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TROY — Shirley and Jake Heffner skatedoff with the Strawberry Festival’s GoldenCouple award Saturday, rolling over the sixother seasoned married couples in a friendlycompetition held at the Troy-Hayner Cul-tural Center.The Heffners have been married for more

than 51 years and will celebrate anniversarynumber 52 on Sept. 10.“We met at the roller skating rink up in

Piqua and he asked me out,” said Shirley, a

retiree from U.S. Bank. “Anything to have agood time,”said Jack, a retired city of Troyworker and current Concord Township em-ployee.The seven couples played “The Not-So

Newlywed Game,” which was formatted inmuch the same way as the Newlywed Game— which aired for the first time in 1966.City of Troy Mayor Mike Beamish hosts

the “Not So Newlywed Game” that quizzescouples that have been married for morethan fifty years.The couple that has the most points, tries

MIKE ULLERY/STAFF PHOTOAlli Comstock passes to a teammate during Strawberry Festival Soccer action on Satur-day. Comstock, as well as several other players from Piqua, play for MiamiWest U17.Theywere one of 300 teams from several states taking part in the annual tournament. Piqua’sPitsenbarger Park is among the nearly half-dozen locations hosting games. The tourna-ment brings thousands of players, families … and dollars into the community.

BY MELANIE YINGSTStaff Writermyingst@tdnpublishing.com

MIAMI COUNTY —Three memory sticksand one hard drive have been reported stolenfrom the Upper Valley Medical Center, ac-cording to the Miami County Sheriff ’s Office.According to UVMC’s media contact Gail

Peterson, the memory sticks and hard drivedo not have patient information recorded onthe stolen items.

“The good news is there was nothing pa-tient oriented on the them,” Peterson said.According to the Miami County Sheriff ’s

Office, the computer parts were stolen fromtwo separate computers and were reportedmissing Thursday by UVMC security. UVMCsecurity cameras are being reviewed.The case is still under investigation.

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TROY — The “King of the Carnival” methis “Princess of the Processional” as the roy-alty for the 2012 Little Miss and Mr. Straw-berry were crowned on a sunny Saturdayafternoon at the Hayner “castle.”Isabelle Eichhorn, 4, of Troy, dazzled the

judges with her strawberry-adorned gownand her “piggie tales” of living on a farm withher parents, Russel and Rebecca Eichhorn ofTroy, along with her siblings.“I helped with the strawberries on my

dress,” Isabel said after she was crowned Lit-tle Miss Strawberry. “My grandma did therest of it.”Isabel shared her Bible with the audience

“because I wanted to” in the garden at theTroy-Hayner Cultural Center.Isabel said she loves strawberries and

going to the Strawberry Festival.“I like to put sugar on top of them,” she

said.Because of the Adams Street bridge clos-

ing, the littlest royalty will not be in a pa-rade. The duo will, however, be part ofopening ceremonies and a “processional” tokick off the festival at 9 a.m. Saturday, June2.Every princess needs a prince and Isabel’s

escort is 4 year-old Evan Couch, a big race carfan who goes to school at Troy Christian.“I like the part where I got to talk the

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PIQUA — It is technicallycorrect to say Lois Wion is thesecretary at Wilder Interme-diate School, but it does notdo justice to all the dutiesand responsibilities that shehandles during a typical day.She is secretary to the princi-pal and the building, atten-dance officer, fill-in nurse,receptionist, financialrecorder, printer, substituteparent, greeter, PA an-nouncer, and the go-to personfor just about anything. And,oh yes, she is a very success-ful junior high, high school,and Junior Olympic volley-ball coach.Wion has spent her whole

life in Piqua. She is a gradu-ate of the Piqua High SchoolClass of 1981. “We were thefirst class to graduate fromthe new building,” she said.“We moved into the new highschool in January, and gradu-

ation was the first big eventin Garbry Gymnasium.” Shewas a member of the drillteam and played volleyballand softball for the Indians.Tim and Vicki Reed cameinto her life during while shewas in high school. “Theywere a positive influence dur-ing my teenage years,” shesaid. “The person I became asan adult is due in a large partto the guidance and supportthey provided for me.”After PHS, Wion enrolled

at Edison Community Col-lege to become a socialworker to help childrenthrough Children’s Services.“I thought I knew what Iwanted to do, but when I jobshadowed that occupation, Irealized it wasn’t for me,” she

said. During this time, Wionmarried and started coachingjunior high volleyball at Ben-nett School.“We started a family, and I

stayed at home to raise ourtwo boys,” she said. “Coachingvolleyball got me thinkingabout an eventual careerwith a school.” She alsoworked part-time for her hus-band’s business Wion’s Print-ing.In 1988, with the boys in

school, she became a class-room aide for special needsstudents at Bennett. Wionswitched to Wilder Schooland spent five years as anaide. She left education forawhile and worked as a real

MIKE ULLERY/STAFF PHOTOLois Wion, secretary at Wilder Intermediate School, poseswith her son, Sgt. Bradley Wion, ONG, during Spirit Day atthe school last week.

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PIQUA — The Farmersmarket begins this Thursdayand every Thursday untilSept. 20 at the corner of Ashand Spring Streets.Purchase fresh fruits and

vegetables along with bakedgoods and homemade items. All items are locally

grown, handmade or homebaked. For more information visit

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CDBG publichearing PIQUA — A public hear-

ing will be held at 5:30 p.m.Tuesday, to inform residentsof the Community Develop-ment Block Grant FormulaAllocation Program in whichthe city will apply. The meet-ing will be held in the CityCommission Chambers atthe Municipal GovernmentComplex, 201 West WaterStreet.Each year, the city holds a

series of public hearing to in-form residents of the differ-ent grant programs that areoffered. This public hearingwill focus exclusively on thegrant formula allocation pro-gram and discuss the pro-posed activities, outcomesand beneficiaries of thisyear’s application.

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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo.(AP) —The cost of 30 man-hole covers that got suckedaway: $5,800.A new conces-sion stand at the destroyedhigh school: $228,600. Shel-ter and care for more than1,300 homeless pets:$372,000.The tornado that tore

throughJoplinayear agoal-ready ranks as the deadliesttwister in six decades. Nowit carries another distinction—the costliest since at least1950.Insurance policies are ex-

pected to cover most of the$2.8 billion in damage. Buttaxpayers could supplyabout $500 million in theformof federal and state dis-aster aid, low-interest loansand local bonds backed byhigher taxes, according torecords obtained byTheAs-sociated Press and inter-viewswith federal,state andlocal officials.Almost one-fifth of that

money was paid to contrac-tors who hauled off debris.Tens of millions more dol-lars went to individuals fortemporary housing andother living expenses in theimmediate aftermath of thestorm. Additional moneycould help subsidize con-struction of a new hospitalto replace one that was ir-reparably damaged.All told, about two dozen

school districts, emergencyagencies, public housing au-thorities, religious groupsand other nonprofits couldreceive taxpayer moneythrough a program run bythe Federal EmergencyManagementAgency.The outpouring of assis-

tance is nowhere near thescale of Hurricane Katrina,which swamped New Or-leans and damaged prop-erty along a wide swath ofthe Gulf Coast in 2005. Yetthe Joplin tornado raisesquestions anew about thegovernment’s role in disas-ters.For Joplin families still on

the long road to recovery, thetaxpayer aid generally is ap-preciated.The twister killed

DanielleRobertson’smotherand destroyed the duplexshe sharedwithher teenagedaughter and two dogs.After severalmonths of tem-porary living arrangements,Robertson eventually gotone of theFEMAtrailers fortornado survivors. No rentor utility paymentswere re-quired.“There are just thousands

of people who would nothave recovered at all hadthat aid not been there. Imean there’s no way,” saidRobertson, who finallymoved into a rebuilt rentalhome about three weeksago. “I like to consider my-self a survivalist, but therewas nothing to survivewith.”TheJoplin tornado,which

killed 161 people,was one of99 major disasters declaredbyPresidentBarackObamain2011.Other includedbliz-zards, wildfires and hurri-canes. Congress respondedin December by authorizingan extra $8.6 billion in dis-aster aid.Missouri has a rainy day

fund with about $500 mil-lion that was created forcostly emergencies. But thefund hasn’t been tapped forJoplin because Gov. JayNixon and some lawmakersare reluctant to trigger aconstitutionalmandate thatthe borrowed money be re-plenished within threeyears.Some critics of federal dis-

aster aid point to Missouri’srainy day fund as a primeexample of how states passthe buck to the federal gov-ernment for local tragedies.“It seems to me this indi-

cates thebad incentiveprob-lem that comes with federalinvolvement — that states

would rather tap federaltaxpayers before they haveto tap their own taxpayers,”said Chris Edwards, aneconomist and editor ofdownsizinggovernment.org,a website run by theWash-ington-basedCato Institute,a group that promotes freemarkets.FEMADirectorCraigFu-

gate said it takes an espe-cially destructive tornado totrigger federal aid. Whatmade the Joplin tornado sounusualwas the intensity ofthe devastation in such aconcentrated area, he said.“We’re talking thousands

of families impacted, hun-dreds of deaths, the traumato the community alonewasoverwhelming,”Fugate said.“The likelihood of Joplinbeing able to recover suc-cessfullywithout federal as-sistance ... warranted thepresident declaring it”a dis-aster zone.Some of the taxpayer-

subsidized projects, such asrebuilding St. John’s Re-gional Medical Center, willbenefit people well beyondJoplin. The hospital servedpatients from a wide regionextending into southeasternKansas and northeasternOklahoma.Hospital administrators

estimate their total costfrom the tornado at $950million, including demolish-ing the old building,creatingtemporary facilities and con-structing a permanent re-placement.The hospital expects to

get more than $345 millionfrom insurance. It’s submit-tedmore than$88million ofexpenses toFEMA,ofwhichthe federal governmentcouldpay for 75percent.Therest will be covered by pri-vate donations and the re-sources of the Sisters ofMercy Health System,which runs the hospital.“We do hope to get some

money from FEMA, butwe’re not counting on that,”saidShellyHunter, the chieffinancial officer for MercyHealth of Joplin.The cost of replacing

damaged school buildingswill be covered largely by in-surance, too. But voters re-cently approved the largestbond issue in Joplin history— $62million— to help re-build or repair 10 schoolbuildings. The resultingproperty tax increase is esti-mated at $65 a year for theowner of a $100,000 home— roughly a 10 percenthike.The Joplin school district

has sought disaster aid fordozens of costs not coveredby insurance, such as atruck and trailer used toshuttle band equipment be-tween makeshift schoolbuildings,aswell as the con-cession stand, bleachers,flagpoles, fences, outdoorbasketball hoops and newmulch for playgrounds. Thecost to remove and replacethemulchat just three sites:$7,100.The cityhas its ownshare

of tornado costs, like themanhole covers. The tor-nado also destroyed twosirens that warn people ofdangerous storms. Taxpay-ers paid more than $41,000for temporary and perma-nent replacements, accord-ing to disaster-aid records.During the cleanup, 14

fire hydrants and curbs andgutters at 111 locationswere damaged by heavyequipment. And tires werepunctured on about 125 ve-hicles, costing almost$57,300.

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Carl L. SchultzCOVINGTON — Carl L.

Schultz, 96, of Sidney, for-merly of Covington, died at5:25 p.m. Friday, May 18,2012, at his residence. Hewas born May 6, 1916, inCoving-ton, tothe lateWilliamJ. andMinnie( M e t -z g e r )Schultz.He mar-r i e dM a r yRehmerton August 15, 1943 inPiqua; she preceded him indeath onMay 16, 1990.Survivors include: three

daughters, Carol (Bruce)Himebaugh of Holland,Mich., Jane (David) Gehaloof Telephone, Texas, andMary Ellen (Kenneth)Alexander of New Rich-mond, Wisc. and Piqua; sixgrandchildren: Kevin (Jen-nifer) Himebaugh, KeithHimebaugh, Betsy Alexan-der, Chris (Susie)Alexander,Mary Schultz, DavidSchultz; three great-grand-children, Savannah Hime-baugh, Lillian and JuliannaAlexander;numerousniecesand nephews; and a specialfriend,JeanneMears of Sid-ney. He was preceded indeath by a son and daugh-ter-in-law, William andJoann Schultz; two broth-ers, Paul andDavidSchultz;and a sister, Florence Jay.Mr. Schultz was a 1934

graduate of Troy HighSchool andwas amember ofSt. John’s LutheranChurchof Piqua, where he had

served on the church coun-cil and as a trustee. He wasa longtime dairy farmer inthe Eldean and Covingtonareas. He also worked 11years for Hobart Brothers,retiring in 1980.While farming, Carl was

a member of the MiamiCounty Farm Bureau, theMiami Valley Milk Produc-ers, Dairy Service Board,and the Central OhioBreeders Association. Healso was a member of theMiami-Shelby Melody Menand enjoyed traveling, golf,bowling, camping, andsinging. He moved toDorothy Love in 1996,where he enjoyed playingshuffleboard, chair volley-ball, singing in the choir,andwas an active volunteeron the Dorothy Love cam-pus.A funeral service to honor

and celebrate his life will beconducted at 2 p.m.Wednes-day at the Jamieson &YannucciFuneralHome,Piqua,with Chaplain KeithMatthews officiating.Burialwill follow inMiamiMemo-rial Park,Covington.Visita-tion will be from 6-8 p.m.Tuesday and 1-2 p.m.Wednesday at the funeralhome. Memorial contribu-tions may be made to Sen-ior Independence Hospice,6520 Poe Ave., Dayton, OH45414; or the Dorothy LoveSpiritual Life Endowment,3003 W. Cisco Rd., Sidney,OH 45365. Condolences tothe family may also be ex-pressed through jamieso-nandyannucci.com.

