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BY BETHANY J. ROYERStaff writerbroyer@dailycall.com

PIQUA — Anyone with aNew Year’s resolution list theywant to see to fruition may wantto take some tips from CityManager Gary Huff.“There’s just a lot of things,

all the citizen and employee en-gagement were tremendouslyimportant,” said Huff whenasked about what event or proj-ect stood out for him against asubstantial list of goals he setout to achieve, and met, duringhis first year as city managerfor the city of Piqua.It was this time last year,

after former city manager FredEnderle retired, that Huff cameinto the community with ambi-tious endeavors for 2012. Thoseincluded a host of programs,economic development andbranding projects, and city op-eration changes, that all beganwith the National Citizen Sur-vey.Conducted randomly, the sur-

vey compares communities na-tionwide by rank of delivery ofservices with questions such ashow one rates Piqua as a placeto live.The idea behind the survey

was to see not only where thecity stood in terms of residentopinions but to help establish a5-year Strategic Plan.“We can build off that and use

that information to drive someof the things that we are doing,”said Huff of the survey that willbe performed every three yearsas a gauge to see, “Where weare, and the priorities and em-phasis of where we are going tobe.”

Along with the aforemen-tioned branding project cur-rently in the works, Hufftouched-base on the ultra high-speed fiber optic project for thenew year, stating, “It’s going tolead us into a lot of new things.”And spoke on a number of citi-zen engagement goals such asthe successful GovernmentAcademy that has so far seentwo classes with nearly 50 grad-uates. All of whom were given aunique behind-the-scenes lookinto numerous city departmentsunder the wing of Development

Program Manager Bill Lutz.“It proved to be pretty suc-

cessful,” said Huff of the gov-ernment academy classes thatwill be expanded to adjust someof the dual courses into singlesegments, with the next acad-emy class to begin in March.As new city manager, Huff

also ushered in several newcity-wide programs that in-cluded INVOLVE (InterestedNeighbors Volunteering Valu-able Energy) and the Adopt-a-Program for parks, trails,streets, landscaped areas, play-

grounds and more. While creat-ing GIVE (Generosity, Involve-ment and Volunteerism byEmployees) and PERforM(Piqua Employees Reaching forMore). Along with the imple-mentation of the Volunteer ParkRanger program that has re-ceived donations from areabusinesses to purchase equip-ment and supplies for those par-ticipants who will patrol thecity’s popular bike/walkingpaths and trails.Training will take place over

the winter, with spring being

the first time of involvement foran estimated 20 new recruits,according to Huff.Huff ’s arrival also coincided

with many large, in-the-worksprojects such as the massive un-dertaking of studying, debatingand discussing whether or notto build a new water treatmentplant.A major decision that wasmade over the summer to buildnew and one that is currently in

A successful year for the city of PiquaFrom programs to development 2012 was productive, rewarding

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BETHANY J. ROYER/STAFF PHOTOThe year has been productive for Piqua and the community, with a number of newly establishedprograms including the Adopt-a-Program that gives residents the opportunity to adopt every-thing from parks to even fire hydrants.

MIKE ULLERY/STAFF PHOTOThe Piqua Indians boysvarsity basketball teamcelebrates at the buzzeras they win the 2012Buckeye InsuranceGroup Holiday ClassicBasketball Tournamentwith a 79-75 overtime winover Lehman Catholic atGarbry Gymnasium onSaturday.

AP PHOTOS(L-r) President Barack Obama, accompanied by House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, speaks to reporters in the Roosevelt Room ofthe White House in Washington. (Center) A police officer leads two women and a child from Sandy Hook Elementary School in New-town, Conn., where a gunman opened fire, killing 26 people on Dec. 14. In this Oct. 16 file photo, Republican presidential nominee MittRomney, left, and President Barack Obama spar during the second presidential debate at Hofstra University in Hempstead, N.Y.

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A joint publication of the Piqua Daily Call and the Troy Daily News

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BY DAVID CRARYAP National Writer

NEW YORK (AP) — The hor-rific massacre of 26 children andstaff at a Connecticut elementaryschool, along with other massshootings, was the top news story

of 2012, narrowly edging out theU.S. election, according to The As-sociated Press’ annual poll of U.S.editors and news directors.The results followed a rare de-

cision by the AP to re-conduct thevoting. The initial round of bal-loting had ended Dec. 13, a day

before the shootings in Newtown,with the election ranked No. 1,followed by Superstorm Sandy.The original entry for massshootings, focused on the ram-page at an Aurora, Colo., movietheater, placed sixth in that vot-ing.

In the new poll, updated to ac-count for Newtown, the massshootings received 68 first-placevotes out of 173 ballots cast forthe top 10 stories, compared to 65first-place votes for the election— one of the closest results since

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the AP launched the pollin 1936. On a scale ofpoints ranging from 10 forfirst place to one for 10thplace, the shootings tallied1448 points, compared to1417 for the election. Thesecond balloting ran Dec.17-19.Superstorm Sandy was

third, far ahead of thenext group of stories.“After we completed our

poll the news agenda wasreshaped, tragically, bythe Newtown shootings,”said Michael Oreskes,AP’s senior managing edi-tor for U.S. news. “Tochronicle that we con-ducted the poll again be-fore releasing bothresults.”The U.S.-focused slant

of the top stories this yearcontrasted with last year’svoting, when the killing ofOsama bin Laden in Pak-istan was No. 1, followedby Japan’searthquake/tsunami dis-aster, and the Arab Springuprisings that rockedNorth Africa and the Mid-dle East.Here are 2012’s top 10

stories, in order:

1. MASSSHOOTINGS:

Armed with a high-powered rifle, 20-year-oldAdam Lanza forced hisway into Sandy Hook Ele-mentary School in New-town, Conn., and shotdead 20 children — allages 6 and 7 — and sixstaff members in the sec-ond-worst school mas-sacre in U.S. history.Sadly, it was only one ofseveral mass shootings,including the killing of 12people at a movie theaterin Aurora, Colo. After theNewtown tragedy, Presi-dent Barack Obama andmany others, includingsome staunch gun-rightssupporters, said it wastime to find ways to reinin gun violence.

2. US ELECTION:Mitt Romney outcam-

paigned an eclectic field ofRepublican rivals, andbested Obama in theiropening head-to-head de-bate. But on Election Day,thanks in part to a vigor-ous get-out-the-vote oper-ation, Obama won asecond term with a largelead in electoral votes anda solid advantage in popu-lar votes. The GOP hungon to its majority in theHouse, but lost two seatsto remain a minority inthe Senate despite early-campaign projections ofgains there.

3. SUPERSTORM:As a prelude, the storm

named Sandy killed morethan 70 people in theCaribbean. Then its highwinds and high watersslammed into more than800 miles of the easternU.S. seaboard, killing atleast 125 more people, andcausing damage calcu-lated at well over $60 bil-lion— the second-costlieststorm in U.S. history after2005’s Hurricane Katrina.NewYork and New Jerseywere the worst hit, withseveral hundred thousandhomes and businessesdamaged or destroyed.

4. OBAMACARE:By a 5-4 margin, the

Supreme Court upheldthe core elements ofObama’s much-debatedhealth care overhaul,which even he embracedas “Obamacare.” To wide-spread surprise, the deci-sive vote came from JohnRoberts, the generallyconservative-leaning chiefjustice appointed by Re-publican George W. Bush.Romney, as GOP presiden-tial nominee, vowed to re-peal the law if he won, butObama’s victory ensuredthe plan would proceed,with complex ramifica-tions for insurers, employ-ers, health-care providersand state governments.

5. LIBYA:Even amid yearlong

turmoil in Libya, it was ajarring incident — a Sept.11 assault in Benghazi,widely blamed on a groupwith suspected links to al-Qaida, that killed U.S.Ambassador ChrisStephens and three otherAmericans. The U.S. am-bassador to the UnitedNations, Susan Rice, laterbowed out of considera-tion to be the next secre-tary of state because ofher assertions in TV inter-views that a spontaneousdemonstration over ananti-Muslim video trig-gered the attack.

6. PENN STATE:It was a daunting year

for Penn State and its sto-ried football program. InJanuary, longtime coachJoe Paterno died, hislegacy tarnished by thesex-abuse scandal involv-ing his former assistant,Jerry Sandusky. In June,after a wrenching trial,Sandusky was convictedof sexually abusing 10boys, and was later sen-tenced to 30 to 60 years inprison. In July, the NCAAimposed severe sanctions,including $60 million infines, a four-year postsea-son ban on football and areduction in football schol-arships.

7. US ECONOMY:By many measures, the

economy was on a wel-come upswing. The unem-ployment rate dipped to afour-year-low of 7.7 per-cent, stock markets rose,builders broke ground onmore homes, and Novem-ber was the best salesmonth in nearly five yearsfor U.S. automakers. Butovershadowing the goodnews was deep anxietyabout the economic conse-quences if Obama and theDemocrats failed to reacha tax-and-spending dealwith the Republicans.

8. FISCAL CLIFF:Obama and Republican

House Speaker JohnBoehner engaged in high-stakes negotiations over adeal to avert the so-called“fiscal cliff” that wouldtrigger automatic taxhikes and spending cuts.The leaders narrowedsome differences on SocialSecurity and tax rates forthe wealthy, but faced in-tense pressure from theirbases to resist certaincompromises.

9. GAY MARRIAGE:For supporters of same-

sex marriage, it was ayear of milestones.Obama, after a drawn-outprocess of “evolving,” saidin May he supported theright of gay couples towed. On Election Day,Maine, Maryland andWashington became thefirst states to legalize gaymarriage via popular vote.And on Dec. 7 theSupreme Court agreed tohear two cases that couldfurther expand same-sexmarriage rights.

10. SYRIA:What began in 2011 as

an outbreak of peacefulprotests escalated intofull-scale civil war pittingthe beleaguered regime ofBashar Assad against adisparate but increasinglypotent rebel opposition.The overall death tollclimbed past 40,000, asthe rebels made inroadstoward Assad’s bastion ofDamascus. The U.S. andmany other nations were

supporting the opposition,albeit wary of outcomesthat might help Islamicextremists gain power inthe region.Falling just short of the

Top 10 was the resigna-tion of David Petraeus asCIA director because of anaffair he conducted withhis biographer, PaulaBroadwell.The choices of the news

professionals voting in theAP poll mirrored the newsstories most closely fol-lowed by the public duringthe year, according to thePew Research Center’sNews Interest Index. Theindex ranked Obama’s re-election as the most in-tently followed story, withthe Newtown shootingsecond and SuperstormSandy third.Several voters in the AP

poll added a commentwith their ballot, includ-ing Carol Hanner, manag-ing editor of theWinston-Salem Journal inNorth Carolina.“I believe climate

change is being chroni-cally underestimated bythe media and by citi-zens,” she wrote.The AP, like many other

news organizations, tradi-tionally releases its year-end polls and rankingsbefore the actual end ofthe year. In the case of2004’s top story poll, thatmeant the final list didnot include the cata-clysmic Indian Oceantsunami that occurred onDec. 26.In 2009, AP’s sports de-

partment amended itstop-stories ballot part waythrough the voting to ac-count for revelationsabout golfer Tiger Woods’marital infidelities. Thatended out finishing fifth,far behind the top-rankedentry about Major LeagueBaseball’s steroid scandal.

AP Ohio Top 10stories

COLUMBUS (AP) — Alist of the top 10 stories of2012 from the Ohio Asso-ciated Press, as voted onby member newspapersand broadcasters aroundthe state:1.The 2012 presidential

election campaign tar-geted Ohio with PresidentBarack Obama going on toclinch the state’s electoralvotes and win re-election.Obama, Republican oppo-nent Mitt Romney andtheir surrogates loggeddozens of visits to Ohiothroughout the fall andspent millions blanketingthe state’s airwaves withads. In the end, Obamawon Ohio by 107,000 voteswith a strong showing inthe state’s urban centersto capture its 18 electoralvotes.2. Three students are

killed and three woundedin a shooting at ChardonHigh School in northeastOhio. Prosecutors say 17-year-old T.J. Lane admit-ted taking a .22-caliberpistol to the school and fir-ing at students in thecafeteria on Feb. 27. Asheriff ’s deputy testified

Lane was wearing a T-shirt with the word“Killer” when he wasfound. Lane, now 18, isbeing tried as an adultand has filed an insanityplea. His trial is set forJan. 14.3. The casino industry

arrives in Ohio with gam-ing halls opening in Cleve-land, Toledo andColumbus. One more willopen in Cincinnati in thespring. Ohio voters ap-proved the casinos in 2009to raise revenue and cre-ate jobs in the state. Thefirst three opened withgreat fanfare, and millionshave visited since al-though the latest numbersshow revenue continuingto level off six monthsdown the road. Some Ohiocities have asked for citi-zen input on how to spendthe extra tax revenue.4. Millions of Ohioans

were left without power asstorms struck the stateamid a heat wave in lateJune and early July. Asmany as three peopledied, and damage was es-timated at more than$433 million as Obamadeclared a federal emer-gency in the state. Somehouseholds were withoutelectricity for weeks as theextreme heat and morestorms in July hamperedthe efforts of power com-pany crews. It was theworst storm damage inOhio since the state wasbattered by the remnantsof Hurricane Ike in 2008and the third-costliest dis-aster ever here.5. Expectations were

sky high as Ohio nativeUrban Meyer came hometo coach the Ohio StateBuckeyes football team.He and the 2012 squad ledby quarterback BraxtonMiller delivered in a bigway with a perfect 12-0season. However, Meyerand the team are sittinghome this December asOhio State serves a bowlban as the result of acash-for-tattoos scandalinvolving players that costformer coach Jim Tresselhis job. They weren’t eligi-ble to play for the confer-ence title either, but wereranked 3rd in the AP top25 heading into the bowlseason.Filling out the top 10

Ohio stories, in descend-ing order, are:First man on the moon,

Neil Armstrong, dies,prompting tributes andmemorial services.Teen sentenced to life in

prison and his adult men-tor awaits trial in killingsof men lured with fakeCraigslist job offers.Ohio drivers banned

from sending text mes-sages from behind thewheel under new law thatincludes stricter rules forteen drivers.Gov. John Kasich im-

poses regional morato-rium on deep-injectionwells after NewYear’s Evequake strikesYoungstown, state law-makers pass new well reg-ulations.Sixteen Amish con-

victed of hate crimes forcutting hair and beards offellow Amish.

