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Tipp man arrested for child porn Investigation continues; more charges to come

Jolie goes to war with movie As she developed her story about lovers on opposite sides in the Bosnian War, Angelina Jolie drew on everything she had learned traveling to combat zones. But she started at home, imagining herself and partner Brad Pitt at such extremes. “In the Land of Blood and Honey,” Jolie’s writing-directing debut, hurls two lovers a Bosnian Muslim woman and a Bosnian-Serbian man from their tender relationship before the war into the horrors of work and rape camps, where brutality, betrayal and degradation are daily matters. See Page 7.

BY MELODY VALLIEU Staff Writer vallieu@tdnpublishing.com Based on information from federal authorities and a subsequent investigation, the Miami County Sheriff’s Office arrested a Tipp

City man on Thursday for child pornography. Joel Pratt, 34, of 7410 Meadow Drive, Tipp City, was arrested on three felony counts of pandering sexually oriented materials and two felony counts of obscenity involving minors, according to

Chief Deputy Dave Duchak. Duchak said with information provided by federal authorities, and an investigation of their PRATT own, the sheriff ’s office was able to gather enough evidence to get a search warrant. He said evidence was recovered on a computer during

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Free holiday dinner offered TROY — A free Christmas dinner will be offered beginning at noon Christmas Day, Dec. 25, at St. Patrick Soup Kitchen, 409 E. Main St. There also will be home deliveries. Those needing a meal delivered can call 335-7939 to make a reservation. The menu will include beef brisket, turkey and dressing, mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes, corn, green beans, dinner roll, fruit salad and pie.

INSIDE TODAY Advice ............................8 Arts.................................7 Calendar.........................3 Classified......................11 Comics ...........................9 Deaths ............................6 Ruth Anna Ashworth Loretta E. Smith Gertrude J. Lange Jimmie M. Bunch Sharon Flaugher Horoscopes ....................9 Movies ............................7 Opinion ...........................5 Sports...........................14 TV...................................8

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Burglary suspects sought BY MELANIE YINGST Staff Writer myingst@tdnpublishing.com

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Above, Sarah Ullery, 10, and her brother, Dylan, look over decorations in the solarium at the Troy Hayner Cultural Center. The center is decorated with a “Christmas In The Woods” theme through Dec. 31. At right, in another area at the center, students from Kathie Abke’s class at Heywood Elementary School made hand-knit mittens, while students from Julie McMiller’s 7th grade art class at Troy Junior High School created papier maché animals for an exhibit related to a story of animals in “The Mitten” — a picture book by Jan Brett.

Shelter reservations go online BY RON OSBURN Staff Writer rosburn@tdnpublishing.com If you want to rent a shelter in one of the parks in the city of Troy, be advised: beginning Jan. 3, 2012, you will no longer be able to call the city’s recreation department to make that reservation, as has been the case for decades. As of that date, anyone wanting to make a city park shelter reservation will have to either go online to make that reservation, or make a personal visit to the offices of the city of Troy’s Recreation Department in

TROY Hobart Arena. “Beginning Jan. 3 at 8 a.m., shelter reservations will only be accepted online or by walking into the recreation department. Phone reservations will no longer be accepted,” Assistant Troy Recreation Department Director Carrie Slater said in an announcement last week. She said in the past, those wanting to make a reservation could only call or come into the recreation department office dur-

ing regular weekday business hours. The new program will allow anyone to make a shelter reservation anytime of the day, including weekends. SLATER Slater said the city paid a one-time, $8,800 fee to purchase the web-based system. That cost included setup,

Miami County Sheriff’s Officials are on the lookout for two suspects that were caught on surveillance tape in a residential burglary on Tuesday that occurred on West State Route 571, west of Tipp City in Monroe Twp. Both suspects are white males and were driving a white colored four-door sedan, possibly a 1990’s model Geo Prism with all black rims, according to Chief Deputy Dave Duchak. Officials were dispatched to West State Route 571 for an alarm. The front door was open with the wooden door frame and trim broken. Flat screen televisions, a safe, jewelry box and firearms were reported stolen. A neighbor had video surveillance recorded to a DVR at his residence. During the investigation, a resident called to report a wooden jewelry box found in the driveway of 2006 West State Route 571. It was claimed by the victim, although the box was empty. A few stray pieces of jewelry were found in the driveway by the box, which was returned to the victim. “We want to alert the public that once again burglars are targeting the southern part of Miami County,” Duchak said. Tips can be called in to the Miami County 9-1-1 dispatch center at 937-339-6400. Anonymous tips also can be left by logging on to the sheriff’s website, www.miamicountysheriff.org.

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Staff Reports Five adults were arrested Tuesday night for allegedly stealing a car from Piqua. All five people were arrested at the Speedway gas station on West Main Street, Troy, on multiple right side of the homepage. You charges. can follow the forms to submit Piqua police received a report of a your news, start a discussion on possible stolen vehicle 20 minutes Be sure to visit the website to our forums and browse the before Troy police found the car at entries of other residents. check it out. the gas station. You also can get buzzing “It’s been really exciting to see The five included Chip Mills, 19, the stories, photos and videos that through the newspaper’s mobile Houston in Shelby County, Issac site on your smart phone, or by are important to you come in Godsey, 31, Piqua, Tasha Carnes, 26, liking the Buzz on Facebook at through the Community Buzz Piqua, Steven Herron, 25, Piqua, and page,” said Lindy Jurack, editor of www.facebook.com/I75Community Ralph Lewis, 41, also of Piqua. Buzz. The best submissions will the Community Buzz and iN75 Lewis was charged with grand be published in the newspaper. publication. “We want to see the theft auto, while the other four community through your eyes, In January, we want to hear are charged with receiving stolen and we hope you’ll continue send about your New Year’s resolutions property. us your news.” and see your photos remembering According to reports, Godsey was Getting involved in the Buzz is 2011. And keep sending the released from jail on his own recognisimple. Just log on to your home- videos of your dog’s best trick. zance, while the remaining four contown newspaper’s website and Any other topic you’re buzzing tinue to be held in the Miami County look for the yellow bee on the about also is welcome. Jail on cash bonds of $10,000 each.

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Here’s what all the buzz is about Staff Reports

All month long you have been sending in your news, photos and videos on the new Community Buzz feature on the newspaper’s website. We’ve taken a few of our favorite submissions from Troy, Complete weather Piqua and Sidney and printed information on Page 10. them on page 4 for you to enjoy. Home Delivery: In December, the Community 335-5634 Buzz’s first month, you sent in stories of your favorite Christmas Classified Advertising: memories, photos of your decorat(877) 844-8385 ed trees and other news and pictures from your community. Jeri Sweitzer, of Piqua, even sent in a video of her son and his dog per6 74825 22406 6 forming a clever trick. Saturday Mostly sunny High: 40° Low: 27°

the search to support the charges. “There’s a lot (of pictures),” Duchak said. “Preliminarily, there appears to be some that he may have taken and some obtained through the Internet.” He said they entered the house and found Pratt’s 10-year-old

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Students get history lesson While she might be nearly 90 years older than the fourthgrade students she spoke to during a recent presentation on local history, Mary Nickel captured the undivided attention of the youngsters with her stories of Covington’s past. Nickel, 98, was joined by fellow Covington/Newberry Historical Society members Joe Meyer and Joyce Robertson in providing Covington Elementary School fourth-graders a glimpse of Covington’s rich heritage.

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Shooting suspect caught in Indiana BY WILL E SANDERS Ohio Community Media wsanders@dailycall.com FT. WAYNE, Ind. — Authorities on Thursday night arrested a man wanted in connection to a near fatal shooting in the vicinity of Fountain Park in Piqua earlier this month, according to the Piqua Police Department. U.S. marshals and members of the Ft. Wayne Police Department’s gang unit took Aaron Tubbs, 22, into custody following a 7:10 p.m. felony traffic stop without incident and he was unarmed, said Piqua Deputy Chief Marty Grove.

Tubbs remains behind bars in an Indiana jail as he awaits the extradition process back to Ohio where he has been charged by local authorities with attempted aggravated murder, aggravated robbery, having a weapon while under disability and trafficking drugs. The charges were filed following the Dec. 5 shooting of Michael Butts, 22, of Piqua. Investigators allege Tubbs used a firearm to shoot Butts at close range four times while the victim sat in a car parked in the 1300 block of Forest Avenue in what police are calling a “drug deal gone bad.” Butts spent about a week in the hospital before he was released and sustained gun-

shots wounds to the chin, the right chest, the right abdomen and the right arm, family members said. The family was notified of Tubbs’ apprehension shortly after it occurred, police said. Grove said Tubbs’ capture came as a result of the great work by the marshal’s office and the Ft. Wayne gang unit and, as a result, a “very dangerous subject is off the streets.” “With his past criminal history and his involvement in our local shooting, this is one subject that needed to be taken off the streets,” Grove said. “We are extremely happy it happened without further injury to anyone.”

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• The Troy Elevator The grain prices listed below are the closing prices of Thursday. Corn Month Price Change Dec 6.1750 +1 Jan 12 6.2250 +1 O/N 12 5.3150 - 4.25 Beans Month Price Change Dec 11.3200 + 8.50 Jan 12 11.3200 + 8.50 S/O/N 12 11.1800 + 2.75 Wheat Month Price Change Dec 6.0700 + 4.75 Jan 12 6.0700 + 4.75 J/A 12 6.2500 +3 You can find more information online at www.troyelevator.com.

• Stocks of local interest Values reflect closing prices from Thursday. Symbol Price Change AA 8.91 +0.05 CAG 26.37 -0.09 CSCO 18.13 +0.21 EMR 45.18 -1.79 F 10.94 +0.28 FITB 12.92 +0.43 FLS 100.69 +0.19 GM 20.70 +0.38 123.07 -0.14 GR 46.97 +0.27 ITW JCP 35.19 +0.58 72.92 -0.13 KMB KO 69.19 -0.38 KR 24.16 -0.32 LLTC 30.11 +0.53 MCD 98.60 -0.60 MSFG 8.91 -0.08 PEP 66.04 0.00 PMI 0.31 0.00 SYX 16.75 -0.16 TUP 55.43 +0.45 USB 27.34 +0.53 VZ 39.29 +0.06 WEN 5.35 +0.09 WMT 59.19 -0.20 — Staff and wire reports

daughter — whom he has full custody of — and a young niece in the house. With the help of Miami Children’s County Services, the niece was returned home and Pratt’s daughter was placed with a family friend. Duchak said the house also was extremely dirty. “The house was beyond contemptible,” Duchak said. Duchak said detectives believe Pratt may have been involved in organiza-

tions involving children and are asking anyone in the community that may have additional information about Pratt to call Detective Dominic Burnside at (937) 4403965, Ext. 6635. “Detectives are continuing their investigation and more charges will likely be forthcoming,” Duchak said. Pratt remains incarcerated in the Miami County Jail on $67,000 bond. Duchak said Pratt could face eight years or more in prison if found guilty of the charges.

Shelter that if someone plans to make a shelter reservatraining and customizing tion next year they should the software to fit the create a username and city’s programs. password prior to Jan. 3. Slater said she’s posi• The city recreation tive residents will appre- department also is acceptciate the convenience of ing payment for 2012 the new reservations pro- Troy Aquatic Park memgram, and that over time berships. Log on to it will pay for itself. www.troypool.com and “The big key was easy click on the yellow ‘Season access for our customers Pass’ tab and then the to reserve shelters or reg- underlined ‘Click Here to ister for programs anyPurchase Season Passes’ time from the comfort of link. their home,” Slater said. Again, those who To reserve a shelter intend to pay online must online, log on to www.troy- create a username and ohio.gov. At the lower password if they do not right-hand-side Featured already have a username Links column is a tab and password for recrecalled “Park Shelter ation department proReservation.” grams. To complete an online To date, Slater said reservation, users must about 30 people have paid first create a username for 2012 season passes, and a password. which compared to past Reservations for shelyears “is about typical for ters will continue on a what we usually (sell) by first-come, first-served the end of December,” she basis, and Slater suggests said.

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UN says Philippine flood destruction like tsunami ILIGAN, Philippines (AP) — A southern Philippine area devastated by flash floods that killed more than 1,000 people looks like it was hit by a tsunami, a U.N. official said Thursday as he appealed for $28 million in aid for the region. U.N. humanitarian coordinator Soe Nyunt-U voiced concern about possible outbreaks of disease among the thousands living in evacuation centers after their houses were washed away last Friday when a tropical storm unleashed the flash floods. “It was as if the cities were hit by an inland tsunami,” Nyunt-U told reporters in Manila. “Entire areas were completely flattened. “ Aid workers were rushing in relief supplies, but a lack of running water was a major concern. “We must improve this situation at the soonest possible time to avoid disease outbreaks that will further compound the hardships of the people already weakened by hunger and grief from loss of family and friends,” Nyunt-U said. He mentioned a cholera

type virus that may occur due to problems stemming from congestion in the evacuation centers, where poor sanitation and hygiene posed a health risk. Such concerns were nagging Annaliza Tumanda, who was caring for her baby daughter, Aizee, born at the height of the storm and floods that destroyed their home in Cagayan de Oro. They were at a governmentrun shelter in the same city. Tumanda said she, her husband and three children aged 3 to 8 swam to a neighbor’s three-story house. She went into labor Saturday morning and was brought by rescuers to the roof of a health center, where she gave birth to a healthy 6.6pound (3-kilogram) baby. “With God’s will, we survived,” she said. “It was like a miracle.” In all, 640,000 people have been affected by the disaster, the government and the U.N. said. “Debris from houses, buildings and other structures that had been destroyed by the storm was all swept out to the sea, leaving huge areas devoid of all traces of habitation,” Nyunt-U said.

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TODAY â&#x20AC;˘ FRIDAY DINNER: The Covington VFW Post No. 4235, 173 N. High St., Covington, will offer dinner from 5-8 p.m. For more information, call 7531108. â&#x20AC;˘ 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. â&#x20AC;˘ DINNER SET: The Son of AMVETS and Auxiliary of Post 88 Troy will put on a chicken fry from 5:30-7:30 p.m. The meals include a four-piece chicken dinner with french fries, coleslaw, a roll and pudding and fruit for $7.

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report on insurance pays at least 60 percent. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a way to help us control our medical cost,â&#x20AC;? Forsythe said adding that the clause was a result of last yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s negotiations. At a previous meeting, the board approved a resolution for the district to purchase one used school bus at a cost not to exceed $25,000. Superintendent Dave Larson informed the board that through diligent online shopping, the district was able to purchase two used buses from Georgia for less than $11,000. The buses are 1999s and each has less than 100,000 miles. He added that due to the

southern weather, damage to under the body is not nearly as bad as it is on Ohio due to salt. The transportation department is currently working to make the buses meet Ohio requirements. Larson hopes to have both in the districtâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fleet in the next two months. And, middle school Principal Josh Long told the board that students recently took second place in a countywide online math competition. The board will hold an organizational meeting at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 11 followed by their next regular meeting.

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BY JENNIFER COVINGTON RUNYON Ohio Community Media editorial@tdnpublishing.com participant. The savings account is open to employThe Covington ees who selected the high Exempted Village Board of deductible health care Education met in regular plan. The board is consession Wednesday night. tributing $1,000 to the savThe meeting was the last ings account for those with for board member Nick the single plan and $2,000 Weldy. for family plans. This During the meeting, amount is set for the next Treasurer Carol Forsythe two years. shared that 10 employees Forsythe also said that have opted in for the dis- 16 employees have taken trictâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Health Savings action under the spousal Account. Board members clause. This clause asks passed an agreement with that employees with spousFlexBank to be the Third es who can get insurance Party Administrator for the through their employer do account at a cost of $2 per so as long as the employer

â&#x20AC;˘ SANDWICH AND FRIES: American Legion Post 586, 377 N. 3rd St., Tipp City, will offer a texas tenderloin and fries from 6-7:30 p.m. for $5.

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â&#x20AC;˘ FREE DINNER: A free Christmas dinner will be offered beginning at noon at St. Patrick Soup Kitchen, 409 E. Main St., and there also will be home deliveries. Those needing a meal delivered can call 335-7939 to make a reservation. The menu will include beef brisket, turkey and dressing, mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes, corn, green beans, dinner roll, fruit salad and pie.