Zella Lou Bluthardt

TROY — Zella LouBluthardt, 83, longtimeresident of Troy, passedaway on Saturday, May19, 2012, at SpringMeadeHealth Center, Tipp City.She was a loving daughterand sister, a devoted wifeand mother, a favoriteaunt, and a special friend.Her sweet spirit was ablessing to all who knewher.She was preceded in

death by her husband,William C. Bluthardt; par-ents, Ensel A. and Olive G.(Shriver) Metz; onebrother, Ensel A. Metz, II;and one sister, Thelma L.Robinson.Survivors include her

son, MarkW. Bluthardt ofTroy; daughter, Olive D.Wagar of Troy; three sis-ters and a brother-in-law:Donna Metz, Beulah andEdmund Stelmach, andShirley Wolodkin all ofWheeling, W.Va.; onebrother and two sisters-in-law, Roger and DarleneMetz of Wheeling, W.Va.,and Masako Metz of Sur-prise, Ariz.; three grand-children: Joseph Wagar ofAustin, Texas, Lisa Wagarof Searcy, Ark., andBethany and Bryan Wel-born of Jackson,Tenn. Shewas loved by numerousnieces, nephews, cousins,and friends in Ohio, W.Va., Ind., Fla., NY., Mich.,Texas, and Miss.Zella was born on Jan.

14, 1929, in Beech Bottom,W. Va. She was a 1947graduate of WellsburgHigh School where sheplayed on the girls’ bas-ketball team. She wasvery proud of her WestVirginia heritage and al-ways looked forward tovisits with family andfriends. She diligently col-lected information andwrote two volumes of fam-ily history. She was bap-tized in 1954 and was amember of the Mid-County Church of Christin Troy where she volun-teered for 15 years atThursday School. She en-joyed Bible studies and ac-

tivities with the Mid-County Church of ChristGolden Climbers and theTipp City Church ofChrist Golden Yearsgroup. She worked in theoffices at McGraw Chevro-let, Hobart Corporation,and Troy Sunshade. Zellatreasured the memories oftime spent with hergrandchildren. Her hob-bies included preservinggarden produce, watchingall sports, working cross-word puzzles, collectingbuttons and antique glass-ware, and reading bookson her Kindle. She en-joyed making Anise Cook-ies, Apricot Lattice Cake,and homemade ice cream.Zella was well known forher many acts of kindnessand compassion, espe-cially sending cards withher favorite Bible verses:Numbers 6:24-26, “TheLord bless you and keepyou; The Lord make hisface shine upon you, andbe gracious to you; theLord lift His countenanceupon you, and give youpeace.”Funeral services will be

held at 11 a.m. Thursdayat the Mid-County Churchof Christ, 1580 NorthDorset Road, Troy. Inter-ment will follow in River-side Cemetery, Troy.Friends may call from 6-8p.m. on Wednesday atBaird Funeral Home,Troy and from 10-11 a.m.Thursday at the church.Special thanks to the

dedicated staff at UVMC,SpringMeade, and Hos-pice of Miami County fortheir compassionate care.Memorial contributionsmay be made to Hospice ofMiami County, P.O. Box502, Troy, Ohio 45373 orFort Hill Christian YouthCamp, 13500 Fort HillRoad, Hillsboro, Ohio45133. Friends may ex-press condolences to thefamily throughwww.bairdfuneralhome.com.

Kathleen (Leon) ShaferTROY — Kathleen

Marie Elson, 71, formerlyof Troy and more recentlyof Sidney, passed away at2:50 p.m. on Friday, May18, 2012, at Dorothy Love,in Sidney. She was born onFeb. 14, 1941, in Troy, tothe lateWilfred Oakley Sr.and Barbara Ann (Sekyra)Goodin. In 1957, she mar-ried Arthur J. Elson andhe preceded her in deathon Nov. 26, 2011.In addition to her par-

ents and spouse, Kathleenwas preceded in death byher brother, Wilfred Oak-ley Goodin Jr.She is survived by her

sister, Margaret Craig ofArcanum; sister-in-law,JoAnn Goodin of Troy;nieces and nephews: Bill(Tina) Craig of Arcanum;John (Marie) Craig of NewParis, Connie (Chuck)Sturgill of Eaton, Pam(Dan) Mader of Troy, TimGoodin of Troy, MarkGoodin of Troy, Diane

(Leon) Shafer of Troy,Karen Swinehart of Troy,Matthew (Marla) Goodinof Troy, and numerousgreat nieces and nephewsand cousins.Mrs. Elson was a mem-

ber of the First LutheranChurch, Troy, VolksmarchClub, Garden Club, andTroy Senior Citizens. Shewas also a volunteer withBrukner Nature Centerand she enjoyed crafts.Mrs. Elson worked in thecafeteria at Troy JuniorHigh School.Services will be held at

2 p.m. Wednesday atBaird Funeral Home,Troy, with Pastor RicBarnes officiating. Inter-ment will follow in MiamiMemorial Park, Coving-ton. Friends may call from1-2 p.m.Wednesday at thefuneral home. Memorialcontributions may bemade to the Alzheimer’sAssociation or the FirstLutheran Church, Troy.

Leona Evelyn ‘Peggy’ SloanTROY — Leona Evelyn

“Peggy” Sloan, 67, of Troy,passed away on Monday,May 14, 2012, at her resi-dence. She was born onOct. 7, 1944, in Troy, to thelate George Frederick andLeona Evelyn (Mauley)Sloan.She is survived by her

son and daughter-in-law,Michael andTyraManson,Jr. of Ark.; two daughtersand a son-in-law, PeggyLouise and Doug Ishmaelof Troy and Regina LeaDaniel ofWest Milton; twosisters, Bessie Jo Boardand Patricia Ann Sloughboth of Troy; five grand-children: Jheramy An-dress, Keith Flory Jr.,Joseph Flory, John DanielJr., and Jacob Daniel; andone great-granddaughter,Skyler Andress.In addition to her par-

ents, she was preceded indeath by one daughter,Penny Jo Manson Flory in2011; one sister, EmmaJean Dow; and threebrothers: Fred F. Sloan,George F. Sloan, Jr., andWilliam Sloan. She was amember of St. PatrickCatholic Church,Troy. Sheformerly worked as anLPN with Midwest Nurs-ing and formerly workedfor Miami County MRDD.A memorial mass will

be held at 11 a.m.Wednes-day at St. Patrick CatholicChurch, Troy, with theRev. Fr. James Duell offici-ating. Baird FuneralHome, Troy is assistingthe family with arrange-ments. Friends may ex-press condolences to thefamily throughwww.bairdfuneralhome.com.

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PROVIDED PHOTOSThe Piqua Storm WaterDepartment recentlychallenged Piqua Jun-ior High students todraw pictures that re-lated to clean waterand no dumping in ourwaterways. On May 15,storm water coordina-tor Devon Alexanderaddressed those stu-dents who had wonthe contest. Eachgrade had three win-ners and are picturedabove: seventh grade,1st place Ali Valdez(right), 2nd and 3rdplace Keighly Burt(pictured on the left,submitted two draw-ings); eighth grade, 1stplace, Libbey Spolt-man, 2nd place, KennyHawkins and 3rdplace, CheyanneLumkin. Pictured left to right in the eighth grade photo are Lumkin, Hawkins and Spoltman. Each stu-dent who was in the top three for each grade received a Dairy Queen gift certificate. The first place win-ners for both grades will have their drawing put on a sign that will be located along the bike path. Thesigns will be able to be seen along the river corridor and along the canal and lake system.

PIQUA — The 2012SkillsUSA Ohio StateConference congregatedin Columbus with nearly3,000 members and ad-visers from Career Tech-nical school programsthroughout the state, in-cluding 32 members fromthe Upper Valley CareerCenter SkillsUSA organi-zation and nine advisers.This annual event washeld at the Ohio StateFair Expo Center, April27 and 28.Upper Valley Career

Center sent four votingdelegates to this confer-ence to vote and repre-sent the two State andthe one National officercandidate. Voting dele-gates from throughoutOhio represented Ohio’s31,000 members to electstate officers and to at-tend to association busi-ness during the two-dayconference. From UpperValley Career Center andAnna High School, Med-ical Technologies LevelOne student Starr Os-borne will be running asone of Ohio’s two Na-tional officer candidatesin the upcoming national

SkillsUSA.The Skills Ohio cham-

pionships consist of 86technical and leadershipcontests. Participants arechallenged to complete aproject in their area oftechnical training withina specified time periodwhile being scored by apanel of judges from busi-ness, industry and educa-tion. Robert Lee, anUpper Valley Career Cen-ter Electrical Trades stu-dent from Jackson Centerwon a gold medal in theIndustrial Motor Controlcompetition and will com-pete in the NationalSkillsUSA champi-onships in Kansas City,Mo., June 22-28. Also

competing in the SkillsOhio Championshipswere Zach Carlock, Auto-motive Refinishing; JacobBowman, AutomotiveService; Brittney Murphy,Cosmetology; Josh Du-laney, First Aid/CPR;Robert Lee, IndustrialMotor Control; SheenaScott, Medical Terminol-ogy; Lexie McKinney,Nail Care; Kayla Hole,Nail Care; Dustin Snell,Residential Wiring; StarrOsborne; Leah VanGor-gen; Heidi Knight; An-drew Luthman; ShariceHibbler; Oliver Walters;and Lyndsey Coverstone,Open and Closing Cere-mony.There are nearly 1,900

Ohio SkillsUSA membersthat competed for thegold, silver, and bronzemedallions awarded tothe top three finishers ineach contest area. SkillsOhio championshipsbegin with local competi-tions with winning mem-bers progressing toregional, state, nationaland international compe-titions. SkillsUSA is abeneficial non-profit or-ganization for Career-Technical studentsmaking headway for theirdesired careers in indus-trial, technical andhealth related occupa-tions. SkillsUSA is abonding of students,teachers, business and in-dustries around theworld working togetherto assure these studentsand America with askilled workforce.SkillsUSA advisors for

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PIQUA — BusinessProfessionals of America(BPA) members from theUpper Valley Career Cen-ter and associate satellitesof Troy and Sidney werehonored for their efforts atthe BPA National Leader-ship Conference held inChicago. Students partici-pated in competitions andcertifications during theweek and attended therecognition ceremony onApril 28.Those students repre-

senting the State of Ohioat the National Leader-ship Conference were Pax-ton Edwards, FairlawnHigh School and UpperValley Career Center; An-drew Shellabarger, PiquaHigh School and UpperValley Career Center; BenWinks, Sidney HighSchool; Alex Beigel, Sid-ney High School; BryanLloyd, Sidney HighSchool; Kyle Deal, TroyHigh School and MeganWalker, Troy High School.Edwards place eighth in

the Nation the VirtualMultimedia and Promo-tion individual competi-tion.Shellabarger placed

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Chapter 8Space alien gets healthy greeting

STORY SO FAR: When the strange turnipthat Jake featured in the newspaper starts to flyand speak to a crowd of onlookers, Jake quick-ly sells out of papers. He thinks Donnie has cre-ated the turnip stunt and makes him assistanteditor. However, Donnie knows it was Felix'sghost who did it. When Felix tells Donnie he'sthrough helping out, Donnie worries he maynot be up to this new job. His first task as assis-tant editor is to pretend he's a space alien.

I felt pretty ridiculous, standing in front ofthe French Castle courthouse in a shiny silvercostume, with tinfoil antennas sticking out ofmy space alien mask. Behind me sat a flyingsaucer we had built out of Styrofoam andsprayed with silver paint the night before.

It was Saturday, farmer's market day, andfolks were buying fruit, vegetables, jellies, andeggs from food stands and also out of the backsof trucks parked along the north side of thecourthouse square. It seemed I was the onlyone there without some kind of food in myhands.

The crowd was starting to notice and pointat me. Hiding overhead in a tall oak tree, Jakespoke through his headset into my earphone,telling me what to say.

"Greetings, earthlings, I amMardvark fromthe galaxy Zenos," I said through a micro-phone, in a high-pitched, nasal voice. "I comein peace."

"That's sure a relief," a man said. Lightlaughter ran through the crowd that had startedto gather in front of me.

I thrust an arm dramatically toward thecourthouse. "When I saw your magnificentbuilding, I knew it must be TheWhite House....I have stopped to talk with the leader of yourUnited States... concerning eminent danger toyour planet."

"You're a little off course, aardvark," yelleda heckler.

I pulled out a cell phone and pretended todial a number.

Talking into the phone, I said in a metallicmonotone, "Please inform President Obamathat I am running late.... And be sure to tellhim... I come in peace." Covering the phonewith a hand, I told the crowd, "I do not wantyour leader to fear me."

"I'm sure he's shaking in his boots," a mansaid, drawing more laughs.