PollContinued from page 1Joan Lee Fox

LUDLOW FALLS —Joan Lee Fox, 82, of Lud-low Falls, passed away onSaturday, Dec. 29, 2012, atHeartland of Piqua. Shewas born March 25, 1930,in Dayton. Preceded indeath by her parents For-rest and Stella (Allen)Carver, husband RalphDean Fox, sons RobertWolf, David Baker Foxand Roger Fox, brothersHarry Robert Carver andRoger L. Carver, sisterMuriel E. Martin. She issurvived by her lovingfamily, daughters andsons-in-law Debora andCharlie Adams, LudlowFalls, Deanise and WillAdams, Covington, sonsand daughter-in-lawWilliam (Bill) and Becky

Wolf, West Milton, RobertFox, Ludlow Falls, TobyFox, Ludlow Falls; 10grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren; brotherand sister-in-law Jack andAnn Carver, N.Y.Joan was a foster par-

ent to many children, anavid nascar fan, enjoyedgardening and her flow-ers, sewing and spendingtime with her childrenand grandchildren.Funeral services will be

held at 2 p.m. Saturday atthe Hale-Sarver FamilyFuneral Home, 284 N.Miami Street, West Mil-ton. Friends may call onehour prior to the serviceSaturday at the funeralhome.

Virginia Ann McClureTROY — Virginia Ann

McClure, 82, of Troy,passed away at 10:40 a.m.Monday, Dec. 24, 2012 atTroy Care & Rehabilita-tion Center, Troy. Virginiawas born Sept. 20, 1930,in Troy, to the late Ken-neth K. and Mildred Mae(Cockrell) McClure. Vir-ginia was employed byEdison Community Col-lege, Olivetti Corporation,Battelle Research Labora-tories, IBM, Frigidaire,and the American RedCross. She received anA.A. degree from StephensCollege, a B.A. degreefrom Indiana University,and an HRPBA from Rad-cliffe College.Virginia wasa member of WestminsterPresbyterian Church,

Dayton. She was also amember of Dayton CollegeWomen’s Club, DaytonWomen’s Club, DeltaKappa Gamma, and theAmerican Association ofUniversity Women.There will be a service

10 a.m. Friday at theRiverside CemeteryChapel,Troy, with the Rev.George McConnel officiat-ing. Services are en-trusted toFisher-Cheney FuneralHome, Troy. Memorialflowers may be deliveredto the sanctuary of West-minster PresbyterianChurch, Dayton. Condo-lences may be left for thefamily at www.fisher-ch-eneyfuneralhome.com.

Ronald E. MitchellDEGRAFF — Ronald

E.Mitchell, 44, of DeGraff,passed away unexpectedlyFriday, Dec. 28, 2012, atMary Rutan Hospital,Bellefontaine.He was born in Troy on

Nov. 27, 1968, a son of Vir-gil and Carolyn AllenMitchell, who survive inChristiansburg.On April 6, 1996, he

married the former GloriaOrsborne at Stoney CreekChurch of the Brethren inBellefontaine and she sur-vives. He is also survivedby two stepchildren,Mathew (Melissa) Eatonof Belle Center andMandy (Adam) Gammellof DeGraff; four grandchil-dren, Austin and NashEaton, and Bailey andHayden Gammell; twobrothers, Tony (Melissa)Mitchell of Christians-burg, and Philip (Shan-non) Mitchell of Trotwood;three nieces, AliciaThompson, HeatherKnight, and SuvannahMitchell, and a greatniece, Haley Thompson.A 1988 graduate of Gra-

ham High School, he was

an associate at HondaTransmission in RussellsPoint. He served first as ajunior firefighter and lateras a volunteer firefighterwith the ChristiansburgFire Department. He alsoworked many winters atMad River Mountain inBellefontaine. He enjoyedracing and working onrace cars, photographyand attending the Mid-west Truck Show inLouisville, Ky. He lovedbeing with his family andthe time he spent with hisgrandchildren.Pastor Kymberly James

will officiate a funeral at11 a.m. Thursday at theRexer-Riggin-MaddenFuneral Home, DeGraff,where visitation is from 2-4 p.m. and 6-8 p.m.Wednesday. Burial is inGreenwood-Union Ceme-tery, DeGraff.Memorial contributions

may be made to the Chris-tiansburg Fire Depart-ment or Riverside EMS.Express condolences at

www.timeformemory.com/madden.

Evelyn VagedesDAYTON — Evelyn

Vagedes, 88, of Dayton,passed away Friday, Dec.28, 2012. She was born inCovington on Dec. 15,1924, to Charles andEthel (Bard) Scarbury.Evelyn was a graduate ofboth Piqua Central HighSchool and the SpringfieldCity Nursing School. Shewas a member of Queen ofMartyrs Catholic Churchand worked for the Marin-ist Mission in Dayton andthe Berry Mailing Service.Preceded in death by herhusband, Louis Vagedes;daughter, Cathy Stough;sons, Steven & FredVagedes; sister, BerthaIrwin; great grandson,Logan. Survived by herdaughter, Gail Kessler(Jerry); sons, Kenneth,Daniel (Karen) & BruceVagedes; 9 grandchildren,Kensey Love, TammyStough, Ben Kessler,Regan Smith, Jessica

Vagedes, Aaron Vagedes,Shenna Shultz, JoshVagedes and CaitlinVagedes; 8 great grand-children, Sylus, Kailey,Katherine, Aubry, Lucy,Cecilia, Alexander andBrayden;many other rela-tives and friends.Mass of Christian bur-

ial will be held at 10 a.m.Wednesday at Queen ofMartyrs Church, 4144Cedar Ridge Rd., Dayton,with Father JoshuaOtusafo, celebrant. Inter-ment Forest Hills Ceme-tery in Piqua. The familywill receive friends 4-7p.m. Tuesday at theGeorge C. Martin Fu-neral Home, “NorthridgeChapel,” 5040 FrederickPike at Needmore Roadwith additional visitationone half hour prior toMass Wednesday at thechurch. Condolences canbe shared at www.georgec-martinfuneralhome.com.

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hibit, featuring the art ofthe Clayton Sisters. Eachyearmore than 500 contest-ants enter the Junior Fed-eral Duck Stampcompetition sponsored bythe U.S. Fish & WildlifeService. In 2012, Sarah andChristine Clayton of Sidneytied for Best in Show. Comemeet these two local artistsand learn about other op-portunities for youngartists. “Our desire is to ed-ucate others about the op-portunities available to localyouth and to promote theFederal Duck Stamp pro-gram and conservation andhopefully encourage others.”Exhibit is open during nor-mal Interpretive Buildinghours:9 a.m.5 p.m.Mondaythrough Saturday and12:30-5 p.m. Sunday.• PEEPWinter Session I

registration is open. Put onthe hats, scarves, mittensand coats and let your childexplore the wonders of theforest in the winter. The

winter session runs Tues-day, Jan. 8 through Friday,Feb. 15.This program offersa unique opportunity forchildren, ages 3 through 5,to discover the wonders ofthe natural world throughnature hikes, crafts andstory time.Winter is a greattime to get outside and ex-plore. Classes run for sixweeks and are offered oneday a week on Tuesday,Wednesday, Thursday andFriday from 9:30 11:30 a.m.An additional afternoonclass is offered on Fridayfrom 12:30–2:30 p.m.Open-ings for the Tuesday morn-ing class are still available.The fee is $45 for BNCmembers and $60 for non-members. All fees are dueupon registration.Class sizeis limited to 12 children sobe sure to sign up today.•Winter Art Gallery Ex-

hibit “Nature through theLens,” now through March17.This exhibit will featurethe work of both adult andyouth participants thathave captured the beautyonly found here on BNCgrounds. The exhibit also

will be open to the publicduring Interpretive Centerhours and will run throughSunday, March 17. A per-centage of the sales of theseworks will support the mis-sion of Brukner NatureCenter.• Creature Feature,

American Crow, at BruknerNature Center, from 2-3Saturday,Jan.5.Oww,Oww,Owwwwww! Ah, the soundof a calling coyote on a coolcrisp afternoon. But wait,this is not a coyote! Thisclever creature has blackfeathers, two legs, wingsand a beak.That’s right, it’san American crow doing agreat job of sounding like a

larger predator. Americancrows are highly intelligentbirds able to mimic thesounds of other animals,form tight-knit familybonds, and even recognizethe face of a human yearsafter their first encounter!Since crows are commonand not as colorful as otherspecies, they are often over-looked, considered to be aboring bird to find in yourbinoculars. But crows areamong the most interestingbird species and you have achance to learn all abouttheir natural history whenyou join us for this month’screature feature. Free withBNC admission.

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BY ALEX VEIGAAP Business Writer

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The startof a new year inspires many of us tocommit to get fit and live healthier.Such an undertaking requires

steeling one’s resolve to eat rightand exercise. What isn’t required isemptying out one’s wallet just tobreak a sweat and shed a fewpounds.It doesn’t cost a dime to go for a

run in your neighborhood or at anearby park. Or to do push-ups, ab-dominal crunches and other exer-cises that require only your ownbody weight as resistance. Set yourDVR and do a Zumba or yoga rou-tine in the comfort of your own liv-ing room.But if you feel you need to enlist a

personal trainer, turn the spareroom into a home gym or join a fit-ness club, you don’t have to spend abundle. Here are eight tips on howto tackle your New Year’s fitnessresolutions without straining yourfinances.

1. TEST YOUR COMMIT-MENT

Are you thinking about joining agym or buying a pricey treadmill orweightlifting set? A great way tosave money on fitness is to notspend it needlessly in the first place.Just ask anyone who pays for a gymmembership they rarely, if ever, use.Or someone with a pile of gear gath-ering dust in the garage or an exer-cise bike in their bedroom covered inclothes. Before getting locked into agym contract or buying expensiveequipment, spend a few weeks regu-larly working up a sweat running ordoing other exercises that don’t re-quire equipment. If you can stick toa regular training schedule for amonth or two, it’s more likely thatyou will continue doing so once youjoin a gym — and your investmentwon’t go to waste.

2. USE FREE TRIALS ANDAVOID THE RUSH

At the start of a new year, gymsare eager to sign up legions of newmembers and will let prospectivecustomers try out their facilities freeof charge for a day, sometimes evena week. If you have several gyms inyour area, take advantage of theirfree trial periods before making ayear-long commitment. Whetheryou take this approach or not, try toput off joining a gym until February,after the New Year’s sign-up rush isover, says Jeff Kaplan, CEO ofcoupon website Lozo.com. The fit-ness club industry is highly compet-itive, so gyms typically offer dealsthroughout the year, he says.“Getting into a deal now is proba-

bly not in your best interest, unless

you’re absolutely sure what you’regetting into,” Kaplan says. “It’s easyto get caught up in the fervor andmaybe not necessarily get the bestdeal.”

3. FLEX YOURNEGOTIATING SKILLS

You’ve finished your free trialsand you’ve chosen your gym. Nowdust off your haggling skills.“The more gyms in your area, the

more power you have,” says Kaplan.Find rival gyms’ ads or offer

terms and ask the fitness club ofyour choice to match the deal. Oroffer to sign up for a month-to-month contract and upgrade to alonger-term deal, in exchange for adiscount.If you can wait until the weight-

loss resolution wave wanes, say inMarch, you could have more negoti-ating leverage because gyms aren’tgetting as many new members.Even scoring a tiny discount can

add up to big savings. Average mem-bership dues for fitness clubs thatdon’t offer racquet sports or poolsrange from $30 to $60 per month,according to the InternationalHealth, Racquet & Sportsclub Asso-ciation. But prices can range from$9.99 a month at some basic gymsto $200 at an upscale club.

4. THINK THROUGHCONTRACT TERMS

To reap the biggest savings on agym contract, opt for a full-yearterm and pay for it upfront.Gyms typically offer member-

ships that run either month-to-month or for a year or more.Members who opt for the monthlycontract can expect to pay more over12 months than someone whosigned up for a one-year contract.Monthly contracts cost more be-

cause the member pays for the abil-ity to walk away at the end of eachmonth. That’s great, unless you endup on a month-to-month contract forseveral years, something that hap-pens to many people.A 2005 report by Stefano Dellavi-

gna, a professor at the University ofCalifornia, Berkeley economics de-partment, found that people whoelected to join a gym on a month-to-month contract were 18 percentmore likely to remain members formore than a year than customerswho had committed to a one-yearcontract.“We find that consumers choose a

contract that appears suboptimalgiven their attendance frequency,”Dellavigna wrote. “In addition, low-attendance consumers delay cancel-ing this contract despite smalltransaction costs.”Annual contracts can be fairly dif-

ficult to get out of, so avoid signing

on until you’re sure about the gymand your commitment to getting fit.And when you do go, go often so youget what you’re paying for.“You want to go at least three

times a week to get your dollars’worth and to benefit,” says DeniseAustin, fitness expert and author of“Side Effect: Skinny.”

5. TRY THE BUDDY SYSTEM

It can be tough to get going onyour own. Personal trainers canhelp motivate and instruct clientshow to get the most out of theirworkouts. They can also end up cost-ing quite a bit.The IHRSA estimates that, on av-

erage, a personal training sessionruns from $38 to $82, on the lowend, with many upscale trainerscharging as much as $150.One way to cut the cost is to find

a trainer who will take on two peo-ple at once for less than the com-bined cost of two individual lessons.This way, you and your fitnessbuddy can split the cost.Another option is to find a trainer

that will train you for a half-hour,rather than a full hour.

6. BUY MORE BEANS

A big part of the fitness equationis eating healthy. Unfortunately,fast-food items and cheap packagedfoods are often less expensive thanloading up on fruits, vegetables andlean cuts of meats, fish and poultry.The costs are multiplied if you’ve de-cided to buy organically grown foodor free-range meat.Still, one money-saving option is

to substitute some of the red meatyou buy with whole grains andbeans and legumes, which are lessexpensive sources of protein.

