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PIQUA —While creepyand kooky looking, myste-rious but not reallyspooky, they are certainlydevastating — the Asianlonghorned beetle (ALB).“This is a big, big prob-

lem,” said Piqua CityUrban Forester, BobGraeser, while meeting todiscuss the city’s 2011Tree City USA application(look for more informationin a future edition of theDaily Call) and spoke onnews of the Asian insectspresence in the state ofOhio. “That’s really a bigconcern right now.”Back in May, Graeser

discussed another de-structive insect, the Emer-ald Ash Borer (EAB), abeetle that measuresabout 10 to 11 millimetersin length, with a metallicgreen coloration and is anative of Asia.This small insect, as-

sumed to have been trans-ported to U.S. shores inthe 90s, was first discov-ered in northwestern Ohioin 2003. It poses a threat

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TV book comingin Saturday’s CallThis week’s edition fea-

tures a story on the newseries “Alcatraz.”

City changes dateof CDBG hearingPIQUA — A public

hearing to introduce andinform the public on thedifferent program beingoffered through the Com-munity DevelopmentBlock Grant program hasbeen changed from Mon-day, Jan. 16 to Wednes-day, Jan. 25 at 5:30 p.m.in the commission cham-ber at the governmentcomplex.For more information,

visit www.piquaoh.org orcontact Bill Lutz, develop-ment program manager,at 778-2062.

AARP offeringtax assistance PIQUA — AARP volun-

teers provide free tax filingservices. These servicesare for low income peoplewith an emphasis onthose over 60 years ofage. This year the Piqua site

will be at the Youth/SeniorCenter of the YMCA. Vol-unteers will be seeingclients on a first come, firstserve basis from 9 a.m. to1 p.m. Mondays andWednesdays beginningFeb. 1 through April 16.

WINTER ARRIVES

The sun pops through the cloud cover Thursday during a break in the snowfallfrom the season’s first accumulating snow of 2012 in Miami County.

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TROY — The armedgunman who allegedlyshot aP i q u am a nseveralt i m e snear acity parkin De-cemberis nowback incustody in Miami County.Aaron Tubbs, 22, was

picked up by the Piqua Po-lice Department officersfrom Fort Wayne, Ind., andtransported to the MiamiCounty Jail. He remainedin jail Thursday night ashe awaited his likely videoarraignment in MiamiCounty Municipal Courtthis morning on a varietyof charges stemming fromthe Dec. 5 shooting of

Michael Butts of Piqua.Tubbs has been charged

with attempted aggra-vated murder, aggravatedrobbery, having a weaponwhile under disability andtrafficking drugs; allfelonies.Tubbs was taken into

custody three days beforeChristmas and remainedin the custody of Indianalaw enforcement officialsas he underwent the ex-tradition process back toOhio. Authorities allege the

Tubbs used a firearm toshoot Butts at close rangefour times while the victimsat in a car parked in the1300 block of Forest Av-enue in what police call “adrug deal gone bad.”Butts spent a week in

the hospital before he wasreleased.If convicted as charged,

Tubbs faces more thantwo decades in prison. Po-lice initially chargedTubbs with felonious as-sault, but additional andmore serious charges werefiled after the investiga-tion shed more light onthe shooting.

Tubbs accusedof woundingPiqua man

Piqua forestervoices concernabout damage

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Members of the Schoenstatt Youth Marian Apostle group have donated two fleece blankets for use inthe Piqua cold shelters. Shown in front, from left to right are Carly Newman, Grace Forness, AbigailSchutt, Grace Ryan, Kirstyn Lee and Clare Caldwell; and in back, Wilma Earls of the Bethany Center.

BY SUSAN HARTLEYExecutive [email protected]

PIQUA — Those who happento use Piqua’s cold shelters willbe a little warmer this winter,thanks to a group of young ladieswho are members of the Schoen-statt Youth Marian Apostle after-school group at Piqua CatholicSchool.On Monday, the excited group

of girls, in grades 4-6, met after

school to donate two brightly-col-ored fleece blankets to WilmaEarls.Earls, who is the director of

Bethany Center and who was in-

strumental in seeing that coldshelters were available at areachurches throughout the wintermonths for those in need, ac-cepted the blankets graciously.“It’s good to see them do that,”she said of the students’ hand-made work. “They are followingwhat Jesus would have them do.”Schoenstatt is a lay movement

of the Catholic faith. According towww.catholic.org, the movementwas established in 1914, by a Pal-lotine priest, Josef Kentenich(1885-1968) who was given thepastoral care of a student house

Local girls make things a littlewarmer at Piqua cold shelters

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at Schoenstatt, nearKoblenz,Germany, in 1912,which has given the move-ment its name.Fr. Kentenich soon felt

the need to combine thetruths of the faith with theneeds of the times, and for anew type of education forthe young people entrustedto his care, encouragingthem to make responsiblechoices.Themovement alsofocuses on the service ofMary.Piqua’s Schoenstatt

groupmeets the second andfourth Mondays afterschool, with adult volun-teers Brenda Karpinski,Ruth Chestnut and Rosie

O’Leary. The girls not onlylearn how to serve others,but also play games, watchvideos, work on crafts,enjoy a snack and haveprayer, said memberKirsten Lee, 9.Another focus of the

group, said Grace Forness,9, is to “learn about Maryand to be a better person.”The city’s cold shelters

are located in churches anduse air mattresses, so thefuzzy fleece blankets willoffer much-needed warmth,Earls said. “I think it’s won-derful that they did some-thing like this,” she said.“If we want to be like

Mary we need to do kindthings,” said Grace Ryan, 9.

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James C. ‘Jim’CouchmanTROY — James C.

“Jim” Couchman, 72, ofTroy, passed away 1:05p . m .Wednes-day, Jan.1 1 ,2012, atU p p e rVa l l e yMedicalCenter.H e

w a sb o r nNov. 18,1939, to the late Claudeand Mabel (Reese) Couch-man. He was married onDec. 30, 1962, to Con-stance (Wolfe) Couchman.Including his wife Con-

stance, other survivors in-clude: daughter, TeresaCouchman of Troy; son,James C. Couchman II ofColorado Springs, Colo.;two grandchildren,Michael (Angela) Farrisand Amanda Farris; threegreat-grandchildren, Alli-son Slaybaugh, MichaelFarris III and AlexanderFarris; two sisters, MarySammons of Piqua andKathleen Couchman ofSeattle, Wash.; brotherRichard Couchman ofStorre, Calif. He also issurvived by numerous rel-atives and friends. In ad-dition to his parents, Jim

was pre-ceded indeath byhis sisters,Carol Ault,Nancy Evans, MarilynRedinbo, brother MichaelCouchman; and grand-daughter, Shelly Farris.Jim attended Piqua

Catholic High School, wasa Vietnam veteran witheight years in the U.S. AirForce and he worked atHobart Corp for 25 years.He was a member of theAmerican Legion Post 43,AMVETS Post 88, VFWPost 5436, and Troy Fishand Game.A funeral service will be

held at 3 p.m. Monday, atFisher-Cheney FuneralHome, Troy, with the Rev.Fr. James Duell officiat-ing. Visitation will be from1:30-3 p.m. the day of theservice at the funeralhome. Interment will fol-low at Miami MemorialPark, Covington. Therewill be a military serviceat the graveside by theVeterans Memorial HonorGuard of Troy.Contributions may be

made to Hospice MiamiCounty, P.O. Box 503 Troy,OH 45373. Condolencesmay be expressed to thefamily at www.fisher-ch-eneyfuneralhome.com.

SHERIDAN, Ind. —Jean Fair Adomaitis, 89, ofSheridan, Ind., died at9:20 p.m. Jan. 10, 2012,following a prolonged ill-ness.She was born May 16,

1922, in Mt.Vernon, to thelate Charley E. and MaudMahaffey Fair.She was preceded in

death by her parents; hus-band, Stanley L. Ado-maitis; and siblings, JohnFair, Lee Fair, MarjorieFair Vernon and SusanFair.

Mrs. Adomaitis is sur-vived by one daughter andson-in-law, Susan Ado-maitis and Jack L. Arm-strong of Carmel, Ind.;and one grandchild, JohnAndrew Armstrong.She was a member of

the United MethodistChurch.Funeral services will be

held at 1 p.m. Saturday atSt. Mark’s UnitedMethodist Church,Carmel, Ind. Burial will beheld Tuesday at ForestHill Cemetery, Piqua.

Bernard B. SelandersHOUSTON — Bernard

B. Selanders, 85 of 4499Dawson Road, Houston,p a s s e da w a yWednes-day, Jan.11, 2012,at theM i a m iVa l l e yH o s p i -tal.H e

w a sborn inMercer County, on May 1,1926, the son of the lateLeRoy and Florence (Wag-oner) Selanders.On Oct. 3, 1947, he mar-

ried Jean T. Gephart whopreceded him in death Oct.29, 2005. He is survived byone son, James Selandersand his wife Joyce of Min-ster; two grandsons, Jamieand Scott; five great-grand-children; two brothers, RonSelanders of Covingtonand Lester Selanders ofBradford; and one sister,Mrs. Margaret Stephan ofPiqua. He was preceded in

death bytwo broth-ers, Ed-ward andRobert andone sister, Lucille.Mr. Selanders was a

Seaman 1st Class, U.S.Navy veteran serving hiscountry from 1944 until1946. During his militarycareer he was awarded theVictory Medal and thePhilippines LiberationRibbon with two Stars.Bernard worked at the for-mer Val Dekker Package-ing plant for many yearsuntil their closing.Funeral services will be

held at 10 a.m. Monday atCromes Funeral Home,302 S.Main Ave. with theRev. Joe Pumphrey offici-ating. Burial will be atShelby Memory Gardensin Sidney.The family will receive

friends from 1-3 p.m. Sun-day at the funeral home.Condolences may be ex-

pressed to the Selandersfamily atwww.cromesfh.com.

PIQUA — Rhetta J. Bennett, 71, of Piqua, passedway at 2:49 a.m.Thursday, Jan. 12, 2012, at Upper Val-ley Medical Center.A funeral service will be held Tuesday, at Trans-

formed Life Church, 421Wood St., Piqua.Arrangementsare entrusted toFisher-Cheney Funeral Home,Troy.

LOGAN, Utah — Linda Russell Zollinger, 52, ofHouston, Texas, formerly of Logan, Utah and Piqua,passed away Friday, Jan. 6. 2012, at her home.Services will be held Saturday at Allen-Hall Mor-

tuary, 34 East Center, Logan, Utah, with burial inLogan Cemetery.

TROY — Margaret S. “Peg” Heberding, 89, ofTroy, passed away Thursday morning, Jan. 12, 2012, atthe Caldwell House, Troy.Services are pending atBaird Funeral Home,Troy.

SIDNEY — Barbara M. Myers, 77, formerly ofTroy, passed away at 1:07 p.m.Thursday at the DorothyLove Retirement Community in Sidney.Private services and arrangements are entrusted to

Fisher-Cheney Funeral Home, Troy.

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Alice Joan AskinsPIQUA — Alice Joan

Askins, 61, of 4201 Ver-sailles Road, Piqua, diedat 11:34p . m .Wednes-day, Jan.1 1 ,2012, atKetter-i n gMedicalCenter.S h e

w a sb o r nJan. 26, 1950, inWest Lib-erty, Ky., to the late Floydand Edna (Cox) Lewis.She married a wonderfulhusband, Robert B.AskinsJr. on July 31, 1987, inTroy; and he survives.Other survivors include

a beautiful daughter,Nicole Fessler of Piqua; awonderful little (K-9) boy,Navidad Perro; three sis-ters, Jewel Young, Joyce(Dan) LeMaster and JanJones; three sisters-in-law,Sharon Lewis, LeovaLewis and Grace Lewis;and several nieces andnephews. She was pre-ceded in death by fourbrothers, Kermit Lewis,Paris Lewis, Kennel

Lewis, and Bill Lewis.Mrs. Askins was a high

school graduate and was awonderful homemaker,wife, mother and friend tomany. She was a memberof St. Boniface CatholicChurch and enjoyed someof God’s greatest gifts offamily, sitting in the sun,visiting lakes, walkingand gardening. To quoteher “Remember me withlaughter for that’s how I’llremember you. If you canonly remember me withtears, don’t remember meat all.”A private gathering to

honor her life is plannedfor a later date.Arrangements are

being handled through theJamieson & YannucciFuneral Home.Memorial contributions

may be made to the MiamiCounty Humane Society,1190 N. County Rd. 25-A,P. O. Box 789, Troy, OH45373 or the ShelbyCounty Animal Shelter,1100 Clem Road, P. O. Box923, Sidney, OH 45365.Condolences to the fam-

ily may also be expressedthrough jamiesonandyan-nucci.com.

Evelyn M. PritchardPIQUA — Evelyn M.

Pritchard, 84, of Piqua,died at 2:25 a.m. Monday,Jan. 9,2 0 1 2 ,a tUpperVal leyM e d -i c a lCenter,Troy.S h e

w a sborn inQuincy,on July 1, 1927, to the lateWilliam and Rachel (Nor-ris) Chester. On Sept. 3,1949, in Lockington, shemarried Ralph H.Pritchard and he survives.Evelyn is survived by

three sons and daughter-in-law, Carl and Linda

Pritchard, RalphPritchard and RobertPritchard, all of Piqua;two daughters and son-in-law, Rose Pritchard andDaisy and Bill Brewer, allof Piqua; two brothers, JoeChester and EldenChester, both of Sidney;five grandchildren; 11great-grandchildren andtwo great-great grandchil-dren. She was preceded indeath by four sisters, twograndsons and one daugh-ter.A memorial service will

be held at 6 p.m. Mondayat Melcher-Sowers Fu-neral Home, Piqua, withPastor Lincoln Robinsonofficiating.Condolences may be ex-

pressed to the family atwww.melcher-sowers.com.

