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This is the sixth of an eight-part series on the city ofPiqua’s parks. The stories willappear each Monday throughJuly 23.

BY BETHANY J. [email protected]

PIQUA — Several parks inthe city may not be very big incomparison to their brethrenbut their importance high-lights the history and unwa-vering dedication from thosethat call Piqua home.Take the one-acre Shawnee

Park tucked beneath the walkand bike path to its north, thebridge to its west, while facingEast Main Street. Simple, butfunctional with current playequipment and benches, thistiny park has made a home inone of Piqua’s most historic lo-

cations where Shawnee tribescongregated along the GreatMiami River.This park is located right

around the corner from thecannon monument that gracesthe east end of ShawneeBridge, presented to the cityby a local businessman of thename J.G. Schmidlapp inhonor of Stephen CleggRowan, an Irish immigrantwho became Piqua’s first ad-miral.For history buffs, the origi-

nal cannon was donated bythe city to the war effort dur-ing World War II, but thanksto the Shawnee Rats Club andgenerous donations, a replicawas put in its place some 5oyears later.However, the Shawnee Park

was not the first in the villageas the Armco quarries wasonce used for baseball in the

1960s, and known as ArmcoPark, which added another 7acres to the Piqua’s park sys-tem at the time.A proposal to reactivate the

Armco Park to include basket-ball courts, a skate park andbaseball diamonds was high-lighted during the ShawneeNeighborhood Associationgroup launch in 2006. About50 were in attendance for themeeting that was held at Cen-tral Baptist Church onStaunton Street where discus-sions got under way as towhat those in the area wouldlike to see in their historicneighborhood.Along with helpfrom the Piqua NeighborhoodImprovement Team or NIT,

NICOLEBAUER/STAFFPHOTOTheBlueAngelsmake a lowpass over the crowdonSaturday at theDaytonAir Show.

Into the wild blue yonder

BY SHARON SEMANIEFor the Daily [email protected]

PIQUA — Although it’s diffi-cult to quantify the dollar valuevolunteers provide non-profit or-ganizations, the Positively Pro-moting Piqua (PPP) steeringand citizens committees havecalculated the time, talent andenergy expended by its volun-teers this past year totals 4,716man hours or nearly $85,000 incontributions based upon an $18per hourly rate.

Wayde Davis, an agent withKoverman Bayman DickersonInsurance, serves as both amember of the steering commit-tee and also a co-chair of the cit-izens’ committee along withCraig Barhorst. The talentedduo has been instrumental inpropelling the citizens’ efforts ofPPP whose mission is to “helpPiqua be the best it can be.”An active member of the

Piqua community and enthusi-astic advocate of PPP, Davissuggests “Through the efforts ofour 18-member committee,

along with the steering commit-tee chaired by Daniel French,the PPP organization has “rolledup its sleeves” and been instru-mental in a number of initia-tives. Davis suggests he haslong wanted to “get involved” inthe community where he andhis wife, Diana, reside. An op-portunity to pass out pamphletsdoor-to-door to help defeat therecall ballot and help championthe passage of the city schools’bond issue gave him the impe-tus to get further involved inPPP.“It’s important that we re-

main dynamic and change asthe Piqua landscape does tomake things better,” emphasized

MIKE ULLERY/STAFF PHOTOA recent Pack the Path 5-K walk attracted 60 walkers and in-cluded health screenings and contributions of 105 pounds offood to the Bethany Center food pantry. The event was hostedby the Positively Promoting Piqua initiative.

Rolling up their sleevesVolunteers expend nearly$85,000 in contributions

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The Ghost in theCourthouse Statue

Written byBill BaileyIllustrated by

Michelle Duckworth

Chapter 15A tough old bird bites back

STORY SO FAR: Sheriff Matlock'sposse sneaks into The Jefferson Timesoffice, hoping to kill Jake, Holly, andDonnie. But Donnie has used a trick toencourage his mom and Jake to leave thebuilding. Next, Donnie stages a series ofscary surprises for the intruders, using anaudio recorder, strings, and his vocal imper-sonation of Felix. The posse tries a trick. Thesheriff raises his hands to show he'sunarmed, while Clint hides in Donnie'sstuffed animal closet with a gun. Kneelingon the bricks behind the building, Donnieholds a fistful of strings, planning an ambushof his own.

With his hands high in the air, SheriffMatlock winked at Judge Lulu, who stoodnervously in a corner of the room. The sher-iff smirked, proud of the trap he'd set. Hewas too full of himself to notice the stringsthat ran from the closet where Clint was hid-ing. From underneath the closet door, theyran across the floor, out the back window,and into my clenched fist.

I jerked a string that was attached to thepull ring coming out of Grizzly's belly.Grizzly was perched just behind Clint insidethe closet, and now he let out a deep roar,made louder by the walls of the closet."GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!"

"Ahhh!" Clint yelped as he jumped fromthe closet. As he swung around, shooting hispistol back toward the sound, I pulled onanother bundle of strings, and the animalkingdom erupted in sound. Zip the weeniedog barked, X-Ray the cat hissed, and Bertiethe Bird cawed his crazy laughter right atClint. Another tug, and Cowboy Bill kickedin, "Go fer yer gun, ya sorry sack of a side-windin' sapsucker."

I reached in through the open windowand threw a handful of snappers that I hadsaved from last July 4th hard at the floor.They crackled like rapid gunfire.

Clint's terrified eyes grew large as hedove for the floor, holding onto his toupeewith one hand and his gun with the other.Judge Lulu and the sheriff hit the floor rightnext to him.

On their six knees, they crawled togeth-er into the editor's office in the middle of thebuilding, like they were doing a tornadodrill. Judge Lulu pulled the door shut behindthem, making it where I could no longer seethem.

I had to hustle. I scampered up a ladderto the roof and peered down through the sky-light into the editor's office. Just inside theroom's door stood the posse. And across theroom sat a man in a tall swivel chair, facingaway from the posse. All they could seewere his white hair and a thin arm resting onan armrest.

I had taken out one of the skylight'sremovable glass panes earlier, when I waspreparing for the posse's visit. Now, Ireached for a bundle of strings that I had runto the roof and took a deep breath. I threwmy friendly, old-guy voice down through theskylight and over to the man in the chair."Sheriff, Clint, Lulu – so good to see youafter all this time. I know you must'vemissed me – your old pal, Editor Elder."

The posse was too shocked to speak. Inudged them with some folksy, old-timertalk. "Not so much as a howdy-do after allthis time, friends?You act like you've seen aghost."

"G-George, that really you?" Clintasked.

"Indeed it is, old buddy," I said. "Fit as afiddle."

"But I mixed the poison myself," JudgeLulu whispered. "It was enough to kill ahorse."

"Shut up, Lulu," the sheriff hissed."Lucky for me, I'm not a horse, Lulu –

just a tough old bird," my old geezer voicesaid. "But next time, could you sweeten itup? That poison sure made my coffee tasteawful bitter."

"I'm, uh... so relieved you're alive," thesheriff said. Taking Clint's revolver, the sher-iff inched toward the man in the chair. "Thisis really good news. Isn't it, Clint?"

"Uh, yes, wonderful," Clintanswered.

Then the sheriff's voice began toharden. "A tough old bird, are ya?Too tough for our poison, huh? Thenhow 'bout eatin' some bullets – youold buzzard!" He opened fire into theback of the chair. Blam, blam, blam!

I snatched hard on a string, andthe chair swung around. Facing theposse was a white-haired skeletonwearing a suit – it was Jake's "Ol' Baga' Bones- just as I had staged him."

I pulled another string a few timesquickly, and Ol' Bag of Bones' teethclacked open and shut, as hisgrotesque skull appeared to speak."Tsk, tsk, tsk," I voiced from above."That is no way to treat a friend!"

With a group-shriek, they tookoff, falling over each other. I couldhear them tearing down the halltoward the front office.

In the darkness, I hurried to thefront of the roof and peeked over theledge, just in time to hear the jangleof the doorbell. I watched the posseburst from the front door – and intothe bright glare of car headlights.

Stepping from behind the lights,with their guns drawn, were theJefferson City Police.

"Drop your weapon!" PoliceChief Banks said. Slowly, the sheriffdid so.

"Charlie, what you doing here?"The sheriff's voice sounded confusedand his usual swagger was gone. Helooked like a little kid with his handcaught in a cookie jar.

"Sheriff Matlock!? Well, I shouldask you the same thing," said ChiefBanks.

For a few seconds, SheriffMatlock stood there dazed, lookingaround at Clint and Judge Lulu. Theymirrored his stunned, guilty expres-sion.

T h i n k i n gquickly, the sher-iff forced a smileand tried to soundmatter-of-fact,"Well, ya see,Charlie, I got acall sayin' they'dheard the soundof gunfire comingfrom The Timesoffice. Since meand my buddieswere in the neigh-borhood, I figuredwe'd check itout."

"We got thatcall, too," saidChief Banks."But you know,crime inside thecity is my juris-diction. Nexttime, you might

let me know what's going on. When you allcame running out of The Times like that,with that gun in your hand, I thought youwere the thieves. That is, until I got a goodlook at you."

The sheriff gave a big fake laugh, likethat was the funniest thing he'd ever heard.Clint and Lulu laughed, too, but they sound-ed pretty nervous.

"We were chasin' after the robbers,Charlie," the sheriff said. "But it looks likethey got away. I think we scared 'em offbefore they could take anything."

"Then I ought to be thanking you,instead of giving you grief," Chief Bankssaid, walking up and patting the sheriff on

the shoulder.I felt sick at my stomach. The police

chief was eating out of the sheriff's crookedhands. And if I spoke up, there was no wayChief Banks would take the word of a kidagainst three grown-ups – especially whenone of them was the sheriff.

I was desperate. Even though it seemedhopeless, I had to try. So I took a deep breathand yelled down from the roof, this timeusing my own voice for a change. "ChiefBanks, they weren't trying to catch robbers.They were trying to kill my mom and meand Jake – like they did Mr. Elder."

Suddenly, all their eyes were on me. Theposse still appeared to be horror-struck bythe haunted house – in fact, too stunned toput together that I had anything to do with it.

"That's ridiculous!" the sheriffexclaimed, his eyes wide with fake amaze-ment. "Charlie, that newspaper's done noth-in' but print lies and cause trouble ever sincethat Jake fella showed up. Now they're tryin'to make us out to be the bad guys. Andbesides... he's just a kid!"

I could tell from the look on the policechief's face that he was falling for the sher-iff's tricks. I looked down across the darkcourthouse lawn to Felix's statue. Not know-ing if he could even hear me, I mouthed intothe breeze, "What would you do, Felix?"

A second later I heard a faint whisper."You can do theese,Donnie. You have prac-ticed a long time – forjust theese moment!"

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Cricket Facts• Crickets have somewhat flattened bodiesand long antennae and are similar toGrasshoppers• The antennae are called feelers• Crickets are characterized by their hoppingmovements and short jerky runs• Only the male crickets chirp• The wings of the males have a large veinwith a row of "teeth," (like a comb does) Thechirping sound is created by running the topof one wing along the teeth at the bottom ofthe other wing• There are approx. 900 species of crickets• Crickets stats and facts– Colors: Black, red, brown, green– Length: 15mm - 25mm– Habitat: Field, meadows– Lifespan: Less than 1 year– Diet: Crickets are omnivores eating

insects, fungi and plants• Crickets chirp at different rates according tothe species and to the temperature of theirenvironment• Crickets chirp at higher rates the higher thetemperature is• Crickets are scavengers!• Crickets can bite humans!• Predators of Crickets include the Tortoise,Salamander, Frogs, Lizards, and Spiders• The most famous cricket is Jiminy Cricket inthe Disney movie of Pinocchio• They have good senses of hearing andsight• Crickets have wings - but most of them donot fly!• Their chirps of the males are used to:– Court females– Repel other males

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Appearance (Morphology)• Brown to black• Front wing varying in

length, covering half to entireabdomen• Antennae about as long

as distance from head to endof abdomen• Wings held flat over

body• Hind wings folded and

hidden under leathery frontwingsAdult Males and FemalesFemale with long oviposi-

tor (ventrally attached) inrear (may appear as twopieces); both sexes havecerci (segmented, tail-likeappendages attached dorsal-ly). The wings are fullyextended over the abdomen.Some species may not havewings.

Immatures(different stages)

Immatures look likeadults, but do not have fullydeveloped wings. Oldernymphs may show develop-ment of wing pads. Thefemale's ovipositor begins toshow before it is an adultand increases in length witheach successive molt.

NATURAL HISTORYFood

Crickets are omnivoresand scavengers feeding on

organic materials, as well asdecaying plant material,fungi, and seedling plants.

HabitatCrickets live under rocks

and logs in meadows, pas-tures and along roadsides.Many are nocturnal.

PredatorsSpiders, some wasps,

ground beetles, birds, smallrodents and lizards are crick-et predators.

Interesting BehaviorsTo attract mates, males

produce a sound made byrubbing their forewingsagainst each other. Theresulting chirping sound ispicked up by the female'sears on her front legs. Thechirp sounds are different foreach species so that individ-uals can find their ownspecies. Females lay eggs inthe soil with their ovipositor.

IMPACT ON THEECOSYSTEM

PositiveCrickets break down plant

material, renewing soil min-erals. They are also animportant source of food forother animals.

NegativeCrickets may injure

seedlings and large numberscan be destructive. Malessongs can be quite loud.

COLLECTING LIVEINSECTS

Where to CollectField crickets live in leaf

litter, under or near logs oraround damp places in gar-dens. In parts of the country,crickets can be pests andare abundant in homes,barns and gardens. If youneed lots of crickets, youmay wish to purchase themfrom a pet store. Check withthe pet store to find out whenthe shipment arrives so thatthey will be fresh andhealthy. Crickets can be pur-chased from: BerkshireBiological Supply Company,The Biology Store, Carolina

Biological Supply Company,Connecticut Valley BiologicalSupply Co., Inc., andFluker's Cricket Farm, Inc.

