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KANDAHAR,Afghanistan —Army Pfc. Jeffrey L. Rice spentmuch of his life dreaming of theday he would join the armedforces.That dream ended in tragedy

July 19 when the Troy High

School graduate was killed inAfghanistan, according to apress from the United StatesDepartment of Defense. Rice,24, was assigned to the 20th En-gineer Battalion, 36th EngineerBrigade, Fort Hood, Texas. Rice,24, was in Afghanistan as a partof Operation Enduring Free-dom. As of Sunday evening, FortHood had not released any de-

tails of his death.“He was a good kid,” said fam-

ily friend Rosemary Frey, a Troyresident. “I’ve known him sincehe was a little kid, and that’s allhe talked about, was joining theservice. It’s all he ever wantedto do as long as I’ve known him.He just liked being in the serv-ice.”Troy High School teacher Jeff

Owen was Rice’s sophomoreEnglish teacher. Owen said hehas many fond memories ofRice.“He was a hard working,

friendly an caring young man,”Owen said.One memory in particular

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PIQUA — From new fishingdocks to park shelters, an ongo-ing effort is being made by cityleaders and citizens to enhancethe community’s quality of life.Along with these labors-of-lovehave been the inclusion of suchprograms as the Adopt-a-Program started over the springthat not only encourages volun-teer participation but contributesto a sense of pride and ownershipin where residents live, work, andespecially where they play.However, the program is much

more than maintenance andstewardship of parks as volun-teers can take under their winganything from trails, parkinglots, even fire hydrants. As Piquaresident Jean Franz showed by

adopting the roses at McCullochGazebo and at the Mote Parksign while Protecting our Water-ways (POWW) adopted the PiquaHydraulic Canal.“It’s a good program,” said Jeff

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Olympics Fun Facts• The early Olympic Games were celebrated as a religious festival from776 B.C. until 393 A.D., when the games were banned for being a paganfestival (the Olympics celebrated the Greek god Zeus). In 1894, a Frencheducator Baron Pierre de Coubertin, proposed a revival of the ancient tra-dition, and thus the modern-day Olympic Summer Games were born.

• Host Greece won the most medals (47) at the first Olympic SummerGames in 1896.

• The first Winter Olympic Games were held in Chamonix, France in 1924.

• Norway has won the most medals (263) at the Winter Games.

• The United States has won more medals (2,189) at the Summer Gamesthan any other country.

• The five Olympic rings represent the five major regions of the world –Africa, the Americas, Asia, Europe and Oceana, and every national flag inthe world includes one of the five colors, which are (from left to right) blue,yellow, black, green, and red.

• Up until 1994 the Olympics were held every four years. Since then, theWinter and Summer games have alternated every two years.

• The first Olympics covered by U.S. television was the 1960 SummerGames in Rome by CBS.

• No country in the Southern Hemisphere has ever hosted a WinterGames.

• Three continents – Africa, South America, and Antarctica – have neverhosted an Olympics.

• A record 202 countries participated in the 2004 Olympic Summer

Games in Athens.

• Only four athletes have ever won medals at both the Winter and SummerOlympic Games: Eddie Eagan (United States), Jacob Tullin Thams(Norway), Christa Luding-Rothenburger (East Germany), and ClaraHughes (Canada).

• Speed skater Bonnie Blair has won six medals at the Olympic WinterGames. That's more than any other American athlete.

• Nobody has won more medals at the Winter Games than cross-countryskier Bjorn Dählie of Norway, who has 12.

• Larrisa Latynina, a gymnast from the former Soviet Union, finished herSummer Olympic Games career with 18 total medals—the most in history.

• The United States Olympic Committee established the U.S. Olympic Hallof Fame in 1983 to recognize outstanding American Olympic athletes,however, a plan to build a hall has been suspended due to lack of funding.

• The Summer Olympic sports are archery, badminton, basketball, beachvolleyball, boxing, canoe / kayak, cycling, diving, equestrian, fencing, fieldhockey, gymnastics, handball, judo, modern pentathlon (shooting, fencing,swimming, show jumping, and running), mountain biking, rowing, sailing,shooting, soccer, swimming, synchronized swimming, table tennis, taek-wondo, tennis, track and field, triathlon (swimming, biking, running), volley-ball, water polo, weightlifting, and wrestling.

• The Winter Olympic sports are alpine skiing, biathlon (cross-country ski-ing and target shooting), bobsled, cross-country skiing, curling, figureskating, freestyle skiing, ice hocky, luge, Nordic combined (ski jumpingand cross-country skiing), skeleton, ski jumping, snowboarding, andspeed skating.

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The 2012 Summer Olympicsare in London, England, GreatBritain. The opening ceremonieswill be on July 27, 2012. The clos-ing ceremony will be on August12, 2012.

The motto of the LondonOlympics is 'Inspire a generation'.The Ancient Olympics:

The ancient Greeks dedicatedthe Olympic Games to the godZeus. The original games wereheld on the plain of Olympia inPeloponnesos, Greece.

The Greeks held the firstOlympic games in the year 776BC (more than 2,700 years ago),and had only one event, a sprint (ashort run that was called the"stade").The race was run by menwho competed in the nude. Awreath of olive branches wasplaced on the winner's head (inGreek, this is called a kotinos).The olive tree was the sacred treeof Athens, Greece.

Women were neither allowedto compete in the games nor towatch them, because the gameswere dedicated to Zeus and weretherefore meant for men.

The four-year period betweenthe Olympic games was called anolympiad. Every four years, for1,170 years, the Greeks held anOlympics, which continued togrow and change. Many othersports were added, includingother races, wrestling, boxing,pentathlon (five events, includingthe long jump, javelin throw, discusthrow, foot race, and wrestling),and equestrian events (eventswith horses and people, like char-iot races and horse races) TheOlympic games were banned bythe Byzantine EmperorTheodosius II in the year AD 394.The Modern Olympic Games:

More than 1500 years later,Pierre de Frédy, Baron deCoubertin (1863-1937) (a Frencheducator and sportsman) revivedthe Olympic Games. An all-maleOlympic games were held in1896, in Athens, Greece. The first

winter Olympics were held in1924, in Chamonix, France.The Flag of the OlympicGames:

The flag of the OlympicGames has five interlocking rings(blue, yellow, black, green, andred) on a white ground. The ringsrepresent the five parts of theworld that were joined together inthe Olympic movement: Africa, theAmericas, Asia, Australia andEurope. Baron de Coubertindesigned the flag of the Olympicsin 1913-1914.

The Olympic flag was firstused in the 1920 Olympic Gamesin Antwerp, Belgium. The Olympicflag is paraded during the openingceremony of each OlympicGames. At the end of anOlympics, the mayor of the host-city presents the flag to the mayorof the next host-city. The flag willremain in the town hall of the nexthost-city until the next OlympicGames, four years later.History of the Olympic Flame

The tradition of the Olympicflame began during the ancientOlympic Games, over 2700 yearsago in Greece. A flame was lit foreach Olympics, every four years,and it burned throughout thegames. The flame symbolized thedeath and rebirth of Greek heroes.There was no torch relay in theancient Olympics. The first torchrelay took place at the 1936games in Berlin, Germany.The Torches of the Olympics:

For each Olympics, a newflame is started in the ancientOlympic stadium in Olympia, Elis,Greece, using a parabolic mirrorto focus the rays of the Sun. Thisflame begins its Olympic TorchRelay by touring Greece. Theflame is normally taken to thecountry where the games will beheld (usually by airplane).Following that, the flame is thencarried around the country wherethe games are to be held, using aseries of torches carried by peoplerunning, walking, riding horses

and camels, scuba diving, andusing other means of human con-veyance. The last runner uses atorch to light the large Olympictorch which burns throughout thegames. The flame is extinguishedduring the closing ceremony. Anew Olympic torch is designed foreach of the games.The Olympic Motto:

The Olympic motto is, "Citius,Altius, Fortius," which means"Swifter, Higher, Stronger."Olympic Events:

The events in the SummerOlympics include: archery, bad-minton, baseball, basketball, box-ing, canoeing, cycling, diving,equestrian, fencing, football (soc-cer), gymnastics, handball, hock-ey, judo, kayaking, marathon, pen-tathlon, ping pong, rowing, sailing,shooting, swimming, taekwando,tennis, track and field (many run-ning, jumping, and throwingevents), triathlon, volleyball, waterpolo, weightlifting, wrestling(freestyle and Greco-Roman).

The events in the WinterOlympics include: ice hockey, fig-ure skating, speed skating, snow-boarding, luge, bobsleigh, skele-ton (a type of sledding), curling,cross-country skiing, freestyle ski-ing, slalom, downhill (Alpine) ski-ing, ski jumping, Nordic combined(skiing plus ski jumping), andbiathlon (skiing and shooting).Olympic Medals:

At the Ancient Olympics, awreath of olive branches wasplaced on the winner's head (inGreek, this is called a kotinos).

At the modern Olympics, eachfirst-place winner receives a goldmedal, each second-place winnerreceives a silver medal, and eachthird-place winner receives abronze medal (the bronze medalwas introduced in 1904). Differentmedals are designed for each newOlympics. Certificates called victo-ry diplomas are also given tomany top winners in each sport.

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Summer Olympics1896 - Athens, Greece1900 - Paris, France1904 - St. Louis, Missouri, USA1906 - Athens, Greece1908 - London, England1912 - Stockholm, Sweden1916 - Canceled1920 - Antwerp, Belgium1924 - Paris, France1928 - Amsterdam, Holland1932 - Los Angeles, California, USA1936 - Berlin, Germany1940 - Canceled1944 - Canceled1948 - London, England1952 - Helsinki, Finland1956 - Melbourne, Australia1960 - Rome, Italy1964 - Tokyo, Japan1968 - Mexico City, Mexico1972 - Munich, Germany1976 - Montreal, Quebec, Canada1980 - Moscow, USSR1984 - Los Angeles, California, USA1988 - Seoul, South Korea1992 - Barcelona, Spain1996 - Atlanta, Georgia, USA2000 - Sydney, Australia2004 - Athens, Greece2008 - Beijing, China2012 - London, United Kingdom2016 - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Locations of the Modern-DayWinter Olympics

1924 - Chamonix, France1928 - St. Moritz, Switzerland1932 - Lake Placid, NewYork, USA1936 - Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany1940 - Canceled1944 - Canceled1948 - St. Moritz, Switzerland1952 - Oslo, Norway1956 - Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy1960 - Squaw Valley, California, USA1964 - Innsbruck, Austria1968 - Grenoble, France1972 - Sapporo, Japan1976 - Innsbruck, Austria1980 - Lake Placid, NewYork, USA1984 - Sarajevo, Yugoslavia1988 - Calgary, Alberta, Canada1992 - Albertville, France1994 - Lillehammer, Norway1998 - Nagano, Japan2002 - Salt Lake City, Utah, USA2006 - Turin, Italy2010 - Vancouver, Canada2014 - Sochi, Russia2018 - PyeongChang, South Korea

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LONDON (AP) — Mediamogul Rupert Murdoch has re-signed as a director of a numberof News Corp. subsidiary boardsin Britain and the UnitedStates, a spokeswoman con-firmed Saturday.Murdoch stepped down this

past week as a director of NIGroup, Times Newspaper Hold-ings and News Corp. Invest-ments in the U.K., said DaisyDunlop, spokeswoman for NewsCorp.’s British arm,News Inter-national. The companies over-see Britain’s newspapers TheSun, The Times, and The Sun-day Times.It was not immediately clear

which of News Corp.’s U.S.boards Murdoch had left.Britain’s Telegraph newspaper,which first reported the newslate Saturday, said those detailshad not yet been disclosed bythe US Securities and Exchange

Commission.News International sought to

play down the significance ofthe resignations, saying in astatement that “this is nothingmore than a corporate house-cleaning exercise prior to thecompany split.”That was a reference to News

Corp.’s announcement June 28that it would separate its pub-lishing business from its muchmore profitable media and en-tertainment busi-ness — forming twodistinct, publiclytraded companies.Under those pro-posed changes,Mur-doch, 81, will chairboth of the compa-nies, although hewould continue aschief executive ofthe media and en-tertainment com-

pany only.Saturday’s announcement

suggests that Murdoch may bedistancing himself from hisBritish newspaper interests,which have been shaken to thecore by a widespread phonehacking scandal.The scandal erupted anew

last year when it emerged thatMurdoch’s now-defunct News oftheWorld tabloid had systemat-ically hacked voicemails of

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Marilyn L. FisherPIQUA — Marilyn L. Fisher,

75, of Piqua, died at 3:01 p.m.Saturday July 21, 2012, atMiami ValleyH o s p i t a l ,Dayton. Shewas bornNov. 3, 1936,in Coldwater,to the lateJohn andL o r e t t a(Huelskamp)Gehle. Shem a r r i e dMartin R.Mott who preceded her in deathin 1980. She then married DaleH. Fisher June 13, 1992 inFletcher; and he survives.Other survivors include two

daughters, Janet Mott of HuberHeights, Judy (Todd) Pelastonof Piqua; two stepdaughters,Debra (Rusty) Miller of Troy,Sharon (Dean) Willson of WestMilton; four grandchildren,Nicholas Pelaston,Alexis Miller,Austin Miller, Anna Willson;two sisters, Mary Artz of HuberHeights, Helen Dues of St.Henry; sisters-in-law VirginiaMott of Columbus, Rita Gehle ofSt. Henry; and a brother-in-lawTom Rose of St. Henry. She waspreceded in death by two broth-

ers Richard and Wilbert Gehle;a sister Alice Rose; three sons;and two grandsons.Mrs. Fisher was a 1954 grad-

uate of St. Henry High Schooland worked as a clerk in theNutritional Services Depart-ment of the Upper Valley Med-ical Center. She was a memberof St. Boniface Catholic Churchand a charter member of St.Clare Chapel. She loved herfamily, especially her grandchil-dren, and enjoyed sports partic-ularly baseball and basketball.A Mass of Christian in Burial

will be celebrated at 10 a.m.Wednesday at St. BonifaceCatholic Church with the Rev.Fr. Thomas L. Bolte as the Cel-ebrant. Burial will follow atSpring Hill Cemetery, Ft. Re-covery. Visitation will be from 5-8 p.m. Tuesday at theJamieson & Yannucci Fu-neral Home where a prayerservice will be conducted at 5p.m.Memorial contributions may

be made to St. Boniface CatholicChurch, 310 S. Downing St.,Piqua, OH 45356..Condolencesto the family may also be ex-pressed through jamieso-nandyannucci.com.