Jake told me through my earphone to use adeeper voice. "I chose a turnip to warn you," Isaid, speaking as deeply as I could. "But appar-ently you are ignorant and doomed to destruc-tion." Jake thought that linking the flying turnipto my alien character would make both eventsseem more believable.

"Do you mean... you were behind the fly-ing turnip?" a woman asked.

It was time to show folks that this spacealien was someone to be feared, not laughed at.I also wanted to impress Jake that he'd madethe right choice for assistant editor.

"That was my nice side," I said, withoutJake's help. "If you refuse to listen, I will meltyour faces off and burn this town to theground." Clutched inside my tinfoil glove, hid-den from view, was a penlight. Making aneerie, whirring noise, I pointed my finger at her,shining the light at her face.

"Help! It's blinding me!" she screamed.I heard scared gasps and cries.Getting carried away, I added, "I'm not

fooling around, earthlings."But one guy to the side of me must've seen

the tiny flashlight. He ran forward and tore itout of my hand.

Holding it high as he turned it off, heannounced, "Fire's out. No need to call the firedepartment."

The crowd erupted in laughter now, mixedwith loud jeers.

"Hurry. Get in the saucer," Jake saidthrough my earpiece.

I raced to the spaceship, lifted the lid, andgot inside, waving to the crowd as we hadplanned. Irene, from our staff, stepped forwardand took a photo, catching my wave forthe newspaper.

I slammed down the hatch, and achunk of the spaceship fell off. "Hey,that piece of junk's made ofStyrofoam!" someone hollered. Thatbrought more laughter.

Suddenly, a tomato bounced off themetal hatch of the spaceship. A kid hadthrown it at me! Gradually, the grinningcrowd began to surround the saucer,produce in hand. I could see where thiswas heading.

"Pull me up!" I yelled to Jake. Hetugged on the rope to hoist me. But itgot caught on a knot in the tree. So, Ihung there, the saucer swinging backand forth, just three feet off the ground.

I turned to the ghost in the statue."Felix, do something!" No response. Afew seconds passed with me danglingthere helplessly. Felix must have meantit when he said I was on my own.

Splat. Splat. Kids – and even somegrown-ups – had started tossing fruits,veggies, eggs, and spoonfuls of stickyjelly at the spaceship.

"I'm in a food blizzard! Beam meup! Now!!" I yelled to Jake.

Overhead I saw his hand reachthrough the branches and slip the ropeoff the knot on the limb. Several towns-people saw it, too.

Jake yanked me higher, as a barrageof eggs, tomatoes, squash, lemons,oranges, and strawberry jelly splatteredthe saucer, painting it a rainbow of col-ors. The crowd disappeared from view,as the spaceship pushed through a fan ofleaves high in the oak tree.

Jake tugged on the rope, pulling thesaucer from the tree onto the courthouseroof, several feet from the clock tower.He popped open the lid and helped me

out. Standing on the roof, I wasagain exposed to the food-throwersbelow. They launched anotherround of vegetables my way.Ducking a cucumber, my spacealien mask fell off, revealing myface. I glanced below and saw myschool tormentors staring in amaze-ment to discover it was me. "It'sDonnie DumDum!" yelled Rodger."Knock him off the roof," yelledShannon. With an ornery grin,Monty reared back and heaved aneggplant.

"Get down!" Jake yelled, jerk-ing me to my knees just as Monty'soblong missile bounced off thesaucer, leaving a purple splotch.Using the saucer as a shield, Jakeand I inched our way up the slantedcourthouse roof, trying to getbehind the clock tower. But anotheravalanche of flying food pinned usthere, unable to move.

Just as things were going frombad to horrible, I heard a beautifulsound – police sirens. Police ChiefCharlie Banks and his menvroomed onto the courthousesquare, blue lights flashing.

Jumping out of their cars, they quieted thecrowd and ordered everyone to go home.

Taking one last look before we scooted tosafety behind the tower, I saw Sheriff Matlockon the edge of the crowd, puffing on a cigar.Mom had explained to me how the town ofJefferson was the police chief's responsibilityand the county was the sheriff's. So I figuredSheriff Matlock was just here to watch the fun.Pointing at me, he was sharing a laugh with adark-haired woman and a man in a flashy suit.I figured they must be the people Mom alwayscalled "the sheriff's posse." I knew they were

shady characters, and it gaveme chills for them to know anything about me.

The following Monday, another shadygroup made sure everybody in school knew Iwas the fake space guy. Painted onmy locker ingiant, florescent red letters was "Space AlienLives Here!"

I opened the locker and took off my back-pack to shove some books inside. When Iturned around, it seemed like the entire studentbody had jammed in close around me.

"Watch out, everybody!" Monty said. "It'sthat space freak, Mardvark."

"He'll blast you with his ray gun," Shannonadded.

Everyone laughed. Several mimicked mymetallic space alien voice, with comments like,"May the force be with you," and "Beam meup, Scotty!"

"Hey, where's your dorky spacesuit, any-way?" Rodger asked, jerking my backpack outof my hands and spilling my books and papersonto the floor. Monty booted the books downthe hall into the crowd of stampeding feet. Ishuffled after them, as kids kicked them aroundlike they were playing soccer.

As I reached for my science book, Shannonswung his leg back to kick it away. But anoth-er hand swept the book off the floor and gave itto me. It was Lolly, the last person on earth Iwould've wanted to see me like this. Her smilewas sweet but sad.

It was the worst school day I ever had. AndI felt sure the only way things would get betterwould be if I could some-how connect with Felixagain. That was going tohappen sooner than Icould imagine.

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TheverypopularPBSprogram“AntiquesRoadshow”iscoming toCincinnati onJuly21s.I just receivednoticethatmyapplicationsent inmonthsagowasrandomly

selected,meaning I will receive two tickets to the taping. Ifyouhaveneverseentheshow,eachticketholdergets tobringtwo itemsthatwill beprofessionallyappraisedby theshow’steam of reputable, nationally known experts. Intriguingitemsgetairtime.Paintings that look like theyweredonebya flockofducklingswithpaintontheirbottomsarehighlyre-garded and seem to always be worth thousands. Anythingfrom the “Old West” or associated with Native Americansprior to 1910, results in a resounding “cha-ching.”I don’t possess any paintings or western items or any in-

herited items to speak of.My dad strictly adhered to the T-shirt he wore late in his life that read, “I am enjoyingspending your inheritance.”Butover theyearsmywifeandIhavehada few‘hits”and

a lot of “misses” in collecting things that rose in monetaryvalue.Some of youmay recall your own hits andmisses.One miss was the car I was

drivingwhen Imetmywife in1970. It was my very first onepurchased in 1968…a white1961 Chevrolet Impala con-vertible with a red interior, anautomatic Powerglide trans-mission, and a steering wheelabout as big as those found onold sternwheelers. Its enginemade it unique. Muscle carswere just beginning to roll offtheassembly linesandGMde-cided todropa few348cc truckengines into some Impalas. I paid $350 for it. My wifewanted to surprise me with one for my 60th birthday untilshe discovered they sell restored for $45,000-$55,000. I gottheHotWheels version.Another miss was the 1961 Volkswagen camper we

bought in 1972 for $650 to go on our honeymoon.Mechani-cally it was horrible but we restored the oak interior and itlooked cute.We sold it for $650a fewyears later and consid-eredourselves lucky.Just lastmonthI sawa1961VW“Van-Wagon” go for $73,500 on eBay.One hit was a piece of Depression glass kitchenware by

AnchorHocking that I bought at auction for 10 bucks in themid-70s. It turned out to be an experimental color and onlyseven were known to exist. In 1989,we sold it to a collectorontheeast coast thenpaidcash for the five-piecesolid cherrybedroom set still in our bedroom.Butmy biggest miss of all time is brought to mind every

time a show like the currently running “Avengers” is re-leased.You see, Iwas a comic book geek growingup right atthe beginning at what is referred to as the “Silver Age ofComics.”Around 1956, my dad enrolled my younger brother and

me in the downtownDaytonYMCA onMonumentAvenueandI stayedamemberuntil 1966.EverySaturdaywe’dhopa bus (No. 7 Ewalt Circle) in Kettering with my mom whowould thendropusoff at theYsoshecouldmeethermothertogoshopping (mallsandshoppingcenterswereyet tobe in-vented).WhenI turnedeight in1958,she letmestart ridingdowntown all bymyself (imagine doing that now).TheYhadasmall grill counterwith thebesthamburgers

and malts in town. Next to it was a gift shop with severalracksof comicsbooks.MomwouldgivemeadimetobuyoneeverySaturday.Mybrotherpreferred candy.WhenI startedgoingbymyself,Iwould takemyallowanceandbuyasmanyas I could.Soon I had a stack as tall as me.Then one stack became

two. Being somewhat OC in nature at the time, I kept mycollection in pristine condition.I know for a fact I had issue No. 1 of “The Fantastic Four”

(my favorite) released in November 1961.Today’s estimatedvalueis$80,000withanearmintcopysellingatauctionin2011for $300,000. I am almost certain I had theMarch 1963 firstissue of “TheAmazing Spiderman”with today’s value peggedbetween $50-$75,000 as well as issue No. 1 of “X-Men” (Sep-tember1963)going forupwardsofheavenonlyknows.Another personal favorite was “The Flash” first released

in the1940swell before Iwasborn.But I did buya lot of thelate 1950’s issues with the Feb 1959 issue now valued at$15,000.So you are probably wondering what happened to my

comics from1956-1965?Nope.Mymomdidnot throw themaway. In 1965, my younger brother set up a neighborhoodlemonade stand and business was slow. Borrowing a busi-nessmodel I was aware of, I decided to help him out by giv-ing away a free comic book with every purchase. Businesswasbriskover thenext severaldaysandhemadeenoughtobuy himself a transistor radio.I hope to stop cryingby the endof July so I canhearwhat

the appraisers have to say about the pieces of my mom’s1960’sTupperware that I still have.

Gary Ogg is a retired elementary school principal. Helives south of Casstown with his wife of 40 years, Kathy,along with two Dachshunds, Cinder and Ella. Ogg re-ceived a bachelor’s degree in family/child developmentfrom The Ohio State University, a master’s in school ad-ministration from the University of Cincinnati and amasters’ in counseling from the University of Dayton.

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people? I put (a) sack of foodout yesterday (May 12) andno one came and got it.Iput threebagsof foodout

when the Scouts had it ear-lier this year, and no one gotthem.I try tohelp theneedyand

these people won’t pick upmy food.Then,twoyearsago,I give

two oil paintings by FloydSlade to the Johnston FarmHeritage Committee. Theynever called me to tell mewhat they did with the pic-tures. One was a picture ofthe Fort before JohnstonFarm.(The) late Floyd Slade

given them to me one timeand two years ago I decidedto donate them to the John-stonFarmHeritage commit-tee.If they put the pictures in

the JohnstonFarmmuseumor thehouse, the only thing Iwantedwas (to)putaplaquethat said donated by DianaSusan Byerly, or sell themanduse themoney for John-ston Farm Festival (PiquaHeritage Festival) or thecommunity somehow.Well, I guess no matter

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Ever since the 2008campaign, many vot-ers, and some jour-

nalists, too, have felt theyknow Barack Obama’s lifestory. In fact, the story theyknow is the one Obama toldthem.Obama’s first memoir,

“Dreams From My Father,”published in 1995, has be-come the semiofficial recordof his life. But it is not thecomplete record of his life. It’s partiallyfictionalized, with composite characterswho Obama has always acknowledgedwere created to make the story read bet-ter. It focuses on a few themes Obamawanted to present to the public abouthimself. And, as with any memoir, it istold completely from Obama’s point ofview. It’s not a biography.Next month the beginnings of an

Obama biography will be published, byformer Washington Post reporter DavidMaraniss. Readers wanting to learnabout Obama’s entire life will be disap-pointed to discover that Maraniss stopswhen Obama is age 27, as he finisheswork as a community organizer inChicago and heads to Harvard LawSchool. Obama’s law school years, hispractice of law in Chicago, his cam-paigns and career as an Illinois statesenator, U.S. senator, presidential candi-date -- none of that will be covered.