TUESDAY â&#x20AC;˘ MOTHER NATUREâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S PRESCHOOL: The Miami County Park District will hold the Mother Natureâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Pre-school program â&#x20AC;&#x153;Circle of the Sunâ&#x20AC;? from 10â&#x20AC;&#x201C;11 a.m. at Charleston Falls Preserve, 2535 Ross Road, south of Tipp City. Children 3-5 years old and an adult companion are invited to attend and enjoy learning about where all the animals have gone for the winter. There will be a story and crafts. Dress for the weather. Pre-register for the program by sending an email to register@miamicountyparks.com or call (937) 667-1286, Ext. 115. â&#x20AC;˘ DAY CAMP AT THE REC: Third, fourth and fifth grade girls are invited to participate in a day camp at the Troy Rec â&#x20AC;&#x201D; 11 N. Market St. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. each day. Games, tiedying and fun are on the agenda. Cost is $10. To register, visit the Troy Rec website at www.troyrec.com and go to the â&#x20AC;&#x153;newsâ&#x20AC;? tab. Deadline to register is Dec. 26. Camp is limited to the first 25 girls. For more information, call 339-1923. â&#x20AC;˘ BOARD MEETING: The Miami County Park District will hold a special board meeting at 9 a.m. at the Lost Creek Reserve Cabin, 2645 E. State Route 41, east of Troy. For more information, contact the Miami County Park District at 335-6273. â&#x20AC;˘ RETIREES TO MEET: The BFGoodrich retirees will meet at 8 a.m. at Lincoln Square, Troy.

WEDNESDAY â&#x20AC;˘ DAY CAMP AT THE REC: Third, fourth and fifth grade boys are invited to participate in a day camp at the Troy Rec â&#x20AC;&#x201D; 11 N. Market St. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. each day. Games, tiedying and fun are on the agenda. Cost is $10. To register, visit the Troy Rec website at www.troyrec.com and go to the â&#x20AC;&#x153;newsâ&#x20AC;? tab. Deadline to register is Dec. 26. Camp is limited to the first 25 boys. For more information, call 339-1923.

THURSDAY â&#x20AC;˘ 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 website at www.bird.cornell.edu/pfw for more information.

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For the Troy Daily News Monroe Township Trustees passed two resolutions at their Dec. 19 meeting that authorizes them to enter into agreements with the city of Tipp City and the Board of Miami County Commissioners for road improvement projects in 2014 and 2015. The first resolution was for the 2014 repaving project on portions of South County Road 25-A and West Kessler Cowlesville Road at a total cost of $680,000. The trustees agreed to pay the townshipâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s portion of the project cost of $35,000. A second resolution approved the board enter into an agreement with Tipp City and Miami County for a road repaving and widening project on portions of South County

JAN. 3 â&#x20AC;˘ LITERACY COUNCIL TO MEET: The Troy Literacy Council, serving all of Miami County, will meet at 7 p.m. at the Hayner Cultural Center in Troy. Adults seeking help with basic literacy or wish to learn English as a second language, and those interested in becoming tutors, can contact the councilâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s message center at (937) 660-3170 for further information.

â&#x20AC;˘ MEETING MOVED: The regularly scheduled Monroe Township meeting and reorganizational meeting scheduled for Jan. 2 will be conducted at 7 p.m. today in the Monroe Township meeting room due to the New Yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s holiday.

JAN. 4 â&#x20AC;˘ ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING: Elizabeth Township will have an organizational meeting beginning at 6:30 p.m., the Regular Scheduled Township Meeting will follow at 7 p.m. at the township building.

JAN. 7 â&#x20AC;˘ PRAYER BREAKFAST: The Troy Community Menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Prayer Breakfast will be at 7:30 a.m. at First Place Christian Center, Troy. â&#x20AC;˘ SPAGHETTI DINNER: Troy Post No. 43 Baseball will offer an all-you-can-eat spaghetti dinner will be offered from 3-7:30 p.m. at 622 S. Market St., Troy. The meal also will include a salad bar, drink and dessert. Meals will be $6.75 for adults and $4 for children 12 and younger. All proceeds will benefit the Troy American Legion baseball.

JAN. 8 â&#x20AC;˘ TURKEY SHOOT: The Troy VFW Post 5436, 2220 LeFevre Road, will offer a turkey shoot beginning at noon. Sign ups will begin at 11 a.m. The womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s auxiliary will offer an all-you-can-eat breakfast from 9 a.m. to noon for $5.

Road 25-A from State Route 571 to just south of Michaels Road including storm water improvements that would include curbs and gutters for those properties without them. Of this $4.3 million project in 2015, the township will be responsible for $35,000. This project also is expected to be partially funded by a federal grant. Owners of properties fronting on County Road 25-A that are in the unincorporated areas of this project will not be assessed for the cost of the improvements. It was noted that township representatives and a representative from the Miami County Health District were granted permission recently by the

Prom sale set The Loramie Cancer Crusaders are sponsoring a prom dress exchange Jan. 15 at Fort Loramie Elementary School, 35 Elm St. Anyone interested in

FORT LORAMIE â&#x20AC;˘ FRIDAY DINNER: The Covington VFW Post No. 4235, 173 N. High St., Covington, will offer dinner from 5-8 p.m. For more information, call 753-1108. â&#x20AC;˘ SEAFOOD DINNER: The Pleasant Hill VFW Post No. 6557, 7578 W. Fenner Road, Ludlow Falls, will offer a three-piece fried fish dinner, 21-piece fried shrimp or a fish/shrimp combo with french fries and coleslaw for $6 from 6-7:30 p.m. Frog legs, when available, are $10. â&#x20AC;˘ 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 website at www.bird.cornell.edu/pfw for more information.

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selling prom dresses, shoes or accessories can take them to the school between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. Items will be displayed for a nonrefundable donation of $7 per dress, $3 per accessory and $3 per pair of shoes. Items for sale do not need to be tagged, but those selling the items should have a price in mind. Items will be tagged when they are brought in. Anyone interested in purchasing a prom dress, shoes and accessories may shop from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. Admission is free and dressing rooms will be available. This event is an opportunity to purchase or sell gently used prom dresses and to help raise money for Relay for Life. From 3:30-4:30 p.m., anyone who brought in items may pick up their money or their items if they were not sold. Any items left will be donated to charity and any cash not picked up will be donated to Relay For Life. To get additional information, go to www.relayforlife.org/shelbycounty

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Miami County courts to inspect a vacant property grounds on Allen Park Drive following multiple complaints by neighbors about this abandoned property. The township and county personnel were able to assess issues about overgrowth of weeds and vegetation, and standing water in a swimming pool that has been left unattended for one and half years. Area residents were reminded at the Monday night trustees meeting that the local United Way Agency still is accepting donations from those wishing to give in the Christmas spirit or as a tax deduction for the 2011 year. Donation proceeds stay in the Tipp City area to help those in need throughout the year.

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On this cold December day We hope the snow will soon go away And let the light of the sun Come thru and bathe each and every one To lift our spirits to the upmost peak And help us find that which we seek Our Blessed Savior, Christ the Lord To find Him is really not that hard Just believe that He is King And that He is the master of everything He came to earth as one small child Blessed and pure, with manor mild To live with us, a normal mortal To save us from the sins of this land

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Santa Claus arrives in the Piqua holiday parade. — Janice Voskuhl, of Piqua

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“My favorite is Your favorite memories on my memory Grandma & Grandpa’s farm. They had a small room off the living room. Grandma kept the sliding doors shut until after supper. Supper dishes had to be cleaned up and then we (the kids) all sat around Grandma while she read the story of baby Jesus from the Bible. And then we all ran to the living room to wait for Grandma to open the doors to the room. The Christmas tree was lit up with a cardboard fireplace lined with homemade stockings she made herself with the names of each of her grandkids. I still have my stocking. I still hang it up each year. I loved Christmas on the farm. I wish my kids could have experienced those same memories.” — Terri Robbins, of Piqua

So at this time of year, let’s not retreat For what we must do for those we meet To love each other, as He loves us To give it freely without a fuss To honor Him in the highest esteem He is the answer to your dream Remember the child, who in a manager lay In swaddling clothes upon the hay So lift up your praises, sing and shout Because that’s what Christmas is all about — Submitted by Gary Strasser, of Anna, and written by the late Wayne E. Lamming, formerly of Sidney

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on our Christmas tree. My Dad was sitting in the room and at the time, I didn’t think he knew I was there, but now I’m sure I wasn’t fooling anybody. To this day I look at our Christmas tree and remember that little girl cuddling the corner wall just to see the lights twinkle. Merry Christmas to all my old friends in Piqua!” — Judy MulderPalermo, formerly of Piqua

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the family. A family brought us boxes of used toys and food. I can remember when he poured the toys out how excited us kids got. After that year, my father, John Layman, made a secret Santa bag of food and toys and would drop them on the porch of a needy family. He did this until he passed away. What a kind man.” — Betty Price, of Sidney

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

EDITORIAL ROUNDUP The Denver Post on Arizona’s proposed immigration law: The U.S. Supreme Court’s review of Arizona’s controversial immigration law will, we hope, provide clarity to states lining up to enact get-tough policies designed to chase illegal residents over the state line. The legality of Arizona’s law is a more complex question than it might seem at first blush, but we hope the court sees the matter for what it is an encroachment on the federal government’s mandate to set immigration policy. The core issue centers on just how far states can go on immigration enforcement issues. The U.S. Constitution authorized the federal government to “establish a uniform Rule of Naturalization … throughout the United States.” Subsequent federal immigration laws acknowledge a role for state officers, but it is explicitly one of cooperation with the U.S. attorney general. It certainly doesn’t authorize creation of a broad As I body of state law that is at odds with the federal mission. See It From a practical standpoint, if all 50 states ■ The Troy were to layer separate immigration laws on top of Daily News the federal government’s policy, the nation would welcomes have nothing short of a mess. … columns from What the nation’s approach to illegal immigraour readers. To tion shouldn’t involve is a patchwork of state laws submit an “As I that would obstruct the federal government’s See It” send responsibility to set and enforce immigration laws. your type-written column to:

The Chicago Sun-Times ■ “As I See It” c/o Troy Daily on driver cell phone use: News, 224 S. Cell phone conversations and driving just don’t Market St., mix. Troy, OH 45373 And it does not matter whether you are talking ■ You can also on a hand-held cell phone or keeping both hands e-mail us at on the wheel and talking on a hand-free phone. editorial@tdnpu Either way, the experts say, you are almost sure blishing.com. to suffer “inattention blindness” and quadruple ■ Please your chances of getting into an accident. include your full That’s the strong science behind a recommendaname and teletion by the National Transportation Safety Board, phone number. which we support, that all states enact a complete ban on the use of cell phones by motorists. … Far less appreciated is the danger of driving while talking on a hand-free device, such as a wireless headset. But, in fact, numerous studies have shown the danger is every bit as great as when talking on a hand-held phone. All cell phone conversations significantly reduce our awareness while driving, unlike a conversation with somebody sitting right there in the passenger seat. In fact, that other person in the car, if an adult, actually acts as a helpful second driver, pointing out lights, pedestrians and signs, and naturally pausing in the conversation when the driving gets tight. … But driver distraction, topped by cell phone use, is now listed by the National Safety Council as one of the three leading causes of fatal car crashes, along with speeding and drinking. Auto crashes, in turn, are the leading cause of accidental death in the United States, with 32,708 last year. Nine states have banned the use of hand-held phones while driving, and two countries Germany and Portugal have completely banned the use of cell phones while driving. They’re ahead of the curve…

LETTERS

Partners in Hope thanks volunteers, donors Letter to the Editor: Partners in Hope would like to thank the many volunteers and donors for our Christmas Shoppe this year. We were able to serve 162 families, which included 377 children this year due to the amazing generosity and hard work of so many individuals, businesses, organizations, churches and groups. We were able to provide three toys for each child ages 0-12 based on the gifts that Jesus received of gold, frankincense and myrrh. Each child ages 13-17 received a gift card. We were also able to give each child a book thanks to Altrusa, which provided the books and the

volunteers to distribute them. Children ages 1-5 received a voucher for a free pair of shoes thanks to a donation from the Troy Rotary Club. Each family received a dozen cookies thanks to our 17 sponsoring churches who donated these cookies and also enough to have cookies each night at the Shoppe. Each family also received a ham and a Kroger card. Thank you to our Christmas committee, Joyce Croft, Diane Steele, Deanna Riley, Phyllis Gass, May Fischvogt, Ruth Millhouse, Grace Jones, Mary Ann Bellas, Pat Smith and Deb Hall-Vietz for their many hours of hard work in planning this program.

It is always so inspiring to see the outpouring of donations for this program and also the time so many volunteers give to make this program a success. We had around 55 volunteers each of the three nights that we held the Christmas Shoppe, and more volunteers to sort toys and set up beforehand. Again, we just want to say thank you to everyone who made a donation or served at the Christmas Shoppe. Please know that you have made a real difference in the lives of the 162 families that were served. — Amy Rehfus Executive Director Partners in Hope

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I have my own Christmas Story to tell Troy Troy Daily News National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation, Elf, Four Christmases and the grand daddy of all Christmas movies — A Christmas Story — are just a few of Hollywood’s holiday films that poke fun at our nation’s obsession with the spirit of giving and the stress of meeting Christmas expectations. My twin sister, needing a fun night out despite having to work the next day, planned a Saturday night out for the both of us. With the magical snowfall, we decided to check out the home where the holiday classic “A Christmas Story” was filmed because, as Ralphie said,”Christmas was on its way. Lovely, glorious, beautiful Christmas, upon which the entire kid year revolved.” Once Megan returned from work, we set out Saturday night, navigating the narrow streets of Cleveland and joined the crowds to see the famous magical lamp in the window of the Parker’s house. This holiday classic resonates with my own Midwestern holiday memories. As we walked up to the house, we saw the glorious glow of the “leg lamp.” Seeing the lamp, we, of course, were “overcome by art.” You can buy an assortment of the leg lamps in the gift shop. In Ralphie and Randy’s bedroom, you could even put on a pair of

Melanie Yingst Troy Daily News Columnist “Pink Nightmare” bunny pajamas. This element of the holiday still rings true today. We all have those special aunts in our lives that send puzzling, yet thoughtful gifts. Whether they send colorful empty boxes or plastic horses, it’s the element of surprise from those extended family members that make Christmas fun. One famous gift in my childhood was a loud, red electric guitar that my sister and I loved. My mother hated it. But it’s always the thought that counts. Even if it is pink, bunny pajamas from Aunt Clara. In the home’s living room, I don’t know how many times my sister and I said the famous line “You’ll shoot your eye out kid” as we held the gift of all Christmas gifts, —an official Red Ryder carbine-action two-hundredshot range model air rifle! It was

magical. I want a BB gun now, although I’ve only shot a gun twice in my life. I’d be the one that would lose an eye to a wayward shot off a fence post. But that BB gun channels the magical moment in childhood when you actually receive the gift has been wished for. For me, it was a Cabbage Patch doll during the height of its popularity in the 80s. I still have “Wendy” although she resides in my parents’ attic. But she was loved and played with for years and years. Yet, my favorite part of the movie, is when Ralphie is sent to have his mouth washed out with soap after he says THE word, the big one, the queen-mother of dirty words, the “Fdash-dash-dash” word! I can totally relate to the scene when Ralphie is waiting in the bathroom for his punishment. “Over the years I got to be quite a connoisseur of soap. My personal preference was for Lux, but I found Palmolive had a nice, piquant afterdinner flavor — heady, but with just a touch of mellow smoothness. Life Buoy, on the other hand…” In our house, it was a softer, more floral soap. Caress soap always went down smooth. At least it wasn’t Dad’s Lava soap. No matter what your own Christmas Story is in your home this

year, I’m sure the memories will flood back to your own childhood this holiday season. As a mother of a sometimes stubborn 7 year-old boy, I know I’ve threatened the end of Christmas a few times these past weeks. Especially when Evan locked himself in my car in my church’s parking lot. Needless to say, I quickly sped out of the church’s parking lot and drove home in silence while Evan was in the backseat begging to go back to church. At home, I stomped in the kitchen grabbing two large, black Hefty trash bags that I quickly filled with his toys. I told my darling son I was taking his toys to the local orphanage for children who would have loved them and would have loved to gone to Sunday School. After an hour, I calmed down and all was forgiven. The peace on earth was restored, as were the toys back to his room. But it’s memories like this that I’m sure I’ll share with Evan when he gets older or that he’ll reflect back upon of the one year his Christmas wishes were filled, as were the black Hefty trash bags before Sunday School. Merry Christmas to you all!

