Briefly For home delivery, call 773-2725 Pankcake day TROY — Troy Kiwanis will be serving pancakes, sausage from Troy Meat Market and side dishes for Pan- cake Day starting at 7 a.m. until 2 p.m. Sat- urday, April 21, at Staunton Grange Hall, 1530 N. Market St., Troy. Tickets are available for $6 adults, $3 kids 6-12 years and kids 5 and under are free. Tickets are available by asking a Kiwanis member, call 418-5276 or purchase at the door. MIKE ULLERY Chief Photographer [email protected]PIQUA — An Easter Sunday house fire caused heavy damage to a Piqua home. Piqua firefighters re- sponded to 722 Broadway around 5 p.m. on the report of a shed on fire. Firefight- ers arrived minutes later to find that flames from the fully-involved shed had spread to a nearby house. A neighbor had spotted the flames and alerted the resi- dent who looked out his upstairs window to see heavy flames. The same neighbor also alerted adja- cent residents in case the fire spread. Fire damage to the house was confined to the rear area of the sin- gle-family home but the entire home suffered smoke damage. Two other nearby properties suffered exposure damage to vinyl siding. No injuries were reported and a damage estimate is not yet avail- able. The fire is still under investi- gation by the Piqua Fire Department. The family of three who live in the home is being assisted by the American Red Cross. Broadway fire spreads Piqua firefighters look for hot spots at 722 Broadway in Piqua on Sunday after- noon after a fire that began in a backyard shed quickly spread to the nearby home. an award-winning Ohio Community Media newspaper VOLUME 129, NUMBER 71 MONDAY, APRIL 9, 2012 www.dailycall.com 75 CENTS Commitment To Community 6 74825 82101 2 INSIDE: Renowned artists to be featured. Page 3. INSIDE: Walker to offer painting classes. Page 6. Today’s weather High 62 Low Scattered showers Complete forecast on Page 3. 40 COMING WEDNESDAY Amish Cook Index Classified ...............10-12 Comics ..........................9 Entertainment ...............7 Horoscopes ...................9 Local ..............................3 Nextdoor ........................8 NIE ..............................4-5 Obituaries......................2 Opinion ..........................6 Sports .....................13-15 Weather .........................3 American Profile inside today’s Call This week’s edition fea- tures a story about historic trails that provided path- ways to America’s past. Lottery CLEVELAND (AP) — Here are Sunday’s winning lottery numbers: Night Drawings: ■ Rolling Cash 5 11-19-20-34-38 ■ Pick 3 Numbers 9-4-0 ■ Pick 4 Numbers 5-4-3-5 Day Drawings: ■ Midday 3 7-3-5 ■ Midday 4 1-8-1-0 For Ten-Oh Numbers go to ww.ohiolottery.com Moments in Time Piqua’s Company C, Ohio National Guard, re- ceived new Springfield ri- fles in June 1908, to replace their old Kag Jorgesson rifles. Courtesy of the Piqua Public Library MIKE ULLERY/STAFF PHOTO City to make special purchase Grant from Lundgard Foundation Association pays for weed harvester BY NICOLE BAUER For the Daily Call [email protected]PIQUA — At Tuesday’s com- mission meeting a resolution was passed which will allow the city to purchase an aquatic weed har- vester from Alpha Boats Unlim- ited of New York. The price for the weed har- vester currently sits at $109,784 and will include a trailer and shore conveyor, which will be used to remove harvested plants from the barge-style boat. A grant from the Lundgard Foundation Association in the amount of $112,500 will be used to purchase the aquatic weed harvester. Stormwater coordinator, Devon Alexander, also brought to the committee’s attention that included in the purchase price of the weed harvester is an eight- hour day of training provided by Alpha Boats Unlimited. This will ensure that the city employees who operate the barge-style boat are doing so in the proper man- ner. The boat measures in at 30 feet long and will have a five-foot wide head. The operators will have the ability to adjust the depth of the harvester head, which will limit the amount of damage to waterways. After the plants along the waterways have been harvested they will poten- tially be used at the city’s com- posting center. Another environmentally beneficial as- pect to the harvester that was chosen is a secondary contain- ment feature that will prevent BY JOHN HAUER For the Daily Call [email protected]PIQUA — A quick visit to Primary/Intermedi- ate schools guidance counselor Clint Bostick, and any one will understand why new buildings were needed for these Piqua City Schools structures. In his ‘office’ at Favorite Hill Primary, Bostick sits at his desk in a former boiler room. Next to him on the wall is a control panel of a dozen dials and gauges now hooked up to nothing. Behind him is a large framework that contains the com- puter servers for Favorite Hill. A constant hum fills the room. “At least the room is air condi- tioned,” he said. “It has to be because of the elec- tronics.” Beside the servers is another unit on the wall with 50 wires and as many blinking lights that is the control center for the school’s phone sys- tem. Behind him are bookshelves which are the book storage for the build- ing. The middle of the cramped ‘office’ is the parking spot for the mobile cart which contains more than two dozen iPads. And oh yes, don’t bump into the cus- todian’s tool chest and cabinet just outside the door. “It’s home,” Bostick said. Bostick was born and raised in Dayton, gradu- ating from Meadowdale High School in 1971. He played football for the Lions and swam for the Northwest Y. Education was in his background. His father Clint was the assistant principal, and later principal, at Meadowdale. His mother Bea was an English teacher at the school. “I had been around education all my life, so it was natural to want to become a teacher,” he said. He went to Wright State University and ma- jored in history education with a minor in political See Move/Page 2 Clint Botick chats with a visitor while wait- ing on the arrival of a student at Bennett In- termediate School recently. MIKE ULLERY/STAFF PHOTO Teaching a natural move for guidance counselor Bostick averages over a hundred family visits a years BY WILL E SANDERS Staff Writer [email protected]FLETCHER — As the economy has tumbled, one Fletcher business has per- formed the extraordinary. Last month Miami Val- ley Marking moved to a larger facility to accommo- date their growing busi- ness, which was started in 1996. The business is a cus- tom decorator for leading manufacturers and mold- ers and says moving from their old location, 611 Wal- nut St., Fletcher, to 3419 West U.S. Route 36, near Fletcher, will better accom- modate the company’s re- cent growth and offer more comprehensive services. Some of those services include increased ware- housing, just-in-time deliv- ery, greater automation, among others, said Presi- dent Tim Deaton. Deaton said the com- pany specializes in high quality pad printing, laser markings, screen printings and hot stamping, in addi- tion to assembly, packag- ing and other related services. “We’re excited about this opportunity to im- prove our service, offerings and efficiencies, and strategically position our- selves as a highly technical partner in the long-term customer relationships we have with leading manu- facturers and molders,” Deaton said. The new Miami Valley Marking location at 3419 West US Route 36 near Fletcher. On the move Tough economy no match for local business MIKE ULLERY/STAFF PHOTO See Tough/Page 2 See Purchase/Page 2 Flames from shed move to nearby home SPORTS: Covington softball wins two. Page 13.
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Briefly
For home delivery, call 773-2725
Pankcake dayTROY — Troy Kiwanis
will be serving pancakes,sausage from Troy MeatMarket and side dishes
for Pan-cake Daystartingat 7a . m .until 2p.m. Sat-
urday, April21, at Staunton GrangeHall, 1530 N. Market St.,Troy.Tickets are available for
$6 adults, $3 kids 6-12years and kids 5 andunder are free.Tickets are available by
asking a Kiwanis member,call 418-5276 or purchaseat the door.
PIQUA — An EasterSunday house fire causedheavy damage to a Piquahome.Piqua firefighters re-
sponded to 722 Broadwayaround 5 p.m. on the reportof a shed on fire. Firefight-ers arrived minutes later tofind that flames from thefully-involved shed hadspread to a nearby house.A neighbor had spotted
the flames and alerted the resi-dent who looked out his upstairswindow to see heavy flames. Thesame neighbor also alerted adja-cent residents in case the firespread.
Fire damage to the house wasconfined to the rear area of the sin-gle-family home but the entirehome suffered smoke damage.Twoother nearby properties sufferedexposure damage to vinyl siding.No injuries were reported and a
damage estimate is not yet avail-able. The fire is still under investi-gation by the Piqua FireDepartment.The family of three who live in
the home is being assisted by theAmerican Red Cross.
Broadway fire spreads
Piqua firefighters look for hot spots at 722 Broadway in Piqua on Sunday after-noon after a fire that began in a backyard shed quickly spread to the nearby home.
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tures a story about historictrails that provided path-ways to America’s past.
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Momentsin Time
Piqua’s Company C,Ohio National Guard, re-ceived new Springfield ri-fles in June 1908, toreplace their old KagJorgesson rifles.
Courtesy of the Piqua Public Library
MIKE ULLERY/STAFF PHOTO
City tomakespecialpurchaseGrant fromLundgardFoundationAssociationpays for weedharvesterBY NICOLE BAUERFor the Daily [email protected]
PIQUA — At Tuesday’s com-mission meeting a resolution waspassed which will allow the cityto purchase an aquatic weed har-vester from Alpha Boats Unlim-ited of New York.The price for the weed har-
vester currently sits at $109,784and will include a trailer andshore conveyor, which will beused to remove harvested plantsfrom the barge-style boat.A grant from the Lundgard
Foundation Association in theamount of $112,500 will be usedto purchase the aquatic weedharvester.Stormwater coordinator,
Devon Alexander, also brought tothe committee’s attention thatincluded in the purchase price ofthe weed harvester is an eight-hour day of training provided byAlpha Boats Unlimited. This willensure that the city employeeswho operate the barge-style boatare doing so in the proper man-ner.The boat measures in at 30
feet long and will have a five-footwide head. The operators willhave the ability to adjust thedepth of the harvester head,which will limit the amount ofdamage to waterways. After theplants along the waterways havebeen harvested they will poten-tially be used at the city’s com-posting center. Anotherenvironmentally beneficial as-pect to the harvester that waschosen is a secondary contain-ment feature that will prevent
PIQUA — A quick visit to Primary/Intermedi-ate schools guidance counselor Clint Bostick, andany one will understand why new buildings wereneeded for these Piqua City Schools structures.In his ‘office’ at Favorite Hill Primary, Bostick
sits at his desk in a former boiler room. Next tohim on the wall is a control panel of a dozen dialsand gauges now hooked up to nothing. Behindhim is a large framework that contains the com-puter servers for Favorite Hill. A constant humfills the room. “At least the room is air condi-tioned,” he said. “It has to be because of the elec-tronics.” Beside the servers is another unit on thewall with 50 wires and as many blinking lightsthat is the control center for the school’s phone sys-tem. Behind him are bookshelves which are the
book storagefor the build-ing. Themiddle of the cramped ‘office’ is the parking spotfor the mobile cart which contains more than twodozen iPads. And oh yes, don’t bump into the cus-todian’s tool chest and cabinet just outside thedoor. “It’s home,” Bostick said.Bostick was born and raised in Dayton, gradu-
ating from Meadowdale High School in 1971. Heplayed football for the Lions and swam for theNorthwest Y. Education was in his background.His father Clint was the assistant principal, andlater principal, at Meadowdale. His mother Beawas an English teacher at the school. “I had beenaround education all my life, so it was natural towant to become a teacher,” he said.He went to Wright State University and ma-
jored in history education with a minor in political
See Move/Page 2
Clint Botick chats with a visitor while wait-ing on the arrival of a student at Bennett In-termediate School recently.