Henry C. JonesCASSTOWN — Henry

C. Jones, 80, of Casstown,passed away at 4 a.m.Thurs-d a y ,Jan. 12,2 0 1 2 ,a tUpperVal leyM e d -i c a lCenter,Troy.H e

was born March 23, 1931,in Heidelberg, Ky., to thelate Conley and Cordelia(Brown) Jones. Henrymarried Dianna G. Davison Dec. 24, 1959, and shesurvives him.He also is survived by

his son and daughter-in-law, the Rev. Dr. Brian andKelly Jones of Columbus;three grandchildren, Ben-jamin, Rachel and Re-bekah Jones; brother andsister-in-law, Jack andLouise Jones of Heidel-berg, Ky. In addition to hisparents he also is pre-

ceded in death by onebrother and seven sisters.Henry was a member of

First Baptist Church,TippCity and United WorkersLocal Union 87. He retiredin 1991, from General Mo-tors Inland Division after33 years of service. Hishobbies included fishing,hunting, and gardening.Funeral services will be

held at 10:30 a.m.Mondayat Fisher-Cheney Fu-neral Home, Troy withhis son, the Rev. Dr. BrianJones and the Rev. GaryBoggs officiating. Visita-tion will be from 9 a.m.until time of service onMonday at the funeralhome. Interment will fol-low the service atCasstown Cemetery,Casstown.Contributions may be

made to Trinity UnitedMethodist Church, 1581Cambridge Blvd., Colum-bus, OH 43212. Condo-lences may be expressed tothe family at www.fisher-cheneyfuneralhome.com.

Obituaries

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Dirky Ross Dillon

Jean Fair Adomaitis

CASSTOWN —DirkyRoss Dillon, 50, ofCasstown, passed away at5:12 p.m. Wednesday, Jan.11, 2012, at Kettering Me-morial Hospital.He was born on July 20,

1961, in Dayton, to Donaldand Egie O. (Muncy) Dil-lon.In addition to his par-

ents, Dirky is survived bytwo brothers, Michael Dil-lon of Piqua and BarryDillon of Troy; and two

nieces.Funeral services will be

held at 2 p.m. Tuesday atBaird Funeral Home,Troy, with Ronald Curryofficiating. Interment willfollow at Casstown Ceme-tery, Casstown. Friendsmay call one hour prior tothe service at the funeralhome.Friends may express

condolences to the familythrough www.bairdfuner-alhome.com.

BY MELODY VALLIEUOhio Community [email protected]

TROY—Aman injuredin an accident Mondaywill face drug chargesupon his release from thehospital.Michael W. Mowery, 62,

of Troy, was hit by apickup truck Monday onFenner Road and sentover a guard-rail into aravine, according toMiami County Sheriff ’sOffice Chief Deputy DaveDuchak. Mowery wastaken by CareFlight toMiami Valley Hospitalwhere he remains in faircondition, according to ahospital spokesperson.However, upon investi-

gation of Mowery’s vehi-cle, deputies found morethan a pound of mari-juana in the Jeep. Basedon the marijuana recov-ered from the vehicle, asearch warrant was re-quested for Mowery’s Id-dings Road residencewhile he remained hospi-talized.At the residence, in ex-

cess of 6 more pounds ofmarijuana were found. Inaddition, drug parapher-nalia, weighing scales andapproximately $5,300 incash also was seized, ac-cording to Duchak.“Based on what was re-

covered from the vehicle itcreated probable cause toapply for a seach warrant,which was granted, andthat is when the addi-tional contraband wasfound,” Duchak said.The sheriff ’s office will

seek an indictment forpossession of marijuanawith intent to distributeagainst Mowery, who iscurrently on federal pa-role, Duchak said.Duchak said Mowery is

well-known to county lawenforcement for an arrayof charges, includingdrugs. His life of crime

d a t e sback asfar as1 9 7 2when hewas in-volved ina murdercase atage 24.A c -

c o rd ingto court records, Mowerywas arrested on first-de-gree murder charges forthe July 28, 1972, murderof 20-year-old Troy resi-dent Terry Smith in Troy.Mowery — a deserterfrom the U.S. Army — issaid to have walked up toSmith outside a down-town bar, the Arbor Bar,and shot him once in thechest. Current MiamiCounty Sheriff CharlesCox was one of the first of-ficers on the crime scene.Mowery later pleaded

guilty to a lesser charge ofmanslaughter and wassentenced to up to 20years in prison. He served13 years in an Ohio prisonand was released in 1986.The driver of the pickup

truck in the accident,Scott Goubeaux, wastrapped in the vehicle forsome time and also suf-fered non-life threateninginjuries.Each driver had a dog

in the car, while Mowery’sDoberman pinscher re-ceived serious injuries.The accident also re-

mains under investiga-tion.

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Community spotlight

Bill Carter, United Methodist Men’s President of Greene Street Church sells the first ticket for the DickSword Sausage and Pancake Breakfast to Brett Marrs and Kasey Jo Marrs, Mr. Swords’ grandsonand great-granddaughter. The annual breakfast is set for 7-11:30 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 28, at GreeneStreet Church, 415 W. Greene St. The public is invited. Tickets may be bought at the door or at thechurch office. For more information, call 773-5313.

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Football great Eddie Georgeto speak at Lehman event SIDNEY — Lehman

High School FoundationPresident Walt Bennetthas announced that Ed-ward Nathan “Eddie”George Jr. will be the prin-cipal speaker at the foun-dation’s annual dinner,scheduled for Saturday,Jan. 28 at the school.This year’s event will

begin with Mass in theSaint Elizabeth AnnSeton Chapel at 5 p.m.,cocktails and hors d’oeu-vres at 5:30 p.m., and din-ner beginning at 6:30 p.m.George is scheduled tospeak at 8 p.m.The event will be a bit

less formal this year.While benefactors to theschool will still be recog-nized, the food will beserved from stations, andpatrons will have the op-portunity to enjoy coffeeand cordials following the

event. Stacy Scott, ColleenGilardi and Julie Smithare co-chairs of the event.George was born in

Philadelphia, Pa. and at-tended Abington SeniorHigh School until hissophomore year, when hetransferred to Fork UnionMilitary Academy, wherehe played football, attract-

ing the attention of sev-eral major colleges.George decided to at-

tend The Ohio State Uni-versity and major inlandscape architecture.As a freshman running

back for the Buckeyes,George was an instantcontributor. He scored 3touchdowns in a win overSyracuse University. As asenior in the 1995 season,George rushed for a schoolrecord 1,927 yards and 24touchdowns, an average of152.2 yards per game,while also catching 44passes for 399 yards andanother score. Ohio Statefinished the season with a10-2 record and Georgewon the Heisman Trophy.He also was inducted intothe College Football Hallof Fame.George’s career led him

to play for the Tennessee

Titans (and Houston Oil-ers, when the franchisewas in Texas) and with theDallas Cowboys. He alsohas appeared on numer-ous television shows andwas appointed spokesper-son for Tennessee’s Get-FitTN program by Gov.Phil Bredesen in 2006.“This year’s event has

generated a great deal ofexcitement,” Bennett said.“We expect it to be ‘soldout’ before the end of theweek. Certainly, I want tothank the co-chairs fortheir hard work as well asall of those who served asticket captains, andthrough their efforts,guaranteed the success ofthe event.”Those seeking informa-

tion about the event maycontact Lehman CatholicDevelopment DirectorScott Greve.

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PIQUA — Enrollment is taking place now for thefall 2012 Head Start Program at Kids Learning Placein Miami County.Kids Learning Place classrooms in Piqua, Troy,

West Milton and Pleasant Hill provides educationalexperiences that includes:• teachers with degrees in every classroom• a research-based online curriculum• bus transportation in most areas• welcomes opportunity to service children with

special needs• individualized services for children and families• developmental testing throughout the year• valuing and encouraging parent participationThe centers in Miami County have earned “Step Up

To Quality” awards from the Ohio Department of Joband Family Services. This award recognizes earlychildhood programs that exceed licensing standards.Head Start, a federally funded comprehensive pro-

gram, is just one option for preschool education atKids Learning Place. The eligibility for this preschoolprogram is: a child must be between three to fiveyears old and the family must meet federal incomeguidelines. The program also provides services to chil-dren of families that are homeless and children withdisabilities are considered without income restric-tions.For more information about this program or other

full day child education/care programs call our tollfree number 1 (866) 627-4557 for immediate contact.Also check the website at www.councilonruralser-vices.org .

Champion spellers

Bradford spelling bee champions and runner ups, Maia Stump, high schoolchampion; Karmen Knepp, elementary runner up; Larkin Painter, elemen-tary champion and Madi Bates, high school runner up, were recognized dur-ing the Bradford Board of Education meeting in December.

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Head Start enrollmentcurrently under way

CASSTOWN — NathanAllen Teeters took tophonors in the recentMiami East Junior HighSchool Geography Bee.Emily Rae Randall was

the first runner-up in thecompetition. Alan Russellwas the Geography Beecoordinator.

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There’s nothing like a visit to the optometrist to makeyou feel old.I’m already wearing trifocals — for distance on top,

computer in the middle and reading on the bottom. I wasafraid I would soon need quadrifocals: distance, computer,texting and reading. But it turns out my long-distance vi-sion is actually improving.After the exam, new prescription in hand, I went to

order new glasses. The worst part of buying eyeglasses isthat you can’t see what they look like on your face because— you need glasses! Duh! You’d think that by now sometech-savvy 18-year-old would have invented a 99-cent appthat photographs your face and lets you see what you looklike with different frames. Well, he hasn’t. (You knowwhat a good name for it would be? Face Book. Too badthat’s taken.) So you try on frames and squint at yourselfin themirror and try to figure out what you look like, eventhough all you can see is a blur.I asked the optometrist’s assistant what she thought

looked best, and, without looking at me, she said, “Trythese.” The ones I was looking at cost $147. The ones shewanted me to try cost $373 and weren’t covered bymy in-surance.I put on the more expensive glasses and squinted at

myself. I thought they made me look like Dame Edna. Isthis really what they’re wearing in Milan this year? Domen really buy frames withrhinestones? “It’s from theElton John collection,” shesaid.The trend for the last few

years has been small, narrowglasses that make everyonelook like they are in a rockband that is so hip it playsonly music you’ll never hearon the radio. I can’t reallypull that off anymore. I couldbarely do it when I wasyoung; now it would look ridiculous. But I don’t wantglasses that are so big I look like I come from Planet Bug-Eye.I’m not a vain person, if you don’t count all the hair-

and skin-care products in my medicine cabinet, or the el-evator shoes, or the corset — I mean, back supporter —but I like to think I have a little style, a little flair, a littlepanache. Actually, my panache is getting pretty big. I’vereally got to lose some panache before I have to buy big-ger pants.So I went back to the section with the cheap frames

that my insurance does cover. I looked among the hun-dreds of round, oval and even trapezoidal frames forsomething that would complement the shape of my face.I have a square face. Imagine Clark Kent, if he were

old, fat, gray and out of shape. But Clark wore uglyglasses as a disguise.Who would ever recognize himwith-out his glasses? Yet when I whip off my glasses, peoplestill recognize me.They say things like, “Have you put oneven more weight?” or, “I’d sue the plastic surgeon whodid that to you.”What, I wonder, could possibly make a little metal

frame cost $147? The reading glasses sold in every drug-store cost only five bucks, and most of them have metalframes. I could buy 29 pairs of them for this price. Theonly difference is they don’t have a fancy Italian fashiondesigner’s name on them.Funny, I never see any of those designers wearing

glasses. Just because they can make a ball gown doesn’tmean they can make a decent pair of glasses. More thanlikely, some low-paid schmuck at Frame Central designsthem for pennies and the designers slap their labels onthem and keep, oh, $140 of the $147.Nice work if you canget it.Funny thing is, no one has ever askedme who designed

my glasses.

Jim Mullen’s book “Now in Paperback” is now in pa-perback. You can reach him at jimmullenbooks.com.

Editor’s note: This is thesecond in a series on theU.S. Supreme Court bar-ring us from its oral argu-ments.

The first reporter Iturn to for accuratenews and analysis on

a Supreme Court decisionis Adam Liptak of The NewYork Times. In a recent ar-ticle (“Supreme Court TV?Nice Idea, but Still NotLikely,” Nov. 28), he told us: “TheSupreme Courts of Canada and theUnited Kingdom allow cameras” duringtheir oral arguments.But in the self-governing constitu-

tional republic of the United States,Justice David Souter, when he was onour highest court, notoriously pledged:“The day you see a camera come intoour courtroom, it’s going to roll over mydead body.”If I were teaching a high school civics

class, I don’t know how I would explainto the students that they, like the restof us ordinary citizens, are banned bythe court from seeing and hearing howthese top interpreters of our rule of lawdecide cases, thereby preventing usfrom learning who they are and howthey think.But as a longtime reporter on the

court, I would tell the students what Iknew about each justice, including myrespect for David Souter’s exceptionallyfair, lucid judgments while he wasthere — and my shock at his harsh re-buke concerning cameras in the court-room.Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, of the

present court, whom I also respect forher knowledgeable independence, dis-appointed me, however, with her expla-nation of Souter’s order to keepcameras out: “David … can go to the su-permarket and do his shopping, and noone will notice.”Huh? In my work, I’ve looked hard

through the Constitution many times,but cannot find any grant of anonymityto Supreme Court justices.While a decisive majority of these

self-protecting justices on the currentcourt still oppose letting TV camerasin, they’re not, I assume, going to sac-rifice their lives if those dreaded cam-eras were to enter their historiccourtroom.A notable exception to the justices’

prevailing distrust of the citizenry’spresence in their courtroom is the re-cently confirmed Justice Elena Kagan,former dean of Harvard Law School.After President Barack Obama nom-

inated her to the court, I expressed con-siderable reservations in my previouscolumns about her record as solicitorgeneral. I was very pleased, however, toread Adam Liptak’s report, whereKagan, before joining the court, talkedabout being able to watch oral argu-ments, thereby explaining why now shewould welcome the TV cameras.In what she says, I do question her

exalted opinion of the qualities of someof her current colleagues:“Everybody was so prepared, so

smart, so obviously deeply concernedabout getting to the right answer … Ithought if everybody could see this, itwould make people feel so good aboutthis branch of government and how it’soperating. And I thought it’s such ashame, actually, that only 200 people aday (in the visitors’ small seating sec-tion) can get to see it” (The New York

Times, Nov. 28).But what about the

many Americans whowould like to see for them-selves how smart and pre-pared each of the justicesare on live, unedited televi-sion? Wouldn’t they like toknow if the justices aremore concerned with mak-ing a decision that con-firms their own strongprejudgments on a casethan making a decision

that is influenced by the arguments ofthe lawyers on each side?So what do We The People actually

want? As I reported last year (“We citi-zens are still excluded from theSupreme Court,” hanfordsentinel.com,March 23, 2010), Tony Mauro, a contin-ually valuable reporter on the court,wrote in the March 9, 2010, New YorkLaw Journal that a poll had revealedthat “more than 60 percent of votersthink that televising U.S. SupremeCourt proceedings would be ‘good fordemocracy.’”He added: “Only 26 percent said tel-

evising oral arguments would under-mine the court’s ‘dignity or authority.’”At New Jersey’s Fairleigh Dickinson

University, which conducted the poll,Bruce Peabody, chairman of its depart-ment of social sciences and history,said:“It is striking that majorities of Re-

publicans, as well as Democrats, youngand older voters, and political inde-pendents all believe that televising theSupreme Court would support self-gov-ernment” (hanfordsentinel.com, March23, 2010).Hear what James Madison, a Father

of the Constitution, had to say aboutthe crucial need for us to be fully in-formed about our government institu-tions: “A popular Government withoutpopular information, or the means ofacquiring it, is but a Prologue to aFarce or a Tragedy, or perhaps both …“And a people who mean to be their

own Governors must arm themselveswith the power which knowledge gives”(“Cameras in the Courtroom: Televisionand the Pursuit of Justice,” MarjorieCohn and David Dow, McFarland,2011).I ask the members of the Supreme

Court — as they keep us from beingpresent during the three days of oralarguments on the fiercely controversialObamaCare — how they justify this ex-clusion of citizens in view of JamesMadison’s definition of a truly self-gov-erning constitutional republic.From 2012 on, as new justices are

nominated to the Supreme Court, willthey be asked if they’ll open the courtto us, even at the risk of losinganonymity and being recognized whenthey go shopping?While our Founding Fathers had

some disagreements, many were con-cerned whether We The People wouldcontinue to insist that our governmentbe responsible to us. Will the new gen-eration be better-informed citizens thanwe have allowed ourselves to be underPresident George W. Bush, Vice Presi-dent Dick Cheney and PresidentObama?

