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Obama marks Iraq war’s end Salutes troops during ceremony at Fort Bragg

From an idea to a business After a few months of looking for a job after graduation, Lindsay Moriarty decided to act on an idea that she’d had simmering on the back burner — to make and sell her own doughnuts.

She’s now one of two behind Monuts Donuts, a doughnutmaking business that operates out of The Cookery, a commercial kitchen and culinary business incubator in Durham.

FORT BRAGG, N.C. (AP) — President Barack Obama on Wednesday saluted troops returning from Iraq, asserting that the nearly nine-year conflict was ending honorably, “not with a final battle, but with a final march toward home.”

Marking the conclusion of the war at a military base that’s seen more than 200 deaths from fighting in Iraq, Obama never tried to declare victory. It was a war that he opposed from the start, inherited as president and is now bringing to a close, leaving behind an Iraq still struggling.

But he sought to pronounce a noble end to a fight that has cost nearly 4,500 American lives and more than 100,000 Iraqi lives.

“The war in Iraq will soon belong to history, and your service belongs to the ages,” he said, applauding their “extraordinary achievement.”

All U.S. troops are to be out of Iraq Dec. 31, though Obama has pledged the U.S. will continue civilian assistance for Iraq as it faces an uncertain future in a volatile region of the world. Even as majorities in the U.S. public favor ending the war, some Republicans have criticized the withdrawal, arguing that Obama is leaving behind an unstable Iraq that could hurt U.S. interests and fall subject AP to influence from neighboring Iran.

Sen. John McCain of Arizona, Obama’s President Barack Obama speaks in the 440th Structural Maintenance Hangar at Fort Bragg, N.C., • See IRAQ on Page 2 Wednesday.

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Panetta: U.S. at a turning point in war U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said Wednesday the U.S. will continue to conduct intelligence operations from Afghanistan like the recent mission that led to the loss of a drone over Iran, and he gave an upbeat assessment of the unpopular war.

Standing with Afghan President Hamid Karzai, Panetta provided a cryptic response to questions about the lost drone, which has exposed details of the little-known U.S. intelligence and surveillance efforts aimed at Iran.

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BY MELANIE YINGST Staff Writer myingst@tdnpublishing.com The National Transportation Safety Board declared Tuesday that texting, emailing or chatting while driving is simply too dangerous to be allowed anywhere in the United States.

City of Troy Police Department’s Capt. Joe Long said he agrees that a ban on cell phone use is needed and the city of Troy has a “Full time and attention” ordinance on the city books.

“I would have to agree with it,” Long said.

Long said although there have been several accidents over the years and the Troy police department has been called to submit subpoenas for cell phone records, charging a motorist with a violation often can be difficult.

“No one has ever admitted to texting after an accident,” Long said. “I’ve personally seen in my personal car people drive and text, but they don’t ever do it when you are in a patrol car.

“I don’t think you can pay attention STAFF PHOTOS/RON OSBURN to the roads while texting and driving, Troy resident Christopher Byers shops for Christmas presents for his three sons at the Partners in but that goes for eating, drinking, Hope Christmas Shoppe Wednesday at the Troy First Lutheran Church. smoking in the car while driving as well.”

According to the Associated Press, the NTSB board is urging all states to impose total bans except for emergencies following recent deadly crashes, including one in Missouri after a teenager sent or received 11 text messages within 11 minutes.

The unanimous recommendation from the five-member board would apply even to hands-free devices, a much stricter rule than any current state law.

BY RON OSBURN NTSB chairwoman Deborah Staff Writer Hersman acknowledged that complying rosburn@tdnpublishing.com would involve changing what has become ingrained behavior for many It was easy to get into the Americans.

Christmas spirit at the Partners “We’re not here to win a popularity in Hope’s Christmas Shoppe contest,” she said. “No email, no text, no Wednesday update, no call is worth a human life.”

TROY night. A Currently, 35 states and the District bell choir of Columbia ban texting while driving, played holiday music in the while nine states and Washington, D.C., sanctuary, and smiles and presbar hand-held cell phone use. Thirty ents — toys, books, Christmas states ban all cell phone use for beginhams and gift cards — filled the ning drivers. But enforcement is generclassrooms at the Troy First ally not a high priority, and no states Lutheran Church.

Volunteer Mary Lou DeHart wraps presents for families who ban the use of hands-free devices for all Hundreds of toys and books shopped at the Partners in Hope Christmas Shoppe Wednesday at drivers.

— The Associated Press contributed the Troy First Lutheran Church.

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CLEVELAND (AP) — Here are the winning numbers drawn Wednesday by the Ohio Lottery: • Pick 3 Midday: 0-0-2 • Ten OH Midday: 06-07-10-11-12-16-18-22-24-36-4041-52-53-59-60-68-69-72-79 • Pick 4 Midday: 7-6-4-4 • Classic Lotto: 06-12-18-24-33-41 • Ten OH Evening: 01-08-12-15-17-18-19-22-27-31-3238-42-51-53-59-63-64-71-72 • Pick 4 Evening: 7-0-0-4 • Rolling Cash 5: 04-11-16-29-34 Estimated jackpot: $110,000 • Pick 3 Evening: 2-1-4

The Christmas Shoppe, which started Tuesday night and conwere available for the 162 local tinues through tonight, is an families in need — including 377 opportunity for famichildren — who signed up for lies in need to pick out The Christmas Shoppe, an annu- gifts for their children, al event held for the first time Rehfus said. Families this year at the First Lutheran with children newborn Church on West Main Street. to 12 years old can The annual event is sponsored pick three toys and one

by Partners in Hope, a Troybook for each child, based, non-profit ecumenical out- while those with kids reach agency that coordinates ages 13-17 receive a emergency support and assisbook and a $40 gift tance to local families in need. card. In addition, fami“Frankly, we’re really blessed. lies with children ages REHFUS Really, it’s mind boggling,” 1-5 receive a voucher for shoes at Partners in Hope Executive Wal-Mart, courtesy of a donation Director Amy Rehfus said of the by the Troy Rotary Club. “record number” of donations In addition, each family Partners in Hope received from receives a $30 gift certificate the community that made this from Kroger, a dozen cookies and year’s Christmas Shoppe possible. a Christmas ham, courtesy of an

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Corn Month Price Change Dec 5.8100 - 13.75 Jan 12 5.8600 - 13.75 O/N 12 5.0550 - 14.25 Beans Month Price Change Dec 10.7000 - 18.50 Jan 12 10.7000 - 18.50 S/O/N 12 10.6150 - 20.00 Wheat Month Price Change Dec 5.6600 - 19.75 Jan 12 5.6600 - 19.75 J/A 12 5.8500 - 18.25 You can find more information online at www.troyelevator.com.

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anonymous donor, Rehfus said.

And each family is entered into a raffle for more donated presents that includes bicycles, tricycles and large play sets.

Because of the generosity of the community, the work of event co-chairs Joyce Croft and Diane Steel and dozens of volunteers, Partners in Hope has been staging The Christmas Shoppe for a number of years. But in spite of the down economy, the response from the community this year was particularly overwhelming, Rehfus said.

“We had a record number of businesses that donated toys this year,” Rehfus said, noting that

number included 54 businesses, including some offices that donated toys to The Christmas Shoppe rather than hold their traditional in-office gift exchange.

“We just had a tremendous outpouring of support from the business community. And our volunteers and staff have just been amazing,” she said Christopher Byers and Erin Plantz of Troy were among the families who were shopping for their children Wednesday. They picked out Christmas presents for their three boys, ages 14, 12 and 8, who, without the Christmas Shoppe, they probably would receive very little, Byers said.

“It means a lot. They’re really going to be excited,” he said.

Iraq • CONTINUED FROM A1 one-time rival for the presidency, issued a particularly harsh verdict on his handling of Iraq. “I believe that history will judge this president’s leadership with the scorn and disdain it deserves,” McCain said on the Senate floor Obama, appearing with first lady Michelle Obama, highlighted the human side of the war, reflecting on the bravery and sacrifices of U.S. forces now on their way back home.

He recalled the start of the war, a time when he was only an Illinois state senator and many of the warriors before him were in grade school.

“We knew this day would come. We have known it for some time now,” he said. “But still, there is something profound about the end of a war that has lasted so long.”

Obama noted the early battles that defeated and deposed Saddam Hussein and what he called “the grind of insurgency” — roadside bombs, snipers

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Members of the military in the audience look up at President Barack Obama as he speaks in the 440th Structural Maintenance Hangar at Fort Bragg, N.C., Wednesday afternoon. and suicide attacks.

“Your will proved stronger than the terror of those who tried to break it,” he said.

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Among independents, his approval rating tops

COLUMBUS (AP) — The Ohio House of Representatives passed a compromise bill to reunite the state’s primary in March and approve a new congressional map, ending months of political wrangling in that chamber.

The 77-17 House vote came at the eleventh-hour during the chamber’s last scheduled voting day this year. It’s aimed at ending a dispute over new GOP-

drawn congressional lines.

The agreement reached Wednesday by lawmakers would repeal the current congressional lines, reunite the state’s primaries to a single March date and establish a task force to make recommendations for changes to the mapmaking process.

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The agreement would settle concerns over Democrats’ referendum efforts, and shift the primary to an earlier date to allow GOP voters to have a stronger say in the party’s presidential nominee.

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With the economy foremost on people’s minds, fewer now consider the war a top issue.

Fifty-one percent said it was extremely or very important to them personally, down from 58 percent in October, placing it behind 13 of 14 issues tested in the poll.

It’s the president’s first visit to Fort Bragg, which is home to Army Special Operations, the 18th Airborne Corps and the 82nd Airborne, among others.

Special Forces troops from Fort Bragg were among the first soldiers in Iraq during the 2003 invasion and its paratroopers helped lead the 2007 troop increase.

In his speech, Obama said that Iraq “is not a perfect place.”

But he added that “we are leaving behind a sovereign, stable, and selfreliant Iraq, with a representative government that was elected by its people.

We are building a new partnership between our nations.”

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• CANDLE DIPPING: Aullwood Audubon Center, 1000 Aullwood Road, Dayton, will offer red and blue candle dipping beginning at 2:30 p.m. The cost is the general admission fee of $4 for adults and $2 per child, plus $1 for each candle made. Call 890-7360 for reservations.

• QUARTER AUCTION: The Covington VFW Post No. 4235 Ladies Auxiliary Community will offer its first quarter auction at 173 N. High St. Calendar Doors will open at 6 p.m. and the auction will begin at CONTACT US 7 p.m. Food will be available to order. Proceeds will benefit the many community projects the auxiliary is Call Melody involved in.

Vallieu at • BOE MEETING: The SUNDAY 440-5265 to Newton Board of Education will meet at 7 p.m. in the list your free board of education room.

• BREAKFAST calendar • MEETING OFFERED: The Pleasant Hill items.You CANCELED: The regular VFW Post No. 6557, 7578 W. meeting scheduled of the Fenner Road, Ludlow Falls, can send Lostcreek Township will offer a made-to-order your news by e-mail to Trustees has been canbreakfast from 8-11 a.m. All vallieu@tdnpublishing.com. items are a la carte. celed and a year-end meeting is now scheduled for 9 • DOG SOCIAL: The a.m. Dec. 31 at the Miami County Park District Lostcreek Township will have its monthly dog Building in Casstown. social from 1-3 p.m. at Lost Creek Reserve, • AG BREAKFAST: An agriculture 2645 E. State Route 41, east of Troy. If your breakfast will be offered at 7:30 a.m. at dog is nice and plays well with others, bring Frisch’s Restaurant, Troy. The round-table them to the park. Participants can walk, talk discussion will provide an opportunity to and show off their dog while leisurely update and inform the community on current strolling down the trail with park naturalist events.

Spirit of Thunder (John De Boer). Also, get • BOARD MEETING: The Covington your dog’s photo taken with Santa.

Exempted Village Schools Board of Remember owners are responsible for their Education will meet at 5 p.m. in the dogs and must clean up after their pet.

Covington Board of Education office, 25 Meet in the parking lot.

Grant St., to discuss district finances. No • VIEW FROM THE VISTA: Come disaction will be taken at the meeting. cover Brukner Nature Center’s vista bird life, • DISCOVERY WALK: A morning discov- enjoy some refreshments and join members ery walk for adults will be offered from 8of the BNC Bird Club from 2-4 p.m. and 9:30 a.m. at Aullwood Audubon Center, learn to identify BNC’s feathered friends.

1000 Aullwood Road, Dayton. Tom Hissong, The rose-breasted grosbeaks have already education coordinator, will guide walkers as been reported at feeders in Ohio this they experience the seasonal changes takmonth. ing place. Bring binoculars.

• CANDLE DIPPING: Aullwood • PROJECT FEEDERWATCH: Project Audubon Center, 1000 Aullwood Road, FeederWatch will be offered from 9:30-11:30 Dayton, will offer red and blue candle dipa.m. at Aullwood. Participants are invited to ping beginning at 2:30 p.m. The cost is the count birds, drink coffee, eat doughnuts, general admission fee of $4 for adults and share stories and count more birds. This bird $2 per child, plus $1 for each candle made. count contributes to scientific studies at the Call 890-7360 for reservations.

Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Check out the • BREAKFAST PLANNED: American Cornell web site at www.bird.cornell.edu/pfw Legion, Post 586, 377 N. 3rd St., Tipp City, for more information. will offer all-u-can-eat breakfast from 8-11 a.m. for $6. The menu includes eggs your way, toast, bacon, sausage, home fries, FRIDAY sausage gravy and biscuits, waffles, pancakes, fruit and juice.

• FRIDAY DINNER: The Covington VFW Post No. 4235, 173 N. High St., Covington, will offer dinner from 5-8 p.m. For more information, call 753-1108.

• DINNER OFFERED: The Pleasant Hill VFW Post No. 6557, 7578 W. Fenner Road, Ludlow Falls, will offer dinner from 6-7:30 pm. for $7-$8. For more information, call (937) 698-6727.

• SOLSTICE CONCERT: Come celebrate the new season with wine, nature and song in the candlelit Heidelberg Auditorium and enjoy songs of the season with True Life Travelers at 7 p.m. Chris and Linda Tatarian (of Rum River Blend) will be joined by Charlie and Mary Jo Leet, creating musical harmony. Admission is $5 for BNC members and $10 for nonmembers, refreshments included.

• BLOOD DRIVE: The Miami County 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 to email canidonate@cbccts.org or call (800) 388-GIVE or make an appointment at www.DonorTime.com.

• PROJECT FEEDERWATCH: Project FeederWatch will be offered from 9:30-11:30 a.m. at Aullwood. Participants are invited to count birds, drink coffee, eat doughnuts, share stories and count more birds. This bird count contributes to scientific studies at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Check out the Cornell web site at www.bird.cornell.edu/pfw for more information.

• FREE FRIDAY FUN DAY: Free Friday Fun Day is planned for 7:30-9:30 p.m. at the Troy Rec, 11 N. Market St., Troy. Sixth through 12th grade students can participate.

Admission is one can of green beans or one box of instant potatoes for the St. Pat’s Soup Kitchen. Music, dodgeball, ping pong, air hockey, foosball, pool and video games are on the agenda. For more information, call 339-1923.

• TOYS FOR TOTS BENEFIT: Join Salsa City Fitness from 6-7 p.m. for a Toys for Tots benefit and Cosmic ZUMBA for a good cause. No entrance fee is asked, just bring a new, unwrapped toy. Guest instructors, special Christmas music, Santa’s cookies, a Marine Corpsman and more are planned.

For more information, call (937) 875-7082.

SATURDAY • BUFFET BREAKFAST: The Sons of the American Legion Post 43, 622 S. Market St., Troy, will offer an all-you-can-eat buffet style breakfast to the public from 7-10:30 a.m. for $7. Breakfast will include scrambled eggs, sausage gravy and biscuits, fried potatoes, bacon, sausage, toast, juice and coffee. Take out orders will be available by calling 335-3502. Wi-Fi also is available.

• PORK CHOPS: The Pleasant Hill VFW Post No. 6557, 7578 W. Fenner Road, Ludlow Falls, will offer a marinated (nonmarinated available) pork chop dinner with baked potato and green bean casserole for $9. from 5-7 p.m.

• NIGHT HIKE: Take a break from the hustle and bustle at 7 p.m. to meet Brukner Nature Center’s resident southern flying squirrel, a species that has been busily preparing for winter and enjoy a hike through BNC’s winter trails to reflect on the year that is coming to an end. Come

MONDAY • BOARD TO MEET: The Miami County Educational Service Center’s Governing Board will meet at 6 p.m. at 4520 E. State Route 41, Troy.

• MOMS & TOTS: The Miami County Park District will have the Trailing Moms & Tots program from 10 a.m. to noon at Charleston Falls Preserve, 2535 Ross Road, south of Tipp City. The program is for expectant mothers, mothers and tots newborn to 5 years old. Participants can socialize, play and exercise during this walk. Be sure to dress for the weather.

• AUDITIONS SET: Auditions for the next Troy Civic Theatre performance, “Blithe Spirit,” will be at 7 p.m. at the Barn in the Park in Troy Community Park. A first reading will be Jan. 4 and performance dates will be March 2-4 and 9-10. For information on open roles, contact Niccole at scarlettraven@juno.com or 615-9463 or Becca at 470-1259.

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BY JOYELL NEVINS Ohio Community Media jnevins@tcnewsnet.com The mantle has been passed. The Village of West Milton will start the new year with not only a new mayor, but a new municipal manager as well.

Matthew “Matt” Kline was hired by a unanimous vote in a special session before Tuesday’s council meeting, and officially welcomed at the meeting itself. He comes from Sandusky, where he served as city manager. Before that, Kline spent 12 years in various civil positions in Mason, including city councilman and city manager.

He and his wife Debbie will be selling their house up north and moving to Milton in the near future.

They have two daughters, according to Kline: 21-year-old Jessica and 19-year-old Jennifer. The girls attend The Ohio State University and Otterbein College, respectively.

“We took a major accomplishment tonight,” said Interim West Milton Municipal Manager Ben Herron, “I feel Mr. Kline is going to lead us in a forward direction.”

Once Kline’s hiring becomes effective on Jan. 3, Herron will step back into his role as supervisor of streets and grounds. Herron acknowledged the help of his family, the council, and his staff for enabling him to

WEST MILTON step into the interim manager role, one he said will forever be known as “the manager without a nameplate.”

“I’d like to thank the village council — in a time of crisis, our council had enough faith in me to hand me the keys,” he said, “I also give my deepest gratitude to my staff for picking up the slack (when he left the street supervisor position).”

He commended his wife, Nancy, for her understanding and support, and jokingly asked her for “a little leeway on my growing list of chores.”

Several West Milton residents and council members offered their thanks to Herron, as well. Former mayor Pat Grim even choked up, telling Herron, “I don’t know what we would have done without you — (you’ve been) very awesome.”

Grim had another reason to be tearyeyed, when her grandson Michael Coate II was sworn in as mayor. After taking the oath with law director Chuck Sell, he greeted everyone on council with a handshake — except for Grim. She got a big hug.

Coate’s first item to vote on was the ordinance for temporary appropriations for 2012, totaling $1,249,650. This will enable the village to keep operating until the permanent budget is set, which must be on or before March 31.

2-year-old injured in fall Staff Report A two-year-old boy was injured Tuesday night when he fell out of a second story window at 203 S. Mulberry St., on Troy’s east side. Troy Police responded to the incident, which was called in at 8:48 p.m.

The boy, Trent C. Lucas, was transported by Troy Fire Department personnel to Upper Valley Medical Center.

Troy Police Sergeant Shawn McKinney,

TROY who responded to the incident, said after the boy fell, an adult male at the residence came downstairs and took the boy back upstairs, where he called 9-11.

Troy Police Captain Joe Long said Wednesday the incident is now under investigation by a Troy Police detective.

The child was not listed as a patient at UVMC Wednesday morning.

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Food giveaway scheduled SIDNEY — Once again, Lockington United Methodist Church is having God’s Grocery Giveaway on Saturday, Dec. 17.

The giveaway will begin at 9 a.m. and will continue until the food is gone.

The food giveaway is on a first-come, first-served basis. This service is to help individuals with food needs. There are no income guidelines or restrictions.

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WEDNESDAY • KIWANIS MEETING: The Kiwanis Club of Troy will meet from noon to 1 p.m. at the Troy Country Club, 1830 Peters Road, Troy. Lunch is $10.Dick Phillips will present Christmas music. For more information, contact Kim Riber, vice president, at (937) 974-0410.

• NATURE CLUB: The Home School Nature Club will meet from 2-4 p.m. at Brukner Nature Center to explore the changes in the land through the process known as succession. Senses, and how animals use them in the wild, will be the topic. The fee is $5 for nonmembers.

• TCT AUDITIONS: Troy Civic Theatre will have auditions for “Blithe Spirit” at 7 p.m. at the Barn in the Park in Community Park. For more information, contact Niccole at scarlettraven@juno.com or 615-9463 or Becca at 470-1259. The performance dates are March 2-4 and 9-10.

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Stir up some holiday cheer with delicious peanut butter fudge Every morning son Joseph, 9, reminds us of how many more days it is until Christmas. When he told me this morning that there were only “13 days” it really dawned on me just how close the holiday season really is. I think the children are getting a little worried and keep asking Joe and I when we are going Christmas shopping. We have a few of their gifts, but it just seems time goes too fast.

We plan to go shopping on Saturday.

(Editor’s Note: Having visiting dozens of Amish settlements across the USA over the past 20 years, my observation is that Christmas is celebrated in different ways depending on the community. Some Amish do incorporate secular symbols like Santa Claus and reindeer-shaped Christmas cookies into their celebration, others do not. Gift-exchanges seem to be common in most communities, although it is often more low-key and less commercial than the non-Amish.

Christmas decorations rarely appear in Amish homes and I’ve never seen a decorated tree. One way in which many Amish do express their appreciation

than usual. Our basement needs a good cleaning.

Our coal stove is the basement so it does not take long for dust to collect.

We do laundry down there and the children play down there a lot, too.

Saturday we celebrated daughter Verena’s 14th birthday with a fried Lovina Eicher chicken dinner. She baked Troy Daily News Guest a chocolate cake and frostColumnist ed it. We put on candles and had her blow them of the season is through out. We also had vanilla baked goods and homeice cream to go with the made candy — Kevin chocolate cake. For her Williams, Amish Cook birthday we gave her a Editor) dolphin anniversary clock Christmas morning is exciting for the children to and an electronic money jar. Verena collects anysee their gifts, but let’s not forget the true mean- thing with dolphins or ing of Christmas. Jesus is dogs so she really liked the reason for the season. the clock. She doesn’t remember her 13th birthJoseph, Lovina, 7, and Kevin, 6, are often practic- day due to losing her memory for a year ing their songs for their because of her brain conschool Christmas program. It will be held next cussion in June 2010. We are so thankful she is week on Dec. 20. Joe will doing better. She has have off two weeks from caught up with her school the factory over the holigrades again and is excitdays. The children will also have two weeks off ed to be back on the honor school. I know those roll list. I took her to the weeks will go fast with us doctor’s for a 3-month having Joe’s family over checkup since her surgery. for Christmas on Jan. 7.

She still needs to wear Lots to do during that the ankle brace, but the time to prepare. Some of doctors were very pleased the time will be spent with how she is doing. We cleaning the house more thank God for all his

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many blessings. May He help us to remember to always turn to Him when we feel burdened with life’s problems. He can make our load so much easier to carry.

Today is laundry day again. We usually do laundry two to three times a week. The boys cleaned out the chicken coop on Saturday. So now we have some extra smelly coats and pants to wash.

When the eggs start coming into the house dirty we know it is time to remind the boys that the chicken coop and nests need to be cleaned again.

Our chickens have slowed down in laying eggs since the cold weather began. I must get busy now and hope all of you readers stay healthy over these holidays.

Saturday morning our thermometer showed 11 degrees. Brrr. Today the temperature is in the low 20s. Here is a good peanut butter fudge recipe for the holidays.

HOMEMADE PEANUT BUTTER FUDGE 2 cups sugar 2 /3 cup milk 1 cup chunky peanut butter 1 teaspoon vanilla 1 6 ounce package chocolate chips 1 /2 of one pint jar marshmallow crème Butter a 2-quart saucepan.

Combine sugar and milk in the saucepan and beat and stir over medium heat until mixture comes to a boil. Cook to 235 degrees (use a candy thermometer to measure temperature) Remove from heat and add remaining ingredients stirring until wellblended. Pour into a buttered 9 X 9 X 2 pan. Cool and cut when firm.

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In this Dec. 2, photo, Rob Gillespie, part of the Monuts Donuts team, prepares doughnuts for the Friday morning delivery in Durham, N.C.

UNC graduate turns idea into business DURHAM, N.C. (AP) — After a few months of looking for a job after graduation, Lindsay Moriarty decided to act on an idea that she’d had simmering on the back burner — to make and sell her own doughnuts.

She’s now one of two behind Monuts Donuts, a doughnut-making business that operates out of The Cookery, a commercial kitchen and culinary business incubator in Durham.

Monuts makes doughnuts by special order or for delivery on Fridays to businesses downtown or at Duke University, or further afield, for a delivery fee.

Moriarty has a yellow adult tricycle that, when it’s not out of commission, is used for deliveries.

“I love making doughnuts, and coming up with new flavors,” said Moriarty, who graduated in May from UNC Chapel Hill with master’s degrees in city planning and public health.

While she never had formal training as a baker, she said her father, a chef, taught her to feel comfort-

able in the kitchen and how to cook with her five senses.

“It doesn’t have to be formulaic,” she said, explaining that she creates her own recipes by choosing a flavor, and getting inspiration to bring her ideas to life from cake and doughnut recipes she finds.

The Monuts Donuts holiday doughnut line includes a chocolate with peppermint glazed doughnut, gingerbread with ginger clove glaze, brandied eggnog, and a red velvet glazed doughnut.

Moriarty tests the recipes in her kitchen, and then scales them up in The Cookery. She said she tries to keep the recipes seasonal.

On Friday, Moriarty scaled up the recipe for the gingerbread doughnut for the first time. She tasted a doughnut after it was pulled out of the fryer by her business partner Rob Gillespie who also is her boyfriend and a full-time biochemistry graduate student — and deemed it unacceptable for delivery that day.