MIKE ULLERY/STAFF PHOTO
Teaching a natural move for guidance counselorBostick averages over ahundred family visits a years
FLETCHER — As theeconomy has tumbled, oneFletcher business has per-formed the extraordinary. Last month Miami Val-
ley Marking moved to alarger facility to accommo-date their growing busi-ness, which was started in1996.The business is a cus-
tom decorator for leading
manufacturers and mold-ers and says moving fromtheir old location, 611 Wal-nut St., Fletcher, to 3419West U.S. Route 36, nearFletcher, will better accom-modate the company’s re-cent growth and offer morecomprehensive services.Some of those services
include increased ware-housing, just-in-time deliv-
ery, greater automation,among others, said Presi-dent Tim Deaton.Deaton said the com-
pany specializes in highquality pad printing, lasermarkings, screen printingsand hot stamping, in addi-tion to assembly, packag-ing and other relatedservices.“We’re excited about
this opportunity to im-prove our service, offeringsand efficiencies, andstrategically position our-selves as a highly technicalpartner in the long-termcustomer relationships wehave with leading manu-facturers and molders,”Deaton said.
The new Miami Valley Marking location at 3419 West US Route 36 nearFletcher.
On themove
Tougheconomyno matchfor localbusiness
MIKE ULLERY/STAFF PHOTO
See Tough/Page 2See Purchase/Page 2
Flamesfrom shedmove tonearbyhome
SPORTS: Covingtonsoftball wins two.Page 13.
URBANA (AP) —Amansuspected of stabbing, suffo-cating and dismemberinghis girlfriend told anewspa-per that hemet her throughFacebook while looking fornew friends and that hemettwo of his alleged accom-plices at a library just threedays before the killing.Matthew Puccio, 25, is
among five people chargedin connectionwith thedeathof 21-year-old Jessica RaeSacco, whose remains werefound in the bathtub of theirUrbana duplex apartmentin lateMarch, about a weekafter police believe she waskilled.A couple fromFenton,Mich., and two people fromUrbana are accused of fail-ing to intervene in thekilling and helping Pucciocut off or transport limbsthatwere dumped in south-ern Ohio and Kentucky,about 70 to 85miles away.In an interview, Puccio
said he met Urbana resi-dents Sharon Cook andChristopher Wright at alocal library days before thekilling, then contacted themafterward and was stunnedthat they helped him coverit up instead of calling thepolice, the SpringfieldNews-Sun reportedSunday.“It shocked the hell out of
me,” Puccio said. “I figuredthey’d be the first to call thecops onme.”Puccio said he had met
Sacco through Facebookwhile hewas living inTexas.Puccio said Sacco providedsupport he needed after hisformer fiancée left him andtook two of his children.Puccio said he and Sacco
argued often and that theirrelationship became morestressed because she didn’tget along with Andrew For-ney and his wife, the Michi-gan couplewho began livingat the home shortly afterPuccio moved in last fall.“They always argued, al-
ways fought,never got alongwith each other,” Pucciosaid. “Jess would blow up atthem for no reason. ThenJess would blow up at mefor things they were doing.”Puccio said he grewup in
Woodland, Calif., and hadbeen friendswithForney foryears because they attendedschool together and theirfamilies went to the samechurch.Puccio said he spentthe later years of his youthmoving between relatives’homes and group homesand sometimes got intotrouble by fighting withother teens, even smashingone in the head with a barstool.
His account of howhe be-came acquainted with theothers charged in the casecontradicts information pro-vided by police, who havesaid Puccio and Sacco re-cently met the Forneys on-line and that the groupmembers were “loosefriends.”It’s tough to determine
the accuracy of Puccio’scomments because authori-ties haven’t disclosed muchabout him or the case, theNews-Sun reported.Puccio has said Sacco
begged him to kill her afterhe confrontedher about textmessages she’d sent sayingshe wanted him dead.Friends of Sacco say they
don’t believe that. AmandaErb, who attended highschool with Sacco,describedher as a sweet “goofball”with a good sense of humorwho wouldn’t hurt anyone.Erb arranged a candle-
light vigil Saturday at-tended by about 50 people,some of whom broughtstuffed animals andwreaths for amakeshiftme-morial in front of the homewhere she was found.Another court hearing in
the case was scheduled forTuesday.The charges against An-
drew Forney, 26, includeabuse of a corpse, tamperingwith evidence, obstructingjustice, failure to report acrime and possession ofcriminal tools. His wife, 25,is charged with obstructingjustice, failure to report acrime,possession of criminaltools and complicity to tam-pering with evidence.The counts against
Wright, 37, include abuse ofcorpse, tampering with evi-dence, obstructing justiceand failure to report acrime.Cook, 25, is charged with
failure to report a crime andother complicity charges.Wright’s attorney said he
had not seen the News-Sunreport and declined to com-ment Sunday. Messageswere left Sunday for attor-neys for Cook and the For-neys.
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leaks and contamination ofwaterways should some-thing go wrong with the en-gine.The harvester has been
purchased in an effort to im-prove the aesthetic appear-anceandwaterqualityof thecanal areas and lakes inPiqua. Alexander com-mented Tuesday that the“oxygen levels will increase”and that thiswill“accommo-date the habitats in thewater.”Commissioner William
Vogt raised concerns aboutspawning season and howthe harvester will affect thepopulations of fish alongthese waterways. Vogt sug-gested that the Division ofWildlife be contacted so thatthe timeline for spawningseason is not affected by theuse of the harvester in those
areas. The noise level of theharvesteralsowasanareaofconcern during Tuesday’scommission meeting. Themachine is powered by adiesel engine andwill be op-erated at a lowRPM level toreduce overall noise of themachine during operation.As with anything, there
will be periods of trial anderror,Alexanderandsomeofthe commissioners agreed.There is one bridge in ques-tion, which may cause aproblem for the harvester,but the water depth at thetime could make all the dif-ference,Alexander said.Theharvester will be placed intothe water at different loca-tions and there may be aneed for the installation of afew more ramps in order togive access to other water-ways. These are issues thatwill be addressed as theyarise.
PurchaseContinued from page 1
Deaton said growing thecompany has been tough inthis economy,but is thankfulthat the business has per-formed sowell.“Wearevery thankfuland
feel very blessed,” he said.“We feel blessed in this econ-omy to be moving into alarger facility.”The company specializes
withprinting logos,words or
company brandings on al-ready-manufactured items,everything from cell phonesand computers to large in-dustrial equipment.Miami Valley Marking,
which began with two peo-ple, now employs six. Thebusiness made the move onMarch 1.For more information on
thebusiness,visit theirweb-site at www.miamivalley-marking.com.
ToughContinued from page 1
science. He earned hisbachelor’s degree in 1977.Later, he received a mas-ter’s degree in schoolcounseling in 1983. Dur-ing his college years, Bo-stick worked part-time atElder-Beerman andcoached swimming atareas Y’s. “I started coach-ing swimming when I was18,” he said. “I coached atthe Northwest Y, theMiami County Y, KeySwim Cub, and the Kauff-man Swim Club.”After WSU, he took his
first education job atNorthmont Junior Highas an 8th grade AmericanHistory teacher. He alsocoached junior high foot-ball, track, and wrestling.In 1991, he became an el-ementary school guidancecounselor for Eaton CitySchools. This lasted fortwo years; then, he movedto Cleveland and was ahigh school counselor atRocky River for two years.In 1995, Bostick moved
to Piqua and started theelementary guidance pro-gram for Piqua CitySchools. “I got to be the pi-oneer,” he said. “It was anexciting time and very re-warding to begin thingshere.” He served SouthStreet and Favorite HillSchools. Currently, Bo-stick spends two days atBennett, two days at Fa-vorite Hill, and one day atNicklin Learning Center.Bostick does not spend
much time in any of hisoffices. He visits class-rooms, does group coun-seling, and handles anycrisis that happens at thethree schools. “I do a lot ofhome visits, too,” he said.
“I average over a hundredfamily visits a year. Iknow many of the parentsas well as I know theirkids.”His duties include try-
ing to provide social workassistance to studentsand families, as well asbeing a school counselor.“We had a county socialworker assigned to ourschools for about tenyears, but that fundingended, so I have tried totake on those responsibil-ities and contacts,” hesaid. “I connect familieswith agencies and serv-ices who can assist withwhatever is needed.”Even though, Piqua
City Schools will buildnew primary and inter-mediate buildings in acouple years, Bostick willnot be around to reap thebenefits. “It is time for meto retire at the end of theschool year,” he said. “Iwill miss the kids, theparents and my co-work-ers, but I’m looking for-ward to the next chapterin my life.” He is not surewhat that chapter will in-clude. “I’m going to seewhere things take me.”Away from his schools,
Bostick still enjoys swim-ming. He and his wifeJoyce, a 4th grade mathteacher at Wilder, havebeen married 19 years.There are five sons in thecombined families. Mike,a veteran of two tours ofduty in Iraq , lives inArkansas. Billy works forand attends Miami Uni-versity. Doug and Davidwork and attend college inCalifornia. And, John is ajunior at Piqua HighSchool, playing soccer andsinging in the Show Choir.
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N. Jean TrucksisCENTERVILLE — N.
Jean Trucksis, 90, of Cen-terville,f o r -m e r l yo fPiqua,died at2 : 5 5p . m .Satur-d a y ,April 7,2 0 1 2 ,at Hos-pice of Butler & WarrenCounties, Franklin. Shewas bornApril 20, 1921, inPiqua, to the late Ralphand Hazel (Bryan) Fry.Survivors include two
daughters, Shanda Za-harako of Centerville,Linda (Dennis) Rickard ofClovis, Calif.; four grand-children: Todd (Niro) Za-harako, J. Seth (Carolina)Zaharako, Jane (Jason)McDonald, Karen (Philip)Saldana; three great-grandchildren: Diego,Alana, and Zico; four sib-lings: Roberta (William)Warling of Piqua, Lloyd
(Teri) Fry of Piqua, Janice(Joe) Hatfield of Somerset,Ky., and Thomas (Cindy)Fry of Piqua. She was pre-ceded in death by two in-fant brothers; and ason-in-law, P. Alan Za-harako.Jean worked for the for-
mer Ohio Bell Telephoneand was a self-employedseamstress for manyyears. She was a memberof the V.F.W. Ladies Auxil-iary of Piqua.A funeral service to
honor her life will be con-ducted at 2 p.m. Wednes-day at the Jamieson &Yannucci FuneralHome with the Rev. JackChalk officiating. Burialwill follow in Forest HillCemetery. Visitation willbe from 5-7 p.m. Tuesdayat the funeral home. Me-morial contributions maybe made to Hospice ofDayton, 324 WilmingtonAve., Dayton, OH 45420.Condolences to the familymay also be expressedthrough jamiesonandyan-nucci.com.
Joyce Elaine Schimmel BurtCHARLOTTE, N.C. —
Joyce Elaine SchimmelB u r t ,74, ofC h a r -l o t t e ,N . C . ,passeda w a yo nT u e s -d a y ,April 3,2 0 1 2 ,a th om e .A Memorial service forJoyce E. Burt and GeraldR. Burt will be planned fora later date in Piqua.Joyce was born on
March 31, 1938, in Piqua,to the late Fredrick andFlorence Gatfield Schim-mel. She was also pre-ceded in death by herhusband Gerald R. Burt.
Joyce was a loving wife,mother and friend.She is survived by: sons,
Gerald R. Burt, Jr. ofColumbus, Keith A. Burtof Umatilla, Fla., andJames Burt of Charlotte,N.C.; daughters, ColleenPlace and Helen Maxwellboth of Macon, Miss.; sis-ters, Martha Jean Schim-mel and Karen A. Osborneboth of Piqua; 13 grand-children; 24 great-grand-children.Memorials may be
made to The AmericanCancer Society 1901Brunswick Avenue Suite100 Charlotte, N.C. 28207.Hartsell Funeral
Home of Concord is serv-ing the Burt family.Online condolences may
be made at www.hart-sellfh.com.
Genevieve M. PaulusTROY — Genevieve M.
