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It took more than 400 millionpounds of steel to build the WorldTrade Center towers and it tookless than two hours on Sept. 11,

2001, for the two skyscrapers, each110 floors, to fall.And now, the Miami Valley

Veterans Museum will have a sec-tion of the World Trade Center’ssteel to preserve a piece of thenation’s history to display andshare with its visitors.At a Friday news conference,

Stephen Larck, president andfounder of the Miami ValleyVeterans Museum, unveiled thepiece of the World Trade Center’stower at the Hobart Institute ofWelding Technology.Larck said it took many months

of planning and waiting before itwas official that the Miami Valley

Veterans Museum would becomehome to a piece of national history.“On Oct. 4, 2011, the Port

Authority called and told us wewere selected to have a piece of theWorld Trade Center,” Larck said.Larck said the piece will be

made mobile so the museum canshare the artifact with schools andorganizations.It is unknown just which tower

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A new way to exerciseSeveral area fitness businesses, including Practice CrossFit and a Zumba instruc-tor from Salsa City inTroy, volunteered their time this week to give fitness instruc-tion toTroy Junior High School students. Salsa City Fitness owner Liza PezzimentiHarbour introduces basic Latin dances to students at the school Friday.According to physical education teacher Barb Roberts, it was a good way to mixthings up and expose the kids to as many different things as possible.

Miami Valley Veterans Museum President Stephen Larck unveils asecured solemn piece of the World Trade Center during a news con-ference Friday at the Hobart Institute of Welding Technology.

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came from, which HobartInstitute of Welding andTechnology’s Scott Mazzullasaid adds to its story.

“We all rememberwhere we were on themorning of 9/11, it’s a dayin our lives we will neverforget,” Mazzulla said. “Itjust begs us to wonder, ‘Didthis piece touch an air-plane; was this a piece avictim clung onto?’”

Dayton artist MichaelBashaw will create a scalemodel of the World TradeCenter towers to serve as aframe and home for thepiece of historic steel,Mazzulla said.

The Hobart Institutewill construct a base madeby military veterans whoare instructors at the

school of welding,Mazzulla said.

“The original WorldTrade Center was built byironworkers — most whoare welders and some ofthem trained at HobartInstitute,” Mazzulla said.“This is yet another linkthat connects us to theeffort.”

Several members of citycouncil and the city’s firedepartment, includingassistant fire chiefMatthew Simmons, attend-ed the news conference.

“This will help promotethe memories of those whowere lost on that day,” saidSimmons, as he took acloser look at the piece ofthe tower. “It’s an impor-tant piece of history of aday we all will never for-get.”

Mayor Michael L.Beamish said the city ofTroy “is honored andproud” to house a piece of“the most respected arti-fact.”

“This a very positiveoccasion for Troy, Ohio,U.S.A.,” Beamish said.

The piece of the WorldTrade Center will beunveiled to the public atHobart Arena Saturday,May 19, during the city ofTroy’s 9/11 RemembranceDay commemorations fromMay 18-20.

For more informationabout the Miami ValleyVeterans Museum, visith t tp : / / t h ey sha l l no tbeforgotten.org or visit themuseum at 107 W. MainSt. on the second floor ofthe Masonic Temple build-ing.

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The finished sculpture will be unveiled throughout Troy’s 9/11 Remembrance DayCommemorations on Armed Forces Day weekend, May 18-20.

The weekend events also will include a “Celebration of Freedom” concert featur-ing Daniel Rodriguez, the “singing policeman” and former New York City police offi-cer who became famous for singing “God Bless America” after the Sept. 11 attacks.The concert also will feature Rodriguez singing with the United States Air ForceBand of Flight.

The concert will be at Hobart Arena beginning at 7 p.m. Sunday, May 20. Theconcert is free to the public. Doors will open at 6 p.m. and seating will be first-come,first-served. This is the fourth time Rodriguez will have visited the city of Troy.

The weekend will kick off its celebration on Friday, May 18, with a free “ThankYou to Heroes” at Hobart Arena for Miami County students, with veterans and sen-ior citizens encouraged to attend. The program will begin at 9:30 a.m. at HobartArena. The Troy High School Band will perform.

On Saturday, May 19, the World Trade Center artifact will be available to the pub-lic for viewing from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

“It’s a fabulous event,”said executive directorCheryl Stiefel-Francis ofthe hour-long gathering.“You hear all the wonderfulthings from these organiza-tions, what they’re going todo with their money, andwhat they are doing in ourcommunities. It’s incredi-ble, it gives you such agreat feeling when youleave.”

The event alsooffers a greatopportunity forthose in atten-dance to network,build partnershipsand see what otherorganizations aredoing as gather-ings are held atvarious non-profitlocations everyyear.

“I try to put it in a differ-ent location all throughoutMiami County,” Stiefel-Francis said. “Those organi-zations that may have neverexperienced what oneorganization is offering orhave never been in theirfacility before, it gives peo-ple a great opportunity tosee what is going on.”

Places may include non-profit offices, schools, evengovernment complexes.

There is no minimum ormaximum in grant giving,applications are availableonline and upon receipt aredivided between four com-mittees at the foundation:capital/large requests,humanitarian, school andgeneral.

The foundation alsooffers scholarships to bene-fit Miami County studentswith a deadline of Nov. 1,while Newton studentshave their own designatedscholarship with a deadlineof March 1.

More than 25 years old,the Miami CountyFoundation has awarded$3.7 million in grantsthanks to Troy residentRichard E. Hunt’s desire togive back.

According to Stiefel-Francis, Hunt also wantedto keep a humanitarianaspect to the foundation,

with grants establishedspecifically for theAmerican Red Cross, tohelp cover the southern por-tion of the county, and thePiqua Salvation Army, toassist the north.

As assets have grown,the foundation has beenable to expand to whatStiefel-Francis calls theirongoing humanitariangrants that assists 17 differ-ent organizations in thecounty, including: Bethany

Center’s soupkitchen, CovingtonOutreach Associa-tion, G.I.V.E., NewPath, Partners inHope, St. JamesEpiscopal Churchfood pantry and St.Patrick SoupKitchen, to namebut a few.

The founda-tion’s ongoing grants coverfood, utilities, shelter andmedical assistance pro-grams.

So long as there arefunds, these organizationscan rely upon the founda-tion for help, with otherstipulations being the pro-vision of services to resi-dents, making a significantimpact on the community,being recognized by the IRSas tax-exempt and pass anannual review by the board.

The Miami CountyFoundation was establishedin memory of Hunt’s wife,mother and children afterhe started the county’s firstradio station, WPTW.

“He wanted to do some-thing for all of MiamiCounty,” explained Stiefel-Francis. “From one manwho just said I want to dosomething for the commu-nity and from that othershave contributed and desig-nated funds have beenestablished.”

Thanks to Hunt’s legacy,the passion and dedicationof those working behind-the-scenes and through pri-vate donations, manyopportunities exist for thosein Miami County.

If interested in making adonation or an opportunity,grant applications areavailable online at www.miamicountyfoundation.org

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way is a potential chokepoint for oil supplies. One-fifth of the world’s oiltankers pass through itevery day.

On Friday benchmarkWest Texas Intermediatecrude rose by $1.94 to endthe week at $109.77 perbarrel in New York. Brentcrude rose by $1.85 to fin-ish at $125.47 per barrel inLondon.

WTI peaked near $114 abarrel last May, whileBrent rose above $126 perbarrel.

The price of gasoline,which is made from crudeoil, has soared with oilprices. The national aver-age jumped by nearly 12

cents per gallon in a week,with state averages above$4 per gallon in California,Alaska and Hawaii.

It looks like they’ll keepclimbing.

Tom Kloza, publisherand chief oil analyst at OilPrice Information Service,said pump prices will addat least another 10 to 15cents per gallon in comingdays to reflect a recentjump in wholesale markets.

At $3.65 per gallon,gasoline is still below lastyear’s high of $3.98 and therecord $4.11 set in 2008.Kloza says pump prices areon pace to top both of thosein coming months. Hethinks gasoline will climbas high as $4.25 per gallonby late April..

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BY JESSICA GRESKOAssociated Press

Sneaker fanatics wholined up outside storesovernight got their firstcrack Friday at a newouter-space themed Nikebasketball shoe, getting sounruly in some cities thatpolice were called to restoreorder.

In Orlando, Fla., morethan 100 deputies in riotgear quelled a crowd await-ing the release of the $220Foamposite Galaxy. In at amall in Hyattsville, Md.,one person was arrested fordisorderly conduct. And inGreenwood, Ind., policesaid they canceled a Nikerelease after 400-600 peo-ple showed up Thursdaynight at a mall and were“panicking to get to thefront of the line.” The shoe’srelease coincides with thisweekend’s NBA All-StarGame in Orlando.

The shoes, part of aspace-themed collection,are a draw for so-called“sneakerheads” who collectsignature sports footgear

and can resell it online at amarked-up price, some-times for hundreds morethan retail.

Malls in Florida, NewYork and Maryland report-ed bringing in police tomanage fans clamoring forthe purple and blue shoes,which have star-like flecksof white. Some shopperslucky enough to get theirhands on a pair immediate-ly posted them for sale oneBay at skyrocketingprices: $1,000 and up.

Authorities did havesome warning the shoecould cause mayhem.Earlier this month, policewere called to a mall out-side Albany after pushingand shoving broke out dur-ing a promotional event forthe shoe.

Orlando resident GabyLlanos was in the crowdwaiting to buy two pairs ofthe shoes when the rushstarted outside FloridaMall.

“It was complete havoc,”said Llanos, 23. “Peoplewere running and hidingin trees so the police

wouldn’t find them.”Nike issued a statement

Friday, saying, “As with thelaunch of all Nike products,consumer safety and secu-rity is of paramount impor-tance. We encourage any-one wishing to purchaseour product to do so in arespectful and safe man-ner.”

Nike spokesmanMatthew Kneller said theNike store in New YorkCity immediately sold outFriday. The shoes also werequickly out of stock inCambridge, Mass., wherepeople began lining up out-side a House of Hoops byFoot Locker at 3 p.m.Thursday.

The shoes, which arebeing sold at Nike storesand select Foot Lockers,House of Hoops and FootAction stores, are part ofthe Nike’s Foamposite line,which originally debuted in1998. Their outer spacetheme is a nod to Florida,the host state for the All-Star game, and the long-time launching pad for thenation’s space program.

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• STEAK DINNER: ThePleasant Hill VFW Post No.6557, 7578 W. Fenner Road,Ludlow Falls, will offer a T-bone steak dinner with salad,baked potato and a roll for$11 from 5-8 p.m.

• EARTH ADVEN-TURES: Classes from 5-7p.m. will offer age-appropri-ate, hands-on activities thatenable children to explorethe world of nature andfarming in the winter atAullwood. Fees vary. Prepaidregistration is required bycalling Aullwood at (937)890-7360 for more informa-tion.

• LIBRARY ADVEN-TURES: “The Story of SwanLake” will be the feature ofthe Saturday LibraryAdventures program from10:30-11:30 a.m. at the Troy-Miami CountyPublic Library. Learn about the enchantingstory of Swan Lake and enjoy the music ofTchaikovsky’s masterpiece with professionalnarration and music by the LondonPhilharmonic Orchestra. This is part of theoutstanding Maestro Classics series. The pro-gram is designed for the entire family to enjoytogether; all ages are invited. Call the Troylibrary at 339-0502 to register.

• SAUERKRAUT SUPPER: Zion LutheranChurch, 14 W.Walnut St., Tipp City, will holdits annual brat sauerkraut supper from 4-7p.m. in Fellowship Hall. The menu will includebratwurst or a hot dog, sauerkraut or greenbeans, mashed potatoes, fried apples, home-made pies and a beverage. Carry outs alsowill be available. Tickets are $7 for adults and$4 for children under 10. Tickets may be pur-chased in advance at the church office week-days between 9 a.m. and noon or at the door.The fellowship hall is easily handicappedaccessible. For more information, call thechurch office at (937) 667-3110.

• STEAK DINNER: A T-bone dinner will beoffered from 6-8 p.m. at the West Milton VFWNo. 8211 on State Route 48, West Milton. Themeal also will include baked potato, coleslawand roll for $12.