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PERSPECTIVE

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

— First Amendment, U.S. Constitution

EDITORIAL ROUNDUP The Paris (Tenn.) Post-Intelligencer on Obama: Republicans who would rather defeat Barack Obama than fix the national budget woes have latched onto a false campaign theme: The president is not patriotic, they say.

Mitt Romney says Obama considers America “just another nation” in comparison to Ronald Reagan’s description of “a shining city on a hill.”

Rick Perry says the president goes around “making excuses for America.”

Newt Gingrich wondered out loud “what country does President Obama think he is president of.”

One role of the president of the United States is to be its chief cheerleader, but that doesn’t mean that he must wear blinders. Give us a man with a clear view of this nation, warts and all, rather than someone who proclaims that everything is always great.

In October, Obama talked about the imporAs I tance of investing in ways to build the economy and said, “We used to have the best stuff.

See It Anybody been to Beijing Airport lately? Well, ■ The Troy we’ve lost our ambition, our imagination and Daily News our willingness to do the things that built the welcomes Golden Gate Bridge and Hoover Dam.” columns from Republicans pounced on that statement as our readers. To an insult to America, but they haven’t prosubmit an “As I duced any evidence to show he was wrong.

See It” send You can’t fix problems without declaring your type-written column to: what the problems are.

■ “As I See It” It’s not unpatriotic to point out our flaws; in c/o Troy Daily fact, it’s more patriotic than pretending that News, 224 S. there are no flaws.

Market St., The Seattle Times on Myanmar: Troy, OH 45373 Diplomacy is all about talking — with ■ You can also everyone. Friends and foes and those whose e-mail us at intentions are murky. Myanmar is still a myseditorial@tdnpu tery, but credit President Barack Obama with blishing.com. breaking the silence.

■ Please After decades of political and economic include your full repression, the nation better known as Burma name and teleis making “flickers of progress” in the presiphone number. dent’s assessment.

Obama dispatched Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton to acknowledge Myanmar’s move from isolation toward engagement. The last visit by a secretary of state was in 1955.

Each side was working the moment in the best tradition of diplomacy.

Clinton met with President Thein Sein, a former general and prime minister.

U.S. efforts to loosen sanctions on his country’s access to international aid might result in the repatriation of the remains of U.S. soldiers who died there in World War II. Small steps can lead to bold strides: freedom for political prisoners and candor about Myanmar’s relations with North Korea, and suspicions about ballistic missiles and nuclear-arms technology.

Obama has broader goals in mind. Myanmar is tucked up against China’s western border, and the U.S. is looking for friends and influence through closer regional ties.

Clinton met with opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi during her trip.

Long under house arrest, the Nobel Prize winner was accessible for a deeply symbolic visit.

What comes next in Myanmar cannot easily be predicted, but without Obama taking a diplomatic risk, nothing would change.

LETTERS

Remembering my Chistmases past To the Editor: Today’s world is nothing like the I grew up in from a child born in Troy long ago.

I remember well the school bus driver would treat us at the holiday with candy and fruit.

Snow covered the ground most of the winter as it was very cold.

As children, my youngest brother and I would walk from now what is the 14th block of Main Street downtown on Saturday night to the general theater and back home in the dark. The price was one thin

dime for the movie. The shopping at Christmas was such a delight on the square as the snow was falling as you walked from store to store.

Murphy’s Five and Dime store was a delight to shop in and they had chairs in which to sit and rest awhile. At the Famous Cheap Store, you could find most anything you would want as I would want. I remember the gas heater and mantle my mother bought there.

I know time marches on, but I would not trade my memories of the past for all the tea in China. Christmas shopping began around the first week of December, as that is when it

was all on display. Never in my born days did I dream that stores would open at 4 a.m.

To one this takes all the teachings I was taught, just by yourself and follow me and life can be a jolly good time. Love yourself, not what others want you to be.

Never walk alone, for the little boy from Bethlehem is like a walking cane that supports my well-being and health.

May God bless you this holiday season with love, peace and joy, which I have enjoyed all my born days.

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How I managed to find a little Christmas magic I remember the exact moment the magic of Christmas died for me.

I was in kindergarten and my two brothers — who were significantly older than me — sat me down one night before bed and said, “David, there is no Santa Claus. There is no jolly elf who comes down the chimney every year and brings presents to all the boys and girls. It’s mom and dad. If you don’t get many presents this year, it’s because mom and dad don’t love you very much.

“Oh, and by the way … you also are adopted. They picked you out of a Cambodian refugee camp when you were just a baby. And if you ask them if this is true or not, they are probably going to lie to you because they don’t want you to know the truth. So, good luck with all of that — and have a Merry Christmas.”

As it turned out, they were right about the Santa Claus part.

As for the part where I was adopted from a Cambodian refugee camp — my parents have been denying that for the past 38 years.

That being said, it should probably then come as no surprise to you that: A) I am in therapy, and B) I have never really enjoyed

David Fong Troy Daily News Executive Editor Christmas.

For most of my life, Christmas has been about going through the motions. I give presents and I receive presents. I watch “The Christmas Story” on television every year. I hold my two sweet children close on Dec. 25 and hope all their Christmases are far more merry than any of mine ever were.

In general, however, I don’t particularly look forward to the Christmas season and there’s always a part of me that’s happy to see it go after the college bowl games wrap up.

There is, however, one notable exception.

Since my wife and I got married 10 years ago, we have always made it a point to select a “Christmas Angel” off one of the local church or work Christmas trees and buy

— Beulah Gibson Troy

presents for a child that may not otherwise have a nice Christmas.

Under pretty much all circumstances, I hate shopping — and I despise shopping during the holiday season when everyone is out rushing around, pushing people out of the way to make sure their child has the latest G.I. Joe action figure with the swivel-arm battle grip.

When it comes to making one child’s Christmas just a little happier, however, I’m willing to make an exception.

Even it means shopping for Justin Bieber items.

On the “Christmas Angel” slip we picked this year, the 8-year-old girl requested “anything Justin Bieber.”

“Well that’s just wonderful,” I remember thinking to myself. “I don’t particularly like shopping to begin with — but I really don’t like anything related, in any way, shape or form, to Justin Bieber.

This ought to be a real treat.”

As I walked into the store with my wife two nights ago, however, something funny happened. I began to picture this mystery girl on Christmas morning, sitting there in her living room, hoping and praying Santa Claus had

made a stop at her house this year.

I wondered how many times in the past she had been left to wonder if Santa Claus had somehow skipped her house that year. I envisioned tears welling up in her eyes — and her parents’ eyes — when she didn’t get what she wanted for Christmas.

Two things immediately happened. Tears began streaming down my face … and I began loading up our shopping cart with every Justin Bieber item I could find in the store. I threw in Justin Bieber T-shirts, Justin Bieber board games, a Justin Bieber doll, Justin Bieber jewelry and a Justin Bieber poster to hang on her wall.

It felt a lot like that scene in “The Grinch That Stole Christmas,” where you can literally see the Grinch’s cold, black heart growing.

Maybe there still is some Christmas magic left out there for people such as myself.

It just took a little girl whom I’ve never met — and probably never will meet — to help me find it.

Troy’s very own David Fong appears on Thursdays in the Troy Daily News. Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good night.

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LORENE I. LINK PIQUA — Lorene I. Link, 83, 1744 W. High St., Piqua died at 2 p.m.

Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2011, in Piqua. She was born July 20, 1928, in Piqua to the late Eugene D. and Catherine (Foster) Ralston. She married David B. Link Sept. 30, 1946, in Piqua; he preceded her in death Dec. 26, 2009.

She is survived by a daughter, Susan Link of Piqua; nieces and nephew, Gail LINK Pearce (Steve) Staley of Piqua, Scott (Debbie) Pearce of Maryville, Tenn., Terri (Randy) Hendricks of Conover, Kris (Mark) Gunston of West Milton; great nieces and nephews, Melanie Pearce (Tony) Cusmano, Michelle Pearce, Josh Lowe, Adam Gunston, Alex Gunston, Taylor Cusmano, Pearce Cusmano, and Jackson Pearce; and a special cousin Karen D. Foster.

She was preceded in death by a brother, Richard Ralston, and a sister, Charlyne (Babe) Pearce.

Mrs. Link was a 1946 graduate of Piqua Central High School. She worked as a cashier at the former Malone’s Market, a clerk for the JC Penny

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Department Store in Piqua, and retired as a bookkeeper from the former Piqua Poultry Company. She was a member of the Piqua Church of the Brethren, the American Business Women’s Association and the former Creepers to Capers Mother’s Club. She enjoyed ceramics, cooking, painting, gardening, and volunteering at the Bethany Center.

She loved being the matriarch of her family. She was very social and loved talking to people, especially her friends at Sterling House.

A funeral service will be conducted at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 17, at the Jamieson & Yannucci Funeral Home with the Rev. Larry Lutz officiating.

Burial will follow at Miami Memorial Park, Covington. Visitation will be from 9-10:30 a.m. Saturday at the funeral home. Memorial contributions may be made to Hospice of Miami County, Inc., P. O. Box 502, Troy, OH 45373 or the Church of the Brethren, 525 Boal Ave., Piqua, OH 45356.

Condolences to the family may also be expressed through jamiesonandyannucci.com.

SIDNEY — Ann L. Vondenhuevel, 48, of Ann dearly loved her pet dogs and specially her family, she loved watching all 2340 N. Broadway Ave. passed away at her children’s sports and other 8:52 a.m., Tuesday, Dec. 13, activities and will be truly missed 2011, at at her home surrounded by all of them and her many by her family. Ann had been friends. diagnosed with breast cancer in A Mass of Christian Burial will 2006. She was born on April 2, be at 10:30 a.m. Monday, 1963 in Sidney, Ohio, the daughDecember 19, at Holy Angels ter of the late John A. Frantz and Catholic Church with the Rev. Mary (Eilerman) Frantz who surDaniel Schmitmeyer officiating. vives and resides in Sidney. On Entombment will be at June 11, 1988 she married Mark Graceland Cemetery in Sidney.

S. Vondenhuevel who survives VONDENHUEVEL The family will receive friends along with three children, Olivia from 2-6 p.m. Sunday at the A. Vondenhuevel, Sam M. Cromes Funeral Home, 302 S.Main Ave. Vondenhuevel and Joe A. Vondenhuevel The family respectfully request that in all at home. Also surviving are two brothers, Frank Frantz and Tom Frantz and his lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to The Lehman High School Scholarship wife Stephanie both of Sidney and one Fund for the Ann Vondenhuevel sister, Mrs. Jeff (Lottie) Elliott of Urbana, OH, and also many nieces and nephews. Endowment. Condolences may be expressed to the Vondenhuevel family at Ann was a homemaker and a member of Holy Angels Catholic Church in Sidney. www.cromesfh.com.

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band, Don Dysinger; daughter, Maria PIQUA — Mona Yantis, 78, of Piqua, Ohio, passed away at 12:15 p.m. Tuesday, Floyd; son, Rodney Dysinger and one brother, Paul Parks.

Dec. 6, 2011, at Oakwood Village, She was a member of the AmVets No. Springfield, Ohio. She was born on July 66 and VFW Auxiliary. Mrs. Yantis was a 24, 1933 in Cairo, W. Va., to the late Burl realtor and later ended her career at WalN. and Edith (Null) Parks. Her husband, Mart.

Richard F. Yantis, survives.

MARTHA JAN REEDY Services will be conducted at a later In addition to her husband, Mrs. Yantis is date at the convenience of the family. survived by her son, Rob Dysinger of ed from Huntington East Vocation PIQUA — Martha Jan Reedy, 63, of Bradford, Ohio; daughter, Sandy Nelson of Memorial contributions may be made to Technical School, W. Va., with her LPN. Piqua died at 3:45 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. Texas; brother, Bud Parks of Maine; eight the American Cancer Society, Southwest Martha was an LPN at Heartland of 13, 2011, at Upper Valley Medical grandchildren, numerous great-grandchil- Region Office, 2808 Reading Road, Center, Troy. She was born in Lawrence Piqua for 30 years. She was then an Cincinnati, OH 45206. Friends may dren and great-great-grandchildren.

County, OH on May 22, 1948, to the late LPN at Harborside, Troy for 1.5 years. express condolences to the family through In addition to her parents, Mrs. Yantis Martha collected angels and blue plates.

Thomas and Viola (Witt) O’Leary. On www.bairdfuneralhome.com.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be at 10 was preceded in death by her first husSept. 13, 1969, in St. Lawrence O’Toole Church, she married Gregory A. Reedy. a.m. Saturday, Dec. 17, at St. Lawrence O’Toole Catholic Church, Ironton, with He survives.

LINDEN COTTRELL the Rev. Fr. David Huffman as Celebrant.

Martha is also survived by two sons, He was preceded in death by his parLUDLOW FALLS — Linden Cottrell, 73, Friends may call from 6–8 p.m. Friday, Sean Reedy of Port Clinton, OH and ents, a brother-in-law, Marvin Bowman, of Ludlow Falls, the son of Charles and Dec. 16, at Phillips Funeral Home, Kevin Reedy of Piqua; one daughter, Effie (Bowman) Cottrell, was born Dec. 28, and two infant grandchildren. The Lord Margaret Reedy of Cincinnati; two broth- Ironton. Burial will follow in Calvary 1937, in Darke County, Ohio, and went to giveth and the Lord taketh away, blessed ers and sisters-in-law, Michael and Janet Cemetery, Ironton. Local arrangements be the name of the Lord. be with the Lord on Dec. 14, 2011. are being handled by Melcher-Sowers O’Leary of Columbus, and Martin and Funeral services will be conducted at 10 He graduated from Franklin Monroe High Funeral Home, Piqua.

