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PIQUA — Exactly a year agothe region was dealing with theramifications of an ice storm,withsome businesses, including hospi-tals, scrambling after a powerloss.A stark comparison to the near

balmy, rainy conditions Thursday,

as pointed out by Bryan Bucklew,president and CEO of the GreaterDaytonArea Hospital Association(GDAHA) who was guest speakerat the Learning Place Center for ahealth care reform luncheonhosted by the Piqua Chamber ofCommerce.GDAHA is a member service

organization for 27 hospitals inthe 12-county greater Dayton re-gion, where Bucklew overseesstaff that focus on the implemen-tation and coordination of healthinformation technology, intensivedata analytics on process andquality of care, community lead-ership on disaster preparedness

and local, state, federal and leg-islative regulatory impacts.As a former vice president of

public policy and economic devel-opment at the Dayton AreaChamber of Commerce and dis-trict director for U.S. Congress-man Tony Hall, Bucklew advisedthose in attendance at this firstever-event on the opportunitiesand uncertainties of health carereform, while proposing severaltown hall-style meeting ques-tions. Those questions included dohospitals compete as much asthey appear?What is the true im-pact of health care reform?To explain the necessity of com-

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Miami East High School’s new Spanish teacher Adam Bell was the lucky personto kiss a pig for Children’s Medical Center of Dayton.The Miami East FFA Chap-ter will match the donations collected during FFA Week to donate $450 to Chil-dren’s Medical Center.

Junior and senior students in Larry Griffis’ advanced math class at the Upper Valley Career Centerclimb into a boat made of cardboard and duct tape at the Piqua YMCA on Friday morning to testthe load-bearing capacity of the homemade vessel.The boats were designed and built by studentsbefore being tested in theYMCA swimming pool.

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TROY — It took morethan 400 million poundsof steel to build the WorldTrade Center towers andit took less than two hourson Sept. 11, 2001, for thetwo skyscrapers, each 110floors, to fall.And now, the Miami

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North Parks groupto host city officialPIQUA — Piqua City

Manager Gary Huff hasaccepted an invitation toattend Wednesday’sNorth Parks Neighbor-hood Association meet-ing. Huff will hold aquestion and answer ses-sion prior to the businessmeeting.All Piqua residents and

business owners are wel-come to attend. Bringyour questions and con-cerns to Wilder School,enter through the northfront door and proceed tothe lower level. The ses-sion will begin promptly at7 p.m. For more informa-tion, call 773-4656.

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CASSTOWN — It’s atradition that hasspanned more than fivedecades, as Miami EastHigh School students hadfun raising money forcharity by raising somecain during its annual FFAweek.Miami East High

School’s FFA shared theirlove of all things agricul-ture during this week’s an-nual FFA Week whileraising money for Dayton’sChildren’s Hospital andthe March of Dimes.Meagan McKinney, a

senior, said her favorite

part of FFA Week is rais-ing money for the charitiesthrough the FFA’s funevents, including a milkchugging contest, feed sackand stick horse races andpedal tractor obstaclecourse.“My favorite part is see-

ing everybody participat-ing and raising money tosee which teacher will endup kissing the pig,” McKin-ney said.Students raised money

to see which of theirbeloved teachers wouldshamefully offer a smoochon Friday. Spanish teacherAdam Bell was the luckyperson to kiss the pig. The

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At a Friday press con-ference, Stephen Larck,president and founder ofthe MiamiValley VeteransMuseum, unveiled thepiece of the World TradeCenter’s tower at the Ho-bart Institute of WeldingTechnology.Larck said it took many

months of planning andwaiting before it was offi-cial that the Miami ValleyVeterans Museum wouldbecome home to a piece ofnational history.“On Oct. 4, 2011, the

Port Authority called andtold us we were selected tohave a piece of the WorldTrade Center,” Larck said.Larck said the piece will

be made mobile so the mu-seum can share the arti-fact with schools andorganizations.It is unknown just

which tower the piece oftwisted, rusted steel camefrom, which Hobart Insti-tute of Welding and Tech-nology’s Scott Mazzullasaid adds to its story.“We all remember

where we were on themorning of 9/11, it’s a dayin our lives we will neverforget,” Mazzulla said. “Itjust begs us to wonder,‘Did this piece touch anairplane; was this a piecea victim clung onto?’”Dayton artist Michael

Bashaw will create a scalemodel of the World TradeCenter towers to serve asa frame and home for thepiece of historic steel,Mazzulla said.

The Hobart Institutewill construct a base madeby military veterans whoare instructors at theschool of welding, Maz-zulla said.“The original World

Trade Center was built byironworkers — most whoare welders and some ofthem trained at HobartInstitute,” he said. “This isyet another link that con-nects us to the effort.”Several members of city

council and the city’s firedepartment, including as-sistant fire chief Matthew

Simmons, attended thenews conference.“This will help promote

the memories of those whowere lost on that day,” saidSimmons, as he took acloser look at the piece ofthe tower. “It’s an impor-tant piece of history of aday we all will never for-get.”Mayor Michael L.

Beamish said the city ofTroy “is honored andproud” to house a piece of“the most respected arti-fact.”“This a very positive oc-

casion for Troy, Ohio,U.S.A.,” Beamish said.The piece of the World

Trade Center will be un-veiled to the public at Ho-bart Arena Saturday, May19, during the city ofTroy’s 9/11 RemembranceDay commemorationsfrom May 18-20.For more information

about the Miami ValleyVeterans Museum, visithttp://theyshallnotbefor-gotten.org or visit the mu-seum at 107W.Main St. onthe second floor of the Ma-sonic Temple building.

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contribution, and employ-ing more than 31,000 ineverything from janitorialto IT services, to doctorsand nurses.“It really runs the

gamut of all types of busi-ness services,” said Buck-lew, with Upper ValleyMedical Center alone hav-ing a quarter million im-pact, while emphasizinghow hospitals also workclosely together in an ever-challenging market.Using large city medical

establishments in Colum-bus, Cincinnati andToledo

to highlight those chal-lenges and make compar-isons, Bucklew explainedhow, on any given day, anaverage of 73 percent ofarea hospital patients areon either Medicaid orMedicare.“That makes it very

challenging,” said Bucklewas doctors lose money toMedicaid patients and ei-ther lose or break evenwith Medicare patientsdue to the region’s mix ofan older, poorer populationin comparison to larger,neighboring cities. “Thatimpacts the types of serv-ices and utilization of serv-

ices in the Dayton region.”Bucklew also high-

lighted the need for morepreventive measures, ho-listic approaches, changingdoctor incentives andmak-ing individuals more re-sponsible for their healthcare, especially in terms ofchronic diseases such asdiabetes and obesity.Again, more challenges,

along with a health carereform bill that is stillsomewhat of a mystery, asa staggering 52 percenthas yet to be written, evenwhile a Supreme Courthearing looms in thespring along with elections

in the fall.Such challenges con-

tribute to what Bucklewsees as 2012 being a yearof uncertainty.Is there is a light at the

end of the tunnel in termsof health care reform?“I think it’s an evolu-

tionary process not revolu-tionary,” said Bucklew. “Ifyou take a step back, andlook at where we were twoyears ago, three years ago,we weren’t even havingthese discussions. At leastnow we are having thesediscussions, we may notagree, but at least peopleare talking.”

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FFA chapter will matchdonations collected dur-ing the week to donate$450 to Children’s Med-ical Center of Dayton.Yet, McKinney said

FFA has taught her morelife skills than just “hay isfor horses.”“It has taught me how

to speak in front of peopleand to be comfortable infront of people,” McKin-ney said.McKinney said she

plans on studying nurs-ing after graduation atMorehead State Univer-sity and said FFA classeswill help her toward hergoal of being a labor anddelivery nurse in the fu-ture.“A lot of what I learned

can be used in the nurs-ing field, with biology anda lot of animal functionsare similar to humans,”McKinney said. “I’ll usemy public speaking skills

when I interview for a joband in college.”Sophomore Kelly

Rindler, 16, also said sheenjoys the charity eventsand fun that FFA Weekbrings to the high school.“Everyone dresses up,

either wearing a silly hator holey jeans day, and ithelps us raise money forthe charities,” Rindlersaid.Rindler also serves as

one of the FFA’s photog-raphers and photographsthe events for the FFA’sscrapbooks.“I like taking pictures

of my classmates duringthe events,” Rindler said.Rindler also credits the

FFA program for teachingher how to present proj-ects and presentations inthe FFA’s contests heldthroughout the year.“I really liked ag com-

munications and we pre-sented a businesssolution for a socialmedia project,” Rindler

said. “It taught me to staycalm and comfortablewhen talking to otherpeople at the district con-test (at St. Henry HighSchool) last fall.”Rindler also helped

conduct a survey aboutthe People for the EthicalTreatment of Animals.She presented her group’sfindings at the NationalConvention Science Fair.“A lot of people don’t re-

ally know what PETAstands for and what theyare all about,” Rindlersaid.Kendra Beckman, 15,

said she also appreciatesthe FFA’s public speakingchallenges and learningdifferent skills such aswelding.“Welding was some-

thing new because I’venever done it before,”Beckman said. “It’s veryinteresting and veryhard.”Beckman also said she

enjoys the Miami East’s

FFA annual Ag Day atthe Miami County Fair-grounds each year.“I really enjoyed teach-

ing little kids how to milka cow — it’s a fun day forall of us,” Beckman said.Beckman also learned

the ins and outs of dirtduring FFA’s soil judgingcontests.“We have a garden and

my family makes hay, sothat’s something I’ll useat home,” Beckman said.Beckman said her fu-

ture plans include study-ing sports medicine, afield that will utilize herpublic speaking skillsshe’s honed through theFFA program.“I want to study sports

medicine and so I’ll needto communicate with mypatients someday,” shesaid.For more information

about Miami East HighSchool’s FFA program andits activities, visitwww.miamieast.k12.oh.us.