• MAPLE SUGARING: Backyard maplesugaring will be offered from 9 a.m. to noonat Aullwood. Experience the time honored tra-dition of maple sugaring, learn how to identifymaple trees in your backyard and how toproperly tap them for sap collection. Pat Rice,Aullwood’s maintenance manager, will teachthis workshop. Handouts and a metal spilewill be provided. Pre-registration is required.Class fee is $45 for non-members. CallAullwood at (937) 890-7360 for more informa-tion.

• MOON OVER AULLWOOD: Moon OverAullwood will be offered, featuring DouglasBlue Feather and Danny Voris, from 7:30-10p.m. Tickets are $10 for non-members. Toorder, call Aullwood at (937) 890-7360.

SUNDAY

• BREAKFAST SET: Made-to-orderbreakfast will be offered at the Pleasant HillVFW Post No. 6557, 7578 W. Fenner Road,Ludlow Falls, from 8-11 a.m. Everything is ala carte.

• PANCAKE BRUNCH: A Day of Caringpancake brunch will be offered from 11:30a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at First United Church ofChrist, corner of Market and Canal streets,Troy. All profits will go toward the First UCCBackpack Program, which provides food for300 children at five elementary schools everyweekend during the school year. Adult dona-tions are $6, senior citizens and childrenunder 12 are $4. The church is handicappedaccessible.

• BREAKFAST SET: The Sons of theAmerican Legion Post No. 586, Tipp City, willoffer a full all-you-can-eat breakfast from 8-11 for $6. Items will include eggs to order,toast, bacon, sausage, home fries, sausagegravy and biscuits, waffles, pancakes, fruitand juice. Coffee also will be available for adonation.

MONDAY

• TEXAS TENDERLOIN: The AmericanLegion Post No. 586, Tipp City, will haveTexas tenderloin sandwiches and fries avail-able from 6-7:30 p.m. for $5.

• BOARD MEETING: The Miami CountyPark District will hold its next board meeting at9 a.m. at the Lost Creek Reserve CentralOffice, 2645 E. State Route 41, east of Troy.For more information, contact the MiamiCounty Park District at 937-335-6273.

Civic agendas• Tipp City Board of Education will meet

at 7 p.m. at the board office, 90 S.Tippecanoe Drive. Call 667-8444 for moreinformation.

• Covington Village Council will meet at 7p.m. at Town Hall.

• The Covington Street Committee willmeet immediately following the regular coun-cil meeting.

• Brown Township Board of Trustees willmeet at 8 p.m. in the Township Building inConover.

• The Union Township Trustees will meetat 1:30 p.m. in the Township Building, 9497Markley Road, P.O. Box E, Laura. Call 698-4480 for more information.

TUESDAY

• RETIREES TO MEET: The BFGoodrichretirees will meet at 8 a.m. at Lincoln Square,Troy.

• BAND CONCERT: The Troy High SchoolJazz I band will perform at 7 p.m. in the Troy

High School auditorium. Songsto be performed will be “Four,”“Oop Bop Sh’Bam,” “MotenSwing” and “Riding On a BlueNote.” All concerts are free andopen to the public. ContactKathy McIntosh at 332-6061 formore information.

Civic agendas• The village of West Milton

Council will have its workshopat 7 p.m. on the in councilchambers.

WEDNESDAY

• KIWANIS MEETING: TheKiwanis Club of Troy will meetfrom noon to 1 p.m. at the TroyCountry Club, 1830 PetersRoad, Troy. Lunch is $10.Shane Carter will speak onthe Lincoln Community Center.For more information, contactKim Riber, vice president, at(937) 974-0410.

• BW3 FUNDRAISER: Those who eat atBW3’s any time today, and take a flier, willearn 10 percent of their bill for BruknerNature Center. The flier will be available onthe center’s website at www.bruknernature-center.com. Additional fliers will be availableat the center.

THURSDAY

• CLUB MEETING: The Brukner Gem andMineral Club will meet at 7 p.m. at the center.The speaker will be David Lacko, a specialistin meteorites and rocks from outer space.There is no charge for attending, and guestsare invited to attend.

• ANNUAL BANQUET: The Milton-UnionAlumni Association will meet at 9 a.m. at theMilton-Union Public Library to work on theassociation newsletter. The group also is mak-ing plans for the 124th annual banquet sched-uled for May 19. If you know of a change inaddress of an alumni member, mail informa-tion to M-U Alumni, P.O. Box 383, West Milton,OH 45383.

• SENIOR LUNCHEON: A senior luncheonwill be offered at the A.B. Graham MemorialCenter, 8025 E. U.S. Route 36, Conover. Theprogram will begin at 11 a.m. with KennethLawler of St. Paris speaking on beekeeping.Lunch will be served at noon. Call (937) 368-3700 for pricing and reservations.

FRIDAY

• CHICKEN FRY: The Pleasant Hill VFWPost No. 6557, 7578 W, Fenner Road, LudlowFalls, will offer a three-piece chicken dinnerwith french fries and coleslaw for $7 from 6-8p.m. Chicken livers also will be available.

• FISH DINNER: American Legion PostNo. 586, Tipp City, will offer all-you-can-eatfish and sausage with fries, kraut and dessertat the post home. The meal will be $7 andserving starts at 6 p.m. Carry-outs will beavailable.

• MUSIC PLANNED: Berachah Valley andRum River Blend will perform at 7:30 p.m. atthe Clifton Opera House, 5 S. Clay St., Clifton.For more information, call (937) 767-2343.

• THEATRICAL PRODUCTION: The TroyCivic Theatre will present “Blythe Spirit,” byNoel Coward, at 8 p.m. at the Barn in the Park.The romantic comedy pits the wife of a suc-cessful novelist against the spirit of his first,now dead wife. Tickets are $12, and reserva-tions can be made by calling 339-7700.

MARCH 3

• SPAGHETTI DINNER: Troy Post No. 43Baseball will offer an all-you-can-eat spaghet-ti dinner from 3-7:30 p.m. at 622 S. MarketSt., Troy. The meal also will include a saladbar, drink and dessert. Meals will be $6.75 foradults and $4 for children 12 and younger. Allproceeds will benefit the Troy AmericanLegion baseball.

• PRAYER BREAKFAST: The Mayor’sPrayer Breakfast will be offered at 8 a.m. atFirst Place, Franklin St., Troy. Make a reserva-tion to Steve Baker at 335-6397.

• THEATRICAL PRODUCTION: The TroyCivic Theatre will present “Blythe Spirit,” byNoel Coward, at 8 p.m. at the Barn in thePark. The romantic comedy pits the wife of asuccessful novelist against the spirit of hisfirst, now dead wife. Tickets are $12, andreservations can be made by calling 339-7700.

• PANCAKE DAYS: The 2012 PiquaKiwanis Pancake Day will be from 6 a.m. to2:30 p.m. at the Upper Valley Career Center,Piqua. Tickets are $6 for adults and $3 forchildren 10 and younger. The meal willinclude all-you-can-eat pancakes, sausage,applesauce and drink. For tickets, call DeanBrewer at 615-1034 or Ryan Ratermann at773-1671.

• PRIME RIB: The Pleasant Hill VFW PostNo. 6557, 7578 W. Fenner Road, LudlowFalls, will offer a prime rib dinner with salad,waffle fries, roll and chocolate pudding for$12 from 5-7 p.m.

• PANCAKE BREAKFAST: The PleasantHill United Church of Christ, one block westof the intersection of State Route 48 andState Route 718, will hold its monthly pan-cake and sausage breakfast from 7:30-11a.m. The cost is $4 for the standard adultbreakfast of pancakes, sausage, juice, andcoffee, tea or milk. A deluxe breakfast is avail-able for $5 and includes scrambled eggs. Themeal is all the pancakes you can eat and freerefills on drinks. Participants also can get astandard breakfast of eggs, sausage andtoast if prefer not to have pancakes.Children’s portions also are served. Contactthe church office at (937) 676-3193 for moreinformation.

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OCM PHOTO/MIKE ULLERYBranden Walter of Pleasant Hill paddles his homemade boat in the swimming pool of thePiquaYMCA on Friday morning.Walter is a member of Larry Griffis’ advanced math classat the Upper Valley Career Center and was taking part in a project where juniors and sen-iors design, build and test boats constructed of cardboard and duct tape.The boats weretested for “seaworthiness,” durability and load-bearing capacity.

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Trustees join in feasibility studyFor the Troy Daily News

Monroe Township Trustees passed a reso-lution at their Feb. 21 meeting that authoriz-es the city of Tipp City to submit a JointLocal Government Innovation Fund GrantApplication on behalf of Monroe Townshipand in cooperation with Tipp City ExemptedVillage School District and the city of TippCity.The grant application funding would be

for a feasibility study that explores a jointrefueling facility for the township, the cityand the school district, and this type of jointproject would promote efficiency while shar-ing services to benefit each entity.In reports, the trustees noted worthwhile

seminars they attended at the 2012 OhioTownship Association Winter Conference inearly February on such topics as annexation,watershed districts, handling of foreclosureproperties, grant writing, shared liability serv-ices and alternative funding for townships.The board also agreed to send the town-

ship’s special projects coordinator to a semi-nar on March 29 that provides updated infor-mation on Phase II Stormwater require-ments by the Ohio Environmental ProtectionAgency.Bills paid at the Monday evening meeting

equaled $41,985.15.There were 100 drop-offs made at the Feb.

11 recycling event. The event is held the sec-ond Saturday of each month at the town-ship’s maintenance facility on MichaelsRoad.As a reminder for township residents,

monthly meetings are held by the MonroeTownship Water and Sewer District the sec-ondMonday of each month at 6 p.m.The pub-lic is invited to these monthly sessions in thetownship meeting room at 6 E. Main St. TheMarch meeting date will be March 12.The next township trustees meeting will

be 7 p.m. March 5.

MONROE TWP.

Parking patrolis out of control

To the Editor:Today I brought some busi-

ness to downtown Troy. I workas an independent interiordesigner. By some business, Imean that I met my client atHome Comfort Gallery andDesign, where, during a three-hour period, we selected aloveseat, chair and ottoman. Myclient spent several hundred dol-lars on the furniture that we areordering. The selection process istime consuming.For my efforts, I received not

one, but two tickets from thepatrol person. I had parked on aside street within the designatedlines, but according to the patrolperson, more than the required12 inches from the curb. Thiswas on a side street with a crosswalk that juts out, and whichhas a yellow pole in the street. Imanaged to avoid hitting thatand the SUV parked immediate-ly behind — on the line. But Iwas ticketed. And I am ticked.If I had been in downtown

Troy for lunch and shopping

with friends, I very well couldhave spent three hours. Or had Ibeen at a beauty shop, I mighthave been there for more time,especially if I had had a perm orcolor or even a mani-pedi. I canjust see patrons in capes andhair in disarray needing to movetheir cars or pay the ticket.Small businesses must be con-tending with a terrible burden.Getting folks to shop in down-town and keeping it from becom-ing a ghost town is a greatachievement in this day.I am surely not the first to

complain about the parkingpatrol. I cannot believe that themoney made from parking finesgenerates enought to merit thesalary of the patrol person(s).Has someone not realized theimpact that this practice has onthe economy of the city?Without parking that is

either free or regulated in someother manner, I shall considertaking my business to a differ-ent community that is shopperfriendly. This situation makes itperfectly clear why people go toshopping malls. No one wants tomove his or her car every twohours. Courthouse workers are

parking in front of HomeComfort, making their clients —and me — park somewhere else.If the workers are moving theircars, doesn’t that cut down onproductivity? Working in down-town Troy must be a nightmare.OK, I will probably pay the

ticket. Under protest. I concedethat I did not do my normal jobof excellent parallel parking. Iwas in a hurry to reach the storebefore my client — the one whospent money in downtown Troy.If my client had been the one toget the ticket, I cannot imaginehow she would have felt. I wouldhave felt obligated to pay for herticket!

I suppose studies have beendone proving that the fines col-lected more than cover thesalary of the patrol person(s),their benefits, gas, maintenanceon the patrol vehicle(s) and uni-form(s). I am also happy thatgiven today’s economy, Troy doesnot need the business of thosewho are shopping — or trying towork there. By the way, goodluck with that.

