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Piqua BOE planswork sessionPIQUA — The Piqua

Board of Education willmeet for a work sessionat 4:30 p.m. Tuesday. Themeeting will be held at theboard’s office, 719 E. AshSt., and will include anupdate and review of thebuilding project and boardpolicy review and discus-sion. No action will betaken at the work session.Also, Tuesday, the

board will conduct a pub-lic meeting at 6:30 p.m.Tuesday, to discuss thenaming of the three newelementary buildings.Themeeting is open to any-one who is interested inparticipating and sharingtheir ideas.

BY JOHN HAUERFor the Daily Calleditorial@dailycall.com

PIQUA — Anyone whoenters Room 303 atWilderIntermediate School is instore for a very uniquegreeting.Two large aquar-iums dominate the wallopposite the doorway, anda dozen assorted goldfishand turtles will rush tothe glass.Their welcome isled by Wilbur the turtlewho has almost 20 yearsof experience in a class-room setting. Obviously,this is a science room, andit is the 5th grade scienceclass of teacher MerrianneThompson.Thompson is from the

Piqua area and graduatedfrom Houston High School

in 1990. She playedflute and piccolo inthe Marching Band,Concert Band, andPep Band. She wasin Drama Club andkept stats for thetrack and crosscountry teams. “I knew Iwanted to go to college,”she said. “And, I knew Iwould have to work to payfor it.”She enrolled at Edison

Community College andtook general ed courseswhile working full-time atMeijer’s in Troy. Thomp-son transferred to WrightState University andearned her bachelor’s de-gree in K-8 ElementaryEducation in 1999. Later,she received a master’s de-gree from WSU in the

Teacher Leader program.“I grew up on a farm

and liked animals,” shesaid. “I liked being aroundkids and showing themhow to care for animals, soteaching was a naturalchoice.” Thompson creditstwo of her teachers as biginfluences in her careerdecision. “My fifth-gradeteacher Mr. Borchers litethe fire and got me inter-ested in learning,” shesaid. “Mr. Abbott, my highschool English teacher,

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exit strategy in Afghanistanbecause it establishes guide-lines for any American forceswho remain after the with-drawal deadline and for finan-cial help to the impoverishedcountry and its security forces.For the Afghan government,

it is also a way to show its peo-ple that their U.S. allies arenot just walking away.“Our goal is an enduring

partnership with Afghanistanthat strengthens Afghan sov-ereignty, stability and prosper-ity and that contributes to ourshared goal of defeating al-Qaida and its extremist affili-ates,” said U.S. Embassyspokesman Gavin Sundwall.“We believe this agreementsupports that goal.”After 10 years of U.S.-led

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Covington High School recently announced its 2012 Prom Court. The court consists of Sam Chris-tian, Julianna Simon, Brandon Powell, Sasha Grilliot, Tiffany York, Steven Blei, Hannah Pond, Chris-tian Carder, Macy Boehringer and Darren Clark. The event is scheduled from 6-11 p.m. Saturday, takingplace at the Crystal Room in Troy starting with a dinner followed by a dance and the king and queencrowning. The theme for the this years event is “Dancing in the Dark.”

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TROY — Patient response to thenewly revamped Cancer Care Cen-ter at Upper Valley Medical Centerhas been universally positive, as theremodeling was focused on makingthe space “warm and inviting.”“It’s been nothing but compli-

ments and positive reactions,” saidthe center’s director, Jean Heath.“They love the rooms looking out into

the garden, and they say, ‘If I have toget treatment, I want it to be here.’”Patients were welcomed to the ex-

panded center April 16, and the com-munity is invited to an open housefrom 9 a.m. to noon April 28.The expansion project was com-

pleted over a period of two years.Phase I consisted of remodeling thelower level and adding a second lin-ear accelerator for radiation therapytreatments, allowing for greater flex-ibility in scheduling. Prior to the con-struction, infusion and radiation took

place in one area.In Phase II, a ground-level second

entrance was added as well as a fam-ily waiting room, multi-purpose ther-apy room and individual infusiontreatment rooms with full-lengthwindows overlooking a garden. For-merly, the infusion center consistedof an open space with six treatmentchairs.Each individual room includes a

TV, heated massage chair, controlledlighting and electric adjustableblinds.

Heath expects a steady increase inpatients.“We were land-locked downstairs

before,” she said.The center is accented with wood

and bamboo and painted in naturalcolors, instilling a calming feel.“We’ve really embraced the light,”

Heath said. “We created the environ-ment around the patient experience.”For more information about the

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Pick it up and clean it up dayPIQUA — All residents are encouraged to participate between

the hours of 8:30 a.m. and noon Saturday, May 5, for the second an-nual Pick It Up and Clean It Up Day.Previously initiated by the Piqua Neighborhood Improvement

Corporation and the City of Piqua, organizations, businesses,schools, churches, civic groups, families and individuals are en-couraged to get involved. While a focus will be on community parksand recreational areas, clean-up areas will include neighborhoods,streets and more.Those interested may contact Community Development Man-

ager Bill Lutz at blutz@piquaoh.org or call 778-2062.Let’s all make the commitment and make an impact May 5.

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Wilder fourth-grade teacher Merianne Thompson andher students spend some time with Wilber Turtle lastweek. Wilber resides in a large aquarium in the roomand has been a student favorite for a number ofyears.

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The Ghost in theCourthouse Statue

Written byBill BaileyIllustrated by

Michelle Duckworth

Chapter 4The ride of my life begins

STORY SO FAR:When Jake Passmore,the new editor of The Jefferson Times,arrives in town, he sees Donnie and Humptytrying to talk to a ghost in a statue. Donnieexpects criticism for his overactive imagina-tion. Instead, Jake says it's a gift.When Jakemeets Donnie's mom, Holly, unpleasantsparks fly, as they swap insults. With thetension rising, someone arrives whomDonnie thinks might help patch things upbetween them.As Humpty and I watched the awkward

meeting between Mom and the new editor,things went from bad to ugly. They werelike oil and water - Jake was slick, andMomwas icy. I was afraid Jake might fireMom orthat she might quit before she ever worked aday for him.I found myself wanting Mom and Jake

to get along. For one thing, Jake had to bethe only guy in town who didn't thinkHumpty and I were stupid. My dad, whohad left town a year ago when he and Momsplit up - he sure thought so. He had calledHumpty "that silly dummy." Mom said Ishouldn't take that personal. But how elsewas I supposed to take it?On the other hand, Jake said he wanted

Humpty and me on his team. Nobody everwanted me on their team. In fact, I didn'tknow anybody half as cool as Jake whowould want me anywhere near him.So, for once, I was glad to see Mom's

biggest enemy, Sheriff Matlock, headingtoward Jake, with his lopsided swagger,hitching up his pants and chewing on a fatcigar. The way I had it figured, since shewas already worked up, Mom would lose itwhen she saw the sheriff and fire her zingersat him instead of Jake. Then, Jake wouldjoin in on her side, and they could make upand be friends because they now had thesame enemy.Sheriff Matlock is a descendant of

William Matlock - one of the ornery outlawbrothers who gunned down Felix LaBauveover 130 years ago. That family must havea meanness gene that gets passed downthrough the generations.Speaking of descendants, there's some-

thing I haven't mentioned yet. Mom saysFelix is my great-great-great-great-grandfather. That's a lot of greats. "Maybewe pass down greatness, like the Matlocksdo meanness," I said to Mom.

Felix grew up without a dad, kind oflike I was having to do. His dad died whenhe was six years old in France, and twoyears later, his mom sent him away to livewith his uncles in America. Talk about hav-ing it tough. He had to leave his mom andcross an ocean all alone on a ship to anoth-er country - where he didn't know anybody.My life was a piece of cake compared tothat. On Felix's tombstone in the cemetery,it says, "In death as in life - alone."With those thoughts bouncing around in

my head, I looked up at the statue. I realizedFelix had the saddest eyes I'd ever seen.Then I saw something really weird - a wet

spot, like a tear, below his left eye. Must bethe birds again, I told myself quickly.

"Hey there, Holly," the sheriff said,bringing me back to my senses. He tippedhis hat to Mom with fake politeness. "I suredo miss your old boss, George Elder. Thistown just ain't the same since he passedaway."What a liar! When Mr. Elder was editor

of the newspaper, he had been a major thornin the sheriff's side. He and Mom hadworked together on stories about how thesheriff got illegal kickbacks of money fromevery juke joint and bingo parlor in thecounty. In fact, Mr. Elder was working on areally big story when he died. Mom said hewas going to expose how Sheriff Matlockhad stolen several million dollars from thegovernment."Well, there's always a silver lining,

Sheriff,"Mom said. "You'd be in jail by nowif George were still alive."The sheriff chomped on his cigar

and shot her a nasty look - but quick-ly covered it with a phony smile."What say, we let bygones bebygones, Holly?" he said.He turned to Jake. "I take it you're

the new editor. I'm Sheriff Matlock. Iwanna be the first to welcome you toour little town.""Now, that's what I'm talking

about," Jake said, flashing a smile."Southern hospitality. Holly, youcould learn some manners fromSheriff Matlock here." Mom rolledher eyes. Jake and the sheriff shookhands. "Jake Passmore," he said. "It'sa pleasure to meet you."I detected a flicker in the sheriff's

eyes as he picked up on the conflictbetween Mom and Jake. "You needanything - anything at all - you justgive me a call," the sheriff gushed. "Ialways believe in being open with thepress." Then, he gave Mom a lookand said, "All I ask is that they playfair.""I'm sure we'll get along great,"

Jake said, before Mom could get in aword. "Truth is, I'm not interested incrime news. Unless it's somethingunique, like a vampire or a werewolfon the loose."The sheriff stared at Jake with his

mouth gaping open, the cigar droop-ing from his lip. Deciding it had to bea joke, he grinned broadly. "Vampiresand werewolves, eh?" he chuckled."We'll see what we can find for you.""And UFOs, of course" Jake said.

"Seen any of those lately?"

"You-what?" asked thesheriff."Unidentified flying

objects," said Jake.The sheriff's smile was

starting to look a bit shaky."Uh, can't say as I have.But if I spot one, you'll bethe first to know.""What about Big

Foot?" Jake asked."Big what?" the sheriff

said."Sasquatch. The giant

swamp creature.You've gota lot of low Delta landaround here. Surely you'verun across a few giant foot-prints."The sheriff dropped the

smile and slowly removedhis cigar. "You pulling my leg, boy?""I'm as serious as a heart attack," Jake

said."Vampires, UFOs, Big Foot? That your

kind of news?" the sheriff asked."Only kind there is," Jake said.

"Readers love it."The sheriff smiled faintly to himself,

like he had arrived at a decision about thisnew guy. He pulled thoughtfully on hischin. "Seems like I recollect hearing about ahairy, one-eyed beast that one hunter saw,"he said. "I can look into it, if you like.""Now you're talking!" Jake smiled.The sheriff shook Jake's hand goodbye.

"I can tell, you and me are gonna get alongjust fine," the sheriff said. Tipping his hat toMom, he waddled off.Jake yelled after him, "Just remember,

Sheriff. You've got a friend at the Times."

Mom's eyes were shoot-ing darts at Jake. I realized now how wrongI had been to think the sheriff would bringMom and Jake together. I just couldn't readthis new guy at all.Once the sheriff was out of earshot,

Mom exploded. "Please tell me you didn'tjust tell the biggest crook in Jefferson thathe can steal the county blind - because youwon't be watching!"

"I didn't say anything of the sort," saidJake."You told him the only news you care

about is UFOs and creature sightings. Hemust think you're crazy as a bedbug.""I couldn't care less what he thinks,"

Jake said."He can tell you won't be a watchdog for

the public, like George Elder was. Youpractically gave him a license to steal."Jake looked at his flashy Rolex watch.

"Ooh, time's getting by. Holly, what do yousay we continue our discussion at tomor-row's staff meeting?"I thought he had forgotten about

Humpty and me. But he wheeled aroundand focused on us. "And I want both of youto be there, too."I couldn't figure for the life of me why

he wanted Humpty and me at his staff meet-ing. I had been forced to sit through a few ofthem while waiting on Mom, and they werealways incredibly dull."Boring," Humpty

said in a singsongyvoice.

"That's one thing itwon't be," Jake said,flashing a grin. "In fact,it just may be the ride ofyour life."

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Baby Sea Otterauthor: Betty Tatham

A Raft of Sea Ottersauthor: Vicki Leon

Sea Otter Rescueauthor: Roland Smith

Is a photo reallyworth a 1,000words? Cut aphoto out fromthe newspaper.Write a captionand article aboutthe action goingon in the photo.

We know there are SeaOtters on the Californiacoast.Where else in theworld are Sea Otters locat-ed and what Is differentabout them? Write a onepage paragraph aboutSea Otters in others partsof the world, and share thisinformation with your class.

NewspaperKnowledge

A sea otter is a marinemammal that lives in the costalwaters in the central and NorthPacific Ocean. It is the smallestmarine mammal in NorthAmerica and is about four feetlong. Female otters weigh anaverage of 45 pounds andmale otters weigh an averageof 65 pounds. Sea otters livean average of 10 to 11 years.What do sea otters eat?

Sea otters eat clams,crabs, snails, sea stars,abalone, and 40 other marineanimals. Sea otters dive up to330 feet to find food. Theiraverage dive lasts about 50seconds. The longest diverecorded lasted four minutes.

When sea otters come tothe surface they lie on theirback and use their stomachsas a table.Sometimes they usea tool, such as a rock, to helpthem open the hard shells oftheir prey. They bang the hardshell on the rock until it breaksopen.

Sea otters have to eat 20-25 percent of their body weightevery day to stay alive. Thatmeans a 40-pound otter musteat 10 pounds of food everyday!How do sea otters swim?

