hilliard. Luke is a 2001 graduate of Troy High School and 2005 graduate of University of Cincinnati College of Business. He is director of business operations for Aerotek Staffing Agency in Pittsburgh, Pa. The couple honeymooned in Maui and Kauai, Hawaiian Islands. The couple currently reside in Columbus.

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Trick it up with greens Enjoy a merry mantel this year BY MARY CAROL GARRITY Scripps Howard News Service Some years I go at my holiday decorating with great gusto, fueled by a long list of ambitious decorating projects I can’t wait to try. (Once I hung a huge fallen branch from the ceiling in my dining room, filled it in with faux greens, then decorated it with hanging votive cups. I was exhausted, but man, was I thrilled with the drop-deadgorgeous results.) But this year, I just want a hint of the holidays in my home decor. Whether you’re going for a splashy holiday display this year or just want to quietly sneak in a touch of Christmas, one of the easiest — and most important — spots to trick up is your fireplace mantel. Here’s how. This year, instead of clearing off my mantel to build a big, elaborate holiday look, I’m keeping the existing display as is, then adding a touch of Christmas. After years of completely reworking the arrangements on my mantel every season, which is a total blast and keeps my creative fires stoked, right now I have a grouping on my mantel that I like. So, (SCRIPPS HOWARD NEWS SERVICE PHOTO COURTESY OF NELL HILL’S

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up for a few months. If you want to take your wintergreens display up a notch, just add a few baubles or sparkly shiny treasures. Wire in a few Christmas-tree bulbs, either in the center of the mantel or hanging off the loose ends of the garland. You could also tuck in a trio of sparkling mini-Christmas trees on one or both ends of the mantel. Or, work in some fun holiday figurines, like glitter-crusted reindeer, a Santa or an angel. One of the biggest decorating frustrations I hear from friends and customers is that their mantels are super-skinny, too small to hold the grand displays they’d like to create. A great solution is to use wall lanterns in your holiday mantel display. These lovely lanterns are thinner and taller than regular lanterns, so they fit well on thin mantels, infusing this small but important space with loads of charm. Put a wall lantern at the center of your mantel or put one on either side. Then give them a holiday makeover by tying them up with some great holiday ribbon. If you have ceilings that go up into the sky, take advantage of all that wonderful space by using some tall and powerful pieces on your holiday mantel. We have done a lot of that this year at Nell Hill’s, using tall, thin vases to hold bouquets of fallen branches. There is nothing quite as fun as filling your home with forced bulbs during the dark, cold winter months. I always watch them like a hawk as they grow and bloom, a promise that spring will return again. Why not start the process early in the winter season, working bulbs into your holiday mantel display? Add in some silver holiday votives and some bright green apples, and you’ve got a fresh, fun and truly unusual look for the season. Then, when Christmas is past, remove the votives and apples, and wait for the blossoming of the lovely spring flowers.

I’m keeping all the big pieces just as they are and filling in around them with a few fallen twigs interlaced with some great faux greens. I’ve opted for a pine garland that looks like it’s dusted with frost, and I’m crazy about the look. Do you like the look of your mantel? Try doing the same thing. Get some great greenery garland and picks, and tuck them in around existing pieces. If you decorated your mantel for fall, you may be able to give the existing display an instant holiday feel just by trading out a few decorative elements. My friend Marsee’s fireplace niche, for example, was decorated as cute as a button for fall. She used winter greens as the base of a bouquet she created in a black iron urn. She transformed the display for the holidays in minutes: Marsee just removed the pumpkin and pick of fall leaves, then inserted a glittery mini-Christmas tree into the urn. She finished off by placing a silver reindeer figurine in the foreground. It hardly looks like the same display! I can’t say enough about how essential great greenery is in holiday decorating, especially if you want the maximum wow factor for the minimum investment of time and money. When you work with greens, though, be sure to secure them to the mantel so they don’t crash to the ground, taking all your treasures with them. I’ve solved this problem by waiting until Dan is out of the house. Then I hammer a few little nails into the back of the mantel. (Dan cringes every time I pull out a hammer and begin happily pounding on our walls, so I spare him the pain by waiting until he’s gone.) If you’re like Dan and have an aversion to nails, check out the new hooks that stick to your wall temporarily, then pull right off without ripping up the paint. They The column has been adapted hold a remarkable amount of weight and are a great solution for from Mary Carol Garrity’s blog at securing a display you only want www.nellhills.com.