How to CollectTo collect crickets in the

field, have the containerready.Your hand is the besttool to grab the cricket.Gently cup your handsaround the cricket. If youdon't want to touch the crick-et, use a plastic containerand allow the cricket to jumpinto the container. Quicklyplace the lid on before itjumps out. If it's in the house,you can place a glass over itand slide a piece of paperunderneath.

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Crickets, family Gryllidae (also known as "true crickets"),are insects somewhat related to grasshoppers, and moreclosely related to katydids or bush crickets (familyTettigoniidae). They have somewhat flattened bodies and longantennae. There are about 900 species of crickets. They tendto be nocturnal[1] and are often confused with grasshoppersbecause they have a similar body structure including jumpinghind legs. Crickets are harmless to humans.

Cricket Chirping – The sound emitted by crickets is com-monly referred to as chirping; the scientific name is stridula-tion. Only the male crickets chirp. The sound is emitted by thestridulatory organ, a large vein running along the bottom ofeach wing, covered with "teeth" (serration) much like a comb.The chirping sound is created by running the top of one wingalong the teeth at the bottom of the other wing. As he doesthis, the cricket also holds the wings up and open, so that thewing membranes can act as acoustical sails. It is a popularmyth that the cricket chirps by rubbing its legs together.

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Ed BrumbaughTROY — Ed Brumbaugh, 80,

of Troy, passed away Saturday,July 7, 2012, at his residence.He was bornon June 5,1932, inWestMilton, toAubrey andS u s a n( B a s h o r e )Brumbaugh.He is sur-

vived by hiswife of 59years of mar-riage, RuthAnn (Young) Brumbaugh; hisson and daughter-in-law, Jimand Nancy Brumbaugh ofCasstown; daughter and son-in-law, Diane and Tim Beckman ofGreeley, Colo.; brothers and sis-ters-in-law, Herb and BarbaraBrumbaugh of Covington; Mar-vin and Dorothy Brumbaugh ofLaura and Betty Brumbaugh ofDayton; sisters and brothers-in-law, Alice Sue and Bob Mid-dlestetter of Arcanum; Lindaand Jerry Sherick of Fla.;grandchildren, Jason Brum-baugh; Lydia (Fiance, HeathBoyes) Strode; Micah Strode;step-granddaughter, Jessica

(Mike) Thompson; great-grand-daughter, Syriha.In addition to his parents, he

was preceded in death by onesister, Shirley Wehrley and onebrother, Calvin Brumbaugh.Ed was a 1950 graduate of

Milton-Union Schools. He was amember of the First UnitedMethodist Church, Troy; TroyFraternal Order of the Eagles;Troy Fish and Game Club andTroy Senior Citizens. He was re-tired from Hobart BrothersCompany,Troy, after 45 years ofservice and 38 years of servicewith the vity of Troy at HobartArena.Services will be held 10:30

a.m. Wednesday at the BairdFuneral Home, Troy, with theRev. Dave Leckrone officiating.Interment to follow in RiversideCemetery, Troy. The family willreceive friends from 4-8 p.m.Tuesday at the funeral home.Memorial contributions may bemade to Hospice of MiamiCounty, PO Box 502, Troy, Ohio45373. Friends may expresscondolences to the familythrough www.bairdfuneral-home.com

James E. CollinsPIQUA — James E. Collins,

80, formerly of 824 CovingtonAve., Piqua, died at 3:07 a.m.,Sunday July 8, 2012, at thehome of his daughter. He wasborn April 21, 1932, in Piqua, tothe lateHenry J. andM a u d i eM a r i e( M o y e r )Collins. Hem a r r i e dDonna J.Barber Janu-ary 23, 1960,in Beaver-creek; andshe survives.Other survivors include three

daughters, Candace (Richard)Deitering of Piqua, Cathy(Mark) Landis of El Paso,Texas,Kelly Collins and her specialfriend TerryReaver of DadeCity, Fla; sixgrandchildren;five greatgrandchildren;and a sister Hannah L. Kingreyof Piqua. He was preceded indeath by a sister HenriettaHahn.

Collins was a 1950 graduateof Piqua Central High Schooland retired in 1998 from the cityof Piqua as the parks and recre-ation supervisor following 23years of employment. He hadbeen a member of Greene StreetUnited Methodist Church andthe Warren Masonic Lodge no.24. He was a United StatesArmy veteran having servedduring the Korean War in the101st and 82nd Airborne. In ad-dition to his family, he loved tofish and play golf.A service to honor his life will

begin at 10 a.m. Wednesday atthe Jamieson & Yannucci Fu-neral Home with Pastor RickMowry officiating. Burial willfollow at Forest Hill Cemeterywhere full military honors willbe provided by the VeteransElite Tribute Squad. Visitationwill be from 5-8 p.m.Tuesday atthe funeral home with a Ma-sonic service at 7 p.m.Memorial contributions may

be made to Hospice of MiamiCounty, Inc., P. O. Box 502, Troy,OH 45373. Condolences to thefamily may also be expressedthrough jamiesonandyan-nucci.com.

Martha R. RamelmeyerPIQUA — Martha R.

Ramelmeyer, 83, of Piqua diedat 1:10 p.m. Friday, July 06,2012, at Piqua Manor NursingHome. She was born in Piqua onSept. 16, 1928, to the late Her-schel and Tina (Foster) Nicode-mus. On July 29, 1948, at St.Boniface Catholic Church,Piqua, she married William E.Ramelmeyer. He preceded herin death.Martha is survived by two

daughters and son-in-law:Kathleen and Donald Largerand Kristina Reed, all of Piqua;one son and daughter-in-law:William and Patty Ramelmeyer,Jr, Piqua; one sister: VirginiaKaufman, Cincinnati; twobrothers and sisters-in-law:David and Nancy Nicodemus,Trenton, and Ezekiel and AnnNicodemus, St. Marys; tengrandchildren and 23 great

grandchildren. She was pre-ceded in death by three broth-ers: Walter Nicodemus, ThomasNicodemus and Edgar Nicode-mus; and one sister: ManonLemmon.Martha graduated from

Piqua High School. She was aloving homemaker.Funeral services will be at 11

a.m.Tuesday at Melcher-Sow-ers Funeral Home, Piqua,with Pastor Gary Wagner offici-ating. Burial will follow in For-est Hill Cemetery, Piqua.Friends may call from 10-11a.m. on Tuesday at the funeralhome.Memorial contributions may

be made to Hospice of MiamiCounty P.O. Box 502 Troy, Ohio45373. Condolences may be ex-pressed to the family atwww.melcher-sowers.com .

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LOSANGELES (AP)—ErnestBorgnine, the beefy screen starknown for blustery, often villain-ous roles, but who won the best-actor Oscar for playing againsttype as a lovesick butcher in“Marty” in 1955, died Sunday. Hewas 95.His longtime spokesman,Harry

Flynn, told The Associated Pressthat Borgnine died of renal failureat Cedars-Sinai Medical Centerwith his wife and children at hisside.Borgnine, who endeared him-

self to a generation of BabyBoomers with the 1960s TV com-edy “McHale’s Navy,” first at-tractednotice in the early 1950s invillain roles,notably as the viciousFatso Judson, who beat FrankSinatra to death in “FromHere toEternity.”Then came “Marty,” a low-bud-

get film based on a Paddy Chayef-sky television play that starredRodSteiger.Borgnine played a34-year-old who fears he is so unat-tractive he will never findromance. Then, at a dance, hemeets a girl with the same fear.“Sooner or later, there comes a

point in a man’s life when he’sgotta face some facts,”Martymov-ingly tells his mother at one pointin the film. “And one fact I gottaface is that, whatever it is thatwomen like, I ain’t got it. I chasedafter enough girls in my life. I-Iwent to enough dances. I got hurtenough. I don’t wanna get hurt nomore.”The realism of Chayefsky’s

prose and Delbert Mann’s sensi-tive direction astonished audi-ences accustomed to happyHollywood formulas. Borgninewon the Oscar and awards fromthe Cannes Film Festival, NewYorkCritics andNationalBoard ofReview.Mann and Chayefsky also won

Oscars, and the Academy of Mo-tion Picture Arts and Scienceshailed the $360,000 “Marty” asbest picture over big-budget con-tenders“TheRoseTattoo,”‘’Love Isa Many-Splendored Thing,” ‘’Pic-nic” and “Mister Roberts.”“TheOscarmademea star,and

I’m grateful,” Borgnine told an in-terviewer in 1966.“But I feel had Inotwon theOscar Iwouldn’t havegotten into themesses I did inmypersonal life.”Those messes included four

failed marriages, including one in1964 to singerEthelMerman thatlasted less than six weeks.But Borgnine’s fifth marriage,

in 1973 to Norwegian-born TovaTraesnaes, endured and broughtwith it an interesting businesspartnership. She manufacturedand sold her own beauty productsunder the name of Tova and usedher husband’s rejuvenated face inher ads.During a 2007 interview with

The Associated Press, Borgnineexpressed delight that their unionhad reached 34 years. “That’slonger than the total of my fourother marriages,” he commented,

laughing heartily.Although still not a marquee

staruntil after“Marty,” the roles ofheavies started coming regularlyafter “From Here to Eternity.”Among the films: “Bad Day atBlack Rock,” ‘’Johnny Guitar,”‘’Demetrius and the Gladiators,”‘’Vera Cruz.”Director Nick Ray advised the

actor:“Get out ofHollywood in twoyears or you’ll be typed forever.”Then came the Oscar, and Borg-nine’s career was assured.He played a sensitive role oppo-

site Bette Davis in another filmbased on a Chayefsky TV drama,“The Catered Affair,” a film thatwas a personal favorite. It con-cerned aNewYork taxi driver andhis wife who argued over the ex-pense of their daughter’swedding.But producers also continued

casting Borgnine in action filmssuch as “Three Bad Men,” ‘’TheVikings,” ‘’Torpedo Run,” ‘’Barab-bas,” ‘’The Dirty Dozen” and “TheWild Bunch.”Then he successfully made the

transition toTV comedy.From1962 to 1966,Borgnine—

a Navy vet himself — starred in“McHale’s Navy” as the com-mander of aWorldWar II PT boatwith a crew ofmisfits andmalcon-tents. Obviously patterned afterPhil Silvers’ popular Sgt. Bilko,McHale was a con artist forevertricking his superior, Capt. Bing-hamton, played by the late JoeFlynn.The cast took the show to the

big screen in 1964 with a“McHale’s Navy”movie.Borgnine’s later films included

“Ice Station Zebra,” ‘’The Adven-turers,” ‘’Willard,” ‘’The PoseidonAdventure,” ‘’The Greatest” (asMuhammadAli’smanager),“Con-voy,” ‘’Ravagers,” ‘’Escape fromNew York,” ‘’Moving Target” and“Mistress.”More recently, Borgnine had a

recurring role as the apartmenthouse doorman-cum-chef in the

NBC sitcom “The Single Guy.” Hehad a small role in the unsuccess-ful 1997 movie version of“McHale’s Navy.” And he was thevoice ofMermaidManon“Sponge-Bob SquarePants” and Carface on“All Dogs Go to Heaven 2.”“I don’t carewhether a role is 10

minutes long or two hours,” he re-marked in 1973. “And I don’t carewhether my name is up there ontop,either.Matter of fact, I’d ratherhave someone else get top billing;then if the picture bombs, he getsthe blame, not me.”Ermes Efron Borgnino was

born in Hamden, Conn., on Jan.24, 1917, the son of Italian immi-grant parents. The family lived inMilan when the boy was 2 to 7,then returned to Connecticut,where he attended school in NewHaven.Borgnine joined the Navy in

1935 and served on a destroyerduring World War II. He weighed135 pounds when he enlisted. Heleft theNavy10years later,weigh-ing exactly 100 poundsmore.“I wouldn’t trade those 10 years

for anything,”he said in1956.“TheNavy taught me a lot of things. Itmoldedmeasaman,and Imadealot of wonderful friends.”For a timehe contemplated tak-

ing a job with an air conditioningcompany. But his mother per-suaded him to enroll at the Ran-dall School of Dramatic Arts inHartford. He stayed four months,the only formal training he re-ceived.He appeared in repertory at the

BarterTheater inVirginia, touredas a hospital attendant in “Har-vey” and played a villain on TV’s“CaptainVideo.”After earning $2,300 in 1951,

Borgnine almost accepted a posi-tion with an electrical company.But the job fell through,andhe re-turned to acting, moving into amodest house in LosAngeles’ SanFernandoValley.

CHRIS PIZZELLO/AP PHOTOIn this Oct. 26, 2010, file photo,actor Ernest Borgnine poses for aportrait at his home in Beverly Hills,Calif. A spokesman said Sundaythat Borgnine has died at the age of95. (Inset) In this April 4, 1963, filephoto, Ernest Borgnine acts in ascene for ABC-TV’s “McHale’sNavy.”

SIDNEY— Scott Alan Webster, 59, of 2400Wapakoneta Ave., passed away at 3:10 p.m. Friday,July 6, 2012, at his residence surrounded by his family.The family will receive friends on Tuesday at the Cromes Funeral Home, 302 S. Main Ave.Condolences may be expressed to the Webster family at our website, www.cromesfh.com

COVINGTON—Marlin Schaurer, of Covington, passed away Sunday, July 8, 2012, at his home.Services Pending. Arrangements in care of Jackson-Sarver Family Funeral Home, Covington.