— Anne RettigAnne Rettig Designs

DOONESBURY

The Sacramento (Calif.) Beeon politicking and social welfare groups:

Voters have a right to know who tries to sway elections and influ-ence politicians with their money. The Internal Revenue Service andU.S. Senate have an obligation to help bring about that transparency.Eight U.S. senators correctly called on IRS Commissioner Douglas

H. Shulman to improve visibility at one of the blind intersections ofmoney and politics.Political operatives establish so-called social welfare organizations

governed by Internal Revenue Code section 501(c)(4), and use thesecrecy afforded to them by the law to carry out electioneering activi-ty. Through inaction, the IRS has permitted these organizations toproliferate.These nonprofits exist on the right and on the left. Anti-tax advo-

cate Grover Norquist operates one that aids Republicans, as does con-servative strategist Karl Rove. President Barack Obama’s backers setup one to help his re-election.Nonprofit corporations benefit from tax codes. They are exempt

from state and federal taxes. In exchange, the law limits the amountof time they can devote to election campaigns. Inexplicably, the IRSrefuses to enforce that law.Identities of contributors who donate money to candidates’ cam-

paigns are publicly disclosed. But donors who contribute to nonprofitcorporations know that their identities and the amounts they givewill remain confidential.They know they will never be held accountable for their actions.Not surprisingly, many of the most underhanded television ads are

funded by these secretive organizations.What’s more, operators of the corporations need not disclose basic

information until long after votes have been cast. The amounts raisedby these organizations in 2012 won’t become known until as late asOctober 2013, hardly useful for voters hoping to make informed choic-es.Just as Shulman should crack down on campaign operations that

masquerade as nonprofits, the Senate should approve pending legisla-tion, S. 219, to require that senators file their campaign financereports online.

The Watertown (N.Y.) Daily Timeson efforts on the housing market:

Two years ago the Obama administration sought to stimulate thehousing market by offering certain home-buyers an $8,000 tax credit.Now some banks are coming up with their own incentives to encour-age sales with cash offers to eligible sellers rather than buyers.With a huge inventory of foreclosed homes, banks, which have been

under investigation for their practices, are trying to avoid furtherforeclosures through the use of short sales in which properties aresold for less than is owed on the mortgages.Last November, 9 percent of single family home sales were short

sales, up from less than 7 percent in November 2010. Upfront cashhelps make the deal.JPMorgan Chase will give cash-strapped homeowners up to

$35,000 with Wells Fargo offering incentives ranging from $3,000 to$20,000, if homeowners agree to a short sale to avoid lengthy andcostly foreclosure, USA Today reported.“When a loan modification isn’t possible a short sale may be a bet-

ter and faster solution,” JPMorgan spokesman Thomas Kelly said.Bank of America is testing a program in Florida with incentives

ranging from $5,000 to $25,000 before deciding whether to go nation-al. In Florida, half of the mortgages in foreclosure are more than twoyears past due.Not all borrowers are being offered incentives, which are being

determined on a case-by-case basis. However, it is another means ofclearing the backlog that will be necessary to revive the nationalhousing market.

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Since giving birth to my daugh-ter just under two years ago, I’vehad the privilege to watch morethan a handful of friends gothrough the whole “making ahuman being” process in its entire-ty.I’ve been on the other side of

the pregnancy test, with its excru-ciating two-minute wait of doom;held back pony tails for a friendcoping with first-time morningsickness; and created so many dia-per cakes I should probably startmy own business.I’ve stood inside and outside of

waiting rooms, holding handsthrough less-than-pretty pushesand holding my friends’ beautifulbabies for the first time ever. I’vewatched my friends hold theirbabies for the first time – I’vewatched them become mothersand fathers for the first time.So with 10 months of the whole

pregnancy thing already under mybelt and now an additional twoyears of actual parenting on mylist, I feel comfortable expressingthe statement I’m about to make.As a whole, pregnant women

are stupid. It’s like carryingaround this little baby depletesour brain of common sense. Don’tget me wrong. It takes a lot ofwork to house a human being for3/4ths of the year, so I’m not judg-ing here. In fact — I’ll join in —my name is Amanda and I was astupid pregnant woman.

Something happens when youconceive your first child. Withoutever having been an actual parent,you already know exactly how todo things, which is basically yourculmination of all the things youthink your friends are doingwrong.For example, I was never going

to feed my child something out of ajar. I mean really, how low can youget? Preservatives? Sulfates?Sugar? Don’t you people realizethat could kill your child? I wasgoing to make all my own babyfood, from fancy split pea souppurees to vegan Spaghettios, mydaughter would only have the best.And you know what happened?Motherhood, that’s what hap-

pened. Suddenly, sulfates, sugarand preservatives took a backseatto my needing to do things likeshower and breathe and just makeit through the day without want-ing to pull my hair out. Sure, mostof the time Pearyn ate homemade

baby food, but what about theother times? Those were the days Ididn’t account for when I was preg-nant. The days when you findthree-day-old spit-up in crevices ofyour body and can’t remember thelast time you took a shower, letalone made eggplant parmesanpuree.I admit I’m not the most cool-

headed or kempt mother. I lose mypatience a lot. I spend most daystrying to find it again and whenI’m not seeking it out, I’m usuallystaving off depression, confusionand miff. On a good day, I feel likemaybe I’m not completely damag-ing or emotionally scarring mydaughter. On a bad day, I wonderif we’ll ever see the light again. Iwonder if I’ll ever wake up feelinglike myself again. I wonder if I’mtruly a good enough person to bethe kind of mother Pearyn needs.I’ve tried to explain these feel-

ings to my pregnant friends, butthey just don’t get it until theirprecious bundle-to-be has made itsway screaming and pooping intotheir lives. It’s not that I don’t lovebeing a mother, I do, but I remem-ber feeling completely alienatedand alone when I had my daugh-ter and didn’t feel up to par onmost days.I remember feeling like there

was something wrong with mebecause I didn’t just want timeaway from my daughter, I neededit.

When I tell this to my pregnantfriends, they give me looks. Lookslike I’m crazy, wrong or just a ter-rible mother for having these feel-ings.I don’t let it bother me, because

I know what’s going through theirminds. They don’t have to worryabout being depressed or stressed;they’re going to be the bettermoms.They’ll never lose their temper,

they’ll never need to get awayfrom their children and they’llhave all the answers.I don’t let it bother me though.

I was going to be an amazingmom — from cute crafts and coolclothes — I was going to be thekind of mom I wanted to be,because clearly, parenting is thateasy. You just decide what youwant it to be and then do it,right?So moms-to-be, try not to judge

us frayed, messy, on-the-verge-of-crying we’re so stressed out moth-ers; it’s a lot to handle.And just when you’re about to

judge us for giving our kid that14th juice box of the day and thenletting them lose themselves in agame of Angry Birds for threestraight hours — remember this.Being pregnant is hard, but

being a mother is much, muchharder.

Amanda Stewart appearsSaturday in the Troy Daily News.

Amanda StewartTroy Daily News Columnist

Being pregnant is hard, but being a mother is harder

Angles welcomedaughter

PIQUA — Andrea andShane Angle of Piquaannounce the birth of theirdaughter, Layna EllenAngle, at 6:45 a.m. Feb. 7,2012, at Miami ValleyHospital, Dayton.

She weighed 9 pounds,10 ounces and was 20 1/2inches in length.

Layna was welcomedhome by her brothers,Brycen and Brennen.

Maternal grandparentsare Mike and JaneManson of Covington.Paternal grandparents areJeff and Connie Angle ofCovington.

Y Senior Centerhosts senior fair

PIQUA — The MiamiCounty YMCA SeniorCenter will host a SeniorCitizen CommunityResource Fair from 10 a.m.to 2 p.m. Monday at 307W. High St.

There is no charge forthis event.

Representatives will beon hand to answer ques-tions and provide informa-tion about services avail-

able to senior citizens inMiami County. Infor-mation will be availableabout health care, housing,recreation, home servicesand transportation.Cholesterol and bloodpressure screening will beoffered as well.

Food and refreshmentswill be available duringthe fair.

The Elks of MiamiCounty, Troy Lodge No.833, and the Elks NationalFoundation are theYMCA’s funding partner inthis event.

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BRADFORD — TheBradford Area Associationof Churches will onceagain sponsor communityLenten services. Eachweek one of the Bradfordarea pastors will bring amessage on this year’stheme, “The Cross ofChrist.”

The schedule will be asfollows:

• Feb 29 — The Personof the Cross

• March 7 — The Painof the Cross

• March 14 — ThePolarization of the Cross

• March 21 — ThePrivilege of the Cross

• March 28 — TheProclamation of the Cross

Each service will be at7 p.m. at the BradfordChurch of the Brethren.

Annual dinneroffered at Zion

TIPP CITY — ZionLutheran Church, 14 W.Walnut St., Tipp City, willhold its annual brat sauer-kraut supper from 4-7 p.m.today in Fellowship Hall.

The menu will includebratwurst or a hot dog,sauerkraut or green beans,mashed potatoes, friedapples, homemade piesand a beverage. Carry-outsalso will be available.

Tickets are $7 foradults and $4 for childrenunder 10. Tickets may bepurchased in advance atthe church office weekdaysbetween 9 a.m. and noonor at the door.

The fellowship hall ishandicapped accessible.

For more information,call the church office at(937) 667-3110.

Lenten lunchseries to begin

COVINGTON — TheCovington MinisterialAssociation’s LentenLunch Series will beoffered Feb. 28 throughMarch 27 at noon at

Covington Church of theBrethren. The seriestheme this year is “TheSeven Last Words ofJesus.”

A cross walk will beheld Good Friday, April 6,beginning at 11:45 a.m. atthe old fire station nearthe post office, followed bya worship service at noonat Covington Church ofthe Brethren (no meal).

Proceeds from theLenten Lunch Series willbe used to support theCovington High Schoolgraduates’ rehearsal lunchand gifts.

Feb. 28 — Lunch pro-vided by St. John’sLutheran Church

March 6 — Lunch pro-vided by St. Teresa’sCatholic Church

March 13 — Lunch pro-vided by Frieden’sLutheran Church/Covington PresbyterianChurch Special Program:Covington Youth BreakfastClub

March 20 — Lunch pro-vided by the CovingtonChurch of the Brethren

March 27 — Lunch pro-vided by the UnitedChurch of Christ

April 6 — Good FridayService at noon at theChurch of the Brethren.No meal will be served.

Share-A-Meal setfor March 3

TROY — The FirstUnited Church of Christ’smonthly Share-A-Mealwill be offered from 11:30a.m. to 12:30 p.m. March 3at the church, corner ofSouth Market and Canalstreets, Troy.

The meal will featurejackpot noodles, mashedpotatoes and gravy, apple-sauce, cake and beverages.

Share-A-Meal is a pro-gram to reach out to thecommunity by providingnourishing meals to any-one wishing to participatewhile giving an opportuni-ty to socialize with othersin the community.

Use the Canal Streetentrance where we the

church is handicappedaccessible.

Dinner theaterset for March

BRADFORD — TheOakland Church of theBrethren, 8058 Horatio-Harris Creek Road, willpresent “Smoke on theMountain Homecoming,”as their 2012 dinner the-ater production.Performances will be at 6p.m. March 2-3 and 9-10.

Tickets for the dinnerand show are $22.

A dessert-only perform-ance will be at 2 p.m.March 4 for $12. Ticketsfor children age 9 andunder will be half price.

This is the third in aseries featuring theSanders family. Join thefamily as they send thethe Rev. Mervin and JuneOglethorpe off to Texas toa new calling with hilari-ous, touching stories and25 bluegrass gospelfavorites.

Reservations may bemade from 4-8 p.m. withBrenda Coblentz at (937)548-1895.

Proceeds from the din-ner theater production willhelp support Oakland’soutreach projects.

Women’s retreatplanned

TROY — A women’sretreat will be offered from9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. March24 at St. Patrick ChurchParish Center, 444 E.Water St., Troy.

The event will include apresentation by SusanConroy, an author andspeaker who has done amini-series on EWTN andworked with MotherTeresa.

The fee to attend is $25.Checks may be made to St.Patrick Church, with thememo Women’s Retreat,and sent to 409 E. MainSt., Troy, OH 45373.

For more information,call Pat Smith at 335-2833, Ext 105, or emailrsmith3055@aol.com.

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DEATH OFINTEREST

• Dennis GomesATLANTIC CITY, N.J.