Still, an excerpt of the Maranissbook published recently in Vanity Fairreveals a portrait of Obama that mighthave enriched the voters’ understandingof him in the 2008 campaign, whenmany Americans were eager to learnabout this new, fresh face in politics.The excerpt focuses on Obama’s brief

time in New York after his graduationfrom Columbia University. The son of aKenyan father and an American expa-triate mother, Obama emerges as a manquestioning whether he viewed himself,or wanted to be viewed by others, as anAmerican. Not in a citizenship sense --Obama was born in the United Statesand that was that -- but in the sense ofhow he saw the world and wanted to beseen by it.Obama had a lot of Pakistani friends;

Maraniss writes that if Obama and hisgirlfriend socialized as a couple, “it wasalmost always with the Pakistanis.”Obama appeared to identify with hisfriends as fellow non-Americans. “Foryears when Barack was around them, heseemed to share their attitudes as so-phisticated outsiders who looked at pol-itics from an international perspective,”Maraniss writes. “He was one of them, inthat sense.”But Obama was ambitious. Appalled

by the “dirty deeds” of “Reagan and his

minions” (as he wrote in“Dreams FromMy Father”),Obama became increas-ingly interested in, asMaraniss writes, “gainingpower in order to changethings.” He couldn’t do thatas an international guyhanging around with hisPakistani friends; heneeded to become an Amer-ican.So he did. One of those

Pakistani friends, Beenu Mahmood, sawa major change in Obama. Mahmoodcalls Obama “the most deliberate personI ever met in terms of constructing hisown identity,” according to Maraniss.The time after college, Mahmood says,“was an important period for him, firstthe shift from not international butAmerican, number one, and then notwhite, but black.”Mahmood,Maraniss writes, “could see

Obama slowly but carefully distancinghimself as a necessary step in establish-ing his political identity as an Ameri-can.”Years later, the picture of Obama as a

young adult wondering whether or nothe was really an American was preciselythe image that the Hillary Clinton cam-paign wanted to impose on the middle-aged Obama. In internal memos, topClinton strategist Mark Penn ques-tioned Obama’s “lack of American roots,”writing that “Obama’s roots to basicAmerican values and culture are at bestlimited. I cannot imagine America elect-ing a president during a time of war whois not at his center fundamentally Amer-ican in his thinking and in his values.”Clinton didn’t come out and say that

during the campaign, but she did every-thing she could to present herself as theall-American candidate in the race. Hercampaign didn’t play Tom Petty’s “Amer-ican Girl” at all her rallies for nothing.In the general election, the contrast

between Obama and John McCain was,of course, even more stark. At the ageObama was wondering whether he wasan American, McCain, the son andgrandson of U.S. Navy admirals, was anewly commissioned officer at Naval AirStation Pensacola, headed for a note-worthy military career. It seems unlikelyMcCain spent much time musing onwhether he was an American.In the end, as the Maraniss excerpt

has it, Obama chose to become anAmer-ican in part because that’s what heneeded to be to accomplish his goals. Thestory of what he did after that momen-tous decision will, unfortunately, have towait for another biography.

Byron York is chief political corre-spondent for The Washington Examiner.

In new biography Obamaasks: Am I an American?

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

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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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President Barack Obamaand Republican challengerMitt Romney are being buf-feted by crosswinds asObama fights to keep his joband Romney works to wrestit from him. Both knowwhere they want to go, butgetting there is somethingelse.Romney is trying to pivot

fromthe incendiarysocial is-sues that dominated GOPprimaries to the economy,which polls show is hisstrongest suit, Obama’sbiggestvulnerabilityandtheNo. 1 election issue.The firstRomneygeneral-

election TV commercial, re-leased Friday, outlines whathe’d do onDayOne as presi-dent: submit tax cuts that“reward jobcreatorsnotpun-ish them,” approve the Key-stone oil pipeline and startrolling back Obama’s healthoverhaul.But mostly he’s been

forced on the defensive.He’s worked to deflect

TeamObamaefforts topainthim as a job-destroying cor-porate raideratBainCapitalin the 1980s. A fresh attackcameFriday ina two-minuteDemocratic National Com-mitteevideo titled“TheBaneof Romney’s Existence.”

The raceInside politics

Sometimes, a carefullyconsidered play can back-fire and lead to a disas-trous result. That isprecisely what happenedon this deal from the 1989Venice Cup finals be-tween two women’s teamsfrom the Netherlands and

the United States. TheAmericans won the 128-deal match by a relativelynarrow margin after anexciting contest in whichthe outcome remained indoubt right up to the finalfew deals.The bidding shown oc-

curred early in the matchat the table where BethPalmer and Lynn Deaswere North-South for theU.S. Deas reached threenotrump after a livelyauction, and the DutchWest led the six of clubs.Declarer played low

from dummy, and Eastwon the trick with thequeen. East then shiftedto the jack of hearts! Thisunusual play was de-signed to guard against aholding of Q-x-x in theSouth hand. If declarer

had that holding, the leadof the jack would trap thequeen, whereas a lowheart return would estab-lish the queen as a stop-per after South followedlow. However, East’s re-turn — well thought outas it was — served only toconfuse her partner afterdeclarer won the trickwith the king.When West subse-

quently gained the leadwith the queen of dia-monds, she returned aheart! This establishedSouth’s second hearthonor as her ninth trick.In all, declarer scored twohearts, two spades, fourdiamonds and the ace ofclubs. Had West returneda club instead, establish-ing East’s clubs before theace of hearts was dis-

lodged, South would havefallen a trick short.At the other table, the

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DEAR ABBY: I agreed tobe maid of honor at my bestfriend’s wedding. I am nowplanning her bridal showerand just received the guestlist from her mother and thegroom’s mother, “Alicia.”Alicia has given me the

names of about 30 guestsand says there are more peo-ple she wants to invite. Abby,the entire list will amount tonearly 70 guests!I thought showers were

supposed to be for closefriends and family only.Would it be out of line to sug-gest to Alicia that if shewants to invite that manypeople, she should give a sep-arate shower?

— OVERWHELMEDIN NEW YORK

DEAR OVER-WHELMED: You and thegroom’s mother are not onthe same wavelength. Shemay be trying to repay socialobligations, while you aresimply trying to performyour attendant’s duties.Because Alicia is so insen-

sitive, you must tell herfirmly the maximum num-ber of guests you can accom-modate at the shower. Itwould not be out of line tosuggest that she ask one ofher friends to also host one. Ifshe insists on inviting every-body to your shower, ask herto share the expenses withyou. (Remember, bridalshowers are usually hostedby attendants, friends or rel-atives of the bride, but notmembers of her or her fi-ance’s IMMEDIATE fami-lies.)

DEAR ABBY: Pleasepass along this suggestion toyour readers: If you’re sepa-rated or getting a divorce, usediscretion if you’re temptedto talk about it.The more you bad-mouth

the person you are divorcing,the more people will rejectyou. It may not seem fair, butit’s true. People will “forget”that you never complainedbefore and say, “I didn’t knowshe was so vindictive. Nowonder he left!”You will do yourself addi-

tional damage by ranting toco-workers. You’re paid towork, not talk. Your co-work-ers are paid to work, not lis-ten.Do not confide your prob-

lems to your customers. They

will stop doing business withyou because they’re afraid ofbeing trapped by your pain.If you must vent your

anger and disappointment,do it in a support group. Themembers will empathize;others haven’t a clue anddon’t care. A support groupalso can give you practicaladvice about lawyers, fi-nances and emotional help.Your pain will linger for

months, but the patience ofyour friends and co-workerswill fade. My co-worker man-aged to bore all of us. Shequit therapy to spend themoney redecorating herhome to “erase him from herlife.” Not only did she lose allsympathy in that short-sighted, shallow act, she alsolost precious time she shouldhave spent healing and be-coming strong and independ-ent.It’s strange, Abby. People

facing death don’t disruptother people’s lives the waythose with broken vows do.

—TIRED OFLISTENING IN

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DEAR TIRED: Youmake a strong case for keep-ing separate one’s personaland professional lives.Friends and co-workers areimportant to anyone experi-encing the trauma of divorce,but I agree that an outsidesource — such as a supportgroup — can provide practi-cal, impartial advice becausethe members can empathizewithout becoming emotion-ally involved.Those who act this way

may be looking for a sympa-thetic ear, but they usuallywind up with a cold shoulder.

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

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Willie Nelson picks his ‘Heroes’ AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — When Snoop Dogg passed

through Willie Nelson’s neck of the woods during SouthBy Southwest in March, he took some time to pay trib-ute to his unlikely friend.He regaled reporters with mostly NSFW stories

about time the pair spent together in Amsterdam, shar-ing their mutual love of music, marijuana and friedchicken. The always lighthearted Snoop also got seriouswhen talking about his friendship with Nelson and the79-year-old singer’s unique role as a musical ambassa-dor.“When I first met him you would think he was a hip-

hop artist because he showed love to me as if I was inhis world and I never made country music or none ofthat, but he understood who I was,” Snoop said.

MARK KENNEDYAP Drama Writer

NEW YORK (AP) — There’s aneasy trick to writing a good Jewishjoke — just make the idiot at thecenter of it sound Jewish.“Any joke you tell, if the charac-

ter’s name is Feldman, it becomes aJewish joke,” says Daniel Okrent.“Say you’ve got a joke about a guyon a desert island who watches An-gelina Jolie float by. The guy couldbe named O’Hara. But if it’s Feld-man, it becomes a different joke.”Such is the wisdom that Okrent

and his friend and collaborator,Peter Gethers, have gleaned bymining generations of jokes overthe past three years to create theirnew off-Broadway show, “Old JewsTelling Jokes.”The revue, which opens Sunday

at the Westside Theatre, is stockedwith some 80 classic jokes and a fewsongs that a five-person cast deliv-ers with rat-a-tat comic precision.The jokes are clustered by categoryand move chronologically fromBirth, Childhood, Dating, Sex, Mar-riage, Assimilation, Doctors to OldAge.“Why don’t Jewish mothers

drink?” one joke goes. “They don’twant to dull the pain.” Anotherstarts with a doctor telling his pa-tient he has bad news and very badnews. “The bad news is that youonly have 24 hours to live.” Horri-fied, the patient asks what could beworse than that. “I couldn’t get holdof you yesterday,” replies the doctor.“The thing we’ve learned is the

show gets progressively funnier be-cause it’s chronological,” says Geth-ers. “The worse life is, the funnierthe jokes are.”The project marks the first time

Okrent, a writer and editor whoserved as the first public editor ofThe New York Times, and Gethers,

a writer and Random House execu-tive, have ever tackled theater. Theyare now co-producers and co-con-ceivers.“Our first goal was hilarity. We

wanted the show to be as funny asit could possibly be. But we didn’twant it to be only funny,” says Geth-ers. “Without being pretentious,without turning it into anythingmajor, we wanted it to be a showthat was not just jokes but a showthat was partly about jokes andabout humor.”It’s inspired by the website Old-

JewsTellingJokes.com and Okrentand Gethers have acquired its the-atrical rights. Early versions of thescripts were performed in livingrooms as they hammered out its 80-minute shape, aided by Okrent’s495-joke database.“I always thought theater was too

hard. I thought writing an actualplay was the hardest possible thing.And we figured out a way to do it sothat it wasn’t that hard,” says Geth-ers.To which Okrent quips: “We did-

n’t really write it and it isn’t reallya play.”Skits went in — and came out.

Audience participation was consid-ered and then abandoned. Severalsongs and whole sections of jokeswere cut. Monologues werechanged. Above all, pages in thescript that explained the jokesthemselves were dumped.“We didn’t trust the jokes,” says

Gethers.The creators even considered

having a section about the Holo-caust. “There’s a huge log of Holo-caust jokes that are twisted buthilarious,” says Gethers. “It was anice little chunk and it was weirdand weirdly funny, but it doesn’t be-long in the show.”Jokes that weren’t in the Jewish

tradition — say, Irish or Polish —

were adapted and rewritten if theyworked. “It’s not ‘Old Jews TellingJewish Jokes,’” says Gethers.“There’s a difference.” Adds hispartner: “There’s a certain kind ofhumor that has become everybody’shumor, but, at its heart, is Jewishhumor. That’s really humor that’sbased on being a loser in some way.”The intense process of putting on

a show hasn’t broken up their 32-year friendship. Gethers creditstheir editing backgrounds for beingable to dump favored material if itdidn’t work. “We were reasonablyruthless and reasonably insensi-tive,” he says.The final cast, which includes Bill

Army, Marilyn Sokol, Todd Susman,Audrey Lynn Weston and LennyWolpe, also helped the show’s finaltuneups, since a key part ofwhether a joke lands is in the deliv-ery.“There are some jokes that pretty

much anybody can deliver funny ifthey’re not total idiots,” saysOkrent. “And there are some thatare extremely complicated to de-liver well.”Okrent and Gethers have spent

countless hours during the previewprocess listening to the audiencereact to their show. They can tellhow the night will be from the waythe first joke is received. They thinkthere are five jokes that always geta laugh and four jokes they still dis-like but have kept because directorMarc Bruni wants them.“I sit there each night when these

jokes come by and think, ‘I can’twait for this one to be over. I havefriends here tonight. Their opinionof me is going to plummet,’” saysOkrent. “Then it gets a huge laughand we move on to the next thing.”“And then of course, the bigger

the laugh, the closer we come totaking full credit for them,” saysGethers.

AP PHOTO This 2012 photo provided by Boneau/Bryan-Brown shows, from left, Audrey Lynn Weston, Marilyn Sokol,Lenny Wolpe, Todd Susman and Bill Army from the production, “Old Jews Telling Jokes,” which opened Sun-day in New York.