Sea otters usually swim ontheir back at the water’s sur-face. They use their rear flip-pers to move and their tails tosteer.They don’t swim very fast(about 1 miles per hour). Ifotters are frightened, they willflip over on their stomachs andswim away. Sometimes theywill dive under water to getaway.How do sea otters staywarm?

The water that southernsea otters live in is a chilly 30 to50 degrees Fahrenheit – muchtoo cold for humans. Ottersdon’t have blubber to keepthem warm like other marinemammals. Instead, they rely on

their thick fur coats and theirfast metabolism.

Sea otter fur is the thickestfur of any animal. It has600,000 to one million hairsper square inch. Humans onlyhave 100,000 hairs on theirwhole head! It is important forotters to keep individual hairsclean. If the fur isn’t clean, itgets matted and this can leadto death by hypothermia.Why aren’t their more seaotters?

Two hundred years ago,300,000 otters may haveranged along the 6,000 milesof Pacific coastline from north-ern Japan, through theAleutian Islands of Alaska anddown the coast of California toBaja California in Mexico.

Because the pelts of seaotters are thick, warm andbeautiful, fur hunters killedhundreds of thousands of them– until not a single otter wasvisible along the entireCalifornia coastline.

The southern sea otter wasthought to be extinct. Then, in1938, a raft of about 30 to 50otters was discovered off thecoast of Big Sur, California.The population has grown andspread along 200 miles ofCalifornia coastline, but itspopulation is still small – onlyabout 2,200. Southern seaotters are now protected by theEndangered Species Act andthe Marine Mammal ProtectionAct so they can no longer behunted.Where do southern seaotters live?

Southern sea otters arefound in the Pacific Ocean offthe coast of central California.They range from Ano Nuevo (9miles north of Santa Cruz) toPurisima Point (just north ofPoint Conception). Additionally,there is a small colony off SanNicolas Island near SantaBarbara.

Usually, sea otters stayclose to shore, but sometimesthey are found as far out asfour miles from shore. Ottersrest in kelp forests in groupscalled rafts. Often they willdrape the kelp over their bod-ies to keep from drifting away.

Now there are other threatsto otters. Oil spills can be fatalto the sea otter and couldcause this species to becomeextinct. Oil coats the fur,destroying the blanket of airthat keeps the otter warm.Thiscauses chilling, hypothermiaand death.

Other kinds of pollution inour oceans threaten sea otters.Fishing nets are another causeof sea otter deaths. Se ottersbecome caught in the nets anddrown. Laws have beenpassed to limit the use of fish-ing nets along the coastline toprotect sea otters.How can you tell a juvenilefrom an adult?• Juveniles are smaller.• Juveniles have darker fur.• Juveniles are not as profi-cienct at diving – their motionsare not as graceful and theirdives are generally of shorter

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What can you do to help seaotters and marine life?Here are a few ways that you and your family canmake a difference:• Do not pollute storm drains.• Do not flush kitty litter down toilets.• Be careful what you put down your drains at home.• Help keep our beaches clean– every little bit of trash collected helps!

• Buy environmentally friendly products– use paper bags, not plastic.

• Use public transportation, carpool, walk or ride your bike.• Do the 4 “Rs” = Refill, Reduce, Reuse, & Recycle.• Can you think of some others?

If so, write to us at:Friends of the Sea OtterP.O. Box 223260Carmel, CA 93922or email us at:info@seaotters.org

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Vesta Martha BrewerTROY — Vesta Martha

Brewer,96, ofT r o y ,w a sb o r nApril 22,1915, inHyden ,Ky. Shewas thed augh -ter ofR o b e r ta n dPolly (Turner) Walker.Blessed with 96 years oflife, she was called hometo be with the Lord on Fri-day, April 20, 2012, inSpringfield Regional Med-ical Center, Springfield.Vesta was preceded in

death by her parents; hus-band Edward A. Brewer,Sr. and son, EdwardBrewer, Jr. CelebratingVesta’s legacy and cher-ishing her memory in-clude caregiver anddevoted son, Walter(Robin) Brewer; devotedgranddaughters: TopazeBrewer-Hudgins andBronzette Brewer of Troy.In addition to Vesta’s

immediate family, Vestaleaves to cherish specialniece, Ovena Higgens, ofTroy, who was like her

daughter, and specialnephew, William (Joann)Smith of Cincinnati; sixgrandchildren; five great-grandchildren, and anumber of other familymembers and friends.She was a graduate of

Higgins High School inVico, Ky., and attendedone year of college at Ken-tucky State College,Frankfort, Ky. She was aformer president of theStewardess Board at St.James CommunityChurch in Troy for severalyears and was member ofHarmony Chapter No. 26of Order of Eastern Star,Troy.Services will be held 1

p.m. Wednesday atFisher-Cheney FuneralHome, 1124 West MainStreet, Troy, Ohio, withPastor Howard Collier of-ficiating. Interment willfollow in Riverside Ceme-tery, Troy.Visitation will be from

noon to 1 p.m.Wednesdayat the funeral home.Arrangements are en-

trusted to Fisher-CheneyFuneral Home, Troy. Con-dolences may be ex-pressed to the family atwww.fisher-cheneyfuner-alhome.com.

TROY— James E. Moody, 90, of Troy, passed awayon Friday, April 20, 2012, at Springmeade Healthcen-ter, Tipp City, surrounded by his loving family.Funeral services will be held Thursday at Poplar

Springs Baptist Church, corner of Poplar Spring Roadand Mack Ray Road, Cookeville, Tenn.

Hale-Sarver Family Funeral Home, 284 N.Miami Street, West Milton.

Obituaries

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James E. RobinaughPIQUA — James E.

Robinaugh, 82, of 1137Broadway, Piqua, died at1:45 amSunday,April 22,2012, atthe Cov-i n g t o nC a r eCenter.He wasb o r nJan. 31,1930, inP i q u a ,to the late Wilbur E. andLona E. (Higgins) Robin-augh. He married M. AnnJessup Nov. 5, 1951, at St.James Episcopal Church,Piqua, a marriage whichwould span over sixtyyears; and she survives.O t h e r

survivorsinclude adaughterS h e i l a( A r n o l d )Douglas of Piqua; twosons, Robert J. (Julia)Robinaugh of Centerville,J. Bruce (Lisa) Robinaughof Warsaw, Ind.; sevengrandchildren, Garon(Brandi) Douglas of Piqua,Haley and Erika Robin-augh ofWarsaw, Ind., Tan-ner, Jordan, Spencer andConnor Robinaugh of Cen-terville; a brother Donald(Patricia) Robinaugh ofGranville, Mich.; and sev-eral nieces and nephews.He was preceded in deathby a sister Wanda Mo-niaci.Mr. Robinaugh was a

1948 graduate of Piqua

Central High School andretired in 1989 from theAerovent Fan Co. as theManager of the Purchas-ing Department followingtwenty-nine years of em-ployment. He was aUnited States Army vet-eran having served duringthe Korean War as a Cor-poral. He was a longtimeformer member of GreeneStreet United MethodistChurch where he servedon its Board and as anUsher. Jim was a goodman and a very devotedhusband, father, grandfa-ther and friend. He andAnn enjoyed many minivacation trips through theyears with members oftheir graduating classes.A service to honor his

life will begin at 1 p.m.Thursday at theJamieson & YannucciFuneral Home with theRev. Jack Chalk officiat-ing. Burial will follow atForest Hill Cemeterywhere full military honorswill be provided by theVeterans Elite TributeSquad. Visitation will befrom 5-7 p.m. Wednesdayat the funeral home.Memorial contributions

may be made to AcclaimHospice, 7887WashingtonVillage Drive, Suite 350,Dayton, OH 45459 or Hos-pice of Miami County, Inc.,P. O. Box 502, Troy, OH45373. Condolences to thefamily may also be ex-pressed through jamieso-nandyannucci.com.

Charles Leroy KerrTROY — Charles Leroy

Kerr was born June 16,1923, in Troy. He passedaway on Thursday, April19, 2012, in St. Cloud, Fla.He was a life-long residentof Troy, until he and hiswife retired to Lakeland,Fla., in 1982.Mr. Kerr justrecently moved to St.Cloud in Nov. 2011.He is survived by his

wife of 58 years, RebaKerr of St. Cloud, Fla.;daughter, Elizabeth Mc-Carel Barnard and son-in-law, Bruce Barnard of St.Cloud, Fla.; sister-in-law,Betty Warner of Greens-boro, N.C.; step-grandchil-dren, Kyle Barnard andJenna Kehr.Mr. Kerr was a gradu-

ate of Troy High School.He was employed by Ho-bart Corporation in Troy.He owned and operatedtwo businesses, a weddingphotography business andKerr’s Office Supply, alsoin Troy.Mr. Kerr was active in

the Scottish Rite and theMasonic Lodge. He was a64 year member ofFranklin Lodge 14 F &

A.M., Franklin Chapter24 R.A.M., Franklin Coun-cil 14 R&S.M., and Cole-man Commandery 17 K.T.all of Troy.An avid baseball fan,

Mr. Kerr and his wifespent several weeks out ofthe year in Lakeland, Fla.,where he enjoyed watch-ing the Detroit Tigers inSpring Training.Upon moving to

Florida, Charles and hiswife, Reba became activemembers of HighlandPark Church of theNazarene in Lakeland.A memorial service was

held Sunday at HighlandPark Church of theNazarene in the sanctu-ary with Pastor FredSykes officiating. Inter-ment will be held at River-side Cemetery, Troy.Arrangements entrustedto Fisher-Cheney Fu-neral Home, Troy.In lieu of flowers, dona-

tions may be made to TheSalvation Army, AsburyTheological Seminary, andHighland Park Church ofthe Nazarene.

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Romona J. MontgomeryPIQUA — Romona J.

Montgomery, 73, formerlyof 419 Y St., Piqua, died at2 : 0 3a . m .S a t u r -d a y ,April 21,2012, att h eU p p e rVa l l e yMedicalcenter.She wasb o r nMay 24, 1938, in Piqua, tothe late George W. andDorothy E. (Francis) Mont-gomery.Survivors include a

brother Ronald (Jane)Montgomery of Piqua; aniece Traci Montgomery; agreat niece Kara Smith;and a great nephew ScottSmith.She was preceded in

death by her life partnerEd McCrossin and anephew Scott Montgomery.Miss Montgomery was a

1957 graduate of PiquaCatholic High School,worked at the former

Sanders Dairy and theSouth Side Drug Store andretired from the CopelandCorp. of Sidney, June 30,2000. She was amember ofSt. Boniface CatholicChurch, Piqua LeisureClub, and a life member oftheV.F.W. Post 4874Auxil-iary. She was a formermember of theAuxiliary ofthe Fraternal Order of theEagles Lodge 614 and theAmerican Legion Post 184.A service to honor her

life will begin at 10 a.m.Wednesday at theJamieson & YannucciFuneral Home with theRev. Fr. Angelo C. Casertaofficiating. Burial will fol-low at Miami MemorialPark,Covington.Visitationwill be from 5-7 p.m. Tues-day at the funeral home.Memorial contributions

may be made to St. Boni-face Catholic Church, 310S. Downing St., Piqua, OH45356. Condolences to thefamily may also be ex-pressed through jamieso-nandyannucci.com.

Jessi Lyn BacaTROY — Jessi Lyn

Baca, 28, of Troy, passedaway unexpectedly Satur-day, April 21, 2012, at herresidence. She was bornMay 12, 1983, in MiamiCounty, to the lateThomas L. Baca and Deb-orah L. (Palmer) Baca ofTroy and formerly ofGreenup, Ky.In addition to her

mother, Jessi is survivedby her grandparents,James and Ruth Palmer ofGreenup, Ky., and CharlesSutton of Ok.; uncles andaunts: James Robert andDelores Palmer and Scottand Martha Palmer, all ofGreenup, Ky.; Brenda Set-tles of Catlettsburg, Ky.,and Marsha Palmer ofTroy several cousins; andher dog, Thor.Jessi was a 2001 gradu-

ate of Troy High Schooland a 2006 graduate ofThe Ohio State Univer-sity. She was employedwith Test America in Day-ton. She loved gardening

and animals.Services will be held 1

p.m.Tuesday at theBairdFuneral Home, Troy. In-terment to follow in theMiami Memorial Park,Covington. The fam-ily will receive friendsfrom 12 - 1 p.m. Tuesdayat the funeral home.Memorial contributions

may be made to the MiamiCounty Humane Society.Friends may express con-dolences to the familythrough www.bairdfuner-alhome.com.

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Thomas “Tom” ClaypoolTROY — L. Thomas

“Tom” Claypool, Jr., 80, ofTroy, passed away at 3:30a.m. onSunday,April 22,2012, athis resi-d e n c e .T o mw a sborn onFeb. 19,1932, inM t .Sterling,Ky., to the late LearlThomas and Mary Eliza-beth (Treadway) Claypool,who preceded him indeath.He is

s u r v i v e dby twodaughters,S u s a n(Paul) Kozuszek of Piquaand Mary Ann Stevens(companion Brian Size-more) of Troy; a son Tom(Bea) Johnson of SiouxCity, Iowa; four grandchil-

dren: Heather, Steven,Amanda, and Derek; fourgreat -grandchi ldren ,Gavin, Peyton, Leo, andRaven.Tom was a 1950 gradu-

ate of Troy High School.He was a lifetime memberof Troy Elks 833 and amember of the NationalRifle Association. He wasan Army Veteran of theKorean Conflict and amember of the AmericanLegion Post 43. Tom re-tired from Hobart Corp. inTroy after 30 years ofservice as a senior inven-tory planner.Private services will be

held at the convenience ofthe family. Contributionsmay be made to Hospice ofMiami County, P. O. Box502, Troy, OH. Arrange-ments are entrusted toFisher-Cheney FuneralHome, Troy. Condolencesmay be expressed to thefamily at www.fisher-ch-eneyfuneralhome.com.