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Ruth Anna Ashworth TROY — Ruth Anna Ashworth, 87, of Troy, passed away at her residence 10 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 18, 2011. She was born March 7, 1924, in Hamlin, W.Va.,to the late Shelby Cecil and Victoria (Hinkle) Hager. Ruth was married July 21, 1946, to Edward Milton Ashworth Sr., who preceded her in death Jan. 30, 2011. Ruth Anna Hager Ashworth and her husband, Edward Sr. were married for 64 years. When first married, they lived in a small log cabin PROVIDED PHOTO with no electric and no Mary Nickel, 98, holds up a photo of an old church during a presentation to fourth- indoor plumbing. Some of graders at Covington Elementary School. Fellow Covington-Newberry Historical their more expensive wedSociety members Joe Meyer, at right, and Joyce Robertson, not shown, also played ding gifts were a pig and a a role in the recent special program on the history of the Covington area. hen with newly hatched chicks. Survivors include two sons and a daughter-inlaw, Edward M. Ashworth Jr. of Troy and Thomas

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Historical society members share Covington’s heritage BY TOM MILLHOUSE Ohio Community Media editorial@tdnpublishing.com While she might be nearly 90 years older than the fourth-grade students she spoke to during a recent presentation on local history, Mary Nickel captured the undivided attention of the youngsters with her stories of Covington’s past. Nickel, 98, was joined by fellow Covington/Newberry Historical Society members Joe Meyer and Joyce Robertson in providing Covington Elementary School fourth-graders a glimpse of Covington’s rich heritage. The students not only learned about their community’s history, they also received an early Christmas present — full memberships in the historical society. Linda Poast, one of the school’s fourth-grade teachers, said the presentation fit in well with the Ohio history curriculum. “The students are learning the history of their community as well as the history of Ohio,” she said, noting the program helped meet a learning benchmark set by the state. Recently taking time out from making a batch of homemade noodles to answer questions about the program, Nickel said history has long been of special interest to her and she’s enjoyed her involvement in the Covington/Newberry Historical Society. “I’ve been in it (historical society) since 1981, almost since its beginning,” she said. Nickel said she spoke with students about the village’s beginnings, including a story about an Indian who lived in a cave near the

COVINGTON village, stories about Fort Rowdy and other accounts of the community’s early history. A tour guide at the Fort Rowdy Museum in downtown Covington, Nickel said the students were receptive to her presentation and those of her fellow historical society members. “Oh yes, they were interested,” she said. “Several of them asked questions.” Poast said she was impressed by the energy Nickel brought to her part of the program. “She is so sharp,” Poast said. “She has quite a sense of humor,” said Rick Fry, elementary school principal, remarking that the students were “very attentive.” Meyer was the second speaker of the day, focusing his remarks on the settlement of Newberry Township outside Covington. He said he talked to the students about Indians who lived in the area when the first white settlers arrived. He also talked about the Stillwater River and creeks around the area that were used for transportation. A Dayton Power and Light Co. retiree, Meyer said he has always had an interest in history and noted that the Fort Rowdy Museum plays a key role in preserving the community’s heritage. “We have a lot of history at the museum,” he said. Next up was Joyce Robertson, who in addition to being a member of the historical society, also serves on Covington Village Council. She spoke on the more recent past, including

school buildings. “I spoke about what Covington was like from the 1950s on as I grew up — the buildings we used for school,” Robertson said. “I attended kindergarten in the furnace room of the old building that backed up to what is now the middle school because we were outgrowing our school buildings,” she said. “Some classes met in the basements of local churches.” Robertson said while she was attending classes in the Church of the Brethren, “we were allowed to play on the fire escapes.” She noted that playing on the fire escapes at recess “brought a gasp” from the students. Poast also remarked that the children couldn’t believe that students would be allowed to play on a fire escape. Another recollection of Robertson’s school days was buying “little loaves of bread for a nickel” from the Pennington bread man who would drive his truck up to the playground at recess. Robertson said she told the children that when she was in high school that since she was in the IBOE (Intense Business Office Education) program and had a study hall the last period, she was allowed to walk to work at the nearby Miami County Dairy “where we sold ice cream cones the size of your fists for a dime and you could get a quarter cone that had three fist-sized scoops on a double cone.” Poast said the program sparked the students’ interest in local history, noting that some have expressed their intentions of visiting the Fort Rowdy Museum with their parents.

Patrol plans extra enforcement Asks motorists to help Ohio reach a record low in fatalities COLUMBUS ing period of midnight Dec. 23 through 11:59 p.m. Dec. 26, 14 people lost their lives on Ohio’s roadways, with four deaths alcoholrelated. “The holidays can be one of the most dangerous times of the year due to an increase in impaired driving,” said Col. John Born, patrol superintendent. “Last year during the holiday weekend, troopers arrested 226 drivers for impaired driving.” As part of national holi-

day enforcement efforts, the Department of Public Safety’s Office of Criminal Justice Services is assisting law enforcement around the state, including OVI task forces, in coordinating efforts to step-up enforcement of traffic and impaired driving laws. Last year in Ohio, 39 people died in alcohol-related crashes between Thanksgiving and New Year’s. The public is encouraged to continue using (877)-7-PATROL to report dangerous or impaired drivers, as well as stranded motorists.

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W.Va. Ruth was preceded in death by three brothers and one sister. Ruth graduated from Hamlin High School and was a 1963 graduate of Marshall University in Huntington, W.Va. She retired as a public school teacher in 1975 having taught in Hamlin, W.Va. School for six years and Piqua Junior High School for six years. A funeral service will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2011, at FisherCheney Funeral Home, Troy, with Pastor Dale Christian officiating. Visitation will be from 1-2 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. Interment will be in Riverside Cemetery, Troy. Condolences may be expressed to the family at www.fisher-cheneyfuneralhome.com

Loretta E. Smith TIPP CITY — Loretta E. Smith, 87, of Tipp City, passed away at 7:50 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2011, at Koester Pavilion, Troy. She was born November 18, 1924 in Dayton, Ohio, to the late Harry and Carolyn (Brady) Shafer. She was married May 3, 1969 to Norman DeWayne Smith. Survivors include her husband, Norman DeWayne Smith; one sister, Rosella Allen of West Carrollton; one half broth-

er, Johnny Shafer of Dayton; one half sister, Thelma Shafer of Dayton. She is also surSMITH vived by several nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by one sister, Betty Fisher; two half sisters, Marilyn O’Neal and Janet Shafer; one half brother,

Harry Shafer. She was a retired employee of Arc Abrasives of Troy. A funeral service will be at noon Tuesday, Dec. 27, 2011, at FisherCheney Funeral Home, Troy. Visitation will be from 11 a.m. to noon Tuesday at the funeral home. Interment will be in Miami Memorial Park, Covington. Condolences may be expressed to the family at www.fisher-cheneyfuneralhome.com

Gertrude J. ‘Nicki’ Lange PIQUA — Gertrude J. “Nicki” Lange, 91, of 1601 Broadway, Piqua, died at 9:05 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 22, 2011, at the Upper Valley Medical Center. She was born Oct. 9, 1920, in Warren County, to the late Joseph S. and Myrtle L. (Leslie) Nicholas. She married Harold J. “Dutch” Lange on May 15, 1945, at St. Mary’s Catholic Church; he preceded her in death April 4, 2006. Survivors include two sons, Frank N. (Kimbe) Lange and Michael E. Lange, all of Piqua; two daughters, Jeanne LangeFuller (Dale Fuller) of Cleveland and Margaret L. (Timothy) Wallace of Piqua; nine grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by four brothers. Mrs. Lange was a 1938 graduate LANGE of Houston High School and with her husband owned and operated the former Chick House Restaurants in Piqua. She was a member of St. Mary Catholic Church and the Troy Senior Citizens Club. She enjoyed playing Bridge, cooking, gardening, and was well known for knitting her Irish Afghans. A Mass of Christian

Burial will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 27, 2011, at St. Mary Catholic Church with the Rev. Fr. Thomas J. Grilliot as the Celebrant. Burial will follow at Forest Hill Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 3-5 p.m. Monday at the Jamieson & Yannucci Funeral Home, where a prayer service will be conducted at 3 p.m. Memorial contributions may be made to St. Mary Catholic Church, 528 Broadway, Piqua, OH 45356, or the American Diabetes Foundation, 2555 S. Dixie Drive, Suite 112, Dayton, OH 45409. Condolences to the family also be expressed through jamiesonandyannucci.com.

FUNERAL DIRECTORY • Sharon E. Flaugher PIQUA — Sharon E. Flaugher, of Piqua, passed away Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2011, at Upper Valley Medical Center. Funeral arrangements are pending through Melcher-Sowers Funeral

Wednesday, December 28, 2011, at Riverside • Jimmie Michael Bunch Cemetery, with a military TROY — Jimmie Michael service by the Veterans Bunch, 58, of Troy, passed Memorial Honor Guard of away at his residence at 10 Troy. Arrangements are p.m. Sunday, Dec. 18, entrusted to Fisher-Cheney 2011. Graveside service will be Funeral Home, Troy.

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The Ohio State Highway Patrol will be out in full force this holiday season removing dangerous and impaired drivers in an effort to reach historic lows in the number of people killed on Ohio’s roadways in 2011. Last year fatalities increased to 1,080 over a record low of 1,022 in 2009. With the upcoming holidays, the patrol is asking motorists to help Ohio achieve a record year by not driving impaired, buckling-up and keeping their focus on the road. During last year’s holiday report-

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CARNAGE: In Hollywood terms, this is relatively tame violence-wise. A pet hamster may be in peril, a bunch of tulips get mauled and a cellphone gets abused, but that’s pretty much it. There’s more carnage in “Puss in Boots.” But for sheer domestic savagery, this is the film for you. Based on the 2009 Tony Award-winning play “God of Carnage” by Yasmina Reza and directed by Roman Polanski, the film is a dark comedy that focuses on the collapse of good manners when two liberal, middle-class couples get together to discuss an altercation between their young sons. Starring a first-rate cast of Jodie Foster, Kate Winslet, Christoph Waltz and John C. Reilly, this may be uncomfortable stuff for yuppies to watch: A polite discussion of child-rearing approaches descends into racial slurs, drunken insults, the airing of dirty personal laundry and some barfing. To fans of the play, relax. Polanski and Reza, who share screenwriting credits, have added no flashbacks or car chases or explosions to what on stage has always been a four-character talk-fest — sometimes a scream-fest — that unspools in real time. In fact, the movie hews so closely to the play that it sometimes feels like a filmed play. R for language. 80 minutes. Three and a half stars out of four. — Mark Kennedy, AP Drama Writer MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE — GHOST PROTOCOL: Luckily for Tom Cruise, this is one of his finest action flicks, just what he needs to restore his box-office bankability. For director Brad Bird, though, the fourth “Mission,” rock solid as it is, ranks only as his second-best action movie, after the animated smash “The Incredibles.” It’s the best of the “Mission: Impossible” movies, Bird making a remarkable transition with his first live-action film after three animated ones, among them “Ratatouille.” Bird applies the anything-can-happen limitlessness of cartoons and just goes for it, creating thrilling, dizzying, amazing action sequences. This time, Cruise and his team (Jeremy Renner, Paula Patton and Simon Pegg) are blamed for bombing the Kremlin, so they go rogue trying to clear their names and stop a madman (Michael Nyqvist) from starting a nuclear war. Cruise is pretty much doing the same-old, playing the stone-face who’s not very interesting when standing still and talking. That work ethic of Cruise, though, shows in every one of the spectacular action moments. If you have the slightest fear of heights, grip the armrests tightly during Cruise’s climb up the world’s tallest building; even safe in your seat, an unnerving feeling of vertigo is bound to result as you stare down from the 130th floor. PG-13 for sequences of intense action and violence. 132 minutes. Three stars out of four. — David Germain, AP Movie Writer

Director Jolie goes to war with ‘Blood and Honey’ LOS ANGELES (AP) — As she developed her story about lovers on opposite sides in the Bosnian War, Angelina Jolie drew on everything she had learned traveling to combat zones. But she started at home, imagining herself and partner Brad Pitt at such extremes. “In the Land of Blood and Honey,” Jolie’s writing-directing debut, hurls two lovers a Bosnian Muslim woman and a Bosnian-Serbian man from their tender relationship before the war into the horrors of work and rape camps, where brutality, betrayal and degradation are daily matters. “The closest relationship in my life is Brad,” Jolie said in an interview for the film, which opens in limited release Friday and expands in January. “It’s the man-woman relationship. So for me to put myself in a position to be able to write from, it would be, well, what if it was me, and what would it be like? And what would it take? Could I ever turn on him? Would this ever happen? Would he ever turn on me? So you try to put yourself inside, and that’s how that relationship started.” The result is worlds away from the vanity projects some superstars end up with when they play at directing. Jolie holds nothing back in depicting the savagery of the war that followed the breakup of Yugoslavia in the 1990s, as ancient ethnic rivalries reignited after decades of communist rule. As a goodwill ambassador for the United Nations, Jolie, 36, had visited Bosnia and felt a growing compulsion to help dramatize a conflict about which the world at large had been misinformed or even indifferent. When the war broke out, Jolie herself was a teenager with other things on her mind than conflict in a distant land. “I was being a 17-year-old. I knew

only a little bit about it,” Jolie said. “It just felt very far away, and until America got involved, I don’t even remember any headlines in our papers.” As the years passed, Jolie remained busy with other preoccupations Hollywood party girl, Academy Award winner for “Girl, Interrupted,” marriages to actors Jonny Lee Miller and Billy Bob Thornton, the latter a wild love affair that was a gold mine for gossip tabloids. Then came the action comedy “Mr. and Mrs. Smith,” in which Jolie and Pitt starred as married assassins gunning for each other. Home-wrecker headlines followed as Jolie took up with co-star Pitt, who ended his marriage to Jennifer Aniston. Jolie already had begun her humanitarian makeover, adopting a child from Cambodia and using her celebrity to shine light on children in peril, the plight of refugees and other causes around the world. As she and Pitt’s family has grown they now have three adopted and three biological children Jolie’s image has transformed from sinner to saint. “I’ve always tried to step outside my comfort zone. Sometimes that can be good and useful for hopeful things like this,” Jolie said, referring to her film. “And sometimes, when you’re younger, it can be very destructive and a bad thing.” Visiting war zones changed her perspective, but it was the home front taking on children that made the big difference. “That was what changed me completely, and then I knew that once you decide to become a parent, you can no longer be in any way self-destructive or selfish. You live for someone else, and it’s over. It’s all over,” Jolie said, laughing. “But in the greatest way, because the chaos no wild days as a punk are

ever as interesting or as chaotic as my life with my children is now. They can out-punk anybody you know.” Jolie said she wrote the screenplay for “In the Land of Blood and Honey” as a private exercise, but once Pitt read it, he told her to put it into circulation and get some feedback. Without her name attached, she sent the script to people on all sides of the Bosnian conflict. The response was favorable, and before long, Jolie was casting actors, mostly people who lived through the war or had close relatives and friends in the thick of it. Cast as Muslim artist Ajla, Zana Marjanovic was 8 years old when the war broke out. She and her mother fled to Slovenia while her father stayed behind in Sarajevo. Goran Kostic, who was 20 and living in London when the war started, was cast as Ajla’s lover, Danijel, torn between love and duty as a leader at the camp where she is interned. With graphic scenes of rape, sniper slayings, civilian massacres and soldiers using women as human shields, the film was a balancing act as Jolie sought to tells a story representing all sides. Jolie’s reputation as a humanitarian envoy reassured the locals that the film would be a fair and honest depiction, said Marjanovic, who recalled the stir created by Jolie’s visit back to Sarajevo last summer for a film festival. “We’re just too cool to be concerned about various superstars walking around our city,” Marjanovic said. “But when it was Angelina that was just the one superstar we’re not immune to. It wasn’t only because of everything she’s done as an actress it was that and the fact that she’s doing this film about Bosnia. I think everyone had really high hopes, and I believe they’ll feel that it came from the right place, that she will portray us truthfully and do a great job.”