O’Leary of Athens; two sisters, Mary a.m. Saturday, Dec. 17, at the Pitsburg School, Class of 1955. He was the coMemorial contributions may be made June Lavelle and Jean Kelly, both of owner and operator of Carlin Fuel and was Church of the Brethren, 8376 Pitsburgto Alzheimer’s Association, Miami Valley Ironton; and four grandchildren, Sage Laura Road, Arcanum. a member of the Old German Baptist Chapter, 3797 Summit Glen Drive, Suite Reedy, Cedar Reedy, Lucy Gee and Interment will follow at Mote Cemetery.

Brethren Church.

G100, Dayton, OH 45449. Condolences Chelsey Stonerock.

The family will receive friends from 3-5 On June 22, 1957, he was married to may be expressed to the family at Martha graduated from St. Joseph Carol Hussey, enjoying 54 years of marital and 6-8 p.m. Friday at Jackson-Sarver High School, Ironton. She then graduat- www.melcher-sowers.com. bliss. They had three sons, Bruce and wife Family Funeral Home, 10 S. High Street, Covington. In lieu of flowers, memorial Brent and wife Kelly, and Steve.

Brandy, PAUL EICHELBERGER JR. He also is survived by 10 grandchildren; contributions may be made to Hospice of COLORADO — Paul Eichelberger Jr., Jeannie Hahn of Michigan; and several Miami County. eight great grandchildren; one brother, 61, of Thornton, Colo., died at 4:40 p.m. nieces and nephews.

Online memories may be left for the famiPete and wife Linda; and two sisters, Lois Mr. Eichelberger served in the National Monday, Dec. 12, 2011, at the Exempla ly at www.jackson-sarver.com Schaurer and husband Ralph.

Guard and was a retired school bus Good Samaritan Hospital in Lafayette, driver.

Colo.

FUNERAL DIRECTORY A funeral service will be conducted at He was born March 15, 1950, in Piqua to the late Paul Eichelberger, and is sur- 3 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 17, at the funeral service is set for Friday at Troy • Joseph A. Hamilton Jamieson & Yannucci Funeral Home, vived by his mother, Mary Ann (Davis) Baptist Temple, 691 E. Staunton Road, URBANA — Joseph A. Hamilton, 67, of Eichelberger Betts of Piqua. He married Piqua, with the Rev. Jack Chalk officiatTroy. Frings and Bayliff Funeral Home in Urbana, passed away at approximately ing.

Susan J. Robinett on Aug. 30,1972, in 12:25 a.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2011, Tipp City is assisting the family.

Visitation will be from 2-3 p.m.

Covington, and she preceded him in • Richard Gilmore in VanCrest of Urbana. Funeral services Saturday at the funeral home. death in August 2005.

PINELLAS PARK, Fla. — Richard L. will be conducted Friday at the AtkinsMemorial contributions may be made Other survivors include a daughter, Gilmore, 76, of Pinellas Park, Fla,, formerShively Funeral Home, 216 S. Springfield to Hospice of Miami County, Inc., P.O. Ginger and (Larry) Castle of Thornton, ly of Piqua, died Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2011, St., St. Paris.

Colo.; three grandchildren, Sarah Castle, Box 502, Troy, OH 45373. at Hospice House-Woodside, Pinellas Condolences to the family may also be • Daniel P. McKitrick Rachael Erwin and Tyler Castle; two TROY — Daniel P. McKitrick, 26, of Troy, Park, Fla. Private services will be held for expressed through jamiesonandyannucgreat grandchildren; a brother, Michael his family. passed away Monday, Dec. 12, 2011. A ci.com.

(Joyce) Eichelberger of Piqua; a sister,

Occupy Wall Street’s center shows some cracks NEW YORK (AP) — Before the housing, sanitation and nonviolent communication groups had their say, the Occupy Wall Street facilitator began the night meeting with guided meditation.

Someone stood up to object, saying all that controlled, deep breathing was oppressive.

In the disorganized democracy that Occupy prides itself on, everything — even the right way to breathe — is up for debate.

The moment exposed the new, more scattered leadership that has crept into the movement since its largest encampments shut down.

Instead of 24-hour base camps, Occupy Wall Street’s center of gravity has devolved into dozens of

smaller groups with different agendas and objectives.

Some want to find other places to occupy. Others want to shut down the ports, march for Egypt, move the downtrodden into foreclosed homes.

Some protesters say the smaller groups are getting in the way of the larger message of bridging the country’s gap between the superrich and the poor.

“I’m going to set up a committee to disband all committees,” joked Andrea Townsend, who has led general assembly meetings in Portland, Ore. Key organizers — they don’t call themselves leaders, because they say no one person is in charge — say the movement and its protesters

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In this Nov. 15, 2011 photo, Occupy Wall Street protesters hold a general assembly meeting inside an enclosed site near Canal Street in New York hours after police made an early-morning raid of the park that had become the epicenter of the OWS movement and evicted all the protesters occupying it. be working on different are staying true to the mis- issue.

“I think we’re big enough things,” said Sandy Nurse, a sion of embracing and promoting every member’s at this point that people can member of New York’s direct

action committee. “I don’t think anyone’s in competition with anybody.”

But experts say that as the presidential campaign season heats up, Occupy could become a powerful force at political conventions if it got on the same page and pushed key issues. Time magazine named “The Protester” its Person of the year on Wednesday, citing Occupy Wall Street as one of many movements “redefining people power” around the world.

“You cannot run a movement as if it’s a participatory democracy,” said Mitchell Moss, a New York University urban planning professor.

“An effective movement is not about being unhappy, but about getting things done.”

Panetta: U.S. at turning point in Afghanistan war Panetta provided a cryptic response to questions about the lost drone, which has exposed details of the littleknown U.S. intelligence and surveillance efforts aimed at Iran.

But the Pentagon chief and former CIA head left little doubt that the U.S. finds Afghanistan a useful place from which to spy on its neighbor, and intends to

keep at it. The operations benefit both the U.S. and Afghanistan, Panetta said.

“These are operations that I will not discuss publicly, other than to say that part and parcel of our effort to defend this country, and to defend our country involves important intelligence operations that we will continue to pursue,” he said.

The RQ-170 drone, known as the Sentinel, was lost over Iran two weeks ago. The Pentagon initially said only that it malfunctioned after being launched in western Afghanistan.

But it later emerged that the drone had taken off from a base in Afghanistan and was flying a surveillance mission over Iran when it came down.

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Iranian state television broadcast video of Iranians inspecting the aircraft, which was largely intact.

“Part and parcel to the effort to not only protect Afghanistan, but to protect the United States is to obtain important intelligence that allows us to be able to protect our people and to protect ours,” Panetta said during a news conference with Karzai.

Although the U.S. is Afghanistan’s main patron, U.S. use of Afghan soil to spy on its enemy Iran puts Karzai in a difficult position.

Afghanistan has long cultural and linguistic ties to Iran and maintains a mostly friendly relationship with the Tehran government.

“Afghanistan was not

aware that a drone had malfunctioned in Iran,” Karzai said.

He added that Iran has asked Afghanistan for more information.

“Afghanistan has pledged to its neighbors the best of relationships,” Karzai added, and doesn’t want to be involved in any “adversarial relations” between the U.S. and Iran.

“Afghanistan wishes that they be friends and that Afghanistan’s sovereignty and territorial integrity and soil is not used one against the other,” Karzai said.

Visiting with forces earlier Wednesday in Paktika province, Panetta asserted that U.S.-dominated forces are winning the fight against the Taliban-led insurgency.

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Dear Annie: My husband and I separated 10 years ago when our children were preteens. He has shown little interest in them and maintains contact only due to my encouragement. My family always includes him when we have family get-togethers. His family, however, decided that being nice to us would be taking sides, so they ignore our existence.

Recently, my husband and his family had a big reunion less than a block from us. We have not seen some of these relatives since the separation. They did not let us know they were coming and made no contact, even though my mother-in-law was here for more than a week.

Although my children claim they do not care, I can see how painful it is that their grandparents, aunts and uncles have abandoned them. Every time I try to communicate with my in-laws, they subject me to horrible accusations. My kids say I can't fix everything, but giving up doesn't seem like the answer. What is? â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Feeling Hurt and Helpless Dear Hurt: Your children sound wise beyond their years, and they are old enough now to handle this as they see fit. Ask if they would like to contact their grandparents and other paternal relatives. Offer phone numbers, email addresses, Facebook pages, whatever you have.

In all likelihood, these relatives will treat the children better than they would you, the ex-wife, and they may actually reconsider a relationship. Still, prepare your children for the possibility of rejection. Then allow them to decide whether they wish to initiate any communication.

Dear Annie: My father is a very sweet, elderly man, but he has an embarrassing problem.

Whenever he speaks, he talks so quickly that he tends to accidentally spit at the person with whom he's conversing.

I've cringed at this so many times. No matter how nicely we tell him to slow down when he talks, he still does it. Mind you, it's not a dental or medical problem, or age related. He's done this all his life.

How do I deal with the embarrassment of introducing my friends and co-workers to my father â&#x20AC;&#x201D; other than warning them to stand back five feet? â&#x20AC;&#x201D; BeetRed Face Dear Beet Red: Have you told Dad that he spits, or do you just focus on how fast he talks?

He may be unwilling to change his speech patterns if there is no overwhelming reason to do so, and he may be completely unaware that he is spraying his guests.

Suggest he discuss it with his dentist and his doctor, because there may be underlying reasons that can be remedied.

If nothing changes, there's not much more you can do. Allow your friends and co-workers to handle it as they choose, and you can apologize to them on Dad's behalf if you feel it is necessary.

Dear Annie: I think you may have overlooked something in your response to "Frustrated and Angry," who said her 11-year-old daughter stayed at a cousin's house and the uncle came into her room at night.

It doesn't say in the letter whether the cousin is a boy or a girl, and I'm not sure it matters.

The father may be committing acts of incest with his own child.

The cousin may be afraid to tell anyone.

This is an important reason to do something about what happened. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Concerned in Texas Dear Texas: Several readers pointed out that the attempt to molest his niece may indicate that the uncle has been molesting his child. And we agree that this is a possibility.

We don't know whether the parents are willing to go to the police, but we hope they will confront the aunt and uncle, inform the rest of the family and do whatever they can to protect that cousin.

Annie's Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime editors of the Ann Landers column. Please e-mail your questions to anniesmailbox@comcast.net, or write to: Annie's Mailbox, c/o Creators Syndicate, 5777 W. Century Blvd., Ste. 700, Los Angeles, CA 90045.

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Ask questions before hiring a petsitter Dear Heloise: We recently took a trip that required me to find a petsitter for our animals. I contacted several businesses for pet sitters to ask a few questions, and I was surprised to discover that not one of them was bonded.

When I inquired how the keys to my home would be maintained, every single pet sitter told me my keys would be put on a tagged ring with my name and address, and would be stored in the glove box in the personâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s vehicle!

I suggested that if the vehicle was stolen or broken into, a thief would have the keys to

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Please tell your readers to ask more questions of the people they entrust with the keys to their home. And to any pet sitters, housesitters, house-

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HOROSCOPE Thursday, Dec. 15, 2011 In the year ahead, you might find yourself involved in many projects that could have a larger-than-usual impact on others. Doing things on a grander scale than normal might be scary, but it also will be rewarding.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) — Try to focus on personal objectives if you can, because for some reason you’ll be luckier than usual with anything that serves your interests over that of others.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Although something beneficial for you is stirring, it may momentarily be screened from your view. Even some associates might know of it before you do. Just go with the flow and reap the benefits.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) — In the final analysis of things, our real wealth lies in our relationships with others. You’re likely to be amply blessed with dear friends who esteem you.

PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) — It behooves you to do what you can to please others, even if it means going out of your way. It’s one of those days when genuine kindness will be rewarded.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) — If you keep your attitude positive and philosophical, you can guarantee yourself a good day. That old saying: “Smile and the world smiles with you,” will be in fine working order.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) — There are always financial opportunities surrounding you, albeit not necessarily from previous sources. Once you find a new stream, it can be nurtured to productivity with relative ease.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) — Because you’re shrewd yet fair with your counterparts when cutting a new deal, even what needs to be negotiated on a one-on-one basis can work out quite well.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) — Something you have for sale that is very attractive to another might be more valuable than both you and your prospect know it to be. Before selling anything, get it appraised by experts.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) — Your behavior is likely to enhance your popularity. When friends and associates see the real you, they can’t help but be impressed by your warmth and compassion for others.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — If and when you choose to assert yourself, an unfinished endeavor can be concluded to your and everybody else’s satisfaction. It behooves you to make that choice instead of lying idle.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) — This can be an extremely productive day for you if you choose to assert yourself and work on a new project. Your enthusiasm and interests will be transmitted to the endeavor at hand.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) — This could be a gangbusters day for amassing personal gain. You’ll be adequately rewarded for anything you produce that appeals to the masses, with a little extra thrown in.

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TODAY IN HISTORY (AP) — Today is Thursday, Dec. 15, the 349th day of 2011.

