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PIQUA — Flat as opposed topitched roofs for Piqua’s three new

school buildings was the majorconcern during Tuesday’s monthlyproject update meeting.About 15 community members

attended the update,with a coupleof people voicing concern over thedistrict’s decision to go with a 20-year low slope roof as opposed to apitched roof, similar to the juniorhigh building.“There’s pros and cons to every-

thing,” saidVondaAlberson, repre-

senting the district’s architect,FanningHowey.“The district has abudget to adhere to.”Alberson assured those who

were complaining that excesswater from rain and snow stormshad been accounted for by the ar-chitect and that water would “gointo the drainage system”and eachbuildings’ storm water system.She also pointed out that the

community had approved a half

mill maintenance levy when theypassed the project’s bond issue,with that money going to fund amaintenance plan, which will beput in place for upkeep, upgradesand replacements on each of thethree buildings.Alberson also spent time ex-

plaining the design developmentphase, which is where architects

School roof design questioned

HOSPITAL DEMOLITION TO BEGIN

The city of Piqua’s Development Department announced Monday that demolition of the former Piqua Me-morial Hospital is slated to begin today at 9 a.m.The entire demolition and clean-up is expected to last fourweeks. “For months, contractors have been on-site removing materials from the building and the buildingis now ready for demolition.The city is grateful for the assistance provided by the Clean Ohio Fund for thisproject and to Evans Landscape, Environmental Demolition Group and Burgess and Niple Inc. for the workthey have done on this project,” saidWilliam Lutz, development program manager. Above is an aerial shotof the hospital taken this past weekend, courtesy of Tom Hudson of Miami Valley Aerial Photography. SeeThursday’s Piqua Daily Call for coverage of the first day of demolition.

Piqua officerassaultedBY WILL E SANDERSStaffWriterwsanders@dailycall.com

PIQUA — What beganas a disturbance betweena teen-age girland ac i t yr e s i -d e n tSundayn i g h tr e -su l tedin a police officer beingtransported to the hospi-tal, damage to a sheriff ’scruiser and a Piqua manbehind bars on severalfelony and misdemeanorcharges.Police say Mike A.

Phillips, 29, of Piqua,threatened and assaultedofficers arriving to 1023Park Ave. at 9:25 p.m.Sunday after a reportedneighbor complaint after a17-year-old female broke a

window a while exchang-ing words with Phillips inthe front of the house.After the juvenile went

back inside she later cameout and left with herguardian as police at-tempted to get Phillips tocome out of his residence,which he later did, but notwithout a fight. He alsothreatened to shoot a po-lice officer in the head, ac-cording to Piqua DeputyChief Tom Steiner.Authorities had to

tackle Phillips when he at-tempted to go back insidethe home and that’s whenPhillips allegedly threat-ened officers, head-buttedone of them and laterkicked a window out of asheriff ’s cruiser.The injured officer, Rick

Beasley, was went toUpperValley Medical Cen-ter and was treated andreleased, as was Phillips.

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TROY — A former Edi-son Community Collegeofficial who broke the lawin hiscapac-ity as am a r -ket inga n dpub l i cr e l a -t i o n sd i r e c -tor andconducted himself im-properly avoided a two-day trial in common pleascourt Tuesday and insteadentered a guilty plea tohis criminal charge.

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Southview groupto meet ThursdayPIQUA — The

Southview NeighborhoodAssociation will have itsgeneral meeting at 7 p.m.Thursday at the MotePark Community Center.All who live or have abusiness in the area arewelcome to attend.Topics to be discussed

will be the new play-ground equipment instal-lation at Mote Park, thelandscaping for the shel-ter, and the Halloweengive-away.

For more information,call Jim Vetter, currentpresident of SouthviewNeighborhood Associa-tion, at 778-1696.

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PROVIDED PHOTOAbove are candidates for Covington High School Homecoming. Sitting, fromleft to right, are Taylor Angle, Heidi Snipes, Anna Snyder, Tara Snipes andBethany Richards. Standing, from left to right, are Bryton Lear, AlexBaskerville, Brian Olson, Trent Tobias a nd Troy Cron. The homecoming gamewill be Friday against Miami East. Prior to the game, the homecoming pa-rade will begin at 6:30 p.m. at the middle school and will include all fall sportsteams, marching band, Little Buccs football team and all football cheerlead-ers. The homecoming dance will be held Saturday at the high school.

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Originally charged withtwo felony counts of havingan unlawful interest in apublic contract, Jack R.Kramer, 64, of YellowSprings, agreed to a pleadeal to one of those chargesas the other was dismissedin an agreement where thestate will stand silent at hissentencing hearing,which isscheduled for Nov. 13.Under the plea agree-

ment Kramer will be or-

dered to make full restitu-tion of $9,300 for both cases.Kramer,who retired from

Edison in 2010, was thecommunity college’s formerdirector of marketing andpublic relations, but he com-mitted the offenses betweenJan. 25, 2008 and June 27,2008, and between Dec. 5,2008 and March 13, 2009.The charges came to light

after the Ohio Ethics Com-mission began an investiga-tion and a Miami Countygrand jury later indicted

Kramer, who also is an areaplay-by-play sports radiobroadcaster and runs an on-line sports website.Terry Lewis, an assistant

prosecuting attorney han-dling the case, said Kramercommitted the offenseswhile he was employed bythe college and was “in-volvedwith obtainingmediacontracts” for Edison and“had an interest in anagency from which he wasassociated with.”Having an unlawful in-

terest in a public contract, afelony of the fourth-degree,is when a public official au-

thorizes or employs author-ity or influence of the publicofficial’s office to secure au-thorization of any publiccontract in which the publicofficial, a member of thepublic official’s family, orany of the public official’sbusiness associates has aninterest.Kramer, who remains

free on a recognizance bond,faces up to 18 months inprison and a $5,000 fine, buthe could also receive a com-munity control sanction sen-tence of up to five years orcould be ordered to servelocal jail time.

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Charles Emery BakerPLEASANT HILL —

Charles Emery Baker, 55,o fP leas -a n tH i l l ,went toh i seternalh o m eS u n -d a y ,S e p t .2 3 ,2 0 1 2 ,after a courageous threeyear battle with cancer.He was born Aug. 19,

1957, in Troy, to EdwinBaker and Shirley (Wack-ler) Baker Harlow.Chuck will be missed

and remembered by hisdaughters and sons-in-law, Jennie Mae and NeilLevine of Palm Beach,Fla., Amber Sell andJason Thobe of Minster,Alicia and Daniel Grahamof Sidney, and Abbagaleand J. Lee Wilburn ofBradford; sister andbrother in-law, Linda andBill Garlough of NewCarlisle; brothers and sis-ters-in-law, Douglas andKim Baker of Pine Knott,Ky., Jeffrey and MaryBaker of Pleasant Hill;grandchildren, HaileyMarie Levine, AddisonTyler Levine, Levi Thobe,Landon Thobe,

SkylerDale Graham,Wyatt Graham, TuckerGraham, and JaylynnWilburn; dad,Walter Har-low; and former wife,Melody Baker.He was preceded in

death by his father, EdwinBaker; grandparents,Charles and Ethel Wack-ler and Emery and RuthBaker; and former in-laws,Dale and Jean Murphy.Chuck attended Newton

High School and UpperValley JVS. He worked asa truck driver and was avolunteer with the Pleas-ant Hill, Laura and Brad-ford Fire Departments. Heenjoyed hunting, fishing,driving trucks, and farm-ing.Funeral services will be

held 10:30 a.m. Thursdayat Jackson-Sarver Fu-neral Home, 1 S. MainSt., Pleasant Hill. ChaplinEd Ellis will officiate withinterment following atMiami Memorial Park,Covington.The family will receive

friends from 4-7 p.m. todayat the funeral home.In lieu of flowers, me-

morial contributions maybe made to assist with fu-neral expenses of Hospiceof Miami County.Online memories may

be left for the family atwww.jackson-sarver.com.

James L. CollinsTROY — James L.

Collins, 32, of Troy, passedf r o mthis lifeat 9:18a . m .S a t u r -d a y ,S e p t .2 2 ,2012, inT h eO h i oS t a t eU n i -versity Wexner MedicalCenter, Columbus.Born on Aug. 10, 1980,

in Troy, James is survivedby his son, Jack T. Collins;his life partner, TiffanyDavis; his father, David L.(Debra) Collins all of Troy;his mother, Linda (Garry)Heinlein of Huber Heights

and his brother, David LeeCollins of London.He will be sadly missed

by numerous aunts, un-cles, cousins and friends.James attended MiamiEast Schools and TippCity Schools. He was em-ployed by Erwin ChryslerDodge Jeep until he wasunable to work.Graveside funeral serv-

ices will be held at 10 a.m.Thursday in FletcherCemetery with PastorDan Fritz presiding.Visitation for family and

friends will be held from 5-8 p.m. today in the Suber-Shively Funeral Home,201 W. Main St., Fletcher.Condolences to the fam-

ily may be sent towww.sh ive ly funera l-homes.com.

Michael BundyTROY — Michael

Bundy, 51, passed awayT u e s -d a y ,S e p t .2 4 ,2 0 1 2 ,at hisT r o yhome.H e

w a sb o r nN o v .26, 1960, in Troy, to An-thony and Vesta (Ross)Bundy, who survive him.Mike graduated from

Covington High SchoolClass of 1979, and workedat Tony’s Body Shop andService as an auto me-chanic.He will be missed and

remembered by his lovingwife, Kim (Murphy)Bundy; daughters andson-in-law, Heather andEvan Schwartz of Piquaand Jackie Iverson ofTroy; granddaughter,Averie; brother and sister-

in-law, Dale and PegBundy of Covington; sis-ters and brothers-in-law,Brenda and Gary Lehmanof Troy and Susan andGary Homan of Houston;and numerous nieces andnephews.He was preceded in

death by his son, RandyHess.Funeral services for

Mike will be held 10:30a.m. Friday at Jackson-Sarver Funeral Home,10 S. High St., Covington.Pastor John Shelton willofficiate with intermentfollowing at HighlandCemetery.The family will receive

friends from 4-7 p.m.Thursday at the funeralhome.If so desired, memorial

contributions may bemade to Hospice of MiamiCounty or the AmericanDiabetes Association. On-line memories may be leftfor the family atwww.jackson-sarver.com.

Eugene B. ‘Gene’ PleimanRUSSIA — Eugene B.

“Gene” Pleiman, 80, ofRussia, died at 5:14 p.m.Friday,S e p t .2 1 ,2 0 1 2 ,at Wil-sonMe-morialHospi-tal.H e

w a sb o r nAug. 8,1932, to the late August A.and Lavera (Voisard)Pleiman in Russia.He married Mary

Louise Finfrock on Nov.28, 1953, at St. DenisCatholic Church, Ver-sailles. She preceded himin death on Sept. 21, 2001.He is survived by daugh-ters Becky Pleiman ofRussia, Diann and DavidMcGarvey of David-sonville and Lori Ward ofLebanon; grandchildren,Brian and Anne McGar-vey; brothers and sisters,David and Ruth Pleimanof Ft. Loramie, Marceiland Patrick Kuhn ofFlorida, Ruth and Nor-man Davidson of Russia,Rita and Michael Utz ofFt. Loramie, Marilyn andRichard Sherman of Rus-sia, John and ElainePleiman of Tipp City andThomas and ChristinePleiman of Greenville.He was preceded in

death by his parents, hiswife, daughter Connie in2003, an infant son,Michael in 1954; andbrother, Edward in 1966in Vietnam.Gene graduated from

R u s s i aH i g hSchool andM i a m iUniversityin Oxford in 1954, wherehe majored in history.During his youth heworked for Thomas V.Francis at the foundry,Harold “Shep” Simon atShep’s Restaurant, andmany farmers in the areaaround Russia. He servedin the U.S. Army CounterIntelligence Corps duringthe Korean Conflict. Uponreturn, he worked forAeroproducts (GM), SteelProducts (Kelsey-Hayes)and Borg-Warner in Fre-mont. He was the vicepresident of sales and en-gineering with MansfieldBrass and AluminumCorp. a foundry in Mans-field. Gene was an avidfisherman, serving as co-captain, with his bestbuddy Hal Dodway onHal’s charter boat“Viking,” out of Port Clin-ton on Lake Erie duringthe 1980s.A memorial mass will

be held at 10:30 a.m.Thursday at St. RemyCatholic Church, Russia,with the Rev. Frank Am-berger celebrant. Burialwill take place at St.Remy Cemetery.In lieu of flowers the

family requests donationbe made to Brain InjuryAssociation at www.bi-ausa.org. HogenkampFuneral Home, Russiahas been entrusted withthe arrangements.Condolences to the fam-

ily may be made atwww.hogenkampfh.com.

Keith Allen CronSIDNEY — Keith Allen

Cron, 44, of 2730 Hardin-Wapak Road, Sidney,passedaway at1 0 : 1 5p . m .S u n -d a y ,S e p t .2 3 ,2 0 1 2 ,at hisr e s i -dence,s u r -rounded by his loving fam-ily.He was born Feb. 26,

1968, in Sidney, the son ofJerry and Sara (Haneke)Cron, who reside in Piqua.On Feb. 23, 1993, he was

married to Penny Murray,who survives along withtheir two children, DeidraCron and Kyle Cron, bothof Sidney; sister, ChristinaWarner and husbandHenry of Akron; andbrother, Scott Cron andNanci York of Liberty Twp.Keith was preceded in

death by his grandparents,Edward S. and Cleo

Haneke and Pauline Cron.Mr. Cron was most re-

cently employed at Lacalin Jackson Center as awelder. He was known tobe an avid Browns fan,and loved NASCAR. Keithwas dedicated to his fam-ily and will always be re-membered as a lovingfather, husband and son.He will be dearly lovedand greatly missed by hisfamily and his friends.Funeral services will be

held at 10 a.m. Friday atCromes Funeral Home,302 S. Main Ave., Sidney,with the Rev. ChadWilsonofficiating. Burial will beat Graceland Cemetery inSidney.The family will receive

friends at the funeralhome from 5-8 p.m.Thurs-day.Memorials contribu-

tions may be made to thefamily to help defray ex-penses. Guestbook condo-lences and expressions ofsympathy may be made tothe Cron family at CromesFuneral Home’s website,www.cromesfh.com.