Yukking it up

estate agent for McVetyReality for three years. “Iwas mom and then newmom when our daughterwas born, real estateagent, and volleyballcoach,” she said.In 1999, after her

daughter entered school,Wion was hired as a pur-chasing/receiving secre-tary at the Piqua Board ofEducation. She spent eightyears in that position andtransferred to secretary atWilder. “I wanted to workwith the kids, not so muchthe numbers,” she said.“This is a perfect agegroup to be around. Thefourth-, fifth-, and sixth-graders make every dayan interesting one.”Wilder principal Curt

Montgomery has manygood things to say aboutWion. “She is efficient andeffective,” he said. “Loisworks hard to give everychild a great school experi-ence.” Wion has served onthe building and districtLeadership Team commit-

tees. She helps with theannual Spirit Week atWilder.“Wion shares credit

with the staff at Wilder.“We have a wonderfulgroup here,” she said. “Weall pull together and coop-erate for the benefit of thekids. Working with goodpeople makes my job a loteasier.” The Wilder staffuses reading as a tool toconnect with the students.“We read many of thesame books that the stu-dents read,” Wion said.“Most recently, we all readthe Twilight series andHunger Games. Thishelped us to better under-stand our students andtheir interests.”Over the past two

decades, Wion coachedjunior high volleyball atBennett, high school vol-leyball at Franklin-Mon-roe, and now, JuniorOlympic volleyball. Shehas been a winning coachin all three areas. For theFranklin-Monroe Jets, shewas the Cross County

Conference Coach of theYear for two years. Herteams were league champsfor three years, going 33-0in CCC competition. Sheearned District 9 Coach ofthe Year. “The two big in-fluences in my coachingcareer were Ed Purk andDavid Gray,” Wion said.“Ed was the athletic direc-tor at Piqua when Istarted,” she said. “Heshowed me what was im-portant in coaching andwhat to focus on – the stu-dent athletes.”“When I started at

Franklin-Monroe, superin-tendent David Grayhelped me adjust to highschool level coaching andthe increased pressures.”Wion advanced one of herF-M teams to the Division4 Regional Finals, beingone of the last eight teamsleft in the state in Division4. She currently coachesthe Grandlake VolleyballClub Junior Olympicteam.Away from the office

and the court,Wion enjoys

reading, scrapbooking,boating, camping, and pho-tography. She lives inPiqua with her husbandTodd who is the athletic di-rector and girls’ volleyballcoach at Russia HighSchool. The couple hasbeen married 30 years.They have two sons and adaughter. Marlee is asophomore at Ohio Uni-versity majoring in nutri-tion. Matthew is a teacherand volleyball coach atUpper Arlington Highschool outside of Colum-bus. Bradley, who servedin the National Guard, isthe Zone Merchandise Su-pervisor at Walmart inSidney.

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to match their partners answersfrom questions. Husbands have torely on their spouses to answer avariety of questions like “What kindof dog does your wife mostly resem-ble?” and the husband chooses an-swers ranging from bull dog orLabrador retriever and they mustanswer wisely for both points andto stay on their loved one’s goodside.The Heffners rolled away from

the rest of the couples by scoring 80points out of the possible 85 to becrowned the 2012 Golden Couple.

The Heffners said they like to beactive in the community and enjoythe simple things like playing cardson Friday nights, going to churchand going out to eat.“She’s put up with a lot of stuff,”

Jack said with a laugh. “We like togo out to eat together.“We try not to argue with one an-

other and if we don’t agree, we justtalk it out,” said Shirley of the cou-ple’s philosophy on marriage.Neighbors Alan and Treva

Dohner cheered and supported theHeffners earning the couple theQueen’s choice for the Golden Cou-

ple Spirit Award as well.“Jack would give you the shirt off

his back and Shirley would be rightbehind him — they are greatfriends and neighbors,” Alan said.“They spend a lot of their time giv-ing back to others.”The other couples who partici-

pated in the Golden Couple eventinclude: Kenneth and Lucille Kauf-mann of West Milton, Bruce andJoyce Myers of Tipp City, Dick andJean Phillips of Troy, Charles andBecky Riley of Troy, Fred and LoisScott of Piqua and Robert andMabel Supinger of Troy.

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audience. “I’m a race fan of TonyStewart and Jeff Gordon.”Couch said he liked the “berry”

big strawberry crown his motherhelped make for the contest.“I got to help make the crown,”

Evan said. “Mom said if I wore itshe’d let me go get ice cream after-

wards.”Couch is the son of Michael and

Kimberly Couch of Troy.Best Costume award was pre-

sented to Annaliese Erdahl,daughter of Dathan and NatalieErdahl of Troy.Mainstreet Market sponsored

the event and has been the mainsponsor of the crowd-pleasingevent for the last 25 years, accord-

ing to Sally Riechert.Riechert has helped quiz the

kids at the event since 1992.“I like this age,” she said. “They

are just so honest with their re-sponses.”For more information about pre-

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SIDNEY The Guidance Department at LehmanCatholic High School has released the honor roll forthe third quarter of the 2011-2012 academic year. Toearn first honors, students must have an average of 93or higher and no grade lower than a B. To earn secondhonors, students must have an average of 85 or higher,with no more than one C and no grades of D.• Seniors receiving first honors were Meghan Ben-

nett, Tyler Bergman, Abby Ciriegio, Sarah Davidson,David Freytag, Lexie Froning, Paston Hatcher, DanaJenkins, Kerrie Josefovsky, Colleen Kinninger, NicoleLarger, Emily Pax, Kandis Sargeant, Morgan Schmit-meyer, Amelia Schultz, Daniel Sehlhorst, LindseySpearman, Haleigh Spicer, Amy Watercutter, andMaria Yannucci.• Juniors receiving first honors were Haley Baker,

Allison Bergman, Lauren Bosway, John Copella, LouisGaier,Tharon Goins, Jacob Haller,Michael Jacob, BradKaeck, Samantha Neumeier,Andrea Thobe, Sarah Tit-terington, and Emily Wildenhaus.• Sophomores receiving first honors were Karly

Baird, Seth Bensman, Gabe Berning, Patrick Blen-man, Madilyn Brown, Lindsay Bundy,Meghan Burner,Millie Cartwright, Noah Dunn, Bryce Eck, Jordi Em-rick, Madeline Franklin, Lauren Goettemoeller, SarahGravunder, Julia Harrelson, Katie Heckman, EmilyHoersten, Grace Jackson, Abigail Kramer, Jenna Kro-nenberger, Kris Lee, Adam Link, Kevin McElroy,Quinn Monnin, Brad Montgomery,Morgan Neal,AbbyO’Connell, Erica Paulus, Patrick Pudlewski, Erik Ro-denburgh, Meghan Safreed, Marla Schroeder, OliviaSehlhorst, Josh Smith, Elaina Snyder, Lauren Van-derhorst, Alia Whitney, and Grace Winhoven.• Freshmen receiving first honors were Katie

Adams, Grant Gleason, Alec Greve, McKenna Guil-lozet, Brooke Jones, Jennifer Kaeck, Katie Karr,MariaPannapara, Rachel Remencus, Ellie Sargent, AllysonSchmidt, John Schmiesing, Ava Schmitz, Dylan Sher-man, Olivia Slagle, Jake Watkins, and Josh West.• Seniors receiving second honors were Nick

Boshonek, MacKenzie Brown, Kaitlyn Catanzarite,Michael Comer, Natalie Davis, Dan Deafenbaugh,Meghan Earhart, Daniel Hemm, Solomon King-White,Logan Monnin, Masie Sherman,Alex Smith, MatthewUlrich, Ben Weber, Katie Williams.• Juniors receiving second honors were Pierce Ben-

nett, Emilie Cavinder, Keaton Cole, Nick Cummons,Dan Davis, Sloane Glover, Ethan Jock, Dylan Long,Riley Pickrel, Emilee Proffitt, Zachary Taylor,Stephanie Ulbrich, Ellie Waldsmith, and Bonnie Zim-merman.• Sophomores receiving second honors were

MaKenna Cabe, Ellie Cain, Grace Frantz, SamanthaGrise, Rob Heckman, John Husa,Allison Larger, Shan-non Looney, Joseph Simpson, Emily Smith, and Pax-ton Spicer.• Freshmen receiving second honors were Saman-

tha Comer,Thomas Covault, Sam Dean, Elizabeth Ed-wards, Kaitlin Gillman, Aaron Hemmelgarn, ErikJackson, Teddy Jackson, Ben Montgomery, Cole Prof-fitt, Joseph Skelton, Mitch Slater, and Travis Thorn-ton.

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O’Connell graduates magna cum laude

PIQUA— Patrick D. O’Connell graduated magnacum laude May 13, from Saint Bonaventure Uni-versity with a bachelor of accounting/business ad-ministration and a master of businessadministration.O’Connell, of Piqua, is a 2007 graduate of Lehman

Catholic High School.

PIQUA — Jessie Hess,LPN was recentlyawarded the 2012 OHCANurse of the Year awardat the OHCA conventionheld in Columbus.Hess has been a valued

employee of Piqua Manorfor one and a half yearsand an LPN for eightyears. She was honoredfor her strong work ethic,excellent documentation

skills and consistent su-pervision habits.According to a press re-

lease from Piqua Manor,to be nominated for theNurse of the Year Awardso early in her tenure atPiqua Manor is a testa-ment to Hess’s impact,and the respect she hasearned from her col-leagues. A reception, inher honor, will be held

from 4-6 p.m. Tuesday.The public is invited toattend.Piqua Manor is a com-

prehensive, 130 bedsskilled nursing and reha-bilitation facility offeringspecialized rehabilitationservices, long and shortterm nursing care andrespite stays. PiquaManor is operated byHCF Inc., a provider of

skilledn u r s -i n gc a r e ,rehabilitative servicesand assisted living serv-ices. Established in 1968,HCF is a family-ownedand operated businesswith 22 nursing facilitiesand three assisted livingfacilities in Ohio andPennsylvania.

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Nurse in good standing with the State of OhioNursing Licensing Board as well as knowledge-able of , and previous experience in, the Maxi-mum Data Set (MDS) process. Goodcommunication skills a must. Prefer 2-3 yearsof demonstrated success in the MDS field.The Pavilion offers competitive wages and

benefits, including health and life insurance andpaid vacations.Interested candidates should apply in person

or submit a resume to:MarianneWildermuth

The Pavilion705 Fulton Street, Sidney, Ohio 45365

Telephone: 937-492-9591email: msw@adcarehealth.comAn Equal Opportunity Employer

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MARKETING DIRECTORThe Pavilion, a member of AdCare Health

Services, Inc., offering skilled nursing and reha-bilitative care, has an opportunity for a Market-ing Director.In this position, you will be responsible for

maintaining facility census and payor mix byproviding prospective residents with appropri-ate information and assistance for admissions tothe facility, conducting personalized visitationsto all primary referral sources and interestedparties, and representing the facility in commu-nity events.The qualified candidate must be familiar with

long term care and health care services; beknowledgeable of, and pervious experience in,implementing marketing plans; be comfortableworking closely with outside referral sources.Good communication skills a must. Prefer 2-3years of demonstrated success in the marketingfield.The Pavilion offers competitive wages and

benefits.Interested candidates should apply in person

or submit a resume to:MarianneWildermuth

The Pavilion705 Fulton Street, Sidney, Ohio 45365

Telephone: 937-492-9591email: msw@adcarehealth.comAn Equal Opportunity Employer 2285556

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125 Lost and Found

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205 Business Opportunities

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Child Care TeachersEarly Beginnings1021 S. Dorset Rd.

Is accepting applicationsfor a full time summerschool age teacher andfloater position. Previousexperience in a child-care setting and a back-ground in early childcareeducation is required.Apply in person or call:(937)335-9614

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A JobYou'll Love

Comfort Keepers, a non-medical in home carecompany, is looking fordedicated caregivers inthe Troy, Piqua and Sid-ney area to help seniorsremain independent intheir homes. Duties mayinclude:

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1-866-498-9420Each office is

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Travel Centers ofAmerica in Wapakonetais currently hiring experi-enced cooks and dish-washers, and servers forour Hub Room Restau-rant. Must be availableto work any shift in ateam environment.Please apply in person

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1775 Bellefontaine StWapakoneta, OH

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Seeking a highlymotivated individualto direct the businessoperations at a 99 bedSNF. Experience inbilling Medicare, Med-icaid and Insurancepreferred.Please send resume to

Dept. 873C/O Troy Daily News

224 S MarketTroy, OH 45373

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Travel Centers of Ameri-ca in Wapakoneta iscurrently hiring full andpart time fuel desk em-ployees. Must beavailable to work anyshift and be customerfriendly.

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1775 Bellefontaine StWapakoneta, OH

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KTH Parts Industries,Inc., a quality orientedmanufacturer ofstamped and weldedauto parts, located in St.Paris, Ohio has an im-mediate opening for aSupport Staff member inour Engineering Devel-opment Department.This position will providea wide range of proto-type build support, in-cluding the following:• Scheduling and

tracking all prototypeprojects;

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• Parts and materialtracking;

• Coordination of allprototype shippingand documentation;

• Responsible for sup-plier ordering andpart delivery;

• Maintain all proto-type documentationand customer data-base; and

• A variety of generaloffice responsibilities

The successful candi-date for this positionmust have strong com-munication & organiza-tional skills as well asthe ability to multi-task.Also the candidate mustbe proficient with Micro-soft Office Software andhave the willingness tolearn 3D CAD software.Flexibility & short noticeovertime is required.

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KTH Parts Industries,Inc., a quality orientedmanufacturer ofstamped and weldedauto parts, located in St.Paris, Ohio has immedi-ate openings for Sec-ond Shift Productionassociates. The suc-cessful candidate musthave a good work histo-ry and be able to workovertime including Sat-urdays.

