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BY MELANIE YINGSTStaff Writer
The first official day of winterdidn’t arrive quietly as wind gustsup to 49 miles per hour wererecorded whipping through MiamiCounty. According to NationalWeather Service meteorologistBrian Coniglio, the worst is overuntil the next expected snowstormthe day after Christmas.“The snow is almost over but
there may be a few flurries,”Coniglio said of the weatherFriday. “High pressure is movingin (Saturday through Sunday) andit will be mostly sunny all week-end.”Coniglio said the next chance
for precipitation will be Monday,
which will be a toss-up betweenrain and snow with highs in theupper 30s. Coniglio said the awhite Christmas is unlikely thisyear and the next chance for snowwill be the day after Christmas.Coniglio said with the sunny skiesthis weekend, much of the recentsnowfall may leave only patches ofsnow for the holiday.The Miami County 911
Emergency Center said emergencycalls in rural areas were keepingMiami County Sheriff ’s Officedeputies busy on Friday.“We’ve had reports of multiple
Winter begins with gusty windsSnow makes driving tricky
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WASHINGTON (AP) —With Congress in gridlock andstocks taking a fall, PresidentBarack Obama issued a sternsummons to lawmakers Fridayto pass legislation to preventyear-end fiscal cliff taxincreases on millions andavoid an imminent expirationof benefits for the long-termunemployed.
Republican House SpeakerJohn Boehner said Obamahimself must give more groundto reach an agreement. Headded, “How we get there,God only knows.” See Page10.
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STAFF PHOTO/ANTHONY WEBERLaw enforcement officers from all over the county, along with the Miami County Sheriff’s Office, MiamiCounty Victim Witness advocates and Miami County Adult Parole, participated in the delivery ofChristmas gifts and mealsThursday night throughout the county. Community Outreach Program Servicesraised money throughout the year through fundraisers, private donations and contributions throughMeijer and the FOP Lodge 58, for 78 children and 51 families this year, according to Billy Ray. Here, a deliv-ery is made at the home of Mandy Kolker in Piqua.
STAFF PHOTO/ANTHONY WEBERTipp City emergency crews along with Tipp City Police and the MiamiCounty Sheriff’s Office responded to a semi-truck that jackknifed onCounty Road 25-A just south of State Route 571 around noon Friday.According to sources on the scene, no one was injured.
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Deputieswarn ofdaytimeburglaries
BY MELANIE YINGSTStaff Writer
The Miami County Sheriff ’sOffice is searching for a few“Grinches” this holiday seasonwho have burglarized two resi-dences during the day in the pastweek.According to Miami County
Sheriff ’s Office Chief DeputyDave Duchak, detectives areinvestigating two residential day-time burglaries where electronics,firearms and jewelry were stolen.The burglaries both took place onState Route 571 with one inBethel Township and the other inUnion Township.“Most burglaries take place in
the daytime while people are atwork or at school,” Duchak said.“Electronics, TVs, firearms andjewelry were taken from both res-idences in both incidences.”Duchak said the suspects made
forced entry at both residencesand the investigation is stillactive.“We ask the public to be vigi-
lant and to look out for strangecars in neighbors’ driveways andtake note of people pulling in andout of residences,” he said.Duchak said burglaries usually
rise during the holiday season,and valuables are targeted items.Duchak said burglaries have beenon the rise in Darke and Greenecounties in recent weeks, too.Officials recommend recording
identification of firearms and elec-tronics in case the items arestolen to help recover items morequickly.“We recommend people record
their serial numbers and keepthem somewhere safe,” Duchaksaid. He recommended peoplevideo record serial numbers andvaluables and store the informa-tion in a safe and secure space.It is believed the suspects in
the two daytime burglaries werein a stolen 2010 or 2011 silver
BY NATALIE KNOTHStaff Writer
Earlier this week four TroyChristian second graders — com-prising the group Me So Artsy —warmed the hearts of patients atDayton Children’s Hospital bydonating 200 blankets, significant-ly surpassing their goal of 75.The group gives blankets to the
hospital every December, in addi-tion to collecting arts and craftsmonthly.In June 2010, Emma Szakal, 8,
founded Me So Artsy after shelearned that her friend had cancerand was looking for ways to keepoccupied in the hospital. For a fewmonths Emma collected donationson her own, and then got help fromher friends Lilly Smith, KeelieMiller and Makaela Wiggershaus.
Lilly said giving to other kids is“awesome because we are helpingothers.” Her favorite items to col-lect for patients are coloring books,
markers, puzzles and pencils.Dayton Children’s praised the
girls on its Facebook page, stating,“Thank you to Me So Artsy forbringing over 200 blankets as wellas other toys and craft supplies forour patients yesterday! These fouramazing girls are from Troy andcome each month bringing awagon full or 2 of items for chil-dren (coloring books, crayons,markers, stickers, activity books,reading books and more). You girlsrock!”Emma, Lilly, Keelie and
Makaela make the blankets bycutting slits on the sides of twopieces of fleece and then double-knotting the two together.“We have people donate some,
and we like making them too,”Emma said. Other second graders
Second graders donate to children’s hospital
Crafty girls deliver blankets
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COMINGSUNDAY
It’s been an another amaz-ing year for all of us here at thenewspaper — one filled with itsshare of highs and lows. Butrather than focus on the nega-tives, we have decided toaccentuate the positives. Weshare our staff’s favorite mem-ories from the year that was —for some of us, it wasn’t easypicking out just one. ComingSunday in the Miami ValleySunday News.
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BUSINESSROUNDUP
• The Troy ElevatorThe grain prices listed beloware the closing prices ofFriday.CornMonth Bid ChangeDec 7.1200 +0.0550Mar 7.2300 +0.0500NC 13 5.6700 +0.0300SoybeansDec 14.1600 +0.2200Mar 14.1900 +0.2450NC 13 12.3050 +0.1275WheatDec 7.5100 +0.0150NC 13 7.8400 +0.0100You can find more informationonline at www.troyelevator.com.
• Stocks of local interestValues reflect closing prices fromFriday.AA 8.57 -0.13CAG 29.80 -0.36CSCO 19.96 -0.28EMR 53.01 -0.24F 11.86 +0.09FITB 15.12 -0.02FLS 144.25 -2.04GM 27.32 -0.02ITW 61.29 -0.60JCP 19.59 -0.50KMB 84.05 -0.90KO 36.89 -0.16KR 26.30 -0.33LLTC 34.22 -0.17MCD 90.18 +0.14MSFG 12.19 -0.02PEP 69.63 -0.48SYX 9.40 -0.02TUP 63.53 -1.17USB 32.48 +0.04VZ 43.57 -0.24WEN 4.76 -0.04WMT 68.65 -0.35
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WASHINGTON (AP) —President Barack Obamaon Friday nominated Sen.John Kerry as his next sec-retary of state, elevatingthe longtime lawmaker andforeign policy expert to thetop diplomatic job he hadcoveted.
“He is not going to needa lot of on-the-job training,”Obama said, standingalongside Kerry at theWhite House. “Few individ-uals know as many presi-dents and prime ministersor grasp our policies as
firmly as John Kerry.”If confirmed by the
Senate, Kerry wouldreplace Secretary of StateHillary Rodham Clinton,who plans to leave Obama’sCabinet early next year.Clinton, who is recoveringfrom a concussion sus-tained in a fall, did notattend the Roosevelt Roomannouncement.
The 69-year-oldDemocrat is expected to beeasily confirmed by hisSenate colleagues. Hewould be the first of what
are expected to be severalnew faces on Obama’snational security team,including a new defensesecretary and director ofthe Central IntelligenceAgency.
The son of a diplomat,Kerry has served as chair-man of the Senate ForeignRelations Committee and isa decorated Vietnam veter-an who was critical of thewar effort when he returnedhome to the United States.He has representedMassachusetts in the
Senate since 1985.“John’s entire life has
prepared him for this role”said Obama, who praisedKerry for his belief that thecountry must harness “allelements of Americanspower.”
The president pickedKerry for the post eventhough his nomination couldcreate a political problem inMassachusetts. Republicansare eying the Senate seatKerry will vacate after fiveterms, and recently defeatedGOP Sen. Scott Brown
would be a favorite in hisparty for the job.
Kerry’s nominationcould bring to a close whathas become for the WhiteHouse a contentious anddistracting effort to find anew secretary of state.
His only other rival forthe job, U.N. AmbassadorSusan Rice, faced harshcriticism from congression-al Republicans for her ini-tial accounting of the dead-ly September attack onAmericans in Benghazi,Libya.
Obama nominates Kerry for secretary of state
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slide-offs more so thanaccidents,” Jack Staudtsaid. “Fortunately, the cityroads have been much bet-ter than rural roads havebeen.”
A semi-truck jacked-knifed on Interstate 75near the County Road 25-Aexit and several other vehi-cles were involved in theearly afternoon incident.The accident report wasunavailable at press time.
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slide-offs more so thanaccidents,” Jack Staudtsaid. “Fortunately, the cityroads have been much bet-ter than rural roads havebeen.”
A semi-truck jacked-knifed on Interstate 75near the County Road 25-
A exit and several othervehicles were involved inthe early afternoon inci-dent. The accident reportwas unavailable at presstime.
Staudt said medicswere called to the accidentbut he believed no one wastransported from thescene.
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at Troy Christian alsomade blankets, in addi-tion to Miami EastNational Honor Society.
Szakal then arrangesfor the drop-off.
“I’m the mom thattakes them to the hospitalevery month to delivertheir items,” Szakal said.
“We also take fliers totheir churches and neigh-borhood mailboxes, andthat’s how they spread theword.”
Toys and craft itemscan be dropped off at sev-eral locations in the Troyand Dayton area. Formore information, visitthe Me So Artsy Facebookpage.
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Law enforcement usually seesan increase in burglaries and theftsduring the holiday season. Severalarea counties have been experienc-ing residential burglaries and thefollowing are some burglary crimeprevention tips provided by theMiami County Sheriff‘s Office:
Keep all access doors lockedalong with vehicle doors.
Keep an extra car in the drive-way instead of garage to make itappear someone is home.
Leave a radio on and make thehouse appear occupied.
If anyone knocks at your doorand then has an unreasonableexplanation for being there, i.e. “doyou know where so and so lives,”“can I use your phone,” “I ran out ofgas, etc.,” obtain a license platenumber and description of vehicleand call 911 immediately.
Many daytime burglars will ringor knock first prior to breaking in tomake sure no one is home. Ifsomeone answers the door they willbe nervous and have an unusual
reason for being there.The same goes with calls or
hang-up calls. Burglars do not wantyou to be home when they break-inand will try to make sure no one ishome.
Learn what cars belong at yourneighbors and call 911 if any vehi-cle not seen before is noticed in thedriveway. Rural burglars will targetthose residences that have fewneighbors, so look out for anyunusual vehicle and call 911.
Keep all valuables inside yourresidence, do not leave them in thecar.
At night, park cars in garage ifpossible or close to residence in alit area.
At nighttime utilize exterior light-ing around your house to detercrime.
If you get up in the middle ofthe night, take a moment to lookout your window to observe anypersons or vehicles that may beprowling. Call 911. “If you seesomething, say something.”
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BY WILL E SANDERSStaff Writer
The charred remains ofEric Pence’s 1978 Corvetterested dormant in storagefor more than 12 years.
This once pristine auto-mobile was a gift to Pencefrom his grandmother andas time went on its darkblue tint faded and a garagefire more than a decade agodamaged what was left ofthe machine.
When Pence, 41, wasdiagnosed with lung canceron the day after Father’sDay in 2011, the father oftwo and husband thoughthe might not ever be grant-ed a chance to take his spe-cial and meaningful set ofwheels on another spin.
But then somethinghappened — somethingspecial.
Perhaps at one of thelowest points of his life,Pence’s family and friendssecretly set into motion atruly moving and inspira-tional 18-month endeavourto restore the Corvette, andin doing so restored a littlepiece of Pence right alongwith it.
And on Wednesday — aday that to Pence was justany other averageWednesday — there sat aspecial, brightly-coloredand high-octane present inthe driveway of his NicklinAvenue home.
After working his shiftwith the Piqua CitySchools, Pence made hisdrive home and as herounded the corner spottedhis pride and joy in the bestcondition it has ever beenin as a small crowd of lovedones watched for hisdelighted expression.
In the history of surpris-es, Pence said this one tookthe cake.
“I pulled around the cor-ner,” Pence said, “and, and Icould see it. I mean, howcan you miss this? It’sbeautiful. It’s amazing. Ilove it. I love it.”
Almost moved to tears,Pence was nearly speech-less as he took the keys forthe first time in more than12 years, hopped in andtook the restored Corvetteon a test drive as hegrinned ear-to-ear.
As the bright yellowCorvette drove away onecould not help but noticethe personalized plates:MY78 VET.
Pence’s wife, Heather,40, said the individuals
who contributed the financ-ing to turn Pence’s dreaminto a reality wish toremain anonymous.
What Pence didn’t learnuntil Wednesday was thathis Corvette was beingrestored ever since he trav-eled to Illinois last year toreceive radiation treat-ment. Since that time, awhole host of people havebeen conducting a widevariety of restoration tasks.First Choice Paint andBody preformed the bodywork and paint, BobWilliams of Sidneyreplaced the engine andLewis Detail Factoryworked on detailing andpolishing.
Pence, a father of two,Colton, 14, and Brooke, 19,said it was the kindestthing anyone has ever donefor him.
“I’ll never forget this,”Pence said. “How could youforget this? This is just sospecial.”
He laughs: “And it’s justin time for Christmas.”
And it just keeps gettingbetter: Pence learned lastmonth his lung cancer wentinto remission.
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TODAY
• KARAOKE NIGHT:The Tipp City AmericanLegion, North Third Street,will offer Papa D’s PonyExpress Karaoke from 7p.m. to close. The event isfree.
• BREAKFAST SET:The American LegionAuxiliary, 377 N. 3rd St.,Tipp City, will present anall-you-can-eat breakfastfrom 8-11 a.m. Items avail-able will be eggs, bacon,sausage, sausage gravy,biscuits, pancakes, waf-fles, french toast, hashbrowns, toast, cinnamonrolls, fruit and juices.Meals will be $6.
SUNDAY
• BREAKFAST SERVED: Breakfastwill be offered at the Pleasant Hill VFWPost No. 6557, 7578 W. Fenner Road,Ludlow Falls, from 8- 11 a.m. All break-fasts are made-to-order and everything isa la carte.
MONDAY
• CANDLELIGHT SERVICE: FullGospel Community Church, 212 S.Mulberry St., Troy, will offer a candlelightChristmas Eve service at 6 p.m. Theevent will include music and fellowship.For more information, call (937) 570-5273.
THURSDAY
• DISCOVERY WALK: A morning dis-covery walk for adults will be from 8-9:30a.m. at Aullwood Audubon Center, 1000Aullwood Road, Dayton. Tom Hissong,education coordinator, will lead walkers asthey experience the wonderful seasonalchanges taking place. Bring binoculars.
• FEEDERWATCH: ProjectFeederwatch will be offered from 9:30-11:30 a.m. at Aullwood, 1000 AullwoodRoad, Dayton. Count birds, drink coffee,eat doughnuts, share stories and countmore birds. The bird count contributes toscientific studies at the Cornell Lab ofOrnithology. Check out the Cornell website at www.bird.cornell.edu/pfw for moreinformation.
DEC. 28
• FRIDAY DINNER: The CovingtonVFW Post No. 4235, 173 N. High St.,Covington, will offer dinner from 5-8 p.m.For more information, call 753-1108.
• SEAFOOD DINNER: The PleasantHill VFW Post No. 6557, 7578 W. FennerRoad, Ludlow Falls, a three-piece friedfish dinner, 21-piece fried shrimp, or afish/shrimp combo with french fries andcoleslaw for $6 from 6-7:30 p.m. Froglegs, when available, are $10.
• FISH DINNER: The Sons ofAMVETS will offer an all-you-can-eat fishdinner with fries, coleslaw and bread from5:30-8 p.m. for $8 at the AMVETS PostNo. 88, 3449 Lefevre Road, Troy.
• FEEDERWATCH: ProjectFeederwatch will be offered from 9:30-11:30 a.m. at Aullwood, 1000 AullwoodRoad, Dayton. Count birds, drink coffee,eat doughnuts, share stories and countmore birds. The bird count contributes toscientific studies at the Cornell Lab ofOrnithology. Check out the Cornell website at www.bird.cornell.edu/pfw for moreinformation.
• FULL MOON WALK: A full moonwalk, under the Big Winter Moon, will beoffered from 6:30-8 p.m. at Aullwood,1000 Aullwood Road, Dayton.
• FISH DINNER: The American LegionPost No. 586, Tipp City, will offer all-u-can-eat fish and fries or sausage and sauer-kraut from 6-7:30 p.m. for $7.
DEC. 29
• KARAOKE NIGHT: The Tipp CityAmerican Legion, North Third Street, willoffer Papa D’s Pony Express Karaokefrom 7 p.m. to close. The event is free.
DEC. 30
• BREAKFAST SERVED: Breakfastwill be offered at the Pleasant Hill VFWPost No. 6557, 7578 W. Fenner Road,Ludlow Falls, from 8-11 a.m. All break-fasts are made-to-order and everything isa la carte.
• BREAKFAST SET: The LegionRiders of American Legion Auxiliary, 377N. 3rd St., Tipp City, will present an all-you-can-eat breakfast from 8-11 a.m.Items available will be eggs, bacon,sausage, sausage gravy, biscuits, pan-cakes, waffles, french toast, hashbrowns, toast, cinnamon rolls, fruit andjuices. Meals will be $6.
DEC. 31
• YEAR END: Elizabeth Township willhave a special year end meeting at 10
a.m. at the township build-ing.
JAN. 2
• ORGANIZATIONALMEETING CHANGED:The Elizabeth TownshipTrustees have rescheduledthe Jan. 2 organizationaland regular meeting toJan. 7 at the townshipbuilding with the organiza-tional meeting beginningat 6:30 p.m., and the regu-lar meeting following at 7p.m.