SIDNEY — AlmaEleanor WilsonAllinger, 94, of 2500 N.Kuther Road, Sidney,passed away Tuesday,Sept. 18, 2012, at 11:27p.m. at her residence.A Celebration of Alma’s

Life will be held Saturdayat the Amos Chapel atDorothy Love RetirementCommunity, with Dr. LeeDorsey officiating. A pri-vate family burial will beheld at Graceland Ceme-tery at a later date.Funeral arrangements

are in the care of theCromes Funeral Home,Sidney.

CHRISTIANSBURG —Wilma Hamm Partin,77, of Christiansburg,passed away at 12:43 p.m.Sunday, Sept. 23, 2012, inher residence.Services are pending

with Atkins-Shively Fu-neral Home, St. Paris.

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Gary D. CoonTIPP CITY — Gary D.

Coon, of Tipp City, passedaway Tuesday, Sept. 25,2012, at Hospice of Day-ton.He was born in Piqua to

Kenneth and Juanita“Peg” (Bumgardner) CoonSr. He was preceded indeath by his father.He is survived by his

mother, Peg Millbourn ofTroy; his loving wife of 50years, Susan (Costello)Coon of Tipp City; chil-dren, Jeffery and his wifeMichelle Coon, John-screek, Ga., Candolyn“Candi” and her husbandJay Wilson of Mars, Pa.,and Amy and her hus-band Brian Case of TippCity. Gary also is sur-vived by his siblings,Charlotte (Steve)Thomas, Kenny (Susan)Coon Jr., all of Troy, andCindy Dull of Wisconsin;along with his grandchil-dren, Nathan and Bran-don Coon, CJ, Charrieand Christi Wilson, Bai-ley, Connor and NolanCase.Gary was a graduate of

Bradford High School andMiami Jacobs College. Hewas retired from General

Motors where he workedfor 36 years.Gary was a member of

Zion Lutheran Church,Tipp City. A loving Chris-tian man, who was veryinvolved with his childrenand grandchildren, at-tended many activities forhis grandchildren fromTipp City to Lexington,Ky., Pittsburgh, Pa., Indi-ana and many more. Hewas a huge UD basketballand Ohio State fan, buthis grandchildren werethe “light of his life.”Services will be held 11

a.m. Monday at ZionLutheran Church, TippCity, with burial to followin Maple Hill Cemetery,Tipp City.Family will receive

friends from 5-8 p.m. Sun-day at Frings andBayliff Funeral Home,327W.Main St., Tipp City,and one hour prior to theservice at the church.Contributions may be

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Phillips has been chargedwith felony assault andvandalism, in addition tothe misdemeanor chargesof contributing to the delin-quency of a minor, aggra-vated menacing,obstructing official busi-ness, and resisting arrest.He remains behind bars

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on a combined $135,000bond following his arraign-ment in Miami CountyMunicipal Court.A prelim-inary hearing is scheduledfor next week.Others charged were the

juvenile for breaking thewindow and being unrulyand Phillips’ father, whowas cited for showing up tothe scene and causing adisturbance.

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Women’s Rightto Vote movieat YWCA PiquaPIQUA — The YWCA

Public Policy Committeewill be showing an HBOmovie based on the fightfor women’s right to voteat 6:30 p.m. Monday, Oct.8, or Monday, Oct. 15.The movie shows the

initial efforts of twowomen to win the right tovote for all women andhow this movement growsover a span of 8 years. Itdepicts prison time forthose women on the picketline and the final votewhere the amendmentpasses giving all womenthe right to vote.“We feel that this is a

very powerful movie andwould like to share it witharea students and thecommunity,” said BarbDavis, YWCA Public Pol-icy Committee member.“The entire movie is ap-proximately 2 hours inlength and we will con-dense it to a little over 60minutes by giving anoverview of the beginningof the movie as well as anintroduction of the maincharacters prior to theshowing of the last 60minutes of the movie.”The movie is free of

charge and YWCA mem-bership is not required.The YWCA is handicap ac-cessible.For more information,

stop at the YWCA Piquaat 418 N. Wayne St., call773-6626 or e-mailinfo@ywcapiqua.com.

NewberryHistoricalSociety to meetCOVINGTON — The

Covington Newberry His-torical Society will meet at7 p.m. Monday, Oct. 8, atthe Fort Rowdy Museum,101 Pearl St. For informa-tion, call 473-2270. Thepublic is welcome to at-tend.

Area artist toconduct still lifein oils classesPIQUA — The Upper

Valley Career CenterAdult Division is collabo-rating with area artistMichelle Walker to offertwo Still Life in Oilsclasses at the AppliedTechnology Center inPiqua.Students in the Still

Life in Oils class will ex-plore what makes inter-esting still life and willlearn how to use objectsfrom the home in dynamicstill life paintings. Thestudents also explore com-position, lighting and ap-plication of paints.The class will operate on

Thursday evenings from5:30-8:30 p.m. Oct. 18 toNov. 8. Tuition is $55 andis required upon registra-tion. Art supplies are anadditional cost, a list willbe provided upon registra-tion. The training will beheld at the Upper ValleyCareer Center ATC, 8901Looney Road in Piqua.CallAnnette Paulus for moreinformation or to register:1-800-589-6963. Registra-tions will be acceptedthrough Oct. 11. Class sizeis limited.

Miami CountyYMCA offersadult basketballleagues

MIAMI COUNTY —The Miami County YMCAis taking registrations forupcoming Adult Basket-ball Leagues. The Men’sFall League takes place atboth the Piqua and Robin-son Branches on Tuesdayevenings beginning Oct.23. Registration goesthrough Oct. 9.The Corpo-rate Basketball Leaguetakes place on Sunday af-ternoons at the PiquaBranch. Corporations canenter a full team, or maycombine with another cor-poration. The League be-gins on Nov. 4 withregistrations through Oct.14. Each season consists ofat least eight weeks ofplay, plus a championshiptournament. For more in-formation or to register,contact Jaime Hull at 440-9622 or j.hull@miami-countyymca.net.

Learning Placebazaar slated

PIQUA — A LearningPlace will be hosting its11th annual holidaybazaar from 9 a.m. to 3p.m. Nov. 17.The bazaar will be held

in the Conference andTraining Center at 201R.M. Davis Parkway,Piqua. Crafter areas willaccommodate up to 40-plus booths approximately10x10-foot spaces. Localcrafters and artists maycall 773-6851, ext. 422 or

email to tsherry@alearn-ingplace.org to scheduleand pay for a booth space.In addition to the

bazaar, lunch will offerhomemade chicken andnoodles, pulled chickensandwiches and lots ofdesserts. There also will araffle that will include anApple iPad donated byUnity National Bank, a32” flat screen TV withbuilt in DVD player or onenight free stay at ComfortInn in Piqua. Tickets maybe purchased now now atthe office or at the bazaar.Profits from the

fundraiser will assist chil-dren and youth in pro-grams at Council on RuralServices.

Scholarshipessay contestannounced

MIAMI COUNTY —The Miami County Pro-Life Educational Founda-tion is announcing theannual scholarship essaycontest.An award of $1,000 will

be presented to the con-test winner.This year’s topic is “the

effects of the abortionholocaust on my genera-tion.” Entrants must beseniors in high school, livein Miami County, and planto attend a two- or four-year college or universityafter high school.Students must submit

an original essay between1,000 and 1,200 wordstypewritten and double-spaced. Entrants must in-clude a cover pagecontaining the entrant’sname, home address, tele-phone number, name ofhigh school and name ofcollege or university theyare planning to attend.Entries will be accepted

beginning Nov. 19 untilDec. 10. The winner willbe notified by Jan. 11, andwill be expected to readhis/her essay during theMiami County Right toLife Prayer Vigil at theHayner Cultural Centerin Troy on Jan. 20, at

which time the $1,000scholarship prize will beawarded.Submit entries to:

Miami County Pro-LifeEducational Foundation,Att. Scholarship Commit-tee, P.O. Box 583,Troy, OH45373Essays also may be

brought to the office at305 E. Main St., Troy.The winning essay will

also be published in theMiami County Pro-LifeEducational FoundationNewsletter. For more in-formation, call the MiamiCounty Right to Life officeat 335-5433 or Mary 937-570-2217.

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PROVIDED PHOTOJon Irvin, Logan Copsey, Bradley McPherson, and Ayron Thomas, members of Boy Scout Troop 344of Piqua, set out flags for the Veteran’s Trip to Washington, D.C. at Miami Valley Centre Mall on Mon-day, in preparation for the Mission: Vets to D.C. send-off, which will be held Friday morning. Organ-izers say this is the last veterans’ trip.

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AsImeet with small business owners across Ohio,I hear a familiar refrain about federal regula-tions.

These are the binding decisions executive agenciesmake as they implement the statutes Congress passedand the president signed into law. Regulations have thefull force of law, even though they are written by agen-cies and not elected representatives.Many of the employers I talk to say the regulations

coming out of Washington under President Obama aretoo costly, or are not providing the certainty their busi-nesses need in order to expand and hire fellow Ohioanswho are out of work.There’s plenty of evidence to support Gallup’s finding

last year that overregulation now tops the list of “mostimportant problems” holding back small businesses.First, the number of costly regulations is unusually

high lately. In its first three years, the Obama adminis-tration issued more regulations costing $100 million ormore than any administration since these records werekept. It issued 20 percent more than the Clinton ad-ministration and 40 percent more than the Bush ad-ministration.Second, the administration has not provided small

business owners with cer-tainty. If employers are nottold what is inWashington’spipeline, they won’t knowhow to plan for the future,including whether they’ll beable to afford new hires.That’s why I wrote to Presi-dent Obama two weeks ago,asking why his administra-tion did not produce a re-quired biannual review of itsregulatory agenda to giveemployers and others noticeof new regulations under de-velopment. Federal law and executive orders by presi-dents of both parties require publication of a forecast ofnew rules coming down the pike, but this administra-tion has ignored the requirement this year.Better transparency and more certainty would help,

but they are only part of the solution. I believe compre-hensive regulatory reform is necessary. And I have in-troduced two proactive, bipartisan bills to help provideit.When it comes to the cost issue, one problem is that

the federal government doesn’t budget for the coststhese regulations impose on American employers aswell as the American consumer. Unlike the process forgovernment spending or taxes, Congress doesn’t evenhave to approve new regulatory burdens, includingthose costing billions of dollars per year.For example, the Environmental Protection Agency

is imposing regulations on the energy industry that arecontributing to the early closure of eight coal-firedpower plants across Ohio.While environmentalists have cheered the closures

as a victory for their cause, the local communities wherethese facilities are located are bracing for the hundredsof workers who will be laid off and themillions of dollarsin lost tax revenue.Statewide, this will likely drive up electricity prices

for consumers and degrade the reliability of the grid, es-pecially during peak use in the height of summer andthe dead of winter. After the intense heat wave we ex-perienced this summer in Ohio, can you imagine en-during these temperatures with an even less reliablegrid? The first bill, the Regulatory Accountability Act,tackles this issue by greatly strengthening the require-ment for agencies to scrutinize the costs and benefits ofnew regulations, including looking at what they will doto create or harm jobs.Agencies will also have to implement what’s called the

“least burdensome” option. The bill also opens the regu-latory process to greater transparency at virtually everystage, by inviting early public participation on high-dol-lar rules and requiring agencies to disclose the data theyare relying on. Finally, regulations that will cost morethan $1 billion will be subjected to even greater scrutiny.If you can believe it, there are at least seven such ruleson their way, according to the administration.To provide greater certainty for job creators, the sec-

ond bill, the Independent Agency Regulatory AnalysisAct, makes sure that what are termed “independentagencies” are also required to use cost-benefit analysis.These include the Securities and Exchange Commis-sion, National Labor Relations Board, and Federal Com-munications Commission — powerful regulators withcommand over the nation’s economy.Giving independent agencies the same responsibili-

ties as other government agencies is a no-brainer thathas long been overdue.The evidence bears out the need.In 2011, independent agencies finalized 17 major rules— and not a single one of them was subjected to a com-plete cost-benefit analysis. The tallies for earlier yearsare similarly lopsided. It’s far past time forWashingtonto stop running up the score. Ohio employers and work-ers desperately need a more job-friendly regulatory cli-mate. With meaningful regulatory relief, Congress canhelp pave the way to a true American economic come-back.

Rob Portman is the junior U.S. senator from Ohio.

BY JULIE PACEAssociated Press

WASHINGTON — It’sawfully quiet at the WhiteHouse these days.President Barack

Obama is spending muchof his time on the roadcourting voters in a hand-ful of states the most com-petitive ones as he looks tobreak open what pollsshow is a close race. TheWhite House press corpsthat normally occupiesspace in the West Wing isout there with him, or offcovering Republican chal-lenger Mitt Romney. Eventhe noisy and disruptiveconstruction on the NorthLawn has wrapped up.Six weeks from Election

Day, the energy and someof the power has shiftedfrom 1600 PennsylvaniaAve. to Chicago, whereObama’s re-election cam-paign is headquartered.And governing has taken aback seat to campaigning,an inevitable shift for anypresident seeking a secondterm.“Welcome to the White

House. It’s good to beback,” White House presssecretary Jay Carney saidat the start of a recentpress briefing. “We don’t dothis all that frequentlythese days because we’retraveling so much.”Earlier this year, White

House aides spent monthstrying to paint a picture ofa president more focusedon running the countrythan on running for re-election.“The president is still

spending a vast prepon-derance of his time on hisofficial duties,” Carneysaid in March as Obamastarted engaging more di-rectly in the campaign.Back then, the president

traveled once or twice aweek to raise money forhis campaign, often brack-eting his fundraisers withofficial events to promotepolicies or to announce ex-ecutive actions. He kept upa robust public schedulewhile in Washington,meeting with foreign lead-ers and holding events tocall for congressional legis-lation.Fast forward to the fall,

and there’s little questionthat the balance has fullytipped toward the cam-paign as Obama seeks asecond term in a tougheconomic environment.Nowadays, the presi-

dent travels at least threeor four days a week for ral-lies in battleground states.It’s an itinerary that’slikely to increase in thefinal month of the cam-paign.