Nat Hentoff is a nationally renownedauthority on the First Amendment andthe Bill of Rights. He is a member of theReporters Committee for Freedom of thePress, and the Cato Institute, where heis a senior fellow.

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Excerpts of recent edito-rials of statewide and na-tional interest from Ohionewspapers:

The (Warren) TribuneChronicle

Kindergarten reallyisn’t the beginning of ayoungster’s education.Children begin learningfrom birth, at home andthrough avenues otherthan formal education.That means some are

better prepared than oth-ers to begin school. Thosewho enter kindergartenand first grade withoutadequate preparation toooften fall behind class-mates and never catch up.During the past decade

or so, educators have cometo understand their workneeds to begin beforekindergarten, sometimesas early as age 3 in pre-school programs. Ohio hasa reasonably widespreadnetwork of such facilities,certified by the state De-partment of Education.But state officials, en-

couraged by the privatesector, want to do better.As a result, the state ap-plied for and is to receivea $70 million federal grantto improve programs thatprepare children forkindergarten. …The idea behind Ohio’s

grant proposal is to im-prove the quality of pre-school offerings and todevelop better methods ofevaluating whether chil-dren are ready for kinder-garten. …Too many Ohio children

are “left behind” beforethey ever enroll in kinder-garten or first grade.Changing that, with orwithout federal granthelp, should be a priority.

The Village Idiot

Do thesenew glassesmake my gutlook big?

Why is court allowedto hide from citizens?

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1. Three hearts. Re-sponses by a player whopreviously passed fall intoa different category fromthose made by a playerwho did not previouslypass. Obviously, an origi-nal pass denies the valuesfor an opening bid, and itfollows from this that theopener need not bid againif he thinks game is eitherimpossible or highly un-likely.Here, a two-club re-

sponse would not compelpartner to bid again,whereas if you had notpassed originally, thechange of suits would be100 percent forcing. Simi-

larly, the jump-raise tothree hearts, while highlyencouraging, is not forc-ing, and partner maypass. It should be added,though, that a response ofthree hearts is muchmore likely to induce afurther bid from partnerthan a response of twoclubs.2. Two hearts. The

choices are one notrump,two diamonds or twohearts, none of whichforces a rebid from part-ner. The heart raise is pre-ferred because it has morechance of stirring himinto bidding again, sincethe announced trumpsupport will increase thevalue of his hand.3. Two notrump. Ordi-

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have enough points to re-

spond on the two-level, sothere is no reason whyyou shouldn't bid yourlonger suit first. You planto bid spades next if part-ner rebids two hearts,thus informing him thatyou have more diamondsthan spades. Game is un-likely if partner passestwo diamonds.5. Four hearts. Since 10

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heart bid. You should al-ways avoid inviting part-ner to go to game whenyou are reasonably cer-tain in your own mindthat a game can be made.In such situations, justbid the game yourself. (Ifyou play "splinter" bids, ajump to three spades, in-dicating heart supportplus a singleton or void inspades, carries the samemessage.)

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LOS ANGELES —Katy Perry is in the popu-lar clique now.The singer-actress won

the most People’s ChoiceAwards at Wednesday’s38th annual fan-favoriteextravaganza. Perry, whowas absent from the cere-mony, was honored in fivecategories, including fa-vorite female artist, tourheadliner, song of the yearfor “E.T.” with KanyeWest, music video for“Last Friday Night,” andTV guest star for “How IMet Your Mother.”Perry told fans on Twit-

ter earlier this week thatshe wouldn’t attend theshow but that “I want tothank u all for voting for

me, fingers crossed!” ActorRussell Brand filed for di-vorce from Perry lastmonth.“Harry Potter and the

Deathly Hallows: Part 2,”the final installment ofthe magical film seriesstarring Daniel Radcliffe,followed behind Perrywith four wins for favoritemovie, action movie, bookadaptation and ensemblemovie cast, but the film’sstars also weren’t presentat the ceremony, leavingmore time on the CBSbroadcast for winners inother categories.Ellen DeGeneres, Nina

Dobrev, Chloe GraceMoretz, Adam Levine, LeaMichele and Demi Lovato,who performed “Give YourHeart A Break,” wereamong the winners onhand to accept theirawards selected by Inter-net votes.“For all the Rachel

Berrys out there, this one’sfor you guys,” said

Michele.Emma Stone and

Johnny Depp another no-show won two trophies atthe ceremony, which washosted by “The Big BangTheory” star Kaley Cuoco.Depp and Stone, respec-tively, won the favoritemovie actor and actressawards, while Depp wasalso honored as favoriteanimated movie voice for“Rango,” and Stone wasselected as favoritecomedic movie actress.“I moved to L.A. eight

years ago this week withmy mom, who’s rightthere,” Stone said whileaccepting her pair of crys-tal trophies. “It is so in-sane to be standing uphere right now. It is hardto describe to you.”Among the TV winners

were “How I Met YourMother” for TV comedy,“Two Broke Girls” for newTV comedy, “Hot in Cleve-land” for cable TV comedy,Neil Patrick Harris for TV

comedy actor, “Supernat-ural” for TV drama andfantasy show, “Person ofInterest” for new TVdrama, “Pretty LittleLiars” for cable TV dramaand Nathan Fillion for TVdrama actor.Winners in the movie

categories included HughJackman for action star,“Bridesmaids” for comedymovie, “Water for Ele-phants” for drama movie,Adam Sandler for comedicmovie actor and RyanReynolds as GreenLantern for favorite super-hero. Morgan Freemanwas bestowed with thefirst favorite movie iconaward.“When I found out that

I’d been nominated for thefirst-ever People’s Choicemovie icon award, I decidedto look up ‘icon,’” Freemansaid. “Here’s what I found:The first definition said anicon is a tiny picture on acomputer screen that rep-resents a file.”

Perry, ‘Potter’ big winnersat People’s Choice Awards

From left, Wendie Malick, Jane Leeves, Valerie Bertinelli and Betty White accept the award for favorite cableTV comedy for “Hot in Cleveland” during the People's Choice Awards on Wednesday in Los Angeles.

DEAR ABBY: I havebeen accepted to a schoolthat’s the alma mater ofseveral of my relatives.My mother, several auntsand other family mem-bers all belonged to onesorority at this college.They are urging me topledge there and upholdthe family tradition.They say they had

some of the best times oftheir lives as members ofthat sorority chapter.The members do well ac-ademically, as the soror-ity insists on it. Theymade lifelong friends,and their sorority con-tacts have been ex-tremely helpfulpersonally and profes-sionally.Although this chapter

is very exclusive and ac-cepts only the best-of-the-best, I will have noproblems getting in, notonly because of my aca-demic record but also be-cause I’m a “legacy.”So what’s the prob-

lem? This sorority chap-ter still uses the paddle.Technically they don’thaze — that is, have anyinitiation stunts — butthey do use the paddlefor disciplinary pur-poses. When I mentionmy concerns about thepaddling to my motherand aunts, they say Ishould suck it up, as theadvantages far outweighthe disadvantages. Oneof my aunts said shethinks the rules and dis-cipline would be benefi-cial for me because sheconsiders me kind of a“wild child.”Abby, I don’t know if

you know anything aboutsororities, but I’m askingfor an objective opinionfrom someone not di-rectly involved.

— POSSIBLYPADDLED PLEDGE

DEAR P.P.P.: I joineda sorority in college, andI NEVER heard of asorority hitting pledgesor active members. Somefraternities may have al-lowed it, but certainlynot sororities.Whether your aunt

thinks you could use thediscipline is beside thepoint. Striking someonewith a paddle is assaultwith a weapon. A youngman died a short timeago in Florida because ofthe kind of hazing thisnational organization iswinking at. Are youngwomen who behave thatway really the kind ofpeople you would like tobe lifelong friends? If not,then pass on that soror-ity!

DEAR ABBY: My sonis chronologically 12 andthe size of an adult, butemotionally he is age 5.He’s a moderately func-tioning child withautism, ADHD and be-havioral issues.PLEASE let people

know that just becausethey can’t see a disabilitydoes not mean there isn’tone. I often get dirtylooks and rude com-ments, and I am ex-tremely frustrated withit. Being nice or ignoringit does no good.I know my son’s be-

havior can be childish,rude or inappropriate attimes. I have been fight-ing this battle every daysince he was 2. I haveseen every doctor andtherapist available andexhausted every re-source I could find, andnow we have either agedout or my son isn’t “badenough” to be eligible.However, he is still dif-

ficult to handle, and Istill need to buy gro-ceries and run errands.Sometimes that parentyou are giving the dirtylooks to is near the end ofher rope and could use alittle compassion or atleast silence from thepeanut gallery. What yousee isn’t always what youget.

— STRUGGLINGMOM IN LONGBEACH, MISS.

DEAR STRUG-GLING MOM: Pleaseaccept my sympathy. Asyou and other parents ofchildren with disabilitiesdeal with the realities ofdaily living, the lastthing you (or they) needis criticism fromstrangers. If someonemakes a comment orgives you a look, youshould say, “My son can’thelp himself; he’s autis-tic.” It’s the truth.

Dear Abby is writtenby Abigail Van Buren,also known as JeannePhillips, and wasfounded by her mother,Pauline Phillips. WriteDear Abby at www.Dear-Abby.com or P.O. Box69440, Los Angeles, CA90069.

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NEW YORK — “All MyChildren” veteran SusanLucci is returning to theworld of soap operas. Butthis time, the stories willbe real.Lucci will host and nar-

rate “Deadly Affairs,” anew prime-time series air-ing on Investigation Dis-covery. The show willexplore true stories of ro-mance gone wrong and the

crimes of passion that re-sulted, the network an-nounced Thursday.“They are deceptive love

relationships, love trian-gles and betrayal thathave deadly conse-quences,” Lucci said. “Andthey end in tragedy.“Every day you hear

these stories and youthink, ‘Oh, my goodness!’Then they disappear. Youdon’t know what happenednext, and you don’t knowwhy they happened. I’m

hoping that, in exploringthem, we’ll shed somelight on human nature.”Lucci won lasting fame

as devious, often-wedErica Kane throughoutthe run of daytime drama“All My Children,” whichaired from 1970 until ABCcanceled it last September.“As Erica, I got pun-

ished for my wrong deeds,”Lucci noted. “I wound upin jail several times, evenin a blood-stained ballgown. But with ‘Deadly Af-

fairs,’ these are not char-acters on a soap opera.This is real life.”Describing her new

show as a “real-life soap,”she called her hosting role“a perfect match,” adding,“I couldn’t help but smile”after getting the seriesoffer.Filming of the 10-

episode season is expectedto begin in March, with itspremiere slated for thisfall, Investigation Discov-ery said.

‘All My Children’s’ Lucci to host ‘real-life soap’

Q: Our oldest son, ageeight, has recently startedsaying that he has nofriends, no one likes him,he’s no good at anything,and so on. None of this istrue, mind you. He’s agood kid who does well inschool. We are at a loss asto where this is comingfrom. His younger broth-ers are bothered by hear-ing it as well, and weworry about the effect onthem. This has been goingon for a couple of monthsnow.We’ve tried talking tohim, and we’ve tried ig-noring him. Nothingworks. What should wedo?A: This problem is more

common than most peoplemight think. It’s an exam-ple of the fact that humanbeing have a proclivity formanufacturing dramasconcerning their lives. Inthese personal soap op-eras, the person in ques-tion is a victim of social

forces, circumstances, orpersonal limitations thatare beyond his or her con-trol (supposedly) and arepreventing him from liv-ing a fully satisfying life.Everyone reading this col-umn knows someone whofits this description, achronic complainer whorefuses to grow up andclaim full responsibilityfor his or her life. Theyseem to believe they areentitled to happinesswhen — as all truly re-sponsible people know —happiness is somethingone claims.