Mary Jane (Nevins) O’BrienLUDLOW FALLS — Mary

Jane (Nevins) O’Brien, 83, ofLudlow Falls, passed away onSaturday, July 21, 2012, at Hos-pice of Dayton. She was bornJune 16, 1929, in NewYork City,N.Y. Preceded in death by herparents John Francis and MaryAgnes (Toomey) Nevins; hus-band Thomas Joseph O’Brien;and a sister Winifred “Dolly”Nevins Tremblay.She is survived by her loving

family, sons and daughters-in-law Brian Patrick and NancyO’Brien-Frederick, Md.,Thomas John and TheresaO’Brien-Round Rock, Texas,Patrick Francis and JenO’Brien-Kettering; daughtersand sons-in-law Mary O’Brienand Patrick Reddan-LudlowFalls, Christine Ann andWilliam Glenn-ColoradoSprings, Colo., KathleenO’Brien Dietz-Englewood,Mau-reen O’Brien and Michael Hoff-man-Beavercreek; 18grandchildren, five great-grand-children and a sister RitaNevins Leahy-Long Island, N.Y.

She attended Hunter College,owned and operated the IndianStore, which was in existence inone form or another for 40years, was a member of theTransfiguration CatholicChurch, West Milton, and amember of the VFW and Eagles.A Mass of Christian burial

will be held at 1 p.m. Thursdayat the Transfiguration CatholicChurch, 972 South MiamiStreet, West Milton, with Fa-ther John MacQuarrie as Cele-brant, burial to follow at MiamiMemorial Park, Covington.Friends may call from 4-7 p.m.Wednesday at theHale-SarverFamily Funeral Home, 284 N.Miami Street, West Milton.In lieu of flowers, contribu-

tions may be made to The Mar-ianists, Province of the UnitedStates, 4425 West Pine Blvd.,St. Louis,Mo., 63108-2301, Par-alyzed Veteran’s of America(PVA) Donation ProcessingCenter, 7 Mill Brook Rd.,Wilton, N.H., 03086 or Hospiceof Dayton, 324 Wilmington Av-enue, Dayton 45420.

Janice F. McDanielATLANTA, GA. — Janice F.

McDaniel, 88, of Atlanta, Ga.,died July 19, 2012, at HeritageHealthcare of Lilburn. She wasborn on Sept. 20, 1923, in Piqua,to William and Ruth Finfrock.She contracted polio at the ageof 18 and moved to WarmSprings, Ga., to receive treat-ment and training. She thenmoved to Atlanta to work atEmory University and then theVA Hospital. After she retired,she moved to Memphis, TN.,and then in 2007 returned toAtlanta.She is survived by her daugh-

ter, Linda Hodgkins of Roswell,Ga.; son, David McDaniel of So-cial Circle, Ga.; brother, Carl

Finfrock of Palo Alto, Calif.; Sis-ter, Charlene Wilcox of WalnutCreek, Calif.; five grandchildrenand six nieces and nephews.Memorial services will be

held at 2 p.m. Tuesday atSouthCare Cremation andFuneral Society, 2260 OldMilton Pkwy.,Alpharetta, Ga.Inlieu of flowers, donations maybe made to her niece, JuneYoung’s organization to placehomeless pets in homes. Cast-away Critters Pet Rescue, 1732John Smith Road E., Blairsville,GA 30512. Please express con-dolences at www.southcare.us.Arrangements by SouthCareCremation & Funeral Society inAlpharetta. (678) 735-5500.

Charles A. ChristianTROY — Charles A. Chris-

tian, 88, of Troy, died Saturday,June 21, 2012, at Koester Pavil-ion of Troy.He was bornJune 9,1924, inPotsdam, tothe late E.A.and Carrie( M i l l e r )Christian. Inaddition tohis parentshe was pre-ceded indeath by his wife of 66 years,Mary Ellen (Mohler) Christianon Feb. 25, 2009, and a sisterJoy Sweitzer.Christian is survived by sons

and daughters-in-laws Dougand SandyChristian ofTroy, Bill andJulie Christian of Sidney;daughters Beverly Christian ofMarion, Ind., and Connie Chris-tian and friend, Jane Hunt ofTroy; five grandchildren: Kim-berly Sizelove and AdrianVanAlphen of Greenwich, R.I.,Melinda Sizelove of Hamilton,Christopher and Julie Sizeloveof Falls Church, Va., Kelli and

Mike Day of Dallas, Ga., andBeth and Don Groff of Oak-wood; great-grandchildrenMegan and AlexanderVanAlphen, Sarah Distler,Zachary Knox, Jacob Philipot,Cimantha Veale,Makenzie Day,Ginnabeth Day, Easton Day,and Madeline Groff; one great-great granddaughter Ellie Dis-tler.He was a U.S. Army veteran

serving in World War II and amember of the Franklin Ma-sonic Lodge no. 14 F&AM ofTroy. He was a tool and diemaker with Laughter Corpora-tion in Dayton.A memorial service will be

held at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday atthe Baird Funeral home inTroy with Pastor Andy Perry of-ficiating. Military Honors willfollow. Masonic Lodge serviceswill be held at 7:15 p.m. Friendsmay call on the family from 5p.m. - 7:15 p.m. prior to services.Private interment will takeplace at Sugar Grove Cemetery.Memorial Contributions may bemade to the Alzheimer’s Associ-ation or to Brukner NatureCenter. Friends may expresscondolences to the familythrough www.bairdfuneral-home.com

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PIQUA — Wilbur R. Lind-sey Sr., 86, of 240 S. MiamiAve., passed away Friday, July20, 2012, at 8:47 p.m. at WilsonMemorial Hospital.Funeral Services will be held

Tuesday at the Cromes Fu-neral Home, 302 S.Main Ave.

with the Rev. Jonathan W.Schriber officiating.Condolences may be ex-

pressed to the Lindsey family atour website, www.cromesfh.com

UNION—Vos L. Schwallie,82, of Union, passed away onThursday, July 19, 2012, at Hos-pice of Dayton.Funeral services will be held

Friday at the Hale-Sarver

Family Funeral Home, 284 N.Miami Street,West Milton, bur-ial to follow at Minnich Ceme-tery.

PIQUA — Cindy “Cookie”Feldner, 58, of Piqua and for-merly of New Jersey, passedaway Monday, July 16, 2012, inCleveland. Services are pendingat Fisher-Cheney FuneralHome, Troy.

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AURORA, Colo. (AP) — Theshooting suspect accused in adeadly rampage inside a Col-orado theater planned the attackwith “calculation and delibera-tion,” police said Saturday, re-ceiving deliveries by mail thatauthorities believe armedhim forbattle and were used to rig hisapartmentwithdozens of bombs.Meanwhile, new details about

24-year-old James Holmesemerged, including summer jobsthe suspect held inSouthernCal-ifornia as a camp counselor andas an intern at a prominent re-search institute.In Aurora, investigators spent

hours Saturday removing explo-sive materials from insideHolmes’ suburbanDenver apart-ment a day after police said heopened fire and set off gas canis-ters in a theater minutes into apremiere of theBatman film“TheDark Knight Rises.” The mas-sacre left 12 people dead and 58injured.His apartment was rigged

with jars of liquids, explosivesand chemicals that were boobytrapped to kill “whoever enteredit,” Aurora Police Chief DanOates said, noting it would havelikely been one of his officers.Holmes received several mail

deliveries over fourmonths to hishome and school and boughtthousands rounds of ammunitionon the Internet.“He had a high volume of de-

liveries,” Oates said. “We thinkthis explains how he got hishands on the magazine, ammu-nition,” he said, as well as therigged explosives in his apart-ment.“What we’re seeing here is ev-

idence of some calculation anddeliberation,”Oates added.Inside the apartment, FBI

Special agent JamesYacone saidbomb technicians neutralizedwhat he called a “hypergolicmix-ture” and an improvised explo-sive device containing anunknown substance. There alsoweremultiple containers of accel-erants.“It was an extremely danger-

ous environment,”Yacone said ata news conference, noting thatanyone who walked in wouldhave sustained “significant in-juries” or been killed.By late afternoon, all hazards

have been removed from theHolmes’ apartment and residentsin surroundingbuildingswere al-lowed to returnhome,police said.The exception was Holmes’

apartment building, where au-thorities were still collecting evi-dence. Inside the apartment,authorities began covering thewindows with black plastic toprevent onlookers fromseeing in.Before they did,aman in anATFT-shirt could be seen measuringa poster on a closet that adver-tised a DVD called “Soldiers ofMisfortune.” The poster showedseveral figures in various posi-tions playing paintball, somewearingmasks.About 8 p.m., police left the

apartment building carrying alaptop computer and a harddrive.

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for ice cream in town.“What’s going on with theworld.”Samantha Yowler and

Matt McQuinn wereamong the 59 woundedand 12 killed. Massie saidthe couple moved to Col-orado last November. NickYowler has lived in theDenver area for about tenyears.“We’re all connected

somehow and it’s a smallworld,” says St. ParisMayor Brenda Cook aboutthe town’s link to one of theworst shootings in U.S. his-tory.The families whose

loved ones were at the the-ater have released the fol-lowing statement throughtheir attorney:“Both the Yowler and

McQuinn families thankeveryone for their con-cerns, thoughts andprayers during this diffi-cult time.Currently, both families

are attempting to learn thecondition of their familymembers in Denver. Thefamilies ask for everyoneto be patient and respecttheir wishes during thisvery difficult time. Thefamily will provide an up-date when information isavailable.” - Rob Scott, At-torney for the Yowler andMcQuinn families.Police arrested 24-year-

old James Holmes, whoseapartment fourmiles awayfrom the theater was boobytrapped. Aurora PoliceChief Dan Oates saidHolmes wore body armor,used an assault rifle, ashotgun and a Glock hand-gun during the attack.

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MIKE ULLERY/STAFF PHOTOPiqua police work the scene of a motorcycle crash that occurred Sunday afternoon at the intersec-tion of North Main Street and Riverside Drive. Officers report that James L. Kuhn, 52, was south-bound on Main Street when he failed to see traffic signal change to red.When he noticed the signalchange, Kuhn laid the bike down and slid into the intersection. He was not wearing a helmet at thetime of the crash. Kuhn was transported to Upper Valley Medical Center for treatment of non-life-threatening injuries.The crash remains under investigation.

The 90 degree temperatures are here to stay formost of the new work week. There will be severalchances for showers and thunderstorms in this hotweather pattern so be sure to keep the rain gear avail-able. Look for clouds to start the day with a slightchance for a few showers early in the morning and an-other round of storms is possible later in the afternoon.

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Olivia LynnMcGraw

Age: 1Birthdate: July 20,

2011Parents: Jon and Jodi

McGraw of PiquaSiblings: Bella and

twin brother ReedGrandparents: Bob

and Christa Black andJanet McGraw, all ofPiqua

Great-grandpar-ents: Elinor Gattshall ofPiqua and Bob and LaV-era Black of Zephyrhills,Fla.

Olivia Lynn McGraw

ReedMcGraw

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2011Parents: Jon and Jodi

McGraw of PiquaSiblings: Bella and

twin sister OliviaGrandparents: Bob

and Christa Black andJanet McGraw, all ofPiqua

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2008Parents:Andy and Jes-

sica Bornhorst of PiquaGrandparents: Kelly

and Nick Sekas, Rob andJulie Bornhorst, all ofPiqua and Mark and KayCopeland of Port Jefferson

Great-grandparents:Betty Copeland and Jimand Sandy Hoover, all ofPiqua and Beverly andDavid Coble of Sidney

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late Sherry Wackler andMike and Pam Philipps

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He was still sporting his mohawkfrom the Troy vs. Piqua footballgame. I asked if he was willing torisk his trophy from that gridironbattle. He agreed that Mrs. Slusher,my co-teacher, could shave his mo-hawk off in class if he didn’t get a100. His mom sent in a note givingher blessing.“Quiz day arrived and a confident

Jeff strolled into my room andstarted on his quiz. He handed it inand said her was pretty sure henailed it. Let’s just say he passed,but it wasn’t the 100 percent hepromised. The next day he broughtin clippers and Mrs Slusher shaveoff his curly mohawk. He let metake pictures and they were on myclass website for years, until we gota new school website last year. Imay still have a few on my com-puter at school.”Owen said he has a special place

in his heart for all Troy graduateswho go on to serve in the armedforces — and won’t soon forgetRice’s contributions to his country.It always fills me with great

pride when a former student stopsin to visit, especially when they arein uniform,” Owen said. “They seemto walk a little taller and smile a lit-

tle broader. It’s like the visit to Troyand seeing their friends and thememories that THS representsreaffirms their service. Those hand-shakes and hugs are special. Jeffwas brought up every year in one of

my classes when a student predictsa 100 percent — he will continue tocome up when that happens, but Iwill have a lump in my throat.Thank you to all my students whoare serving or who have served.”

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JOSE LUIS MAGANA/AP PHOTOAn Air Force carry team carries the transfer case containing the remains ofArmy Pfc. Jeffrey L. Rice ofTroy, upon arrival at Dover Air Force Base, Del.on Sunday.The Department of Defense announced the death of Rice whowas supporting Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan.

PROVIDED PHOTOSamantha Yowler, a 2004 Graham High School graduate, and Matt McQuinn arepictured in this photograph from Samantha’s Facebook page.Yowler was injuredand McQuinn killed in the Colorado theater rampage.

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“You are of your father the devil, and thelusts of your father you will do. He wasa murderer from the beginning, andstayed not in the truth, because there isno truth in him.When he speaks a lie, hespeaks of his own: for he is a liar, andthe father of it.”

