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PIQUA — The man-of-many

hats from Edison CommunityCollege, Chip Hare, along withWestern Ohio TV Consortium ex-ecutive director Jennifer Welker,proved to be hard acts to follow atTuesday’s Piqua City Commis-sion meeting.Getting everyone in atten-

dance to their feet while pipingthe Village People’s song“Y.M.C.A.” through the speakers,

Hare showcased changes atChannel 5 and the plan to shakethings up through partnershipdevelopments and community in-volvement.The WOTC representatives

spoke of the work-in-progress atthe Edison location, includingequipment upgrades, all inthanks to funding from numer-ous area organizations and urged

commission to follow suit.It’s not often, or perhaps never,

that commission has beenbrought to their feet by someoneat the podium, but they did so ingood-natured fun. Then Commis-sioner Bill Vogt, at the helm dueto Mayor Lucy Fess being under-the-weather, moved the night’s

Leaders warm up to ‘Y.M.C.A.’

REMEMBERING THE DREAM

BY BETHANY J. ROYERStaffWriterbroyer@dailycall.com

PIQUA—A community event re-

flecting on the life and legacy of Dr.Martin Luther King Jr. was held atthe YWCA on Monday afternoon.City leaders and residents con-

verged for the event where keynotespeaker Judge Walter Rice empha-sized the need to continue King’swork until the day when all, “God’s

children will be able to join handsand sing, ‘Free at last! Free at last!Thank God almighty, we are free atlast.’”It was 44 years ago that one of

the most significant heroes in his-tory was killed, having barely

Judge Walter Rice, U.S. District Court for Southern District of Ohio delivers thekeynote address at the fourth annual Martin Luther King Celebration at theYWCA Piqua on Monday.

Spc Logan Adams, center, presents a flag that was flown over hisunit’s base in Afghanistan to Dianne Hartmann, seventh- andeighth-grade science teacher and principal Josh Long during a cer-emony at Covington Middle School on Tuesday.

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COVINGTON — When Cov-ington Middle School scienceteacher Dianne Hartmannwatched then-senior LoganAdams receive his diploma in2006, she probably did not envi-sion sharing the stage with himsix years later as current middleschool students gazed at him inawe.On Tuesday afternoon, Hart-

mann and other staff memberslooked on with quiet pride as U.S.

Army Spc. Logan Adams stoodbefore them and the student bodyto speak about the roles of him-self and his unit in Operation En-during Freedom.Adams is a recon team leader

with the 172nd Infantry Brigadecurrently stationed in East Pak-tika, Afghanistan. Their mission,at least in part, is to patrol andprotect an area that is more than7,000 feet above sea level.The 2006 Covington High

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Donald HobsonTROY — Donald Hob-

son, 69, of 114 S. CrawfordSt. Troy, passed away at 2p . m .Monday,Jan. 16,2012, inGr e en -ville athis placeof em-p l o y -ment.H e

w a sborn Dec. 30, 1942, in Col-orado Springs, Colo. to thelate Darrel and Lucille(Weimer) Hobson. He wasmarried Oct. 1, 1965, toKay Tipton, and she sur-vives.Other survivors include

his son, Don R. Hobson IIof West Milton; daughterand son-in-law, Debby andLarry Brown of Tipp City;four grandchildren, Au-tumn Hobson, KatieBrown, Chrissy (Ivan)Salmeron, and JennyBrown.Don was preceded in

death by his sister, Dare-line Jones.He was a 40-year mem-

ber of the Troy Eagles 971and was Worthy Vice-President and a member

of the Ritual Team,MiamiCounty Moose Lodge2611,Troy, Redman Lodge222, Troy, Haymakers 222½,Troy and Troy Fish andGame Club. His hobbieswere being in the out-doors, camping, hunting,fishing, being an avidbowler and spending timewith his family and grand-children. Don was an em-ployee of SpecializedCasting in Greenville andworked as a mastermolder.A funeral service will be

held 3 p.m. Saturday, atFisher-Cheney FuneralHome, Troy, wherefriends may call one hourprior to service. Visitationhours also will be from 5-7Friday, at the funeralhome with an EaglesLodge Service at 7 p.m. atthe funeral home.Contributions may be

made to the Troy EaglesRitual Team in his mem-ory, 225 N. Elm St. Troy,OH 45373.Arrangements are en-

trusted to Fisher-Ch-eney Funeral Home,Troy. Condolences may beexpressed to the family atwww.fisher-cheneyfuner-alhome.com.

Frances L. SmithTROY — Frances L.

Smith, 95, of Troy, passedaway at 8:35 p.m. Sunday,Jan. 15,2 0 1 2 ,a tUpperVal leyM e d -i c a lCenter,Troy.S h e

w a sborn Aug. 5, 1916, in Cov-ington, to the late GilbertD. and Stella (Colbert)Adams. She married CarlJ. Smith Jr. in 1939, andhe preceded her in deathin 1978.She is survived by two

daughters and a son-in-law, Connie and Ray Bret-land of Troy and NancyShetterly of California;two sons and daughters-in-law, Pat and JoyceSmith of North Carolinaand Richard and RuthAnn Smith of Troy; sis-ters-in-law, Nancy Adamsof Troy and Ruth Adamsof Sidney; eight grandchil-dren; many loving great-grandchildren; and manycherished nieces andnephews.In addition to her par-

ents and her husband,Mrs. Smith was preceded

in death by one son-in-law,Larry Shetterly; and eightsiblings, Ivor Adams, Mil-dred Miller, Mabel Wack-ler, Pearl Rehmert,Thelma Long, GilbertAdams, Franklin Adamsand John Adams.She was a lifelong resi-

dent of Troy and retiredfrom Hobart Brothersafter 15 years of service.Mrs. Smith was a mem-

ber of the First UnitedChurch of Christ, Troy,where she was a volun-teer, did needlework forthe elderly, helped withmeals and was known asthe “Pie Lady.” She wasalso a former member ofthe Troy Senior Citizensand YMCA.Services will be held at

12 p.m. Friday at BairdFuneral Home, Troy. Pri-vate interment will takeplace in Riverside Ceme-tery, Troy. Friends maycall from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.Friday at the funeralhome.Memorial contributions

may be made to Hospice ofMiami County, P.O. Box502, Troy, Ohio 45373 orcharity of choice.Friends may express

condolences to the familythrough www.bairdfuner-alhome.com.

Norbert W.WatercutterMCCARTYVILLE —

Norbert W. Watercutter,92, of 8130 Wells Road,McCar-tyville,wh e r ehe wasb o r na n dl i v e dthe lastt h r e ey e a r sw i t hhis sonJ e r r y,died Monday, Jan. 16,2012, at Heritage ManorNursing Home in Minster.He was born May 1,

1919, on the home place tothe late Henry and Eliza-beth (Otting) Watercutter.He married Frances M.Esser on May 3, 1947, inMcCartyville. She pre-ceded him in death onAug. 31, 2007.He is survived by chil-

dren, Judy and DavidBoerger of Ft. Wayne,Ind., Dan and NitaWater-cutter of Sidney, Bill andLaura Watercutter ofPiqua, Deb and Ron Mal-oon of Jackson Center,Jerry and Diane Water-cutter of McCartyville;son-in-law, Steve Ger-mond of New SmyrnaBeach, Fla.; 16 grandchil-dren; and 13 great-grand-children.

He was preceded indeath by his parents; wife;daughter, Pat Germond;brothers, Lawrence, Ed-ward, Joseph, Raymondand Albert; and sisters,Eleanor HuelskampHoman, Alvina Bruns,Loretta Ossege and ClaraDriscoll.He was a member of Sa-

cred Heart of JesusCatholic Church, McCar-tyville, the men’s sodalityof the church, Knights ofColumbus, McCartyville,many farm co-ops and anavid hunter and fisher-man. He was an AnnaSchool bus driver for 36years and a retired life-long farmer.A Mass of Christian

Burial will be celebratedat 10 a.m. Saturday at Sa-cred Heart of JesusCatholic Church with theRev. Fr. John Tonkin cele-brant. Burial will followthe mass in the churchcemetery.Friends may call from

2-8 p.m. Friday and from9-9:45 a.m. Saturday atSacred Heart of JesusChurch,McCartyville. Thefamily requests donationsbe made to the SacredHeart of Jesus ChurchBuilding Fund.Condolences may be

made to the family atwww.hogenkampfh.com.

Ruby Elizabeth SmithBRADFORD — Ruby

Elizabeth Smith, 89, ofBradford, passed awayMonday, Jan. 16, 2012, atthe Upper Valley MedicalCenter.Ruby was born in Brock,

on July 29, 1922, to thelate Benjamin Cain andCredith (Buckingham)Cain Wyan.She was a caretaker for

many years and was amember of Versailles Ea-gles, AMVETS Post 66,Covington and was amember of BradfordChurch of the Brethren.She was preceded in

death by her parents; hus-band, John Paul Smith in1985; son, Jim Smith in2010; two brothers, Joeand Lester Cain; and fivesisters, Evelyn Emrick,Maxine Bailey, JeanWom-bold, Irene Dickey, andRosie Robinson.Ruby is survived by her

two daughters and son-in-

law,PattiWyan of Bradfordand Debbie and GregMon-nier of Greenville; eightgrandchildren, SuzanneHawes, John Wyan, PennyStarns, Jim Smith, GarySmith, Jennifer Monnier,Abbey Monnier, and ClintMonnier; 13 great-grand-children; three great-great-grandchildren; brother andsister-in-law, Robert andFidebelle Cain ofGreenville; numerousnieces, nephews, other rel-atives and friends.Funeral services will be

held at 2 p.m. Saturday atthe Stocker-Fraley Fu-neral Home, Bradfordwith Pastor John Sheltonofficiating. IntermentMiami Memorial ParkCemetery, Covington.The family will receive

friends 5-8 p.m. Friday atthe funeral home.Condolences may be

sent to the family atwww.stockerfraley.com.

Norma Rosalee BruntonCOVINGTON —

Norma Rosalee Brunton,98, ofCoving-t o n ,p a s s e da w a ySunday,Jan. 15,2012, atKoester-Pavilion,T r o y .N o rmawas born in Covington onAug. 2, 1913, to the lateCharles and Mabel(Boehringer) Miller.She retired from Terry’s

Cafeteria, Piqua as a saladsupervisor after manyyears of service and hadpreviously worked forAtlas Underwear, Piquaand Miami County Dairy,Covington. She was one ofthe originators of the Spit-fyres, Covington, was amember of O.E.S. SharonChapter 132,West Milton,a member of the Coving-ton United Church ofChrist, the Ladies Auxil-iaryAmerican Legion,A.B.Cole Post 80, Covington,and a member of theLadies Auxiliary VFWPost 4235, Covington.She was preceded in

death by her parents; firsthusband, Leroy Diltz; sec-ond husband, Willard

“Jim” Brunton; son, DougDiltz; two-year-old brother,Theron Dale Miller; andtwin brother, NormanRonald “Bub” Miller.Norma is survived by

her daughter, Pat Clark ofCovington; seven grand-children, Dan and RuthHathaway of Piqua, Lu-Anne Leistner of Coving-ton, Rick Lyons ofCovington, Tracy andLinda Lyons of Covington,Kimberly and Bill Buerkof Pleasant Plain, Deborahand Al Hitchcock of Cov-ington and Kip Diltz ofCovington; 17 great-grandchildren; 17 great-great -grandchi ldren ;sister, Dorothy Alyea ofCovington; other relativesand many friends.Funeral services will be

held at 11 a.m. Saturdayat Bridges-Stocker-Fraley Funeral Home,Covington with the Rev.AllenMarheine officiating.Interment will be in High-land Cemetery, Covington.The family will receive

friends from 4-8 p.m. Fri-day at the funeral home.If desired, contributions

may be made to CovingtonUnited Church of Christ,Music Organ Fund. Con-dolences may be sent tothe family at www.stocker-fraley.com.

Judy Kay MayerCOVINGTON — Judy

Kay Mayer, 65, of Coving-ton, went home to be withh e rL o r dS u n -d a y ,Jan. 15,2 0 1 2 ,at 11a.m. ather res-idence.S h e

w a sb o r nFeb. 23, 1946, in Piqua, tothe late Gobeul and Vir-ginia (Wise) Poling.Judy married Anthony

“Tony” J. Mayer Jr. onApril 26, 1975, in Piqua,and he survives. Also sur-viving are one son anddaughter-in-law, AnthonyJ. III and Christy Mayer ofPiqua; one daughter andson-in-law, Angela andMichael J. Farris II of

Fletcher; one sister, JoyceElliott of Piqua; twograndchildren, Michael J.Farris III and AlexanderFarris, both of Fletcher.Judy graduated from

Piqua High School in1964. She was a memberof the Piqua Church of theBrethren. Judy was em-ployed with Piqua PizzaSupply in Piqua for 11years. She also worked forthe Piqua Paper Box Com-pany for five years.Funeral services will be

held at 1:30 p.m. Friday atMelcher-Sowers Fu-neral Home, Piqua withPastor Larry Lutz officiat-ing. Burial will follow inForest Hill Cemetery,Piqua. Visitation will befrom 11:30 a.m. to 1:30p.m. Friday at the funeralhome.Condolences to the fam-

ily may be expressed towww.melcher-sowers.com.

Charles E. ‘Ed’ SimonBRADFORD —

Charles E. “Ed” Simon,75, of Bradford, passedaway Sunday, Jan. 15,2012, at Lima MemorialHospital.Ed was born in Darke

County on April 27, 1936,to the late William andMarie (Baltes) Simon.He was a graduate of

Bradford High School,Class of 1954. He was aU.S. Navy veteran and re-tired from CSX Trans-portation (railroad) astrack foreman. He was alifetime member ofAMVETS Post 66, Coving-ton.Ed is survived by his

son, Charles E. Simon ofGreenville; three daugh-ters and sons-in-law, Tinaand John Landis of Brad-ford, Teresa and JohnDouglas of Bradford andNikki Simon of West Mil-ton; four grandchildren,Ryan Osornio, T.J. Os-ornio, Chad and KacieLandis and Brad Landis;

five great-grandchil-d r e n ;sister andbrother-in-law, Mary Jane and Wal-ter Wardley of NewCarlisle; four brothersand sisters-in-law, Jamesand Kay Simon of Coving-ton, Robert and JoyceSimon of Covington, Mar-vin and Carol Simon ofAnsonia and MichaelSimon of Xenia; and otherrelatives and friends.A prayer service will be

held at 2 p.m.Thursday atthe Bridges-Stocker-Fraley Funeral Home,Covington with the Rev.Fr. Jim Simons officiating.Interment will be inMiami Memorial ParkCemetery, Covington. Thefamily will receive friendsfrom 12 p.m. Thursdayuntil the time of service atthe funeral home.Condolences may be

sent to the family atwww.stockerfraley.com.