JAN. 5
• SPAGHETTI DINNER:The Troy Post No. 43baseball will offer an all-you-can-eat spaghetti din-ner from 3:30-7 p.m. at
622 S. Market St., Troy. The meal alsowill include salad bar, rolls, dessert andsoft drink or coffee. Meals will be $6.75for adults and $4 for children under 12.
JAN. 8
• LITERACY COUNCIL MEETING:The Troy Literacy Council, an all-volun-teer organization, will meet at the HaynerCultural Center in Troy at 7 p.m. Adultsseeking help with basic literacy or wishto learn English as a second language,and those interested in becoming tutors,are asked to contact our message centerat (937) 660-3170 for further information.
JAN. 9
• KIWANIS MEETING: The KiwanisClub of Troy will meet from noon to 1p.m. at the Miami County YMCA-Robinson Branch. Jim McMaken, YMCAexecutive director, will offer a briefoverview of the YMCA’s operations, fol-lowed by a tour of the facility. A boxedlunch will be provided for $10. For moreinformation, contact Donn Craig, vicepresident, at (937) 418-1888.
JAN. 13
• TURKEY SHOOT: The Troy VFWPost No. 5436, 2220 LeFevre Road, Troy,will offer a turkey shoot with sign-upsbeginning at 11 a.m. The shoot will beginat noon. An all-you-can-eat breakfast, bythe auxiliary, will be available from 9 a.m.to noon for $6.
JAN. 14
• ANNUAL INVENTORY: ElizabethTownship will have its annual inventorymeeting at 7 p.m. at the township build-ing.
JAN. 16
• KIWANIS MEETING: The KiwanisClub of Troy will meet from noon to 1p.m. at the Troy Country Club. DavePinkerton will give a demonstration ofhandbell ringing with information on itshistory and manufacturing. For moreinformation, contact Donn Craig, vicepresident, at (937) 418-1888.
JAN. 23
• KIWANIS MEETING: The KiwanisClub of Troy will meet from noon to 1p.m. at the Troy Country Club. LindsayWoodruff, outreach coordinator of BigBrothers Big Sisters of the Greater MiamiValley will speak about her work and theprogram in Miami County. For more infor-mation, contact Donn Craig, vice presi-dent, at (937) 418-1888.
JAN. 30
• KIWANIS MEETING: The KiwanisClub of Troy will meet from noon to 1p.m. at the Troy Country Club. SteveSkinner, curator of the Miami ValleyVeterans Museum in Troy, will give anoverview of the museum’s mission andofferings. For more information, contactDonn Craig, vice president, at (937) 418-1888.
FEB. 2
• SPAGHETTI DINNER: The TroyPost No. 43 baseball team will offer anall-you-can-eat spaghetti dinner from3:30-7 p.m. at 622 S. Market St., Troy.The meal also will include salad bar,rolls, dessert and soft drink or coffee.Meals will be $6.75 for adults and $4 forchildren under 12.
FEB. 10
• TURKEY SHOOT: The Troy VFWPost No. 5436, 2220 LeFevre Road, Troy,will offer a turkey shoot with sign upsbeginning at 11 a.m. The shoot will beginat noon. An all-you-can-eat breakfast, bythe auxiliary, will be available from 9 a.m.to noon for $6.
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TROY — Troy Cityoffices will be closed inobservance of Christmas onMonday, Dec. 24, andTuesday, Dec. 25.
The city refuse collec-tion and curbside recyclingprogram will be on sched-ule Monday, Dec. 24. Refusecollection and the curbsiderecycling program will thenbe delayed one day startingDec. 25, with Tuesday’s col-lection on Wednesday, con-tinuing through the week,with Friday’s collection onSaturday, Dec. 29.
Questions should bedirected to the CentralMaintenance and ServiceFacility at 335-1914.
City officesclosed Monday
Let’s keep ourchildren safe
To the Editor:My thoughts and prayers go
out to the families inNewtown, Conn. We need toput God back into our schools,government and especiallyback into our own family andheart.
We spend a lot of money onthings like new schools, mak-ing our downtown look niceand even a fancy new bridgeover the Great Miami River.Not to mention the millions of
dollars spent on political cam-paigns.
We need to protect our chil-dren. We need to lock all doorsin all schools, except the frontdoor, and put a police officer atthe front door with their pistolor shotgun to take care of anypeople who want to harm ourkids. This could be taken careof through taxes, even if itmeans raising them.
We could also allow ourteachers to get Conceal andCarry permits so they can helpprotect our children. Theycould be put through extratraining and a psychiatric eval-
uation before being allowed tobring a gun into school.
I would like to see MiamiCounty set an example for thewhole country. We need to beable to protect our kids. Thegovernment always says thatwe should not leave a childbehind.
Not only should we notleave them behind, but weshould not allow them to bekilled, either.
God bless and be withNewtown, Conn.
— Ralph WaltersTroy
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On Nov. 15, I had the privilege of attending a ceremony at theStatehouse that honored men and women from all over Ohio who losttheir lives fighting for our country during 2011.
Since 2009, the Ohio Military Medal of Distinction has been givento the families that have had to endure the tragedy of a loved onekilled in the line of duty. The members of the legislature conduct thisevent each year.
It is truly remarkable to think about individuals willingly puttingtheir lives into harm’s way so that their fellow countrymen can con-tinue to live in peace and freedom.
Although our debts to them can never fully be returned, it isimportant that we do all we can to make sure their memories live onand their sacrifices are never forgotten.
So often, when we hear the word “sacrifice,” we tend to think onlyabout them giving their lives for their country, which is undoubtedlythe highest price a person can pay. But the men and women recog-nized on the House floor last month had made many sacrifices evenbefore that.
Many of them left behind families — husbands, wives, sons, daugh-ters, mothers, fathers, brothers, sisters.
It is hard to imagine how anyone could handle parting with thepeople who share with us so many of our most memorable moments.But when one considers that they are fighting so that those peoplethey hold most dear may have peaceful and prosperous futures, per-haps it is not at all hard to understand why they do it. The membersin all branches of our military are cut from a different cloth, and theyrepresent all that is good about our country — courage, service andan unwavering belief in freedom.
Several members of the Ohio House of Representatives, from bothsides of the aisle, have served their country in uniform. During mytime serving in the House, I have heard them describe some of theirmilitary experiences.
Their first-hand accounts have helped me to better understand allthat our military men and women endure, both during their serviceand after returning home.
Unfortunately, as the Military Medal of Distinction ceremonyreminds us, many do not return home alive.
As we prepare to celebrate a time of year that brings joy to somany of us, be sure to pray for all of our military service membersand their families.
Rep. Adams may be reached by calling (614) 466-8114, [email protected], or writing to state Rep. Richard Adams, 77S. High St., Columbus, OH 43215.
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As I write column, it’s Fridaymorning.It’s not really any extraordinary
Friday morning. Pearyn is at pre-school for another hour and I amtidying up the house for out-of-town visitors and enjoying myearly start to maternity break.Between the holidays offered bymy company and the paid time offI had remaining, my maternityleave doesn’t officially kick in untilJan. 3, but I’ve got the next twoweeks off anyhow.According to our perception of
the Mayan calendar, this is theday it all could end. If you asksome people it should have beenover 11 hours ago, at midnight. Ifyou ask others, it won’t be over foranother 11 minutes, at 11:11 a.m.when winter solstice officiallybegins.Unfortunately for parents, inno-
cence and all that seemed brightabout the holiday season, this dayalso symbolizes something else.It’s been an entire week since thetragic events in Newtown, Conn.,unfolded before our very eyes. It’sbeen 168 hours since 20 familiessent the beautiful loves of theirlives off to school, not knowingthey wouldn’t be awarded theopportunity to say goodbye.I debated writing anything
about this tragedy. In fact, Irefused to even wrap my brain
around any of the details whiletrying to come up with last week’scolumn.With a week’s worth of healing
under our belts, what revelationcould I possibly have that hasn’talready been written, spoken orexpressed?And then something happened
this week — another kind of real-ization — the kind that only comesafter something so heartbreakingunravels before our very eyes.My due date was Thursday. As
you read this column and enjoyyour Saturday morning, I am twodays past due and have been itch-ing to get this little guy into theworld for the last three weeks.Some of it is because I’m cranky, asbig as a house and am tired of ges-tating, but a much larger part ofthis is because of everything thathappened throughout this preg-nancy. After an uneventful anddream-like pregnancy with my
firstborn, you can imagine howupside down my world was turnedwhen I encountered bleedingthroughout the first trimester,marginal placenta previa andbedrest throughout my second.So while many mothers find sol-
ace in the safety offered by keep-ing their babies in their wombs,this entire pregnancy all I couldthink about was having him outhere, in my arms, so I could seewith my own two eyes that he real-ly is safe, healthy, all the thingspart of me refuses to believe until Ihave the proof.This is what every parent
wants. They want to believe thatthe tiny human being who hassuch a strong clench on our heart-strings, these pieces of ourselvesmixed with an amazing, new, capti-vating little person, are safe. Andeven that isn’t good enough, wewant the ability to ensure that thedecisions we are making are thereason’s they’re safe.So we give them vitamins, we
take them to the doctor when theyhave the sniffles, we toss and turnwhile our little ones cough andstruggle to catch their breath dur-ing a coughing fit.We strive to send our loves to
the best schools possible; we askwhere they’re going with theirfriends and tell them to be hometwo hours before they probably
should. We make decisions forthem because in our old, wise age,we should be able to guaranteethat we know more, that we knowwhat is safe.For a few glimpses, we actually
rationalize that we do have somesemblance of control, that we real-ly can keep the people in our livessafe, that we really do have achoice.And then someone robs this
from us and we’re left speechlessor angry or confused or scared.What little power we felt is takenand we’re left scrambling foranswers.How could someone else’s baby,
someone else’s once-upon-a-timehoped and wished for son, takeaway all of our babies?We’ll spend weeks, months,
years searching for answers, blam-ing it on things like gun control,more help for the mentally ill ormore responsibility from parents.We’ll come up with answers,
reasons, rationale, because in ourhearts, we need these. We need tofeel like control can be regainedand as parents we can continue toprotect our children.When in reality, sometimes
they’re no safer inside the wombthan out.
Amanda Stewart appearsSaturday in the Troy Daily News.
Amanda StewartTroy Daily News Columnist
When it comes down to it, what control do we have?
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BY BETHANY ROYEROhio Community [email protected]
Every Dec. 6, individu-als gather by candlelight tolay white flowers at thefeet of an angel in remem-brance of a child they havelost.The angel they visit is a
unique statue, standing 8feet tall with a wingspan of5 feet, that is based upon
author Richard PaulEvans’ best-selling book,“The Christmas Box.” JimRoth, superintendent ofForest Hill Cemetery,wants to bring this symbolof hope and healing toPiqua.“It’s a story about a
mother who loses her child,”said Roth as he explainedthe inspiration behind hisdesire to bring theChristmas Box Angel ofHope statue to Forest Hill, a120-acre cemetery wheremore than 29,000 individu-als are buried and is host tosome 27,000 monuments.“The more I read about
this story, the more I readabout the Christmas Boxangel, the more I becameinterested,” said Roth, whohad tossed the idea aroundfor nearly four years before,“we finally made the deci-sion to go for it.”There are a total of 117
Christmas Box Angels ofHope around the world, allcreated in a foundry in SaltLake City, Utah. Made ofbronze, the angel’s face isbased upon one of thedaughters of the statue’sdesigner and any inscrip-tion may be placed on thegranite pedestal. The plan,with help from public dona-tions for the $30,000 thatwill cover everything fromher commission to trans-portation and installment,is to bring the angel home
to the new cremation sec-tion and garden at thecemetery.Roth hopes to have all
the funding in place byJune as the statue can takeup to 90 days to be received.“We’d like to have the
angel here, done, set, readyto dedicate by Dec. 6, 2013,the Day of the Child,” saidRoth. “That night, at 7 p.m.in the evening, people gath-er around this ChristmasAngel of hope, and theybring in white roses andhave a candlelight vigil toremember the children.”As guardian of God’s
children, the angel inEvan’s book has inspiredmany, drawing people toremember a loved one notonly on a singularDecember night but muchmore. As Roth presentedseveral photos of aChristmas Box Angel ofHope in a Centervilleretirement community. The
visit made the superintend-ent and several others withhim on the trip more excit-ed, inspired and deter-mined to bring the angel toPiqua as he explained howa gentleman who lost hisdaughter purchased thestatue for the communitythere.“I talked to him and he
said every day there is arose or a letter from some-one,” Roth said of the angelthat brings much peace on adaily basis to visitors, andhas also inspired the cre-ation of two homes for neg-lected and abused childrenin Salt Lake City. Accordingto an email from LisaJohnson, angel coordinator,the foundry is currentlyworking on a statue for theSandy Hook Elementarytragedy in Conn., and onewill be “dedicated on March11, in Japan, in honor of thechildren lost in the tsuna-mi.”
Upon her dedication,whether in Connecticut,Japan or Piqua, a represen-tative from the organizationor Richard Paul Evans him-self will be in attendance.“We think its going to be
an absolutely wonderfuladdition to the cemetery,”said Roth of this uniqueand rare opportunity —one the Forest Hill superin-tendent and advocates areasking the public for finan-cial assistance so as tobring this symbol of hope,goodwill and Christmasspirit to the community. “Itdoesn’t have to necessarilybe dedicated to only chil-dren, but to everyone we’velost.”Those interested in
donating to the ChristmasBox Angel of Hope for theForest Hill Cemetery maycontact Jim Roth at 773-2614, or visitwww.foresthillpiqua.com.All gifts are tax deductible.
CASSTOWN — GaryOwen Nason, 69, ofCasstown, passed awayTuesday, Dec.18, 2012, atUpper ValleyMedical Center,Troy.Born in Dayton
on March 20,1943, he was the son ofthe late Robert W. Nasonand Margaret L. Nason.He is survived by his
wife of 29 years, SusanLynn Nason; two daugh-ters, Valerie Williams ofCalifornia and MelissaSmith of Piqua. In addi-tion, three granddaugh-ters, Natalie Williams ofCalifornia and Meganand Molly Smith ofPiqua, survive.Also surviving are his
mother-in-law, Elsie L.Marshall; and brother-in-law, John S. Marshall,both of Troy; two sistersand a brother-in-law,Patricia Shroyer ofPiqua, Carol Osner andher husband Toby ofFountain City, Ind.; andone brother, Robert J.Nason of New Lexington.
A sister, Barbara J.Draving, and brother,William Nason, preceded
him in death, alongwith sister-in-law,Brenda Hiser ofDayton. Gary hadmany specialfriends and rela-tives, including
Khaos Charisse ofCocoa Beach, Fla., anda great-nephew, RyanNicholas Evans ofCovington.Gary proudly served
his country in theVietnam War. During hiseight-year tour in theNavy, he received aPurple Heart. He was along-time member of theTroy VFW and the TroyAMVETS.There will be no
memorial service asGary’s wishes were todonate his body to theWright State UniversitySchool of Medicine forcancer research. Hispast life on this earth willbe celebrated by closefriends and family mem-bers, in loving remem-brance.
GERMANTOWN —Charles E. Hacker, age86, of Germantown,Ohio, passed awayFriday, Dec. 21, 2012, atKettering Hospital. Hewas born in SciotoCounty, Ohio, on July30, 1926, to the late LeviM. and Julia M. (Adams)Hacker.He was a World War II
Navy veteran. Charlesgraduated from theUniversity of Cincinnati-College of Pharmacy;and owned the formerHacker & TownPharmacy. He was amember of theGermantown FirstChurch of God; and aBoard Member of theformer GermantownSavings & Loan.In addition to his par-
ents, he was precededin death by his sister,Blanche Humphreys.He is survived by his
wife of 64 years, Onalee(Reser) Hacker; threesons, Eric (Carol)Hacker of Troy,Jonathan Hacker ofAlexandria, Va., Samuel(Linda) Hacker ofGermantown; twodaughters, Julie(Randy) Stiver andJanice (Bob) Cloud, allof Germantown; 13grandchildren; and 7great-grandchildren.Family and friends may
call 5-8 p.m., Thursday,Dec. 27, at the DaltonFuneral Home, corner ofState Route 4 andWeaver Road,Germantown, where theFuneral Service will beat 10:30 a.m. Friday,with Pastor SteveCarney officiating. Burialwill be at GermantownUnion Cemetery.Please share condo-
lences with the family atdaltonfh.net.
TROY — Carol R.Millhouse, age 78, ofTroy, Ohio, passed awayat 8:05 p.m. Thursday,Dec. 20, 2012, at theCaldwell House, Troy.She was born Jan. 17,1934, in Greenville,Ohio, to the late LeslieC. and Gladys L.(Brown) Rike. She mar-ried Ronald Millhouseon Aug. 24, 1956, andhe preceded her indeath on June 5, 2008.She is survived by four
daughters and sons-in-law, Judith and WillieBrown of Johnson City,Tenn., Connie andVernon Ratliff of Troy,Cindy and KevinSchindel of Troy, andLisa and Dan Wallen ofConover; one son anddaughter-in-law, Randyand Terry Millhouse ofTroy; 12 grandchildren;eight step-grandchildren;10 great-grandchildren;16 step-great-grandchil-dren; and one great-great-grandchild.
In addition to her par-ents and her husband,Mrs. Millhouse was pre-ceded in death by herbrother, Robert Rike;one grandson, KyleDavis; and one great-grandson, Travis Gwinn.She was a member of
Hope Bible Church.Services will be at 10
a.m. Monday, Dec. 24,2012, at Baird FuneralHome, Troy, with PastorSteve Zimbelman offici-ating. Interment will bein Casstown Cemetery,Casstown. Friends maycall from 2-4 p.m.Sunday, Dec. 23, 2012,at the funeral home.In lieu of flowers,
memorial contributionsmay be made toHospice of MiamiCounty, P.O. Box 502,Troy, OH 45373.Friends may express
condolences to the fami-ly through www.bairdfuneralhome.com.