Children are especiallyprone to this sort of self-destructive thinking.Theyare drama factories. In thechild soap opera—yourson’s, for example — themost common themes are“nobody likes me” and “Ican’t do anything right.”In most cases, there is nobasis in fact for these com-plaints. At most, they aregross exaggerations ofnormal problems of livingthat everyone experiencesto one degree or another.The more attention peo-

ple pay to the child’s com-plaints, the worse theywill become, and danger-ously so. Researchers haveestablished that if a per-son repeats a certain neg-ative self-characterizationoften enough, he will even-tually begin to believe it’strue. So whereas yourson’s statements are notfactual, his mental healthis in danger.You must stop talking

to him about these state-ments. Paradoxically, at-tempts to prove to himthat none of his self-dep-recations are true willonly make matters worse.On the other hand, and asyou’ve discovered, ignor-ing them is impossible.When the child in ques-tion is not yet 11 years old,the recommendation Iusually make is for theparents tell the child thatthey talked to a doctorwho has a lot of experi-ence with children whokeep making negativestatements about them-selves that aren’t true.The doctor said it meansthe child isn’t gettingenough sleep and iswatching too much televi-sion. Until the statementshave completely stoppedfor a continuous period oftwo weeks, the doctor saysyour son has to go to bed,lights out, at 6:30, even ifthat means cancelling an

activity, and can’t watchtelevision or play a videogame.The word “continuous”

is important. If, for exam-ple, your son does notmake any statement ofself-complaint for twelvedays, but says he hateshimself on day thirteen,the two weeks starts over.The idea is to get him tostop making these self-dramatic statements andtherefore stop thinkingself-destructive thoughts.If this approach does

not result in significantimprovement within amonth, that may indicatea more serious problem. Inthat case, I would recom-mend that you make anappointment with a pro-fessional who specializes

in child mental health is-sues.

Family psychologistJohn Rosemond answersparents’ questions on hiswebsite at www.rose-mond.com.

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China, it holds specialmeaning. Lunar NewYearmakes them mini-ambas-sadors of a culture theyknow little about first-hand.There’s no official hand-

book on how far parents ofinternationally adoptedchildren should go to cele-brate their kids’ birth cul-tures, but marking LunarNew Year Year of theDragon begins Jan. 23 isusually one of those timesfor Asian children.Their parents decorate

front doors, throwdumpling-making partiesand stuff red envelopeswith money. They cleantheir homes at the start ofthe 15-day celebration andhang red lanterns at thefinish. Others keep it sim-ple, sharing dim sum withfriends at a restaurant orwatching dragons dancingat parades in Chinese en-claves in their cities andtowns.The approach shifts and

changes as their childrengrow. Some questionwhether they’ve doneenough. Some do nothingat all.“In south Louisiana,

we’re definitely ambassa-dors to the Chinese cul-ture,” said Jan Risher inLafayette. She and herhusband have a 10-year-old from China.“When she was younger,

I tried to do more of theoutward Chinese culturalthings, like decorationsand cooking specificdumplings,” Risher said.“But now that she’s a littleolder, we mainly talkabout China, its historyand customs, and even itspolitics so that she can tryand wrap her head aroundwhy she’s here. She’s a

deep thinker.”Karen Burgers in

northern New Jersey hastwo girls from China, ages10 and 5. They wear silkChinese dresses and nib-ble vegetable lo mein, or-anges and fortune cookiesshe brings in to school forthe new year.“I’ve certainly failed to

promote an authentic ex-perience,” Burgers said,“but the children get thegist, enjoy the festivityand learn a little aboutthe culture.”Rich Patterson and his

wife are in Vancouver,British Columbia, home toa Chinese New Year pa-rade that drew more than50,000 people last year.The holiday, which re-unites families around theworld, does the same forthe Pattersons.They take in the parade

and share dim sum withsix other local familieswith whom they traveledto China to pick up theirbabies. Patterson’s daugh-ter is now 4 1/2.“This year, as a first, we

fused Christmas decora-tions with Chinese NewYear decorations at ourdaughter’s request,” hesaid.That meant a bright red

and yellow dragon wasnestled in Christmas gar-land front and centerabove their mantel.The symbolism and su-

perstitions surroundingthe new year are steepedin more than 5,000 yearsof Chinese history. Here’sa sampler of popular cus-toms among parents look-ing to celebrate the birthcultures of their adoptedkids.

CHINESE ZODIAC:The dragon is the fifth andmightiest position in theChinese Zodiac. Foradopted kids, knowingone’s birth animal is a ca-sual connection, thoughthe convoluted zodiac in-cludes many other ele-ments taken far moreseriously in Asia.“My kids love to hear

about the Chinese Zodiac,”said Heather Mayes Glea-son in Takoma Park, Md.She has a 5-year-old girlfrom China and a biologi-cal 3-year-old son.“With Chinese adoption,

you know very little aboutyour child’s history, butyou create their future.

And I guess that is reallywhat Chinese New Year isabout,” Gleason said.

CLEANING HOUSE:Before the new year,sweep away any bad luckfrom the previous year.Hair is cut before the newyear and children wearnew clothes to represent anew beginning.For Myra Cocca in cen-

tral Indiana, it’s harder asher kids have grown olderand busier to observe thetraditions they lovedwhen they were small.Her son, adopted fromSouth Korea, is now 11.When he was little, shedressed him in a tradi-tional garment called ahanbok for new year’s.Today, “sometimes we’renot home during the holi-day, so we have not alwaysmarked the occasion,” shesaid.

RED: The color isprominent in bannersbearing holiday sayings inChinese letters and deco-rative paper cutoutsplaced on doors and win-dows to scare away evil

spirits and bad luck, alongwith gold and orange tosymbolize wealth andhappiness in the year tocome. Lucky red envelopeswith crisp new bills aregiven to children. Someparents slip in candy in-stead. Risher has takenthe color red further thanmost: “I’ve given everyonein my family red under-wear!”

DUMPLINGS: Cres-cent-shaped dumplingsare eaten ahead of NewYear’s Day in China. Innorthern China, they areprepared for midnight nib-bling the night before. Theshape evokes coins in an-cient China and eating thedumplings is a bid forgood financial tidings.How does Piper,

Risher’s 10-year-old, feelabout dumplings and cele-brating the new year? “Icome from China and it’simportant to me that ourfamily still celebratessome of my culture, too,”she said. “That’s where I’mfrom.”

LONG NOODLES:

The longer the better tofoster a long life. Newyear’s food traditions varywidely around the world,but main dishes of fish,duck or chicken are pre-pared whole becauseusing scissors and knivesis considered unlucky.That means pasta isuncut. It’s become a rally-ing cry for some in theadoption community:“Long noodles, long life!”

FIREWORKS: Manyancient beliefs exist aboutwhy fireworks play amajor role in the new year.One is that loud noisescares away evil spiritsand bad luck. That’s whyBurgers brings sheets ofbubble wrap to her kids’school. “The bubble wrapis loudly stomped upon asthe children paradearound the room wearinga dragon head costume.”

LANTERN FESTI-VAL: The 15th day of thenew year is marked byparties where decorativered lanterns are hung in-doors and out. Lanternmaking projects are a cot-

tage industry for adoptivefamilies online.Kate Eastman and her

husband recently movedfrom Maine to Anacortes,Wash., so their 9-year-olddaughter from Chinacould be closer to authen-tic Asian influences withinan hour’s travel to Van-couver or Seattle. Lanternmaking is one of thosethings they love to do.Cali’s room is also full of

Chinese dolls, books andother reminders of herheritage.“It’s a learning process

and we follow Cali’s lead,”Eastman said. “It’s com-plex, for sure, and whatmakes it even more com-plex is how your childwants to observe eachyear and how much shewants to think of herselfas Chinese or not. That’salways evolving andchanging.”For now,Mom said, “at 9

years old, she’s proud torefer to herself as ChineseAmerican, and we’reequally proud of her forthat.”

Adopted kids love Lunar New Year

In this Sunday, Jan. 8, photo, Shannon Patterson, right, and her husband Rich Patterson watch their daugh-ter Sophie Patterson, 4 and a half, as she plays with a Chinese Lion Dance toy at their home in Vancouver,B.C. Lunar NewYear, which reunites families around the world, does the same for the Pattersons.They takein Vancouver's Chinese NewYear parade and share dim sum with six other local families with whom theytraveled to China to pick up their babies.

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WASHINGTON—Pen-tagon leaders scrambledThursday to contain dam-age from an Internetvideo purporting to showfour Marines urinating onTaliban corpses an actthat appears to violate in-ternational laws of war-fare and further strainsU.S.-Afghan relations.Defense Secretary Leon

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talion, 2nd Marines, re-turned from Helmandprovince to its home baseat Camp Lejeune, N.C.,last September.Marine of-ficials said that a battal-ion officer confirmed toinvestigators on Thursday,based on his examinationof the video, that the fourmen depicted urinatinghad been members of thebattalion. Two have sincemoved on to other units.As the video spread

across the Internet inpostings and re-postings,U.S. officials joined withAfghans in calling itshocking, deplorable, in-humane and a breach ofmilitary standards of con-duct. It shows men in Ma-rine combat gear standingin a semicircle urinatingon the bodies of three menin standard Afghan cloth-ing, one whose chest wascovered in blood.It’s not certain whether

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We survived the holi-days. Actually, the holi-days were great, it maybe the aftermath that’sdoing me in.But I digress, I’m not

even going talk about all-lll the shopping you haveto do to prepare forChristmas. I normallylove shopping, that’s my“Me” time. But when IHAVE to shop, it’s horri-ble. Especially when youare shopping for two littlewomen that have everything to begin with.We are blessed beyond

measures, but 6-year-oldkids want everythingthey see on TV. At leastone of mine does.Tegan is out of control

about wanting every-thing. It’s kind of funny.She usually forgets aboutit 30 seconds into the nextcommercial. Mind you,this happens for everycommercial. Now I haveto try and decipher whatshe “really” wants.Well, she wanted a

DSXL. For the readerswho have no idea what aDSXL is, it’s a personalgaming device that ishandheld and costs $170.Then you have to buy dif-ferent games starting at$20-$40 each. I looked itup on the Internet. Thiswas the one thing sheasked for repeatedly.Even when she wasn’tprompted by a commer-cial.Alani wanted a Mon-

ster High Doll. Thosestart out at $10.Needless to say, we

purchased some MonsterHigh Dolls. I really strug-gled trying to decide if Iwanted to spend thatmuch money on a gamingdevice. Actually I’m stillkind of struggling with it,but glad Christmas isover.I did compromise and

Santa brought our family

aWii console gaming sys-tem. I don’t even knowhow long Wii has beenaround and find it funnythat we just purchasedour first one. I am so outof the loop on electronicsthat it’s sad. But this iswhere we come to the af-termath.The girls are turning

into little gamers. If oneisn’t on the Wii the otheris on my Ipod touch. “Is itmy turn yet Mom?” “She’sbeen on there for a longtime, it’s my turn.” This isthe first time that thingsturn into a little argu-ment for them. It doesn’tmake Momma too happy.By another parent’sterms, it would be noth-ing at all. But for me, I’vebeen so lucky that thegirls get along so well,any little tiff seems like abig deal. So I’m still onthe fence about thesegaming systems.I’m also taking in that

it’s a new year and I’mgoing to be 39 in a coupleof weeks. It’s not so muchme turning 39 that it isthe fact that my girls willbe seven soon. I just can’tget over how time flies.My stepmom recently

shared a saying “the daysare long but the years arefast.” I don’t think there isanything more true.

Heather Canan is amother of twin girls. Sheand her husband, Brad,reside with their girls inBradford. You can con-tact her by e-mail her [email protected].

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Body found at motel

Piqua police and fire departments responded to Knights Inn, 902 Scot Drive,at 11:40 a.m. Thursday and found a 30-year-old male deceased. The man’sidentity was not immediately released pending the notification of next ofkin Thursday afternoon. While police said there appears to be no sign of foulplay, the man’s body was sent to the coroner’s office for an autopsy, largelydue to his age, said Piqua Deputy Chief Tom Steiner. Authorities did say theman suffered from health problems and had recently been hospitalized. Hehad apparently been living at the Knights Inn for “several months.” The in-vestigation is ongoing dependent upon the results of the autopsy.

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the Asian LonghornedBeetle is 0.75 to 1.50inches in length with avery long black and whitebanded antennae where itderives its name.The body is glossy black

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quarantined and aresmall in comparison toareas of infestation wherethe ALB was first discov-ered in the United States.Those locations beingBrooklyn, N.Y., in 1996,that included a number ofother neighboring infesta-tions. Another infestationwas discovered in andaround Chicago, Illinois,in 1998.As explained in the

OSU presentation, what

is typically found is amain infestation withsmall ones linked to it inneighboring vicinities.Both Brooklyn’s main andthe Chicago sites have de-clared eradication of theALB.Moving ahead to 2003,

an infestation was discov-ered in Canada and isnow considered close toeradication, while a west-ern Massachusetts infes-tation, found in 2008, hasbeen a source of great con-cern due to its size.According to Boggs in

the video presentation, ifa good thing is to befound, is that these infes-tations are clustered andcan be quarantined, as isthe more recent discoveryin Bethel Township.So what does a tiny

beetle have to do withPiqua or the state of Ohiooverall? Plenty when thisworld-traveling bug leftits home in China,through shipping. How-ever, unlike the EAB that

has a taste for ash trees,the ALB shows a taste formaples. The Norway, red,silver and the popularsugar maple, to be spe-cific, and as a close rela-tion, buckeyes, elms andwillows make a good hostfor the ALB, too.The outcome of being

host to ALB results inonly one thing for thesetrees, death, which meansthe potential economic af-fects of the ALB’s path ofdestruction can not be un-derestimated.Of Ohio’s hardwood

forests, more than $2.5billion is in maple timber,with the state rankedfourth in maple syrupproduction.Maples are also ranked

high in nursery stock, a$5 billion industry thatemploys 240,000 in Ohio.What makes the ALB

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vae stage is the destruc-tive phase, feeding on atree, the EAB larvae staysto ash, feeding off thephloem part of the tree.The phloem provides thetree with nutrition, mak-ing systemic insecticidesaffective in killing EABand thus saving the tree.ALB larvae is different.The ALB larvae bur-

rows deep into the tree,much further than thephloem, feeding off thexylem, the wood portionthat we use to makehomes and furniture. This

feeding makes systemicinsecticides ineffective.For all its destruction,

the ALB does not kill atree quickly either, sorather than looking for athinning canopy to deter-mine a new infestationand that a tree is in trou-ble, the pros look to bro-ken branches that revealsall the channels made inthe xylem by the ALB lar-vae.While being proactive

by keeping an eye out forthe ALB, city leaders havetheir eye on the removalof some 180 trees in thearea that have been af-fected by the EAB thatwas first discovered inPiqua at a rest-stop alongI-75 back in 2006.Fortunately, and unfor-

tunately, the 180 treesarea a small loss in com-parison to the city of Troythat will need to removesome 1,200 ash trees af-fected by the EAB.For the complete video

on the ALB presented bythe OSU extension officevisit www.clermontcoun-tyohio.gov

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COLUMBUS (AP) V—ice President Joe Bidentook in some local fare ashe stopped at an indoorfarmer’s market during avisit to central Ohio.Biden noshed on locally

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240 Healthcare

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245 Manufacturing/Trade

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300 - Real Estate

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305 Apartment

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1 BEDROOMwith Garage

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TROY, 2 bedroomtownhomes, 1.5 baths,1 car garage, ca, w/d

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2 BEDROOM, 410 WestAsh, stove, refrigerator,no pets, $515,(937)418-8912

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

2 BEDROOM, appliances,garage, lawn care, newcarpet and new paint.$575 plus deposit.(937)492-5271

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

305 Apartment

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Only $4752 Bedroom 1.5 Bath

Now Available

Troy CrossingApartments

(937)313-2153

PIQUA, 1 bedroom,downstairs. Stove, refrig-erator, all utilities fur-nished. $520 or $130weekly. (937)276-5998 or(937)902-0491

PIQUA, 1 bedroom,upper, new carpet,utilities paid, 212 SouthMain, $465 month /depos-it. (937)657-8419

PIQUA, Large, 2 bed-room, 401 Boone St.,downstairs, stove, refrig-erator, heat included,$550, (937)418-8912

TROY, 535 Stonyridge, 2bedroom, stove, refrigera-tor, NO PETS. $450month, $450 deposit.(937)418-8912.