Paul Emerson BrownTROY — Paul Emerson

Brown, 74, of Troy passedaway Monday, Jan. 16,2012, at Koester Pavilion,Troy.He was born July 22,

1937, in Darke County. Hewas preceded in death byhis parents, Donald J. andMary Helen (Fourman)Brown; brothers Bill, Bob,Bernard, Ival; sisters,Ruby and Mary.He is survived by his

sons and daughters-in-law, Robert and TrishaBrown of Troy and Darryland Michelle Brown ofPleasant Hill; daughterand son-in-law, Cyndi andJames Herrmann ofSharps Chapel, Tenn.; six

grandchildren; one great-grandchild; brother, DeanBrown ofWest Milton; sis-ter, Pauline Null ofFlorida; special friend,Pam Hanis of Troy.He retired from BF

Goodrich, Troy and was amember of AMVETS,Troy.Funeral services will be

held at 2 p.m. today at theHale-Sarver Family Fu-neral Home, 284 N.Miami St., West Milton,burial to follow at River-side Cemetery, West Mil-ton.Friends may call today

one hour prior to the serv-ice, from 1-2 p.m., at thefuneral home.

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Helen L. (Penrod) MarshallPIQUA — Helen L.

(Penrod) Marshall of Se-bring, Fla., and formerly ofPiqua, died peacefully athome on Dec. 9, 2011.She was born Sept. 8,

1920, at Hardin Station,Shelby County, to the lateEdward J. and Bertha(Kimmel) Penrod. On June14, 1948, shemarried PaulK. Marshall of Newport,who preceded her in deathin Nov. 1971.She is survived by two

children, Carmen PennyAdams of Piqua and Dr.Paul K. (Amy) Marshall II,Centerville, Mass.; fourgrandchildren,Karri (Matt)Low of Houston, DavidAdams of Piqua, Lindsey(Jon) Wetzel of San Fran-cisco, Calif., Paul K Mar-shall III ofCardiff-by-the-Sea, Calif.;three great-grandchildren,Kyle and Elizabeth Lowand Dylan Rocket Wetzel.One sister Patty (Bill)Alexander of Santee, S.C.,survives as well as nieces,nephews and cousins. Shewas also preceded in deathby three sisters Klorene(Howard) Ellis, Mary Jane(Virgil) Thomas and Betty(Bob) Maxwell.Helen was a cosmetolo-

gist for many years. Shealso worked at varioustimes at Piqua CountryClub, a private duty LPN,at the Orr Toy Store and atthe Val Decker Packingcompany until its closing.She was a member of St.Marys Catholic Church inPiqua and later of StCatherine’s CatholicChurch in Sebring,Fla.Shewas a lifelong member ofthe VFW Women’s Auxil-iary, having served in sev-eral offices, including thatof president of the localchapter.She moved to Sebring,

Fla., in 1993, and enjoyedliving among many friendsat the Francis 2 MobilePark. She joined in theirclubhouse functions, servedon the board and activelyworked to promote andmaintain their Park. Allthrough her life she was aloving and supportivemother and grandmotheras well as a caring friend.A memorial mass will be

held at 10:30 a.m.Saturdayat Sts Peter and PaulCatholic Church, Newport,(Ft. Loramie). Fr. StevenShoup will preside at theMass. Burial will follow inthe Church cemetery.

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Community spotlight

Piqua High School Show Choir, The Company, under the direction of TomWestfall, won grand champion for the third consecutive year at the Beaver-creek Showchoir Invitational held Saturday. Fifteen showchoirs competedfor the title this year at the all-day event. Piqua’s Sam Roth was named BestVocal Performer and Audio Hype was named best instrumental combo.TheCompany will host its own invitational this Saturday at Piqua High Schoolwith 17 show choirs scheduled to compete. Saturday’s invitational will beginat 8 a.m. with the evening finals at 7:30.Tickets will be available at the door.

Luncheon set atMemorial CenterCONOVER—A.B.Gra-

ham Memorial Center,8025 E. U.S. Route 36,Conover, will host itsmonthly senior luncheonFeb. 2. The program willfeature Amie Tennant, ge-nealogist on “WritingYourPersonal History.”The pro-gram will begin at 11 a.m.with lunch served at noon.Call 937-368-3700 for pric-ing and reservations. Allages are welcome.

Saine to signautographsPIQUA — Green Bay

Packers’ running backBrandon Saine and line-backer Vic So’oto will beon hand from 1-3 p.m.Sunday, Feb. 12, at theMiami Valley Centre Mallto sign autographs, dur-ing the mall’s Sports Card& Collectibles Show.One free autograph

with the option to pur-chase up to four more at$5 per autograph per per-son, per player will beavailable.Saine is a Piqua High

School and The OhioState University gradu-ate, playing football forboth schools.The card and collectible

show will take place dur-ing mall hours Feb. 10-12.

Class of 1956 tomeet for lunchPIQUA — The class of

1956 from Piqua CentralHigh School will be meet-ing for lunch at 12:30p.m. Thursday, Jan. 19 atHeck Yeah (formerly TheSprings on 25-A). If youneed directions or have aquestion, call NancyBeaver Bates at 778-1781. All class membersand guest are welcome.

Museum workingon NY exhibitsBRADFORD — The

Bradford Ohio RailroadMuseum is working on its2012 exhibits featuringthe New York CentralRailroad. The museumwill re open April 7.The museum is collect-

ing New York Centralphotos and artifacts todisplay.The museum welcomes

donations and articles foron loan display.Anyone wishing to do-

nate items may contactMarilyn Kosier at 740-654-0177, Larry Zeller at937-773-7186 or JordonIngle at 937-423-1795.The Bradford Ohio

Railroad Museum is lo-cated at 200 N. MiamiAve., Bradford.The museum is open

April through Decemberfrom 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.Saturdays and from 1-4p.m. Sundays.

Retirees tomeet at churchPIQUA — The Miami

County chapter of OhioPublic Employee Retireeswill meet at 11:30 a.m.Wednesday, Feb. 1, at St.John’s Lutheran Church,248 Wood St., Piqua.Lunch is $10, payable atthe door. Reservations areneeded by Friday, Jan. 27.Call Beth at 335-2771.The speaker will be oneof the Miami County com-missioners. Any area pub-lic employee or publicemployee retiree is in-vited to attend.

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PIQUA — Seven Piquaarea residents were hon-ored with the Piqua RotaryClub’s “Pride of Workman-ship” award during theclub’s weekly luncheonmeeting at the Piqua Coun-try Club on Nov. 29. Recog-nizing the recipients wasPiqua Rotarian RandiPearson of Hartzell Fan,Inc., on behalf of the club’sPride of WorkmanshipCommittee. Each year theClub recognizes individualswithin the community whoserve as role models in theworkplace and go “aboveand beyond” in terms oftheir skills, expertise, andinteraction with colleaguesand customers, according toPearson.Susan Hartley, Executive

Editor of the Piqua DailyCall, has served in that po-sition for seven years.Piqua Rotarian CherylStiefel-Francis, in nominat-ing Hartley, noted thatHartley, who manages astaff of seven and 14 othersin the organization, “is pas-sionate and takes greatpride in her work and thePiqua community.” Stiefel-Francis noted that withHartley’s leadership, thePiqua Daily Call “is rou-tinely rated as one of thetop community daily news-papers by the AssociatedPress.” She praised Hart-ley’s commitment to thecommunity, noting from hermany professional experi-ences with Hartley that, al-though extremely busy,“she takes time to hear astory idea, concern or a re-quest to support a commu-nity activity.”Bobbye Woods, Firm Ad-

ministrator at MurrayWells Wendeln & RobinsonCPAs, was nominated bythe company’s president,Tony Wendeln. Wendelnnoted that Woods works ex-tensively with the firm’ssoftware and hardware sys-tems and providers andhandles the firm’s internalbookkeeping and H.R. du-ties. Wendeln commented,

“Bobby’s list of duties is toolong to enumerate becauseevery day we seem to addsomething new to the list.”He noted that “Bobbye isoften the face of our Com-pany. Clients and vendorshave come to know her andwe are continuously com-plimented on her profes-sionalism.”Greg Dowell is the owner

of Quality Collision Repair,located on Fairview Road inPiqua. Nominated by PiquaRotarian Don Apple, Dowellhas more than 30 years ex-perience in his field. Applenoted that Dowell’s successhas been built on satisfiedrepeat customers and refer-rals and that his companyis an accredited member ofthe Miami Valley BetterBusiness Bureau. Applestated that Quality Colli-sion repairs any domestic offoreign automobile, regard-less of make or model, andis a local insurance claimcenter for Nationwide In-surance for motor home, RVand marine repair work.Apple concluded by report-ing that Dowell’s businessis renovating a commercialproperty on North CountyRoad 25-A in Piqua and will

be relocating there soon.Theresa Mathews is a

bookkeeper for PSC Crane& Rigging, where she hasbeen employed since 1988.Piqua Rotarian Jim Sever,a PSC executive, nomi-nated Mathews, notingthat “During the past 23years, Theresa has nevermissed a day of work forbeing sick, she has neverbeen late to work, she hasnever once complainedabout changes taking placeor workload adjustments.Quite simply, Theresa justdoes her job and at thesame time, is the first per-son to lend a hand whensomeone needs help orsomeone to talk to withoutpassing judgment. Her val-ues, beliefs and work ethicmake her not only a greatemployee but a great per-son that we consider to befamily.”Mary Beth Barhorst,

manager of Piqua Read-more Hallmark, was nomi-nated by Piqua RotarianSharon Semanie. Compli-menting Barhorst’s “conta-gious smile and willingnessto go the extra mile for hercustomers,” Semanie notedthat Barhorst, despite

working long hours at thestore, manages to maintaina refreshing enthusiasm forthe job, which she passes onto the patrons and her fel-low employees. Semanienoted that “Thanks to MaryBeth’s commitment to ex-cellence, the Piqua Read-more Hallmark is not just aplace to shop but a destina-tion where both customerand employee enter feelingspecial and leave satisfiedand looking forward to re-turning.”Karen Hoagland is the

lead server for Piqua Ro-tary’s weekly Tuesdaylunches at the Piqua Coun-try Club. Piqua RotarianKathy Sherman, who nom-inated Hoagland, notedthat she “shows time and

time again that she trulyhas pride in her work.Karen is pleasant and re-members those little thingsthat the members like dur-ing their visit to the Club.She works rapidly and re-spects the time constraintswhen it comes to the begin-ning of the Rotary meeting.She is pleasant and goesout of her way to do what-ever is necessary to makeanyone visiting the Clubfeel welcome with her smileand pleasantness.”Leesa Baker, Executive

Director of the PiquaYWCA, was nominated byPiqua Rotarian Jim Oda.Oda noted that Baker has“set the gold standard” forprofessionalism amonglocal non-profit agencies.He commented thatBaker’s advocacy forwomen and children, andher dedication to bothYWCA members and thecommunity at large, were“simply phenomenal,” lead-ing to the organization’sgrowth into “one of the com-munity’s outstanding socialservice agencies.” Oda con-cluded his nomination bynoting that “Leesa Bakerepitomizes the best ourcommunity has to offer andher pride in workmanshipis an example for us all.”Piqua Rotary congratu-

lates these seven outstand-ing individuals who dailyexhibit “pride of workman-ship,” as the Club continuesits tradition of annuallyrecognizing communitymembers who “Do It Once,Do It Right, and Build aBetter Piqua.”

Piqua Rotary Club honors ‘PrideOf Workmanship’ recipients

The latest recipients of the Piqua Rotary Club’s “Pride of Workmanship” award,pictured above, include (left to right) Susan Hartley, Executive Editor of the PiquaDaily Call; Bobbye Woods, of Murray Wells Wendeln & Robinson CPAs; Greg Dow-ell, owner of Quality Collision repair; Theresa Mathews, of PSC Crane & Rigging;Mary Beth Barhorst, manager of Piqua Readmore Hallmark; Karen Hoagland, ofthe Piqua Country Club; and Leesa Baker, Executive Director of the Piqua YWCA.

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These are selected inci-dents provided by thePiqua Police Department.

Jan. 9Arson: Police re-

sponded to the BethanyCenter, 239 BroadwayStreet, after someone set ahat on fire in the gravelunderneath the shelter.

Theft: Police respondedto the 200 block of Broad-way after a complainantawoke to find his vehiclehad been broken into. Acell phone and cash weretaken.

Jan 10Contributing: Police

responded to a home in the500 block of East Street

and charged an adult fe-male with contributing tothe unruliness of a minorfor harboring of a runawayjuvenile.

Theft: Police respondedto Elder-Beerman, 987 E.Ash St., after two peoplewere caught stealing. Theywere cited and released.

Jan. 11Fight: Police responded

to the 1100 block of ChevyLane on the report that aman was assaulted by hisson. Police officers wereunable to determine a pri-mary aggressor and nocharges were filed.

Theft: Police respondedto the Piqua High School,1 Indian Trail, after a sub-ject reported the theft of a

cell phone.Theft: Two female

shoplifters were detainedby loss prevention officersat the Walmart, 1300 E.Ash St., and both werecharged with theft. Ashort time later anothershoplifter was chargedwith theft.

Jan. 12Theft: A woman who

visited Bob Evans, 999 E.Ash St., said she left herpurse at the restaurant,but when she returned itwas gone.

Child abuse: An out oftown caller reported to thePiqua police that a mem-ber of her family was abus-ing her nieces and“making them take drugs.”

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WINCHESTER, Ind. — Earl Charles Blocher, 87,of Lynn, Ind., formerly of Arcanum, passed away Mon-day, Jan. 16, 2012, at Randolph Nursing Home, Win-chester, Ind.Funeral services will be held Friday at the Corner-

Stone Dunkard Brethren Church, Covington, with theHome Brethren officiating. Burial will follow at RoyalOak Memorial Gardens.

Hale-Sarver Family Funeral Home, West Milton,is in charge of arrangements.