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Commentary

GOP presidentialnominee Mitt Rom-ney got a fact right:

47 percent of Americansdo not pay income taxes.Like the proverbial brokenclock, he’s entitled to beright once or twice a day.But Romney wasn’t inter-ested in the facts abouttaxes. He wanted to makemyth while the mythingwas good.Characterizing President Obama’s

supporters, Romney said, “There are 47percent who are with him, who are de-pendent upon government, who believethat they are victims, who believe thegovernment has a responsibility to carefor them, who believe that they are enti-tled to health care, to food, to housing, toyou-name-it.That’s a stale, withered myth that Re-

publicans trot out with makeup and lip-stick. The next statement revealedRomney’s own personal beliefs: “My job isnot to worry about those people. I’ll neverconvince them that they should take per-sonal responsibility and care for theirlives.” “Those people.”“Those people” don’t need Romney —

not to convince them and not to conde-scend to them. “Those people” include myparents, and if I sound miffed at Rom-ney’s myth — that’s not far enough. I’mdeeply offended.Let me tell you about my parents’ work

ethic. I watched my parents work two andthree jobs to make ends meet. I rarelysaw them after they left for work. Week-ends were just the same. They got up,cooked our breakfast, left it on the stoveand went out to catch the early bus. Inmy mother’s case, she left to get Mrs.Hilbert’s kids up and fix their breakfast,and my Dad had to get to the school to getthe lights on, the heater or AC running,and prepare for the kids to come toschool.On weekends, they served parties or

catered, cleaned yards, renovated homesor cut grass. On Sundays, we gathered forour only meal together.My favorite mem-ory was seeing them happy when we allwent off to church.Poor people are highly motivated. The

working class and the struggling middleclass are highly motivated. Look at me—I work four jobs, having patterned myselfafter my parents. It’s Romney and hisprivileged-class cronies who are depend-ent on a victim mentality: “I’m being at-tacked because I’m rich.”No,Mr. Romney, you’re being chastised

— even by conservatives — because youjust don’t get it. William Kristol, conser-vative columnist and editor, called yourcomments, “stupid” and “arrogant.” Re-publican Gov. Susana Martinez of NewMexico, who spoke for you at the Repub-lican convention, flatly rejected your re-marks publicly. North CarolinaRepublican congressional candidateMark Meadows went on TV to pointedlysay that unlike Romney, he intended toserve all the people.Romney may not care about facts, but

we should. In fact, Romney’s “47 percent”who don’t pay taxes? It’s actually closer

to 46 percent. (So I’ll takeback my first sentence.)Here’s a look at the 46percent, as compiled bythe non-partisan Tax Pol-icy Center:— 61 percent pays pay-

roll taxes— 22 percent of non-

payers are seniors— 79 percent earns less

than $30,000 a year— 1 percent falls into the “other” cate-

gory, which includes the very wealthy.Forty-six percent of Americans do not payincome tax, but 82 percent of Americansdo pay taxes of either the income or pay-roll variety.Here are some other facts: Presidents

Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bushpushed for reform that exempted low-in-come people from paying income taxes.Washington Post economic columnistEzra Klein points out that no-income-taxreform helps the poor (the 7 percent ofnon-elderly Americans who earn under$20,000) to get off welfare.The Center on Budget and Policy Pri-

orities (a group House Speaker JohnBoehner invited to address tea partymembers in the Republican caucus)found that “When all federal, state, andlocal taxes are taken into account, thebottom fifth of households pays about 16percent of their incomes in taxes, on av-erage. The second-poorest fifth paysabout 21 percent.”What about the “other” 1 percent who

pay no income taxes? Republican BruceBartlett served as a senior policy advisorin both the Reagan and Bush adminis-trations, and was on the staffs of JackKemp and Ron Paul. He points out thatthere are 3,000 Americans with incomesabove $2.2 million who pay no incometaxes by using the same deductions thatare allotted to the poor. Further, there are24,000 households with incomes betweenhalf a million dollars and $2.2 millionwho have no tax liability, and 78,000 withincomes from $211,000 to half a millionwho pay no taxes.As Bartlett concludes: “Perhaps the

right and left can at least agree that it isunseemly for those in the top 1 percent ofincome distribution, with incomes atleast 10 times the median income, to payno federal income taxes. It’s not socialismto ask them to pay something.”Ironically, just-getting-by working folk

who pay no income tax still pay a higherpercentage of taxes than Mitt Romneypaid in income tax. And they contributemore to running the government thanRomney’s wealthy friends, for whom hewants another tax break.There’s another powerful irony, as Illi-

nois Sen. Dick Durbin points out: “Hejudged 47 percent of the American peoplebased on their income tax returns. Weshould judge Mitt Romney based on hisincome tax returns — or his refusal todisclose them.”

Donna Brazile is a senior Democraticstrategist, a political commentator andcontributor to CNN andABCNews, and acontributing columnist to Ms. Magazineand O, the Oprah Magazine.

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This deal appeared inthe 1959 National Inter-collegiate Bridge Tourna-ment. This once-popularcompetition, which at itsheight attracted entries

from about 150 collegesannually, featured dealson which a par result waspre-established. Contest-ants then had to achievethe par in the bidding,play or defense to receivefull credit.In today’s deal, the

spotlight was on declarerplay. South was directedto play in five diamondsagainst the lead of theheart king.Some declarers won the

heart, drew trumps andthen played the A-K andanother club, hoping for a3-3 club split. When Westshowed up with fourclubs, these declarerswent down one.Other declarers, reluc-

tant to place their faithentirely on an even clubbreak, found a way to addsignificantly to theirchances. They won theheart lead, cashed the A-K of clubs and played athird club. If the opposingclubs were divided 3-3,they would be home free;if the clubs divided 4-2,there was still the possi-bility of ruffing theirfourth club in dummy,provided the opponentwith the doubleton clubdid not have the ten of di-amonds.Unfortunately, West

won the third club, casheda high heart and returnedthe jack of clubs. Eastoverruffed dummy’s nine

of diamonds with the ten,and again the contractwent down one.A number of Souths,

however, found the win-ning — and by far thebest — line of play. Aftertaking the first heart,they led a low trump todummy’s seven! East wonwith the ten, but therewas no way to stop de-clarer from eventuallycrossing to dummy’s nineof diamonds and discard-ing two clubs on the A-Kof spades. These declarerslost only two tricks — adiamond and a heart — toachieve a well-earned par.

Tomorrow: The case ofthe telltale deuce.

�� Contract Bridge — By Steve Becker

For a swinging good time,wife may have to divorce

DEAR ABBY: I havebeen married for 10 years.Early in our marriage myhusband talked about want-ing to try swinging. We did,and had many enjoyable ex-periences.Two years ago he decided

he no longer wanted to be inthe lifestyle, so we stopped.The problem is, I miss it verymuch. I want to get back intoit and have talked with himabout it, but he insists westay out of it. I am torn be-tween going to parties be-hind his back, suffering mydispleasure in silence be-cause I’m not able to dosomething I really enjoyed,or divorcing. Can you helpme figure this out?

— FOXY IN PHOENIX

DEAR FOXY: Let’s re-view your options as aprocess of elimination. I don’trecommend that you do any-thing behind your husband’sback because, at some point,what you’re doing is sure tocome out. I also do not rec-ommend suffering in silencebecause sooner or later yourunhappiness will become ap-parent. That leaves the op-tion of divorce. Because youand your husband no longersee eye to eye on the issue ofmarital fidelity and he wantsa wife who will “cleave” untohim only, it makes sense to goyour separate ways so both ofyour needs can be met.

DEAR ABBY: The otherday when I went jogging, Imet a guy just as I stopped totake a water break. Hestarted flirting and I was tootired to tell him to leave, so Idecided to humor him until Icooled down enough to re-sume my jog. He asked mebasic questions trying to getto know me, and when I toldhim I was a college student,he asked for my GPA. WhenI told him it was none of hisbusiness, he laughed andasked what my problem was.He said no one else had com-plained when he asked, andhe didn’t mean to pry. I stillfelt he was being rude, so Isaid goodbye and jogged offbefore he could say anything.Abby, I wasn’t trying to

hide a low GPA, but I don’tthink it’s something to tellpeople in a first meeting. Is itnormal for people to ask oth-ers what their GPA is — es-pecially if they just met?

— CO-ED IN BOSTON

DEAR CO-ED: Whensomeone says he or she is astudent, the question thatusually follows is, “Where areyou studying?” or “What’syour major?” It’s not, “What’syour GPA?” which seems likea not-so-subtle way of askingwhether you’re a good stu-dent or not. His attempt tomake conversation wasclumsy — and because hesaid the question is one heasks routinely, let’s hope helearns from his encounterwith you and scratches it offhis list of pickup lines.

DEAR ABBY: I have anissue I’d like your opinion on.What should the Tooth Fairydo with baby teeth after col-lecting them? She stoppedcoming to our house yearsago, but the baby teeth havebeen dutifully saved — everyone of them — in a jar wherethe Tooth Fairy left them.I thought I was unique in

this predicament, but foundout that a sister-in-law hadthe same dilemma. Our kidsare adults now, but I don’tknow what I should or coulddo with these little keep-sakes of a beautiful boy whostole my heart the minute Ilooked into his eyes.

— ALWAYS HIS MOM

DEAR MOM: Let’s see …You could have themmounted and display themon a charm bracelet. Youcould offer to sell them backto your son. Or, you couldplace them in an envelopeand put them in a box withthe curl from his first haircutand a pair of his baby shoes.One day I’m sure he’ll betouched.

Dear Abby is written byAbigail Van Buren, alsoknown as Jeanne Phillips,and was founded by hermother, Pauline Phillips.Write Dear Abby atwww.DearAbby.com or P.O.Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA90069.

ABIGAIL VAN BURENAdvice

PHOTO BY JORDAN STRAUSS/INVISION/APActress Claire Danes, winner of the Emmy for outstanding lead actress in a drama series for “Homeland,”left, and actor Damien Lewis, winner of the Emmy for outstanding lead actor in a drama series for “Home-land” pose together backstage at the 64th Primetime Emmy Awards at the Nokia Theatre on Sunday, in LosAngeles.

PETER SVENSSONAP Technology Writer

NEW YORK (AP) —Apple Inc. said Monday thatit sold more than 5 millioniPhone 5s in the three dayssince its launch, fewer thananalysts had expected.Apple shares fell $9.30, or

1.3 percent, to close at$690.79 on Monday. Theshares hit an all-time highof $705.07 Friday as thephone went on sale in theU.S., Germany, France,Japan and five other coun-tries.The sales tally is a record

for any phone, but it beatslast year’s iPhone 4S launchonly by a small margin.Apple said then that it sold4 million phones in the first

three days.Topeka Capital Markets

analyst Brian White ex-pected Apple to sell 6 mil-lion to 6.5 million iPhone 5sin the first three days. Hesaid the shortfall waslargely due to limited sup-ply. White said the phonewas sold out at 80 to 85 per-cent of the U.S. Apple storeshe and his team contactedSunday evening, and theones that were still avail-able were mostly Sprintmodels.Online delivery times

have stretched to three tofour weeks.The phone will go on sale

in 22 more countries on Fri-day and in more than 100countries by the end of theyear.

JOCELYN NOVECKAP National Writer

NEW YORK (AP) — Have the ’60sgotten boring? Has the CIA becomesexy?Or have we gotten weary of looking

back, albeit stylishly, at our collectivepast, and are now eager to face ourprecarious present and perhapsscarier future?Or were Emmy voters, like fash-

ionistas awaiting the new collections,just a little restless and ready forchange?It’s perhaps foolhardy to draw any

broad cultural lessons from theEmmy awards — but that doesn’tmean people don’t try. And there werea few themes emerging on Mondayafter, in the most surprising news ofthis year’s awards, AMC’s “Mad Men”

was dethroned in rather spectacularfashion, losing all 17 awards it wasnominated for and replaced by“Homeland” as best drama.Sure, “Homeland,” the Showtime

thriller about a bipolar CIA agenttrailing an Iraq war hero whom shesuspects is working for al-Qaeda, hasbeen much praised for its writing andits stellar cast, led by Claire Danesand Damian Lewis (both acting win-ners on Sunday).But was there something broader

at play? TV critic and analyst DavidBianculli was struggling with thatthought, saying he was drawn to “thisreally nice idea that one show, teach-ing us about our present by focusingon our past,” was making way for an-other show, “Homeland,” which was“focusing on our present and showingus our future.”

But he wasn’t sure he believed that.It could simply be, he noted, “this nat-ural inclination of people just wantingto gravitate to something new.” Thatwas the feeling of TV historian DavidBrooks, who noted that the Emmys“are a matter of what’s hot at the mo-ment.”Not that Emmy winners change

every year, of course — “Mad Men”had won the best series Emmy fouryears running. But what it ran into,added Brooks, a former executive atLifetime, was a show that was man-aging both to capture the current zeit-geist — it is, after all, an election year,and “Homeland” delves into politics aswell as national security and terror-ism — and to say something weighty.“Emmy voters like to reward the

‘big statement,’” said Brooks. “Theylike the big subjects.”

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TROY — The Troy-Hayner Cultural Center,301W. Main St., Troy, willpresent a performance bythe Three Classy LadiesPlus One at 2 p.m. Sun-day, Oct. 7. The concert ispresented free and open tothe public.What began as a one-

time program 10 yearsago has now become anannual event. In their10th annual performance,Mary Blauser, SuzanneKalmar, Mary Ann Cor-nell, and Edie Demmitt,will present music fromthe Baroque, Romantic,and Contemporary peri-ods.Blauser continues a

long time piano teachingcareer and is active in Na-tional Guild of PianoTeachers and Federationof Music Clubs.As a mem-ber of the Musician’s Clubof Troy, she performs assoloist and accompanist.She currently studies withBarbaraWasson and Aud-ley Wasson.Kalmar, a retired

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Dear Grandparent-ing: I must have missedthe last boat on how verywonderful it is to be agrandparent. It is not fash-ionable to admit it, but Ithink I will enjoymy younggrandchildren more whenthey’re older, unless I killthem before that. Ha ha,just a little grandparenthumor. The truth is that Ithink they are excessivelynoisy and often and ofteninconsiderate or demand-ing to boot. And that’s on agood day. I don’t have thepatience for toddlers I didwhen I was younger. I amalso set in my ways, andhave plenty of aches andpains. I am the defaultbaby sitter many days. Atfirst I was happy aboutthat. Now I feel more likethe grandkids are beingdumped on me. I definitelyneed an attitude adjust-ment. If you can point metoward some kind of silverlining, maybe I can getback to normal with mygrandkids.