Paulus, 96, of Troy, formerlyofWestMilton,passed awayon Friday, April 6, 2012, atSpringmeade Healthcenter,TippCity.Shewas bornFeb.6, 1916, in Newberry Town-ship, Miami County.Genevieve is preceded in
death by her parents Mar-ley and Dora (Worley) Her-shey; beloved husbandChester Paulus; brothersJohn and Arthur Hersheyand sister FlorenceBrining.She is survived by sons anddaughters-in-law ChesterandBarbaraPaulus ofTroy,Don and Karen Paulus ofVandalia,daughter and son-in-law Dora Louise andFrank E. Brower of Troy;eight grandchildren, six
great-grandchildren andbrother Charles Hershey-Wyoming.Genevievewas formerly thefirst policewoman of WestMilton, formerly a deputyjail matron and a clerk forvarious groceries in WestMilton.Private graveside serv-
ices will be held at thewishes of the family atRiverside Cemetery, WestMilton. In lieu of flowers,contributions may be madeto the American Heart As-sociation,MiamiCountyDi-vision, 1313 W. DorothyLane, Kettering,Ohio,45409. Arrangements arebeing handled by theHale-Sarver Family FuneralHome,West Milton.
Walter J. ViaTROY—WalterJ.Via,90,
ofTroy,passedawaySunday,April 8, 2012, at Upper Val-ley Medical Center. He wasborn Jan. 22, 1922, in Indi-anapolis, Ind., to his parentsWalter Edward and Zoe(Porter) Via. He was pre-ceded in death by his par-ents; his wife Norma Dean(Iddings) Via; brother DavidVia. He is survived by hissons and daughters-in-lawJames and Beverly Via ofTroy,Thomas andSueVia ofTexas; daughter Amy Jo Viaof Piqua; grandchildren Jayand Julie Via of Troy, BenandKarenViaofSpringfield,Brad and Amy Via of Troy,Stacey Rangel of Texas,ShelbyVia and Nick Polis ofFlorida; nine great-grand-children; one great-great-
grandchild;brotherTheodoreVia of Fla.Walter graduated from
NewtonHigh School class of1943 and on May 14, 1944,he married his loving wifeNorma Dean Iddings. Heowned and operated ViaLawnCare andwas amem-ber of the St. John’s UnitedChurch of Christ, Troy. Fu-neral serviceswill be held 10a.m. Wednesday, at theJackson-Sarver FamilyFuneral Home, 1 S. MainStreet, Pleasant Hill. Inter-ment will follow at PleasantHill Cemetery. The familywill receive friends from 5-8p.m. Tuesday at the funeralhome.Onlinememoriesmaybe left for the family atwww.jackson-sarver.com
SIDNEY — Virginia E.“Ginny” Goubeaux, 88, ofSidney, passed away Friday,April 6, 2012, at 1:55 a.m. atDorothy Love RetirementCommunity.A Mass of Christian Bur-
ial will be held Tuesday atHolyAngelsCatholicChurchwith theRev.Daniel Schmit-meyer officiating. Servicesprovided by Cromes Fu-neral Home & Crema-tory, 302 S. Main Ave,Sidney.
SIDNEY — LeonardDale Dobbs, 61, of 721BuckeyeAve.,Sidney,passedawayFriday,April 6,2012,at
2:38 a.m.at his home.Funeral Services will be
held at Cromes FuneralHome & Crematory, 302S. Main Ave, Sidney, withPastor Charles Jarrett offici-ating.
TIPP CITY — GraceLouise Purtee, 82, of TippCity, passed away on Satur-day,April 7, 2012, at Spring-meade Healthcenter, TippCity.Funeral Services will be
held at the Hale-SarverFamily Funeral Home,284 N.Miami Street,WestMilton with Pastor BonitaWoods officiating.
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PIQUA — Dr. Paul Pon-chillia, a Piqua native andProfessor Emeritus of theDepartment of Blindnessand Low-Vision Studies atWestern Michigan Univer-sity, will be returning toPiqua for the 18th AnnualTaste of the Arts Event onFriday, May 18 to displayseveral of his incrediblestone sculptures, again giv-ing hope and inspiration toothers that nothing is im-possible in life. Ponchilliawas blinded at age 30 due toa hunting accident and yethe has accomplished morethan most sighted individu-als would in a lifetime.Ponchillia's amazing
sculptures, inspired by hismany travels and kayakingadventures to the Arctic Re-gion, have been exhibitedthroughout the UnitedStates and New Zealand.He also shares his talentthrough workshops on tac-tual art and soapstonesculpting and plans to re-turn to the Arctic Regionthis summer to teach carv-ing to the Tlecho natives. Though blind, Ponchillia
is an ardent athlete - trackand field, cross-country ski-ing, kayaking, hiking, etc. -and the founding directorwith his late wife, Sue, of anumber of Sports Educa-
tion Camps for Visually Im-paired Youth. He was in-ducted into the Athleteswith Disabilities Hall ofFame in 2000, carried the1996 Atlanta Olympic Torchin Detroit and has coachedteams to national champi-onships in goalball. His goalhas always been to makelife better for others, espe-cially those without sight. Ponchillia, son of Jean
Ponchillia, of Fletcher, andthe late Paul Ponchillia, Sr.will be returning to Piquawith his wife Jimmy whomhe married last Septemberin Italy - she, too, is an ath-lete who holds the Kansasrecord for the Olympic sport
of race walking, and his see-ing eye dog, Ellie. He looksforward to greeting oldfriends at The Second StoryGallery at 319 N. MainStreet during the Taste ofthe Arts event on Friday,May 18.To learn more about the
life experiences and carv-ings of this amazing artist,visit his website:www.ananastonecarving.com.Donna Pierce-Clark, of
Springfield, is a popularartist who has been recog-nized with a number ofawards in juried shows. Amember of the WesternOhio Watercolor Society
since 1993, the artist is alsoa member of the OhioPleinair Society and paintson location as time willallow. She is experienced inseveral media: acrylics, oilsand watercolor and is a wa-tercolor instructor at theTroy Hayner Cultural Cen-ter. Donna Pierce-Clark willbe a demonstrating artist inwatercolor from 5-7 p.m. atthe Taste of the Arts. Tolearn more, view her web-site: www.don-napierceclark.com.Mike Behr is a native of
Sidney, is an artist (de-signer) and the owner ofMirror Image Creations. Hespecializes in mixed mediaand jewelry and designsone-of-a-kind art pieces,sometimes using as manyas 18 media. He receivedhis education at the DaytonArt Institute, University ofDayton and Wright StateUniversity and has taughtat the Dayton Art Institute,Edison College, Universityof Dayton, Upper ValleyJVS and Lehman CatholicHigh School. He looks for-ward to demonstrating hismixed media techniquesfrom 7-8:30 p.m. on May 18and the Piqua Taste of theArts. Learn more at:www.mirrorimagecre-ations.com
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COVINGTON — TheDayton Fishing Leaguekicks off its seventh year ofcompetitive fishing onSunday, April 22, on theState Scenic StillwaterRiver in Covington. Thisexciting fishing event willrun from 8 am to 11 amand the general public isinvited to come out andwatch as 15 of the top riveranglers kick off the 2012DFL Cup Series.A meet and greet will be
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“The DFL is the oldestdivision in NAPRA, theNational Association ofProfessional River Anglers.NAPRA prides itself asbeing both entertaining forthe fans and thrilling forthe victors,” said PeteZiehler, tournament direc-tor.The league has three
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TROY — The Friendsof the Troy-MiamiCounty Public Librarywill sponsor its springbook sale Friday, April 20through Sunday, April 22,at the Miami CountyFairgrounds, 650 NorthCounty Road 25-A, Troy.
Sale times are 10 a.m. to5 p.m. on Friday and Sat-urday, and 10 a.m. to 3p.m. Sunday.A members-only pre-
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Books are 50 cents each.Specials, some books,videocassettes, CDs, col-lectibles, and miscella-neous items areindividually priced. Sun-day is $1 per bag with
specials at half price.Proceeds from the
event are used for Sum-mer Reading Club, liter-acy efforts and specialpurchases for the library.For additional informa-tion, call 339-0502.
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BRADFORD — The BradfordPublic Library, 138 E. Main St.,will be celebrating the work of Li-brary Volunteers and also NationalLibrary Week during the month ofApril.The volunteers will be recog-
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4:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 17 in thelibrary’s community room. CynthiaVogel has been nominated for li-brary volunteer of the year by theSWON Library group. The groupincludes public libraries, Carnegielibraries, university libraries, etc.Vogel, as a finalist, was recognized
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Chapter 2Spooky incident rocks bullies
STORY SO FAR: Donnie thinks there'sa ghost inside the statue ofJefferson's town hero, FelixLaBauve. Donnie and his puppet,Humpty, play good cop, bad copwith the statue to try to get a reac-tion. When Donnie cleans off thestatue, he hears a mysterious voicesay, "Merci."
I was too stunned to move.Felix LaBauve's statue had actuallyspoken... and in French!
That's when I heard the gig-gling and realized how stupid I'dbeen.
I didn't even turn around,because I knew who it was. A gangof the orneriest kids you ever saw,whose main goal in life was tomake my life awful - MontyMcGarrity, Rodger Patton, andShannon Pilant.
I was surprised, because theseguys were too dumb to speakEnglish right, much less French.But one of them must have some-how wrapped his mouth around the word"merci."
"Hey, Donnie Dum Dum," Monty said."Who ya talkin' to?"
I just waited. The less said the better."You talking to that statue or your dumb
dummy?" Rodger sneered.I turned to face them. That's when I real-
ized that Lolly Baker, the head cheerleaderand the coolest girl in our class, was stand-ing nearby. I figured that she had been onher way to the courthouse where her momworked, when she had heard the guys'taunts. That was partly good, but mostlybad.
Good because I had a crush on her.Afterall, she was drop-dead beautiful with herblonde pigtails and seemed to like me. Ismiled and gave her a chin-nod. She twid-dled her fingers at me in a cute, little wave.
Bad because I must have looked souncool, playing by myself with an egg-shaped puppet, while these guys hung outtogether and swaggered the way popularjocks do. And double-bad because theywould be extra-mean to me to show off forher. I couldn't let them bully me in front ofher. As Mom would say, I needed to "manup."
"Humpty's smarter than all three of youput together," I shot back.
"But can he catch?" asked Monty. Thequestion sounded harmless enough. But ifyou knew Monty and saw the gleam in hiseyes, you knew it meant trouble. He was thebest pitcher in school, with an arm like acannon. He could throw the ball harder,faster, and straighter than anyone in school.
"Depends on what you throw," I said,with fake confidence to impress Lolly. Iheld Humpty up with his hand out.
"How about a nerd-seeking missile?"
Monty said, rearing back with a big rock inhis hand.
"Monty, don't!" Lolly screamed.But he fired the sharp rock right at me.
With one arm stuck in Humpty's back, Iwasn't quick enough to block it.
That's when something really strangehappened. Zooming right at my head onesecond, the rock took a sudden, sharp turnand smashed into the statue instead. Thenlike a yo-yo on a string, it came shootingback at Monty and stopped in mid-flight,just inches from his nose. It floated there for
a moment, then dropped to the ground.Howling like wild dogs, the guys took
off. They raced across the courthouse lawnand past the newspaper office on thesouth side of the town square, just asmy mom stepped out of its front doorto call for me. Everyone said mymomwas a real looker - tall with darkhair. Even the kids at school thoughtshe was a knockout. But this time thekids didn't have time to notice.
"Watch out, Miss Hutch!" Rodgerhollered. "Donnie's got powers!"
"He flung a spell on a rock!"Monty yelled.
"That rock was about to hitMonty in the face," Shannon added."Then it just stopped like someoneslammed on the brakes."
A few feet behind the guys, Lollyyelled without breaking stride, "Hey,Miss Hutch. Donnie's okay. I'm real-ly glad he didn't get hurt."
"What?"Mom yelled to the backsof the kids as they flew past. "Youguys aren't making any sense." Sheturned and stared at Humpty, the stat-ue, and me, then shook her head likeshe was ridding it of cobwebs.