(John 8:44 AKJV)

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Contact usFor information regard-ing the Opinion page,contact Editor SusanHartley at 773-2721, orsend an email toshartley@dailycall.com

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While a member of the Bush Administration,Karl Rove’s oft-stated goal was to create apermanent Republican majority. He made it

very clear that the end justified the means in that pur-suit, and might well have been prosecuted for some ofhis actions.Now, unconstrained by the rules of that employ-

ment, and fueled by the horrific “Citizens United” de-cision, his dream may be in reach. Unlimited moneyfrom anonymous sources have given him an unprece-dented ability to influence key elections across the na-tion.From now until November, the citizens of Ohio will

get a steady diet of ads funded by Rove’s groups de-signed and crafted to makePresident Obama and Sen-ator Sherrod Brown seemlike enemies of the state,people who must be runout of office if we are tohave any hope for our fu-ture. No accountability asto the truthfulness, accu-racy , or bankrolling ofthese ads will, or can bebrought to bear. These adswill be more effective thanthey ought to be, simply be-cause far too many members of our electorate will nottake the time, or make the effort, to look beyond thesoundbite, see if it’s supported by facts, or might justbe a total fabrication that a focus group determinedto be effective in moving undecided voters.Indeed, if you’re reading this newspaper, you’re

seeking more information than far too many who willdetermine the outcome of the next election. You maysupport Senator Brown, or not, but even his criticshave to acknowledge that he has been a powerful andconsistent voice for Ohio’s middle class, a group whosemembers are comprised of all political persuasions.Is anyone naïve enough to believe that Karl Rove is

worried about the struggles and challenges facingOhio residents everyday? Especially to the degree thathe’s spending millions of dollars in the hopes of mak-ing our lives better? Really? Karl knows that, whetherit be apathy, disgust with the whole process, lack oftime, gullibility, or any of a number of reasons, a sig-nificant portion of the voting bloc is vulnerable to hisattack ads. In addition, candidates as weak as MittRomney and unqualified as Josh Mandel severelylimit your campaign options.Against the backdrop of the party’s platform of re-

viving and enhancing the same old policies that tookour country to the brink of economic collapse, it be-comes even more necessary to paint your opponentsas dangerous obstacles to the well-being of our nation.When you combine these ad campaigns with the sup-portive, 24/7 drumbeat of Fox News and talk radio, ittakes some dedication to objectivity not to be taken in.As dismaying as it seems that these kind of tacticscould ever be successful, a lot of smart people are wa-gering a lot of money that it will be a winning strategy.In combination with the GOP’s continued mastery ofsingle-issue voters, who they count upon to voteagainst their own self-interest in exchange for pan-dering on their hot-button issue, it just may be. Throwin some phony voter restrictive legislation to shrinkthe voting pool, in the name of solving a non-existentvoter fraud issue, and the needle moves a little fur-ther to the right(wing).Much has already been written about the presiden-

tial race, but the senatorial race is just as important.Sherrod Brown, an old school politician who conductshimself as a true public servant, is running againstJosh Mandel, whose own ads seem unable to offer lit-tle reason to make him a senator, other than two toursin Iraq. No denigration to the Marines, or his service,but I hardly think that is enough. Mr. Mandel beganrunning and fundraising for the senate before thepaint on his office door was dry, to the neglect of hisobligations to the treasurer’s office. And like the cam-paign for that office, his main talent seems to be theslinging of mud.If we’re going to send a Mandel to the U.S. Senate,

I’d rather it be Howie, who would at least have a senseof humor about his lack of qualification for the job.

Doug Smith, a resident of Piqua, is a graduate ofPiqua Central (1973) is employed by NKP in Sidneyand is a member of the Miami County DemocraticParty.

The Washington FreeBeacon reportedthis week on the

continuing omission of Is-rael from a U.S.-sponsoredorganization called theGlobal CounterterrorismForum (GCTF). At a re-cent forum meeting inSpain, Maria Otero, U.S.undersecretary of statefor civilian security,democracy and human rights, delivereda speech titled “Victims of Terrorism,”but, in her roll call of victims, she didn’tmention Israel. The conference at whichshe spoke was described as a “high-levelconference on the victims of terrorism,”but Israel wasn’t a participant.It bears repeating because it is so fan-

tastic: At an international conference de-voted to victims of terrorism, the world’sleading victim or, better, leading targetof terrorism — Israel — was nowhere insight, or mind.Welcome to the GCTF — U.S. coun-

terterrorism’s new “normal.” This 30-member organization got its officialstart last September as a “major initia-tive” of the Obama administration whenSecretary of State Hillary Clinton an-nounced its launch in New York.It was quite an occasion; Hillary

curled her hair. Seated next to her Turk-ish co-chairman, ensconced amid minis-ters from Algeria, Egypt, Indonesia,Jordan,Morocco, Pakistan, Qatar, SaudiArabia, the United Arab Emirates and18 other miscellaneous member-statesplus the European Union, she then saidthe magic words: “From London to La-hore, from Madrid to Mumbai, fromKabul to Kampala, it’s innocent civilianswho have been targeted …”Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, Ashkelon? Poof,

gone. And that’s the point: This newcounterterrorism organization, with itsrelated counterterrorism center comingsoon to Abu Dhabi, is Judenfrei. Not co-incidentally, it is also heavily Islamic.Eleven member-states — slightly morethan one-third of the organization’smembership — also belong to the Or-ganization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC),a bloc of 56 Islamic countries working toimpose Islamic law (Shariah) on theworld. Six of those 11 members addi-tionally belong to the Arab League. Bothgroups have defined “terrorism” to ex-clude Israeli victims (sometimes U.S. sol-diers), and “terrorists” to exclude groupsdedicated to the destruction of Israel,such as Hamas and Hezbollah. It is nowonder the Arab-Islamic memberswould now unite in “counterterrorism”without Israel.What is both shocking and shameful,

however, is that the U.S. would, too. Itshows that the U.S. has implicitly butclearly accepted the Arab League/OICdefinitions of terrorism and terrorists.As in Libya, where the U.S. supported

the jihad-linked side, asin Egypt (same), as inSyria (same), this side-switching sparks scantcomment. Oh, sure, therewas some media yappinglast month when Hillaryjetted to Istanbul to pro-nounce another Israel-free incantation aboutefforts to “defeat extrem-ist ideology.” Two— count

‘em, two — U.S. senators (independentJoe Lieberman of Connecticut and Re-publican Mark Kirk of Illinois) wrote herletters. But such complaints are nothingnext to the smiles and cooperation com-ing our way from the Islamic core of theGCTF.And it was so easy!Why didn’t wethink of this before? All we have to do issee things the way the Islamic worlddoes; pretend things like Israel don’texist (just as maps in Arab countries al-ready indicate); and insist that Islam isa boon to mankind — not the animatingdoctrine of global jihad against Israeland the wider West.I would like to say this is all some-

thing President Barack Obama initated,but such appeasement goes back a longway. If we look to the Gulf War in 1990-1991, we see this same denial of Israel’sexistence take shape in the makeup ofPresident George H.W. Bush’s “interna-tional coalition”— sans Israel. The sameis true in 2003 with the formation ofPresident George W. Bush’s “coalition ofthe willing” in Iraq (also Afghanistan) —sans Israel.These omissions were in no way due

to Israel’s unwillingness to join the “waron terror.” They were due to the same Is-lamic pressure in force today. BothBushes bowed to it, accepting a state ofdhimmitude (inferiority of non-Muslimsunder Islam) for the high privilege ofspilling American blood and treasureinto the ungrateful desert. Israel, bothBushes agreed with their Islamic “al-lies,” just wasn’t fit to fight on Islamicsand. Thus, Israel was excluded fromthese wartime alliances.Such dhimmitude only intensifies, as

the latest developments show.Under theBushes, after all, while Israel was notpermitted to fight alongside coalitionforces, at least it was still recognized forwithstanding more than 60 years of Is-lamic terrorist attacks. Today, under theauspices of the Obama administration,Israel no longer rates mention even as avictim. “Big Satan” has thrown “LittleSatan” to the sharks. Which says twothings about Big Satan. Our institutionsnow see the world from the Islamic per-spective, and, as far as the sharks go,we’re next.

Diana West is the author of “The Deathof the Grown-up: How America’s ArrestedDevelopment Is Bringing Down WesternCivilization,” and blogs at dianawest.net.

WASHINGTON (AP)— President BarackObama is trying to keepthe pressure on Republi-can rival Mitt Romney,opening two days of cam-paigning in Florida insearch of military veter-ans, seniors and un-aligned voters in thestate’s crucial midsection.Romney’s wife said nomore of her husband’s taxinformation would bemade public.Obama was appearing

Thursday in Jacksonvilleand West Palm Beach ashis campaign urges Rom-ney to release more yearsof his tax returns andkeeps a sharp focus on theformer Massachusettsgovernor’s tenure as thehead of a private equityfirm.“We’ve given all that

people need to know andunderstand about our fi-nancial situation andabout how we live ourlife,” Ann Romney toldABC News in an inter-view broadcast Thursday.Romney had planned a

quiet day of private meet-ings Thursday at his cam-paign headquarters inBoston, but abruptlychanged his plans andscheduled a campaignstop nearby to coincidewith Obama’s first eventin Florida. After severaldays of aggressive anti-Obama rhetoric, the Re-publican’s campaign wasshowing no signs of let-ting up.Florida is the largest

and most coveted of thenation’s Election Day toss-up states, a place whereRomney could severelydamage Obama’s chancesof winning re-election. Re-publicans are holdingtheir national conventionin Tampa in August inhopes of giving them-selves an edge in thestate.Yet, if Obama can lock

down Florida’s 29 elec-toral votes, it would be dif-ficult for Romney tomount enough supportelsewhere to capture theWhite House.Polls have shown

Obama and Romney in adead heat in the state,which has struggled withan unemployment rate of8.6 percent, above the na-tional average, and a still-recovering housingmarket. Florida providedthe deciding margin inGeorge W. Bush’s victoryin 2000 and the state hasbeen closely contestedever since. Obama carriedit in 2008.

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This deal occurred manyyearsago inaboard-a-matchteam contest in Maryland.TheNorth-South pair in theauction shown were SimonBecker and B. Jay Becker,thiswriter’suncleand father,respectively, both of whompassed away in the late1980s.The brothers Becker

reached a shaky spade slamand were very fortunate toreceive the opening lead ofthe ace of clubs, after which12tricks couldnotbedenied.Had West led a trump, orhad he led another suit andthenshifted toa trumpuponwinning the ace of clubs, theslam could not have beenmade. The score came to1,430 points (500 for game,750 for slam and 180 fortricks).Both Beckers thought

theyhadwon the board eas-ily. They expected that evenif the opposing North-Southpair got to the slam,itwouldbe defeated. But there wasno way they could have an-

ticipated the actual goings-on at the other table.There, theBeckers’ team-

mates competed vigorouslyin hearts against North-South’s spade bids. WhenSouth eventually bid fourspades, West, for some un-known reason, decided todouble, and South redou-bled.West led the king of

hearts and subsequentlyswitched to a trump aftertaking thekingof clubswiththeace.Thishelddeclarer to

11 tricks.After such a deba-cle, the Beckers’ teammatesnaturally assumed theboardhadbeen irretrievablylost.The declarer at this table

scored 480 points for histricks, 50 for making the re-doubled contract,400 for theredoubled overtrick and 500for game.This came to 1,430points, so the two teamswound up tying the board!

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DEAR ABBY: My hus-band, “Vic,” and I used towork at the same company.While I worked there I no-ticed that one of the womenwho worked in the buildingcafe seemed to have a crushon him.I left work to be a stay-at-

home mom. I trust my hus-band and know he wouldnever do anything with thiswoman. However, I’m un-comfortablebecausehe talksabout her often, and shegiveshimfree food justaboutevery day and jokes aroundwith him. If I have lunchwithVic there,shewon’t lookatme.She and I used to talkoften.I haven’t said anything to

himabout how I feel.ShouldI worry about this? Should Iaskhim to be careful aroundher?

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DEAR ALLERGIC:Mention to your husbandthat you have noticed achange in the server’s reac-tion toyou,if youwish—butI don’t think you have any-thing to be worried about.She probably does have acrush onVic, and the reasonshe can’t look at you may beshe feels guilty for flirtingwithhim,or yourpresence isa reminder that he is un-available, which spoils herfantasy.

DEAR ABBY: I’m themother of three sons. Overtheyears,Iwouldsometimesplay rough and wrestle withthem, all in good fun. Nowthat they’realmostall grownand out of the house, I findmyself getting carried awaywith this type of play withmy spouse. He was on thewrestling team in school, soinvariably I always lose. Buthe knows how to play with-out hurtingme.Is there something wrong

with me for wanting to playso rough at times?He seemsto enjoy it, but there havebeen timeswhen I’vewalkedaway bruised if I let him gotoo far.Otherwise, I’m an or-dinary female who you’dnever guess would love towrestle. How many otherwomen out there do this?

— FEELING WEIRDIN CALIFORNIA

DEAR FEELINGWEIRD: Idon’thave the fig-ures, but somewomen like towrestle as a form of foreplay.However, because it is leav-ingyouwithbruises,youandyour spousemaybe carryingthe wrestling a bit too far. Ifit’s not foreplay, but someformof competition,perhapsyou should consider takingup another sport with himwhereyou’ll haveachanceofwinning sometimes ratherthan always being the loser.

DEAR ABBY: How doesone politely but firmly turndown door-to-door salespeo-ple?Howshould I respond tosalespeople who becomerude once I tell them I’m notinterested?Manyof thembe-come hostile once they real-ize I can’t be persuaded tobuywhat they’re selling.

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DEAR NO THANKYOU: If this is happeningregularly,the first thing todois post a sign next to yourdoor thatsays“NoSoliciting.”When someone you don’tknow knocks or rings yourbell, don’t answer it. If yousomehow get trapped intohearing thesalespitch,whenthe person pauses for breathsay firmly, “Not interested,”and close your door.Remem-ber, the person is not tryingto make a friend of you; theperson WANTS something.You do not have to toleraterudeness.

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NEW YORK (AP) — Broadway’snewest Little Orphan Annie hasfound her Sandy.The award-winning animal

trainer William Berloni on Thurs-day unveiled the pooch who isslated to star in the Broadway re-vival of the Tony Award-winningmusical “Annie” — Sunny, a 2-year-old female terrier mix rescued froma city pound in Houston.“The most talented animals are

right there under your nose,” saidBerloni, who makes it a point ofusing shelter dogs in all his proj-ects. “The message is: Animals inshelters are not damaged, just un-fortunate.”Sunny was only 24 hours away

from being euthanized four monthsago when Berloni spotted her photoonline while conducting a nation-wide search for Sandy. She hadbeen mislabeled as male and giventhe name Bruno. Touched, he for-warded her photo to one of theshow’s producers, Arielle TepperMadover, who wrote back, “Save her.I don’t care what it costs.”“So I adopted her sight-unseen,”

said Berloni. “I didn’t think she wasa candidate for Sandy. Her descrip-tion was so sweet and she lookedvery much like the original Sandythat we were just saving her to findher a home.”Sunny was shipped to New York

and came muzzle-to-face with

Berloni. “I met her and went, ‘Wow,she could really be a candidate,’” hesaid. “She’s going to be fantastic.”“Annie,” starring 11-year-old Lilla

Crawford in the title role and KatieFinneran as Miss Hannigan, willbegin previews on Oct. 3 at thePalace Theatre and will open onNov. 8.Berloni, whose extensive Broad-

way credits include training ani-mals for “Legally Blonde,” ‘’JoeTurner’s Come and Gone,” ‘’ChittyChitty Bang Bang,” ‘’Awake andSing” and “The Wizard of Oz,” beganworking as an animal trainer whenhe plucked the original Sandy in“Annie” from a shelter in 1976 for$7 the day before it was to be euth-anized.He chuckles that his career has

come full circle with the new“Annie” revival. “You hear of people... being remembered for having asignature song?” he asks. “Well, Ithink I’m the only guy who has asignature dog.”The original Sandy, also a terrier

mix, went on to play almost all2,377 performances of “Annie” andBerloni supplied shelter dogs for allfour national tours of the show, aswell as the 10th, 20th and 30th an-niversary productions. Sunny’s un-derstudy, Casey, was rescued from ashelter in Nashville, Tenn.The revival of the musical, which

features music by Charles Strouse,lyrics by Martin Charnin and bookby Thomas Meehan, will be directedby three-time Tony winner James

Lapine and choreographed by AndyBlankenbuehler. Its hit songs in-clude “It’s the Hard-Knock Life” and“Tomorrow.”Lapine has yet to plan out exactly

what he wants Sunny to do, otherthan not what any other Sandyshave done in the past. Berloni ispreparing a list of tricks, and hasbeen told that creators may wantthe dog to dance. “I have to say, it’sthe first time I’ve ever put a dog ina dance number,” he said. “That’sgoing to be new and interesting.”The dog food company Pedigree

has make the unprecedented step ofpartnering with the new Broadwayproduction and will donate $2 forevery ticket sold through Dec. 31,2013 — up to $1 million — to a non-profit dedicated to helping dogs findhomes. All proceeds from co-branded merchandise will go to theeffort.Pedigree Senior Brand Manager

Lisa Campbell hopes the initiativewill put a spotlight on the plight ofhomeless dogs. “Shelter dogs aren’tbroken — they just haven’t beengiven the chance,” she said. “What agreat vehicle to show people thatyou can find a star in a shelter. Adog that is now a Broadway starvery easily could have been eutha-nized.”The journeys of Sunny and Casey

from life in shelters to the brightlights of Times Square will be docu-mented in a 30-minute TV special,“Annie’s Search for Sandy,” set to airon NBC in October.