There are 16 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight in History: On Dec. 15, 1961, former Nazi official Adolf Eichmann was sentenced to death by an Israeli court for crimes against humanity. (Eichmann was hanged 5 months later.)

On this date: • In 1791, the Bill of Rights went into effect following ratifica-

tion by Virginia.

• In 1890, Sioux Indian Chief Sitting Bull and 11 other tribe members were killed in Grand River, S.D., during a confrontation with Indian police.

• In 1911, jazz musician, composer and bandleader Stan Kenton was born in Wichita, Kan. • In 1938, groundbreaking for the Jefferson Memorial took place in Washington with President Franklin D. Roosevelt taking part in the ceremony.

• In 1939, the motion picture “Gone With the Wind” had its world premiere in Atlanta.

• Today’s Birthdays: Actorcomedian Tim Conway is 78.

Singer Cindy Birdsong (The Supremes) is 72. Rock musician Dave Clark (The Dave Clark Five) is 69. Rock musician Carmine Appice (Vanilla Fudge) is 65. Actor Don Johnson is 62.

Actress Melanie Chartoff is 61.

Movie director Julie Taymor is 59. Movie director Alex Cox is 57. Actor Justin Ross is 57.

Journey with Taliban shows militants’ resilience EDITOR’S NOTE: Associated Press reporter, photographer and videographer Ishtiaq Mahsud spent six days with fighters from the Pakistani Taliban close to the Afghan border. His account of their travels through South Waziristan offers a look at an area that the Pakistani military claimed had been brought under control after an army offensive two years ago.

SOUTH WAZIRISTAN, Pakistan (AP) — For 15 hours, we walked with Taliban fighters through territory supposedly controlled by the Pakistani army and frequently pounded by U.S. drone strikes.

Avoiding roads and towns, we easily evaded soldiers and were shown recruits drilling with weapons, militant positions and from a distance a compound used by foreign fighters.

The rare trip to South Waziristan revealed the resilience of militants in the northwestern tribal areas, some of whom are also battling American soldiers across the frontier in Afghanistan. It also demonstrated that the insurgents, who once ruled much of South Waziristan from permanent bases with many hundreds of fighters, are now largely a guerrilla force there.

The Pakistani Taliban had invited three Pakistani journalists to meet its leader, Hakimullah Mehsud, at a time when splits have appeared in the movement.

But Mehsud canceled, with his aides saying he was called into urgent meetings with a delegation of Afghan Taliban elders who had arrived from across the border.

The trip began in the capital of North Waziristan, Miran Shah, where the Pakistan army has yet to launch an offensive despite requests from Washington.

Militants, including alQaida and Afghan Taliban factions, are in firmer control in this region than in South Waziristan.

Pakistani territory. ings around the country The Pakistani army, since 2007. which has several times Some insurgent commanders in the northwest flown reporters to South have said recently they Waziristan and other were in peace negotiations Afghan border areas to with the Pakistani governshow off its achievements ment. Militant attacks in against militants, was not major cities outside the available for comment on northwest have been down what we observed on our sharply this year, a drop trip. some have attributed to the The army offensive in success of army operations South Waziristan was and the drone strikes. launched after heavy The commanders in American pressure, and was South Waziristan rejected followed by operations in any talk of peace. six of the seven tribal They said they would regions along the border.

But as U.S.-led forces have negotiate with the governfound in Afghanistan, hold- ment only if Islamic law ing exposed and remote ter- were implemented throughritory against insurgents out the country, the army who know the area and can withdraws from the region count on local support is and all Taliban prisoners AP fiendishly difficult. are released.

In this Dec. 11 photo, masked Pakistani Taliban militants take part in a training sesEager to wipe out a safe “Despite all their sion in an area of Pakistan’s tribal South Waziristan region along the Afghan border. haven for al-Qaida and pro- resources and atomic power, tect American troops in America, NATO and using a different route, one Afghanistan, the United The Pakistani military Extremists from other counPakistan cannot defeat the of the fighters pointed to a remains in South tries and other areas of States has supplied Taliban as our suicide collection of buildings that Pakistan were visible on the Waziristan in force but its Pakistan with money, bombers will use their he said was used by fighters weapons and expert assismen are often targeted in streets of the town. bones as bullets, their flesh from Turkmenistan. ambushes.

We then drove to the tance for its campaign as gunpowder and their He said fighters from On the main roads there boundary with the south, against the militants. That blood as fuel,” Mehsud said. other countries stayed at were army posts, vital for and began our journey on cooperation has faltered “They have no way to countdifferent places in the supplying the roughly foot, accompanied by four badly this year amid a er to this spirit.” region.

30,000 soldiers in the fighters. series of crises between the Pakistan’s spy agency two nations, whose diverThe tribal regions, parregion. But it was easy to South Waziristan was has been accused of aiding once home to about 500,000 travel without being spotted ticularly North Waziristan, gent interests in other militants, such as the Afghanistan have proven have become a magnet for or pursued so long as our people but its towns and Haqqanis and other factions hard to reconcile.

Muslims wanting to fight group stayed off them. villages are now mostly in the Afghan Taliban who There is no love lost “The army is confined to jihad or “holy war.” The empty. The population was carry out attacks on U.S. area is also used by Afghan between the Pakistani mili- troops across the border. told to flee ahead of a major the roads,” said Shameem tary and the Pakistani militants to stage attacks Pakistani army offensive in Mehsud, the operational CIA drones, in turn, Taliban, which is allied to commander of the Pakistani inside their homeland, 2009. The army has have targeted militants al-Qaida and has carried knowing that U.S. and Taliban. “All the surrounddeclared victory, but most with missile strikes in the out scores of suicide bomb- Pakistani tribal regions.

NATO troops cannot enter ing areas are in Taliban locals haven’t returned.

They do not believe official control.”

After 15 hours hiking, statements that their homeour group came to a semiland is safe. permanent forward position In one abandoned village, three men were living used to attack troops travelEntered at the post office in a single room in a ruined ing on a main road below. house. They said they could- About 30 fighters were in Troy, Ohio 45373 as Pain Phlebitis armed with rocket launchn’t leave because they had “Periodical,” postage paid Blood Clots Heaviness/Tiredness ers, sniper rifles and no money and two of them at Troy, Ohio. The Troy Ankle Sores Burning/Tingling were blind from birth. Their artillery. Through binocuDaily News is published /Ulcers Swelling/Throbbing lars, Mehsud pointed out sole possessions were a Monday-Friday afterBleeding Tender Veins what appeared to be an dirty mat and some blacknoons, and Saturday If you have any of the above, ened cooking pots. One, 30- anti-aircraft gun on a nearthere are effective treatment options, by ridge he said belonged to morning; and Sunday year-old Mafiq, said the covered by insurances. morning as the Miami Taliban gave them monthly the Taliban.

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560 Home Furnishings FURNITURE, excellent condition, Lane plaid sofa/ loveseat, oak tables, sewing table for 2 machines, computer desk/ file, bar stools Troy, priced to sell.

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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. Saturday against Upper Arlington. Each person who brings in a non-perishable food items will receive $2 off their admission to the game.

• BASEBALL: The Major League Holiday Baseball Camp will conduct a two-day camp for hitting, pitching, catching and fielding for ages 10-18 from noon to 5 p.m. Dec. 29-30 at the Darke County YMCA in Greenville.

Registration is at 11:30 a.m., and the cost is $95. For more information, call (937) 423-3053.

• 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.

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

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Cleveland Browns president Mike Holmgren speaks about quarterback Colt McCoy’s concussion during a news conference in Berea Wednesday.

One big headache Browns didn’t check McCoy on sideline BEREA (AP) — Although James Harrison’s devastating, illegal hit on Colt McCoy was witnessed by millions on television and thousands at Heinz Field, Cleveland’s medical staff did not realize the severity of the blow when they treated the Browns quarterback.

That was the explanation given by team president Mike Holmgren on Wednesday, one day after NFL medical officials and representatives of the Players Association met with the Browns to discuss the team’s controversial handling of McCoy’s head injury and possible changes to

SPORTS CALENDAR

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TODAY 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.)

FRIDAY Boys Basketball Troy at Trotwood (7:30 p.m.)

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

Milton-Union at Madison (7:30 p.m.)

Miami East at Lehman (8 p.m.)

Bethel at Tri-County North (8 p.m.)

Troy Christian at Emmanuel Christian (7 p.m.)

Newton at Bradford (8 p.m.)

Covington at National Trail (8 p.m.)

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

Bowling Bellefontaine at Tippecanoe (4 p.m.)

Hockey Troy at Sycamore (7 p.m.)

Swimming Northmont at Troy (6:30 p.m.)

Tippecanoe at Versailles tri (6:30 p.m.)

Miami East at Shawnee Invite (6:30 p.m.)

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Ohio State's Aaron Craft, right, tries to dribble around South Carolina Upstate’s Mario Blessing during the first half Wednesday in Columbus.

■ Bowling

Can’t please ’em all Devils Sullinger unhappy with performance in OSU win COLUMBUS (AP) — Everyone was pleased with how All-America forward Jared Sullinger played in his first game back after missing two because of back spasms.

Everybody but Sullinger, that is.

Deshaun Thomas scored 23 points and No. 2 Ohio State welcomed back Sullinger in an 82-58 victory over South Carolina Upstate on Wednesday night.

“I was terrible tonight,” he said with a laugh after collecting a workmanlike 12 points and 10 rebounds in 33 minutes. “I was tired. Taking two weeks off is a killer.”

The 6-foot-9 sophomore wasn’t cleared to play until earlier Wednesday. He had missed the Buckeyes’ win over Texas-Pan American and Saturday’s 78-67 loss at No. 13 Kansas.

Coach Thad Matta said Sullinger played just about the way he expected.

“I thought he did a pretty decent job,” Matta said. “He hadn’t played since the Duke game (an 85-63 rout on Nov. 29). To get

him out there and get him moving, he knew he was going to be rusty and probably a little bit winded. But now that gives him some confidence to get back (to where he was) and to go to work.”

Sullinger received polite applause when he entered the game at the 14:37 mark of the first half. He took his time getting into the pace of the game.

“Sullinger looked like all really good players,” Spartans coach Eddie Payne said. “He had quiet production. He had 12 and 10 and didn’t seem like he did a whole lot.”

It was Sullinger who suggested to Matta that he not start.

“That was actually my decision,” Sullinger said. “Evan (Ravenel) worked so hard these past two weeks and I really didn’t practice even yesterday. It’s kind of unfair to Evan. He deserved to start. So I told Coach Matta, ‘Start Evan tonight and have me come off the bench.’”

Torrey Craig had 20 points for Upstate (6-5), playing its third game in a monthlong, sevengame road swing. The Spartans,

in their fifth season of Division I competition, and are 0-20 against teams from the six major conferences.

The win was Ohio State’s 31st straight at home, the secondlongest streak ever at the school behind only the 50 in a row from 1959-64 while Jerry Lucas, John Havlicek and Gary Bradds were the stars.

William Buford added 14 points for the Buckeyes.

After the Spartans scored the first four points of the second half to cut the deficit to 37-31, the Buckeyes pulled away.

Sullinger, who played the last 14:37 of the first half and the first 7:20 of the second and a couple of minutes late, hit two free throws and Lenzelle Smith Jr. made a drive down the heart of the lane.

After a basket by Upstate, Ohio State scored on its next three possessions a dunk by Sullinger, Thomas off a long pass from Smith and Aaron Craft on lefthanded layup off a baseline drive.

That made it 47-36 and the lead never dropped below nine points again.

sweep Falcons Staff Reports Four Red Devils set new personal highs in a series Wednesday, leading Tippecanoe’s boys and girls to their best Central Buckeye Conference start in history and new seasonhigh totals in a sweep of Graham.

TIPP CITY Tippecanoe’s boys knocked off the Falcons 2,795-2,698 to improve to 3-1 overall, and the girls won 2,403-2,260 to stay unbeaten at 4-0.

“Both teams are 3-0 in the league for the first time in school history,” Tippecanoe coach Clay Lavercombe said. “They continue to work hard at practice and work together during matches.”

Steven Calhoun led the way

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Needing a spark Bengal offense sputters at bad time

UC bounces back after brawl Sean Kilpatrick scored 20 points and Cincinnati won its first game without suspended forward Yancey Gates, routing Wright State 78-58 on Wednesday night.

Cincinnati (6-3) was coming off a 7653 loss at Xavier that was stopped when a brawl erupted with 9 seconds left.

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CINCINNATI (AP) — The Bengals’ offense has fallen into a rut at a bad time.

With two starting offensive linemen hurt, Cincinnati (7-6) managed only one touchdown during a 20-19 loss to Houston that left the Bengals needing help to reach the playoffs. It’s been that way lately, with their young offense struggling when it gets close to the goal line.

There’s still a chance Cincinnati could reach the playoffs, given its favorable closing AP PHOTO schedule. The Bengals play Cincinnati Bengals running back Cedric Benson (32) runs against Sunday in St. Louis (2-11), then the Houston Texans in the second half Sunday in Cincinnati. finish at home against Arizona

and Baltimore. They’re a game behind the New York Jets for the final wild card berth.

It may not matter if the offense keeps self-destructing.

“I think that’s an area where we’ve got to get better,” quarterback Andy Dalton said on Wednesday. “There are some drives where we aren’t doing anything, where we’re going three-and-out. That’s where we need to get better. We’ve got to be more consistent, get drives going and not have those quick drives and, I guess, that lull at times.”