(AP) — Dennis Gomes, co-owner of the ResortsCasino Hotel in AtlanticCity and a former mob-busting Las Vegas prose-cutor whose exploits werechronicled in the movie“Casino,” died Friday at age68, his son said.Gomes died of complica-

tions from kidney dialysis,said Aaron Gomes, vicepresident of operations athis father’s casino. Theelder Gomes had devel-oped kidney problems andwas undergoing dialysistreatments after breakinghis back last year.“Whether or not it was

related to his back we willnever know, but he endedup having major kidneyissues and was put on tem-porary dialysis,” AaronGomes told TheAssociated Press. “Heunfortunately passed awayof complications due to thedialysis. He was the mostunbelievable person I everhad the chance of meeting,and I was even more fortu-nate that he happened tobe my father.”Gomes died at Thomas

Jefferson UniversityHospital in Philadelphia.He and NewYork real

estate magnate MorrisBailey bought the strug-gling Resorts in August2010 and saved it fromshutting down.Gomes had a long career

in the casino industry, withmanagement jobs at theTropicana Casino andResort, where he famouslyturned a tic-tac-toe-playingchicken into a top draw; theTrump Taj Mahal Casinoand Resort; the GoldenNugget in Las Vegas; andHilton Nevada’s properties.And his tenure as Nevada’stop casino corruption inves-tigator was chronicled inthe 1995 Martin Scorsesefilm “Casino.”

• Patricia Kay SmithSPRINGFIELD —

Patricia Kay Smith, 61, ofSpringfield, passed away at4:05 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 23,2011, in her residence.

A celebration of Pat’s lifewill be Monday, Feb. 27,2012, in the Atkins-ShivelyFuneral Home, 216 S.Springfield St., St. Paris.

• Scott E. BlackfordPIQUA — Scott E.

Blackford, 48, of Piqua, diedWednesday, Feb. 22, 2012,at his residence.

His funeral arrangementsare pending through theJamieson & YannucciFuneral Home.

In respect for friends andfamily, the Troy Daily Newsprints a funeral directory freeof charge. Families who wouldlike photographs and moredetailed obituary informationpublished in the Troy DailyNews, should contact theirlocal funeral home for pricingdetails.

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RELIGION BRIEFS

PIQUA — Ruth PuckettHoward, 84, of 1944Beckert Drive, Piqua,died at 8:40 p.m.Wednesday, Feb. 22,2012, at Upper ValleyMedical Center.She was born Dec. 10,

1927, in Shelby County,to the late Frank andAlberta (Baker) Evans.She married Gerald K.

Puckett Sr. on Aug. 9,1952; he preceded her indeath Nov. 12, 1982.She then married J. D.

Howard on June 16,1988, in Piqua; he pre-ceded her in death June15, 2007.Survivors include four

sons, Evan (Tina)Puckett of Torrington,Wyo., Gerald “Sam” (Eva)Puckett of Sidney,Randall (Deb) Puckett ofPiqua and Brad (Robin)Puckett of Piqua; threestepsons, Laine (Linda)Howard of Maples, N.Y.,Steve (Josie) Howard ofPiqua and Chris Howardof Milford; 13 grandchil-dren; 10 great-grandchil-dren; two sisters, MaryLovett of Sidney andLeree Metz of Sidney; abrother, Don Evans ofRosewood; and numer-ous nieces and nephews.She was preceded in

death by two brothers,Franklin and Omer

Evans; four sisters,Dortha Evans, MaeMullen, Frances Gillilandand Irma Pequignot; anda granddaughter, MorganPuckett.Mrs. Howard was a

1945 graduate of QuincyHigh School and attend-ed Miami University.She retired from Revco

Drug on July 3, 1988.Ruth was an active

member of Piqua BaptistChurch and a past boardmember of the BethanyCenter, where she proud-ly served as a volunteer.She enjoyed playing

cards, Scrabble,Jeopardy, and especiallytime spent with her lov-ing, care-giving family.A service to honor her

life will begin at 10 a.m.Tuesday, Feb. 28, atPiqua Baptist Church,with Pastor Donald R.Wells officiating. Burialwill follow in Forest HillCemetery. Visitation willbe from 4-7 p.m. Mondayat the Jamieson &Yannucci Funeral Home.Memorial contributions

may be made to theHospice of the donor’schoice.Condolences to the

family also may beexpressed throughjamiesonandyannucci.com.

TROY — GenevieveJoan Weikert, age 87, ofTroy, Ohio, died onThursday, Feb. 23, 2012,at Upper Valley MedicalCenter, Troy. She wasborn Oct. 2, 1924, in Troyto the late Ercey andClara Mary (Brinkman)Kessler. Her husband,Harold L. Weikert, pre-ceded her in death in1992.She is survived by three

sons and daughters-in-law, Mike and CindyWeikert of Tipp City, Tomand Trish Weikert of Troyand Jeff and MickiWeikert of Troy; threedaughters and two sons-in-law, Barbara and LarryCassell of Columbus,Cathy Coffy of NorthCanton and Susan andJim Hagar of McKinney,Texas; 14 grandchildren;20 great-grandchildren;and numerous nieces

and nephews.In addition to her par-

ents and her husband,Mrs. Weikert was preced-ed in death by one son,Timothy H.Weikert, onOct. 3, 2011; and ninebrothers and sisters.She was a 1942 gradu-

ate of Troy High School.She was a homemakerand had been a memberof the Ladies Card Clubfor more than 70 years.A Celebration of Life

will be held with familyreceiving friends from 1-4p.m. Sunday, Feb. 26,2012, at UAW Local 128,1230 S. Market St., Troy.Memorial contributions

may be made to VIPSports, Slippery RockUniversity, 43 East Gym,Slippery Rock, PA 16057.Friends may express

condolences to the familythrough www.bairdfuneralhome.com.

RUTH PUCKETT HOWARD

GENEVIEVE JOAN WEIKERT

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BY BETHANY J. ROYEROhio Community Mediabroyer@dailycall.com

Exactly a year ago theregion was dealing with theramifications of an icestorm, with some business-es, including hospitals,scrambling after a powerloss.

It’s a stark comparison tothe near balmy, rainy condi-tions Thursday, as pointedout by Bryan Bucklew, pres-ident and CEO of theGreater Dayton AreaHospital Association(GDAHA) who was guestspeaker at the LearningPlace Center for a healthcare reform luncheon hostedby the Piqua Chamber ofCommerce.

GDAHA is a memberservice organization for 27hospitals in the 12-countygreater Dayton region,where Bucklew overseesstaff that focus on theimplementation and coordi-nation of health informationtechnology, intensive dataanalytics on process andquality of care, communityleadership on disaster pre-paredness and local, state,federal and legislative regu-latory impacts.

As a former vice presi-dent of public policy andeconomic development atthe Dayton Area Chamberof Commerce and districtdirector for U.S. Congress-man Tony Hall, Bucklewadvised those in attendanceat this first ever-event on

the opportunities anduncertainties of health carereform, while proposing sev-eral town hall style meetingquestions. Those questionsincluded: Do hospitals com-pete as much asthey appear? Whatis the true impactof health carereform?

To explain thenecessity of compe-tition, Bucklewfirst covered theeconomic impact ofhospitals in theDayton region, a $7 billioncontribution, and employingmore than 31,000 in every-thing from janitorial to ITservices, to doctors andnurses.

“It really runs the gamutof all types of business serv-ices,” said Bucklew, withUpper Valley MedicalCenter alone having a quar-ter-million-dollar impact.

Using large city medicalestablishments in Colum-bus, Cincinnati and Toledoto highlight those chal-lenges and make compar-isons, Bucklew explainedhow, on any given day, anaverage of 73 percent ofarea hospital patients areon either Medicaid orMedicare.

“That makes it very chal-lenging,” said Bucklew asdoctors lose money toMedicaid patients andeither lose or break even

with Medicare patients dueto the region’s mix of anolder, poorer population incomparison to larger, neigh-boring cities. “That impactsthe types of services and uti-lization of services in theDayton region.”

Bucklew also highlightedthe need for morepreventive meas-ures, holisticapproaches, chang-ing doctor incen-tives and makingindividuals moreresponsible fortheir health care,especially in termsof chronic diseases

such as diabetes and obesi-ty.

Again, more challenges,along with a health carereform bill that is still some-what of a mystery, as a stag-gering 52 percent has yet tobe written, even while aSupreme Court hearinglooms in the spring alongwith elections in the fall, hesaid.

Such challenges con-tribute to what Bucklewsees as 2012 being a year ofuncertainty in health carereform.

“I think it’s an evolution-ary process, not revolution-ary,” said Bucklew. “If youtake a step back, and look atwhere we were two yearsago, three years ago, weweren’t even having thesediscussions. At least now weare having these discus-sions, we may not agree, butat least people are talking.”

PIQUA

BUCKLEW

Luncheon speaker considershealth care reform questions

APOSTOLIC

APOSTOLIC CHURCH OFJESUS CHRIST

1624 N. County Road 25-A, TroyPastor Charles A. CarnesSun. — 10 a.m. Sunday school,

11:30 a.m. worship, 6:30 p.m. service;Tue. — 10 a.m. prayer; Thu. — 7 p.m.mid-week worship service.OPEN ARMS APOSTOLICCHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST

4075 S. Tipp Cowlesville Road,Tipp City

Pastor Bob BellSun. — 10 a.m., Sunday

school/worship; 6 p.m., worship; Wed.— Midweek service, 7 p.m.TROY APOSTOLIC TEMPLE

625 N. County Road 25-A, TroyPastor Richard A.WorkmanSun. — 10 a.m. Sunday school, 6

p.m. Sunday celebration; Wed. — 7p.m. Bible study.

ASSEMBLYOF GOD

VICTORY ASSEMBLY OFGOD

4645 S. County Road 25-APhone: 667-0763Sun. — 10 a.m. Sunday morning

meet and greet with coffee andsnacks, 10:30 a.m. morning service;Wed. — 7 p.m. Missionettes, RoyalRangers, adult Bible study.ABUNDANT LIFE ASSEMBLYOF GOD

661 N. County Road 25-A, TroyPhone: 339-4769Pastor Nathan BacornSun. — 10:15 a.m.Worship.

BAPTIST

CALVARY BAPTIST1045 Monroe Concord RoadPhone: 335-3686Pastor Jason BarclaySun. — 9:30 a.m. Sunday school,

10:30 a.m. worship, 6 p.m. Sundaynight service; Wed. — 7 p.m. prayermeeting.CENTRAL BAPTIST

115 Staunton, PiquaPastor Randy SatchwellSun. — 9:45 a.m. Sunday school,

11 a.m. worship, 6 p.m. service; Wed.— 7 p.m. prayer, Bible study and kid’sprograms.CHARITY BAPTIST

667-9167445 Evanston Road, Tipp CityPastor Dan WilliamsSun. — 9:45 a.m. Sunday school,

10:45 a.m. worship, 6 p.m. service;Wed. — 7 p.m. Kids Club for boys andgirls ages 4-12, 7 p.m. adult Biblestudy and prayer.CORNERSTONE BAPTIST

1879 Staunton Road, Troy440-6900cbctroy.orgPastor Matt HarbourSun. — 9:30 a.m. Sunday school,

10:30 a.m. and 6 p.m. worship service;Wed. — 6 p.m. in-home mid-weekBible study (call church for more infor-mation)FAVORITE HILL BAPTISTSBC

Pastor Phillip Delorme1601 South St., Piqua773-6469Sun. — 9:15 a.m. Sunday school,

10:30 a.m. worship; Wed. — 6:30 p.m.Awana.FIRST BAPTIST

53 S. Norwich Road, TroyPhone: 339-3602www.fbctroy.comSenior Pastor Dale R. ChristianPastor Douglas R. MaginSun. — 8:30 a.m. Early Worship

Services, 9:45 a.m. Sunday schooland adult Bible fellowships, 11 a.m.worship, 6 p.m. worship service, 7:15p.m Youth - TGIF; Wed. — 6:30 p.m.FBC Family Ministry Night; Fri. — 10a.m. Ladies Bible study.FIRST BAPTIST

8233 W. Covington-GettysburgRoad, Covington

Phone: 473-5347Pastor Jim ThackerSun. — 9:30 a.m. Sunday school,

10:30 a.m. worship, 6 p.m. service;Wed. — 7 p.m. prayer and Bible study.FIRST BAPTIST