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HARDIN — The Brook-side Cemetery south ofHardin is undergoing somerenovation.The recent wind-storm wreaked havoc onsome trees at the burial site,and many needed to becleared out. In the course ofhaving that clean-up con-ducted, Turtle Creek Town-ship Trustees decided toaddress multiple issues.It was fortunate that the

trees did not damage anyheadstones, but six treescame down in the storm.Thetrustees contracted withJerry Christman, who doestree and landscape work, totend to the trees. The town-ship has been using his serv-ices for nine years includingother cemetery work. Aftersome further discussion, theydecided to have him do addi-tional improvements, muchof which is being done on avolunteer basis.Trustee Mike Eilerman

explains that he and fellowTrustees Doug Ike and EdSeger decided that it wastime to have new gravel put

on the driveways. In addition,they gave Christman theokay to have the iron fencepressure-washed, andpainted. He is also paintingthe old caretaker’s building.It had been around 10 yearssince any major work hadbeen done at Brookside. Eil-erman noted that thetrustees have a long-termcommitment to caring for thecemetery. He says that thereis an average of two burialsthere per year. Some of theoldest headstones haveshifted, and have been resetby Marion Leapley, who hasexpended much time and ef-fort getting markers back inplace.WhileChristmanwas con-

tracted to do some of thework, he is also simply do-nating much of his time andsome materials, such aspaint, to what he considers aspecial project. He empha-sizes that those who rest in acemetery deserve to havetheir burial sites cared forand respected.He is concerned that the

general public not forget thatthere are a lot of largely un-visited gravesites that holdthe remains of military vet-erans. He would like togather additional community

support for the care of oldercemeteries such as Brook-side. He notes that volun-teers are a major factor insuch preservation, as fundsare not there to provideeverything the hired caretak-ers need.Hewould like to seea county-wide organized ef-fort, and invites interestedpeople to contact himat (937)538-6870.One facet of cemetery care

is the treatment of the sur-faces of old headstones thatweremanufactured in an eraof less durable materials. Asan example, some of the buri-als atBrooksidewere those ofCivil War soldiers whosemarkers were made fromsandstone, a material lessable than modern granitestones to withstand weatherand time.He explains that products

are now available to seal andpreserve such old markers,but to do so requires funding.He feels that many of thoseburied there sacrificed for thefuture generations whoshould in turn make somesmall sacrifice to care fortheir resting places.The cemetery holds the re-

mains ofmanyWar veterans,including one from the Span-ish-American War. He em-

phasizes that the publicneeds to domore than simplystate their appreciation ofveteranswhohave passed on,and provide some time andeffort to honor their service.Christman points out that

Brooksidewas also the site ofaPresbyterianChurch.Somesidewalk portions and amarker are all that remains.The area must be subject tothe effects of wind, as thatchurch was destroyed in awindstormChristman is likely to be

busy at Brookside for sometime, as he has taken an in-tense inters in the cemetery.When he went with a friendto check out the cemetery,they became so interested inthe historical gravesites thatthey spent a couple of hoursjust studying the informationon the markers.Christmanwas contracted

to take out six damagedtrees.Hewent on to find sev-eral more that needed re-moved, so he donated hisservices for those additionalones.“That cemetery reflects

Shelby County,” Christmansaid. He noted that those in-terred there include peoplewhowere involved in agricul-ture as well as themilitary.

Area cemetery gets faceliftBrookside Cemetery, just south of Hardin, has undergone an extensive facelift after being damaged duringthe storms.

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Sorry about that littlesummer hiatus I took twoweeks ago. We have en-tered the stretch of sum-mer when a lot of activitieshave already been heldand everything slowsdown until early autumnrolls around. But there’splenty included here, soread on.The biggest event of the

summer, the CovingtonSummer Bash, has just re-cently come to a conclu-sion, and 2012 marked myfirst time attending theevent. During that big175th anniversary bash in2010, I was somewhere inKansas working my wayacross the country by bike.And last year, I was out oftown for the weekend aswell. Two weeks ago, whenI decided to take the weekoff, I figured I’d come backwith a firsthand account ofthe Summer Bash, andwhile I’m not sure how itshould sound, we will giveit a shot.Although it seemed like

it went off smoothly, andeveryone had a great time,this year’s party will prob-ably be most noted for theheat. I am rather prodi-gious in my perspiration,so on Friday, I made therisky decision to wear twoT-shirts.This turned out tobe a good idea, and thoughit may have made it a bitwarmer, I was able to keepthe outside layer dry, and Ididn’t look like I hadtripped and fallen in theocean. I arrived with mybrother and sister-in-lawat the Bash on Friday af-ternoon, with the heat infull effect, but quickly re-treated to the shade of thePresbyterian Church tentlike a wimpy ground-dwelling animal.I grabbed a pork loin

sandwich from the footballtent (A+) and slunk backhome to wait until it gotdark, retreating to the coolair under the guise of hav-ing to write two more cy-cling news articles —which I did. After that, itworked out pretty well.Wespent Friday catching upwith old friends, emptyingour pockets of beveragegarden tickets.And on Sat-urday, a lot of family cameto town for the food andlive music, which is alwayscool.After my first Summer

Bash, I was most im-pressed by the organiza-tion and the quality of theevent. The people incharge have a very difficultjob with so many piecesthat go into it, and it wasextremely impressive howthey pulled it off. So here’sa big thanks to all spon-sors, and all who helped.On Friday, the Coving-

ton Care Center is holdingits annual community car-nival. The event is one dayonly, from 4-8 p.m. and it’sfree of charge, so check itout. There will be rides,food, games, a dunkingbooth (and I’ve heard re-covery specialist BonnieBubeck is volunteering forthat). There will also beclowns who make balloons,a super slide, and a bouncycastle! Donations will beaccepted for theAlzheimer’s Association, sogo to 75Mote Drive in Cov-ington for the Care CenterCommunity Carnival.Later in August, and

once again to benefit theAlzheimer’s Association,the Care Center is hostingits third annual car show.If you want to registeryour car: Cost is $10, andyou can register in personat the Care Center, or con-tact Missy Mills at 473-2075 ormcm@adcarehealth.com.You can also register theday of the event, as long asthere is space available.Cars should arrive at 2p.m. and trophies and par-ticipation ribbons will behanded out at 4:30 p.m.The event takes place onSunday, Aug. 26. Everyoneis welcome to attend on theabove date and time, witha 50/50 raffle, door prizes,face painting, dashplaques, music and food togo along with the show.TheWomen’s Fellowship

of the Covington UnitedChurch of Christ is hostinga salad lunch from 11 a.m.to 1 p.m. on the third Fri-day of each month throughOctober. Choose from alarge variety of homemadesalads, dessert, sandwiches,and drinks for a donation of$6 for adults and $2 forchildren.Use the basemententrance in the alley on thenorth side of the church, at115 North Pearl St., whichis handicap accessible. Thesecond half of summer ishere, so it’s time to bringback last year’s highly suc-cessful column finale. Yesindeed, we are back withAntwaan’s Tips: Life com-mentary from Buccs Radiocolor commentator AndyJohnson. “Two wrongs donot make a right, but twoWrightsmade an airplane.”Call 418-7428 or email

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RUSSIA — A Russiawoman is preparing for athree-day event to raiseaware-ness ofi s s u e srelatingt obreas tcancer.SuzetteVastanowill betakingpart int h e2 0 1 2S u s a nG .KomenChicago3 - D a ywalk tot a k eplace Aug. 10-12.The participation is a per-

sonal one for Vastano. She istaking part to honor hermother, Becky Ayers, of theHouston area. Becky is mar-ried to Art Ayers and is cur-

rently battling the disease.She was diagnosed in 2004.The entire family has beenthrough some very difficulttimes. Vastano’s brother diedsuddenly in the fall of 2005.She explains, “When my

mom was diagnosed withbreast cancer, I felt helpless.Sixty miles is no easy task,but this is something I can do— something I must do. Sheis my hero and has taughtme how to be strong duringthe worst of days. I do notwant anyone else to have togo through this; this is why Iam walking.”Participants will walk 20

miles a day for three days.Vastano says that they willstay in tents for two nights.The walk will travel allthrough downtown Chicago,including along thelakeshore. Becky and Art willbring her children to Chicagoto watch her walk across thefinish line.To take part, Vastano

must raise a total of $2,300.She still needs to raisearound $1,200. To help out,you can donate to her cause

by visiting www.the3day.org.Or, you can call (800) 996-3DAY. The other option is tomail donations to SuzetteVastano c/o The 3-day, 1534Rangeline Road, Russia, OH45363.Vastano had wanted to do

this for some time. She de-cided this was the year, andshe began planning in Janu-ary. To get ready for such atrek, she is walking daily toget into condition. Althoughshe has not run regularly forthe past two years, she didfrequently run in 5K races inShelby County and Minster.The Chicago Komen event

begins on Friday morning,Aug. 10, and ends with aclosing ceremony on the af-ternoon of Sunday, Aug. 12. The funds raised are used

for educating the publicabout breast cancer andearly detection. Other use ofthe funds includes the spon-

soring of such events. Thefunds are also put forth forbreast cancer research. Vas-tano learned of the walkwhile reading an email thatdirected her to a website onbreast cancer.The Susan G. Komen

Foundation was named aftera breast cancer victim andwas founded by her sister,Nancy G. Brinker. The or-ganization operates on aworldwide basis. Approxi-mately 425,000 around theworld died of the disease in2010. Vastano, an employee of

Amos Press, is also attendingschool and is the busymother of two children, Lind-sey Vastano and GunnarYoung.Vastano says that she is

open to doing the walk againand entertains the possibil-ity her children could takepart.

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city has to mow it, trim it,andremovesnow in thewin-ter time and keep the biketrail clean and all thosethings costmoney.”This spring marked the

ninth clean-up for POWWmembers and volunteerswith150poundsof trash col-lected.“Which is a lot lower than

the very first time I did itwhichwasabout600poundsof trash, so we’re making animpact,” said Lange.Both POWWand theWa-

tershedAlliance are a few ofthe community’s many ac-tive groups that contributetime and effort towardscleaning parks and protect-ing areawaterways.The for-mer held its first ever RiverSummit inMaywith specialguest videographer TomMayor of West Milton. Hisfilm, “Call of the ScenicRiver:AnOhioJourney,”em-phasizes the history, beautyand need to preserve thearea’s rivers.One of the Watershed Al-

liance’s endeavors, alongwith the Piqua CAC (Com-munity Action Council) wasthe purchase of a weed har-vester to not only improvethe aesthetics of area bodiesof water, but also theirhealth. The latter is espe-cially important for Piqua,which depends on the GreatMiami River, Frantz Pond,Echo Lake, Swift Run Lakeand Rocky Ridge Lake, alsoknown as the Gravel Pit, forits drinkingwater.Theweedharvester,along

with a trailer and conveyor,was purchased thanks to agenerous grant from theLundgard Foundation Asso-ciation.Such tireless efforts in-

spire many to keep Piquaclean and to revitalize areasthat have been subject toneglect or abandonment orare no longer in use, such asthe former Piqua powerplant.The city is one step closer

to transforming this piece ofhistoryonSouthMainStreetalong theMiamiRiver.Com-mission discussed in June arequest for payment toBrownfield RestorationGroup LLC for work in ac-cordance to the Clean OhioRevitalization Fund (CORF)grant received by the Boardof Commissioners of MiamiCounty for the area. As in2011, the Miami County

Commission received $1.4million for remediation,dem-olition and redevelopmentbehind the power plant.Since the city of Piqua

could not legally be anappli-cant for thegrant,the countyhas become a cooperative ina project that will see thearea as a riverfront park.According toBill Lutz,de-

velopment program man-ager, the project will be donein twophases,withbids tobeannounced late winter, earlyspring 2013. A completiondate fornextyearwill see theconcrete structures at theback of the building, alongwithall theasphalt removed,followed with a re-seed andreconstruction of the bikepath through that section.Alongwithwater aesthet-

ics, the city’s four walk/biketrails, PATH (PiquaActivityTrail for your Health) thatwas formerly a railroad bedfrom east to west, River’sEdge that extends fromLockNine Park to Roadside Park,CanalRun fromStateRoute66 back into town and GMR(Great Miami River) Recre-ationalTrail fromLockNinegoing south along the river,have seen improvements.Fall 2011 saw the comple-

tion of sections of the pathalong Peterson Road andlater into this year the El-deanRoadtoLytleRoadpor-tions, leaving only aconnection between Piquaand Troy that will require abridge over theGreatMiamiRiver south of PetersonRoad.This construction has a

completion date that mayrun into 2014 according toCity planner ChrisSchmiesing.“When construction of the

trail system is completed itwill extend from Piqua toHamilton and beyond,”wrote Schmiesing in anemail about the dates.Other revitalization and

improvement projects thathavebeencompleted includeacollaborationbetweenparkassociations and city leadersto build a shelter at MotePark.A number of community-

wide volunteers came to-gether over the course ofseveral weekends to buildtheshelter.Thesegroupsandindividuals included mem-bers of Positively PromotingPiqua (PPP), Property Own-ers Improving Neighbor-hoods Together (P.O.I.N.T.)employees from local busi-

nesses such as Hartzell Pro-peller, members of the areapark associations (NorthParks Neighborhood,Shawnee Neighborhood,Southview Neighborhoodand Southwest Neighbor-hood) even city Commis-sioner John Martin, alongwith Schmiesing.At the timeof the shelter’s

completion, Schmiesingspoke on the groups’ effortsandgaveaslidepresentationthat he put together withhelp fromhis14-year-oldson,Jack.“I just want to share a lit-

tle informationabout this ex-citing project and how it hasevolved into something thatreally captured a lot of en-ergy and spirit within thecommunity,”Schmiesinghadsaid with additional projectsupport provided throughdonated material and/orservices at little to no cost byPiquaConcrete,PiquaLum-ber, Classic Metal RoofingSystem, Quint CreativeSigns and Casto Landscap-ing.The shelter project was

one of many Schmiesing de-scribed as part of a broadervision for upgrades and im-provements to the park thatwill include new playgroundequipment from WalnutGrove Playgrounds.The addition of the play-

ground equipment has beena long-anticipatedproject forthepark,withmanyparkas-sociation members and citi-zens expressing their desireand appreciation to see theinstallation.“While we were building

the shelter therewere a cou-ple littlegirls thereeveryday,so I asked them what they’dlike to see over there,” saidresident Frank Barhorst tocommission when a resolu-tion to purchase the play-ground equipment throughthe Community Develop-mentBlockGrantwas beingdiscussedearlier thismonth.“They asked for new swingsand newmerry-go-round forMote Park.”A wish the area children

should see to completion thisfall.Other improvements

across the city include a new14 x 12 fishing dock donatedby former Piqua residentsBill and Cherie Adkins thatwas built at the HydraulicCanal, behind the watertreatment plant on StateRoute 66.Thisadditionwasassisted

withdonatedmaterials fromPiqua Steel, Piqua Lumber,Piqua Concrete, BrianBrothers Painting and JimMcMaken. Along with laborprovidedbyemployeesofun-derground utilities, waterandwastewater,engineeringand street departments.The city also is very close

to having its own skate parkthanks to resident and for-mer city employee RichardDonnelly, who provided a

generous donation towardtheproject,withconstructionrecently begun at Pitsen-barger Park.In keeping with an ambi-

tious strategic plan, CityManager Gary Huff an-nounced a future volunteerpark ranger programduringthe springgovernmentacad-emy class. Other endeavorswill include park safety im-provements, enhancementsto the municipal swimming

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AFTER43 YEARS!