7. LOOK FOR EMPLOYEROR HEALTH PLAN

DISCOUNTS

Your health insurance companyor employer may offer a discount tocertain gyms or offer nutrition as-sistance free of charge. Governmentemployees and union members,among others, may also qualify forso-called wellness discounts.

8. TAKE THE NO-GYMAPPROACH

The best way to save money onexercise? Don’t spend any, if at all.Grab a friend and go for a hike.Walk or bike to work instead ofdrive.Austin recommends a set of $10

dumbbells, a mat and an exerciseDVD. Or just go outside and movearound.“Being active is the key,” Austin

says. “That’s how you lose weight.”

Stay fit without breaking the bank

the design phase thatshould take until the endof 2013.The city manager also

saw completion of the newpower system building onCR-25A. An official rib-bon cutting ceremony washeld on Dec. 3, with anumber of individuals inattendance including Sen-ator Bill Beagle, Repre-sentative Richard Adams,city leaders and employ-ees, and the Piqua AreaChamber of CommerceBoard of Directors.There was also the

much-anticipated PiquaMemorial Hospital thatcame tumbling down forwhat will eventually behome to a new school cam-pus, and the beginnings ofa Riverfront project at theformer power buildingthat, should grant appli-cations prove successful,will see its eventual dem-olition.The Ash Street corridor

was another large projectthat required 8 months ofwork, with the WayneStreet streetscaping com-pleted at the end of No-vember. A number of special

events highlighted theyear, from the popularTaste of the Arts, Christ-mas on the Green, and theBrown Bag Series, tonewly implemented Com-mission Coffees and Com-missioner Breakfasts.Not to be forgotten is

the eventual inclusion of amedical clinic for city em-ployees that will tie-inwith the city of Troy andthe county.The in-house clinic will

see an annual savings be-tween $400K to $700K inhealth insurance costsand when established,will be free to employeesand their dependentsthrough a third party.With new health care

measures implemented orplanned, the city of Piquawas recognized as the2012 Healthiest Employerby the Dayton BusinessJournal. They also re-ceived recognition as TreeCity USA, a distinctionthe city has enjoyed for 17years, was recognized as astate model for the OhioEPA Watershed Protec-tion Plan, and receivedthe 2012 AmericanGraphic Design Award fortheir Plaza Save the DateMailer. These are just a few of

the distinctions andawards the city has re-ceived as several othersare currently under devel-opment for the new year.The city also tackled a

number of operationalprograms and plans, fromdevelopment of their newfinancial software to thecreation of a wastewatertreatment and collectionmaster plan, a restructur-ing of the Public Worksdepartment, successfulunion negotiations, andthe acquirement of a weedharvester. The latter oneof a number of itemsbrought to success inthanks to grants and gen-erous donations. Such asthe Walmart Foundationhaving donated towardthe annual Pick it Up andClean it Up Day, while anew skate park wasbrought to area youththanks to the generousfunds and devoted timeseeing to its completion byRich Donnelly.This holiday season

also saw a number of busi-nesses and individuals do-nate towards Christmaslighting.However, it may be the

5-year Strategic Plancompleted in Novemberthat will prove to be thecity’s, and the city man-ager’s, greatest legacywith categories of qualityof life, public safety andsecurity, infrastructure,growth and development,administration, financialstability, citizen and com-munity relations. Alongwith a number of second-ary strategic goals of elim-inating city north versussouth perceptions, utiliza-tion of vacant lots, encour-agement of citizeninvolvement and muchmore.“As you can see there’s

been a lot of things hap-pening this past year andwe have made some goodprogress,” said Huff on theoverall completion andimplementation of proj-ects for 2012. “I look for2013 to be just as activeand involved in a lot ofnew things.”For the most part, the

year has seen a great dealof improvements, success,and progress with only afew shortfalls, most no-tably the failure of thePublic Safety IncomeLevy on the Novemberballot.“That’s the big question

mark for 2013 is what yetis the state going to do?”said Huff after the city’srequest of a .25 percent in-crease for the fire and po-lice departments due tostate funding reductionsthat affect the generalfund failed at the time ofthe interview.Passage of the levy

would have generated $1million for annual operat-ing, personnel and capitalcosts, to help offset the $3million being taken fromthe general fund. Anamount beyond dedicatedtax dollars for the safetybudget that had alreadyseen a reduction in policestaff by 12.5 percent since2010, fire by 6.7 percent,with capital needs de-layed and reduced overthe last five years.However, just before

Christmas, the Piqua FireDepartment received afederal grant of more than$1 million that will pro-vide for additionalstaffing. Something thedepartment has been indire need of after goingunder-manned for severalyears.U.S. Sen. Sherrod

Brown (D-OH) announcedthe $1,034,028 grant thatwas awarded by the U.S.department of HomelandSecurity’s Federal Emer-gency ManagementAgency SAFER grant pro-gram.On another note were

issues regarding theneighboring city of Troyand their recent issues ofemployee theft and howthe city of Piqua works tokeep such inappropriatetransgressions from hap-pening here.“We have a lot of checks

and balances in place,from ethics training topurchasing policies,” saidHuff. “It’s not to say thatthings can’t happen, ifthey want to do some-thing, they’ll figure out away but generally it iscaught.”Emphasizing the criti-

cal nature of abiding bypolicies, honesty and in-tegrity, Huff hopes thatsuch things won’t happenbut there’s never a guar-antee.“It’s unfortunate that

people think they can getaway with it,” continuedHuff. “You just try to edu-cate and encourage peopleto be professional.”

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BY LARRY MARGASAK

WASHINGTON (AP) The student’s attack began witha shotgun blast through the windows of a Californiahigh school. Rich Agundez, the El Cajon policeman as-signed to the school, felt his mind shift into overdrive.People yelled at him amid the chaos but he didn’t hear.

He experienced “a tunnel vision of concentration.”While two teachers and three students were injured

when the glass shattered in the 2001 attack on GraniteHills High School,Agundez confronted the assailant andwounded him before he could get inside the school anduse his second weapon, a handgun.The National Rifle Association’s response to a Con-

necticut school massacre envisions, in part, havingtrained, armed volunteers in every school in America.But Agundez, school safety experts and school boardmembers say there’s a huge difference between a trainedlaw enforcement officer who becomes part of the schoolfamily and a guard with a gun.The NRA’s proposal has sparked a debate across the

country as gun control rises once again as a nationalissue. President Barack Obama promised to present aplan in January to confront gun violence in the after-math of the killing of 20 Sandy Hook Elementary Schoolstudents and six teachers in Newtown, Conn.Agundez said what happened before the shooting in

the San Diego County school should frame the debateover the NRA’s proposal.With a shooting at another county school just weeks

before, Agundez had trained the staff in how to lockdown the school, assigned evacuation points, instructedteachers to lock doors, close curtains and turn off thelights. He even told them computers should be usedwhere possible to communicate, to lessen the chaos.And his training? A former SWAT team member,

Agundez’ preparation placed him in simulated stressfulsituations and taught him to evade a shooter’s bullets.And the kids in the school knew to follow his advice be-cause they knew him. He spoke in their classrooms andcounseled them when they came to him with problems.In the wake of the Sandy Hook massacre, school

boards, administrators, teachers and parents are re-viewing their security measures.School security officers can range from the best-

trained police officers to unarmed private guards. Somebig-city districts with gang problems and crime formedtheir own police agencies years ago. Others, after themurder of 13 people at Columbine High School in 1999,started joint agreements with local police departmentsto have officers assigned to schools even though that wasno guarantee of preventing violence. A trained police of-ficer at Columbine confronted one of two shooters butcouldn’t prevent the death of 13 people.“Our association would be uncomfortable with volun-

teers,” said Mo Canady, executive director of the Na-tional Association of School Resource Officers whosemembers are mostly trained law enforcement officerswho “become part of the school family.’”Canady questioned how police officers responding to

reports of a shooter would know whether the personwith a gun is a volunteer or the assailant.Former Rep. Asa Hutchinson, who also was a top

Homeland Security official and will head the NRA effort,said the program will have two key elements.One is a model security plan “based on the latest,most

up-to-date technical information from the foremost ex-perts in their fields.” Each school could tweak the plan toits own circumstances, and “armed, trained, qualifiedschool security personnel will be but one element.”The second element may prove the more controversial

because, to avoid massive funding for local authorities, itwould use volunteers. Hutchinson said in his home stateof Arkansas, his son was a volunteer with a local group“Watchdog Dads,” who volunteered at schools to patrolplaygrounds and provide added security.He said retired police officers, former members of the

military or rescue personnel would be among thoselikely to volunteer.There’s even debate over whether anyone should have

a gun in a school, even a trained law enforcement officer.“In general teachers don’t want guns in schools pe-

riod,” said Dennis Van Roekel, president of the NationalEducation Association, one of the two large unions rep-resenting teachers. He added that one size does not fitall districts and said the union has supported schoolsthat wanted a trained officer. Most teachers, he said, donot want to be armed themselves.“It’s a school. It’s not a place where guns should be,” he

commented.The security situation around the country is mixed.Maricopa County,Ariz., Sheriff Joe Arpaio says he has

the authority to mobilize private citizens to fight crimeand plans to post armed private posse members aroundthe perimeter of schools. He said he hasn’t spoken to spe-cific school districts and doesn’t plan to have the citizenposse members inside the buildings.

Larry Margasak covers national issues for The Asso-ciated Press.

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money to be charitable. Formany organizations, time isa valued commodity duringthis hectic season. Plan tovolunteer. Be an advocateand lend your voice. Or,clean out those closets anddonate unwanted itemsfrom around your home tothose who can benefit fromthem. But, regardless ofhow you choose to give, un-derstand that your timeand your used householditems have value. Be sureyou are donating to a rep-utable charity.Not all organizations

that accept used goods do-nations have charitablemissions. By donating toGoodwill, you can be surethat you’re helping a goodcause. More than 82 centsout of every dollar that wereceive from your tax-de-ductible donations goes tofund our programs andservices, which in turn helppeople in our communityachieve independence anda better quality of life.

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22, I visited my son’sgrave at Forest Hill Ceme-tery. Though the lowerlevel was very clear, Ifound myself stuck in alarge snow drift in theupper section.Two very wonderful

men appeared to dig outmy car. First, Blake Zim-pher arrived with a shoveland tried to removeenough snow for the car togain traction. Though hisattempt was unsuccessful,Tim Apple appeared be-fore I could call AAA.Tim was able to chain

his truck to my car andpull me from the drift in amater of minutes. Neithergentleman would acceptanything but my thanks,so I think I will make adonation to charity intheir honor.What a perfect re-

minder of the season.Good will toward men andpeace on Earth.

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get outside but I hear it is quite windy,blustery and cold outside. I guess we willhave to get used to weather like this.I was sitting in my reclining chair lis-

tening to Christmas carols and I began tosing Silent Night, Holy Night, all is calm,all is bright. Round yon virgin motherand child. Holy infant so tender and mild.Sleep in heavenly peace, sleep in heav-enly peace.When I was singing I thoughtof the terrible tragedy in the elementaryschool in Newtown, Conn. It was any-thing but silent, calm or peaceful. Howour hearts ache for the death of those 20children and six adults. God knows oursorrow. If we will just pray, talk to Him,ask Him to help us through this difficulttime, He will hear our prayers.

God loves us but I am sure He wouldlike to see a change in the way we livetoday. God is a jealous God and He wantsto be first in our lives. And look what wehave done — we have taken God out. Iam sure that God is not pleased with howwe are living without Him. So whyshould He bless us? Jesus loves us somuch that He died for us that all our sinscould be forgiven, and we could spendeternity in heaven only is we believe inJesus.I write this because I love you and am

concerned that many are not going tomake it to heaven. Jesus wants us to loveHim with our mind, body and soul. Willyou do that?Love you and God bless you.

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This March will markthree years since Oba-macare became law,

and it still has not had anyserious effect on most Amer-icans’ lives. That’s the wayPresident Obama and thelaw’s Democratic authorsplanned it; they conve-niently pushed the disloca-tions and unhappyconsequences of nationalhealth care well past theirre-election campaigns.But Obamacare will be here soon, with

an Oct. 1, 2013, start of enrollment in in-surance exchanges and a Jan. 1, 2014,deadline for full implementation.The po-litical results could be deeply painful forDemocrats.During the campaign for Obamacare,

President Obama pledged repeatedlythat his health care scheme would nottouch the vast majority of Americans whoare satisfied with their coverage. “Nomatter how we reform health care, wewill keep this promise to the Americanpeople,” Obama said in June 2009. “If youlike your doctor, you will be able to keepyour doctor, period. If you like your healthcare plan, you’ll be able to keep yourhealth care plan, period. No one will takeit away, no matter what.”If anyone believed that then, they

probably don’t believe it now. In practice,Obamacare will mean the loss of em-ployer-based health insurance for manypeople; big increases in premiums for oth-ers; changes on the job for still others;and a bureaucratic nightmare for manymore. Add to that the involvement of theInternal Revenue Service, which will actas Obamacare’s enforcer— all Americanswill have to prove to the IRS that theyhave “qualified” coverage— and it’s likelyObamacare will have a rocky and unpop-ular start.Over the past months there has been

scattered press coverage of coming prob-lems. That is likely to increase in 2013.There will be more stories with headlineslike this, from Bloomberg News recently:“Aetna CEO Sees Obama Health LawDoubling Some Premiums.”And this, from the Associated Press:

“Surprise: New Insurance Fee in HealthOverhaul Law.”And this, from theWall Street Journal:

“Health-Care Law Spurs a Shift to Part-TimeWorkers.”Real-world experience might even

spark some rethinking of Obamacare’spremises. For example, the president andhis Democratic allies promised Oba-macare will cut the deficit. That’s almostcertainly not true, although many in thepress repeated it faithfully. Now, withObamacare near, there are hints of a re-assessment.