KTH Parts offers a veryattractive benefit pack-age, competitive wage,and a team orientedmanufacturing environ-ment, including:

• Starting wage of$14.97/hr. plus shiftdifferential

• Pay increases every6 months over thenext two years

• Health care (Rxcard), dental, and vi-sion coverage

• Defined benefit re-tirement plan

• 401(k) plan

• Perfect attendancebonuses (quarterly)

• Paid holidays, vaca-tions, & shut -downs

Qualified candidatesshould senda resume to:

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St. Paris, OH 43072Attn: Production

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KTH Parts Industries,Inc., a quality orientedmanufacturer ofstamped & welded autoparts, located in St. Par-is, Ohio has immediateopenings for a Program-mer Analyst in its Infor-mation System Group.Responsibilities of thisposition include:• P r o d u c t

Development• M o d e r n i z a t i o n

Projects• Web Application

Development• S o f t w a r e

Implementation &• User Support

The successful candi-date should be a selfmotivated individual whocan multi-task as well aspossess analytical skills,critical thinking, andexcellent customerservice skills. An Asso-ciate's degree in Com-puter Science or Com-puter Programming,along with a minimum of5 years experience inprogramming on the I-Series or equivalent ex-perience and/ or trainingis preferred. Knowledgeof ILE RPG, Free For-mat RPG, PHP/Zend,CGI, Domino, and SQLprogramming is a must.

KTH Parts offers a veryattractive benefit pack-age, competitive wageand a team orientedmanufacturing environ-ment.

Qualified candidatesshould senda resume to:

KTH PartsIndustries, Inc.P.O. Box 940

St. Paris, OH 43072Attn: ProgrammerAnalyst Recruiter

OrEmail: kth.hr@kth.net

KTH is an EqualOpportunity Employer

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Nitto DenkoAutomotive

An automotive supplierof seals, gaskets, adhe-sives & sound insulationmaterials. We are seek-ing qualified applicantsfor the following posi-tions.

Quality ManagerResponsible for plan-ning and implementingquality system. Musthave Bachelors Degreeor Five years experiencein a manufacturing envi-ronment preferred.Must have experience inTS & ISO requirements.

Quality TechnicianMust be knowledgeablein SPC, be familiar withQS9000 requirements,ability to use calipers,tape measures and steelrules, knowledgeable ofFMEAs, PQCTs, andthe PPAP process.

Shipping SupervisorResponsible for overallshipping activities. En-forces safety regula-tions, establishes workprocedures. Recom-mends for improvement,Initiates to motivateworkers.

Interested candidatesshould submit a

resume with the salaryrequirements to:

Nitto DenkoAutomotive

Attn: HR ManagerPO Box 740

Piqua, OH 45356Fax: 937-773-2089Lee_fearnley@oh.nitto.com

245 Manufacturing/Trade

WANTED:

PRODUCTIONSCHEDULER

Local metal manufactur-ing company is seekinga Production Scheduler.Position is responsiblefor reviewing customers’demand & schedulingaccordingly, managinginventory levels, sched-uling outbound ship-ments and purchasing.Must have experiencescheduling with ERPsystems.

Submit resumes to:155 Marybill DriveTroy, OH 45373

-Or-hr@westtroy.com

WANTED:

QUALITYASSURANCETECHNICIAN

Local manufacturingcompany is seeking aQuality Assurance Tech-nician for 2nd & 3rd shiftONLY. Understandsmeasurement systems,SPC, QMS and CMMexperience required.

Submit resumes to:155 Marybill Drive Troy

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250 Office/Clerical

BOOKKEEPING, Posi-tion available, 4 hours aweek for bookkeepingand financial manage-ment, knowledge ofQuicken, Salary nego-tiable, (937)524-2674

280 Transportation

LOCALDRIVER

Driver needed forLOCAL tractor trailerdriving position. Mustbe flexible to workvarious hours. Musthave at least 1 yearrecent experience andbe extremely de-pendable. Call Daveon the weekend orevenings at937-726-3994 or dur-ing the week at800-497-2100 or ap-ply in person at:

Continental Express10450 St Rt 47

Sidney, OH

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Shop and Mobile Trucks2nd and 3rd Shifts

Star Leasing CompanyEast Liberty, OHand St. Paris, OH

Previous experienceworking on semi-trailers

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For Rent

305 Apartment

1, 2 & 3 Bedroom,Houses & Apts.

SEIPEL PROPERTIESPiqua Area OnlyMetro Approved(937)773-99419am-5pm

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EVERS REALTY

TROY, 2 bedroomtownhomes, 1.5 baths,1 car garage, ca, w/dhook up, all appliances,

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2 BEDROOM, appliances,air, garage, lawn care.$565 plus deposit.Call: (937)492-5271

2 BEDROOM in Troy,Stove, refrigerator, W/D,A/C, very clean, no pets.$525. (937)573-7908

COVINGTON2 bedroom townhouse,

$495. No Pets.(937)698-4599,(937)572-9297.

PIQUA, 3 bedroom, alsoTroy, 1 bedroom. Metroaccepted. (937)214-0676(937)214-0699

305 Apartment

NICE, LARGE 1 bed-room, downstairs, 610North Wayne, $390,t r pe l t i e r@yahoo. com .(937)778-0933.

PIQUA, Parkridge Place.Roomy 2 bedroom, 1.5baths, central air, washer/dryer hook-up. $500.(419)629-3569.

TROY, 1 Bedrooms, ap-pliances, CA, water,trash paid, $425 month.

$200 Deposit Special!

(937)673-1821

TROY, 2nd floor, 1 bed-room, appliances. Nopets. $425 includes water.Deposit same(937)339-0355

TROY area, 2 bedroomtownhouses, 1-1/2 bath,furnished appliances, W/Dhookup, A/C, No dogs$475. (937)339-6776.

TROY TOWNHOUSE, 2Bedroom 1.5 bath. Ste-phenson Drive. $495monthly, Ask about freegift, (937)216-4233.

TROY TOWNHOUSE, 2Bedroom 1.5 bath. Ste-phenson Drive. $495monthly, Ask about freegift, (937)216-4233.

WEST MILTON Town-house. 2 Bedroom 1.5bath. $485 monthly, Askabout free month,(937)216-4233

WOODGATE APART-MENTS, 1433 Covington,1 bedroom, very quiet.$406 monthly, Special$299 deposit if qualified,( 9 3 7 ) 7 7 3 - 3 5 3 0 ,(937)418-9408

320 Houses for Rent

1618 BROOKPARK, 2bedroom, 2 bath, 2 cargarage, gas heat, AC,small patio, no pets, $675(937)506-8319.

3 & 4 BEDROOM housesavailable, Piqua,$ 8 5 0 - $ 9 5 0 ,(937)778-9303 days,(937)604-5417 evenings.

3 BEDROOM, 404 FirstStreet, Piqua, new carpet,paint, $575 monthly, plusdeposit. Call(937)570-0315

400 - Real Estate

For Sale

425 Houses for Sale

10750 PATTERSONRoad, Piqua, 3 bedrooms,1.5 bathrooms, 3 car gar-age, 1.87 acres,$115,000, (937)773-3715

500 - Merchandise

510 Appliances

AIR CONDITIONER, win-dow style, works good,$75 (937)418-4639.

560 Home Furnishings

BEDROOM FURNITUREtwo sets wood children'swith twin bed, dresser,night stand, bookcases/desk in each. $200(937)773-1307.

570 Lawn and Garden

POND PLANTS, PottedLillies & bog plants. Freegoldfish and umbrellapalm w/purchase.(937)676-3455 or(937)417-5272 Laura, OH

577 Miscellaneous

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

577 Miscellaneous

CEMETERY LOTS 58.Blot with 2 graves in Cov-ington Cemetery. $600.(937)778-8692

CRIB, highchair, cradle,playpen guard rail, pack-n-play, carseat, gate, tub,blankets, clothes, col-lectable dolls, Disney Ani-mated phones, doll chairs.(937)339-4233

EARRINGS, .63 of a caratand 7/10 carat diamondearrings (selling together)$4500, replacement value$11,060. Call(937)541-1004.

HOME GYM, 3 StationWeider Pro 9645, 2 inde-pendent stacks ofweights, use for toning,muscle size/ strength &cardio, $250,(937)296-6791

PERENNIAL PLANTSfrom my garden. Seebeautiful iris' in bloom.Take home many varie-ties of potted perennials.$1-$4. Stop by 10900Scott Road, Friday & Sat-urday or call(937)497-9373.

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

WALKER folds and ad-justs, tub/shower bench-es, commode chair, toiletriser, grabbers, canes, El-vis items, collectordolls, doll chairs, more(937)339-4233

105 Announcements

583 Pets and Supplies

CATS/KITTENS Free togood home were droppedoff in front of my homecall (937)773-3829

KITTENS, need good in-side homes, approximate-ly 4 months, (1) all blackmale, (1) female withunusual color pattern.Call Norma for details(937)676-3455 or(937) 417-5272

MINI DACHSHUND pup-pies, short haired. Firstshots. Reds and piebald.Adorable! Males, $200.Females, $225.(937)418-4353.

MINIATURE DACHS-HUND PUPPIES, lovablelong coats, 2 red, 2 blackand tan, 1 chocolate, 1chocolate double dapple,AKC, written guarantee,1st shot , wormed.$250-$350 (937)667-1777

POODLE/ SHI-TZU pup-pies, shots & wormed.Ready May 26th. $50 de-posit will hold until then.$200, (419)236-8749.

586 Sports and Recreation

BASEBALL BATS, Eas-ton Stealth Big barrel, -9,31 inch, 22 ounces, De-marini Vexxum, long bar-rel, -8.5, 31 inch, $110each or $200 for both,Firm (937)778-1852

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586 Sports and Recreation

RUEGER RIFLES, 2 Propellet rifles, 1400 FPS,never used, $110 each or$200 for both, Firm,(937)778-1852

592 Wanted to Buy

BUYING! Pre-1980’sComic Books, Star Wars,GI Joe, Marvel, He-Man,Transformers and More.Call (937)638-3188.

800 - Transportation

805 Auto

1931 FORD model A, 2door sedan, Good glass,top is good, good interior,runs good, Just needspainted, $6500,(937)658-1946

2000 PONTIAC, Gran-dam SE, good condition$2500 obo,(937)778-8893 or(937)214-1572

810 Auto Parts & Accessories

TRUCK MOTOR, 350Chevy, completely rebuilt,1989 5.7 from intake topan (937)597-6028

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Covington’s Troy Cron set a meet record in the 110-meter high hurdles Saturday.MIKE ULLERY/CALL PHOTO

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Doin’mathBucc boys winD-III district

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ST. PARIS — If any-one was surprised byCovington winning theDivision III districttrack and field titleSaturday, it certainlywasn’t senior throwerSam Christian or jun-ior hurdler Troy Cron.They had done the

math.“Sam (Christian)

and I are mile spilteveryday looking attimes,” Cron said with

See BUCCS/Page 15

TitteringtondoublesSiefring, Melvinhave big days

BY ROB KISERSports Editorrkiser@dailycall.com

ST. PARIS — The uniformof the Graham Division IIIdistrict girls 200 and 400-meter champion didn’t change— just the name.After Gretchen Walter

(Miami University, three statetitles) had owned the districtsprints the last three years,Lehman junior Sarah Titter-ington continued the school’ssuccess in those events, win-ning the 400, 58.57; 200,26.12; and finishing second inthe 100, 13:13.“It feels really good,” Titter-

ington said. “I thought I coulddo pretty well. I just wanted torun my best today. I knewAmanda (Winner of Ver-sailles) would be tough to beatin the 400. That was a goodwin. There is (a different con-fidence level) this year. I wantto get to state.”

� Sophomore sensationJackie Siefring had a big dayto lead the Russia girls to a

See GIRLS/Page 14

BY ROB KISERSports Editorrkiser@dailycall.com

ST. PARIS — Some thingsnever change — MikeGoubeaux’s Versailles girlstrack and field team continuedan amazing run by taking homethe championship hardware forthe ninth straight year.The Lady Tigers quality and

quantity of depth resulted in137.5 points, more than 40points ahead of the second-placeRussia.Versailles will have competi-

tors at the regional meet in 13of the 17 events.“The girls do expect to win —

they take a lot of pride in it,”Goubeaux said. “It is our job ascoaches to make sure they don’ttake it for granted — that theyare fired up and ready to go.”There will be a change at the

top of the podium two weeksfrom now in the Division IIII3,200-meter run.Two-time defending state

champion Tammy Bergerelected to compete in the 800 in-stead of the 3,200 — to go withthe 1,600 and 3,200 relay.“Everybody wants to know

Tigers keepon winningBerger takes onnew challenge

See TIGERS/Page 14

BY BEN ROBINSONGoBuccs.com

BROOKVILLE — Cov-ington coach Dean Den-linger had a good feelingabout his team after thegirls came off the fieldfrom warm-ups immedi-ately prior to the districtfinal matchup withCedarville."I could tell we were fo-

cused," Denlinger said."That was the best infield

we took all year before agame. We had kids divingfor balls during warm-ups, so I knew we wereready to play."And it showed as Cov-

ington thoroughly domi-nated from the openingpitch to the final out in thebottom of the fifth in a 12-0 run-rule victory for asecond straight districtchampionship.