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Norma Jean “Jeannie” FleenorTROY — Norma Jean

“Jeannie” Fleenor, 70, ofTroy, passed away at 8:43p.m.Sat-u r d a y,April 21,2012, atTheHos-pice ofDayton.S h e

was bornon Dec.25, 1941,in Day-t o n ,Ohio, to the late JamesHerschel and Edeth Mae(Woodruff) Hendricks. Shewas married on June 16,1973, to Gary WayneFleenor, and he survives.She also is survived by

her son and daughter-in-law, Jeff andRobinMitchellof Lumberton, N.C.; sonand daughter-in-law,Chester andAngelMitchellof Kentucky; daughter,Judy Mitchell of Troy;seven grandchildren; fourgreat-grandchildren; and abrother and sister-in-law,

Gilbert Ray andRubyHen-dricks of Kettering.In addition to her par-

ents, she is preceded indeath by her two brothers,James and William Hen-dricks, and one sister, EvaNell Hendricks.Jeanniewas employed as

a clerk with Meijer in Troy.Shewas amember of Char-ity Baptist Church in TippCity.A funeral service will be

held at noon Tuesday atCharity Baptist Church,445 W. Evanston Road,Tipp City, with Pastor DanWilliams officiating.A visitation will be con-

ducted from 10:30 a.m.until the time of service atthe church on Tuesday.Interment will follow the

service at Riverside Ceme-tery, Troy.Arrangements are en-

trusted to Fisher-CheneyFuneral Home, Troy.Condolences may be ex-

pressed to the family atwww.fisher-cheneyfuneral-home.com.

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PIQUA — Renownednational organist andchurch musician NicholasBowden will present anorgan recital at 7:30 p.m.Friday, April 27, and aworkshop on hymn andservice playing from 10a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Satur-day, April 28 at the West-minster PresbyterianChurch 325 W. Ash St.Both events are free

and open to the public.Bowden enjoys a na-

tional reputation as an or-ganist and churchmusician. His energeticstyle and playing coupledwith a sparkling stagepresence and sense ofhumor make his concertsunique in the organ world.Bowden has performed atmajor venues in 30 statesand six countries. Hismusic has been enjoyed bymillions through numer-ous television and radioappearances at local sta-tions across the U.S. andon national cable net-works.This past June, Bowden

was a featured artist atthe “Wannamaker OrganDay” at Macy’s Depart-ment Stores in Philadel-

phia. The WannamakerOrgan is the largest pipeorgan in the world andhas been a prized venuefor organists for decades.Bowden is the longtime

organist at the nation’slargest Presbyterian(USA) church, PeachtreePresbyterian Church inAtlanta. A respected fig-ure in the professionalmusic scene in Atlantasince 1991, he is highly re-garded for his ability tobring high profile leadersin business, governmentand the arts together toconnect capacity andneed. The church’s“Nicholas Bowden andFriends” concerts havepresented a wide varietyof instrumental and vocalartists of international ac-claim and have generatedhundreds of thousands ofdollars for benevolentcauses in the Atlanta areaand beyond. A native ofEnterprise,Alabama,Nickbegan organ study at theage of 11, became organistfor his church at age 12,and had his first hymnarrangements for organpublished by age 16. Heattended Mercer Univer-

sity in Macon, Ga., wherehe was a student of RobertParris. He subsequentlyserved Coral Ridge Pres-byterian Church in Ft.Lauderdale, Fla., andPeachtree Christian

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PROVIDED PHOTONicholas Bowden, renowned national organist and church musician will present an organ recital at7:30 p.m. Friday, April 27, and a workshop on hymn and service playing on Saturday, April 28 from10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at theWestminster Presbyterian Church, 325W. Ash St.

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PIQUA — The Main StreetKids Zone will again be one ofthe business areas of this year'sTaste of the Arts event sched-uled for Friday, May 18 from 5-9p.m.All the craft activities are free

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necklace making with YoungLife, a fine art activity with theYMCA Leader's club and a graf-fiti wall hosted by Americorpsfor entrepreneurial success.Close to the Main Street KidsZone will be Betty Murphy, whowill offer face painting for amodest fee. The designs avail-able range from simple to veryelaborate and are a favorite ofTaste of the Arts each year. A new addition to the Taste of

the Arts event this year is an ex-tensive art exhibit from the K-12students of the Piqua CitySchools.More than 60 pieces of art

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Mitt Romney’s presidentialcampaign said it raised $12.6 million in contributions inMarch, adding to roughly $14 million his RepublicanParty brought in last month. But the combined figurestill puts Romney at a disadvantage with the man whosejob he wants in November.

President Barack Obama countered Romney’sfundraising haul with about $53 million in donations be-tween his campaign and the Democratic Party during thesame period. Yet a fire hose of cash from a major GOP“super” political committee is likely to bring some finan-cial parity to the race, and Romney just recently startedcollecting funds for the general election.

For the first time since Super Tuesday, voters are get-ting a look at just how much money presidential candi-dates and their supporters have been raking in. Fridayalso marks nearly three months since Obama’s campaignchanged course and asked supporters to pony up cash toa favorable super PAC.

Financial reports due Friday to the Federal ElectionCommission will also show how much red ink strugglingcampaigns are bleeding — or, in the case of the Republi-can super PAC American Crossroads, how much moneysome groups have been stuffing into their war chests.TheRepublican National Committee reported a Marchfundraising haul of $13.7 million, which will boost theeventual GOP nominee during the general election.

Crossroads and its nonprofit arm, Crossroads GPS,raised a combined $100 million this election cycle, thegroup plans to announce Friday. Crossroads, backed byformer George W. Bush adviser Karl Rove, has run TVads critical of Obama and is expected to be a major playeron the airwaves during the general election.

Indeed, much has changed since the March 6 SuperTuesday contests, when Republican voters in six out of10 states chose Romney as their preferred nominee tocompete against Obama.Rick Santorum has since foldedhis campaign, and Newt Gingrich has been working witha shoestring budget.

The fundraising flurry left Romney’s campaign withabout $10 million in the bank at the end of March;Obama had more than $84 million cash on hand by theend of February. At the same time, incumbents likeObama are likely to raise more money because they don’thave costly primaries to face.

Still, Obama’s fundraising advantage puts him at aless-than-solid position when compared with the tens ofmillions of dollars the sister Crossroads groups haveamassed so far. During the last six months of 2011 alone,GPS brought in $28 million from only a few dozen majordonors, recent tax filings show. Crossroads has said itplans to raise more than $300 million to beat Obama.

Countering Crossroads’ millions in ad spending is Pri-orities USA Action, a super PAC founded by formerObama advisers. From early 2011 through the end ofFebruary, however, the group and its nonprofit armraised about $10 million. Priorities USA Action, likeother super PACs supporting GOP candidates, hascounted on major financial support from a handful ofwealthy donors.

Those include very generous donors like Las Vegascasino magnate Sheldon Adelson and his wife, who havegiven more than $10 million combined to a super PACsupporting Gingrich. It’s unclear, however, if theWinningOur Future PAC will still receive big contributions fromAdelson now that Romney is the presumptive nominee.

Jack Gillum covers politics for The Associated Press.

To the Editor:Most of us are familiar

with the physical and neg-lectful attributes of childabuse, but there is anotherhorrifying form of childabuse that is increasing atan alarming rate. It is a vi-cious form of abuse causedby hostile aggressive par-enting and it is called“Parental Alienation.”

Parental Alienation is aserious, misunderstood andoften an unrecognizableform of mental and emo-tional abuse. It occurs whenone parent undertakes a de-liberate campaign to turnthe child against the otherand undermine the child’slove for that other parent.Child custody battles areoften complicated with hos-tile aggressive parenting,false accusations, and situa-tions where one parent usesmanipulation to alienate orbrainwash their childagainst the other parentwith no evidence of wrong-doing. Child custody laws donot prevent hostile aggres-sive parenting and the mostdevastating cases often re-sult in the alienation of af-fection toward one parent.

Parents who keep theirchildren away from thechild or children’s other lov-ing parent (or grandpar-ents) after separation,divorce, or in any situationare alienators and emo-tional abusers.

In 1994, approximately2.4 million Americans ob-tained divorces, includingthe parents of more thanone million children underthe age of 18. Nearly asmany unmarried coupleswith children will separate.Thanks to sky high divorcerates and recent increasesin the number and vicious-ness of child custody battles,there has been a marked in-crease in parental alien-ation. Children suffer froma break-up because they aretorn, trapped, precariouslybalanced, as if one wrongmove could cost them alltheir parent’s love and ac-ceptance. This can easilylead to disastrous effects onchildren.

Various studies show thatyoungsters exposed to evenmild alienating behaviorsmay have trouble learning,concentrating, relaxing, orgetting along with theirpeers. They have beenknown to develop physicalsymptoms and/or seriousbehavior problems. Clearlythen, parental alienation isa threat to the mental andemotional health of thechild, as well as their gen-eral happiness and well-being.

Parental Alienation ischild abuse and should bepunishable as such. It is anact of contempt and shouldnever be tolerated.

April 25 is ParentalAlienation Awareness Day.Please, help spread aware-ness about this horribleform of child abuse.

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Bay Buchanan, the Re-publican activist whooften speaks publicly

on behalf of Mitt Romney,baffled a group of reportersrecently when she threwout a statistic no one hadheard before.

“Nearly 1 million womenhave become unemployedas a result of BarackObama’s policies,”Buchanan said on a confer-ence call arranged by the Romney cam-paign. “That’s 92 percent of the jobs lostwhile Barack Obama has been presi-dent.”

“You want to talk about the real waron women, you go right over and talk tothe White House about what they’vedone to working women,” Buchananadded. “They’ve set us back 20 years.”

Reporters on the call seemed a littleconfused. “So 92 percent of jobs lostunder Barack Obama were women?”asked one. “Could you repeat that?”asked another. “I’m sorry, where did thatstatistic come from?” asked a third.Buchanan explained that the numbercame from the Bureau of Labor Statis-tics, and a Romney staffer jumped in tooffer documentation to anyone whowanted it.

A short time later, Mitt Romney him-self, ever precise, used an even more spe-cific figure out on the campaign trail.“This is an amazing statistic,” he told agroup of women business owners inHartford, Conn. “Ninety-two-point-threepercent of all the jobs lost during theObama years have been lost by women.Ninety-two-point-three percent! … Thereal war on women is being waged bythe president’s failed economic policies.”

Supporters of the president immedi-ately pushed back, and the fact-checkingwebsite PolitiFact declared the statistic“mostly false.” But it is, in fact, true. Ofthe 740,000 nonfarm payroll jobs lost be-tween January 2009, when Obama tookoffice, and last month, 683,000 were jobslost by women. The short explanation isthat men in industries such as construc-tion and manufacturing were the first tolose their jobs in the Great Recession,mostly in 2008. Jobs occupied largely bywomen were lost later, in 2009, afterObama took office and a lot of men werealready out of work.

The 92.3 percent offensive was the re-sult of some clever research by the Rom-ney campaign, where some smartstaffers are constantly digging throughdata — not waiting for media reports —to find themes that help illustrate Rom-ney’s positions. Relying on its own num-ber crunching, the campaign respondedquickly and aggressively to PolitiFact’sobjections with a sharp rebuttal from

campaign policy chief Lan-hee Chen.

But it still seems unlikelythat 92.3 percent will be-come a mainstay of thecampaign.The problem is, itjust doesn’t sound right.Without questioning theBureau of Labor Statisticsnumbers, people knowfriends and family memberswho have lost jobs in the re-cession. They’ve seen with

their own eyes what it has done to busi-nesses. And they have a basic, common-sense understanding that job losses fromthe economic downturn have been dev-astating to both men and women, did notstart in January 2009, and are not theresult of anyone’s war on one gender orthe other.

Romney campaign officials say they’renot trying to suggest that Barack Obamahas somehow targeted women for badtreatment, but that Obama’s policieshave been terrible for women overall.“The point we’re trying to make is thatthe Obama agenda has been a disasterfor women,” says a campaign aide. “It’snot that the Obama administration haspursued policies that advantaged men atthe expense of women.…The point is, onthe issues that matter to women, theObama administration has failed.”

The underlying point they’re trying tomake, say Romney aides, is that the bigissue for women is the economy, not con-traceptives or abortion, as Democratsscreaming “war on women” would havevoters believe. Of course, those issuesthat matter most to women — jobs, eco-nomic growth, the price of gas — matterjust as much to men. None of them in-volves a “war on women” by anybody.

One of the main themes of the Rom-ney campaign is that in 2009 and 2010,when Americans were desperate for apresident to devote his energies to cre-ating jobs and fixing the economy,Obama was instead obsessed with pass-ing an intrusive and vastly expensivenational health-care plan, as well aswith pushing through Congress a pork-laden stimulus, and even hoped to pass acap-and-trade scheme that would havereordered the parts of the economy thathadn’t already been reordered by thehealth-care scheme.

Yet now Romney calls Obama’s obvi-ous economic failures “the real war onwomen.” Romney’s motives are prettytransparent: He’s trying to fight backagainst the Democrats’ latest talkingpoint. But Republicans know the Demo-cratic charge is ridiculous. Why makeone of their own?

Byron York is chief political corre-spondent for TheWashington Examiner.

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

� John Martin, 1st Ward Commissioner,ward1comm@piquaoh.org, 773-2778(home)

�William Vogt, 2nd Ward Commissioner,ward2comm@piquaoh.org, 773-8217

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�Miami County Commissioners: John“Bud” O’Brien, Jack Evans and RichardCultice, 201W.Main St., Troy, OH45373 440-5910; commissioners@co-miami.oh.us

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DEAR ABBY: My wifeand I are 50-year-old pro-fessionals who have paidevery penny of the cost forour two daughters’ four-year college educations.Our oldest, “Lana,” wenton to law school and hasincurred well in excess of$100,000 in law schoolloan debt. She has strug-gled to find a job as an at-torney, and I’m no longersure she still wants topractice law. Lana is mar-ried to a medical studentwho also has significantstudent loan debt.