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Davis, whose goal is “tomake Piqua a better placeto work and live.” The 52-year-old businessman sug-gests a number ofinitiatives have success-fully transpired thanks tothe efforts of the PPP citi-zens and steering commit-tees.Among those accom-

plishments cited were theconstruction of a shelterhouse at Mote Park; theclean up and adoption ofLock 9 Park by PPP mem-bers who helped spreadmulch, edge concrete andplant flowers, chores thatwill continue to be theirresponsibility in monthsand weeks to come; the“adoption” of the EchoHills Golf Course entrancewith the weeding andplanting of flowers; a Fes-tival of Trees display; par-ticipation in theChristmas parade and apopular Pack the Path 5-Kwalk, which attracted 60walkers and includedhealth screenings andcontributions of 105pounds of food to theBethany Center foodpantry.Although the group is

taking a brief hiatus thissummer, committees —including parks, neighbor-hoods and communityspirit — are already con-templating plans for the2012-2013 year includinga Positive Piqua Alphabetproject for kindergartners.Members of the citizenscommittee, in addition toDavis and Barhorst, in-clude Randy Cissner,Renee Copsey, Pam Ford,Jean Frantz, MargaretFrench, Harold (Hal)Heiner, Barb Hudson,Jeanie Jordan-Bates, KyleMagoteaux, Karen Mc-Neil, Brian (Skip) Murray,Shane Angle, Cindy Pear-son, Earl Slater, Jim Vet-ter, Chris Ward, DeanWard, Jonathan Wesselland Amber Lange.Barhorst, a lifelong

Piqua resident, is equallyenthusiastic about his in-volvement in the organi-zation.“I have always felt that,

in general, the citizens ofPiqua have felt that ourcommunity is lacking inmany things and oftentakes a backseat to someof the surrounding com-munities. My relationshipwith Jim Brown atHartzell Propellers (a

founding PPP member)brought me in contactwith PPP and I am veryproud to be a small part ofit.” When asked to com-ment on the group’s ac-complishments to date, hereplied “The highlights forme include the diversegroup of individuals thathave joined together inthe citizens committeewith a true desire to helpmake Piqua a better placeto live. The shelter houseat Mote Park was a spe-cific activity that I was apart of that was very suc-cessful. It was great to seemembers of several com-munity groups come to-gether to build the shelterover three or four week-ends.”Has he noted a change

within the community?“I believe that the nega-

tive atmosphere that ex-isted in recent yearsbetween the various com-munity groups has im-proved and I would like tothink that PPP has been apart of that change. Un-fortunately, I have beenout of commission due tothree knee surgeries thisyear, but I hope to rejointhe group soon and bringsome additional energyand resources to thegroup,” Barhorst said.Among the newest

members of the citizensgroup is Shane Angle whodiscussed his motivationfor getting involved. “I’dlike to see the communitysucceed, grow and prosper.I like PPP’s mission. I waslooking for a way to get in-volved in the community”Angle, who is director of

marketing-new productsat Emerson Climate Tech-nologies, says he, too, hasobserved a positive changewithin the community.“Yes, I think citizens are

generally pleased with theprogress in the commu-nity. No specifics I canthink of other than over-turning of the recall andapproval of the newschools — during a verydifficult economic climate— are good evidence of thefaith, desire and devotionthat still exists with thecitizens of Piqua.”A married father of

three, Angle is anxious todevote his physical timeand labor to help with theparks and recreation com-mittee. “Long term, Iwould like to get more in-volved in leadership op-portunities,” he hinted.

SleevesContinued from page 1

members contacted PiquaMaterials, which owns the16 1/2 acre lot. But plansstalled and by 2009, withthe Piqua Youth Baseballand Softball Associationproposing to build eightbaseball diamonds at theformer Armco Park site,association members ex-pressed concerns ofcrowds and vandalism asoutweighing benefits tore-establishing the area.Across town, the 2-acre

Das Park with playgroundequipment, benches, and ashelter was dedicated tothe child of two very am-bitious parents who cameto call Piqua home, Dr. Ra-mens Das and his wife, Vi-olet.Dr. Das, born in Cal-

cutta, India, came to theUnited States after earn-ing a medical degree inhis home city and a surgi-cal degree in Scotland. Heattended Ball State Uni-versity in Muncie, Ind.,where he earned a degreein pathology before com-ing to Piqua to work at thelocal hospital. He quicklybecame active in numer-ous local organizations:Piqua Rotary, Elks, Ma-sonic lodge, worked withthe local Head Start,served on the board of di-rectors with MiamiCounty YWCA the PiquaBoard of Education andmany others.Violet was active in the

community, too, receivingthe much-coveted Order ofGeorge award in 1987 inrecognition of her numer-ous participations to areagroups such as the PTA,candy striper advisory, or-ganizing a junior gardenclub, a volunteer schoolnurse, Brownie leader, or-ganizing a reading pro-gram at the then FleshPublic Library, serving onthe YWCA board of direc-tors and Salvation Army,to name but a few.Their daughter Ann, a

graduate of Piqua HighSchool, was killed in atragic car accident on theway home from MariettaCollege. Her sudden pass-ing spurred the couple tocreate a scholarship, onethat would span twodecades, and the smallpark on Broadway andPark Avenue in her mem-ory.As the city and neigh-

borhood associations haveprogressively and ambi-tiously made improve-ments to the city parks,Das Park underwent atransformation in 2009with the welcoming ofnew swings, slides andclimbing equipment.These amenities werepurchased by the city in

exchange for volunteerlabor.A similar project was

done the following springfor Kiwanis that includeda re-roofing of the shelter,the latter 2-acre park onNorth and Walker Streets,initially adopted and sup-ported by their namesakethe Piqua Kiwanis Club.After the demolition ofNorth Street Elementaryschool in 1983, Kiwanistook care of the park untilit was deeded to the city in2000. Today the activegroup maintains only thesign as the park is nowunder the care of theParks and RecreationalDepartment.The park with play-

ground equipment also in-cludes a special attractionconcrete pedestal support-ing a bell from the former

school and a bronzeplaque in memory of thelate Joseph M. Wise, a for-mer Kiwanis member.Kiwanis and Das are

not the only parks withdedications, as tucked atthe entrance to DeerfieldCrossing is a small mod-ern playground, single pic-nic shelter and quietsurroundings dedicated to37-year banker Robert M.Davis.Known for his service to

community projects andgiving loans to those ofcharacter and integrity,Davis’ vision is remem-bered in this park and me-morial.Another dedicated park

includes the 9-acreGoodrich Giles MemorialPark named for and his-torically marked for thefirst local African-Ameri-can to become a promi-nent employer, run forpublic office, and capitalinvestor. Along with CarlP. Anderson, Giles also

built the Classic Theaterin Dayton, one of the firstOhio theaters run by anAfrican-American for anAfrican-American audi-ence.The park is one of

leisure, making for a tran-quil walk to the GreatMiami River from SouthMain Street and standsnot far from the shadow ofthe Piqua power plantthat will eventually be de-molished in favor of awater front park.Another languid, me-

morializing park is theVeterans Memorial Parkthat was dedicated onNov. 6, 1993, to honorthose who gave their livesand service to the preser-vation of our freedoms. Atthe time, construction ofthe site was $125,000, sit-uated on 1.4 acre plot at

the corner of State Route66 and Washington Av-enue.“The focal point is the

eight-foot black granitemonument listing thenames of Piqua citizenswho gave their lives dur-ing active service fromWorld War II through thepresent time,” wrotePiqua Chamber of Com-merce president KathySherman, whose veteranscommittee adopted thepark through the city’snew “Adopt Piqua Pro-gram.” “The plaza areasurrounding the monu-ment includes bricks ded-icated to honoring U.S.veterans.”Heritage Green is like-

wise a park dedicated tothose who not only servedand gave their lives forthe community but alsothose that lived andworked here.On 2-acres on Downey

Street, where the Allen-ACompany used to stand,

are memorials to police of-ficers lost in the line ofduty: Detective Robert C.Taylor, Lieutenant NoahD. Studebaker and patrol-man Jan Mulder III. Asare markers for those whoserved in the fire depart-ment and lost in the lineof duty: Fire Chiefs PeterJ. Caulfield and Joseph A.Caulfield, and firefightersGeorge E. Smith and Ed-ward W. Hafner.Fire Chief Mike Rindler

puts Heritage Green intoa perspective that can bea testament to all thecity’s smaller parks, hav-ing grown up on DowningStreet, not far from thememorial. It is a placewhere his grandmotherhad worked as a teenagerwhen the Allen-A Com-pany still stood.Rindler had the oppor-

tunity to witness the cor-ner’s transition over theyears.“It’s a neat place, kind

of a special place to me,”said Rindler as he recalledthe monster of a buildingthat once stood at what isnow a quiet, tranquilplace of memorial. “A lot ofpeople do not recognize itfor what it is.”

HOURS ANDLOCATION

Shawnee ParkEast Main St.park hours

7 a.m. - 10 p.m.

Robert M. Davis Me-morial ParkWestview Dr.park hours

7 a.m. - 11 p.m.

Das ParkBroadway and Park

Ave.park hours

7 a.m. - 10 p.m.

Veteran’s Park1701 Washington Ave.

park hours6 a.m. - 9 p.m.

Goodrich Giles ParkSouth Main St.park hours

7 a.m. - 11 p.m.

Kiwanis ParkNorth and Walker St.

Armory ParkArmory Drivepark hours

7 a.m. - 10 p.m.

Roadside ParkState Route 66park hours

7 a.m. - 11 p.m.

Heritage GreenDowning Streetpark hours

7 a.m. - 10 p.m.

DedicationContinued from page 1

City of PiquaParks and Recreation Facilities

1. Armory Park2. Das Park3. Echo Hill Golf Course4. Fountain Park5. French Park6 Goodrich Giles Park7. Heritage Green8. High Street Park9. Hollow Park10. Kiwanis Park11. Linear Park

12. Lock Nine Riverfront Park13. Mote Park14. Piqua Community Pool15. Pitsenbarger Sports

Complex16. Public Square17. Roadside Park18. Robert M Davis Memorial

Parkway19. Shawnee Park20. Veterans’ Park

Mike Ullery/Staff photoWorkers from Midwest Fence Company in Piqua begin the process of installing 300 feet of new fencing atKiwanis Park.

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Excerpts of recent edito-rials ofinterest from Ohionewspapers:

The Lima NewsToo often laws are made

in an effort to make surethe people guilty of heinouscrimes are justly punished.In doing so, however, notenough attention is pro-vided to the victims of thecrime.Ohio took a big step (June

27) to make sure that didn’thappen in human traffick-ing cases. With bipartisansupport, Gov. John Kasichsigned the new Safe HarborLaw that will increase thepenalties for suspects andimprove care for victims.…Many of the victims of

human trafficking are juve-niles who have been insome trouble with police.The Safe Harbor Lawreaches out to them by cre-ating new procedures for adiversion program and al-lowing records of adulthuman trafficking victimsto be expunged.The newly signed Safe

Harbor Law goes into effectimmediately. While it ismuch needed, the simpletruth is law enforcementcan’t solve the human traf-ficking problem alone.Teaching the public aboutthe problem is crucial. …Everyone should realize

the new Safe Harbor Lawisn’t the end of this issue;rather, it is the beginning ofa solution.

___The Cincinnati EnquirerU.S. Rep. Steve Chabot,

whose district includesdowntownCincinnati,Over-the-Rhine and CliftonHeights, was so eager tostop federal investment inthe streetcar in those com-munities that he slipped aone-line amendment in atransportation bill forbid-ding any federal funds ap-propriated under that bill tobe used for that project.This might have been a

bit of political grandstand-ing, but it further muddiesthe already unclear financ-ing picture for the streetcar.A major piece of funding

for the project is comingfrom a $25 million U.S. De-partment of Transportationgrant, and this amendmentwould block any further fed-eral funds to it. It specifies“guideway projects” inCincinnati.Make no mistake, the

federal deficit needs to bebrought under control.But this funding had al-

ready been approved andwas built into the project’sfinancing plan. ..This move will hurt

Cincinnati more than it willhelp the federal budget pic-ture.This has little chance of

passage.It still must be approved

by the U.S. Senate andsigned by President BarackObama, and those are bothunlikely.Love it or hate it, the

streetcar has been voted ontwice by Cincinnati resi-dents.We need clarity on how

it’s going to be financed andoperated, not back-door at-tempts to kill it.

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The Supreme Court’s decision on the AffordableHealthcare Act has stirred the bases of both par-ties. The somewhat unexpected upholding of the

individual mandate caught both camps by surprise.Theperception of Chief Justice Roberts runs the gamut fromtraitor to savior.His motivation to rule as he did has fu-eled much speculation. The right has painted him as atraitor, currying favor with theWashington media elite,taking orders from the same, even suggesting that he issuffering from diminishedmental capacity connected tomedication.Others are suggesting that he was concerned that the

court’s recent rulings had looked more political than ju-dicial, that he was trying to compensate for the increas-ingly overt Antonin Scalia, who doesn’t even pretend tohave a nonpartisan view of the cases before him. Giventhe content of some of Roberts’ other recent opinions, I’mjust cynical enough aboutthe court to think that in ad-dition to a blend of some ofthe aforementioned theories,he knew that his ruling,though viewed as a win forthe Obama administration,would be a rallying point forthose who don’t view the ex-pansion of access to medicalcare as important or neces-sary.Calling the penalty a tax

just added fuel to that fire.Never mind that the penalty/tax is only going to be im-posed on that tiny percentage of people that can afford toinsure themselves, but choose to game the system in-stead, knowing that they can’t be refused treatment atthe ER of their local hospital. Mentioning that dreadedthree letter word “tax” triggers a near hysteria amongsta segment of the country, and will cause that segment tocoalesce around a candidate that they really don’t carefor, only caring that he has pledged to repeal “Oba-macare,” the derisive term used to describe the Afford-able Care Act. After all it’s much harder to rile themasses against something with a noble name and pur-pose than to invoke the name of a president whose de-tractors have attempted to demonize and delegitimizefor four years, seemingly without pause.TheGOP has successfully painted the collection of any

tax by any level of government as a crime against thecitizenry. They know that many in this country are feel-ing the economic strain of stagnant or declining incomeand rising costs, and are happy to be offered a punchingbag to vent that frustration on.The GOP has repeatedlyplaced the bet that those people will not take the delib-erative view that we all rely on government services tovarying degrees, those services have to be paid for, andthe levying of taxes is by and large the only way to payfor them.To the detriment of this country, it’s been awin-ning bet more often than not. For decades it was ac-cepted that paying taxes was a sobering truth of living ina civilized country, even considered a patriotic duty to doyour share to ensure that America continued to providefor its people,moved forward with infrastructure and in-novation, forging a path for the world to follow. That allchanged when one political party decided that the dom-inant theme of their candidates would be cutting taxes.The answer to every problem was to lower taxes.This

overly simplistic, unrealistic solution relies on severalpoints to be successfully played out. It requires a lack ofthought about what really happens when the revenuestream is disrupted (check), demonization of programsthat provide a lifeline to millions of people (check), andstereotyping of those people who rely on those programs(check). This strategy, combined with an unprecedentedamount of fear mongering about the legislation has fig-ured prominently in the highly charged emotions ofthose who have been falsely convinced of a “governmenttakeover,” the taking away of your choice of providersand treatments, “death panels,” and all the other un-truths that would be considered comical if not for thenear hysteria unleashed.The Affordable Care Act is a watered down compro-

mise of a bill. But it does move us in the right direction,something that’s not been possible under previous ad-ministrations of both parties. If the GOP had a differenttop priority than preventing a second term, legislatorsfrom both sides of the aisle could work to expand andimprove it, to the benefit of the whole country.