6533 Tipp Cowlesville, Tipp CitySun. — 10 a.m. worship celebra-

tion, 11:15 a.m. Sunday school, 7 p.m.worship Wed. — 7 p.m. mid-week

prayer.FREE BAPTIST

8 S. Main St., ChristiansburgJeff FergusonSun. — 11 a.m. worship and chil-

dren’s church.GRACE BAPTIST

1400 N. Market St., TroyPhone: 339-2019Sun. — 9 a.m. Sunday school,

10:30 a.m. worship services, 6 p.m.growth groups and Grace Youth; Wed.— 6:40 p.m. AWANA, 7 p.m. Prayerand Praise.GRACE BAPTIST

2500 St. Rt. 48, Ludlow FallsPhone: (937) 698-4342Pastor Dale ScottSun. — 11 a.m. morning service,

10 a.m. Sunday school, 6 p.m.evening service; Wed. — 7 p.m. Biblestudy.LAURA FIRST BAPTIST

Just Off St. Rt. 571 on HaworthRoad

Pastor Rick MowrySun. — 9:30 a.m. Sunday school,

10:30 a.m. and 6 p.m. worship; Wed.— 7 p.m. Bible study.LENA BAPTIST

8050 N. Church St., ConoverInterim Pastor Ed SollenbergerSun. — 9:15 a.m. Sunday school,

10:30 a.m.Worship service 7 p.m.education prayer meeting.MAIN STREET BAPTIST

11191 W. State Route 571, LauraPastor Ron EvansSun. — 10:30 a.m. worship, 6 p.m.

age group Bible studies; Wed. — 7p.m. mid-week worship, 7 p.m. chil-dren’s hour; Thu. — 8 p.m. men’sprayer encounter.NEW LIFE BAPTISTMINISTRIES

1001 County Road 25-A, Troy339-2992Pastor Joseph BaldwinSun. — 9:30 a.m. Sunday church

school, 11 a.m. worship services;Wed. — 6:30 p.m. Prayer meeting andBible study.PIQUA BAPTIST

1402 W. High St., Piqua773-4583www.piquabaptist.comDonald Wells, senior pastor;

Daniel Helms, director of family min-istries

Sun. — 9:30 a.m. Sunday school,10:30 a.m. morning worship, 5 p.m.Word of Life for children and teens;Wed. — 7 p.m. Bible studies for adultsand youth, God’s Kids Choir; Young atHeart — third Thu. of each month;Lydia Circle — third Tue. of eachmonth.SECOND BAPTIST CHURCH

232 S.Wayne St., PiquaPhone: 773-0619Bishop Ted C.Willis Jr, c/o Pastor

Cheryl WillisSr. Deacon S. TaylorSun. — 10-10:30 a.m. interces-

sary prayer, 10:30-11 a.m. prayer andworship, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. worshipservice; Mon. — 6-8 p.m. men’s meet-ing; Wed. — 6:30-8:30 p.m. Biblestudy and prayer service.TROY BAPTIST TEMPLE

691 E. Staunton RoadPhone: 339-3207Pastor David MulvaineSun. — 9:45 a.m. Sunday school,

10:45 a.m. morning worship, 6 p.m.evening worship; Wed. — 7 p.m.prayer, ministries for all ages,Frontline Clubs, Teen Youth S.A.L.T.,adult Bible study.TROY FREEWILL BAPTIST

2482 S. County Road 25-APastor Dwight StumpSun. — 10 a.m. Sunday school,

11 a.m. worship, 6 p.m. Sundayevening service; Thu. — 7 p.m.evening service.UNION BAPTIST

1885 E. Peterson RoadPastor Dale Adkins(937) 335-1045Sun. — 9:15 a.m. Sunday school,

10:30 a.m. worship, 7 p.m. Service;Wed. — 6:30 p.m., Awana clubs, 7p.m. adult Bible studies.ZION BAPTIST

711 W. Franklin St., TroySun. — 9:30 a.m. Sunday school,

11 a.m. worship service, first SundayBaptizing and Holy Communion; Wed.— 6:30 p.m. Bible study, 7:30 p.m.Prayer meeting; Thu. — 6:30 p.m.choir rehearsal.

BRETHREN

BRADFORD CHURCH OFTHE BRETHREN

120 W. Oakwood St., BradfordPastor Dan ScalfSun. — 9 a.m. Sunday school,

10:15 a.m. service.CHURCH OF THE BRETHREN

300 E. Monument, Pleasant HillNick Beam, PastorSun. — 9:30 a.m. Sunday school,

10:30 a.m. worship service.COMMUNITY GRACEBRETHREN

2261 S. Miami St., West MiltonPhone: 698-4048Sun. — 9:30 a.m. Sunday school,

10:45 a.m. worship; Wed. — 6:30 p.m.Awana.COVINGTON CHURCHOF THE BRETHREN

101 N.Wall St., CovingtonPastor Michael YingstSun. — 8:30 a.m.Wake Up With

God, coffee and juice; 9:30 a.m. wor-ship, 10:30 a.m. Sunday school.FIRST BRETHREN CHURCHPLEASANT HILL

210 N. Church St.Corners of Church and Walnut

Streets, one block West of NewtonHall.

www.FirstBrethren.comPhone: 676-2802Pastor Lynn MercerSun. — 9 a.m. fellowship, 9:30

a.m. Sunday school, 10:30 a.m. wor-ship celebration; Fri. — 7 p.m. SeniorHigh at The Barn, noon senior lunch-eon (second Fri. of each month, loca-tion varies); Sat. — 7:30 a.m. men’sbreakfast (every other Sat., locationvaries), 7 a.m. Jr. High at the Barn(First and Third Sat.).GETHSEMANE FELLOWSHIPBRETHREN IN CHRIST

Corner Rts. 40 & 201, BrandtPastor Dale McCabeSun. — 9:30 a.m. Sunday school,

10:30 a.m. worship service, 6:30 p.m.services; Wed. — 6:30 p.m. service.GOOD SHEPHERD CHURCHOF THE BRETHREN

7240 S. Peters RoadPhone 667-3476Pastor Daniel FullenSun. — 10:30 a.m. worship.

HIGHLAND BRETHREN INCHRIST

7210 S. Jay Road, West Milton(937) 698-3300Pastor Todd HammondSun. —10 a.m. worship and chil-

dren’s programs.PIQUA CHURCH OF THEBRETHREN

525 Boal Ave., PiquaPhone: 773-6342Pastor Larry LutzParsonage phone: 773-0404Sun. — 9:25 a.m. Sunday wor-

ship, 10:45 a.m. Sunday school, Biblestudy, men’s fellowship, women’s fel-lowship, junior and high school youthgroup, adults Young of Heart Group.PLEASANT HILL BRETHRENIN CHRIST CHURCH

Corner of Hill and Church streetsJohn Weaver, PastorAccessible for the handicappedSun. — 9:30 a.m. Sunday school,

10:30 a.m. worship service (worshipon last Sunday of the month at 10:15a.m.).TROY CHURCH OF THEBRETHREN

1431 W. Main St., TroyPastor Sheila ShumakerHandicapped accessibleNursery care availableSun. — 9:30 a.m. Sunday school,

10:40 worship service; Mon. — 7 p.m.H.U.G.S. Support Group; Tues. — 7p.m.Welcome Home AA group; Thurs.— 7 p.m. NAIOU Support Group andchoir practice.

WEST CHARLESTONCHURCH OF THE BRETHREN

4817 State Route 202, Tipp CityInterim Pastor Irv and Nancy

HeishmanSun. — 9 a.m. Sunday school,

10:15 a.m. worship service.WEST MILTON CHURCHOF THE BRETHREN

918 S. Miami St., West MiltonPastor Jerry BowenSun. — 9:30 a.m. Sunday school,

10:30 a.m. worship.

CATHOLIC, ROMAN

ST. JOHN THE BAPTISTCATHOLIC

753 S. Hyatt St., Tipp CityThe Rev. R. Marc SherlockMasses — Sat. at 5 p.m.; Sun. at

8 and 10:30 a.m.; Holy Days, Vigil, 7p.m., Nursery — 10 a.m. Mass.ST. PATRICK CATHOLIC

409 E. Main St., TroyFr. James S. Duellwww.stpatroy.orgMasses — Sat. at 5 p.m.; Sun. at

7:30, 9:30 and 11:30 a.m. Holy daysat 7 a.m., noon and 7 p.m.Confessions — Sat. at 4-4:30 p.m.ST. TERESA CATHOLIC

6925 W. U.S. Route 36, CovingtonPhone: 473-2970Fr. Jim SimonsMasses — First and Third Sat. at

5 p.m.; Sun. at 7:30 and 10:30 a.m.TRANSFIGURATIONCATHOLIC CHURCH

972 S. Miami St., West MiltonFather John MacQuarrie, pastorMasses — Saturday at 5 p.m.,

Sunday at 7:30 and 10:20 a.m.; DailyMass: Mon., Wed., Thurs. and Fri. at8:15 a.m.; Mass:Tues. at noon.Benediction — Thurs. at 7 p.m.Confessions: Sat at 3:30-4:30 p.m.SACRED HEART PARISH

476 N. Scott St., New CarlisleRevs. Michael L. Bidwell and Paul

Vieson.Deacon, Robert Kozlowski

Sat. — 5 p.m. Mass; Sun. — 9 a.m.and 11:30 a.m. Mass; Mon., Tues.,Thu. and Fri. — 8:30 a.m. Mass; Wed.— 9:30 a.m. Mass.

CATHOLIC, OTHER

ANNUNCIATION NATIONALCATHOLIC CHURCHOF AMERICA

The Rev. Father Norman J.Szylakowski

Phone: 339-9249E-mail: anncca@aol.comhometown.aol.com/normski274.Sun. — 1 p.m. Mass (Holy

Eucharist), Sacrament ofReconciliation (Confession) one-halfhour prior to Sunday Mass or byarrangement (meeting at a facility rearclassroom of Trinity Episcopal Church,60 S. Dorset Road, Troy).

CHURCH OF CHRIST

CHURCH OF CHRISTIN CHRISTIAN UNION

5020 Panhandle Road,Christiansburg

857-9362Pastor Jeremy OlsonSun. — 9:30 a.m. Sunday school,

10:30 a.m. worship, 6 p.m. fellowship.Wed. — 6:30 p.m. Kids for Christ.

MID-COUNTY CHURCHOF CHRIST

1580 N. Dorset RoadMinister Ralph RoyseSun. — 9 a.m. Bible classes, 10

a.m. worship, 6 p.m. worship; Wed. —7 p.m. Bible study.TIPP CITY CHURCH OFCHRIST

6460 S. County Road 25-A, TippCity

Minister Robert VincentSun. — 9:30 a.m. Bible classes,

10:30 a.m. worship, 6 p.m. worship;Tue. — 10 a.m. to noon The GoldenYears; Wed. — 7 p.m. Bible classes.

CHURCH OF GOD

BRUSH CREEK CHURCH OFGOD

6370 S. Kessler-Frederick, TippCity

Pastor David Hixon; Phone: 698-6327

Sun. — 9:30 a.m. Sunday school,10:30 a.m. worship Service; Wed. —7 p.m. Bible study.FULL GOSPEL COMMUNITYCHURCH OF GOD

212 S. Mulberry St., Troy(937) 732-1057Pastor Al BanisterSunday — 10 a.m. Sunday

school, 11 a.m. morning worship, 6p.m. night service; Wed. — 7 p.m.night service.NEW HORIZON CHURCH OFGOD MOUNTAIN ASSEMBLY

527 N. Market St., TroyPastor Joe HillSun. — 10 a.m. Sunday school,

11 a.m. worship, 6 p.m. worship; Wed.— 7 p.m. youth night/adult Bible study.PLEASANT HILLCHURCH OF GOD

Main StreetPastor Scott DeaneSun. — 9:30 a.m. worship, 10:30

a.m. Sunday school; Wed. — 7 p.m.evening program for adults and chil-dren of all ages.SNYDER ROAD CHURCHOF GOD

Sun. — 9:30 a.m. Sunday school,10:30 a.m. worship, 6 p.m. evening, 6p.m. youth service; Wed. — 7 p.m.Bible study, 7 p.m. youth service.TROY FIRST CHURCH OFGOD

924 Troy-Urbana RoadPastor Michael CalhounSun. — 9:30 a.m. Sunday school,

10:30 a.m. worship; Wed. — 7 p.m.mid-week service.TROY VIEW CHURCH OFGOD

1770 N. County Road 25-A, TroyPastor Dan CainSun. — 9:15 a.m. Sunday school,

10:15 a.m. worship; Wed. — 7 p.m.prayer, Bible study.