Two nights ago I madethe mistake of tellingLana that her mother andI would help her pay offher student loans. I regrethaving opened my mouth.She and her husbandspend their money onfrivolous luxuries and arenot responsible finan-cially.

My wife and I live fru-gally. We withdrew moneyfrom our retirement ac-counts to help fund ourdaughters’ college educa-tions. We now need to in-crease our retirementcontributions and pay formaintenance and repairsto our home that we de-layed while paying fortheir tuition.

Although we have al-ways helped our childrenfinancially, we can nolonger afford to trade ourfuture financial securityand our present standardof living to support them.I would appreciate someadvice. This may be anissue affecting a lot ofparents at this time.

— SPOKE TOOSOON IN

PENNSYLVANIA

DEAR SPOKE TOOSOON: Before makingany promises to yourdaughter, you should havereviewed your retirementplans with your financialadviser. It’s still not toolate to do that, and onceyou do you should imme-diately inform Lana that,upon review, you now re-alize that giving her moremoney will compromiseyour plans for retirement.

You should also explainthat you have deferredimportant repairs to yourhome because the moneywas directed instead toher education. The prob-lem with deferring main-tenance is it usually costsmore than if the problemshad been dealt withpromptly, which is why

you are, regrettably, un-able to bail her out of herstudent loans. It may bethe wake-up call Lananeeds that it’s time to as-sume her own responsibil-ities.

DEAR ABBY: My momand I have been travelagents for 15 years. Mycousin, whom I have al-ways been close to, askedto join our business multi-ple times over the pastfew years and we alwayssaid yes.

A few months ago Ilearned that she went be-hind our backs andstarted her own travelagency.When I confrontedher about hiding it fromus, she denied it. Thenone day I went over to hernew office. She said shehadn’t wanted to hurt ourfeelings, but she alreadyhas. She says I’m being“irrational” for not sup-porting her, but I thinkshe was wrong for notjoining us and going off onher own. Do you think ourrelationship can be saved?

— FAMILY MAT-TERS IN OKLAHOMA

DEAR FAMILY MAT-TERS: Your cousinshould have been forth-right about starting herown business instead ofhiding it. It is not “irra-tional” to feel hurt thatshe didn’t level with you,and that was her mistake.

However, this is a freecountry, and your cousinhad a right to change hermind about joining yourbusiness. Your relation-ship can be fixed as longas you and your motheraccept that she had aright to go into businessfor herself if she wished,and refrain from dis-cussing business whenyou’re together.

Dear Abby is written byAbigail Van Buren, alsoknown as Jeanne Phillips,and was founded by hermother, Pauline Phillips.Write Dear Abby atwww.DearAbby.com orP.O. Box 69440, Los Ange-les, CA 90069.

Daughter’s law schoolloans weight onparents’ conscience

ABIGAIL VAN BURENAdvice

Solve it

Complete thegrid so every row,column and 3 x 3box containsevery digit from1 to 9 inclusively.

SATURDAY’S SOLUTION

UUNNIIVVEERRSSAALLSSuuddookkuu PPuuzzzzllee

This deal was playedmany years ago in a tour-nament in Vienna. It fea-tures an exceptionaldefensive play by West,who laid a clever trap for

declarer and then had thesatisfaction of watchinghim fall right into it.

After bidding all foursuits at the one-level,North-South arrived atthree notrump. West de-cided that the best hope todefeat the contract was tofind his partner withstrength behind dummy'sspades. So he led thespade ten, which declarerducked to East's queen.East then shifted to a lowclub, taken by dummy'squeen.

South had eight tricks -- a spade, four diamondsand three clubs -- and con-cluded that the bestchance for a ninth lay indeveloping a heart trick.

So at trick three, he ledthe ten of hearts fromdummy, on which Eastplayed the three andSouth the five. But in-stead of taking the trickwith the jack, West fol-lowed smoothly with thedeuce!

This apparent stroke ofgood fortune had the de-sired effect on South. Con-vinced that East musthave the jack of hearts,declarer led another hearttoward his Q-9-8 in an at-tempt to score an over-trick.

The second heart leadmet with a cordial recep-tion from West, who pro-ceeded to cash four hearttricks for down one. His

brilliant duck of the firstheart trick had lured agreedy South down theroad to disaster.

Of course, declarercould have romped homewith nine tricks after theten of hearts held. Buthow many players wouldbe able to resist the temp-tation to try for an extratrick once the heart jackwas "proven" to be withEast?

As for West, had hetaken the first heart trick,South could not have beenstopped from making thecontract.

Tomorrow: The in-evitable conclusion.

�� Contract Bridge — By Steve BeckerFamous hand

LOU KESTENAssociated Press

The goals in video gamesare usually well-defined: Killthe bad guys. Rescue theprincess. Knock the pigs offtheir pedestals.

But there's a whole under-ground movement of inde-pendent designers makinggames with less well-definedgoals. They may look familiaron the surface — especiallyto fans of running-and-jumping "platform" gameslike "Super Mario Bros." —but the old-school mechanicsare a way to draw playersinto deeper mysteries.

The three "indie" gamesdescribed here are positivelylaid-back when comparedwith the slam-bang action ofa typical AAA release. Butthey may stick with youlonger, and you can get allthree for less than the priceof one "Call of Duty" game.

—"Fez" (Polytron, for theXbox 360, $10) looks, at firstglance, like a throwback tothe 8-bit glory days of theoriginal Nintendo Entertain-ment System. You control ablobby collection of pixelsnamed Gomez bouncingaround a two-dimensionaltown. But you soon discoverthere's a third dimension in-volved —and you have toconstantly shift perspectiveto negotiate Gomez's ever-ex-panding universe.

It isn't an original idea:The 2D-to-3D gimmick hasdriven games like "PaperMario," ''Echochrome" and"Crush." And once you getused to looking at the land-scape from different angles,it's fairly easy to find thedozens of golden cubes scat-tered about.

So lead designer Phil Fishtakes it one step further. Toreally complete "Fez," youneed to tackle a few dozenpuzzles that are stubbornlyvague. What do the hiero-glyphs on the walls mean?What are these constella-tions trying to tell me? Whywon't that owl stop staring atme?

Some of the brainteasersdeliver that "a-ha!" moment

when you solve them. A fewinitially struck me as impos-sibly obtuse — that's before afriend would point out a so-lution that was staring me inthe face the whole time. Butthere's no shame in askingfriends for help with "Fez."Sometimes, all you need is adifferent perspective. Threeand a half stars out of four.

—"Journey" (That GameCompany, for the PlaySta-

tion 3, $14.99) is puzzlingfrom start to finish. Yourcharacter, a nameless, voice-less nomad, is stranded in adesert. After a few minutesyou see, in the distance, amountaintop from which aspear of light shines. As you

head toward the light, theshifting sands give way tomassive ruins, an underwa-ter cavern and an arcticwasteland, presented inspare yet vivid graphics.

The controls are simpleenough for even a completenewcomer to video games.You can walk, you can jump,and you can chirp out a littlemusical note. Those chirpsare the only means to com-

municate with the other pil-grims you meet — who areavatars of the other humansout there playing "Journey"at the same time. You don'tneed to team up, but it'soddly comforting to have acompanion during such a

desolate trek."Journey" only takes two

or three hours to finish, andit's never so challenging thatyou'll get stuck. But its beau-tiful images, gorgeous musicand ambiguous ending willhaunt you. Three and a halfstars.

—"Closure" (Eyebrow In-teractive, for the PS3, $14.99)is a 2-D, black-and-whiteplatform game with a devi-ous twist: You can only stepon areas that are illumi-nated. If you walk into anunlit space, you disappearinto the abyss.

Thus, the key to each levelis to light up a safe route tothe exit. Sometimes you haveto rotate stationary lamps;other times, you have glow-ing bulbs you can carry or in-sert into moving platforms.And in some cases you haveto figure out how to use thedarkness to your advantage.

The guinea pigs here arethree people trapped in arundown factory, a creepyforest and an abandoned car-nival, and if you get stuck inone level you can switch to adifferent character. Withdozens of puzzles, there'senough here to challengeeven the craftiest gamer. Buteven players who don't makeit all the way through "Clo-sure" will relish its night-marish images and eeriesoundtrack. Three stars.

THAT GAME COMPANY/AP PHOTOIn this video game image released by That Game Company, a nomad explores the ruins of a lost civilizationin a scene from "Journey."

MICROSOFT/AP PHOTOIn this video game image released by Microsoft, a scene is shown from "Fez."

New gamesbuild mystery

New vinyl album releasesgive record stores a kick

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Think Katy Perry andvinyl, and a hip-hugging dress might come to mind.

The 27-year-old pop artist is among musicians goingold school — releasing music on pressed vinyl records tohelp celebrate Record Store Day.

Perry, who's too young to have thumbed through 45-rpm singles when she was a girl, joins an eclectic mix thatincludes David Bowie, Paul McCartney, the Misfits, WhiteStripes, the late James Brown and The Flaming Lips andHeady Fwends with special vinyl releases to celebrate thehometown record store on Saturday.

All of that vinyl — more than 300 offerings — repre-sents a bright spot for the roughly 2,000 indie music re-tailers facing stiff competition from online music sales andstreaming music services.

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Mark your calendars forFriday, May 4. It was oneyear ago that I plugged theCovington Track and FieldInvitational in one of myfirst articles, and it is com-ing up again already thisseason. Last year was abanner year for both theinvitational itself and theCovington teams that par-ticipated. It is the second-oldest track and fieldinvitational in the state, soit already has a storied his-tory. But last year’s editionwas particularly impres-sive.For one, the Covington

boys brought home theteam title for the first timein a few years after a hotlycontested battle withAnna(which went on to be staterunner-up as a team).Coach Ron Schultz had

tallied it up at one point atthe end of last season,when we were at the statemeet with our boys whohad qualified. He countedmore than 20 athletes whohad competed at the Cov-ington Invitational whohad gone on to compete inthe state meet. It reallygave you an idea of the im-pressive quality that ourhome track meet has beenshowcasing lately.And this year will be no

different. Both the Coving-ton boys and girls teamsare running well, andshould be in the thick ofthe team title race againthis year. I won’t profileany individuals, but I canpromise you will hearabout a large handful ofBuccaneer track and fieldathletes in local newspapersports sections later thisspring.I coach track in Coving-

ton with Dave Tobias, RonSchultz and Ashley Potts.And trust me, their level ofexpertise means that Ionly really have to show upto practice and pretend tokeep the chain link fencein its place. In CoachSchultz and Coach Tobias,you have guys with a com-bined 143 years of experi-ence (or thereabouts), whostill work tirelessly.And inCoach Potts, you have ahurdles coach whopromptly came in andhelped our star hurdler to

a school record in his sec-ond meet of the season.So without a doubt, the

Covington Invitational onMay 4 is an event that youwill not want to miss.Kathy Miller would like

to extend happy belatedbirthday greetings to aspecial couple. Maurice(Mose) and Esther Adamsboth celebrated birthdaysrecently. Esther turned 84on April 4, and Mauriceturned 86 on April 6. Bestwishes to both of you!The Fields of GraceWor-

ship Center is having anopen house to showcasetheir new building from 1-3 p.m. May 6. It is open toanyone who would like tosee the new church. Theysent me their story to fur-ther introduce themselves,and I’ll share some of ithere:“On March 4, 2011,

Fields of Grace WorshipCenter, a non-denomina-tional church, held its firstservice in the attic of alarge home with 71 peoplein attendance. Over thenext two months, serviceswere held in the commu-nity hall, attached to theEnd-Zone Sports Bar. Soonthe church became the talkof the town, and the littlecommunity hall suddenlybecame too small.Our nextstop was the local EaglesClub, where the churchwould stay for ninemonths. During that timeperiod the church contin-ued to grow.In just one year,

FOGWCheldmultiple out-reach events in the Cov-ington area including acommunity Easter EggHunt, Trunk or Treat, andThanksgiving Dinner. Wewere able to touch the livesof over 1,700 in the com-munity and it resulted inan explosion of growth. Asa result Fields of GraceWorship Center is one ofthe fastest growingchurches in the Daytonmetro area.A local business that ran

a very successful machineshop, making parts for theairline industry, outgrewtheir building, forcingthem to relocate to a biggerfacility. The vacant build-ing had been on the mar-ket for three years,with anasking price of 525,000 dol-lars. In September 2011,the owner of the machineshop, a fellow believer,“gifted” the building toFields of Grace WorshipCenter.Over a six-month period,

the machine shop reno-vated and turned it into achurch. On March 4, 2012,the one-year anniversaryof Fields of Grace WorshipCenter, the congregationmoved into their newWor-ship Center.”News from JR Clarke

Public Library:Visit the library during

Children’s Book Week andenter your name in thedrawing for a free book.Allchildren may enter theirname each time they checkout books.The Annual Friends of

the Library Book Sale willbe from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.June 8 and from 9 a.m. to2 p.m. June 9. This is agreat time to stock up ongood reading material forthe summer. All donationshelp support children’sprograms.Anyone wishingto help with the book salemay contact the library at473-2226.Summer reading pro-

grams are designed to helpchildren maintain or in-crease their reading skillswhile they are on vacationfrom school during thesummer. It is extremelyimportant to keep readingduring the summermonths. The library helpsthe children accomplishthis. Each summer, the li-brarians decide on a themefor the reading programthat they feel the childrenwill enjoy. This always in-volves a reward each timethe children return booksthey have read. “Ice Creamfor Books” is the theme forthis summer’s activities.They are planning to re-ward children each timethey return books with anice cream treat. Be sure tovisit the library on June 4and sign up.Call 418-7428 or email

cal l ingaroundcoving-ton@gmail.com to putsomething in print.