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Five great holiday gifts for those on your list BY MARY CAROL GARRITY Scripps Howard News Service This time of year, I spend a lot of time being Santaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s helper, helping customers come up with the perfect gifts for everyone on their lists. You can see firsthand what gift items people flip over â&#x20AC;&#x201D; those canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t-miss picks that score high on the wow factor and low on the cost scale. Here are my top five favorite gift suggestions for this holiday season. All of us want to score big when we give a gift, donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t we? We want to pick out that special something that makes the recipient gasp with delight. To get a gift thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s spot-on, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s important to first study the intended recipient. What kinds of hobbies or interests does she have? What is the style of her home? How does he like to entertain? What are her

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style of home, from modern to traditional, and appeal to all ages. You canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t go wrong with these gems. For Those Who Make Merry: Evergreen Bouquets I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t care how many Christmas decorations your loved ones have in their homes, they will still adore cute evergreen bouquets. These happy brownpaper-wrapped bundles look sensational hanging from window sashes or interior doors, on the back of dining-room chairs or worked into holiday displays on the mantel, buffet or dining-room table. At the stores, we have hung them from Christmas trees and holiday garland suspended from the ceiling. They are irresistible and one of our hottest sellers this year. For Those Who Decorate for the Season: Ribbon You may not normally

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End-of-the-year care will help preserve tools BY JOE LAMP’L Scripps Howard News Service Good garden tools are like old friends — they’re not easy to find, and it takes some time and effort to get familiar and comfortable with them. But, ultimately, they’re always there for us. Using that perfectly broken-in spade, weeder or trusty pair of pruners can make pleasant work of even the toughest gardening chores. And, just like old friends, garden tools must be taken care of. As the gardening season comes to a close, now is the time to keep your tools in tip-top shape with some end-of-the-year maintenance. My routine is fairly basic, but has served my tools and me well for many years. First, wash off all mud and gunk. Use steel wool or a wire brush to crack caked-on sap or hardened soil. A power drill or grinder motor with a wire-brush attachment will save a lot of elbow grease, but smaller tools can be taken care of by hand. A vice comes in handy here if you have it. Remove deeply rusted areas with coarse sandpaper on a sanding-pad attachment on a power drill. Dry metal parts with shop towels or rags, then lightly wipe them with a thin coating of petroleum-based lubricant and rust inhibitor like 3-in-1 Oil. To maintain bypass pruners,

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As the gardening season comes to a close, now’s the time to keep your tools in tip top shape with some end of the year maintenance. first remove the spring and disassemble the two halves. Remove caked-on dirt with a wire brush, then coat the metal parts in a lubricant such as WD-40 to cut rust. Scrub the metal surfaces with an old toothbrush or soft bronze-bristled brush, and polish away stubborn rust and dried-on sap with grade 00 steel wool soaked in the lubricant. Wipe with

a clean rag. To sharpen, lightly grind a new edge on the cutting blade with a whetstone. Match the angle of the old edge until bright, shiny metal shows along the entire length. A sharpening jig like the Kinsman Pruner Sharpener locks onto the blade at the correct angle and lets you restore a razor-sharp edge in seconds. Run a diamond file across

the flat back of the blade to remove any burrs left by the sharpening stone. Reassemble the pruners and store the tool in its holster, if available. To restore shovels and spades, carefully position the tool in a vice and secure it snugly. Use an 8-inch or 10-inch medium- or bastard-cut flat mill file to regrind the same bevel angle that came on the cut-