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■ National Football League

Browns ■ CONTINUED FROM 14 the league’s policies on concussions.

Holmgren does not expect the league to penalize the Browns, who did not know McCoy had a concussion when they sent him back into Thursday night’s game.

Union chief DeMaurice Smith said the meetings allowed the NFLPA to learn more about McCoy’s treatment.

“We will review the findings with our team and take into consideration the public comments made by the Browns,” Smith said in a statement.

During a nearly one-hour news conference, Holmgren explained that McCoy was not checked for a concussion on the sideline after the hit because he wasn’t showing symptoms. Also, the team’s medical and training staffs were unaware of the impact of Harrison’s helmet-to-face mask hit because they were on the sideline working on other injured players.

McCoy was evaluated by medical personnel and trainer Joe Sheehan, who told Browns coach Pat Shurmur the QB was “good to go.”

Holmgren defended the decision but acknowledged the injury may have been handled differently if the medical staff had seen McCoy get laid out by Harrison, who has been suspended one game by the league for his fifth illegal tackle on a quarterback in three years.

“I want to make something very, very clear here,” said Holmgren, who was at times emotional when discussing the topic and several others. “No coach that I know, certainly not our head coach, would ever overrule a doctor and put a kid in a game where a doctor said you can’t play. I never did it.

Pat will never do it. It’s not happening.

“If anybody had that in the back of their mind because it’s a big game, it’s the Steelers, we had a

chance to win the game, we’re going to roll the dice a little bit and throw him in, that’s not what happened.

“That will never happen.”

Holmgren said one of the issues raised at the meeting was having the league observer at games or someone notify the field if there’s a big hit and a player should be evaluated more thoroughly.

Holmgren called the Browns’ medical staff “the absolute best in football” and praised the club’s handling of head injuries.

Earlier in Thursday night’s game, tight end Benjamin Watson and fullback Owen Marecic were both ruled out by the staff with concussions. The Browns have had nine concussions this season.

McCoy was sent home before practice on Wednesday with a headache and it’s doubtful he will play this Sunday when the Browns visit Arizona.

Holmgren has not yet spoken to the second-year quar-

Holmgren: Shurmur safe Browns president Mike Holmgren said Pat Shurmur will “absolutely” be Cleveland’s coach next season.

Holmgren was asked about Shurmur’s status Wednesday during a lengthy news conference triggered by quarterback Colt McCoy’s concussion and the team’s controversial handling of his head injury during Thursday night’s loss at Pittsburgh. Shurmur has had a rough first season with the Browns (4-9), who have had numerous injuries and their fair share of controversy.

Holmgren called Shurmur “a very competent young head coach who will be here for a long time.”

Mistakes have doomed the Browns this season and Holmgren took issue with the idea that problems on and off the field reflect “business as usual” for the club.

Holmgren also disputed critics who feel he’s not as involved as he should be running the team. terback, who was scrambling from pressure and had flipped the ball to running back Montario Hardesty when Harrison drilled him in the chin.

In giving a detailed breakdown “to set the record as straight as I can,” Holmgren explained that when McCoy was hit, Sheehan and Dr. Mark Schickendantz ran on the field not knowing exactly

what had happened.

“They were all working on other injured players, either in the bench area or behind players, so they did not see the play,” Holmgren said. “Then, they heard a crowd reaction. Someone said, ‘Colt’s down.’”

Holmgren said McCoy was “lucid and talking” when he was being treated and did not show any signs of having a concussion.

■ College Basketball

■ Bowling

Shifting the focus

Bowling

Guard-heavy Bearcats top WSU without suspended players FAIRBORN (AP) — Sean Kilpatrick scored 20 points and Cincinnati won its first game without suspended forward Yancey Gates, routing Wright State 78-58 on Wednesday night.

Cincinnati (6-3) was coming off a 76-53 loss at Xavier that was stopped when a brawl erupted with 9 seconds left. Gates, averaging 13.5 and 9.5 rebounds, was one of three Bearcats suspended for six games. Another was suspended for one.

The Bearcats started a three-guard lineup with JaQuon Parker in place of Gates. Parker, playing in his second game this season, scored 14 points.

The Bearcats showed no hangover from the suspensions, jumping to a 17-2 lead behind three 3-pointers by Kilpatrick, who finished with a career-high six 3s. The Bearcats made 4 of 7 from long range to start the game and finished 14 of 32 both season highs.

Cincinnati shot 54.9 percent from the field (28 of 51).

Cashmere Wright added 12 points for Cincinnati.

John Balwigaire and A.J. Pacher led Wright State (4-7) with 11 points apiece.

Gates was suspended for six games for punching Xavier center Kenny Frease in the face during the brawl, which also resulted in the suspension of four Xavier players.

Hamilton County prosecutor Joe Deters had been considering criminal charges, but said earlier Wednesday that he will not prosecute.

Deters said he made the decision following an investigation that included review of films and interviews with the two teams’ coaches and some players and witnesses. He also said that Frease was satisfied with an apology from Gates after the two “reached out to each other privately.”

Besides Gates, the suspended Bearcats are junior center Cheikh Mbodj (six games), freshman forward Octavius Ellis (six games)

fered their first CBC loss and fell to 3-1, 4-2 overall, while the Falcon girls are now 4-2 overall and 2-2 in the CBC. “Coach Grubb and I told the bowlers that this was going to be a tough match,” Lavercombe said.

“Graham is a very good team, and I knew it would be a dogfight. I’m just glad we came out on top.

“Everyone contributed tonight, and these are the nights you love as a coach. I hope we can continue this wave of good fortune through the week and on to next week.”

Tippecanoe faces West Carrollton today.

■ National Football League

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Cincinnati’s Dion Dixon (3) keeps the ball ways from the pressure of Wright State’s Tavares Sledge, left and Julius Mays (34) during the first half Wednesday in Fairborn. and freshman guard Ge’Lawn Guyn (one game).

Mbodj got his first start of the season against Xavier.

Against Wright State, Kilpatrick scored 17 points in the first half, which ended with the Bearcats leading 43-22. Cincinnati’s 9-for-20 shooting from 3point range equaled season highs in both categories.

The Bearcats were 9 of 20 in a recent victory at Georgia. Kilpatrick’s previous career scoring high was 26 against Wright State last year.

The move to the perimeter game with the absence of Gates and Mbodj was further evident by the Bearcats scoring only four points in the paint in the

first half.

Wright State scored the first five points of the second half, but Cincinnati’s stingy defense never let the Raiders get close and the lead grew to as many as 26.

Cincinnati entered the game 13th in the nation in scoring defense at 55.6 points per game. The Bearcats have now held 12 of their last 14 nonconference regular-season opponents under 60 points.

No. 6 Baylor 69, Bethune-Cookman 42 WACO, Texas — Pierre Jackson scored 13 points to lead a balanced scoring attack and had consecutive assists on slam dunks that put No. 6 Baylor ahead to stay in a 69-42 victory over

Bethune-Cookman on Wednesday night.

Jackson had a steal then a bounce pass to Deuce Bello for a dunk, and turned another BethuneCookman turnover right after that into a pass to Anthony Jones for another slam. That was part of an early 10-0 run that put the Bears (8-0) ahead to stay.

Ohio 88, Marietta 54 ATHENS — Five Bobcats scored in double figures Wednesday night, leading Ohio past Marietta 88-54.

D.J. Cooper led the Bobcats (8-1) with 15 points, Reggie Keely scored 13, Nick Kellogg scored 12 and Stevie Taylor and Walter Offutt each had 11.

■ National Basketball Association

Paul on the move, Howard stuck NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Chris Paul is headed to Los Angeles for real this time to the Clippers, not the Lakers.

The Hornets have traded Chris Paul to the Los Angeles Clippers for guard Eric Gordon, forward AlFarouq Aminu, center Chris Kaman and a first-round draft choice.

The deal required the approval of NBA

■ CONTINUED FROM 14 for the boys with games of 256-236 for a personalbest 492 series, and Ryan Rittenhouse rolled 235246 for a personal-best 481. Logan Banks rolled 214-236—450, Luke Nimer rolled 141-171— 312 and Josh Bellas rolled a 147 game.

Cailtin Wolff also set a new personal-best series at 430 with games of 194236, and Jordan Amspaugh rolled 163180 for a personal-best 343. Demi York rolled 187-166—353, Rebecca Milas rolled 160-180— 340 and Chelsea Brown rolled 139-170—309.

Graham’s boys suf-

Holmgren said Schickendantz “was looking at his face and his eyes, Joe was looking at the rest of him and he was complaining of his hand.” McCoy sustained a badly bruised hand.

Holmgren said McCoy was not unconscious and responded to everything the medical staff asked him to do. When McCoy got to the sideline, Holmgren said Dr. Tom Waters joined the others to check on McCoy, who also answered questions to satisfaction.

At that point, Holmgren said McCoy was not showing any concussion symptoms so the standardized SCAT2 (Sport Concussion Assessment Tool) was not given.

“Their reaction to the way Colt was acting did not dictate that,” he said. “They had not seen the play and he was talking, answering, knew how much time was left. So his response, following our normal protocol, did not dictate they administer the test.”

Commissioner David Stern because the Hornets are owned by the league.

ESPN, first reported the trade, which also involves New Orleans sending two future second-round draft picks to the Clippers.

The 26-year-old Paul is a four-time All-Star who averaged 18.7 points and 9.8 assists last season.

Gordon, who turns 23 on Christmas Day, averaged

22.3 points last season. The 6-foot-9 Aminu is a secondyear pro and the 7-foot Kaman is an eight-year veteran.

• Howard Staying Put ORLANDO, Fla. — Magic general manager Otis Smith said Wednesday the team’s goal remains to keep Dwight Howard in a Magic uniform as long as they possibly can and that the trade

talks “could go to the end of the season.”

Smith would not say whether trade talks for the center are off, but did say there was no deal in place.

“We’re at the same place we’ve always been,” Smith said. “We don’t have a deal until we have a deal. Right now we still have him in a Magic uniform, and that’s where we expect him to be until that changes.”

■ CONTINUED FROM 14 They’ve had a lot of lulls all season, relying on late comebacks to overcome long scoring droughts during games.

Against the Texans, they pulled ahead 16-3 at halftime by running the ball consistently. Cedric Benson had 92 yards on 13 carries in the first half.

In the second half, he ran eight times and lost a yard. Cincinnati’s running game managed only eight yards on five carries in the second half.

“I think they made really good adjustments and they were a little more effective in the second half,” Benson said on Wednesday. “We kind of put ourselves in a hole in the second half by not being able to convert drives. We came out and started with a couple of three-and-outs and that’s never good.”

The Bengals managed only 81 yards and six first downs on five possessions in the second half against one of the league’s toughest defenses, settling for Mike Nugent’s fourth field goal of the game.

They had three punts and a fumble.

The Bengals were without their starting right tackle and right guard in the second half.

Tackle Andre Smith was inactive with an injured left ankle. Guard Bobbie Williams broke his right ankle during the second quarter and is out for the season.

The Texans also made more of a commitment to stopping the run, and the Bengals couldn’t counter.

“Of course, you miss Bobbie Williams, the player he is,” left tackle Andrew Whitworth said.

“When you have a guy go down that you’re used to being in there and playing so well, that is different for you.

“But really in the second half there, we just had some plays where

they brought a lot of heat and had an extra guy on a couple of runs.”

Their most frustrating moments have come when they’re closest to a touchdown.

The Bengals had a first-and-goal from the 1yard line and had to settle for a field goal. A falsestart penalty set them back on first down and changed the dynamic.

It’s been an ongoing problem: Cincinnati ranks 20th in the league in getting touchdowns once it crosses the opponents’ 20yard line. In the last three games overall, they’ve had four touchdowns and seven field goals.

“I think some penalties have hurt us down there too,” Dalton said. “Can’t have ‘em. We’ve got to find a way to get into the end zone.”

Their only consistently effective play has been having Dalton throw a jump-ball to receiver A.J. Green, who stretches above the defensive backs to make a catch for a big play. He had a 51-yard catch that set up the winning field goal against Cleveland, a 43-yard catch in a loss to Pittsburgh, and a 36-yard catch against the Texans.

Benson is eager for a big game against the Rams, who rank last in the league in stopping the run. St. Louis is giving up an average of nearly 157 yards per game on the ground.

“We look forward to being able to run the ball on them consistently,” Benson said. “A lot of teams have been running the ball on them, I think mostly because they’ve had a lead on them.

“Nothing that takes away from their defense.

They’ve got a good front.

The linebackers run to the ball well. We still have a challenge ahead of us, but I think we can do some positive things in the run game.”