Symbol of hope and healingSuperintendent wants to bring angel to cemetery
PROVIDED PHOTOThis angel statue has found a home at a Centerville retirement community and isbased upon Richard Paul Evan’s best-selling book, “The Christmas Box.” As a sym-bol of hope and healing, Forest Hill Cemetery Superintendent Jim Roth is asking forassistance from the public to help bring a Christmas Box Angel of Hope statue tothe Piqua community.
PIQUA
GARY OWEN NASON
CHARLES E. HACKER
CAROL R. MILLHOUSECOLUMBUS (AP) —
Four-term Dayton Demo-crat Clayton Luckie’srefusal to resign his seat inthe Ohio House whileawaiting trial on 49 countsof theft, corruption andmoney laundering stirredthe ire of Republicans.But Luckie wasn’t the
only state lawmaker who’shad a run-in with authori-ties during this two-yearGeneral Assembly, one ofthe most misbehavingbroods in recent years.Some resign, some don’t.Former Democratic
state Rep. W. CarltonWeddington resigned andsurrendered to authoritiesin March after being indict-ed on charges of bribery,election falsification and fil-ing a false financial disclo-sure statement. He’s nowserving three years inprison.Authorities involved in
the ongoing federal investi-gation said Weddingtontook trips and cash inexchange for taking stepsto introduce legislation. Heis believed to be the firststate lawmaker in a centu-ry convicted of bribery.Luckie’s subsequent
indictment made the ses-sion historic, said OhioLegislative InspectorGeneral Tony Bledsoe. TheLegislature’s chief watch-dog said it’s rare to haveone lawmaker indicted in a
session, let alone two.“You’d have to go back to
1998 to find the last legisla-tor who was charged with afelony,” Bledsoe said. Thatwas the year state Sen. JeffJohnson, a ClevelandDemocrat, was convicted onfederal corruption charges.Johnson fought to keep
his seat until the end of histerm, aware that if he didn’tresign his legislative col-leagues would have toimpeach him to get him out.Franklin County Pros-
ecutor Ron O’Brien saidFriday that he’s askedBledsoe for additionalinformation on SenateFinance Chairman ChrisWidener’s decision to cham-pion a 2009 budget amend-ment that benefited ahometown agriculturalnonprofit the senator co-founded and financiallybacked. He said no wrong-doing is implied by theinquiry. A message with leftwith Widener’s office seek-ing comment.Ohio Republican Party
spokesman Matt Hender-son said party leaders can,and should, play a role inforcing bad actors fromoffice when the circum-stances demand it.“There are actions that
the party leadership couldtake to remove someone: forexample, Clayton Luckie,”he said. “They could takeaway his furniture; they can
force him to resign. Theycan do that.”After revelations that
then-state Rep. RobertMecklenborg, a Republicanfrom Green Township, did-n’t tell House SpeakerWilliam Batchelder aboutan out-of-state drunkendriving arrest and the oddcircumstances that sur-rounded it, his days at theStatehouse were num-bered.Records of the arrest
showed Mecklenborg failedfield sobriety tests and test-ed above the legal blood-alcohol limit. Married withthree children, he wasarrested in the wee hours ofthe night with a youngwoman in the car who wasnot his wife.Mecklenborg resigned
under pressure from theparty in August 2011.Two other Republican
lawmakers who had brush-es with law enforcementthis session defended them-selves against calls for res-ignation.First-term state Sen.
Kris Jordan weathered ashower of criticism afterhis wife called 911 in July2011 amid a domestic dis-pute. She told a deputy in ataped interview that,drinking or not, her hus-band had a pattern of get-ting angry, throwing thingsand sometimes “pushingme around.”
In a letter to the editorof the Mansfield NewsJournal last summer, resi-dent Jennifer Armstrong ofColumbus urged Jordan’sconstituents to demand hisresignation.“His behavior is an
embarrassment to ourgreat state, as well as to allmen who behave in a man-ner befitting the title ‘hus-band,’” she wrote. “We donot need bullies as publicofficials.”Melissa Jordan ulti-
mately declined to pursuecriminal charges and thesenator pursued a com-plaint against the sheriff ’soffice alleging they mishan-dled her call. The sheriffwas cleared.State Rep. Jerrod
Martin, a BeavercreekRepublican, ignored callsfrom then-GOP ChairmanKevin DeWine to stepdown after he was chargedwith drunken driving andchild endangerment in aJuly 2011 traffic stop withthree nephews in his pick-up.His attorney, Charles
Rowland, said they arguedsuccessfully for the state’sevidence to be suppressedand the case was dismissed.Martin paid a fine of $253for driving left of center.Luckie’s current term
ends Dec. 31. His lawyerhas said that he didn’tresign because he wasfighting the charges andthat his critics should pre-sume him innocent untilproved guilty. His trial isset for Jan. 22.
Lawmakers end 2-year sessionpeppered with misbehavior
Historic for the wrong reasons
State removingash treesCOLUMBUS (AP) —
Ohio is removing hundredsof ash trees from threestate parks after discover-ing a harmful insect inthem.
The Columbus Dispatchreports that the state isremoving as many as 800
ash trees from parks inwestern Ohio after the dis-covery of the emerald ashborer.The Ohio Department of
Natural Resources says theremoval of trees at GrandLake St. Marys and LakeLoramie state parks shouldbe finished by the end ofthe week.The work at Indian
Lake State Park should befinished by early January.
Jobless ratedown slightlyCOLUMBUS — Ohio’s
unemployment rate iscontinuing to inch down-ward.The Ohio Department
of Jobs and Family
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Lutheran Church, 2899 W.Main St., will celebratethe Advent season at boththe 8 a.m. traditional and10:30 a.m. contemporaryservices. The messageseries for Advent will be:• Dec. 23 — “For His
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BY MICHAEL THRASHERAthens Messenger
Four years ago Craig Matheny,owner of Flowers by Craig inCoolville, participated in WreathsAcross America, an organizationcreated to honor deceased veter-ans with a red-bowed wreath attheir graves in December.Now hisbusiness is a sponsor and heorganizes an opportunity for peo-ple to venture toWashington, D.C.,and place donated wreaths.This was the third year
Matheny organized a day trip tothe nation’s capital and theArlington National Cemetery. The56 volunteers, from Columbus,Athens and Coolville, traveledwith him by bus to be part of morethan 5,000 individuals who par-ticipate in the placement of thewreaths.The group included veterans
and civilians and left forWashington Dec. 14, arriving atArlington National Cemetery ataround 6 a.m. Dec. 15 — in timeto see the sun rise over the ceme-tery where more than 400,000active duty service members, vet-erans and their family membersare buried.“There is a sacredness about
it,” said Martha Matheny, Craig’smother, who participated in thetrip. “For me, it’s a moment of rev-erence as you see the ultimateprice of freedom that our peoplehave paid for our wonderful free-dom we have. It’s a privilege andit’s a gift for me.”
None of the Matheny’s imme-diate family members haveserved in the military but Marthasaid they have extended familymembers who have fought andserved in times of war.Participating in Wreaths AcrossAmerica is a way for them to payrespect, give back and say thanks,she said.
Semi-trucks of boxed wreathsrolled into the cemetery Saturdaymorning for volunteers to place.Craig recalled one of the volun-
teers, a veteran, that travelledwith them.“One man, an older man, he
came for a specific purpose. Hecame to honor his shipmates. Itwas an experience to see him
come and honor his heroes,” Craigsaid. “To see history and to seethat part of our nation and thepeople that died for freedom, it’sremarkable.”Many of the volunteers did not
know those they were honoring atthe cemetery but the impact andmeaning was no less.Martha said as each wreath is
placed, volunteers take a momentof silence at the grave.“When you watch them take a
breath and put the wreath down;putting it down and rememberingsomeone’s family. There’s a lot ofcompassion that goes into it,”Craig said.Once the wreaths were placed,
the group took the bus toWashington and ate lunch beforesome sightseeing. They went on adriving tour of national land-marks and offices followed by avisit to the White House and theadjacent Lafayette Park for agroup picture with the president’shome in the background.They also visited several
memorials in the capital includ-ing the Vietnam Memorial andthe Lincoln Memorial. The groupreturned late Saturday evening.Next year’s wreath placement
and ceremony is scheduled forDec. 14 and Craig has alreadybegun some planning for it. Hehas already reached out to theirtour guide, Allan Wallace, ofLancaster, who Craig said is awell decorated veteran and veryknowledgable.“He is an incredible person,”
Craig said.Other plans for next year will
begin about six months inadvance but almost all of the vol-unteers who participated thisyear have expressed interest indoing so next December.“It’s hard to describe (the trip)
until you do it. It’s something youfeel in your gut,” Craig said.
Business owner, others pay respects in D.C.
AP PHOTO/JOSE LUIS MAGANAPolice officer Terry Fitzgerald of Portland, Maine, carries wreaths as he helps lay holiday wreaths atgraves at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., Saturday Dec. 15, 2012, during WreathsAcross America Day.Wreaths Across America was started in 1992 at Arlington National Cemetery byMaine businessman Morrill Worcester and has expanded to hundreds of veterans' cemeteries andother locations in all 50 states and beyond.
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ASSIUT, Egypt (AP) —Acampaign of intimidation byIslamists left mostChristians in this southernEgyptian province tooafraid to participate in lastweek’s referendum on anIslamist-drafted constitu-tion they deeply oppose, res-idents say. The disenfran-chisement is hikingChristians’ worries overtheir future under empow-ered Muslim conservatives.Around a week before
the vote, some 50,000Islamists marched throughthe provincial capital,Assiut, chanting that Egyptwill be “Islamic, Islamic,despite the Christians.” Attheir head rode severalbearded men on horsebackwith swords in scabbards ontheir hips, evoking imagesof early Muslims conquer-ing Christian Egypt in the7th Century.They made sure to go
through mainly Christiandistricts of the city, whereresidents, fearing attacks,shuttered down their storesand stayed in their homes,witnesses said.The day of the voting
itself on Saturday, Christianvoting was minimal as lowas 7 percent in some areas,according to church officials.Some of those who did try to
head to polling stations insome villages were pelted bystones, forcing them to turnback without casting bal-lots, Christian activists andresidents told TheAssociated Press this week.The activists now see
what happened in Assiut asa barometer for whatChristians’ status will beunder a constitution thatenshrines a greater role forShariah, or Islamic law, ingovernment and daily life.Even under the secularregime of autocrat HosniMubarak, Egypt’sChristians complained ofdiscrimination and govern-ment failure to protect themand their rights.They fear itwill be worse with theIslamists who have domi-nated Egypt’s political land-scape since Mubarak’souster in February 2011.“When all issues become
religious and all the talk isabout championing Islamand its prophet, then, as aChristian, I am excludedfrom societal participation,”said Shady Magdy Tobia, aChristian activist in Assiut.“If this does not change,things will only get worsefor Christians.”But some of the
Christians of Assiut arepushing back against the
emboldened Islamists. Inrecent weeks, youngChristians joined growingstreet protests to demandthat the charter is shelved,casting aside decades ofpolitical apathy.Assiut province is signif-
icant because it is home toone of Egypt’s largestChristian communities theymake up about 35 percent ofthe population of 4.5 mil-lion, perhaps three timesthe nationwide percentage.At the same time, it is amajor stronghold of Egypt’sIslamists, who now domi-nate its local government.The province was the birth-place of some of the coun-try’s most radical Islamistgroups and was the mainbattlefield of an insurgencyby Muslim militants in the1990s.It was one of 10
provinces that voted in thefirst round of Egypt’s refer-endum. Nationwide, around56 percent voted in favor ofthe draft charter, accordingto preliminary results.Assiut had one of thestrongest “yes” votes atmore than 77 percent. Italso had a turnout of only 28percent — one of the lowestin a round marred by a lowparticipation of only 32 per-cent nationwide.
Fear keeps Christiansaway from polling places
RINGTOWN, Pa. (AP) —A peculiar sort of alchemytakes place each Christmasseason in Pennsylvaniacoal country, where skilledpractitioners huddle overbig pots of steaming liquid,coaxing a potent but sooth-ing elixir from secretrecipes handed downthrough the generations.This alcoholic yuletide
cocktail, called boilo, hasbeen a household staple formore than a century, sippedwarm or hot to celebratethe holidays and ward offwinter’s chill. Boilo partiesare in full swing right nowas coal-region kitchens fillwith the fragrant, intoxi-cating aroma of spices andcitrus.“It warms you up,” said
Chris Brokenshire, “and itwarms your spirits, too.”The 40-year-old forklift
operator from Ringtownknows of what he speaks.He’s been making anddrinking boilo for nearly 20years. And now he’s hopingto export this obscure cul-tural oddity to the masses,developing a drink mix thathe began selling last monthin a few brick-and-mortarstores in Schuylkill Countythe epicenter of the boilo-making tradition as well asonline at his website.Purists may sniff that
Brokenshire’s powderedboilo mix is a rather gener-
ic facsimile of the home-made concoction that’s typ-ically made with ingredi-ents like honey, oranges,lemons, caraway and aniseseeds, cinnamon sticks, gin-ger ale, and whiskey.But people are buying it
as fast as his manufactur-er can produce it andBrokenshire can bag it.Brokenshire sold out of hisinitial run of 1,000 bagswithin a few weeks, and heprojects he’ll sell 30,000bags by April, when thearrival of warmer weathermarks the end of the tradi-tional boilo-making sea-son. He dreams of replicat-ing on a smaller scale thesuccess of Yuengling beer,another coal-region staplethat has crossed over tothe mainstream.The budding boilo baron
figured his target marketwould be consumers whodon’t have a good recipe oftheir own, and those whosimply don’t have time tomake it from scratch. Buthe had no idea what toexpect when those first$8.99 bags hit stores. Afterall, this is a tradition inwhich family recipes aretreated like fine heirlooms.“It was a very scary
thing,” said Brokenshire,who invested $30,000 inthe fledgling business, andwhose father and fianceeare helping him get it up
and running. “I didn’tknow how the communitywould react, because it isso popular and (a commer-cial version) has neverbeen tested and tried.”The early returns have
him ecstatic.“It’s just shooting
through the roof,” he said.“I never expected to be in asituation like this.”The invention of
Lithuanian immigrants,boilo shares ingredientswith krupnikas, a tradi-tional spiced honey liquorthat has been consumed inLithuania and Poland(where it is called krupnik)for centuries. Yet the nameis unique to a handful ofPennsylvania countieswhere anthracite coal wasmined by European immi-grants more than 100years ago. The cocktail alsoappears to be related toviryta, a drink popularwith the Lithuanian-American community ofBaltimore. In fact, viryta isderived from theLithuanian word for “boil”or “cook.”Leonas Putrius, a
researcher at theLithuanian Research andStudies Center in Chicago,confesses to never havingheard of either boilo orviryta before being askedabout it. But he said it’sclear that immigrants took
a little of the Old Worldwith them to the New.“The first wave of immi-
grants brought their cul-ture with them and madelocalized versions of an oldtradition,” he said.Ann Wargo, 87, the
daughter of Lithuanianimmigrants who settled inPennsylvania’s coal regionin the late 1800s, recalls atime when all boilo wasmade with moonshine,either “because they could-n’t get anything else, orthey didn’t have the moneyto get anything else.”It was strong stuff. “I
imagine they probably gotinto another world” afterdrinking it, she quipped.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Formore than 20 years, statepark officials inMassachusetts haveencouraged locals to get offthe couch Jan. 1 and take ahike nothing too strenuous,but a healthy way to startthe new year.Last year, a group called
America’s State Parksexpanded the effort, calledFirst Day Hikes, to all 50states. The group hoped for50 events but had no ideahow many Americanswould willingly skip NewYear’s Eve revelry in orderto get up early Jan. 1 andhit the woods.They ended up with 400
outings that drew 14,000people, hiking a total ofmore than 30,000 miles.This year will be even big-ger, with more than 600events from a cross-countryski outing in Alaska to asunrise hike in Hawaii.“It’s a way to promote a
naturally healthy way oflife but also to promotestate parks as a year-roundrecreation option,” saidPriscilla Geigis, state parksdirector in Massachusettsand organizer of the nation-al effort. “The park man-agers got people on hikeswho live right there butwho had never been to theparks during the winter.”Most First Day Hikes
are moderate in difficulty,ranging from one to threemiles. Some are on pavedroads accessible to strollersand wheelchairs. All arefree, though some parkshave parking fees. Somehikes combine outdoorinterests with history, suchas a hike in CastlewoodCanyon State Park inColorado where hikers weregreeted by volunteersdressed as 19th centuryhomesteaders. InMassachusetts, hikersincluded Gov. Patrick Devaland his dog Tobey at MountGreylock.
All First Day Hikes areguided by rangers who talkabout wildlife, trees, nestsand other natural phenom-ena in winter landscapes.“People were blown away
by the quality of the parkrangers and the details theygave us,” said ChrisSaunders of Chesterfield,Va. With his wife, father-in-law and dog, he joined agroup of more than 50 hik-ers in Pocahontas StatePark in Virginia lastJanuary. “Every little thinga rock, a tree the rangerscan tell a story about it.”More than 3,700 people
took part in Virginia’s FirstDay Hikes, which wereoffered in all 35 state parks.Officials promoted the out-ings on Facebook andTwitter, and offered prizesfor photos. Saunders sent ina photo and won a freeparking pass to Pocahontas.“We go back there all the
time,” said Saunders, whoplans to go this Jan. 1, too.“It was so much fun, we’d goback even if we hadn’t won
the pass.”In Alaska, more than 30
hardy souls turned out lastJan. 1 for a hike at theEagle River Nature Centerin Chugach State Park thatlasted an hour and a halfdespite temperatures wellbelow zero. This comingJan. 1, a cross-country skiouting is planned out ofIndependence Mine StateHistorical Park, a formergold mining site, accordingto Bill Kiger, interpretationand education manager forAlaska State Parks.“We want to start the
year off right to help peoplewith their New Year’s reso-lutions,” Kiger said. “This isthe first step to doing thatphysical activity we allpledge to do.”In Maine last Jan. 1,
hikes took place in four dif-ferent types of terrain atPopham Beach, SebagoLake, Aroostook State Parkin the northern interior andatWolfe’s NeckWoods StatePark in Freeport, a coastalwoodland. “We were so
happy when the First DayHikes came along becausewe have been developingprograms to get people intothe state parks in winter,”said Will Harris, director ofMaine’s Division of Parksand Public Lands. “Thisway, on Jan. 1, you can havepeople thinking about beingoutside from the first of theyear.”State park officials are
not the only ones organizingoutdoor activities to startthe new year off right.Many communities andathletic clubs organizeraces in local parks. LifeTime Fitness, which oper-ates fitness centers and pro-grams, expects 100,000 peo-ple at 5-kilometer walksand runs in 28 cities Jan. 1.There are also polar bearplunges, where participantsimmerse themselves inchilly lakes and oceans onNew Year’s Day, heldaround the country fromSeattle to Coney Island inBrooklyn, N.Y.Organizations like the
Appalachian MountainClub, the Sierra Club andlocal groups like Nevada’sFriends of Gold Butte alsoorganize Jan. 1 hikes andevents in many places.Even in New York City, out-door clubs are offering NewYear’s Day outings toexplore the north end ofManhattan and the shoresof Staten Island.Many individuals simply
create their own outings tokick off the new year.Lincoln Fuller of Yarmouth,Maine, has been hiking upMount Washington in NewHampshire each Jan. 1 withtwo friends for more than10 years. He says they usu-ally encounter dozens ofothers on the cold, windymountain.“It’s always surprising to
me how many people go upon New Year’s Day to say,‘This would be a good wayto start the year,’” he said.”