Lady Buccsare focusedPound Cedarville 12-0in D-IV district final

See CHAMPS/Page 15

Former Tennessee Titanand New Orleans SaintTramain Hall, along withformer OSU Buckeye Don-nie Evege and current col-lege athletes, will be at theCovington CommunityPark for two days, on June11th and 12th for the En-hance U Athlete's Camp.The camp is for all

sports and all athletes ingrades 3-8 to enhancespeed, agility, flexibility,strength and footwork. Registration for the

camp is $50 per athleteand registration forms areavailable atwww.enhance-u.com. All certified coaches are

invited to attend for free tolearn the Enhance Umethods of training.

Sehlhorst fallsat D-II districtLehman senior Dan

Sehlhorst had a great sea-son and career end at theD-II district tennis tourna-ment Saturday.Sehlhorst, a two-time

district qualifier, lost 6-0, 6-1 to Milton-Union’s MattBrumbaugh, who went onto qualify for state.

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� Kentucky Derby win-ner I’ll Have Another wonthe Preakness Stakes Sat-urday and will go for theTriple Crown at the Bel-mont in two weeks.

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GirlsContinued from page 13

second-place finish inthe team standings be-hind Versailles.Siefring won the long

jump, 15-4; and 300 hur-dles, 47.44; finished sec-ond in the 200, 26.73; andwas fourth in the 100 hur-dles, 16.08.“It is another week to

compete in four events,”Siefring said. “Some of mytimes weren’t as good as Ihad hoped — it was FieldDay at Russia and I wasfeeling the affects frombeing out in the sun allday.”The 100 hurdles result

may have been shocking— considering Siefker ad-vanced to state a year ago.“Oh my gosh,” Siefring

said. “I am going to haveto find a way to handle myenergy. I just get so nerv-ous before that race.“But, it is a loaded field

and I made it out to nextweek.”And Siefring, who fin-

ished fifth at state in the300 hurdles as a freshman— has big expectations inthat event.“When you hit a hurdle

and knock it over in themiddle of the race — I def-initely can improve mytime,” Siefring said. “Iwant to get first at state.That’s my goal.”Finishing second for the

Raiders were LaurenFrancis, 3,200, 11:38.73;and Bethany York in thehigh jump Wednesday,clearing 5-0.The 3,200 relay (Lauren

Francis, Macy Monnin,Claudia Monnin,Borchers), finished thirdWednesday in 10:01.90.

Also finishing thirdwere the 800 relay (Kait-lyn Barlage, HannahBornhorst, Kirstin Vois-ard, Kayli Dues), 1:50.70;the 400 relay (Dues, LeahFrancis, Barlage, Born-horst), 52.61;Finishing fourth was

Borchers, 1,600, 5:23.46and in the high jump onWednesday, 5-0; the 1,600relay (Voisard, Dues,Claudia Monnin,Borchers), 4:17.46; andTaylor Magoto, pole vault,9-6.

� Miami East sprinter

Corrine Melvin has takenher game to another levelthis spring — and itshowed Saturday, leadingthe Lady Vikings to athird-place finish.Melvin won the 100,

12.62; anchored the 800relay (with Lindsey Roeth,Renee Deford and KylieBrown) to win in 1:47.74;and anchored the 400relay (with Roeth, Brownand Allie Millhouse) to asecond-place finish in52.47.“I finally won the 100 at

district,” Melvin said with

a big smile. “I guess it isbecause I am a junior.Everything just seems tobe going my way now.”The 800 relay beat a

talented Versailles teamfor the win.“You have no idea how

much that means,”Melvinsaid. “That was a reallybig win. We have beenrunning around 1:50 andwe are running in the1:47s now.”Melvin has high high

hopes for both relayteams.“Of course, I want to get

to state in the 100 andplace higher,” she said.“But, I want to have somebuddies over there withme. I really hope both ourrelay teams can do well.The relays really mean alot to me.”Leah Dunivan ad-

vanced in three events.After finishing second

in the shot put, 30-0; andthird in the high jump, 5-0on Wednesday; Dunivanwas third in the long jumpSaturday, going 14-7 1-2.

� Shay Lafollette ac-counted for all Bradford’spoints, becoming the firstLady Roader to advance toregionals in two events.LaFollette finished

third in the 100 hurdles,15.85; and fourth in thelong jump, 14-4.She also tied for sixth in

the high jumpWednesday.� Allison Roeth led

Houston, winning the3,200, 11:29.17.

� In the Division IImeet, Graham’s JessieNewcomer advanced inthe 800, finishing fourthin 2:27.05.

Shay LaFollette flies through the air in the long jump.

why in the world thetwo-time defending cham-pion wouldn’t run the3,200,” Goubeaux said.“This is all about Tammy(Berger) wanting a newchallenge — and I com-pletely support her inthat.”Berger said the seed

was planted at the MACmeet — when she run the800 in 2:15,26 to beatSarah Kanney of Coldwa-ter and set a MAC meetrecord.“That is the first time I

had run the 1,600 and 800in a competitive setting,”Berger said. “I was so ex-cited to run the time I did.It was hard to give up the3,200. I have won it twotimes and been state run-nerup once. The otherthing is I thought it couldgive Natalie Grillot (herteammate) a betterchance to get to state inthe 3,200.”And Berger was nearly

as successful Saturday inthe 800.She started the day by

breaking her own districtrecord in the 1,600, win-ning in 5:03.69; and fol-lowed it up with asecond-place finish in the800 in 2:16.98, a little overa second behind Botkins’Brittany Bailey.“Tammy (Berger) got

back on track in the 1,600and ran a really goodtime,” Goubeaux said. “Itis the first time we havehad a really hot day. Andit is not like she didn’t runa good time in the 800 —she did.”Still, for the ultra com-

petitive Berger — it wasnot the result she wanted,which will just motivateher over the next twoweeks.“I ran a hard 1,600,” she

said. “I thought I was stillOK (leading the first lapof the 800). I was just try-ing to hold on the secondlap and couldn’t do it. As Isaid, this race is still newto me. I learned a lot todayand I have two moreweeks to work on it.”Berger had anchored

the 3,200 relay (withChloe Warvel, Grillot andHannah Wenig) onWednesday to victory in9:41.44, more than 14 sec-onds ahead of secondplace Fort Loramie.“Sometimes, it is really

not about time,” Bergersaid. “It is about place. Itwas a really solid win forus heading into regionals,which is what matters.”And in the end Satur-

day, Versailles depth wastoo much for the competi-tion.The relays are a great

example.Winning were the 400

relay (Lauren Bohman,Gwen Keihl, Megan Hem-melgarn, Abby Barlage),51.18; and the 1,600 relay(Bohman, Taylor Winner,Jacquie Moorman,Warvel), 4:10.17; and the800 relay (Bohman, Bar-lage, Taylor Winner,Amanda Winner) finishedsecond, 1:48.03.“We have just got to

work on the one (800)relay,” Goubeaux said. “Ithought we were going toget that one, but the (Cor-rine) Melvin girl fromMiami East is a greatsprinter. Amanda Winnerdoes so many things for usand we put her in therebecause we felt like weneeded her speed. If wecan get 40 points in the re-lays, that’s big.”Also winning was

Chelsea Bruns, discus,124-2.Amanda Winner was

second in the 400, 60.48;while Barlage tied for sec-ond in the pole vault, 9-6.Third-place finishers in-

cluded Barlage, 100,13.19; Taylor Winner, 400,61.37; Bohman, 200,27.01;Fourth-place finishers

included Amanda Winner,200, 27.12; Grillot, 3,200,11:55.36; and Bruns, dis-cus, 34-7 1-2.“That’s what we have

done all year,” Goubeauxsaid about the depth. “Thediscus is Chelsea’s (Bruns)better event. And two ofthose girls in the shot putwere throwing for meetrecords.Abby Barlage hada great day. We just had alot of people contribute.”

� The Versailles boyshad a big day as well in anamazing three-teamshootout for the team title.The Tigers shared the

title with Brookville with81 points, while BenLogan took third with 80.Samuel Prakel led the

Tigers, sweeping the1,600, in a meet record4:17.38; and 3,200,9:43.15. That was afterteaming with Chad Win-ner, Darren Subler andSam Subler to win the3,200 relay Thursday in8:02.16.Also winning for Ver-

sailles was the 1,600 relay(Mitchell Campbell, Dar-ren Subler, Craig Pothast,Chad Winner), 3:25.61.Finishing third were

Chad Winner, 400, 51.07;and Clay Wilker, highjump, 6-0;Taking fourth were

Wilker, 110 hurdles, 16.38;Mitchell Didier, shot put,46-2; Craig Pothast, highjump, 6-0.

TigersContinued from page 13

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Stewart up to challengeLehman sophomore sweeps 200, 400BY ROB KISERSports Editorrkiser@dailycall.com

ST. PARIS — Lehmansprinter Justin Stewartknew he would be chal-lenged Saturday at the Di-vision III district meet.And the sophomore,

who finished third in thestate in the 400 as a fresh-man, was up to the chal-lenge.Stewart swept the 400,

49.85; and 200, 22.76.“I felt like I could do

pretty well,” Stewart said.“I do (like the strong com-petition).”And early in his high

school career, Covingtonsophomore Lane Whitehas become one of Stew-art’s biggest rivals in the400.“I figured it would be

between us,” Stewart said.“I am just trying to get mytime down in the 48s. Inthe 200, I just wanted tobeat Nate (Bollheimer ofAnna who finished secondin 22.84).“I am hoping to make it

to state in two events thisyear.”He will be joined at re-

gional meet by teammatesJoe Fuller and Brad Mont-gomery, which helpedLehman to a fourth-placefinish in the team stand-ings.Fuller capped his day

by winning the 3,200,10:10.41; and after finish-ing fourth in the 1,600,4:35.16.Montgomery was third

in the shot put, 45-11 3-4.� Miami East finished

fifth.Matt Harmon was third

in the high jump, 5-10;while Gunner Shirk hadfinished third in the highjump onWednesday, going19-10 1-4.Finishing fourth were

Matt Beatty, 110 hurdles,15.76; and Steven Hall,800, 2:03.40.

� Bradford had a goodshowing, taking sixth.Johnathon Barbee ad-

vance in three events.He took second in the

long jump on Wednesday,going 20-5 1-4; was fourthin the 100, 11.491; andteamed with Austin Sell,Corey Rench and DylanCanan for fourth in the400 relay, 1:34.24.Canan, who ran a 50.55

in the 400 prelims to set aschool record, advanced byfinishing third in thatevent in 51.72.Sell added a third-place

finish in the discus onWednesday, 141-3.

� Russia finishedeighth.The Raiders were led by

Tyler Francis, who broke ameet record in winningthe 300 hurdles, 39.8.Ethan Schafer was

third in the 800, 2:02.91.OnWednesday, the Rus-

sia 3,200 relay (EthanSchafer, Colin Ball, AlexHerron, Steven Stickel)had finished fourth in8:34.35.

� Houston was 10th.The Wildcats had ad-

vanced two pole vaultersWednesday, with BrandonIke winning at 13-0 andTyler Davis tying for thirdat 12-0.Justin Yingst joined

them on Saturday, takingsecond in the discus, 47-83-4.

BuccsContinued from page 13

a smile.And they even take it to

another step.“Troy (Cron) and I are

always looking at milesplit,” Christian said. “Wedo the virtual meets andall that stuff. We knew ifwe performed like we can,we had a good chance. Itfeels good (to win the teamtitle).”Covington won it’s first

district title since 1999with 119.5 points andAnna was second with106.“We felt like it was

going to be close withAnna and West Liberty-Salem,” Covington coachKyle Moore said. “But,when we had it figured,we had us winning by apoint or two.We got pointswe weren’t expectingtoday in several events,including the 200 and 300hurdles. We had a goodday and all the kids did agreat job.”Christian was a double

winner, following up hiswin the discusWednesdaywith a win in the shot putSaturday.After throwing the dis-

cus 152-0, Christianputted the shot 50-10 1-2,less than two feet short ofthe meet record Joe Poep-pelman of Fort Loramieset last year.“I came out today want-

ing the meet record in theshot put,” Christian said.“But, it just didn’t happen.I was very consistent.That is something I havebeen working on.”And Christian, who

went to state in the discuslast year, is hoping to dou-ble his fun this year.“That’s the plan (to

make it in both events),”Christian said. “One of thethings I have worked on isputting some big throwsout there and just beingmore consistent.”Moore was impressed

by what he did at district.“The win in the shot put

was expected,” he said.“The discus was not.There were a couplestrong guys from Anna inthere.“Maverick Long, who

was fourth in the statelast year, didn’t evenmake it out. Sam did agreat job.”Troy Cron got a meet

record in winning the 110hurdles in 15.07 (also aschool record). He followedthat with a PR in the 300hurdles in finishing thirdin 40.58 and was on the1,600 relay team (withIsaiah Winston, AlexSchilling and LaneWhite)that finished second in3:30.88.“Really, I wasn’t think-

ing about time (in the 110hurdles),” Cron said. “Iwanted to keep on win-ning. I wanted to run agood time because there isa guy who I will see at re-gionals. I check his timesat milesplit all the time. Iwanted to send him amessage.That was a PR inthe 300 hurdles and the1,600 relay was missingone runner (Dustin Fick-ert), who got dinged up inthe 800. I think we wouldhave been right there(with winner West Lib-erty-Salem) if we hadhim.”Moore was not sur-

prised by Cron’s perform-ance.“He is one of the best

around in the 110s,”Moore said. “He broke hisschool record and almostgot another school recordin the 300s.”And the anchor leg of

the 1,600 relay showedwhat Lane White, whoalso finished second in the400 (50.15) can do.He took the baton well

behind the second andthird place teams of TroyChristian and Anna andchased them down at thefinish to get Covingtonsecond.“We (the Covington

coaches) were talkingwhen Lane (White) got thebaton,” Moore said. “Andwe all said second. Wehave seen him do it before.That is the third time hehas run a sub 50 400 onthe anchor leg of thatrelay.”It was a big meet for

Covington all the wayaround.On Wednesday, the

3,200 relay (Dustin Fick-ert, Winston, Schilling,White), won in 8:22.61.Finishing second were

Fickert, 800, 2:00.02; A.J.Ouellette, 100, 11.47; andAlex Baskerville, highjump, 5-10.Trent Tobias tied for

third in the pole vaultWednesday, clearing 12-0.Also finishing third

were the 400 relay (TrentTobias, Ouellette, Win-ston, Baskerville), 44.99;and White, 200, 23.03.“A.J. (Ouellette) is com-

ing off an injury,” Mooresaid. “He ran really well.You could see the differ-ence today in the 100 andrelay, just having a coupledays off.”The lone qualifier for

the Covington girls wasTara Snipes.Running in a loaded

800 field, Snipes finishedfourth in 2:18.35.Covington will compete

in the Division III region-als Wednesday and Fri-day.