Headphones are in vogue NEW YORK (AP) — When iPods hit the scene 10 years ago, the small, white ear buds that came with the devices became the symbol for listening to music on the go. Today, that’s changing. More and more people are expressing themselves with pricey headphones, with some fashion-forward music lovers rocking updated versions of the oversized headsets popular in earlier eras. Bose has been known for its larger headphones in recent years, and now celebrities have taken note and aided in the resurgence of the ear amplifiers. In 2008, Monster launched Beats by Dre with Dr. Dre, and it is the most recognizable of celebrity-branded headphones. Monster later released headphones with Lady Gaga, Justin Bieber, Diddy, Daft Punk, Nick Cannon and LeBron James. This year, 50 Cent, Quincy Jones and Ludacris released their own line of headphones. Dre, the Grammy-winning rap legend who has produced hits for Eminem, 2Pac, 50 Cent and Mary J. Blige, says he is offended when he sees

people using generic headphones. “It’s almost like a knife in the heart,” he said while promoting the headphones last year. “We’re in the studio, at least me, for years at a time trying to work on music, tweaking it, trying to get the sound right, and for people to walk around and listen to the music on those cheap white headphones is ridiculous.” But some people may have a reason for not buying Beats by Dre. The cheapest set costs $100, and the most expensive pair is $500. 50 Cent’s Sync by 50 ranges from $130 to $400. “You go out and spend three, four hundred dollars on

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ALVIN AND THE CHIPMUNKS: CHIPWRECKED: Puns like these would be unforgivable coming from a human. From high-pitched rodents, they prompt calls for an exterminator. The third in the noxiously contemporary series of new Chipmunks films, “Chipwrecked” is full of the cheapest kind of pop culture references. Here is Alvin aping James Bond with a tail that’s “shaken, not stirred,” a suggestion to follow the Chipmunks on “Critter” and (gulp) a Charlie Sheenism of “winning.” This latest Chipmunks film, directed by Mike Mitchell (“Shrek Forever After”), is aimed at a slightly younger demographic than the prior movies (it’s rated G), and perhaps shallow references like these are enough to delight youngsters. But I doubt it. Do parents really want stale, cringe-worthy expressions like “Awkward!” instilled in another generation? The Chipmunks’ father figure, Dave Seville (Jason Lee, looking vaguely hostagelike), takes his diminutive computer-generated friends on a vacation cruise en route to the Grammy-esque International Music Awards, where the Chipmunks and the Chipettes are an eagerly awaited pop sensation. But the antics of Alvin (Justin Long) throw them overboard and they wash up on a deserted island. David Cross and Jenny Slate do their best to help. G. 87 minutes. One and a half stars out of four. — Jake Coyle, AP Entertainment Writer

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THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO: To put it bluntly, this movie kicks butt. Director David Fincher orchestrates a stark but enthralling adaptation of the first novel in late author Stieg Larsson’s trilogy. Its harsh emotional terrain could have wound up softened and sweetened, yet this was an ideal match of filmmaker and material. Fincher is one of the least sentimental directors in Hollywood. If anything, his “Dragon Tattoo” is even bleaker than the 2009 Swedish-language hit. Rooney Mara, who had a small role in Fincher’s “The Social Network,” gives a controlled detonation of a performance as traumatized victim-turnedavenger Lisbeth Salander. Mara’s the breakout star of the year, a cold, detached waif in form, a fearsome, merciless zealot in spirit. How strange it is to say that the nice guy here is Daniel Craig — who, of all the big-screen James Bonds, comes closest to the nasty, tortured soul Ian Fleming created. Mara and disgraced journalist Craig make an indomitable screen pair, he nominally leading their search into decades-old serial killings, she surging ahead, plowing through obstacles with flashes of phenomenal intellect and eruptions of physical fury. Larsson left behind two other novels loaded with more dark doings for the duo. We haven’t seen the last of this tattooed girl. R for brutal violent content including rape and torture, strong sexuality, graphic nudity and language. 158 minutes. Three and a half stars out of four. — David Germain, AP Movie Writer

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Friend is a tragedy waiting to happen Dear Annie: My friend "Candi" regularly drinks and drives. She often drinks at a friend's house and then drives herself home. Other times, she drinks at home and then goes out. There are even times when she takes her teenage daughter in the car after she's been drinking. I've confronted Candi only to be told that she doesn't have a drinking problem and I should be quiet. But, Annie, I can't tell you how many times her children and I have found her passed out in the yard, on the floor, at the dinner table or behind the wheel of her car while it's in the driveway. Candi is endangering her life and the lives of everyone around her. I can no longer idly sit back and let this continue. What's worse is that she has a legal handgun, and I am scared to death that she will use it while she's drunk. Is there anything I can do to convince her she needs help? — Looking for Some Answers Dear Looking: Candi sounds like a tragedy waiting to happen. We don't know whether she will ever admit that she needs help, and you can't force her. So, if you know when she is driving drunk, call the police. If she is drinking in your presence, take away her car keys. Caution Candi's daughter not to get into the car with her mother when she's been drinking. Also contact Al-Anon (al-anon.alateen.org) and suggest to Candi's daughter that she do the same. Dear Annie: "Clay" and I are both 23 and have been friends for a while. Lately, I've noticed that Clay is dating younger and younger girls. He seems to go for the ones under 18. His current girlfriend is going to be 15 in a month. Clay has told me that he meets girls in a chat room specifically for teens. I've been trying to find a way to talk to him about this, and I finally said that I can't support his choices. I told him if he messes up his life, it's his problem and I will not defend him. He claims he likes dating younger girls and is always careful. I don't know what to do anymore. I don't want him to get hurt, but if he gets arrested, it's his own fault. Please help. — Pennsylvania Dear Pennsylvania: Clay is being exceedingly reckless by stalking young teenage girls. (The term for adults who are attracted to teenagers between the ages of 11 to 14 is hebephilia.) If Clay has sex with these girls, he can be sent to prison, though it's possible the risk excites him. There may be underlying reasons for his inability to be attracted to adult women, but unless he is willing to address that, there's not much more you can do for him. But if you know what chat rooms he is using, you can notify the servers. If you are aware that he is having sex with these girls, you can report him to the authorities. Dear Annie: I read the letter from "Frank," who cheated on his wife and lost his family, his position in the community and his once-charmed life. I, too, made a huge mistake by cheating. I was so ignorant and selfish that I didn't realize how badly I would be scarring individuals I loved. My husband and I divorced. My children heard about my infidelities from everyone in town. I was shunned by people who once respected me. My children's spouses are now privy to my mistakes and will never be able to bond with me as they might have. I eventually married a man who turned out to be a callous, lying philanderer. Perhaps this is justice for the pain I caused. If I could go back and live my first marriage as a faithful wife, I would. I should have counted my blessings, instead of nit-picking his flaws and using that as an excuse for my bad behavior. — Living in Sad Regret 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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Here’s a solution for removing sticker adhesive Dear Heloise: I bought pants that had a manufacturer’s sticker on it. The residue will not come off when the garment is washed. Do you have any suggestions? — Wonda from Mississippi Good question, and I have a hint for you! I answered this very question in my Good Housekeeping magazine column earlier this year, so please read on. Put the adhesive area facedown on a clean terry towel or washcloth and pour a little acetone-based nail-polish remover on the spot (it should be safe, since the garment is washable). Then rub with another clean towel to push the remover

Hints from Heloise Columnist through the material. Turn the garment over to check that the adhesive is coming off; it may take several attempts. — Heloise HOLIDAY PET SAFETY Dear Readers: With the holidays arriving, here are some hints to keep your pets safe: • Cats love to chew on gar-

land and swing at ornaments, so take note. • Check extension cords so that pets can’t chew on them! • No candy or other sugary treats! Let your guests know: No! • Never give pets turkey or chicken bones; they can splinter and puncture or become lodged in a pet’s throat or digestive tract, or cause other serious medical issues. • Consider putting your pets in a back room if the entry door will be opening and closing, to reduce the risk of an escapee. “Woof, woof” from Cabbie, our mini schnauzer! — Heloise

CLEANING PRODUCTS Dear Readers: Using and storing cleaning products? Here are the Do’s and Don’ts of cleaning-product safety: Always read and follow label directions to the letter. Store cleaning products out of the reach of children and pets. Do not leave a bucket of water or water and cleaning solution anywhere, especially if you have a toddler around. Don’t mix cleaning products. This can cause dangerous fumes. These hints are from one of my books, “Heloise Conquers Stinks and Stains,” available online. — Heloise

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HOROSCOPE Friday, Dec. 3, 2011 In the next year, you should align yourself from persons who understand the rudiments of success and who are willing to work towards those ends. Only then can joint endeavors prove to be both productive and profitable. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Remember the time-tested adage: “Keep it simple, stupid.” Nothing worthwhile will be achieved if your plans are overly convoluted and complex. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) — If you poke your snoot into situations or places where it doesn’t belong, you’re likely to get drawn into something unpleasant that you and everybody else is trying to avoid. PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) — Important decisions shouldn’t be rushed, especially without first consulting the opinions of everybody who will be affected by the results. Be considerate. ARIES (March 21-April 19) — Family and companions have enough to do, so don’t ask anything of them that you can take care of unaided. Only an absolute necessity would be worth the imposition. TAURUS (April 20-May 20) — Be exceptionally mindful of how much you’re putting on your credit card. Don’t load it up with a lot of extravagant whims just because of the holiday season. GEMINI (May 21-June 20) — People in general are a bit touchy, so avoid discussing volatile issues with anybody, especially your mate. If a distasteful subject is introduced, it could spoil your day. CANCER (June 21-July 22) — It’s always unwise to impose one’s ideas on others, but it could prove to be especially disastrous during the holidays. People merely want to relax and enjoy themselves. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) — There’s no need to be totally wasteful regarding things that bring you instant gratification just because of the Yuletide season. Try to be a reasonably competent manager of your resources. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — It might seem like everyone is making heavy demands on your time, and you may have to alter your plans somewhat to accommodate them. It’ll be worth it in the long run. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) — If you are a tad too sensitive for your own good, it might cause you to put up a wall instead of building bridges to meet friends and family halfway, like you should. SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) — Unless you try to live within your means, you will end up with a severe case of spender’s remorse. Don’t involve yourself in things that are way beyond your reach financially. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) — The best way to get people to help you achieve your personal objectives is to keep your assertiveness in check. Aggressive behavior retards support. COPYRIGHT 2011 United Feature Syndicate, Inc.

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TODAY IN HISTORY (AP) — Today is Friday, Dec. 23, the 357th day of 2011. There are eight days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Dec. 23, 1941, during World War II, American forces on Wake Island surrendered to the Japanese. On this date: • In 1783, George Washington resigned as commander in chief of the Continental Army and retired to his home at Mount Vernon, Va. • In 1788, Maryland passed an act to cede an area “not exceeding ten miles square” for the seat of the national government; about 2/3 of the area became the District of Columbia.

• In 1928, the National Broadcasting Company set up a permanent, coast-to-coast network. • In 1948, former Japanese premier Hideki Tojo and six other Japanese war leaders were executed in Tokyo. • In 1968, 82 crew members of the U.S. intelligence ship Pueblo were released by North Korea, 11 months after they had been captured. • In 1975, Richard S. Welch, the Central Intelligence Agency station chief in Athens, was shot and killed outside his home by the militant group November 17. • In 1986, the experimental air-

plane Voyager, piloted by Dick Rutan and Jeana Yeager, completed the first non-stop, non-refueled round-theworld flight as it returned safely to Edwards Air Force Base in California. • Today’s Birthdays: Emperor Akihito of Japan is 78. Pro and College Football Hall of Famer Paul Hornung is 76. Actor-comedian Harry Shearer is 68. Gen. Wesley K. Clark (ret.) is 67. Actress Susan Lucci is 65. Singer-musician Adrian Belew is 62. Rock singer Eddie Vedder (Pearl Jam) is 47. The first lady of France, Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, is 44. Actress Estella Warren is 33. Actress Anna Maria Perez de Tagle is 21.

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WASHINGTON (AP) House Republicans on Thursday caved to demands by President Barack Obama, congressional Democrats and fellow Republicans for a shortterm renewal of payroll tax cuts for all workers. The breakthrough almost certainly spares workers an average $20 a week tax increase Jan. 1. After days of wrangling that even Speaker John Boehner acknowledged “may not have been politically the smartest thing in the world,” the Ohio

Republican abruptly changed course and dropped demands for immediate holiday season talks with the Senate on a full-year measure that all sides said they want. Senate leaders had insisted on the two-month extension to buy time for talks next year. The House and Senate plan to act on the twomonth extension Friday. House Republicans were under fire from their constituents and GOP establishment figures incensed that they would risk losing the tax cut issue to

Democrats at the dawn of the 2012 presidential and congressional election year. House GOP arguments about the legislative process and the “uncertainty” a twomonth extension would mean for business were unpersuasive. “In the end House Republicans felt like they were reenacting the Alamo, with no reinforcements and our friends shooting at us,” said Rep. Kevin Brady, RTexas. The compromise legislation would renew the tax break through Feb. 29,

along with jobless benefits and a “fix” to prevent doctors from absorbing a big cut in Medicare payments. Its $33 billion cost would be covered by an increased fee on mortgages backed by Fannie Mae, and Freddie Mac. The developments were a clear win for Obama. The payroll tax cut was the centerpiece of his threemonth campaignstyle drive for jobs OBAMA legislation that seems to have contributed to an uptick in his poll numbers and taken a toll on those of congressional Republicans. “Because of this agreement, every working American will keep his or her tax cut — about $1,000 for the average family,” Obama said in a statement. “That’s about $40 in every paycheck. And when Congress returns, I urge them to keep working to reach an agreement that will extend this tax cut and unemployment insurance for all of 2012 without drama or delay.” If the cuts had expired as scheduled, 160 million workers would have seen a 2 percentage point increase in their Social Security taxes. And up to 2 million people without jobs for six months would start losing unemployment benefits averaging $300 a week. The GOP retreat ends a tense standoff in which Boehner’s House Republicans came under great pressure to agree to the short-term extension passed by the Senate on Saturday. The speaker was initially open to the idea, but rank-and-file Republicans revolted, and the House instead insisted on immediate talks on the year-long measure passed by the House, which contains curbs to unemployment insurance and other ideas backed by conservatives as well as deeper spending cuts to pay for the

full-year cost. After Senate leaders tried but failed to match the House’s goal for a full-year pact, the chamber on Saturday instead gave sweeping approval for the two-month extension of the payroll tax cut, jobless benefits and doctors’ Medicare fees that otherwise would have been cut 27 percent. The House had just days before passed a full-year extension that included a series of conservative policy prescriptions unpalatable to Obama and congressional Democrats. Obama, Republicans and congressional Democrats all said they preferred a oneyear extension but the politics of achieving that eluded them. All pledged to start working on that in January. “Has this place become so dysfunctional that even when we agree to things we can’t do it?” Obama asked. “Enough is enough.” The top Senate Republican, Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, was a driving force behind Thursday’s agreement, imploring Boehner to accept the deal that McConnell and Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid had struck last week and passed with overwhelming support in both parties. “There remain important differences between the parties on how to implement these policies, and it is critical that we protect middleclass families from a tax increase while we work them out,” Reid said after Boehner’s announcement. The breakthrough emerged as a firewall erected by tea party-backed House Republicans crumbled Thursday. “I don’t think that my constituents should have a tax increase because of Washington’s dysfunction,” said freshman Rep. Sean

Duffy, R-Wis. The Republican establishment, too, put new pressure on House Republicans to compromise. The 2008 GOP presidential nominee, John McCain, former Bush administration confidant Karl Rove and The Wall Street Journal editorial page were among conservative voices urging House Republicans to retreat. Just hours before he announced the breakthrough, Boehner had made the case for a year-long extension. But on a brief late afternoon conference call, he informed his colleagues it was time to yield. “He said that as your leader, you’ve in effect asked me to make decisions easy and difficult and I’m making my decision right now,” said Rep. Jack Kingston, RGa., paraphrasing Boehner’s comments. Kingston said the conference call lasted just minutes and Boehner did not give anyone time to respond. There was still carping among tea party freshmen upset that GOP leaders had yielded. “Even though there is plenty of evidence this is a bad deal for America … the House has caved yet again to the president and Senate Democrats,” said Rep. Tim Huelskamp, R-Kan. “We were sent here with a clear set of instructions from the American people to put an end to business as usual in Washington, yet here we are being asked to sign off on yet another gimmick.” Almost forgotten in the firestorm is that McConnell and Boehner had extracted a major victory last week, winning a provision that would require Obama to make a swift decision on whether to approve construction of the Keystone XL oil pipeline, which would bring Canadian oil to the U.S. and create thousands of construction jobs. To block the pipeline, Obama would have to declare that is not in the nation’s interest.