"Uh-oh, here comes trouble,"Humpty said. Mom marched towardus in a way that meant business. "Ifshe finds out you've been talking tothe ghost again, you've had it,"Humpty said. She had really been onmy case lately about my "overactiveimagination" and my "pretendfriends."
As she got closer, I whispered toHumpty. "Not a word. Let me handlethis." I put a finger to his lips.
"Those guys acted like they'd
seen a ghost," Mom said. Humpty let out agiggle, and I jammed a hand over hismouth.
"Oh, that? That was nothing," I said.Trying to change the subject, I asked, "Whatare we having for supper?"
She didn't take the bait. "First, tell mewhat caused all this uproar," she said.
"Well, you see, Monty threw a rock atme and -"
"- He what?" she said. "Donnie, this hasgot to stop." She whipped out her cellphone. "I'm calling his mother."
"Mom, cool it. It's okay.""No, it's not okay," she
said. "Someone's going toget hurt. And I'm afraid thatsomeone is you."
"Don't worry, Mom. Itbackfired on them."
Humpty snickered again.Glaring at Humpty, I
said, "The rock bounced offthe statue and almost hitMonty in the head."
"It spooked them,"Humpty said. I gave himanother stern look.
"You mean that's what allthis is about?" Mom asked.
"You think I've got a bigimagination, Mom. Theseguys are ten times worse."
Her concern changed to asmile. She pocketed her cellphone. "So the bullies gottheir payback." Lookingfrom Humpty to me, she
said, "I worry about you.You know that?""I'm fine," I said. "You worry too
much."
"Look," she said, hervoice turning serious. "I know things havebeen tough ever since your dad left. But thatwas a year ago. Life goes on. I want you toplay with other kids."
She turned to walk back to the newspa-per office. "I'm going to work a little longer.If the new editor shows up, come get me.Okay?"
"Sure," I said. "What do you hear aboutthis guy?"
"All I know is he's Mr. Elder's nephew -some kind of hotshot tabloid reporter fromup north," she said.
Since Mr. Elder died of a heart attackthree months ago, the newspaper had beenwithout an editor. That was about to change.I had no idea how much.
I turned my attention back to the statue.Could Felix have really caused the rock todo those strange things? That was crazy.Mom was right. My imagination was inoverdrive. "Your game's not working," Isaid to the statue. "I'm not scared." I wasmet with silence. "'Cause I don't believe inghosts."
I waited. No facial expressions like I'dseen earlier. Nothing but a blank stare.
Still, I had this eerie feeling Felix waswatching me. I said, "And if you really area ghost, you're a big chicken to hide behindthat stone face and not speak up."
A loud screech and a rumble like thun-der shattered the silence. I dove to theground, flattening Humpty face-downbeside me. I covered my head - and waitedfor an angry ghost to attack.
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Imagine one day you wake up and top researchers fora cure for cancer were missing, or the people who setout to discover new things had suddenly vanished.
Every important authority figure, every person that hasa part in driving this country were simply gone. Wouldwe survive? Would we be able to rebuild? Or would webe better off? The answer to all of the above is no.ManyAmericans think that they could fix all the prob-
lems of the world if they were in charge, all while trash-ing on the ones who are actually trying their best to dothis such thing. Jealousy plays a big role in history. Sincethe dawn of man, the only goal we human beings have isto be better than the rest, to gain power and to outwit allothers.This is election year, and with election year the darker
side of the human instinct comes out. With politicianslashing out against each other we Americans are smartto be hesitant as to who we should choose. Because whenwe vote, we are stuck with the person we chose for fouryears (unless of course they resign or are impeached). Onthe way to theWhite House, the candidates make prom-ises about what the first thing they will do if elected pres-ident. Well first off, they are lying right there. This maycome to a shocker to many people, but the president does-n’t have complete control over government.Not only doesa bill have to be takenthrough the Senate, it alsohas to go through the Houseof Representatives, and thenif it passes in both houses itends up on the president’sdesk for him to sign, andmost of the time the bill hesigns is not at all like the onehe proposed. Then this newlaw or whatever he signed af-fects our way of life.So, are we the people truly
in charge of this country?Well, no.We elect people whoare more suited for that position.And who are these peo-ple; the members of wealthy families (or famous actors)who have ties to the people already running this coun-try; people who know how hard it is for the everydayAmerican. It’s funny to think that we rely on someonewhose grandfather or dad was a congressmen or a highranking military official and the only reason they arerunning for office is because they are carrying on thefamily name. Now how does this affect their decisionmaking? They wouldn’t dare do something that wouldtarnish the family name or make themselves look bad,therefore they won’t do anything drastic, they wouldn’ttake a chance to make this country better if it meant thattheir image and or position were to be tarnished.So who do we need in office, someone who’s not afraid
to ruin their own image for the sake of millions.Think about religion when thinking about this.Where
would the Christian faith be if Jesus wouldn’t have diedon the cross for the sake of everyone who will ever exist?Frankly, the religion wouldn’t even exist, because with-out a way to find God, people would have little or no faithwhatsoever. When you’ve grown up in a household thatfeeds you their ideas and believes you are basically brain-washed. They have successfully manipulated you intojoining their side of the fight. So when you go to the pollsthis November, you should truly think long and hardabout whom you want making your decisions. Do re-search and don’t just watch the news, or the debates.Thenews and debates don’t show the true side of the person,they only show the good side and the side the personwants you to see. So do your research and ask yourself —Do I want more of what has been the last four years, ordo I think it is truly time for a new change?
Aaron Lewis of Sidney is a senior at Fairlawn Highschool, taking PSEOP classes at Edison Community Col-lege and also takes dual enrollment classes at Fairlawnthrough Urbana University. Lewis is a member of theFairlawn track team and yearbook staff, and works parttime at Beppo Uno Pizzaria in Piqua. Lewis plans on at-tending Columbus State Community College next fall.This column was written and published as part of hisComposition II class at Edison.
During the long,painful debate thatled to the passage of
Obamacare, Republicanlawmakers made a singlerequest of their colleagues,the press and the public:Please read the 2,700-pagebill. That request wasmostly ignored, even bymany of the members ofCongress who voted forwhat became the PatientProtection and Affordable Care Act.Now, it’s someone else’s turn not to
read the bill. In oral arguments beforethe Supreme Court recently, some jus-tices made it abundantly clear that they,too, haven’t read the entire law, even ifthey are considering a constitutionalquestion that could kill the whole thing.“I haven’t read every word of that, I
promise,” Justice Stephen Breyer said toa lawyer arguing the case. “So what doyou propose that we do other than spenda year reading all this?”“What happened to the Eighth
Amendment?” Justice Antonin Scaliaerupted after a lawyer suggested the jus-tices might go through the bill and de-cide which parts were constitutional.The Eighth Amendment prohibits crueland unusual punishment, and Scaliaclearly thought reading the entire lawwould qualify. “You really want us to gothrough these 2,700 pages?” he askedthe lawyer. “And do you really expect thecourt to do that?”As for his part, Chief Justice John
Roberts said only that he had “lookedthrough” the entire law.That no justice seemed eager to delve
into the whole thing might have seriousconsequences on the issue of what iscalled “severability” — that is, whetherpart of the law, in this case the individ-ual mandate, can be declared unconsti-tutional and struck down, while theremainder stays in effect. It’s just notclear what those consequences might be.On the one hand, some of the justices
appear hesitant to strike down the en-tire law, even if they kill the mandate,because there are lots of other things inthe law that would not be directly af-fected by losing the mandate. But otherjustices worry that if they strike downthe mandate and leave the rest stand-ing, it would leave an unworkable mess.When a lawyer urged the court to use
“judicial restraint,” Justice AnthonyKennedy wondered whether leavingsome of the law standing might be moreradical than knocking down the wholething. Kennedy suggested the courtmight be overstepping its power if “one
provision was stricken andthe others remained to im-pose a risk on insurancecompanies that Congresshad never intended. By rea-son of this court, we wouldhave a new regime thatCongress did not providefor, did not consider. That, itseems to me, can be arguedat least to be a more ex-treme exercise of judicialpower than … striking the
whole.”Talk like that — Kennedy is, after all,
widely thought to be the swing vote whocould save Obamacare —left the law’ssupporters absolutely freaked out asthey watched and read reports suggest-ing Obamacare is doomed.“How did so many commentators pre-
dicting this would be a slam dunk for theObama administration get it so wrong?”asked liberal Washington Post bloggerGreg Sargent. Sargent theorized thatthe law’s supporters simply underesti-mated the right-wing zealotry of An-tonin Scalia. But there’s an easierexplanation: They simply never consid-ered whether the vast, unprecedentedand intrusive new law would raise anyconstitutional issues. It never enteredtheir minds.Two years ago, then-House Speaker
Nancy Pelosi was taken aback when ayoung conservative reporter asked her,“Where, specifically, does the Constitu-tion grant Congress the authority toenact an individual health insurancemandate?”“Are you serious?” Pelosi responded.
“Are you serious?”Pelosi never answered the question,
and neither did many liberals, even as aserious challenge to Obamacare madeits way to the Supreme Court.In the end, it might turn out that all of
the liberal panic was unnecessary— andall the conservative hope unfounded.Listening to the arguments and readingthe transcript, it’s not at all clear thatthe court will strike down the individualmandate, much less the whole of Oba-macare. Yes, Kennedy sounded skeptical,but he’s entirely capable of engaging intortured logic to allow the law to stand.Chief Justice Roberts’ position isn’t clear,either. The case wasn’t a slam dunk be-fore, and it’s not a slam dunk now.But it will be over soon. The justices
have already met in conference andtaken a preliminary vote on the case. Afinal decision is due in June.
Byron York is chief political corre-spondent for TheWashington Examiner.
To the Editor:Grace United Methodist
Church and Grace GroundZero youth group is gearingup for our second annualB2S Bash and would like toonce again extend a publicthank you to area busi-nesses who sponsored ourFirst Annual area wide B2S(Back to school) Bash heldAug. 28, 2011. We hostedmore than 350 youth andadults for this event whichincluded bands, inflatables,corn hole, volleyball andgreat food all free of chargeto the teens.The following gave gener-
ously to this event:University of Dayton,
TaylorUniversity,OhioWes-leyan University, BurgerKing,Family Christian bookstore (Dayton Mall), 5/3Bank, 36 Skate Club, AAA,Aarons Sales and Lease,American Legion Post 184,Apex Vending, Arby’s, Auto-motive Armature, BK RootBeer Stand (Piqua), BobEvans,BrelAire Lanes,Buf-falo Wild Wings, Cassanos,Cavens Meats, CedarvilleUniversity, Charleys Steak-ery, Chick Fil-A, Cinemark,Coldstone Creamery, Cul-vers, Dairy Queen, Dobo’sDelights, Dominos Pizza,East of Chicago, EdisonCommunity College, ElSombrero, Elder Beerman,Faiths Pizza, FantabulousPhotography, Fazolis,Friendly’s, Georges DairyBar, Glamour On Main,Gone Postal, Gover HarleyDavidson, Grace ChristianBookstore, Gramps Auto –Rick Cantrell, Great Clips,Indiana Wesleyan Univer-sity, Jay & Mary’s Books,John Bertke State Farm In-surance, Krogers, Lees Fa-mous Recipe Chicken, LongJohn Silvers, Main Optical,Meijer, Melcher-Sowers Fu-neral Home, Melissa Hil-leary, Miami Valley CentreMall, Night Sky Café CoffeeHouse and Eatery, OrdingsCarryout, Parker’s SportShop, Paul Sherry Chrysler,Piqua Battery, Piqua Bever-age Center, Piqua Lumber,Piqua Signs, Pizza DiRoma,Pizza Hut, Portrait Cre-ations, Rally’s, Scott FamilyMcDonald’s, Sinclair Com-munity College, SkylineChili, Smok’n’Jo’s BBQ (Sid-ney), Sonic, Subway, SunsetCleaners, Susie’s BigDipper,Taco Bell, Trophy Nut Co.,Ulbrichs, Unity NationalBank, Urbana University,Waffle House, Walmart(Piqua), Wendy’s, WrightState University, YMCA,Zenders and Frisch’s.The Second Annual B2S
Bash is scheduled for Aug.26, and we encourage allarea youth grades 7-12 toplan to attend and invitetheir friends, you will not bedisappointed. This event isfree to students. Anyone in-terested in donating funds tooffset costs should contactGrace United MethodistChurch at 773-8232 or atwww.pgumc.com.Again, thank you Piqua,
our vision has become a re-ality because of so manywonderful people and busi-nesses.