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DOUG SMITHGuest Columnist

No one knew it atthe time, but thekey moment in the

Supreme Court Oba-macare case came onMarch 26, the first day oforal arguments, when fewpeople were paying closeattention.Before getting to the

heart of the case, the jus-tices first wanted to dealwith what seemed to be aside issue: Was the penalty imposed bythe individual mandate in Obamacare atax? If it was, the case would run afoulof a 19th-century law known as the Anti-Injunction Act, which said a tax cannotbe challenged in court until someone hasactually been forced to pay it. Since theObamacare mandate wouldn’t go into ef-fect until 2014, that would mean therecould be no court case until then.No one had challenged Obamacare on

that basis; the challengers wanted thecase to go forward now. The WhiteHouse, having argued strenuously dur-ing the Obamacare debate that thepenalty wasn’t a tax, wanted to go aheadas well. So the court, on its own, tappeda Washington attorney to make the ar-gument that the penalty was a tax andtherefore the case should not go ahead.“The Anti-Injunction Act imposes a

‘pay first, litigate later’ rule that is cen-tral to federal tax assessment and col-lection,” said the lawyer, Robert A. Long,on that first day of oral arguments. “Theact applies to essentially every taxpenalty in the Internal Revenue Code.There is no reason to think that Con-gress made a special exception for thepenalty imposed by (Obamacare).”After Long made his case, it fell to the

administration’s lawyer, Solicitor Gen-eral Donald Verrilli, to argue that no, themandate was not a tax, and thereforethe case was not subject to the Anti-In-junction Act.At the same time, everyone knew that

the next day, when Verrilli planned toargue that the mandate was justifiedunder the Constitution’s CommerceClause, he had as a backup the argu-ment that it was also justified by Con-gress’ power to levy taxes — in otherwords, that it was a tax.Justice Samuel Alito saw the conflict

right away.“General Verrilli, today you are argu-

ing that the penalty is not a tax,” Alitosaid. “Tomorrow you are going to beback, and you will be arguing that thepenalty is a tax. Has the court ever heldthat something that is a tax for the pur-

poses of the taxing powerunder the Constitution is nota tax under the Anti-Injunc-tion Act?”“No,” answered Verrilli.At the time, some observers

found the whole thing a littleboring; the real action wouldcome the next day, when thecourt got to the question ofwhether the CommerceClause could be stretched toinclude the individual man-

date.But a lot of those same observers were

shocked on June 28, when Chief JusticeJohn Roberts, rejecting the CommerceClause argument, agreed with Verrillithat the mandate simultaneously wasand was not a tax, and that thereforeObamacare would stand. Roberts joinedthe court’s four liberal justices, RuthBader Ginsburg, Stephen Breyer, SoniaSotomayor and Elena Kagan, whoseemed prepared to uphold Obamacareunder any circumstances.Roberts’ sleight of hand drove his con-

servative colleagues nuts. “The govern-ment and those who support its positionon this point make the remarkable ar-gument that (the mandate) is not a taxfor purposes of the Anti-Injunction Act,but is a tax for constitutional purposes,”wrote dissenters Alito, Antonin Scalia,Anthony Kennedy and ClarenceThomas. “That carries verbal wizardrytoo far, deep into the forbidden land ofthe sophists.”After the ruling, Obamacare oppo-

nents pointed out the thousands of timesthe president and Democratic lawmak-ers had contended that the mandatepenalty was not — repeat, not — a tax.But it no longer mattered. “Call it whatyou will,” said former House SpeakerNancy Pelosi.Outside the court, the conservatives

who thought they knew Roberts seemedbaffled. “For whatever reason, and you’llhave to ask Justice Roberts, he rewrotethe statute,” said Mike Carvin, who ar-gued against Obamacare in the case.“I’m glad he rewrote the statute ratherthan the Constitution, but none of it canpass rational scrutiny.”Maybe rational scrutiny isn’t what is

called for. If a person wants to do some-thing badly enough, he’ll come up with areason for doing it. John Roberts, appar-ently, wanted to uphold Obamacare,even if it meant venturing deep into theforbidden land of the sophists.

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WICHITA, Kan. (AP)— Kansas State Univer-sity student Greg Peter-son and some friendswere unwinding at adrive-in restaurant whenLMFAO’s song “Sexy andI Know It” came on theradio. He groaned.But as the chorus

droned on, the 21-year-old found inspiration. Heswitched “sexy” to “farm-ing” as he began rapping.Then he started comingup with lyrics. It wouldbe fun, he thought, to doa video parody with his

brothers when he re-turned home to the fam-ily farm in centralKansas.Peterson said the

brothers aimed the videoat their city friends onFacebook because they“hardly knew anythingabout the farm.” Theyended up educating theworld. “I’m Farming and IGrow It” video has be-come an Internet sensa-tion with more than 3.2million views since it wasposted June 25 onYouTube.Its success has been

hailed by farm groups,documented by newspa-pers and even won thebrothers a whirlwind tripto New York City for atelevision appearance onFox News Channel’s “Fox& Friends.”Peterson said he and

his family have been a lit-tle bit overwhelmed byall the attention and he’sdoing “some normalthings” now to keep sane.On a recent morning, hewas out swathing — ormowing — the prairiehay used to feed the fam-ily’s cattle.

“I am just trying to restmy brain a little bit andget back to, you know,this is reality,” he said bycellphone. “This is some-thing I can understand,whereas when I was inNew York, everythingwas just hitting my mind,and it was kind of like, ‘Ican’t believe this, I can’tbelieve this.’”The 21-year-old

Kansas State Universitysenior isn’t the first toparody LMFAO’s club hit.Spoofs include “Elmo andI Know It,” which fea-tures the popular“Sesame Street” charac-ter, “I’m Average and IKnow It,” and “Santa andI Know It.” Most haveonly a few thousand hits,although the Elmo ver-sion has garneredroughly 12.7 million hitsin about seven months.Peterson’s 3:32-minute

video begins at the breakof dawn with him and hisbrothers, Nathan, 18, andKendal, 15, walkingacross a field of goldenwheat that sways gentlyin the wind. The scenesthen shift rapidly to thesong’s beat, showing thebrothers doing chores,driving combines andtractors and jumping onhay bales. It ends withthe three walking off intothe sunset across a fieldwhere the wheat hasbeen harvested.One scene shows Peter-

son feeding cattle as heraps, “When I step to thebunk, yeah, this is what Isee: All the hungry cattleare staring at me. I gotpassion for my plants,and I ain’t afraid to showit, show it, show it. I’mfarming, and I grow it.”Peterson, who’s major-

ing in agriculture com-munication andjournalism and minoringin music performance atKansas State, said thevideo was produced withiMovie and GarageBandsoftware. His 11-year-oldsister, Laura, shot someof it on the family farmnear Assaria.Steve Baccus, the pres-

ident of the Kansas FarmBureau, said what thePeterson brothers did ontheir own is exactly whatagriculture groups havebeen trying to get otherfarmers to do — use so-cial media to show con-sumers the real faces ofagriculture.Individual farmers and

industry groups havestarted using Twitter,

YouTube and other socialmedia in recent years tocounter the messages putout by tech-savvy envi-ronmental and animalrights groups concernedabout everything fromwater quality to the sizeof cages chickens are keptin.“We think it is a great

way to communicate withthe consumer and givethem an idea of what ex-actly goes on in agricul-ture on the farm,” Baccussaid. “We are beingpainted by some differentgroups in a pretty nastyvein, and that is not at alltrue. I think we need toget the message out thereis another side of agricul-

ture.”He said he loved the

Peterson brothers’ video:“I liked the way they in-corporated humor into it,and I just thought theydid a fantastic job.”The Peterson brothers

have posted other videosabout the family farm onYouTube, and Petersonsaid they’ll make more.He keeps his iPod Touchwith him as he farms, oc-casionally pulling it outand filming things.“That doesn’t take any

extra time, or really anyextra thought,” he said.“It is just like, ‘This iswhat I am doing. So I willcontinue to make thosekinds of videos.’”

Farm parody goes viral‘I’m farming, and I grow it’

COURTESY GREG PETERSON/AP PHOTOThese frame grabs from the video shows Assaria,Kan., brothers, from top left: Nathan (Also bottomframe) Greg, and Kendal Peterson in their video par-ody on LMAFO’s “Sexy and I Know It.” The parody,that has gone viral on YouTube and Facebook, showsthe three brothers rapping their farming mission onthe family’s Saline County farm.

Peterson,majoring inagriculture

communication andjournalism andminoring in musicperformance atKansas State, saidthe video wasproduced withiMovie andGarageBand soft-ware. His 11-year-old sister, Laura,shot some of it onthe family farmnear Assaria.

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RUSSIA — A dynamicRussia firm is establishingitself in the business of pro-viding durable paint coat-ings. However, this is notliquid paint that is usedthere but paint powder ap-plied by air pressure andan electrostatic charge.Dave Didier is growing

his business, known as Per-formance Powder Coating,located on Francis Street inRussia. The companystarted out small aboutfour years ago but hastaken over neighboringspace that became avail-able when a neighboringfirmmoved out.A companythat began business occu-pying 10,000 square feetnow uses 25,000.A couple of years ago,

PPC had five employees.Now there are 10, and Di-dier frequently has themworking overtime. He isconsidering expanding hisstaff in the future.Asked how his company

is expanding in an era gen-erally recognized as tougheconomic times, Didierstresses that his companyis doing well by providingquality of work and goodcustomer service. While hestrives to provide work andsolid value at a good, com-petitive price for his cus-tomers, he is finding thatthe aforementioned qualityand service increasinglyrank above simple bidnumbers. Didier describesthe company’s philosophyas “old school.”The company is gaining

customers who have hadestablished relationshipswith rival firms or thosethat are geographicallycloser, because PPC ismore

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spendmuch on advertising.It is common for new cus-tomers to come to PPC byword of mouth. Customersrefer new customers toPPC.One form of advertising

the company does indulgein is in the world of autoracing. The firm sponsors acar and supports otherracetrack activities.One interesting charac-

teristic of the company’swork is the diversity of thejobs being processed there.One nationally known toolcompany named Fastenaluses PPC to paint its tool-boxes. They paint parts for

Airstream travel trailers,garage door components forClopay and some of themajor components for flightsimulators used by the U.S.Air Force pilots in a projectat Wright-Patterson AirForce Base. One other newproject involves clothingracks for the apparel com-pany American Eagle.PPC is now making

lighting racks for installa-tion in all Cinemark the-aters. The custom racksaccommodate the special-ized lighting fixturesneeded to optimize the ef-fects of 3-D films.A new product being

painted there is a 5,000-pound unit for the Corningcompany. The tower-likestructure is used in theprocess of turning sand intoglass. Not all powder-coat-ing firms would have anoven large enough to ac-

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room and the large ovenused for the Corning partare examples of the fulfill-ment of Didier’s originalplans.He wanted to be ableto handle large and smalljobs, so the facility was out-fitted accordingly. He em-phasizes that he did notwant to miss out on any op-portunities due to beingheld back by a lack of treat-ment capacity.Didier explains that

powder coating of metal ispreferable to liquid paintfor many products. Theprocess of applying powdercan provide amore uniformthickness of coloration. It

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

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425 Houses for Sale

BY OWNER, Fixer upperor tear down and buildnew, large lot, 219 WestPike Street, Jackson Cen-ter, nearly 3/4 acre, As is,$30,000 obo,( 4 1 9 ) 7 3 8 - 9 1 4 2 ,(419)230-0312

500 - Merchandise

510 Appliances

ELECTRIC RANGE,works good, $150.(937)418-4639

REFRIGERATOR FROSTfree, $200, good condi-tion, (937)418-4639

STOVE/ MICROWAVEset, glass top stove, 2years. Stove/ microwave$300/ $200. Cash! Youmove it! Sales final!(937)492-8899.

525 Computer/Electric/Office

LAPTOP COMPUTER,Dell Inspiron, 6 GB RAM,500 GB hard drive, dualcore processor, Windows7, only 2 months old. Alloriginal packaging. Asking$375, (937)489-9713.

535 Farm Supplies/Equipment

PULLETS, Started RhodeIsland Red approachinglaying age. $10 each.(937)492-8482.

577 Miscellaneous

AWNING CANVAS, New21' awning canvas fits 21'frame asking 250.(937)394-7497

BEDROOM SUITES andsets, 5 available, full andqueen size, 1 baby's,great condition, no mat-tress or boxsprings,$ 1 0 0 - $ 3 1 0 ,(937)638-3212

CEMETARY PLOT, For-est Hill Upper part, $300Please contact(231)775-4128.

CEMETERY LOTS, 4 inCovington, Garden ofGospels, Miami MemorialPark, $1600. Call(419)628-3321 if no an-swer leave message.