— Call Me Cross, La-conia, N.H.

Dear Cross:Where is itwritten that grandchildrenfeel like a gift each andevery day of the year?Young grandchildren are ahigh-maintenance proposi-tion, and when you’re tiredor bothered or infirmed,grandchildren nipping atyour heels are about aswelcome as “ankle-biters,”as several of our contempo-raries refer to their grand-kids. Convincing yourselfotherwise requires a good

helping of mind over mat-ter. Here are some healthytricks to cope:Getting the blood flowing

isn’t hard when grandkidsare around. Organizedmayhem – when was thelast time you played ring-around-the-rosy — thatgets the body moving canpump some oxygen into youwhile working off grand-kids’ nervous energy. Exer-cise whatever you can –torso, arms, legs. You’d besurprised how 15 minutesof movement can improveyour mood. Get the grand-kids giggling and you’ll ben-efit too — smiles arecontagious. Or you can letyour mind go and wanderoff in some creative direc-tion – the very definition ofchild’s play. To lighten yourload, try lightening yourheart by engaging them ontheir level in some kind ofspontaneous interaction,like word play, or takingturns creating sentences fora little “book,”writing downeach line. It creates a senseof shared purpose and di-verts you from bothersomestuff. Replacing that tiredsense of dutywith activitiesthat impart of feeling of

being valued by your grand-kids will go a long way to-ward improving yourmood.A toddler’s world is the joyof simple pleasures; main-taining that mindset willsatisfy your grandkids andhelp you over the hump.Fi-nally, know your limits.There’s no shame in tellingyour family you’ve earned abreak from babysittingduty.

GRAND REMARKOF THEWEEK

King from Marshall, MIsays “some things thatused to shock me when mychildren did them can bethe same things thatamuse me now I’m seeingmy grandchildren do them.

I have a whole differentperspective.”

Dee and Tom, marriedmore than 50 years, haveeight grandchildren. To-gether with Key, they wel-come questions, suggestionsand Grand Remarks of theWeek. Send to P.O. Box27454,Towson, MD, 21285.Call 410-963-4426.

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Ihave 10 loaves of breadrising and daughterSusan is mixing two

batches of ranger cookies.The cookies are beingmade to take along tochurch services on Sun-day. She’ll probably endup mixing another batchso we will have some tokeep for ourselves. Theboys picked the tomatoeslast night and didn’t evenget a 5 gallon bucket full.Looks like they are slow-ing down fast. If I do getmore I would like to makea batch of pizza sauce toput in jars. I still haveplenty of green peppers soI could still use those. Iwent with husband Joe tosee a doctor after he camehome from work. He hasbeen feeling very sick thelast few weeks withwheezing, coughing, sinuscongestion. After puttingin our hay it seems to beworse. He wears a mask tocover his mouth and noseto put in hay but it stillbothers him. The doctortold Joe it was allergiesand the start of bronchitis.He prescribed an inhalerand medication, whichwill help him get over this.This is starting to keephim awake at night so hefinally decided it was timeto see a doctor. He will beworking 5 day weeks so heneeds to keep his energylevel up.Loretta went back to

school on Tuesday and itwent very well. She seemsworn out in the evenings,though. She has a lot morepatience with the castthat I would have. Herfeet and legs get itchy andshe can’t scratch them. Istill remember when I wasyoung and had a brokenarm. After a few weeks thearm would start itchingand you couldn’t scratchbeneath the cast. Ithought back then it wasvery miserable.Loretta really tries to

do a lot for herself withoutour help. To get into bedshe puts her wheelchairup to the bed and bracesit. Then she puts her caston the bed and scoots her-self on the bed. By gettingout of bed, she slides back-ward into her wheelchair.She has also figured outhow to get her wheelchairto the toilet so she can goto the bathroom without

help. She is determined toget better.Saturday our new

Amish neighbor Joas andSusan and three daugh-ters biked over to seeLoretta. She was glad fortheir company. SistersVerena and Susan cameover for a few minutes tosee how her surgery went.Neighbor Susan broughtus apple fry pies and apumpkin roll from herbakery. That was a treatfor us since I didn’t getany baking done thatweek. They operate a bak-ery where they used tolive and will graduallymove it over to their newhome. Their daughters arethe same age as ourdaughters and they seemto have made friendsquickly.Daughter Elizabeth

started working in thecabinet shop area of thetrailer factory this week.Her job had been to do thecaulking around the win-dows and wherever it wasneeded. Her hand brokeout in a rash so bad, theythink she was allergic tosomething she was work-ing with. It was prettypainful but it seems to beclearing up now.I will share my pizza

sauce recipe with you thisweek:

LOVINA EICHERThe Amish Cook

Back toschool forLoretta

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1/2 bushel tomatoes4 garlic cloves3 pounds onions,

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onion, and peppers untilsoft. Put through sieve.Add vegetable oil andcook 30 minutes. Addtomato paste, sugar, andseasonings. Simmer untilit boils and thickens a lit-tle. Put in jars and sealand this makes 24 pints.

I’m often asked how Ican paint when I can’tsee a face across a

room. Why can I see agnat flying around when Ican’t see a buckled side-walk? I hope these an-swers will be helpful.I have age-related mac-

ular degeneration, AMD.The condition can affectthe sight slightly orprogress to severe loss ofvision. It usually begins inone eye, as mine did, andlater affect both eyes, asmine has. There are twotypes of AMD, a dry formand a wet form. The dryform can lead to a slow,continuing loss of vision.There are treatments todecrease the severity of vi-sion changes and devicesto assist low vision. Dam-age caused by dry AMD(85 to 90 percent of pa-tients) is not as great asthat caused by wet AMD(10 to 15 percent of pa-tients). Dry can changeinto wet, which was myexperience.“Wet” refers to leakage

caused by abnormal bloodvessels under the retina.The longer the vesselsleak, the greater the vi-sion loss will be. When wetAMD was detected in myleft eye, the only treat-ment available was Laser.It stopped the bleedingbut left a scar that de-stroyed my central vision,meaning I can’t identify orsee fine details, such asthreading a needle, draw-ing or painting. The Laserdidn’t affect my peripheralvision, or being able to seesomething from “the cor-ner of the eye,” which

keeps me from bumpinginto things. The AMD con-dition has progressed inboth eyes, the right eyenow being the worst. I fin-ished a painting Thursday,knowing that even withmy magnifiers, I wouldn’thave adequate vision thefollowing day. Friday, Iwent to see my vitreo-reti-nal specialist to have nee-dles stuck into my eye forthe 32nd time, 9 timeswith a medication thatdidn’t work, then 23 timeswith one that’s effective.Preceding those monthlytreatments, a numbingmedication is injected intomy eye and the outer as-pect is thoroughlycleansed. The injectionspresent the possibility ofinfection, heart attack orstroke — but withoutthem, I’ll go blind fasterand not be able to “see” thedoctor at all! What’s mychoice? I have now devel-oped PED, pigment ep-ithelial detachment, like alittle blister under theretina, in the right eye.(About 2 percent of AMDpatients get it — just myluck!) The PED will fur-ther decrease and distortmy central vision. It maygo away but others willfollow. IF if bursts (thedoctor said “WHEN”), itwill immediately and per-manently destroy the cen-tral vision. And…theinjections can cause thePED to burst. Again,what’s my choice?Friday, only a few pa-

tients were in the waitingroom when we arrived. Onleaving three hours later,the room was full. Some

visits have taken eighthours, which I considertime well spent to slow thevision loss. By Fridayevening, my eye still feltlike it was full of soap andeyelashes, regardless ofthe “soothing” eye dropsevery hour. I knew itwould feel better by morn-ing but still appear bloodyand swollen. RB is incharge of the eye dropsand that’s the way he de-scribes it; I can’t see it. It’sbeen quite some timesince I’ve even seen theblack pupils in my eyes.I can see a gnat because

it’s a moving thing but it’seasily confused with“floaters,” those black dotsyou may have that movewith the eyes. I don’t al-ways know if the blackspeck in the salad is afloater or a bug. I’ve nevereaten a floater but I’m notsure about a bug.When I look closely into

a mirror, I can recognizethat it’s me. Features likeeyelashes and brows areabsent. I look 20 years old,no wrinkles, no frownlines, no saggy blobs of oldskin. I LOVE that part! Iused to apply eyeliner andsome color to my cheeksbut I don’t use makeupanymore; I could easilylook like a circus clown.My distance perception istotally off. I’ve burned my-self when trying to cookbecause I can’t see exactlywhere the fire is! It wasmy good fortune to growcurly hair when I stoppedgetting perms; otherwise,I’d have to settle for insti-tutional haircuts. Vanitygoes on.

Any straight lines I see,like telephone poles orpainted lines on roads, aredistorted and wavy. Build-ings look like they’re goingto collapse, trucks areready to topple over. Keep-ing clear of traffic comingtoward me was compli-cated by having to missthe cars at the curb. That’swhen I stopped driving.Bright light is blinding soI wear sunglasses whenscootering, although theysometimes interfere withdetermining the color oftraffic lights. I must con-centrate on where I’mgoing and the correctroute, because I can’t readmost street signs. Using ameasuring cup is impossi-ble; I can’t see the num-bers. I measure seasoningby the palm of my hand. Ican recognize some peopleby the body shape, thehair, and the voice. I musthave good light and I usemagnifiers. I welcomequestions, don’t be shy; Ican’t see you!If you should see me out

and I look lost, I probablyam; please aim me towardhome. (There’s no rewardon return.)

You can contact CarolynStevens atcandrstevens@att.net.

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NEW YORK — “GoodMorning America” cameraswere there last week whenco-host Robin Roberts un-derwent a bone marrowtransplant. So were her col-leagues Diane Sawyer andSam Champion, wearingsurgical masks and singingsongs of encouragement.Allof it was on the next day’sshow, along with a detailedinterviewwithRoberts’ doc-tor.A visibly spent Roberts

recorded a message to fansfromahospital bed that shecould “feel the love.” ABCNews’ website encouragespeople to “follow Robin’sjourney.” Followers arepitched $5 wristbands tobenefit a bone marrow reg-

istry, which her “GoodMorningAmerica” co-work-ers wear on TV.EveryonewishesRoberts

good health. But the extentof the show’s attentionraises questions about howmuch is too much, andwhether legitimate concerncan spill over into exploita-tion.“It’s a fine line between

educating the audience andbringing them up to date,and crossing over and turn-ing that into a ratingsbooster or an audiencegrabber,” said Arthur Ca-plan, director of medicalethics at theNewYorkUni-versity Langone MedicalCenter.Education isRoberts’mo-

tive in publicizing her fightwithMDS,a blood and bonemarrowdisease once knownas preleukemia, accordingtoABC.Shewent through asimilar process in her suc-cessful, public fight againstbreast cancer. A role modelwas Katie Couric, credited

with saving lives when sheused her “Today” show plat-form to promote screeningsfor colon cancer after herhusband died of the disease.Roberts has encouraged

viewers to register as bonemarrow donors and some44,000 people have done sosince she revealed her ill-ness in June, said JeffreyChell, CEO of Be TheMatch, a Minnesota-basedregistry.That’s usually a fullyear’s total. Some 210,000wrist bands have been sold,helping to fund research,outreach and treatment ofpeople who need trans-plants, he said.Her credo about making

some good come of misfor-tune is “make your messyour message.” NancyGrace, Holly RobinsonPeete, Ellen DeGeneres,Christiane Amanpour andCouric are among thecelebrities to tweet theirgood wishes.The high-profile patient

is a star on amorning news

show that just ascendedinto first place in a heatedratings battlewith the long-time champs at NBC’s“Today” show. An extendedabsence by Roberts at a keytime in that competitionwas a worry for ABC News,even though“GoodMorningAmerica” hasn’t lost muchof its audience appeal sinceshe left.“You can inform and help

a lot of people, but there is atipping point,” said ShelleyRoss, former“GoodMorningAmerica” executive pro-ducer and once Roberts’boss. “In my opinion, it hashit a tipping pointwhen youhave other anchors showingup in her hospital room (to)cheerlead. That was thepoint where it was not in-formative. It suddenly be-comes a thread in a soapopera.“I don’t think that’s the

intent, but that’s what hap-pened,” Ross said. “At a cer-tain point, Robin needs toheal.”

PIQUA—ThePiquaHis-toricalSocietywill beofferinga walking tour of Forest HillCemetery entitled the“Art ofDying.”The tour will be heldon Saturday, October 20 at10a.m.and the cost is $5perperson. The one-hour tourwill start and end at the of-fice by the main gate off ofBroadway (State Route 66).Ticketsmaybe purchased

at the Mainstreet Piqua of-fice, located at 326 N. MainSt. or mail a checkmade outto “Piqua Historical Society”and mail to P.O. Box 1703,Piqua,OH45356.Acompanionwalking tour

brochure with photographsand descriptions was devel-oped by the Local HistoryDepartment at the PiquaPublic Library and will beprovided to all tour partici-pants.“Cemeteries have devel-

oped their ownuniquearchi-tectureand symbolism,”saidtour leader Jim Oda. “Thetour will highlight angels,saints, eagles, vines andwreathes from the nine-teenth and early twentiethcentury’s and discuss theirmeaning and significance.”

Those interested inpartic-ipating in the tour are en-couraged to purchase theirtickets early as the tour willbe limited to the first 30 reg-istrants.Thoseneedingaddi-tional information maycontact theMainstreetPiquaoffice at 773-9355.