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SHERIFF’S SALE MIAMI COUNTY COMMON PLEAS Case No.: 11-670 CitiMortgage, Inc. vs. Ronald L. Shively, et al Pursuant to the command of an Order of Sale in the above name cause to me directed by the Court of Common Pleas of Miami County, Ohio, I will offer at Public Sale in the lobby of the Sheriff on January 25, 2012 at 10:00 o’clock in the a.m. the following described premises, to-wit: Situated in the City of Troy, County of Miami, and State of Ohio Parcel Number: D08-004340 Also known as: 521 East Franklin Street, Troy, Ohio 45373 A full legal description may be obtained in the Office of the Recorder of Miami County, Ohio. Appraised at Sixty Five Thousand and 00/100 ($65,000.00) Dollars and cannot be sold for less than two-thirds of the appraisement. TERMS OF SALE: 10% of appraised value down time of sale and .5% of appraised value for conveyance and recording, balance within 30 days of confirmation. Colette S. Carr, Attorney 12/23, 12/30-2011, 1/6-2012 2244791

SHERIFF’S SALE MIAMI COUNTY COMMON PLEAS Case No.: 11-470 PNC Bank, National Association successor by merger to National City Bank, successor by merger to National City Mortgage Company vs. Kenneth E. Huber, Jr. aka Kenneth E. Huber, et al Pursuant to the command of an Order of Sale in the above name cause to me directed by the Court of Common Pleas of Miami County, Ohio, I will offer at Public Sale in the lobby of the Sheriff on January 25, 2012 at 10:00 o’clock in the a.m. the following described premises, to-wit: Situated in the Township of Concord, County of Miami, and State of Ohio Parcel Number: C06-080312 Prior Deed Reference: Volume 401, page 150 Also known as: 921 Hickory Lane, Troy, Ohio 45373 A full legal description may be obtained in the Office of the Recorder of Miami County, Ohio. Appraised at One Hundred Twenty Five Thousand and 00/100 ($125,000.00) Dollars and cannot be sold for less than two-thirds of the appraisement. TERMS OF SALE: 10% of appraised value down time of sale and .5% of appraised value for conveyance and recording, balance within 30 days of confirmation. Jill L. Fealko, Attorney 12/23, 12/30-2011, 1/6-2012 2244785

SHERIFF’S SALE MIAMI COUNTY COMMON PLEAS Case No.: 11-594 The Bank of New York Mellon fka The Bank of New York, as Trustee for the Certificateholders of The CWABS, Inc., Asset Backed Certificates, Series 2006-13 vs. Johnnie Valentine aka Johnnie K. Valentine, et al Pursuant to the command of an Order of Sale in the above name cause to me directed by the Court of Common Pleas of Miami County, Ohio, I will offer at Public Sale in the lobby of the Sheriff on January 25, 2012 at 10:00 o’clock in the a.m. the following described premises, to-wit: Situated in the City of Troy, County of Miami, and State of Ohio Parcel Number: D08-057316 Also known as: 1324 East Main Street, Troy, Ohio 45373 A full legal description may be obtained in the Office of the Recorder of Miami County, Ohio. Appraised at Eighty Five Thousand and 00/100 ($85,000.00) Dollars and cannot be sold for less than two-thirds of the appraisement. TERMS OF SALE: 10% of appraised value down time of sale and .5% of appraised value for conveyance and recording, balance within 30 days of confirmation. Robert R. Hoose, Attorney 12/23, 12/30-2011, 1/6-2012 2244796

SHERIFF’S SALE MIAMI COUNTY COMMON PLEAS Case No.: 11-464 CitiBank, National Association, as Trustee for GSAA Home Equity Trust 2007-9, Asset Backed Certificates, Series 2007-9 vs. Brett S. Schindler, et al Pursuant to the command of an Order of Sale in the above name cause to me directed by the Court of Common Pleas of Miami County, Ohio, I will offer at Public Sale in the lobby of the Sheriff on January 25, 2012 at 10:00 o’clock in the a.m. the following described premises, towit: Situated in the City of Troy, County of Miami, and State of Ohio Parcel Number: D08-001580 Prior Deed Reference: Vol. 785, page 485 Also known as: 15 South Mulberry Street, Troy, Ohio 45373 A full legal description may be obtained in the Office of the Recorder of Miami County, Ohio. Appraised at Fifty Thousand and 00/100 ($50,000.00) Dollars and cannot be sold for less than two-thirds of the appraisement. TERMS OF SALE: 10% of appraised value down time of sale and .5% of appraised value for conveyance and recording, balance within 30 days of confirmation. Susana Lykins, Attorney 12/23, 12/30-2011, 1/6-2012 2244790

12 • Troy Daily News • Classifieds That Work • Friday, December 23, 2011 305 Apartment

SHERIFF’S SALE MIAMI COUNTY COMMON PLEAS Case No.: 11-021 Bank of America, National Association as successor by merger to LaSalle Bank, National Association, as Trustee for Certificateholders of Bear Stearns Asset Backed Securities I, LLC, Asset Backed Certificates, Series 2006HE7 vs. Larry Shepard, et al Pursuant to the command of an Order of Sale in the above name cause to me directed by the Court of Common Pleas of Miami County, Ohio, I will offer at Public Sale in the lobby of the Sheriff on January 25, 2012 at 10:00 o’clock in the a.m. the following described premises, to-wit: Situated in the City of Troy, County of Miami, and State of Ohio Parcel Number: D08-034160 Prior Deed Reference: Deed Record 745, page 675 Also known as: 747 Michigan Avenue, Troy, Ohio 45373 A full legal description may be obtained in the Office of the Recorder of Miami County, Ohio. Appraised at Eighty Thousand and 00/100 ($80,000.00) Dollars and cannot be sold for less than two-thirds of the appraisement. TERMS OF SALE: 10% of appraised value down time of sale and .5% of appraised value for conveyance and recording, balance within 30 days of confirmation. Matthew A. Taulbee, Attorney 12/23, 12/30-2011, 1/6-2012

TROY, 1 & 2 Bedrooms, appliances, CA, water, trash paid, $425 & $525 month.

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325 Mobile Homes for Rent 320 Houses for Rent 3 BEDROOM, 2 bath, 3214 Magnolia. $1000 a month plus deposit. (937)339-1339

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LEGAL NOTICE Ira Dan Riggs, whose last place of residence is known as 105 Wagner Road, West Milton, OH 45383, but whose present place of residence is unknown, Jane Doe, Unknown Spouse, if any of Ira Dan Riggs, whose last place of residence is known as 105 Wagner Road, West Milton, OH 45383, but whose present place of residence is unknown, Heather L. Brown, whose last place of residence is known as 105 Wagner Road, West Milton, OH 45383, but whose present place of residence is unknown and John Doe, Unknown Spouse, if any of Heather L. Brown, whose last place of residence is known as 105 Wagner Road, West Milton, OH 45383, but whose present place of residence is unknown, will take notice that on October 11, 2011, Citizen Bank, F/K/A/ Republic Bank filed its Complaint in Case No. 11 CV 000703 in the Court of Common Pleas of Miami County, 201 W. Main St., Troy, OH 45373, seeking foreclosure and alleging that the Defendants Ira Dan Riggs, Jane Doe, Unknown Spouse, if any of Ira Dan Riggs, Heather L. Brown, and John Doe, Unknown Spouse, if any of Heather L. Brown have or claim to have an interest in the real estate described below:

400 - Real Estate For Sale 425 Houses for Sale CLAIM THE unique charms of this well maintained 4 bedroom, 2 story! 2.5 bath, frame. $285,000. marciamoore r @ y a h o o. c o m . (937)233-4040.

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SHERIFF’S SALE MIAMI COUNTY COMMON PLEAS Case No.: 11-580 MainSource Bank vs. Newell H. Christopher, Jr., et al Pursuant to the command of an Order of Sale in the above name cause to me directed by the Court of Common Pleas of Miami County, Ohio, I will offer at Public Sale in the lobby of the Sheriff on January 25, 2012 at 10:00 o’clock in the a.m. the following described premises, to-wit: Situated in the City of Troy, County of Miami, and State of Ohio Parcel Number: D08-029000 Also known as: 1010 West Main Street, Troy, Ohio 45373 A full legal description may be obtained in the Office of the Recorder of Miami County, Ohio. Appraised at Eighty Thousand and 00/100 ($80,000.00) Dollars and cannot be sold for less than two-thirds of the appraisement. TERMS OF SALE: 10% of appraised value down time of sale and .5% of appraised value for conveyance and recording, balance within 30 days of confirmation. Alan M. Kappers, Attorney 12/23, 12/30-2011, 1/6-2012

Permanent Parcel #: L39-006670 Property Address: 105 Wagner Road, West Milton, OH 45383 The Defendants named above are required to answer on or before the 20th day of January, 2012. Citizen Bank F/K/A Republic Bank BY: Shapiro, Van Ess, Phillips & Barragate, LLP Christopher G. Phillips Attorney for Plaintiff-Petitioner 4805 Montgomery Road, Suite 320 Norwood, Ohio 45212 (513) 396-8100 12/9, 16, 23-2011

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that work .com 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. (937)552-7177 MISCELLANEOUS must sell: downsizing. Household items, large lead crystal (Byrds) collection, a few antiques, 7 pc patio set/ cushions, riding lawn mower/ sweeper/ trailer, (937)332-1194, 10a-6p.

577 Miscellaneous

545 Firewood/Fuel SEASONED FIREWOOD for sale. $135 delivered. (937)638-6950

SHERIFF’S SALE MIAMI COUNTY COMMON PLEAS Case No.: 11-684 Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as Trustee for the Certificateholders of Park Place Securities, Inc., Asset Backed Pass Through Certificates, Series 2005-WCW3 vs. Christopher Langenkamp htta Chris Langenkamp, et al Pursuant to the command of an Order of Sale in the above name cause to me directed by the Court of Common Pleas of Miami County, Ohio, I will offer at Public Sale in the lobby of the Sheriff on January 25, 2012 at 10:00 o’clock in the a.m. the following described premises, to-wit: Situated in the City of Troy, County of Miami, and State of Ohio Parcel Number: D08-025880 & D08-025870 Also known as: 17 Elmwood Avenue, Troy, Ohio 45373 A full legal description may be obtained in the Office of the Recorder of Miami County, Ohio. Appraised at Seventy Thousand and 00/100 ($70,000.00) Dollars and cannot be sold for less than two-thirds of the appraisement. TERMS OF SALE: 10% of appraised value down time of sale and .5% of appraised value for conveyance and recording, balance within 30 days of confirmation. Robert R. Hoose, Attorney 12/23, 12/30-2011, 1/6-2012 2244798

CEDAR CHEST, Lane, real nice $95, 2 antique sun dials, metal, celestial /terrestrial? $75 each. 2 antique plant hanger, metal, each has a bird in design, $35 each. (937)698-6362 CRIB, cradle, changing table, Pack-N-Play, basinet, Porta-Crib, saucer, walker, car seat, blankets, clothes, gate, potty, tub, DOLLS beautiful $5/ea (937)339-4233 RADIO, ANTIQUE, 1942 Philco floor model, AM/SW/police, $125 firm. 28" Schwinn balloon tire men's bicycle, 6 speed, $200. Overhead Projector, new condition, $75. Epson NX110 printer/ copy/ scan, like new $75. Toshiba 27" color TV, $50. Cash only. (937)773-7858 WALKER, hospital table, tub/shower benches, commode chair, toilet riser, dolls Barbie, babies, cabbage patch, collector porcelain , care bears, more. (937)339-4233

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800 - Transportation

583 Pets and Supplies

586 Sports and Recreation

BEAGLE PUPPIES, AKC, Champion bloodline, males & females, great hunting dogs or pets, $200. Ready for Christmas. (937)473-3077.

CAMPING MEMBERSHIP, Coast to Coast Lakewood Village, 2 generations membership, private campground, asking $2000 obo, (937)538-7491

BICHON FRISE, Cairn Terriors, Yorkie, Shichons, Malti-poo, NonShedding. $100 and up. (419)925-4339 BOSTON TERRIER puppies, 8 weeks old. (2) Females $350 (937)726-0226

RACE TICKETS, great gift! (2) for February 2012 Daytona 500 race. Great seats, Weatherly section with parking pass. Call (937)667-8287

2003 DODGE, Short Van, 3 seats, clean. $4200 (937)473-2629

810 Auto Parts & Accessories TRUCK CAP, good condition. $100. (937)335-6205

860 Recreation Vehicles

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2008 FALCON, 4 wheeler, 110 4 stroke, semi automatic with reverse, $550, (937)596-6622

MIXED BREED puppies for Christmas!!! Small, 3 males, 1 female. Ready now. (937)638-1321 or (937)498-9973. No calls after 6pm.

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

SHERIFF’S SALE MIAMI COUNTY COMMON PLEAS Case No.: 11-590 U.S. Bank, National Association successor by merger to The Leader Mortgage Company, LLC successor by merger to The Leader Mortgage Company vs. Jason M. Tinnerman aka Jason Tinnerman, et al Pursuant to the command of an Order of Sale in the above name cause to me directed by the Court of Common Pleas of Miami County, Ohio, I will offer at Public Sale in the lobby of the Sheriff on January 11, 2012 at 10:00 o’clock in the a.m. the following described premises, to-wit: Situated in the Village of West Milton, County of Miami, and State of Ohio Parcel Number: L39-000130 Prior Deed Reference: Book 675, page 442 Also known as: 14 West Front Street, West Milton, Ohio 45373 A full legal description may be obtained in the Office of the Recorder of Miami County, Ohio. Appraised at Sixty Thousand and 00/100 ($60,000.00) Dollars and cannot be sold for less than two-thirds of the appraisement. TERMS OF SALE: 10% of appraised value down time of sale and .5% of appraised value for conveyance and recording, balance within 30 days of confirmation. Pamela A. Fehring, Attorney 12/9, 12/16, 12/23-2011

STATION WAGON or SUV with a bench front seat (937)335-7295

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SIBERIAN HUSKY Pups, AKC, black/white, red/white, grey, pure white, blue eyes ready now or can hold, $500. Text or call Wes, wesleyaparker@gmail.com. (937)561-2267.