ting edge. When the edge is smooth, even and shiny all along its length, check the bevel — it should be between 40 degrees and 70 degrees. Turn the shovel over, apply some light machine oil and rub a fine-grit grinding stone along the back edge in a circular motion. This will remove the burr raised on the back of the blade by the file. Wipe the entire tool blade with more machine oil and 00 steel wool. It’s now ready to store over winter. To reduce drying and splintering, wooden parts like shovel handles should be treated with boiled linseed oil (raw linseed oil dries very slowly). This is good even for varnished wooden handles because it will protect any wood exposed by nicks in the finish. Lightly sand the wood with fine sandpaper, then wipe a linseed-oilsoaked rag over the entire wooden handle, let set for a few minutes to soak in, then wipe dry. If the wood needs greater protection, repeat this step several times as necessary. Store tools in a dry space, like the garage or tool storage shed. Quality tools are well worth the money. And when you take the time to clean and store them properly during the off-season, they’ll last years longer. Joe Lamp’ is a Master Gardener and author.

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305 Apartment 1, 2 & 3 Bedroom, Houses & Apts. SEIPEL PROPERTIES Piqua Area Only Metro Approved (937)773-9941 9am-5pm Monday-Friday 1,2 & 3 BEDROOM APARTMENTS Troy and Piqua ranches and townhomes. Different floor plans to choose from. Garages, fireplaces, appliances including washer and dryers. Corporate apartments available. Visit www.1troy.com Call us first! (937)335-5223 1 BEDROOM, downstairs, 431 W. Ash, stove, refrigerator, no pets, $350 monthly (937)418-8912 1 BEDROOM with Garage Starting at $595 Off Dorset in Troy (937)313-2153

2 BEDROOM in Troy, Stove, refrigerator, W/D, A/C, very clean, cats ok. $525. (937)573-7908

TROY, 2 bedroom townhomes, 1.5 baths, 1 car garage, ca, w/d hook up, all appliances, $685 (937)216-5806 EversRealty.net CLEAN, QUIET, safe 1 bedroom. Senior approved. No pets. $450 (937)778-0524 COVINGTON 2 bedroom townhouse, $495. Up to 2 months FREE utilities! No Pets. (937)698-4599, (937)572-9297. DODD RENTALS Tipp-Troy: 2 bedroom AC, appliances $500/$450 plus deposit No pets (937)667-4349 for appt. FIRST MONTH FREE! 1, 2 & 3 bedrooms Call for availability attached garages Easy access to I-75 (937)335-6690

305 Apartment HOLIDAY SPECIAL 1ST MONTH FREE MCGOVERN RENTALS TROY 2 BR duplexes & 2 BR townhouses. 1.5 baths, 1 car garage, fireplace, Great Location! Starting at $625-$675. (937)335-1443 HOLIDAY SPECIAL Every new move in on or before December 30th, 2011 will receive $50 gift card

TERRACE RIDGE APARTMENTS Troy Now accepting applications. Senior/ Disabled/ Handicapped Independent Living. Studios, 1 & 2 bedrooms. Amenities include stove, refrigerator, A/C. Deposit and rent based on income. Call (937)335-6950 TTY (216)472-1884 EHO

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PIQUA, LARGE 1 bedroom, upstairs, appliances, utilities included, no pets, off street parking. (937)339-0969.

PIQUA, 2 bedroom carpeted, in Parkridge, A/C, stove, fridge, $400 month, $400 deposit. NO PETS! Call (937)418-6056.