305 Apartment

PIQUA, upstairs apart-ment, downtown, large 1bedroom, all utilities paid.$500 mo. Metro.( 9 3 7 ) 4 8 9 - 6 4 3 6 ,(937)526-3971

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

$200 Deposit Special!

(937)673-1821

TROY, 2 bedroom,$535/month + deposit.W/D hookup, water/gar-bage paid, stove/ refrig-erator, off-street park-ing, energy saver, cen-tral air (937)418-2281

310 Commercial/Industrial

BODY SHOP at 817 Gar-bry Road, Piqua.Available February 1st,$500 per month Call(937)417-7111 or(937)448-2974

320 Houses for Rent

117 Gordon, 2-3 Bed-room. Fenced yard, base-ment, A/C, W/D hook up,appliances. $585(937)773-6216.

2 BEDROOMS, half dou-ble, $300/ month plus de-posit, Metro approved.(937)778-0159

COVINGTON RURAL,8893 Covington-Gettys-burg. 3 bedroom, 1 bath,1 1/2 story. Metro ok,$600 (937)570-7099

PIQUA, 1701 South St., 3Bedroom, 1 bath, centralair, dishwasher, 2 car gar-age, $675, (937)418-8912

PIQUA, 2 bedroom. Nopets. $500 rent/deposit(937)339-7978.

PIQUA, 4 Bedroom, 410S Main Street, no pets,stove, refrigerator, 2 cargarage, $625(937)418-8912

PIQUA, 520 Miami Street,small 2 bedroom, 1 cargarage, central air, $550,(937)418-8912.

PIQUA, 923 Falmouth, 3bedroom, 1 Car garage,stove refrigerator, no pets,$625, (937)418-8912

320 Houses for Rent

TROY, 2507 Inverness,$700 a month. 2474Thornhill, $710 a month.1221 Skylark, $725 amonth. Plus one monthdeposit, no metro.(937) 239-1864 Visit mi-amicountyproperties.com

325 Mobile Homes for Rent

NEAR BRADFORD incountry 2 bedroom trailer,washer/dryer hookup.$375. (937)417-7111,(937)448-2974

335 Rooms for Rent

ROOM FOR RENT, largenice house with owner, allutilities furnished. $350month (937)418-1575

400 - Real Estate

For Sale

425 Houses for Sale

TROY, 2507 Inverness.$82,900. 2474 Thornhill,$83,900. 1221 Skylark,$84,900. Will finance, willcoop. (937) 239-1864Visit miamicountyproper-ties.com

TROY, 2555 Worthington,3 bedroom, 2 bath, greatroom, appliances, 1646sq ft. $164,000, financingavailable, also will rent$1,300 per month,(937)239-0320, or(937)239-1864, www.mi-amicountyproperties.com

500 - Merchandise

510 Appliances

APPLIANCES, I havewhat you need! Refrigera-tor, stove, washer & dryerAlmond color, serious in-quires only, call(937)497-0061

REFRIGERATOR, Frigi-daire, Black 2007 model.18.5 cubic and electricglass top stove. Bothclean, like new, hardlyused. $325 for each or$600 for the pair. Troy,Ohio. (937)216-9307.

530 Events

FISHING Antique FishingLure & Tackle Clinic in-cludes FREE identifica-tions, evaluations & ap-praisals. Jan.17-22 8640N. Dixie Dr. 45414 Day-ton,OH 937-475-7997

545 Firewood/Fuel

FIREWOOD, $125 a cordpick up, $150 a cord deliv-ered, $175 a cord deliv-ered and stacked(937)308-6334 or(937)719-3237

SEASONED FIREWOOD$170 per cord. Stackingextra, $135 you pick up.Taylor Tree Serviceavailable (937)753-1047

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560 Home Furnishings

FURNITURE 3 piece,matching, couch, loveseatand wingchair. Beige,silky finish upholstery.Sparingly used. No chil-dren, not laid on. Excel-lent condition. $550.(937)492-7464

LIFT CHAIR $400 OBO.Golden Technologies Re-gal Signature Series Mod-el PR-751 lift chair in Ex-cellent Condition. Pur-chased in March, 2011used very little. Features3 pillow waterfall backwith dual open arm con-struction, foldable tray,storage compartmentsand full luxury chaise pad.Set of 3 brown cherrymatching end tables witha coffee table in verygood condition. Will sellset for $100 for all or $30each. Hide a bed sofa$40. (937)638-1164.

565 Horses/Tack & Equipment

SLEIGH, 1 horse, $200,(937)216-0860.

570 Lawn and Garden

LAWN TRACTOR, Sears,snow blade, cab, chains,weights, 42" mowingdeck, $1400.(937)368-2220

577 Miscellaneous

CRIB COMPLETE, cra-dle, changing table, Pack-N-Play, basinet, Porta-Crib, saucer, walker, carseat,high chair, blankets,clothes, gate, tub goodcondition (937)339-4233

METAL. Wanting any-thing that contains metal.Will haul away for FREE.Call (937)451-1566 or(937)214-0861.

577 Miscellaneous

DUMP BED, 8-ft. EasyDump, $500. Metal stand-ing seam roofing tools, 4piece set, $225. Neonopen sign, $50.(937)214-8853

KIMBALL ORGAN, Para-dise model with all extras,good condition, $150,Computer Hutch, likenew, $125,(937)492-5655

TOWNECRAFT COOK-WARE (12 piece), neverused, plus electric skillet.$650 OBO. CRAFTMAT-IC BED, full size bed di-vides into 2 twin beds.Controls to raise/ lowerhead/ foot and massagealso. $600 OBO. Call(937)552-7811.

TREADMILL, Pro-formCrosswalk 390. Only usedfour times! Purchased atSears $750 will sell for$300 OBO.(937)492-1091

WALKER folds adjustswith or without wheels,tub/shower benches,commode chair, toilet ris-er, grabbers, canes wood-en and four footed, goodcondition (937)339-4233

583 Pets and Supplies

CAT yellow male. under 1year. Sweet and mellow.Former stray, now neu-tered. Needs indoor forev-er home. $10 donation tohumane society.(937)492-7478

CHAWEENIE, longhaired, red, 8 months old,spayed, all shots, house-broken, $300.(937)773-3489.

600 - Services

615 Business Services

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2247317

620 Childcare

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

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

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

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

2464 Peters Road, Troy, Ohio 45373

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625 Construction

Amish CrewPole Barns-Erected Prices:•30x40x12 with 2 doors, $9,900•40x64x14 with 2 doors, $16,000

ANY SIZE AVAILABLE!Any type of Construction:Roofing, remodeling, siding,

add-ons, interior remodeling andcabintets, re-do old barns,

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625 Construction

AMISH CREWWill do roofing, siding,windows, doors, drywalling, painting,

porches, decks, newhomes, garages,room additions.

30 Years experienceAmos Schwartz

(260)273-6223(937)232-7816

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630 Entertainment

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635 Farm Services

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640 Financial

BankruptcyAttorneyEmily Greer

937-620-4579• Specializing in Chapter 7

• Affordable rates• Free Initial Consultation

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645 Hauling

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COOPER’SGRAVELGravel Hauled,Laid & LeveledDriveways &Parking Lots

875-0153698-6135

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655 Home Repair & Remodel

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REQUEST FOR QUOTEFOR WATER TREATMENT PLANT IMPROVEMENTS

The Village of Fletcher is seeking a Qualified Firm to pro-vide General Contracting Services for the Iron Filter Im-provement Project at the Water Treatment Plant.

PROPOSED PROJECT

The proposed project consists of removal of Four 48” Di-ameter Filter Cells and associated piping/valves and re-placement with Four new 48” Diameter Pressure Filters.New pressure filters shall include tanks, associated pip-ing/valves and AOP Media with proper installation. Workand materials supplied under this contract shall includethe following:

EPA Permissible Drawings of the New Filtration SystemProper Disbandment/Removal of the existing FiltrationSystemProvide (4) New 48” Diameter Pressure Filters (dualcelled filters, not allowed)Installation of New Pressure Filters with schedule 80 PVCprocess piping and necessary operation valves andgauges (in accordance with Ohio EPA)Provide and install AOP Media MaterialDisinfection, Testing and Start up for Each Filter AfterWork is Completed

STATEMENT OF QUALIFICATIONS

The Village is seeking quotes from QUALIFIED FIRMS.A Statement of Qualifications is required to accompanythe Quote. The statement of qualifications must include:

A list of at least 5 similar AOP Media Installations.A list of 10 References for Municipal Water TreatmentEquipment Improvements/Installations.Qualifications/Experience of Key Employees ResponsibleFor the Project.

All Statement of Qualification requirements must be metor the submittal will be disqualified as being non-respon-sive. An officer of the firm empowered to bind the firm ina contract shall sign the Statement of Qualification andany written responses to the village.

Three (3) copies of your firm’s Quote along with the State-ment of Qualifications must be received by 2:00 PM onFriday January 27, 2012. Late submissions will not be ac-cepted. Please submit your firm’s Quote and the State-ment of Qualifications to:

Village of FletcherAttn: Joe Sampson71 North Walnut StreetFletcher, Ohio 45326

All questions regarding this Request For Quote (RFQ)should be addressed to Joe Sampson, Water Superin-tendent at (937) 606-0334.

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PROBATE COURT OFMIAMI COUNTY, OHIOW. McGREGOR DIXON,JR., JUDGEIN RE:CHANGE OF NAMEOF ASHLEY SHANNON-MARIE STOCK TO ASH-LEY SHANNON-MARIEMILLERCASE NO. 85155NOTICE OF HEARING ONCHANGE OF NAMEApplicant hereby gives no-tice to all interested per-sons that the applicant hasfiled an Application forChange of Name in theProbate Court of MiamiCounty, Ohio requesting thechange of name of AshleyShannon-Marie Stock toAshley Shannon-MarieMiller.The hearing on the applica-tion will be held on the 13thday of February, 2012 at1:00 o’clock P.M. in the Pro-bate Court of Miami County,located at 201 West MainStreet, Troy, Ohio 45373.Ashley Shannon-MarieStock370 Washington RoadTroy, Ohio 4537301/13/20122247535

Legal Notice

Washington TownshipTrustees of ShelbyCounty, Ohio and the Sid-neyWater Solutions havescheduled a Public Meet-ing to be held on Tuesday,January 24, 2012 at 7:00p.m. at Houston HighSchool in regards to anupdate of the plans topipe water fromWashing-ton Township, ShelbyCounty to City of Sidney.

Glenda J. StangelClerk

1/13/20122250112

583 Pets and Supplies

KITTENS, two, free togood indoor homes, ap-proximately 8 weeks old,2 twin girls, litter trained.(937)214-3231

592 Wanted to Buy

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

800 - Transportation

805 Auto

1997 CADILLAC DeVilleConsours, white withcaramel leather seats, au-tomatic, A/C, power steer-ing, power windows andlocks, dual air bags,90,000 miles, good condi-tion. $4000. Call(937)773-1550

2005 CHEVY Silverado1500 4 wheel drive ex-tended cab pick up. Ex-cellent condition. $10,500OBO (937)778-0802

2008 FORD EXPLORERXLT, 4 wheel drive. Leath-er, back-up system. Slightdamage to right sidedoors. Exceptional me-chanical condition.120,000 highway miles.$12,500. (937)726-3333

830 Boats/Motor/Equipment

CANOES, 17' Grummond,$400. 14' Rouge River,$200, (937)216-0860.