Ryan VanMatreYouth Pastor
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This deal occurred in atournament played inFrance in 1963 to selectthe French representativethat year to the annualEuropean team champi-onship. And quite a deal itwas!It started off innocently
enough when JacquesStetten, playing withLeon Tintner, openedthird-hand with onespade. East bid two hearts-- he had values to sparefor his modest overcall,but no better call wasavailable -- and South bidthree diamonds.
At this point,the bidding became fre-netic. North bid three
hearts, a cuebid indicat-ing a strong hand with aprobable void in hearts,and East doubled. Aftertwo passes, North thenbid four hearts! This wasa further cuebid, confirm-ing the heart void, andeven more importantly, iturged South to bid a slamin either diamonds orspades, depending on hishand.South quickly accepted
the invitation by biddingsix diamonds.True, Southhad only 10 high-cardpoints (six of which heknew were wasted oppo-site North's void). ButSouth also had a seven-card suit and a void inclubs that North could notpossibly know about.Not only that, but when
East doubled,Tintner hadenough confidence in hispartner's bidding and hisown values to redouble!East -- holding A-A-A-K --no doubt thought his op-
ponents had gone berserkand would pay heavily fortheir indiscretion.But that wasn't how
things turned out.Tintnereasily made six diamondsredoubled for a score of
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DEAR ABBY: I reallyneed some feedback.When I was 13, I wouldcut myself. I stoppedaround 15 after an at-tempted overdose thatdidn’t work. I did it be-cause my parents werestressed due to moneyproblems and ignored meor yelled at me a lot. Iwas also bullied in school.I had just moved here, sothere was no one to turnto.Suddenly, in the last
week, I have begun bingeeating. I see no hope forme graduating, no hopefor my life or my future. Iwake up wanting to goback to sleep or overdose.My wrists have throbbedat the thought of wantingto cut again, and lastnight I had a dream ofjumping off a building.All day I have had thesame daydream of hittingthe ground. I cry ran-domly for no reason. Ihave thought of multipleways to kill myself.This just started. I
can’t see why I can’t behappy. My brother is com-ing home fromAfghanistan. I should beecstatic.I plan on talking to a
counselor tomorrow be-cause I am not sure howto handle this. I don’twant to get into such astate that I’ll let myselfoverdose again. Thankyou for your time. I justneed some guidance onhow to handle this.
— WAVERING GIRLIN WATERTOWN, N.Y.
DEAR WAVERINGGIRL: You are also asmart girl to be reachingout for help. I hope by thetime you read this youwill have spoken to acounselor about your feel-ings, because it appearsyou are suffering from asevere depression, whichcan impair a person’sjudgment. Being bulliedat school and worriedabout graduating wouldbe enough to trigger it.The behaviors you de-scribe mean you need totalk to — and probably bemedicated by — a mentalhealth care professional.If you had given me
your phone number, Iwould have talked with
you personally about this— and, with your permis-sion, spoken to your par-ents about it. Yourcounselor can help youreach out for the help youneed, but if you experi-ence more suicidal im-pulses, please contact theNational Suicide Preven-tion Lifeline by calling800-273-8255.
DEAR ABBY: I workfor a small company. Em-ployees here bring intreats to share and leavethem in our break area soco-workers can helpthemselves. One em-ployee, “Karen,” sits at adesk that is very near thelounge, and snaps to at-tention when anyonewalks by with treats inhand. Then she jumps upand follows them into thelounge, where she lingersuntil the snacks areready.She’ll hover over the
trays of whatever is beingoffered while eating“samples.” Then shetakes a huge helping andstands nearby while sheeats it. She follows thatup by taking more backto her desk. It’s annoyingto see a plate of cookies ora pan of brownies thatwere brought to sharewith everyone gobbleddown by one person.Karen earns a good
salary. She certainly hasenough money to buy herown food. So, Abby, what’sa good way to tell her tostop?
— MISSING MYCOOKIES IN ERIE,
PA.
DEAR MISSINGYOUR COOKIES: Trythis. The next time one ofyou brings a treat to theoffice, put a sign next to itthat reads, “One to a cus-tomer, please,” or tell“Miss Piggy” in plainEnglish that she’s takingtoo much of a good thing.
Dear Abby is written byAbigail Van Buren, alsoknown 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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ST. PARIS — The Gra-ham High School MusicDepartment will presentthe musical South Pacificon Friday and Saturday,April 20-21 in the Graham
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purchase between 11:30a.m. and 12:30 p.m. or bycalling the high school at937-663-4127. Reservedseats are $8 each and maybe reserved prior to the
performance you wish toattend. Reserved seatsalso may be purchased atthe door. Performanceswill begin at 7:30 p.m.each night.
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Walker to offer painting classes PIQUA — The Upper Valley Ca-
reer Center Adult Division is col-laborating with area artistMichelle Walker to offer Still Lifein Oils classes from 7-9 p.m. May15-June 5. Students will explorewhat makes an interesting still lifeand will learn techniques for usingobjects from around the home indynamic still life paintings. Thecourse will also explore composi-tion, lighting and application ofpaints.When Walker is not working on
commissioned art, she travelsthroughout Ohio with the OhioPlein Air Society. She also enjoystraveling to Europe and Japanwith other artists.“My work has evolved to explore
the relationship between colorand light in the environmentaround me,” she said. “I amknown for my ability to captureunique and vibrant color in afresh and painterly manner. Ihave learned so many things frompainting such as becoming moreaware of the world and peoplearound me and seeing some-thing beautiful in what is other-wise mundane. Art is more thanjust a pretty picture on the wall; itis also about the people you meetand the friendships you make.”Living in a small town, Walker
is drawn to the wonderful vistasand gentle rolling hills of Ohio.
She says her greatest challenge isto find the perfect composition in apanoramic view of nature.Walker’s education in interior de-sign and engineering has influ-enced the way she sees life aroundher. Both have given her an en-riched view of spatial design andcolor. She has received numerousfirst place art show awards in oils,along with awards in watercolors.See www.walkerartgallery.com formore information about her re-cent work.“Students will enjoy this class
whether it is just for fun or ifthey want to learn professionaltechniques from an accom-plished artist,”said An-
nette Paulus, adult division coor-dinator.Tuition is $50. The training will
be conducted at the Upper ValleyCareer Center ATC, 8901 LooneyRoad, Piqua. For more informationor to register, call Annette Paulusat 1-800-589-6963. Registrationswill be accepted through May 8.Class size is limited. Supplies are
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BRADFORD — The fol-lowing special events willtake place at Bradford Pub-lic Library, 138 E. Main St.To sign-up for individualevents, call 448-2719.• Test Taking Skills for
students in grades 6-8 willtake place Monday or Tues-day to help in getting readyfor the OAA tests that beginthe end of April. Studentsand parents can attend andthe session will begin at 6p.m. This workshop is of-fered in conjunction withBradford schools.• A Handmade Card
Workshop will be presentedat 6 p.m. Thursday. Partici-pants will be making threecards for the spring season.The cost for the workshop is$5 and payable in advance.If you are interested inmaking greeting cards, youmust sign-up for this eventso that we can order thema-terials.• A Microsoft Office Pow-
erPoint workshop will be of-fered at 6 p.m. Thursday,April 19. Participants willbe working on scanning pic-
tures into a PowerPoint inorder to create a specializedpresentation for organiza-tions and businesses orbeautiful family memories.Sign-up in advance to as-sure availability.• Bradford Public Li-
brary will be hosting its An-nual Plant Swap from 10a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday,April 21. Participants can
either bring in seeds, cut-tings, small plants, etc forothers who wish to takethem home to plant. Youcan also swap plants for anew look in your own gar-den. Everything is free. Aspecial program on plantsand flowers is scheduled at10:30 a.m. Local garden ex-pert, Judith Bardo, will beon hand to answer ques-
tions.• Scrapbooking for
“Moms and Daughters” willbe held from 6-8 p.m.Thurs-day, April 26. Sign-up is inadvance with a charge of $5per person for materials.Each person will create ascrapbook page using theirown pictures and our circuitmachine. Seating will belimited.
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One year in to this se-ries of Calling AroundCovington articles, I figureI’ll give you a couple tricksof the trade. When I sitdown to write one of thesearticles, I go throughemails, check anyunchecked voicemails, andthen try to apply a coupledifferent techniques. Ineed an interesting, usu-ally random story or ideato start with, and it can beone that I’ve invented, orone that is sent in by thepublic (like when you readabout the McMakens lasttime). Within that initialparagraph or two, I try tosqueeze in a minimum ofone joke, and a maximumof about two and a half.Less than one and it’s bor-ing, more than three and itlooks like you’re trying toohard.I have a degree in Eng-
lish, and while I try to en-tertain and inform in thefirst bit of my article, ruleNo. 1 is to not overload itwith complex language. Ihave never been im-pressed with writers whouse a wide-ranging vocab-
ulary when it seems un-necessary. No one likes ashowoff. A capacious lexi-con does not sufficientlyevince palpable perspicac-ity.And then there are al-
ways the occasions when Istare blankly at the screentrying to come up withsomething to get mestarted, and nothingcomes. Then I just typewhatever pops into myhead and hope you don’tnotice.The Fields of Grace
Worship Center had theirfirst Community Easterservice Sunday, and whileI was given informationon the event just after Iwas able to announce it intime, I’m going to leavethis sentence here. Hope-fully the event went well— it no doubt did — andwe will use this opportu-nity to inform you that
Fields of Grace is a non-denominational churchand all are welcome to at-tend. There will soon bean open house at theirnew location, the details ofwhich you can read abouthere in the future.The first COA event for
Covington area seniorswill be euchre, and it willtake place on Thursday,April 19, from 1:30 to 3p.m. Thursday, April 19 atthe Covington villagebuilding on High Street.Refreshments and prizesare available. Due to lim-ited seating, call for reser-vations: Cindy at 473-2415or Nancy at 473-3337.The Stillwater Valley
Café andDeli is holding itsgrand opening at 10 a.m.today.The new food spot intown is located in theMar-ket Fresh Foods buildingon Troy Pike. StillwaterValley Catering, owned byRobynn Permenter of Troy,has been operating sincelast March, and nowthere’s a sit-down restau-rant to go with it. The caféwill feature a variety offoods and desserts, andyou can either sit down fora meal or get goods to go.Some of the recipes arelocal in flavor, created bylocal people, so stop in and
check them out.There is a Texas
Hold’em poker tourna-ment, hosted by the Cov-ington Knights ofColumbus Council 15424,at 2 p.m. Sunday.The tour-nament is being held atthe VFW on High Street.The entry fee is $20, witha $10 re-buy. Pre-registerby calling 473-5255 orshow up at 1:30 Sunday.Don’t forget, a quick re-
minder from your friendsat the J.R. Clarke PublicLibrary: “Come discoverthe beauty of the people,the culture and the land-scape of Haiti. Join localChristian missionaryNathan Rapp and his fam-ily as they give a pictorialwalk through their recenttravels to the poorestcountry in the WesternHemisphere. Experiencehow the Haitian peoplework, walk and worship intheir daily life. There willbe pictures and informa-tion presented regardingneeds for student sponsor-ship. Please plan to attendto broaden your Haitianhorizons. Punch and cook-ies will be available.”Call 418-7428 or email
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John Neumeier, left, is introduced at the awards cer-emony by Mark Pillow, director of business solutionsfor Goodyear Commercial Tire Systems. Neumeier, ofwas honored for pulling a 65-year-old Putnam Countyman from his sinking vehicle on a cold, wet Nov. 14evening. Neumeier is a driver for Bohman Trucking ofRussia.