FFAWeekContinued from page 1

Ruth Puckett HowardPIQUA—Ruth Puckett

Howard, 84, of 1944 Beck-ert Drive, Piqua, died at8:40 p.m.Wednesday, Feb.22, 2012, at the Upper Val-ley Medical Center.She was born Dec. 10,

1927, in Shelby County, tothe late Frank and Al-berta (Baker) Evans. Shemarried Gerald K. Puck-ett Sr. on August 9, 1952;he preceded her in deathNov. 12, 1982. She thenmarried J. D. Howard onJune 16, 1988, in Piqua;he preceded her in deathon June 15, 2007.Survivors include four

sons, Evan (Tina) Puckettof Torrington, Wyo., Ger-ald “Sam” (Eva) Puckett ofSidney, Randall (Deb)Puckett of Piqua and Brad(Robin) Puckett of Piqua;three stepsons, Laine(Linda) Howard of Maples,N.Y., Steve (Josie) Howardof Piqua and ChrisHoward of Milford; 13grandchildren, 10 great-grandchildren; two sisters,Mary Lovett of Sidney andLeree Metz of Sidney; abrother, Don Evans ofRosewood; and numerousnieces and nephews.She was preceded in

death by two brothers,Franklin and Omer

Evans; four sisters,Dortha Evans, MaeMullen, Frances Gilliland,and Irma Pequignot; and agranddaughter, MorganPuckett.Mrs. Howard was a

1945 graduate of QuincyHigh School and attendedMiami University. She re-tired from Revco Drug onJuly 3, 1988. Ruth was anactive member of PiquaBaptist Church and a pastboard member of theBethany Center, whereshe proudly served as avolunteer. She enjoyedplaying cards, Scrabble,Jeopardy, and especiallytime spent with her lov-ing, care-giving family.A service to honor her

life will begin at 10 a.m.Tuesday, at Piqua BaptistChurch with Pastor Don-ald R. Wells officiating.Burial will follow in For-est Hill Cemetery.Visitation will be from

4-7 p.m. Monday at theJamieson & YannucciFuneral Home.Memorial contributions

may be made to the Hos-pice of the donor’s choice.Condolences to the familymay also be expressedthrough jamiesonandyan-nucci.com.

Genevieve JoanWeikertTROY — Genevieve

Joan Weikert, 87, of Troy,died Thursday, Feb. 23,2012, at Upper ValleyMedical Center, Troy.She was born on Oct. 2,

1924, in Troy to the lateErcey and Clara Mary(Brinkman) Kessler. Herhusband, Harold L. Weik-ert, preceded her in deathin 1992.She is survived by three

sons and daughters-in-law,Mike and CindyWeikert ofTipp City, Tom and TrishWeikert of Troy and Jeffand MickiWeikert of Troy;three daughters and twosons-in-law: Barbara andLarry Cassell of Columbus,Cathy Coffy of North Can-ton and Susan and JimHagar of McKinney,Texas;14 grandchildren; 20great-grandchildren; andnumerous nieces andnephews.

In addition to her par-ents and her husband,Mrs. Weikert was pre-ceded in death by one son,Timothy H. Weikert onOct. 3, 2011; and ninebrothers and sisters.She was a 1942 gradu-

ate of Troy High School.She was a homemakerand had been a member ofthe Ladies Card Club formore than 70 years.A Celebration of Life

will be held with familyreceiving friends from 1-4p.m. Sunday, at UAWLocal 128, 1230 S. MarketSt., Troy.Memorial contributions

may be made to VIPSports, Slippery Rock Uni-versity, 43 East Gym, Slip-pery Rock, PA 16057.Friends may express con-dolences to the familythrough www.bairdfuner-alhome.com.

PIQUA — Scott E. Blackford, 48, of Piqua, diedWednesday, Feb. 22, 2012, at his residence.His funeral arrangements are pending through the

Jamieson & Yannucci Funeral Home, Piqua.

SPRINGFIELD — Patricia Kay Smith, 61, ofSpringfield passed away at 4:05 p.m. Thursday, Feb.23, 2011, in her residence.A celebration of Pat’s life will be held Monday in the

Atkins-Shively Funeral Home, 216 S. SpringfieldSt., St. Paris. A graveside committal service will beheld on Tuesday in the Oakdale Cemetery, Urbana.

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Former Republican presi-dential candidate HermanCain is campaigning withOhio congressional candi-date Samuel Wurzel-b a c h e r(WUR’-zuhl-bah-kur), bet-ter known as Joe thePlumber.WTAM-TV in Cleveland

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MIAMI COUNTY —The Scholarship Commit-tee of the Miami CountyBar Association has an-nounced it is currently re-ceiving applications forscholarship grants fromthe J. Andrew Fulker Me-morial Scholarship Fund.The Fund was estab-lished, in cooperationwith the Troy Foundation,as a lasting tribute toTroy Attorney J. AndrewFulker who died in anauto accident in 1989.Andy Fulker was a

1971 graduate of TroyHigh School. He receiveda bachelor’s degree fromThe Ohio State Univer-sity in 1976 and his JurisDoctor degree from Cali-fornia Western School ofLaw in 1979. He was ad-mitted to the practice oflaw in Ohio in 1979 andbecame a partner in theTroy law firm of Faust,Harrelson, Fulker & Mc-Carthy. He served as As-sistant MunicipalProsecutor for the City ofTroy from 1979 to 1982,and as counsel for theMiami County Planningand Zoning Boards from1979 through 1981. Hewas a member of theMiami County, OhioState, and American BarAssociations, the OhioAcademy of TrialLawyers, Association ofTrial Lawyers of America,and Ohio Association ofCivil Trial Attorneys.The scholarship fund is

designed to assist deserv-ing law students who areresidents of MiamiCounty. Recipients of J.

Andrew Fulker MemorialScholarship grants will beselected by the Scholar-ship Committee of theMiami County Bar Associ-ation. Grants will be usedfor law school tuition. Tobe eligible an applicantmust be admitted for full-time attendance at a col-lege of law or law schoolin a program designed tolead to a Juris Doctor orsimilar law degree.The scholarship fund

operates as an endow-ment fund with grantsawarded from the incomeearned on the principal ofthe fund. Gifts to the J.Andrew Fulker MemorialScholarship Fund are eli-gible for deduction as acharitable contributionfor federal income taxpurposes. Contributionsmay be made payable tothe Troy Foundation, des-ignated for the J. AndrewFulker Memorial Scholar-ship Fund, and mailed ordelivered to Melissa A.Kleptz, administrative di-rector, Troy Foundation,216 W. Franklin St., Troy,OH 45373.Applications for schol-

arships may be obtainedfrom Jack L. Neuen-schwander, chairman,Miami County Bar Associ-ation Scholarship Com-mittee, 1455 StockhamDrive, Piqua, OH 45356,telephone 937-778-0269.

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Community spotlight

Students at Miami East High School in Casstown including from left, BradyAnderson, Colin Gump, Allyson Supinger, Ashlee Bussen, Meagan McKinneyand Jessica Barlage compete in an FFA sack race Thursday during lunchbreak. Members of Future Farmers of America had an event planned for eachday of this past week. See story on Page 1.

Senior Fair setfor MondayPIQUA — The Miami

County YMCA SeniorCenter will host a SeniorCitizen Community Re-source Fair from 10 a.m.to 2 p.m. Monday. TheSenior Center is locatedat 307 W. High St. inPiqua. There is no chargefor this event.Representatives will be

on hand to answer ques-tions and provide infor-mation about servicesavailable to Senior Citi-zens in Miami County. In-formation will beavailable about health-care, housing, recreation,home services and trans-portation. Cholesteroland blood pressurescreening will be offeredas well. Food and refresh-ments will be availableduring the fair.The Elks of Miami

County, Troy Lodge 833,and the Elk’s NationalFoundation are theYMCA’s funding partnerin this event. For more in-formation call Joe Hindsor Tyler Lee at the SeniorCenter at 778-5247.

YWCA to holdknitting classPIQUA — Barb Foster

will be teaching the basictechniques of knittingand crocheting for adultsat the YWCA Piqua from6:15-8:15 p.m. beginningWednesday, March 7. The5-week class will give stu-dents the opportunity tolearn how to read pat-terns and make a fun ac-cessory.Cost for the class is $30

plus aYWCAmembership($30 plus applicabletaxes). A supply list isavailable at the front desk.For more information

or registration, stop atthe YWCA Piqua at 414N. Wayne St., call 773-6626 or e-mail info@yw-capiqua.com.

Edison sponsorsfree workshopPIQUA — The Small

Business DevelopmentCenter at Edison Com-munity College is spon-soring a free HumanResource Managementworkshop from 2-4 p.m.Thursday, March 8.This workshop will help

guide an employer in its“maintenance” of the mostflexible, interactive, pro-ductive, and intelligentworking tool it has — it’semployees. The speakerfor this session is Katy Ja-comet, district manager ofADP TotalSource.The HR Management

workshop will be held inroom No. 057 at the Edi-son Community CollegeMain Campus located at1973 Edison Dr., Piqua.For further informationor to register, contact theEdison SBDC at 381-1525.