EPISCOPAL

TRINITY EPISCOPALCHURCH

60 S. Dorset Road, TroyPhone: 335-7747trinitychurch@trinitytroyohio.netwww.trinity-troy.disohioorgHandicapped accessible.Sun. — 8:15 and 10:30 a.m. Holy

Eucharist, 9:15 a.m. Sunday forum,10:15 a.m. Christian formation for chil-dren, last Sunday of month at noon:free community lunch, open to thepublic; Wed. — 7 p.m. evening prayer.

LUTHERAN

BRANDT EVANGELICALLUTHERAN

6870 E. St. Rt. 40, BrandtPhone: 845-0450Rev. David Jarvis-SchroederSun. — 9:15 a.m. Bible Study, 10

a.m. worship.FIRST LUTHERAN CHURCH(NALC)

2899 W. Main St., TroyPhone: 335-2323Pastor Ric Barnesflctroy-nalc.orgHandicapped accessible and

hearing assistanceSunday — 8 a.m. traditional wor-

ship celebration, 9:15 a.m. Sundayschool classes for everyone, 10:30a.m. contemporary worship servicewith communion.FRIEDENS EVANGELICALLUTHERAN

11038 W. Versailles RoadCovingtonPhone: 526-4849Interim Pastor Bob AkinsSun. — 9 a.m. Sunday worship.

GOOD SHEPHERD LUTHER-AN

1209 S. Miami St.,West MiltonPastor Melvin MusserSun. — 9:15 a.m. Sunday school,

10:30 a.m. worship.OUR SAVIOR LUTHERAN

517 McKinley Ave., PiquaPhone: 778-9325The Rev.William RitchieSun. — 10 a.m. worship service,

11 a.m. Sunday school. Bible Buddies— 2-3:30 p.m. the second Saturday ofeach monthPEACE OF OUR SAVIORLUTHERAN CHURCH

1025 Cliffside Drive, New Carlisle849-9374

www.peaceofoursavior.netPre-school 8:30-11 a.m. Mon.-Fri.Sun. — 9:30 a.m. worship, 10:45

a.m. Sunday school.REDEEMER LUTHERAN, LC-MS

County Road 25-A and MasonRoad, Sidney

Phone: 492-2461Sat. — 5:30 p.m. worshipSun. — 9 a.m. worship, 10:30

a.m. Sunday school and Bible class.

ST. JOHN’S EVANGELICALLUTHERAN CHURCH

200 E. Bridge St.., CovingtonThe Rev. Stephen Nierman, pas-

torPhone: 473-2170Sun.— 9 a.m. church service.;

Wed. — 7 p.m. choir practice.ST. JOHN’S LUTHERANCHURCH

248 Wood St., PiquaPhone: 773-3284The Rev. Ronald A. ShrefflerWeb address:

www.stjohnpiqua.orgSun. — 9:30 a.m. Christian edu-

cation for all ages, 10:30 a.m. worshipservice.ZION EVANGELICALLUTHERAN CHURCH

14 W.Walnut St., Tipp CityPastor Steven J. GellatlyPhone: 667-3110Sun. — 9 a.m. Sunday school, 10

a.m. worship; Sat. — 5 p.m. Christiangathering.

METHODIST

BETHEL UNITEDMETHODIST CHURCH

2505 E. Loy Road, PiquaThe Rev. David C. RammingParsonage Office: 335-6596Sun. — 9 a.m. worship service,

10:15 a.m. Sunday school; Mon — 10a.m. UMW meeting, bring a sacklunch; Wed. — 6-7:30 p.m. CTC (endof Season), 7:30 p.m. CTC program.CASSTOWN UNITEDMETHODIST CHURCH

102 Center St., CasstownThe Rev. David C. RammingParsonage Office: 335-6596Sun. — 9:30 a.m. Sunday school,

10:45 a.m. worship service.CHRISTIANSBURG UNITEDMETHODIST CHURCH

Corner of 3rd and Monroestreets, Christiansburg

Sun. — 8:45 a.m. service.FIRST UNITED METHODIST

110 W. Frankllin St., TroySenior Pastor — Rev. David

LeckroneRev. Mic Mohler, associate pastorPhone: 335-2826Web site: troyfumc.orgSun. — 8:15 and 10:45. a.m. tra-

ditional worship services, 9:05 and10:35 a.m. contemporary worshipservice, 9:30 a.m. Sunday school,nursery care provided for all services,First Kids preschool and extendedcare, 10:35 a.m. First Place contem-porary worship; Mon., Wed. andFriday — 1:30-3 p.m. First Place FoodPantry.FLETCHER UNITEDMETHODIST

205 S. Walnut St., Fletcher368-2470www.fletcherchurch.orgSun. — 8:15 and 10:45 a.m. wor-

ship services, 9:30 a.m. Sundayschool; nursery care and children’schurch available; Wed. — 7 p.m.prayer group.HOFFMAN UNITEDMETHODIST

201 S. Main St., West MiltonPhone: 698-4401Pastor Justin WilliamsSun. — 9 a.m. Sunday service.

GINGHAMSBURG CHURCHDr. Michael Slaughter, senior pas-

tor6759 S. County Road. 25-A, Tipp

CityPhone: 667-1069Worship: Sat. — 5 p.m. and 7

p.m.; Sun. — 9, 10:15 and 11:30 a.m.GREENE STREET UNITEDMETHODIST CHURCH

415 W. Greene St., PiquaPhone: 773-5313www.greenestreetumc.comSunday — 8 and 10:30 a.m. wor-

ship services; 9:15 a.m. — churchschool for all agesMcKENDREE UNITEDMETHODIST

One mile south of St. Rt. 41 onDayton Brandt Road

Pastor James LeightySun. — 9:30 a.m. Sunday school,

10:30 a.m. worship service.POTSDAM UNITEDMETHODIST CHURCH

12 S. Main St., P.O. Box 124,Potsdam

Phone: 947-1438Pastor Pamela A. HitchcockSun. — 9:30 a.m. Sunday school,

10:30 a.m. worship.RICHARDS CHAPEL UNITEDMETHODIST CHURCH

831 McKaig Ave., TroyPhone: 335-8814Choir director Brenda ColemanSun. — 9 a.m. Sunday school for

adults, 10:30 a.m. worship; Mon.-Thur— 11:45 a.m.-1 p.m., free lunch pro-gram for community; Wed. — 11:45a.m. worship service; Thurs. — 1 p.m.Bible study.TIPP CITY UNITEDMETHODIST

8 W. Main St., Tipp CityPhone: 667-2318Pastor Dan GloverSun. — 9 a.m. traditional service,

10:30 a.m. contemporary service; 9and 10:30 a.m. children’s and adultdiscileship opportunities. Child careavailable from 9 a.m. to noon.

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THE FAMILY OF GRACE UNIT-ED METHODIST CHURCH

9411 N. County Road 25-A, PiquaPhone: 773-8232www.thefamilyofgrace.comSun. — 8:15 a.m. traditional serv-

ice, 10 and 11:15 a.m. contemoporaryservices, 10 a.m. Sunday school for allages.CHRISTIANSBURG UNITEDMETHODIST CHURCH

Grafton Dialton Road, St. ParisPastor Mark AtterholtSun. — 9:30 a.m. Sunday school,

10:30 a.m. service.

NAZARENE

TIPP CITY CHURCHOF THE NAZARENE

St. Rt. 571 & I-75Phone: 667-6586Sun. — 9:30 a.m. Sunday school,

10:30 a.m. worship service, 6 p.m.evening service; Tues. — 8 a.m. Men’sBible study; Sat. — 7-11 a.m. youthrecreation center.TROY CHURCH OFTHE NAZARENE1200 Barnhart Road, TroyCorner of W. Market St. and BarnhartRoad

(937) 339-3117www.troynaz.netSun.— 9:30 a.m. worship service,

11 a.m. in-house education classes, 6p.m. small groups in homes; Wed.—6:30 p.m. adult Bible study; Sat. — 9a.m. Men’s Bible study.WEST MILTON CHURCHOFTHE NAZARENE

151 W. Baker Road, West MiltonSun.— 9:30 a.m. Sunday school,

10:30 a.m. morning worship, 6 p.m.Sunday Night Ministries;Wed.— 7 p.m.Kids’ Club, Teens Get Together, adultBible study.

PRESBYTERIAN

COVINGTON PRESBYTERIAN30 North Pearl St.(937) 473-5263Pastor Greg KrutzSunday — 10 a.m. worship service

with children’s service.FIRST PRESBYTERIAN

20 S.Walnut St., Troywww.fpctroy.orgSun. — 8:30 a.m. chapel woship

service, 9:15 a.m. Chancel choirrehearsal, 9:30 a.m. church school foryouth and adults, 9:45 a.m. new mem-ber class, 11 a.m. sanctuary service, 5p.m. new member class and PYCmeeting, 6 p.m. new member dinnerwith session; Mon. — 9:30 a.m.Serendipity Bible Study, 7 p.m. PrayerShawl meeting; Tues. — 6 p.m. exerciseclass, 7 p.m. bicentennial meeting andStephen Ministry;Wed. — noon, lunch-eon for breakfast club volunteers;Thurs. — 9 a.m. Tipp City CoffeeGroup, 6 p.m. exercise class; 7:30 p.m.Thursday Evening Circle at MerleNeumanns; Sat. — Mayor’s PrayerBreakfast.WESTMINSTERPRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

Sun.— 10:30 a.m. worship, 9:30a.m. Sunday school for junior and seniorhigh, 11-11:30 a.m. Sunday school for 2year olds through sixth grade; Mon.— 7p.m. Shawl Ministry meeting.

UNITED CHURCHOF CHRIST

COVINGTON UNITEDCHURCH OF CHRIST

115 Pearl St.Sun. — 9:30 a.m. worship, 11 a.m.

Sunday school. Handicap accessible,nursery available.FIRST UNITED CHURCHOF CHRIST

120 S. Market St., Troywww.firstucctroy.orgSat. — 5 p.m. worship (chapel);

Sun. — 8:45 a.m. breakfast, 9:15 a.m.adult Sunday school, 10:30 a.m. wor-ship; Mon. — 9 a.m. and 6 p.m. GED;Tues. — 5 p.m. Circles of Hope, 6:30p.m. Girl Scouts; Wed. — 9 a.m. and 6p.m. GED, 6:30 p.m.WOW for Kids;Thurs. — 6:30 p.m. Girl Scouts, 7 p.m.choir rehearsal; Sat. — 5 p.m. worship(chapel).LOSTCREEK UNITEDCHURCH OF CHRIST

7007 Troy-Urbana Road, Casstownwww.lostcreekucc.org(937) 857-9638Sun.— 9 a.m. adult Bible study, 10

a.m. Sunday worship and children’sSunday school.NASHVILLE UNITEDCHURCH OF CHRIST

4540 W. State Route 571, WestMilton, corner of State Route 571 andWheelock Road.

698-5867 or (937) 541-1041Sun.— 9:15 a.m. Sunday school,

10:30 a.m. worship service.PLEASANT HILL UNITEDCHURCH OF CHRIST

10 W. Monument St.Pastor Craig ShowalterSun.— 9:15 a.m. Sunday school;

10 a.m.Worship serviceST. JOHN’S UNITEDCHURCH OF CHRIST

130 S.Walnut St., Troy335-2028www.stjohnsucctroyohio.comHandicapped accessible, nursery

availableSun.— 9:15 a.m. Sunday school,

10:30 a.m. worship.PIQUA CONGREGATIONALCHRISTIAN UNITED CHURCH OFCHRIST

421 Broadway, PiquaSun.— 9:30 a.m. adult Sunday

school, 10:30 a.m. worship, 4 p.m.Chells.UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST

108 S. Main St., West MiltonSun.— 9:30 a.m. Sunday school,

10:40 a.m. church.

UNITED PENTECOSTAL

SAFE HARBOR MINISTRIES2464 Peters Road, TroyPhone: 773-1096www.safeharbortroy.comPastor SimonYoungSun.— 11 a.m. celebration service

and Kidz Church; Thu.— 7 p.m.Christian development.