RUSSIA — A ShelbyCounty man who rescueda motorist from a vehiclethat had plunged into an8-foot-deep pond was oneof four finalists nominatedfor Goodyear Tire & Rub-ber Co.’s 2011 NorthAmerican Highway HeroAward.John Neumeier, 58, of
Russia, a driver forBohman Trucking, also ofRussia, was honored forpulling a 65-year-old Put-nam County man from hissinking auto on a cold, wetNov. 14 evening.The incident, reported
nationwide by the Associ-ated Press, occurred asNeumeier was loading hismilk delivery truck at theVan Ham Dairy, locatedeast of the village ofDupont. He was on topsealing the tank when hesaw a car leave a curve inthe roadway and plungeinto a pond just off theroad.Neumeier called 9-1-1
on his cell phone and,grabbing a large wrench,
dived into the water, beat-ing on the sinking car’sdriver’s side window untilit broke. He then pulledthe driver, Earl Kuhlman,63, of Ft. Jennings, out byhis feet as the car wentunder.Kuhlman was espe-
cially lucky. Neumeiersaid, “I’m normally not atthe dairy until later in theevening.”Kuhlman was trans-
ported to Putman CountyAmbulatory Care in Glan-dorf where his conditionwas stabilized.“Each of these finalists
is a Highway Hero in hisown right,” Phillip Kane,vice president of GoodyearCommercial Tire Systems,said. “Each man rescuedsomeone who was in life-threatening peril. We arehonored to recognize theseselfless gentlemen fortheir acts of courage andcompassion.”The Highway Hero
Award was awarded MikeSchiotis, of Spring Hill,Tenn., who rescued awoman from a gun-wield-ing attacker in Pennsylva-nia. The award waspresented recently duringthe Mid-America Truck-ing Show in Louisville, Ky.
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Monday,April 9, 2012If you utilize all your abilities, ideasand experiences as best you can, theyear ahead could be very fruitful.Your fertile imagination, combinedwith your strong initiative and ambi-tion will produce a winning formula.ARIES (March 21-April 19) — If self-imposed uncertainties cause you toquestion something that you previ-ously believed to be sound, you couldstart to go backward instead of mov-ing ahead on things.TAURUS (April 20-May 20) — Beforebringing someone into your confi-dence, make sure this person won’tbetray you and tell others certain tid-bits that you don’t want blabbed allover town.GEMINI (May 21-June 20) — Yourchances for success look pretty good,provided you stick to your originalblueprint. Conversely, if you begin toeffect some last- minute changes,you’re likely to fall flat.CANCER (June 21-July 22) — Yourgenerous supply of ingenious ideasand loads of enthusiasm will count forlittle if you lack the discipline to fin-ish what you begin. Make sure thatyou’re a finisher.LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) — Usuallyyou’re an excellent judge of character,but this fine quality is apt to desertyou, and you could back the very peo-ple you should most avoid.VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) —When itcomes to a situation that calls for afirm stance and sticking to what youbegan, you could be convinced to takea different tack by someone who isway off course.LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) — Continu-ously check every detail of your workand/or the efforts of those under yourcharge. Be careful not to let someonewho has a tendency to rush a job callthe shots.SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) — Tryingto mix business with pleasure couldmake for a poor combination, so it isadvisable to stick with one or theother. Focus on work-related mattersor devote yourself to pleasure, but notboth.SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) —You’re the type of person who likes toexperiment on your work from time totime to see if you can do it better.Stick to the tried and true for the timebeing, however.CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Al-though you’re normally good at keep-ing secrets, that doesn’t mean you canrelax.Watch out, because with a min-imum amount of coaxing, a nosy palcould have you spilling the beans.AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) — Besatisfied with nominal profits insteadof holding out for what you believecould be a better deal. Unreasonableexpectations invite major disappoint-ment.PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) — Justbecause certain ideas or conceptswork for another does not necessarilyguarantee they will work for you.Make allowances for different situa-tions, talents and experiences.COPYRIGHT 2012 United FeatureSyndicate, Inc.
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Lady Buccs getsweep of RussiaArbogast, Snipes combine on no-hitter
COLDWATER — Piquabaseball coach Jared Ask-ins could live with the In-dians first game loss toColdwater Saturday —and hopes the Indianshave turned the cornerwith a second game win,earning a split on the day.The day started with a
5-3 loss.Andy Draving pitched a
six-hitter for the Indians,who only managed threehits. Draving struck outthree and walked one.“Like we talked about
before, we get a great ef-fort from Andy (Draving)every time out,” Askinssaid. “We just had onemistake that cost us tworuns. That broke our backand we weren’t able tocome back from that. But,it was a very well-playedbaseball game by bothteams.”Piqua had 14 hits in a
12-3 win in the secondgame.“We came out firing,”
Askins said. “Taylor Well-baum led off with a shotinto the 5-6 hole and wenever looked back.”Piqua scored two runs
in the top of the first, be-fore Coldwater answered
See BASEBALL/Page 14
RUSSIA — The Covington soft-ball team cruised to two winsover Russia Saturday, winningthe first game 8-1 and the secondgame 11-0 in five innings.“We got down to business today
and played well on someoen else’shome field,” Covington coachDean Denlinger said. “We werejust focused and ready to play.”Russia led 1-0 through three
innings in the opener, before theCovington bats got going.And that would be the only run
Russia scored all day.Casey Yingst through a two-
hitter in the opening game, whileMorgan Arbogast and HeidiSnipes combined on a no-hitter inthe second game.Arbogast pitched the first four
innings, before Snipes struck outall three batters she faced.Covington pounded out 25 hits
on the day.Jessie Shilt led the way with
five hits, including a double, atriple and five RBIs. Yingst addedfour hits and four RBIs.
Lady Vikings fallCASSTOWN — The Miami
East softball tema lost to Milton-Union 2-1 Saturday.For the Vikings, Madison Linn
doubled and was drove in byPaige Kiesewetter, who struck out10 but got the loss.“We couldn’t buy a hit when we
needed too,” Miami East coachBrian Kadel said. “We were com-ing off two games where we had30 hits. We just didn’t bring theoffense (Saturday).”East lost to Brookville by a
similar 2-1 score.Sam Denlinger had nine strike-
outs and no walks in a losing ef-fort.Kristy Brown went 2-for-4 at
the plate and Kiesewetter went 2-for-3 with a homer.Miami East (6-4) plays at
Bethel on Tuesday.
Newton splits gamesPLEASANT HILL — Newton
split a pair of games with North-western on Saturday, winning thefirst 6-1 and dropping the secondgame by a count of 7-2.Kirsten Burden had five strike-
outs and gave up just three hits
See SOFTBALL/Page 14
ANNA — Lehman jun-ior Sarah Titterington seta meet record at the AnnaInvitational Saturday,while Russia girls led localteams with a second-placefinish.Houston girls were sev-
enth and Lehman was10th.Houston boys finished
fourth, Russia was sixthand Lehman was seventh.
Titterington broke themeet record in the 400-meter dash, winning in60.33 and adding a win inthe 200, 27.04 for all theLady Cavaliers scoring.Russia girls got wins
from Jackie Siefring, 100hurdles, 16.25; and Lau-ren Francis, 3,200,11;50.43.Houston boys had wins
from TJ Martin, high
jump, 6-0; and BrandonIke, pole vault, 12-6.
BOYSTeam scores: Minster 194.33, Anna
112, West Liberty-Salem 92, Houston 67.5,New Bremen 56, Russia 48.3, LehmanCatholic 32, New Knoxville 26.8, Troy Chris-tian 18, Fort Jennings 13.Local Placers3,200 Relay: 2.Russia, 8:44.94; 7.Hous-
ton, 9:29.36.110 Hurdles: 6.Nathan Ritchie (Hous-
ton), 18:32.100: 5.Brandon Ike (Houston), 12.23;
8.Teddy Jackson (Lehman), 12.33.800 Relay: 4.Lehman, 1:39.05; 5.Hous-
ton, 1:41.49; 6.Russia, 1:44.15.1,600: 5.Devin Jester (Houston), 4:46.35;
8.Colin Ball (Russia), 4:50.64.
400 Relay: 5.Russia, 48.69; 6.Houston,49.08.400: 3.Justin Stewart (Lehman), 52.50;
7.Erik Jackson (Lehman), 54.12.300 Hurdles: 2.Tyler Francis (Russia),
PLEASANT HILL —Newton High School islooking for a head varsityvolleyball coach for the2012 season.
Anyone interestedshould contact Bob Huels-man at (937) 676-5132.
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Leagues format Mote Park
Summer slo-pitch soft-ball league are now form-ing at Mote Park.
They include a Thursdaymen’s recreation leagueand a Friday co-ed recre-ational league.
For more information,contact Dan Hathaway at(937) 418-8585.
Sapp files forbankruptcy
FORT LAUDERDALE,Fla. (AP) — Former NFLstar Warren Sapp owesmore than $6.7 million tocreditors and back childsupport and alimony, ac-cording to a Chapter 7bankruptcy filing in SouthFlorida.
Sapp's $6.45 million inassets includes 240 pairsof Jordan athletic shoesworth almost $6,500, a$2,250 watch and a lionskin rug worth $1,200. Healso reported losing his2002 Super Bowl ring withthe Bucs and his 1991 na-tional championship ringfrom the University ofMiami.
The court documentswere filed in the U.S.Bankruptcy Court in FortLauderdale on March 30.TMZ.com first reported thefiling. A phone messageand e-mail left with his at-torney, Chad Pugatch,were not returned.
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Major League BaseballAt A GlanceAll Times EDTNational League
W L Pct GBSt. Louis 3 1 .750 —Cincinnati 2 1 .667 ½Houston 2 1 .667 ½Pittsburgh 2 1 .667 ½Chicago 1 2 .333 1½Milwaukee 1 2 .333 1½West Division
W L Pct GBArizona 3 0 1.000 —Los Angeles 3 1 .750 ½Colorado 1 2 .333 2San Diego 1 3 .250 2½San Francisco 0 3 .000 3Saturday's GamesWashington 7, Chicago Cubs 4N.Y. Mets 4, Atlanta 2Milwaukee 6, St. Louis 0Arizona 5, San Francisco 4Houston 7, Colorado 3Pittsburgh 2, Philadelphia 1, 10 inningsMiami 8, Cincinnati 3L.A. Dodgers 6, San Diego 5, 11 inningsSunday's GamesN.Y. Mets 7, Atlanta 5Cincinnati 6, Miami 5Pittsburgh 5, Philadelphia 4Houston 3, Colorado 2St. Louis 9, Milwaukee 3Chicago Cubs 4, Washington 3San Diego 8, L.A. Dodgers 4Arizona 7, San Francisco 6Monday's GamesMiami (Sanchez 0-0) at Philadelphia (Hamels 0-0), 1:05
p.m.San Francisco (Zito 0-0) at Colorado (Chacin 0-0), 4:10
p.m.Milwaukee (Marcum 0-0) at Chicago Cubs (Volstad 0-
0), 7:05 p.m.St. Louis (Westbrook 0-0) at Cincinnati (Bailey 0-0), 7:10
p.m.Washington (Jackson 0-0) at N.Y. Mets (Pelfrey 0-0),
7:10 p.m.Atlanta (Beachy 0-0) at Houston (Happ 0-0), 8:05 p.m.Tuesday's GamesPittsburgh at L.A. Dodgers, 4:10 p.m.St. Louis at Cincinnati, 7:10 p.m.Washington at N.Y. Mets, 7:10 p.m.Atlanta at Houston, 8:05 p.m.Milwaukee at Chicago Cubs, 8:05 p.m.Arizona at San Diego, 10:05 p.m.