For example, in a recenteditorial about fiscal cliff ne-gotiations, The WashingtonPost noted that the nation’s“underlying fiscal problem isthat federal expendituresare slated to rise faster thaneconomic growth,” and that“the long-term drivers” ofthose federal expendituresare “Medicare,Medicaid, So-cial Security and subsidiesfor the health-care ex-changes established by the

Affordable Care Act.” Obamacare willtake its place as a contributor to futuredeficits.Obamacare has never been popular. In-

deed, it has been underwater in terms ofpublic approval from the moment itbegan to take legislative shape in 2009.In last month’s exit polls, 49 percent saidall or part of Obamacare should be re-pealed, while 44 percent said it should beleft as is or expanded.“There hasn’t been any trend,” says

pollster Scott Rasmussen. “From the be-ginning, well before the law was passed,public opinion has been remarkably sta-ble and modestly negative. … All of thathas been based upon theory and politics.Most Americans have not yet felt any im-pact from the law.”If Obamacare were popular, there’s no

doubt more governors would choose tohave their states set up insurance ex-changes, as the law envisioned. Instead,nearly two dozen Republican governorshave refused, which will force the federalgovernment to build the exchanges itself.The governors are saying no to state-

run exchanges for three reasons. One,they believe it will cost their states toomuch money. Two, they believe the fed-eral government will exercise ultimatecontrol over everything, despite federalreassurances that states will play a sig-nificant role. And three, many believeObamacare implementation will be a dis-aster.Some who watch Obamacare closely

see something similar. “The administra-tion is well behind schedule,” says JamesCapretta of the conservative Ethics andPublic Policy Center. “It’s going to be atrain wreck in a lot of places.”Capretta sees the administration try-

ing to paper over some of the problems byrushing billions of dollars in subsidies outthe door. That way they will argue Oba-macare is doing much good, whatever itsflaws.But it’s possible no amount of money

will be enough to hide those flaws— onceObamacare becomes a reality in Ameri-cans’ lives.

Byron York is chief political correspon-dent for TheWashington Examiner.

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�� Contract Bridge — By Steve Becker

Bidding is a form of sci-ence, but, as in many scien-tific endeavors, one cannotachieve perfection. The the-oretical must often give wayto the practical, and somebids are merely general-di-rection shots where themarksman can only hopehe winds up hitting the tar-get. Consider this deal

played in a match be-tween France and Italy inthe European champi-onship many years ago. Atthe first table, North-South were Roger Trezeland Pierre Jais forFrance, and East-Westwere Giorgio Belladonnaand Walter Avarelli forItaly. Trezel was in a difficult

position after East bid

two spades and Southshowed a minimum open-ing bid by passing. Trezelthought his side mightlose two or even threespade tricks, so he gaveup on the possibility ofmaking a slam andjumped to four hearts. But when Avarelli,

after two passes, electedto sacrifice at four spades,Trezel revised his previ-ous assessment. He de-cided that Jais was nowvery likely to have a sin-gleton spade, so he leaped

to six hearts. Jais handledthe diamonds correctlyand scored 980 points, los-ing only a spade trick. At the second table,

Pietro Forquet (North forItaly) also wound up in sixhearts. But disasterstruck in an unusual way.The French East led theace of spades and shiftedto a club. At this point, Forquet

injudiciously claimed theslam, not realizing that hemight lose a diamondtrick if either defender

had four to the jack. Hisopponents naturally con-tested the claim. The tournament direc-

tor was called and gavethe only ruling he couldunder the Laws. Forquetwas not allowed to take afinesse against the dia-mond jack, so he wentdown one to give theFrench a 1,030-point gainon the deal. C’est laguerre!

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From slums to unlikely ballerina BY TERESACEROJANOAssociated Press

MANILA, Philippines(AP) — The ghetto calledAroma reeks of putrefyingtrash collected by its resi-dents for recycling. Half-naked children with grimyfaces play on muddy dirtroads lined by crumblingshanties of tarpaulin walls,cracked tin roofs and com-munal toilets. From this Manila slum of

garbage collectors emergedan unlikely Cinderella: bal-lerina Jessa Balote who atthe age of 10 was pluckedout of her grubby life by aballet school to prepare herfor a life on stage. In four years since her

audition in 2008, Jessa hasperformed in various pro-ductions, including SwanLake, Pinocchio, DonQuixote and a local versionof Cinderella. She rode aplane for the first time inAugust to compete in the2012 Asian Grand Prix bal-let competition for studentsand young dancers in HongKong, where she was a fi-nalist. The 14-year-old Jessa’s

unlikely success is as mucha celebration of a unique ef-fort by the Philippines’ mostfamous prima ballerina,Lisa Macuja, to help slumkids of Manila by providingthem a scholarship and clas-sical ballet training for six toseven years. More than a quarter of

the Southeast Asian na-tion’s 94 million people livein abject poverty, many insprawling and unsanitaryshanty towns like Aroma inthe capital city. Despite a re-ecent economic upturn,there are not enough full-time jobs. Education skillsare lacking and incomes arelow. At least 3,000 Filipinosleave their families behindevery day to seek employ-ment abroad. Jessa, who would have

likely followed her family toa life of garbage picking, hadnot much of a future to lookforward to. “I used to tag along with

my father and mother whenthey collected garbage in theevening,” Jessa said in herhome about the size of ashipping container with asmall attic. Her family would gather

trash from houses in thenearby Quiapo district orrummage for scrap metal inthe huge garbage dump notfar from home. That was until her suc-

cessful audition for the Proj-ect Ballet Futures dancescholarship established byMacuja, founder and artisticdirector of Ballet Manilawho is married to business

tycoon Fred Elizalde. The outreach program of

Ballet Manila — which runsa dance company and aschool by the same name —initially accepted 40 stu-dents from Jessa’s charity-run school in Manila’s Tondodistrict dump site. Somedropped out, but newbatches have been accepted. Today, the program has

55 scholars, aged 9 to 18,from five partner publicschools such as Jessa’s. Theytrain daily after school alongwith 60 paying students. “I can help my parents

more with what I do now. Iearn money from ballet,”said Jessa, sitting on a plas-tic bench in her shorts andt-shirt, her long hair loose.The slim teenager, perhapsso used to dancing on hertoes, would often have hertoes pointed at the woodenfloor even while sitting dur-ing the interview. Behind her, the plywood

wall of the family shack wasadorned with pictures of herin gossamer tutu on stage.Sharing the space wereframes of ballet certificatesand a newspaper clippingabout the garbage picker-turned-ballerina. A pair ofsatin pointe shoes lay on topof a gym bag, a few meters(yards) from sacks of usedplastic bottles and othergarbage piled up outside thedoor of her cramped home.Jessa and other kids aretrained in the rigorousRussian Vaganova balletand are required to keep upwith their academics inschool. They are provided amonthly stipend of 1,200pesos to 3,000 pesos ($30 to$73) depending on their bal-let level, as well as meals,milk and ballet outfits. Theyalso receive fees of 400 pesosto 1,500 pesos ($10 to $37)for each performance. Pointe shoes alone cost

$50 to $80 a pair — a for-

tune for someone eking aliving on $2 a day — andwear out within weeks ordays, said Macuja.The daughter of a former

senior trade official, Macujawas 18 years old when shereceived a two-year scholar-ship at the Vaganova Chore-ographic Institute (now theAcademy of Russian Ballet)in Saint Petersburg in 1982,where she graduated withhonors.She was the first foreign

principal ballerina for theKirov Ballet in St. Peters-burg before returning to thePhilippines, where sheworked as artist-in-residence at the CulturalCenter of the Philippinesand a principal dancer atthe Philippine Ballet The-atre.Macuja, 48, founded Bal-

let Manila in 1994 with theaim of making the high artof classical ballet more ac-cessible to common people.The dance company hasheld performances in malls,schools, town halls and re-mote villages of the archi-pelago. She set up thescholarship program in2008 as a way of payingback for her good fortunes.For Jessa and the other

slum children, it opened awhole new world. Literallyso, when she flew to HongKong for the ballet competi-tion.Her glee while on a roller

coaster in Disneyland wascaptured in a photo in herhumble home.During the competition in

Hong Kong, she said sheoften felt nervous and shy tobe dancing among well-offpeers. But she overcame herfear, remembering Macuja’sadvice “to persist despite theodds and to not let povertyhinder me.”As a company apprentice

she makes around 7,000pesos ($170) a month, some-

times more, from stipendand performance fees. Themoney is not enough to lifther family from poverty, butballet has given her a choicein life.Her father, Gorgonio,

works part-time as a con-struction worker besides col-lecting garbage. His meagerpay is insufficient to feed hislarge family of six childrenand two grandchildren. Oneson works in a factory whileanother daughter collectsgarbage.Jessa’s childhood dream

is to become a schoolteacher. But she also wantsto dance as a professionalballerina. She says she ischallenged by the feisty act-ing and difficult dance turnsof the Black Swan characterin Swan Lake and aspiresfor that role.For Jamil Montebon, an-

other Project Ballet’s benefi-ciary, the scholarship was alife saver. The troubled 18-year-old

has left his broken family ina violent slum communitynot far from Aroma. He became a ballet

scholar at 13 but thendropped out of high schooland ballet last year after afight with his mother. Dur-ing his time off from balletand school, he collectedgarbage and worked in ajunk shop. At night hewould go drinking withother kids who often clashedwith rival gangs, then sleepin a church where he got onefree meal a week. He was later accepted

back into the program,which demands that chil-dren keep good grades andstay out of trouble. Aftershaping up, he moved intoBallet Manila’s dormitory.“I think that the key re-

ally is that these kids havebeen given hope, and thathope will transform theirlives,” Macuja said.

DEAR ABBY: I am aprofessional driver.Please allow me to offersome advice to everyone Ishare the road with:(1) Please do not honk

or display obscene ges-tures because I am driv-ing the speed limit. It’snot my fault that you’relate.(2) Please don’t pass

me on the right, using thecurb lane, parking lane,bike lane or sidewalk. It’sdangerous for me, for you,and for anyone who hap-pens to be in those laneslegally.(3) Please obey the stop

signs, stoplights, yieldsigns and other signs onthe road. They’re there toprotect people.(4) Please put down

that breakfast sandwich,cup of coffee, lunch ordinner. If you’re that hun-gry, pull over to eat.(5) Please turn off your

cellphones while driving.Whatever it is, it canwait. And if it can’t, youhave no business beingbehind the wheel.(6) If you must disci-

pline your children,please pull over to do it. Ihave seen drivers wraptheir vehicles aroundtrees and lampposts be-cause they had turnedaround to talk to theirchild.I drive more than 1,000

miles a week, and I seemore accidents than mostwill in a lifetime. Many ofthem could have beenavoided simply by payingattention to the road. Ifyou choose to ignore thisadvice, I can pretty muchguarantee that you willinjure, or possibly kill,someone eventually. If myletter prevents just onefatality, then it was wellworth the time it took towrite it.

— MILWAUKEEMILE MAN

DEAR MILE MAN:Thank you for taking thetime to write. As both adriver and a passenger, Ihave seen some frighten-ing near-misses becausedrivers chose to ignorespeed limits and run stopsigns and stoplights. Usu-ally the infractions arecaused less because ofthoughtlessness than byrudeness and an attitudethat the rules of the roadapply to everyone else.And please don’t think

that automobile driversare the only transgres-

sors, because I have seenbikers and cyclists dosome of the same things.

DEAR ABBY: Why dosome people think it’s ac-ceptable to tuck in thetag on my shirt? It’s badenough when my motherdoes it, but I have had ac-quaintances and evenstrangers do it withoutasking.I said something the

last time it happened,and the woman had thegall to take offense! All Isaid was, “Please don’t!”Am I wrong?

— PLEASE DON’TIN TEXAS

DEAR PLEASEDON’T: I’m sure thereare various reasons whypeople try to tuck in anerrant tag — or remove apiece of lint — from astranger’s clothing. I sus-pect they range from at-tempting to be helpful, toimpulsiveness to compul-sive behavior.However, because what

the woman did made youuncomfortable, you wereright to tell her that youdidn’t like it. She shouldhave asked before touch-ing a stranger becausemany people are sensi-tive to any breach of theirpersonal space.

CONFIDENTIAL TOMY READERS: If youare partying tonight tocelebrate the arrival ofthe new year, please don’tdrink and drive. Makesure you have a desig-nated driver.I wish you all a happy,

healthy, prosperous 2013! — LOVE, ABBY

Dear Abby is written byAbigail Van Buren, alsoknown as JeannePhillips, and was foundedby her mother, PaulinePhillips. Write Dear Abbyat www.DearAbby.com orP.O. Box 69440, Los Ange-les, CA 90069.

ABIGAIL VAN BURENAdvice

AARON FAVILA/AP PHOTOIn this photo taken Nov. 25, Filipino slum dweller Jamil Montebon, right, focuses duringa class at Ballet Manila at the Philippine capital. Montebon, a scholar at Ballet Manila’s pro-gram, used to collect garbage and also worked at a junk shop. He now receives a monthlystipend, stays at their dormitory and given meals.

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HOUSTON — The Houston Community Associa-tion announced during its recent meeting thattrustees will be taking closed bids for the followingpaid positions: snow removal, lawn mowing, janitorand rental agent for 2013.Interested people can obtain a bid package or find

out how to pick one up from Craig Langston, GeneGreve, Barry Wolfe, Phil Cozad, John Huntzinger,Terry Pellman, Gary Vondenhueval or Jack Curl.Bids will be awarded the first Wednesday of March2013. Trustees have the right to refuse any and allbids.In other action, association trustees discussed two

wall plaques that need to be updated with trustees’names. Rental agent Marcella Colby reported therewere five rentals for the month of December.The association needs a treasurer. Interested peo-

ple can contact any of the trustees listed above orthey can attend the next meeting, set for 7 p.m.Wednesday.

Ft. Loramie teacher honored

FT. LORAMIE — AbbyLightle, biology teacher atFt. Loramie High School,has been named a fellowin the 2012-13 NationalScience Teacher Associa-tion’s New ScienceTeacher Academy.Representing 34 states

and the District of Colum-bia, academy fellows wereselected for their solid sci-ence background and in-terest in growing as aprofessional science educa-tor.Lightle teaches ninth

grade biology, 11 and 12thgrade anatomy and 12thgrade biology in Ft. Lo-ramie. She has a cumlaude bachelor’s degree in

biology from Eastern Ken-tucky University and isworking on a master’s de-gree at the University ofDayton.She is also a Science

Olympiad and junior var-sity softball coach and avolunteer youth directorat Anna United MethodistChurch.She is a member of the

National Science Teachers

Association, Phi SigmaNational Biological Associ-ation and the National Ed-ucation Association.The New Science

Teacher Academy is alsosponsored by Dow Chemi-cal Co., the Amgen Foun-dation, Astellas PharmaUS Inc., American HondaFoundation, Bayer USAFoundation and LockheedMartin.