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In May of this year, theUnited States Preven-tion Services Task

Force (USPSTF) recom-mended that healthy menshould no longer receivePSA blood testing as partof routine cancer screen-ing. This was based on astudy in the New EnglandJournal of Medicine.The USPSTF states

that PSA “screening maybenefit a small number ofmen but will result in harmto many others.” For manyphysicians this recommen-dation to discontinue PSAtesting for prostate cancerwas a huge surprise.First, I will review

prostate cancer and its nat-ural history and then dis-cuss a sensible approach toprostate cancer screening.Prostate cancer is now themost commonnon-skin can-cer inmen,surpassing coloncancer in 1986. It accountsfor 10 percent of all cancerdeaths inmen. It is increas-ingly common as men getolder and the prevalencemay be as high as 50 per-cent of men over 80 years ofage. Prostate cancer is in-teresting in that, in manyinstances, an especially inoldermen, it is usually slowgrowing or smoldering.Most men with prostatecancer will die of somethingelse.Moremenwill diewithprostate cancer, rather thanbecause of it. Prostate can-cer is curable if diagnosedand treated at an early age.Screening for some cancershas been shown to reducemortality.Screening for prostate

cancer with the blood test,PSA, has been controver-sial. Typically, a total PSAvalue greater than 4.0ng/mL has been consideredthe optimal cut off point formost men between the agesof 50 an 70 years. However,there aremany studies thatsuggest that 2.5 ng/mL is anappropriate PSA cut-offpoint for younger men inwho early prostate cancerdetection and aggressivetreatment would be mostbeneficial. However, thetotal serum PSA test, whenused alone, is not specific foronly prostate cancer, as in-

dicated by the low positivepredictive value from 2 sep-arate studies. In fact, in theabsence of prostate cancer,serumPSA levels varywithage, race, and prostate vol-ume.Because of this variabil-

ity. PSA testing, when usedalone is not a great test.Thesensitivity and specificity indetecting early prostate issomewhat low.RoutinePSAscreening can have draw-backs because of lowpredic-tive value.False positive results can

be costly both financiallyand in terms of the sufferingof patients who experienceanxiety or undergo unnec-essary needle biopsy. Withall of the potential problemswith PSA testing, it is myopinion that it is a good test.Not great, but good.Used inconjunctionwith digital rec-tal exams, PSA screening ismuch better at detectingprostate cancer. When PSAtesting is done serially thereis enhancement about thepositive predictive value.Measuring the change intotal serum PSA level overtime, know as PSA velocity,is one such method. (A PSAvelocity greater than 0.75ng/mL per year is consid-ered high and may suggestthe possibility of prostatecancer.) PSA velocity isgaining acceptance as ameans for assessingprostate cancer risk. It ap-pears to be more useful forassessing risk in men withlower PSA levels ratherthan as the deciding factorwhen considering furtherworkup of patientswith ele-vated PSA values.Because of the controver-

sial nature of prostate can-cer screening, the bestsource of information isyour family doctor.

TROY — A Mom andBaby Get Together supportgroup for breastfeedingmothers is offered weekly atUpper Valley Medical Cen-ter.The meetings are 9:30-11

a.m. at the Farmhouse lo-cated northwest of the mainhospital entrance.Themeet-ingsare facilitatedbythe lac-

tation department. Partici-pants canmeet other moms,share about being a newmother and learn moreabout breastfeeding andtheir babies.The groupwillmeetMon-

day inOctober onOct.1,Oct.8,Oct.15,Oct.22andOct.29.For more information, call440-4906.

JAMES S.BURKHARDT

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‘Art of Dying’ tour offeredby Piqua Historical Society

I’m going back to an ar-ticle written by a pedi-atric endocrinologist

that I referenced a whileback. In the article, thedoctor states, “Type 1 dia-betes remains a diseasethat is all encompassing ofa patient’s life. Diabetescontinues to need atten-tion multiple times a day,whether it is to check glu-cose by whatever meansused or to calculate eachmeal or snack. Patientsmust remain attentive atall times to feelings thatmight indicate hypo-glycemia. Few other condi-tions require this level ofdiligence.” And to that Isay “Amen!”So I know everybody’s

life is hard, but I’d like totake a minute to congrat-ulate diabetics. I’m gonnago ahead and say it – ifyou have taken ownershipover your disease and aremanaging it the best youcan, you’re kind of a su-perhero, if I do say so my-self (feel free to go aboutyour life wearing a cape).In my opinion, there arediseases that are worsethan diabetes. There areholes in my heart from los-ing loved ones to cancer,for example. But, like the

good doc said, few otherdiseases are with youevery minute of the dayand night for years andyears and require con-stant attention (the doctorsays “needs attention mul-tiple times a day” but Ithink constant is more ac-curate).In the article, he says

that compliance literaturesuggests that if patientsactually take medicine 80percent of the time, theyare considered to havebeen compliant with theirtreatment. In diabetes,doing that will get you anA1C of 9, and if the 20 per-cent of the time you don’ttake medicine is a fewdays in a row, it will getyou a hospital stay. Whenyou have diabetes, nottaking your medicine isnot an option. I hopeeveryone reading this re-alizes it. If you are notputting the needed effortinto your disease, I hopethat you will start to do so!Become a superhero! Thepower is in you whetheryou believe it or not.Whether this is the powerto overcome being differ-ent, the power to stickyourself with the neces-sary needles, the power tojust find a few minutes

within your day to let dia-betes take priority orwhatever it is you needpower for, it’s there! Anddon’t worry, the cape’s op-tional!So just how should you

start the journey to man-aging your diabetes bet-ter? Might I suggestchecking your bloodsugar? To quote the Wil-ford Brimley commercial,check your blood sugarand check it often! The ar-ticle says that one out-come that is clear is thatthe number of checks perday is directly correlatedto the outcome of bloodglucose control based onA1C testing. He quotesanother study that foundthat in long term out-comes, blood sugar check-ing intensity may be themost important variablethat predicts success.However, this successcomes with a price. It wasestimated in 2008 thatglucose meter strips cost$1 each. My prescriptionis to test 10 times a day.That’s $10 a day, whichadds up when you’ve beenpaying for test strips for26 years! Now, thankfullyI have very good insur-ance. For any of you whodon’t, there are lots of pro-

grams and options inplace. I encourage you tolook in to these. I hopethat you won’t let moneybe the cause of you nottaking control of your dis-ease. On a side note, thereis no political meaning be-hind this! I hesitated toeven bring this subject upbeing just a few monthsaway from the election!So bottom line, I’m not

perfect by far. There aredays and weeks when Iknow I don’t deserve towear the superhero cape,but that’s OK. You can’tmanage this disease per-fectly. All you can do isyour best. I hope that youare or that you will bedoing this soon.I was kidding about the

cape, but now I’m thinkingwe really need some!

And to that I say ‘Amen!’

JENNIFER RUNYON

Columnist

How much is too much in Robin Roberts coverage?

Miami-ShelbyOstomy supportgroup to meet

TROY — The Miami-Shelby Ostomy SupportGroup will meet at 7p.m. Oct. 3, at Confer-ence Room A on thelower level of the UpperValley Medical Center,3130 N. County Road 25-A, Troy.The Ostomy Support

Group’s meetings areheld the firstWednesdayof each month exceptJanuary and July. Theguest speakers will benursing students fromEdison Community Col-lege.Programs provide in-

formation and support toostomates and their fam-ilies, and are beneficialto health care profes-sionals as well as care-givers. For moreinformation, call 440-4706.

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TROY — A Piquawomanwho al-legedlyd r o v eintoxi-c a t e dduringa policepursuitb e -t w e e nTroy and Piqua early Sun-day morning at speeds ex-

ceeding 100 mph made herinitial appearance in mu-nicipal court Monday.Jennifer L.Hiser, 32, has

been charged with failureto comply with a police of-ficer, resisting arrest, driv-ing under the influence ofalcohol, two counts of will-ful or wanton disregard ofsafety of persons or prop-erty, lanes of travel uponroadways, establishinghazardous zones, speedlimits, right of way throughhighways and stop signsand driving in markedlanes.Hiser was fleeing a re-

ported disturbance in Troywhen an officer attemptedto pull her over on North

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volved sheriff ’s deputiesand officers from Troy andPiqua, lasted approxi-mately five minutes beforeHiser was arrested, thoughshe attempted to flee onfoot at one point, those re-ports state.Hiser is out of jail on a

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VANDALIA (AP) — Ohiohas emerged as the presi-dential race’s undisputedfocus. Barack Obama andMitt Romney are makingmultiple stops this weekalone in a state that’s trend-ing toward the president,endangering Romney’sWhite House hopes.The popularity of

Obama’s auto industrybailout and a better-than-average local economy areundermining Romney’s callfor Ohioans to return totheir GOP-leaning ways,which were crucial toGeorge W. Bush’s two elec-tions. Ohio has 18 electoralvotes, seventh most in thenation, and no Republicanhas won the White Housewithout carrying it.Romney is scrambling to

reverse the polls that show

Obama ahead. On Tuesday,he made the first of his fourplanned Ohio stops thisweek, joining his runningmate, Rep. Paul Ryan, for arally near Dayton. Today,Obama will visit the collegetowns of Kent and BowlingGreen, and Romney’s bustour will stop in the Colum-bus, Cleveland and Toledoareas.“If this president persists

on the road of making itharder and harder for smallbusinesses to grow andthrive, he’s going to slowlybut surely weaken our econ-omy and turn us intoGreece,” Romney told sup-porters Tuesday in Van-dalia. He said the Obamaadministration has put gov-ernment between patientsand their doctors, and ispicking winners and losers

in private business.“That is not the America

that built Ohio!”Romney de-clared.His tone was urgent, but

the points were standardcampaign language fromRomney.His allies hope theywill start resonating in thiscrucial state.Not even Florida has seen

as many presidential TVcampaign ads as Ohio, andneither nominee goes verylongwithout visiting or talk-ing about the state. WhenObama touted his “decisionto save the auto industry” onCBS’ “60 Minutes” on Sun-day, he mentioned not themajor car-making state ofMichigan but Ohio, whichfocuses more on car parts.“One in eight jobs in Ohio isdependent on the auto in-dustry,” Obama said.

Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romneywaves as he shakes hands during a campaign rally onTuesday in Vandalia.

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Romney, Obamazeroing in on Ohio

NEW ORLEANS (AP)— Mary Foster, a veteranAssociated Press reporterwho wrote about every-thing from New Orleans’love affair with food,Mardi Gras and Saintsfootball to Hurricane Kat-rina, died Monday. Shewas 68.Foster died at her New

Orleans home from com-

plications of cancer thatwas diagnosed earlier thisyear, according to her sis-ter, Rosalie Foster. Shehad returned home on Fri-day after receiving treat-ment in Little Rock, Ark.Foster joined the AP’s

New Orleans bureau in1988 after working atnewspapers and for televi-sion and radio stations.

Foster started coveringLouisiana sports for AP in1992, at a time when fewfemale journalists werecovering professionalsports. A single mom, sheoften brought her two sonson assignment with herand put them to workhelping to gather quotes atNew Orleans Saints andLSU games.

Veteran AP reporter Mary Foster dies

and district personnel areat in the planning. Schoolswill be constructed at theWashington andSpringcreek sites forgrades K-3 and at thePiqua Memorial Hospitalsite for grades 4-6.Preliminary plans for

the two K-3 buildings wereavailable to peruse Tues-day, which included loca-tions for classrooms andpublic space for each build-ing.“The buildings are zoned

for public and less publicuse,” Alberson said, ex-plaining that the front of-fices, gym, cafeteria andstage areas were consid-ered public space. Theclassrooms — for kinder-garten and first grade onthe ground level and secondand third grade on the sec-ond level. Each buildingalso will have a second-floorresource center, which willinclude up-to-date technol-ogy and library facilities.Each classroom area will

include a large hallway, or“spine” as referred to byAl-berson, which will allow for

extra space for teachers topull students out of theclassroom for small groupor individual attention andprojects.Currently, Piqua’s ele-

mentary classrooms hold22-24 students in less than700-square-foot class-rooms. The new buildingswill have larger class-rooms, Alberson said,around 815 square feet,with kindergarten rooms alittle larger. The OhioSchool Facilities Commis-sion states classroomsshould hold up to 25 stu-dents, but districts acrossthe state are putting up to30 students in a room, Al-berson said.Each building also will

be completely handicap ac-cessible and will have ele-vators for both public andschool use.“We’re making the build-

ings something that cangrow and change as educa-tion changes,” Albersonsaid.The current plan is to

advertise for bids for allthree buildings in late win-ter or early spring, Alber-son said. The Washington

building will be razed andstudents moved to theHigh Street school site inmodular units for the 2013-14 school year. Eventually,all of the district’s build-ings will be razed,Albersonsaid, which came as a sur-prise for some in atten-dance at Tuesday’smeeting, although the dis-trict has been reportingthis fact from the begin-ning. The school districtwill continue to maintainthe site after the buildingsare demolished. Demolitionof the older buildings is acondition to participate inthe OSFC building project.The cost for demolition is

part of the OSFC project,which will cost almost $55million.The city of Piqua istaking care of the cost todemolish the Piqua Memo-rial Hospital, which beginstoday, to make room for thebuilding project’s 4-6 gradebuilding. The city receiveda grant to help cover demo-lition costs.The next building project

update will be held at 6:30p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 23, atthe high school. The publicis encouraged to attend.

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DIVISION IRegion 11. Cle. St. Ignatius (5‐0) 12.2816, 2.