Covington to hostmajor track meetEvent featuresarea’s top highschool athletes

KYLE MOOREColumnist

�� Calling Around Covington

PROVIDED PHOTOVeteran Hardin-Houston teachers Bertie Ely (left) and Karen Gariety review a be-havioral modification chart. Both teachers will retire at the end of the school yearafter 35 years in the district.

Teachers retiring after35 years with district

BY TERRY PELLMANOhio Community Mediaeditorial@dailycall.com

HOUSTON — Two long-time teachers in theHardin-Houston Schoolsystem are retiring at theend of the current schoolyear. They are Karen Gari-ety and Alberta Ely.Gariety knew early in

life that she wanted to be ateacher. The daughter ofGene and LeRue Gooderwould play school withother children in her Sid-ney neighborhood, relishingher turn at being theteacher. Now Gariety isplanning to retire after theschool year ends, after 35years in the Hardin-Hous-ton School District. All 35years were spent teachingsecond grade.Gariety was the first

member of her family to at-tend college. She is verygrateful for the sacrificesher parents made to makethat higher education pos-sible.Gariety began her col-

lege education at MiamiUniversity, originally plan-ning to be a businessteacher. She tells of becom-ing homesick and inform-ing her parents that shewanted to return to Sidney.The result was a letter fromher father emphasizing theneed to appreciate the op-portunity she had beengiven and to not allow theemotions to steal thatchance. Gariety listened tothose words of wisdom. Shestayed at the Oxford cam-pus for two years and thentransferred to BowlingGreen State University tofinish her bachelor’s degree.Gariety was hired at

Hardin-Houston shortlyafter graduation in 1977. Inthe same year, she wasmarried to Ed Gariety, herhigh school sweetheart.The Hardin Elementary

principal at the time wasDave McKay. He advisedthe new teacher to get hermaster’s degree quickly andtake some time to travel be-fore she started a family.Gariety followed all of thatadvice, getting her ad-vanced degree from WrightState University and trav-eling with her mother toEurope.Gariety feels that teach-

ers now know the stan-dards of education quitewell. She believes that theincreased accountability isa positive but feels thatstate testing requires toomuch attention. Overall,she is optimistic about thefuture of education.Gariety is very im-

pressed by the technologyavailable to teachers now.

In addition, the research ca-pability provided to stu-dents of all ages has helped.She is also enthused aboutthe progress being made toassist students needingspecial attention. Garietyhas found great pleasure inseeing students come tograsp something withwhich they had been expe-riencing difficulty, some-thing that Gariety refers toas “a-ha moments.”She used to think that

she would retire at 30years, but she enjoyed theclassroom too much to leavethat soon. She notes thatthe years have gone byquickly, and Gariety em-phasizes that she has metsome amazing people andmade many deep, lastingfriendships. She says of hercareer, “It’s been a wonder-ful 35 years.”After retirement, Gariety

plans to do more readingand traveling. She and hus-band Ed have a cabin at In-dian Lake and enjoy ridingtheir pontoon boat. Theywill also enjoy trips toplaces with warm, sandybeaches. The couple havetwo adult children, Lindsay,also a teacher, and a sonNick.“Bertie” Ely is also leav-

ing the district at the end ofthe school year. Like Gari-ety, Ely has been at theschool for 35 years.Ely graduated from

North High School inColumbus but developedclose ties to Shelby County.Her parents were Williamand Stella Fuller, and herfather was the pastor ofHardin and Lockingtonchurches.She went on to attend

Mount Union College, andlater earned a master’s de-gree from the University ofDayton.Ely’s course in life was

determined in her adoles-cence: “I’ve just alwayswanted to be a teacher.There was never anythingelse I wanted to do.” Shebegan by working withyounger kids at Bible schooland Sunday school.She taught one year in

Panama City Beach, Fla.,when her husband was sta-tioned there in the military.She was widowed whilequite young and returned toteaching.Originally assigned to

the third grade at Hardin,she has also taught secondgrade and spent one year as

a seventh- and eighth-grade reading instructor.For several years, she hasprimarily served as a third-grade and Title I teacher,specializing in assistingpupils in advancing theirreading skills.Ely has always preferred

teaching at the elementarylevel, as she finds it reward-ing to see the early readingdevelopment. Her greatestsatisfaction comes from see-ing progress in studentswho have struggled withlearning to read. She ex-presses her approval of theReading Recovery program,an effort that allowed one-on-one attention to pupilswith reading issues. Due tothe expense, it is no longerused on the district, so Elyhas attempted to applysome of the program’sstrategies to her ongoinggroup teaching methods.She looks forward to see-

ing more applicable tech-nology coming along forstudents who have readingissues. She expects that e-reading devices will proveto be an asset for strugglingstudents who nonethelessrelate to digital devices andmay find increased motiva-tion through their use. Elystresses that this could be akey factor with studentswho need a boost in confi-dence.In her final year of teach-

ing, Ely has teamed up withteacher Melissa Bowers towork with some studentsusing “smart” technology.They have found that thosedigital tools are helping thestudents focus on learningand staying on task.Ely says that she has a

“bucket list” of things to doin retirement. She looks for-ward to spending more timewith husband Ron and vis-iting with family. She hasthree sons, Gary, Michaeland Matthew Phipps. Someof that family time involvessome travel, as Michaellives in Wyoming.She is also an avid recre-

ational vehicle enthusiast,and loves the hiking andother outdoor activities thatgo along with the pastime.In addition, she intends tolearn to play the dulcimerand play the piano morefrequently.However, Ely acknowl-

edges that she will likelyfind herself in a school set-ting on occasion, even if asa volunteer. She simplyloves educating children.

COVINGTON — TheCovington Chamber ofCommerce will host a steakfry fundraiser Saturday,May 5 at the CovingtonHall.Tickets for the steak din-

ner are $25 per person. Themeal includes steak, potato,salad, roll, cookie and adrink. Portions of the pro-ceeds from the evening willbenefit the Covington Sum-mer Bash and the Fort

Rowdy Gathering. Theevening will also feature alive and silent auction. Thelive auction will featureamong other things, a flatscreen television. Manygreat items will also beavailable in the silent auc-tion. The dinner and silentauction will start at 6 p.m.The auction will start at 8p.m.It is not required to pur-

chase a steak dinner to at-

tend the auction. A cash barwill be available allevening. Tickets for the din-ner are presale only andmust be purchased by Fri-day. Tickets can be pur-chased at CovingtonSavings and Loan and fromGlen Hollopeter at Kover-man Dickerson Insurancein Covington. Those whowould like to donate to theauctions or have questions,call Hollopeter at 473-0330.

Ely, Gariety toend careers atHardin-Houston

Steak fry, auction fundraiser slated

COVINGTON — Coving-ton High School will con-duct freshman orientationfor current eight-graders at6 p.m. Thursday, May 10, inthe commons at the highschool. Several importanttopics will be addressed, in-cluding scheduling, testingand extracurricular activi-ties. All eighth-graders and

their parents are encour-aged to attend.

Freshmanorientation setin Covington

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war, insurgents linked to the Taliban andal-Qaida remain a threat and as recentlyas a week ago launched a large-scale at-tack on the capital Kabul and three othercities.The draft agreement was worked out

and initialed byAfghanNational SecurityAdviser Rangin Dadfar Spanta and U.S.Ambassador RyanCrocker. Itmust still bereviewed in both countries and signed af-terward by theAfghan andAmerican pres-idents.U.S. forces have already started pulling

out of Afghanistan, and the majority ofcombat troops are scheduled to depart bythe end of 2014.But theU.S. is expected tomaintain a large presence in the countryfor years after, including special forces,mil-itary trainers and government-assistanceprograms.The agreement is both an achievement

and a relief for both sides, coming aftermonths of turmoil that seemed to put theentire alliance in peril. It shows that thetwo governments are still committed toworking together and capable of coming tosome sort of understanding.“The document finalized today provides

a strong foundation for the security ofAfghanistan, the region and theworld andis a document for the development of theregion,” Spanta said in a statement issuedby President Hamid Karzai’s office.Neither Afghan nor U.S. officials would

comment on the details of the agreement.AWestern official familiar with the nego-tiations said it outlines a strategic part-nership for 10 years beyond 2014.Reaching any agreement is likely to be

seen as a success given more than a year

and a half of negotiations duringwhich theentire effort appeared in danger of fallingapart multiple times.Since the beginning of the year, U.S.-

Afghan relations have been strained by anInternet video of American Marines uri-nating on the corpses of presumedTalibanfighters, by Quran burnings at a U.S. basethat sparked days of deadly protests andby the alleged killing spree by a U.S. sol-dier in a southernAfghan village.Tensions were further heightened by a

spate of turncoat attacks by Afghan secu-rity forces on their international counter-parts.White House National Security Council

spokesman Tommy Vietor said PresidentBarack Obama expects to sign the docu-ment before a NATO summit in Chicagonext month, meeting the deadline set bythe two sides. Many had started to worryin recent weeks that Karzai and Obamawould miss that goal as talks dragged onandKarzai continued to announce newde-mands for the document.Much of the disagreement was about

how to handle activities that the Afghangovernment saw as threatening its sover-eignty, in particular, night raids and thedetention of Afghan citizens by interna-tional forces.Those two major issues wereresolved earlier this year in separatemem-orandums of understanding.But closed-door talks continued for

weeks after those side-deals were signed.And then as recently as last week, Karzaisaid that he wanted the agreement to in-clude a dollar figure for funding for theAfghan security forces — a demand thatwould be hard for theAmericans to sign offon given the need for congressional ap-proval for funding. U.S. officials have said

previously that they expected the docu-ment to address economic and develop-ment support for Afghanistan moregenerally.The final document is likely to be short

on specifics. U.S. officials involved in thenegotiations have said previously that thestrategic partnershipwill provide a frame-work for future relations, but that detailsof how U.S. forces operate in the country

will come in a later agreement.The initialing ceremonymeans that the

text of the document is now locked in. Butthe countries will have to go through theirown internal review processes, Sundwallsaid.“For the United States, that will mean

interagency review, consultationwithCon-gress as appropriate and final review bythe president,” Sundwall said.

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kept telling me I would be agood teacher.”After WSU, Thompson

subbed for a few months, then,landed a first grade teachingposition in reading at HighStreet. This lasted one year,and she switched to Wilder toteach fourth grade. “At first, Itaught all subjects to myfourth- or fifth-graders,” shesaid. “Now, I teach only scienceto fourth and fifth grade.”Thompson’s motto is best

summed up by the ancient Chi-nese Proverb that is on the wallby her desk — Give a man a

fish and you feed him for a day.Teach a man to fish and youfeed him for a lifetime. “I wantto get the students excited andinvolved in their education,”she said. “We do many hands-on projects, and I bring in out-side sources to get kidsinterested.”Tara Hastings from TV 2

Weather came in to talk aboutmeteorology and climatechange. Thompson and the au-thor committee brought inwell-known author and illus-trator Christopher Canyon whoillustrated ‘The Grand Canyon’and ‘The Ever Living Tree’ as aguest speaker for the district.

Detectives from the Piqua Po-lice demonstrated fingerprint-ing and showed how they usethe scientific process. A life sizecut out of Adam and Jamiefrom The Mythbusters on theDiscovery Channel is in onecorner of the room. “I use sev-eral episodes from The Myth-busters to show scientificmethods and the truth or fic-tion of some common beliefs,”she said. “The students reallyenjoy the show and learn somevaluable lessons.”Thompson and the other

Wilder science teachers BrandiDingledine and Beth Sullen-berger work together to provide

a seemless progression for thefourth-, fifth- and sixth-graders. They collaborate forthe annual Science Night inOctober. Thompson wasawarded a $3000 MarthaHolden Jennings grant to fundthe event. “Volunteers man tendifferent science stations,” shesaid. “It has been a big hit withboth students and parents.”At home, Merrianne com-

bines her hobbies of travelling,hiking, scrapbooking, and pho-tography to put together pre-sentations for the classroom.“We have gone to many desti-nations including Europe,southern California, the

Tetons, Yellowstone, and Jack-son Hole,Wyoming,” she said. “Iuse those pictures when theclass covers topics such as ero-sion, weathering, land forms,fault lines, and earthquakes.”Thompson and her husband

Dwayne, a former teacher forPiqua City Schools and now acurriculum director for PCS,have been married eight years.Dwayne is quick to point out,“By the way, Wilbur was myturtle 18 years ago when Itaught kindergarten at SouthStreet.” The couple has twindaughters and a son. Wesley isfour years old and Julia andBrenna are five.

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Piqua’s Travis Nees and Lehman’s Justin Stewart head towards the finish line in the 100-meter dash.MIKE ULLERY/CALL PHOTOS

Tammy Berger leads the pack in the 1,600.

KeepinghardwarePiqua boys win own meet;Lady Tigers defend titleBY ROB KISERSports Editorrkiser@dailycall.com

It was a little bit of thenew and the old at thePiqua Invitational trackand field meet Saturdayat AlexanderStadium/Purk Field..In a close competition

with Northmont and Ver-sailles, the Piqua boyswon their first invita-tional in some time andproved what coach MattSiefker knew — that theyare a team to be dealtwith.And the Versailles girls

showed why they are sucha dominant program —

more than doubling sec-ond place Bellefontaine towin by 114 points and eas-ily defend the girls title.Keeping the boys hard-

ware at home was a goalSiefker felt the Indianscould accomplish.“We are always talking

about winning hardwareand getting better,”Siefker said. “We are al-ways talking about build-ing the program.Watching us at practicethis week, I felt like wecould hang with anyonewho was coming here.”Going into the final

event, the 1,600 relay,

See INVITE/Page 16

RussiagirlssecondSiefring triplesat Bulldog meetWEST MILTON —

Jackie Siefring had a bigday at the Bulldog Classic,leading the Russia girls toa second-place finish be-hind Minster.Siefring tripled, win-

ning the 100 hurdles, 16.0;200, 27.55; and long jump,15-1 1-2. The sophomoreadded a second-place fin-ish in the 300 hurdles,49.71.The Graham girls fin-

ished ninth.The Russia boys were

seventh and the Grahamboys were eighth.