FT. LORAMIE — Chil-dren of Ft. Loramie’sChristian Education Asso-ciation program workedrecently to share blessingsof the holiday season withyoungsters of Shelby

County.The group, 55 members

strong, collected nonper-ishable items, clothingand small toys for thefamilies that come to theAgape Distribution Cen-

ter and Food Pantry inSidney.Within a few weeks, the

children collected and dec-orated 10 grocery bagsand 15 boxes of items toshare with Shelby County

families.The Rev. John Geissler,

Agape director, gave theyoungsters a tour of thefood pantry and its freezerafter the group deliveredtheir gifts.

Houston group plansto take closed bids

Students collect food to benefit food pantry

Lightle namedscience fellow

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Ryan Seacrest:‘Rockin’ in an-other year on ABCBY FRAZIER MOOREAP Television Writer

NEWYORK (AP) —Yes,Ryan Seacrest has a NewYear’s resolution for 2013:improve his skill at dancing.“There’s a Significant

Other in my life who’s verygood at it,” he notes. Thatwould be professionaldancer Julianne Hough, atwo-time champ on “Danc-ingwith the Stars” inwhoseproximity “I feel the pres-sure to be as good as she is.It sounds like a joke, butthis is a serious thing formeto accomplish next year.”So add dancing lessons to

the long list of projects thatkeep Seacrest famously faston his feet. His numerousbroadcast gigs include roles

on E! Entertainment andNBC, a syndicatedmorningradio show for Clear Chan-nel, as well as “AmericanIdol,” whose new seasonstarts next month on Fox.Behind the cameras, he hasa swiftly expanding produc-tion empire that includesthe Kardashian portfolio ofreality shows.But as Monday nears,

Seacrest is focused on thisannual rite: “Dick Clark’sNew Year’s Rockin’ EvewithRyanSeacrest,”which,with related programming,will blanket ABC from 8p.m. until past 2 a.m. EST.Bookingmusical acts has

been in the works formonths, Seacrest says. Per-formers include Carly RaeJepsen, Neon Trees, FloRida and Pitbull, as well asTaylor Swift, in the head-liner position just beforemidnight.But Friday afternoon in

Manhattan, Seacrest issoon due at a productionmeeting “to work out thenitty-gritty of the show —some of which we will stickto, some of which we won’t.”Already he has appeared

on “Good Morning Amer-ica,” then headed to therooftop of One TimesSquare, where the hugecrystal ball was poised forits flashy descent, alongwith half-a-dozenTV teamsqueued up to tape inter-views with him.An hour later, at ABC ‘s

UpperWest Side headquar-ters, Seacrest has shed histop coat and taken a breakto reflect on Monday’s ex-travaganza. This will be hiseighth NewYear’s Eve turnfor ABC. But it’s his firstsince Clark’s death lastApril at age 82.Clark, of course, origi-

nated “New Year’s Rockin’Eve” four decades ago. And

it is Clark on “Rockin’ Eve”who gave Seacrest as ayoungster his earliestmem-ories of ringing in each newyear.“I’d like to say I can imag-

ine how it’s going to feel, butI’m not quite sure,” saysSeacrest. “I looked forwardso much to each year that Idid the show with him.”Seacrest recalls how typ-

ically he would be postedoutside overlooking TimesSquare, while Clark, whohad suffered a stroke in2004, made brief appear-ances from indoors.“Then, right after mid-

night, I would run insideand stand next to him, andhe always has some funny,clever thing to make fun ofme about,” says Seacrest,unwittingly speaking in thepresent tense.“I think Iwillreally miss that momentthis year.”The night will begin with

a two-hour tribute, “NewYear’s Rockin’ Eve Cele-brates Dick Clark,” hostedby Fergie and Jenny Mc-Carthy.Then Seacrest takes over

for the countdown show at10 p.m. EST.“I definitely will say

something about him,and itwill be from the heart,”Seacrest promises. “But thenight will be, as he wouldwant,a celebration ofwhat’sto come: Dick was alwaysone to say, ‘The show mustgo on.’”That clearly resonates for

the man who claims Clarkas his mentor.Seacrest,whomarkedhis

38th birthday onChristmasEve, grewup inAtlanta lov-ing music and dreaming ofa career in broadcasting.From childhood,hewas a

student of Dick Clark, whoin the 1950s had pioneeredmelding music, youth and

TV on a show he called“American Bandstand.”“I loved the perception

that people came togetherto hang out and be intro-duced to new music,”Seacrest says. “Dick wasbrilliant at making every-one feel at home and com-fortable, and never gettingin the way.That’s the key.”That became the key for

Seacrest, who, today, isamong the most accom-plished at doing what hedoes. But just what does hedo?“At the doctor’s office

where it says ‘Occupation,’ Ialways have trouble know-ing what to write in thatbox,” he says with a laugh.“I usually put ‘Host.’ I enjoybringing pop-culture mo-ments and events to an au-dience, introducing thecountry to a promising newact or sitting down with anartist who has had a big hit.

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For Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2013ARIES (March 21 to April 19)Give yourself a chance to enjoy art gal-leries, parks, museums and architec-tural buildings, because today yourappreciation of beauty is heightened.Get out and enjoy yourself!TAURUS (April 20 to May 20)If you have to divide or share some-thing with someone today, you will bemore than generous, because you feelsympathetic to others. Just remember:True generosity is giving what isneeded.GEMINI (May 21 to June 20)This is a good day to mend brokenfences and patch up problems withfriends and partners. People will be co-operative and ready to hear the otherperson’s side of things.CANCER (June 21 to July 22)If you can help a co-worker today, youwill. Or perhaps you are the one whoneeds help from others? Either way, co-workers and employees are mutuallysupportive.LEO (July 23 to Aug. 22)Tackle creative projects, because yourimagination is in excellent form today.It’s easy for you to visualize what youwant to create. You’ll also feel verysympathetic to the needs of children.VIRGO (Aug. 23 to Sept. 22)You might be confused about fixingsomething at home today. Or perhapsconversations with someone are a bitconfusing. Nevertheless, family mem-bers are sympathetic today.LIBRA (Sept. 23 to Oct. 22)Don’t be frustrated if you spend a lotof time daydreaming or woolgatheringtoday. It’s just par for the course. (Yourpsychic powers also might be height-ened.)SCORPIO (Oct. 23 to Nov. 21)Be careful when spending moneytoday, because you could go overboardwith luxurious, elegant purchases. It’seasy to talk yourself into thinking thatyou deserve the best. (But you also de-serve the best credit rating.)SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22 to Dec. 21)You feel idealistic today and are verysympathetic to others. Because of this,you will look for ways to do the mostgood.CAPRICORN (Dec. 22 to Jan. 19)Your intuition is heightened today, andthis could help you in research orsearching for things.Trust your gut in-stincts to tell you where to look.AQUARIUS (Jan. 20 to Feb. 18)Relations with others today, especiallyin group situations, will be veryfriendly and mutually sympathetic.You’ll enjoy lending your efforts to aworthy cause.PISCES (Feb. 19 to March 20)Be very clear in your communicationwith bosses, parents and authority fig-ures today. However, this is a good dayto appeal to their better side to helpyou in some way.YOU BORN TODAY You are comfort-able with authority and giving ordersto others both at home and on the job.Basically, you like form, structure andorganization.You are honest, loyal andreliable. Be careful about taking onmore responsibilities than you canhandle. (Personally, you’re very sensi-tive.) Your year ahead might be one ofthe most powerful years of your life.Dream big!Birthdate of: E.M. Forster, novelist; B.Kliban, cartoonist; Deepa Mehta, film-maker.(c) 2012 King Features Syndicate, Inc.

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105 Announcements

OFFICEWILLBE CLOSED

In observance of theNEWYEAR'S

Holidaythe Classifieds Dept.

of theSidney Daily NewsTroy Daily NewsPiqua Daily Call

andWeekly Record Herald

will be closedTuesday, January 1

We will be availableon Wednesday, 1/2 at

8am to assistyou with classifiedadvertising needs

Any cancellations madeby voicemail will beeffective with theJanuary 3 edition

125 Lost and Found

FOUND: cash in parkinglot of Wal-Mart in Piqua.Call to describe and claimproperly (937)773-9277.

FOUND: key in front of Pi-qua newspaper box bypost office on Saturday,12/15. Call to describeand claim, (937)916-3082.

135 School/Instructions

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205 Business Opportunities

NOW HIRING: Compa-nies desperately needemployees to assembleproducts at home. No sell-ing, any hours. $500weekly potential. Info:(985)646-1700, Dept.OH-6011.

235 General

Automotive manufac-turing facility has 2ndshift openings availablein Anna, OH.

Part Time and Full Time.Long Term Assign-ments. May train on 1stshift for up to 3 months.$13.00 @hr for full time.$12.00 for Part time.2nd Shift Starting pay$13.90 for Full time.$12.90 for Part time.Pay raises based onhours worked. Maximumpay $16.30 after approx.2 yrs. Paid time off + 7paid holidays for fulltime employees.

Must have High SchoolDiploma or GED. Musthave good work history.No terminations withinpast 3 years. Must sub-mit to background checkand drug screen pluswritten and physicaltesting.

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MECHANIC, Local com-pany seeking full time die-sel and/ or gas vehiclemechanic. Excellent wageand benefits. Apply in per-son at, 15 Industry ParkCt, Tipp City,(937)667-1772.

New ManufacturingCompany Coming to Pi-qua in Early 2013 Weare a growing companybased out of Minnesotaand opening a manufac-turing plant in Piqua, inearly 2013. We arelooking for hard workingindividuals that enjoyhaving fun in the pro-cess. We have 1st shiftjob openings for experi-enced

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We will be conductingon the spot interviewson Monday, January7th from 4 pm to 6 pmand again on Tuesday,January 8th from 6 amuntil noon. These willbe conducted on a firstcompleted applicationand math test basis.Application and mathtest must be completedby 6pm on Monday the7th and noon on Tues-day the 8th to be inter-viewed. We have ap-proximately 15 positionsto start with more tocome.

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Only those who com-plete an application,have previous manufac-turing experience andpass a basic shop mathtest will be interviewed.

You must be at least 18years of age, have pre-vious hands-on manu-facturing experience andbe able to pass a basicshop math aptitude test.We are EEOC compli-ant. We do pre-employ-ment and random drugtesting.

WAREHOUSE/DELIVERY

Hard-working, de-pendable, able to lift,and have a valid driverslicense. Please apply inperson at:

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240 Healthcare

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280 Transportation

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305 Apartment

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EVERS REALTY

TROY, 2 BedroomTownhomes 1.5 bath,1 car garage, $695

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1273 CAMARO Court, 2Bedroom, luxury apart-ment, garage, kitchen ap-pliances. $600 Monthly,available now!(937)570-3288.

TIPP CITY, Nice 2 bed-room, 1 bath, AC, appli-ances included, W/Dhookup, garbage dispo-sal, dishwasher. $490month, $450 deposit. Nopets, Metro accepted,(937)902-9894.

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

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315 Condos for Rent

CONDO IN country, in-cludes water, trash, sew-er, washer/ dryer.Available 1/1/2013, 2 bed-room, 1 bath, $550.b i ga l 22353@ao l . com .(937)773-4484.

320 Houses for Rent

EXECUTIVE HOME, 3bedroom. Custom builtranch with basement, pool& clubhouse, upscale withall amenities, 1341 PaulRevere, Troy, $1700monthly, (937)335-6690,www.hawkapartments.net

IN COUNTRY, 3 bed-room, 1 bath, 1 car unat-tached garage. Covingtonschool district. $500month + deposit. Send in-formation: PO Box 35,Versailles, OH 45380.

MIAMI EAST, 4 BR, 2Bath, updated farm house$975 plus utilities, depositrequired (937)877-0020

PIQUA, 8394 Piqua-Lock-ington Road, 2 bedroom,fenced in yard, detachedgarage, $600 + deposit,(937)206-7754

TROY, 1142 Lee Road, 3bedrooms, garage. $750month + deposit.Available 1/1,(937)552-9644.

325 Mobile Homes for Rent

IN COUNTRY, Near Brad-ford, 2 bedroom all elec-tric trailer, $400 plus de-posit, (937)417-7111, or(937)448-2974

500 - Merchandise

510 Appliances

REFRIGERATOR, olderWhirlpool, runs and workswell, $50. Call(937)214-6543.

STOVE, older electricFrigidaire, $50. Call(937)214-6543.

545 Firewood/Fuel

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

FIREWOOD, All hard-wood, $150 per cord de-livered or $120 you pickup, (937)726-2780.

FIREWOOD, split, sea-soned, delivered (local)$145 cord, $75 half.(937)559-6623. Thankyou & happy holidays.

HARDWOOD, Seasonedhardwood for sale. $125 acord. Will deliver.(937)301-7237

SEASONED FIREWOOD$150 per cord. Stackingextra, $120 you pick up.Taylor Tree Serviceavailable, (937)753-1047

SEASONED FIREWOODfor sale. $135 per cord,delivered. (937)638-6950

560 Home Furnishings

BEDROOM SETS (2),foosball table, love seat, 1wool rug 8x10, and morecall for price and details(937)332-9176

LOVESEAT, black reclin-ing and red loveseat andchair both purchased atFront Room Furnishingsin Dublin, Ohio. Like newexcellent condition. Justmoved to Sidney anddon't have room for them.Each set $550j l e n t z 61@yahoo. com .(937)538-0601.

577 Miscellaneous

BERNINA sewing ma-chine, good condition,make offer (937)251-9643

COUNTER CHAIRS: 4oak kitchen counterchairs. High backs, swivelseats. One Captainschair, $125.(937)210-1186

LEATHER JACKET,Cleveland Browns, sizeXXL, $250. Serious inquir-ies only, (937)339-4608.

SNOW BLADE withchains, John Deere L130,used once, $150 OBO,(937)773-5248.