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Ruth J. DennerTROY — Ruth J. Den-

ner, 82, of Troy, passedaway 1:30 a.m. Monday,Jan. 16, 2012, at Coving-ton Care Center.She was born in Bain-

bridge, on April 2, 1929, tothe late Earl and Ada(Snyder) Duffield. She wasmarried to Gene Dennerwho preceded her in deathon Oct. 6, 1998.Survivors include her

son, Ronald Denner of Cof-feyville, Miss.; five grand-children, James Seifmanof Troy, Michael (Tiffany)Seifman of Troy, RonnieDenner of Dayton, GabrielDenner of Columbus andAdam Denner of Hillsboro.Ruth was preceded in

death by her daughter,Alice Jean “Jeanne” Seif-

man; son, Marion “Ding”Denner; and four brotherand four sisters.She was a retired as-

sembler at a toy factory inNew Vienna. Ruth was amember of the HillsboroBible Baptist Church,HillsboroA funeral service will be

held at 10 a.m. Saturday,at Fisher-Cheney Fu-neral Home, Troy, withPastor Dan Lamb officiat-ing. Visitation will be from9-10 a.m. at the funeralhome. A graveside servicewill be held at 1:30 p.m.Saturday at GreenfieldCemetery, Greenfield.Condolences may be ex-

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

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BY DONNA CASSATA

WASHINGTON (AP) —When last seen inWash-ington, House Republicans were furious withtheir own leader, Speaker John Boehner, and

angry with their Senate Republican brethren over howthe showdown over the Social Security tax cut turnedinto a year-end political debacle.The holidays and three weeks away from the Capitol

have tempered some of the bad feelings, but several GOPlawmakers’ emotions are still raw as Congress returnsfor a 2012 session certain to be driven by election-yearpolitics and fierce fights over the size and scope of gov-ernment and its taxing, spending and borrowing prac-tices.In the week before Christmas, House Republicans re-

volted against the Senate-passed deal to extend the pay-roll tax cut for two months for 160 million workers andensure jobless benefits for millions more long-term un-employed. Facing intense political pressure, Boehner, R-Ohio, caved, daring tea partyers and other dissenters tochallenge his decision to pass the short-term plan with-out a roll-call vote. None stepped forward to stop him.“A lot of us who went into battle turned around and no

one was behind us,” freshman Rep. Mick Mulvaney, R-S.C., said last week, sounding like the fight was stillfresh and insistent that leadership had abandonedthem.“A lot of us are still smarting,” he added.The two-month extension that Senate Republican and

Democratic leaders Mitch McConnell and Harry Reidhad characterized as a draw ended up as a big victoryfor President Barack Obama at the end of a year inwhich Republicans had forced him to accept a series ofspending cuts.Grievances are certain to be aired at a House GOP re-

treat in Baltimore later this week. The strategy andagenda session also will be a gripe session for some ofthe 242 House Republicans.“It might be a little more spunky than normal,” said

Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah.Senators come back to Capitol Hill on Jan. 23.The wave of Republicans who lifted the GOP to the

House majority in the 2010 elections emerged from theirfirst year frustrated by the limitations of divided gov-ernment and the recurring, down-to-the-wire fights overspending in April, the squabble was over keeping thegovernment operating, and inAugust lawmakers dueledover increasing the nation’s borrowing authority.And atyear’s end, there was another rhetorical shoot-out overkeeping the government running.Tea partyers who came toWashington intent on deep

cuts to counter the growing deficit railed against thebudget numbers and the all-too-frequent fights.“There was a Groundhog Day quality to 2011,” said

freshman Rep. Nan Hayworth, R-N.Y.Boehner, who frequently had to rally the disparate el-

ements of his caucus, was a bit bruised by the year’s finalact. Still, he remains well in control of his caucus, withRepublicans recognizing that any leadership challengeor internal strife now would be politically disastrous.In the coming year, House Republicans remain doubt-

ful about accomplishing anything more than the must-do spending bills and a year-long extension of the SocialSecurity tax cuts, unemployment benefits and a reprievein the cuts to doctors for Medicare payments. Congressfaces a Feb. 29 deadline to agree on a new extension, noeasy task after last year’s deep divisions but politicallyinevitable as lawmakers would be loath to raise taxes inan election year.

Donna Cassata covers politics for The Associated Press.

It takes a lot more thanwinning what essen-tially is your home

state to prove electability,but after last Tuesday’svictory in NewHampshire,it appears inevitable thatMitt Romney will benamed the 2012 Republi-can presidential nominee.Let the red, white and blueconfetti fly.Even as reporters and pundits on TV

(yes, I am one of those talking heads) werediscussing the New Hampshire primaryas voting results were being posted, we allknew the most important contest was justahead, in South Carolina. Romney, whoowns a home in New Hampshire andserved as governor of Massachusetts adecade ago, had to win big and convinc-ingly. He did both.Now the race for mobilizing and ener-

gizing what’s left of the post-tea party rev-olution will move to a state far moreconservative than Iowa or New Hamp-shire, and with a deserved reputation forgutter politics and electing Republicanpresidents.In Tuesday’s vote, Romney did well

across all economic groups, winning themost Republicans, conservatives andevangelicals. That’s impressive. Only aweek earlier, Rick Santorum rode a waveof Iowa evangelical support to comewithin eight votes of winning. NewHampshire voters are different fromIowans, however, and even the evangeli-cals there chose Romney. But Romneystruggled to capture the hearts of twogroups that are crucial to winning in thefall: self-identified independents andblue-collar voters.While Romney carried the overwhelm-

ing majority of New Hampshire villages,towns and cities, there were some he lost,and all but three of those were to RonPaul. In Berlin, hard hit by unemploy-ment, Paul trounced Romney 32.8 percentto 22.8 percent. In the hamlet of Dorch-ester, registered 61 percent independent,Paul bested Romney 33.7 percent to 22.1percent.So far, Romney has shown he can win

the nomination, but with so much atstake this fall, there are still questionsabout his overall electability against anincumbent president.Also worth mentioning about New

Hampshire is that Ron Paul was the sec-ond-place finisher. The press has ignoredPaul because it is their accepted wisdomthat he cannot get the Republican nomi-nation. Yet here was Paul with 23 percentof the vote — more than Newt Gingrichand Rick Santorum combined. As men-tioned, Paul exceeded Romney by far inwinning independent and young voters inboth Iowa and New Hampshire.South Carolina may be less of a contest

than we all expected. Although Romneyplaced fourth among Republican candi-dates in 2008, he is entering the 2012 pri-mary with a far better advantage. For onething, the conservative candidates are

splitting the conservativeand evangelical votes,which should allow Rom-ney to capture the centerand win the race.One strategist shared

the following scenariowith me: “The ‘Anybodybut Mitt’ crowd wantsRick Santorum and NewtGingrich to be a team intaking Romney down, but

it’s hard to think of any politician who’sless of a team player than Newt Gingrich.I don’t think anyone’s ever spoken thewords, ‘Don’t worry, Newt has my back.’As the saying goes, there’s no ‘I’ in team,but there are two ‘I’s’ in Gingrich.”I agree.With working-class Republican

voters, Rick Santorum’s biggest advan-tage is that, at first glance, he seems likesomething he really isn’t: a social justiceCatholic. Yes, he’s from a working-classbackground, and yes, he sometimes talksthe talk. But when push comes to shove,he delivers for his corporate clients, nothis blue-collar constituents. That is whyPennsylvanians rejected him by a 17 per-cent margin in 2006 in favor of an au-thentic social justice Catholic, Bob Casey,who represents that tradition, like his fa-ther before him.Rick Perry’s ticket was punched long

ago. It doesn’t appear he will make acomeback unless tea party Republicansend the bloodbath and unify behind oneprincipal conservative.When voters listen to Mitt Romney,

Rick Santorum and Newt Gingrich, theyshould be reminded that Mitt won hisfirst and last election victory in 2002,Santorum hasn’t won an election since2000, and Newt hasn’t been on the ballotsince 1998.This is not the Republican all-star team; it’s more like the old-timers’league. Isn’t it ironic that the oldest can-didate, Ron Paul, has attracted youngpeople in droves? The Republican Party’sfuture is nonexistent if its major candi-dates cannot attract our nation’s youth.Here’s my conclusion: Romney will

likely win South Carolina because theconservatives not only lack a star; theyhave nothing but an attack plan andbuckets of mud. They haven’t laid a gloveon him. Romney’s wounds have all beenself-inflicted. Conservatives lack the gutsto pick at Romney’s wounds. They arevested in the heated rhetoric he espousesagainst President Obama. Make no mis-take — Romney’s career in business andhis governing inMassachusetts will provehe’s not so electable when Obama and theDemocrats take to the airwaves.Stay tuned and watch how South Car-

olina ends the political career for a fewaging politicians from the ’90s and de-stroys what’s left of the tea party revolu-tion.

Donna Brazile is a senior Democraticstrategist, a political commentator andcontributor to CNN and ABC News, and acontributing columnist to Ms. Magazineand O, the Oprah Magazine.

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Excerpts of recent edito-rials of interest from Ohionewspapers:

The Marietta TimesFirst, Ohio Turnpike

Commission reported arecord low number of fatal-ities on the 241-mile tollroad last year after thespeed limit was raised to70 mph.Then, state Rep. Ron

Maag, R-Lebanon, pro-posed raising the speedlimit on all Ohio inter-states from 65 mph to 70mph.We hope the idea doesn’t

end up in the fast lane.State legislators should

keep in mind that for mostof its length, the OhioTurnpike is three laneswide in both directions.Most interstates are onlytwo lanes wide until theytraverse areas with greatertraffic congestion.Also, many drivers on

Ohio interstates alreadypush their speed to 70mph. Raising the postedspeed limit to 70 mphlikely would result in moredrivers cruising along at 75mph.And, any crashes thatoccur at the higher speedsare likely to be more se-vere, which would raise thecost in terms of injuriesand damage to vehicles.Increased costs won’t

stop there. Studies haveshown decreased fuel effi-ciency at higher rates ofspeed, and there would bea cost associated with re-placing roadside signs.State lawmakers should

direct Maag’s proposal tothe next off ramp.

___The (Cleveland) Plain

DealerBetter to do it right than

do it fast when it comes tobackground checks forprospective casino employ-ees. As Ohio gets into thecasino business, it can’t betoo careful about how itregulates workers whohandle large sums of cash.But the state’s failure to

make sure these tasks canbe completed in time forthe projected March 26opening of the HorseshoeCasino Cleveland is regret-table.State casino overseers

should have foreseen de-lays and started earlierwhile devoting sufficientstaff and resources to dothe job right.Ohio Casino Control

Commission ChairwomanJo Ann Davidson … saidbackground checks oncasino operators and ven-dors got behind schedule inpart because of quibblingby the operators over whatthey must reveal. …The Cleveland casino,

with 2,100 slot machinesand 63 table games, is ex-pected to employ 1,600.A Plain Dealer analysis

has suggested that a one-month delay in openingCleveland’s casino couldcost the city $809,000 (or$2 per resident) in forgonecasino tax.

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AP Entertainment Writer

LOS ANGELES (AP) —“Contraband” managed tosteal the top slot awayfrom competitors at theweekend box office.The Universal action

drama film starring MarkWahlberg as a reformedsmuggler debuted aboveexpectations at No. 1 with$24 million, while Dis-ney’s 3-D rerelease of“Beauty and the Beast”waltzed into the No. 2 po-sition with $18.5 million,according to studio esti-mates Sunday. Both filmshelped boost Hollywood’sbusiness after a sluggishholiday season.“It’s great to have an

uptick in the total box of-fice, and Universal isthrilled that ‘Contraband’was the driving force be-hind that,” said NikkiRocco, head of distribu-tion for the studio. “Ithink it’s combination of agreat marketing cam-paign, audiences loveMark Wahlberg and (pro-ducer) Working Titlemade a terrific movie,particularly for the cost.”“Joyful Noise,” the

Warner Bros.’ musicalcomedy starring QueenLatifah and Dolly Parton,opened below expecta-tions with $11.3 millionin the No. 4 spot behindParamount’s “Mission:Impossible — Ghost Pro-tocol,” which earned $11.5

million in its fifth week,bringing the total haul ofthe fourth installment ofthe Tom Cruise actionfranchise to $186.7 mil-lion.“The Devil Inside,”

Paramount’s horror filmthat scared up a massive$33.7 million debut lastweekend, experienced asteep 77 percent drop inits second weekend, com-ing in at No. 6 with $7.9million. Hollywood.comanalyst Paul Dergarabe-dian said the film’s terri-fying plunge didn’tmatter because the inde-pendently producedmovie already made ahuge profit.“Horror movies typi-

cally drop big, but that isa huge drop,” said Der-garabedian. “It doesn’tmatter because ‘Devil In-side’ is a profit-makingmachine. If your budget islow enough, who cares ifit drops big and you’remaking money? It’s al-ready one of the mostprofitable films of thepast year, so there’s noth-ing really to complainabout there.”“The Girl With the

Dragon Tattoo,” ”WarHorse” and “The IronLady” were the onlyGolden Globes contendersthat managed to crackthe top ten ahead of Sun-day’s ceremony. “The GirlWith the Dragon Tattoo”fell to the No. 7 spot in itsfourth week of release,

while “War Horse” gal-loped into the No. 9 posi-tion. “Iron Lady” roundedout the list at No. 10.“The Artist,” which

leads this year’s Globesrace with six nomina-tions, earned $1.1 millionat No. 14, and the GeorgeClooney family drama“The Descendants,” whichis tied for second placewith “The Help” with fivenominations, surfed awaywith $2 million at No. 13.Other contenders, such as“The Help” and “Midnightin Paris,” left theaterslast year.Overall domestic rev-

enues totaled $130 mil-lion, on par with the sameweekend last year, when“The Green Hornet” ledwith $33.5 million andthe box office totaled$130.1 million, accordingto box-office tracker Hol-lywood.com.Estimated ticket sales

for Friday through Sun-day at U.S. and Canadiantheaters, according toHollywood.com. Whereavailable, latest interna-

tional numbers are alsoincluded. Final domesticfigures will be releasedMonday.1. “Contraband,” $24

million ($1.5 million in-ternational).2. “Beauty and the

Beast,” $18.5 million.3. “Mission: Impossible

— Ghost Protocol,” $11.5million ($16.8 million in-ternational).4. “Joyful Noise,” $11.3

million.5. “Sherlock Holmes: A

Game of Shadows,” $8.4million ($27.4 million in-ternational).6. “The Devil Inside,”

$7.9 million.7. “The Girl with the

Dragon Tattoo,” $6.8 mil-lion ($16.5 million inter-national).8. “Alvin and the Chip-

munks: Chipwrecked,”$5.8 million ($14.4 mil-lion international).9. “War Horse,” $5.6

million ($8.5 million in-ternational).10. “The Iron Lady,”

$5.3 million ($3.4 millioninternational).