Lakewood St. Edward (5‐0) 12.2697, 3.Austintown‐Fitch (5‐0) 12.15, 4. NorthRoyalton (5‐0) 11.85, 5. WilloughbySouth (5‐0) 11.8, 6. Cleveland Heights(5‐0) 11.05, 7. Mentor (4‐1) 9.8505, 8.North Olmsted (4‐1) 9.1, 9. Warren G.Harding (4‐1) 8.8, 10.Cle.Glenville (4‐1)8.55, 11. Shaker Hts. (4‐1) 8.15, 12.Solon (3‐2) 7.2Region 21. Avon Lake (4‐1) 12.6, 2. Canton

McKinley (4‐0) 11.5927, 3. Tol. Whitmer(5‐0) 10.9, 4.MassillonWashington (4‐1)10.75, 5. Canton GlenOak (4‐1) 10.65, 6.Hudson (4‐1) 10.15, 7. Brunswick (4‐1)9.95, 8. Macedonia Nordonia (4‐1) 9.7,9.Wadsworth (3‐2) 7.2, 10. Findlay (4‐1)7.0227, 11.Whitehouse Anthony Wayne(3‐2) 6.85, 12. Elyria (3‐2) 6.75Region 31.Dublin Coffman (5‐0) 13.55, 2. Lewis

Center Olentangy (5‐0) 13.35, 3. West-erville South (5‐0) 11.7, 4. PickeringtonNorth (5‐0) 10.3444, 5.Gahanna Lincoln(5‐0) 10.25, 6. Hilliard Darby (5‐0) 9.8, 7.Cols. St. Charles (3‐1) 9.3371, 8. Picker-ington Central (3‐1) 9.3194, 9. DublinScioto (4‐1) 9.1, 10. Westerville Central(4‐1) 9.05, 11.Powell Olentangy Liberty(4‐1) 8.75, 12. Hilliard Davidson (3‐2) 7.0Region 41. Cin. Colerain (5‐0) 13.1717, 2.West

Chester Lakota West (5‐0) 12.8, 3.Springboro (5‐0) 12.6, 4. Cin.Archbishop Moeller (4‐1) 12.1, 5.

Huber Hts.Wayne (4‐1) 11.1667, 6. Cin.Sycamore (4‐1) 10.7, 7. Liberty Twp.Lakota East (4‐1) 10.45, 8. Lebanon(4‐1) 8.6, 9. Loveland (4‐1) 8.55, 10. Cin.LaSalle (4‐1) 8.35, tie‐11. Cin. Elder (3‐2) 8.3, tie‐11. Cin. St. Xavier (3‐2) 8.3

DIVISION IIRegion 51. Chardon (5‐0) 11.5, 2. New

Philadelphia (5‐0) 9.5455, tie‐3. Tall-madge (4‐1) 9.35, tie‐3. Copley (4‐1)9.35, 5. Chagrin Falls Kenston (3‐2) 8.4,6. Kent Roosevelt (4‐1) 8.0, 7. Aurora(4‐1) 7.55, 8. Warren Howland (4‐1)7.4567, 9. Louisville (3‐2) 6.75, 10.Madi-son (3‐2) 6.45, 11. Chesterland WestGeauga (3‐2) 6.4, 12. Uniontown Lake(2‐3) 5.2283Region 61. Tol. Central Cath. (5‐0) 13.8, 2.

Grafton Midview (5‐0) 10.7, 3. TiffinColumbian (5‐0) 9.65, 4. Norwalk (5‐0)9.35, 5. Perrysburg (4‐1) 8.45, tie‐6.Mansfield Madison Comp. (4‐1) 8.15,tie‐6. Mansfield Senior (4‐1) 8.15, 8.Avon (4‐1) 7.95, 9. Westlake (4‐1) 7.75,10. Lexington (4‐1) 6.55, 11. Tol. Rogers(3‐2) 6.2828, 12. Maumee (3‐2) 5.85Region 71. Zanesville (5‐0) 11.5, 2. Pataskala

Licking Hts. (5‐0) 10.8, 3. DresdenTri‐Valley (5‐0) 10.25, 4. Cols. Mar-ion‐Franklin (4‐1) 9.0475, 5. Mount Ver-non (4‐1) 8.65, 6. Cols. Brookhaven (3‐2)6.9, 7. Cols. Mifflin (4‐1) 6.7737, 8. NewAlbany (3‐2) 6.7, 9. Ashville Teays Valley(3‐2) 6.65, 10. Cols. Beechcroft (3‐1)6.4284, 11. Cols. Hamilton Township(4‐1) 6.35, 12. Ashland (3‐2) 6.05Region 81. Cin. Winton Woods (4‐1) 11.8, 2.

Cin.Turpin (5‐0) 11.45, 3. Cin. Northwest(5‐0) 10.45, 4. Tipp City Tippecanoe(5‐0) 8.7, 5. Trenton Edgewood (4‐1)8.3919, 6. Franklin (4‐1) 8.3, 7. Cin.Mount Healthy (5‐0) 7.7, 8. Mount OrabWestern Brown (5‐0) 7.1222, 9. Celina(4‐1) 7.05, 10. Trotwood‐Madison (3‐2)6.55, 11. Cin. Hughes Center (3‐2) 6.15,12. Wilmington (3‐2) 5.35, 20.Piqua (2-3) 2.75.

DIVISION IIIRegion 91. Niles McKinley (5‐0) 8.8, 2. Chagrin

Falls (4‐1) 8.55, 3. Ravenna (3‐2) 6.95,4. Cle. John Hay (3‐2) 6.3, 5. PeninsulaWoodridge (3‐2) 6.2, 6. Norton (4‐1)5.85, 7. Akron St. Vincent‐St Mary (4‐1)5.7182, 8. Cle. Benedictine (3‐2) 5.45, 9.Mogadore Field (2‐3) 5.1, 10. ChardonNotre Dame‐Cathedral Latin (3‐2)5.0202, 11. Jefferson Area (3‐2) 4.65, 12.Cuyahoga Falls Cuyahoga Valley Chris-tian Acad. (3‐2) 4.55Region 101. Bellevue (5‐0) 9.9, 2. Napoleon

(4‐0) 8.375, 3. Elida (5‐0) 8.1, 4. Urbana(4‐1) 8.05, 5. Bryan (5‐0) 7.55, 6. Cols.Eastmoor Acad. (3‐2) 6.9374, 7. San-dusky Perkins (4‐1) 6.4, 8. Cols. BishopWatterson (3‐2) 6.3283, 9. Cols. East(3‐2) 5.3, 10. Cols. Independence (2‐3)5.05, 11. Rossford (3‐2) 4.75, 12. Cols.St. Francis DeSales (2‐3) 4.25, 29 (tie).Graham (0-5) 0.0.Region 111. Millersburg West Holmes (5‐0) 12,

2. Alliance Marlington (5‐0) 10.45, 3.Struthers (4‐1) 9.0, 4. Granville (4‐1)7.85, 5. Steubenville (4‐1) 7.8364, 6.Zanesville Maysville (4‐1) 7.6, 7. DuncanFalls Philo (4‐1) 7.4, 8.Wintersville IndianCreek (4‐1) 7.25, 9. Cambridge (3‐2)7.05, 10. Newark Licking Valley (3‐2)6.45, 11. Carrollton (4‐1) 6.2768, 12.New Lexington (3‐2) 6.25Region 121. Circleville (4‐1) 9.25, 2. Day. Thur-

good Marshall (4‐1) 8.05, 3. KetteringArchbishop Alter (4‐0) 7.0, 4. Cin. Arch-bishop McNicholas (4‐1) 6.8818, 5. Gal-lipolis Gallia Acad. (3‐2) 6.1, 6.Springfield Kenton Ridge (4‐1) 5.75, 7.Goshen (4‐1) 5.6677, 8. Greenfield Mc-Clain (3‐2) 5.2, 9. Cin. Wyoming (3‐2)5.0, 10. Plain City Jonathan Alder (3‐2)4.7, 11. Day. Dunbar (3‐2) 4.55, 12.Eaton (3‐2) 4.3

Division IVRegion 131. Brookfield (5‐0) 10.5, 2. Creston

Norwayne (5‐0) 8.1384, 3. Gates MillsHawken (5‐0) 8.1, 4. Streetsboro (4‐1)7.35, 5. Magnolia Sandy Valley (4‐1)6.75, 6. Beachwood (4‐1) 6.7, 7.Youngstown Liberty (4‐1) 5.9, 8. CortlandLakeview (3‐2) 5.4, 9. Wooster Triway(4‐1) 5.35, 10.West Salem Northwestern(4‐1) 5.1, 11. Akron Manchester (3‐2)5.05, 12. Middlefield Cardinal (4‐1) 5.0Region 141. Ottawa‐Glandorf (5‐0) 9.2, 2. Cols.

Bishop Ready (5‐0) 8.6455, 3. Cols.Bishop Hartley (5‐0) 8.45, 4.Genoa Area(5‐0) 8.2, 5. Richwood North Union (5‐0)8.1, 6. Elyria Cath. (3‐2) 6.5, 7. Galion(4‐1) 6.35, 8. Huron (4‐1) 6.15, tie‐9.OakHarbor (4‐1) 5.45, tie‐9. Tontogany Ot-sego (3‐2) 5.45, 11. Upper Sandusky(3‐2) 5.25, 12. Lorain Clearview (3‐2)4.95Region 151. Ironton (5‐0) 12.55, 2. St. Clairsville

(5‐0) 11.4, 3. Minford (5‐0) 8.6, 4. John-stown‐Monroe (4‐1) 7.25, 5. Cadiz Harri-son Central (4‐1) 6.05, 6. Martins Ferry(4‐1) 5.95, 7. Piketon (3‐2) 4.75, 8. Chill-icothe Zane Trace (2‐3) 4.475, 9. Chilli-cothe Unioto (3‐2) 4.35, 10. ByesvilleMeadowbrook (3‐2) 4.25, 11. Gnaden-hutten Indian Valley (2‐3) 3.9697, 12.Johnstown Northridge (3‐2) 3.95Region 161. Clarksville Clinton‐Massie (5‐0)

11.85, 2. Cin. Hills Christian Acad. (5‐0)9.7, 3.Williamsport Westfall (4‐1) 9.4, 4.Batavia (5‐0) 7.8869, 5. Brookville (4‐1)7.85, 6. West Milton Milton‐Union (4‐1)7.75, 7.Middletown Bishop Fenwick (3‐2)6.75, 8. Day. Chaminade Julienne (4‐1)6.0212, 9. Carlisle (4‐1) 5.8, 10.Norwood(4‐1) 5.6747, 11. Cin. Madeira (4‐1) 5.6,12. Cin. Shroder (4‐1) 5.55

DIVISIONVRegion 171. Columbiana Crestview (5‐0) 8.95, 2.

Kirtland (5‐0) 8.7, 3. Sugarcreek Gar-away (5‐0) 8.55, 4. Bellaire (4‐1) 8.0, 5.Cuyahoga Hts. (4‐1) 7.25, 6. LouisvilleSt. Thomas Aquinas (4‐1) 6.85, 7. Bar-nesville (4‐1) 6.3, 8.Youngstown Ursuline(3‐2) 6.25, 9. Campbell Memorial (3‐2)5.3, 10. Independence (4‐1) 5.05, 11.Columbiana (4‐1) 4.85, tie‐12. SalinevilleSouthern (4‐1) 4.45, tie‐12. CanfieldSouth Range (3‐2) 4.45Region 181. Lima Cent. Cath. (5‐0), 8.72. Ham-

ler Patrick Henry (5‐0) 8.3, 3. LibertyCenter (4‐1) 7.4, 4. Northwood (5‐0)7.25, 5. Archbold (4‐1) 6.15, 6. FindlayLiberty‐Benton (4‐1) 5.8, T‐7. CollinsWestern Reserve (4‐1) 5.25, T‐7.Oberlin(5‐0) 5.25, 9. Delphos Jefferson (4‐1)5.0, 10. Carey (3‐2) 4.95, 11. HavilandWayne Trace (4‐1) 4.75,11. ColumbiaStation Columbia (4‐1) 4.75Region 191. Bucyrus Wynford (5‐0) 7.35, 2.

Jeromesville Hillsdale (4‐1) 6.9, 3.Wheelersburg (4‐1) 6.2263, 4. LucasvilleValley (5‐0) 5.5121, 5. Oak Hill (4‐1)5.45, tie‐6. Loudonville (3‐2) 5.2, tie‐6.Fredericktown (3‐2) 5.2, 8. Howard EastKnox (3‐2) 4.9, tie‐9. Baltimore LibertyUnion (3‐2) 4.45, tie‐9. West LafayetteRidgewood (3‐2) 4.45, 11. Stewart Fed-eral Hocking (4‐1) 4.3141, 12. Bucyrus(2‐3) 4.25Region 201. Coldwater (5‐0) 9.65, 2.Miamisburg

Day. Christian (5‐0) 7.3828, 3. Coving-ton (5‐‐0) 7.05, 4. Cin. Summit CountryDay (5‐0) 6.7, 5. West Liberty‐Salem(5‐0) 6.0202, 6. Anna (3‐2) 5.95, 7. NewLebanon Dixie (4‐1) 5.9, 8. London Madi-son Plains (4‐1) 5.65, 9. West Jefferson(4‐1) 5.45, 10. Marion Pleasant (4‐1)5.35, 11. Versailles (3‐‐2) 5.3, 12. NewParis National Trail (4‐1) 5.1, 16. MiamiEast (4-1) 3.8.