Free guided hikes Jan. 1in parks in all 50 states
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This Jan. 1 photo provided by the Virginia StateParks and the Department of Conservation andRecreation shows Virginia State Parks ranger BobFlippen, right, at Virginia’s High Bridge Trail StatePark leading a group of hikers on a First Day Hike inVa. The hike was one of 400 First Day Hikes held atstate parks last Jan. 1.
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LITCHFIELD, Minn.(AP) — Dozens ofMinnesota Scandinaviansand the people who lovethem flock to the VFWClub in Litchfield everyThursday from Novemberthrough January, where a$20 bill will get you a bigsteaming hunk of the fre-quently mocked fish dishknown as lutefisk. It comeswith meatballs, mashedpotatoes, cranberry sauceand the potato flatbreadknown as lefse all of whichhelps to make up for thedubious entree.“Butter helps it slide
down your throat,” saidDennis Voss, the husbandof a Norwegian-American,revealing his own survivalsecret for stomaching thegelatinous blob as theydined with friends on lute-fisk amid a bustlinglunchtime crowd.America’s rising foodie
culture has inspired a newgeneration of chefs andadventurous eaters whohave mined ethnic andantiquated food traditionsto create gourmet delica-cies. Even Scandinaviancuisine, not usually consid-ered the most savory, issharing the spotlight. It’swinning plaudits at restau-rants from Minneapolis’snationally recognizedBachelor Farmer toCopenhagen’s world-renowned Noma, whereglobe-trotting diners waitmonths for reservations.But lutefisk, a dried
white cod reconstituted incaustic chemicals, is oneheritage dish that hasremained stubbornly unim-proved. Yet it lives on inplaces where people ofScandinavian descent arenumerous.A list of churches,
Scandinavian culturalgatherings, restaurantsand clubs that serve lute-fisk runs to 22 pages on onewebsite dedicated to thedish, showcasing sites inMinnesota, Wisconsin,Iowa, the Dakotas,Montana, Washington aswell as snowbird outpostslike Arizona and Florida.Every year come the
holidays, a loyal legionshows up to partake.Whiletheir ancestors neededhardy food that wouldn’tspoil, lutefisk fanciersagree the reason to eat itnow is less obvious orentirely lost on most peo-ple.“You have to try it at
least three times,” saysVoss, 79.Tradition and even the
ridicule lutefisk widelyevokes provide much of theanswer.The heart of lutefisk
country is west ofMinneapolis, where east-ern river valleys flatteninto western prairies thatwere heavily settled byScandinavian immigrantsin the 19th and early 20thcenturies. Further westfrom Litchfield, a sign inthe tiny town of Madisonwelcomes visitors to“Lutefisk Capital U.S.A.”The VFW’s lutefisk spe-
cial comes in “Ole” (large)and “Lena” (small) portions.The fish resembles a quiv-ering hunk of white Jell-O,and is served with anequally snow-white creamsauce and a small cup ofmelted butter, which reallydoes help. The demograph-ic is noticeable: “You got tohave white hair to eat it,”said Voss.Chris Dorff, president of
Olsen Fish Company inMinneapolis, a major sup-plier of lutefisk, said he’sread histories that tracethe dish to the time of theVikings. The unusualprocess of drying and laterre-hydrating it was born ofnecessity in a part of theworld where long wintersrequired creativity in foodstorage and preparation.“It wasn’t about enjoy-
ing food, like the Italians,”said Dorff, whose companystill buys all its dried lingcod for lutefisk fromNorway. “It was about sus-tenance.”The tenacious bland-
ness has provided fodderfor everyone from amateurhumorists like Jim NordHarris, the Minneapolis-area retiree who runs theLutfiskLoversLifeline.comweb site, to Minnesota’shomegrown satiristGarrison Keillor. Harris,whose mother wasSwedish, uses that coun-try’s spelling; Norwegiansadd the ‘e’. Most pronounceit LOOT-uh-fisk.“Ole and Lars were talk-
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Efforts to save the nation fromgoing over a year-end “fiscal cliff” were in disarray as law-makers fled the Capitol for their Christmas break. “God onlyknows” how they’ll reach a deal with the president now,House Speaker John Boehner declared Friday.
A look at why it’s so hard for Republicans andDemocrats to compromise on urgent matters of taxes andspending, and what happens if they fail to meet their Dec.31 deadline:
• NEW YEAR’S HEADACHEPartly by fate, partly by design, some scary fiscal forces
come together at the start of 2013 unless Congress andPresident Barack Obama act to stop them. They include:
Some $536 billion in tax increases, touching nearly allAmericans, because various federal tax cuts and breaksexpire at year’s end.
About $110 billion in spending cuts divided equallybetween the military and most other federal departments.That’s about 8 percent of their annual budgets, 9 percent forthe Pentagon.
Hitting the national economy with that double whammyof tax increases and spending cuts is what’s called goingover the “fiscal cliff.” If allowed to unfold over 2013, it wouldlead to recession, a big jump in unemployment and financialmarket turmoil, economists predict.
• WHAT IF THEY MISS THE DEADLINE?If NewYear’s Day arrives without a deal, the nation
shouldn’t plunge onto the shoals of recession immediately.There still might be time to engineer a soft landing.
So long as lawmakers and the president appear to beworking toward agreement, the tax hikes and spending cutscould mostly be held at bay for a few weeks. Then theycould be retroactively repealed once a deal was reached.
The big wild card is the stock market and the nation’sfinancial confidence:Would traders start to panic ifWashington appeared unable to reach accord? Would wor-ried consumers and businesses sharply reduce their spend-ing? In what could be a preview, stock prices around theworld dropped Friday after House Republican leaders’ planfor addressing the fiscal cliff collapsed.
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke has warnedlawmakers that the economy is already suffering from theuncertainty and they shouldn’t risk making it worse by blow-ing past their deadline.
• WHAT IF THEY NEVER AGREE?If negotiations between Obama and Congress collapse
completely, 2013 looks like a rocky year.Taxes would jump $2,400 on average for families with
incomes of $50,000 to $75,000, according to a study by thenon-partisan Tax Policy Center. Because consumers wouldget less of their paychecks to spend, businesses and jobswould suffer.
At the same time, Americans would feel cuts in govern-ment services; some federal workers would be furloughed orlaid off, and companies would lose government business.The nation would lose up to 3.4 million jobs, theCongressional Budget Office predicts.
“The consequences of that would be felt by everybody,”Bernanke says.
• THE TAXESMuch of the disagreement surrounds the George W.
Bush-era income tax cuts, and whether those rates shouldbe allowed to rise for the nation’s wealthiest taxpayers. Bothpolitical parties say they want to protect the middle classfrom tax increases.
Several tax breaks begun in 2009 to stimulate the econ-omy by aiding low- and middle-income families are also setto expire Jan. 1. The alternative minimum tax would expandto catch 28 million more taxpayers, with an averageincrease of $3,700 a year. Taxes on investments would rise,too. More deaths would be covered by the federal estate tax,and the rate climbs from 35 percent to 55 percent. Somecorporate tax breaks would end.
The temporary Social Security payroll tax cut also is dueto expire. That tax break for most Americans seems likely toend even if a fiscal cliff deal is reached, now that Obamahas backed down from his call to prolong it as an economicstimulus.
• THE SPENDINGIf the nation goes over the fiscal cliff, budget cuts of 8 or
9 percent would hit most of the federal government, touch-ing all sorts of things from agriculture to law enforcementand the military to weather forecasting. A few areas, such asSocial Security benefits, Veterans Affairs and some pro-grams for the poor, are exempt.
• THERE’S MORE AT STAKEAll sorts of stuff could get wrapped up in the fiscal cliff
deal-making. A sampling:Some 2 million jobless Americans may lose their federal
unemployment aid. Obama wants to continue the benefitsextension as part of the deal; Republicans say it’s too costly.
Social Security recipients might see their checks growmore slowly. As part of a possible deal, Obama andRepublican leaders want to change the way cost-of-livingadjustments are calculated, which would mean smallerchecks over the years for retirees who get Social Security,veterans’ benefits or government pensions.
The price of milk could double. If Congress doesn’t pro-vide a fix for expiring dairy price supports before Jan. 1,milk-drinking families could feel the pinch. One scenario is toattach a farm bill extension to the fiscal cliff legislation if acompromise is reached in time.
Millions of taxpayers who want to file their 2012 returnsbefore mid-March will be held up while they wait to see ifCongress comes through with a deal to stop the alternativeminimum tax from hitting more people.
• CALL THE WHOLE THING OFF?In theory, Congress and Obama could just say no to the
fiscal cliff, by extending all the tax cuts and overturning theautomatic spending reductions in current law. But bothRepublicans and Democrats agree it’s time to take steps toput the nation on a path away from a future of crippling debt.
Indeed, the automatic spending cuts set for Januarywere created as a last-ditch effort to force Congress to dealwith the debt problem.
If Washington bypassed the fiscal cliff, the next crisiswould be just around the corner, in late February or earlyMarch, when the government reaches a $16.4 trillion ceilingon the amount of money it can borrow.
Boehner says Republicans won’t go along with raisingthe limit on government borrowing unless the increase ismatched by spending cuts to help attack the long-term debtproblem. Failing to raise the debt ceiling could lead to a first-ever U.S. default that would roil the financial markets andshake worldwide confidence in the United States.
To avoid that scenario, Obama and Boehner are trying towrap a debt limit agreement into the fiscal cliff negotiations.
• SO WHAT’S THE HOLDUP?They’re at loggerheads over some big questions.Obama says any deal must include higher taxes for the
wealthiest Americans. Many House Republicans opposeraising anyone’s tax rates. Boehner tried to get the House tovote for higher taxes only on incomes of over $1 million butdropped the effort when it became clear he didn’t have thevotes.
Republicans also insist on deeper spending cuts thanDemocrats want to make. And they want to bring thenation’s long-term debt under control by significantly curtail-ing the growth of Medicare, Medicaid and Social Securitychanges that many Democrats oppose.
Obama, meanwhile, wants more temporary economic“stimulus” spending to help speed up a sluggish recovery.Republicans say the nation can’t afford it.
GOING OVER THE CLIFF
WASHINGTON (AP) —With Congress in gridlockand stocks taking a fall,President Barack Obamaissued a stern summons tolawmakers Friday to passlegislation to preventyear-end fiscal cliff taxincreases on millions andavoid an imminent expira-tion of benefits for thelong-term unemployed.
Republican HouseSpeaker John Boehnersaid Obama himself mustgive more ground to reachan agreement. He added,“How we get there, Godonly knows.”
Congress was shuttingdown, and Obama washeaded to Hawaii to joinhis family for the holidays.But both men indicatedthey’d be back working tobeat the fast-approachingJan. 1 deadline with anagreement betweenChristmas and NewYear’s.
One day after Houseanti-tax rebels torpedoedBoehner’s ‘Plan B’ legisla-tion because it would raiserates on million-dollar-earners, Obama said hestill wants a bill thatrequires the well-to-do topay more. “Everybody’sgot to give a little bit in asensible way” to preventthe economy from pitching
over a recession-threaten-ing fiscal cliff, he said.
He spoke after talking byphone with Boehner archi-tect of the failed House billand meeting with SenateMajority Leader HarryReid.
Boehner’s office quicklyissued a statement sayingthe Ohio Republicanintends to return to theCapitol after Christmas“ready to find a solutionthat can pass both houses ofCongress.” At the sametime, spokesman BrendanBuck said, “we remain hope-ful he (Obama) is finallyready to get serious about
averting the fiscal cliff.”At the White House,
Obama projected optimismas he struggled to deal withthe wreckage of weeks offailed negotiations andpolitical maneuvering. “Socall me a hopeless optimist,but I actually still think wecan get it done,” he said ofan elusive deal.
The president spoke atthe end of a day in whichstocks tumbled and congres-sional leaders squabbled asthe fiscal cliff drew implaca-bly closer.
Boehner spoke in themorning, describing theincreasingly tangled
attempts to beat the Jan. 1deadline and head off theperilous combination ofacross-the-board tax hikesand deep spending cuts.
Obama spoke shortlybefore a scheduled depar-ture to join his family inHawaii for Christmas, butin an indication of theimportance of the issue, hetold reporters he would bereturning to the WhiteHouse next week.
He said that in his nego-tiations with Boehner, hehad offered to meetRepublicans halfway whenit came to taxes, and “morethan halfway” toward theirtarget for spending cuts.
He said he remains com-mitted to working toward agoal of longer-term deficitreduction, but in the mean-time he said quick action isneeded to keep taxes fromrising for tens of millions.
“Averting this middleclass tax hike is not aDemocratic responsibility ora Republican responsibility.With their votes, theAmerican people havedecided that government isa shared responsibility,” hesaid, referring to a Congresswhere power is dividedbetween the two parties.
“We move forwardtogether or we don’t moveforward at all,” he added.
Still time to dodge cliff,Obama, Boehner both say
AP PHOTO/J. SCOTT APPLEWHITESpeaker of the House John Boehner, R-Ohio, joined byHouse Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R-Va., left, speaksto reporters about the fiscal cliff negotiations at theCapitol in Washington, Friday.
Dear Heloise: I am a nurs-ing assistant, and I work in anursing home.With the holi-days here, I thought I wouldsuggest a few gift ideas for resi-dents of nursing, assisted-livingand group homes that are real-ly appreciated.
I know many organizationsand families get flowers at theholidays and even gift basketsfor the residents. However, a lotof these items are wasted. So,here are a few ideas from acaregiver:
• Socks: Feet are always cold,and socks get lost in the laun-dry. Place name on the socks.
• Shawls for women: It canbe cold sitting up during the
day, and these will cover theshoulders.
• Blankets: Either lap or bedblankets that can provide a“touch of home” or a “hug” fromfriends and family.
• Slippers: Again, becausefeet get cold, and circulation isbad.
• Sweaters: Made from
sweatshirt material. Thesewash very well and are warm.— A Reader in MarylandHow right you are! And
when buying shirts andsweaters, try not to get“pullover” types. They are diffi-cult to get on and off. Othersuggestions, readers? —HeloiseEASY IDDear Heloise: To save time
searching for keys in my purse,I bought a carabiner andattached them to it. It matchesmy purse and keeps my keyssafely inside and close to thetop. Many of us have cars thatneed fobs for unlocking/locking.I got the carabiner for $1 in a
clearance box at the local hard-ware store. — Mary, via email
I use them for all kinds ofprojects! My husband, David,introduced me to them whenwe were hot-air ballooning!— HeloisePET PALDear Readers: Karen
Demyanovich, via email, sent aphoto of her dog Dudley gettinghis nails trimmed for a nurs-ing-home visit. Karen says:“Dudley looks like I do whenthey take blood — just do it!He is such a good sport abouteverything.” To see Dudley get-ting his manicure, visit mywebsite at www.Heloise.comand click on “Pets.”— Heloise
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Dear Annie: I want to reply to"Twice Bitten," who is being bittenby tiny bugs. I had the same prob-lem. After several visits to the der-matologist and tests with no diag-nosis, I tried lavender soap andlotion. Bugs do not like the smell oflavender. You also can sprinklelavender flowers on your carpetand use lavender sachets in yourhamper and in and around yourbed.— Also Been BittenDear From: We heard from
hundreds of readers on this subject.When we initially did our research,we found too many possibilities toprint. So here are a few more:From Casper, Wyo: My friend
had a similar experience after acruise. It turned out she had con-tracted scabies, probably from aninfected mattress.East Coast: As a pest control
technician, I get many complaintslike this. After a thorough inspec-tion and finding no visible pests, Isuggest quite a few of the sameoptions you did. But I have noticedthat this often happens when theweather turns colder and our fur-naces kick back on. It tends to dryout the skin, with the sensation ofbeing bitten by bugs. A humidifiermay do the trick.Louisville, Ky.: That poor
woman who is plagued by bites hasbeen bitten by "no-see-um" bugs.They are so named because theyare too small to see with the nakedeye. I was bitten last summer andalmost lost my mind until a friendtold me to buy white vinegar andspray it on my sheets and pillowsin the morning and leave themuncovered to dry. After severalnights of this, the bites stopped.Ontario, Calif.: I had a similar
problem, and it turned out to be ratmites.We got rid of the rats in ourattic, but their tiny mites droppeddown into the house. Our extermi-nator identified them when I putone under a microscope.Washington State: "Twice
Bitten" should see a doctor and askabout the Norwegian scabies.Unlike regular scabies, they do notleave the telltale tracks and areharder to identify.Ventura, Calif.: One of the
laundry detergent makers added astain-release chemical that hascaused many of my friends to havethe same problem.Louisiana: Years ago, my hus-
band returned from working in aremote area. That night, I was bit-ten by some type of bug.Wesearched the bed for hours.Nothing. This went on for weeks,but with only a slight redness,there was nothing to show a doctor.My husband started to believe Iwas imagining things. After amonth of ridiculously intensivehousecleaning, preventive bugspraying, bed checks and sleeplessnights, I felt a bite and instinctivelygrabbed the culprit. It was darkbrown and slightly larger than apinhead. I took "the remains" to anentomologist. He studied it, saidhe'd never seen anything like it andasked if he could keep it.Greensboro: I, too, had bites
from an unknown source show uparound my face and neck. I went toa dermatologist, who gave me astrong antibiotic and a steroidcream and told me it was yeast.That didn't work. After discussingit with my sister, who works at ahospital, she suggested that I seean allergist. He discovered that Iam allergic to dust mites.Lady Lake, Fla.: My son had a
similar problem. I checked his bed,changed laundry detergent,scrubbed, but nothing helped.Finally, I sat where he studied andfelt a bite. I noticed mites flittingabout a nearby houseplant. I tossedout the plant, vacuumed thoroughlyand sprayed with Lysol. Two dayslater, we were free of bites.New York: These people may
have Morgellons, which the medicalcommunity doesn't always recog-nize. The writer may have pickedthis up from contaminated clothingor furniture fabric, or from expo-sure to a contaminated pet. Thecleaning you recommended is nec-essary, but so are antibiotics, anti-fungal medications and other treat-ments similar to those used for sca-bies.