Due to a retirement, the SidneyDaily News, an award winning OhioCommunity Media newspaper, has anopening available for an Outside RealEstate Sales Consultant. We areseeking an experienced sales professional who wishesto flourish in a career with an award winning sales team!

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Nurse ManagerEmergency Department

Wilson Memorial Hospital has an exciting opportunity for a Nurse Managerin the Emergency Department. Under the direction of the VP of PatientCare Services, the Nurse Manager is responsible for the overall operation ofthe specified nursing units; serves as a member of the patient care servicesmanagement team providing leadership and assisting with the supervisionneeds of the hospital.

Bachelor’s degree in nursing required with a minimum of five years clinicalexperience. Previous supervisory experience is required. Master’s degree ispreferred.

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100 - Announcement

125 Lost and Found

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200 - Employment

235 General

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255 Professional

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Needed, to work withexceptional children.Degree in Education orIntervention SpecialistRequired. Program forchildren with specialneeds.

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TEACHERS

Immediate openings forFull/ Part Time Pre-School, Toddler, Infantteachers needed.HS diploma, required.

Call: (937)339-8624

260 Restaurant

IMMEDIATEPOSITIONS

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Local manufacturing dis-tributor is seeking quali-fied applicants for imme-diate driver positions.Full time and part timepositions available. Mustpossess class "A" driv-ers license and haveminimum of 6 monthsexperience. Must haveclean MVR. Will delivermetal building productsregionally.

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300 - Real Estate

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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1/2 DOUBLE, RegencyCourt, Covington. 2 bed-room, 1 floor, garage. Nopets, (937)473-5208.

2 BEDROOM, appliances,air, garage, lawn care.$535 plus deposit, nopets. Call(937)492-5271.

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

PIQUA, nice upstairs 1bedroom, 610 NorthWayne Street, $360,(937)778-0933.

PIQUA, 1 bedroom, halfdouble, refrigerator andstove furnished, $275/mo+ $250 deposit.(937)773-4552.

PIQUA, 434 SouthDowning, first floor, 2-3bedrooms, yard, $400month + deposit,(937)773-4076.

PIQUA, clean, freshlypainted, 2 bedroom, up-stairs, W/D hookup, rea-sonable heat/cooling,$425 (937)773-7311

PIQUA, ground floor, 1bedroom efficiency,utilities paid, $125 weekplus deposit. Appliancesf u r n i s h e d .(937)418-1891

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

$200 Deposit Special!

(937)673-1821

TROY, Nice 3 bedroomduplex. Appliances, wash-er/ dryer hook-up. $700plus deposit. No pets.(937)845-2039

WEST MILTON Town-house. 2 Bedroom 1.5bath. $475 monthly,(937)216-4233

305 Apartment

TROY, spacious 3 bed-room, on Saratoga, appli-ances, AC, attached gar-age, $650. includes water.(937)203-3767.

330 Office Space

OFFICE SPACE: 320West Water Street, Piqua,2700 sq. ft., high visibility,ground floor, ample park-ing. (937)773-3161.

400 - Real Estate

For Sale

425 Houses for Sale

PIQUA, 226 East MainStreet, large 3 bedroom, 1bath. Single family, 1961sq ft, spacious lot. Ownerfinancing or cash dis-count, $1000 down, $458month, (803)978-1542 or(803)354-5692.

TROY, nice home on For-rest Lane, priced for quicksale (937)552-9351

500 - Merchandise

505 Antiques/Collectibles

FIREARM, Antique, WW2Trophy brought back byGI, 16ga youth, Doublebarrel with hammers, ex-cellent markings/ engrav-ings, will accept best offermust see to appreciate,(937)573-7955 make ap-pointment

560 Home Furnishings

SOFA, reclines on bothends, burgundy plaid,good condition $135(937)552-7115

575 Live Stock

CHICKENS, Americangame, chicks $2, LayingPair $10 or $6 each,(937)693-6763

577 Miscellaneous

BICYCLE, Mongoose 24inch, 18 speed, brandnew seat, brand new,rode 4 times, $85,(937)778-9737

DOOR OPENER, garage,used - can install. Call(937)295-3553.

HANDICAP LIFT forscooter, $300; Paragraveengraver, $1500(937)339-0208

577 Miscellaneous

LIFT CHAIR, Like newPride Lift chair, $500,(937)419-9472

LIFT CHAIR. Excellentcondition. $275.(937)606-2106

NASCAR TICKETS, In-dianapolis Brickyard 400tickets for Sunday July29th, front grandstand inshade, 5 available, $90each, face value,(937)596-6257

WORK BENCH, antiqueoak, 40" X 78", 2 drawers,photos available, $75 firm,(248)694-1242 Piqua

580 Musical Instruments

GUITAR, 2010 GibsonLes Paul with case; Mar-shall Haze amp stack.Both 99% new, $2500(937)308-6723 no calls af-ter 5pm

GUITARS, ESPMH-103QM, superstrat$125, Squire telecaster,maple neck $100, Yama-ha, $75, Gibson ES-335studio 1988, $850, Guitareffect, Digitech RP500,$150, (937)418-0347

PA, includes Unitec rack,Peavey PV2000, TapcoJ-800 poweramps, 12channel Peavey board,EQ, crossover, compres-sor, power supply, $775,(937)418-0347

PIANO and bench, Kim-ball low profile, upright,full keyboard, excellentcondition, (937)773-3054

PLAYER PIANO withbench, excellent condi-tion, approx 200 rolls,$1200, (937)368-2290

580 Musical Instruments

SPEAKERS, 2 PeaveySP118 subwoofers $300,2 Yamaha SM15H2 Moni-tors $300, 1 PeaveySP5G $115, Carvin 1542Monitor $120,(937)418-0347

UPRIGHT PIANO andbench, Everett, excellentcondition. $1000(937)440-9198.

583 Pets and Supplies

CHOCOLATE LAB, fullblooded 2 year old male,all shots current, neu-tered, free to good home.Call (937)573-6500.

DACHSHUND AKC regis-tered miniature puppies, 1male, 2 females, bornMay 14th. $375 females,$350 males.(419)375-1316

GERMAN SHEPHERD,female, 2 years. Greatwith kids and animals.AKC. Mostly black, $250OBO. (2) ferrets. Onemale all white, female isgray and black very largecage and play pen includ-ed $200 OBO.(937)623-3409.

KITTENS, free! 9 weeksold, 1 male, 1 female.Black with green eyes. Lit-ter trained, so cute & fun!(937)541-9179.

LABRADOR PUPPIES,purebred, black andchocolate, non-papered.Ready to go now. Motherand father on premises.$200 each.(937)726-0896

555 Garage Sales/Yard Sales

CASSTOWN, 5628 Cass-town-Clark Road, Thurs-day & Friday, 9am-5pm.Home-school books,building & plumbing mate-rials, furniture, Shawnee,toys, tools, air compressor- as is, pictures, antiques,glass, much more!

TIPP CITY. 6475 CountryEstates Drive (25A, Weston Evanston, July Thurs-day, Friday & Saturday,9am-5pm. Teacher retir-ing. 30 years of stuff.1000+ student books:10¢, Hundreds of pre-pared lessons, classroommanagement items, artsand crafts.

555 Garage Sales/Yard Sales

WEST MILTON, 4680South Kessler-FrederickRoad, Thursday, July 26,9am-5pm and Friday, July27, 9am-4pm. It's back -that huge garage salefrom last year - rememberit? The one with all thebaby and kids clothes andshoes, baby strollers andfurniture, etc. Adding thisyear juniors clothes andshoes, toys and miscella-neous household items.This is a garage sale youwon't want to miss. Men -there are no tools, etc.

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PIQUA DAILY CALL • PLACE YOUR AD IN THE CLASSIFIEDS THAT WORK 877-844-8385 OR ON THE WEB AT WWW.DAILYCALL.COM Monday, July 23, 2012 13583 Pets and Supplies

POM PUG mix puppies,born 6/1, $75 each. Call(937)489-1116.

PUPPIES, 3/4 poodle, 1/4Jack Russell pups. Non-shedding, small & veryloving pups. 1st shots andwormed. One female andone male. Will make greatpets, $200,(419)236-8749.

PUPPIES, Black Lab mix8 weeks old, female, have1st shots, excellent withchildren, $50,(937)367-1313

586 Sports and Recreation

ALUMINUM CANOE, SeaNymph, 17 foot, $350.Call (937)773-3054

CCW Class: July 28th &29th or Sept. 15th & 16th,at Piqua Fish and Game,Spiker Rd., Piqua $60p a r t h e l y n x @ a o l . c o m .(937)760-4210.

FIREARM, Antique, WW2Trophy brought back byGI, 16ga youth, Doublebarrel with hammers, ex-cellent markings/ engrav-ings, will accept best offermust see to appreciate,(937)573-7955 make ap-pointment

POOL TABLE, 3/4" slate,$500.00, (937)418-8727

592 Wanted to Buy

BUYING: 1 piece or entireestates: Vintage costumeor real jewelry, toys, pot-tery, glass, advertise-ments. Call Melisa(937)710-4603.

800 - Transportation

805 Auto

1991 FORD Mustang LX,Automatic, V8, CD Player,chrome rims, 59,000miles, winter stored.$6,000 OBO(937)773-7050

1992 GMC Sierra C1500,165k miles, $2000. Call(937)335-6033.

1995 OLDSMOBILE, 1owner. 95,000 miles.Runs great! Good condi-tion. REDUCED PRICE!!!!(937)497-7220

2002 CHRYSLER Con-corde, Silver, Very goodshape except needs Sen-sor pack in Transmission,158,000 miles, asking$1200, (937)726-2773

805 Auto

1997 HONDA Civic EX, 4door sedan, auto, oneowner, non-smoker,237,000 miles, excellentcondition, reliable trans-portation, new brakes,tires, A/C, sunroof, remotestart, sell for KBB $2,875(937)789-8473

2003 BMW Z4 3.0i Road-ster, low miles, 6 cylinder,6 speed, red exterior,black leather interior, Pir-elli Runflats,(937)307-3777

2003 PONTIAC Sunfire,Silver, new brakes, rotors,front struts, Good on gas,2.2 liter, 103,000 miles,$5000 firm, after 4pm(937)622-1300

810 Auto Parts & Accessories

TIRES, good, used, sizes14's, 15's, and 16's, call(937)451-2962 anytime!

830 Boats/Motor/Equipment

2007 BASS Tracker ProTeam 170TX, powered by2007 50hp Mercury, TrailStar trailer, Custom cov-er, superb condition$9100 (937)394-8531

850 Motorcycles/Mopeds

1983 KAWASAKI, 440runs good, $500.00(937)418-8727

1998 HARLEY DAVID-SON Dyna Convertible,Sinister Blue, 14,000miles. 80 C.I., 5 speed,Original Owner selling forhealth reasons, re-movable saddle bags andwindshield, many up-grades and options, alloriginal parts and servicerecords, bike is like newfor 1/2 the price. $8800OBO, (937)552-7704.

2004 HARLEY DAVID-SON 1200 SportsterRoadster, red, 27,000miles. Like new, touringseat, windshield, saddlebags, luggage rack, cus-tom pipes. Well main-tained! $4200.(937)541-3145.

2005 KAWASAKI VulcanMeanstreak. 10,000miles. Excellent condition.1600cc, fuel injected,Vance and Hines pipes,power commander, newtires. $6000 OBO.(937)638-9070

890 Trucks

1997 TOYOTA Tacoma,black, 138,400 miles.V-6, gas, auto, 4/4 shortbed, $2000.(937)368-2369

1997 FORDCOACHMANCATALINA RV

460 gas engine, slide-out, 34 feet, dual air,generator, 26K originalmiles, newer tires. Ask-ing $22,000.

(937)773-9526

2002 DODGE 3500

1 ton dually, regular cab,5.9 liter engine, 5speed, 5th wheel trailerhitch, extra clean, white,stainless steel simula-tors, 122,000 miles$7500.Call (937)684-0555

2003 BUICKCENTURY

Cloth interior, good gasmileage, new tires, A/C,only 92,000 miles, ask-ing $5200.

Call (937)684-0555

2010 TOYOTACOROLLA S

Sunroof, Bluetooth, aux-iliary input, IPOD con-nection, satellite radio.Show room condition!Only 16,000 miles! Oneowner. $16,300.

(937)313-3361

PIQUA STORE N LOCK450 Garbry RdPiqua, OH 45356Phone:(937)773-5368

Will sell personal items be-longing to KEVIN PATTER-SON, last known address6480 TROY SIDNEY RDPIQUA, OH 45356 at a pri-vate sale, unless the sumof ($692.43)is paid in fullby AUGUST 1, 2012, 4:30p.m.