CROSS BOW 150lb. Hor-ton Cross Bow with reddot scope, and a few ar-rows. $250 firm.(937)498-9452

CURIO CABINET, solidoak, $300. 4-drawer,heavy-duty file cabinet,$80. Bookcase, $20. Darkwalnut desk with glasstop, $70. (937)638-7763

ELECTRONICS, usedTV's Sharp 32, 26, 14inches, Symphonic withVCR 14", sharp VCR,Sony 5 disc DVD, Sonywoofer, new Sony mini-disc deck-discs andportable player, Variety ofprices, after 5pm,(937)773-0033

HOSPITAL BEDS (newmodern style) no mat-tress. Computer desk andchair, desk, and dresser.(937)710-4620

HUFFY BICYCLE, Ladies3 speed, like new. $85cash (937)339-1394

TANNING BEDS, CobraEX Commercial, 2available, No bulbs.(937)845-2459.

MOBILITY SCOOTER,Pride Elite Traveler, used4 times, extra large bat-tery, rear basket and frontbasket, $950,(937)773-2993

PLAYSTATION 3, with 2year warranty, 2 wirelesscontrollers with chargers,ear piece, two games, likenew, $325,(937)570-9695

POOL, 15ft steel legframe pool with cover,pump, and extra filters.Used only 6 weeks. Re-tails $300, asking $150.(937)622-0997

VINYL SHUTTERS, newset of shutters, 12 piecesfrom 35 inches to 57 inch-es, $140 for all,(937)368-2290 ask forRichard

583 Pets and Supplies

COLLIES, 2 female, sableand white, 10 weeks, vetchecked, P.O.P, 1stshots, no papers, $100,(937)448-2970

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KITTENS, FREE! 8weeks old, grey/white, ti-ger/white, healthy, litterbox trained, good withkids, (937)339-8552.

MALTESE, Free to goodhome. 9 year old maledog. Best with singlewoman who has time forlove and attention. Neu-tered, hair kept short, veryprotective, good with cats.Please call or text(419)371-0751.

POMERANIAN PUPPIES,CKC, 7 weeks, chocolatefemale, chocolate/tanmale, parents on site,$375, (937)778-8816

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REGULAR PIQUA CITY COMMISSION MEETINGTUESDAY, JULY 3, 2012

REGULAR CITY COMMISSION MEETING

APPROVAL OF MINUTES (Approved)Approval of the minutes from the June 19, 2012 Regu-lar Piqua City CommissionORD. NO. 10-12 (1st Reading) (1st Reading 7-3-2012)An Ordinance authorizing the Modification of the FirstWard, Second Ward, Third Ward, Fourth Ward, and FifthWard BoundariesRES. NO. R-100-12 (Adopted)A Resolution to continue participation in a Multi-Juris-dictional Hazard Mitigation Plan in conjunction with theMiami County Emergency Management AgencyRES. NO. R-101-12 (Adopted)A Resolution authorizing a contract for Cellular ServiceRES. NO. R-102-12 (Adopted)A Resolution authorizing the City Manager to enter intoa Memorandum of Understanding with the FraternalOrder of Police (Civilians), Ohio Labor Council, Inc.

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583 Pets and Supplies

POODLES, Miniature,Multi-Poos, Morkies, Shi-chons, Non shedding,make good little housepets, (419)925-4339

RAT TERRIER PUPS, 3males, have shots andwormed. Ready to go.$150, (419)236-8749.

585 Produce

RASPBERRIES: Red &Black. Great crop & easypicking. Checkwww. champa i gnbe r r yfarm.com for hours andpricing. Located @ 5676East State Route 29, Ur-bana. [email protected].(937)232-7525.

586 Sports and Recreation

BICYCLE, Red adult Fun-ray recumbent, four yearsold, purchased at YellowSprings bike shop, extratubes included, $200OBO, (937)773-5521.

800 - Transportation

805 Auto

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

1997 HONDA Civic EX, 4door sedan, automatic 4cylinder, 237,000 miles,new brakes, tires, A/C,sunroof, remote start,trailer hitch, $3,500,(937)789-8473

1999 FORD Contour,blue, 115,000 miles, goodcondition, power windows/locks, AC/ heat worksgreat, moving out of state,must sell! $2500 OBO.Available 7/9. Call(937)570-8123.

2001 TOYOTA Echo babyblue 4 door, 38,000 miles,excellent condition Call(937)332-8181 between4pm-8pm.

810 Auto Parts & Accessories

WHEEL CHAIR LIFT,Ricon electric, hydraulicfor full size van, used,asking $450 OBO(937) 216-2771

830 Boats/Motor/Equipment

1995 LOWE pontoon, 18foot, 40 HP Evinrude mo-tor-plus trailer, barn kept,call if no answer leavemessage, (419)628-3321

835 Campers/Motor Homes

1984 WILDERNESS, byFleetwood, 24 foot, Goodcondition, new fridge, A/C,everything works, asking$3000, (937)726-5348

1998 DOLPHIN 33' RV,Low mileage! Queen bed,sleeps 6, refrigerator,shower, generator, awn-ing, 1 slide out, $23,000,(937)778-0944

850 Motorcycles/Mopeds

2009 HARLEY Davidson,966 miles, 96 inch cubicengine, $9,500,(937)214-2419

855 Off-Road Vehicles

2003 YAMAHA Blaster,Full FMF exhaust, ITPwheels and tires on rear,moose racing bars, lowhours, $1,600 OBO,(937)773-9518

890 Trucks

2001 FORD Ranger,Power steering & brakes,4 cylinder automatic, air, 4new tires, good condition,$3800, (937)498-9770

2008 FORD F150, Supercrew cab, all power, backup camera, bedliner, slid-ing rollback cover,$17,000 obo,( 9 3 7 ) 4 9 8 - 0 0 5 4 ,(937)726-6534

1997 FORDCOACHMANCATALINA RV

New price, $22,000. 460gas engine, slide-out, 34feet, dual air, generator,26K original miles, new-er tires.

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1998 JEEPWRANGLER

105,000 miles, V-6 4x4,new soft top, newbrakes, new tires, newrunning boards, chilipepper red, asking$7500.

(937)524-9310

2000 PONTIACBONNEVILLE SLE

Power sunroof, seatsetc leather, Chromewheels, Blue, 170,000miles. Car is ready togo! $3200 OBO

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Kathie Isenhouer wasas hot as the temperatureSaturday at Echo Hills.Isenhouer recorded her

second hole in one of hergolfing career on the 108-yard third hole.She used a 9-iron for

the ace witnessed byCindy Pearson.That led to a scorching

33 on the front nine and acareer round of 73.Congrats Kathie!

Isenhouerheats up Echo

Flames to hold2013 tryouts The Miami County

Flames will be holding try-outs for their 2013 fast-pitch softball travel teamsin July and August at thePiqua High School softballfield.Team fees for 2013 are

$450 or $410 for returningplayers.Special sponsorships

available for quality pitch-ers and catchers.Tryouts schedules are

as follows:July 24 (14U, 12U), 6-8

p.m.July 25 (10U), 6-8 p.m.July 26 (16U, 18U), 6-8

p.m.Aug. 4-5 (12U, 10U) 10

a.m.-1 p.m.Aug. 11 (18U, 16U) 9

a.m.-noon; (10U), 2-5 p.m.Aug. 12 (12U), 9 a.m. to

noon; (14U), 2-5 p.m. For more information,

contact Ginetta Thiebeauat (937) 570-7128.

BY ROB KISERCall Sports [email protected]

For 27 holes, DougEakin was in completecommand of the PiquaCity Golf Championship.As it turned out, that

was just enough for him tohold on for a one-strokevictory over Keith McGill-vary during the finalround at Echo Hills.“I can understand why

Tour pros have troublewhen they have a big led,”Eakin said after winninghis first City title. “I wasstanding on the 10th tee(Sunday) with a six-shotlead.“But, you start focusing

on what you don’t want todo instead of what youshould be doing.”Despite playing the

next eight holes in an un-characteristic six-over par,Eakin still had a seem-ingly safe three-shot leadover McGillvary going tothe final hole.But, even after McGill-

vary hit a brilliant second-shot to five-feet to givehimself an eagle putt, he

still wasn’t thinking therewas a chance to catchEakin.“Honestly, I didn’t think

so,” McGillvary said. “But,he hit it over the greenand then chipped it backacross the green.”

And Eakin knew thingswere getting a little too in-teresting.“I just had a bare lie,

where I couldn’t get theclub under the ball andgot it a little thin,” Eakinsaid. “I knew exactly what

the situation was.”Eakin ended up with a

25-foot par putt, which helagged up to tap-in range.That left McGillvary

with his eagle putt to force

a playoff.“I hit a good putt,”

McGillvary said. “I would-n’t hit it any differently. It

Eakin gets first City titlePlays first 27 holes in 5-under; Terry wins fifth Senior title

Doug Eakin watches a tee shot on the front nine Sunday at Echo Hills.MIKE ULLERY/CALL PHOTO

Piqua CityGolf Scores

Scores from the Piqua CityGolf Championship playedSaturday at Piqua CountryClub and Sunday at EchoHills.CHAMPIONSHIP FLIGHTDoug Eakin 68-78—146Keith McGillvary72-75—147Brian Robbins 73-75—148Scott Bradley 77-74—151Brian Deal 78-73—151Ben Gover 80-71—151Tom Christy 80-72—152Dave Larger 79-74—153Chris Francis 78-78—156Darrin Grove 82-76—158Jim Burt 78-84—162Dan Sutherly 80-83—163Jeff Jennings 88-76—164Mike Ford 87-80—167Ben Schneider 99-84—183

SENIORSMike Terry 81-78—159Marty Jackson 85-77—162Steve Hamant 87-76—163 R. Eisenzimmer 83-81—164Mike Butsch 83-81—164Larry Hamilton 80-86—166Dave Brown 104-93—197

FIRST FLIGHTRobb Mowery 85-75—160Doug Borchers 84-77—161Rob Kiser 87-88—175Dennis Steinke 89-89—178

SECOND FLIGHTScott Young 83-84—167Logan Fessler 103-89—192Steve Kerns 111-DNS

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SAN DIEGO (AP) —All-Star Jay Bruce andRyan Ludwick hit consec-utive home runs, leadingJohnny Cueto and theCincinnati Reds past theSan Diego Padres 4-2 Sun-day.The win put the Reds

one game behind Pitts-burgh for the NL Centrallead at the All-Star break.Bruce and Ludwick con-

nected two pitches apartin the fourth inning togive Cincinnati a 3-0 lead.The Reds hit seven

home runs in winning thefinal three of the four-game series. Cincinnatifinished 6-5 on its longestroad trip of the season.Cueto (10-5), who felt

snubbed when he was notpicked for the NL All-Starteam, looked solid until he

ran into trouble in thesixth inning.Cueto gave up two runs

on seven hits in 5 2-3 in-nings and was pulled afterissuing a bases-loadedwalk. The right-handerstruck out five, walkedtwo, and hit two batters.All-Star closer Aroldis

Chapman pitched a per-fect ninth for his 11th savein 15 chances.Brandon Phillips led off

the Reds fourth with a sin-gle and Bruce connectedagainst Jason Marquis (1-5) for his 18th home run.Ludwick followed with his12th home run, a shot intothe second deck in leftfield.The Reds came close to

another home in the fifthrun when Joey Votto, theNL All-Star starting first

baseman, hit a deep driveinto left-center field. Cen-ter fielder Cameron May-bin took a running leapand snared the ball rightat the top of the wall justas he crashed into thepadding.Trailing 3-1, San Diego

loaded the bases in thesixth with two outs onthree singles. Pinch hitterMark Kotsay fouled offthree straight pitcheswith a full count before hedrew a walk from Cueto.Reliever Sam LeCure

came in and retired ChrisDenorfia on a fly ball.Zack Cozart doubled

and scored on Phillips'single in the seventh. Itwas Cozart's 21st double,the most by a rookie short-stop prior to the All-Starbreak, breaking the mark

set by Boston's NomarGarciaparra in 1997.Marquis allowed three

runs on seven hits in fiveinnings. The righty struckout five and did not walk abatter while making con-secutive starts on threedays' rest for the fifth timein his career.Marquis is 1-9 in his

last 11 starts.NOTES: After scoring

one run in each of threeconsecutive defeats, theReds scored 16 runs in thelast three games at SanDiego. ... The Padres havelost only one of their lastfive series. ... Reds 3BScott Rolen was in thestarting lineup for thefirst time since backspasms forced him out inthe first inning last Sun-day in San Francisco.

Brandon Phillips throws to first base after forcing out Jason Marquis at second base.AP PHOTO

Reds power way to winBruce, Ludwick hit back-to-back homers

KOHLER, Wis. (AP)— Na Yeon Choi wascruising to victory inthe U.S. Women's Openwhen her trademarkconsistency suddenlydeserted her.After yanking her

tee shot into the woodson the 10th hole, Choiwound up making atriple bogey — cuttingher lead over playingpartner Amy Yang fromfive to two strokes."That moment,

maybe I thought Imight screw up today,"Choi said. "But Ithought I needed to fixthat. I can do it. So Itried to think what Ihave to do."Choi birdied the next

hole, danced around afew more potential pit-falls on the back nineand went on to win byfour strokes Sunday atBlackwolf Run.It's the first major

and sixth career LPGATour victory for the 24-year-old South Koreanstar, who came into thetournament rankedfifth in the world.Choi shot a 1-over 73

on Sunday and finishedat 7 under. Yang, alsofrom South Korea, hada 71 to finish second.Choi's victory comes

at the same coursewhere Se Ri Pak wonthe Open in 1998, a vic-tory that inspired Choi

ChoiwinsOpenSurvivestriple bogey

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�� Tennis

Williams getsWimbledon winWIMBLEDON, England

— Roger Federer got arecord-tying seventh Wim-bledon victory Sunday.Federer defeated crowd

favorite Andy Murray ofEngland 4-6, 7-5, 6-3, 6-4.On Saturday, Serena

Williams completed anamazing comeback, win-ning her fifth Wimbledontitle.Williams beat Agnieszka

Radwanska of Romania 6-1, 5-7, 6-2, picking up her14th Grand Slam title atthe age of 30.