Annie's Mailbox is written byKathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar,longtime editors of the Ann Landerscolumn. Please email your questionsto [email protected], orwrite to: Annie's Mailbox, c/oCreators Syndicate, 737 3rd Street,Hermosa Beach, CA 90254.
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Cleveland34° | 28°Toledo
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Cincinnati36° | 21°
Dayton30° | 21°
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Today
Mostlysunny &breezy
High: 32°
Tonight
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National forecastForecast highs for Saturday, Dec. 22
Fronts PressureCold Warm Stationary Low High
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Yesterday’s Extremes:High: 77 at Key West, Fla. Low: -30 at Kremmling, Colo.
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AccuWeather.com forecast for daytime conditions, low/high temperatures
High Yesterday...........................32 at 12:43 a.m.Low Yesterday..............................28 at 7:13 a.m.Normal High .....................................................36Normal Low......................................................23Record High ........................................65 in 1967Record Low........................................-15 in 1989
24 hours ending at 5 p.m..............................0.04Month to date ................................................2.75Normal month to date ...................................2.09Year to date .................................................31.57Normal year to date ....................................40.02Snowfall yesterday ........................................0.00
Saturday, December 22, 2012
Main Pollutant: Particulate
ENVIRONMENT
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Air Quality Index
Pollen Summary
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Good Moderate Harmful26
0 250 5007
Mold Summary
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Peak group:Weeds
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SUN AND MOON
Temperatures indicate Friday’s highand overnight low to 8 p.m.
Hi Lo PrcOtlkAtlanta 46 33 ClrAtlantic City 57 47 .58 ClrAustin 61 22 PCldyBaltimore 43 421.16 ClrBoston 52 38 .63 CldyBuffalo 37 36 .23SnowCharleston,S.C. 51 43 .18 ClrCharleston,W.Va. 31 30 .06 CldyCharlotte,N.C. 46 37 .19 ClrChicago 29 28 .07 ClrCincinnati 28 27 .01 ClrCleveland 33 32 .32 ClrColumbus 33 31 .13 CldyDallas-Ft Worth 65 28 PCldyDayton 31 28 .04PCldyDenver 51 20 PCldyDes Moines 21 11 ClrDetroit 33 32 .20 CldyGrand Rapids 35 33 .15PCldyHonolulu 80 70 ClrHouston 62 33 PCldyIndianapolis 27 25 .06 ClrKansas City 37 17 ClrKey West 73 72 ClrLas Vegas 50 32 PCldyLittle Rock 54 32 Clr
Los Angeles 66 45 CldyLouisville 37 30 ClrMemphis 48 33 ClrMiami Beach 72 68 ClrMilwaukee 28 28 .13 ClrMpls-St Paul 21 09 PCldyNashville 43 31 ClrNew Orleans 57 43 ClrNew York City 56 43 .72 ClrOklahoma City 63 24 PCldyOmaha 27 08 ClrOrlando 63 49 .08 ClrPhiladelphia 50 441.58 ClrPhoenix 70 46 ClrPittsburgh 33 31 .10 CldyRaleigh-Durham 46 41 .41 ClrSacramento 53 44 .16 RainSt Louis 37 24 ClrSt Petersburg 61 58 .64 ClrSalt Lake City 41 20 CldySan Antonio 61 27 CldySan Diego 60 43 CldySan Francisco 58 53 .12 RainSeattle 47 29 .01 RainSyracuse 36 36 .80SnowTampa 61 53 .61 ClrTucson 70 48 PCldyWashington,D.C. 45 44 .82 Clr
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TODAY IN HISTORY
Today is Saturday, Dec. 22,the 357th day of 2012.There arenine days left in the year.
Today’s Highlight:On Dec. 22, 1912, Lady Bird
Johnson, the wife of PresidentLyndon B. Johnson, was bornClaudia Alta Taylor in Karnack,Texas.
On this date:In 1864, during the Civil War,
Union Gen.William T. Shermansaid in a message to PresidentAbraham Lincoln: “I beg to pres-ent you as a Christmas-gift the
city of Savannah.”In 1910, a fire lasting more
than 26 hours broke out at theChicago Union StockYards21 firefighters were killed.
In 1937, the first, center tubeof the Lincoln Tunnel connectingNewYork City and New Jerseyunderneath the Hudson Riverwas opened to traffic. (The northtube opened in 1945, the southtube in 1957.)
In 1984, NewYork City resi-dent Bernhard Goetz shot andwounded four youths on a
Manhattan subway, claiming theywere about to rob him.
In 2001, Richard C. Reid, apassenger on an AmericanAirlines flight from Paris to Miami,tried to ignite explosives in hisshoes, but was subdued by flightattendants and passengers.
Ten years ago: Time maga-zine chose as its Persons of theYear for 2002 three female whistle-blowers: FBI agent Coleen RowleyWorldCom auditor Cynthia Cooperand former Enron vice presidentSherronWatkins.
TROY DAILY NEWS • WWW.TROYDAILYNEWS.COM WEATHER Saturday, December 22, 2012 13
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DETROIT (AP) The firstwidespread snowstorm ofthe season weakened as itmoved east Friday, but notbefore it dumped more than1 feet of snow in Michiganand made travel difficult inthe Great Lakes region.A semitrailer went out of
control on a bridge slickwith snow, barreled downan embankment and strucka concrete barrier inIndiana, killing the driver.In Michigan, a school buscarrying six childrencrashed into a tree that hadfallen across a road in nearwhite-out conditions. Therewere no injuries in thataccident.The storm, part of a sys-
tem that began in theRockies earlier in the week,was blamed for deaths in atleast five states. Snow wasforecast Friday inPennsylvania, and the sys-tem was developing a sec-ond front with a mix ofsnow and rain in the NewYork City area and NewJersey. It was expected to“spin its way northwardthrough New England andinto Canada” into the week-end, National WeatherService meteorologist BrianAdam said.
In Gaylord, Mich., whereAdam is based, people weredigging out of what hecalled “concrete snow” pre-cipitation that was heavy,wet and hard to handle.Adam said he had to snow-blow for the second time in
12 hours and take a chainsaw to a downed tree on hisstreet before he could getout for work Friday morn-ing. The area recorded 19.6inches of snow.“It’s a big wallop of win-
ter weather,” Adam said.
Aviation officials andtravelers welcomed sunnyskies in Chicago, wheremore than 500 flights werecancelled at the two air-ports the day before. Only50 flights were canceledFriday, and a similar num-
ber faced delays of up to twohours.Robin Mamlet, of
Berwyn, Pa., spent Fridaymorning at PhiladelphiaInternational Airport wait-ing for her daughter toarrive home for the holidaysfrom college in Chicago. Herdaughter’s original flightwas canceled Thursday dueto the blizzard and herrebooked flight at 6 a.m. leftan hour late.Still, the plane landed in
Philadelphia in plenty oftime for the next step intheir holiday plans: a mid-day flight to Puerto Rico fora five-day vacation.“So we’re in very good
shape very lucky,” Mamletsaid.Others didn’t fare as
well. Haverford Collegefreshman Iliana Navarro,19, was trying to get fromPhiladelphia to her familyin Anaheim, Calif., but herFriday afternoon flight toJohn Wayne Airport wascanceled because it wasalso scheduled to stop instill-congested Chicago.Navarro said the next
flight she could get on wasSunday, and she had noplace to stay since her col-lege campus had closed for
the holidays.“I don’t know what
they’re expecting me to do,”Navarro said. “Am I sup-posed to camp out in theairport?”Utility crews worked to
restore power in a half-dozen states, but thousandsremained without serviceafter heavy snow andstrong winds pulled downlines. Some schools can-celed classes for a secondday.Charlene DeWitt said
Friday afternoon that thelights were flickering at herhome in Michigan’s easternUpper Peninsula, duringhigh winds that followedabout 18 inches of snow.She and her husband,Marv, a retired state parkranger, had stocked up onprovisions the day beforeand planned to stayindoors.“We haven’t had this
much snow in quite awhile,” said DeWitt, aretired teacher in the areathat historically receivesgenerous helpings of snowduring long winters. “It’svery slippery, wet snow. Notthe nice, fluffy kind. But it’svery Christmassy and verybeautiful.”
Storm weakens after dumping snow in Midwest
AP PHOTO/WINONA DAILY NEWS, JOE AHLQUISTJoe Roland uses a snow blower to clear snow from the sidewalk on Thursday indowntown Winona, Minn. The first major snowstorm of the season began its sloweastward march across the Midwest early Thursday, creating treacherous drivingconditions and threatening to disrupt some of the nation's busiest airports aheadof the holiday weekend.
BROWNING,Mont. (AP)On the edge of the BlackfeetIndian reservation, wherethe Rocky Mountains riseout of the Great Plains likeshark’s teeth, oil explo-ration companies plumb thedepths of the land againand again as the tribedreams of a big strike thatwill lift its people out ofpoverty.Not much oil has been
found yet, but deep beneaththe reservation is a rock for-mation that some believecould unleash a mini oil-and-gas boom.That potential has
raised concerns next door aticonic Glacier NationalPark, its 8,000-foot peakslooming over the drilling.
The National Park Servicewarns about the potentialimpact on grizzly bear habi-tat, of rigs spoiling wilder-ness views and outsidersbringing invasive plantsinto the fragile ecosystem.Besides repeating those
worries whenever a newwell is proposed, there’s notmuch else the park servicecan do. Their actions, how-ever, have left tribal offi-cials simmering about out-side interference by peoplewho presume to know howto better develop Blackfeetland than the tribe itself.“I don’t go to your back-
yard and tell you what to dowith it, right? I don’t tellyou how to drive your car,right?” said Ron Cross
Guns, assistant director ofthe tribe’s oil and gasdepartment. “But every-body on the outside thatcomes to our reservationtells us what to do on ourreservation.”The tension has existed
since the drilling began inearnest more than threeyears ago, and it continuesdespite no significant oilproduction to date and arecent lull in exploration.There are dozens of wellsdrilled across the 1.5-mil-lion-acre reservation, withat least 18 within 20 milesof the park.The park service is call-
ing for a comprehensive,detailed study on the cumu-lative effects of all existing
drilling to date, futuredrilling and what wouldhappen if the wells startproducing oil and gas.Glacier Superintendent
Chas Cartwright said hehas no desire to stop reser-vation development, butwants to make sure it isdone right.“Our jobs as stewards of
this place is to try to makesure it is a nice place 20, 30,50, 100 years from now andthat development, thatwould pose some seriouschallenges,” saidCartwright, who is retiringDec. 28.His appeals have gone
nowhere. Blackfeet oil andgas director Grinnell DayChief said the tribe com-
pletes a well-by-well envi-ronmental assessment asrequired under theNational EnvironmentalPolicy Act, and each assess-ment is approved by thefederal Bureau of IndianAffairs.“We’re not required to
respond to” Glacier officials,Day Chief said. “When youtry to satisfy everybody youmay as well stop developingyour minerals. You can’tsatisfy everybody.”The Blackfeet point out
that oil wells have beendrilled for more than a cen-tury in Glacier’s shadow.Two oil fields, one on theopposite side of the reserva-tion from the park and theother near the Canadian
border, were developed inthe 1930s, but productionhas been waning fordecades.With the success of
hydraulic fracturing inopening oil development450 miles away in NorthDakota’s Bakken basin,exploration companies havegiven the Blackfeet reserva-tion another look.The reservation doesn’t
need another Bakken boomto help improve its 30 per-cent poverty rate and highunemployment, Cross Gunssaid. Just a fraction of thatproduction would be enoughto dramatically improve theeconomic situation for themore than 17,000 enrolledtribal members, he said.
Glacier National Park looks to influence Blackfeet drilling
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STAFF PHOTOS/ANTHONYWEBERTroy’s Jalen Nelson battles for a rebound while Dylan Cascaden (23) and Tre Hudson (15) look onduring a game against Butler Friday night at the Trojans Activities Center in Troy.
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� Boys Basketball
Cold night in TroyBY JOSH BROWN
Sports [email protected]
The cold seeped into the TrojanActivities Center Friday night.At least it seemed to by the way both
teams shot the basketball.But on a night where most of the other
games were snowed out and neither teamcould put the ball through the hoop,Butler’s Jalen Paige knocked down four 3-pointers and was 6 for 7 from the freethrow line, coming through in the clutch tohelp the Aviatorshand the TroyTrojans their firstGreater Western Ohio Conference NorthDivision loss since the 2010-11 season, 33-29.The loss drops Troy — the defending
GWOC North champion — to 1-7 on theseason and 1-1 in division play, givingButler (3-6, 2-0 GWOC North) andTrotwood a slim edge in the division.“If you look at his (Paige’s) field-goal
percentage from 3, he’s at about 23 per-cent. (Adam Ney) has been hot from 3,(Drew Makiewicz) is capable of hittingsome big shots — sometimes you’ve got toplay the law of averages and take some
Butler escapes with 33-29 GWOC North win
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December 22, 2012
SPORTS CALENDAR
TODAYBoys BasketballTroy at Springfield Shawnee (7:30 p.m.)Lehman at Miami East (7:30 p.m.)Newton at Covington (7:30 p.m.)Bethel at National Trail (8 p.m.)Troy Christian at Mississinawa Valley
(7:30 p.m.)Fairlawn at Bradford (7:30 p.m.)Girls BasketballGreenville at Troy (1 p.m.)Tippecanoe at Springfield Shawnee
(2 p.m.)Tri-County North at Milton-Union
(12:30 p.m.)Miami East at Anna (2:30 p.m.)Newton at Covington (6 p.m.)Butler at Piqua (12:30 p.m.)Bradford at St. Henry (1:30 p.m.)Ridgemont at Lehman (1 p.m.)WrestlingPiqua at Fairmont tri (noon)Lehman at Catholic Central Invite (8
a.m.)BowlingBeavercreek at Troy (10 a.m.)SwimmingTippecanoe at Oakwood Invite
(6:30 p.m.)
SUNDAYNo events scheduled
WHAT’S INSIDE
National Football League .....18National Hockey League ......18Scoreboard ............................19Television Schedule ..............19Local Sports..........................20
Buckeyes rememberhistory with Kansas
After Kansas knocked off OhioState last season in the national semifi-nals, Buckeyes guard Lenzelle Smith Jr.didn’t have the heart to even watch thechampionship game. See Page 18.
TODAY’S TIPS
• COACHING SEARCH: TroyChristian Schools has two coachingpositions available. It is looking for ahead varsity softball coach and isaccepting applications until Jan. 16,2013 for the position, as well as ahead varsity volleyball coach with anapplication deadline of Feb. 20, 2013.Applications can be found on the TroyChristian Schools website at http://troy-christianschools.org/fileadmin/con-tent/athletics/documents/Employment_Application.pdf. A resume and refer-ences should be attached with theapplications. For more information,contact Athletic Director Mike Coots [email protected] or (937) 339-5692.• COACHING SEARCH: Newton
High School is looking for a reserveand varsity volleyball coach for nextyear (2013). If interested, please con-tact Bob Huelsman or Larry Powell atNewton High School at (937) 676-5132, or by e-mail at [email protected] or [email protected].• BASKETBALL: The Tippecanoe
basketball team will be honoring the1973 SWBL champions on Jan. 19.The Red Devils face Versailles thatnight at 7:30 p.m. Any member of theteam, cheerleaders or coaches needto contact Dale Pittenger at [email protected] for moreinformation.• VOLLEYBALL: The Troy
Recreation Department is sponsoringa co-ed power volleyball league onMonday and Tuesday evenings begin-ning in January. Parties interested inregistering a team can call CarrieSlater at the recreation department at339-5145.• BASEBALL: Extra Innings Troy is
hosing a two-day Pro Player Campfrom noon-5 p.m. Dec. 29-30.The stafffor this camp will include Reds Hall ofFamer Tom Browning, along with for-mer Reds players Jeff Shaw and JeffBranson. Other members of theinstructional staff are local professionalbaseball players. For more information,contact Extra Innings at (937) 339-3330 or at www.extrainnings-troy.com.• SUBMIT-A-TIP: To submit an item
to the Troy Daily News sports section,please contact Josh Brown [email protected] or ColinFoster at [email protected].