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OHIO CCW CLASS. NRAcertified instructors. Nextclass is July 21st. Call oremail us today.safehandgun@gmail.com.(937)498-9662.

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A summer of hope andchange begins for theBrowns Tuesday when rook-ies report to training campfollowed by the veterans twodays later.Players will wear helmets

from 8:45-11:15 a.m. on Sat-urday at the team’s trainingcomplex in Berea during thefirst practice open to fans.The first practice in fullpads fans can watch beginsa week from today at 8:45a.m.The Browns are 18-46

over the last four seasons.They haven’t made the play-offs since 2002. But this isthe third year of the MikeHolmgren-Tom Heckertregime, and they believe the

turn-around has begun.“We don’t have any more

excuses,” Holmgren, theBrowns president, told sea-son ticket holders during aconference call in March.That was before General

Manager Heckert took run-ning back Trent Richardsonwith the third pick andquarterback Brandon Wee-den with the 22nd pick dur-ing the draft in April. TheBrowns could use the“rookie quarterback excuse”when in January they re-flect on the 2012 season.Even quarterbacks thatwent on to greatness strug-gled as rookies; Troy Aik-man was 0-11 and PeytonManning 3-13 in their firstseason.Richardson and Weeden

are still unsigned as train-

ing camp approaches.Nevertheless, following

are 10 training camp proj-ects Coach Pat Shurmurshould put on his To Do list,because he doesn’t believe inexcuses, either.

1. Get Weeden all thetime he needs with thestarters.Shurmur might wait until

Aug. 6 — the Monday beforethe preseason opener in De-troit four nights later — todeclare Weeden the startingquarterback for 2012. Thatwill still give Weeden plentyof time to get his timingdown with the starters.Quarterback battles ex-

tending deep into trainingcamp benefit no one. Former coach Romeo

Barry Larkin was inducted into the Hall of Fame Sunday.AP PHOTO

Chris Heisey slides across the plate against Milwaukee Sunday afternoon.AP PHOTO

Trent Richardson is still unsigned.AP PHOTO

No more excuses for BrownsSeason of hope gets underway this week

See BROWNS/Page 16

CINCINNATI (AP) —Wilson Valdez drove in thetying run and scored thego-ahead run to back thegritty pitching of JohnnyCueto as the CincinnatiReds wrapped up one of thebest homestands in fran-chise history with a 2-1 winover the Milwaukee Brew-ers on Sunday.Cueto (12-5) matched his

single-season career highin wins to lead the Reds totheir eighth victory on the10-game homestand. It'sonly the fifth time in fran-chise history that Cincin-nati posted at least eightwins on a home stand of 10or fewer games. The lasttime was in 1975, when theReds went 8-1 on a homes-tand.First-place Cincinnati

sandwiched three-gamesweeps of NL Central Divi-sion-rivals St. Louis andMilwaukee around a splitof a four-game seriesagainst Arizona and main-tained its lead over Pitts-burgh in the division. TheReds, who lead the Piratesby a half-game, are 5-2since learning that All-Starfirst baseman Joey Vottoneeded arthroscopic sur-gery to repair a torn menis-cus in his left knee.Cueto (12-5) overcame a

30-pitch first inning, whichended with Milwaukeeleaving the bases loaded, tocomplete seven whilethrowing 117 pitches. Hegave up eight hits and onerun with one walk. He tied

Getting outthe broomsReds sweep Brewers

See REDS/Page 16

COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. (AP) —Barry Larkin lost it before he evenstarted. Vicki Santo never waveredas she honored her late husband,Ron.Baseball's highest honor always

seems to leave a special impressionon those directly involved.Larkin, the former star shortstop

for the Cincinnati Reds, and RonSanto, a standout third basemanfor the Chicago Cubs and later abeloved broadcaster for the team,were inducted into the NationalBaseball Hall of Fame and Mu-seum.After wiping away tears as his

teenage daughter sang the na-tional anthem, Larkin began alitany of thank-yous to the impor-tant people who helped him alonghis journey, none more importantthan his mom, Shirley, and father,Robert, who were seated in the firstrow."If we were going to do some-

thing, we were going to do it right,"Larkin said. "Growing up, you chal-lenged me. That was so instrumen-tal."Born and raised in Cincinnati,

Larkin was a two-sport star at

Moeller High School and thoughthe might become a pro footballplayer after accepting a scholar-ship to play college ball at Michi-gan for Bo Schembechler. Thatchanged in a hurry."He (Schembechler) redshirted

me my freshman year and told methat he was going to allow me justto play baseball," Larkin said. "Oc-casionally, I'd call him while I wasplaying in the big leagues and toldhim that was the best decision hemade as a football coach. He didn'tlike that too much."Drafted fourth by the Reds in

1985, despite playing just 41 gameshis first year Larkin finished sev-enth in the National LeagueRookie of the Year voting in 1986.Two years later, Larkin was an

All-Star with a .296 average, 91runs scored, 32 doubles and 40stolen bases. And with a host ofolder players to guide him — EricDavis, Ron Oester, Buddy Bell,player-manager Pete Rose, aCincinnati native, slugger TonyPerez, and even star shortstopDave Concepcion, the man hewould replace — Larkin's majorleague career quickly took off.

Emotional dayfor former RedLarkin, Santo inducted into Hall of Fame

Frosty BrownBatting LeagueThe 18th annual Frosty

Brown Batting Leagues willreturn to Duke Park againthis fall.The Senior Fall Battling

League will run from Aug.27-Oct. 15.The Live Pitching

League will run from Aug.28-0ct. 15.The 10-12 year old Fall

Battling League beginsSept. 8.For more information or

to register, go tof ros tyb rown fa l l ba t t i n -gleague.com

Wiggins winsTour de FrancePARIS (AP) — Bradley

Wiggins became the firstBritish cyclist to win theTour de France by protect-ing the yellow jersey dur-ing Sunday's finalprocessional ride intoParis. He also helped Skyteammate Mark Cavendishearn his fourth straightsprint victory on theChamps-Elysees.Wiggins secured his win

with a dominating perform-ance in Saturday's finaltime trial to extend his al-ready commanding lead.Fellow Briton and Skyteammate ChristopherFroome finished second, 3minutes, 21 seconds be-hind overall. Vincenzo Ni-bali of Italy finished third,6:19 off the pace."It's been a magical

couple of weeks for theteam and for British cy-cling," Wiggins said."Some dreams come true.My mother over there,she's now — her son haswon the Tour de France."

Stallings winsTrue SouthMADISON, Miss. (AP)

— Scott Stallings shot a 4-under 68 in the final roundon Sunday to win the TrueSouth Classic at Annan-dale Golf Club.The 27-year-old won his

second career tournamentand his first in 2012,shooting a 24-under 264,which is a tournamentrecord at Annandale.

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LYTHAM ST. ANNES,England (AP) — Ernie Elsfelt something specialcould happen at theBritish Open, and it did.All because of a collapse

by Adam Scott that no oneimagined.Four shots ahead with

four holes to play — aftereight straight holes withnothing worse than par —Scott bogeyed them alland had to fight backtears on the 18th greenSunday as the magnitudeof his meltdown began tosink in.Els, who started the

final round six shots be-hind, finished off a flaw-less back nine with a15-foot birdie putt for a 2-under 68 that looked as ifit would do little morethan lock up another run-ner-up finish at RoyalLytham & St. Annes. In-stead, he wound up withhis second British Open—the other one was 10 yearsago at Muirfield — andfourth major champi-onship at a stage in his ca-reer when it seemed asthough his best golf wasbehind him."Amazing," Els said.

"I'm still numb. It stillhasn't set in. It will proba-bly take quite a few daysbecause I haven't been inthis position for 10 years,obviously. So it's justcrazy, crazy, crazy gettinghere."The celebration was

muted, unlike his otherthree majors."First of all, I feel for

Adam Scott. He's a greatfriend of mine," Els said."Obviously, we bothwanted to win very badly.But you know, that's thenature of the beast. That'swhy we're out here. Youwin, you lose. It was mytime for some reason."The wind finally ar-

rived off the Irish Sea andushered in pure chaos — amental blunder by TigerWoods that led to triplebogey on the sixth hole, alost ball by BrandtSnedeker that took himout of contention and atopped shot that made for-mer U.S. Open championGraeme McDowell looklike an amateur.Nothing was more stun-

ning that what happenedto Scott.He failed to get up-and-

down from a bunker onthe 15th. With a wedge inhis hand in the 16th fair-way, he went 30 feet longand missed a 3-foot parputt. From the fairway onthe 17th, he pulled his ap-proach into thick grassleft of the green. And onthe final hole, he hit 3-wood to near the face of apot bunker.Scott still had a chance

to force extra holes with astrong shot into 7 feet onthe 18th for par. The puttstayed left the entire way.His chin buckled, and itlooked as if he might startcrying on the green. Hecomposed himself andmouthed one word: "Wow.""I had it in my hands

with four to go," Scottsaid. "I managed to hit apoor shot on each of theclosing four holes. Look, Iplayed so beautifully formost of the week. I should-n't let this bring medown."Even so, it added an-

other chapter to Aus-tralian heartbreak, mostof that belonging to hisidol, Greg Norman.Scott was the fourth

Australian since the 2007Masters to lead going intothe final round of a major,yet the proud land DownUnder remains without amajor since Geoff Ogilvywon the U.S. Open at

Winged Foot in 2006."Greg was my hero

when I was a kid, and Ithought he was a greatrole model, how he han-dled himself in victory anddefeat," Scott said. "He seta good example for us. It'stough. I can't justify any-thing that I've done outthere. I didn't finish thetournament well today."But next time — I'm

sure there will be a nexttime, and I can do a betterjob of it."Already in the World

Golf Hall of Fame, the 42-year-old Els joined evenmore elite company. Hebecame only the sixthplayer to win the U.S.Open and British Opentwice. The others are JackNicklaus, Woods, WalterHagen, Bobby Jones andLee Trevino.Woods came undone on

the sixth hole when hetried to blast out of abunker from a plugged lie,stayed in the bunker, andthree-putted for triplebogey. Still with an out-side chance after a birdieon the 12th, he stuck withhis conservative plan ofhitting iron off the tee andmade three straight bo-geys. He closed with a 73to tie for third withBrandt Snedeker, whoalso had his share of prob-lems for a 74.Woods had his best fin-

ish in a major since he lostto Y.E. Yang in the 2009PGA Championship,though he remains win-less in his last 17."It's part of golf," said

Woods, who moves to No. 2in the world. "We all gothrough these phases.Some people, it lasts en-tire careers. Others are alittle bit shorter. Even thegreatest players to everplay have all gone throughlittle stretches like this."Els finished at 7-under

273. He failed to qualifyfor the Masters this yearfor the first time in nearlytwo decades, but thatwon't be a problem now.His win gives him a five-year exemption into themajors.Even in the closing cer-

emony, holding that pre-cious claret jug for thesecond time, his thoughtsimmediately went toScott."Sorry," he said, looking

at the 32-year-old Aus-tralian, whose final bogeygave him a 75. "You're agreat player, a great friendof mine. I feel very fortu-nate. You're going to winmany of these."It took Scott a decade

just to get into position,and he let it slip away. Itwas the most shocking col-lapse at the British Opensince Jean Van de Veldetook a triple bogey on thefinal hole at Carnoustieand lost in a playoff. Butthis was different.It wasn't a last-minute

blowup, more of a slowbleed, similar to JasonDufner losing a five-shotlead to Keegan Bradley inthe PGA Championshiplast year, or Ed Sneedmaking bogey on the lastthree holes at the 1979Masters."I know I let a really

great chance slip throughmy fingers today," Scottsaid.There was just enough

wind to make the 206bunkers at Royal Lythamlook a little bit bigger.Andas the gusts increased, acalm week turned chaotic.It started with Woods

on the sixth hole, his firsttriple bogey at a majorchampionship since helost his ball on the open-ing hole at Royal St.George's in 2003.

Something‘special’Els gets shockingwin at British Open

Record Book

GolfBritish Open Scores

CyclingTour de France Results

Los Angeles 52 44 .542 1½Arizona 47 48 .495 6San Diego 41 56 .423 13Colorado 36 58 .383 16½Saturday's GamesAtlanta 4, Washington 0, 1st gameL.A. Dodgers 8, N.Y. Mets 5San Francisco 6, Philadelphia 5, 10 inningsWashington 5, Atlanta 2, 2nd gamePittsburgh 5, Miami 1Cincinnati 6, Milwaukee 2St. Louis 12, Chicago Cubs 0Arizona 12, Houston 3Colorado 8, San Diego 6, 12 inningsSunday's GamesL.A. Dodgers 8, N.Y. Mets 3, 12 inningsCincinnati 2, Milwaukee 1Washington 9, Atlanta 2Pittsburgh 3, Miami 0Philadelphia 4, San Francisco 3, 12 inningsSt. Louis 7, Chicago Cubs 0San Diego 3, Colorado 2Arizona 8, Houston 2Monday's GamesChicago Cubs (Samardzija 6-8) at Pittsburgh (Bedard

5-10), 7:05 p.m.Milwaukee (Wolf 3-6) at Philadelphia (Halladay 4-5),

7:05 p.m.Atlanta (Minor 5-6) at Miami (Jo.Johnson 5-7), 7:10

p.m.Washington (Zimmermann 7-6) at N.Y. Mets (C.Young

2-4), 7:10 p.m.Cincinnati (Latos 7-3) at Houston (W.Rodriguez 7-8),

8:05 p.m.L.A. Dodgers (Billingsley 4-9) at St. Louis (J.Kelly 1-2),

8:15 p.m.Colorado (J.Sanchez 0-0) at Arizona (I.Kennedy 7-8),

9:40 p.m.San Diego (Richard 7-10) at San Francisco (Vogelsong

7-4), 10:15 p.m.Tuesday's GamesChicago Cubs at Pittsburgh, 7:05 p.m.Milwaukee at Philadelphia, 7:05 p.m.Atlanta at Miami, 7:10 p.m.Washington at N.Y. Mets, 7:10 p.m.Cincinnati at Houston, 8:05 p.m.L.A. Dodgers at St. Louis, 8:15 p.m.Colorado at Arizona, 9:40 p.m.San Diego at San Francisco, 10:15 p.m.