850 Motorcycles/Mopeds

2008 TOMOS Moped,2900 miles, black, boredto 70cc, bi- turbo exhaust,runs great, helmet & hel-met case, $800,(937)726-2310

880 SUV’s

2006 TOYOTA Highland-er Hybrid limited, black, alloptions, (419)236-1477,(419)629-2697

890 Trucks

1997 CHEVY S10, 78,000miles, runs & looks great,Tanneau cover, $4600,(937)489-9921

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SHERIFF’S SALEMIAMI COUNTY COMMON PLEAS

Case No.: 11-500The Huntington National Bankvs.Kenneth R.Waldon, et alPursuant to the command of an Order of Sale in theabove name cause to me directed by the Court ofCommon Pleas of Miami County, Ohio, I will offer atPublic Sale in the lobby of the Sheriff on February 1,2012 at 10:00 o’clock in the a.m. the following de-scribed premises, to-wit:Situated in the City of Piqua, County of Miami, andState of OhioParcel Number: N44-006020Also known as: 925 Broadway Street, Piqua, Ohio45356A full legal description may be obtained in the Office ofthe Recorder of Miami County, Ohio.Appraised at Fifty Seven Thousand and 00/100($57,000.00) Dollars and cannot be sold for less thantwo-thirds of the appraisement.TERMS OF SALE: 10% of appraised value down timeof sale and .5% of appraised value for conveyance andrecording, balance within 30 days of confirmation.David W.Cliffe, Attorney12/30/2011, 1/6, 1/13-2012

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Case No.: 11-678Green Tree Servicing, LLCvs.Greta A. Silvers, et alPursuant to the command of an Order of Sale in theabove name cause to me directed by the Court of Com-mon Pleas of Miami County, Ohio, I will offer at PublicSale in the lobby of the Sheriff on February 1, 2012 at10:00 o’clock in the a.m. the following described prem-ises, to-wit:Situated in the City of Piqua, County of Miami, and Stateof OhioParcel Number: N44-055300Prior Deed Reference: Survivorship Deed, Book 782,page 554, filed March 21, 2007Also known as: 919 Robinson Avenue, Piqua, Ohio45356A full legal description may be obtained in the Office ofthe Recorder of Miami County, Ohio.Appraised at Sixty Thousand and 00/100 ($60,000.00)Dollars and cannot be sold for less than two-thirds of theappraisement.TERMS OF SALE: 10% of appraised value down time ofsale and .5% of appraised value for conveyance andrecording, balance within 30 days of confirmation.Robert R. Hoose, Attorney12/30/2011, 1/6, 1/13-2012

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Case No.: 11-698Bank of America, NA, Successor by Merger with BACHome Loans Servicing, LP fka Countrywide Home LoansServicing, LPvs.Sarah M. Frazier, et alPursuant to the command of an Order of Sale in theabove name cause to me directed by the Court of Com-mon Pleas of Miami County, Ohio, I will offer at PublicSale in the lobby of the Sheriff on February 1, 2012 at10:00 o’clock in the a.m. the following described prem-ises, to-wit:Situated in the Village of Covington, County of Miami, andState of OhioParcel Number: H19-001590Also known as: 175 North Pearl Street, Covington, Ohio45318A full legal description may be obtained in the Office ofthe Recorder of Miami County, Ohio.Appraised at Sixty Six Thousand and 00/100($66,000.00) Dollars and cannot be sold for less than two-thirds of the appraisement.TERMS OF SALE: 10% of appraised value down time ofsale and .5% of appraised value for conveyance andrecording, balance within 30 days of confirmation.George J. Annos, Attorney12/30/2011, 1/6, 1/13-2012

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Case No.: 11-318BAC Home Loans Servicing, LP fka Countrywide HomeLoans Servicing, LPvs.Jeffrey S. Creager, et alPursuant to the command of an Order of Sale in theabove name cause to me directed by the Court of Com-mon Pleas of Miami County, Ohio, I will offer at PublicSale in the lobby of the Sheriff on February 1, 2012 at10:00 o’clock in the a.m. the following described prem-ises, to-wit:Situated in the City of Piqua, County of Miami, and Stateof OhioParcel Number: N44-067830Prior Deed Reference: Deed 756, page 722Also known as: 594 South Sunset Drive, Piqua, Ohio45356A full legal description may be obtained in the Office ofthe Recorder of Miami County, Ohio.Appraised at Ninety Three Thousand and 00/100($93,000.00) Dollars and cannot be sold for less than two-thirds of the appraisement.TERMS OF SALE: 10% of appraised value down time ofsale and .5% of appraised value for conveyance andrecording, balance within 30 days of confirmation.Lorelei C. Bolohan, Attorney12/30/2011, 1/6, 1/13-2012

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Case No.: 11-725Bank of America, N.A., Successor by merger to BACHome Loans Servicing, LPvs.Joseph M. Nuckles, et alPursuant to the command of an Order of Sale in the abovename cause to me directed by the Court of CommonPleas of Miami County, Ohio, I will offer at Public Sale inthe lobby of the Sheriff on February 1, 2012 at 10:00o’clock in the a.m. the following described premises, to-wit:Situated in the City of Piqua, County of Miami, and Stateof OhioParcel Number: N44-038890Prior Deed Reference:GeneralWarranty Deed, Book 766,page 584, filed November 2, 2005Also known as: 810 Blaine Avenue, Piqua, Ohio 45356A full legal description may be obtained in the Office ofthe Recorder of Miami County, Ohio.Appraised at Fifty Seven Thousand and 00/100($57,000.00Dollars and cannot be sold for less than two-thirds of the appraisement.TERMS OF SALE: 10% of appraised value down time ofsale and .5% of appraised value for conveyance andrecording, balance within 30 days of confirmation.Robert R. Hoose, Attorney12/30/2011, 1/6, 1/13-2012

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Case No.: 09-911U.S. Bank, National Association, as Successor Trustee toBank of America, National Association, as Successor bymerger to LaSalle Bank, N.A. as Trustee for the MLMI TrustSeries 2006-HE6vs.Thomas Usserman, et alPursuant to the command of an Order of Sale in the abovename cause to me directed by the Court of Common Pleasof Miami County, Ohio, I will offer at Public Sale in the lobbyof the Sheriff on February 1, 2012 at 10:00 o’clock in thea.m. the following described premises, to-wit:Situated in the City of Piqua, County of Miami, and Stateof OhioParcel Number: N44-032880Prior Deed Reference: Volume No. 770, page 712Also known as: 409 Blaine Avenue, Piqua, Ohio 45356A full legal description may be obtained in the Office of theRecorder of Miami County, Ohio.Appraised at Fifty Four Thousand and 00/100 ($54,000.00)Dollars and cannot be sold for less than two-thirds of theappraisement.TERMS OF SALE: 10% of appraised value down time ofsale and .5% of appraised value for conveyance andrecording, balance within 30 days of confirmation.Tina R. Edmondson, Attorney12/30/2011, 1/6, 1/13-2012

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Case No.: 10-130Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee forMorgan Stanley ABS Capital I Inc.Trust 2004-HE1, Mort-gage Pass Through Certificates, Series 2004-HE1vs.Robert E. Cooper, et alPursuant to the command of an Order of Sale in theabove name cause to me directed by the Court of Com-mon Pleas of Miami County, Ohio, I will offer at PublicSale in the lobby of the Sheriff on February 8, 2012 at10:00 o’clock in the a.m. the following described prem-ises, to-wit:Situated in the City of Piqua, County of Miami, and Stateof OhioParcel Number: N44-073348Prior Deed Reference: Deed Book 668, page 704Also known as: 1808 Park Avenue, Piqua, Ohio 45356A full legal description may be obtained in the Office ofthe Recorder of Miami County, Ohio.Appraised at One Hundred Fifty Thousand and 00/100($150,000.00) Dollars and cannot be sold for less thantwo-thirds of the appraisement.TERMS OF SALE: 10% of appraised value down time ofsale and .5% of appraised value for conveyance andrecording, balance within 30 days of confirmation.Tina R. Edmondson, Attorney1/6, 1/13, 1/20-2012

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Case No.: 10-207Chase Home Finance, LLCvs.William R.Valentine, et alPursuant to the command of an Order of Sale in theabove name cause to me directed by the Court ofCommon Pleas of Miami County, Ohio, I will offer atPublic Sale in the lobby of the Sheriff on February 8,2012 at 10:00 o’clock in the a.m. the following de-scribed premises, to-wit:Situated in the City of Piqua, County of Miami, andState of OhioParcel Number: N44-078151Prior Deed Reference: Instrument No. 0474232 Vol.787 page 291Also known as: 2120 Navajo Trail, Piqua, Ohio 45356A full legal description may be obtained in the Officeof the Recorder of Miami County, Ohio.Appraised at One Hundred Eleven Thousand and00/100 ($111,000.00) Dollars and cannot be sold forless than two-thirds of the appraisement.TERMS OF SALE: 10% of appraised value down timeof sale and .5% of appraised value for conveyanceand recording, balance within 30 days of confirmation.Lorelei C. Bolohan, Attorney1/6, 1/13, 1/20-2012

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Case No.: 11-222U.S. Bank, National Association, as Trustee for Mort-gage Pass Through Certificates, Series 2007-1vs.Benjamin D. Davis, et alPursuant to the command of an Order of Sale in theabove name cause to me directed by the Court ofCommon Pleas of Miami County, Ohio, I will offer atPublic Sale in the lobby of the Sheriff on February 8,2012 at 10:00 o’clock in the a.m. the following de-scribed premises, to-wit:Situated in the City of Piqua, County of Miami, andState of OhioParcel Number: N44-033140Prior Deed Reference: Volume 716, page 561Also known as: 519Wilson Avenue, Piqua, Ohio 45356A full legal description may be obtained in the Office ofthe Recorder of Miami County, Ohio.Appraised at Sixty Thousand and 00/100 ($60,000.00)Dollars and cannot be sold for less than two-thirds ofthe appraisement.TERMS OF SALE: 10% of appraised value down timeof sale and .5% of appraised value for conveyance andrecording, balance within 30 days of confirmation.Christopher J. Mantica, Attorney1/6, 1/13, 1/20-2012

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SPRINGBORO — ThePiqua girls basketballteam will host Beaver-creek Saturday afternoon.The Lady Indians found

the going tough Wednes-day night, losing 69-17 tounbeaten Springboro."There is a reason why

Springboro is rankednumber six in the state,”Piqua coach Rory Hokesaid. “They are long andathletic, and they do a lotof things exceptionallywell. “In addition to be being

very skilled and very wellcoached, they have eightseniors who have played alot of basketball together. “They have a legitimate

shot to make a run for theD1 state title.”The Panthers defense

created problems forPiqua.“Defensively, they force

you to do a lot of thingsyou don't want to do,”Hoke said. “We had a diffi-cult time getting into of-fensive sets because theydo such a good job of get-ting into the passing lanesand forcing you away fromthe basket. “They are so disciplined

in rotating to helpsidethat they make it difficultto drive and are in posi-tion to take away back-door cuts.”Hoke was pleased with

Piqua’s effort.“Despite the score, I

thought our kids still gavea pretty good effort mostof the game,” he said. “Inthe second half, the kidswere still diving on thefloor after loose balls andplaying hard.”The JV games starts at

11:30 a.m. Saturday, withthe varsity tip scheduledfor 1 p.m.

BOXSCOREPiqua (17)Mowery 1-0-3, Deal 0-0-0, Witten 0-0-0,

Yount 0-0-0, Allen 1-0-2, Hilleary 2-0-4,Potts 1-2-4, Clemons 0-0-0, Davis 0-0-0,Vogler 2-0-4. Totals: 7-2-17.Springboro (69)Trimarco 2-1-5, Walker 0-0-0, Glod-

kowski 3-0-8, Graber 4-0-11, Schubert 1-0-2, Schumaker 1-1-3, Wenz 1-1-3,Rosendale 1-0-2, Hunskaer 4-1-9, Walsh1-0-2, Price 1-0-2, Morrow 3-0-6, Muller 0-0-0, DeGraaf 8-0-16. Totals: 30-4-69.3-point field goals — Piqua: Mowery.

Springboro: Glodkowski (2), Graber (3).Score By QuartersPiqua 2 6 13 17Springboro 20 39 57 69Records: Piqua 3-8, Springboro 11-0.

ToughtestUnbeaten Panthershandle Piqua girls

Brian Olson controls Kevin McGraw in the decisive match Wednesday night.ANTHONY WEBER/OCM PHOTO

Downto wireBuccs edgeTroy to go 2-0BY JOSH BROWNOhio Community Media

CASSTOWN — Troycoach Doug Curnes knewit would come down to onematch.So did Covington’s

Brian Olson.Olson (182) caught

Troy’s Kevin McGraw in afive-point move early dur-ing the opening dual of aquad Wednesday night inthe old gymnasium atMiami East High School,and the two battled to astandstill the rest of theway with Olson scoringthe key 7-2 decision toearn three big points in a39-36 Covington victory.“We looked at all the

possible scenarios, and weknew Kevin’s match waskey,” Curnes said. “Every-thing else went prettymuch as expected, so we

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PBPA to meeton WednesdayThe Piqua Baseball Par-

ents Association will behaving a mandatory par-ents meeting on Jan. 18 inthe Piqua High School li-brary at 7 p.m. Parents of any boys that

will be playing eighthgrade or high school base-ball must attend.

PYBSA to holdsignups soonPiqua Youth Baseball

and Softball (PYBSA)2012 sign ups will be heldat the Miami Valley CentreMall on the following datesand times. (will be locatedout side of Sears store)Jan. 28: 11 a.m.-3 p.m.Jan. 29: 1 p.m.-4 p.m.Feb. 4: 11 a.m.-3 p.m.Feb. 5: 1 p.m.-4 p.m.If you have any ques-

tions you can email AndyHall at [email protected]

CINCINNATI (AP) —Spending his entire 19-year career with his home-town team makes electionto the Hall of Fame evenmore special for BarryLarkin.Speaking Wednesday at

Great American Ball Park,his home field for the lasttwo years of his career,Larkin recalled almostleaving the Reds for theNew York Mets in 2000.But the proposed trade fellthrough.Larkin considered play-

ing for St. Louis and Wash-ington in 2005 but couldn'tleave."I didn't feel like I could

give my heart and soul toanother organization,"Larkin said.Members of the Reds'

organization, former play-ers and politicians were onhand to welcome the fran-chise's newest Hall ofFamer. Cincinnati MayorMark Mallory presentedLarkin with a copy of reso-lution congratulating himthat was approvedWednesday by the citycouncil. Hamilton CountyCommissioner Greg Hart-mann added praise."At a time when role

models are few and far be-tween, Barry Larkinstepped up for 19 years"Hartmann said.Sharing the stage with

Larkin was — Larkin's wifeLisa, parents Shirley andRobert and two of histhree brothers, Stephenand Byron.

Reds welcomeLarkin home

Miami East’s Tori Nuss shoots between Shelby Kihm (44) and Hannah Pond Thursday night.MIKE ULLERY/CALL PHOTOS

Shelby Kihm shoots over Leah Dunivan Thursday.

Lady Vikingguards shine

BY JOSH BROWNOhio Community Media

C A S S T O W N —Miami East gets creditfor a lot of things — forits defense, its play inthe post … for just beingbig and tall.One thing that gets

overlooked often, though,is the Vikings’ guards’play around the perime-ter.

Ashley and Trina Cur-rent outscored Coving-ton on their own bycombining for 28 points,seeing nothing but crispentry passes both inhalf-court sets and onthe fast break comingfrom the guards in a 57-23 Cross County Confer-ence victory Thursdaynight at home.