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Kodak.Appleton Paper. United States Postal Service.Proctor and Gamble.President Barack Obama and his cronies have been

crowing in recent months about economic recovery.Obama claims that Americans are going back to workand the new jobs are being created.Yet, the companies listed above have all announced

significant reductions in their workforce. Thousands ofjobs will be gone, probably forever.American jobs are disappearing at an alarming rate

yet our president has the nerve to tell us that the jobmarket is looking brighter. Something is definitelywrong with the picture that Obama is painting. Nowthat presidential elections are looming, don’t expect therhetoric to get any more truthful.There is no doubt that

changes in technologyare responsible for someof the shift in the Amer-ican job market. Uniongreed has spelled thedownfall of a large num-ber of manufacturingjobs in our country. Thesaddest part of thewhole situation is notthat the large corpora-tions, like our auto man-ufacturers, have pricedthemselves out of business, but rather the hundreds, ifnot thousands of subcontractors to those types of com-panies who have been forced out of business by foreignoutsourcing. In order for a General Motors, or Ford, tocontinue to afford the ridiculous pay scale for unionworkers, not to mention the salaries of arrogant andgreedy executives, they claim to have no option but tooutsource parts jobs to out-of-country manufacturerswho pay pennies per day wages.What I am saying is that, while the president may be

lying through his teeth to us about the job market,much of the blame for America’s employment issuesfalls on the shoulders of large corporations. Corporategreed in America is nothing new but I fear that a “per-fect storm” is developing as jobs evaporate, corporate gi-ants become more greedy, and politicians who are moreinterested in their own careers than those whom theyrepresent fight amongst themselves and continue to sellus out at every turn.I am beginning to believe that the answer is, do the

same thing that saved lives in pioneer days. We must“circle the wagons” of America. Forget much of this“global economy” stuff. We obviously must continue towork with, and trade with other countries, but we needto develop an attitude of looking out for “number one.”We have spent decades “kissing up” to other countries,around the world.We need to bring our troops home and concentrate on

our own issues. A side benefit would be that our cow-ardly president would no longer feel the need to issue anapology to foreign groups who just murdered soldiers,but we will save that for another time.The time has come for Americans to worry about

Americans.The rest of the world seems content to see usfall. We know that they are not going to help us. Wehave spent too many decades trying to appease every-one else. Our government has offered up our hard-earned money to every Tom, Dick and Harry excuse fora foreign program while our own people starve and lookfor work.We can’t pay for our schools.We can’t fund ourhighways and bridges. The list goes on.I’m sorry to all of you bleeding-heart liberals but we

must stop worrying about who is starving in Africa, andevery other corner of the world.We need help at home.We better start watching out for ourselves because no

one else is going to be there for us.

Mike Ullery is the Chief Photographer of the PiquaDaily Call.The opinions expressed are those of the writerand do not necessarily reflect those of the Piqua DailyCall.

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Idon’t want to scareyou, but I’m prettysure I could kill

someone and get awaywith it. Probably.I find myself lost in

thought and wonderingabout the propositionfrom time to time. Thisisn’t an everyday sort ofthought for me. Duringthe six and a half yearsI was married, well,that’s another story.Who hasn’t considered it — hypothet-

ically speaking, of course? Oh sure, Icould cite some ambiguous study someshrinks threw together to impress you,but I’ll bet half of you are thinking aboutkilling me this very moment. Go ahead.Admit it. It’s OK.And that reminds me: Hi, Mom!What I’m talking about is killing

someone to prove I could get away withit — hiding a body, outsmarting the cops,throwing off the investigators, and notgoing to prison.It can’t be that hard, right? I’m a

smart guy; I’d figure it out eventually.I think the problem I have with it is

that I don’t really feel like killing any-body. It’s not so much because I’m lazybut because I generally stand opposed tostabbing people with knives or shootingthem with guns.However, under the right circum-

stances — if the circumstances were tooironic and humorous to pass up — Iwould be less opposed to the idea.For instance, say I just so happened to

be standing in a conservatory. Now,while I’m standing in this conservatory,let’s pretend there was a wrench restingin the middle of the room, and eventhough it made no sense — why awrench would even be in a conservatory?— I picked it up.And then some guy called Colonel

Mustard strolled into the roomwhistling, and his back was turned to-ward me. Clue, anyone?I could, nay, would kill someone in

that situation on sheer principle alone.I wasn’t voted by my high school peers

as Most Likely to Become Famous AfterKilling Someone for nothing, you know.Personally, I think disposing of a body

would be, like, the easiest thing in theworld to me.Many would-be serial killers over-

think this stage of the game. I hate tosound painfully obvious, but isn’t thebest idea a graveyard?Well, the absolute best idea in the

world is chucking a body into an active

volcano. Then again,that’s my answer foreverything. But since Iunderstand that manyof you might be re-strained by geography,a cemetery is a more ac-commodating location.Nothing is suspicious

about a freshly dug(and quickly filled)grave down at the localboneyard.But like I said, with

my luck, I’d get caught and face prisontime.Which brings me to another thought I

have frequently: Could I survive prison?And the answer I have come up with, yetagain, is “probably.”It really all depends though.If it’s the kind of jail that Ernest went

to in “Ernest Goes to Jail,” then it’d be nosweat. I could do that standing on myhead and sharpening my toothbrushinto a shiv.But I bet they’d send me to some “De-

liverance”-style prison — the aspect ofprison everyone I know who has donehard time never wants to talk about onthe outside.I’d like to think that eventually my

shining personality and charming goodlooks would prevail behind bars, butsomehow I figure that — along with myvastly superior nerdy-white-boy de-meanor — would only serve to makematters worse.That’s why I would have to prove my

dominance on the very first day. Let allof the prisoners know that I am for real.I would walk up to the biggest, meanestand ugliest black inmate there was, ballmy hand up in a fist and haul off and …fist-bump the dude and say, “I’m a firmbeliever in racial harmony, and with thatin mind, how many cigarettes will ittake for you to protect me?”That’s a perfectly good way to make

allies, or end up with a month-long stayin the prison infirmary. Either way, thereremains a small possibility of my sur-vival.If the prison beatings grew too severe,

I would seriously consider escaping.Could I escape from prison?Probably.

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Where to WritePublic officials can be contacted throughthe following addresses and telephonenumbers:� Lucy Fess, mayor, 5th Ward Commis-sioner, ward5comm@piquaoh.org,615-9251 (work), 773-7929 (home)

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To the Editor:There are many reasons

for the mess we find our-selves in. Money, greed(which you mentioned inthe Feb. 18 Open Mike col-umn) and excesses forstarters, but that wouldtake another column. Iwould have to disagreewith you on unions beinggreedy, especially early on.Am I saying unions are

perfect not by a long shot,but they have done farmore good then bad. If youconsider decent wages, 40-hour work week, insurance,labor laws, child labor laws,holidays, vacations, safetyrules, working conditions,etc. being greedy. By gain-ing these benefits, they alsohelp seniors, disabled, poor,workers not associated withunions and numerous otherpeople.The term of rising tides

raises all boats is appropri-ate here. In collective bar-gaining there are two sidesmanagement and the unionwith each having differentagendas one asking for themoon (the union) but know-ing they will be fine if theyget half. You always ask formore then you expect toget. The company usuallyconcentrates on work rules,safety and keeping bar-gaining cost down. In nego-tiations, all benefits thatare monetary have a cost tothem and are charged tothe union example (10 centper hour per man to gainthat benefit) with differentcost associated with differ-ent items. So the unions arecharged for everything thatthey receive and that is theway it was handled fromthe 1960s to the 1990s. Soall cost that the companyincurs is divided by 2,080which is the number ofhours worked — 40 hourstimes 52 by each employeefor the year. (Sickness, noshows and overtime are thevariables that can’t be fig-ured.)Before a contract is ap-

proved the chief executiveofficer and union bodymustapprove. It’s important toremember the time and theeconomic conditions thatexisted at that point intime. Because what wascheap at that time can be-come quite expensive yearslater (medical insurance).The cost was quite low andwas easy for the companyto purchase so it was inex-pensive item to let theunion purchase it and re-mained so until the ’80swhen it became more ex-pensive and remains sotoday. As to the claim ofunions’ ridiculous pay, va-cations and inability to firea union employee is simplynot true. The union or com-pany can gain nothing un-less it’s approved by theC.E.O. or the union mem-bership.

— Jack CaulfieldPiqua

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DEAR ABBY: I haveworked in a medical clinicfor 35 years and hear a lotof complaints about thewait for doctor appoint-ments. May I explainsome of the reasons for it?Sometimes the doctor

arrives late, but other fac-tors can cause delays:1. If you need to be seen,

call first to get an appoint-ment time. Most officesleave open spots to accom-modate urgent-care mat-ters. If you just walk in,we must work you in withpatients who already haveappointments, whichpushes the doctor behind.2. Do NOT come an

hour early and announcein front of the entire wait-ing room that you must besomewhere and expect toget worked in before yourscheduled time. Resched-ule instead.3. Always bring your in-

surance cards with you.Do not tell us to call an-other doctor’s office to getthe information.4. Don’t walk in with

forms you need filled outand signed by the doctorand expect someone totake care of it immedi-ately. It requires yourchart to be pulled, a nurseto fill out the informationand the doctor to look overthe form and sign. In-stead, leave the form.We’ll mail it or call you topick it up.5. Don’t expect to call

the office and speak withthe doctor in the middle ofa clinic day. A nurse canusually handle the ques-tion. If not, she’ll have thedoctor call you back afterseeing the scheduled pa-tients.

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DEAR GENTLE:Thank you for the re-minders, which may helpreaders avoid some of thefrustrations they en-counter when going for amedical appointment.They are well worth thespace in my column.

DEAR ABBY: My hus-band and I have becomefond of a delightful elderlycouple, “Frank” and“Annie.” We bought thehome across the streetfrom them 10 years ago.

They have four children,two of whom live nearby.Two years ago, Frank

was diagnosed with de-mentia. They are adamantabout staying in the housethey’ve owned since theywere newlyweds. Thismeans more of the burdenof caring for the house andfinances now falls toAnnie, who has healthproblems of her own.We help out whenever

we can, because I knowmoney is tight for them.When their lawnmowerbroke, we bought them anew one, and with thehelp of another neighbor,we take care of generalyardwork and house is-sues.I am growing increas-

ingly concerned about thestate of their finances, andbewildered that their chil-dren never seem to help.They interact with theirparents at birthdays andon holidays. I don’t knowthe children well, but isthere a way to help themunderstand that their par-ents may not be volun-teering all their troubles?Frank and Annie are

proud of what they’ve ac-complished, but now theyneed a little extra support.They never ask for help,but gratefully accept it ifit’s offered. Would I be outof line to communicatewith our neighbors’ family?

— LOVE THYNEIGHBOR

DEAR LOVE THYNEIGHBOR: Out of line?Not at all. The “children”should be told about yourconcerns, and also the var-ious things you and theother neighbors have beendoing to help their par-ents. Sometimes the chil-dren of aging parentsdon’t recognize the subtlechanges that take placewhen a loved one has de-mentia. Bring it out in theopen, and you’ll be doingall of them a favor.

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and takes a spade finessethat succeeds, then re-turns to dummy with an-other low trump andtakes a diamond finessethat succeeds. As a resultof this meticulous manip-ulation of his trumps,South loses only a spade,a heart and a diamondand so makes four hearts.