583 Pets and Supplies

KITTEN Male, tabby, 4months old, brownish withcharcoal stripes. Sweetand funny. Needs a goodhome. (937)473-2122

LABRADOR RETRIEVERpuppies, AKC, born10/31, first shots &wormed, 2 black females,2 black males, $225.Call/text (937)638-0496.

PUPPIES, Bishon Frise,Miniature Poodle, Yorkie-Poo, Morkie, males $275,(419)925-4339

YORKIE-POO PUPPIES.1 female, 3 males. Small,non-shedding pups. Willbe ready January 10th.Taking deposits now.$250, (419)582-4211.

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592 Wanted to Buy

CASH, top dollar paid!Junk cars/ trucks, running/non-running. I will pick up.( 9 3 7 ) 7 1 9 - 3 0 8 8 ,(937)270-2649

WANTED! Need money?I buy guns, gold and silvercoins and jewelry. Fairprices. (937)698-6362

WE PAY cash for your oldtoys, antiques, and col-lectibles! Star Wars, GIJoes, Magic the Gatheringpostcards, pre-1980'scomics, much more,(937)606-0405.

800 - Transportation

805 Auto

2005 Cadillac Cts Silver,with Black leather interi-or, 125,000 miles. 2005Cadillac CTS fully loadedNav, DVD, Leather, Heat-ed Seats, Dual climatecontrol, sirius radio andmuch more! Silver withBlack interior wood trim125,000 miles. She's abeauty dont pass her up!!$9000 OBO. Please con-tact me if interested!$9000. (937)418-4029

890 Trucks

2001 GMC Sonoma, newtires, 119,000 miles, toolbox, great gas mileage!$3000. Call(937)214-5065.

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IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF MIAMI COUNTY, OHIOGENERAL DIVISION

Judith Cotrell v. Rick Cotrell, Dixie Barga, Trudy Green, Louis Miller, Rita Lawson,William Mohr, Tracy Cotrell, Bryan Cotrell, Kristopher Cotrell, Mackenzie Cotrell,Frank Edward Cotrell III, the Unknown Spouses, if any, of Rick Cotrell, Dixie Barga,Trudy Green, Louis Miller, Rita Lawson, William Mohr, Tracy Cotrell, Bryan Cotrell,Kristopher Cotrell, Mackenzie Cotrell and Frank Edward Cotrell III, if any, and theUnknown Heirs, Devisees, Legatees, Executors, Administrators, Successors and As-signs of Frank O. Cotrell, Stella V. Cotrell, Nina Batchelor, Etta Mohr, Frank EdwardCotrell and Frank Edward Cotrell II, and their respective spouses, if any.

The last known address of Kristopher Cotrell, Mackenzie Cotrell and Frank EdwardCotrell III was 2610 Highway 135N, Paragould, Arkansas.

Kristopher Cotrell, Mackenzie Cotrell, Frank Edward Cotrell III, the UnknownSpouses, if any, of Rick Cotrell, Dixie Barga, Trudy Green, Louis Miller, Rita Lawson,William Mohr, Tracy Cotrell, Bryan Cotrell, Kristopher Cotrell, Mackenzie Cotrell andFrank Edward Cotrell III, and the Unknown Heirs, Devisees, Legatees, Executors,Administrators, Successors and Assigns of Frank O. Cotrell, Stella V. Cotrell, NinaBatchelor, Etta Mohr, Frank Edward Cotrell and Frank Edward Cotrell II and their re-spective spouses, if any, whose names and addresses are unknown and who, there-fore, cannot be served with summons, will take notice that on November 30, 2012,Judith Cotrell filed a First Amended Complaint as Plaintiff in the Court of CommonPleas of Miami County, Ohio, 201 W. Main Street, Troy, Ohio 45373, against saidKristopher Cotrell, Mackenzie Cotrell, Frank Edward Cotrell III and said unknownpersons and others as Defendants; that said action has been assigned Case Num-ber 12-731; that the persons named and/or described above are named as Defen-dants in said Complaint; and that the subject of the complaint is to quiet title in Plaintiffto a 50 foot wide strip of land off the east side of the real estate described belowwhich was excepted for unknown reasons in the deed to Plaintiff and her husband in1962.

Situate in the Township of Springcreek, County of Miami and State of Ohio andbounded and described as follows:Being 0.394 of an acre, more or less, in the Northwest Quarter of Section One (1),Town One (1), Range Twelve (12) as shown as Tract “F” on Plat # 108, Volume #8 ofthe Miami County, Ohio, Engineer’s Record of Land Surveys, and being more par-ticularly described as follows: Beginning at an iron pin on the half section line, saidpoint being S. 85° 08’ E, 338.4 feet from the Southwest corner of the NorthwestQuarter of Section 1, Town 1, Range 12; thence from the above described beginningpoint N. 4° 30’ E. 8.74 feet to an iron pin; thence N. 76° 17’ E, 216 feet along theSouth side of a 30 foot lane, to an iron pin; thence N 63° 20’ E. 94 feet along theSouth side of said lane, to an iron pin; thence . 3° 52’W. 127.7 feet to an iron pin onthe half section line; thence N. 85° 08’W. 278 feet along the half section line to theplace of beginning.

The demand of the complaint is that Plaintiff be declared the owner of the entire tractof land including the 50 foot strip in question.

Said Defendants shall take notice that they are required to serve upon Plaintiff’s At-torney their answer to the First Amended Complaint within 28 days after the last pub-lication of this Notice, which will be published once each week for six (6) consecutiveweeks. Each such answer must also be filed with the Clerk of the Miami CountyCommon Pleas Court within three (3) days after service on Plaintiff’s attorney.

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BOYSVARSITY

SemifinalsLehman Catholic 65, Russia 63, OTPiqua 62, Covington 43ConsolationCovington 58, Russia 46ChampionshipPiqua 79, Lehman Catholic 75, OT

All Tournament TeamXavier Harrison, Piqua (MVP), Ryan Hughes,Piqua; Greg Spearman, Lehman Catholic; RyanCraft, Covington; Treg Francis, Russia.

JV SemifinalsRussia 55, Lehman Catholic 37Piqua 36, Covington 35ConsolationLehman Catholic 52, Covington 50, OTChampionshipRussia 46, Piqua 38

Buckeye Insurance GroupHoldiday Classic Results

GIRLSVARSITY

SemifinalsRussia 42, Lehman Catholic 16Covington 48, Piqua 40ConsolationPiqua 42, Lehman Catholic 39ChampionshipRussia 62, Covington 21

All Tournament TeamKylie Wilson, Russia (MVP), Lauren Heaton, Rus-sia; Cassidy Cain, Covington; Tasha Potts, Piqua;Julia Harrelson, Lehman Catholic.

JV First RoundCovington 20, Piqua 14ConsolationRussia 31, Piqua 29, 3 OTsChampionshipCovington 33, Russia 29

Russia’s Kylie Wilson shoots against Covington’s Jackie Siefring.MIKE ULLERY/CALL PHOTO

Lehman’s Tharon Goins, Piqua’s Luke Karn and Lehman’s Drew Westerheide and Greg Spearman go for the ball Saturday.MIKE ULLERY/CALL PHOTO

B.I.G. title gametrue ‘Classic’Piqua outlasts Lehman for OT win

Lady Raidersstand ‘tall’Russia cruises to B.I.G. title

BY ROB KISERSports Editorrkiser@dailycall.com

You couldn’t ask for abetter bargain than fansgot at the Buckeye Insur-ance Group Holiday Clas-sic boys championshipgame Saturday night.

In the end, Piqua out-lasted Lehman 79-75 inovertime to win its firstB.I.G. Classic title.

“It was a great game,”

Piqua coach Heath Butlersaid. “The kids all knoweach other, the fans knoweach other. It was a greatatmosphere.”

And for Butler and thePiqua program, it was justanother sign of a brightfuture after consecutivewins over quality DivisionIV programs.

“This is big,” the second-year coach said. “This is aprocess and will continueto be. We have been in

some close games andlearned from that. Thiswas a big weekend for us.”

And Lehman coach Isa-iah Williams knows thereis plenty to be excitedabout with his squad.

For the second straighttime, the Cavaliers ralliedfrom a four-point deficit inthe final minute of regula-tion to get into overtime— they just didn’t get the

See BOYS/Page 12

BY ROB KISERCall Sports Editorrkiser@dailycall.com

For Russia coach AlanKing Jr. and Covingtoncoach Gene Gooding, therewere two things bothcoaches were in totalagreement on in the firstBuckeye Insurance Group

Holiday Classic girlschampionship game atGarbry Gymnasium.

First, was appreciationfor the opportunity to bepart of the tournament.

“This has been a greatexperience for us,” Kingsaid. “It is great to be the

See GIRLS/Page 12

CINCINNATI (AP) —Carlos Dunlap returned aninterception 14 yards for atouchdown in the fourthquarter Sunday, sendingthe Cincinnati Bengals to a23-17 victory over the Bal-timore Ravens in a gamethat didn't much matter toeither playoff-bound team.The Ravens (10-6) had

already clinched their sec-ond straight AFC Northtitle, putting them in line tohost Indianapolis nex-tweekend.The Bengals (10-6)

were locked into the sixthseed as the final wild-cardteam. They will play at Hous-

ton next weekend.So, they went into pre-

season mode on a 26-de-gree afternoon with a windchill of 16.The Ravens let quarter-

back Joe Flacco and run-ning back Ray Rice playonly two series. Bengalsquarterback Andy Daltonand receiver A.J. Greensat out the second half.

Bengals beatRavens subs

Browns closeout with lossPITTSBURGH (AP) —

Cleveland Browns coachPat Shurmur addressedhis team a little longerthan usual after it closedits season with a 24-10loss to the rival Steelers.One player said he

thought Shurmur wasfighting back tears. Another said he had a

personal message. Many reported that the

second-year coach toldthe players how proud hewas of them.None would acknowl-

edge, directly, that they ex-pect Shurmur and generalmanager Tom Heckert tobe fired on Monday.But as receiver Joshua

Cribbs said, the players onthe 5-11 Browns aren't en-tirely oblivious, either.Cleveland's third-string

quarterback, ThaddeusLewis, passed for 204yards with a touchdownand an interception in hisfirst NFL start. But the Browns dropped

their third straight in whatis likely Shurmur's finalgame on the sideline.

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first champion. I cer-tainly hope we will be in-vited. They made this agreat experience for every-one.”Gooding agreed.“It is great to have an

opportunity to compete fora title at mid-season,”Gooding said. “I certainlyhope we are invited back,because it was great to bepart of this tournament.They made it a great ex-perience and treated usgreat.”The other thing they

agree on — Russia wassimply too tall.While the Lady Buccs

have just one starter 5-10(Jackie Siefring), the LadyRaiders have four starters5-10 or taller and that wasreflected on the stat sheetin the Lady Raiders 62-21victory.Russia outrebounded

Covington 50-10, pound-ing the ball inside and get-ting three and four shotson the rare times theyneeded it. At the sametime, the Lady Buccs wereforced to shoot from theperimeter and limited toone shot on nearly everypossession.“We feel like that (their

size) is one of our advan-tages,” King said. “Itwould be a sin not to useit.”But, just as impressive

was the Lady Raidersguard play.“Our guards do a great

job moving the ball, whichcreates the shots inside,”King said. “AshleyBorchers just does a superjob finding the open girl.That makes it all work.”That and the Raider de-

fense — which allowedjust 37 points in the twotournament games.“Ashley Borchers al-

ways does a great job ondefense,” King said. “But,we also have a number ofgirls who play outstand-ing team defense. That isone of the things that isalways a key for us.”In spit of that, the Lady

Buccs were within 12-8after one quarter.But, Covington went 0-

for-15 from the floor in thesecond quarter and Russiaopened a 32-11 halftime

lead and was never seri-ously challenged in thesecond half.“We are a team that

shoots in streaks,” Coving-ton coach Gene Goodingsaid. “When we aren’t hit-ting, we have to play gooddefense and check out.Wedidn’t do that. Give Russiaa lot of credit. They are agreat team.”Russia put four players

in double figures.Tournament MVP Kylie

Wilson scored 12 pointsfor Russia.Taylor Daniels had 11

points and six rebounds,Bethany York had 10points and six reboundsand Shana Meyer added10 points and five re-bounds.“The girls we had on the

all-tournament team werevery deserving,” Kingsaid. “But, we had a num-ber of girls who could havehad their name called. Iwouldn’t say we expectedto dominate (the tourna-ment).“But, you always hope

you can win every timeyou take the court and thegirls played well.”MorganMcReynolds led

Covington with six points.Russia was 30 of 60

from the floor for 50 per-cent and made one of itstwo free throws.Covington was seven of

39 from the floor for 18percent and seven of 18from the line for 39 per-cent.The Lady Raiders had

14 turnovers to the LadyBuccs eight.Joining Wilson on the

all-tournament team wereRussia’s Lauren Heaton,Covington’s Cassidy Cain,Lehman’s Julia Harrelsonand Piqua’s Tasha Potts.

BOXSCORERussia (62)Ashley Borchers 3-0-6, Kylie Wilson 6-0-

12, Maggie Kearns 4-0-8, Lauren Heaton0-0-0, Shana Meyer 5-0-10, Claudia Mon-nin 1-0-2, Claire Sherman 1-1-3, TaylorDaniels 5-0-11, Bethany York 5-0-10, KailaPleiman 0-0-0, Emily Borchers 0-0-0, Alli-son Gariety 0-0-0. Totals: 30-1-62.Covington (21)Heidi Snipes 1-1-3, Cassidy Cain 1-3-5,

Jessie Crowell 1-1-3, Jackie Siefring 0-1-1,Morgan McReynolds 3-0-6, Brittanie Flora1-1-3, Rachel Carder 0-0-0, Jessie Shilt 0-0-0, Heidi Cron 0-0-0, Kayleigh Cecil 0-0-0,Jessica Dammeyer 0-0-0, Jamie Crowell 0-0-0, Ashley Albright 0-0-0, Ariel Robinson0-0-0. Totals: 7-7-21.3-point field goals — Russia: Daniels.

Score By QuartersRussia 12 32 47 62Covington 8 11 15 21Records: Russia 8-3, Covington 7-4.