BOYSTeam scores: Minster 181.5, West Lib-

erty-Salem 108, Tecumseh 100, Milton-Union 69, Cedarville 57.5, Fort Loramie47.5, Russia 40.5, Graham 30, Northridge29.Local Placers3,200 Relay: 3.Russia (Colin Ball, Ethan

Schafer, John Huening, Alex Herron),8:41.89; 7.Graham (Sam Keller, SethKerns, Brandon Kerns, Luke Harmon),9:04.79.100: 6.Parker Wright (Graham), 12.19.800 Relay: 8.Russia (Tyler Francis,

Shane Mueller, Derek Busse, CodyHeaton), 1:41.38.1,600: 8.Colin Ball (Russia), 4:54.32.400 Relay: 5.Russia (Tyler Francis,

Shane Mueller, Holden Oriely, CodyHeaton), 48.69; 8.Graham (Seam Midgley,Skye Miller, Tyler Johnson, Bruce Mitchell),52.45.400: 7.Tanner Blake (Graham), 53.79.300 Hurdles: 3.Tyler Francis (Russia),

41.65.800: 5.Luke Harmon (Graham), 2:08.72.200: 7.Parker Wright (Graham), 24.55.3,200: 4.Steven Stickel (Russia),

10:34.91.1,600 Relay: 5.Graham (Seth Kerns,

Parker Wright, Tanner Blake, BrandonKerns), 3:39.74; 6.Russia (Colin Ball, TylerFrancis, Cody Heaton, Ethan Schafer),3:44.79.Discus: 4.Riley Watson (Graham), 116-

6; 5.Kyle Poling (Russia), 115-8; 8.Ryon Pil-lion (Graham), 110-6.Shot Put: 3.Nick Paulus (Russia), 42-5

1-4; 6.Riley Watson (Graham), 40-0 1-4.Long Jump: 7.Wiatt Hanlin (Graham),

17-2 1-4.High Jump: 4.(tie), Kyle Poling (Russia),

5-6.Pole Vault: 8.Seth Kerns (Graham), 9-0.

GIRLSTeam scores: Minster 149, Russia 104,

West Liberty-Salem 96, Fort Loramie 78,Tecumseh 73, Botkins 66, Cedarville 41,Milton-Union 39, Graham 11, Northridge 6.Local Placers3,200 Relay: 6.Russia (Lauren Francis,

Emily Borchers, Claudia Monnin, MacyMonnin), 10:37.16.100 Hurdles: 1.Jackie Siefring (Russia),

16.0; 3.Leah Francis (Russia), 16.60.100: 6.Katelyn Barga (Russia), 13.98.800 Relay: 3.Russia (Kirstin Voisard,

Kayli Dues, Katelyn Barga, Hannah Born-horst), 1:55.85; 7.Graham (Catherine Han-lin, Becca Rudderham, Caitlin Yoh, JessieNewcomer), 1:59.13.1,600: 4.Emily Borchers (Russia),

5:35.95.400 Relay: 4.Russia (Kristin Voisard,

Leah Francis, Katelyn Barga, HannahBornhorst), 55.62.400: 2.Kaylie Dues (Russia), 64.95.300 Hurdles: 2.Jackie Siefring (Russia),

49.71; 7.Becca Rudderham (Graham),53.57.800: 8.Jessie Newcomer (Graham),

2:36.11.200: 1.Jackie Siefring (Russia), 27.55.3,200: 2.Lauren Francis (Russia),

See TRACK/Page 15

The Piqua Warriorsmove to 2-0 on the sea-son, beating WaynesvilleSpartans 6-2.

Andy Newbright scoredtwo goals, while Ian Smith,Bradley Holeibein, BradlyShipper, and Luke Browneach added one.

Devon Parshall, AndrewLamphar, and Smith com-bined for nine saves in thegoal.

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Golf League at Echo Hillswill hold their annual orga-nizational meeting onTuesday at 6 p.m. in theEcho Hills clubhouse.

All ladies that are inter-ested in joining the leaguethis year are encouragedto attend.

Reds pitcher Johnny Cueto puts down a bunt Sunday against Chicago.AP PHOTO

Reds get ‘ugly’win over CubsCueto shuts down ChicagoCHICAGO (AP) — On a

cold blustery day, Cincin-nati manager DustyBaker was happy to beable to walk away with avictory.Johnny Cueto threw 6

1-3 strong innings to leadCincinnati to a 4-3 winover the Chicago Cubs onSunday in a ragged per-formance by both teams intough playing conditions."It's what you call an

ugly win, I guess," Bakersaid. "It was sort of whichteam played the worsttoday. “We were fortunate

enough to come away withthe win."Cueto (2-0) allowed one

earned run, scattering fivehits. He struck out sevenand lowered his ERA to1.78 for the season."I felt (good) the whole

time today," Cueto saidthrough an interpreter. "Ilike the way I threw allthe pitches because I wasaggressive with every sin-gle pitch I threw today."Cueto worked around a

single, walk and his ownerror in the third inning,and gave up both of hisruns in the fifth, a Cubsrally that included an-other error and a hit bat-ter."Johnny was great

See REDS/Page 15

SAN ANTONIO (AP) —Ben Curtis won on theTexas Open on Sunday forhis first PGA Tour titlesince 2006, holding offMatt Every and John Huhin a tense back-nine finishfor a two-stroke victory.

Curtis birdied the par-518th for an even-par 72and 9-under total.

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12:04.94; 7.Macy Monnin (Russia),12:39.98.1,600 Relay: 4.Russia (Hannah Born-

horst, Kayli Dues, Leah Francis, ClaudiaMonnin), 4:34.76; 8.Graham (CatherineHanlin, Julia Grabill, Becca Rudderham,Jessie Newcomer), 4:40.54.Discus: 5.Abby Drees (Russia), 89-3.Shot Put: 4.Bekka Deardurff (Graham),

31-5.Long Jump: 1.Jackie Siefring (Russia),

15-1 1-2.High Jump: 3.Emily Borchers (Russia),

4-10.Pole Vault: 4.Taylor Magoto (Russia), 9-

0.

Roaders sixthEATON — The Brad-

ford boys track and fieldteam took sixth at DeanSeitz Invitational and thegirls finished 12th.Winning for the boys

Dylan Canan, 400, 53.35;and Johnathon Barbee,long jump, 19-10,Shay LaFollette led the

girls, winning the 100 hur-dles, 16.39.

BOYSTeam scores: Dixie 122, Bellbrook 88.5,

Brookville 88, Eaton 70, Talawanda 64.5,Bradford 48, Hagerstown 45.5, DaytonChristian 38, Twin Valley South 32, Edged-wood 29, Union County 21, Carlisle 7, Thur-good Marshall 6, Tri-County North 2.5,National Trail 1.Bradford Placers400 Relay: 3.Bradford (Austin Sell, Corey

Rench, Johnathon Barbee, Dylan Canan),1:38.35.400: 1.Dylan Canan, 53.35.300 Hurdles: 3.Corey Rench, 43.0.200: 6.Johnathon Barbee, 24.03.Discus: 5.Austin Sell, 123-9.High Jump: 6.Josh Hoelscher, 5-6.Long Jump: 1.Johnathon Barbee, 19-

10.Pole Vault: 3.Josh Hoelscher, 11-0.

GIRLSTeam scores: Hagerstown 120, Bell-

brook 70, Eaton 68.5, Talawanda 67, UnionCounty 59, Stivers 57, Brookville 51, Tri-County North 29.5, Thurgood Marshall 29,National Trail 28, Twin Valley South 23.5,Bradford 19.5, Dayton Christian 16, Edge-wood 15, Dixie 8, Carlisle 2.Bradford Placers100 Hurdles: 1.Shay LaFollette, 16.39.High Jump: 3.(tie) Shay LaFollette, 4-8.Long Jump: 5.Shay LaFollette, 13-10 3-

4.

LadyTigers winCASSTOWN — Ver-

sailles girls won theMiami East Middle SchoolInvitational Friday night.Covington was second,

Miami East was third,Graham was 11th,Lehman was 12th, Hous-ton was 14th and Newtonwas 15th.For Versailles, Haley

Winner swepth the 400,61.89; and 200, 27.98;Winning for Versailles

was Camille Watren, 100,13.81; the 1,600 relay(Abbey Marshal, LexiFliehman, Emily Lan-genkamp, Camille Wa-tren), 4:36.40.Winning for Covington

were Carly Shell, 1,600,5:42.52;and Maria Mohler,who broke the schoolrecord in the pole vault,going 8-0.Winning for Miami

East was Marie Ewing,800, 2:42.24;Winning for Lehman

was Kassie Lee, shot put,32-5.Winning for Houston

was Rachel Wells, 100hurdles, 17.95;The Graham boys fin-

ished second, while Cov-ington and Miami Easttied for third. Lehmanwas ninth, Newton was11th, Versailles was 12thand Houston was 13th.Winning for Graham

was Liam Smith, polevault, 9-0.Winning for Covington

were the 800 relay (ShaneStraw, Jared Williams,James Grilliot, LeviWinn), 1:46.26; and IanFries, shot put, 40-2.Winning for Versailles

was Mitchell Paulus, 800,2:19.09;For Lehman, Cody

Meyer won the high jump,

5-6BOYS

Team scores: Sidney 76, Graham 68,Covington 64, Miami East 64, Urbana 61,Tecumseh 53, Northwestern 51, Ben Logan34, Lehman 23, Troy 22.5, Newton 19, Ver-sailles 17, Houston 11, Dayton Christian10, Milton-Union 7, Bethel 1.5.Local Placers110 Hurdles: 3.Noah Thomas (Coving-

ton), 20.74; 7.Noah Pleiman (Versailles),21.02.100: 3.James Grilliot (Covington), 12.76;

6.Gage Thomas (Graham), 13.07; 7.LeviWinn (Covington), 13.09.1,600: 3.Brady McBride (Newton),

4:59.53; 4.Jacob Brown (Miami East),5:06.0; 7.Devin Dunn (Graham), 5:22.41.400 Relay: 2.Graham (Dillon Driskall,

Jordan Couch, Tyler Baker, Dalton Hanlin),50.57: 4.Miami East (Brad Jenkins, DamienMackesy, Logan May, Ethan Slack), 53.34;6.Houston (Dalton Ketrow, Quinton Cox,Tully Hunter, Azen Reier), 54.70; 7.Coving-ton (Jared Williams, Jayce Pond, LoganFields, Ian Fries), 54.93.400: 4.Treyton Lavy (Newton), 60.57;

6.Cody Meyer (Lehman), 61.88.800 Relay: 1.Covington (Shane Straw,

Jared Williams, James Grilliot, Levi Winn),1:46.26; 4.Miami East (Kurt Brower,Damien Mackesy, Logan May, EthanSlack), 1:52.44; 5.Graham (Dillon Driskall,Justin Rose, Ryan Devar, Tyler Baker),1:54.79; 7.Versailles (Cory Rose, Cole Kre-mer, Jacob Watren, Aaron Mangen),1:56.40; 8.Houston (Dalton Ketrow, QuintonCox, Kaleib Freisthuler, Azen Reier),1:57.99.200 Hurdles: 2.Ryan Haney (Miami

East), 32.63; 3.Zane Barnes (Covington),33.17; 5.Cj Trahey (Lehman), 33.33; 8.NoahPleiman (Versailles), 33.93.800: 1.Mitchell Paulus (Versailles),

2:19.09; 2.Brady McBride (Newton),2:19.80; 3.Jacob Brown (Miami East),2:23.34; 7.Azen Reier (Houston), 2:28.92.200: 2.Gage Thomas (Graham), 25.53;

4.Jordan Couch (Graham), 26.57; 6.CollinHughes (Lehman), 27.18; 7.JaredWilliams(Covington), 27.51; 8.Shane Straw (Cov-ington), 27.55.1,600 Relay: 2.Miami East (Luke Men-

gos, Logan May, Ryan Haney, JacobBrown), 4:13.83; 4.Graham (Liam Smith,Tyler Baker, Justin Rose, Devin Dunn),4:22.08; 6.Lehman (Cody Meyer, JakeEarhart, Adam Vanderhorst, CollinHughes), 4:28.80; 7.Versailles (Sam Barga,Cory Rose, Seth Barga, Mitchell Paulus),4:31.80.High Jump: 1.Cody Meyer (Lehman), 5-

6; 2.Dein Dunn (Graham), 5-4; 3.GageThomas (Graham), 5-0; 4.James Grilliot(Covington), 4-10; 7.(tie) Zach Jolly (Hous-ton), 4-10.Long Jump: 2.Levi Winn (Covington),

17-6; 4.Shane Straw (Covington), 16-9;7.Damien Mackesy (Miami East), 15-10.Discus: 3.Daniel Everett (Miami East),

113-5; 4.Kley Karadak (Miami East), 108-2;7.Dalton Hanlin (Graham), 101-3; 8.IanFries (Covington), 99-5.Shot Put: 1.Ian Fries (Covington), 40-2;

3.Daniel Everett (Miami East), 37-7 1-2;5.Dalton Hanlin (Graham), 36-4; 6.DillonDriskall (Graham), 36-3 1-2.Pole Vault: 1.Liam Smith (Graham), 9-0;

2.Brandon Mack (Miami East), 8-0; 5.(tie)Isaiah Beaver (Houston), 7-6.