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well as action fans.“Tyler Perry’s Good Deeds”

from Lionsgate should add yetanother hit to Perry’s box officetrack record with a debut in thehigh teens. Perry directs andstars as a businessman whoselife is changed when he meets asingle mother working on thecleaning crew in his office build-ing.Universal’s “Safe House” shot

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cessful “mid-calorie soda,” whichhas more calories, has beenmore challenging for beveragemakers. In 2001, Coke rolledout “C2” and Pepsi in 2004 in-troduced its “Pepsi Edge,” bothof which had about half thecalories of regular soda. Bothproducts also were taken off themarket by 2006 because of poorsales.“The problem was that con-

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in-between soda uses a differentformula to more closely imitatethe taste of regular soda. Pepsi

Next is made with a mix of threeartificial sweeteners and highfructose corn syrup.A Pepsi spokeswoman,Melisa

Tezanos, said the company de-veloped the cola by researchingthe “taste curve” that con-sumers experience when drink-ing regular soda. She comparedthat arc to how someone mightevaluate a sip of wine, from themoment the liquid hits thetongue to the aftertaste itleaves.“We wanted to develop a taste

curve that gives the full flavorof regular Pepsi,” Tezanos said.Pepsi Next also follows the

company’s lower-calorie varia-tions of its other drinks.Gatorade, a unit of Pepsi, has“G2,” which at 20 calories has alittle less than half the caloriesof the original version. And thecompany’s Tropicana unit intro-duced “Trop50,” which is half ofthe 110 calories in a regular 8-ounce glass of orange juice.But orange juice and sports

drinks have nutritional benefitsthat a drink maker can market.A mid-calorie soda is a toughersell because it provides onlyempty calories. So health-con-scious drinkers usually opt fordiet soda or quit soda alto-gether.Sales in the $74 billon soft

drink industry have been fiz-zling out, with volume fallingsteadily since 2005, according toBeverage Digest, which tracksthe industry. Meanwhile,healthier drinks are growingmore popular, with bottledwater accounting for 11 percentof all beverages consumed in2010, up from 2 percent in 2000.Consumption of sports drinkrose to 2.3 percent, from 1.2 per-cent.Diet soda also rose to 29.9

percent of the carbonated drinkmarket in 2010, up from 24.7percent a decade earlier.To keepup with changing tastes, Cokeand Pepsi have introducednewer versions of their diet

drinks — Coke Zero and PepsiMax — that promise a tastethat’s more like their regularsodas.Pepsi hopes Pepsi Next will

help it gain back the marketshare it’s lost in recent years.The company’s namesake drinkhad its share in the carbonated

soft drink market fall to 9.5 per-cent in 2010, from 13.6 percenta decade earlier, while DietPepsi’s share remained steadyat 5.3 percent.Coke is still the top selling

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26, of 4782 N. FletcherRoad, Covington to GayleCatherine Voress, 27, ofsame address.Thomas Clifton

Coffield, 46, of 1167Stephenson Drive, Troyto Kerry Jayne Hunt, 47,of same address.Michael Robert Coey,

29, of 3695 Winkler Ave.Ext. A725, Fort Myers,Fla. to Carly EstrellaRolfsen, 23, of same ad-dress.Scott Alan Darkes, 39,

of 549 Cherry StoneCourt, Miamisburg toShannon Danielle Valen-tine, 27, of 815W. GreeneSt., Piqua.Kyle Matthew Rowe,

21, of P.O. Box 90976,Yuma, Ariz. to JocelynnPaige Francis, 19, of

1875 DeWeese Road,Troy.Garry Darren Dickey,

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nemacher, 76, 1160Premwood Drive, Troy toSally Ann Conley, 76, of4327 Kiwi Court, Mi-amisburg.Christopher James

Shepherd, 19, of 1201Long St., Troy to Mi-randa Christine Smith,20, of same address.William Arlis Lawson,

28, of 8460 White CedarDrive, Miamisburg toLisa Joanne Hamisch,37, of 10 W. Broadway ,Tipp City.Warren Larue Wysong

Sr., 64, of 815 W. GreeneSt., Piqua to Joyce FayeValentine, 51, of 549Cherry Stone Court, Mi-amisburg.Johnathon David

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Film on Amish faced hurdles

In this image released by PBS, two children play in the snow in a scene from“The Amish: American Experience,” a film that offers a revealing look at theAmish community of about 250,000 centered primarily in rural Pennsylvania,Ohio and Indiana.The film premieres on PBS stations at 8 p.m.Tuesday.

BY DAVID BAUDERAssociated Press

NEW YORK — Facedwith subjects whose reli-gion and culture prohibitthem from giving inter-views on camera or evenposing for pictures, manyfilmmakers would havegiven up.The folks at PBS’ “Amer-

ican Experience” stuckwith it, however, andemerged with a revealinglook at the Amish, a reli-gious community of about250,000 centered primarilyin rural Pennsylvania,Ohio and Indiana.The filmpremieres Tuesday on PBSstations (8 p.m. EST).The Amish, distin-

guished by their horse-and-buggy mode oftransportation, proved notonly elusive to study butmore complex than mostoutsiders realize.“It grew on me how in-

teresting they were andhow intriguing they wereand how relatively little weknew about them, eventhough busload after bus-load of tourists come in tosee them,” said MarkSamels, executive producerof “American Experience.”As he got to know many

Amish, Samels found themas baffled by the idea ofbeing a tourist attractionas the outsiders were ofthem.A Christian offshoot, the

Amish church was formedin Europe 300 years ago,but its members were per-secuted for their belief inadult baptism. They fledoverseas and settled inPennsylvania in the 1730s.They blended in fairly

well with a simple, rurallife working the land, atleast until the IndustrialRevolution. The rest ofAmerica modernized, butthe Amish didn’t. And thatmakes them stand out.PBS filmmakers spent a

year on “The Amish,” get-ting to know the people andbuilding trust that theyweren’t looking to exploitthe church. They learnedtheir way around the re-strictions. While churchrules prohibit the Amishfrom posing for pictures,filmmakers could takefootage of members work-ing on farms or walkinginto church at least to apoint.“There will be a time

when someone walks overand invites you to leave,and you need to respectthat,” Samels said.Similarly, they don’t give

on-camera interviews be-cause of a tradition of indi-viduals not callingattention to themselves,said Donald Kraybill, ascholar at ElizabethtownCollege and author of bookson the Amish. Churchmembers did speak off-camera, and as a result, thePBS film is essentially nar-rated by the Amish.Kraybill, who advised

the PBS filmmakers, said“The Amish” was very welldone, even historical be-cause of the breadth ofknowledge it offers. “Theydid it with a remarkablemeasure of respect and in-tegrity, with an enormousamount of sensitivity to theAmish moral guidelines,”he said.The Amish have no cen-

tral church structure, andhave many different sub-groups often distinguishedby the color of their bug-gies. Each congregationhas about 25 to 35 differentfamilies, with services heldin homes and conducted bymembers. The 1,900 con-gregations make their ownrules; some don’t permitmembers to ride bicycles,for instance, while anotherone a few miles away mayallow it.“You say, ‘What do the

Amish think and believe?’and you have to ask,‘WhichAmish are you talk-ing about?’” Samels said.“It’s maddeningly com-

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plex.”Society’s modernization

created conflicts with theAmish way of life. They re-sist laws requiring smokedetectors in homes, believ-ing a machine should notinterfere with God’s will.For years, Pennsylvaniafought against the Amishtradition of removing theirchildren from school afterthe eighth grade, until theU.S. Supreme Court per-mitted it in 1972.A tragic intrusion of the

real world into the Amishway of life came in 2006,when a man entered a one-room schoolhouse in Lan-caster County,Pennsylvania, and shot 10Amish girls, five of them fa-tally, before committingsuicide.

What seemed remark-able to outsiders was thatseveral Amish went to thehome of the assailant’sfamily that night to offerforgiveness. Thirty Amishwent to the funeral, includ-ing some parents of his vic-tims.The PBS filmmakers

speak to the parents of onedead girl, and it’s evidenthow difficult it was to for-give. “I cry,” the mothersaid. “It hurts.”“You can hear the ten-

sion in that woman be-tween her beliefs and heremotions,” Samels said.“She’s as angry and grief-stricken as any of us (wouldbe), but she’s finding solacein her beliefs.”The interview nearly

forced Samels into a diffi-

cult decision. The parentsconsented to speak to PBS,but insisted that actors de-liver their words instead ofthem. Valuable as the in-terview was, Samels wasconcerned this would hurtthe film’s authenticity. Fi-nally, near the end of film-ing, the couple changedtheir minds and spoke.“The Amish” also in-

cludes interviews with twopeople who have left thechurch, unable to handlethe sublimation of individ-uality, and addresses thedifficult topic of shunning.People who leave thechurch are cut off by theirfamily and friends as ifthey are no longer alive, anexcruciating fate in a com-munity that sticks soclosely to itself.

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PIQUA — Every jour-ney begins with the firststep, and as such, a newbusiness in Piqua, fit-tingly called Journey HairSalon, has embarkedupon its first steps. Thenew salon, located at 428W. High St., opened itsdoors Feb. 6 with the in-tention of creating a “pos-itive, energetic, fun andfresh space for everyoneto come and feel comfort-able.”“Everyone has a jour-

ney in life, and everyonecan relate to startingsomewhere and havingthat experience. So, every-one has a journey, andthis is a part of ours; thisis where we are starting,”said salon owner BethanyAlexander. “Our main goalis to provide a safe, com-fortable environment,that is fresh and positive,where you can bring inanyone, whether it’s yourdaughter, or your mom, oryour grandpa, and not beembarrassed about whatthey’re going to hear.”The services offered for

men, women and childrenat Journey Hair Salonvaries from basic haircutand colors, facial waxing,and pedicures to extraslike hair shine treat-ments, scalp massagesand gel nails. Other ex-tras, like the “bridal expe-rience” and “princessparties” are what Alexan-der said sets Journeyapart from other salons.