So you bought a hybrid car, you recycle your trash and you bring your own bags to the market. You’re all about eco-friendly choices. For the holidays, why not go green (and red) with your Christmas cards? It’s easy to create a card that does double duty as a tree ornament and becomes part of yearly holiday decor rather than landing in the trash at the end of December. Photo ornaments look great on the tree and provide a wonderful visual history that will showcase family members and pets. A photo ornament can be created simply by cutting two matching ornament shapes out of colored paper and punching a large circle shape from the center of one of them. The rest of the construction is easy. Line the circle window on the inside with a piece of plastic cut from a page protector 305 Apartment Only $475 2 Bedroom 1.5 Bath Now Available Troy Crossing Apartments (937)313-2153

PIQUA, 313 Broadway, 2 bedroom, downstairs, includes stove & refrigerator, no pets, $400, (937)418-8912. PIQUA, 414 S Main, large 2 bedroom, stove refrigerator $400 monthly, (937)418-8912 PIQUA NORTHEND, 2 bedroom, 2 months rent free to qualified applicants! Downstairs with appliances and w/d hookup, new kitchen windows & bath, non-smoking or pets, deposit, required. Available now! Included heat, $470 month, (937)773-2938 PIQUA upstairs, 1 bedroom, 1 bath, stove & refrigerator furnished (937)773-3285 after 5pm. TROY, 2 bedroom townhouse, 845 N. Dorset. 1.5 baths, carport, appliances, washer/ dryer hookup, water, $585. (937)239-0320 www.miamicounty properties.com

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Photo ornaments provide a visual history showcasing family members and pets. and decorate the outside with punched leaf shapes that replicate the look of a wreath. Finish the wreath with a bow sticker, and add texture to the ornament design with simple geometric shapes, like stripes and dots. If you are sending lots of cards, you can simplify the

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1 & 2 Bedroom apts. $410 to $450 NO PETS Park Regency Apartments 1211 West Main (937)216-0398 TIPP CITY 2 bedroom, deluxe duplex, 11/2 car garage, C/air, gas heat, 2 full baths, all appliances, $705 month + dep. 937-216-0918 TIPP CITY, 2 bedroom townhouse near I75, $510. 1.5 Bath, stove, refrigerator, garbage disposal, w/d, A/C, No Dogs. (937)335-1825. TIPP CITY/ Huber Heights, 1 bedroom, country, $450 monthly includes water & trash, no pets (937)778-0524

process by stamping a dot pattern with a fresh pencil eraser and a watermark ink pad. Fasten the two shapes together, leaving enough space open at the top to make it easy to slide in the photo. Loop a piece of embroidery thread through the top to complete the ornament. Since you won’t have a photo for everyone on your card list, write your holiday greeting on colored paper, trim it and slide it into the photo position. Once your friends read your message they can replace it with a family photo that they are sure to enjoy every holiday season. Can you imagine your delight if every card you receive is actually a tree ornament? What could be more personal than a tree decorated with ornaments handmade by friends and filled with photographs of your family? My tree awaits. See free video demonstrations of more photo projects at www.scrapbookshowgram.com.

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TROY, 26 1/2 North Short. Large 1 bedroom, downtown, hard wood floors, no pets, $375, garage available, $25. (937)239-3818

3 BEDROOM, 2 bath, 3214 Magnolia. $1000 a month plus deposit. (937)339-1339

TROY, 535 Stonyridge, 2 bedroom, stove, refrigerator, NO PETS. $450 month, $450 deposit. (937)418-8912. TROY area, 2 bedroom townhouses, 1-1/2 bath, furnished appliances, W/D hookup, A/C, No dogs $475. (937)339-6776. VERY NICE large 2 bedroom, 1.5 baths, refrigerator, stove, washer/dryer hookup, off street parking, (937)308-9709. WEST MILTON Townhouse. 2 Bedroom 1.5 bath. $475 month, Lease by 12-15, FREE GIFTCARD, (937)216-4233.

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TROY: SPECIAL DEALS 3 bedroom townhome, furnished & unfurnished. Call (937)367-6217 or (937)524-4896.