There are two basicrules that govern whetheror not to double the oppo-nents when they reachtheir final contract. One isthat you should not dou-ble if it might allow theenemy to run from a con-tract they can’t make toone that they can. Theother is that you shouldnot double if, by doing so,you give declarer vital in-formation that enableshim to make a contract hewould not have made oth-erwise.Consider the present

case where West got

greedy and doubled six di-amonds because hethought he had two suretrump tricks. Had hepassed instead of dou-bling, he almost surelywould have defeated theslam. But after West letthe cat out of the bag bydoubling six diamonds,declarer made the slamby playing as if he couldsee through the backs ofthe cards.South won the club lead

with dummy’s ace, cashedthe ace of spades, then leda heart to the queen andruffed a spade in dummy.After discarding twospades on the A-K ofhearts, declarer ruffed aclub in his hand, ruffedhis last spade in dummy

and then ruffed anotherclub.Nine tricks had been

played to this point, anddeclarer had won themall. South’s last four cardswere the A-Q-J-9 oftrumps, while West hadthe K-10-8-3. For the dou-ble to make any sense atall, South had to assumethat this was the actualposition.

Accordingly, declarerled the queen of trumps attrick ten. West made thecorrect play of duckingthe queen, but South con-tinued with the jack.Westtook the jack with theking, but then had to con-cede the last two tricks todeclarer’s A-9.

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DEAR ABBY: My 18-y e a r - o l d - d a u g h t e r,“Olympia,” is a beautiful,intelligent young womanwho graduated from highschool last spring, was ac-cepted to two universitiesand started her first job.When she lost it recently,she was devastated. In-stead of trying to find an-other one, she decided toturn to prostitution. WhenI asked her why, she saidshe doesn’t want to workher butt off for peanuts.Other family members

and I have tried to makeOlympia see reason, butshe’s determined to do this.I am extremely frustratedwith her decision. I havewarned her about the dan-gers she’ll face in that “oc-cupation.” I know she’s ofage now and needs tomake her own choices, butI’m afraid for her and don’twant to lose her if we havea huge argument over this.What can I do?

— ANXIOUS MOM INSACRAMENTO

DEAR ANXIOUSMOM: For an “adult,” yourdaughter’s decision-mak-ing leaves a lot to be de-sired. Prostitution isillegal. It’s not a viable ca-reer option. Is she awarethat her “line of work” of-fers no job security and thebenefits will last only aslong as her looks hold up?Regardless of the argu-

ment that may ensue, lether know that althoughyou love her, you are wor-ried sick about her, and dis-appointed and furious ather poor judgment becauseshe has far more to offerthan what she’s selling.Warn her she’s headingdown a path that’s hard tocome back from. If shewon’t change her mind,then you must accept thatyour daughter will have tolearn her lessons the hardway. But let her know yourdoor will be open to her.

DEAR ABBY: Are yousupposed to ignore an ac-quaintance when you no-tice she’s in a doctor’swaiting room with you?(Especially if it’s a special-ist’s office that makes aparticular condition obvi-ous to an otherwise non-privy person?)This has happened to

me twice recently. Onetime, I avoided the ac-quaintance; the other, Ibroke the silence and said,“Is that you, So-and-So?”

Both times it was awk-ward. I can understandwhy someone wouldn’twant to be seen at certaindoctors’ offices. Should Ihave played dumb?

— STRIVING FORDISCRETION IN NEW

YORK

DEAR STRIVING: No,you should not have“played dumb.” In the fu-ture, you should acknowl-edge your acquaintance,but refrain from askingquestions. Any questions,including, “How are you?”

DEAR ABBY: I’m beingmarried in a few monthsand there’s still so much todo. The only thing I havedecided so far is the dateand location. I have gottenso stressed that I have ac-tually passed out.I keep asking my fiance

to help me with decisionsand particulars for thewedding, but he says, “It’syour job. You’re the bride.”Then he continues his lazyways around the house.How do I get him to helpme plan our wedding?

— BRIDE IN APANIC

DEAR BRIDE:How doI get YOU to realize youcan’t change your fiance,and that this is the man hewill be after your wedding?If you manage to pull thisevent together by yourself,you will still have a hus-band who is lazy aroundthe house and refuses tohelp you even when youbecome so stressed thatyou pass out.Your fiance isn’t the last

man on planet Earth. If hedoesn’t have any goodqualities — you mentionednone — you can do betterthan this.

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Dear Grandparent-ing: Why does mygranddaughter like todate losers? These guysdefinitely don’t havetheir act together. Mygranddaughter Elisabrings these guysaround so I make a nicedinner like a goodgrandmother. You knowwhat? They don’t try tohelp me before dinner orhelp clean up. I don’tthink they would moveif my hair was on fire!One kid talked down tome. Another one actedlike a big shot who kneweverything. It’s like theythink they are doing mea favor by spending timein my house. Tell mewhat she sees in thesepushy punks. By theway, Elisa does notdrink alcohol and I haveyet to hear her cuss. Sheis an A-minus studentand her class vice presi-dent and she volunteersfor anything and every-thing in school if it is aproject that helps any-one down and out. Thatis why I am so surprisedby who she bringsaround.

Belle, Troy, Ohio

Dear Belle: It’s theold puzzler — what’s anice girl like you doingwith that Neanderthalknucklehead? Grandpar-

ents naturally wanttheir granddaughters tobe swept up by a courte-ous Prince Charming.When reality doesn’tconform to that scriptand she shows up with abad boy on her arm, theycan lose perspective,leap to conclusions, andhit the panic button.Bad boys are like for-

bidden fruit. Your grand-daughter has done wellby walking the straightand narrow. Now she’sdetouring for a walk onthe wild side. After a biteor two of the apple, weexpect she’ll get it out ofher system and bringhome a boy that satisfiesyour expectations. Yourgranddaughter is goingthrough a phase.What’s the appeal?

Maybe your grand-daughter wants to bewith someone who does-n’t require her to be per-

fect all the time. Maybeit’s the thrill of thechase, or the accomplish-ment of taming or re-forming them, or maybeshe’s drawn to the un-predictability and devil-may-care attitude ofthese young rebels with-out a cause. If yourgranddaughter begins toget in trouble as a by-product of the companyshe’s keeping, you mayhave a problem on yourhands. Until then, sittight and wait for her torevert back to form.

GRAND REMARKOF THE WEEK

Winky Martinez fromReading, Pa. was ex-

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some larger players canconsume upwards of5,000 calories a day be-cause they expend somuch energy duringgames.A minute later,

Bobby’s mother walkedthrough the room andtold him to “lay off thechips and dip or you’llget fat.”“You got the wrong

idea, Mom,” said Bobby.“Gramps said this is howto get in shape for whenI play football.”

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Here is a diary of a re-cent Friday in thishousehold:• 3:15 a.m. Time to get

up. I prepare my hus-band Joe’s lunch which ishomemade chicken noo-dle soup, crackers, rangercookies — which daugh-ter Susan baked yester-day — and some frozenpeaches. Joe like soupsbetter than sandwichesfor lunch. But he alwaystells me not to put toomuch food in his lunchbecause he can eat betterafter he is done working,so he likes a light lunch.His job is to set the cabi-nets in RV trailers. Hehas been working for thiscompany for more thanseven years. In March, itwill be eight years thatwe made the move fromIndiana to Michigan.• 3:45 a.m. Joe leaves

for work. They startworking at 5 a.m. everyday but the drive takes40 to 45 minutes. Withall the slippery roads andblowing snow I hope theyhave a safe ride there. Igo back to bed until it istime to wake the schoolchildren up.• 6 a.m. I go to check

the messages on ourphone in the shed. Sincethe roads are slipperyand snow is blowing I de-cide to check if there is aschool delay. Someonefrom the school usuallycalls the Amish andleaves a message if thereis a school delay or can-cellation. Since we don’thave radios or TVs theydo this to let us know.Weappreciate this verymuch. If it is foggy or theroads are bad I alwayscheck the voicemail onthe phone before wakingthe children. This morn-ing I find that there isone that says school iscanceled for the day. I de-cide to let the childrensleep in a little longer.When I lived in Berne wedidn’t have this optionsince we weren’t permit-ted phones there, sosometimes we’d have towait for the bus for twohours before finding outschool was canceled. (Ed-itor’s Note: Telephonesare increasingly permit-ted among the Amish forbusiness or emergencies.In Lovina’s settlement,the church permitsphones in an outbuilding.The issue isn’t the phoneitself, it’s the disruptioncaused to family life if aphone were allowed inthe home. Some Amishsettlements still prohibitphones on the property)• 8:30 a.m. Everyone is

up and ready to eatbreakfast. The girls madebaked French toast andscrambled eggs for ourbreakfast.• 9:30 a.m. The boys

are out shoveling snow.They said they are tryingto pile the snow up sothey can make a tunnelunder the snow. The girlsand I are doing laundry,the dishes, and theweekly cleaning. I alsoslice and fry the poorman’s steak that I mixedtogether yesterday. Afterit is fried I layer it in aroaster and top it withcream of mushroom soup.This will be part of our

supper tonight.• 1 p.m. Lunch is

ready. We are havingsoup which is alwaysgood on a cold day.• 2 p.m. Loretta and I

leave to go to town.Loretta has an appoint-ment and I need to getsome groceries. The boystake breaks but keep onworking to get our driveshoveled out. The girlsfinish with the cleaningwhile I am going.• 4:30 p.m. Loretta

and I are back homeagain. Joe is also homefrom work. He helps theboys finish the shoveling.It is snowing again somaybe they will have toshovel again tomorrow.The girls have scallopedpotatoes ready for theoven.• 6:30 p.m. The outside

chores are done and theyare ready to eat supper.Our menu consists ofpoor man’s steak, scal-loped potatoes, pork andbeans, cheese, and rangercookies. Elizabeth’sfriend Timothy comesand joins us for supper.• 7:30 p.m. Dishes are

washed. Some of the chil-dren are reading andsome are playing games.The boys are writing anddrawing in their writingtablets. Recently theyhave started keepingthemselves entertainedfor a long time just writ-ing and drawing. Kevinlikes to use pencils todraw all kinds of differ-ent things. He likes towrite so much that hewill write any kind ofpaper or tablet lyingaround. He discoveredthis book that I write mycolumns in and decidedto add his writing. Some-times he ends up writingon the back of someone’shomework.• 9:30 p.m. Everyone

has gone to bed. The chil-dren enjoyed their dayhome from school eventhough it included help-ing with the work.Good night to all and

God bless. Try this poorman’s steak recipe.

POOR MANS STEAK1 1 /2 pounds lean

hamburger1 can 10 3/4 ounce

cream of mushroom soup1 tsp. saltpepper1/4 tsp. garlic powder1 cup bread crumbs,

dry2 eggs1 small onion, choppedMix all of the ingredi-

ents except for the creamof mushroom soup andshape into a narrow loafpan. Let set for at least 8hours or overnight in therefrigerator. Slice intopieces and grill or fryjust enough to browneach side. Put slices inlayers in a roaster panand spread cream ofmushroom soup over it(without adding water).Bake for one hour at 325.

Poor man’s steaktasty this time of year

LOVINA EICHERThe Amish Cook

She was neither tallnor large but when shespoke, Pat Best com-manded attention withher voice of authority.Her written word wasboth informative and hu-morous, often laced withlittle stories that re-vealed her love for herfamily. I knew Pat casu-ally for many years andshe’d been a guest in ourhome. She came to inter-view me for a PDC col-umn regarding myintended cruise to theGreek Islands, which wasaborted in Malta afterthe ship caught fire.Twice.It’s not an easy task to

write something new ineach column and she didit for 10 years! There aresome topics that wouldn’tbe well received by all thereaders. When I read herdescription of the con-tents of her desk drawer,I believed she’d aboutworn herself out. I knewshe had a change in herhealth status. Shortlyafter, she changed from aweekly article to every-other week. That’s whereI entered, contacting theeditor. Nobody asked formy opinions but I’ve al-ways had a few. I appliedfor the non-paying posi-tion of the in-between-week writer, sending thefirst five colums for re-view. Thus accepted, mycomments fill someempty space left by Pat;nothing will fill her shoes.Bon voyage, Pat.One of her friends de-

scribed her as having anencyclopedic mind, andshe surely did. Once shewrote the adage, “If the

Good Lord’s willing andthe creek don’t rise.”Compelled, I contactedher to share informationI had regarding the say-ing, although I couldn’tremember the source.There was said to be amisinterpretation of theword creek, which didn’tinvolve a little stream ofwater. Supposedly the in-tended word was Cree orCreek, two separatetribes of Indians. Unlessa tribe was on the attack— called an “uprising” —the saying was consid-ered as a promise. I don’tknow if my call shockedher but she had little tosay. When she didn’t re-turn the call to tell me Iwas mistaken, I knewshe’d looked it up in oneof the library books. Theonly information I canfind is that the Creektribe occupied the Caroli-nas, Georgia, and on toTexas and Arkansas. TheCrees, along with theChippewas and Ojibwas,lived in the northeasternpart of the Mississipiplain. Take your choice.,I’d be happy to hear anyfindings. I believe Patwould be happy if shepushed one or two towardthe library for “the realstory.”I’d considered writing

some comparisons be-tween Pat and me butshe would have no part ofit. I asked her permis-sion, of course. “Juvenile,”she called it. Actually, itwould have concernedhummingbirds and theirhabits that might havebeen informative. Nomatter where she moved,those little guys followedher.They definitely followa route and I think shegave them road maps.Over a period of years, Itried at least four differ-ent feeders, placed in asmany as a half dozen lo-cations, and never hadone visitor. My brother-in-law in Mississippi hasfeeders at either end ofhis carport and duringsome weeks, has to wendhis way through the tiny“dive-bombers.” In thespring, he advises me oftheir arrival (from far-ther south) and withintwo weeks, friends tell methey’ve reached Piqua. Inthe fall, he calls to an-nounce they’ve beguntheir migration and thepilgrimage south takes atleast two weeks. Hishome is a hummingbirdmotel featuring a carry-out with homemade fast-food, where they stop torest and bulk up for thebalance of their journey.Feeding them is priceybut he wouldn’t do other-wise.When Pat took her trip

to Australia, I shame-lessly envied her. I’d al-ways wanted to go therebut it didn’t work out. Iwas astounded that shemade it down and back,alone, without incident.I’ve never traveled any-

where without an un-usual occurrence. Theworst thing that can hap-pen while outside thiscountry is to lose one’spassport. I lost mine atthe airport in Paris, a liv-ing nightmare. I remem-bered placing it on acounter when I stoppedfor flight information butwhen ready to board, Ididn’t have it. I ran a mileback to the informationdesk and was met withblank faces and closedlips. Meanwhile I wasbeing paged for my flight,which was leaving. I wasready to stroke out! Ifound the AirFrance deskand told them my story.Their people had an-swers, my passport, myluggage, and all I had todo was identify myself.By then, it was remark-able I knew my ownname. If they couldn’t getme to Dayton, I asked togo to Philadelphia, NewYork City, Cincinnati —anywhere I knew I’d beable to connect to Dayton.I begged not to go toChicago. Those Frenchpeople assured me I’d betreated well in Chicago soI didn’t explain the has-sle of shuttles and shuf-fles. Back to theircomputers, they happilytold me they had me on aflight to Daytona. DAY-TONA!? So we started allover again.And I was puton a plane to Chicago.They kindly made thecalls to RB so he couldfind me, if I ever made itback to Dayton.