American LeagueEast Division

W L Pct GBNewYork 57 38 .600 —Baltimore 51 44 .537 6Tampa Bay 49 47 .510 8½Toronto 48 47 .505 9Boston 48 48 .500 9½Central Division

W L Pct GBDetroit 52 44 .542 —Chicago 50 45 .526 1½Cleveland 47 48 .495 4½Kansas City 40 54 .426 11Minnesota 40 55 .421 11½West Division

W L Pct GBTexas 56 37 .602 —Los Angeles 51 44 .537 6Oakland 51 44 .537 6Seattle 42 55 .433 16Saturday's GamesDetroit 7, Chicago White Sox 1Texas 9, L.A. Angels 2Baltimore 3, Cleveland 1Kansas City 7, Minnesota 3Seattle 2, Tampa Bay 1Toronto 7, Boston 3Oakland 2, N.Y.Yankees 1Sunday's GamesDetroit 6, Chicago White Sox 4Toronto 15, Boston 7Seattle 2, Tampa Bay 1Minnesota 7, Kansas City 5Baltimore 4, Cleveland 3Oakland 5, N.Y.Yankees 4, 12 inningsTexas at L.A. Angels, 8:05 p.m.Monday's GamesBaltimore (Tom.Hunter 4-4) at Cleveland (Masterson 6-

8), 7:05 p.m.Boston (Doubront 10-4) at Texas (Feldman 3-6), 8:05

p.m.Minnesota (Liriano 3-9) at ChicagoWhite Sox (Floyd 7-

8), 8:10 p.m.Kansas City (B.Chen 7-8) at L.A. Angels (C.Wilson 9-6),

10:05 p.m.N.Y. Yankees (Kuroda 9-7) at Seattle (Millwood 3-7),

10:10 p.m.Tuesday's GamesDetroit at Cleveland, 7:05 p.m.Tampa Bay at Baltimore, 7:05 p.m.Oakland at Toronto, 7:07 p.m.Boston at Texas, 8:05 p.m.Minnesota at Chicago White Sox, 8:10 p.m.Kansas City at L.A. Angels, 10:05 p.m.N.Y.Yankees at Seattle, 10:10 p.m.

British Open Par ScoresSunday

At Royal Lytham & St. AnnesLytham St. Annes, England

Purse: $7.75 millionYardage: 7,086; Par: 70

FinalErnie Els, $1,405,890 67-70-68-68—273Adam Scott, $812,202 64-67-68-75—274Tiger Woods, $464,725 67-67-70-73—277Brandt Snedeker, $464,725 66-64-73-74—277Luke Donald, $304,610 70-68-71-69—278Graeme McDowell, $304,610 67-69-67-75—278Nicolas Colsaerts, $222,599 65-77-72-65—279Thomas Aiken, $222,599 68-68-71-72—279Geoff Ogilvy, $124,343 72-68-73-67—280M. Angel Jimenez, $124,343 71-69-73-67—280Ian Poulter, $124,343 71-69-73-67—280Alexander Noren, $124,343 71-71-69-69—280Vijay Singh, $124,343 70-72-68-70—280Dustin Johnson, $124,343 73-68-71-71—280Matt Kuchar, $124,343 69-67-72-72—280Mark Calcavecchia, $124,343 71-68-69-72—280Thorbjorn Olesen, $124,343 69-66-71-74—280Zach Johnson, $124,343 65-74-66-75—280Hunter Mahan, $79,277 70-71-70-70—281Steven Alker, $79,277 69-69-72-71—281Louis Oosthuizen, $79,277 72-68-68-73—281Bill Haas, $79,277 71-68-68-74—281Carl Pettersson, $60,044 71-68-73-70—282Simon Dyson, $60,044 72-67-73-70—282Steve Stricker, $60,044 67-71-73-71—282Peter Hanson, $60,044 67-72-72-71—282Matthew Baldwin, $60,044 69-73-69-71—282James Morrison, $60,044 68-70-72-72—282Nick Watney, $60,044 71-70-69-72—282Bubba Watson, $60,044 67-73-68-74—282Rickie Fowler, $47,124 71-72-70-70—283Anirban Lahiri, $47,124 68-72-70-73—283Jason Dufner, $47,124 70-66-73-74—283John Senden, $40,615 70-71-75-68—284Jim Furyk, $40,615 72-70-71-71—284Gary Woodland, $40,615 73-70-70-71—284Paul Lawrie, $40,615 65-71-76-72—284Keegan Bradley, $40,615 71-72-68-73—284Richard Sterne, $32,023 69-73-73-70—285K.J. Choi, $32,023 70-73-71-71—285Troy Matteson, $32,023 70-72-71-72—285Francesco Molinari, $32,023 69-72-71-73—285Padraig Harrington, $32,023 70-72-70-73—285Kyle Stanley, $32,023 70-69-70-76—285Ross Fisher, $23,180 72-71-74-69—286Bob Estes, $23,180 69-72-74-71—286Pablo Larrazabal, $23,180 73-70-71-72—286Lee Westwood, $23,180 73-70-71-73—286Rafael Echenique, $23,180 73-69-71-73—286Joost Luiten, $23,180 73-70-69-74—286Justin Hicks, $23,180 68-74-69-75—286Greg Chalmers, $23,180 71-68-71-76—286Simon Khan, $23,180 70-69-71-76—286Fredrik Jacobson, $20,073 69-73-73-72—287Yoshinori Fujimoto, $20,073 71-70-73-73—287G. Fernandez-Castano, $20,073 71-71-72-73—287Greg Owen, $20,073 71-71-71-74—287Harris English, $20,073 71-71-70-75—287Thomas Bjorn, $20,073 70-69-72-76—287Rory McIlroy, $19,292 67-75-73-73—288Ted Potter Jr., $19,292 69-71-74-74—288Jamie Donaldson, $19,292 68-72-72-76—288Dale Whitnell, $19,292 71-69-72-76—288Charles Howell III, $18,589 72-71-74-72—289Lee Slattery, $18,589 69-72-75-73—289Retief Goosen, $18,589 70-70-75-74—289Sang-moon Bae, $18,589 72-71-71-75—289Garth Mulroy, $18,589 71-69-72-77—289Jeev Milkha Singh, $17,964 70-71-76-73—290Aaron Baddeley, $17,964 71-71-74-74—290Adilson Da Silva, $17,964 69-74-71-76—290Martin Laird, $17,339 70-69-82-70—291Chad Campbell, $17,339 73-70-74-74—291Juvic Pagunsan, $17,339 71-72-73-75—291Brendan Jones, $17,339 69-74-72-76—291Toshinori Muto, $17,339 67-72-74-78—291TomWatson, $16,636 71-72-76-73—292Warren Bennett, $16,636 71-70-75-76—292Thongchai Jaidee, $16,636 69-71-74-78—292Branden Grace, $16,636 73-69-71-79—292John Daly, $16,168 72-71-77-74—294Rafael Cabrera-Bello, $16,168 70-71-76-77—294Andres Romero, $15,933 70-69-77-82—298

True South ScoresTrue South Classic Scores

SundayAt Annandale Golf CLub

Madison, Miss.Purse: $3 million

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BaseballMLB Standings

Major League BaseballAt A Glance

National LeagueEast Division

W L Pct GBWashington 55 39 .585 —Atlanta 52 43 .547 3½NewYork 47 48 .495 8½Miami 44 51 .463 11½Philadelphia 42 54 .438 14Central Division

W L Pct GBCincinnati 55 40 .579 —Pittsburgh 54 40 .574 ½St. Louis 50 45 .526 5Milwaukee 44 50 .468 10½Chicago 38 56 .404 16½Houston 34 62 .354 21½West Division

W L Pct GBSan Francisco 53 42 .558 —

REDS 2, BREWERS 1Milwaukee Cincinnati

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Aoki 2 (17), Ar.Ramirez (31), Cairo (4). 3B—C.Izturis (2).SB—C.Gomez (15), Heisey (4), B.Phillips (6). S—Hani-gan. SF—B.Phillips.

IP H R ER BB SOMilwaukeeFiers L,3-4 6 5 2 1 0 4Loe 1 1-3 2 0 0 0 1M.Parra 1-3 0 0 0 0 0Axford 1-3 1 0 0 0 0CincinnatiCueto W,12-5 7 8 1 1 1 9Ondrusek 1 2 0 0 0 0Chpman S,17 1 0 0 0 1 2HBP—by Fiers (Cairo).Umpires—Home, Mark Carlson; First, Chris Conroy;

Second, Tim Timmons; Third, Angel Hernandez.T—3:03. A—32,884 (42,319).

TODAY'S MAJOR LEAGUE LEADERSNATIONAL LEAGUE

BATTING—McCutchen, Pittsburgh, .372; MeCabrera,San Francisco, .356; DWright, New York, .349; Ruiz,Philadelphia, .346; Votto, Cincinnati, .342; CGonzalez,Colorado, .330; Holliday, St. Louis, .321.RUNS—CGonzalez, Colorado, 65; McCutchen, Pitts-

burgh, 65; Bourn, Atlanta, 64;MeCabrera, San Francisco,64; Braun, Milwaukee, 61; Holliday, St. Louis, 61; DWright,NewYork, 61.RBI—Kubel, Arizona, 71; Beltran, St. Louis, 69; CGon-

zalez, Colorado, 66;McCutchen, Pittsburgh, 66; DWright,New York, 66; Braun, Milwaukee, 65; Holliday, St. Louis,63.HITS—MeCabrera, San Francisco, 132; McCutchen,

Pittsburgh, 128; Bourn, Atlanta, 121; DWright, New York,118; CGonzalez, Colorado, 116; Prado, Atlanta, 113; Hol-liday, St. Louis, 112.DOUBLES—Votto, Cincinnati, 36; ArRamirez, Milwau-

kee, 31; DWright, NewYork, 30; Goldschmidt, Arizona, 29;DanMurphy, NewYork, 29; Cuddyer, Colorado, 28; Prado,Atlanta, 25; Ruiz, Philadelphia, 25.TRIPLES—Fowler, Colorado, 9; Bourn, Atlanta, 8;

MeCabrera, San Francisco, 8; SCastro, Chicago, 7;Reyes, Miami, 6; 13 tied at 5.HOME RUNS—Braun, Milwaukee, 26; McCutchen,

Pittsburgh, 22; PAlvarez, Pittsburgh, 21; Beltran, St. Louis,21; Kubel, Arizona, 21; Bruce, Cincinnati, 19; CGonzalez,Colorado, 19; Stanton, Miami, 19.STOLEN BASES—DGordon, Los Angeles, 30; Bourn,

Atlanta, 28; Bonifacio, Miami, 25; Campana, Chicago, 25;Schafer, Houston, 23; Pierre, Philadelphia, 21; Reyes,Miami, 21; Victorino, Philadelphia, 21.PITCHING—Dickey, New York, 13-1; Lynn, St. Louis,

12-4; GGonzalez, Washington, 12-5; Cueto, Cincinnati,12-5; AJBurnett, Pittsburgh, 11-3; Hamels, Philadelphia,11-4;Miley, Arizona, 11-5; Bumgarner, San Francisco, 11-6.STRIKEOUTS—Strasburg,Washington, 140; Kershaw,

Los Angeles, 132; Dickey, New York, 132; Hamels,Philadelphia, 131; GGonzalez, Washington, 129; MCain,San Francisco, 128; Gallardo, Milwaukee, 122.SAVES—Hanrahan, Pittsburgh, 28; Kimbrel, Atlanta,

28; SCasilla, San Francisco, 24; Motte, St. Louis, 21; Pa-pelbon, Philadelphia, 21; HBell, Miami, 19; Myers, Hous-ton, 19.

AMERICAN LEAGUEBATTING—Trout, Los Angeles, .354; Mauer, Min-

nesota, .332;MiCabrera, Detroit, .330; Konerko, Chicago,.323; Beltre, Texas, .319; Cano, New York, .318; Ortiz,Boston, .316.RUNS—Trout, Los Angeles, 69; Granderson, NewYork,

67; Kinsler, Texas, 67; Ortiz, Boston, 65; MiCabrera, De-

troit, 64; Bautista, Toronto, 63; Cano, New York, 63; Ad-Jones, Baltimore, 63.RBI—MiCabrera, Detroit, 79; Hamilton, Texas, 78;

Fielder, Detroit, 68; Willingham, Minnesota, 68; Encarna-cion, Toronto, 67; Trumbo, Los Angeles, 66; Bautista,Toronto, 65; ADunn, Chicago, 65; Teixeira, NewYork, 65.HITS—MiCabrera, Detroit, 126; Jeter, New York, 123;

Cano, New York, 118; Beltre, Texas, 111; Rios, Chicago,111; Fielder, Detroit, 110; AdGonzalez, Boston, 110; AGor-don, Kansas City, 110; AdJones, Baltimore, 110.DOUBLES—AGordon, Kansas City, 31; Choo, Cleve-

land, 30; Cano, NewYork, 28; Brantley, Cleveland, 27; Mi-Cabrera, Detroit, 27; AdGonzalez, Boston, 27; Kinsler,Texas, 27.TRIPLES—Andrus, Texas, 5; Berry, Detroit, 5; De Aza,

Chicago, 5; AJackson, Detroit, 5; Rios, Chicago, 5;ISuzuki, Seattle, 5; JWeeks, Oakland, 5; Zobrist, TampaBay, 5.HOME RUNS—ADunn, Chicago, 28; Hamilton, Texas,

28; Bautista, Toronto, 27; Trumbo, Los Angeles, 27; En-carnacion, Toronto, 26; Granderson, New York, 26; Mi-Cabrera, Detroit, 23; Ortiz, Boston, 23; Willingham,Minnesota, 23.STOLEN BASES—Trout, Los Angeles, 31; RDavis,

Toronto, 25; Kipnis, Cleveland, 21; Revere, Minnesota, 21;Crisp, Oakland, 19; JDyson, Kansas City, 17; DeJennings,Tampa Bay, 17.PITCHING—Price, Tampa Bay, 13-4; Weaver, Los An-

geles, 12-1; MHarrison, Texas, 12-4; Sale, Chicago, 11-3;Verlander, Detroit, 11-5; Darvish, Texas, 11-6; Sabathia,NewYork, 10-3; Doubront, Boston, 10-4; Nova, NewYork,10-4; Vargas, Seattle, 10-7.STRIKEOUTS—FHernandez, Seattle, 143; Verlander,

Detroit, 142; Scherzer, Detroit, 134; Darvish, Texas, 132;Shields, Tampa Bay, 124; Price, Tampa Bay, 120; Peavy,Chicago, 120.SAVES—JiJohnson, Baltimore, 30; Rodney, Tampa Bay,

27; CPerez, Cleveland, 26; RSoriano, NewYork, 24; Brox-ton, Kansas City, 22; Aceves, Boston, 20; Nathan, Texas,19.