� Boys Basketball
Area games called due to bad weather
Staff Reports
On the day the world wassupposed to end, local studentsfound it was just their schoolweek ending early instead.The snow and ice resulted in
school cancellations across theMiami Valley, which led to sever-al local basketball games beingpostponed Friday night. The
only two games played in theMiami County were GreaterWestern Ohio Conference NorthDivision matchups. Butler trav-eled to play Troy and Sidney wason the road against Piqua.Tippecanoe was supposed to
play at Bellefontaine, but thegame was postponed. The twoschools have no rescheduled atthis moment. The Red Devilsreturn to action Thursday at
Troy.Dixie at Milton-Union (3-2)
was postponed, as well. Thegame has been rescheduled forJan. 29 at 7:15 p.m.The Cross County Conference
showdown between Miami East(4-0, 2-0 CCC) and Covington (2-2, 2-0 CCC) was called. Nomakeup date has beenannounced yet. The Vikings andBuccs are both back in actiontoday. Miami East hosts Lehmanand Covington hosts rival
Newton.Another CCC matchup, which
features Bethel (5-0, 3-0 CCC)on the road against NationalTrail, has been moved to todayat 8 p.m. A pair of other CCCgames were cancelled. Newtonat Arcanum was postponed andmoved to Jan. 22 at 8 p.m.Mississinawa Valley at Bradfordwas moved to Feb. 12 at 7:30.Versailles at Lehman was
postponed. No makeup has beenset.
Just 2 local gamesplayed Friday night
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SidneyedgesPiqua
BY ROB KISERSports Editor
It doesn’t take a rocket scien-tist to figure out giving up 54points in the second half and 88for the game was not going to bea winning formula for PiquaFriday night against Sidney atGarbry Gymnasium.But what concerned Piqua
coach Heath Butler more was theway Sidney reached that pointtotal.
The taller Indians were outre-bounded 34-33, with many ofthose being offensive reboundsfor the Jackets that extendedpossessions — instead of beingdefensive stops for Piqua.“I think a big part of the
defense was the offensiverebounds we gave up,” Butlersaid. “That just shows you howbig the rebounding is. The othernight, we dominated the boards(41-20 against Stebbins).Tonight, the stats are going toreflect something different.”It was a game of runs by both
teams.Piqua rallied from an eight-
point deficit in the first half tolead 35-34 at the break after EricBeigel hit three straight frombehind the arc in the opeingquarter for Sidney.“The Beigel kid came out and
� NBA
Cavaliersfall againto Pacers
CLEVELAND (AP) — RoyHibbert scored 18 points andLance Stephenson added a sea-son-high 16 to lead the IndianaPacers to a 99-89 win over theCleveland Cavaliers, who losttheir sixth straight game Fridaynight.Hibbert didn’t have to deal
with injured Cavs centerAnderson Varejao, the NBA’sleading rebounder. Varejaomissed his second game in a rowwith a bruised right knee.David West added 15 points
and 10 rebounds and GeraldGreen had 14 points with a fero-cious dunk as the Pacers won forthe fifth time in six games.Kyrie Irving scored 17 points
on just 5-of-16 shooting for theCavs, who are 1-11 in their last12 games. Tristan Thompson had12 points and 13 rebounds forCleveland, 3-21 in its past 24.Troy’s Taren Kinnel looks to make a pass.
TROY
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Cleveland has nowdropped 6 straight
Big second halflifts Jackets to88-77 victory
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AP PHOTO
Ohio State’s SamThompson, center, dunks the ball in front of UNC-Asheville'sTrent Meyer, left, and D.J.Cunningham during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game Dec. 15 in Columbus. Ohio Statewon 90-72.
They rememberCOLUMBUS (AP) —
After Kansas knocked offOhio State last season inthe national semifinals,Buckeyes guard LenzelleSmith Jr. didn’t have theheart to even watch thechampionship game.As this season has pro-
gressed, Smith has grownmore and more excited bythe looming specter of ahome rematch with theJayhawks.“I’ve kind of been wait-
ing for this game ever sinceour schedule got releasedin the summer,” he saidabout Saturday’s game pit-ting No. 9 Kansas againstseventh-rankedOhio State.These are not the same
teams from a year ago,when Kansas beat OhioState twice. But that does-n’tmean there still won’t bea little edge to the game.What would you expectwith the teams’ recent his-tory?“I’m sure they have
some hard feelings towardus and it is going to be areally tough environment,”Kansas big man JeffWithey said of the contestat Ohio State’s Value CityArena. “We haven’t reallybeen on the road yet sowe’ll see how the new guysreact to that. But we aredefinitely looking forwardto it.”The 13th-ranked
Jayhawks won the regular-season matchup at AllenFieldhouse almost a yearago, taking advantage ofAll-America forward JaredSullinger’s absence (badback) in a 78-67 victoryover No. 2 Ohio State.Then they squared off in
New Orleans in the FinalFour, with the Buckeyesleading most of the gameand by 13 points beforewithering down the stretchto fall 64-62.“If you look at the games
last year, we didn’t playthem very well at all, but
they guarded us. And theydidn’t play great, but weguarded them,” Kansascoach Bill Self said. “Thedifference for us was in thesecond half we were able toget some 3-on-2s and some2-on-1s and was able tomake six or eight easy bas-kets and score easy pointsthat we didn’t have to goagainst half-court defense.”The game figures to be a
grade card for each team.“Kansas right now is
playing at a level as high asanybody in college basket-ball,” Ohio State coachThad Matta said. “Theystart four seniors. It’s like,wow.Their leading scorer isa redshirt freshman. Sothey’re a very, very experi-enced, seasoned team.From the standpoint of thecaliber of the team thatthey are, obviously you’regoing to hopefully learnquite a bit about your teamas you get ready to headinto January, February and
March.”Comparisons to last
year are frivolous, since thetwo best players on thefloor are now in the NBA.Kansas’ Thomas Robinsonhad 19 points and eightrebounds in the Final Fourand now plays for pay forthe Sacramento Kings.Sullinger had 11 points
and 11 rebounds but hadthree shots blocked byWithey in New Orleans.Currently with the BostonCeltics, Sullinger was sur-rounded by defenders afterteammate DeshaunThomas got into foul trou-ble in the semifinal.Thomas, who pondered
skipping out of his final twoyears to join them in thepros, is averaging 20.4points and 7 rebounds agame. The 6-foot-7 juniornever met a shot he would-n’t take — and make —which makes guarding himthe biggest task for theJayhawks.
Buckeyes well aware of recent history with KU
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� National Football League
Broncos, Manning await battered BrownsBEREA (AP) —
Preparing to play PeytonManning was challengingenough for the ClevelandBrowns even before losingthree more starters.Coach Pat Shurmur said
Friday that wide receiverMohamed Massaquoi, tightend Jordan Cameron anddefensive back TashaunGipson will not travel toDenver to play the Broncos(11-3).With playoff hopes
dashed and a losing seasonassured, the Browns (5-9)will try to halt Denver’snine-game winning streak.Going in with a depleteddefense isn’t the best way.“It’s definitely not what
you hope for, but it seemslike it’s been that way allyear,” linebacker D’QwellJackson. “We lost Chris(Gocong) and Scott (Fujita)early and stuff piles up.Some of these young guys
have played here and thereand now they will get a fulltest.We believe in them.”But how much faith is
reasonable against the top-rated quarterback in theAFC this year. The big yearhas brought Manning’scareer totals to 152wins, 430touchdowns and nearly59,000 yards passing.“You don’t sleep well the
night before,” veteran cor-nerback Sheldon Brownsaid. “You have to under-stand you are going to giveup plays against him. You’vegot to make sure you makethe tackles so you can live tosee another down.”A week ago, rookie Kirk
Cousins shook off an earlyinterception by Cleveland’sT.J.Ward to leadWashingtonpast the Browns in his firstcareer start.Now, Ward and replace-
ment Gipson along withstarting linebacker James-
Michael Johnson are out.Veteran cornerback DmitriPatterson was released afterthe loss to Washington, too.
“We’ve got to put togethera plan,” Shurmur had saidearlier in the week beforethe injuries continued to
mount. “We have to go playfast, aggressive.”Eric Hagg will start at
free safety, with UsamaYoung shifting to Ward’sstrong safety spot. Hagg hada season-high seven tacklesin a win at Oakland on Dec.2, but was inactive the pasttwo weeks.“I think he’s learned that
he can play in this league,”Shurmur said of Hagg, a sev-enth-round pick in 2011from Nebraska.“He does a good job in
coverage. Anytime you playfor a while and then youdon’t play, it gives you a littlebetter view of it while you’rewatching it. I’m sure he’slearned something as he’sprepared.”Defensive coordinator
Dick Jauron said preparingfor the 36-year-old Manningcan be frustrating.“He’s effective against
almost everything you do,”
Jauron said. “You will blitz.He reads it awfully quicklylike he does most things infootball. You’ve just got tokeep mixing it up and thenfight for 60 minutes andhope you can get somebreaks.“There are very few
teams that have any kind ofrecord against him over theyears. He doesn’t win everyone of them so we’ll prepareand go out there and try toplay our best game.”Jackson said putting
pressure on Manning wouldbe best, though he pointedout that the Broncos’ offen-sive line knows their pri-mary project is protectingthe future Hall of Famer.“He’s not sacked that
much because he gets rid ofthe ball so quickly,” Jacksonsaid. “All these years, hislinemen know that if Peytongets time, he’s going to dodamage.”
AP PHOTO
Cleveland Browns running back finds his way intothe end zone against the Kansas City Chiefs Dec. 9.
One stepcloser
NEW YORK (AP) —NHL players are a step clos-er to dissolving their union.Union members voted
this week to give the players’association’s executive boardthe power to file a “dis-claimer of interest” untilJan. 2.A person familiar with
the outcome of the vote toldThe Associated Press onFriday that the measurepassed easily, drawing morethan two-thirds majoritythat was necessary.However, the executiveboard hasn’t made plans yetto meet to discuss whetherto file the disclaimer. If theJan. 2 deadline passes,another authorization votecould be held to approve afiling at a later date.The person spoke on con-
dition of anonymity becausethe results of the vote hadnot been announced.If the executive board
files the disclaimer, theunion would dissolve andbecome a trade association.That would allow players tofile antitrust lawsuitsagainst the NHL.Negotiations between the
NHL and the union havebeen at a standstill sincetalks ended Dec. 6. No bar-gaining is scheduled, andtime is running short to savethe season. All gamesthrough Jan. 14 have beencanceled, more than half theseason. The New Year’s DayWinter Classic and All-Stargame already are victims ofthe lockout.
� Athletics
Douglaswins APathleteof theyear
By the Associated Press
When Gabby Douglasallowed herself to dream ofbeing the Olympic champi-on, she imagined having anice little dinner with familyand friends to celebrate.Maybe she’d make anappearance here and there.“I didn’t think it was
going to be crazy,” Douglassaid, laughing. “I love it. ButI realized my perspectivewas going to have to change.”Just a bit.The teenager has become
a worldwide star since win-ning the Olympic all-aroundtitle in London, the firstAfrican-American gymnastto claim gymnastics’ biggestprize. And now she hasearned another honor.Douglas was selected TheAssociated Press’ femaleathlete of the year, edgingout swimmer MissyFranklin in a vote by U.S.editors andnews direc-tors thatw a sannouncedFriday.“I didn’t
realize howmuch of animpact Imade,” saidD o u g l a s ,who turns17 on Dec. 31. “My mom andeveryone said, ‘You reallywon’t know the full impactuntil you’re 30 or 40 yearsold.’ But it’s starting to sinkin.”In a year filled with
standout performances byfemale athletes, those of thepint-sized gymnast shinedbrightest. Douglas received48 of 157 votes, seven morethan Franklin, who won fourgold medals and a bronze inLondon. Serena Williams,who wonWimbledon and theU.S. Open two years afterher career was nearlyderailed by a series of healthproblems, was third (24).Britney Griner, who led
Baylor to a 40-0 record andthe NCAA title, and skierLindsey Vonn each got 18votes. Sprinter Allyson Felix,who won three gold medalsin London, and Carli Lloyd,who scored both U.S. goals inthe Americans’ 2-1 victoryover Japan in the gold-medalgame, also received votes.“One of the few years the
women’s (Athlete of theYear) choices are more com-pelling than the men’s,” saidJulie Jag, sports editor of theSanta Cruz Sentinel.Douglas is the fourth
gymnast to win one of theAP’s annual awards, whichbegan in 1931, and first sinceMary Lou Retton in 1984.She also finished 15th in vot-ing for the AP sports story ofthe year.
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Springgame inCincy forBuckeyesCOLUMBUS (AP) —
Ohio State’s 2013 springgame will be played on theroad.Paul Brown Stadium in
Cincinnati will host theApril 13 scrimmagebecause of renovations atOhio Stadium.The Buckeyes went 12-0
under first-year coachUrban Meyer this past sea-son and return 14 starters,including nine on offense.Ohio State will be resur-
facing the seating areas atOhio Stadium, promptingthe change of venue to acity where Meyer playedfootball for the Universityof Cincinnati. He is a 1986graduate with a degree inpsychology.Ohio State and UC
played at Paul BrownStadium in front of 66,319fans on Sept. 21, 2002, inOhio State’s only priorappearance in the 13-year-old facility.
NHL playersgetting closer todissolving union
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FOOTBALLNational Football LeagueAllTimes EDTAMERICAN CONFERENCEEast
W L T Pct PF PAy-New England10 3 0 .769 472 274N.Y. Jets 6 7 0 .462 245 306Miami 6 8 0 .429 264 279Buffalo 5 9 0 .357 306 402South
W L T Pct PF PAy-Houston 12 2 0 .857 394 280Indianapolis 9 5 0 .643 309 358Tennessee 4 9 0 .308 271 386Jacksonville 2 12 0 .143 219 383North
W L T Pct PF PAx-Baltimore 9 5 0 .643 348 307Cincinnati 8 6 0 .571 355 293Pittsburgh 7 7 0 .500 302 291Cleveland 5 9 0 .357 280 310West
W L T Pct PF PAy-Denver 11 3 0 .786 409 274San Diego 5 9 0 .357 299 312Oakland 4 10 0 .286 263 402Kansas City 2 12 0 .143 195 367NATIONAL CONFERENCEEast
W L T Pct PF PAWashington 8 6 0 .571 381 350Dallas 8 6 0 .571 327 338N.Y. Giants 8 6 0 .571 373 304Philadelphia 4 10 0 .286 253 375South
W L T Pct PF PAy-Atlanta 12 2 0 .857 371 259New Orleans 6 8 0 .429 389 379Tampa Bay 6 8 0 .429 354 349Carolina 5 9 0 .357 296 319North
W L T Pct PF PAy-Green Bay 10 4 0 .714 344 292Minnesota 8 6 0 .571 319 308Chicago 8 6 0 .571 321 240Detroit 4 10 0 .286 330 380West
W L T Pct PF PASan Francisco 9 3 1 .731 316 184Seattle 9 5 0 .643 350 219St. Louis 6 7 1 .464 258 315Arizona 5 9 0 .357 224 302x-clinched playoff spoty-clinched division
Thursday's GameCincinnati 34, Philadelphia 13
Sunday's GamesGreen Bay 21, Chicago 13New Orleans 41, Tampa Bay 0Minnesota 36, St. Louis 22Houston 29, Indianapolis 17Atlanta 34, N.Y. Giants 0Washington 38, Cleveland 21Miami 24, Jacksonville 3Denver 34, Baltimore 17Carolina 31, San Diego 7Arizona 38, Detroit 10Seattle 50, Buffalo 17Oakland 15, Kansas City 0Dallas 27, Pittsburgh 24, OTSan Francisco 41, New England 34
Monday's GameTennessee 14, N.Y. Jets 10
Saturday, Dec. 22Atlanta at Detroit, 8:30 p.m.
Sunday, Dec. 23Tennessee at Green Bay, 1 p.m.Indianapolis at Kansas City, 1 p.m.New Orleans at Dallas, 1 p.m.Minnesota at Houston, 1 p.m.Oakland at Carolina, 1 p.m.Buffalo at Miami, 1 p.m.Cincinnati at Pittsburgh, 1 p.m.New England at Jacksonville, 1 p.m.Washington at Philadelphia, 1 p.m.St. Louis at Tampa Bay, 1 p.m.San Diego at N.Y. Jets, 1 p.m.Cleveland at Denver, 4:05 p.m.Chicago at Arizona, 4:25 p.m.N.Y. Giants at Baltimore, 4:25 p.m.San Francisco at Seattle, 8:20 p.m.
College Football FBS Bowl GlanceSubject to ChangeAllTimes ESTSaturday, Dec. 15New Mexico BowlAt AlbuquerqueArizona 49, Nevada 48
Famous Idaho Potato BowlAt Boise, IdahoUtah State 41, Toledo 15
Thursday, Dec. 20Poinsettia BowlAt San DiegoBYU 23, San Diego State 6
Friday, Dec. 21Beef 'O' Brady's BowlAt St. Petersburg, Fla.Ball State (9-3) vs. UCF (9-4), 7:30
p.m. (ESPN)Saturday, Dec. 22New Orleans BowlEast Carolina (8-4) vs. Louisiana-
Lafayette (7-4), Noon (ESPN)LasVegas BowlBoise State (10-2) vs. Washington (7-
5), 3:30 p.m. (ESPN)Monday, Dec. 24Hawaii BowlAt HonoluluSMU (6-6) vs. Fresno State (9-3), 8
p.m. (ESPN)Wednesday, Dec. 26Little Caesars Pizza BowlAt DetroitCentral Michigan (6-6) vs. Western
Kentucky (7-5), 7:30 p.m. (ESPN)Thursday, Dec. 27Military BowlAtWashingtonBowling Green (8-4) vs. San Jose
State (10-2), 3 p.m. (ESPN)Belk BowlAt Charlotte, N.C.Duke (6-6) vs. Cincinnati (9-3), 6:30
p.m. (ESPN)Holiday BowlAt San DiegoBaylor (7-5) vs. UCLA (9-4), 9:45 p.m.