You can contact CarolynStevens at can-drstevens@att.net.

CAROLYN STEVENSColumnist

Bon voyage, Pat Best

�� Grandparenting

TOM & DEE HARDIEKEY KIDDER

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Welcome to the newyear of 2012. Last year2011 was an interestingyear. Names such asGabrielle Giffords, OsamaBin Laden, Steve Jobs,Jerry Sandusky, AnthonyWiener and Kim Jong-ilwere among the big sto-ries. Occupy Wall Streetand the Japanese earth-quake were also headlinenews. Many changes oc-curred on a national andinternational scale. As wemove into 2012, manypeople try to makechanges on a personallevel, often in the form ofNew Year’s resolutions.These ideas about mak-

ing changes in your lifeare usually about some-thing positive, healthyand worthwhile. This is agood thing. But often it isnot easy to do. It is not asimple matter to stay fo-cused and motivated tocreate new habits. It canbe very difficult. So whatcan you do to make theseresolutions “stick” so youwill stay on track? In thisarticle I will give yousome tips to help.• Be realistic — A

weight loss goal of 20pounds is realistic. A goalof winning the lottery isnot realistic. Resolvingnever to eat sugar againis not very realistic. Stopsmoking, improving yourbowling average or lower-ing your golf handicap areachievable targets.• Be specific and set a

deadline — I will stopsmoking by Feb. 1 is agood example.• Outline your plan —

If you want to learn some-thing new, it will taketime. For example, learn-ing to play the harmonicais a worthwhile goal. Buthow will you go about it?Will you take lessons?From whom? Can youdedicate yourself to prac-tice the required amountto become proficient? De-velop a plan of lessonsand practice and chartyour progress.

• Take small bites — Ifwe go back to our weightloss example of losing 20pounds. Let’s make it 20pounds in 6 months. Thatis specific and achievable.Let’s break it down a littlefurther into more man-ageable increments. Let’ssay 5 pounds per month.That is even better. Let’sdrill down even fartherand move it to one poundper week. Then you canask yourself what does ittake to lose one pound perweek. To lose a poundevery week will mean thatyou have to burn off 500calories more or take in500 calories less everyday. So let’s go even far-ther. One soda pop isabout 125 calories. Onepiece of bread is about 100calories. To burn off 500calories in a day will re-quire a walk of about 3-4miles. That is approxi-mately one hour. Everyday. Not easy. But is isdoable.• Don’t beat yourself up

— Obsessing over the oc-casional slip won’t helpyou achieve your goal. Dothe best you can each day,and take time to celebrateyour successes.• Stick to it — Experts

say it takes about 21 daysfor a new activity, such asexercising, to become ahabit, and 6 months to beingrained. Your newhealthful habits will be-come second-nature in notime.• Keep trying — If your

resolution has totally runout of steam by mid-Feb-ruary, don’t despair. Startover again! There’s no rea-son you can’t start a NewYear’s “resolution” anytime of the year.Fast facts about New

Year’s resolutions:• 63 percent of people

say they are keeping theirresolutions after twomonths• 67 percent of people

make three or more reso-lutions• Top Four Resolutions:Increase exerciseBe more conscientious

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habitsStop smoking, drinking,

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WASHINGTON — Babiesdon’t learn to talk just fromhearing sounds. New researchsuggests they’re lip-readers too.It happens during that magi-

cal stage when a baby’s bab-bling gradually changes fromgibberish into syllables andeventually into that first“mama” or “dada.”Florida scientists discovered

that starting around age 6months, babies begin shiftingfrom the intent eye gaze of earlyinfancy to studying mouthswhen people talk to them.“The baby in order to imitate

you has to figure out how toshape their lips to make thatparticular sound they’re hear-ing,” explains developmentalpsychologist David Lewkowiczof Florida Atlantic University,who led the study being pub-lished Monday. “It’s an incredi-bly complex process.”Apparently it doesn’t take

them too long to absorb themovements that match basicsounds. By their first birthdays,babies start shifting back tolook you in the eye again unlessthey hear the unfamiliarsounds of a foreign language.Then, they stick with lip-read-ing a bit longer.“It’s a pretty intriguing find-

ing,” says University of Iowapsychology professor Bob Mc-Murray, who also studiesspeech development. The babies“know what they need to knowabout, and they’re able to de-ploy their attention to what’simportant at that point in de-velopment.”The new research appears in

this week’s issue of the Pro-ceedings of the National Acad-emy of Sciences. It offers moreevidence that quality face-timewith your tot is very importantfor speech development morethan, say, turning on the latestbaby DVD.

It also begs the question ofwhether babies who turn out tohave developmental disorders,including autism, learn tospeak the same way, or if theyshow differences that justmight provide an early warningsign.Unraveling how babies learn

to speak isn’t merely a curiosity.Neuroscientists want to knowhow to encourage that process,especially if it doesn’t seem tobe happening on time. Plus, ithelps them understand how thebrain wires itself early in lifefor learning all kinds of things.Those coos of early infancy

start changing around age 6months, growing into the sylla-bles of the baby’s native languageuntil the first word emerges, usu-ally just before age 1.

A lot of research has centeredon the audio side. That sing-song speech that parents intu-itively use? Scientists know thepitch attracts babies’ attention,and the rhythm exaggerateskey sounds. Other studies haveshown that babies who are bestat distinguishing betweenvowel sounds like “ah” and “ee”shortly before their first birth-day wind up with better vocab-ularies and pre-reading skillsby kindergarten.But scientists have long

known that babies also look tospeakers’ faces for importantsocial cues about what they’rehearing. Just like adults,they’re drawn to the eyes,which convey important non-verbal messages like the emo-tion connected to words and

where to direct attention.Lewkowicz went a step fur-

ther, wondering whether babieslook to the lips for cues as well,sort of like how adults lip-readto decipher what someone’s say-ing at a noisy party.So he and doctoral student

Amy Hansen-Tift tested nearly180 babies, groups of them atages 4, 6, 8, 10 and 12 months.How? They showed videos of

a woman speaking in Englishor Spanish to babies of Englishspeakers. A gadget mounted ona soft headband tracked whereeach baby was focusing his orher gaze and for how long.They found a dramatic shift

in attention: When the speakerused English, the 4-month-oldsgazed mostly into her eyes. The6-month-olds spent equal

amounts of time looking at theeyes and the mouth. The 8- and10-month-olds studied mostlythe mouth.At 12 months, attention

started shifting back towardthe speaker’s eyes.It makes sense that at 6

months, babies begin observinglip movement, Lewkowicz says,because that’s about the timebabies’ brains gain the ability tocontrol their attention ratherthan automatically look towardnoise.But what happened when

these babies accustomed toEnglish heard Spanish? The 12-month-olds studied the mouthlonger, just like younger babies.They needed the extra informa-tion to decipher the unfamiliarsounds.That fits with research into

bilingualism that shows babies’brains fine-tune themselves tostart distinguishing the soundsof their native language overother languages in the firstyear of life. That’s one reasonit’s easier for babies to becomebilingual than older children oradults.But the continued lip-reading

shows the 1-year-olds clearlystill “are primed for learning,”McMurray says.Babies are so hard to study

that this is “a fairly heroic dataset,” says Duke University cog-nitive neuroscientist Greg Ap-pelbaum, who found theresearch so compelling that hewants to know more.Are the babies who start to

shift their gaze back to the eyesa bit earlier better learners, orimpatient to their own detri-ment? What happens with aforeign language after 12months?Lewkowicz is continuing his

studies of typically developingbabies. He theorizes that theremay be different patterns inchildren at risk of autism,something autism experts cau-tion would be hard to prove.

Babies try lip-reading in learning to talk

FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY/AP PHOTO

This undated handout photo provided by Florida Atlantic University shows a baby, looking at amonitor, wearing a band that contains a little magnet that the head-tracker, under the monitoruses to determine head position which, in turn, enables the eye tracker to find the eye and thepupil. New research suggests babies don’t learn to talk just from hearing sounds — they’re lip-readers, too. It happens during that magical stage when a baby’s babbling gradually changesfrom gibberish into syllables and eventually into that first “mama” or “dada.”

Keep your NewYear resolutions

JAMES BURKHARDTColumnist

US wants effective Alzheimer’s treatmentWASHINGTON (AP) — The government is setting what it calls an ambitious

goal for Alzheimer’s disease: Development of effective ways to treat and prevent themind-destroying illness by 2025.The Obama administration is developing the first National Alzheimer’s Plan to

find better treatments for the disease and offer better day-to-day care for those af-flicted.A newly released draft of the overall goals for that plan sets the 2025 deadline,

but doesn’t provide details of how to fund the necessary research to meet that tar-get date. Today’s treatments only temporarily ease some dementia symptoms, andwork to find better ones has been frustratingly slow.A committee of Alzheimer’s experts began a two-day meeting Tuesday to help ad-

vise the government on how the eventual plan, expected by spring, could meetthose goals.

begun to see what he setout to accomplish in thebattle for civil rights. Abattle fought not only forrace equality, but that ofgender and regardless ofeconomic status so that noone would be excludedfrom the American dream.The quality of opportu-

nity was being sought forall while eradicatingpoverty and social injus-tice.Rice spoke of King’s un-

common dignity, his non-violent approach, and howhe drew others to hiscause because of the right-ness of that cause andphilosophies that inspiredso many.Unfortunately, as Rice

explained, “Dr. King’sdream is unfulfilled.”While noting the accom-

plishments of the African -American communityfrom heading Fortune 500companies, attending uni-versities, to the presidentof the United States; thatthe nation is becoming amore diverse society. “Thestruggle goes on,” Ricesaid.He said through inac-

tion, for too many, of allraces, the dream remainsjust that, unlikely to ripeninto reality, an illusion.“To many, little has

changed,” said Rice, whoasked those in attendanceto imagine what could beaccomplished together inregards to civil rights is-sues that are being facedtoday, in the 21st century.Rice remarked that notone singular group or an-other can fight these is-sues alone, but must bedone together from thestate of schools, the envi-ronment, affordable hous-ing, physical and mental

health, job creation, solv-ing the dysfunctional po-litical system, healthcare,crime and poverty.“I could go on and on,”

said Rice as he spoke thatif Dr. King were alivetoday these would be thevery social issues that hewould be calling us to-gether. “These are notblack issues, these are notwhite issues, these are notbrown issues, these are is-sues of all Americans,without question.”Rice closed with a plea

to reform an alliance, thegrand coalition that con-fronted and defeated thesuffocating Jim Crow lawsof the south, that foughtthe callous and blind in-difference of the north, the

laws and states of mindthat have forced so manyAmericans to live as sec-ond-class citizens.In order to finish the

task and legacy of King,those coalitions and al-liances must be madeagain, Rice explained.This was the fourth an-

nual Martin Luther KingJr. Celebration sponsoredby the Racial JusticeReading Circle of theYWCA, with music pro-vided by Joseph Taylorand Shirley Thomaston ofthe Dayton Greater AllenAME.Readings were deliv-

ered by Camille andCameron Brown, the Rev.Kazy Blocher Hinds andElder Brian T. Hamilton.

Judge Walter Rice cur-rently serves as judge ofthe United States DistrictCourt for the SouthernDistrict of Ohio. He re-cently received the CitizenLegion of Honor Award forvoluntary service to theDayton community.The Dayton Area

Chamber of CommercePresident Phil Parker saidRice is, “A champion ofpeace, inclusion and civilrights whose impact hasbeen region wide.”The YWCA is dedicated

to eliminating racism, em-powering women and pro-moting peace, justice,freedom and dignity forall.For more information

visit www.ywca.org.

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previously entered plea ofnot guilty and entered ano contest plea and wasfound guilty of the chargeNov. 22 in a plea agree-ment that dismissed afelony charge of tamperingwith evidence related toher actions in the after-math of the knifing.In addition to her term

of probation, Lovell mustabide by a court-sanc-

tioned curfew, gain andmaintain employment,undergo a substanceabuse assessment andhave no contact with thevictim.Piqua medics responded

to 824 Nicklin Ave. on thenight of the incident andfound the badly bleedingvictim resting on theground near a vehicle, po-lice reports state. Fedelewas transported to theUpperValley Medical Cen-

ter and later fully recov-ered from his wounds.Authorities said they

made contact with Lovella short time after the stab-bing was reported, but thewoman locked herself in-side her home before let-ting officers come inside,where they placed herunder arrest without fur-ther incident.Inside the home, police

said it smelled like pepperspray was in the air. Lovell

reportedly had blood onher pants and was at-tempting to clean blood offof a couch, according to po-lice records.Restitution was ordered

in the case and Lovellmust pay for the medicalexpenses of the victim forthe injuries she causedhim, court documentsstate.Lovell faced the maxi-

mum sentence of eightyears in prison.