LOVELY TROY, 2 bedroom condo, private parking, washer/ dryer hookup. Appliances. $575. Month FREE! (937)335-5440

TROY, 1 & 2 bedrooms. Appliances, AC, W/D, water paid, very clean, no pets, 1 year lease plus deposit. Starting $445 (937)339-6736

TROY, 2 bedroom exquisite cobblestone townhouse, 1300 sqft, fireplace, garage, loft, vaulted ceilings. $795. (937)308-0679.

919 BROADWAY, Piqua. half double home, Newly updated, $397, (937)573-6917 COVINGTON, 3 bedroom house, large garage, washer/ dryer hook-up. 17 Face St. $600, deposit. (937)418-6034 IN BRADFORD, nice 1 bedroom house, nice yard, $350, (937)773-2829 after 2pm. PIQUA, 2935 Delaware Circle, 3 Bedroom, 2 bath, 2 car garage, all appliances, No pets, $880 monthly, 1 year lease, (937)778-0524 PIQUA, 520 Miami Street, small 2 bedroom, 1 car garage, central air, $550, (937)418-8912. TROY, 909 Washington St., 2 bedrooms, full bath, W/D hookup, storage shed, $550 month plus deposit & utilities. (937)418-2482

325 Mobile Homes for Rent NEAR BRADFORD in country 2 bedroom trailer, washer/dryer hookup. $375. (937)417-7111, (937)448-2974

400 - Real Estate For Sale 410 Commercial 4 UNIT Apartment Building on Wayne Street, Troy. Single bedroom, non-smoking, no pets. 5 car detached garage. Clearing 8% plus priced to sell. (937)603-7529, 8am-5pm

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105 Announcements HOLIDAY BAZAAR & CRAFT FAIR: Saturday, December 10, 2011. 9am-3pm. FREE ADMISSION. Second Baptist Church, 232 South Wayne Street, Piqua, OH Info.: (937)773-0619 Crafts, gifts, food, face painting, music. PIANO LESSONS, Register NOW! Professional and private piano lesson for beginners of all ages. 30 years experience. Gift certificates now available. Great Christmas gift. Call: (937)418-8903

125 Lost and Found FOUND CAT, yellow and white, very pretty and clean ,on Glasgow.(937)339-9232

FOUND DOG, Black male with collar, looks like a lab mix, medium size, near Tipp City High School (937)426-5600 LOST: cat, large male, neutered and declawed, brown with spots and stripes, Stony Ridge area, requires special diet, reward! (614)425-2179.

LOST: Female Golden Retriever. Dark red. Named Maggie. Casstown area. REWARD! (937)371-5647 leave message

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Skills & Requirements include: safe equipment operation and practices, knowledge of machining processes and capabilities, capability to develop and write CNC Lathe programs from start to finish, set up machining centers with existing programs. Knowledge of Okuma LB lathes with the following controls is a must: OSP5020L, OSPU10L, OSP5000LG. Modify programs as needed to improve quality and reduce cycle time. Overtime is required. We offer competitive wages, health/ life/ disability insurance, 401K Plan.

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Drivers $1000 Sign on Bonus, Safety incentives, Benefits Package, Vacation Package After six months. OTR CDL-A 1 yr 888-560-9644 Drivers Regional Runs

Home Weekends Ohio Drivers Needed .40¢ -.45¢/Mile - ALL MILES Class A CDL + 1 year OTR experience Landair Transport 1-866-269-2119 www.landair.com

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DRIVERS - start the new year with a great new job! Our drivers enjoy the following benefits:

• $.40/mile with annual increases • Ability to earn $.02/mile bonuses • 4 weeks vacation/year • Home most weekends • Health, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance • Dependable Equipment • Direct Deposit

WASHER and DRYER, Whirlpool Gold series. 3 Years old, like new, excellent condition! Paid $1600 selling set for $500. (937)552-7786

535 Farm Supplies/Equipment GAS TANK, approx 300 gal round, pump and nozzle, $150 (937)368-5009

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Must have CDLA and 1 yr recent OTR experience.