GIRLSTeam scores: Versailles 83, Covington

66.5, Miami East 62, Sidney 53.5, BenLogan 52, Northwestern 52, Milton-Union42, Urbana 29.5, Tecumseh 28.5, Troy 26.5,Graham 24, Lehman 19, Dayton Christian18, Houston 11.5, Newton 10, Bethel 7.Local Placers100 Hurdles: 1.Rachel Wells (Hous-

ton), 17.95; 5.Kayla Tullis (Graham),18.90; 8.Emma Monnin (Miami East),19.26.100: 1.Camille Watren (Versailles),

13.81; 4.Emily Holicki (Miami East), 14.16;5.Kailyn Pond (Covington), 14.66.1,600: 1.Carly Shell (Covington),

5:42.52; 2.Marie Ewing (Miami East),5:46.68; 5.Anna Dunn (Covington), 6:00.19;7.Emily Langenkamp (Versailles), 6:06.02;8.Lorenza Savini (Miami East), 6:11.91.400 Relay: 3.Versailles (Astasia McEl-

downey, Haley Winner, Rachel Subler,CamilleWatren), 55.97; 4.Miami East (Lind-sey Black, Emma DeWeese, Emma Mon-nin, Jilliam Wesco), 56.60; 8.Covington(Arianna Richards, Erin Olson, Lydia Mill-house, Jessie Crowell), 58.91.400: 1.Haley Winner (Versailles), 61.89;

7.Lexi Fliehman (Versailles), 68.69; 8.KaylaTullis (Graham), 69.08.800 Relay: 4.Covington (Savanna

Schaurer, Emily Cordonnier, Lexie Long,Kara Schaffer), 2:03.20; 5.Miami East(Lindsey Black, Emma DeWeese, SageHunley, Jilliam Wesco), 2:04.96; 8.Lehman(Madison Cline, Tessa Brown, MadelineSmith, Olivia Gorman), 2:07.51.200 Hurdles: 2.Kayla Tullis (Graham),

34.27; 7.Sarah Henry (Graham), 34.92;8.Emma Monnin (Miami East), 35.28.800: 1.Marie Ewing (Miami East),

2:42.24; 2.Carly Shell (Covington), 2:42.49;5.Anna Dunn (Covington), 2:48.09; 7.SierraFlanary (Newton), 2:51.89; 8.KorenzaSavini (Miami East), 2:52.85.200: 1.Haley Winner (Versailles), 27.98;

2.Emily Holicki (Miami East), 29.66; 4.LexiFliehman (Versailles), 30.57; 5.Lilly Quisen-berry (Graham), 30.66; 6.Ashley Cecil(Covington), 30.67.1,600 Relay: 1.Versailles (Abbey Mar-

shal, Lexi Fliehman, Emily Langenkamp,Camille Watren), 4:36.40; 4.Covington (Ju-lianna Yingst, Jessie Crowell, Lexie Long,Kailyn Pond), 4:53.96; 5.Lehman (TessaBrown, Olivia Gorman, Katie Edwards,Madison Cline), 4:54.29; 8.Miami East (Ja-clyn Taylor, Lindsey Black, Marie Ewing,Lorenza Savini), 5:08.34.High Jump: 3.Lauren Monnin (Ver-

sailles), 4-10; 4.Sarah Henry (Graham), 4-8; 6.Emma DeWeese (Miami East), 4-4;7.(tie) Jenna Mounts (Houston), 4-2; AlliAngle (Covington), 4-2; Emily Reinhart(Lehman), 4-2.Long Jump: 4.Jenna Frantz (Versailles),

13-8; 5.Emily Holicki (Miami East), 13-7 3-4; 6.Olivia Gorman (Lehman), 13-4.Discus: 2.Zara Zellers (Newton), 70-10;

5.Emma Linn (Miami East), 65-8; 6.LindseyDidier (Versailles), 64-3.Shot Put: 1.Kassie Lee (Lehman), 32-5;

2.Maria Mohler (Covington), 28-7; 3.Lind-sey Didier (Versailles), 28-2; 6.KesleyMcReynolds (Covington), 26-6; 8.EmmaLinn (Miami East), 25-8.Pole Vault: 1.Maria Mohler (Covington),

8-0; 2.Jenna Frantz (Versailles), 7-0; 3.(tie)Morgan Rose (Miami East), 6-6; 7.(tie)Lydie Millhouse (Covington), 6-0; JosieDavis (Houston), 6-0.

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today, until that one in-ning he kind of lost it,"Baker said.That inning was the

seventh, when he walkeda batter and hit anotherwith a pitch before givingway to Logan Ondrusek,who walked Steve Cle-venger to load the bases.Ondrusek recovered tostrike out Alfonso Soriano.Aroldis Chapman came

on to strike out Ian Stew-art looking with a fastballthat registered 99 milesper hour on the stadiumscoreboard, preserving thelead.Chapman also worked a

scoreless eighth, thoughhe did walk his first twobatters this season. In 101-3 scoreless innings,Chapman has 18 strike-outs while allowing justthree hits. Former CubSeanMarshall pitched theninth, picking up his thirdsave."It's a good cap to our

weekend," Marshall said."Our team played hardunder some tough condi-tions in Chicago. It's good

to win a series and gohome on the plane happy."The Reds capitalized on

Chicago mistakes to breaka 2-2 tie in the sixth.Randy Wells and relieverScott Maine combined towalk two batters and hitanother, while GeovanySoto made two throwingerrors on sacrifice bunt at-tempts.All told, the Reds sent

eight batters to the platein the sixth, scoring twounearned runs withoutthe benefit of a hit."We walked the leadoff

guy and everything kindof snowballed," Cubs man-ager Dale Sveum said."They were giving us outs(on bunts) and we didn'tget the outs on the bunts."Wells was making his

first start of the season inplace of Ryan Dempster,who was put on the 15-daydisabled list Saturdaywith a right quad strain.Wells struggled with hiscommand, walking fivebatters in five innings andthrowing just 52 of his 93pitches for strikes.

"I wasn't quite as sharpas I'd like to be, but beingthe first time out it wasexciting," Wells said.Wells managed to keep

the damage to a mini-mum, limiting the Reds totwo runs and leaving witha no-decision. RodrigoLopez (0-1) took the loss inrelief.Cincinnati left 13 run-

ners on base, whileChicago stranded 12. Theteams combined to leavethe bases full five times."You keep putting them

out there, something goodis going to happen," Bakersaid. "I tell the guys thatpressure busts the pipe."Joey Votto doubled

twice, walked twice,scored a run and drove inanother to pace the Reds'offense. The slugging firstbaseman went his 14thstraight game without ahome run.Castro singled, tripled

and scored two runs forthe Cubs, extending hishitting streak to 10games, the sixth streak atleast that long in his

young career. He hasreached base in 55 of hislast 56 games."We battled and got on

base," Sveum said. "Wejust couldn't get that bighit."The Reds improved to 7-

0 this season when scoringmore than three runs.Cincinnati is 0-9 whenscoring less than fourruns.Runs were hard to come

by all weekend, with thetemperature in the low40s and the wind blowingin from the north.

NOTES: Wells was re-called before the gamefromTriple-A Iowa, takingthe roster spot of MarlonByrd. The Cubs' startingcenter fielder was tradedto Boston on Saturday forreliever Michael Bowdenand a player to be namedlater. . Reds second base-man Brandon Phillipsmissed the game becauseof the lingering left ham-string injury that hascaused him to miss six ofCincinnati's last 12games.

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RUSSIA — The Russiabaseball team defeatedCatholic Central 4-3 and15-0 Saturday.In the opening game,

Isaiah Counts relievedTrevor Sherman and gotbases-loaded strikeouts inthe fifth and seventh topreserve the win.Treg Francis doubled in

the fifth and came aroundto score the winning runon a ground ball by ColynMcEldowney.In the second game,

Nolan Francis pitched a

two-hitter, striking outfour.Francis, who was 4-for-

7 on the day, had two dou-bles and four RBIs in thesecond game.Shermn had a double

and Colyn McEldowneyhomered.

Newton wins twoMIDDLETOWN — The

Newton baseball teamswept a doubleheaderwith Middletown Chris-tian, taking the openinggame 15-2 and the secondgame 9-5 in 10 innings.In the opener, Cody

Alexander pitched a six-

hitter, striking out six.Logan Welbaum was 2-

for-3 with three RBIs andtwo runs scored, whileGavin Alexander was 2-for-3 with three RBIs andthree runs scored.Chase Courtney was 2-

for-3 with two runs scored.Courtney was 2-for-5 in

the second game and hada game-winning double inthe 10th to score the win-ning run.Gavin Alexander was 3-

for-6 with two doubles andthree RBIs, added a two-run double in the 10th fortwo insurance runs.Tyler Denlinger was 2-

for-4 and Mitchell Hus-song got the win, allowingone earned run and twohits, while striking outfour.

Tigers pound AnnaANNA—TheVersailles

baseball team had 13 hitsin an 11-3 win over AnnaSaturday.“Jake Wenning did a

fine job on the hill,” Ver-sailles coach Mitch Hoyingsaid. “Lee Kindell, EthanBruns, Dominic Richardand Kyle Niekamp allknocked out multi-hitgames.”Wenning struck out five

in five innings and com-bined with DominicRichard on a five-hitter.Dominic Richard had a

huge game at the plate.He was 3-for-3 with a

double and six RBIs.Ethan Bruns was 3-for-

5 with two runs scoredand two RBIs.Lee Kindell was 2-for-3

with two runs scored,while Kyle Niekamp was2-for-4.Aaron McNeilan had a

double.

Cats split gamesHOUSTON — Houston

split two games in its own

invitational Saturday,los-ing 5-4 to Bradford, thenbeating Franklin-Monroein a slugfest, 14-13.Against Bradford, the

Railroaders scored twicein the top of the seventh tocome from behind.For Houston, Gary

Phipps had two hits, in-cluding a double.Against F-M, the Wild-

cats rallied in the bottomof the seventh.Quinten Pence had

three hits to lead theWild-cats, Adam Mullen hadtwo hits, and Tyler Davisand Brandon Clack bothdoubled.

Raiders get two victories over IrishNewton sweepsdoubleheader

Buccs split Saturday gamesLady Vikings softball sweeps TriadCOVINGTON — Com-

ing off its first loss (5-4) ofthe season Friday to Ar-canum, the Covingtonsoftball team split twogames Saturday.“Friday night was horri-

ble,” Covington coachDean Denlinger said. “Wegave up four unearnedruns. It was a total break-down.”Covington started the

day Saturday with an 11-10 loss to Milton-Union,before beating previouslyunbeaten River Valley 2-1.Casey Yingst, after

shutting Milton-Unionover the final three in-nings of the first game,pitched a five-hit gemagainst River Valley, withseven strikeouts. Andafter three errors againstMilton-Union, the Coving-ton defense was flawlessin the second game.“Casey (Yingst) pitched

one heck of a game,” Den-linger said. “She mixed up

things really well and hither spots. All of herpitches were working forher today.”Covington, 15-2, hosts

National Trail today.

East gets sweepNORTH LEWISBURG

— The Miami East soft-ball team put it all to-gether against TriadSaturday, sweeping a dou-bleheader by scores of 6-1and 14-7.“These are two good

wins,” Miami East coachBrian Kadel said. “Wecame out strong in thefirst game, strung to-gether a bunch of hits andgot our confidence up.AndPaige (Kieseweeter) threwthe ball well and weplayed solid defense.”In the opener, Paige

Kiesewetter struck 11 insix inning, scatteringeight hits.She helped herself at

the plate, going 3-for-3

with a double, triple andthree RBIs.Jeni Accurso was 2-for-

3 with a double and twoRBIs and Kristy Brownand Paige Mullen wereboth 2-for-3.Accurso and Kiesewet-

ter continued to poundaway in the second game.Accurso was 3-for-5

with a home run and threeRBIs, while Kiesewetterwas 4-for-5 with a doubleand three RBIs.Brown had a pair of

doubles, Gabby Rymandoubled, LindseyBrookhart and ChristineBowling were both 3-for-5and Sam Denlinger wasthe winning pitcher andwent 2-for-3.

LadyTigers splitVERSAILLES — The

Versailles softball team is7-11 after splitting a dou-bleheader with GrahamSaturday.The Lady Tigers lost

the first game 5-4.Miranda Huddle, Kayla

McEldowney and KristenMorris all had RBIs. Hud-dle and Allison Grilliotboth stole two bases.In the second game,

Kayla McEldowneypitched a three-hitsshutout, striking out fiveas Versailles won 6-0.Madison Monnin had

two doubles and two RBIs,while Sam Kremer had adouble and two stolenbases.Grilliot had two RBIs,

while Rachel Kremer andMegan Murphy bothdrove in one.Versailles was coming

off a 14-4 loss toGreenville Friday in non-conference play.Hannah Knoop had a

double and two RBIs,while MCeldowney dou-bled and had one RBI.Joanna Cruz had one

RBI and Grilliot had astolen base.

KANSAS CITY, Kan.(AP) — Denny Hamlinheld off hard-chargingMartin Truex Jr. down thestretch on Sunday to winat Kansas Speedway forthe first time.Truex had dominated

most of the race, but Ham-lin had gone to the frontwhen his car hooked upunder the first sunshine ofthe afternoon. Truexmounted a comeback, div-ing low with a couple lapsleft, but he couldn't makethe move stick and Ham-lin pulled away.He coaxed his Joe Gibbs

Racing Toyota the rest ofthe way for his second win

this season.Truex wound up lead-

ing a race-high 173 lapsbut had to settle for sec-ond, his third top-5 finishof the season. He still has-n't won in 175 Sprint Cupraces.Jimmie Johnson fin-

ished third for HendrickMotorsports, which hasfailed in 14 tries to winthe team's milestone200th race. Dale Earn-hardt Jr. and KaseyKahne also finished in thetop 10."I was just watching

from the third spot, hop-ing those guys would giveme an opportunity," John-

son said. "I just wish I wascloser to those guys to racefor it."Hamlin's best finish at

Kansas Speedway wasthird last year, and formost of Sunday he wascontent to ride aroundduring long green-flagruns away from the spot-light.He kept getting better

with each stop, though,and his car seemed tohook up after the finalone, when the sun finallybroke through on a blus-tery, overcast day.Truex said that his final

set of tires may have costhim. He was looser than

he had been all afternoonwith the final set, and thatallowed Hamlin to buildenough of a buffer to holdoff his final charge.Truex was five lengths

down with five laps left,but pulled even with twoto go."I guess if we can be

this frustrated with sec-ond, it tells you how closewe are as a team," saidTruex, who hasn't wonsince Dover in 2007. "Therace car was really good.I'm just not really surewhat to think about thatlast set of tires. I was justwrecking-loose that lastset."