GirlsContinued from page 11

win this time.“They never stop bat-

tling,” Williams said.“There is no quit in them.You have to like that. Idon’t think we play smartbasketball sometimes.These kids have a cumula-tive a 3.7 GPA in theclassroom— I am not sureit is a 3.7 on the court.But, we will get there. No-body is going to want toplay us come tournamenttime.”And while both had

plenty of help from theirteammates, the game alsofeatured to of the mostspectacular second-halfperformances in tourna-ment history.Tournament MVP

Xavier Harrison scored 22of his 26 points in the sec-ond half, making eight of10 shots from the floor, in-cluding four threes. Hefinished the game nine of12 from the floor and fourof six from the line.“The team was behind

and they needed me toscore,” Harrison said. “Itwasn’t just me. We hadguys playing great defenseand grabbing big re-bounds. They got me theball. This was big for us.We are going to take offfrom here.”Harrison’s performance

did not surprise Butler.“Yes, he (Xavier Harri-

son) had a great game,”Butler said. “But, I haveseen Xavier shoot likethat. Xavier is very capa-ble of that.”Lehman’s Greg Spear-

man was just as impres-sive. scoring 24 of his 32points in the second half,keeping Lehman in thegame during Piqua’sthird-quarter barrage.“Greg (Spearman) had a

great game,” Williamssaid. “He had a big gamefor us, but Greg is a verygood player. He can do

that.”And it was Harrison

who swung the momen-tum Piqua’s way for thefinal time in overtime.After Lehman had

scored the first two pointsof the extra period and led73-71 it appeared Piquawould come up emptyafter a missed shot. But,the rebound ricochetedout to the corner — like amagnet to Harrison.“I think with everything

we have been through, wedeserve a few bounces togo our way,” Butler said.He drilled a three to

give Piqua a 74-73 leadwith 1:45 remaining,scored on a layup after aPiqua steal to make it 76-73 and the Indians put thegame away from there.“It was his night —

that’s all you can say,”Williams said. “I don’thave a problem with himscoring 26 points — whatI have a problem with ishow he scored it. We lefthim wide open.”With Jackson Frantz,

Connor Richard, MichaelJacob and Spearman com-bining for 29 first-halfpoints, Lehman led 33-30at the break.But, given that his team

committed 16 turnovers inthe opening half and sentLehman to the line 19times, Butler knew itcould have been worse.“We felt very good at

halftime,” Butler said.The Indians showed

why in the third quarter.Piqua scorched the netsfor 12 of 13 shooting in thethird quarter — with Har-rison going 4-for-5 andLuke Karn, Ryan Hughes,Josh Holfinger and ColtonBachman all going 2-for-2— to score 27 points andgo up 57-51.“We did the same thing

Thursday (against Cov-ington),” Butler said.

“These kids are capable ofthat.”Spearman scored 12

points in the third quarterto keep the damage frombeing worse.“I was so disappointed

in our defensive efforttonight,” Williams said.“But, these are 15, 16, 17year-old kids.”Four points by Karn

gave Piqua a 68-64 leadwith 1:55 remaining inregulation and it stayedthat way until less than aminute remained, whenLehman had anotheramazing comeback.“Luke (Karn) is our best

defensive player,” Butlersaid. “He started out onRichard and we had toswitch him to Spearmanand he did a good job.”Spearman was fouled

shooting a three with 51seconds to go. He madetwo of three and afterHarrison converted one oftwo free throws at theother end, Piqua led 69-66with 46 seconds remain-ing.But, Richard drilled a

three off a Jacob screenfrom the top of the keywith 27 seconds left to tiethe game.“Connor actually had to

shoot the ball overMichael (Jacob),”Williamssaid. “He set the pick, buthe didn’t roll. That was abig shot by Connor.”Piqua ran the clock

down under 10 secondsand Butler called timeout.Piqua threw the ball awayon the inbounds, butLehman couldn’t score —forcing the overtime and adeserving finish of such agreat game.“You just have to keep

playing,” Harrison said.“There is nothing you cando (about the final minuteof regulation).”Colton Bachman added

14 points, Josh Holfinger

had 11 points and eightrebounds and Luke Karnand Ryan Hughes netted10 each.Richard added 14 points

to Lehman cause, Frantzadded 11 and Jacob hadnine points and nine re-bounds.Piqua was 28 of 50 from

the floor for 56 percent, in-cluding 18 of 27 in the sec-ond half for 67 percent.The Indians made 14 of 24free throws for 58 percent.“The kids are starting

to understand things,”Butler said. “They arestarting to understandthey don’t have to do it allby themselves.”Lehman was 26 of 64

from the floor for 41 per-cent and 18 of 31 from theline for 58 percent.“We were 19 of 35 from

the line against Russia,”Williams said. “That hasbeen an Achilles heel forus.”Piqua won the battle of

the boards 25-24, but had29 turnovers to Lehman’s21.Hughes, Spearman,

Covington’s Ryan Hughesand Russia’s Treg Franciswere also named to theall-tournament team.And when it was all

said and done, the fanswere winners as well —after one of the morememorable games in tour-nament history.

BOXSCORELehman (75)Connor Richard 4-4-14, Jackson Frantz

4-2-11, Michael Jacob 3-3-9, Greg Spear-man 12-7-32, Drew Westerheide 1-0-3,Tharon Goins 1-2-4, James Rego 0-0-0,Nathan Hall 1-0-2, John Husa 0-0-0, DylanLong 0-0-0, Josh Smith 0-0-0, Nick Rourke0-0-0. Totals: 26-18-75.Piqua (79)Tate Honeycutt 0-2-2, Xavier Harrison 9-

4-26, Luke Karn 4-1-10, Erik Vondenhuevel3-0-6, Josh Holfinger 3-4-11, Colton Bach-man 5-2-14, Ryan Hughes 4-1-10, DorianAshe 0-0-0, Daniel Monnin 0-0-0. Totals:28-14-79.3-point field goals — Lehman: Richard

(2), Frantz, Spearman,Westerheide. Piqua:Harrison (4), Karn, Holfinger, Bachman (2),Hughes.Score By QuartersLehman 18 33 51 69 75Piqua 13 30 57 69 79Records: Lehman 4-4, Piqua 3-6.

BoysContinued from page 11

Piqua’s Xavier Harrison drives to the basket against DrewWesterheide Saturday night.MIKE ULLERY/CALL PHOTO

FORT LORAMIE —Fort Loramie handed theVersailles Lady Tigerstheir first loss of the sea-son Saturday in a non-league thriller in highschool girls basketball ac-tion.The contest went to

double overtime beforeFort Loramie came awaywith a 56-54 victory.The win puts the Lady

Redskins at 9-2 on theseason and leaves theLady Tigers at 10-1.The two teams were

deadlocked at 46-46 afterregulation and at 52-allafter one OT. After a cou-ple of minutes with nopoints being scored in thesecond overtime, Lo-ramie’s Darian Rose

drained a big three-pointer to give the LadyRedskins the lead.Katie Heckman led the

team 12 points and ninerebounds.For the Lady Tigers,

Christa Puthoff added 10points to go with eight re-bounds.Versailles canned 22-

for-57 from the field for 38percent, and Loramie was23-for-56 for 41 percent.Versailles outre-

bounded the Lady Red-skins 35-28.

Roaders win titleBRADFORD — The

Bradford girls basketballteam kept the hardware

Versailles girlsfall in double OTRoaders win own tourney

See ROADERS/Page 13

VERSAILLES — TheVersailles boys got pastMiami East 54-46 in thechampionship game of theVersailles Holiday Tour-nament.Damian Richard led

Versailles with 13 points,CadWinner scored 11 andKyle Ahrens added 10.Aaron Mitchell scored

16 points for Miami Eastand A.J. Hickman added

13.

Roaders drop gameBRADFORD — The

Bradford boys basketballteam was overwhelmed byTroy Christian 80-37 inthe championship game ofthe Bradford HolidayTournament.Eric Swabb led Brad-

ford with 12 points.

Cats get winANSONIA—The Hous-

ton boys basketball teamhandled Ansonia 54-36 in

SCL action Saturday.Jake Braun led Hous-

ton with 19 points.

FRIDAYEast boys winVERSAILLES —

Miami East had to rallyfrom a 29-24 halftimedeficit against Brookvillein the opening round ofthe Versailles HolidayTournament, before win-ning 53-46.A.J. Hickman had 15

points and seven re-bounds, while Garrett

Mitchell had 14 points, sixsteals and six rebounds.

Tigers handle AnnaVERSAILLES — In the

nightcap, Anna hung withVersailles for three quar-ters, but the Tigers pulledaway in the fourth to beatthe Rockets 70-54 at theVersailles Holiday Tour-nament.Kyle Ahrens poured in

29 points and had severaldunks to lead the Tigers.Chad Winner added 18and Damian Richard 13.

Bradford advancesBRADFORD — First-

year Bradford coach JeffCase says that the firstthree minutes of the thirdquarter decide basketballgames.New Miami found that

out the hard way.Bradford immediately

erased a 29-15 halftimedeficit by scoring the first15 points of the thirdquarter and went on to a56-48 victory in the open-ing round of the BradfordHoliday Tournament.

“I preach that the firstthree minutes of the thirdwill decide the basketballgame,” Case said. “Wecame out really flat anddid not take the best shotswe could, so I challengedthe kids at halftime to bepatient and do the thingswe do best.”That included hitting

seven 3-pointers.Brandon Wirrig and

Brandon Wysong scored15 points each, with Eric

Versailles boys keep hardware at homeGet past Eastin title game

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Doll fifthat HolidayHaney takes eighthMIDDLETOWN — The

Piqua boys and girls bowl-ing teams competed in theEastern Lanes HolidayTournament recently.The Piqua boys finished

eighth with 3,423, whilethe girls finished seventhwith 2,753.Mike Haney finished

seventh overall and wasnamed to the second teamon the all-tournamentteam.He rolled games of 203-

202-224 for a 629 series.Other Piqua scores

were Josh Homer 140-220-194—554, BrandonDevaudreuil 132-174-158—464, Brad Anderson166-131-139—436.Shae Doll led the girls,

finishing fifth overall andmaking the all-tourna-ment team. She hadscores of 142, 167 and 208for a 517 series.Other Piqua scores

were Hayley Ryan 185-106-125—416, AlainaMikolajewski 113-31-129—373.Kaili Ingle rolled a 149

game, while Haley Hueb-ner had games of 103 and94.

HANEY DOLL

G R E E N V I L L E —Mitchell Stover had an-other record setting day asthe Versailles swim teamsswept a meet at the DarkeCounty YMCA.Stover the school record

in the 100 yard breast-stroke. His time of1:01.59 broke the record of1:02.30 set by Brian Ruhe.Stover also won the 200

IM, 2:00.53; while Cole Al-bers swept the 50freestyle, 23.97; and 100butterfly, 1:00.50.Also winning were Sam

Subler, 200 freestyle,2:08.41; Cole Poeppelman,100 freestyle, 56.90; andAndrew Kramer, 500freestyle, 5:34.09.Versailles also won the

200 medley relay (Stover,Albers, Subler, Kramer),1:48.44; and the 400freestyle relay (Stover,Kramer, Albers, Poeppel-man), 3:41.50.Versailles won every

event in the girl meet.Double winners were

Abbey Marshal, 200 IM,2:25.0; and 500 freestyle,6:09.53; and Amber Seib-ert, 100 breaststroke,1:13.56; and 50 freestyle,26.28.Also winning were Lexi

Fliehman, 100 butterfly,1:05.0; Murphy Grow, 200freestyle, 2:17.53; BaileyMarshal, 100 freestyle,57.63; and Hannah Mar-shal, 100 backstroke,1:04.09.Versailles also won the

200 medley relay (RachelSubler, Abbey Marshal,Ashlyn Cordonnier,Fliehman), 1:59.47; 200freestyle relay (Fliehman,Grow, Cordonnier, BaileyMarshal), 1:48.37; and the400 freestyle relay (AbbeyMarshal, Seibert, HannahMarshal, Bailey Marshal),4:03.97.

BOYSTeam scores: Versailles 55, Greenville

36, Tri-Village 2.200 Medley Relay: 1.Versailles (Mitchell

Stover, Cole Albers, Sam Subler, AndrewKramer), 1:48.44; 3.Versailles B (QuincyBaltes, Darren Subler, Chris Klamar, Har-rison Detrick), 2:09.84200 Freestyle: 1.Sam Subler, 2:04.81;

4.Ian Lawrence, 2:26.75; Quincy Baltes,2:44.06; Darren Subler, 2:50.03200 IM: 1.Mitchell Stover, 2:00.53;

3.Harrison Detrick, 2:51.2150 Freestyle: 1.Cole Albers, 23.97;

3.Cole Poeppelman, 25.75100 Butterfly: 1.Cole Albers, 1:00.50;

2.Sam Subler, 1:02.16100 Freestyle: 1.Cole Poeppelman,

56.90; 3.Chris Klamar, 1:03.28; HarrisonDetrick, 1:05.93500 Freestyle: 1.Andrew Kramer,

5:34.09; 3.Ian Lawrence, 6:24.56200 Freestyle Relay: 2.Versailles (Cole

Poeppelman, Ian Lawrence, Chris Klamar,Sam Suble), 1:46.72100 Backstroke: 2.Andrew Kramer,

1:03.59; 5.Quincy Baltes, 1:19.97100 Breaststroke: 1.Mitchell Stover,

1:01.59; 4.Chris Klamar, 1:16.47; DarrenSubler, 1:20.68400 Freestyle Relay: 1.Versailles

(Mitchell Stover, Andrew Kramer, Cole Al-bers, Cole Poeppelman), 3:41.50; 3.Ver-sailles B (Ian Lawrence, Darren Subler,Quincy Baltes, Harrison Detrick), 4:41.28

GIRLSTeam scores: Versailles, 76; Greenville

9, Russia 5, St. Henry 4.Versailles Results200 Medley Relay: 1.Versailles (Rachel

Subler, Abbey Marshal, Ashlyn Cordonnier,Lexi Fliehman), 1:59.47; 2.Versailles B(Hannah Marshal, Amber Seibert, CarolinePrakel, HannahWenig), 2:06.03;VersaillesC (Alyssa Barlage, Emily Ruhenkamp,Lindsey Didier, Janelle Mangen), 2:31.22200 Freestyle: 1.Murphy Grow, 2:17.53;