Piqua womanContinued from page 1

discussion along at a fastclip as only a single ordi-nance and four resolu-tions were on the agenda.The first reading out of

three to vacate a publicright of way on Statlerand Bassett avenuestopped the night’s agenda,along with a resolution toauthorize the sale of cityowned real estate to KBMachine & Tool Inc.The latter was passed

with no comment from theaudience and perhaps stillunder the exhilaration ofdancing. Commission,likewise, moved quicklythrough two resolutionsin regards to applicationsfor funding from the OhioDepartment of NaturalResources.The first request to

ODNR equals $150,000,with the city contributing$50,000, toward restora-tion of portions of theGreat Miami River recre-ational trail due to waterdamage.A second request for

funds from ODNR will re-quire a $6,000 match forimprovements and re-pairs to the municipalpool.A resolution for Mike

Taylor’s appointment to

the Board of Zoning Ap-peals was passed withoutcomment, leaving Vogt toremark on the quiet groupin attendance for theevening as no one ap-proached the podium dur-ing public commentary.This left commission opento speak, with a pleamade to residents to con-tinue their efforts in set-ting records in recycling.They also expressedpleasure at seeing newfaces at the new monthlycommission work ses-sions.Vogt also took time to

thank the YWCA for theirMartin Luther King Jr.event on Monday, and forthe inspiring speech givenby keynote speaker JudgeWalter Rice.Commission meetings

are held every first andthird Tuesday of themonth at 7:30 p.m. at thecommission chamber onthe second floor of theGovernment MunicipalComplex with the nextwork session to be held at7:30 p.m. on Thursday,Feb. 9.The public is invited

and encouraged to attend.Meeting agendas are

available both online atwww.piquaoh.org and atthe government complex.

LeadersContinued from page 1

his 15-day leave, surpris-ing his family andfriends.Covington Middle

School has played an im-portant part in themorale and welfare ofAdams and his fellow sol-diers since their deploy-ment began. Spearheadedby school staff members,students have regularlybrought “goodies” to theschool to be included incare packages that weresent to Afghanistan. Stu-dents also sent Christmascards to Adams and othermembers of the 172nd.During Adams’ visit, he

took questions from mid-dle school students whowere curious about every-thing from the clothingitems that soldiers wearto what it is like to meetAfghan citizens.Adams brought with

him a United States flagthat flew over his unit’s

base in Afghanistanwhich he presented toschool officials on behalfof his unit.Upon accepting the

flag, middle school princi-pal Josh Long saidproudly of Adams, “He isan amazing example ofthe product we turn outhere at CovingtonSchools.”Adams is the son of

Kenny and Connie Adamsof Covington. He has beenin the Army just over twoyears. He will be homeuntil Jan. 26, when hewill depart to completethe second half of his de-ployment.

Covington gradContinued from page 1

Wilder Intermediate School students Cameron and Camille Brown welcomeguests to the Miami CountyYWCA in Piqua on Monday for the fourth annual Mar-tin Luther King Celebration.

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to nine years for 13 proj-ects and delays of 11 yearsor more for 21 projectsthat carry price tags ofmore than $12 million andare considered new suchas plans to add capacity,relieve congestion, boosteconomic development orbuild bypasses.Department Director

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Sealed bids for the purchase of Hot & Cold Mix – Ag-gregate Stone for the City of Piqua Street, Traffic &Recreation Department, will be received by the City ofPiqua Purchasing Department, 201 W. Water Street,Piqua, Ohio, until 2:00 P.M., on Thursday, January 26,2012 at which time the bids will be publicly opened andread.

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PIQUA, loft-style studio,utility room, clean, $400month +deposit, no pets.323 N. Main,(937)381-5100.

PIQUA, Nice 2 BedroomApartment. C/A, metro ac-cepted, no pets, applianc-es included, remodeled,new carpet and paint.(937)667-0123

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SPORTSSPORTSWEDNESDAY, JANUARY 18, 2012

INFORMATIONCall ROB KISER,sports editor, at773-2721, ext. 209,from 8 p.m. tomidnight weekdays.

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Who wascoach of theMajor LeagueBaseball teamPhiladelphiaAthletics fortheir first 50seasons?

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Piqua’s KayleeBradney (above)and Kaci Cotrell(right) compete onthe unparralel barsin a meet hostedby Piqua at GemCity GymnasticsMonday. It is thefirst year Piqua hashad a gymnasticsteam and was itsonly home meet.

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Piqua Gymnasts Host Meet

Piqua’s Johnathan Wirt releases the ball Tuesday.MIKE ULLERY/CALL PHOTO

Edison mendrop gameThe Edison Community

College men’s basketballlost a close game to Wit-tenberg JVs 75-72 Sun-day.Kyle Duncan poured in

26 points for the Chargers,while Josh Jones scored13.Lamont Cole netted 11

and Jordy Meyer of Cov-ington scored 10.Edison will play Cincin-

nati State Wednesday.The women play at

5:30, followed by the menat 7:30.

Bradford JHdrops gamesThe Bradford junior high

girls basketball teamsdropped two games withTri-Village.The seventh grade lost

27-13.Kirsten Harmon led

Bradford with five points.The eighth grade lost

29-15.Mandi Bates led Brad-

ford with seven points.BRADFORD SCORING

Seventh GradeHarmon 5, Moore 2, Haines 2, Carder 4.Eighth GradeHart 2, Bates 7, Brower 2, Booker 4.

Piqua Youth Baseballand Softball (PYBSA)2012 sign ups will be heldat the Miami Valley CentreMall on the following datesand times. (will be locatedout side of Sears store)Jan. 28: 11 a.m.-3 p.m.Jan. 29: 1 p.m.-4 p.m.Feb. 4: 11 a.m.-3 p.m.Feb. 5: 1 p.m.-4 p.m.If you have any ques-

tions you can email AndyHall at ahall7@woh.rr.com

PYBSA signupsstart on Jan. 28

Buccs JH splitswith PatriotsCOVINGTON — The

Covington junior high girlsbasketball teams split twogames with Tri-VillageTuesday night.The seventh grade, 6-7,

lost 25-19.Lexi Long led Covington

with 12 points.The eighth grade, 11-2,

won 37-18.Jessie Crowell led the

Lady Buccs, pouring in 23points.Covington will be back

in action Saturday, travel-ing to Ansonia.

COVINGTON SCORINGSeventh GradeLong 12, Warner 2, Cecil 2, Shaffer 2,

Dunn1.Eighth GradeCrowell 23, Shell 4, Richards 4, Olson 2,

Yingst 2, Swartz 2.

Piqua drops GWOCmatches with TroyHuebner leads Lady IndiansThe Piqua bowling

teams dropped GWOCNorth matches with TroyTuesday night at Brel-Aire Lanes.The boys lost 2,300-

1,912.The Piqua girls lost

2,184 to 1,909 to the LadyTrojans.Haley Huebner had a

big night for the Piquagirls, rolling games of 198and 236 for a 434, high se-ries for either team.

Michaelia Baker hadgames a 177, while HayleyRyan and Shae Doll bothrolled 156.Piqua rolled Baker

games of 176 and 167. On Monday the girls

competed in the BakerBash held at Beaver-Vulanes. “The girls shot 1,671 for

10 Baker games,” Piquacoach Craig Miller said.“This was above our sea-son average for Baker

Games, but unfortunatelywe came up one pin shortof making the champi-onship finishing in 9thplace.”On Friday, the girls fin-

ished 12th out of 28 teamsat the Bearcat Classic. Shae Doll led the team

with a 352, followed byHayley Ryan with 330.Haley Huebner had 322.During the Baker Gamesthe girls had 185, 175,142, 144 and 126.

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PiquaboysstruggleDrop road gameto BeavercreekBEAVERCREEK —

The Piqua boys basketballteam found the goingtough against Beaver-creek Tuesday night, los-ing 84-40 in GWOCcrossover action.Piqua, 3-8, trailed the 9-

2 Beavers 44-27 at half-time and scored just 13points in the second half.“Beavercreek is a really

good team that plays witha lot of confidence,” Piquacoach Heath Butler said.“They turned up the pres-sure and we had a lot oftrouble with their 2-3matchup zone.“We had some

turnovers that they con-verted into easy basketsfor probably 16 to 18points.”For much of the first

quarter Piqua was rightin the game.“Kindric hit a big three

to give us the lead,” Butlersaid. “It kind of went backand forth and he hit an-other one to get us withinone.“After that, they kind of

turned up the pressureand we had a lot of troublewith their traps.”Link led Piqua with 14

points, while Josh Holfin-ger added 11.Ryan Hughes added

seven.Kyle Rader scored 24

points for Beavercreek.Jalen Camper netted 19

and Ryan Sedlar added13.“They got some big pro-

duction from their scor-ers,” Butler said. “Raderhit two straight contestedthrees in the third quarterand that seemed to reallyget them going.”Piqua will play at Van-

dalia-Butler Friday night.

Graham ralliesSPRINGFIELD — Gra-

ham rallied from a 22-14halftime deficit, outscor-ing Kenton Ridge 21-6 inthe third quarter andholding on for a 41-39 vic-tory.Austin Hick and Grant

Goodard scored ninepoints each to lead a bal-anced Graham attack.Floyd Lowry netted

eight and Alex Moss-barger scored seven.

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Record Book

FootballNFL Playoffs

NFL Playoff GlanceAll Times EST

Wild-card PlayoffsSaturday, Jan. 7Houston 31, Cincinnati 10New Orleans 45, Detroit 28Sunday, Jan. 8NewYork Giants 24, Atlanta 2Denver 29, Pittsburgh 23, OT

Divisional PlayoffsSaturday, Jan. 14San Francisco 36, New Orleans 32New England 45, Denver 10Sunday, Jan. 15Baltimore 20, Houston 13N.Y. Giants 37, Green Bay 20

Conference ChampionshipsSunday, Jan. 22Baltimore at New England, 3 p.m.N.Y. Giants at San Francisco, 6:30 p.m.

Pro BowlSunday, Jan. 29At HonoluluNFC vs. AFC, 7 p.m.

Super BowlSunday, Feb. 5At IndianapolisNFC vs. AFC, 6:20 p.m.

BasketballMen’s AP Poll

How a state panel of sports writers and broadcastersrates Ohio high school girls basketball teams in the secondof seven weekly Associated Press polls, by OHSAA divi-sions, with won-lost record and total points (first-placevotes in parentheses):

DIVISION I1, Reynoldsburg (12) 14-0 1912, Pickerington N. 12-1 1373, Uniontown Lake (3) 12-0 1254, Twinsburg (3) 11-2 1215, Can. McKinley (4) 10-2 1176, Springboro 11-0 987, Zanesville 13-0 858, Cin. Princeton 11-1 849, Lewis Center Olentangy Orange 13-1 5610, Middleburg Hts. Midpark 10-1 35Others receiving 12 or more points: 11, Kettering Fair-

mont 33. 12, Sylvania Northview 19. 13, Tol. Notre Dame15. 14, Cols. Northland 14. 15, Wadsworth 13. 16, WarrenHowland 12.

DIVISION II1, Day. Carroll (18) 13-0 209T2, Akr. Manchester (2) 13-0 142T2, Clyde 13-1 1424, Ravenna 12-0 1355, Akr. Hoban (1) 11-1 1126, Day. Chaminade-Julienne 11-2 74T7, Shelby 13-0 73T7, Shak. Hts. Hathaway Brown (1) 8-3 739, Tol. Rogers 9-2 6910, Lima Bath 11-2 65Others receiving 12 or more points: 11, Alliance Mar-

lington 21. 12, Beloit W. Branch 16. 13, Struthers 14.DIVISION III

1, Anna (15) 12-0 2062, Findlay Liberty-Benton (5) 12-0 1953, Oak Hill 10-1 1494, Archbold (1) 14-0 1325, Middletown Madison 13-1 1056, Smithville (1) 12-0 1017, Georgetown 12-0 798, Cols. Africentric 9-3 719, Beverly Ft. Frye 11-2 5110, Orrville 7-2 37Others receiving 12 or more points: None.

DIVISION IV1, Ottoville (15) 12-0 2122, Newark Cath. (5) 13-0 1653, New Riegel 11-0 1234, N. Lewisburg Triad (1) 12-0 1025, Cortland Maplewood (1) 10-1 956, Arcadia 11-0 887, Waterford 11-2 788, Ft. Recovery 9-1 629, Berlin Hiland 8-3 5510, Zanesville Rosecrans 9-2 49Others receiving 12 or more points: 11, Arlington 25.

12, Maria Stein Marion Local 23. 13, Mansfield St. Peter's22. 14, N.Ridgeville Lake Ridge 15. 15, Delphos St. John's14. 15, Shadyside 14. 17, Stryker 13.

Prep Girls Poll

How a state panel of sports writers and broadcastersrates Ohio high school boys basketball teams in the sec-ond of seven weekly Associated Press polls, by OHSAAdivisions, with won-lost record and total points (first-placevotes in parentheses):

DIVISION I1, Cols. Northland (18) 9-1 2222, Cin. Moeller (1) 11-1 1513, Pickerington Cent. 12-0 1474, Powell Olentangy Liberty (1) 13-0 1305, Cin. La Salle (1) 11-1 1256, Mentor (2) 9-1 1127, Tol.Whitmer 11-1 728, Cols.Walnut Ridge 10-0 669, Cin.Withrow 9-1 6110, Cle. Hts. 9-0 38Others receiving 12 or more points: 11, Tol. Cent.

Cath. 21. 12, Mason 20. 13, Norwalk 14.DIVISION II

1, Day. Dunbar (15) 11-0 2102, Plain City Jonathan Alder (1) 11-0 1663, Alliance (2) 12-0 1524, E. Liverpool (1) 9-0 117T5, Cin. Taft (1) 6-4 85T5, Vincent Warren 9-1 857, Lexington 9-1 838, Defiance (1) 9-0 589, Day. Thurgood Marshall 5-3 5710, Akr. SVSM 6-5 48Others receiving 12 or more points: 11, Pataskala

Licking Hts. 37. 12, Franklin (1) 22. 13, Elida 18. 13, Cle.Benedictine 18. 15, Akr. East 17. 16, Cols. Hartley (1) 14.17, Circleville Logan Elm 12. 17, Mentor Lake Cath. 12.

DIVISION III1, Bedford St. Peter Chanel (8) 10-0 1922, Bloom-Carroll (9) 11-0 1833, Cin. Summit Country Day (3) 11-0 1644, Leavittsburg Labrae (1) 12-0 1485, Lima Cent. Cath. 9-1 1376, Creston Norwayne 11-0 937, Chesapeake (1) 9-1 778,Versailles 9-1 749, Ironton 10-2 4010, Cols. Ready 6-4 17Others receiving 12 or more points: 11, Chillicothe

Huntington (1) 15. 12, Portsmouth 12.DIVISION IV

1, Berlin Hiland (19) 11-0 2162, Newark Cath. (1) 9-1 1663, Ft. Recovery 9-1 1434, Jackson Center (2) 8-0 1095, Edgerton (1) 9-0 1036, Cols. Africentric 8-2 1017, Richmond Hts. 8-1 878, Zanesville Rosecrans 7-3 649, Cle. VASJ 6-3 5810, Ada 11-1 49Others receiving 12 or more points: 11, Malvern 34.