(ESPN)Friday, Dec. 28Independence BowlAt Shreveport, La.Louisiana-Monroe (8-4) vs. Ohio (8-4),
2 p.m. (ESPN)Russell Athletic BowlAt Orlando, Fla.Virginia Tech (6-6) vs. Rutgers (9-3),
5:30 p.m. (ESPN)Meineke Car Care BowlAt HoustonMinnesota (6-6) vs.Texas Tech (7-5), 9
p.m. (ESPN)Saturday, Dec. 29Armed Forces BowlAt FortWorth,TexasRice (6-6) vs. Air Force (6-6), 11:45
a.m. (ESPN)Fight Hunger BowlAt San FranciscoArizona State (7-5) vs.Navy (7-4), 3:15
p.m. (ESPN2)Pinstripe BowlAt NewYorkSyracuse (7-5) vs. West Virginia (7-5),
3:15 p.m. (ESPN)Alamo BowlAt San AntonioTexas (8-4) vs. Orgeon State (9-3),
6:45 p.m. (ESPN)BuffaloWildWings BowlAtTempe, Ariz.Michigan State (6-6) vs. TCU (7-5),
10:15 p.m. (ESPN)Monday, Dec. 31Music City BowlAt Nashville,Tenn.Vanderbilt (8-4) vs. N.C. State (7-5),
Noon (ESPN)Sun BowlAt El Paso,TexasGeorgiaTech (6-7) vs.Southern Cal (7-
5), 2 p.m. (CBS)Liberty BowlAt Memphis,Tenn.Iowa State (6-6) vs. Tulsa (10-3), 3:30
p.m. (ESPN)Chick-fil-A BowlAt AtlantaLSU (10-2) vs. Clemson (10-2), 7:30
p.m. (ESPN)Tuesday, Jan. 1Heart of Dallas BowlAt Dallas-Purdue (6-6) vs.Oklahoma State (7-5),
Noon (ESPNU)Gator BowlAt Jacksonville, Fla.Mississippi State (8-4) vs.
Northwestern (9-3), Noon (ESPN2)Capital One BowlAt Orlando, Fla.Georgia (11-2) vs. Nebraska (10-3), 1
p.m. (ABC)Outback BowlAtTampa, Fla.South Carolina (10-2) vs. Michigan (8-
4), 1 p.m. (ESPN)Rose BowlAt Pasadena, Calif.Stanford (11-2) vs. Wisconsin (8-5), 5
p.m. (ESPN)Orange BowlAt MiamiNorthern Illinois (12-1) vs.Florida State
(11-2), 8:30 p.m. (ESPN)Wednesday, Jan. 2Sugar BowlAt New OrleansFlorida (11-1) vs.Louisville (10-2), 8:30
p.m. (ESPN)Thursday, Jan. 3Fiesta BowlAt Glendale, Ariz.Kansas State (11-1) vs.Oregon (11-1),
8:30 p.m. (ESPN)Friday, Jan. 4Cotton BowlAt Arlington,TexasTexas A&M (10-2) vs. Oklahoma (10-
2), 8 p.m. (FOX)Saturday, Jan. 5BBVA Compass BowlAt Birmingham, Ala.Pittsburgh (6-6) vs. Mississippi (6-6), 1
p.m. (ESPN)Sunday, Jan. 6GoDaddy.com BowlAt Mobile, Ala.Kent State (11-2) vs. Arkansas State
(9-3), 9 p.m. (ESPN)Monday, Jan. 7BCS National ChampionshipAt MiamiNotre Dame (12-0) vs.Alabama (12-1),
8:30 p.m. (ESPN)Saturday, Jan. 19East-West Shrine ClassicAt St. Petersburg, Fla.East vs.West, 4 p.m. (NFLN)
Saturday, Jan. 26Senior BowlAt Mobile, Ala.North vs. South, TBA (NFLN)
NCAA Football ChampionshipSubdivision Playoff GlanceAllTimes ESTFirst RoundSaturday, Nov. 24Wagner 31, Colgate 20Coastal Carolina 24, Bethune-
Cookman 14South Dakota State 58, Eastern Illinois
10Stony Brook 20, Villanova 10
Second RoundSaturday, Dec. 1Wofford 23, New Hampshire 7Georgia Southern 24, Cent. Arkansas
16Old Dominion 63, Coastal Carolina 35Illinois St. 38, Appalachian St. 37, OTNorth Dakota State 28, South Dakota
State 3Sam Houston State 18, Cal Poly 16Eastern Washington 29, Wagner 19Montana State 16, Stony Brook 10
QuarterfinalsFriday, Dec. 7Sam Houston State 34, Montana State
16Saturday, Dec. 8Georgia Southern 49, Old Dominion
35North Dakota State 14, Wofford 7Eastern Washington 51, Illinois State
35SemifinalsFriday, Dec. 14North Dakota State 23, Georgia
Southern 20Saturday, Dec. 15Sam Houston State 45, Eastern
Washington 42ChampionshipSaturday, Jan. 5At FC Dallas StadiumFrisco,TexasNorth Dakota State (13-1) vs. Sam
Houston State (11-3), 1 p.m.
BASKETBALLNational Basketball AssociationEASTERN CONFERENCEAtlantic Division
W L Pct GBNewYork 19 7 .731 —Brooklyn 13 12 .520 5½Boston 13 13 .500 6Philadelphia 13 14 .481 6½Toronto 9 19 .321 11Southeast Division
W L Pct GBMiami 17 6 .739 —Atlanta 15 9 .625 2½Orlando 12 14 .462 6½Charlotte 7 18 .280 11Washington 3 21 .125 14½Central Division
W L Pct GBChicago 15 10 .600 —Milwaukee 14 11 .560 1Indiana 15 12 .556 1Detroit 8 21 .276 9Cleveland 5 23 .179 11½WESTERN CONFERENCESouthwest Division
W L Pct GBMemphis 18 6 .750 —San Antonio 19 8 .704 ½Houston 13 12 .520 5½Dallas 12 15 .444 7½New Orleans 5 20 .200 13½Northwest Division
W L Pct GBOklahoma City 21 5 .808 —Minnesota 13 11 .542 7Denver 14 13 .519 7½Utah 14 13 .519 7½
Portland 12 12 .500 8Pacific Division
W L Pct GBL.A. Clippers 19 6 .760 —Golden State 17 9 .654 2½L.A. Lakers 12 14 .462 7½Phoenix 11 15 .423 8½Sacramento 8 17 .320 11Thursday's GamesMinnesota 99, Oklahoma City 93Miami 110, Dallas 95Portland 101, Denver 93
Friday's GamesPhiladelphia 99, Atlanta 80Toronto 93, Orlando 90Milwaukee 99, Boston 94, OTChicago 110, NewYork 106Indiana 99, Cleveland 89Detroit 100, Washington 68Memphis 92, Dallas 82NewOrleans at San Antonio, 8:30 p.m.Charlotte at Golden State, 10:30 p.m.Sacramento at L.A. Clippers, 10:30
p.m.Saturday's GamesChicago at Atlanta, 7 p.m.Detroit at Washington, 7 p.m.Utah at Miami, 7:30 p.m.Memphis at Houston, 8 p.m.Indiana at New Orleans, 8 p.m.Cleveland at Milwaukee, 8:30 p.m.Charlotte at Denver, 9 p.m.Phoenix at Portland, 10 p.m.L.A. Lakers at Golden State, 10:30
p.m.Sunday's GamesPhiladelphia at Brooklyn, 3 p.m.Minnesota at NewYork, 5 p.m.Utah at Orlando, 6 p.m.Dallas at San Antonio, 7 p.m.L.A. Clippers at Phoenix, 8 p.m.Portland at Sacramento, 9 p.m.
TheTopTwenty FiveThe top 25 teams in The Associated
Press' college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, recordsthrough Dec. 16, total points based on 25points for a first-place vote through onepoint for a 25th-place vote and lastweek's ranking:................................Record Pts Prv1. Duke (62) ...............9-0 1,622 22. Michigan (3).........11-0 1,543 33. Syracuse................9-0 1,465 44. Arizona...................8-0 1,371 85. Louisville ................9-1 1,362 66. Indiana ...................9-1 1,321 17. Ohio St...................8-1 1,249 78. Florida....................7-1 1,163 59. Kansas...................8-1 1,110 910. Illinois .................12-0 1,044 1011. Cincinnati ...........10-0 967 1112. Missouri ...............8-1 886 1213. Minnesota..........11-1 730 1314. Gonzaga............10-1 710 1415. Georgetown.........9-1 579 1516. New Mexico.......11-0 548 1717. Creighton ...........10-1 530 1618. San Diego St. ......8-1 493 1819. Butler....................8-2 361 —20. Michigan St..........9-2 343 1921. UNLV....................8-1 315 2022. Notre Dame.........9-1 291 2223. North Carolina .....8-2 256 2124. Oklahoma St........8-1 244 2425. NC State ..............7-2 198 25Others receiving votes: Oregon 176,
Pittsburgh 158, Kentucky 41, Wyoming14, Marquette 8, VCU 7, Wichita St. 6,Murray St. 4, UConn 4, Miami 3,Maryland 2, Bucknell 1.
Friday's College Basketball ScoresEASTDelaware 83, Penn 60Quinnipiac 59, Albany (NY) 57Rutgers 79, Howard 55UConn 88, Fordham 73UNC Asheville 72, St. John's 65
MIDWESTIPFW 70, Kennesaw St. 47Indiana 88, FAU 52Notre Dame 89, Niagara 67
SOUTHChattanooga 108, Reinhardt 78Coe 68, Lebanon Valley 58E. Kentucky 73, High Point 70Liberty 81, Milligan 63Tennessee 66, W. Carolina 52VCU 93, Longwood 56William & Mary 82, Salisbury 49Youngstown St. 67, Bethune-Cookman
51FARWESTDenver 72, S. Utah 47S. Illinois 65, Nicholls St. 53
TheWomen'sTopTwenty FiveThe top 25 teams in the The
Associated Press' women's college bas-ketball poll, with first-place votes inparentheses, records through Dec. 16,total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and last week's ranking:................................Record Pts Prv1. Stanford (22)..........9-0 978 12. UConn (16)............8-0 967 2
3. Baylor (2) ...............8-1 931 34. Duke.......................8-0 884 45. Notre Dame...........6-1 821 56. Georgia ................11-0 789 67. Kentucky ................8-1 773 78. California................7-1 663 109. Maryland................7-2 641 910.Tennessee............7-1 602 1311. Penn St. ...............9-2 595 1112. UCLA ...................7-1 539 1413. Purdue ...............10-1 495 1514. Louisville ..............9-2 491 815. Oklahoma St........7-0 440 1616. Dayton ...............10-0 395 1717. North Carolina...10-1 317 1918. Oklahoma ............8-2 285 1219. Kansas.................9-1 215 2220.Texas....................7-2 197 1821. South Carolina ..10-0 152 2422.Texas A&M...........6-3 139 2323. Florida St. ............8-1 126 —24.West Virginia........7-2 101 2525. Colorado ..............9-0 99 —Others receiving votes: Arkansas 94,
Miami 58, Nebraska 52, Iowa St.41, OhioSt. 37, Delaware 15, Vanderbilt 15,Michigan 10, Michigan St. 9,Chattanooga 7, Duquesne 7, Syracuse6, Iowa 5, Villanova 5, Toledo 2, Gonzaga1, Rutgers 1.
Friday'sWomen's Basketball ScoresEASTAlbany (NY) 67, Canisius 47Buffalo 65, Niagara 51CCSU 62, Rider 61, OTDrexel 77, Penn 50Hofstra 72, Mississippi 63Holy Cross 68, Bryant 66Iona 73, Colgate 47LIU Brooklyn 63, Ohio 54Lafayette 66, St. Francis (NY) 63Rutgers 72, Stony Brook 44S. Dakota St. 64, Georgetown 58Syracuse 64, Washington St. 51Towson 69, Delaware St. 61Villanova 55, Temple 44
MIDWESTCincinnati 68, Belmont 54Davenport 77, Ohio Wesleyan 32DePaul 86, Princeton 75Drake 61, Saint Louis 55Illinois St. 69, Illinois 68Indiana 66, Xavier 55Minnesota 86, N. Iowa 43Nebraska-Omaha 92, St. Mary (Neb.)
78Oakland 65, Rochester (Mich.) 34Ohio St. 73, Southern U. 50Purdue 78, IUPUI 53S. Illinois 68, SIU-Edwardsville 63W. Illinois 92, Bradley 81
SOUTHAlabama 73, Virginia 70, 2OTAustin Peay 69, Lipscomb 42Campbellsville 82, Puerto Rico-
Bayamon 59Charlotte 69, Davidson 54Coppin St. 59, Robert Morris 52FAU 81, Troy 80Florida 81, Cent. Michigan 75Georgia St. 64, W. Carolina 45Georgia Tech 52, Washington 44High Point 62, Mercer 57James Madison 65, American U. 49Kennesaw St. 53, Georgia Southern
39LSU 82, McNeese St. 75Louisville 106, Wagner 32Md.-Eastern Shore 51, UMBC 45Morehead St. 51, Kent St. 50NC A&T 85, William & Mary 78Pacific Lutheran 55, Berry 53SE Louisiana 59, Alcorn St. 54Saint Joseph's 88, Savannah St. 41South Carolina 65, SC State 45VCU 64, NJIT 52
SOUTHWESTArk.-Pine Bluff 74, New Orleans 62Arkansas 80, Northwestern St. 41Creighton 66, Miami (Ohio) 57Lamar 68, Houston Baptist 52South Florida 71, Nevada 46
FARWESTFresno St. 72, San Francisco 63Howard 55, Pepperdine 51Kansas St. 80, UNLV 54Kentucky 66, UC Santa Barbara 38Old Dominion 75, Alabama A&M 46Portland 68, Oregon 49Texas Tech 66, Oregon St. 48UC Davis 78, Southern Cal 69
TOURNAMENTToledo InviteChampionshipToledo 76, Prairie View 41
Third PlaceHampton 64, Evansville 45
Wright State InvitationalChampionshipW. Kentucky 71, Florida A&M 57
Third PlaceSt. Francis (Pa.) 98, Wright St. 81
Friday's ScoresBoys BasketballAkr. East 54, Akr. Ellet 46Alliance 68, Beloit W. Branch 44Amherst Steele 60, Lorain Clearview
48Batavia 56, Blanchester 40Batavia Amelia 54, Bethel-Tate 35Beachwood 68, Gates Mills Gilmour
57Bellville Clear Fork 65, Mansfield
Madison 47Brecksville-Broadview Hts. 76,
Strongsville 51Cadiz Harrison Cent. 73, Weir, W.Va.
41Can.Timken 60, Massillon Tuslaw 46Carrollton 53, Alliance Marlington 52Chillicothe 58, Portsmouth 56Cin. Hughes 45, Cin.Turpin 31Cin. Madeira 89, Cin. Indian Hill 69Cin. Moeller 53, Cin. Elder 31Cin. NW 64, Oxford Talawanda 55Cin. Oak Hills 51, Cin. Colerain 47Cin. St. Xavier 56, Cin. La Salle 41Cin. Sycamore 55, Hamilton 36Cin.Walnut Hills 72, Loveland 38Cle. E.Tech 96, Cle. Max Hayes 58Cle. Glenville 86, Cle. MLK 54Cle. JFK 64, Cle. Hay 62Cle. John Adams 78, Cle. John
Marshall 45Cle. Rhodes 64, Cle. Lincoln W. 49Cle.VASJ 77, Garfield Hts.Trinity 56Collins Western Reserve 52, New
London 45Cols. Brookhaven 59, Cols. East 52Cols. Centennial 78, Cols. Beechcroft
46Cols. Hamilton Twp. 59, Cols. Horizon
Science 44Cols. Northland 89, Cols. Mifflin 57Cols. South 99, Cols.West 72Cols. Upper Arlington 60, Hilliard
Davidson 33Cols. Walnut Ridge 82, Cols.
International 26Cuyahoga Falls Walsh Jesuit 61,
Chardon NDCL 51Dalton 69, W. Salem NW 63Defiance 59, Rossford 48Defiance Tinora 54, Ottoville 32Delphos St. John's 69, Continental 46Dublin Coffman 82, Grove City Cent.
Crossing 46Elyria 62, Oberlin 44Elyria Cath. 63, Lakewood 57Findlay 71, Fremont Ross 34Findlay Liberty-Benton 66, Kenton 50Fredericktown 74, Johnstown
Northridge 39Gallipolis Gallia 66, Jackson 28Girard 64, Youngs. Liberty 60Goshen 47, Norwood 34Greenfield McClain 49, Lees Creek E.
Clinton 38Hamilton Ross 68, Cin. Mt. Healthy 60Holgate 52, Stryker 35Hudson 68, Aurora 34Hunting Valley University 67, Geneva
35Independence 43, Cuyahoga Hts. 39John Marshall, W.Va. 59, Belmont
Union Local 54Kettering Alter 71, Day. Carroll 66Leipsic 71, Defiance Ayersville 55Lima Bath 61, Columbus Grove 43Lima Cent. Cath. 57, Convoy
Crestview 52Lima Temple Christian 63, Ridgeway
Ridgemont 45Macedonia Nordonia 71, Medina
Highland 45Maple Hts. 57, Bedford 50Marietta 64, Zanesville Rosecrans 46Massillon Jackson 55, Youngs.
Boardman 42McArthur Vinton County 50, Albany
Alexander 45, OTMcGuffey Upper Scioto Valley 70,
Marion Cath. 30Medina 64, Avon Lake 56Mentor Lake Cath. 58, Cle.
Benedictine 53Miamisburg 64, Fairborn 54Middletown 65, Fairfield 59Milford 61, Cin. Glen Este 45Millbury Lake 60, Delta 53Millersburg W. Holmes 72, Ashland 56Minford 52, Seaman N. Adams 39Mogadore 57, Ravenna SE 49Mt. Orab Western Brown 49, New
Richmond 47N. Can. Hoover 75, Can. McKinley 72N. Robinson Col. Crawford 64, Mt.