She explained that inorder to create a personaland private bridal experi-ence, the entire salon isdedicated to the bridalparty’s beautification.Alexander says thatprincess parties, for littlegirls and their moms, canbe anything from birthdayparties to mother-daugh-ter get-togethers, whichincludes mini up-dos andmanicures with treats for

times of celebration.“I started liking to do

hair with up-dos and for-mal styles, and I thought(back then) that if I couldhave only gone to schooljust to do that, that wouldhave been cool,” happilyrecalls Alexander, who gotthe knack for doing hairwhen she did her sister’sfriend’s hair for theHomecoming dance, whenAlexander was only in the

fourth-grade. She contin-ues by saying, “I love that(doing up-dos/formalstyles). That is somethingwhere my passion just re-ally kicks into gear.”Indeed, hair is Alexan-

der’s passion, as she si-multaneously attendedcosmetology school whilepursuing a bachelor ofarts degree in marketing,with a minor in businessmanagement, at Mt. Ver-

non Nazarene University,after graduating fromPiqua High School in2009.“I had known that I

wanted to open the salonfor a long time. I gradu-ated (Mt. Vernon) in De-cember and was trying tofigure out — since I gotinto school, really -when Iwould get comfortablejust jumping in and goingfor it, and so I weighed allof my options, and defi-nitely decided that Iwanted to go ahead andstart fresh. And I wantedto be able to build my ownreputation; I alwayswanted my own salon thatis positive and comfort-able for kids,” Alexandersaid.At this time, Alexander

and one other hair stylist,Ashley Stoll, who hasseven years of experience,staff the small but quaintbeauty salon, which alsosells a variety of hair andnail products. Journey iscurrently looking for anail technician, and willlikely add another hairstylist in the future, basedupon growth. Alexanderpredicts that as her busi-ness grows, she will add“massage, facials andmore stylists when spaceallows.”For now, Journey Hair

Salon’s website is stillunder construction, butthe shop can be found onFacebook and Twitter atJourney Salon. Journey isopen Monday throughThursday from 9:15 a.m.to 5 p.m., Friday from 9:15a.m. to 4 p.m., Saturdayfrom 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., andat later times by appoint-ment. The salon can becontacted directly for anappointment or informa-tion at (937) 418–2440.

New salon begins its ‘Journey’

Bethany Alexander, owner of the new Journey Hair Salon at 428 W. High St.stands at her station inside the salon.

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PIQUA — A final hear-ing will be held at 4 p.m.Thursday, March 8 forpublic comment on thecity’s application to theCommunity Housing Im-provement Program orCHIP.The meeting will be

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received over $2 millionfrom the Ohio Depart-ment of Development to

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$9.44 – $10.00 per hour

• Temporary assignments up to 12 months.• Start rate $9.44 – increase to $10.00at 6 months.

• 1st, 2nd and 3rd shift openings.• 11 paid holidays.• Possibility of full time employment.• Production positions in paint, injectionand assembly departments.

Send Resume to:Greenville Technology Inc.

Human Resources Department0212-1

PO Box 974Greenville, Ohio 45331

Deadline: February 29, 2012

We are an equal opportunity employer.Required drug testing.

TemporaryEmployment Opportunities

2259172

*JOBS AVAILABLE NOW*NEW CONTRACTS

Become a Home Health Care professionaland earn part -time income by helping others.

Champaign Residential Services has part-time openingsavailable in Miami (Englewood, Tipp City, Troy, Piqua),Shelby, and Darke Counties for caring people who would

like to make a difference in the lives of others. Varioushours are available, including mornings, evenings, weekends

and overnights. Paid training is provided.Requirements: a high school diploma or equivalent, a valid

drivers license, proof of insurance and a criminal back-ground check.

To apply, call 937-335-6974 or stop our office at405 Public Square, Troy OH

Applications are available online at www.crsi-oh.comEOE

OPEN INTERVIEWS AT:

405 Public Square #373, Troy, OH 45373From: 8:30 AM – 5:30 PM on

Wednesday – February 29, 2012

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CAUTIONWhether posting or re-sponding to an advertise-ment, watch out for offersto pay more than the ad-vertised price for theitem. Scammers will senda check and ask the sellerto wire the excessthrough Western Union(possibly for courier fees).The scammer's check isfake and eventuallybounces and the sellerloses the wired amount.While banks and WesternUnion branches aretrained at spotting fakechecks, these types ofscams are growing in-creasingly sophisticatedand fake checks oftenaren't caught for weeks.Funds wired throughWestern Union or Money-Gram are irretrievableand virtually untraceable.

If you have questionsregarding scams likethese or others, please

contact theOhio Attorney General’s

office at(800)282-0515.

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105 Announcements

PIANO LESSONS, Regis-ter NOW! Professionaland private piano lessonfor beginners of all ages.30 years experience. Giftcertificates now available.Call: (937)418-8903

125 Lost and Found

FOUND: 35mm camera,call to describe(937)339-8137

LOST: keys with Hondafob, in or around RoseDept. Store in Piqua, Fri-day night February 17th.(937)773-0237.

200 - Employment

205 Business Opportunities

NOW HIRING: Compa-nies desperately needemployees to assembleproducts at home. Noselling, any hours. $500weekly potential. Info:(985)646-1700 Dept.OH-6011.

210 Childcare

1021 S. Dorset, Troy

is accepting applicationsfor a:

PART-TIME CLASSROOM TEACHER

12pm-6pmApply in person or Call:(937)335-9614

235 General

CNC BRAKEPRESS

OPERATOR

Growing company hasimmediate opening for2nd shift. Applicant mustbe able to read blueprints. We offer competi-tive wages and excellentbenefits.Apply in person at:

Kinninger ProductionWelding

710 Kuenzel DriveNew Bremen, OH 45869

or email resume to:sales@

kinningerwelding.com

Integrity AmbulanceService

is Now Hiring

Driver's: $8.00 hrEMT-B:up to $13.75 +/hrEMT-I: up to $15.75 +/hrParamedic's: up to $17.75+/hr

For more information call1-800-704-7846 or emailjoiler@hr-edge.com

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EDISON

COMMUNITY

COLLEGE

Edison Community Col-lege invites qualifiedcandidates to apply forthe following position:

DIRECTORof the Physical

Therapist AssistantAssociate Degree

Program

For complete listing ofemployment and appli-cation requirements vis-it:

EmploymentOpportunities at:

www.edisonohio.edu

EOE/AA Employer

IMMEDIATE OPENINGSMig Welders/ Fabricators,Assemblers, Construction,Mason Tenders. Valid DL& HSD/ GED required,pass background check.BarryStaff (937)726-6909or (937)381-0058 EOE

MASONTENDERS

Local Masonry companylooking for Mason Tend-ers/ Hod Carriers. Expe-rience strongly pre-ferred. Must have re-liable transportation. Weare an EOE and drugfree workplace.

Apply at:Albert Freytag Inc.

2233 St. Rt. 362Minster, OH 45865

Please email resume to:kfrancis@

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MIG/ TIG WELDER

Growing company has immediate opening for 1st & 2nd shift. Appli-cant must be able to read blue prints and ex-perience is required. We offer competitive wages and excellent benefits. Apply in person at:

Kinninger Production Welding

710 Kuenzel DriveNew Bremen, OH 45869

or email resume to: sales@

kinningerwelding.com

WE ARE

HIRING!• ASSEMBLY

• C O A T E R OPERATOR

• CNC MACHINIST

• FORKLIFT

• M A C H I N E OPERATION

• M A T E R I A L HANDLER

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Stop by or apply online at:www.staffmark.com

STAFFMARK1600 W. Main St.

Troy, OH (937)335-0118

EOE M/F/D/V

245 Manufacturing/Trade

NOW HIRINGPRODUCTION TEAM MEMBERS

For our manufacturing facility in Sidney, Ohio

Currently hiring produc-tion employees for all shifts. We are seeking dependable and highly motivated individuals that can excel in a team environment. The ideal candidate will be willing to work any shift, available for overtime, and have good atten-dance.

We offer excellent bene-fits including medical, dental, 401(K) and paid vacation & holidays.

Interested candidates must have a high school diploma or GED and be able to successfully pass pre-employment screening.

Apply online at: www.greaterdayton

works.com

Positions for production employees at Emerson Climate Technologies, Inc.

We are an equal opportunity employer

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Permanent position. Jani-torial, 5 hours per night, 5 days a week. High se-curity/surveillance. Build-ing in Piqua. $10/hour. Call 937-653-8772.

245 Manufacturing/Trade

TRAININGPROVIDED!

LABOR: $9.50/HR

CDL Drivers: $11.50/HR

APPLY: 15 Industry Park Ct., Tipp City(937)667-1772

Unemployed Parent re-ceive Income Tax Return, $1500 for one child, $3000 for two children and $4000 for three chil-dren. Call now 1-800-583-8840.www.x-presstaxes.com

WAREHOUSE/DELIVERY

Hard-working, de-pendable, able to lift, and have a valid drivers license. Please apply in person at:

Town & Country Furniture

125 W. Water St.Piqua

240 Healthcare

PT MedicalBilling Clerk

Experience required. Send resume to:

1485 Commerce ParkSuite A

Tipp City, OH 45373

245 Manufacturing/Trade

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Better BusinessBureau

15 West Fourth St.Suite 300

Dayton, OH 45402www.dayton.bbb.org

937.222.5825This notice is providedas a public service by

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~DEPENDABLE~Home Health

Aides

Hiring forall shifts!

Needed in Miami andShelby Counties. Musthave High school diplo-ma or GED, have 2good job references,and be career oriented.STNA or 1 year experi-ence a must. Every oth-er weekend required.

Previous applicantsneed not apply.

SERIOUS INQUIRIESCALL BRANDI:

(937)339-8200

FT ProgramSpecialistPosition

Working withDD

Population

CRSI has immediateopenings for a

Program Specialistin Miami County.

Responsibilities includesupervision, servicecoordination and opera-tion of designated pro-gramming and servicesfor individuals withD e v e l o p m e n t a lDisabilities.

Must have experiencewith community agen-cies providing servicesappropriate for individu-als with DD and ensurethat all standards andregulations are met.Position requires aminimum of 4 yearsexperience with anAssociates Degree inSpecial Ed, Social Work,Psychology, Rehabilita-tion, Human Develop-ment, Nursing, Develop-mental Disabilities orother related field.