12, Columbus Grove 28. 13, Day. Jefferson 23. 14, Leipsic19.

Prep Boys Poll

The top 25 teams in the USA Today-ESPN Women'scollege basketball poll, with first-place votes in parenthe-ses, records through Jan. 16, total points based on 25points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and last weeks ranking:

Record Pts Pvs1. Baylor (31) 17-0 775 12. Notre Dame 17-1 741 23. UConn 15-2 713 34. Stanford 15-1 684 4

5. Duke 14-2 634 66. Kentucky 16-2 608 87. Maryland 17-1 592 58. Rutgers 15-2 548 99. Tennessee 13-4 546 710. Miami 15-3 501 1111. Green Bay 15-0 442 1212. Ohio State 17-1 430 1313. Texas A&M 11-4 389 1014. Georgia 15-3 369 1615. Louisville 14-4 326 1516. Delaware 14-1 284 1817. Georgetown 14-4 265 1718. Purdue 15-3 241 2019. DePaul 15-3 237 1920. Texas Tech 14-2 180 1421. Penn State 13-4 157 2522. Kansas State 13-3 86 —22.Vanderbilt 14-3 86 2424. Nebraska 15-2 85 2325. Gonzaga 15-3 63 22Others receiving votes: Georgia Tech 27; Kansas 21;

North Carolina 13; Middle Tennessee 10; Florida GulfCoast 6; South Carolina 6; Michigan 4; Florida 3; Texas 2;Southern Cal 1.

Women’s ESPNTop 25

The top 25 teams in the The Associated Press' women'scollege basketball poll, with first-place votes in parenthe-ses, records through Jan. 15, total points based on 25points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and previous ranking:

Record Pts Prv1. Baylor (39) 17-0 975 12. Notre Dame 17-1 936 23. UConn 14-2 887 34. Stanford 15-1 865 45. Duke 14-2 797 76. Kentucky 16-2 739 97. Rutgers 15-2 719 88. Maryland 16-1 718 59. Tennessee 13-4 667 610. Ohio St. 17-1 630 1111. Miami 15-3 606 1312. Green Bay 15-0 500 1413. Purdue 15-3 424 1714. Texas A&M 11-4 413 1215. Georgia 15-3 403 1916. Delaware 14-1 367 2017. Texas Tech 14-2 355 1018. Louisville 14-4 342 1619. Georgetown 14-4 285 1820. Nebraska 15-2 282 1521. DePaul 14-3 249 2122. Penn St. 13-4 180 —23. Kansas St. 13-3 132 —24. North Carolina 12-4 60 2225. Vanderbilt 14-3 50 25Others receiving votes:Gonzaga 41, LSU 20, Georgia

Tech 10, South Carolina 7, Kansas 4, Hofstra 2, MichiganSt. 2, Oklahoma 2, St. Bonaventure 2, BYU 1, Princeton 1,Saint Mary's (Cal) 1, Southern Cal 1.

Women’s AP Poll

The top 25 teams in the USA Today-ESPN men's col-lege basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses,records through Jan. 15, points based on 25 points for afirst-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote andprevious ranking:

Record Pts Pvs1. Syracuse (31) 19-0 775 12. Kentucky 17-1 742 23. Baylor 17-0 714 44. Duke 15-2 654 65. Missouri 16-1 629 96. Ohio State 16-3 619 57. Kansas 14-3 591 108. North Carolina 15-3 569 39. Michigan State 15-3 509 710. Murray State 18-0 449 1411. Connecticut 14-3 416 1612. Georgetown 14-3 410 1113. Indiana 15-3 358 814. Florida 14-4 304 1915. Mississippi State 15-3 288 2016. San Diego State 15-2 282 2217. Virginia 14-2 269 1718. Creighton 16-2 260 2119. Michigan 14-4 259 1320. UNLV 16-3 252 1221. Louisville 14-4 130 1522. Marquette 14-4 119 2423. Saint Mary's 17-2 100 —24. Harvard 15-2 61 2525. Illinois 15-3 58 —Others receiving votes: Vanderbilt 47, Kansas State

46, New Mexico 41, Wisconsin 27, Gonzaga 21, MiddleTennessee 21, Seton Hall 16, West Virginia 13, WichitaState 13, Alabama 7, Nevada 3, California 2, BYU 1.

Men’s ESPN Poll

The top 25 teams in The Associated Press' college bas-ketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, recordsthrough Jan. 15, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote andprevious ranking:

Record Pts Prv1. Syracuse (60) 19-0 1,619 12. Kentucky (4) 17-1 1,558 23. Baylor (1) 17-0 1,503 44. Duke 15-2 1,380 85. Missouri 16-1 1,335 96. Ohio St. 16-3 1,312 57. Kansas 14-3 1,218 108. North Carolina 15-3 1,172 39. Michigan St. 15-3 1,119 610. Georgetown 14-3 884 1111. Indiana 15-3 858 712. Murray St. 18-0 825 1513. UConn 14-3 807 1714. UNLV 16-3 651 1215. Virginia 14-2 649 1616. San Diego St. 15-2 621 2217. Florida 14-4 596 1918. Mississippi St. 15-3 590 2019. Creighton 16-2 471 2320. Michigan 14-4 461 1321. Marquette 14-4 278 2522. Illinois 15-3 257 —23. Louisville 14-4 208 1424. Saint Mary's (Cal)17-2 167 —25. Kansas St. 12-4 102 18Others receiving votes:Vanderbilt 101,Wisconsin 90,

Seton Hall 79, Gonzaga 64, New Mexico 61, Harvard 22,Cincinnati 17, Stanford 16,West Virginia 16, Alabama 10,Wichita St. 3, Iona 2, Florida St. 1, Northwestern 1, Wag-ner 1.

Bowl GlanceCollege Football FBS Bowl Glance

Saturday, Dec. 17New Mexico BowlAt AlbuquerqueTemple 37, Wyoming 15

Famous Idaho Potato BowlAt Boise, IdahoOhio 24, Utah State 23

New Orleans BowlLouisiana-Lafayette 32, San Diego State 30

Tuesday, Dec. 20Beef 'O' Brady's BowlAt St. Petersburg, Fla.Marshall 20, FIU 10

Wednesday, Dec. 21Poinsettia BowlAt San DiegoTCU 31, Louisiana Tech 24

Thursday, Dec. 22MAACO BowlAt Las VegasBoise State 56, Arizona State 24

Saturday, Dec. 24Hawaii BowlAt HonoluluSouthern Mississippi 24, Nevada 17

Monday, Dec. 26Independence BowlAt Shreveport, La.Missouri 41, North Carolina 24

Tuesday, Dec. 27Little Caesars Pizza BowlAt DetroitPurdue 37, Western Michigan 32Belk BowlAt Charlotte, N.C.North Carolina State 31, Louisville 24

Wednesday, Dec. 28Military BowlAtWashingtonToledo 42, Air Force 41Holiday BowlAt San DiegoTexas (7-5) vs. California (7-5)

Thursday, Dec. 29Champs Sports BowlAt Orlando, Fla.Florida State 18, Notre Dame 14Alamo BowlAt San AntonioBaylor 67,.Washington 56

Friday, Dec. 30Armed Forces BowlAt DallasBYU 24, Tulsa 21

Pinstripe BowlAt Bronx, N.Y.Rutgers 27, Iowa State 13Music City BowlAt Nashville,Tenn.Mississippi State 23, Wake Forest 17Insight BowlAt Tempe, Ariz.Oklahoma 31, Iowa 14

Saturday, Dec. 31Meineke Car Care BowlAt HoustonTexas A&M 33, Northwestern 22Sun BowlAt El Paso,TexasUtah 30, Georgia Tech 27, OTLiberty BowlAt Memphis,Tenn.Cincinnati 31, Vanderbilt 24Fight Hunger BowlAt San FranciscoIllinois 20, UCLA 14Chick-fil-A BowlAt AtlantaAuburn 43, Virginia 24

Monday, Jan. 2TicketCity BowlAt DallasHouston 30, Penn State 14Capital One BowlAt Orlando, Fla.South Carolina 30, Nebraska 13Outback BowlAt Tampa, Fla.Michigan State (33, Georgia 30, 3 OTsGator BowlAt Jacksonville, Fla.Florida 24, Ohio State 17Rose BowlAt Pasadena, Calif.Oregon 45, Wisconsin 38Fiesta BowlAt Glendale, Ariz.Oklahoma State 41, Stanford 38, OT

Tuesday, Jan. 3Sugar BowlAt New OrleansMichigan 23, Virginia Tech 20, OT

Wednesday, Jan. 4Orange BowlAt MiamiWest Virginia 70, Clemson 33

Friday, Jan. 6Cotton BowlAt Arlington,TexasArkansas 29, Kansas State 16

Saturday, Jan. 7BBVA Compass BowlAt Birmingham, Ala.SMU 28, Pittsburgh 6

Sunday, Jan. 8GoDaddy.com BowlAt Mobile, Ala.Northern Illinois 38, Arkansas State 20

Monday, Jan. 9BCS National ChampionshipAt New OrleansAlabama 21, LSU 0

INDIANAPOLIS (AP)— Jim Caldwell enduredeverything thrown at himduring his first two sea-sons as the Colts' coach —replacing a friend, con-stant criticism, even fight-ing through a huge rash ofinjuries.He couldn't survive the

loss of Peyton Manning.Caldwell became the

Colts' third high-profiledismissal in an offseasonpurge, getting fired Tues-day after producing thefranchise's worst record intwo decades."This is obviously a big

transitional time for us,and I know we're excitedmoving forward and it'shard when you say good-byes to some people,"team owner Jim Irsaysaid. "But it's part of thebusiness."In Indianapolis, it's

been anything but busi-ness as usual.The day after they fin-

ished 2-14 and locked upthe No. 1 overall draftpick, Irsay fired team vicechairman Bill Polian, thearchitect of the Colts' suc-cess, and his son, Chris,the hand-picked generalmanager.A nine-day search

prompted Irsay to hire 39-year-old Ryan Grigson asthe replacement lastWednesday.Since then, Irsay and

his new GM have beenmeeting almost non-stop,debating what tack theteam needed to take next— bringing in new assis-tants to fix the problemsor making wholesalechanges?Things were so clouded

Monday that Caldwelleven met with formerRams coach Steve Spagn-uolo about possibly be-coming the Colts' newdefensive coordinator. ByTuesday morning, the con-ventional wisdom in Indyand around league circleswas that Caldwell wouldreturn.A few hours later, every-

thing changed as sud-denly as the Colts' 2011fortunes. Irsay said he in-formed Caldwell of the de-cision shortly before theteam confirmed the move.The search for a newcoach is to begin immedi-ately though neither Irsaynor Grigson provided atimeline for the hiring."We just came to the

conclusion that this is bestmoving forward for thefranchise," Grigson said,referring to his first majordecision in charge of anNFL team. "Mr. Irsay isthe steward of this fran-chise and I'm here to helphim wrap his head aroundthese types of decisions.We've been in football ourwhole lives and a lot of itis about instincts."It's also about results,

and Caldwell's weremixed.After winning his first

14 games, an NFL recordfor a rookie head coach,and becoming only thefifth first-year coach totake his team to the SuperBowl, Caldwell did a mas-terful job guiding the in-jury-plagued Coltsthrough a plague of in-juries and back to theplayoffs in 2010.But those successes all

came with Manning, wholed the Colts to a league-record 115 regular-seasonwins in the previousdecade and a record-tyingnine straight playoff ap-pearances.This season, without

the franchise quarterbackbehind center, the Coltslost their first 13 gamesbefore winning twice infive days.

Among players andcoaches, Caldwell was uni-versally well-liked. Thelist included Manning,who won all four of hisrecord-setting MVPAwards with Caldwell onIndy's staff, as well asperennial Pro Bowl centerJeff Saturday."I think coach Caldwell

has done a very good job.He has gotten the mostout of his players, and weplay hard for him eachand every week," Satur-day said before the seasonfinale. "We haven't neces-sarily played well, we'vemade mistakes and donethings, but they have, of-tentimes, been things thatwe've talked about incoaching meetings."Outsiders often saw it

another way.Fans frequently com-

plained about Caldwell'sgame management, andsome critics referred toCaldwell as a "puppet" ofthe Polians.Many never forgave

Caldwell for pulling theplug on a perfect season ina Game 15 loss to the Jetsin 2009 and pointed to themidseason firing of defen-sive coordinator LarryCoyer and the long delayin replacing CurtisPainter with Dan Or-lvosky at quarterback asdecisions that should havecome much earlier.Irsay and Grigson did

not characterize Cald-well's 1,099-day tenurethe same way fans did,though it sounded as ifthey agreed with somepoints."We want leadership.

Leadership is important,"Grigson said when askedabout the characteristicshe sought in a new coach."We want strong leader-ship, and we want some-one who shares his visionin this new era of Coltsfootball.“We want the best man

and the best leader andthe man that gives us thebest way to go."Though it's unclear who

the Colts may target, thepossibilities could includeGreen Bay offensive coor-dinator Joe Philbin, Ea-gles offensive coordinatorMarty Morhinweg andperhaps Spagnuolo.The last time Irsay

presided over such a mas-sive housecleaning wasafter the 1997 seasonwhen he replaced BillTobin with Bill Polian,coach Lindy Infante withJim Mora and quarter-back Jim Harbaugh withManning.It could happen again.With Grigson, the new

GM, already searching fora new coach and presum-ably preparing to take An-drew Luck with the No. 1pick, the questions nowturn to Manning, whosefuture has been unclearsince having his thirdneck surgery in 19 monthson Sept. 8.The Colts still are not

saying much about Man-ning's recovery, and Grig-son has not yet spokenwith Manning."We're not even there

with anything regardingPeyton Manning just yet,"Grigson said. "We have toknow about his medicalstuff, first. There's somany things there."Caldwell ends his Colts'

tenure 26-22 overall withone AFC title, two divisioncrowns and one bleak sea-son that has left him un-employed just three yearsafter replacing closefriend Tony Dungy, thefirst black coach to hoistthe Lombardi Trophy."This was a difficult de-

cision," Irsay said.