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

Call Continental Express 800/497-2100 or apply at www.ceioh.com

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

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SEASONED FIREWOOD $165 per cord. Stacking extra, $135 you pick up. Taylor Tree Service available (937)753-1047

SLEEPER SOFA, mauve and blue floral, 7 foot. Good condition. $250. Oak double door TV cabinet, lots of storage, DVD player shelf. $150. (937)638-5591

CRIB, cradle, changing table, Pack-N-Play, basinet, Porta-Crib, saucer, playpen, car seat, blankets, clothes, gate, potty, tub, bears, more. (937)339-4233

HOSPITAL BED, invacare, electric foot and head, with mattress, 450 lbs. capacity, good condition. $325 (937)335-4276

SLOT MACHINE, Pulsar, uses slugs, excellent condition, $200 OBO. Castle Horse Hair Buggy Blanket, over 150 years old, $350 FIRM. (937)339-3943

JACK RUSSELL mix, 11 years old. Free to good home. Elderly owner no longer able to care for her. (937)526-4166

ZENITH TV, 25" color console, Excellent condition. $25 (937)335-7301

TREK BICYCLE, 26 inch, Sole Ride 200 M/F frame, 3 speed as new. $200 Cash (937)339-1394

560 Home Furnishings FURNITURE FOR SALE Please call (937)335-1756

HOSPITAL TABLE on wheels, formica top table 30x48, maple stand two drawer, dog cage 24 inch, walker, $20 choice. (937)339-4233 JUKE BOXES, three, Seaburg, Model SCD1, Rowe Ami, Model R93, Rowe Ami, Model R83, Cherry Master video game. (937)606-0248

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METAL. Wanting anything that contains metal. Will haul away for FREE. Call (937)451-1566 or (937)214-0861.

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

580 Musical Instruments ORGAN Works great! Free. (937)335-8278

MALTESE 6 months to 3 years, males and females $200 with papers also Golden Yorkshire Terriers $200 males young adults. Morkie $50, male 4 months. Cash only. (937)332-1370 PIT BULLS. 3 blue nose Pit puppies. 2 grey females. 1 fawn (light tan male), blue eyes, 9 weeks old. UKC registered parents, shots, $300 OBO. (937)938-1724 moneyace99@yahoo.com

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

SHOTGUN, 12ga Mossberg with 3-shot clip and poly-choke, excellant condition $99 (937)846-1276

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805 Auto 1998 OLDSMOBILE Bravada, AWD $850 OBO (937)335-1756 2004 BUICK Le Sabre Ltd. 20,200 miles, white, navy blue cloth top. Loaded, front wheel drive, Leather interior, Immaculate. Florida car! $13,000 OBO. (937)492-1308 2007 HONDA CRV, low mileage only 53,034 , moon roof, AWD. Would make a great Christmas present. Asking $14,000 below book value. (937)751-8381

850 Motorcycles/Mopeds CASH, top dollar paid for junk cars/trucks, running or non-running. I will pick up. Thanks for calling (937)719-3088 or (937)451-1019

Public Auction - Sheriff’s Sale Contractor’s Items and Vehicles Moved for Convenience to 3755 Peterson Road, Fletcher, Ohio

Wednesday, December 14, 2:00 PM

MOTORCYCLES, 1982 Kawasaki KZ44-D, runs good, approx. 36,000 miles, $500. 1978 Suzuki GS750EC, parts only $100. (937)368-5009

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899 Wanted to Buy FEATURING 1997 Baja Islander with Motor and Trailer Kawasaki Model 3010 Mule • Kawasaki Model 2510 Mule International Farmall Tractor • Kubota GF1800 Mower Welders/Generators/Plasma Cutter (3) Trucks *Backhoe Attachment for Bobcat Huge Mac Class III Tool Box full of Tooling Many Additional Items! Short Sale, Please be Prompt! Sherriff’s Terms - Each Lot must realize 2/3 of appraised value

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$21,957

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Offers expired 01/03/2012.

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