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FOOTBALL National Football League All Times EDT AMERICAN CONFERENCE East W L T Pct PF PA New England 10 3 0 .769 396 274 8 5 0 .615 327 270 N.Y. Jets 5 8 0 .385 288 341 Buffalo 4 9 0 .308 256 246 Miami South W L T Pct PF PA y-Houston 10 3 0 .769 330 208 Tennessee 7 6 0 .538 266 251 4 9 0 .308 193 252 Jacksonville 0 13 0 .000 184 382 Indianapolis North W L T Pct PF PA Baltimore 10 3 0 .769 320 202 Pittsburgh 10 3 0 .769 282 198 Cincinnati 7 6 0 .538 285 270 4 9 0 .308 178 254 Cleveland West W L T Pct PF PA 8 5 0 .615 269 302 Denver 7 6 0 .538 290 354 Oakland San Diego 6 7 0 .462 324 299 Kansas City 5 8 0 .385 173 305 NATIONAL CONFERENCE East W L T Pct PF PA 7 6 0 .538 324 349 N.Y. Giants 7 6 0 .538 317 281 Dallas Philadelphia 5 8 0 .385 297 292 Washington 4 9 0 .308 229 290 South W L T Pct PF PA x-New Orleans 10 3 0 .769 415 286 8 5 0 .615 300 267 Atlanta 4 9 0 .308 313 355 Carolina Tampa Bay 4 9 0 .308 232 370 North W L T Pct PF PA y-Green Bay 13 0 0 1.000 466 278 8 5 0 .615 367 305 Detroit 7 6 0 .538 301 255 Chicago 2 11 0 .154 274 364 Minnesota West W L T Pct PF PA y-San Francisco10 3 0 .769 307 182 Seattle 6 7 0 .462 246 259 6 7 0 .462 253 288 Arizona 2 11 0 .154 153 326 St. Louis x-clinched playoff spot y-clinched division Thursday's Game Pittsburgh 14, Cleveland 3 Sunday's Games New Orleans 22, Tennessee 17 Baltimore 24, Indianapolis 10 N.Y. Jets 37, Kansas City 10 Detroit 34, Minnesota 28 Houston 20, Cincinnati 19 Jacksonville 41, Tampa Bay 14 Atlanta 31, Carolina 23 Philadelphia 26, Miami 10 New England 34, Washington 27 Arizona 21, San Francisco 19 Denver 13, Chicago 10, OT San Diego 37, Buffalo 10 Green Bay 46, Oakland 16 N.Y. Giants 37, Dallas 34 Monday's Game Seattle 30, St. Louis 13 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.

AP All-America Team, List FIRST TEAM OFFENSE Quarterback — Robert Griffin III, junior, 6-foot-2, 220 pounds, Baylor.

Running backs — Montee Ball, junior, 5-11, 210, Wisconsin; Trent Richardson, junior, 5-11, 224, Alabama.

Tackles — Barrett Jones, senior, 6-5, 311, Alabama; Matt Kalil, junior, 6-7, 295, Southern California.

Guards — David DeCastro, senior, 6-5, 310, Stanford; Kevin Zeitler, senior, 6-4, 318, Wisconsin.

Center — David Molk, senior, 6-2, 286, Michigan.

Wide receivers — Justin Blackmon, junior, 6-1, 215, Oklahoma State; Robert Woods, sophomore, 6-1, 180, Southern California.

Tight end — Dwayne Allen, junior, 6-4, 255, Clemson.

All-purpose player — Sammy Watkins, freshman, 6-1, 180, Clemson.

Kicker — Randy Bullock, senior, 5-9, 212, Texas A&M. DEFENSE Ends — Melvin Ingram, senior, 6-2, 276, South Carolina; Whitney Mercilus, junior, 6-4, 265, Illinois.

Tackles — Devon Still, senior, 6-5, 310, Penn State; Jerel Worthy, junior, 6-3, 310, Michigan State.

Linebackers — Luke Kuechly, junior, 63, 237, Boston College; Jarvis Jones, sophomore, 6-3, 241, Georgia; Dont'a Hightower, junior, 6-4, 260, Alabama.

Cornerbacks — Morris Claiborne, junior, 6-0, 185, LSU; Tyrann Mathieu, sophomore, 5-9, 175, LSU. Safeties — Mark Barron, senior, 6-2, 218, Alabama; Bacarri Rambo, junior, 6-0, 218, Georgia.

Punter — Brad Wing, freshman, 6-3, 184, LSU. SECOND TEAM OFFENSE Quarterback — Andrew Luck, junior, Stanford.

Running backs — LaMichael James, junior, Oregon; David Wilson, junior, Virginia Tech.

Tackles — Jonathan Martin, senior, Stanford; Nate Potter, senior, Boise State.

Guards —Will Blackwell, senior, LSU; Austin Pazstor, senior, Virginia.

Center — Peter Konz, junior, Wisconsin.

Wide receivers — Ryan Broyles, senior, Oklahoma; Kendall Wright, senior, Baylor.

Tight end — Tyler Eifert, junior, Notre Dame.

All-purpose player — Joe Adams, senior, Arkansas.

Kicker — Caleb Sturgis, junior, Florida.

DEFENSE Ends — Frank Alexander, senior, Oklahoma; Vinny Curry, senior, Marshall.

Tackles — JoeVellano, junior, Maryland; Derek Wolfe, senior, Cincinnati.

Linebackers — Courtney Upshaw, senior, Alabama; Lavonte David, senior, Nebraska; Manti Teo, junior, Notre Dame.

Cornerbacks — David Amerson, sophomore, North Carolina State; Dre Kirkpatrick, junior, Alabama.

Safeties — Markelle Martin, senior,

Oklahoma State; Antonio Allen, senior, South Carolina.

Punter — Ryan Allen, junior, Louisiana Tech.

THIRD TEAM Quarterback — Matt Barkley, junior, Southern California.

Running backs — Ronnie Hillman, sophomore, San Diego State; Bobby Rainey, senior, Western Kentucky.

Tackles — Levy Adcock, senior, Oklahoma State; Cordy Glenn, senior, Georgia.

Guards — Ryan Miller, senior, Colorado; Gabe Ikard, sophomore, Oklahoma.

Center — Grant Garner, senior, Oklahoma State.

Wide receivers — Jordan White, senior, Western Michigan; Patrick Edwards, senior, Houston.

Tight end — Coby Fleener, senior, Stanford.

All-purpose player — Tavon Austin, junior, West Virginia.

Kicker — Quinn Sharp, junior, Oklahoma State.

DEFENSE Ends — Sam Montgomery, sophomore, LSU; Andre Branch, senior, Clemson.

Tackles — John Simon, junior, Ohio State; Fletcher Cox, junior, Mississippi State.

Linebackers — Tank Carder, senior, TCU; Sammy Brown, senior, Houston; Emmanuel Acho, senior, Texas.

Cornerbacks — Nigel Malone, junior, Kansas State; Brodrick Brown, junior, Oklahoma State.

Safeties — Josh Bush, senior, Wake Forest; George Iloka, senior, Boise State.

Punter — Shawn Powell, senior, Florida State.

AP All-America team selection panel: Bob Asmussen, Champaign (Ill.) NewsGazette; Greg Auman, St. Petersburg (Fla.) Times; Robert Cessna, BryanCollege Station (Texas) Eagle; Chadd Cripe, Idaho Statesman; Seth Emerson, The Macon (Ga.) Telegraph and Columbus (Ga.) Ledger-Enquirer; Erik Gee, KNML-AM Albuquerque, N.M.; Eric Hansen, South Bend (Ind.) Tribune; Mike Herndon Press-Register. Mobile, Ala.; Joshua Kendall, The State, Columbia, S.C.; Rob Long, CBS Radio 105.7 Baltimore; Dave Matter, Columbia (Mo.) Daily Tribune; Sam McKewon, Omaha (Neb.) World-Herald; Dave Reardon, Honolulu Star-Advertiser; Kyle Ringo, Daily Camera, Boulder, Colo.; Keith Sargeant, Home News Tribune, Somerville, N.J.; John Shinn, The Norman (Okla.) Transcript.

College Football FBS Bowl Glance Subject to Change All Times EST Saturday, Dec. 17 New Mexico Bowl At Albuquerque Wyoming (8-4) vs. Temple (8-4), 2:30 p.m. (ESPN) Famous Idaho Potato Bowl At Boise, Idaho Utah State (7-5) vs. Ohio (9-4), 5:30 p.m. (ESPN) New Orleans Bowl Louisiana-Lafayette (8-4) vs. San Diego State (8-4), 9 p.m. (ESPN) Tuesday, Dec. 20 Beef 'O'Brady's Bowl At St. Petersburg, Fla. Marshall (6-6) vs. FIU (8-4), 8 p.m.

(ESPN) Wednesday, Dec. 21 Poinsettia Bowl At San Diego TCU (10-2) vs. Louisiana Tech (8-4), 8 p.m. (ESPN) Thursday, Dec. 22 MAACO Bowl At Las Vegas Boise State (11-1) vs. Arizona State (66), 8 p.m. (ESPN) Saturday, Dec. 24 Hawaii Bowl At Honolulu Nevada (7-5) vs. Southern Mississippi (11-2), 8 p.m. (ESPN) Monday, Dec. 26 Independence Bowl At Shreveport, La. North Carolina (7-5) vs. Missouri (7-5), 4 p.m. (ESPN) Tuesday, Dec. 27 Little Caesars Pizza Bowl At Detroit Western Michigan (7-5) vs. Purdue (66), 4:30 p.m. (ESPN2) Belk Bowl At Charlotte, N.C. North Carolina State (7-5) vs. Louisville (7-5), 8 p.m. (ESPN) Wednesday, Dec. 28 Military Bowl At Washington Air Force (7-5) vs. Toledo (8-4), 4:30 p.m. (ESPN) Holiday Bowl At San Diego Texas (7-5) vs. California (7-5), 8 p.m.

(ESPN) Thursday, Dec. 29 Champs Sports Bowl At Orlando, Fla. Florida State (8-4) vs. Notre Dame (84), 5:30 p.m. (ESPN) Alamo Bowl At San Antonio Baylor (9-3) vs.Washington (7-5), 9 p.m.

(ESPN) Friday, Dec. 30 Armed Forces Bowl At Dallas Tulsa (8-4) vs. BYU (9-3), Noon (ESPN) Pinstripe Bowl At Bronx, N.Y. Rutgers (8-4) vs. Iowa State (6-6), 3:30 p.m. (ESPN) Music City Bowl At Nashville,Tenn.

Mississippi State (6-6) vs. Wake Forest (6-6), 6:40 p.m. (ESPN) Insight Bowl At Tempe, Ariz.

Oklahoma (9-3) vs. Iowa (7-5), 10 p.m.

(ESPN) Saturday, Dec. 31 Meinke Car Care Bowl At Houston Texas A&M (6-6) vs. Northwestern (66), Noon (ESPN) Sun Bowl At El Paso,Texas Georgia Tech (8-4) vs.Utah (7-5), 2 p.m.

(CBS) Liberty Bowl At Memphis,Tenn.

Vanderbilt (6-6) vs. Cincinnati (9-3), 3:30 p.m. (ESPN) Fight Hunger Bowl At San Francisco UCLA (6-7) vs. Illinois (6-6), 3:30 p.m.

(ESPN) Chick-fil-A Bowl At Atlanta Virginia (8-4) vs. Auburn (7-5), 7:30 p.m.

(ESPN) Monday, Jan. 2 TicketCity Bowl

SCOREBOARD

Scores AND SCHEDULES

SPORTS ON TV TODAY GOLF 3 p.m. TGC — Ladies European Tour, Dubai Ladies Masters, second round, at Dubai, United Arab Emirates (same-day tape) 8:30 p.m. TGC — PGA Tour Australasia, JBWere Masters, second round, at Cheltenham, Australia 1:30 a.m. TGC — Asian Tour, Thailand Championship, second round, at Bangkok NFL FOOTBALL 8 p.m. NFL — Jacksonville at Atlanta PREP BASKETBALL 8 p.m. ESPN — Oak Hill Academy (Va.) vs. Miller Grove (Ga.), at Atlanta 9:30 p.m. ESPN — Montrose Christian (Md.) vs. Marcus Flower Mound (Texas), at Lewisville, Texas WOMEN'S COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL 7 p.m. ESPN2 — NCAA Division I, playoffs, semifinal, teams TBD, at San Antonio 9 p.m. ESPN2 — NCAA Division I, playoffs, semifinal, teams TBD, at San Antonio At Dallas Penn State (9-3) vs. Houston (12-1), Noon (ESPNU) Capital One Bowl At Orlando, Fla. Nebraska (9-3) vs. South Carolina (102), 1 p.m. (ESPN) Outback Bowl At Tampa, Fla. Georgia (10-3) vs. Michigan State (103), 1 p.m. (ABC) Gator Bowl At Jacksonville, Fla. Florida (6-6) vs. Ohio State (6-6), 1 p.m.

(ESPN2) Rose Bowl At Pasadena, Calif.

Oregon (11-2) vs. Wisconsin (11-2), 5 p.m. (ESPN) Fiesta Bowl At Glendale, Ariz.