ChampsContinued from page 13

Covington will playTriad in the D-III regionalsemifinals at 5 p.m.Thursday at TippecanoeJunior High."The girls were really

into it (the game)," Den-linger continued. "Theywere up in the dugout andit carried over to the field.We was a fairly flawlesseffort for the most part."Jessie Shilt got things

rolling in the top of thefirst by reaching on abunt and then stealingsecond on the very nextpitch.

Heidi Snipes thenreached on an error, scor-ing Shilt in the processand the route was on asCovington put four runson the board in its first atbat."It was good to get off to

a fast start because it putall the pressure on them,"said Denlinger.And Casey Yingst kept

the pressure on by shut-ting down Cedarville inorder in the bottom of thefirst.The junior hurler ended

up pitching four no-hit in-

nings before surrenderingto Heidi Snipes, who keptthe no-hitter in tact in thefinal inning."Casey threw very

well," praised Denlinger."It was also good to seeHeidi come in and throwwell too."And the pitchers had

help behind them as Cov-ington didn't commit asingle error in the contest.Cedarville did put threerunners on base withwalks, but Connor Schaf-fer threw one of the run-ner out at third.

Covington also attackedat the plate, even after abig first inning.Jessie Shilt led the way

by going 3-4, while HeidiSnipes, Brittanie Floraand Morgan Arbogast allhad two base hits.Five Lady Buccs also

recorded hits; HaleyAdams, Cassidy Cain,Morgan McReynolds,Casey Yingst and HannahPond.The four doubles came

from the bats of Flora,Snipes, Arbogast andYingst.

East losesheartbreakerLady Vikings fall1-0 in eight inningsTIPP CITY — For most

of the game Saturday, theMiami East softball teamfrustrated Felicity-Franklin.They stranded 11 Car-

dinal runners, eight inscoring position — caughttwo runners stealing andrecorded two outs at homeplate.But, in the eighth in-

ning, a bloop single byHillary White with twoouts scored the game’sonly run and gave Felcitya 1-0 victory.East centerfielder

Christine Bowling andshorstop Kristy Brownboth dived for the ball, butcouldn’t reach it.“Having the game end

like that,” Miami Eastcoach Brian Kadel said.“They laid everything onthe line to get to the ball

and just couldn’t come upwith it.“We made so many

plays throughout thegame just to stay in it. Thegirls were shocked that wedidn’t have that last outleft in us.”Paige Kiesewetter and

her defense battled out oftrouble all game againstthe unbeaten Cardinals(22-0).While Kiesewetter al-

lowed just six hits, Easthad four errors — andthere were five walks anda hit batter.But East, 20-7, continu-

ally made plays in theclutch to keep it scoreless.“The girls never doubed

their ability to make aplay and get out of a jam,”Kadel said.Madison Linn had a

double for East.

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TROY DIVISION IBOYS

Team scores: Wayne 152, Troy79, Trotwood-Madison 70, Fairborn54, Vandalia-Butler 52, Northmont50, Stebbins 48, Springfield 29,Tecumseh 26, Tippecanoe 26,Greenville 25, Xenia 20, Sidney18, Piqua 12.Piqua’s Regional Qualifiers400 Relay: 4.Piqua (Trent Yeo-mans, Kindrick Link, Tate Honey-cutt, Travis Nees), 43.81200: 4.Travis Nees, 23.15.

GIRLSTeam scores: Wayne 145, Troy117.5, Bellefontaine 54, Trotwood-Madison 45, Fairborn 40, Sidney40, Northmont 39, Xenia 39,Tippecanoe 34.83, Vandalia-Butler30, Tecumseh 27, Greenville18.33, Piqua 13.33, Springfield 10,Stebbins 9.Regional Qualifiers3,200: 4.Kaele Snapp, 12:11.90.

GRAHAM DIVISION IIBOYS

Team scores: Versailles 81,Brookville 81, Ben Logan 80,Springfield Shawnee 56, Milton-Union 52, Eaton 49, Urbana 44,Kenton Ridge 37, Bellefontaine 37,Greenon 29, Northeastern 29,Northwestern 27, Northridge 35,Indian Lake 22, Graham 12.Local Regional Qualifiers3,200 Relay: 1.Versailles(Samuel Prakel, Chad Winner,Darren Subler, Sam Subler),8:02.16.110 Hurdles: 4.ClayWilker (Ver-sailles), 16.38.1,600: 1.Samuel Prakel (Ver-sailles), 4:17.38.400: 3.ChadWinner (Versailles),51.07.3,200: 1.Samuel Prakel (Ver-sailles), 9:43.15.1,600 Relay: 1.Versailles(Mitchell Campbell, Darren Subler,Craig Pothast, Chad Winner),3:25.61.Shot Put: 4.Mitchell Didier (Ver-sailles), 46-2.High Jump: 3.Clay Wilker (Ver-sailles), 6-0; 4.Craig Pothast (Ver-sailles), 6-0.

GIRLSTeam scores: Urbana 95,Northeastern 82, SpringfieldShawnee 72.5, Brookville 69, BenLogan 62.5, Kenton Ridge 58,Greenon 51, Eaton 46.5, IndianLake 43.5, Milton-Union 33, North-western 27, Graham 20, North-ridge 2.Graham Regional Qualifiers800: 4.Jessie Newcomer (Gra-ham), 2:27.05.

GRAHAM DIVISION IIIBOYS

Team scores: Covington 119.5,Anna 106,West Liberty-Salem 88,Lehman Catholic 53, Miami East

43, Bradford 40, Fairlawn 37, Rus-sia 36, Emmanuel Christian 34,Houston 31.5, Fort Loramie 28,Troy Christian 26, Ansonia 10,Jackson Center 6, Newton 2,Botkins 1.Local Regional Qualifiers3,200 Relay: 1.Covington(Dustin Fickert, Isaiah Winston,Alex Schilling, Lane White),8:22.61; 4.Russia (Ethan Schafer,Colin Ball, Alex Herron, StevenStickel), 8:34.35.110 Hurdles: 1.Troy Cron (Cov-ington), 15.07; 4.Matt Beatty(Miami East), 15.76.100: 2.A.J. Ouellette (Coving-ton), 11.47; 4.Johnathon Barbee(Bradford), 11.50.800 Relay: 4.Bradford (AustinSell, Corey Rench, Johnathon Bar-bee, Dylan Canan), 1:34.24.1,600: 4.Joe Fuller (LehmanCatholic), 4:35.16.400 Relay: 3.Covington (TrentTobias, A.J. Ouellette, Isaiah Win-ston, Alex Baskerville), 44.99.400: 1.Justin Stewart (LehmanCatholic), 49.85; 2.Lane White(Covington), 50.15; 3.Dylan Canan(Bradford), 51.72.300 Hurdles: 1.Tyler Francis(Russia), 39.94; 3.Troy Cron (Cov-ington), 40.58.800: 2.Dustin Fickert (Coving-ton), 2:00.02; 3.Ethan Schafer(Russia), 2:02.91; 4.Steven Hall(Miami East), 2:03.40.200: 1.Justin Stewart (LehmanCatholic), 22.76; 3.Lane White(Covington), 23.03.3,200: 1.Joe Fuller (LehmanCatholic), 10:10.41.1,600 Relay: 2.Covington (TroyCron, Isaiah Winston, Lane White,Alex Schilling), 3:30.88.Shot Put: 1.Sam Christian (Cov-ington), 50-10 1-2; 2.Justin Yingst(Houston), 47-8 3-4; 3.Brad Mont-gomery (Lehman Catholic), 45-113-4.Discus: 1.Sam Christian (Cov-ington), 152-0; 3.Austin Sell (Brad-ford), 141-3.High Jump: 2.Alex Baskerville(Covington), 5-10; 3.Mike Harmon(Miami East), 5-10.Long Jump: 2.Johnathon Bar-bee (Bradford), 20-5 1-4; 3.GunnerShirk (Miami East), 19-10 1-4.Pole Vault: 1.Brandon Ike(Houston), 13-0; 3.(tie) Tyler Davis(Houston), 12-0;Trent Tobias (Cov-ington), 12-0.

GIRLSTeam scores: Versailles 137.5,Russia 97, Miami East 74, Botkins64, Fort Loramie 64, Ansonia 48,West Liberty-Salem 45, LehmanCatholic 32, National Trail 26, Fair-lawn 16, Bradford 13.5, Houston13, Emmanuel Christian 11, Cov-ington 7, Triad 5, Anna 4, Newton2, Troy Christian 2, Riverside 2.Local Regional Qualifiers

3,200 Relay: 1.Versailles (ChloeWarvel, Natalie Grillot, HannahWenig, Tammy Berger), 9:41.44;3.Russia (Lauren Francis, MacyMonnin, Claudia Monnin, EmilyBorchers), 10:01.90.100 Hurdles: 3.Shay LaFollette(Bradford), 15.85; 4.Jackie Siefring(Russia), 16.08.100: 1.Corrine Melvin (MiamiEast), 12.62; 2.Sarah Titterington(Lehman Catholic), 13.13; 3.AbbyBarlage (Versailles), 13.19.800 Relay: 1.Miami East (Lind-sey Roeth, Renee DeFord, KylieBrown, Corrine Melvin), 1:47.74;2.Versailles (Lauren Bohman,Abby Barlage, Taylor Winner,Amanda Winner), 1:48.03; 3.Rus-sia (Kaitlyn Barlage, Hannah Born-horst, Kristin Voisard, Kayli Dues),1:50.70.1,600: 1.Tammy Berger (Ver-sailles), 5:03.69; 4.Emily Borchers(Russia), 5:23.46.400 Relay: 1.Versailles (LaurenBohman, Gwen Keihl, MeganHemmelgarn, Abby Barlage),51.18; 2.Miami East (LindseyRoeth, Kylie Brown, Allie Mill-house, Corrine Melvin), 52.47;3.Russia (Kayli Dues, Leah Fran-cis, Kaitlyn Barlage, Hannah Born-horst), 52.61.400: 1.Sarah Titterington(Lehman Catholic), 58.57;2.Amanda Winner (Versailles),60.48; 3.TaylorWinner (Versailles),61.37.300 Hurdles: 1.Jackie Siefring(Russia), 47.44.800: 2.Tammy Berger (Ver-sailles), 2:16.98; 4.Tara Snipes(Covington), 2:18.35.200: 1.Sarah Titterington(Lehman Catholic), 26.50; 2.JackieSiefring (Russia), 26.73; 3.LaurenBohman (Versailles), 27.01;4.Amanda Winner (Versailles),27.12.3,200: 1.Allison Roeth (Hous-ton), 11:29.17; 2.Lauren Francis(Russia), 11:38.73; 4.Natalie Gril-liot (Versailles), 11:55.36.1,600 Relay: 1.Versailles (Lau-ren Bohman, Taylor Winner,Jacquie Moorman, Chloe Warvel),4:10.17; 4.Russia (Kirstin Voisard,Kayli Dues, Claudia Monnin, EmilyBorchers), 4:17.46.Shot Put: 2.Leah Dunivan(Miami East), 39-0; 4.ChelseaBruns (Versailles), 34-7 1-2.Discus: 1.Chelsea Bruns (Ver-sailles), 124-2.High Jump: 2.Bethany York(Russia), 5-0; 3.Leah Dunivan(Miami East), 5-0; 4.EmilyBorchers (Russia), 5-0.Long Jump: 1.Jackie Siefring(Russia), 15-4; 3.Leah Dunivan(Miami East), 14-7 1-2; 4.ShayLaFollette (Bradford), 14-4.Pole Vault: 2.(tie) Abby Barlage(Versailles), 9-6; 4.Taylor Magoto(Russia), 9-6.

District Track & Field Results

From the left, Newton’s Erica Cavender,Versailles’Gwen Keihl,Versailles’Abby Barlage, Lehman’s SarahTitterington and Miami East’s Corrine Melvin head to thefinish line in the Division III 100 meter dash Saturday morning at Graham High School. Melvin won the race.

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