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OFFICE TRAILER, 12 x 60. (3) Air conditioning units, bath with sink and toilet. $2500 OBO. (937)606-0918

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SHERIFF’S SALE MIAMI COUNTY COMMON PLEAS Case No.: 11-259 Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. successor by merger to Wells Fargo Home Mortgage, Inc. vs. Andrew G. Wade, et al Pursuant to the command of an Order of Sale in the above name cause to me directed by the Court of Common Pleas of Miami County, Ohio, I will offer at Public Sale in the lobby of the Sheriff on January 18, 2012 at 10:00 o’clock in the a.m. the following described premises, to-wit: Situated in the Township of Staunton, County of Miami, and State of Ohio Parcel Number: K30-033100 Prior Deed Reference: Deed Record 713, page 940 Also known as: 4385 Piqua Troy Road, Troy, Ohio 45373 A full legal description may be obtained in the Office of the Recorder of Miami County, Ohio. Appraised at Seventy Five Thousand and 00/100 ($75,000.00) Dollars and cannot be sold for less than two-thirds of the appraisement. TERMS OF SALE: 10% of appraised value down time of sale and .5% of appraised value for conveyance and recording, balance within 30 days of confirmation. Elizabeth A. Carullo, Attorney 12/16, 12/23, 12/30-2011

2001 LINCOLN Towncar. Runs good. Looks good. 150,000 miles. With drive train insurance. $3000 OBO, (937)492-4349.

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MINI DACHSHUND PUPPIES, 2 red smooth coats, AKC, written guarantee, 1st shot , wormed. 1 Male $275. 1 Female, $325. (937)667-1777, (937)667-0077

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• BASKETBALL: Miami East basketball fans will be able to purchase presale tickets for the Versailles Holiday Tournament to be played on Dec. 29-30. Presale prices will be $4 for students and $6 for adults. All tickets at the door will be $6. Fans may also buy an all-session pass for both varsity and JV games for $15. Tickets wil be on sale at Friday’s game against Bethel. • BASKETBALL: Presale tickets will be available for the WPTW/Buckeye Insurance Holiday Tournament to be played Dec. 29-30 at Piqua High School. Varsity presale tickets are $6 for adults and $4 for students. All tickets at the door will be $6. Presale tickets will be available at Joanie’s Floral Designs through Dec. 28 during regular business hours. • 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. 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.

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SPORTS CALENDAR TODAY Boys Basketball Tippecanoe at Milton-Union (7:30 p.m.) Bethel at Miami East (8 p.m.) Newton at Twin Valley South (8 p.m.) Marion Local at Covington (8 p.m.) Franklin Monroe at Bradford (8 p.m.) Lehman at Versailles (8 p.m.) Bowling Troy/Springboro at Fairmont (1 p.m.) Wrestling Milton-Union, Miami East at Tippecanoe Holiday Tourney (9 a.m.) SATURDAY No events scheduled SUNDAY No events scheduled MONDAY Boys Basketball Troy Christian at Franklin Monroe Holiday Tournament (TBA)

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One just never knows what feat the Troy bowling teams will accomplish next. On Thursday at Troy Bowl, the lineup of A.J. Bigelow, Michael Barkett, Kyle Neves, Cameron Hughes, and Andrew Spencer rolled a perfect 300 baker game — the first baker 300 game in team history — en route to a non-conference win

over Graham by a 3,099-2,694 count. The Trojan girls (8-1) also bowled well to easily outdistance the Falcons 2,635-2,281. The Troy boys (8-1) took early command of the match with team games of 1,079-1,075 to build a 200-pin lead. After a first-game 223, the Trojans then strung the first nine strikes in

the second game. Andrew Spencer calmly stepped up and threw the final three strikes to finish off the perfect game. The previous baker game record was 288 set in the 2009 Greater Western Ohio Conference Tournament. Brad Johnson led the Troy onslaught with games of 224-242 for a 466 series. Jared Sierra rolled a 451 series with games of 227-224. A.J. Bigelow had the

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high individual game at 249. Andrew Spencer contributed a 235 and Kyle Neves added a 206 game. The Troy girls built a 90-pin lead with a first game 907, then put the match away with an even 1,000 in the second game. Courtney Metzger led the Trojan scoring with games of 225-193 for a 418 series. Elizabeth Reed

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Troy’s Ryne Rich takes down a wrestler from Indian Lake during the heavyweight match Thursday night at the Trojan Activities Center.

In it to win Troy seniors score wins on their night BY JOSH BROWN Sports Editor jbrown@tdnpublishing.com Ryne Rich didn’t waste any time. Tyler Sparks gave the fans a little more drama. No matter how the matches went, though, all three of Troy’s seniors came away winners.

TROY Rich (285) scored a pair of pins, not taking longer than one minute either time, Sparks (120) had a come-from-behind victory and a forfeit and Steven Gohrband (160) lost on the mat but also claimed a forfeit, just a few of the bright spots on Senior Night at the Trojan Activities Center as Troy lost both duals in Troy’s Kevin McGraw attempts to turn an opponent from Indian Lake during a match at 182 Thursday night at the Trojan Activities ■ See TROJANS on 15 Center.

NEW MADISON — Miami East erased two years of bitterness Thursday. And in its place, the Vikings wrote their name in as the frontrunner in the Cross County Conference. Miami East (6-1, 5-0 CCC) got the job done when it mattered most — in the fourth quarter — holding off the defending CCC champs on the road in a 46-41 victory at Tri-Village, the Patriots’ first loss on the year. “Anytime you can avenge losses in the past … talk about motivation. We had two year’s worth of losses riding on this one,” Miami East coach Preston Elifritz said. “Two years ago they won at their place, then last year we go up 13-0 but they fight back and steal one in overtime at our place. That’s plenty of motivation.

MIAMI COUNTY “It was an exciting win for the girls. They’ve worked hard for this, and they worked hard tonight.” Angie Mack hit three 3-pointers in the game — two early to give the Vikings the edge, then another critical one in the fourth quarter — and finished with 11 points, while the Current twins and Leah Dunivan were a force inside. Ashley Current led Miami East with 12 points and six rebounds, Trina Current added nine points and six rebounds and Dunivan had four points and four blocked shots. “We were up by one in the fourth and Angie got free in the corner and buried one. That was the breaking point,” Elifritz said. “We were just tough tonight. We were stronger, taller … but most importantly, we were mentally tough.” Abby Cash returned to the

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Buckeyes cruise Hammer Miami (Ohio) 69-40

No. 1 Syracuse stays unbeaten James Southerland and Brandon Triche each hit a pair of 3-pointers to key a 19-point surge that included five straight makes from beyond the arc in the final 5:43 of the first half, and Syracuse defeated Tulane 80-61 on Thursday night to remain unbeaten. See Page 15.

COLUMBUS (AP) — William Buford scored 18 points and Aaron Craft dominated at both ends as No. 2 Ohio State started fast and never looked back to beat Miami of Ohio 69-40 on Thursday night. Deshaun Thomas added 15 points and Jared Sullinger 11 for the Buckeyes (12-1), who won their 33rd straight at home. The game was played at Nationwide Arena, home of the NHL’s Blue Jackets. The building will host second- and thirdround NCAA tournament games in March. Julian Mavunga led the RedHawks (3-7) with 19 points and 10 rebounds. Craft had just four points but set the tempo at both ends with eight assists, two steals, three rebounds and several other plays that led to points. The Buckeyes ran off the first 11 points and never trailed.

On their first possession, Buford fed Sullinger with a bounce pass behind the defender for an easy layup and Ohio State was off and running. Buford hit a 3, Thomas scored on fast-break layup, Sullinger scored again on a short jumper and Buford was on the receiving end of Craft’s assist to make it 11-0. The RedHawks were scoreless for the first 4:16, missing their first four shots with two turnovers. After the Buckeyes hit five of their first six shots, they went into a malaise missing 16 of the next 22. They led 26-17 at halftime, a lead that was narrowed to just seven after Josh Sewell hit a layup for the RedHawks to open the second half. But Ohio State sprinted AP PHOTO away by scoring 15 of the next Ohio State’s Jared Sullinger shoots over Miami (Ohio)’s Drew McGhee during the first half Thursday in Columbus. 17 points.

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Miami East — 46 Brookhart 0-1-1, Cash 3-0-7, A. Current 3-6-12, T. Current 4-1-9, Dunivan 1-2-4, Linn 0-2-2, Mack 40-11. Totals: 15-12-46. Tri-Village — 41 Bruner 1-0-3, Falknor 1-4-7, Linkous 6-4-16, Richards 3-2-8, Thomas 2-2-7. Totals: 13-12-41. Score By Quarters ME..........................15 23 30 46 TV .............................8 16 30 41

3-point goals: Miami East — Cash, Mack 3. Tri-Village — Bruner, Falknor, Thomas. Records: Miami East 6-1, 5-0. Tri-Village 7-1, 3-1.

Troy Christian 53, Ridgemont 49 RIDGEWAY — Seven games into the season and the Troy Christian Eagles have already more-than doubled their win total from all of last year. In fact, they’ve won more in the past three games than they did last season. The Eagles (5-2), who only won twice last year, won their third straight game Thursday night, traveling to Ridgemont and pulling off a narrow 53-49 victory. “This is probably the best game the girls have played all year,” first-year Troy Christian coach Jim Bolin said. Amanda Benjamin led

the way, hitting three 3s and scoring 21 points. Morgan Haddad added 11 points and Jordanne Varvel scored nine. Troy Christian faces Bradford Thursday. Covington 46, Ansonia 21 ANSONIA — Julianna Simon and Shelby Kihm ran wild Thursday night, leading the Covington Buccaneers to a 46-21 Cross County Conference victory at Ansonia. Simon once again cracked the 20-point barrier, scoring 24 to lead the way, while Kihm added 15. The Bucc defense, meanwhile, allowed only eight field goals in the game. Covington (5-3, 4-1) has the rest of the year off, returning to the floor Jan. 2 against Milton-Union. Covington — 46 Crawford 0-2-2, Kihm 6-3-15,

Reames 0-1-1, Shilt 0-1-1, Simon 84-24, Snipes 1-0-3. Totals: 15-1146. Ansonia — 21 Crabtree 1-1-3, Fischer 2-2-6, Jenkins 1-0-2, Kramer 0-1-1, McEldowney 4-0-9. Totals: 8-4-21. Score By Quarters Covington ..............12 30 42 46 Ansonia ....................4 11 13 21 3-point goals: Covington — Simon 4, Snipes. Ansonia — McEldowney. Records: Covington 5-3, 4-1. Ansonia 1-6, 1-2.

Christian Thursday. National Trail 44, Newton 21 PLEASANT HILL — Newton’s offensive struggles continued Thursday as the Indians (5-4, 2-3 Cross County Conference) were held to three first-quarter points in a 44-21 loss to National Trail. Trista Lavy led Newton with six points and Marina Bradford 43, Snipes had five as the Arcanum 38 Indians only managed eight BRADFORD — The field goals. Bradford Railroaders are on Newton faces Tri-County the right side of .500 for the North Dec. 29. first time this season after National Trail — 44 defeating Arcanum 43-38 in Abner 4-1-9, Deaton 3-0-6, Cross County Conference Drew 2-1-5, Foust 2-2-6, Jordan 2-48, Sibika 1-0-2, Stan 1-0-2, play Thursday. Thompson 3-0-6. Totals: 18-8-44. Bree Bates led all scorers Newton — 21 with 17 points and Haley Doseck 1-1-3, Hignite 1-0-2, Patty added seven as the King 1-0-3, Lavy 2-2-6, Snipes 2-1Railroaders improved to 4-3 5, Welbaum 1-0-2. Totals: 8-4-21. Score By Quarters on the season and 3-2 in the NT.............................7 21 32 44 CCC. Newton.......................3 9 16 21 Bradford takes on Troy 3-point goals: National Trail

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■ CONTINUED FROM 14 a quad, 57-23 to Indian Lake and 52-18 to Kenton Ridge. “It was just a great job by our seniors,” Troy coach Doug Curnes said. “They came out and gave a great effort on their night, and all of these young guys came out and fought hard for them.” Rich pinned his opponent from Indian Lake with 1:05 left in the first period in the opening dual, then he finished up even quicker in the second dual by scoring a pin with 1:34 left in the first. “That’s how he was coached, to come out and be aggressive,” Curnes said. “He did just that.” Sophomore Kevin McGraw (182) — the other bright spot on the night — scored the only other victory on the mat against Indian Lake. He scored the first takedown after a scramble, leaving his opponent frustrated and pounding the mat in anger during a stoppage, and McGraw rode that momentum to a 19-2 tech. fall victory. “That first takedown, if you go out and get it, it gets your opponent out of their mind,” Curnes said. “He got it, and that’s what happened.” And against a tough Kenton Ridge opponent, McGraw grabbed an early 2-0 lead, made it 3-0 with an escape to start the second period and won 5-3 after the combatants traded reversals — the only Trojan other than Rich to win both matches on the mat on the night. “We knew the Kenton Ridge kid was a solid kid,” Curnes said. “We knew Kevin had two good matches tonight, but he showed up and wrestled his style. He didn’t wrestle not to lose. He wrestled to win.” Sparks — who, along with Mason Perkins (126)

■ CONTINUED FROM 14 was right behind at 410 with a high game of 248. Jackie Brown shot a 200 in her only game of bowling and Allie Isner rolled consistent games of 198197. Troy travels to today for Fairmont GWOC tri-match action with the Firebirds and Springboro at Woodman Lanes in Kettering.

Brookville 51, Bethel 31 BRANDT — A 13-2 second quarter doomed the Bethel Bees Thursday night in a 51-31 non-conference loss to Brookville. Katelyn Cripps had a huge night for the Bees with 21 points. Bethel (0-8) continues its search for its first win Tuesday against MiltonUnion. Brookville — 51 Cern 5-0-12, Day 3-1-10, Domsitz 1-5-7, Hall 4-0-9, McIntosh 6-1-13. Totals: 19-7-51. Bethel — 31 Cripps 9-3-21, Koger 2-0-4, Shoopman 3-0-6. Totals: 14-3-31. Score By Quarters BVille .....................16 29 37 51 Bethel.....................11 13 22 31 3-point goals: Brookville — Cern 2, Day, Hall. Bethel — none. Records: Brookville 4-3. Bethel 0-8.

BOYS Graham 921-1,033-136-194214-196 — 2,694 Troy 1,079-1,075-223-300202-220 — 3,099 Graham: Lloyd Eaton 159181, Skyler Gist 235-161, Richard Hawke 176-227, Brenden Holtvoight 258, Wil

Meyers 149, Austin Thornton 202-206. Troy: A.J. Bigelow 187-249, Brad Johnson 224-242, Jared Sierra 227-224, Kyle Neves 206, Spencer 235-184, Andrew Cameron Hughes 176. Records: Troy 8-1, Graham 6-3. GIRLS Graham 817-811-160-164185-144 – 2,281 Troy 907-1,000-170-178-169211 – 2,635 Graham: Sarah Carpenter 137, Sara Lininger 153, Abigail Ogden 163-194, Emily Ogden 181-181, Allyssa Park 178-132, Alishia Schwierking 158-151. Troy: Courtney Metzger 225193, Elizabeth Reed 162-248, Megan Walker 170-162, Samantha Wilkerson 152, Jackie Brown 200, Allie Isner 198-197. Records: Troy 8-1, Graham 6-3.

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Troy’s Steven Gohrband grapples with a wrestler from Indian Lake during a quad match at the Trojan Activities Center Thursday night. gave Troy its two other wins against Indian Lake with forfeits — also won in exciting fashion against Kenton Ridge. Sparks fell behind 2-1 after the first period, where the score stayed until the final 20 seconds of the second period. Sparks caught his opponent, reversed him and scored three near-fall points, missing out on the pin only because he ran out of time. But the fivepoint swing was all he needed as the two battled to a standstill in the third to give Sparks a 6-2 win. “He was a senior,” Curnes said. “He’s a grinder, and he always will be. He’ll always be in shape to go that full six minutes. He wrestled smart and he wrestled to win.” But Gohrband’s forfeit victory was the only other win in the Kenton Ridge dual as the Trojans struggled to maintain leads —

Troy’s Ryan Simon controls his opponent from Indian Lake Thursday. or escape pins — most of the night. “That’s the difference between wrestling to win and wrestling not to lose,” Curnes said. “In the first match, we looked passive. In the second match, we looked active. “There’s a lot of things I’ve got to reflect on as a coach, too. We have to shape our skills, and that’s

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Akron hires Terry Bowden CLEVELAND (AP) — Akron has hired Terry Bowden as its new football coach Thursday to turn around a woeful program. Bowden, a onetime hot coaching commodity who spent six seasons at Auburn and the past three at Division II North Alabama, takes over a team than went 2-22 and won just one conference game the past two seasons. “I’m so excited to be a Zip,” said Bowden, who coached Akron’s quarterbacks in 1986 under Gerry Faust. “With the great resources and the commitment to winning by the administration and community, it’s just a matter of time until we build a championship program.” ESPN first reported Bowden’s hiring. The school will introduce Bowden at a news conference on Dec. 28. Bowden, the son of

— none. Newton — King. Records: National Trail 6-3, 51. Newton 5-4, 2-3.

famed former Florida State coach Bobby Bowden, has been at North Alabama the past three seasons after a decadelong absence from the sidelines. He was once one of college football’s hottest young coaches and won his first 20 games after taking over a probation-racked Auburn program. He left in midseason in 1998 after the Tigers started 1-5, maintaining ever since that he bolted only after being told by then-trustee Bobby Lowder that he would be fired. During his time out of coaching, Bowden worked as a college football analyst for ABC and hosted a radio show in Orlando. At Akron, he’ll replace Rob Ianello, who went 1-15 in the Mid-American Conference and was fired in November. “We welcome Terry Bowden back to campus.