Stanford (11-1) vs.Oklahoma State (111), 8:30 p.m. (ESPN) Tuesday, Jan. 3 Sugar Bowl At New Orleans Michigan (10-2) vs.Virginia Tech (11-2), 8 p.m. (ESPN) Wednesday, Jan. 4 Orange Bowl At Miami West Virginia (9-3) vs. Clemson (10-3), 8 p.m. (ESPN) Friday, Jan. 6 Cotton Bowl At Arlington,Texas Kansas State (10-2) vs. Arkansas (102), 8 p.m. (FOX) Saturday, Jan. 7 BBVA Compass Bowl At Birmingham, Ala. Pittsburgh (6-6) vs. SMU (7-5), Noon (ESPN) Sunday, Jan. 8 GoDaddy.com Bowl At Mobile, Ala. Arkansas State (10-2) vs. Northern Illinois (10-3), 9 p.m. (ESPN) Monday, Jan. 9 BCS National Championship At New Orleans LSU (13-0) vs. Alabama (11-1), 8:30 p.m. (ESPN) Saturday, Jan. 21 East-West Shrine Classic At St. Petersburg, Fla. East vs. West, TBA, (NFLN) Saturday, Jan. 28 Senior Bowl At Mobile, Ala. North vs. South, 4 p.m. (NFLN) Saturday, Feb. 5 Texas vs. Nation At San Antonio Texas vs. Nation, 2 p.m. (CBSSN) 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 Pittsburg State 49, Delta State 23 Championship Saturday, Dec. 17 At Braly Municipal Stadium Florence, Ala. Wayne State (12-3) vs. Pittsburg State (12-1), 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 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 Wednesday's College Basketball Scores EAST Baruch 71, Yeshiva 48 Dowling 56, American International 52 Morgan St. 73, UMBC 60 Princeton 72, Rider 71, OT Ramapo 68, York (NY) 65 MIDWEST Adrian 70, Defiance 64 Cincinnati 78, Wright St. 58

TROY DAILY NEWS • WWW.TROYDAILYNEWS.COM Ohio 88, Marietta 54 Ohio St. 82, SC-Upstate 58 Viterbo 62, St. Mary's (Minn.) 58 Wichita St. 94, Chicago St. 44 Wis.-Eau Claire 49, Wis.-Superior 48 Wis.-La Crosse 69, Carleton 50 Wis.-River Falls 72, Wis.-Stout 52 Wis.-Stevens Pt. 79, Wis.-Whitewater 77 SOUTH Charleston Southern 88, The Citadel 69 Coppin St. 71, Towson 57 Iona 88, Richmond 79 Louisiana Tech 60, McNeese St. 58 Maryland 65, FIU 61 Mississippi 66, Louisiana-Lafayette 54 Norfolk St. 73, LIU 62 St. Augustine's 70, Barber-Scotia 53 SOUTHWEST Arkansas St. 87, Seattle 74 Baylor 69, Bethune-Cookman 42 Houston Baptist 87, Campbell 76 Lamar 88, Huston-Tillotson 59 Rice 109, Louisiana College 51 Wednesday's Women's Basketball Scores EAST Duquesne 77, Akron 70 Fairleigh Dickinson 51, Stony Brook 48 LIU 69, Cal Poly 61 Winthrop 88, Monmouth (NJ) 54 MIDWEST Adrian 47, Albion 37 Chicago 80, Olivet 36 Ill.-Chicago 49, N. Illinois 47 Louisville 64, Cincinnati 59 Northwestern 87, Morgan St. 74 Northwestern Ohio 98, Goshen 66 Wis.-Eau Claire 76, Wis.-Superior 38 Wis.-LaCrosse 61, St.Mary's (Minn.) 49 Wis.-River Falls 69, Wis.-Stout 38 Wis.-Stevens Pt. 71, Wis.-Whitewater 50 SOUTH Auburn 62, South Florida 45 Augusta St. 60, Flagler 49 Berea 65, Midway 53 Cent. Michigan 78, Mississippi 75, OT Clayton St. 66, Ga. Southwestern 62 Elon 89, Campbell 88 FAU 63, North Florida 52 Georgia St. 65, Kennesaw St. 59 NC Central 65, Coker 64 Savannah St. 41, Louisiana-Lafayette 36 South Carolina 66, SC State 21 Union (Tenn.) 84, Evangel 64 SOUTHWEST McNeese St. 70, Texas Southern 37 Midwestern St. 68, Incarnate Word 50 Texas 79, Ark.-Pine Bluff 40 Texas-Pan American 94, HustonTillotson 51 Wednesday's Scores Boys Basketball Andrews Osborne Academy 58, Ashtabula Sts. John and Paul 34 Cuyahoga Hts. 65, Gates Mills Hawken 37 E. Cle. Shaw 75, Cle. Collinwood 45 Independence 59, Richmond Hts. 30 Wednesday's Scores Girls Basketball Cuyahoga Falls Walsh Jesuit 52, Akr. SVSM 47 Akr. Manchester 71, Zoarville Tuscarawas Valley 39 Bay Village Bay 54, Vermilion 36 Berlin Hiland 43, Sugarcreek Garaway 34 Beverly Ft. Frye 63, Woodsfield Monroe Cent. 30 Bowerston Conotton Valley 54, Bellaire St. John 33 Chillicothe 58, Portsmouth 54, OT Cle. Hts. 60, Cle. St. Joseph 45 Cle.Hts.Beaumont 52, Parma Hts.Holy Name 43 Dover 43, W. Lafayette Ridgewood 32 Dresden Tri-Valley 45, Thornville Sheridan 38 Eastlake N. 63, Ashtabula Lakeside 37 Gnadenhutten Indian Valley 59, Cuyahoga Falls CVCA 54 Hudson 67, Strongsville 44 Jackson 57, Gallipolis Gallia 23 Lodi Cloverleaf 30, Copley 26 Logan 46, Vincent Warren 33 Mansfield St. Peter's 55, Mansfield Sr. 54 Mayfield 60, N. Royalton 58 McConnelsville Morgan 47, Philo 40 Medina 58, Lakewood 53 Medina Highland 48, Richfield Revere 27 Mogadore Field 51, Akr. Springfield 36 Navarre Fairless 42, Massillon Tuslaw 38 Nelsonville-York 69, Glouster Trimble 22 New Carlisle Tecumseh 82, Sidney 27 New Concord John Glenn 40, Crooksville 36 Newcomerstown 50, Malvern 44 Norton 64, Akr. Coventry 39 Olmsted Falls 39, BrecksvilleBroadview Hts. 29 Parma 57, Garfield Hts. 34 Parma Hts. Valley Forge 48, Lyndhurst Brush 45 Parma Normandy 58, Cuyahoga Falls 36 Parma Padua 58, Cle.VASJ 22 Peninsula Woodridge 43, Mogadore 33 Ravenna SE 64, Mantua Crestwood 44 Ravenna SE 62, E. Can. 54 Rocky River 48, Grafton Midview 13 Rocky River Lutheran W. 45, Fairview 29 Rocky River Magnificat 65, Mentor Lake Cath. 54 Shaker Hts. 63, Warrensville Hts. 16 Stow-Munroe Falls 53, Mentor 41 Strasburg-Franklin 58, Tuscarawas Cent. Cath. 30 Tallmadge 60, Macedonia Nordonia 42 Tol. Rogers 80, Tol. Start 42 Tol. Waite 62, Tol. Bowsher 46 Twinsburg 51, Solon 35 Wadsworth 54, Green 42 Warren Harding 69, Youngs. East 36 Washington C.H. 39, Greenfield McClain 32 Waverly 41, McDermott Scioto NW 28 Westlake 63, Berea 21 Windham 53, Rootstown 43 Wooster Triway 60, Can.Timken 40 Zanesville W. Muskingum 61, New Lexington 41

HOCKEY National Hockey League All Times EDT EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Philadelphia 29 19 7 3 41106 82 N.Y. Rangers 28 17 7 4 38 83 61 Pittsburgh 31 17 10 4 38 95 79 New Jersey 30 16 13 1 33 79 86 N.Y. Islanders 28 9 13 6 24 65 93 Northeast Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Boston 30 20 9 1 41102 61 Toronto 30 16 11 3 35 93 95 Buffalo 30 15 12 3 33 81 82 Montreal 31 13 11 7 33 79 80 Ottawa 32 14 14 4 32 96112 Southeast Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA 31 16 9 6 38 84 80 Florida 30 14 12 4 32 84 93 Winnipeg Washington 29 15 13 1 31 89 94 Tampa Bay 30 12 16 2 26 79101 Carolina 32 9 18 5 23 80110 WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA 31 19 8 4 42103 95 Chicago 29 19 9 1 39 93 63 Detroit St. Louis 29 17 9 3 37 71 62 Nashville 30 15 11 4 34 79 80 Columbus 30 9 17 4 22 73100 Northwest Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Minnesota 32 20 8 4 44 83 70 Vancouver 30 18 10 2 38 98 73 Edmonton 30 14 13 3 31 83 80 Calgary 30 14 14 2 30 74 82 Colorado 31 14 16 1 29 82 94 Pacific Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA 29 17 11 1 35 74 78 Dallas 28 15 10 3 33 78 68 San Jose Phoenix 29 15 11 3 33 77 76 Los Angeles 30 13 13 4 30 65 70 Anaheim 29 8 16 5 21 67 95 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.

Tuesday's Games Columbus 2, Vancouver 1, SO New Jersey 3, Florida 2, SO Colorado 4, San Jose 3, SO Boston 3, Los Angeles 0 Ottawa 3, Buffalo 2, OT Toronto 2, Carolina 1, OT Dallas 1, N.Y. Rangers 0 Detroit 4, Pittsburgh 1 Philadelphia 5, Washington 1 Montreal 5, N.Y. Islanders 3 Nashville 2, Calgary 1 Winnipeg 2, Minnesota 1 Wednesday's Games Chicago 4, Minnesota 3, SO Boston 5, Ottawa 2 Phoenix at Anaheim, 10 p.m.

Thursday's Games Dallas at N.Y. Islanders, 7 p.m.

Vancouver at Carolina, 7 p.m.

Los Angeles at Columbus, 7 p.m.

Philadelphia at Montreal, 7:30 p.m.

Calgary at Tampa Bay, 7:30 p.m.

N.Y. Rangers at St. Louis, 8 p.m.

Detroit at Nashville, 8 p.m.

Washington at Winnipeg, 8:30 p.m.

Edmonton at Phoenix, 9:30 p.m.

Colorado at San Jose, 10:30 p.m.

Friday's Games Toronto at Buffalo, 7:30 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Ottawa, 7:30 p.m.

Calgary at Florida, 7:30 p.m.

Dallas at New Jersey, 8 p.m.

Anaheim at Chicago, 8:30 p.m.

TRANSACTIONS Wednesday's Sports Transactions BASEBALL American League BALTIMORE ORIOLES_Agreed to terms with LHP Tsuyoshi Wada on a twoyear contract.

KANSAS CITY ROYALS_Released RHP Mario Santiago.

National League ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS_Agreed to terms with RHP Takashi Saito on a oneyear contract.

COLORADO ROCKIES_Named Dave Hajek infield coordinator; Kevin Riggs hitting coach for Tulsa (Texas); Jon Stone hitting coach for Modesto (Cal); Mike Devereaux hitting coach for Asheville (SAL) and Drew Saylor hitting coach for Grand Junction (Pioneer).

HOUSTON ASTROS_Acquired INF Jed Lowrie and RHP Kyle Weiland from Boston for RHP Mark Melancon.

Designated INF Brian Bixler for assignment.

MILWAUKEE BREWERS_Agreed to terms with 3B Aramis Ramirez on a threeyear contract.

ST. LOUIS CARDINALS_Agreed to terms with SS Rafael Furcal on a two-year contract.

BASKETBALL National Basketball Association DALLAS MAVERICKS_Signed G Jerome Randle.

LOS ANGELES LAKERS_Signed F Josh McRoberts to a two-year contract.

MEMPHIS GRIZZLIES_Signed C Marc Gasol.

MIAMI HEAT_Waived G Cameron Jones.

M I N N E S O T A TIMBERWOLVES_Signed G J.J. Barea to a four-year contract.

FOOTBALL National Football League DALLAS COWBOYS_Placed QB Jon Kitna on injured reserve. Signed WR Dwayne Harris from the practice squad.

Signed QB Chris Greisen to the practice squad.

NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS_Signed S Sterling Moore to practice squad.

TEXANS_Announced HOUSTON defensive coordinator Wade Phillips took a medical leave.

SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS_Signed LB Michael Wilhoite to the practice squad.

Released RB Ian Johnson from the practice squad.

HOCKEY National Hockey League CAROLINA HURRICANES_Recalled G Justin Peters from Charlotte (AHL).

Reassigned G Mike Murphy to Charlotte.

MONTREAL CANADIENS_Recalled RW Michael Blunden from Hamilton (AHL).

NEW YORK RANGERS_Recalled D Tim Erixon from Connecticut (AHL).

TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING_Sent D Evan Oberg to Norfolk (AHL). Reassigned D Charles Landry from Norfolk to Florida (ECHL).

WINNIPEG JETS_Reassigned D Arturs Kulda to the St. John's (AHL).

SOCCER Major League Soccer PORTLAND TIMBERS_Named Mike Toshack goalkeeper coach.

COLLEGE ARKANSAS STATE_Named Gus Malzahn football coach.

BARTON_Announced the resignation of women's soccer coach Ike Onyeador.

BROWN_Announced the retirement Michael Goldberger, director of athletics, effective at the end of the academic year.

FRESNO STATE_Named Tim DeRuyter football coach.

HOWARD PAYNE_Named Roger Geise football coach.

ILLINOIS_Announced defensive coordinator and interim coach Vic Koenning turned down an offer to stay at Illinois after Fight Hunger Bowl.

NEW JERSEY CITY_Announced the resignation of men's volleyball coach Carlo Edra.

SOUTH CAROLINA_Announced it will eliminate six football scholarships in the next three years as punishment for committing three major NCAA violations.

TEXAS_Announced sophomore WR Darius White will transfer and won't play in the Holiday Bowl.