DIVISION VI Region 211. Mogadore (5‐0) 9.2, 2. Malvern (4‐1)

7.95, 3. Fairport Harbor Fairport Harding(4‐1) 7.35, 4. Youngstown Christian (5‐0)6.85, 5. Shadyside (5‐0) 6.2, 6. WarrenJohn F. Kennedy (4‐1) 5.95, 7.Steubenville Cath. Central (3‐2) 4.5,tie‐8. Berlin Center Western Reserve(3‐2) 4.0, tie‐8. East Canton (3‐2) 4.0,10. Leetonia (3‐2) 3.55, 11. BowerstonConotton Valley (3‐2) 3.5, 12. NewPhiladelphia Tuscarawas Central Cath.(3‐2) 3.4 Region 22 1. Leipsic (5‐0) 7.7, 2. McComb (5‐0)

7.3, 3. Fremont St. Joseph Central Cath.(4‐1) 5.8, 4. Delphos St. John's (3‐2)5.65, 5. Tiffin Calvert (3‐2) 5.15, 6. Ar-lington (3‐2) 5.05, 7. Convoy Crestview(3‐2) 3.9, 8. Tol. Christian (3‐2) 3.75, 9.Norwalk St. Paul (3‐2) 3.55, 10. Arcadia(3‐2) 3.3, 11. Edon (3‐2) 3.15, 12. Tol. Ot-tawa Hills (3‐2) 2.9 Region 23 1. Zanesville Bishop Rosecrans (5‐0)

7.3, 2. North Robinson Colonel Crawford(5‐0) 7.05, 3. Newark Cath. (4‐1) 7.0, 4.Danville (4‐1) 6.8879, 5. PortsmouthNotre Dame (4‐1) 5.45, 6. Glouster Trim-ble (4‐1) 5.3, 7. Willow Wood SymmesValley (4‐1) 4.75, 8. Hannibal River (3‐2)4.15, 9. Portsmouth Sciotoville (3‐2)3.45, 10. Lancaster Fairfield ChristianAcad. (3‐2) 2.95, 11. Reedsville Eastern(3‐2) 2.8, 12. Plymouth (2‐3) 2.55 Region 24 1. St. Henry (5‐0) 7.2, 2. Ada (5‐0)

6.85, 3. Maria Stein Marion Local (4‐1)6.5, 4. Day. Jefferson Twp. (3‐ 2) 5.1, 5.Bradford (4‐‐1) 5.0, 6. Fort Loramie (3‐2)4.6, 7. Minster (3‐2) 4.4, 8. S. CharlestonSoutheastern Local (3‐2) 4.3, 9. Way-nesfield Waynesfield‐Goshen (3‐2) 4.0,10. Fort Recovery (3‐2) 3.65, 11. Cin.Oyler (2‐2) 3.3056, 12. Ridgeway Ridge-mont (4‐1) 3.2, 16.Lehman Catholic (2-3) 2.6091.

OHSAA High School FootballComputer Ratings

Ohio High Schoo Football ScoresSATURDAY

Ada 53, Bluffton 29Beavercreek 44, Fairborn 16Bradford 48, Ansonia 14Brookville 26, New Lebanon Dixie 16Carlisle 62, Day. Northridge 3Casstown Miami E. 24, Tipp City Bethel 0Centerville 64, Greenville 7Cin. Elder 24, Indpls Chatard, Ind. 7Cin. McNicholas 45, Middletown Fenwick

44Cin. Riverview East 32, Manchester 0Clayton Northmont 41, Day. Dunbar 0Coldwater 34, Minster 6Covington 48, Lewisburg Tri-County N.

14Day. Jefferson 34, Portsmouth Sciotoville

18Day. Ponitz Tech. 14, Day. Meadowdale

12Elida 38, Lima Shawnee 13Franklin 27, Bellbrook 6Ft. Recovery 26, Rockford Parkway 0Germantown Valley View 22, Monroe 0Huber Hts. Wayne 41, Vandalia Butler 13Jamestown Greeneview 23, Cedarville 8Lebanon 51, Kettering Fairmont 27Lewistown Indian Lake 28, Bellefontaine

24Lima Bath 33, Van Wert 7Lima Cent. Cath. 42, Delphos Jefferson

19Mason 35, Hamilton 14Miamisburg 7, Troy 6Milton-Union 47, Middletown Madison 20N. Lewisburg Triad 35, Spring. NE 14New Carlisle Tecumseh 49, St. Paris Gra-

ham 6New Paris National Trail 26, Arcanum 20Riverside Stebbins 27, Urbana 12S. Charleston SE 24, Mechanicsburg 13Spring. Greenon 52, Spring. Shawnee 26Spring. NW 31, Spring. Kenton Ridge 27Springboro 55, Piqua 0St. Henry 49, New Bremen 7Tipp City Tippecanoe 50, Bellefontaine

Benjamin Logan 6Trotwood-Madison 20, W. Carrollton 0Versailles 24, Maria Stein Marion Local

14W. Jefferson 35, Lancaster Fisher Cath.

13Wapakoneta 24, Defiance 10Waynesfield-Goshen 28, Ft. Loramie 20

Waynesville 89, Camden PrebleShawnee 20Xenia 21, Springfield 20

FRIDAYBethel-Tate 46, Mt. Orab Western Brown

14Blanchester 33, Williamsburg 20Cin. Anderson 61, Milford 28Cin. Clark Montessori 34, Cin. Christian 8Cin. Colerain 28, Cin. Sycamore 21Cin. Hills Christian Academy 44, Cin.

Country Day 0Cin. La Salle 35, Cols. Watterson 16Cin. Madeira 49, Cin. Finneytown 20Cin. Mt. Healthy 35, Morrow Little Miami

0Cin. NW 30, Wilmington 21Cin. Oak Hills 32, Cin. Princeton 19Cin. St. Xavier 49, Cin. Moeller 21Cin. Summit Country Day 14, Cin. N. Col-

lege Hill 6Cin. Taft 32, Cin. Aiken 0Cin. Turpin 21, Cin. Glen Este 0Cin. Walnut Hills 28, Cin. Shroder 6Cin. Western Hills 35, Cin. Woodward 21Cin. Winton Woods 17, Day. Thurgood

Marshall 13Cin. Wyoming 51, Reading 0Clarksville Clinton-Massie 42, London

Madison Plains 0

Day. Chaminade-Julienne 35, St. BernardRoger Bacon 8Day. Christian 47, Fairfield Christian 0Delphos St. John's 28, Anna 7Findlay Liberty-Benton 54, Cory-Rawson

0Greenfield McClain 20, Lees Creek E.

Clinton 14Greenville 14, Sharon, Pa. 7Hamilton Badin 29, Day. Carroll 21Hamilton New Miami 36, Lockland 13Hamilton Ross 41, Trenton Edgewood 12Harrison 46, Oxford Talawanda 14Kettering Alter 56, Cin. Purcell Marian 6Liberty Twp. Lakota E. 20, Middletown 6N. Bend Taylor 63, Cin. Deer Park 14New Lebanon Dixie 16, Brookville 14Spencerville 30, Columbus Grove 6W. Chester Lakota W. 32, Fairfield 8W. Liberty-Salem 25, Spring. Cath. Cent.

6Washington C.H. Miami Trace 54, Hills-

boro 6

Ohio High Schoo Football Scores

The Piqua volleyballteam had hopes of cele-brating Senior Night andearning a three-way shareof the GWOC North titleagainst Troy.But, the Lady Trojans

thwarted those plans,wrapping up the GWOCNorth title with a 25-23,25-15, 25-15 win overPiqua.Piqua dropped to 9-6

overall and 3-2 in theGWOC North.Troy finished 5-0 and

Vandalia-Butler was 4-1.Shelby Vogler led Piqua

with 11 kills and one ace.The Lady Indians, who

defeated Milton-Union infour games Monday, willplay at Xenia Thursday.

Lady Cavs winFORT RECOVERY —

The Lehman volleyballteam prepared for a bigmatch with a 25-16, 25-14,25-16 win over Fort Re-covery Monday.The Lady Cavaliers,

second in the latest D-IVstate poll, will host thetop-ranked D-III teamMiami East on Thursday.

Lady Buccs fallCOVINGTON — The

Covington volleyball teamsuffered a heartbreakingloss to Tri-County North25-21, 21-25, 11-25, 25-23,15-5 Tuesday in CCC ac-tion.Jessica Dammeyer had

37 digs and Shelby Waagdished out 23 assists.Anna Snyder hd 13 kills

and Brooke Gostomskyadded eight.

Raiders reboundRUSSIA — The Russia

volleyball team reboundedfrom Monday’s loss to Ver-sailles 25-19, 25-22, 25-19with a 25-23, 26-24, 25-17win over Jackson Center.Olivia Monnin led the

Lady Raiders with sevenkills and 19 digs; whileAshley Borchers had fivekills, 12 assists and nineblocks.Emily Francis had nine

assists and seven digs;while Kylie Wilson, ClaireSherman and BethanyYork had four blocks andAbbie Goubeaux added 20

digs.

SOCCERBOYS

Piqua wins 1-0Xavier Harrison scored

off a Xavier Brown assistin the final minute Tues-day, as the Piqua boys soc-cer team edged Greenville1-0.“It was a flat out hustle

goal,” Piqua coach NickGuidera said. “We got theconference win we needed.It's always nice to sendthe seniors off in one oftheir final home gameswith a win.”Grady Stewart charted

his third shutout of theseason.Piqua won the JV game

4-0.Goals were scored by

Andy Newbright, EthanTrapp, Jacob Newbright,

and Antonio Valdez.Trapp and Bailey Lyons

combined for the shutoutin goal.

GIRLSEast edges LehmanSIDNEY — In a battle

of two of the areas top Di-vision III teams, MiamiEast was able to hold offSidney Lehman for a 1-0win Tuesday night. The win for the Vikings

handed the Cavalierstheir first loss of the sea-son.In a game the was

played mostly in the mid-dle of the field, every op-portunity in front of thegoal was crucial. And East capitalized on

just one chance, with fiveminutes left until thebreak. Katrina Sutherly took a

corner kick for theVikings. Jessica Barlage was

first to the ball, but hadher back to the goal. She settled it back to

Emily Holicki, who foundthe net with her left foot.“We made one mistake

and they took advantageof it,” said Lehman coachTony Schroeder. “It was awell-played game, and wehad our opportunities. Wehad three shots go off thepost.” Abigael Amheiser had a

non-goalie save two min-utes later to preserve thelead going into the break.The second half was

mainly a defensive effortfor the Vikings, but theywere able to hold off ahigh-powered offense.

Piqua’s Jasmine Davis hits the ball as Macy Yount and Abby Berger look on Tuesday night.MIKE ULLERY/CALL PHOTOS

Piqua spikers fall to TroyHarrison’s late goal stuns Greenville

Cody Lumpkin heads the ball against Greenville Tuesday at Wertz Stadium.

See ROUNDUP/Page 10

CINCINNATI (AP) —Johnny Cueto pitchedseven solid innings, andthe Cincinnati Redsstayed in the chase for theNL's top record by beatingthe Milwaukee Brewers 4-2 on Tuesday night afterlearning they'll be withouttheir manager for the rest

of the week.The Brewers dropped

back-to-back games forthe first time in more thana month, and it came at abad time.They started theday 3½ games behind St.Louis for the final NL wildcard spot.The 2011 NL Central

champions had playedtheir way back into con-tention for the postseasonby winning 25 of 32.

They got no break fromthe Reds, who clinched thedivision title on Saturdaynight and rested four oftheir regulars the follow-ing day. Interim managerChris Speier went back tohis usual lineup on Tues-day.

Manager Dusty Bakermet his players before thegame and revealed he suf-fered a mini-stroke in ad-dition to being treated foran irregular heartbeat ata Chicago hospital lastweek. Speier will managethe series against Milwau-

kee and three games inPittsburgh during theweekend, giving the 63-year-old Baker time torest.Doctors expect Baker to

make a full recovery. Hecould resume managingthe final series.

Maddie Linn had sixsaves in the goal."Defensively, we were

great tonight,” MiamiEast coach Lil Carsonsaid. “ Anna Snyder did agreat job on (Sarah) Tit-terington. Abigael(Amheiser) was playingout of position tonight, butmade the transition eas-ily. And Haley, Skid, andStevee all had goodgames. We didn't justhold them scoreless, wereally limited their oppor-tunities."Lehman’s Grace Frantz

had eight saves in goal.Lehman outshot the

Lady Vikings 16-13.“I thought Elizabeth

Edwards had a nice gamein the middle and KarlyBaird played well and hada couple good attacks fromthe back row for us,” saidSchroeder.East is now 10-1 on the

season and will host New-ton on Thursday.Lehman faces another

big test Saturday atLehman High School.Undefeated Troy Chris-

tian, who owns a 1-0 winover East, will visit at 11a.m.

GREENVILLE — TheRussia boys golf team ad-vanced from theGreenville D-III sectionalgolf tournament Tuesdayat Turtle Creek GolfCourse.Russia won with a 342

total.The Raiders were led by

Treg Francis and AustinTebbe 84, while Luke Da-pore and Bryce Dues had87 and Zach Shermanadded a 92.The district tournament

is Oct. 4 at WeatherwaxGolf Course in West Mid-dletown.

Two advanceARCANUM — Two

local golfers advanced outof the Arcanum D-III sec-tional tournament atBeechwood Golf CourseTuesday.Lehman’s John Copella

shot 80 and Houston’sJaron Howard 87.The district tournament

is Oct. 4 at Weatherwax.

Buccs win CCCARCANUM—The Cov-

ington boys finished a per-fect 20-0 in the CCC,winning the conferencetournament Friday atBeechwood Gold Coursewith a 345 total.Sam Slusher led the

Buccs with an 81.Other Covington scores

included D.J. Seger 88,Sam Slusher 88, LeviWinn 90, Jacob Blair 96,

Ryan Craft 105.Miami East finished

fifth with a 381.Viking scores included

Zach Ostendorf 87, MackRose 94, Ryan Bergman96, Scot Kirby 104, KleyKaradak 105, Devyn Car-son 113.Newton carded a 423.Indian scores included

Brock Jamison 97, BenKieth 105, Wade Ferrell106, Donovan Osceola115.Covington coach Bill

Wise was Coach of theYear.Named All-CCC were

Sam Slusher, Joe Slusherand D.J. Seger, Covington;and Zach Ostendorf,Miami EastSpecial mention selec-

tions included Ryan Craft,Covington; RyanBergman, Miami East;and Bobby Gerodimos,Newton.Honorable mention

choices include JacobBlair, Covington; ScotKirby, Miami East; andBen Kieth, Newton.

GIRLSBlack advancesXENIA — Graham jun-

ior Lindsey Black ad-vanced to the Division IIdistrict golf tournamentMonday at Xenia WGC.Black carded nine of 44

and 45 to shoot 89 and ad-vance.The disrict tournament

will be played Oct. 3 at

Pipestone Golf Course.

Buccs win CCCARCANUM—The Cov-

ington girls golf team fin-ished a perfect 8-0 in theCCC.The Lady Buccs won

the CCC tournament, Fri-day at Beechwood with a401 total, while MiamiEast was second with 419scores.Cassie Ingle finished

second overall with an 89to lead Covington.Other Lady Bucc scores

were Allison Ingle 91,Jamie Crowell 108, JessieCrowell 113, Katie Blair113, MorganMcRenynolds 126.Miami East scores were

Tori Nuss 96, AllisonKindell 105, MacalehThompson 108, SamanthaDenlinger 110, KieraFellers 125.Cssie Ingle was the

CCC Player of the Year.Joining her on the All-

CCC team were AllisonIngle, Jamie Crowell andKatie Blair, Covington;and Tori Nuss, MacalehThompson, SamanthaDenlinger and AllisonKindell, Miami East.Named special mention

were Jessie Crowell, Cov-ington; and Kierra Fellers,Miami East.