Hamlin holds of charging TruexDriver gets first win at Kansas Speedway

Piqua had 113.5 points,Northmont had 112.5 andVersailles had 106.5.Kindric Link erased any

doubt, chasing down aBellefontaine runner onthe anchor leg to securesecond place and the titlefor Piqua, while North-mont finished fourth andVersailles was fifth.That gave Piqua 121.5,

Northmont 117.5 and Ver-sailles 110.5“I didn’t know how close

it was and I am not sure ifKindric knew, but that isjust the competitor in Kin-dric — whether the titlewas on the line or not,”Siefker said.Link and Cody Camp-

bell gave Piqua a 1-2 fin-ish in the long jump, going19-6 3-4 and 19-1 1-4 re-spectively.“Our long jumpers have

been exceptional,” Siefkersaid. “You look at theGWOC distances and ourguys are right at the top.”Piqua also got wins

from the 400 relay (Yeo-mans, Link, Honeycutt,Travis Nees), 45.10; and800 relay (Trent Yeomans,Tate Honeycutt, BenCrawford, Jon Dembski),1:36.40.When we won those two

races, that is when I knewwe could win this thing,”Siefker said. “They did agreat job. We have a cou-ple more weeks and areworking towards theGWOC.”Versailles boys coach

Rob Winner likes the for-mat at Piqua, which al-lows three competitorsfrom each school in an in-dividual event, instead ofthe traditional two.“It gives a lot of people

an opportunity to competeand most of them com-peted very well,” Winnersaid. “We were strong inthe distance events andall our (high) jumpersjumped well.”Sam Prakel doubled for

the Tigers, winning the1,600, 4:36.60; and 3,200,9:24.20,Versailles also had a 1-

2-3 sweep in the highjump, with Craig Pothastclearing 6-1 to win, fol-lowed by Clay Wilker andZach Steinbrunner, whoboth cleared 5-9.“That (seeing different

teams) was one of the rea-sons we came here,” Win-ner said. “Next week atAda will be our last meetwhere we see some reallyfast times before theMAC.”The Lady Tigers rolled

up 214 points to second-place Bellefontaine’s 110.They were impressive

in every area.Chelsea Bruns swept

the shot put, 35-3; and dis-cus, 105-6.Tammy Berger ran

away with the 1,600,5:25.50; and 3,200, 11:36.0

and ChloeWarvel won the800, 2:31.0; as Versailleswent 1-2-3 in all threeevents after winning the3,200 relay (HannahWenig, Jacquie Moorman,Meagan Winner, NicoleFrantz), 10:37.70.“Our distance runners

swept the races — wewere hoping Canal Win-chester would be hereagain — they are loadedin the distance events andwe wanted to see how wewould do — but they did-n’t come back this year,”Versailles girls coach MikeGoubeaux said. “This iskind of a unique meet inthat you are allowed toenter three in each event.It gets a lot of kids in-volved.”Amanda Winner ran a

blazing 59.6 to win the400 in tough conditions,while the 800 relay (Lau-ren Bohman, Taylor Win-ner, Jacquie Moorman,Abby Barlage), 1:52.60;and 400 relay (Bohman,Gwen Keihl, Megan Hem-melgarn, Barlage), alsowon.“I was really happy

with what I saw from thesprint relays,” Goubeauxsaid. “They stuck thehandoffs and ran well. Iam really curious to seethe times from the othermeets today. Right now, weare trying to refine things,figure out our final relaylineups and get ready (forthe big meets ahead). I re-ally like the stadium at-mosphere here. It is goodpreparation for the dis-tricts and regionals.”Maddie Hilleary led a

Piqua girls team that issmall in numbers, win-ning the long jump with adistance of 14-10.“Maddie won the long

jump,” Piqua girls coachScott Kaye said. “It wasn’ta PR, but that would be

tough to get on a day likethis. Versailles and Belle-fontaine are very goodteams. But, one of thethings we talk to the kidsabout is you are compet-ing against yourself. Youcan’t worry about all theother stuff.“I think the weather

probably bothered us —even though we should beused to it by this time.Wehave had some goodmeets. With such a smallteam, we are just workingto get better and putthings together.”While Lehman has a

small team, they had sev-eral runners put togetherstrong showings.On the boys side, Justin

Stewart won the 400 in

50.5, was second in the200 and tied for fourth inthe 100, while Joe Fullerwas second in the 1,600.On the girls side, Sarah

Titterington had anotherstrong showing, edgingSidney’s Jasmine Gloverto win the 200 in 26.30;after finishing second inthe 400 and third in the100.

BOYSTeam scores: Piqua 121.5, Northmont

117.5, Versailles 110.5, Toledo Rogers77.5, Lehman 66.5, Urbana 62, Belle-fontaine 42.5, Sidney 30, Lima Senior 22.Local Placers3,200 Relay: 3.Versailles (Brian Kramer,

Sam Subler, Michael Wenig, Richie Ware),8:48.0; 5.Piqua (Justis Davis, Andy Luth-man, Daret Spradley, Sean Calhoun),9:31.60.110 Hurdles: 3.Cody Combs (Piqua),

16.5; 5.Kyler Holland (Piqua), 17.2; 7.ZachSteinbrunner (Versailles), 17.80.100: 2.(tie) Travis Nees (Piqua), 11.4,

Trent Yeomans (Piqua), 11.4; 4.(tie) TateHoneycutt (Piqua), 11.5; Justin Stewart(Lehman), 11.5.

800 Relay: 1.Piqua (TrentYeomans, TateHoneycutt, Ben Crawford, Jon Dembski),1:36.40; 4.Versailles (Jacob Paulus, NickCampbell, Andrew Heitkamp, Darren Sub-ler), 1:37.10.1,600: 1.Samuel Prakel (Versailles),

4:36.60; 2.Joe Fuller (Lehman), 4:50.70;3.Michael Wenig (Versailles), 4:53.50;4.Nick Elsner (Lehman), 5:01.60; 6.RichieWare (Versailles), 5:07.80.400 Relay: 1.Piqua (TrentYeomans, Kin-

dric Link, Tate Honeycutt, Travis Nees),45.10; 8.Versailles (Jacob Barga, AndrewHeitkamp, Austin Luthman, Jacob Paulus),57.50.400: 1.Justin Stewart (Lehman), 50.50;

Kindric Link (Piqua), 52.70; 4.Erik Jackson(Lehman), 53.30; 5.Darren Subler (Ver-sailles), 54.20; 6.Ben Crawford (Piqua),55.70; 7.Cole Albers (Versailles), 56.0.300 Hurdles: 3.Craig Pothast (Ver-

sailles), 44.0; 4.Cody Combs (Piqua),44.10.800: 3.Justis Davis (Piqua), 2:15.80;

4.Nick Elsner (Lehman), 2:18.10; 5.RichieWare (Versailles), 2:18.50; 6.Matt Subler(Versailles), 2:18.70; 8.Garrett Rose (Ver-sailles), 2:18.90.200: 2.Justin Stewart (Lehman), 22.90;

3.Travis Nees (Piqua), 23.40; 4.(tie) ErikJackson (Lehman), 23.90; 8.Teddy Jackson(Lehman), 24.40.3,200: 1.Samuel Prakel (Versailles),

9:24.20; 3.Sam Subler (Versailles),10:09.70; 6.Joe Fuller (Lehman), 10:27.0.1,600 Relay: 2.Piqua (Trent Yeomans,

Tate Honeycutt, Ben Crawford, KindricLink), 3:41.60; 4.Versailles (MichaelWenig,Nick Campbell, ClayWilker, Craig Pothast),3:50.60.Shot Put: 3.Mitchell Didier (Versailles),

44-7 3-4; 4.Brad Montgomery (Lehman),41-1; 8.Brendan Fries (Piqua), 39-2.Discus: 4.Brad Montgomery (Lehman),

129-5; 6.Ben Montgomery (Lehman), 120-8; 7.Zack Fitzner (Piqua), 118-1; 8.MitchellDidier (Versailles), 116-8.Long Jump: 1.Kindric Link (Piqua), 19-6

3-4; 2.Cody Campbell (Piqua), 19-1 1-4;4.Jacob Barga (Versailles), 18-8 3-4; 7.ErikJackson (Lehman), 17-3 1-2.High Jump: 1.Craig Pothast (Versailles),

6-1; 2.Clay Wilker (Versailles), 6-0; 3.ZachSteinbrunner (Versailles), 5-9; 4.(tie) AzjhonTaylor (Piqua), 5-0.Pole Vault: 3.Mitch Stevens (Piqua), 10-

6; 4.Kyler Holland (Piqua), 10-6; 8.(tie) JohnMarchal (Versailles), 9-0.

GIRLSTeam scores: Versailles 214, Belle-

fontaine 110, Sidney 96.5, Urbana 94.5,Piqua 63, Lehman Catholic 29, Lima Senior29.3,200 Relay: 1.Versailles (Hannah

Wenig, Jacquie Moorman, MeaganWinner,

Nicole Frantz), 10:37.70; 3.Piqua (KaeleSnapp, Courtney Bensman, Kylee Hays,Olivia Barhorst), 11:19.0.100 Hurdles: 6.(tie) Samantha Gehret

(Versailles), 18.20; Valerie Francis (Ver-sailles), 18.20; 8.(tie) Ivee Kaye (Piqua),18.4.100: 2.Amanda Winner (Versailles),

13.10; 3.Sarah Titterington (Lehman),13.20; 5.(tie) Taylor Winner (Versailles),13.70; Danajha Clemons (Piqua), 13.70.1,600: 1.Tammy Berger (Versailles),

5:25.50; 2.Chloe Warvel (Versailles),5:48.60; 3.Nicole Frantz (Versailles), 5:51.0;4.Kaele Snapp (Piqua), 5:52.30.800 Relay: 1.Versailles (Lauren

Bohman, TaylorWinner, Jacquie Moorman,Abby Barlage), 1:52.60; 5.Piqua (HannahWent, Breanna Boettiger, Maddie Hilleary,Danajha Clemons), 1:58.0.400 Relay: 1.Versailles (Lauren Bohman,

Gwen Keihl, Megan Hemmelgarn, AbbyBarlage), 53.30; 3.Piqua (Hannah Went,Cheryl Bell, Maddie Hilleary, DanajhaClemons), 53.90.400: 1.AmandaWinner (Versailles), 59.6;

2.Sarah Titterington (Lehman), 60.0; 4.Tay-lor Winner (Versailles), 64.80; 5.Cheryl Bell(Piqua), 66.0; 6.Madeline Franklin(Lehman), 66.40.300 Hurdles: 5.Meagan Winner (Ver-

sailles), 53.50; 7.Valerie Francis (Ver-sailles), 54.30.800: 1.Chloe Warvel (Versailles), 2:31.0;

2.Ashlyn Brandt (Versailles), 2:43.10;3.Caroline Prakel (Versailles), 2:45.50.200: 1.Sarah Titterington (Lehman),

26.30; 3.Amanda Winner (Versailles),26.90; 4.Gwen Keihl (Versailles), 27.60;6.Cheryl Bell (Piqua), 28.60; 7.MadelineFranklin (Lehman), 28.70; 8.Breanna Boet-tiger (Piqua), 29.10.3,200: 1.Tammy Berger (Versailles),

11:36.0; 2.Natalie Grillot (Versailles),12:08.60; 3.Hannah Wenig (Versailles),12:14.10; 4.Kaele Snapp (Piqua), 12:28.80.1,600 Relay: 2.Versailles (Lauren

Bohman, ChloeWarvel, Jacquie Moorman,Meagan Winner), 4:28.30; 3.Piqua (CherylBell, Courtney Bensman, Breanna Boet-tiger, Danajha Clemons), 4:31.70.Shot Put: 1.Chelsea Bruns (Versailles),

35-3; 8.Maddie Hilleary (Piqua), 32-0.Discus: 1.Chelsea Bruns (Versailles),

105-6; 3.Maddie Evans (Piqua), 87-9;5.Kaci Lawrence (Versailles), 85-1.Long Jump: 1.Maddie Hilleary (Piqua),

14-10; 2.Olivia Schlater (Versailles), 14-8 1-4.High Jump: 2.Amanda Winner (Ver-

sailles), 4-9; 5.Valerie Francis (Versailles),4-7; 7.(tie) Brett Bey (Versailles), 4-5.Pole Vault: 2.Abby Barlage (Versailles),

9-6; 6.(tie) Alyssa Barlage (Versailles), 6-0;Olivia Schlater (Versailles), 6-0; Teija Davis(Piqua), 6-0; Kylie Hays (Piqua), 6-0.

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From the left, Versailles’ Megan Heitkamp, Piqua’s Danajha Clemons, Bellefontaine’ McKenzie Patton, Versailles’ Taylor Winner and Lehman’s Madeline Franklinrun in the 100-meter dash at the Piqua Invitational Saturday at Alexander Stadium/Purk Field.

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Piqua’s Cody Combs (left) and Kyler Holland in the 110 high hurdles.