5.Lindsey Didier, 2:59.62200 IM: 1.Abbey Marshal, 2:25.00; 2nd

place, Lexi Fliehman, 2:27.22; Katelyn Plat-foot, 3:15.27; Emily Stammen, 3:21.37; KoriOliver, 3:24.53; Taylor Stover, 3:27.2550 Freestyle: 1.Amber Seibert, 26.28;

2.Bailey Marshal, 26.44; Hannah Wenig,28.50; Emily Ruhenkamp, 31.38; CarolinePrakel, 31.63; Janelle Mangen, 32.62100 Butterfly: 1.Lexi Fliehman, 1:05.00;

2.Ashlyn Cordonnier, 1:06.32; Alyssa Bar-lage, 1:41.91100 Freestyle: 1.Bailey Marshal, 57.63;

3.Hannah Marshal, 59.40; Rachel Subler,1:04.75; Caroline Prakel, 1:11.00; Gabri-anna Mescher, 1:11.72; Kori Oliver, 1:22.62500 Freestyle: 1.Abbey Marshal,

6:09.53; 2.Hannah Wenig, 6:44.41200 Freestyle Relay: 1.Versailles (Lexi

Fliehman, Murphy Grow, Ashlyn Cordon-nier, Bailey Marshal), 1:48.37; 3.VersaillesB (Caroline Prakel, Lindsey Didier, JanelleMangen,Gabrianna Mescher), 2:09.00;Ver-sailles C (Kori Oliver, Emily Stammen,Katelyn Platfoot, Emily Ruhenkamp),2:12.00100 Backstroke: 1.Hannah Marshal,

1:04.09; 2.Rachel Subler, 1:10.10; AlyssaBarlage, 1:31.32; Janelle Mangen, 1:31.65;Emily Stammen, 1:35.12; Taylor Stover,1:40.13100 Breaststroke: 1.Amber Seibert,

1:13.56; 2.Ashlyn Cordonnier, 1:15.31;Gabrianna Mescher, 1:30.81; EmilyRuhenkamp, 1:31.90; Katelyn Platfoot,1:38.15400 Freestyle Relay: 1.Versailles

(Abbey Marshal, Amber Seibert, HannahMarshal, Bailey Marshal), 4:03.97; 2.Ver-sailles B (Murphy Grow, Hannah Wenig,Rachel Subler, Gabrianna Mescher),4:33.44; Versailles C (Kori Oliver, KatelynPlatfoot, Taylor Stover, Emily Stammen),5:21.37

Tigers sweepswim meetStover breaks another record

at home in the BradfordHoliday Tournament Sat-urday, defeating Carlisle42-34 in the championshipgame.Haley Patty filled out

the stat sheet with 12points, six rebounds, threesteals and two assists.Bree Bates added 10

points, while Brooke Dun-levy had eight points andfour rebounds.Michayla Barga had

five rebounds and threesteals, Brooke Brower hadthree steals and GabbyFair pulled down seven re-bounds.

Lady Cats fallThe Houston girls bas-

ketball team lost a closegame to New Bremen 37-33 Saturday.

Monique Booher ledHouston with 12 points.

FRIDAYRoaders winBRADFORD — The

Bradford girls basketballteam rallied in the secondhalf for a 37-27 win overTroy Christian in theopening round of theBradford Holiday Tourna-ment.The Lady Railroaders

held Troy Christian to twopoints in the third quarterto take control.Brooke Dunlevy led the

Lady Railroaders with 19points and Haley Pattyadded eight.Amanda Benjamin led

Troy Christian with 11points, all of which shescored in the first half.

RoadersContinued from page 12

Swabb adding 11— andthat trio combined for allseven 3-point field goals.

Cats boys loseHOUSTON — It was

not surprising that Hous-ton coach JohnWilloughby said after hisgame Friday night that“the second quarter was

the difference.”The Wildcats lost at

home to the MinsterWild-cats Friday in non-leaguehigh school basketball ac-tion, 67-49, and if you takeaway the second quarter,Houston outscored Min-ster 43-42.But in that second pe-

riod, Minster erupted for

25 points and outscoredthe Wildcats by 19.They put a little pres-

sure on us, not full court,and we didn’t handle it,”said Willoughby. “We letthem dictate the tempoand fell behind by toomuch to come back.”Minster led 15-14 after

one quarter, then opened

it up to 40-20 at the half.The lead was 21 afterthree periods.For Houston, Jessie

Phlipot had 19 and JakeBraun 17.“I thought Jake and

Jessie both playedwell,”said Willoughby.Houston dropped to 4-4

with the loss.

BoysContinued from page 12

Drew Durand had an impressive tournament for Piqua at the GMVWA Holiday Tournament.ANTHONY WEBER/CIVITAS MEDIA PHOTO

FAIRBORN — DrewDurand led the Piquawrestlers at the GreaterMiami Valley WrestlingAssociation tournamentat Wright State’s NutterCenter Friday and Satur-day.Durand missed placing

by one match, going 5-2.He opened with an 18-

9 major decision overChristopher LaMarr ofLima Bath, before losing8-4 to David Bergman ofSimon Kenton.Durand then reeled off

four straight wins, pin-ning Jaden Salsbury ofWiilmington in 4:21;recording a 12-0 majordecision over FloydRogers of Green, a 41- de-cision over Nick Reeves ofMiddletown and winninga 3-2 thriller over JacobLochard of Sidney.Durand was then

pinned by Sam Harris ofUrbana in 3:44 in amatch he needed to winto place.Hunter Bryant (138)

and Caje Kindred (145)both went 2-2.Bryant won by tech.

fall over Nate Stonehill ofLima Bath 21-6; beforelosing a 7-2 decision toChris Wall of HilliardBradley. He decisionedGeorge Zawahri of Green6-1, before losing an 8-6decision to AnthonyAlexander of Princeton.Kindred opened by

being pinned by AlanSarver of Eaton in 3:16,before rebounding withtwo wins.He decisioned Seth

Barga of Versailles 8-1and p. Jesse Key of WestCarrollton in 4:36; beforedropping a 16-3 major de-cision to Karar Al-asadyof Peachtree Ridge.Eion Hogston (182)

opened the tournamentby pinning Jacob Danielof Stebbins in 1:47; beforebeing pinned by ShohnOrzuev of Princeton in5:34 and being pinned byJames Lutes of Minervain :43.Eric Clay (120),

Desmine Griffis (160),Tanner Chambers (170)and Jake Hetzler (285) allwent 0-2.

Clay lost 8-3 to Bran-don Smith of Glen Esteand forfeited his nextmatch; while Griffis waspinned by Kent Bachmanof Campbell County in2:19 and Kris Reid ofWashington in 3:10.Chambers was pinned

by Abel Leonardo ofPeachtree Ridge in 1:34;and Demarco Smith ofPrinceton in :29; whileHetzler was pinned byKamal Smith of HollandSpringfield in :44 andNick Sinclair of CampbellCounty in :50.

� Covington finished21st place out of 52schools, placing threewrestlers at the tourna-ment and narrowly miss-ing a fourth placer, whichwould have been the mostever for the Buccs.Kyler Deeter (138) led

the team with a thirdplace finish, picking up a7-1 decision over A.J.Bondurant of Pickering-ton Central in the finals.Deeter opened the day

with a 7-4 decision overBondurant to advance tothe semifinals where hedropped a 9-3 decision toMiddletown’s JacobGlobke.He rebounded in the

consolation semifinalswith a pin over CollinWise of Lima Bath.Brian Olson (195) took

fifth place for the Buccsby defeating AustinRowan of Glen Este, 9-3.He opened the day

with an 8-0 major deci-sion over Lee Craven ofRyle, Kentucky, beforedropping two tough deci-sions — a 5-3 overtimedecision to state placerCameron Shaw of Wash-ington, and a 5-3 decisionto state-placer Sam Har-ris of Urbana.Freshman Ryan Ford

(126) placed seventh byearning an 11-4 decisionover Springboro’s JakobOttaway.He dropped his quar-

terfinal match in over-time, 5-3, to the no. 2 seedJoe Parrott of Simon Ken-ton, before reboundingwith a 9-2 victory overMurtaza Bambot ofPeachtree Ridge, Georgia.In the consolation quar-terfinals, he lost a lastsecond 8-6 decision to Eli-jah Cochran of KentonRidge. Brock Smith (138)just missed joining histeammates on thepodium.He opened the day

with a solid 11-6 decisionover Jacob Furlong ofStebbins to finish in thetop-12, and was dominat-ing the no. 2 seed DrewHarris of Simon Kenton,Kentucky, before gettingcaught in the third pe-riod.

� Versailles had twowrestlers place at theGMVWA wrestling tour-nament.Matt Mangen (132) fin-

sihed fourth, while KyleDieringer (195) finished

seventh.

East competesTIPP CITY — Miami

East coach Jason Sroufeset a goal for his team towin five individual titleson the day.The Vikings did in fact

send five wrestlers intochampionship matches,with Allen Seagraves(120) and Austin Rush(132) both winning theirclasses. Stephen Morrow(126) Mack Rose (145)and Daniel Everett (182)all placed second.Aaron Hubbard placed

fourth at 170 as MiamiEast finished second as ateam to Centerville.All things considering,

it wasn’t a bad day for theVikings.“We wanted to come in

and finish in the topthree,” Sroufe said. “Wewanted five champions.We didn’t get five cham-pions, but we still hadfive guys going for first orsecond.“We were still a few

short, probably couldhave had a few more. Wehad a 106 pound guy(Josh Morrow) seededfirst and he ended up get-ting sixth.“But we had some ex-

tras wrestle today whocame in and placed in thetop eight. That’s a goodexperience for them.Overall, we did what wewanted to do, we finishedin the top three.”

Durand wrestles well at GMVWADeeter, Olson place high for Covington

Covington’s Kyler Deeter finished third at the GMVWA Saturday.BEN ROBINSON/GOBUCCS.COM PHOTO

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New Year’s GamesGUESSING THE RESOLUTIONSMake each of your guests writedown resolutions, each on its ownslip of paper. Pull one slip of paperout of a basket at a time and read itout loud. Everyone has to writedown who they think made eachresolution. At the end of the read-ings, the person who guessed themost correctly wins a prize. Readsome of the wrong guesses outloud for fun!

CELEBRITY HUNTEveryone writes the name of acelebrity, famous person or charac-ter on a piece of paper and thenthey stick to the forehead of theplayer on their left (use tape oroffice Post-It notes). Make sure theydon’t see the name. Now the gamestarts. Everyone else can see yourforehead. The objective is to workout who you are. Going around thetable, each payer takes a turn toask the party questions about whothey are – answers can be YES orNO only. If you get a YES you maycontinue asking, if you get a NOplay moves on to the left. Last per-son to guess their name is theloser.

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Many countries have traditions thatthey believe will bring good luck for thenew year.In Puerto Rico, children enjoy throw-

ing pails of water out the window atmidnight. Some believe that this ridstheir home of any evil spirits!In Spain, when the clock strikes mid-

night, the people eat 12 grapes. Onegrape for every stroke of the clock torepresent each month in the year. Eachgrape is said to bring good luck in thenew year.In Switzerland, they believe that

good luck comes from letting a drop ofcream land on the floor on New Year'sDay.In France, people eat a stack of pan-

cakes for luck and good health.In Belgium, farmers wish their ani-

mals a Happy New Year for blessings.In Armenia, the Armenian women

cook a special bread for their family.The bread is kneaded with luck andgood wishes pressed into the doughbefore it is cooked.In Northern Portugal, children go

caroling from home to home and aregiven treats and coins. They sing oldsongs or "Janeiros," which are said tobring good luck.In Romania, the Romanians have a

tradition of listening to hear if the farmanimals talk on New Year's Day. If theanimals talk, it is considered bad luck.So they are always relieved when theydo not hear any talking animals!In Bolivia, families make beautiful lit-

tle wood or straw dolls to hang outsidetheir homes to bring good luck.In many countries, it is thought that

a person can affect the luck they willhave throughout the coming year bywhat they do or eat on the first day ofthe new year. For that reason, it hasbecome common for folks to celebratethe first few minutes of a brand newyear in the company of family andfriends. Parties often last into the middleof the night after the ringing in of a newyear. It was once believed that the firstvisitor on New Year's Day would bringeither good luck or bad luck the rest ofthe year. It was particularly lucky if thefirst visitor happened to be a tall, dark-haired man.Traditional New Year foods also are

thought to bring luck. Many culturesbelieve that anything in the shape of aring is good luck, because it symbolizescoming full circle – that is completing a

year's cycle. For that reason, the Dutchbelieve that eating doughnuts on NewYear's Day will bring good fortune.Many parts of the United States cel-

ebrate the new year by eating black-eyed peas. They are usually eaten withham or some cut of pork meat. Black-eyed peas and other legumes havebeen considered good luck in many cul-tures. The hog and its meat is consid-ered lucky because it symbolizes pros-perity.Cabbage is another "good luck" veg-

etable that is consumed on New Year'sDay by many. Cabbage leaves also areconsidered a sign of prosperity.Cabbage is representative of papermoney! In some regions, rice is a luckyfood that is eaten on New Year's Day.

CREATE YOUR OWN TIMECAPSULEPut anything you want toremember along with yourresolutions in a container andthen hide it till next year.

GUESS HOW MANYOBJECTS IN A JARFill a clear glass or plastic jar(with a secure lid) with a

known quantity (yes, youhave to count them!) ofcandy, marbles, pennies, tinytoy cars or some other itemthat ties in with the theme ofyour party. Decorate the jarand lid with stickers and abow and place on the arrivalactivity table. Provide slips ofpaper for guests to write theirnames and their “guess” and

a small basket or box to col-lect the entries. At the end ofthe party, award the jar ofgoodies to the child with theclosest guess.

SCAVENGER HUNTSome ideas: a party hat,streamers, noise makers,plastic champagne glass, aclock, Happy NewYear card,

Happy NewYear balloon,drink stirrers, coasters,chocolate coins, a calendaror silver bells to ring in theNewYear.

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