LadyTigers winWEBSTER — The Ver-

sailles girls golf team im-proved to 10-0 with a

203-228 win over RussiaMonday.Brooke Wehrkamp was

medalist with a 41 for theLady Tigers.Other Versailles scores

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Taylor Borchers 51, Mor-gan Daugherty 57, GinaBarlage 59, Angie Muh-lenkamp 61,Russia is 13-3.

TENNISLady Indians loseThe Piqua girls tennis

team dropped twomatches recently.The Lady Indians lost

toWest Carrollton 5-0 andTroy 5-0.In singles matches

against West Carrollton,Corinne Crawford lost 6-2,6-2; Samantha DeBusklost 6-2, 3-6, 6-2; and ElleRyan lost6-3, 6-3.In doubles, Kim McCul-

lough and Andrea Ferreelost 6-0, 6-3; and AbbyHelman and JordanKiefer lost 6-1, 6-0.In singles matches with

Troy, Crawford, DeBuskand Molly Smitley all lost6-0, 6-0.In doubles, McCullough

and Ferree lost 6-0, 6-0;and Helman and Ryanlost 6-1, 6-1.In an exhibition

matches, Mullen lost sin-gles matches by scores of6-1 and 6-2.Cassie Ingle was named CCC Player of theYear.

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Word of the Weekgiraffe — the giraffe is anAfrican even-toed ungulatemammal. The tallest living ter-restrial animal and largestruminant.

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• The largest country in Africa,Sudan, has an area of 967,500square miles, while the small-est country, the Seychelles,has only 175 square miles.

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ev up that Land Rover and put on your bestsafari hat, because next we’re off to the largeand beautiful continent of Africa, a land knownfor its varied wildlife and beautiful forests.

Africa is also a rich tapestry of peoples, cultures,religions, and languages. An estimated 800 to 1,700languages are spoken on the continent. Swahili, alanguage of East Africa, is spoken by the largestnumber of people. Besides the native African lan-guages, English, French, Portuguese, German, Italian,and Arabic are also commonly spoken. In some placesthe common language is what’s called a “linguafranca,” or a mixture of several languages.

Africa is home to the world’s largest desert, the

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In Africa’s rain forests live gorillas, chimpanzees,monkeys, wild pigs, and large red antelopes calledbongos. Crocodiles, hippopotamuses, lizards, snakes,and birds, such as flamingos, pelicans, herons, storks,and kingfishers, live in the continent’s tropical waters.On the grasslands roam herds of elephant, rhinoc-eros, wildebeest, giraffe, zebra, buffalo, and ante-lope, as well as the lions, leopards, cheetahs, hyenas,and jackals that eat them.

Although Europeans colonized the coasts of Africaas early as the 15th and 16th centuries, the interior

of the continent was not explored by outsiders untilthe 19th century. What lay in the interior of Africa wasa mystery to the Europeans, so they called Africa“the Dark Continent.” But really it was nothing ofthe kind. The African people had thriving culturesbased on tribal, mostly nomadic, lifestyles.

By the 20th century, though, Africa was almostentirely colonized by Europeans, and it wasn’t untilafter World War II that most of the African statesregained their independence.

Tribal differences, language differences, unsta-ble governments, and a shortage of land good forgrowing food have combined to cause many, manyproblems for the people of Africa.

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655 MUMFORD, 2 Bed-room, Townhouse, 1.5bath, 1 car garage, appli-ances, washer/ dryerhookup, non smoking,small pet with additionalfee. $575 month + $575deposit. (937)441-3921

PIQUA, 1817 West Park-way, 2 bedroom, 1 bath,stove & refrigerator fur-nished, CA, non-smoking,no pets, $525 month +$525 deposit,(937)441-3921.

PIQUA, First month Free,2 bedroom, 1.5 bath town-house on Sherry Dr,washer/ dryer hook-up,$530/mo. plus securitydeposit. No Dogs.(937)974-1874

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320 Houses for Rent

2 BEDROOMS, 2 car de-tached garage, W/D hook-up, nice yard. Piqua,(937)418-5212

340 Warehouse/Storage

STORAGE for campersand boats. $40 monthly.Piqua area. Motorcycles,$25 monthly. Heatedbarn. (937)418-7225

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TROY/TIPP ADDRESS-ES, private owner, infoPO Box 181, Tipp City,Ohio 45371.

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500 - Merchandise

535 Farm Supplies/Equipment

FARMER with total pro-duction managementplan, with knowledge andpurpose behind each de-cision. Crop acreageavailable? Truck for rent,400 Bashel Parker rolltarp, diesel automatic.Disc with subsoiler $17.00acre. Till October 11th(937)829-6748

Wanted:Used motor oil for farmshop furnace. Will pick up50 gallons or more.(937)295-2899.

545 Firewood/Fuel

FIREWOOD, All hard-wood, $150 per cord de-livered or $120 you pickup, (937)726-2780.

HARDWOOD, Seasonedhardwood for sale. $125 acord. Will deliver.(937)301-7237

SEASONED FIREWOOD,$150 cord split/delivered,$80 half cord, stacking$25 extra. Miami Countydeliveries only.(937)339-2012

560 Home Furnishings

CURIO CABINET, solidoak 79" high, 50" long,25" deep, two-door stor-age area below, opensfrom side, glass shelves.Almost brand new. $600(937)773-2536.

560 Home Furnishings

FURNITURE, All Teakwood, Dining room table,Seats 10, $295, Entertain-ment Center, 2 sections,$260, China Cabinet,Back lighting, 3 drawers,$820, (937)554-9298

HUTCH, Antique CherryHutch, Located in Sidney,$350, (770)826-1746

LIFT CHAIR, brown, goodcondition, lifts only, $150.32" floor model color TV,$75. (513)850-3570.

577 Miscellaneous

BICYCLE, Womens/ girlsMongoose 24 inch, 18speed, brand new seat,brand new condition, rode4 times, $70,(937)778-9737

COLOR TV'S, stainlesssteel built in microwave,love seat, couch.(937)524-6060

CRIB, changing table,highchair, cradle, guar-drail, pack-n-play, carseat, gate, tub, blankets,clothes, walker, stroller,doorway swing, travelbassinet. (937)339-4233

CRIB, real wood, goodcondition, stationarysides, $75(937)339-4233

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NORLAKE FREEZ-ER/COOLER combina-tion, 54ft x 22ft x 10ft, withrefrigeration, 4 stainlesssteel doors(937)212-8357

PEDESTAL TABLE with6 chairs and leaf. Oak en-tertainment center, elec-tric range (flat-top), couch,recliner, microwave. Ex-cellent condition.( 9 3 7 ) 5 9 6 - 0 5 6 2(937)441-9784

577 Miscellaneous

SEWING MACHINE,Brother, model SQ 9050,1 year old, $70,(937)418-9271

WALKER, adult, folds,adjustable height, goodcondition, $20.(937)339-4233

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583 Pets and Supplies

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DACHSHUND AKC,Miniature, pups, Longcoats, various colorsshots, wormed, healthguaranteed. Males & Fe-males, $150-$325,(937)667-0077

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GERMAN SHEPHERDpups, 2 females, 1 black ,1 sable, no papers, par-ents on site, $200,(937)570-7668

KITTENS, Free, ragamuf-fins, long frizzy hair. 7weeks old. Do not shed.Indoor forever homes on-ly. (937)626-8577

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LAB PUPPIES Full blood-ed. 3 chocolate males,one black female, 3 blackmales. 8 weeks old. $250OBO (937)638-2781

MINIATURE POODLEpuppy, black. Current onshots. Paid $400, will ex-cept $200 OBO. Very lov-ing dog, great with chil-dren. Needs a lovinghome, (937)916-4051.

586 Sports and Recreation

GUN & KNIFE SHOW,Shelby County Fair-grounds, Saturday, Sep-tember 29, 8:30am-3pm.

590 Tool and Machinery

TOOLS, Retired tool mak-er selling machinist tools,see at 202 North Linden,Anna during garage sales,September 28th-29th orcall (937)394-7251

592 Wanted to Buy

CASH, top dollar paid!Junk cars/ trucks, running/non-running. I will pick up.( 9 3 7 ) 7 1 9 - 3 0 8 8 ,(937)451-1019.

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805 Auto

1998 CADILLAC El Dora-do, excellent condition,must see to appreciate,fully equipped, 12 CDsound system, $4895Call after 2pm(937)335-3202

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2005 FORD Taurus,champagne, 95,000miles. 6 cyl, automatic,new tires, serviced regu-larly, great condition$6500, (937)335-1579.

2007 SEBRING Chrysler,4 door sedan, navy blue,4 cylinder automatic,21,500 miles, excellentcondition, $11,500(937)524-7584

2011 BUICK Lucerne,18k miles, most all bells &whistles, leather interior,On Star, quick silver color,(937)570-6699

850 Motorcycles/Mopeds

2008 LINHAI, 260 cc Mo-tor scooter, 820 miles,$1,100, (937)778-9737

885 Trailers

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890 Trucks

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ANNA 12999 Co Rd 25A.(BIG WHITE BARN, southedge of Anna. We havemoved from 10333 Co Rd25A) Thursday Septem-ber 27th, Friday Septem-ber 28th and SaturdaySeptember 29th,8am-5pm. HUGE GAR-AGE SALE! Old and newtools, tool boxes, vises,auto supplies, bikes, babystroller, ball cards, miscel-laneous household items,paint and supplies, chairs,antiques, huge amount ofmiscellaneous items.

ANNA COMMUNITYGARAGE SALE! Sales inand outside of Anna. Fri-day 9am-6pm, Saturday8am-2pm. Furniture, ap-pliances, white vinyl fenc-ing, generator, antiquerocking chair, mirror andlibrary table, machinisttools, old tricycle withwagon, hamster andsnake cages, 5 piece en-tertainment center, Izipscooter, Polaris youthsnowmobile

BRADFORD, 324 EastJames Street, September28 & 29, 8am-5pm. Officedesk, assortment of candymolds, baskets, treestand, cassette tapes, ani-mal cages.

PIQUA, 1223 Marwood,Thursday & Friday, 9am-?Estate garage sale! Stormdoor, golf clubs, tools, fur-niture, quilting rack, wall-paper border & tools,toys, household goods,miscellaneous items.

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CONOVER, 751 NorthState Route 589, Thurs-day-Sunday, 8:30-7. Rainor shine! ALL ITEMS 25¢EACH! Preschool booksand planners, toys, cook-ing/ holiday items, wom-en's clothing, shoes, pho-to frames, music, movies,books, hangers, vases,household odds/ends

PIQUA, 1136 CovingtonAve. (turn into no outleton the corner of Coving-ton and McKinley) Thurs-day Friday Satruday Sun-day 9am-5pm. Queen ma-tress in good condition,scrapbooking, sewing,cross-stitch, baskets, silkscreen frames, sewingmaterial, office supplies,tools, baby equipment,crossbow and miscellane-ous.

PIQUA, 308 Linden Ave.,Thursday & Friday9am-3pm, DOWNSIZING,Christmas and fall decora-tions, Vera Bradley purs-es, quilts, books, homedecor, some mens and la-dies clothing, some OhioState clothing, toys, Lotsof miscellaneous

PIQUA, 507 Beverly, Fri-day, Saturday 9am-4pm,basketball hoop, games,cd player, books, comput-er desk, Christmas items,puzzles, scrapbook items,tennis rackets, profession-al camera, new Barbies,Red hats, name brandmens clothes, portabledryer, kerosene heater

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PIQUA, 510 Snyder Road(off Troy-Sidney Road be-hind schools. INDOORgrey building), Thursday &Friday, 9am-? 1/2 tontruck, collectibles, Pre-cious Moments, M&Mcharacters, furniture, newmen's dress pants, boy'sbaby clothes, adultclothes: like new, 2 eve-ning dresses, gas leafblower, executive deskchair with new floor mat,yarn, books, bath & kitch-en items, wooden Christ-mas carousel and lights,live houseplants, ceilingfan, children's games,adult puzzles, candles,new Swiffer Wet-Jet plusrefill, round spice rack,drills, 2005 Music Ware-house Circle of Life tapes,much more: must sell!

PIQUA, 816 Antler Court.Thursday and Friday. 9-5,Saturday 9-12. Baby criband dresser, computerdesks, coffee/end tables,bikes, girls 3T-6X, boys4-7X, toys, large dogcage, home decor andmiscellaneous.

PIQUA 820 West StatlerRd. Saturday September29th 8-5. ONE DAYONLY! 6ft ladder, toddlerbed and mattress, powertools, nut crackers, Nin-tendo DS games, electricweed eater, push mower,baby doll crib, kids winterclothes, old dishes, dropleaf table, treadmill, metaldesk, electric chain sawand much much more!!!

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PIQUA, 950 North Sun-set, Saturday, 9am-4pmand Sunday, 10am-2pm.No early birds! Electricleaf blower, floor jacks,Blue Willow China, cleanqueen mattress and boxsprings, fast food col-lectible toys, bottle jack,some men's clothes, lotsof miscellaneous.

SIDNEY The SidneyInn, 400 Folkerth Ave(behind Bob Evans).Saturday September29, 10am to 1pm, HUGEMULTI SCRAPBOOK-ERS GARAGE SALE.Overstocked scrapbook-ers will be selling scrap-book only items at gar-age sale prices! Allbrands. 937-538-0950b a r b@ i d e a s 2 t r e a s -ures.com

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2000 COACHMANCATALINA 27 FOOTERAwning 1yr old, refrig-erator 2yrs old, every-thing comes with camp-er: Hitch, Tote tank,Patio lights, 3 sets ofshades, VERY CLEAN!,$7000, (937)596-6028OR (937)726-1732

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