East stays ‘Current’in win over Covington

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BY MARK PODOLSKIWilloughby Herald

The closest the Brownshave ever come to draftinga running back as high asthe spot they will be draft-ing — No. 4 overall — in afew months was 1962.Ernie Davis, coming off

winning the Heisman Tro-phy for Syracuse in 1961,was a can't-miss prospecttaken No. 1 overall by theRedskins.Browns owner Art Mod-

ell, looking to pair Daviswith Jim Brown to makewhat could have been ar-guably the greatest run-ning-back tandem in thehistory of the NFL, tradedfor Davis.The dream backfield

never materialized, astragedy struck. Davis, abeloved American sportsicon as the first African-American to win the Heis-man, succumbed toleukemia at age 23 beforeever playing for theBrowns."He touched my life

very deeply," Modell toldThe News-Herald in 2007.Since then, the Browns

have had their chances tograb a running back highin the draft, but haven'tpulled the trigger as highas No. 4 because they'vedrafted at that spot once— in 1962 when the teampicked receiver GaryCollins.Jim Brown was picked

No. 6 overall in 1957, butthat was the highest for arunning back. Thatworked out quite well forthe Browns.The possibility is at

least there, if the Brownsfeel as though they need afranchise running back.It's a safe bet Alabama's

mega-talented runningback Trent Richardsonwill be there for the takingat No. 4 overall. The juniorhasn't declared for the

draft, but all signs point tohim leaving. Underclass-men have until Sunday todeclare.Whether or not

Richardson is on theBrowns' radar is a toss-upright now.Things will clear up

soon, as a decision to re-sign free agent and 2011headache (at least from apublic relations stand-point) Peyton Hillisshould be made by March,when the NFL free-agencyperiod begins.If Hillis signs with an-

other team, a huge holepresents itself at runningback. That only adds tothe mystery that is theBrowns' offense for the2012 season.Minus Hillis, the fran-

chise in the third year ofthe Mike Holmgrenregime will have hugequestions at running back,quarterback and wide re-ceiver.Can all three be ad-

dressed in the April draft?Of course. Can threestarters be found in draft?It's possible, but unlikely.One thing is for sure:Richardson would solvethe problem at runningback immediately if Hillisis with another team in2012.Let's break down the

reasons why:— Richardson would be

a three-down back.— At 5-foot-11, 224

pounds, Richardson hasthe size and the speedwith a 40 time reportedlyat 4.4 seconds.— Richardson can catch

ball. He had 68 catchesthe last three seasons.The argument against

picking Richardson No. 4overall is the pass-happyera we see in the NFLtoday. It's obvious teamson draft day don't valuerunning backs like theyonce did.

The Browns should se-riously think about de-bunking that trend anddraft Richardson, whopasses the eye test to eventhe casual football fan.For comparison sake,

since 1965 seven runningbacks have been taken No.4 overall in the draft: Dar-ren McFadden (Raiders,2008), Cedric Benson(Bears, 2005), EdgerrinJames (Colts, 1999), BrentFullwood (Packers, 1987),Joe Washington (1976,Chargers), Walter Payton(1975, Bears) and GaleSayers (1965, Bears).During that time, seven

were taken No. 1 overall,including the likes of BoJackson, O.J. Simpson,Earl Campbell and one ofthe biggest No. 1 overallbusts of all time in Ki-Jana Carter, taken by theBengals first in 1995.Injuries, always a con-

cern with running backs,derailed his career, notnecessarily his perform-ance.The lesson learned here

is for every Payton andSayers drafted, there's aFullwood taken to remindus nothing is a sure thing,even if Browns' generalmanager said in he andteam president MikeHolmgren's state-of-the-team news conference itwill be "Hard to screw upthat pick." That pick beingNo. 4 overall.If you rolled your eyes

after that subtle commentby Heckert, you had everyreason, and we all knowwhy.The evidence is there to

look up. Sure thingsturned into busts.Should he stay healthy,

Richardson looks like asure thing.If Hillis walks in free

agency, Richardson is aperfect back for the rigorsof the tough AFC North.Make the pick.

Is Richardson onBrowns radar?Would be good fit if Hillis leaves

Trent Richardson would be a good choice for the Cleveland Browns.AP PHOTO

FOXBOROUGH, Mass.(AP) — Tom Brady is onhis usual late-season roll.He'd just like to stop hisrecent playoff slide.The quarterback with

tunnel vision, focusing onthe next practice and thenext game, is on an eight-game winning streak.That may be a better signof how his next one will gothan his three-game post-season losing streak.A win on Saturday

night would send Bradyand the New England Pa-triots to the AFC champi-onship game and end theTebowmania season of theDenver Broncos.Preparing for the up-

coming game is all Bradycares about."I haven't thought

about anything about lastyear or last week," he saidbefore practice this week."I'm trying to think abouttoday."Before last week's bye,

the Patriots (13-3) scored49 straight points andbeat the Buffalo Bills 49-21. During the winningstreak, Brady has thrownfor 19 touchdowns andjust two interceptions. Anacknowledged plodder,he's even run for threetouchdowns in his lastthree games.In the last four regular-

season games over his 10seasons as a starter, he is34-6.Brady's success has

made an impression onTebow.He can learn, Tebow

said, from "being able towatch a quarterback likethat — how he handleshimself, the emotion thathe plays with but at thesame time the calmnessthat he plays with, the ac-curacy, the leadership, theway he motivates his play-ers, the way he gets in andout of great plays, the wayhe's able to handle any sit-uation."Except, lately, the play-

offs.Brady won his first 10

postseason games andthree Super Bowls. Hewas 14-2 before having adrastic reversal with threeconsecutive losses — 17-14 to the NewYork Giantsin the Super Bowl of the2007 season, 33-14 to theBaltimore Ravens twoyears ago and 28-21 to theNew York Jets last year.Those last two were athome.How long did it take for

him to get over the loss tothe Jets?"I don't know," Brady

said. "I don't remember."Other Patriots haven't

forgotten the post-season

slide."It sits in all of our

minds for the guys thathave been here and been apart of that," tackle MattLight said. "You work thatmuch, you put that muchtime into a season, youhave success to a degreeduring the regular seasonand then you go out andyou can't get it done in thepostseason. That's a diffi-cult thing to swallow."The Broncos (9-8) want

to make that eventougher.They lost their last

three regular-seasongames but still made theplayoffs as champions ofthe weak AFCWest.Then they beat Pitts-

burgh 29-23 on an 80-yardpass play from Tebow toDemaryius Thomas on thefirst play of overtime lastSunday. But Steelersquarterback Ben Roeth-sliberger was limited by abad ankle and runningback Rashard Mendenhallwas sidelined with a kneeinjury.The Patriots figure to

pose a much tougher chal-lenge. That's why they'retwo-touchdown favorites.The Broncos, on their

home field, already havelost to them this season.Denver rushed for 167yards in the first quarter,led 16-7, but committedthree turnovers in the sec-ond and lost 41-23 on Dec.18."We made mistakes.

They exposed those mis-takes. Obviously, our tack-ling in space needs to bebetter," Broncos defensivecoordinator Dennis Allensaid. "Obviously, we've gotto get more pressure onTom Brady somehow,someway, and affect himmore.

“I think we hit him acouple of times in thepocket, sacked him twice,but we didn't really affecthim enough in the pocket,and we've got to find waysto do that."That's where lineback-

ers Von Miller and ElvisDumervil come in."Those guys are fast

and explosive," Patriotscoach Bill Belichick said."They can go inside, out-side, power rush, occasion-ally drop into coverage,make a lot of plays frombehind. They're strong atthe point of attack.They're very good, verygood."Against the Steelers,

rookie Miller got only hissecond sack in the fivegames he's played with acast to protect a torn liga-ment on his right thumb.He had 11 1/2 in the regu-

lar season and said histhumb is feeling better.But before he can tackle

Brady, he has to get to thequarterback."He stays pretty shal-

low in the pocket," Millersaid. "You've just got to beable to beat your guyquickly."In the regular season,

the Broncos did a decentjob on stars Wes Welkerand Rob Gronkowski, lim-iting each to four catches.But tight end Aaron Her-nandez stepped up withnine receptions for 129yards and a touchdown."They've got a lot of

weapons," Dumervil said."We also feel confidentwith our guys. We've justgot to play sound, playsmart and, I think, noblown assignments.Everybody does their joband executes, and it willgive us a good chance."Safety Quinton Carter

said the Broncos mademany mistakes on theirpass coverage assign-ments."There were a lot of big

catches and guys wideopen with nobody defend-ing them," he said.Belichick hasn't seen a

tight-end combinationwith such receiving skillsvery often in his 37 NFLseasons."I see it every day in

practice," he said.Now its Denver's turn

to face that formidablepair a month after its firstencounter."They've got tough

matchups They're allgreat players," Broncoscoach John Fox said."Tom's as good as anybodyat finding those matchupsand it will come down tothat again this time, I'msure."Brady didn't do enough

of that in his last two play-off games.Two years ago against

the Ravens, Brady threwfor 154 yards, two touch-downs and three intercep-tions and was sackedthree times.Last year, the Jets

sacked him five times, hethrew an interception onhis first series and henever got the lead backafter New York wentahead 7-3 five minutesinto the second quarter.Light isn't sure how

much those two losseshurt the quarterbackwhose blind side he's pro-tected since 2001."I haven't talked with

him about it, but he does-n't typically take losingtoo well," Light said witha grin. "I've noticed thatover the years."

Brady, Patriotslook to end slideReady to end Tebowmania

IRVING, Texas (AP) —The Dallas Cowboys hiredBill Callahan as their newoffensive line coach Thurs-day and added a surprisetwist, listing him as offen-sive coordinator.Jason Garrett came to

Dallas as offensive coordi-nator in 2007 and held onto that position after hebecame head coach mid-way through the 2010 sea-son. There was noindication of how Calla-han having that titlewould change, if any, Gar-rett calling plays or othercoordinator duties.Dallas also hired

Jerome Henderson as itsnew secondary coach.Callahan replaces retir-

ing offensive line coachHudson Houck, who spent13 of his 29 NFL seasons

with Dallas. Secondarycoach Dave Campo spent18 seasons with the Cow-boys, three as head coach.The contracts of bothcoaches expired at the endof the season.The 69-year-old Houck

had two stints with theCowboys, first from 1993-2001 when he was part oftwo Super Bowl champi-onships. He returned toDallas in 2008, along withCampo.Campo was part of

Jimmy Johnson's originalstaff in Dallas, where hewas first an assistant from1989-99 before going 15-33 as head coach from2000-02. He then was anassistant in Cleveland(2003-04) and Jack-sonville (2005-07).Callahan spent the past

four seasons as offensiveline coach for the NewYork Jets. He was previ-ously head coach and of-fensive coordinator for theOakland Raiders.Callahan spent four

seasons as the Universityof Nebraska's head coach.Henderson is reunited

with defensive coordinatorRob Ryan, his boss inCleveland in 2009-10.Henderson was defensivebacks coach for theBrowns for the past fiveseasons.Henderson played eight

seasons as a defensiveback with New England(1991-93, 1996), Buffalo(1993-94), Philadelphia(1995) and the Jets (1997-98). He played in 98 regu-lar-season games and twoSuper Bowls.

Cowboys make severalcoaching changesHenderson leaves Browns for Dallas

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The Covington juniorhigh wrestling team tookits lumps on Wednesdayin a quad meet at PiquaJunior High School, strug-gling to find the aggres-sion that previously led tostrong showings at theBulldog and the Tipp CityDuals.

Covington opened theevening with a head-to-head dual against Piquaand managed just threewins against the host In-

dians, losing 56-21.Granted, the Buccs

bumped up severalwrestlers to higher weightclasses to find adequatecompetition for those indi-vidual wrestlers, but giv-ing up weight isn't anexcuse for the lack of com-petitive desire.

"The loss against Piquais on me because Ibumped our better kids up(in weight) so they had thebest possible competition,"

said Covington coachMike Stephen. "If we leftthose kids in their weightclasses, could we havedone better againstPiqua? Probably, but wewouldn't have improvedas wrestlers. Still, I wouldhave liked to have seenmore desire from thekids."

Capturing wins overthe Indians were BrandonMagee (160), Deron

See JH/Page 16

Buccs JH wrestlers findgoing tough at PiquaCovington splits matches with bigger schools

GREENVILLE — ThePiqua Youth Wrestlingteam competed in a meetat Greenville Sunday with22 wrestlers competingagainst Greenville, Sid-ney. Wapak, NationalTrails, Miami East, Cov-ington, and Versailles.

Piqua had three firstplacers and seven second-placers.

“Having a lot of time offrecently, almost half thewrestlers only lost onematch,” Piqua coach DanYoung said. “The hardpractices are beginning topay off.”

Sam Herndon, a sixthgrader, was 3-0 with threepins.

“Sam wrestled verywell,” Young said. “Hislongest match was 80 sec-onds. He dominated hisweight class.”

Isaac Bushnell went 3-0with a pin.

“Isaac was very focusedon Sunday,” Young said. “Some of the best wrestlinghe has done.”

Ethan "Tank" Snyderrebounded with two pinsand a decision.

“Tank was just a Tankout there,” Young said.“He is wrestling verywell.”

Ayden Young took sec-ond with two pins.

“Ayden was able to han-dle his weight class welltoday,” Young said. “He isgaining more confidence

as the season continues.”NicWright was 2-1 with

a pin.“Nic wrestled well,”

Young said.Zavier Penny was 2-1

with two pins.“Zavier is having a good

start to the season,” Youngsaid.

“Izahya Tipps was 2-1with a pin and is havinghis best year ever,” Youngsaid. “Kellan Andersonwas 2-1, He is a first yearwrestler has shown greatimprovement so far thisyear.

“Gabe Knapke went 2-1with a pin is showinggreat consistency withwhat he has been shownso far this year,” Youngsaid. “Collin Snyder 2-1 isstarting to wrestle like hewas last year. “

Placing third with 1-2

record was Jacob Bush-nell.

“Jacob had a pin andlost a close match,” Youngsaid. “Chandler Langstongot his first win of the sea-son. Shane Kerrigan hadone pin and ran across afew bigger boys.

“Shane gave up someweight, but held his own.Dylon Sever wrestled well,winning his match 3-2.

“Garrett Schrubb wonby pin. Brady Mikolajew-ski got his first win of theyear winning 12-7.”

Also placing for Piquaand wrestled well wereEthan Knapke, NicholasJess, Karl Garpiel, DevonSever, Draven Dysinger,and Max Kaye.

Piqua will return to ac-tion Sunday, wrestling atTri-County North at 1p.m.