To apply stop in ouroffice or send

application or resumec/o Diane Taylor405 Public Square

Suite 373Troy, OH 45373

or email:dtaylor@crsi-oh.com

Applicationsavailable online:www.crsi-oh.com

CRSI is an EqualOpportunityEmployer

MEDICALRECORDS

TECHNICIAN

SpringMeade HealthCenter is currentlysearching for an expe-rienced MedicalRecords Technicianfor our 99 bed skillednursing facility.Experience in healthcare and knowledge ofregulations andICD/9 coding pre-ferred.We are a drug andtobacco free facility.

EOE

We offer:• Medical/ Dental/

Vision Insurance• Life Insurance• 401K

Please stop by andapply:

SpringMeade HealthCenter

4375 South CountyRoad 25A

Tipp City, Ohio45371

205 Business Opportunities

245 Manufacturing/Trade

Area manufacturer ofwelded, steel tubing isseeking a:

QualityAssuranceTECHNICIAN

Immediate3rd shift opening

Qualified candidatesmust have ASQ, CMI/CQT or five years expe-rience in Quality "Test-ing" position. Applicantsmust be well versed inall aspects of QualityAssurance, dependableand able to work in aTeam Environment.

Qualified individualsmay send resume' to:JACKSON TUBESERVICE, INC.

PO BOX 1650Piqua, OH 45356

or to:

www.hr@jackson-tube.com

Benefits include: match-ing 401(k) plan, inclu-sive health care pack-age with medical,dental, vision, Rx,Health Savings Ac-counts, Flexible Spend-ing Accounts, paid life/AD&D/LTD insurance,uniform program andpersonal days.

"Quality Tubing byQuality People"

EOE

MACHINEMAINTENANCE

Sidney

Repairing industrialequipment, Mechanical,Electrical trouble shoot-ing, Hydraulic/ Pneumatic repair, PLCs required.Minimum 2 years expe-rience. Benefits after 90days.

STARTING WAGE:

$17.00 to $18.00/ HR

Submit resume to:AMS, 330 Canal St.Sidney, OH 45365

EMAIL:

amsohio1@earthlink.net

255 Professional

Hiring: Self-driven

JourneymanElectrician

Send resume via email:brewerelectrical@frontier.com

Or contact:James Brewer(419)-305-6444

260 Restaurant

PART TIME BOOKKEEP-ER. For Sidney restau-rant. Must be proficientwith Peachtree software.Hourly wage of $10 to $13based on experience.Send resumes to:k h a r v e y @ n g c p a . c o m(937)335-0672

280 Transportation

CrosbyTruckingis

•Regional drivers needed

in the Sidney, OhioTerminal.

O/O's welcome.

• Drivers are paidweekly

• Drivers earn.36cents per mile forempty and loadedmiles on dry freight.

• .38cents per mile forstore runs, and.41cents per mile forreefer andcurtainside freight.

• No Hazmat.

• Full Insurancepackage

• Paid vacation.

• 401K savings plan.

• 95% no touch freight.

• Compounding SafetyBonus Program.

• Drivers are paidbump dock fees forcustomer live loadsand live unloads.

For additional info call-(866)208-4752

280 Transportation

DRIVER-

CASUALDRIVERS

Drivers needed for casu-al work. Help especiallyneeded on the week-ends. Must have CDLAand prior tractor trailerexperience, preferablyOTR. Apply in person at:

Continental Express10450 St Rt 47

Sidney, OHOr call 800/497-2100

DRIVERSWANTED

JOHNSRUDTRANSPORT,

a food grade liquidcarrier is seekingClass A CDL tankdrivers from the Sid-ney/Piqua/Troy area.Home flexible week-ends. 5 years drivingexperience required.Will train for tank.Great Pay and Bene-fit Package. For fur-ther info,

call Jane @1-888-200-5067

Flatbed DriversNew Pay Scale Start at.37cpm. Up to .04cpmMileage Bonus. HomeWeekends. Insurance &401K. Apply atBoydandsons.com800-648-9915

FLEETMECHANIC

Continental Express Inc.has immediate need fora Mechanic for day shift.Will perform preventa-tive maintenance andrepairs on semi tractorsand/or trailers. Must bemechanically inclined,dependable and haveown tools. Experienceon tractor trailers pre-ferred but not required.

We offer:• Competitive Pay &

Benefits• Uniforms• 401k with match• Direct Deposit

Interested candidatescan contact Mark at

800/497-2100,forward a resume to

mgoubeaux@ceioh.comor apply in person at:

Continental Express Inc.10450 State Route 47Sidney, Ohio 45365

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OTRDRIVERS

CDL Gradsmay qualify

Class A CDL required

Great Pay & Benefits!

Call Jon Basye at:Piqua Transfer &

Storage Co.(937)778-4535 or(800)278-0619

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DRIVERSWANTED

Short-haul and Regional

$1000SIGN ON BONUS

Home most nights.Monthly safety bonuses.

Must have CDL class Awith 1 year tractor-trailerexperience. Full benefitpackage.

Join our team and seewhy we have very lowturnover.

BULKTRANSIT CORP800 Vandemark RdSidney, OH 45365

(888)588-6626

Visit our website for anapplication at

www.bulktransit.com

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Local company lookingfor Truck Driving/ Ware-house person. Full timeMonday-Friday. Musthave Class A CDL li-cense with verifiable ex-perience and cleanMVR. Send resumes to:

Dept. 220Troy Daily News

224 South Market StreetTroy, Ohio 45373

300 - Real Estate

For Rent

305 Apartment

1, 2 & 3 Bedroom,Houses & Apts.

SEIPEL PROPERTIESPiqua Area OnlyMetro Approved(937)773-9941

9am-5pmMonday-Friday

305 Apartment

1 BEDROOM, Piqua.$350 Monthly.(937)902-0572

2 BEDROOM, 1.5 bathtownhouse style apart-ment in Piqua. Includesgarage, deck, washer/dry-er hookup, range, refrig-erator and dishwasher.$550 month. Sign up torent prior to February25th and get $100 off 1stmonth's rent. Deposit,lease and backgroundcheck. Bruns RealtyGroup (937)638-7827.

2 BEDROOM, 421 WestAsh, stove, refrigerator,no pets $475(937)418-8912

2 BEDROOM, appliances,garage, lawn care, newcarpet and new paint.$565 plus deposit.(937)492-5271

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

BEAUTIFUL, 2 bedroomapartment in Tipp City,wood floors, appliances,water, sewage, trash in-cluded, (937)238-2560,(937)778-1993

600 - Services

615 Business Services

Electronic FilingQuick Refund

44 Years Experience

SchulzeTax& Accounting

Service

Call 937-498-5125for appointment at

422 Buckeye Ave., Sidney

2252521

620 Childcare

CALL TODAY! (937)418-4712 or (937)710-52771144 Fisher Dr., Piqua, OH 45356 2256834

INFANTS 0-2 YEARS40 HOURS $70WEEK25 HOURS AND LESS $30WEEK

CHILDREN 2 YRS AND UP40 HOURS $70WEEK25 HOURS AND LESS $30WEEK

• 1st, 2nd and 3rd shift• Tax Claimable• Price Negotiable for morethan one child

• Meals and snacks provided• Close to Nicklin & WilderSchool District

• Mornings, before andafter school

K I SP L A C E

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We Provide care for children 6 weeks to 12 years and offer a Super3’s, and 4/5’s preschool program and a Pre-K and Kindergarten

Enrichment program. We offer before and after school care,Kindergarten and school age transportation to Troy schools.

CALL TODAY! 335-5452Center hours 6 a.m. to 6 p.m.

2464 Peters Road, Troy, Ohio 45373

KIDZ TOWNLEARNING CENTER

945476

• 1st and 2nd shifts • 6 weeks to 12 years• Preschool and Pre-K programs• Before and after school care•Transportation toTroy schools

CALL 335-5452Center hours now 6am to 11:55pm

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INFANTS 0-2 YEARS40 HOURS $70WEEK25 HOURS AND LESS $30WEEK

CHILDREN 2 YRS AND UP40 HOURS $70WEEK25 HOURS AND LESS $30WEEK

• 1st, 2nd and 3rd shift• Tax Claimable• Price Negotiable for morethan one child

• Meals and snacks provided• Close to Nicklin & WilderSchool District

• Mornings, before andafter school

K I SP L A C E

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HALL(S)FOR RENT!Booking now for2012 and 2013

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(937)671-9171

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640 Financial

?TAXING QUESTIONS?

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www.pattersoncpa.biz

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655 Home Repair & Remodel

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Complete Projects or HelperDecks, Drywall, Cement, Paint,

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(937) 339-7222

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660 Home Services

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Call Elizabeth Schindel(937) 368-2190(937) 214-6186

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665 Lawn, Garden, Landscaping

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655 Home Repair & Remodel

670 Miscellaneous

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•Refrigerators •Stoves•Washers & Dryers

•Dishwashers• Repair & InstallAir Conditioning

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14 Saturday, February 25, 2012 PLACE YOUR AD IN THE CLASSIFIEDS THAT WORK 877-844-8385 OR ON THE WEB AT WWW.DAILYCALL.COM • PIQUA DAILY CALL

Carnival ArtGlass Auction

937.548.7835matthewwroda@gmail.com

Directions: We are located at the corners of ST RT 127 & STRT 49 South in Greenville Ohio Very easy to find us! From I-70east take the RT 127 Exit, head north for approx. 20 miles. FromI-70 westbound take the RT 49 exit ( Greenville) andfollow for approx. 25 miles north.We will be on the right.

MatthewWroda Auctions andAppraisals, LLC Grand Opening auction to

feature over 400 pieces of fabulous vintage andcontemporary Carnival Art Glass.

We have a RARE first reported Ice Green Rustic StandardVase; advertising pieces; plates; bowls; rose bowls; punch sets;hatpin holders from Fenton - Millersburg - Northwood - Dugan -Imperial - and other fine makers. Colors from AO to Marigold.