PIQUA DAILY CALL • WWW.DAILYCALL.COM SPORTS Monday, July 9, 2012 13Record Book

Auto RacingCoke Zero 400 Results

NASCAR Sprint CupCoke Zero 400 Powered By Coca-Cola Results

SaturdayAt Daytona International Speedway

Daytona Beach, Fla.Lap length: 2.5 miles

(Start position in parentheses)1. (42) Tony Stewart, Chevrolet, 160 laps, 86.3 rating,

47 points, $340,650.2. (20) Jeff Burton, Chevrolet, 160, 78.4, 42, $238,940.3. (1) Matt Kenseth, Ford, 160, 133, 43, $232,776.4. (19) Joey Logano, Toyota, 160, 86, 40, $154,965.5. (2) Ryan Newman, Chevrolet, 160, 106.9, 39,

$168,323.6. (12) Carl Edwards, Ford, 160, 108.8, 38, $162,106.7. (3) Kasey Kahne, Chevrolet, 160, 103.9, 37,

$125,265.8. (9) Brad Keselowski, Dodge, 160, 74.7, 36, $146,585.9. (28) Michael Waltrip, Toyota, 160, 77, 35, $110,290.10. (41) Bobby Labonte, Toyota, 160, 54, 34, $135,398.11. (39) David Reutimann, Chevrolet, 160, 74.3, 33,

$106,005.12. (5) Jeff Gordon, Chevrolet, 160, 90.5, 32, $148,516.13. (30) Jamie McMurray, Chevrolet, 160, 95.8, 31,

$135,038.14. (13) Paul Menard, Chevrolet, 160, 66.6, 30,

$111,105.15. (24) Dale Earnhardt Jr., Chevrolet, 160, 93.5, 29,

$110,755.16. (40) Travis Kvapil, Toyota, 160, 66.9, 28, $126,213.17. (18) Martin Truex Jr., Toyota, 160, 93.5, 28,

$127,644.18. (7) Casey Mears, Ford, 160, 60.6, 27, $113,763.19. (17) Aric Almirola, Ford, 160, 78.2, 25, $135,691.20. (34) Terry Labonte, Ford, 160, 48.4, 24, $107,430.21. (4) Greg Biffle, Ford, 160, 111.7, 24, $105,055.22. (33) Dave Blaney, Chevrolet, 160, 50.6, 22, $96,330.23. (11) Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet, 159, 64.6, 21,

$141,391.24. (22) Kyle Busch, Toyota, 159, 99.5, 21, $139,038.25. (23) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 156, 80, 19, $136,696.26. (27) David Ragan, Ford, accident, 154, 55.2, 19,

$105,288.27. (15) Trevor Bayne, Ford, accident, 152, 68.2, 0,

$92,880.28. (14) Juan Pablo Montoya, Chevrolet, accident, 152,

62.7, 16, $122,246.29. (29) Clint Bowyer, Toyota, accident, 152, 58.7, 15,

$118,744.30. (10) Marcos Ambrose, Ford, accident, 152, 75.4, 14,

$117,263.31. (32) David Gilliland, Ford, accident, 152, 56.2, 14,

$99,227.32. (38) Landon Cassill, Toyota, 151, 45.8, 12, $114,900.33. (8) Sam Hornish Jr., Dodge, 149, 50.4, 0, $132,980.34. (25) Regan Smith, Chevrolet, 133, 60, 10, $96,280.35. (35) Kurt Busch, Chevrolet, 132, 64.7, 9, $96,105.36. (16) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet, accident, 123, 71.4,

8, $134,891.37. (6) Bill Elliott, Chevrolet, accident, 123, 71.2, 7,

$87,780.38. (31) Josh Wise, Ford, transmission, 47, 39.8, 7,

$87,632.39. (26) David Stremme, Toyota, rear gear, 25, 30, 5,

$84,175.40. (43) J.J. Yeley, Toyota, overheating, 16, 24.9, 4,

$84,000.41. (36) Joe Nemechek, Toyota, overheating, 10, 29, 0,

$83,825.42. (37) Stephen Leicht, Chevrolet, overheating, 4, 27.9,

2, $93,225.43. (21) Michael McDowell, Ford, overheating, 3, 27.3, 1,

$84,093.Race Statistics

Average Speed of RaceWinner: 157.653 mph.Time of Race: 2 hours, 32 minutes, 14 seconds.Margin of Victory: Under Caution.Caution Flags: 6 for 23 laps.Lead Changes: 12 among 9 drivers.Lap Leaders:M.Kenseth 1-41; D.Ragan 42; J.Wise 43-

45; M.Truex Jr. 46-47; G.Biffle 48-82; C.Mears 83;M.Kenseth 84-123; Ky.Busch 124-126; D.Gilliland 127;Ky.Busch 128-130; T.Stewart 131-151; M.Kenseth 152-159; T.Stewart 160.Leaders Summary (Driver, Times Led, Laps Led):

M.Kenseth, 3 times for 89 laps; G.Biffle, 1 time for 35 laps;T.Stewart, 2 times for 22 laps; Ky.Busch, 2 times for 6 laps;J.Wise, 1 time for 3 laps; M.Truex Jr., 1 time for 2 laps;C.Mears, 1 time for 1 lap; D.Ragan, 1 time for 1 lap;D.Gilliland, 1 time for 1 lap.Top 12 in Points: 1.M.Kenseth, 676; 2. D.Earnhardt Jr.,

651; 3. G.Biffle, 632; 4. J.Johnson, 618; 5. T.Stewart, 592;6. K.Harvick, 586; 7. D.Hamlin, 584; 8. M.Truex Jr., 584; 9.B.Keselowski, 573; 10. C.Bowyer, 572; 11. C.Edwards,541; 12. Ky.Busch, 516.

Major League BaseballAt A GlanceAll Times EDTNational League

East DivisionW L Pct GB

Washington 49 34 .590 —Atlanta 46 39 .541 4NewYork 46 40 .535 4½Miami 41 44 .482 9Philadelphia 37 50 .425 14Central Division

W L Pct GBPittsburgh 48 37 .565 —Cincinnati 47 38 .553 1St. Louis 46 40 .535 2½Milwaukee 40 45 .471 8Chicago 33 52 .388 15Houston 33 53 .384 15½West Division

W L Pct GBLos Angeles 47 40 .540 —San Francisco 46 40 .535 ½Arizona 42 43 .494 4San Diego 34 53 .391 13Colorado 33 52 .388 13Saturday's GamesWashington 4, Colorado 1Houston 6, Milwaukee 3Pittsburgh 3, San Francisco 1N.Y. Mets 3, Chicago Cubs 1St. Louis 3, Miami 2Atlanta 6, Philadelphia 3Cincinnati 6, San Diego 5Arizona 5, L.A. Dodgers 3Sunday's GamesChicago Cubs 7, N.Y. Mets 0Atlanta 4, Philadelphia 3Colorado 4, Washington 3Pittsburgh 13, San Francisco 2Milwaukee 5, Houston 3, 10 inningsSt. Louis 5, Miami 4Cincinnati 4, San Diego 2Arizona 7, L.A. Dodgers 1Monday's GamesNo games scheduledTuesday's GamesAll-Star Game at Kansas City, MO, 8:15 p.m.

American LeagueEast Division

W L Pct GBNewYork 51 33 .607 —Baltimore 45 40 .529 6½Tampa Bay 45 41 .523 7Boston 43 42 .506 8½Toronto 43 43 .500 9Central Division

W L Pct GBChicago 47 38 .553 —Cleveland 44 41 .518 3Detroit 44 42 .512 3½Kansas City 37 47 .440 9½Minnesota 36 48 .429 10½West Division

W L Pct GBTexas 51 34 .600 —Los Angeles 48 38 .558 3½Oakland 43 43 .500 8½Seattle 36 51 .414 16Saturday's GamesN.Y.Yankees 6, Boston 1, 1st gameDetroit 8, Kansas City 7Chicago White Sox 2, Toronto 0Cleveland 7, Tampa Bay 3Texas 4, Minnesota 3, 10 inningsBoston 9, N.Y.Yankees 5, 2nd gameL.A. Angels 3, Baltimore 0Seattle 7, Oakland 1Sunday's GamesDetroit 7, Kansas City 1Tampa Bay 7, Cleveland 6Toronto 11, Chicago White Sox 9L.A. Angels 6, Baltimore 0Oakland 2, Seattle 1, 13 inningsMinnesota at TexasN.Y.Yankees at BostonMonday's GamesNo games scheduledTuesday's GamesAll-Star Game at Kansas City, MO, 8:15 p.m.

BaseballMLB Standings

Reds BoxscoreREDS 4, PADRES 2

Cincinnati San Diegoabr h bi ab r h bi

Cozart ss 5 1 2 0 Denorfi rf 5 0 0 1Stubbs cf 4 0 1 0 Forsyth 2b 4 0 1 0

Votto 1b 3 0 1 0 Headly 3b 4 0 0 0BPhllps 2b 5 1 3 1 Quentin lf 2 0 0 0Bruce rf 4 1 1 2 Grandl c 4 1 2 0Ludwck lf 4 1 1 1 Alonso 1b 4 0 1 0Marshll p 0 0 0 0 Maybin cf 4 1 1 0Frazier ph 1 0 0 0 EvCarr ss 4 0 1 0Chpmn p 0 0 0 0 Marqus p 1 0 1 0Rolen 3b 4 0 0 0 Brach p 0 0 0 0Hanign c 2 0 1 0 Kotsay ph 0 0 0 1Cueto p 3 0 0 0 Thayer p 0 0 0 0LeCure p 0 0 0 0 Thtchr p 0 0 0 0Heisey lf 1 0 0 0 Grgrsn p 0 0 0 0Guzmn ph 1 0 0 0Street p 0 0 0 0Totals 364 10 4 Totals 33 2 7 2Cincinnati 000 300 100—4San Diego 000 011 000—2DP—Cincinnati 1. LOB—Cincinnati 12, San Diego 10.

2B—Cozart (21), Maybin (8). 3B—Stubbs (1). HR—Bruce(18), Ludwick (12). SB—Votto (5), B.Phillips (5), Bruce (5).S—Stubbs, Hanigan.

IP H R ER BB SOCincinnatiCueto W,10-5 5 2-3 7 2 2 2 5LeCure H,3 2-3 0 0 0 2 1Marshall H,10 1 2-3 0 0 0 0 2Chapman, S 1 0 0 0 0 2San DiegoMarquis L,1-5 5 7 3 3 0 5Brach 1 0 0 0 1 3Thayer 1-3 2 1 1 1 0Thatcher 2-3 0 0 0 0 1Gregerson 1 0 0 0 0 0Street 1 1 0 0 2 2Marquis pitched to 2 batters in the 6th.HBP—by Cueto (Headley, Marquis), by Gregerson

(Rolen).Umpires—Home, Mark Wegner; First, Wally Bell; Sec-

ond, Brian Knight; Third, Mike Winters.T—3:14. A—24,032 (42,691).

MLB LeadersTODAY'S MAJOR LEAGUE LEADERS

NATIONAL LEAGUEBATTING—McCutchen, Pittsburgh, .362; MeCabrera,

San Francisco, .353; DWright, New York, .351; Ruiz,Philadelphia, .350; Votto, Cincinnati, .348; CGonzalez,Colorado, .330; Prado, Atlanta, .321.RUNS—CGonzalez, Colorado, 61; Bourn, Atlanta, 60;

McCutchen, Pittsburgh, 58; Pence, Philadelphia, 58;Braun, Milwaukee, 56; Holliday, St. Louis, 56; DWright,NewYork, 56.RBI—Beltran, St. Louis, 65; Braun, Milwaukee, 61;

Kubel, Arizona, 60; McCutchen, Pittsburgh, 60; DWright,NewYork, 59; CGonzalez, Colorado, 58; Bruce, Cincinnati,56; Holliday, St. Louis, 56.HITS—MeCabrera, San Francisco, 119; McCutchen,

Pittsburgh, 112; Bourn, Atlanta, 111; DWright, New York,106; CGonzalez, Colorado, 104; Prado, Atlanta, 104; Hol-liday, St. Louis, 101.DOUBLES—Votto, Cincinnati, 35; ArRamirez, Milwau-

kee, 27; DWright, New York, 27; Cuddyer, Colorado, 25;Goldschmidt, Arizona, 25; Desmond, Washington, 24;Hart, Milwaukee, 24.TRIPLES—Fowler, Colorado, 9; MeCabrera, San Fran-

cisco, 7; SCastro, Chicago, 7; Bourn, Atlanta, 6; Reyes,Miami, 6; 8 tied at 5.HOME RUNS—Braun, Milwaukee, 24; Beltran, St.

Louis, 20; Stanton, Miami, 19; Bruce, Cincinnati, 18; Mc-Cutchen, Pittsburgh, 18; Desmond, Washington, 17;CGonzalez, Colorado, 17.STOLEN BASES—DGordon, Los Angeles, 30; Bourn,

Atlanta, 25; Campana, Chicago, 25; Bonifacio, Miami, 20;Pierre, Philadelphia, 20; Reyes, Miami, 20; Schafer, Hous-ton, 20.PITCHING—Dickey, NewYork, 12-1; GGonzalez,Wash-

ington, 12-3; Lynn, St. Louis, 11-4; AJBurnett, Pittsburgh,10-2; Hamels, Philadelphia, 10-4; Bumgarner, San Fran-cisco, 10-5; Cueto, Cincinnati, 10-5; Hanson, Atlanta, 10-5.STRIKEOUTS—Strasburg, Washington, 128; Dickey,

New York, 123; Kershaw, Los Angeles, 119; GGonzalez,Washington, 118; Hamels, Philadelphia, 118; MCain, SanFrancisco, 118; Greinke, Milwaukee, 111.SAVES—Kimbrel, Atlanta, 25; Hanrahan, Pittsburgh,

23; SCasilla, San Francisco, 21; Motte, St. Louis, 20;HBell, Miami, 19; FFrancisco, New York, 18; Papelbon,Philadelphia, 18; Myers, Houston, 18.