OTHERS

ALCONY GRACE1045 S. Alcony Conover RoadPastor Stephen MarcumSun.— 9:30 a.m. Sunday school,

10:30 a.m. worship, 6 p.m. youth fellow-ship, first and third Sun., 7 p.m. Sundayevening service;Wed.— 7 p.m. prayermeeting.BAHA’I FAITH

Please contact 669-7962.BIBLE MISSIONARY

1003 E. Canal St.Pastor Robert LewisSun.— 9:30 a.m. Sunday school,

10:30 a.m. worship, 7 p.m. worship;Wed.— 7 p.m. prayer meeting.CALVARY BIBLE CHURCHNON-DENOMINATIONAL

Corner of St. Rt. 571 and RedRiver-West Grove Road

Phone: 676-3535Pastor Bill CornettSun.— 9 a.m. Sunday school, 10

a.m. morning worship, 6 p.m. eveningservice, 6 p.m. Patch Club — threeyears through grade six.CENTER FRIENDS

8550 W. St. Rt. 571, W. MiltonPastor, Kerry BakerPhone: 698-3114 ChurchPhone: 698-5964 ParsonageSun.— 9:30 a.m. Sunday school,

10:30 a.m. worship. Nursery provided.CERTAIN TRUTH MINISTRIES

Meeting at the Troy Rec Center, 11N. Market St., Troy

Pastor Tim Kinder(937) 216-6384Sunday — 10:30 a.m. worship.

CHRIST LIGHT UNITYPRAYER CIRCLE

Baird Family Center527 N. Market St., TroyPastor Lisa DavisSun.— 7 p.m. Services.

CHRIST MISSIONARYFREEDOM

602 W. Main St.Pastor Tom Holley 332-8018Sun.— 9:30 a.m. Sunday school,

10:30 a.m. and 6 p.m. worship, 5 p.m.youth, 5 p.m. new comers;Wed.— 7p.m. service.CHRISTIAN CHAPEL

Pastor Jessie TiptonGinghamsburgSun.— 9:30 a.m. Sunday school,

10:45 a.m. worship, 6:30 p.m. service.CHRISTIAN FAMILYFELLOWSHIP MINISTRY

1575 W. State Route 571, Tipp CityMinister John F. ShroyerSun.— 10:30 a.m. morning fellow-

ship, children’s fellowship;Wed.— 7:30p.m. Bible study.CHRISTIAN LIFE CENTER PIQUA

Cinemark Miami Valley Cinemas1020 Garbry Road(937) 381-9753joldham@clcdayton.orgwww.clcpiqua.comSunday — 10 a.m. worship service

CHURCH OF JESUS421 Wood St., Piqua773-4004www.churchofjesuspiqua.comSun.— 9:30 a.m. Sunday school,

11 a.m., worship serviceWed.— 6:30 p.m. Prayer; 7 p.m.

Bible study.COMMUNITY BIBLE CHURCH

1427 W. Main St., Tipp City667-2710Pastor Jeff SeekinsPastor Tim Board, associateSun.— 9:30 a.m. Sunday school;

10:30 a.m. worship service; nursery andchildren’s programs throughout themorning;

Wednesday — 6:30 p.m. familynight service for kids, teens and adults.LUDLOW FALLS CHRISTIANCHURCH

Corner of Oak and Vine St.Ludlow FallsPhone: 698-3823The Rev. Jerry CollinsSun.— 9:15 a.m. morning worship.

COVE SPRING CHURCH5705 E.Walnut Grove RoadPastor Evan GarberSun.— 9:30 a.m. church school,

10:30 a.m. worship hour.COURTS OF PRAISE

Open Bible Church410 N. Elm St., TroyPastor Joshua PierceSunday — 10 a.m. services;Wed.

— 6 p.m. Life groups.FRIENDSHIP COMMUNITYCHURCH

5850 N. State Route 41, Covington473-2128Pastor Eugene OburnSunday — 9:30 a.m. morning wor-

ship, 10:50 Bible study;Mon.— 6:30 p.m.AWANA;Wed.— 6:30 p.m.TRUTHGRACE FAMILYWORSHIPCENTER

1477 S. Market St., TroyPastor, Elder Howard CollierSun.— 9:30 a.m. Sunday school,

11 a.m. Sunday morning worship; Tues.— 6 a.m. prayer;Wed.— 6 p.m. prayer,7 p.m. Bible study.

HOPE BIBLE CHURCHStaunton Grange1530 N. Market St., TroyPastors Jeff Ludden and Steve

Zimbelman335-2754Sunday — 9 a.m. Sunday school,

10:15 a.m. Sunday service; Thurs. — 7p.m. service.TRUE LIFE COMMUNITYCHURCH

Worship center — 1375 StateRoute 55, corner of Dorset and StateRoute 55

Admnistrative office — StouderCenter, 1100 Wayne St., Suite 1112

(937) 332-0041www.takeheart.usSunday — 10:30 a.m. worship.

HERITAGETEMPLEPastor Rod DysingerPhone: 381-5186Contact information:

e-mail to heritagetemple@yahoo.com orvisit the Web site at www.heritagetem-ple.frewebsites.comKOINOS CHRISTIANFELLOWSHIP

722 Grant St., TroyPastor Johnathan NewmanSun.— 10:30 a.m. worship celebra-

tion.LAURA CHRISTIAN

Sun.— 9:30 a.m. service, 10:30a.m. Sunday school. Nursery provided.LIGHTHOUSE HOLINESSCHAPEL

Affiliated with Wesleyan HolinessAssociation of Churches

213 E.Water St., TroyPhone: (574) 601-7758Sun.— 10 a.m. Sunday school,

10:45 a.m. worship, 6 p.m. evening wor-ship; Wed. – 7 p.m. worship, midweekprayer meeting.LIVING HOPEWORSHIPCENTER

200 S. Monroe St.

Pastor Linda SpicerSun. service, 10:30 a.m.;Wed.

service, 6:30 p.m.SKYVIEWWESLEYAN

6995 S. Peters Road, Tipp CityPastor John Hughes,Sun.— 10:30 a.m. worship service,

nursery provided;Wed — 6:30 p.m.Dinner, 7 p.m. Bible study.SPIRIT LIFE CHURCH

8527 N. County Road 25-A, PiquaPastor Ken VanHooseSunday — 10:30 a.m. worship serv-

ices.ST. JAMES COMMUNITY

702 Sherman Ave.Pastor Vickie L. EvansSun.— 9 a.m. Sunday school; 10

a.m. celebration;Wed.— 6 p.m. Biblestudy.STILLWATER COMMUNITY

7900 W. Sugar Grove Road,CovingtonSun.— 9:30 a.m. Sunday school,

10:30 a.m. morning worship;Wed.—6:30 p.m. AWANA Club, Cubbies:Preschool Sparks: K-2nd grades, Truth& Training: 3rd -6th grades, JuniorVarsity: 7th-9th gradesCOVENANT AT SUGARGROVE

Temporarily meeting at the VandaliaRec Center, 1111 Stonequarry Road

Vandalia(937) 999-8166Sun.— 9:45 a.m. morning worship

and children’s classes.

SYNAGOGUE ANSHE EMETHMonthly worship services; for dates

or more information call 547-0092.THE CHRISTIANWORSHIP CENTER

One mile north of Christiansburg3537 S. Elm Tree RoadCell Phone: 360-6046 orHome Phone: 788-2710Sun.— 9:30 a.m. Sunday school,

10:30 a.m. Sunday morning worship, 7p.m. service;Wed — 6:30 p.m. teens.THE CHURCH OF JESUSCHRIST OF LATTER-DAYSAINTS

475 W. Loy RoadPhone: 773-3392Grant Armstrong, bishop, 339-7509

Sun.— 9-10:15 a.m. Sacramentmeeting, 10:15-11:15 a.m. Sundayschool, 11:15 a.m.-noonPriesthood meeting, Relief Society;Mon.— Family home evening;Wed.—7 p.m. young women and young menactivity night.THE LIVINGWORDFELLOWSHIP CENTER

947 North Market St.Sun.— 9:30 a.m. Sunday school,

10:45 a.m. worship;Wed.— 7 p.m. Biblestudy, youth fellowship.TROY CHRISTIAN CHURCH

1440 E. State Route 55www.troychristianchurch.orgSun.— 9:30 and 10:50 a.m. wor-

ship, children’s programs at both servic-es.

Call 335-8731 about adult smallgroups and teen cell groups.TROY GOSPELTABERNACLE

Long and Ellis streetsPastor Erv HollandSun.— 9:30 a.m. Sunday

school, 10:30 a.m. morningworship, Sunday evening services 6p.m.;Wed.— 7 p.m. Prayer meeting atBible Study.UPPER ROOMWORSHIPCENTER

203 N. 4th St., Tipp CityPhone: 667-5585www.theur.netSun.— 11 a.m. Sunday

worship celebration, followed by adult,youth and children’s ministries; Friday —7 p.m. Celebrate Recovery, 12-stepChristian program for hurts, habits andhang-ups.

Various small groups meet through-out the weekUPPER VALLEY COMMUNITYCHURCH

1400 Seidel Parkway, Piqua(937) 778-8822E-mail: uvcc@uvcc.orgWeb site: www.uvcc.orgSunday celebrations at 9:15 and

11:15 a.m.WEST MILTON FRIENDS

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KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) —The top U.S. commander inAfghanistan called on his troopsto resist any urge to avenge thedeath of two American soldierskilled in riots over the burning ofQurans at a U.S. base, even asrenewed protests Friday claimedat least seven lives.The anti-American demon-

strations by thousands ofAfghans who took to the streetsafter midday prayers were fur-ther evidence that PresidentBarack Obama’s apology hasfailed to quiet the outrage overwhat the U.S. says was the inad-vertent destruction of the holybooks.The killing of the two U.S. sol-

diers and the civil unrest havefurther strained Afghanistan’srelations with the United States.Afghan President Hamid Karzaiis trying to negotiate a long-term

partnership agreement with theUnited States to govern theactivities of U.S. forces in hiscountry after 2014, when mostforeign combat troops will haveleft or taken on support roles.The violence against coalition

troops also comes at a time whenmany countries contributing tothe force are seeking to acceler-ate their withdrawal from whathas become an unpopular andcostly war that has dragged onfor more than 10 years.In Washington, White House

spokesman Josh Earnestacknowledged that the burningof Qurans had created “difficultcircumstances.”“It is our view that we will

work through these difficult cir-cumstances and remain on trackto making progress on our goals,”Earnest said.At least 20 people, including

the two U.S. soldiers, have beenkilled in four days of violence.Protesters have ignored

appeals by Karzai, parliamentar-ians and some clerics for an endto the violence until an investiga-tion into the incident at BagramAir Field is concluded in comingdays.Afghan officials said seven

people were killed around thecountry Friday by Afghan securi-ty forces trying to dispersecrowds or responding to gunfirefrom protesters.One of the dead was part of a

crowd trying to storm aHungarian military base innorthern Baghlan province. Sixothers were killed in westernHerat province, including threepeople who died when a truckfull of ammunition explodedafter protesters set it ablaze, thegovernor’s office said.

Anti-American protesters alsogathered in several locationsaround Kabul, including in thecity’s east, where a demonstrator,his clothes covered in blood, wascarried from the scene as about200 police tried to push thecrowd back.Police sprayed volleys of auto-

matic rifle fire over the heads ofprotesters chanting “Death toAmerica!” in an effort to preventthem from reaching the defenseministry, located close to theAmerican Embassy.U.S. Gen. John Allen, who

commands all U.S. and coalitiontroops, traveled late Thursday tothe American base in the eastwhere an Afghan soldier openedfire on U.S. troops, killing twoAmericans.“There will be moments like

this when you’re searching forthe meaning of this loss. There

will be moments like this whenyour emotions are governed byanger and a desire to strikeback,” Allen said in commentsNATO released Friday.“Now is not the time for

revenge. Now is not the time forvengeance. Now is the time tolook deep inside your souls,remember your mission, remem-ber your discipline, rememberwho you are.”Allen, who was accompanied

by Afghan National Army Gen.Sher Mohammed Karimi, toldsoldiers that “now is how we showthe Afghan people that as bad asthat act was in Bagram, it wasunintentional and American andISAF soldiers do not stand forthis.” ISAF is the acronym for theInternational Security AssistanceForce, the formal name of theU.S.-led international militarycoalition fighting in Afghanistan.