All items selling at NO RESERVE!Come out to see the first auction conducted byMatthewWroda Auctions and Appraisals, LLC!Attending Auctioneers: Troy Kies and Jim Wroda

MatthewWroda - Owner and Auction Coordinator ofMWAA, LLC.

Visit www.matthewwroda.com for absentee bidding and toview auction gallery and listing!

matthewwroda@gmail.com 937.548.7835

Terms: cash; check. visa MC discover w a 3% clerking fee.

SATURDAY March 3rd, 20129:30am

Greenville Auction Center5239 ST RT 49 S. • Greenville Ohio 45331

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Jim Wroda - Owner / Auctioneer 937.548.7835Email us at : Office@jimwrodaauction.comYour full service Auction Company since 1997We are here to help you with your auction needs!

No auction too big or too small.We are the Auction Company that gives OUR sellers options!

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Public Auction Auction of Antiquesand Collectibles

TUESDAY Feb 28th 2012 at 10:00 AMGreenville Auction Center

5239 ST RT 49 S Greenville Ohio 45331.Directions: We are located on the Corner of ST RT 127 and ST RT 49South of Greenville Ohio.MASSIVE AUCTION, BUILDING FULL FRONT TO BACK!SPORTING GOODS: Signed Jack Armstrong framed jersey from 19931st year florida marlins! 1962 NY Yankees press pin-World Series Oak-land A's pin- NY Yankees Line up card from 1977 vs California Angelssigned by players and coaches!- single Cards from 50's and 60's inclWillie Mays- Vada Pinson- Pee Wee Reese- Nuxhall- Williams- G.Hodges and others , Cincinnati Memorabilia, ornaments. Bobble heads,"The batting Cage" print, Double No Hitter by Clint Orlemann, 1958 redsScorecard; couple of sets- bats- . From Maher family: Signed Ackleychalk of Indian chief; Several good Indian related pieces of art; Moun-tain man canvas tent and other mountain man items; some campingitems; pelts; hudson Bay coats and blankets; Pendleton coats; leatherclothing; mountain man clothes; Knives; hatchets; Wayne Lakes items;tooled silver pendants; tokens; buckles; straight razors; fishing itemsand lures; slaw cutter; rock tumblers; leads balls; butter molds; primi-tives; GNB mechanical bank; Indian beads; plates; outdoor campfirefurniture and wrought iron; milk cans; band saw- table saw- lathe; oilpaintings; Several guns; advertising; radio control plane and helicopterwith all controls and parts; some furniture; patio furniture; more stillbeing unpacked.. Stain Glass items: Stain glass panels; lead trim and allkinds of Stained glass material andtools. OTHER ITEMS TO INCLUDE: Hundreds of pieces of glassware toinclude slag; Green- pink- blue depression glass with popular patterns;carnival; porcelain; pottery; dish sets; Fenton; Lamps; Moser; Cam-bridge; vaseline; Royal Bayreuth; fur coats; Aladdin lamps; fairy lamps;collector books; Over 500 pieces of glass and china! Oak Wardrobe,Oak Library Table, 3 pc Entertainment Center Nice! Queen size BedroomSet, Full Size Bed and Night Stand, Fishing Pole Rack, 4 ShelfStorage Unit, Lamps, Garage Door with Hardware, Henry F. Miller Pianowith bench, BB Gun, Storage Trunk, Quilting items, misc. chairs, Highchair, Graco Playpen, xmas items, Kitchenware, over 30 nice vintageGlass and pottery rolling pins. Fenton water pitchers. Depression eraFlora gold and other marigold depression glass; Hull piggy banks;Corkie piggy banks; Very large Elvis collection to include Elvis decanters;Elvis 45 and 33 rpm records; Elvis tv guides ; Elvis collectible dolls; Elvisphone; Elvis commemorative plates; Collectibles price guides; WilliamsBaxter haslinger bottles ; purple Slag ruffled bowl roses. Carmel slagbowl and much much more! THIS WILL BE VERY LARGE!! 2 rings forsure!JUST IN A COMPLETE HOUSE FULL FROM NEW MADISON!Terms: Cash & Good Check. Ohio sales tax collected

ANTIQUES AND COLLECTIBLES

PUBLICAUCTION

REAL ESTATE: This 2 story vinyl sided frame home w/ 3 cargarage/barn w/ loft & workshop on approximately one acre withfrontage on the Great Miami River is being offered at ABSOLUTEAUCTION. Although an older home & outbuildings, you’ll likethe proximity to downtown, the interstate & nearly 100 feet ofriver frontage with the advantages of country living but the con-veniences of the city. The home has large rooms, a wood burn-ing stove & natural woodwork. Home owners, builders,investors & Realtors need to investigate the possibilities, as thisfamily seeks a new owner after many years at this location.TERMS: The successful bidder will be required to deposit$5,000. down the day of the auction and the balance in 30 days.Contact Jerry Stichter, Auctioneer-Realtor, Garden Gate Realty toreceive a bidder’s packet or go to www.stichterauctions.comfor details on this home.OPEN HOUSE: Sunday, March 11th, 1:00 – 2:00 PM

Owner: The Lear Family Trust

Real Estate & Chattels2 Story Home – Large Lot

Home Furnishings,Tools & More!

PIQUA, OHAt 8550 Piqua Lockington Rd. Just northwest of the Central

Business District off Co. Rd. 25-A.

SUNDAY, MARCH 25, 2012REAL ESTATE SELLS at 1:00 PM

PERSONAL PROPERTY TO FOLLOW

Springcreek Township

JERRY STICHTERAUCTIONEER, INC.

AUCTIONS & APPRAISALS

(937)335-6758www.stichterauctions.com

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70 Weymer Dr. • Piqua, OhioOpen House Sunday 3/04/12 from 2pm - 5p3 Bedroom Home sitting on approx. 3/4 of an acre of land, just outside of town. Livingroom, family room, large kitchen plus dining room, 2 car attached garage with a 30x40detached garage. Asking 144,500.(937)773-4696 or (937)418-2203

FOR SALE BY OWNER

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305 Apartment

BRADFORD, 1 bedroom,$400 per month plus de-posit, utilities included.(937)448-2927

COVINGTON2 bedroom townhouse,$495. Up to 2 monthsFREE utilities! No Pets.

(937)698-4599,(937)572-9297.

IN PIQUA, 1 bedroomdownstairs, washer/ dryerhookup, all utilities paid,$400 month,(937)773-2829 after 2pm.

INCOME TAXSPECIAL REDUCTION

2 BEDROOM, 2 BATHFROM $565 TO $550

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Blankenship Stor-n-Lock226 R.M. Davis Pky.Piqua, Ohio 45356

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PROBATE COURT OFMIAMI COUNTY, OHIOW. McGREGOR DIXON,JR., JUDGEIN RE: CHANGE OFNAME OF HOLLY CHRIS-TINE MORGANTO HOLLYCHRISTINE SHEPHERDCASE NO. 85269NOTICE OF HEARING ONCHANGE OF NAMEApplicant hereby gives no-tice to all interested per-sons that the applicant hasfiled an Application forChange of Name in theProbate Court of MiamiCounty, Ohio requestingthe change of name ofHolly Christine Morgan toHolly Christine Shepherd.The hearing on the applica-tion will be held on the 26thday of March, 2012 at 2o’clock P.M. in the ProbateCourt of Miami County, lo-cated at 201 West MainStreet, Troy, Ohio 45373.Holly Christine Morgan1360 West Main Street,Apt 2Tipp City, Ohio 453712/25/20122259792

PROBATE COURT OFMIAMI COUNTY, OHIOW. McGREGOR DIXON,JR., JUDGEIN RE: CHANGE OFNAME OF KAMDYNCHASE SCOTT TO KAM-DYN CHASE HANEYCASE NO. 85263NOTICE OF HEARINGON CHANGE OF NAMEApplicant hereby gives no-tice to all interested per-sons that the applicant hasfiled an Application forChange of Name in theProbate Court of MiamiCounty, Ohio requestingthe change of name ofKamdyn Chase Scott toKamdyn Chase HaneyThe hearing on the appli-cation will be held on the28 day of March, 2012 at3:15 o’clock P.M. in theProbate Court of MiamiCounty, located at 201West Main Street, Troy,Ohio 45373.Brandi Haney833 Brice AvenuePiqua, Ohio 453562/25/20122259858

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The Miami Valley HawksAAU girls basketball teamswill hold tryouts Sunday.For more info, go to

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Hawks to holdtryouts Sunday

The Edison CommunityCollege men’s basketballteam lost to Owens 69-64Wednesday.Jacob Benanzer had 17

points and eight rebounds,while Nick Tingle had 12points and 16 rebounds.Lamont Cole and Eric

Beckstedt scored 11points, and Kyle Duncanadded 10.

Edison menlose to Owens

Pitcock signswith OrlandoORLANDO – Former

Piqua, Ohio State andNFL defensive linemanQuinn Pitcock has signedwith the Oralndo Predatorsof theArenaFootballLeague.Or-

landocoachBretMunseywas ex-citedabout the signing."We’re extremely ex-

cited to have him a part ofour football team,” Munseysaid. “He’s a high-energy,enthusiastic guy who playswith a lot of passion andwe’re hoping to pave theway for him to get backinto the National FootballLeague, where he be-longs."Pitcock is excited about

the opportunity."Coach Munsey told me

he could help me becomea better player and that hethought I’d really be able tohelp the team this sea-son," Pitcock said. "If an-other opportunity to play inthe NFL presented itself I’dtake it, but for the timebeing I just want to play,and have some fun doingit."After beginning his carer

with the Colts, Pitcockcame out of retirement in2010 and signed with theSeattle Seahawks in Au-gust of that year, but wasreleased just a month laterduring final cuts. He then signed with the

Detroit Lions in July of2011 and was releasedbefore the start of the sea-son in September.

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Piqua’s Brandon Pummill has the upper hand on Stebbins’ John Pappas in a 182-pound match Friday at Fairfield High School.MIKE ULLERY/CALL PHOTOS

Tyler Chambers lifts James Caniglia of Loveland in a 152-pound match.