Reds Boxscore

MLB Leaders

Tour de France ResultsSundayAt Paris

20th (Final) StageA 74.6-mile, largely ceremonial flat ride from Ram-

bouillet to the Champs-Elysees in Paris1. Mark Cavendish, Britain, Sky Procycling, 3 hours, 8

minutes, 7 seconds.2. Peter Sagan, Slovakia, Liquigas-Cannondale, same

time.3. Matthew Harley Goss, Australia, Orica GreenEdge,

same time.4. Juan Jose Haedo, Argentina, Team Saxo Bank-Tin-

koff Bank, same time.5. Kris Boeckmans, Belgium, Vacansoleil-DCM, same

time.6. Gregory Henderson, New Zealand, Lotto Belisol,

same time.7. Borut Bozic, Slovenia, Astana, same time.8. Andre Greipel, Germany, Lotto Belisol, same time.9. Edvald Boasson Hagen, Norway, Sky Procycling,

same time.10. Jimmy Engoulvent, France, Saur-Sojasun, same

time.11. Tyler Farrar, United States, Garmin-Sharp-

Barracuda, same time.12. Koen de Kort, Netherlands, Argos-Shimano, same

time.13. Luca Paolini, Italy, Katusha, same time.14.Yohann Gene, France, Team Europcar, same time.15. Sebastien Hinault, France, France, AG2R La Mon-

diale, same time.16. Ruben Perez, Spain, Euskaltel-Euskadi, 4 seconds

behind.17. Janez Brajkovic, Slovenia, Astana, same time.18. Marco Marcato, Italy, Vacansoleil-DCM, same time.19. Andrey Kashechkin, Kazakhstan, Astana, same

time.20. Samuel Dumoulin, France, Cofidis, same time.

Final StandingsIndividual (Yellow Jersey)

1. Bradley Wiggins, Britain, Sky Procycling, 87 hours,34 minutes, 47 seconds.2. Chris Froome, Britain, Sky Procycling, 3:21.3. Vincenzo Nibali, Italy, Liquigas-Cannondale, 6:19.4. Jurgen Van den Broeck, Belgium, Lotto Belisol,

10:15.5. Tejay Van Garderen, United States, BMC Racing,

11:04.6. Haimar Zubeldia, Spain, RadioShack-Nissan, 15:41.7. Cadel Evans, Australia, BMC Racing, 15:49.8. Pierre Rolland, France, Team Europcar, 16:26.9. Janez Brajkovic, Slovenia, Astana, 16:33.10. Thibaut Pinot, France, FDJ-Big Mat, 17:17.11. Andreas Kloeden, Germany, RadioShack-Nissan,

17:54.12. Nicolas Roche, Ireland, France, AG2R La Mondiale,

19:33.13.Christopher Horner, United States, RadioShack-Nis-

san, 19:55.14. Chris Anker Sorensen, Denmark, Team Saxo Bank-

Tinkoff Bank, 25:27.15. Denis Menchov, Russia, Katusha, 27:22.16. Maxime Monfort, Belgium, RadioShack-Nissan,

28:30.17. Egoi Martinez, Spain, Euskaltel-Euskadi, 31:46.18. Rui Costa, Portugal, Movistar, 37:03.19. Eduard Vorganov, Russia, Katusha, 38:16.20. Alejandro Valverde, Spain, Movistar, 42:26.

Team (Yellow Bib)1. RadioShack-Nissan (Luxembourg), 263:12:14.2. Sky Procycling (Britain), 5:46 behind.3. BMC Racing (United States), 36:29.4. Astana (Kazakhstan), 43:22.5. Liquigas-Cannondale (Italy), 1:04:55.6. Movistar (Spain), 1:08:16.7. Team Europcar (France), 1:08:46.8. Katusha (Russia), 1:12:46.9. FDJ-Big Mat (France), 1:19:30.10. AG2R La Mondiale (France), 1:41:15.11. Lotto-Belisol (Belgium), 2:14:58.12. Omega Pharma-Quick Step (Belgium), 2:17:25.13. Rabobank (Netherlands), 2:54:44.14. Saur-Sojasun (France), 2:54:46.15. Euskaltel-Euskadi (Spain), 3:11:08.16.Team Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank (Denmark), 3:21:23.

Sprinter (Green Jersey)1. Peter Sagan, Slovakia, Liquigas-Cannondale, 421

points.2. Andre Greipel, Germany, Lotto Belisol, 280.3. Matthew Harley Goss, Australia, Orica GreenEdge,

268.4. Mark Cavendish, Britain, Sky Procycling, 220.5. Edvald Boasson Hagen, Norway, Sky Procycling,

160.

Climber (Red Polka Dot Jersey)1. Thomas Voeckler, France, Team Europcar, 135

points.2. Fredrik Kessiakoff, Sweden, Astana, 123.3. Chris Anker Sorensen, Denmark, Team Saxo Bank-

Tinkoff Bank, 77.4. Pierre Rolland, France, Team Europcar, 63.5. Alejandro Valverde, Spain, Movistar, 51.

Youth-U26 (White Jersey)1. Tejay Van Garderen, United States, BMC Racing,

87:45:51.2. Thibault Pinot, France, FDJ-Big Mat, 6:13 behind.3. Steven Kruijswijk, Netherlands, Rabobank, 1:05:48.4. Rein Taaramae, Estonia, Cofidis, 1:16:48.5. Gorka Izaguirre, Spain, Euskaltel-Euskadi, 1:21:15.

SoccerMLS Standings

Major League SoccerAt A GlanceAll Times EDT

EASTERN CONFERENCEW L T Pts GF GA

NewYork 11 5 5 38 37 29Sporting KC 11 6 4 37 26 19Houston 9 5 7 34 31 25D.C. 10 7 3 33 34 27Chicago 9 7 4 31 22 22Columbus 7 7 4 25 18 19Montreal 7 13 3 24 30 42New England 6 9 5 23 25 25Philadelphia 6 10 2 20 20 21Toronto FC 5 11 4 19 24 36

WESTERN CONFERENCEW L T Pts GF GA

San Jose 13 4 4 43 43 25Real Salt Lake12 7 3 39 33 26Seattle 8 5 7 31 25 21Vancouver 8 6 7 31 23 25Los Angeles 9 10 3 30 38 35Chivas USA 6 8 5 23 13 21Colorado 7 13 1 22 27 30FC Dallas 5 10 7 22 25 30Portland 5 11 4 19 19 35NOTE: Three points for victory, one point for tie.Saturday's GamesNewYork 2, Philadelphia 0Columbus 1, D.C. United 0Sporting Kansas City 0, New England 0, tieHouston 3, Montreal 0FC Dallas 5, Portland 0Los Angeles 3, Chivas USA 1Real Salt Lake 2, Colorado 0Sunday's GamesSan Jose at Vancouver, 7 p.m.Wednesday, July 25Chelsea at MLS All-Stars, 8:30 p.m.

Crennel announced hewould flip a coin beforethe 2007 opener to decidewhether the startershould be Charlie Frye orDerek Anderson. Ander-son won the coin toss, butFrye started the seasonopener. He was benched inthe second quarter andtraded two days later.The 2009 season was a

disaster because EricMangini couldn’t choosebetween Anderson andBrady Quinn. Or more ac-curately, Mangini had nolegitimate quarterback topick. Quinn and Andersonshared equal practice timein training camp. Quinnbegan the season as thestarter, was benched forfour games and ended upstarting six more whenAnderson was benched.Shurmur and Holmgren

have both said Weedenwas drafted in the firstround to start. Shurmurhas an obligation to hisentire roster to makeWee-den earn the job. Weedenoutplayed Colt McCoy inthe OTAs and minicamp.A week in pads should beenough to solidify that de-cision.2. Throw every kind

of pass rush at rookieright tackle MitchellSchwartz.Getting Schwartz ready

for the regular seasoncould be the most criticaljob George Warhop hashad as he enters hisfourth season as Brownsoffensive line coach. He isvery good tutoring youngplayers, as he proved lastyear with left guard JasonPinkston.There is no doubt

Schwartz will start atright tackle. Fortunately,he’ll be going against theBrowns top pass-rusher,Jabaal Sheard, in linedrills. Last year Sheardwent against All-Pro lefttackle Joe Thomas intraining camp. Sheardcredited Thomas for get-ting him ready for theNFL. Now Sheard can in-doctrinate Schwartz, the37th overall pick in thedraft this year.3. Put Josh Gordon

on a crash course so hecan get caught up withthe offense.Gordon wasn’t around

for the offseason programbecause he was taken inthe supplemental draft onJuly 12. He is rusty be-cause he did not play foot-ball in 2011 aftertransferring to Utah fromBaylor after being sus-pended for a marijuanaarrest.Heckert used a second-

round pick in 2013 on Gor-don and says Gordon hasthe potential to eventuallystart. The Browns aren’texactly crowded with ProBowl wide receivers.Breaking into the top fiveshould not be difficult.4. Find out if Buster

Skrine is ready formore work at corner-back.Sheldon Brown is the

starting right cornerbackuntil somebody beats himout. Skrine could be thatplayer.Brown is entering his

11th season. He nevermissed a game duringeight years with the Ea-gles and two with theBrowns. He is not fast, buthe’s crafty. This year theBrowns face some of thebest quarterbacks in theleague, including PeytonManning and Eli Man-ning, Michael Vick, PhilipRivers and Tony Romoplus Ben Roethlisberger,Joe Flacco and Andy Dal-ton twice each.The Browns are deep at

cornerback with Skrineand Dimitri Patterson be-hind Brown and JoeHaden. Training campwill be about finding thebest way to use all fourplayers.5. Give rookie re-

ceiver Travis Benjamin

extra time on the prac-tice field.Benjamin has more

speed than any receiveron the roster. He flashedthat and caught the ballwell in minicamp. Now hehas to do it with pads on,knowing he could getrocked by a corner orsafety.Cornerbacks that cov-

ered him successfully inminicamp gave him cush-ions of 10 yards or more attimes. That’s the kind ofsituation the Brownsmight want to create onthird-and-five with Ben-jamin’s speed and Wee-den’s gun to deliver theball quickly. Benjamindoesn’t have to catch deeppasses only to contribute.6. Monitor Trent

Richardson’s workloadclosely.In case anyone hasn’t

noticed, the Brownshaven’t had much luckwith running backs lately.Montario Hardestymissed all training campin 2010 with a bruisedknee, lasted less than onehalf in the last preseasongame and then missed hisentire rookie season recov-ering from knee surgery.Hardesty missed six

games last year with a calfinjury. Brandon Jacksonmissed all of 2011 with atoe injury.Richardson had minor

knee surgery over thewinter. It has healed withno problems. Balancingpractice time and keepinga player fresh is alwaystricky, but Richardson willcarry the load every week,especially with Weedenalso being a rookie. TheBrowns won’t wearRichardson down in train-ing camp or the preseason.Remember how PeytonHillis faded in Decemberof 2010? The Browns can’tlet that happen to theirstar rookie.7. Do everything pos-

sible to make EvanMoore a more completetight end.Moore is the one who

said he has to become abetter blocker. He will be avaluable weapon in thered zone and should scoremore than four touch-downs with Weedenthrowing to him – if heearns the playing time.There were six games

last year in which Moorecaught zero or one pass.Interestingly, he caughtnine passes in the last twogames with Seneca Wal-lace at quarterback andstarting tight end Ben-jamin Watson on injuredreserve (Watson missedthe last three games witha concussion).Jordan Cameron is an-

other tight end theBrowns will work to de-velop this summer. Hecaught five passes lastyear while Watson wasout.8. Find the best de-

fensive tackle to re-place Phil Taylor untilTaylor comes backsfrom the torn pectoralmuscle.This will be one of the

best battles of training

camp, though not neces-sarily a juicy one as itwould be for a more visibleposition such as quarter-back or running back.

Scott Paxson had theedge in OTAs and mini-camp over rookies JohnHughes and Billy Winn.All three will play in thedefensive line rotation.The rookies will learnfrom defensive line coachDwaine Board, whoplayed 11 NFL seasonsand has coached 21 years.

The Browns were 30thagainst the run last yearwith Taylor in the startinglineup. Signing end Fros-tee Rucker (Bengals) infree agency is supposed toimprove that. Finding ahelper inside for AhtybaRubin during trainingcamp is essential.9. The Browns have

to prepare for the firstthree games as thoughthey will not have ScottFujita.Fujita and the three

other former or currentSaints suspended for theiralleged involvement in theSaints’ bounty programare fighting the jurisdic-tion of CommissionerRoger Goodell in FederalCourt. If Fujita prevailsand his three-game sus-pension is overturned theBrowns should considerthe decision a bonus. Butthey can’t count on that.Chris Gocong will re-

place Fujita at strong sidelinebacker as he did forthe final five games in2011.The battle will be forthe starting outside line-backer spot on the otherside of the defense.Kaluka Maiava has theinside track after startingthe last five games atweak side linebacker in2011.Maiava made 20 tackles

in the last five games. Hisstrongest competition willcome from rookie James-Michael Johnson. Thestouter player against therun will get the edge.10. Choose a starting

free safety.With Mike Adams in

Denver, Eric Hagg andUsama Young will battlefor Adams’ old job.Young had a chance to

beat out Adams last sum-mer, but a hamstring in-jury hampered himthroughout camp. A kneeinjury and subsequentsurgery stifled Hagg.Hagg took more snaps

with the first defense inminicamp last month. Heis faster than Young andlearns quickly. Youngstarted only six games infour seasons with theSaints. He started eightlast year while T.J. Wardrecovered from a foot in-jury. Ward is back as thestarting strong safety.Young might need an ex-ceptional camp to beat outHagg.

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his season high withnine strikeouts andcapped his day by gettingNL home run-leader RyanBraun to fly out to centerfield with two outs and thepotential tying run onthird in the seventh in-ning.Logan Ondrusek

pitched the eighth inning.Aroldis Chapman alloweda two-out walk to pinch-hitter Carlos Gomez, whostole second, before Chap-man earned his 17th saveby striking out Braun.Neither team hit a

home run, snapping at 74the streak of consecutivegames in which at leastone homer was hit atGreat American BallPark.The streak had been the

longest active streak inthe majors.Milwaukee took a 1-0

lead in the third onNorichika Aoki's leadoffdouble and, after strike-outs by Nyjer Morgan andBraun, a run-scoring op-positie-field single toright-center by AramisRamirez.The Reds capitalized on

pitcher Mike Fiers' throw-ing error to take a 2-1 leadin the bottom of the in-ning.Chris Heisey singled

with one out, stole second,and scored on WilsonValdez's single to right-center field. Valdez wentaround to third on Fiers'errant pickoff attempt andscored on BrandonPhillips' sacrifice fly tocenter.Fiers (3-4) lasted six in-

nings, allowing five hitsand two runs — oneearned—with four strike-outs.

He also hit a batter.

NOTES: The Reds are24-13 against Milwaukeeover the last two seasonsand 17-6 against theBrewers in Cincinnatiover the last three sea-sons. ... RHP Mat Latos,who allowed a career-high10 hits in his last startagainst Houston on April29, gets a chance to im-prove on that when hefaces the Astros on Mon-day at Minute Maid Parkin the first game ofCincinnati's seven-day,six-game road trip. ... LHPRandy Wolf is scheduledto start for Milwaukee inthe opener of a three-game series at Philadel-phia.Wolf's win in his last

start on Tuesday againstSt. Louis was his first in13 starts since April 30.

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