He brings with him an outstanding record of success and a true football coaching pedigree,” said school president Dr. Luis M. Proenza. “We know the entire Akron community will support Coach Bowden in his mission to cultivate a championship program here.” Akron’s program has lacked stability the past few years. The NCAA stripped the school of scholarships in 2008 for failing to comply with graduation rate policies. One of Bowden’s first priorities will be making recruiting inroads in Northeast Ohio. Before taking over at Auburn in 1992, Bowden built successful programs at Salem College (W.Va.) and Samford. When he took the job at Salem in 1983, he was just 26 the nation’s youngest head coach.

our jobs as coaches. When we come out passive in that first match, that’s on me.” Troy returns to action at the GMVWA Holiday Tournament next week at the Nutter Center.

No. 1 Orange roll past Tulane SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — Tulane was executing its game plan just as coach Ed Conroy had mapped it out. The Green Wave was within three points of topranked Syracuse late in the first half, and then in the blink of an eye any chance at a major upset disappeared. James Southerland and Brandon Triche each hit a pair of 3-pointers to key a 19-point surge that included five straight makes from beyond the arc in the final 5:43 of the first half, and Syracuse defeated Tulane 80-61 on Thursday night to remain unbeaten. “We executed well. We got good shots,” Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim said. “We shared the ball, and we got three or four really good extra passes. Everyone got a 3. It was just good ball movement and getting the

ball to the open man.” It’s the third straight season Syracuse has won its first 13 games as it prepares for the start of Big East play next week. The Orange have won three straight since reaching the top spot in the rankings 10 days ago, including victories over North Carolina State and Bucknell. Thursday, the Syracuse bench did what it’s been doing all season, accounting for 45 points. Five players hit at least one 3-pointer in a 10-for-21 performance from beyond the arc. “I think that’s what makes us so good is that we have so many guys that can come off the bench and score the ball to make plays,” said freshman guard Michael CarterWilliams, who had seven points, three assists and no turnovers in 18 minutes.

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FOOTBALL National Football League All Times EDT AMERICAN CONFERENCE East W L T Pct PF PA y-New England11 3 0 .786 437 297 8 6 0 .571 346 315 N.Y. Jets 5 9 0 .357 286 269 Miami 5 9 0 .357 311 371 Buffalo South W L T Pct PF PA y-Houston 10 4 0 .714 343 236 Tennessee 7 7 0 .500 279 278 4 10 0 .286 207 293 Jacksonville 1 13 0 .071 211 395 Indianapolis North W L T Pct PF PA x-Baltimore 10 4 0 .714 334 236 x-Pittsburgh 10 4 0 .714 285 218 Cincinnati 8 6 0 .571 305 283 4 10 0 .286 195 274 Cleveland West W L T Pct PF PA 8 6 0 .571 292 343 Denver 7 7 0 .500 317 382 Oakland San Diego 7 7 0 .500 358 313 Kansas City 6 8 0 .429 192 319 NATIONAL CONFERENCE East W L T Pct PF PA 8 6 0 .571 348 296 Dallas 7 7 0 .500 334 372 N.Y. Giants Philadelphia 6 8 0 .429 342 311 Washington 5 9 0 .357 252 300 South W L T Pct PF PA x-New Orleans 11 3 0 .786 457 306 9 5 0 .643 341 281 Atlanta 5 9 0 .357 341 368 Carolina Tampa Bay 4 10 0 .286 247 401 North W L T Pct PF PA y-Green Bay 13 1 0 .929 480 297 9 5 0 .643 395 332 Detroit 7 7 0 .500 315 293 Chicago 2 12 0 .143 294 406 Minnesota West W L T Pct PF PA y-San Francisco11 3 0 .786 327 185 Seattle 7 7 0 .500 284 273 7 7 0 .500 273 305 Arizona 2 12 0 .143 166 346 St. Louis x-clinched playoff spot y-clinched division Thursday's Game Atlanta 41, Jacksonville 14 Saturday's Game Dallas 31, Tampa Bay 15 Sunday's Games New Orleans 42, Minnesota 20 Seattle 38, Chicago 14 Cincinnati 20, St. Louis 13 Carolina 28, Houston 13 Kansas City 19, Green Bay 14 Indianapolis 27, Tennessee 13 Miami 30, Buffalo 23 Washington 23, N.Y. Giants 10 Detroit 28, Oakland 27 New England 41, Denver 23 Arizona 20, Cleveland 17, OT Philadelphia 45, N.Y. Jets 19 San Diego 34, Baltimore 14 Monday's Game San Francisco 20, Pittsburgh 3 Thursday, Dec. 22 Houston at Indianapolis, 8:20 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 24 Oakland at Kansas City, 1 p.m. Jacksonville at Tennessee, 1 p.m. St. Louis at Pittsburgh, 1 p.m. Denver at Buffalo, 1 p.m. Tampa Bay at Carolina, 1 p.m. Minnesota at Washington, 1 p.m. Cleveland at Baltimore, 1 p.m. Miami at New England, 1 p.m. N.Y. Giants at N.Y. Jets, 1 p.m. Arizona at Cincinnati, 1 p.m. San Diego at Detroit, 4:05 p.m. San Francisco at Seattle, 4:15 p.m. Philadelphia at Dallas, 4:15 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 25 Chicago at Green Bay, 8:20 p.m. Monday, Dec. 26 Atlanta at New Orleans, 8:30 p.m. College Football FBS Bowl Glance Subject to Change All Times EST Saturday, Dec. 17 New Mexico Bowl At Albuquerque Temple 37, Wyoming 15 Famous Idaho Potato Bowl At Boise, Idaho Ohio 24, Utah State 23 New Orleans Bowl Louisiana-Lafayette 32, San Diego State 30 Tuesday, Dec. 20 Beef 'O'Brady's Bowl At St. Petersburg, Fla. Marshall 20, FIU 10 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 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 Sam Houston State 31, Montana 28 North Dakota State 35, Georgia Southern 7 Championship Friday, Jan. 7 At Pizza Hut Park Frisco,Texas Sam Houston State (14-0) vs. North Dakota State (13-1), 1 p.m.

BASKETBALL The Top Twenty Five The top 25 teams in The Associated Press' college basketball poll, with firstplace votes in parentheses, records through Dec. 18, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and previous ranking: .................................Record Pts Prv 1. Syracuse (53).......11-0 1,585 1 2. Ohio St. (5) ...........10-1 1,474 2 3. Kentucky (4)............9-1 1,457 3 4. Louisville (2)..........10-0 1,364 4 5. North Carolina ........9-2 1,340 5 6. Baylor ......................9-0 1,271 6 7. Duke........................9-1 1,266 7 8. UConn.....................9-1 1,102 9 9. Missouri ................11-0 1,076 10 10. Marquette ...........10-0 1,021 11 11. Florida...................8-2 946 13 12. Kansas..................7-2 939 12 13. Wisconsin ...........10-2 746 14 14. Xavier....................8-1 728 8 15. Pittsburgh............10-1 707 15 16. Georgetown..........9-1 644 16 17. Indiana................10-0 601 18 18. Mississippi St......11-1 576 17 19. Michigan St...........9-2 413 21 20. Michigan ...............9-2 381 20 21. UNLV...................11-2 251 — 22. Murray St. ...........12-0 222 24 23. Creighton ..............8-1 130 25 24.Virginia ..................9-1 102 — 25. Illinois ..................10-1 96 19

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SPORTS ON TV TODAY MEN'S COLLEGE BASKETBALL 7 p.m. ESPN2 — W. Kentucky at Louisville 9 p.m. ESPN — Baylor vs. West Virginia, at Las Vegas 11 p.m. ESPN2 — Diamond Head Classic, semifinal, teams TBD, at Honolulu

SATURDAY COLLEGE FOOTBALL 8 p.m. ESPN — Hawaii Bowl, Nevada vs. Southern Miss., at Honolulu NFL FOOTBALL 1 p.m. CBS — Regional coverage FOX — Regional coverage, doubleheader 4 p.m. CBS — Regional coverage 4:15 p.m. FOX — Regional coverage, doubleheader game Others receiving votes: Harvard 88, San Diego St. 67, Stanford 61, Saint Louis 33, Gonzaga 23, Kansas St. 22, Texas A&M 18, Alabama 8, Wichita St. 8, Cleveland St. 7, N. Iowa 7, California 5, Vanderbilt 5, Northwestern 4, Ohio 3, Long Beach St. 2, Indiana St. 1. USA Today/ESPN Top 25 Poll The top 25 teams in the USA TodayESPN men's college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Dec. 18, points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and previous ranking: Pts Pvs .................................Record 1. Syracuse (30).......11-0 774 1 713 2 2. Ohio State (1).......10-1 702 3 3. Kentucky .................9-1 679 4 4. Louisville ...............10-0 5. Duke........................9-1 637 5 6. North Carolina ........9-2 623 6 7. Baylor ......................9-0 570 7 8. Missouri ................11-0 560 8 526 10 9. Connecticut.............9-1 503 11 10. Marquette ...........10-0 471 12 11. Kansas..................7-2 447 13 12. Florida...................8-2 386 14 13. Pittsburgh............10-1 14. Wisconsin ...........10-2 361 15 318 9 15. Xavier....................8-1 301 17 16. Georgetown..........9-1 277 16 17. Mississippi State 11-1 18. Indiana................10-0 245 20 221 18 19. Michigan ...............9-2 193 23 20. Michigan State......9-2 107 24 21. Creighton ..............8-1 100 — 22. Murray State.......12-0 68 — 23. UNLV...................11-2 66 19 24. Illinois ..................10-1 25. Harvard.................9-1 53 — Others receiving votes: San Diego State 32, California 28, Texas A&M 25, Virginia 19, Saint Louis 13, Alabama 12, Kansas State 12, Stanford 9, Memphis 7, Saint Mary's 5, Gonzaga 3, Saint Joseph's 3, Vanderbilt 3, Northwestern 1, Oklahoma 1, Seton Hall 1.

The Women's Top Twenty Five The top 25 teams in the The Associated Press' women's college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Dec. 18, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and previous ranking: .................................Record Pts Prv 1. Baylor (40) ............11-0 1,000 1 944 2 2. UConn.....................9-1 3. Notre Dame..........10-1 926 3 4. Stanford...................7-1 878 4 825 5 5. Maryland...............11-0 802 6 6.Tennessee...............7-2 7. Miami.......................9-1 758 7 692 8 8. Kentucky ...............10-1 657 9 9. Duke........................7-2 10.Texas A&M............8-2 613 10 11. Ohio St................10-0 585 12 546 11 12. Rutgers ...............10-2 500 13 13. Georgia.................8-1 14. Louisville .............10-2 483 14 15.Texas Tech ............9-0 476 15 390 16 16. Penn St. ................9-2 17. Georgetown..........9-2 363 17 18. Green Bay ............8-0 300 19 259 21 19. Delaware...............8-0 213 22 20. Purdue ..................8-3 21. DePaul ................10-2 204 23 22.Texas .....................8-2 162 24 23. North Carolina......7-2 114 18 24. Nebraska ............10-1 110 25 25.Vanderbilt ............10-1 103 20 Others receiving votes: Virginia 26, California 19, LSU 15, South Carolina 10, Arkansas 6, Northwestern 5, Georgia Tech 3, Gonzaga 3, Southern Cal 3, BYU 2, Michigan 2, Kansas 1, St. Bonaventure 1, Tulane 1. USA Today/ESPN Women's Top 25 Poll The top 25 teams in the USA TodayESPN women's college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Dec. 19, points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and previous ranking: .................................Record Pts Prv 1. Baylor (30) ............11-0 774 1 2. UConn (1)...............9-1 739 2 3. Notre Dame..........10-1 717 3 4. Stanford...................7-1 683 4 5. Maryland...............11-0 641 5 6.Tennessee...............7-2 623 6 7. Miami.......................9-1 567 8 8. Kentucky ...............10-1 563 7 9. Duke........................7-2 533 9 10.Texas A&M............8-2 480 10 11. Rutgers ...............10-2 442 11 12. Louisville .............11-2 414 13 13. Ohio State...........11-0 409 14 14. Green Bay ............8-0 352 15 15. Georgia.................8-2 322 12 16. Penn State............9-2 319 17 17. Georgetown..........9-2 264 19 18.Texas Tech ............9-0 242 20 19. DePaul ................11-2 206 21 20. Delaware...............9-0 152 23 21. Purdue ..................8-3 132 22 22. North Carolina......7-2 123 16 23.Vanderbilt ............10-1 122 18 24. Gonzaga...............9-2 100 25 25.Texas .....................8-2 90 24 Others receiving votes: Nebraska 16, Georgia Tech 15, Kansas 9, Bowling Green 6, Duquesne 6, California 5, Michigan 2, Oklahoma 2, South Carolina 2, UTEP 2, Villanova 1.