American LeagueEast Division
W L Pct GBBaltimore 3 0 1.000 —Tampa Bay 3 0 1.000 —Toronto 2 1 .667 1Boston 0 3 .000 3NewYork 0 3 .000 3Central Division
W L Pct GBDetroit 3 0 1.000 —Kansas City 2 1 .667 1Chicago 1 1 .500 1½Cleveland 1 2 .333 2Minnesota 0 3 .000 3West Division
W L Pct GBSeattle 3 1 .750 —Texas 1 1 .500 1Los Angeles 1 2 .333 1½Oakland 1 3 .250 2Saturday's GamesToronto 7, Cleveland 4, 12 inningsDetroit 10, Boston 0Kansas City 6, L.A. Angels 3Baltimore 8, Minnesota 2Tampa Bay 8, N.Y.Yankees 6Chicago White Sox 4, Texas 3Seattle 8, Oakland 7Sunday's GamesDetroit 13, Boston 12, 11 inningsCleveland 4, Toronto 3Baltimore 3, Minnesota 1Tampa Bay 3, N.Y.Yankees 0Kansas City 7, L.A. Angels 3Chicago White Sox at TexasMonday's GamesL.A. Angels (C.Wilson 0-0) at Minnesota (Blackburn 0-
0), 4:10 p.m.Chicago White Sox (Sale 0-0) at Cleveland (Tomlin 0-
0), 7:05 p.m.N.Y.Yankees (Nova 0-0) at Baltimore (Matusz 0-0), 7:05
p.m.Boston (Doubront 0-0) at Toronto (Alvarez 0-0), 7:07
p.m.Seattle (Noesi 0-0) at Texas (Darvish 0-0), 8:05 p.m.Kansas City (Mendoza 0-0) at Oakland (Milone 0-0),
10:05 p.m.Tuesday's GamesTampa Bay at Detroit, 1:05 p.m.Chicago White Sox at Cleveland, 7:05 p.m.N.Y.Yankees at Baltimore, 7:05 p.m.Boston at Toronto, 7:07 p.m.Seattle at Texas, 8:05 p.m.Kansas City at Oakland, 10:05 p.m.
Second, Tim McClelland; Third, Ted Barrett.T—2:37. A—23,539 (42,319).
MLB LeadersTODAY'S MAJOR LEAGUE LEADERS
NATIONAL LEAGUEBATTING—DWright, New York, .667; Cozart, Cincin-
nati, .545; Furcal, St. Louis, .526; Hart, Milwaukee, .444;Freese, St. Louis, .421; Cuddyer, Colorado, .417;LaRoche, Washington, .417; Sandoval, San Francisco,.417.RUNS—Kemp, Los Angeles, 6; MEllis, Los Angeles, 5;
Beltran, St. Louis, 4; Cozart, Cincinnati, 4; Maybin, SanDiego, 4; JRivera, Los Angeles, 4; 15 tied at 3.RBI—Ethier, Los Angeles, 8; Kemp, Los Angeles, 8;
Freese, St. Louis, 6; Bruce, Cincinnati, 5; Headley, SanDiego, 5; 6 tied at 4.HITS—Furcal, St. Louis, 10; Freese, St. Louis, 8; Bel-
tran, St. Louis, 7; Kemp, Los Angeles, 7; Cozart, Cincin-nati, 6; DWright, NewYork, 6; 10 tied at 5.DOUBLES—Furcal, St. Louis, 3; DanMurphy, NewYork,
3; 15 tied at 2.TRIPLES—12 tied at 1.HOME RUNS—Bruce, Cincinnati, 3; Hart, Milwaukee,
3; Beltran, St. Louis, 2; Duda, NewYork, 2; Hill, Arizona, 2;Kemp, Los Angeles, 2; LaRoche, Washington, 2.STOLEN BASES—SCastro, Chicago, 4; Bonifacio,
Miami, 3; DGordon, Los Angeles, 3; Furcal, St. Louis, 2;Maybin, San Diego, 2;McCutchen, Pittsburgh, 2;Victorino,Philadelphia, 2.PITCHING—26 tied at 1.STRIKEOUTS—Billingsley, Los Angeles, 11; Dempster,
Chicago, 10; Samardzija, Chicago, 8; Norris, Houston, 8;Lynn, St. Louis, 8;Wolf, Milwaukee, 7;Volquez, San Diego,7; Niese, New York, 7; Lincecum, San Francisco, 7;Greinke, Milwaukee, 7.SAVES—FFrancisco, New York, 3; Guerra, Los Ange-
les, 2; Putz, Arizona, 2; 8 tied at 1.AMERICAN LEAGUE
BATTING—Longoria, Tampa Bay, .600; Jackson, De-troit, .571; Markakis, Baltimore, .556; CPena, Tampa Bay,.500; Konerko, Chicago, .500; DavMurphy, Texas, .500;Mi-Cabrera, Detroit, .455; Sweeney, Boston, .455.RUNS—MiCabrera, Detroit, 5; Hosmer, Kansas City, 5;
W L Pct GBx-San Antonio 39 14 .736 —Memphis 32 23 .582 8Houston 30 25 .545 10Dallas 31 26 .544 10New Orleans 15 41 .268 25½Northwest Division
W L Pct GBy-Oklahoma City 40 15 .727 —Denver 30 26 .536 10½Utah 29 27 .518 11½Portland 27 30 .474 14Minnesota 25 32 .439 16Pacific Division
W L Pct GBL.A. Lakers 35 22 .614 —L.A. Clippers 34 22 .607 ½Phoenix 29 27 .518 5½Golden State 22 33 .400 12Sacramento 19 37 .339 15½x-clinched playoff spoty-clinched divisionSaturday's GamesBoston 86, Indiana 72New Orleans 99, Minnesota 90Memphis 94, Dallas 89Atlanta 116, Charlotte 96Orlando 88, Philadelphia 82Milwaukee 116, Portland 94Phoenix 125, L.A. Lakers 105Golden State 112, Denver 97L.A. Clippers 109, Sacramento 94Sunday's GamesNewYork 100, Chicago 99, OTBoston 103, Philadelphia 79Miami 98, Detroit 75Cleveland at New JerseyToronto at Oklahoma CityUtah at San AntonioHouston at SacramentoMonday's GamesWashington at Charlotte, 7 p.m.Toronto at Indiana, 7 p.m.Detroit at Orlando, 7 p.m.L.A. Lakers at New Orleans, 8 p.m.L.A. Clippers at Memphis, 8 p.m.Oklahoma City at Milwaukee, 8 p.m.Golden State at Denver, 9 p.m.San Antonio at Utah, 9 p.m.Phoenix at Minnesota, 9 p.m.Houston at Portland, 10 p.m.Tuesday's GamesCharlotte at Cleveland, 7 p.m.Boston at Miami, 7 p.m.Orlando at Washington, 7 p.m.Philadelphia at New Jersey, 7:30 p.m.Sacramento at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.NewYork at Chicago, 9:30 p.m.
National Hockey League Daily Playoff GlanceAll Times EDT(x-if necessary)FIRST ROUND(Best-of-7)
Wednesday, April 11Philadelphia at Pittsburgh, 7:30 p.m.Detroit at Nashville, 8 p.m.Los Angeles at Vancouver, 10:30 p.m.Thursday, April 12Ottawa at NY Rangers, 7 p.m.San Jose at St. Louis, 7:30 p.m.Washington at Boston, 7:30 p.m.Chicago at Phoenix, 10 p.m.Friday, April 13New Jersey at Florida, 7 p.m.Philadelphia at Pittsburgh, 7:30 p.m.Detroit at Nashville, 7:30 p.m.Los Angeles at Vancouver, 10 p.m.Saturday, April 14Washington at Boston, 3 p.m.Ottawa at NY Rangers, 7 p.m.San Jose at St. Louis, 7:30 p.m.Chicago at Phoenix, 10 p.m.Sunday, April 15Nashville at Detroit, NoonPittsburgh at Philadelphia, 3 p.m.New Jersey at Florida, 7:30 p.m.Vancouver at Los Angeles, 10:30 p.m.
HockeyNHL Playoffs
High Jump: 1.TJ Martin (Houston), 6-0;2.(tie) Kyle Poling (Russia), 5-6; 7.(tie)Jacob Braun (Houston), 5-4.Shot Put: 4.Justin Yingst (Houston), 44-
1; 7.Nick Paulus (Russia), 40-5; 8.MasonYingst (Houston), 40-3.PoleVault: 1.Brandon Ike (Houston), 12-
en route to winning thefirst game on the hill forthe Indians.Fawn King had a 2-for-3
game with a double and ahomer and Morgan Kinghad a single and two RBIs— and King had a stronggame at the plate in thesecond game, as well,going 2-for-3.Pitcher Erin Hixon took
the loss.“We lost our focus a lit-
tle bit in the secondgame,” Newton coach KirkKadel said. “We reallycouldn’t seem to get it to-gether like we did in thefirst game. They were twogood games, though.”Newton plays Twin Val-
ley South at home onTuesday.
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with three.But, from that point on,
Piqua outscored the Cava-liers 10-0.“Last weekend or in
previous doubleheaders,that (trailing 3-2 in thefirst) is when we wouldput our heads down,” Ask-ins said. “We didn’t do thatthis time. The kids justkept battling. That wasgreat to see. It seems likewe hit every other game.”Wellbaum was 3-for-5
with a triple and one RBI,while Brian Marsh hadone RBI.Taylor Huebner was 3-
for-4 with a double, whileWright had two moreRBIs.Draving was 2-for-3
with three RBIs, whileJared Nill was 2-for-3with a double and threeRBIs.Luke Schneider was
also 2-for-3.Huebner pitched a six-
hitter, blanking Coldwaterover the final six innings.He struck out five andwalked one.Piqua, 5-6, will play at
Xenia Friday.The Indians were origi-
nally scheduled to playVandalia-Butler Mondayand Tuesday, but playedthose games earlier thisseason because Vandaliais out of state this week.
Cavs go 1-1ST. HENRY – Lehman
ace Alex Smith had 18strikeouts on the day, but-could get just a save forthe Cavaliers, who wonone and lost one in the St.Henry invitational base-ball tournament Saturday.The Cavaliers, now 8-3,
opened with their secondloss of the season to Mar-ion Local, and the Flyerswere able to beat Smithdespite striking out 13times against him.The Flyers plated two
runs in the top of the sev-enth to break a 1-1 tie andwin 3-1.Greg Spearman had
two hits for the Cavs.Against Anna, Smith
came on and pitched thefinal two and two-thirdsinning and struck out fivemore to earn a saveagainst the Rockets, whoentered the tournament 6-0.For Lehman, DJ Hemm
was 3-for-4 and scoredtwice, and AJ Hemmel-garn was 2-for-3 andscored three times.Lehman will travel to
Waynesfield-Goshen onTuesday.
East, MU splitCASSTOWN — Miami
East came back from
down two with three inthe final inning to grab athrilling 7-6 victory toopen Saturday’s double-header against Milton-Union.The Bulldogs used a big
seventh inning to win thesecond game, and while itlacked the drama, it wasno less effective.Milton-Union cashed in
10 walks and a pair of bigerrors to score 10 runs —without the benefit of a hit— to split the day with amarathon 19-15 win atMiami East.Luke Clark pitched the
first six inning for theVikings in the opener, andMichael Fellers threw theseventh.He ended up giving
himself the win in the bot-tom of the inning with hisbat, drilling a walkoff two-run single to win thegame.Garrett Mitchell was 2-
for-4 and Evan Bowlingwas 2-for-3 with a doublefor Miami East.The Vikings outhit the
Bulldogs 16-9 in the sec-ond game, but Milton-Union turned 18 total freepasses and four errorsinto runs.For East, Clark went 4-
for- 6 with a triple, ColtonBowling was 3-for-3 with atriple, Brandon Kirk andBradley Coomes wereboth 2-for-4 and KevinMcMaken was 2-for-3.Miami East travels to
Bethel Tuesday in a bigCCC matchup.