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Lady Roader lifterssecond at WLSBradford boys finish thirdWEST LIBERTY —

The Bradford girls power-lifting team finished sec-ond at the WestLiberty-Salem Invita-tional Saturday, while theboys were third.Winning for the girls

were Cheyenne Park(115), Jane Bloom (125),Morgan Gambill (115),Sarah Leone (125), ShaniaLee (145), Brittney Allison(145), Molli Lavey (155),Shawnee Rismiller (155),Rebekah Lavey (165),Megan Pullins (175) andNatasha Lee (unlimited).Taking second were

Brook Floyd (155) andSierra Puthoff (unlim-ited).Finishing third were

Kasi Hill (125) and BlakeBrewer (125).Taking fourth were

Krissy Parke (135), RachelLavey (unlimited) andJayde Mead (145).Finishing fifth was

Athena Scalzi (125).Winning for the boys

were Justin Parke (135),Nathan Voisard (145),Robbie Loy (225), BailyPowell (250) and StevenGayhart (unlimited).Taking second were

Tony Gunter (225) andJeff Crowell (unlimited).Finishing fourth were

Brandon Mitchell (155)and David Withrow (un-limited).Taking fifth were Zach

Kissinger (175), JohnCline (225) and KevinPoole (250).Also participating were

Courtney Addington, T.J.Pullins, Dillon Reck, Se-bastian Williams, MrkBarga, Darryn Barge andNick Hoover.Bradford will compete

at Tri-Village High Schoolon Saturday.

SIDNEY — The Cov-ington junior highwrestling team showedimprovement in dualswith Sidney and Sidney-Lehman at Sidney MiddleSchool on Monday.The Buccs opened up

with a 45-25 defeat to thehost Yellow Jackets fromSidney, but went 5-5 inhead-to-head matches.The difference in the

dual was forfeits by Cov-ington as Sidney had afull line-up.In the finale against

Lehman, Covington wonthree of the five matcheswrestled as well as twomore matches against Sid-ney opponents, who wres-tled as part of a smallCavalier team.Several Buccaneer

wrestlers had big

evenings as BrandonMagee (160) and BrandenRobinson (104) recordedtwo pins each.Deron White (122)

recorded a pin and amajor decision, while JoshSowers (92) recorded onepin and came from behindwith a five- point move inthe final second to win 13-10.Jacob Buchanan (86)

won his only match of theevening, pinning his op-ponent in 28 second, whileRoss Bowman recorded apin as well."We had some kids who

tried different things andthat's what it takes to getbetter," said Covingtonjunior high coach MikeStephan. "But we alsohad some kids who madesome major, major mis-

takes — mistakes weshouldn't be making atthis point in the season.“Things like reaching

back and not listening toinstructions. That's thekind of stuff that gets youbeat and some of our kidsfound that out tonight."Still, it was a solid effort

overall for Covington — anice improvement fromlast week at Piqua."Overall, we are getting

better and it shows in thekids who work hard inthe wrestling room,"Stephen said. "We hadsome kids who foughthard off their backs andcame back to win. That'swhat you like to see."Covington looks to con-

tinue its improvement onFriday at West LibertySalem.

Buccs JH continuesto show improvementCovington splits two matches

Ayden Rench recorded three pins Sunday for the Covington youth wrestlers.MIKE ULLERY/CALL FILE PHOTO

SPRINGFIELD—TheCovington youthwrestling team had asolid day on the mat Sun-day at NorthwesternHigh School as 25 of the33 wrestlers won at leastone match with sevenyoungsters leading theway with first place fin-ishes.The wrestlers winning

their respective bracketswere Ayden Rench (3pins), Ryan Remley (2pins), Owen Boehringer(1 pin), Ryan Evans (1pin), Owen Landis (1

pin), Cael Vanderhorst (1pin) and Nick Rawson (1pin).Eight wrestlers took

second on the day.They were Eli Donnan,

Andru Hollopeter,Hunter Bayse, DuncanCooper (1 pin), JoshuaLatimer ( 2 pins), LoganLowe, Matthew HughesandAustin Flick. Donnanfinished in a three-waytie with teammate JakeDilley, who settled forthird place.Joining Dilley for third

were Samuel Zank, Tyler

Bayse (1 pin), DaltonBishop, Kaden Hughes (1pin), Garrett Fraley, Bay-lon Millard (1 pin),David Robinson (1 pin),Kerrington Martin andDolan Young.Wrestling hard for

fourth place were LaineMoses, Drew Rosen-garten, Gavin Fraley,Jeremiah Estep, RandyAnthony, Joseph Thomas,Jacon McQuinn andGage Kerrigan.Covington travels to

the National Trail meeton Jan. 29.

Bucc youth have strongshowing at NorthwesternSeven wrestlers win their bracket

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SIDNEY — Lehmanused strong first and thirdquarters, then held offCentral Catholic for a 59-50 victory in girls basket-ball action Tuesday.The win puts the Lady

Cavs at 5-9 on the yearwith Greenville coming totown Thursday.Lindsey Spearman

poured in 25 points to leadthe Lady Cavs and KandisSargeant made her nor-mal repeated trips to thefree throw line to finishwith 18.She knocked down 10 of

11 from the stripe.

East girls rallyFORT LORAMIE —

The Miami East girls ral-lied in fourth quarter for a49-48 win over Fort Lo-ramie Tuesday night.East trailed 42-35 going

to the fourth quarter.Madison Linn led

Miami East with 13points.

Lady Indians loseCARLISLE — The

Newton girls basketballteam lost 55-36 to 12-1

Carlisle Tuesday.Trisa Lavy and Andee

Wellbaum each scored 10points.

MONDAYRaiders get winRUSSIA — The Russia

girls basketball team de-feated Bradford 49-39Monday night.Kylie Wilson scored 19

points and CamillePuthoff added 17 points.Haley Patty led Brad-

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ST. LOUIS (AP) —About a month and a halfago, Jeff Fisher beganscouting teams that werelikely to have coachingvacancies.Watching videoof the St. Louis Rams asthey wound up a depress-ing three-year run underSteve Spagnuolo, Fishersaw potential."There's a really solid

nucleus here," Fishersaid. "Yes, there is."Fisher perceived com-

mitment, too, after spend-ing time with owner StanKroenke. The usuallycamera-shy Kroenke re-inforced that impressionwhen he introducedFisher to media on Tues-day."Jeff and I both put our

names on a contract up-stairs that will keep himhere for a good while, andwe're really excited aboutthat," Kroenke said. Headded that "the more wetalked, the more comfort-able we got."Fisher agreed to a five-

year contract worth a re-ported $7 million perseason late last week. Be-fore the dollar amountwas discussed, Fisher andthe Rams had to agree ona list of about two dozenitems, including themakeup of the coachingstaff and front office.At least for now, Fisher

doesn't have an addi-tional title such as presi-dent of footballoperations."My decision was very,

very simple," Fisher said."It was based on a sharedcollective vision in restor-ing this franchise to aplace of significance. Itwas that vision thatmade my decision very,very easy."Middle linebacker

James Laurinaitis, whoattended the news confer-ence along with quarter-back Sam Bradford, wasimpressed with Fisher's17-year stay in Ten-nessee, and the Titans'reputation for toughness."That means he knows

how to handle many per-sonalities, he knows howto really relate to theplayers," Laurinaitis said."He's was a player, he'sbeen through those bat-tles, he's been throughtraining camps. He stillknows what it means tobe sore, to go through

that rigorous process. Ithink it's instant re-spect."During his interview in

St. Louis, Fisher met withBradford."Obviously, he's a

tremendous coach," Brad-ford said. "Everyone thatI've talked to that's everplayed for him said thathe's a great, great personto play for."And now comes the

challenge.The Rams finished 2-

14 this year, tied for theNFL's worst, and havewon all of 15 games thelast five seasons.Fisher said reports the

Dolphins were his firstchoice were not true. Anddespite the Rams' strug-gles in recent seasons,Fisher said he doesn'tthink they're that far off.He said the Rams have

holes but didn't want todiscuss specifics.The possibility of the

Rams relocating in a fewseasons was not a majorfactor in Fisher's deci-sion. Kroenke can movethe franchise after the2014 season if the Ed-ward Jones Dome is notdeemed among the topquarter of stadiums inthe NFL.Kroenke was non-com-

mittal on the issue, not-ing that the city'sConvention and VisitorsCommission is due tomake a proposal for po-tential upgrades on Feb.1. He did make a refer-ence to his investment inSt. Louis."I've been around here

a long time," Kroenke

said. "Contrary to a lot ofreports, I haven't taken alot of jack out of the mar-ket. I have put a lot ofjack into the market.We'll see how thatprocess works out."Fisher will have a role

in the hiring of a generalmanager, and said sev-eral times that decision-making will be acollaborative effort. TheRams have targetedabout a dozen candidates,a handful of whomthey've already inter-viewed.The Rams did not con-

firm any assistantcoaches, although it'sbeen widely reported thatSaints defensive coordi-nator GreggWilliams hasagreed to join Fisher inthat role. Fisher said onlythat he had some "verygood options."Fisher inherits a fran-

chise with a recent his-tory of futility, averagingthree wins per seasonunder Scott Linehan, in-terim coach Jim Haslettand Steve Spagnuolo.The 53-year-old Fisher

sat out the 2011 seasonafter 17 years in Ten-nessee, saying he neededa break. His long stintwith the Titans includeda Super Bowl matchupagainst the Rams in 2000in which Tennessee fell 1yard shy of forcing over-time in a 23-16 loss. TheTitans won three divisiontitles and made six play-off appearances underFisher, who stepped downas the league's longest-tenured coach.After the Rams fired

Spagnuolo, Fisher's nameimmediately jumped tothe top of the search list.The Rams had an ad-

vantage in the biddingagainst the Dolphinssince the new coach'sagent is Marvin Demoff,Kevin's father. Formercoach Dick Vermeil was aconsultant in the process,with Kroenke playing anactive role.Kevin Demoff said the

relationship was benefi-cial as an ice-breaker, butafterward the Rams' offerstood on its own. Demoffsaid the time spent withFisher during the inter-view process topped theirprevious contact."I'm sure there's a com-

fort factor but obviouslyhe knows a lot of peoplein this league," Demoffsaid. "This wasn't aboutour relationship, this wasabout his vision for theRams meshing with ourvision."That's what really

sold him on being here."Fisher was interviewed

twice, once in Denverwhere Kroenke owns theNuggets and Avalanche,and again in St. Louiswhere he toured facilities.Kroenke clearly wantedan experienced hand;Spagnuolo and Linehanboth came to St. Louisuntested beyond coordi-nator duties. Spagnuolo,fired along with generalmanager Billy Devaney,was just 10-38 in threeseasons.St. Louis was consid-

ered a franchise on therise after making a six-win improvement in 2010

The strength of theBrowns is the also theyoungest part of Pat Shur-mur’s defense.The Browns improved

in overall defense in 2011,moving from 22nd a yearago to 10th. They were13th in points allowed in2010 and fifth this pastseason. The only categorythe Browns went back-ward on was run defense,slipping from 27th to 30th,but points allowed is a farmore important statistic.The Browns also im-proved in time of posses-sion. A year ago opponentshad the ball an average of32:05 a game. This seasonit was 30:53 a game.Much of the credit for

the improvement goes toDick Jauron and his staff,but rookie end JabaalSheard, rookie defensivetackle Phil Taylor andfourth-year defensivetackle Ahtyba Rubin, just25 years old, gave Jauronsomething to work with.At times, Sheard’s

quickness caused him tomake mistakes, but expe-rience will teach himwhen to throttle down.Still, he led the Brownswith 8.5 sacks and fiveforced fumbles.Rubin got a new con-

tract through 2014 and in-stead of acting like a fatcat because of it he playedhungrier than ever. He ledall NFL defensive linemenwith 82 tackles in 2010.He made 83 stops in 2011,second best to JasonPierre-Paul of the Giantswith 86 tackles.Taylor had an up and

down year. He made a badmistake when he jumpedoffsides against Baltimorewhen Ravens quarterbackJoe Flacco tricked himwith a hard count, but hehas learned from that andwon’t make the same mis-take when the Browns areplaying n a meaningfulgame.Scott Paxson and Brian

Schaefering provide depthon the line. They sackedBen Roethlisberger onDec. 8 and sprained hisankle in the process.Right end is a weakness

General Manager TomHeckert has to address.Jayme Mitchell did notprovide the pass rushcoaches expected. He had18 tackles in the first fivegames and 14 in the nineothers in which he played.

He had 1.5 sacks.LINEBACKERS —

D’Qwell Jackson deservesto be Comeback Player ofthe Year. The award willprobably go to the Lions’Matthew Stafford becausehe plays quarterback on ateam that made the play-offs, but Jackson startedevery game after missing26 straight with pectoralinjuries. He led theBrowns with 158 tacklesand had 3.5 sacks. He to-taled three career sacksbefore his pec injury in2009.Jackson is the undis-

puted leader of the de-fense and arguably theleader of the entire team.His focus and determina-tion are unsurpassed.Chris Gocong also had a

fine season when hemoved from weak sidelinebacker to strong sidewhen he replaced ScottFujita. Gocong was a one-man goal line standagainst the Steelers. Hefinished with a careerhigh 67 tackles and a ca-reer high 3.5 sacks. Ques-tions were raised whenthe Browns gave Gocong athree-year extension earlyin the season. Now it lookslike a sound investment.After Jackson and Go-

cong, though, the Brownsneed a serious upgrade atlinebacker. The Brownsforced 13 fumbles in 2011and only three were forcedby linebackers – one eachfrom Jackson, Kaluka Ma-iava and Gocong.The coaches say they

want Fujita to play in2012. He was among thetem leaders in tackles be-fore breaking his left handwith five games to play.He finished 2010 on in-jured reserve, too. Heckertcould use the 37th pick ona linebacker to competewith Fujita for a startingjob. Don’t reach for a line-backer, but adding onethat could start will makethe defense stronger.

Defensive backs —The Browns ranked sec-ond in the league in passdefense.Left cornerback Joe

Haden lost his battleswith A. J. Green bothtimes the Browns playedthe Bengals, but otherwiseplayed well despite beingmatched against the otherteam’s star receiver weekafter week.

Fisher excited about opportunityIntroduced by Kroenke as Rams new coach

Owner Stand Kroenke and new coach Jeff Fisher smile Tuesday.AP PHOTO

Browns defenseone bright spotGives team somethingto build on for 2012