Thursday's Scores Boys Basketball Archbold 47, Pettisville 39 Bishop Donahue, W.Va. 79, Bellaire St. John 20 Chagrin Falls Kenston 39, Solon 35 Cin. Summit Country Day 66, Cin. Purcell Marian 30 Cin. Walnut Hills 56, Cin. St. Xavier 49 Cols. Bexley 69, Hebron Lakewood 41 Cols. Hartley 45, Canal Winchester 36 Cols. St. Charles 61, Hilliard Bradley 47 Cols. Watterson 77, Whitehall-Yearling 42 Cuyahoga Hts. 57, Fairport Harbor Harding 44 Delphos St. John's 61, Celina 52 Delta 58, Millbury Lake 53 E. Liverpool 80, Wellsville 65 Elida 61, Coldwater 34 Galloway Westland 61, Hilliard Davidson 56 Groveport Madison Christian 40, Cols. Whetstone 38 Hartville Lake Center Christian 58, Kidron Cent. Christian 49 Hunting Valley University 69, Geneva 38 Johnstown-Monroe 54, Heath 50 London Madison Plains 80, W. Jefferson 74 Magnolia, W.Va. 66, Hannibal River 55 Mason 82, Cols. Mifflin 28 Milford Center Fairbanks 50, Cols. Grandview Hts. 40 Miller City 52, Haviland Wayne Trace 47 Minster 64, Sidney Lehman 53 Mt. Gilead 80, Galion Northmor 66 Mt. Orab Western Brown 80, Lees Creek E. Clinton 71 Mt.Vernon 57, Marion Harding 38 New Knoxville 44, Lima Shawnee 34 New Middletown Spring. 61, Youngs. Christian 52 Pataskala Watkins Memorial 61, Cols. Hamilton Twp. 32 Plain City Jonathan Alder 57, Lewis Center Olentangy 47 Portsmouth 45, S. Webster 44 Powell Olentangy Liberty 61, Lewis Center Olentangy Orange 51 Richwood N. Union 41, Marion Elgin 37 Sarahsville Shenandoah 54, Newcomerstown 50 Seaman N. Adams 56, Cin. Clark Montessori 46 St. Bernard 46, Miami Valley Christian Academy 43 Struthers 52, Hubbard 44 Tol. Bowsher 65, Holland Springfield 58 Warren Harding 39, Cle. St. Ignatius 36 Waynesville 59, New Lebanon Dixie 48 Westerville Cent. 73, Olmsted Falls 55 Westerville S. 62, Massillon Jackson 50 Wintersville Indian Creek 55, Brooke, W.Va. 48 Wood County Christian, W.Va. 67, Fairfield Christian 64 Worthington Christian 40, Cols. Ready 24 Ironton Tournament Cols. Africentric 60, Cabell Midland, W.Va. 48 Ironton 53, Cols. Brookhaven 48 Ironton St. Joseph 57, Portsmouth Sciotoville 44 Thursday's Scores Girls Basketball Ada 56, Dola Hardin Northern 38 Alliance Marlington 56, Massillon Washington 47 Andover Pymatuning Valley 56, Conneaut 50 Ashland 33, Lexington 32 Bainbridge Paint Valley 35, Southeastern 25 Belmont Union Local 63, Barnesville 37 Beloit W. Branch 50, Hanoverton United 34 Beverly Ft. Frye 61, New Matamoras Frontier 26 Botkins 66, Jackson Center 57 Bristol 42, Newbury 39 Brookfield 52, Youngs. Christian 42 Brookville 51, Tipp City Bethel 31 Bucyrus 44, Bucyrus Wynford 41 Cadiz Harrison Cent. 43, Richmond Edison 39 Can.Cent.Cath.62,Youngs.Mooney 41 Canfield 68, Austintown Fitch 53 Carlisle 38, W. Carrollton 33 Casstown Miami E. 46, New Madison Tri-Village 41 Castalia Margaretta 49, Bellevue 48 Centerburg 67, Danville 43 Chagrin Falls 36, Streetsboro 25 Chardon 57, Lyndhurst Brush 34 Chillicothe 56, Circleville 53, 3OT Chillicothe Unioto 48, Piketon 42 Chillicothe Zane Trace 35, Chillicothe Huntington 19 Cin. Indian Hill 68, Day. Dunbar 27 Cin. McAuley 68, Seton 42 Cin. Mercy 50, Harrison 32 Cin.Turpin 68, Cin. Hughes 30 Coal Grove Dawson-Bryant 71, Franklin Furnace Green 23 Collins Western Reserve 65, New London 36 Cols. Beechcroft 32, Cle. MLK 29 Cols. Bexley 38, Hebron Lakewood 31 Cols. Briggs 38, Cols. Grandview Hts. 24 Cols. Independence 45, Cols. Hamilton Twp. 33 Columbus Grove 52, Van Wert Lincolnview 40 Convoy Crestview 38, Lima Cent. Cath. 36 Cortland Lakeview 54, Jefferson Area 23 Covington 46, Ansonia 21

TROY DAILY NEWS • WWW.TROYDAILYNEWS.COM Creston Norwayne 42, Rittman 25 Cuyahoga Falls CVCA 50, Louisville Aquinas 42 Dalton 42, Jeromesville Hillsdale 29 Dublin Scioto 56, Hilliard Darby 48 Fairfield Christian 51, Wood County Christian, W.Va. 21 Fayetteville-Perry 70, Peebles 40 Findlay 54, Tol. St. Ursula 44 Findlay Liberty-Benton 66, Wapakoneta 44 Frankfort Adena 72, Williamsport Westfall 45 Ft. Loramie 49, Houston 47 Girard 53, Youngs. Liberty 38 Greenwich S. Cent. 57, Monroeville 35 Grove City 62, Pataskala Licking Hts.48 Hartville Lake Center Christian 36, Kidron Cent. Christian 24 Hilliard Bradley 47, Ashville Teays Valley 43 Jackson 78, Pomeroy Meigs 19 Johnstown-Monroe 61, Fredericktown 56 Leavittsburg LaBrae 58, Campbell Memorial 24 Lewis Center Olentangy 57, Sunbury Big Walnut 35 Lima Bath 58, Maria Stein Marion Local 40 Lima Sr. 57, Tol. Whitmer 42 Loudonville 57, Johnstown Northridge 54, OT Macedonia Nordonia 47, Copley 41 Madison Christian 37, Marion Cath. 27 Martins Ferry 60, Steubenville 49 McDermott Scioto NW 53, Ironton Rock Hill 42 Mechanicsburg 72, S. Charleston SE 62 Millersburg W. Holmes 59, Bellville Clear Fork 29 Mt. Blanchard Riverdale 52, New Washington Buckeye Cent. 30 Mt. Orab Western Brown 63, Lees Creek E. Clinton 34 N. Baltimore 64, Fremont St. Joseph 35 N. Can. Hoover 71, Massillon Perry 45 N. Lewisburg Triad 68, Spring. Cath. Cent. 44 N.Robinson Col.Crawford 53, Lucas 17 Nelsonville-York 60, Bidwell River Valley 40 New Paris National Trail 44, Newton Local 21 New Riegel 52, Sycamore Mohawk 39 Newark Cath. 43, Baltimore Liberty Union 37 Newark Licking Valley 52, Pataskala Watkins Memorial 35 Newton Falls 59, Warren Champion 56 Norwalk 59, Oberlin Firelands 37 Notre Dame Academy 66, Oregon Clay 23 Oak Harbor 48, Elmore Woodmore 45 Orrville 74, Mansfield Sr. 60 Oxford Talawanda 71, Monroe 24 Paulding 54, Bluffton 46 Pickerington N.55, Gahanna Lincoln 51 Pitsburg Franklin-Monroe 53, W. Alexandria Twin Valley S. 33 Plymouth 52, Norwalk St. Paul 31 Portsmouth 45, S. Webster 44 Rayland Buckeye 49, Bellaire 48 Shadyside 49, Zanesville Rosecrans 48 Smithville 63, Apple Creek Waynedale 40 Spencerville 49, Lafayette Allen E. 37 St. Clairsville 42, Wintersville Indian Creek 41 St. Marys Memorial 43, Sidney Lehman 39 Stow-Munroe Falls 67, Can. Glenoak 49 Struthers 79, Hubbard 39 Tol. Cent. Cath. 58, Fremont Ross 37 Tontogany Otsego 55, Gibsonburg 16 Toronto 47, Salineville Southern 41 Troy Christian 53, Ridgeway Ridgemont 49 Twinsburg 71, Detroit Country Day, Mich. 70 Upper Sandusky 49, Galion 42 Ursuline Academy 57, Cin. Walnut Hills 18 Utica 61, Howard E. Knox 55 Van Wert 47, Delphos Jefferson 36 W. Liberty-Salem 39, Spring. NE 23 W. Salem NW 54, Doylestown Chippewa 41 Washington C.H. 56, Canal Winchester 18 Washington C.H. Miami Trace 34, Circleville Logan Elm 30 Woodsfield Monroe Cent. 49, Caldwell 14 Wooster 72, Mansfield Madison 41 Youngs. Boardman 56, Youngs. East 26 Holiday Tournament Holgate 60, Liberty Center 35 Lady Magics Holiday Tournament Lodi Cloverleaf 60, Akr. Coventry 26 Napoleon NW Signal Classic Napoleon 50, Wauseon 33

HOCKEY National Hockey League All Times EDT EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Philadelphia 33 21 8 4 46116 95 N.Y. Rangers 32 20 8 4 44 95 70 Pittsburgh 34 19 11 4 42110 90 New Jersey 33 18 14 1 37 91 96 N.Y. Islanders 32 11 15 6 28 74103 Northeast Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Boston 32 22 9 1 45111 63 Toronto 34 17 13 4 38105110 Ottawa 35 17 14 4 38110120 Buffalo 34 16 15 3 35 92101 Montreal 36 13 16 7 33 88101 Southeast Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Florida 35 18 10 7 43 94 90 Winnipeg 34 16 13 5 37 95100 Washington 32 17 14 1 35 95 97 Tampa Bay 33 14 17 2 30 89114 Carolina 35 10 19 6 26 89120 WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Chicago 35 22 9 4 48118102 Detroit 33 21 11 1 43109 75 St. Louis 33 19 10 4 42 84 72 Nashville 34 18 12 4 40 92 93 Columbus 34 9 21 4 22 85117 Northwest Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Minnesota 35 20 10 5 45 85 78 Vancouver 34 21 11 2 44114 82 Colorado 35 17 17 1 35 94104 Calgary 34 15 15 4 34 84 95 Edmonton 33 14 16 3 31 89 90 Pacific Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA San Jose 31 18 10 3 39 93 76 Dallas 33 19 13 1 39 86 93 Phoenix 34 18 13 3 39 90 89 Los Angeles 33 15 14 4 34 72 81 Anaheim 33 9 19 5 23 78110 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. Wednesday's Games Phoenix 4, Carolina 3 Chicago 5, Montreal 1 Philadelphia 4, Dallas 1 Colorado 3, St. Louis 2 Vancouver 4, Detroit 2 San Jose 7, Tampa Bay 2

Thursday's Games Toronto 3, Buffalo 2 N.Y. Rangers 4, N.Y. Islanders 2 Ottawa 4, Florida 3, OT Nashville 6, Columbus 5 Winnipeg 4, Montreal 0 Detroit at Calgary, 9:30 p.m. Minnesota at Edmonton, 9:30 p.m. Anaheim at Los Angeles, 10 p.m. Friday's Games Florida at Boston, 7 p.m. Washington at New Jersey, 7 p.m. Toronto at N.Y. Islanders, 7 p.m. Philadelphia at N.Y. Rangers, 7 p.m. Ottawa at Carolina, 7 p.m. Pittsburgh at Winnipeg, 8:30 p.m. Nashville at Dallas, 8:30 p.m. Tampa Bay at Colorado, 9 p.m. St. Louis at Phoenix, 9 p.m. Calgary at Vancouver, 10 p.m. Los Angeles at San Jose, 10:30 p.m.

GOLF World Golf Ranking Final 1. Luke Donald.................Eng 2. Lee Westwood .............Eng 3. Rory McIlroy...................Nir 4. Martin Kaymer .............Deu 5. Adam Scott...................Aus 6. Steve Stricker..............USA 7. Dustin Johnson...........USA 8. Jason Day.....................Aus 9. Charl Schwartzel...........Zaf 10. Webb Simpson .........USA 11. Matt Kuchar...............USA 12. Nick Watney ..............USA 13. Graeme McDowell.......Nir 14. Phil Mickelson...........USA 15. K.J. Choi ......................Kor 16. Ian Poulter ..................Eng 17. Sergio Garcia .............Esp 18. Justin Rose ................Eng 19. Hunter Mahan...........USA 20. Paul Casey.................Eng 21. Bubba Watson ..........USA 22. Alvaro Quiros..............Esp 23.Tiger Woods..............USA 24. Robert Karlsson........Swe 25. Kim Kyung-Tae............Kor 26. David Toms................USA 27. Bill Haas ....................USA 28. Simon Dyson .............Eng 29. Bo Van Pelt................USA 30. Bae Sang-moon..........Kor 31. Keegan Bradley ........USA 32. Rickie Fowler.............USA 33. Jason Dufner.............USA 34. Anders Hansen..........Dnk 35.Thomas Bjorn.............Dnk 36. Geoff Ogilvy................Aus 37. Zach Johnson...........USA 38. Brandt Snedeker.......USA 39. Fredrik Jacobson.......Swe 40. Louis Oosthuizen ........Zaf 41. Francesco Molinari.......Ita 42. Peter Hanson ............Swe 43. John Senden..............Aus 44. Miguel Angel JimenezEsp 45.Y.E.Yang.......................Kor 46. Aaron Baddeley..........Aus 47. Martin Laird ................Sco 48. Darren Clarke...............Nir 49. Fernandez-Castano...Esp 50. Jim Furyk ..................USA 51. Ryo Ishikawa ..............Jpn 52. Gary Woodland.........USA 53. Retief Goosen .............Zaf 54. Ben Crane.................USA 55. Jonathan Byrd...........USA 56. Ernie Els ......................Zaf 57. Ryan Moore ..............USA 58. Matteo Manassero .......Ita 59. Robert Allenby............Aus 60. Greg Chalmers...........Aus 61.Toru Taniguchi .............Jpn 62. Mark Wilson ..............USA 63.Vijay Singh.....................Fji 64. Joost Luiten.................Nld 65. Edoardo Molinari ..........Ita 66. Alexander Noren .......Swe 67. Chez Reavie .............USA 68. Hiroyuki Fujita .............Jpn 69. Lucas Glover.............USA 70. Kevin Na....................USA 71. Rory Sabbatini.............Zaf 72. Nicolas Colsaerts........Bel 73. Ryan Palmer .............USA 74. Jeff Overton ..............USA 75.Yuta Ikeda....................Jpn

10.03 8.06 7.77 6.55 5.50 5.33 5.27 5.07 5.06 5.03 4.71 4.69 4.55 4.47 4.31 3.88 3.87 3.84 3.76 3.73 3.69 3.68 3.59 3.55 3.52 3.50 3.43 3.38 3.37 3.28 3.26 3.24 3.21 3.17 3.16 3.13 3.09 3.09 3.08 3.07 3.05 2.97 2.91 2.88 2.84 2.79 2.76 2.74 2.73 2.73 2.71 2.71 2.53 2.42 2.38 2.37 2.36 2.33 2.24 2.22 2.21 2.20 2.14 2.12 2.11 2.08 2.05 2.04 2.03 2.00 1.99 1.95 1.93 1.91 1.88

LPGA Player of theYear Standings Final 1.Yani Tseng ....................................336 2. Stacy Lewis..................................126 3. Na Yeon Choi ...............................113 4. Cristie Kerr ...................................112 4. Suzann Pettersen........................112 6. Brittany Lincicome .........................91 7. Karrie Webb ...................................82 8. Angela Stanford .............................77 8. Paula Creamer...............................77 10. Morgan Pressel ...........................67 11. Ai Miyazato...................................65 12. Catriona Matthew ........................62 13. I.K. Kim.........................................56 14. Amy Yang......................................53 15. Sandra Gal...................................51 LPGA Tour Money Leaders Final .......................................Trn Money 1.Yani Tseng ..................22 $2,921,713 2. Cristie Kerr..................22 $1,470,979 3. Na Yeon Choi..............21 $1,357,382 4. Stacy Lewis ................23 $1,356,211 5. Suzann Pettersen ......20 $1,322,770 6. Brittany Lincicome......21 $1,154,234 7. Angela Stanford .........21 $1,017,196 8. Ai Miyazato.................19 $1,007,633 9. Paula Creamer...........21 $926,338 10. Amy Yang..................22 $912,160 11. I.K. Kim .....................21 $885,952 12. Hee Young Park .......21 $851,781 13. Morgan Pressel........22 $845,466 14. Karrie Webb .............20 $757,671 15. Jiyai Shin ..................18 $720,735 16. Catriona Matthew.....19 $692,340 17. Maria Hjorth .............20 $630,320 18. Michelle Wie.............20 $627,936 19. Brittany Lang............22 $627,691 20. Sandra Gal...............20 $623,526 21. Hee Kyung Seo........21 $619,429 22. Mika Miyazato..........20 $591,688 23. Anna Nordqvist ........20 $589,774 24. Azahara Munoz........23 $520,269 25. Sun Young Yoo..........21 $476,672 26. Sophie Gustafson....21 $427,586 27. Se Ri Pak .................20 $415,447 28. Meena Lee...............21 $408,114 29. Karen Stupples ........22 $397,081 30. Katie Futcher............20 $373,630 31. Inbee Park................16 $365,231 32. Shanshan Feng .......17 $362,097 33. Song-Hee Kim .........22 $350,376 34. Momoko Ueda .........16 $333,494 35. Chella Choi...............21 $325,273 36. Juli Inkster ................20 $298,123 37. Candie Kung ............22 $287,580 38. Mindy Kim ................20 $262,055 39. Jimin Kang ...............22 $255,901 40. Hee-Won Han ..........22 $245,264 41.Tiffany Joh ................14 $237,365 42. Amy Hung ................22 $226,623 43. Beatriz Recari ..........23 $223,053 44. Wendy Ward.............21 $204,165 45.Vicky Hurst ...............22 $201,425 46. Ryann O'Toole..........15 $192,748 47. Paige Mackenzie......18 $184,384 48. Eun-Hee Ji ...............19 $181,743