Shane Kerrigan locks up with an opponent.PHOTO PROVIDED

Piqua youth wrestlersreturn from time offThree win titles at Greenville meet

Isaac Bushnell controls an opponent at the Greenville meet.PHOTO PROVIDED

Most of those pointscame on a 19-point first-half run that took thescore from a 6-6 tie to a25-6 lead for Miami East(11-1, 8-0CCC).

"I thought that firstquarter was a clinic onkeeping your head up, see-ing the whole floor andfinding seams," MiamiEast coach PrestonElifritzsaid. "(Point guard) Madi-son Linn has been playingbetter for us. She's beenreally aggressive. LindseyBrookhart came off thebench and had some phe-nomenal entry passes andTori Nuss came in andplayed some quality min-utes."

Abby Cash — more of agurad/forward for theVikings — led the teamwith six assists, Linn hadthree, Brookhart and Ash-ley Current had twoapiece and Nuss had oneas Miami East connectedfor 15 assists on its 20field goals in the game.

"The thing is, we have alot of size — but our sizeknows how to distributethe ball," Elifritz said."Abby played a greatgame. She only scored fourpoints, but she dished out12 more of our 53 points.It's very important thatwe have good passers."

"They're just a very niceteam," Covington coachChris Besecker said. "Pre-ston does a great job withthem. They execute well,and they run the floor

well. It's hard to keep upwith them and still haveenough energy to defendin the half court."

Shelby Kihm — who ledthe Buccaneers (6-4, 4-2CCC) with 13 points andeight rebounds — bene-fited from some nice entrypasses from Hannah Pondearly, scoring Covington'sfirst three baskets to keepthe score at 6-6 early.

"We played welltonight," Besecker said."We had some sillyturnovers early, but otherthan that we played well.We took good shots — wejust weren't getting themto fall after the first few."

But a Trina Currentputback gave the leadback to East for good andCash stole the ball andcashed in a layup on thebreak to force a Covingtontimeout. Linn then hitTrina Current for anothertransition layup, and Ash-ley Current kicked backout to Linn for a 3. Cashhit Ashley Current inside,and a pair of Ashley Cur-rent free throws made it19-6 after one.

A drive by JuliannaSimon (10 points) with5:30 left in the first halfended the run, but theVikings blew the lead upto 31-9 at the break andcoasted from there.

"We stayed aggressive,"Elifritz said. "A lot ofteams want to slow usdown a bit, but we wereable to put pressure on

them in transition. Ourdefensive effort early wasphenomenal. It really setthe tone for the game."

Trina Current finishedwith a game-high 15points and four rebounds,while Ashley Currentadded 13 points and sevenrebounds. Linn chipped ineight points, Angie Mackhit a pair of 3s for six,Nuss scored three and Re-neeDeFord scored two.

We were able to utilizeour bench a little morethan against Urbana. Itwas good to get those kidsto run with our bigs andhandle the ball with ourguards," Elifritz said."We've got to get ready fora goof Fort Loramie teamon Tuesday."

Caitlyn Crawfordscored two points and hadeight rebounds and Pondadded two points andthree assists for Coving-ton, which faces NationalTrail Saturday.

BOXSCORECovington (27)Heidi Snipes 0-0-0, Jessie Shilt 0-0-0,

Hannah Pond 1-0-2, Julianna Simon 4-1-10, Caitlyn Crawford 1-0-2, Shelby Kihm 5-3-13, Brittanie Flora 0-0-0, Rachel Carder0-0-0, Morgan McReynolds 0-0-0. Totals:11-4-27.Miami East (53)Sam Skidmore 0-0-0, Lindsey Brookhart

0-0-0, Tori Nuss 1-0-3, Renee DeFord 1-0-2, Emily Kindell 0-0-0, Angie Mack 2-0-6,Katelyn Gardella 0-0-0, Madison Linn 3-1-8, Ashley Current 5-3-13, Trina Current 6-3-15, Abby Cash 2-0-4, Leah Dunivan0-0-0. Totals: 20-7-53.3-point field goals — Covington:

Simon. Miami East: Nuss, Mack (2), Linn.Score By QuartersCovington 6 9 16 27Miami East 19 31 41 53Records: Covington 6-4 (4-2), Miami

East 11-1 (8-0).Reserve score: Miami East 49, Coving-

ton 15.

GuardsContinued from page 13

Covington’s Julianna Simon grabs a rebound against Ashley Current (32).MIKE ULLERY/CALL PHOTO

Lady Cavs rally forwin over FalconsBradford girls fall to Blackhawks

ST. PARIS — Lehmancame from 10 points downin the second half to pull

out a 41-35 victory overGraham in girls basket-ball action here Thursday.

The Lady Cavs go to 5-7with the win. Graham is4-5.

Lehman trailed 26-17at the half, but held Gra-

ham to just five points inthe third quarter and onlysix in the fourth to comefrom behind.

Lindsey Spearman ledthe way for Lehman with18 points and Julia Har-relson chipped in nine.Paxton Hatcher dishedout seven assists.

Taylor Dyke scored 17

for Graham.

Lady Roaders loseBRADFORD — The

Bradford girls basketballteam lost 57-45 to Mis-sissinawaValley Thursdaynight.

Brooke Dunlevy scored14 points andAlisha Pattyadded 11.

Extra innings to host baseball clinics

TROY — Extra Inningsin Troy is sponsoring twoone-day clinics with localbaseball standouts thathave played at the majorcollege level and in profes-sional baseball.

The first one is Hittingwith the Pro’s on Jan. 21.

This is one day minihitting clinic with yourvery own local standoutsthat have made the dreamhappen: Adam Eaton(Kenton Ridge — Miami

University, and now theArizona Diamondbacks),Jared Hoying (Fort Lo-ramie, Univesity of Toledo,and now the TexasRangers), and Chris Pe-ters (Tippecanoe, Univer-sity of Cincinnati, andnow the Toronto BlueJays).

The clinic will last ap-proximately 90 minuteswith a 30 minute auto-graph and “hanging” withthe pros session.

Ages 7-12 will go from1-3 p.m. and ages 13-18will be from 3:30-5:30 p.m.

Space is limited, so signup today.

� On Feb. 4, Pitchingwith the Pro’s will be held.

Players will have theopportunity to work withthree of the best pitchersto come out of our area.Craig Stammen (Ver-sailles, University of Day-ton, and the WashingtonNationals), Heath Murray(Troy, Michigan Univer-sity, and the DetroitTigers), and Jason Leaver(Springfield Shawnee, andthe University of Georgia).

This clinic has been ahuge success and sold outfor the past two years.The clinic will last approx-imately 90 minutes with a

30 minute autograph and“hanging” with the prossession.

Ages 7-12 will go from1-3 p.m., with ages 13-18going from 3:30-5:30 p.m.

Again, space is limitedso sign up today.

� The Russia RaiderBaseball team, along withExtra Innings — Troy, issponsoring a baseballcamp for ages 7-18 thatwill be held at RussiaHigh School on Feb. 5 and12 from 12:30 p.m.-4 p.m.

The camp is afundraiser for the team.

Participants in thiscamp will have the oppor-

tunity to work with someof the top baseball playersin the area that have goneon to play at the collegeand professional level.

Instructors for thiscamp will include CraigStammen (Versailles) oftheWashington Nationals,Jared Hoying (Ft. Lo-ramie) with the TexasRangers, Adam Eaton(Kenton Ridge) with theArizona Diamondbacks,Chris Peters (Tipp City)with the Toronto BlueJays, and Jason Leaver(Springfield Shawnee)from University of Geor-gia.

Participants will be ableto receive instruction inthe proper mechanics ofhitting, pitching, andcatching, along with goingthrough a series of drillwork that will better pre-pare them for their up-coming season.

This camp is limited toonly 80 participants.

Cost of the camp is $45,which will include a shirt.

For more information,or to receive a brochure,contact Russia varsitybaseball coach Rick Gold,at 937-335-1921 or byemail at [email protected]

Russia willhold camp

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knew it’d come down tothat one.“It’s hard to fight back

after you get behind 5-0early. He and that kid arepretty equal right now, sothat was the deciding fac-tor.”Covington went on to

defeat Tippecanoe 48-21to complete the sweep.The Red Devils knockedoff the host Miami EastVikings 53-21 to start thenight, and the Trojanswent on to edge theVikings 39-33 in the fi-nale.“It was a little hairy to

start the night,” Coving-ton coach Tom Barbeesaid. “We try to focus onteam and everyone doingtheir part.“It puts pressure on

everyone to go out there,get pins and not give uppoints.“Mistakes happen,

though. Troy came out towrestle, and they took itright to us.”Tyler Sparks (120),

Mason Perkins (126) andRyan Simon (132) scoredthree straight pins, andwith a forfeit at 113 takeninto consideration,Troy led 24-0 before the

Buccs realized what washappening.But Kyler Deeter (138)

kicked off a run of fourstraight pins to tie thescore at 24 along withJake Sowers (145), ColeSmith (152) and BenMiller (160), and a forfeitat 170 gave the Buccs asix-point lead.“I kind of talked to

them a bit (after goingdown 24-0),” Barbee said.“I told them that we hadto get focused or we weregoing to lose the meet.

They didn’t want to loseand stepped it up.”Olson’s win made it 33-

24 Covington, back-and-forth forfeits kept the leadat nine and Ryne Rich(285), fresh off his champi-onship at the Troy Invita-tional, scored a pin in hisonly action of the night tomake the final 39-36.“I didn’t know if he’d get

any matches tonight,”Curnes said of Rich. “Itwas good to get him someaction. He’s really rollingright now, and we don’twant him to get stale.”Miami East picked up a

couple of early victoriesagainst Tippecanoe —with Matt Amheiser (113)scoring a 10-8 decisionand Allen Seagraves (120)picking up a pin to makethe score 15-0, but theonly other victory theVikings got was a pin byAaron Hubbard (170) —and they gave away fiveforfeits to one by the Dev-ils.“When you’re in the

hole 24-30 points from thestart, it’s tough,” MiamiEast coach Jason Sroufesaid. “It was good to getAmheiser a win at 113,though. All of the kidsbumped up a weight so wecould get him in, and I’vegot to commend the guyson that.”Gabe Callicoat (126)

and Jarrod Wasson (132)got Tippecanoe rollingwith pins to cut the lead to15-12, and after threestraight forfeits it was 30-15 Devils. Austin Robbins(160) kept things rollingwith a 16-1 tech. fall, andShane Dodd (182) scored apin, as well.Against Covington,

though, the Devils had a

tough time.Covington’s Matt

Carder (120) and Callicoattraded pins early, andWasson held on for a 5-4decision to give the Devilsa 15-6 lead.But Deeter — who also

won a championship atthe Troy Invitational Sat-urday — scored his secondpin of the night, as didSowers, and Miller held onfor a 7-6 decision to makeit 24-15 Covington.A.J. Oullette (170),

Olson and Justin Daniel(195) reeled off threestraight pins to cap off thewrestling on the mats, andCovington won 48-21 onceforfeits were tallied.“They always put to-

gether a good team,”Tippecanoe coach MyronKrebs said of Covington.“We wrestled some goodmatches in there, butthose bonus points count.We told the kids that itcould be tight and to getpins where they could.“Ben Patzek had a great

match against Deeter, butin the last 30 seconds hegot caught and got pinned.We would’ve been happyjust giving up the threepoints for a decision there.At at 120 we had a fresh-man, a second-yearwrestler, and he foughthard to the end but gotpinned late. Those bonuspoints count.”“Tipp had some good

matches. They’re improv-ing,” Barbee said.Tippecanoe is back at it

Saturday at the Lima In-vitational, Troy travels toCarroll for a quad Jan. 19— the same night Coving-ton faces Coldwater in adual — and Miami Eastfaces Brookville Jan. 20.

Mimai East’s Austin Rush controls Tippecanoe’s JarrodWassonWednesday.ANTHONY WEBER/OCM PHOTO

QuadContinued from page 33

JHContinued from page 15

SPRINGFIELD — TheBradford powerliftingteam competed in theNorhtwestern meet withthe girls finishing thirdand the boys finishingfourth.Winning for the boys

were Mason Justice (119),Curt Hale (127), JustinParke (138), Nathan Vois-ard (154), Robby Loy(227), Baily Powell (250),David Withrow (280),Steve Gayhart (315) andJeff Crowell (unlimited).Finishing second was

T.J. Pullins (170).Mark Barga (119) fin-

ished fourth and DillonReck (119) took fifth.The girls had six cham-

pions.They included

Cheyenne Parke (119),Molli Lavey (154), KristaFloyd (11), Morgan Gam-bill (119), Sarah Leone(127) and Lindsey Rose(138).Finishing second were

Krissy Parke (127), ShanaLee (154), Sierra Puthoff(unlimited), Nathasa Lee

(187), Brittney Allison(127), Shawnee Rismiller(154) and Megan Pullins(170).Finishing third were

Jane Bloom (127) andBrook Floyd (154).Taking fourth were

Kylee Floyd (138), Re-bekah Lavey (187) andBlake Brewer (127).Finishing fifth was

Rachel Lavey (unlimited).Bradford will be back in

action Saturday, compet-ing at the West Liberty-Salem meet .

Bradford powerlifterscompete in meetLady Roaders third, boys fourth

The Piqua junior high wrestling team finished second at the Piqua Invita-tional Saturday. Jake Hetzler won, while Andrew Bolin, Christian Sekas,Tan-ner Chambers and Desmond Carter finished second. Austin Lee, BlakeWright, Jarrett Sage and Jerry Sanders finished third, while Nick Baker andJohn Klenk finished fifth. Piqua followed that with dual wins over Sidneyand Covington.

PHOTO PROVIDED

Piqua JH Wrestlers Finish Second

White (122) and LeviBrown (134).Magee and White

picked up pins, whileBrown won a thrillingovertime victory for theBuccs.Covington had bet-ter success in the seconddual against Greenville,capturing a 39-38 win as a

team. Jacob Buchanan(86), Josh Sowers (92),Branden Robinson (104),Deron White (122) andBrandon Magee (160)recorded wins."We didn't move any-

body around againstGreenville because ofwhat happened against

Piqua," Stephen ex-plained. "We did a littlebetter, but there weresome matches I felt wedidn't give our best effort.“We have a lot of work

to do."Covington has little

time to regroup as it trav-els to Sidney on Monday.

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