Tigers split twoVERSAILLES — The
Versailles baseball teamsplit two games with St.Marys Saturday.Versailles lost the
opener 6-5, before rallyingto win the nightcap 6-5.Aaron McNeilan had
two hits in the first gamefor the Tigers, but St.Marys took advantage ofsome poor Versaillesbaserunning and 12 walksto win.In the second game,
Jared Heitkamp and MikeDavidson combined on asix-hitter.“Jared Heitkamp and
Michael Davidson weresolid in their varsity pitch-ing debuts as Jared pickedup the win and Mike thesave,” Versailles coachMitch Hoying said.Ethan Bruns slugged
two doubles and had twoRBIs, while ZachNiekamp was 2-for-4 witha double.Lee Kindell drove in
two runs, while DominicRichard had a triple.Versailles plays at
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‘Bubba’ wins Masters thrillerSouthpaw wins two-hole playoff with Oosthuizen to take ‘Green Jacket’AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) —
BubbaWatson started theday by watching the rarestshot in golf. He ended an-other thrill-a-minute Sun-day at Augusta Nationalwith a signature shot ofhis own to win the Mas-ters.So deep in the trees
right of the 10th fairwaythat he couldn't even seethe green, Watson hookeda wedge off the pine nee-dles from 155 yards toabout 10 feet from thehole. That set up a par,good enough to beat LouisOosthuizen on the secondplayoff hole."If I've got a swing, I've
got a shot," Watson said.It was Oosthuizen who
set the tone for this wildday with a double eagle —only the fourth in Mastershistory — on the par-5second hole when his 4-iron from 253 yardslanded on the front of thegreen and rolled some 90feet into the hole for a 2."Somehow it fell in my
hands today," saidWatson,who closed with a 68. "It'samazing. It's a blur, thelast nine holes I don't re-member anything. Some-how I guess I cried all mytears out."He was blubbering hard
on the 10th green, shoul-ders heaving, for so manyreasons. Just two weeksago, he and his wifeadopted a baby boy, Caleb.The first person on thegreen was his mother —his father died right afterthe Ryder Cup in 2010.And suddenly, the power-ful lefty with a millionshots in the bag was amajor champion."I never got this far in
my dreams," Watson saidin Butler cabin, where de-fending champion CharlSchwartzel helped himinto the green jacket. "It's
a blessing. To go home tomy new son, it's going tobe fun."Oosthuizen was trying
to join Gene Sarazen inthe 1935 Masters as theonly major champions towin with a double eagle inthe final round. The for-mer British Open cham-pion made one clutch puttafter another on the backnine, none more importantthan a 4-footer on the 18thfor a 69 to force the play-off.Both had a good look at
birdie at No. 18 on thefirst extra hole andmissed.Watson, dressed all in
white and using a pinkdriver, hooked one into thetrees and it appeared hewould have no shot atreaching the green. Oost-huizen followed him,clanged off a Georgia pineand was left with 231yards to the green. His ap-proach came up short.That's when Watson,
who rarely hits a shot on astraight line, came upwith the most magicalshot of his life."I was there earlier
today, during regulation,"he said. "So I was used toit. I knew what I was fac-ing there. I had a good lie,had a gap where I had tohook it 40 yards or some-thing. I'm pretty good athooking it."Oosthuizen was in the
fairway. All he could seewas a corridor of fansleading into the woods."I had no idea where he
was," Oosthuizen said."Where I stood from, whenthe ball came out, itlooked like a curve ball.Unbelievable shot. Thatshot he hit definitely wonhim the tournament."They finished at 10-
under 278, two shotsahead of four players who
kept it close and made theMasters as compelling asever.Phil Mickelson, playing
in the final group for thefourth time, recoveredfrom a triple bogey on thepar-3 fourth hole and stillmanaged to stay in thegame. He could only maketwo-putt birdies on thetwo par 5s on the back andshot 72."It's disappointing that
I didn't grab that fourthgreen jacket," said Mickel-son, whose wife and threekids flew in from SanDiego on Sunday. "It's dis-appointing that I didn'tmake it happen on theback nine and get theputts to fall, even though Ifelt like I was hitting thempretty good. I gave themall good chances. I justcouldn't quite get them togo."Lee Westwood ran off
three straight birdies, butthe last one hurt. He hadan 8-foot eagle putt to tiefor the lead on the 15thand missed it, and a finalbirdie on the 18th gavehim a 68 and only made itlook close.
"I don't feel like givingup just yet," said West-wood, who had his sev-enth top-3 finish in amajor since the 2008 U.S.Open.Matt Kuchar tied for
the lead with a short eagleputt on the 15th, then bo-geyed the 16th for a 69.Peter Hanson, who had aone-shot lead going intothe final round, didn'tmake a birdie until the15th hole. He closed witha 73.Gerry "Bubba" Watson,
a 33-year-old from theFlorida Panhandle, wonfor the fourth time in hiscareer and moves to No. 4in the world, making himthe highest-ranked Amer-ican in golf.And he created a legion
of fans — especially inGeorgia, where he re-turned to school to get hisdegree — who chanted,"Bubba! Bubba! Bubba!"as he hugged everyone hecould find on the 10thgreen.Tiger Woods used to
play practice rounds withWatson at the majors be-cause he was intrigued
how a guy who has neverhad a coach could makethe ball move any direc-tion he wanted.Woods was among those
who congratulatedWatsonon Twitter before the tro-phy presentation."Congrats (at)bub-
bawatson. Fantastic cre-ativity. Now how creativewill the champions dinnerbe next year?" he tweeted.Oosthuizen was trying
to become only the sixthplayer to have won majorsat Augusta National andSt. Andrews — two of themost revered courses ingolf — and almost got itdone.He stayed in the lead
with a tricky par puttfrom 10 feet on the 14thand a 7-foot birdie putt onthe 15th, but Watsoncaught him by making hisfourth straight birdie onthe back nine, a tee shotinto 4 feet on the 16th.Both hung on for pars
the rest of the way.Woods went from the fa-
vorite to not even a factoron the weekend. He closedwith a birdie on the 18thfor a 74 and had his high-est score ever at the Mas-ters as a pro, finishing at5-over 293 — 15 shots outof the lead.This, from a guy who
only two weeks ago wonby five shots at Bay Hill,presumably signaling areturn."It was an off week at
the wrong time," Woodssaid.He tied for 40th with
U.S. Open champion RoryMcIlroy, also favored tocontend. McIlroy was oneshot out of the lead aftertwo rounds, then had a 77-76 weekend.Woods and McIlroy
were expected to be a bigpart of the show. Thisbeing Augusta, the show
managed to go on. Theresimply is no greater the-ater in golf than the Mas-ters, and it lasted all day.An ace for Bo Van Pelt
on the 16th — the secondstraight year he has madetwo eagles on the backnine — for a tournament-best 64. An ace for AdamScott on the same hole,sending him to a 66.The loudest cheer was
for the rarest shot in golf.Hanson was sizing up a
difficult chip from right ofthe first green when Au-gusta erupted in cheersfrom down below. No onewas sure what it meantuntil Hanson and Mickel-son hit their tee shots onthe par-5 second, glancedover at the white leader-board behind the eighthgreen and saw that Oost-huizen had gone from 7under to 10 under aheadof them.Hanson made two quick
bogeys and never caughtback up. Mickelson's tour-nament might have endedon the fourth hole withone swing, one bad bounceoff the bleachers, and twostraight right-handedshots that led to triplebogey."Oh, no," Mickelson said
as his tee shot struck thegrandstand and caromedinto the woods. He couldhave gone back to the teeand played his third shot.Instead, he tried to chopout of the trees from theright side and barelymoved it a yard. He triedthe same shot again andslapped it to a muddypatch of grass. From therehe went into the bunker,and triple bogey was thebest he could do.Kuchar made a late
run, but this back nine —plus two extra holes — ul-timately belonged to Wat-son and Oosthuizen.
Bubba Watson hugs his mom after winning Sunday.AP PHOTO
PATASKALA — ThePiqua softball teamsplit two games in a triat Watkins MemorialSaturday.The Lady Indians
defeated host Watkins13-3 in the openinggame, before losing 7-2to Lancaster in the sec-ond game.In the opener, Haley
Dotson got the win,striking out 10 andhelped herself with asingle and a double.Kaci Cotrell had two
hits, Shauntel Whit-field had two hits, in-cluding a double andBailey Anspaugh hadtwo hits.“We played really
well,” Piqua coach RickClaprood said. “Weswung the bats well,we ran the bases welland Haley (Dotson)threw a good game.”In the second game,
Piqua lost 7-2.Four of Lancaster’s
runs were unearned.“We had five errors,”
Claprood said. “It is thesame story. When wehave lost, we have thatone or two mistakesthat really hurt us.“It is a different
story without the er-rors.”Megan Wright had
two hits against Lan-caster.Dotson doubled,
while Alex Cox andBrandi Baker both sin-gled.Piqua, 5-6, will get
back in action today,hostin Vandalia-Butlerin GWOC North action,before playing at Van-dalia on Tuesday.
Piqua getssplit in triLady Indians beatWatkins Memorial
CINCINNATI (AP) —Astar third baseman mostof his career, 37-year-oldScott Rolen made a bigimpact in a rare pinch-hit-ting appearance.The 37-year-old drove
in the winning run in theninth inning with a sharpinfield single that thirdbaseman Hanley Ramirezfailed to handle, lifting theCincinnati Reds to acome-from-behind 6-5 winover the Miami Marlins.Pinch-hitting is often
thought of as a niche formarginal players who canadapt to the demands ofthe role. Rolen, a seven-time All-Star and eight-time Gold Glove winner,looked just fine in it."It's certainly not easy,"
said Rolen, now 8-for-18as a pinch-hitter in his ca-reer. "Everybody says youcome in cold, but believeme, your blood pressure'sthrough the roof. You'renot really cold. Your circu-lation's going crazy."Manager Dusty Baker
figured that Rolen, in his17th big league season,would be prepared to graba bat."You don't really have to
tell him ahead of time,"Baker said. "He knows toget ready. That was a biggame."Jay Bruce started the
comeback with his secondhome run of the game andthird of the season, an op-posite-field drive into theleft-center field seats thatcost Marlins new closerHeath Bell (0-1) a save inhis first opportunity. Oneout later, Drew Stubbschopped a single that hitRamirez's glove. Stubbsmoved to third on RyanHanigan's single to right.
Ramirez's tried to han-dle Rolen's grounder witha forehand grab on hisbackhand side. He justknocked it down and hadto watch as Stubbscrossed the plate with therun that gave the Redstwo wins in the three-game series.Bruce's homer cost for-
mer San Diego closerHeath Bell (0-1) a save inhis first opportunity sincesigning with Miami as afree agent."My job is to save
games, and I didn't do it,"Bell said. "I need to earnthe respect from theseguys. I need to be more ac-countable. I didn't make apitch when I needed tomake a pitch."Left-hander Aroldis
Chapman (1-0) pitchedtwo shutout innings of re-lief.The Marlins got at least
one hit in every inningagainst Cincinnati starterBronson Arroyo and everystarter — including Car-los Zambrano— had a hit.Zambrano retired 13 of
14 batters in one stretch,including 12 straight be-fore Bruce homered withtwo outs in the sixth in-ning to give Cincinnati a4-2 lead.He lasted six innings,
allowing four hits and fourruns with two walks andsix strikeouts.The Reds led 3-0 and 4-
2 before the Marlinsscored three runs to takea 5-4 lead in the seventh,which opened with Arroyohitting Greg Dobbs with apitch. Brett Hayes thenhit a hard shot into theleft field corner, but had tostop at first as Dobbs hob-bled into second.
Reds rally inninth to winScore twice for 6-5 victory
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