Piqua’s Taylor Wellbaum dribbles past Springboro’s Ryan Murray.MIKE ULLERY/CALL PHOTO

Putting scarein SpringboroPiqua upset bidcomes up shortCENTERVILLE — The

Piqua boys basketball teamPiqua up two wins on Fri-day — then had numbertwo seed Springboro on theropes in the first half, be-fore the Panthers pulledaway for a 69-45 win inCenterville D-I sectionalaction.Sidney forfeited both of

their wins over Piqua dur-ing the season for playingan ineligible player.Piqua, 6-15 and the 17th

seed, led by as much aseight in the second quarteragainst a team the Indianshad lost to 67-29 last week.“We really didn’t do any-

thing different,” Piquacoach Heath Butler said.“We were able to come outand hit some shots, whichwe hadn’t been doing.”Springboro was able to

rally late in the secondquarter to pull even at half-time.

“We had them worried,”Butler said. “Then theywere able to go on a littlerun at the end of the firsthalf. We did what we talkedabout — we did a good jobon their guards and de-cided we weren’t going todouble down on (Morgan)Maverick.”In the second half,

Piqua’s shooting fell off andthat was too much for theIndians to overcome.“The biggest thing in the

second half, was theystarted hitting some shotsand we weren’t hitting,”Butler said. “We gotoutscored 19-6 in the thirdquarter. As I said before,you can play good defense,but when you are not hit-ting shots, it starts to effectyour defense.”The Indians were also ef-

fected by losing 6-5 post

See BOYS/Page 17

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FAIRFIELD — Piquahas three wrestlers stillalive after the openingday of competition at theFairfield Division I dis-trict tournament Friday,with all three wrestlerswinning one match.Tyler Chambers (152)

opened the tournamentwith a 15-8 decision overJames Caniglia of Love-land.Chambers jumped out

to a quick 10-1 lead in thesecond period with threetakedowns and two near-

falls.Caniglia got as close as

13-8, before Chambershad a takedown to finishthings off.“He was hitting with

the fireman’s carry,” Piquacoach Scott Kaye said.“Then, the guy closed thatdown and hit a nice singleto finish off the match.”Facing Jacob Globke of

Middletown in the quar-terfinals, Chambers suf-fered a head injury onGlobke’s first takedown ofthe match and was not al-lowed to continue, losingby default.

Three alivefor PiquaChambers, Pummill, Hogstonwrestle in consolations today

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CANTON— Piqua jun-ior Emma Kiefer finished22nd in the Division I 100backstroke at the swim-ming and diving meet atthe Canton NatatoriumFriday.In Division II, Ver-

sailles had a number ofswimmers in the consola-tion finals.For the boys, Mitchell

Stover was 15th in the200 IM, 2:00.54 and 16thin the 100 backstroke,55.06.For the girls, Bailey

Marshal was 15th in the50 freestyle, 24.78.The 200 freestyle relay

(Abby Barlage, HannahMarshal, Amber Seibert,Bailey Marshal) finished13th, 1:41.21; while the200 medley relay (Han-nah Marshal, Seibert,Nicole Frantz, Abby Bar-lage) finished 16th,1:56.91.The 400 freestyle relay

(Seibert, Frantz, HannahMarshal, Bailey Marshal)finished 15th, 3:45.90.

Homer 47thMIDDLETOWN —

Piqua freshman JoshHomer finished 47th atthe district bowling tour-nament Friday at EasternLanes.Homer had games of

194, 175 and 213 for a 582series.Graham’s Lloyd Eaton

finished 95th. He hadgames of 172, 166 and 145for a 483 series.Versailles boys finished

12th with a 3,908 series.Nathan Peters of Ver-

sailles led the Tigers, fin-ishing 23rd with a 615series, on games of 204,207 and 204.Other Tiger scores were

Jordan Groff, 597,MichaelDavidson 586 and KyleBohman 359 (two games).Ben Didier rolled a 169andAaron Niekamp had a163.Defending state cham-

pions Troy advanced witha fourth-place finish.

Kieferswimsat stateDistrict bowlingtourney held

Tigers lead at D-III districtGraham out in front in Division IIKETTERING — The

Versailles wrestling teamleads the Fairmont D-IIIdistrict tournamet afterthe first day, while Cov-ington is in seventhplace.Advancing to the semi-

finals for the Tigers wereAndrew Slonkosky (120),Matt Mangen (126)Brandon Christian (152)and Kaleb Matchett(170).Still alive for the

Tigers in consolationsare Austin Didier (113),Matt Subler (138), NickFrancis (182), Kyle

Dieringer (195), DevinOliver (220) and MitchJokerst (285).Advancing to the semi-

finals for Covington wereKyler Deeter (138) andBrian Olson (182).Still alive in consola-

tions are Brock Smith(132), Jake Sowers (145),Cole Smith (152) andBen Miller (160).Miami East’s Allen

Seagraves (113) andAustin Rush (126) arestill alive in consolations,while Lehman’s SkylarBrown (160) is still alivein consolations.

Falcons in frontMARION — Graham

has a big lead in the Mar-ion Harding D-II districtwrestling tournament.Advancing to the semi-

finals for the Falconswere Eli Stickley (106),Eli Seipel (113), RyanTaylor (120), Micah Jor-dan (126), Blake Kastl(145), Bo Jordan (152),Isaac Jordan (160) andHuston Evans (182),Alive in consolations

are Nate Henkle (132),Chase Crabtree (138),Lane Thomas (170) andDarin Bovey (285).

“Tyler (Chambers) wasexcited about wrestlingthat kid,” Kaye said. “Un-fortunately, he hit hishead on the mat and lostwhere he was for a fewmoments. The doctors de-cided he should not con-tinue. He will be checkedagain in the morning andwe are hopeful he will beable to wrestle.Brandon Pummill (182)

had a real battle in hisopening match with JohnPappas of Stebbins.After scoring a quick

takedown, Pummill foundhimself trailing 5-4 in thesecond period.He had a reversal late

in the second period to goup 6-5 and after staringdown in the third period,another reversal made it8-5. Pummill was stillleading 8-6 when headded a late takedown inthe final 20 seconds.He then lost to Jake

Seuss of Mason 9-4.“Brandon had some mo-

ments in the first matchwhere he wasn’t real ag-gressive and that hurthim,” Kaye said. “He washesitant at times and thatcaught up with him in thesecond match.”Cody Hogston (195) had

a tough draw, openingwith Jerry Thornberry ofMoeller.Hogston had a reversal

to start the second periodto make it 2-2, beforeThornberry was able topin him in 3:00.“That kid was a really

strong kid,” Kaye said.“Cody just got caught in amove in the second period

and that cost him.”He bounced back with a

11-1 major decision overJonathan Thomas of Fair-field in the consolations.“He came back and re-

ally took it to that kid,”Kaye said. “Cody cameback and wrestled a reallystrong match to stayalive.”Caje Kindred (132) had

a great sectional tourna-ment to get to districts.The freshman was

pinned by district cham-pion Nick Bloch of LakotaWest in :35, before KalebMiller of Oak Hills pinned

him in 1:53..“Caje (Kindred) ran into

two tough guys,” Kayesaid. “He really came on inthe second half of the sea-son and hopefully thatwill carry over to nextyear.”Chambers, Pummill

and Hogston will needthree straights win todayto get to the state tourna-ment.“Somebody has got to

win,” Kaye said. “Hope-fully, it will be us.”Wrestling begins at 10

a.m. today, with finalsscheduled for 6 p.m.

DistrictContinued from page 16

Cody Hogston has a headlock on Jerry Thornberry.MIKE ULLERY/CALL PHOTO

Jordan Feeser in thethird quarter to an eye in-jury.“You know, Springboro

probably has four guys outthere 6-3 or taller,” Butlersaid. “When you lose yourtallest player and becomeeven shorter, that makesit tough to play defense.”Taylor Wellbaum led

the Indians with 14 pointsand Kindric Link added13.And Friday night’s ef-

fort typified what this In-dians team was about.“Every season has its

ups and downs and thisseason was no exception,”Butler said. “It wouldhave been easy for thekids to put their headsdown when we wentthrough that toughstretch late in the season.They didn’t do that.“We had Springboro

concerned in the secondquarter and we made an-other run at the start ofthe fourth quarter. I amreally proud of the kids ef-forts.”And Butler is looking

forward to next season.“I learned a lot this sea-

son, I am sure the assis-tant coaches and playersdid too,” he said. “With thethings we installed thatwill go from season to sea-son, we are not startingfrom ground zero. We willnot be starting over.”And they almost had a

big tournament upset togo with it.

Tipp D-IIITIPP CITY — The

Miami East boys cruisedto a 59-35 win over

Brookville in TippecanoeD-III sectional play.The Vikings will play

Stivers at 6:30 p.m.Wednesday.Gunner Shirk scored 15

points to lead East.Garrett Mitchell had 11

and Josh Snyder added10.

� In the second gameFriday, Covington had itsseason end at 10-11 with a50-36 loss to Bethel.Troy Cron scored 13

points for Covington andCole Owens added 10points and seven re-bounds.

Piqua D-IVThe Lehman boys bas-

ketball team cruised to a70-27 win over AnsoniaFriday in Piqua D-IV sec-tional action at GarbryGymnasium.The Cavaliers will play

Houston at 6:30 p.m.Tuesday in second-roundaction.Solomon King-White

had 15 points, eight re-gounds, six steals and sixassists.Alex Baker had 11

points and Tharon Goinsscored 10.Ben Thieman had eight

rebounds and Drew West-erheide dished out five as-sists.Tickets for Tuesday’s

game are on sale at Read-more Hallmark in Piquaand will be on sale atLehman High School onMonday.

� Botkins won the sec-ond game 50-49 and willplay Russia at 8 p.m.Tuesday night at GarbryGymnasium.

Piqua’s Trae Honeycutt shoots the ball Friday.MIKE ULLERY/CALL FILE PHOTO

BoysContinued from page 16

Two namedto first teamAll SCL-squad outTwo local players took

top honors on the All-Shelby County Leagueboys basketball team, re-leased Friday.Brandon Wilson from

Russia and Jesse Phlipotfrom Houston werenamed to the first team.Treg Francis of Russia

was named to the secondteam, while Bryce Rit-tehnouse of Russia wasnamed honorable men-tion.

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