Blanchard Riverdale 49N. Royalton 73, LaGrange Keystone
31Nelsonville-York 62, Wellston 53Niles McKinley 78, Lisbon Beaver 66Norwalk 57, Lexington 42Ontario 75, Jeromesville Hillsdale 40Oregon Stritch 97, Genoa Area 72Ottawa-Glandorf 61, Bowling Green
51Paulding 46, Bluffton 36Plymouth 61, Norwalk St. Paul 39Portsmouth Notre Dame 56, S. Point
38Rocky River 56, N. Ridgeville 42Sandusky St. Mary 56, Milan Edison
53Shadyside 60, Martins Ferry 57Shelby 67, Sandusky 60Solon 73, Chagrin Falls Kenston 62Steubenville Cath.Cent.61, Madonna,
W.Va. 37Thomas Worthington 65, Marysville
61Tol. Ottawa Hills 59, Elmore
Woodmore 29Tol. Rogers 97, Tol. Bowsher 68Tol. St. John's 73, Tol. St. Francis 41Tol.Whitmer 84, Oregon Clay 47Twinsburg 71, Olmsted Falls 70Upper Sandusky 58, Lucas 19Utica 48, Loudonville 24Van Wert Lincolnview 47, Kalida 42W. Chester Lakota W. 68, Cin.
Princeton 56Warren JFK 62, Parma Hts. Holy
Name 58, OTWellsville 57, Lowellville 48Westerville N. 79, Westerville Cent. 58Westerville S. 62, Hilliard Darby 56Whitehall-Yearling 62, Tree of Life 53Willard 55, Tiffin Columbian 46Wilmington 61, Harrison 37Windham 76, E. Can. 48Wooster 49, Orrville 34Wooster Triway 51, Zoarville
Tuscarawas Valley 48NWOTournamentClyde 50, McComb 35
Open Door HoildayTournamentKingsway Christian 72, Grafton North
Eaton Christian Community School 50POSTPONEMENTS ANDCANCELLATIONSAthens vs. Pomeroy Meigs, ppd.Bucyrus Wynford vs. Galion, ppd.Crestline vs. New Washington
Buckeye Cent., ppd.Crown City S. Gallia vs. Reedsville
Eastern, ppd.DeGraff Riverside vs. Waynesfield-
Goshen, ppd.Delphos Jefferson vs. Coldwater, ppd.Haviland Wayne Trace vs. Rockford
Parkway, ppd.Lima Sr. vs.Tol. Cent. Cath., ppd.Logan vs.Vincent Warren, ppd. to Jan
2.London vs. Hillsboro, ppd.Milford Center Fairbanks vs. Lima
Perry, ppd.New Knoxville vs. Lima Shawnee, ppd.
Pitsburg Franklin-Monroe vs. Ft.Recovery, ppd.Southeastern vs. Bidwell River Valley,
ppd.Versailles vs. Sidney Lehman, ppd.Waterford vs. Corning Miller, ppd.
Friday's ScoresGirls BasketballAmanda-Clearcreek 46, Circleville 41Baltimore Liberty Union 47, Cols.
Grandview Hts. 26Bowling Green 57, Napoleon 39Cin. Hughes 45, Milford 31Circleville Logan Elm 50, Bloom-
Carroll 38Cle. E.Tech 80, Cle. Max Hayes 38Cle. Glenville 69, Cle. MLK 34Cle. Hay 52, Cle. JFK 44Cle. Rhodes 69, Cle. Lincoln W. 35Cols. Africentric 81, Cols. Marion-
Franklin 22Cols. Centennial 62, Cols. Beechcroft
27Cols. Eastmoor 78, Cols. Briggs 40Cols. Northland 87, Cols. Mifflin 27Cols. Whetstone 44, Cols. Linden
McKinley 20Dublin Jerome 51, Dublin Scioto 48Hilliard Bradley 61, Worthington
Kilbourne 27Kidron Cent. Christian 43, Hartville
Lake Center Christian 32Lewis Center Olentangy 42, New
Albany 20Pataskala Watkins Memorial 54, Cols.
Franklin Hts. 39Perrysburg 44, Whitehouse Anthony
Wayne 36Pickerington Cent. 53, Grove City 33Powell Olentangy Liberty 52, Galloway
Westland 50Thomas Worthington 64, Marysville
61Wauseon 49, Swanton 26Westerville S. 41, Hilliard Darby 35Whitehall-Yearling 41, Gahanna Cols.
Academy 33BarbertonTournamentLodi Cloverleaf 60, Akr. Ellet 38
WellingtonTournamentCols. Wellington 49, Cols. Horizon
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TRANSACTIONSFriday's SportsTransactionsBASEBALLAmerican LeagueDETROIT TIGERS_Announced SS
Gustavo Nunez, Rule 5 draft selection,was returned by the ArizonaDiamondbacks which sent him outright toToledo (IL).HOUSTON ASTROS_Signed RHP
Jose Veras to a one-year contract.MINNESOTA TWINS_Signed RHP
Rich Harden to a minor-league contract.NEWYORKYANKEES_Sent RHP Jim
Miller outright to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre(IL).SEATTLE MARINERS_Signed RHP
Jeremy Bonderman to a minor leaguecontract.TORONTO BLUE JAYS_Claimed
OF_INF Russ Canzler off waivers fromthe Cleveland (AL). Assigned RHPMickey Storey to Buffalo (IL).National LeagueMLB_Suspended Atlanta minor league
RHP Billy Bullock 50 games following asecond violation of a drug of abuse.CHICAGO CUBS_Agreed to terms
with OF Nate Schierholtz on a one-yearcontract. Announced LHP Jeff Beliveauwas claimed off waivers by Texas andRHP Sandy Rosario was claimed offwaivers by San Francisco. AnnouncedLHP Gerardo Concepcion clearedwaivers and was assigned outright toKane County (MWL).MILWAUKEE BREWRS_Signed LHP
Tom Gorzelanny to a two-year contract.SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS_Claimed
RHP Sandy Rosario off waivers fromChicago Cubs.American AssociationLAREDO LEMURS_Sold the contract
of RHP Mike Benacka to Toronto (AL).LINCOLN SALTDOGS_Sold the con-
tract of LHP David Quinowski toBaltimore (AL).WICHITA WINGNUTS_Released C
Mason Morioka.WINNIPEG GOLDEYES_Signed INF
Josh Mazzola.Can-Am LeagueQUEBEC CAPITALES_Sold the con-
tract of LHP Tony Davis to Toronto (AL).BASKETBALLNational Basketball AssociationMINNESOTAVIKINGS_Reinstated CB
Chris Cook from injured reserve.PHILADELPHIA 76ERS_Assigned F
Arnett Moultrie to Sioux Falls (NBADL).FOOTBALLNational Football LeagueNFL_Fined Atlanta S Chris Hope
$30,000 for his helmet-to-helmet hit onNew York Giants WR Victor Cruz in agame on Dec. 16. Fined Atlanta WRRoddy White and New York Giants CBCorey Webster $7,875 apiece for a skir-mish during the game. Fined SanFrancisco S Dashon Goldson $21,000 foran illegal hit; Tennessee DE AntonioSmith and New York Jets DE QuintonCoples $15,750 each for helmet-to-helmet hits;BaltimoreWR Anquan Boldinand Baltimore CB CaryWilliams $15,750each for unnecessary roughness; andSan Diego CB Antoine Cason andTennessee S Jordan Babineaux $7,875apiece for unnecessary roughness.JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS_Claimed
RB Jonathan Grimes off waivers fromHouston.Canadian Football LeagueMONTREAL ALOUETTES_Signed
QB Kyle Quinlan to a two-year contract.WINNIPEG BLUE BOMBERS_Re-
signed QB Justin Goltz, RB Chris Garrettand RB Carl Volny.HOCKEYAmerican Hockey LeagueHAMILTON BULLDOGS_Signed D
Cody Wild to a professional tryout con-tract.ECHLREADING ROYALS_Announced D
Brett Flemming was reassigned to theteam from Hershey (AHL).COLLEGENCAA_Suspended Texas basketball
player Myck Kabongo for 23 games foraccepting impermissible benefits andproviding false statements during aninvestigation into the infractions.The sus-pension included the 10 games he hasalready missed.LIMESTONE_Named Drew Anthony
recruiting and defensive coordinator.N.C. STATE_Named Mike Uremovich
offensive line coach.STANFORD_Announced senior DL
Terrence Stephens was declared ineligi-ble for the Rose Bowl because of a sec-ondary violation of NCAA rules related tohis rental of off-campus housing.WALSH_Named Ted Karras Jr. football
coach.
AND SCHEDULES
SPORTS ON TV
Scores
TODAY
BOXING4 p.m. NBC — Cruiserweights, Tor Hamer (19-1-0) vs.Vyacheslav Glazkov (13-0-0); heavyweights, SteveCunningham (25-4-0) vs. Tomasz Adamek (47-2-0), atBethlehem, Pa.COLLEGE FOOTBALLNoon ESPN — New Orleans Bowl, East Carolina vs.Louisiana-Lafayette3:30 p.m. ESPN — Las Vegas Bowl, Washington vs. BoiseSt.MEN'S COLLEGE BASKETBALLNoon ESPN2 — Syracuse vs. Temple, at New York2 p.m. ESPN2 — Texas at Michigan St.3 p.m. NBCSN — George Mason vs. Richmond, atRichmond Coliseum4 p.m. CBS — National coverage, Kansas at Ohio St.ESPN2 — Marshall at Kentucky5:30 p.m. NBCSN — Virginia vs. Old Dominion, atRichmond, Va.6 p.m. ESPN2 — Missouri vs. Illinois, at St. Louis8 p.m. ESPN2 — Florida vs. Kansas St., at Kansas City,Mo.NBCSN — Davidson at DrexelNBA BASKETBALL7 p.m.WGN — Chicago at AtlantaNFL FOOTBALL8:30 p.m. ESPN — Atlanta at DetroitSOCCER7:30 a.m. ESPN2 — Premier League, Arsenal at Wigan
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risks defensively,” Troycoach Tim Miller said. “Weknew we couldn’t defendthem straight up.We had tocover the threats, and(Paige) knocked shots downfor them — shots he nor-mally doesn’t make.“When things aren’t
going well, situations likethat will transpire.”Even after a three-point
performance in the firstquarter, Troy found itselfahead by three at the halfand 21-20 after three quar-ters — with the teams com-bining for a dismal 15 fieldgoals between them at thatpoint. But Paige was fouledon a 3-point attempt to startthe quarter and sank allthree to give Butler thelead, then an impressivedrive and scoop layup byTre Hudson tied the score at23-23 early in the quarter.Both teams struggled to
score until Jordan Greer —who averaged 15.6 pointsper game in three meetingsagainst Troy last season —scored his only point of thegame on a free throw to givethe Aviators the lead withfive minutes to play. A Troybasket was then wiped outby a charging call, thenMakiewicz hit a 3 and a put-back to put Troy down 29-23with 3:03 to go.
“I thought the kidsplayed hard on the defen-sive end. They did whatwe’ve been asking them todo,” Miller said. “We justcouldn’t knock down shots.In the shootaround thisafternoon and in warmups,we were knocking themdown like crazy.We got a lotof good looks in the game,
but we just couldn’t getthem to fall.”A Jalen Nelson free
throw ended Butler’s briefsix-point run, then a stealby Dylan Cascaden and fin-ish by Nelson on the otherend put the Trojans withinone possession at 29-26 with1:19 to play. Troy had twochances with the ball at thatscore, too, but a rushed 3-point try and a blown layupforced the Trojans to startfouling to get the ball back— and Butler went 4 for 4from the line from there.Paige finished with a
game-high 18 points, goinga perfect 5 for 5 from theline in the fourth as eight ofthe Aviators’ 13 points inthe final quarter.Makiewiczadded nine points and eightrebounds.Hudson, Cascaden and
Nelson scored eight pointsapiece for Troy, withHudson adding eightrebounds and three assists.Tyler Miller was held toonly two points and hadeight rebounds.All told, Butler won the
game despite making onlynine field goals — with sixof them 3s. Troy connectedon 11 in the game — four ofthem from long range.“The kids are hurting.
They know they gutted thisone out,” Miller said. “Wejust couldn’t hit baskets. It’snot like (Butler) put on anoffensive exhibition them-selves. The kids gutted itout and battled for fourquarters. This game camedown to making shots, andwe didn’t make as many.”Butler — 33Jalen Paige 4-6-18, Anthony
Owens 0-0-0, Adam Ney 0-0-0,Jordan Greer 0-1-1, DrewMakiewicz 4-0-9, Aaron Messenger0-0-0, Jordan Wiggins 1-2-5, SamGrooms 0-0-0. Totals: 9-9-33.Troy — 29LukeManis 1-0-3, JalenNelson
2-3-8, T.J. Michael 0-0-0, ConnorSuper 0-0-0, Tre Hudson 4-0-8,Tyler Miller 1-0-2,Devin Blakely 0-0-0, Dylan Cascaden 3-0-8, TarenKinnel 0-0-0. Totals: 11-3-29.Score By QuartersButler ...................10 14 20 33Troy ........................3 17 21 293-point goals: Butler — Paige
4, Makiewicz, Wiggins. Troy —Nelson, Cascaden 2.Records: Butler 3-6, 2-0. Troy
1-7, 1-1.
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STAFF PHOTOS/ANTHONY WEBERTroy’s Dylan Cascaden tries to dribble through the Butler pressure Friday nightin Troy.
Troy’sTyler Miller fakes aButler defender Friday.
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Indianshit some big shots forthem,” Butler said.The Indians led much
of the third quarter, goingup 53-48 late in the thirdquarter after two basketsby Ryan Hughes and oneby Xavier Harrison.But when Tyree
Manley went the length ofthe court to close the thirdquarter it was tied at 55and Sidney outcored Piqua19-8 in the first 3:31 of thefourth quarter to lead 74-63 and take control of thegame for good.Manley andLorenzo Taborn hit consec-utive threes in the run.“I think at one point we
had a five-point lead at theball,” Butler said. “Again,that is one of those thingswhen you have a youngteam that hasn’t playedwith the lead a lot.”During that stretch,
Sidney was able to getlayups on four inboundplays from under theirown basket.“That is just recogni-
tion,” Butler said. “Thatjust shows you can’t go tosleep out there. I’ll takethe blame for that. I prob-ably should have calledtimeout after the first oneand gotten that straight-ened out.”One positive note for
Piqua was the breakoutoffensive games fromHarrison and TateHoneycutt.Harrison, a junior,
scored 18 points andHoneycutt, a sophomore,added 15.“They both had good
games,” Butler said. “Theykept us in the game. Thatjust shows you the kind ofbalance we can have.”Colton Bachman had
17 points and sevenrebounds and Hughes hada double-double with 11
points and 10 rebounds.Manley had another
big game for the Jacketswith 30 points and eightrebounds, while Beigel fin-ished with 20 points.The Jackets also put
four players in double fig-ures.Conner Echols had 13
points and six reboundsand Taborn scored 11points.Piqua was 27 of 69 from
the floor for 39 percentand 16 of 23 from the linefor 70 percent.Sidney was 32 of 58
from the floor for 55 per-cent and 16 of 26 from theline for 62 percent.Piqua had 10 turnovers
to the Jackets 15.Brandon Hohlbein
scored 11 points for thePiqua JVs in a 53-45 lossto Sidney.Now, after another
learning experience for arelatively young team, theIndians will host theBuckeye Insurance GroupHoliday Classic, beginningThursday. Piqua will playCovington in the openinground at 8:30 p.m.Sidney — 88James Daniel 2-2-6, Tyree
Manley 10-7-30,Lorenzo Taborn5-0-11, Jalen Herd 1-0-2, ConnorEchols 5-3-13, Eric Beigel 7-2-20,Preston Heath 0-2-2, Jacob Davis0-0-0, Scott Stewart 2-0-4, ZachScott 0-0-0. Totals: 32-16-88.Piqua — 77Tate Honeycutt 4-5-15, Luke
Karn 2-0-5, Erik Vondenhuevel 0-1-1, Ryan Hughes 5-1-11, JoshHolfinger 3-2-8, Colton Bachman6-3-17, Xavier Harrison 6-4-18,Daniel Monnin 1-0-2. Totals: 27-16-77.Score By QuartersSidney ...............23 34 55 88Piqua .................13 35 55 773-point field goals: Sidney
— Manley (3), Taborn, Beigel (4).Piqua —Honeycutt (2), Karn,Bachman (2), Harrison (2).Records: Sidney 1-6 (1-1).
Piqua 1-6 (0-2).Reserve score: Sidney 53,
Piqua 45.
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Big Pharma cashesin on HGH abuse
By the Associated Press
Unlike other prescrip-tion drugs, HGH may beprescribed only for specificuses. U.S. sales are limitedby law to treat a raregrowth defect in childrenand a handful of uncommonconditions like short bowelsyndrome or Prader-Willisyndrome, a congenital dis-ease that causes reducedmuscle tone and a lack ofhormones in sex glands.The AP analysis, supple-
mented by interviews withexperts, shows too manysales and too many pre-scriptions for the number ofpeople known to be suffer-ing from those ailments. Atleast half of last year’s saleslikely went to patients notlegally allowed to get thedrug. And U.S. pharmaciesprocessed nearly double theexpected number of pre-scriptions.Peddled as an elixir of
life capable of turning mid-dle-aged bodies into leanmachines, HGH — a syn-thesized form of the growthhormone made naturally bythe human pituitary gland— winds up in the eagerhands of affluent, agingusers who hope to slow oreven reverse the agingprocess.Experts say these folks
don’t need the drug, andmay be harmed by it. Thesupposed fountain-of-youth
medicine can cause enlarge-ment of breast tissue,carpal tunnel syndromeand swelling of hands andfeet. Ironically, it also cancontribute to aging ail-ments like heart diseaseand Type 2 diabetes.Others in the medical
establishment also are tak-ing a fat piece of the profits— doctors who fudge pre-scriptions, as well as phar-macists and distributorswho are content to look theother way. HGH also is solddirectly without prescrip-tions, as new-age snake oil,to patients at anti-agingclinics that operate morelike automated drug mills.Years of raids, sports
scandals and media atten-tion haven’t stopped majordrugmakers from selling awhopping $1.4 billion worthof HGH in the U.S. last year.That’s more than industry-wide annual gross sales forpenicillin or prescriptionallergy medicine. Anti-aging HGH regimens varygreatly, with a yearly costtypically ranging from$6,000 to $12,000 for threeto six self-injections perweek.Across the U.S., the med-
ication is often dispensedthrough prescriptions basedon improper diagnoses,carefully crafted to exploitwiggle room in the lawrestricting use of HGH, theAP found.
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