AMERICAN LEAGUEBATTING—Trout, Los Angeles, .341; AJackson, Detroit,

.332; Konerko, Chicago, .329; Beltre, Texas, .328; Mauer,Minnesota, .326; MiCabrera, Detroit, .324; Rios, Chicago,.318.RUNS—Kinsler, Texas, 62; Ortiz, Boston, 62; Grander-

son, NewYork, 60; Bautista, Toronto, 59; De Aza, Chicago,59; Cano, New York, 57; Choo, Cleveland, 57; Trout, LosAngeles, 57.RBI—Hamilton, Texas, 75; MiCabrera, Detroit, 71;

Bautista, Toronto, 65; Fielder, Detroit, 63; ADunn, Chicago,61;Willingham, Minnesota, 60; Encarnacion, Toronto, 58.HITS—MiCabrera, Detroit, 111; Jeter, New York, 108;

Beltre, Texas, 103; Cano, New York, 103; Rios, Chicago,101; AdJones, Baltimore, 98; Kinsler, Texas, 97.DOUBLES—AdGonzalez, Boston, 27; AGordon,

Kansas City, 27; MiCabrera, Detroit, 26; Choo, Cleveland,26; Kinsler, Texas, 26; Cano, NewYork, 25; Brantley, Cleve-land, 24; Ortiz, Boston, 24.TRIPLES—Andrus, Texas, 5; Berry, Detroit, 5; AJack-

son, Detroit, 5; Rios, Chicago, 5; JWeeks, Oakland, 5; DeAza, Chicago, 4; Reddick, Oakland, 4; Zobrist, Tampa Bay,4.HOME RUNS—Bautista, Toronto, 27; Hamilton, Texas,

27; ADunn, Chicago, 25; Encarnacion, Toronto, 23;Granderson, NewYork, 23; Ortiz, Boston, 22;Trumbo, LosAngeles, 22.STOLEN BASES—Trout, Los Angeles, 26; RDavis,

Toronto, 23; Kipnis, Cleveland, 20; Revere, Minnesota, 18;Andrus, Texas, 16; Crisp, Oakland, 16; 6 tied at 15.PITCHING—MHarrison, Texas, 11-4; Price, Tampa Bay,

11-4; Weaver, Los Angeles, 10-1; Sale, Chicago, 10-2;Darvish, Texas, 10-5; 6 tied at 9.STRIKEOUTS—FHernandez, Seattle, 128; Verlander,

Detroit, 128; Scherzer, Detroit, 121; Darvish, Texas, 117;Shields, Tampa Bay, 109; Peavy, Chicago, 108; Price,Tampa Bay, 105; Sabathia, NewYork, 105.SAVES—JiJohnson, Baltimore, 26; Rodney, Tampa Bay,

25; CPerez, Cleveland, 24; Broxton, Kansas City, 21; RSo-riano, New York, 20; Aceves, Boston, 19; Nathan, Texas,18.

GolfGreenbriar Scores

The Greenbrier Classic ScoresSunday

At The OldWhite TPCWhite Sulphur Springs,W.Va.

Purse: $6.1 millionYardage: 7,274; Par: 70

Finala-amateurx-won on third playoff holex-T. Potter, Jr. (500), $1,098,000 69-67-64-64—264Troy Kelly (300), $658,800 69-67-62-66—264Charlie Beljan (163), $353,800 70-62-67-67—266Charlie Wi (163), $353,800 67-66-68-65—266D. Summerhays (110), $244,00068-67-68-64—267Martin Flores (100), $219,600 64-68-69-67—268Roberto Castro (80), $177,510 71-64-71-63—269Ken Duke (80), $177,510 66-68-65-70—269Kevin Na (80), $177,510 69-67-68-65—269Sean O'Hair (80), $177,510 66-68-69-66—269Webb Simpson (80), $177,510 65-66-65-73—269John Daly (59), $119,560 68-67-70-65—270Graham DeLaet (59), $119,560 67-70-64-69—270David Hearn (59), $119,560 69-68-67-66—270Jerry Kelly (59), $119,560 66-66-70-68—270Scott Piercy (59), $119,560 66-68-68-68—270Blake Adams (52), $85,400 67-70-64-70—271Kevin Chappell (52), $85,400 69-66-69-67—271Davis Love III (52), $85,400 69-66-68-68—271Jeff Overton (52), $85,400 70-65-67-69—271Carl Pettersson (52), $85,400 71-65-66-69—271Jonathan Byrd (47), $58,560 64-68-70-70—272Will Claxton (47), $58,560 73-65-69-65—272Garth Mulroy (47), $58,560 65-74-67-66—272Steve Stricker (47), $58,560 69-67-68-68—272Steve Wheatcroft (47), $58,560 70-68-64-70—272Gavin Coles (42), $42,395 68-68-69-68—273J.B. Holmes (42), $42,395 65-68-66-74—273Jeff Maggert (42), $42,395 64-68-74-67—273Seung-Yul Noh (42), $42,395 68-67-67-71—273Rod Pampling (42), $42,395 69-67-70-67—273Pat Perez (42), $42,395 71-66-69-67—273Bill Haas (36), $32,940 68-69-65-72—274Billy Horschel (36), $32,940 66-70-67-71—274Dustin Johnson (36), $32,940 71-67-68-68—274Billy Mayfair (36), $32,940 69-65-68-72—274Vijay Singh (36), $32,940 63-74-68-69—274Ricky Barnes (30), $24,400 69-67-69-70—275Kris Blanks (30), $24,400 72-66-71-66—275Patrick Cantlay, $24,400 67-70-67-71—275Bob Estes (30), $24,400 69-65-68-73—275Ryuji Imada (30), $24,400 71-68-67-69—275Richard H. Lee (30), $24,400 67-70-69-69—275Tim Petrovic (30), $24,400 69-68-69-69—275Brandt Snedeker (30), $24,400 71-68-69-67—275Keegan Bradley (23), $16,909 68-68-66-74—276John Huh (23), $16,909 71-68-68-69—276Kenny Perry (23), $16,909 70-66-71-69—276D.A. Points (23), $16,909 69-69-70-68—276Brendon Todd (23), $16,909 70-69-68-69—276a-Justin Thomas 67-71-66-72—276Sang-Moon Bae (18), $14,549 69-70-71-67—277Chris Couch (18), $14,549 68-68-72-69—277Brendon de Jonge (18), $14,54974-64-68-71—277Edward Loar (18), $14,549 73-64-69-71—277Ben Curtis (12), $13,664 70-68-69-71—278Troy Matteson (12), $13,664 70-67-71-70—278Kyle Reifers (12), $13,664 68-70-71-69—278Scott Stallings (12), $13,664 67-70-70-71—278Kevin Streelman (12), $13,664 67-68-74-69—278D.J. Trahan (12), $13,664 69-69-71-69—278

Cameron Tringale (12), $13,664 71-67-70-70—278Spencer Levin (8), $13,176 73-64-72-70—279John Merrick (6), $12,932 69-70-68-73—280Fran Quinn (6), $12,932 68-67-74-71—280Johnson Wagner (6), $12,932 68-69-67-76—280Hunter Haas (4), $12,627 69-67-72-73—281Charley Hoffman (4), $12,627 66-72-73-70—281K.J. Choi (1), $12,322 66-73-73-70—282Brian Harman (1), $12,322 69-68-69-76—282Russell Knox (1), $12,322 69-68-74-71—282Tommy Gainey (1), $12,078 73-66-74-70—283Marc Leishman (1), $11,834 70-69-73-72—284Roland Thatcher (1), $11,834 71-68-72-73—284TomWatson (1), $11,834 70-68-71-75—284Arjun Atwal (1), $11,590 70-69-72-75—286

French Open Scores

Women’s Open ScoresU.S.Women's Open Scores

SundayAt Blackwolf Run Championship Course

Kohler,Wis.Purse: $3.25 millionYardage: 6,954; Par 72

Finala-amateurNaYeon Choi, $585,000 71-72-65-73—281AmyYang, $350,000 73-72-69-71—285Sandra Gal, $218,840 71-70-74-74—289Il Hee Lee, $128,487 72-71-77-70—290Shanshan Feng, $128,487 74-74-71-71—290Giulia Sergas, $128,487 74-71-73-72—290Paula Creamer, $94,736 73-73-71-74—291Mika Miyazato, $94,736 71-71-73-76—291Se Ri Pak, $72,596 72-73-76-71—292Suzann Pettersen, $72,596 71-68-78-75—292Cristie Kerr, $72,596 69-71-77-75—292Inbee Park, $72,596 71-70-76-75—292Nicole Castrale, $72,596 73-70-74-75—292Cindy LaCrosse, $55,161 73-74-74-72—293SoYeon Ryu, $55,161 74-71-74-74—293Danielle Kang, $55,161 78-70-71-74—293Lexi Thompson, $55,161 70-73-72-78—293Hee Kyung Seo, $45,263 72-73-80-69—294Brittany Lincicome, $45,263 69-80-74-71—294Vicky Hurst, $45,263 71-70-75-78—294Yeon Ju Jung, $33,799 74-72-80-69—295Brittany Lang, $33,799 73-74-77-71—295Diana Luna, $33,799 76-72-76-71—295Jennie Lee, $33,799 70-74-79-72—295Jimin Kang, $33,799 72-72-78-73—295Numa Gulyanamitta, $33,799 73-76-73-73—295Azahara Munoz, $33,799 73-73-73-76—295Anna Nordqvist, $23,604 72-74-79-71—296Mina Harigae, $23,604 77-71-75-73—296Pornanong Phatlum, $23,604 76-69-76-75—296Ai Miyazato, $23,604 70-74-75-77—296Sun Young Yoo, $20,880 76-72-81-68—297Jinyoung Pak, $20,880 73-72-80-72—297Lizette Salas, $20,880 69-73-75-80—297Jenny Shin, $18,653 76-71-76-75—298Jennifer Johnson, $18,653 76-70-76-76—298Beatriz Recari, $18,653 70-75-76-77—298Michelle Wie, $18,653 74-66-78-80—298a-Lydia Ko 74-72-79-75—300Heather Bowie Young, $15,491 75-73-77-75—300Carlota Ciganda, $15,491 76-72-77-75—300Katie Futcher, $15,491 73-75-74-78—300Sakura Yokomine, $15,491 75-70-75-80—300Jessica Korda, $15,491 74-71-75-80—300Jeong Jang, $15,491 73-72-75-80—300a-Emma Talley 73-75-81-72—301Jennifer Song, $12,651 72-74-81-74—301Stacy Lewis, $12,651 77-69-80-75—301Alison Walshe, $12,651 74-71-75-81—301Karrie Webb, $10,532 75-72-81-74—302Gerina Piller, $10,532 73-71-81-77—302Yani Tseng, $10,532 74-72-78-78—302Melissa Reid, $10,532 79-69-75-79—302Angela Stanford, $9,485 75-71-81-76—303Meena Lee, $9,485 71-78-76-78—303Sophie Gustafson, $9,132 77-72-84-71—304Dewi Claire Schreefel, $8,709 73-76-82-74—305Katherine Hull, $8,709 75-73-81-76—305Angela Oh, $8,709 75-74-80-76—305Jihee Lee, $8,268 79-70-83-74—306a-Alison Lee 75-74-79-78—306Kristy McPherson, $8,268 75-71-81-79—306Lorie Kane, $8,055 76-73-82-76—307Paige Mackenzie, $7,922 75-74-83-77—309Sue Kim, $7,784 75-72-85-81—313

Alstom Open de France Leading ScoresSunday

At Le Golf National (Albatross Course)Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, France

Purse: $3.97 millionYardage: 7,331; Par: 71

FinalMarcel Siem, Germany 68-68-73-67—276Francesco Molinari, Italy 71-68-74-64—277Raphael Jacquelin, France 68-71-70-69—278David Howell, England 70-70-67-72—279David Lynn, England 67-72-72-68—279Ian Poulter, England 72-69-69-69—279Brendan Steele, United States 70-70-71-69—280Henrik Stenson, Sweden 68-73-69-70—280Soren Kjeldsen, Denmark 70-71-71-69—281Justin Rose, England 71-73-68-69—281Michael Campbell, New Zealand71-74-70-67—282Nicolas Colsaerts, Belgium 70-72-69-71—282David Drysdale, Scotland 70-70-72-70—282Anders Hansen, Denmark 70-68-69-75—282Thongchai Jaidee, Thailand 66-75-70-72—283Alexander Noren, Sweden 70-67-74-72—283

AlsoGraeme McDowell, N. Ireland 72-69-71-72—284Retief Goosen, South Africa 77-68-67-73—285Jose Maria Olazabal, Spain 73-70-70-73—286G. Fernandez-Castano, Spain 67-76-72-72—287Lee Westwood, England 70-73-76-70—289Rafa Cabrera-Bello, Spain 70-74-77-73—294Peter Hanson, Sweden 72-73-76-75—296Martin Kaymer, Germany 73-72-78-77—300

BasketballWNBA Standings

WNBA GlanceAll Times EDT

EASTERN CONFERENCEW L Pct GB

Connecticut 12 4 .750 —Indiana 9 6 .600 2½Chicago 8 7 .533 3½Atlanta 8 8 .500 4NewYork 6 10 .375 6Washington 3 12 .200 8½

WESTERN CONFERENCEW L Pct GB

Minnesota 13 4 .765 —San Antonio 11 5 .688 1½Los Angeles 12 6 .667 1½Seattle 7 9 .438 5½Phoenix 4 12 .250 8½Tulsa 3 13 .188 9½Saturday's GamesIndiana 88, Chicago 86, OTConnecticut 86, Minnesota 80Los Angeles 83, Seattle 59Atlanta 100, Phoenix 93, OTSunday's GamesTulsa 78, Washington 62San Antonio 94, NewYork 81Atlanta at Los AngelesPhoenix at Seattle

SoccerMLS Standings

Major League SoccerAll Times EDT

EASTERN CONFERENCEW L T Pts GF GA

Sporting KC 10 5 3 33 23 17D.C. 10 5 3 33 34 22NewYork 9 4 4 31 32 25Chicago 8 6 4 28 21 21Houston 6 5 7 25 22 24Columbus 6 5 4 22 16 15New England 5 7 4 19 22 22Montreal 5 11 3 18 25 35Philadelphia 5 9 2 17 18 18Toronto FC 2 11 4 10 18 33

WESTERN CONFERENCEW L T Pts GF GA

San Jose 11 4 4 37 36 24Real Salt Lake11 6 3 36 31 21Seattle 8 5 6 30 23 19Vancouver 8 4 6 30 19 19Los Angeles 7 10 2 23 28 29Colorado 7 10 1 22 25 24Chivas USA 5 7 5 20 11 18Portland 5 8 4 19 16 24FC Dallas 3 9 7 16 17 27NOTE: Three points for victory, one point for tie.Saturday's GamesSporting Kansas City 0, Houston 0, tieReal Salt Lake 3, Portland 0FC Dallas 0, San Jose 0, tieChivas USA 0, Vancouver 0, tieSeattle FC 2, Colorado 1Sunday's GamesLos Angeles 2, Chicago 0Philadelphia 3, Toronto FC 0NewYork at New EnglandColumbus at MontrealWednesday, July 11Vancouver at Toronto FC, 7 p.m.

DAYTONA BEACH,Fla. (AP) — There was nofire or rain. Still, anotherfrantic finish at DaytonaInternational Speedway.Tony Stewart emerged

the winner, charging pastDaytona 500 winner MattKenseth on the last lapand holding on as thechallengers stacked up be-hind him Saturday nightin one of Daytona's trade-mark wrecks."I don't even remember

what happened that lastlap," Stewart said.Stewart has 18 victories

at Daytona, second only tothe late Dale Earnhardt's34 wins.None of Stewart's wins

are in the Daytona 500,though. Stewart is 0 for 14in NASCAR's biggest raceof the year and was a non-factor in February, whenthe race was delayed a dayby rain and then stoppedmore than two hours for amassive jet dryer fire."I wish I could trade a

couple of these races in forjust one Sunday race inFebruary," he said of theDaytona 500.But he's always strong

in the summer race atDaytona, and this visitwas no different.Stewart qualified sec-

ond but dropped back to42nd at the start of therace because his time wasthrown out by NASCARafter his Chevrolet failedinspection. He quietlyrode around — which ishis style at restrictor-plateraces — and let RoushFenway Racing team-mates Kenseth and GregBiffle control the front."We were going to try to

win the thing and be thereat the end," Biffle said."We were right there."The Roush drivers

thought they had the fieldcovered — Kenseth led arace-high 89 laps and Bif-fle led 35 — and theyprobably still liked theirchances on the finalgreen-white-checkeredrestart. Kenseth was theleader with Biffle on hisbumper, as second-placeStewart was lined up withKasey Kahne.Kenseth and Biffle

pulled away for a lap, butStewart came quick on theoutside, moved to thefront, then crossed downthe track in front ofKenseth for the lead. Sec-onds later, Biffle seemedto wiggle in traffic andcars began wrecking allover the track in what wastallied to be a 15-car acci-dent."I'm not really sure

what happened, they juststarted wrecking behindus," said Kenseth, whostarted from the pole inhis bid to become the firstdriver since 1982 to sweepthe two Daytona races inthe same season."It seems like we al-

ways end these things ingreen-white-checkers, andwhenever you do, reallyanybody that's in the frontfew tandems has a shot towin the thing. It's so un-predictable. You do thingsthose last two laps thatyou'd never do the rest ofthe race.“It's really hard to fig-

ure. You sit out there andride around and be lead-ing the whole race andcome down to one of thegreen-white-checkers andhave no idea where you'regoing to finish."The final results

showed Jeff Burton camefrom nowhere to finishsecond in a Richard Chil-dress Racing Chevrolet,followed by Kenseth in aFord and Joey Logano in aToyota.Stewart teammate

Ryan Newman, who wasinvolved in a pit road inci-dent with Kahne and JeffGordon, finished fifth.Roush driver Carl Ed-wards was sixth and wasfollowed by Kahne, BradKeselowski in a Dodgeand Michael Waltrip.Bobby Labonte roundedout the top 10.Denny Hamlin, who

battled a bad back allweekend, raced for thewin late but was involvedin an accident thatdropped him to 25th."I could have done with-

out it, that's for sure," saidHamlin, who added noneof the on-track contactwas too rough. "I'll be 100percent by next weekend,for sure."Biffle, who was in third

on the final restart,dropped all the way to21st and said the accidentstarted when Dale Earn-hardt Jr. gave Kevin Har-vick a big push, and Biffleturned in front of Harvick."He got a hell of a shove

off the front of Junior ...I'm like, 'It's impossiblethat somebody could getinto that hole that quick,'"Biffle said. "But he gotsquirted off the bumper of(Earnhardt) and shot inthere. It was my fault."Roughly 90 minutes be-

fore the race, NASCARannounced AJ All-mendinger had been sus-pended for failing arandom drug test takenlast week at Kentucky.Penske Racing rushedSam Hornish Jr. in fromNorth Carolina, where hewas in the middle of a livetelevision show, to driveAllmendinger's car. Hor-nish arrived just minutesbefore it was time to climbin the car."All the way up until

the plane took off we did-n't know if we were goingto make the race in time,"Hornish said. "I said thatI would tell the pilot to flyfaster, but I'm pretty surethat he was going to havethe throttle pinned thewhole way down."Hornish said he

grabbed a sandwich andtried to hydrate as muchas I could. I think I drank18 bottles of water know-ing how hot it was downhere."He was doing an ad-

mirable job until a tireproblem caused him tospin, bringing out the firstcaution just past thehalfway point. Hornishfinished 33rd, and Penskeofficials said they'll meetthis week with All-mendinger to get a betterunderstanding of the situ-ation."We just cut down a tire

and it came apart and torethe car all up," Hornishsaid. "I'm disappointed forthe guys."Stewart, meanwhile,

picked up his third win ofthe season, which ties himfor the most in the SprintCup Series with Ke-selowski.The defending series

champion has won thisrace at Daytona fourtimes in his career, allwithin the last eightyears.The victory made the

three-time champion feelmuch better his chances todefend his title becauseStewart feels he hasenough wins to ensure aspot in the Chase for theSprint Cup championship."It's not a guarantee,

but it's nice to know we'vegot those three wins," hesaid. "I would think (theChase) would be a virtuallock that we have thosewins.“Hopefully, we won't

have to use them."

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a playoff.“I hit a good putt,”

McGillvary said. “I would-n’t hit it any differently. Itjust broke across the hole.”And Eakin had his first

City title, finishing with atwo-over par 146 totalafter a 78 Sunday.“It is pretty cool,” Eakin

said about being Citychampion. “I think I havesomething like 13 to go tocatch Mr. Bayman (thelate Gene Bayman).”In the opening round

Saturday at Piqua Coun-try Club, neither the op-pressive heat or toughlayout at PCC could slowEakin down in a nearlyflawless round of four-under par 68.“Needless to say, I was

very happy with thatround,” Eakin said. “Itwas a very comfortableround.”That gave him a four-

shot lead over McGillvary,who shot an even-par 72and five-shot lead overBrian Robbins, who had a73.And Eakin continued

his brilliant play Sunday,with a one-under par 35on the front nine, beforethe 43 on the back nine.“I didn’t finish the tour-

nament the way I wantedto finish it,” Eakin said.“But, that’s the thing —you don’t play the way youshould when you have abig lead like that. But, Iwas able to win the tour-nament.McGillvary was pleased

with his play for the mostpart.“There were some holes

on the back nine today

where Ih e l p e dDoug outand hehelped meo u t , ”McGillvary,who shot 75S u n d a y ,said. “But,for the mostpart, Ip l a y e dp r e t t ywell.”Robbins

f i n i s h e dthird, twos t r o k e sback, aftera 75 Sun-day for a148 total.S c o t t

B r a d l e y,Brian Dealand BenGover all

tied for fourth with a 151total.

� Mike Terry won hisfifth Senior title Sunday.He would just like to

have a few more friends tocelebrate with.“I really enjoy playing

in this tournament,” Terrysaid. “I have a lot of fun. Ijust wish more golferswould play. I would like to

see more golfers out herenext year.”Terry followed up an 81

at Piqua Country Clubwith a 78 at Echo Hills fora 159 total and a three-shot victory over MartyJackson, who had roundsof 85 and 77.Steve Hamant was

third, another stroke back.“I didn’t play well on my

home course (PCC),” Terrysaid. “I wasn’t sure (wherehe stood), because I didn’tknow what Marty (Jack-son) was doing.“I thought I needed a

birdie (on 18) to even havea chance and I bogeyed.But, that’s what happens.”

� RobbMowery used aneagle on the par-5, fifthhole to shoot a one-underpar 35 on the front nineand held on for a one-stroke victory over DougBorchers.Mowery had rounds of

85 and 75 for a 160 total,while Borchers finished astroke back after roundsof 84 and 77.

� Scott Young turned ina dominating performancein the second flight.Young had rounds of 83

and 84 for a 167 total anda 25-shot victory overLogan Fessler.

Keith McGillvary blasts out of a bunker on the front nine Sunday at Echo Hills.MIKE ULLERY/CALL PHOTOS

CityContinued from page 12

Brian Robbins chips on to the green.

and many other youngSouth Koreans to try tomake it on the women'stour."And 14 years later I'm

here right now, and Imade it," Choi said. "Mydreams come true. It's anamazing day today, andlike I really appreciatewhat Se Ri did and all theKorean players, they did.It's really no way I can behere without them."Pak was among a group

of friends who met Choiafter she putted out on the18th green, showering herwith hugs — and victorychampagne."She (said), 'Hey, Na

Yeon, I'm really proud ofyou. You did a really goodjob, and you (were) reallycalm out there,'" Choisaid. "She talked to me alot, and she was huggingme."Choi is the fourth South

Korea player to win theevent in the five years, fol-lowing Inbee Park (2008),Eun-Hee Ji (2009) and SoYeon Ryu (2011).And while Choi's per-

formance on the 10th was-n't pretty, she could affordto have one bad hole Sun-day thanks in large partto her remarkable per-formance Saturday whenshe matched the fifth-low-est round in Open historywith a 65.Choi and Yang were the

only players to finish thetournament under par.Yang was expecting

Choi's best effort."I knew she was going

to play well," Yang said."She's very consistentplayer."Sandra Gal of Germany

shot a 74 and finished at 1over. Il Hee Lee of SouthKorea, Shanshan Feng ofChina and Italian GiuliaSergas finished 2 over.MichelleWie finished at

10 over. After shooting a66 on Friday to closewithin a stroke of thelead, she had weekendrounds of 78 and 80."Contention for me kind

of got my juices flowingand kind of made me wantit more and felt like whatit was like again," Wiesaid. "So I'm really lookingforward to the next tour-nament and there's a lotof positives to take fromthis week."Top-ranked Yani Tseng

finished 14 over, and stillneeds an Open victory tocomplete a career GrandSlam.

OpenContinued from page 12

WHITE SULPHURSPRINGS, W.Va. (AP) —Ted Potter Jr.'s first PGATour victory means a lotmore than a big paycheck.The 28-year-old rookie cantake a trip to August Na-tional off his wish list.By making a 4-foot

birdie putt on the thirdhole of a playoff Sunday tobeat Troy Kelly in theGreenbrier Classic, Potterearned a spot in the Mas-ters, something he listedas career goal.Simply winning,

though, had been the toppriority for a player whofirst joined the former Na-tionwide Tour in 2004 anddidn't have much successuntil last year."When you're missing

cuts every week, you getdown on yourself," Pottersaid. "I mean, it's hard topick yourself back up.“But the plus side for

me is I was still young. Ijust knew I had plenty oftime and just be patientand it will come backaround again."Potter finished second

on the Nationwide moneylist last year to advance tothe PGA Tour.He tied for 13th in his

first event of the year buthad missed five straightcuts entering the week.His fortunes changed

Sunday."It was just a big relief,"

Potter said. "All the strug-gles the last few weeks,knowing that now I've gota couple years to try to im-prove on my game andwin some more tourna-ments."The left-hander became

the sixth first-time winneron the tour this season.He earned $1,098,000 andjumped from 173rd to 51stin the FedEx Cup stand-ings.He also gets a two-year

exemption on the PGATour.And Potter, Kelly and

Marc Leishman — whowon two weeks ago at theTravelers Championship— can pack their bags forthe British Open, whichstarts July 19 at RoyalLytham and St. Annes.Ranked 218th in the

world, Potter overcame afour-stroke deficit withfour holes to play, finish-ing with his secondstraight 6-under 64 tomatch Kelly at 16 under.Kelly closed with a 66.It marked the third

straight year of close fin-ishes on the Old WhiteTPC course. ScottStallings beat Bob Estesand Bill Haas on the firsthole of a playoff last year,and Stuart Appleby shot a59 to beat Jeff Overton bya stroke in 2010.Webb Simpson lost a

one-stroke lead on theback nine at the tourna-ment for the secondstraight year. The U.S.Open champion madethree straight bogeys, shot73 and tied for seventh at11 under.During the fourth

round, Potter made longputts for a birdie at No. 15and an eagle at No. 17,and his 5-footer for birdieat No. 18 tied Kelly, whocould have avoided theplayoff but missed birdieputts on the final twoholes.Both made par on the

first two playoff holes,with Potter missing a 5-footer at No. 17 thatwould have won it on thesecond extra hole.Moments before, Kelly

made a 22-footer for parafter finding trouble fromthe greenside bunker.

PotteroutlastsKellyEarns tripto Augusta

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