More Quran protests leave 7 dead

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YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION:

Dear Annie: When I marriedmy husband, his son, "D.J." was6 years old. My children frommy first marriage were slightlyolder. Right from the start, D.J.was a handful. He was violentand often in trouble at school.A year into the marriage, my

husband and I had a son togeth-er. That same year, D.J. wasdiagnosed with ADHD andaggressive behavior and was puton medication. D.J. is now 14. Inthe intervening years, he haskilled animals, pushed hisyounger brother off a patio andtried to suffocate him, andrecently hit him in the eye andcaused permanent damage to hisvision. D.J. went to live with hismother three years ago. She tookhim off all of his medications.Last summer, I insisted that

D.J. stay with my in-laws, whoare completely blind to his flaws.I told my husband he could visitD.J. as often as he wanted, andfor six weeks, my husband spentevery day with his older son,while our kids barely saw him.The problem is, D.J. will be com-ing to visit again this summer.While I understand that this ismy husband's son, I must pro-tect our younger kids from hisviolence. My husband is upsetthat I don't want D.J. in ourhome. Please help. — Scared toDeath

Dear Scared: D.J. sounds likea very disturbed young man whotakes his hostility out on yourchildren. Based on his trackrecord, he cannot be trustedaround them. It must be difficultfor your husband to accept thathis son is so violent, but wethink having D.J. stay with hisgrandparents is sensible.We hope your husband will

consider getting some counselingfor him, and also for the entirefamily.

Dear Annie: My 90-year-oldmother is an Alzheimer'spatient. In her younger days, shewas very active in the communi-ty and belonged to many organi-zations and social clubs.Mom doesn't get out of her

assisted-living community much.Occasionally, I take her in herwheelchair to a local restaurantor a doctor's appointment.Because of her former high pro-file in the community, many peo-ple recognize her, but she nolonger knows them. I always tellthem to please identify them-selves so she doesn't get con-fused.Yet even with this warning,

some people insist on saying,"Hi, Mary! Do you know who Iam?"Of course, I immediately tell

Mom their name and how sheknows them so she can put themin context. But what amazes meis that some people have thenerve to ask, "Why did you tellher? I wanted to see if she recog-nized me!" Mind you, she oftendoes not know me. Why on earthwould she remember someacquaintance from 30 years ago?Mom knows enough to be

aware that she has a problemwith her memory. The shock anddespair on her face during theseencounters is so sad, it makesme want to smack these idiots.I'm amazed at the stupidity ofsome people and wanted to tellthem so. — Pissed Off in ElPaso

Dear El Paso: It is alwayswise to identify yourself whenapproaching someone. It is bothinconsiderate and egotistical toassume everyone knows who youare. This is especially importantwhen dealing with a person withAlzheimer's. Thanks for sayingso.

Dear Annie: I've been read-ing about the barking dogs.Many years ago, we lived next toa lady who had chickens.I called and told her that her

rooster was waking us up tooearly in the morning. She prom-ised it wouldn't happen again.The next morning, the rooster

began to crow. I got out of bedand called her on the phone.When she answered, I began

to crow like a rooster. End ofproblem. — The Villages, Fla.

Annie's Mailbox is written byKathy Mitchell and MarcySugar, longtime editors of theAnn Landers column. Pleaseemail your questions to annies-mailbox@comcast.net, or write to:Annie's Mailbox, c/o CreatorsSyndicate, 737 3rd Street,Hermosa Beach, CA 90254.

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Tipp City, Ohio 45371

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605 BROOKWOOD DR.Woodsy escape outside and warm fireplaceinside make this the perfect 2 story home inTroy. Features include 4 beds, 2.5 baths, largeliving room, cozy family room, sophisticateddining room with wood flroos, master suitewith dual sinks, 2 car garage and porch.$180,000. Dir: S. Co. Rd. 25A, W on MonroeConcord, L on Merrimont, R on Brookwood.

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FT ProgramSpecialistPosition

Working withDD

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Program Specialistin Miami County.

Responsibilities includesupervision, servicecoordination and opera-tion of designated pro-gramming and servicesfor individuals withD e v e l o p m e n t a lDisabilities.

Must have experiencewith community agen-cies providing servicesappropriate for individu-als with DD and ensurethat all standards andregulations are met.Position requires aminimum of 4 yearsexperience with anAssociates Degree inSpecial Ed, Social Work,Psychology, Rehabilita-tion, Human Develop-ment, Nursing, Develop-mental Disabilities orother related field.

To apply stop in ouroffice or send

application or resumec/o Diane Taylor405 Public Square

Suite 373Troy, OH 45373

or email:dtaylor@crsi-oh.com

Applicationsavailable online:www.crsi-oh.com

CRSI is an EqualOpportunityEmployer

245 Manufacturing/Trade

Area manufacturer ofwelded, steel tubing isseeking a:

QualityAssuranceTECHNICIAN

Immediate3rd shift opening

Qualified candidatesmust have ASQ, CMI/CQT or five years expe-rience in Quality "Test-ing" position. Applicantsmust be well versed inall aspects of QualityAssurance, dependableand able to work in aTeam Environment.

Qualified individualsmay send resume' to:JACKSON TUBESERVICE, INC.PO BOX 1650Piqua, OH 45356

or to:

www.hr@jackson-tube.com

Benefits include: match-ing 401(k) plan, inclu-sive health care pack-age with medical,dental, vision, Rx,Health Savings Ac-counts, Flexible Spend-ing Accounts, paid life/AD&D/LTD insurance,uniform program andpersonal days.

"Quality Tubing byQuality People"

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MACHINEMAINTENANCE

Sidney

Repairing industrialequipment, Mechanical,Electrical trouble shoot-ing, Hydraulic/ Pneumatic repair, PLCs required.Minimum 2 years expe-rience. Benefits after 90days.

STARTING WAGE:

$17.00 to $18.00/ HR

Submit resume to:AMS, 330 Canal St.Sidney, OH 45365

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260 Restaurant

PART TIME BOOKKEEP-ER. For Sidney restau-rant. Must be proficientwith Peachtree software.Hourly wage of $10 to $13based on experience.Send resumes to:k h a r ve y@ng c p a . c om(937)335-0672

280 Transportation

CrosbyTruckingis

•Regional drivers neededin the Sidney, Ohio

Terminal.O/O's welcome.

• Drivers are paidweekly

• Drivers earn.36cents per mile forempty and loadedmiles on dry freight.

• .38cents per mile forstore runs, and.41cents per mile forreefer andcurtainside freight.

• No Hazmat.

• Full Insurancepackage

• Paid vacation.

• 401K savings plan.

• 95% no touch freight.

• Compounding SafetyBonus Program.

• Drivers are paidbump dock fees forcustomer live loadsand live unloads.

For additional info call-(866)208-4752

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• Great Pay• Local Runs• Off 2 days per week• Health + 401KMust live within 50 milesof Tipp City, OH. Class ACDL w/Hazmat required.

(866)475-3621

280 Transportation

Flatbed DriversNew Pay Scale Start at.37cpm. Up to .04cpmMileage Bonus. HomeWeekends. Insurance &401K. Apply at

Boydandsons.com800-648-9915

FLEETMECHANIC

Continental Express Inc.has immediate need fora Mechanic for day shift.Will perform preventa-tive maintenance andrepairs on semi tractorsand/or trailers. Must bemechanically inclined,dependable and haveown tools. Experienceon tractor trailers pre-ferred but not required.

We offer:• Competitive Pay &

Benefits• Uniforms• 401k with match• Direct Deposit

Interested candidatescan contact Mark at800/497-2100,

forward a resume tomgoubeaux@ceioh.comor apply in person at:

Continental Express Inc.10450 State Route 47Sidney, Ohio 45365

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Great Pay & Benefits!

Call Jon Basye at:Piqua Transfer &

Storage Co.(937)778-4535 or(800)278-0619

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Local company lookingfor Truck Driving/ Ware-house person. Full timeMonday-Friday. Musthave Class A CDL li-cense with verifiable ex-perience and cleanMVR. Send resumes to:

Dept. 220Troy Daily News

224 South Market StreetTroy, Ohio 45373

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300 - Real Estate

For Rent

305 Apartment

1, 2 & 3 Bedroom,Houses & Apts.

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

Monday-Friday

1,2 & 3 BEDROOMAPARTMENTS

Troy and Piqua ranchesand townhomes. Differ-ent floor plans to choosefrom. Garages, fireplac-es, appliances includingwasher and dryers.Corporate apartmentsavailable.Visit www.1troy.com

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2 BEDROOM in Troy,Stove, refrigerator, W/D,A/C, very clean, cats ok.$525. (937)573-7908

BEAUTIFUL, 2 bedroomapartment in Tipp City,wood floors, appliances,water, sewage, trash in-cluded, (937)238-2560,(937)778-1993

305 Apartment

COVINGTON2 bedroom townhouse,$495. Up to 2 monthsFREE utilities! No Pets.

(937)698-4599,(937)572-9297.

DODD RENTALSTipp-Troy: 2 bedroomAC, appliances

$500/$450 plus depositNo pets

(937)667-4349 for appt.

FIRST MONTH FREE!1, 2 & 3 bedroomsCall for availabilityattached garagesEasy access to I-75(937)335-6690

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IN PIQUA, 1 bedroomdownstairs, washer/ dryerhookup, all utilities paid,$400 month,(937)773-2829 after 2pm.

PIQUA, 2 Bedroom, sec-ond floor , 726 NorthDowning, No dogs. $375+ utilities. (937)657-8419

PIQUA, large 1 bed-room, upstairs, with/without w/d hookup, ap-pliances, utilities includ-ed, no pets,(937)552-7006.

TROY, 2 bedrooms, 1bath, AC, 1 car garage,appliances, W/D hookup,$600/mo. (937)433-3428

425 Houses for Sale

305 Apartment

RIVER VIEW DowntownTroy , 1 Bedroom, 1.5bath, kitchen, living room,utility room. Includesstove, refrigerator, wash-er, dryer. Off street park-ing, no pets. $550 includ-ing utilities.(937)418-2379

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

$200 Deposit Special!

(937)673-1821

TROY, 1 bedroom up-stairs, older home, privateentrance, stove, refrigera-tor and utilities included$495 a month.(937)335-0791

TROY, 2 Bedroom, newlyremodeled apartment,Call (937)361-4251.

TROY, 2 bedrooms, up-stairs, all electric, stoveand refrigerator. Metroaccepted. $490/month,deposit $300.(937)339-7028

WEST MILTON Town-house. 2 Bedroom 1.5bath. $495 month plusdeposit (937)216-4233.

425 Houses for Sale

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Fill DirtAvailable Saturday

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Fill DirtAvailable Saturday

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•Dishwashers• Repair & InstallAir Conditioning

$10 OFF Service Calluntil February 29, 2012 with this coupon

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LICENSED • INSUREDTOTAL HOME REMODELING

Call Jim at 937-694-2454

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• Interior/Exterior• Drywall • Texturing

• Kitchens• Baths • Decks

• Doors • Windows

600 - Services

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620 Childcare

630 Entertainment

640 Financial

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320 Houses for Rent

3 BEDROOM, 2 bath,3214 Magnolia. $1000 amonth plus deposit.(937)339-1339

802 SOUTH Clay Street,3 bedroom, 1 bath, 2 cargarage, no pets. Metroaccepted. $650 month,deposit, application re-quired. (937)335-2877.

COVINGTON 1 bedroomhouse in country, no petsplease, $375/month(937)473-2243 leavemessage

NICE 3 BEDROOM 1.5bath, 1 car garage, C/A,Candlewood, $650 month,deposit. Available March1st. (937)615-0402

PIQUA, 304 Cedarbrook,3 bedrooms, 1 bath,fenced yard. No Metro$625, pets negotiable(937)541-3547

RENT-TO-OWN PIQUA1025 Madison, nice 3bedroom,big fenced yard, $550monthly. $3000 Down(937)778-8093

TROY, 1/2 double, 2 bed-room, garage, C/A, nice.All appliances, washerand dryer. $650 plus de-posit. No Metro(937)339-2266

TROY, 1/2 double, 3 bed-rooms, 1.5 baths, C/A,1900 sq. ft. Refrigeratorand stove included. petsnegotiable. $650 plus de-posit. Two story, vinyl.c g r e e n@woh . r r . c om .(937)216-1794.

TROY 1309 W. MainStreet. 3 bedroom, 1 bath,large yard. No pets. $550(937)440-6868

330 Office Space

DOWNTOWN, TROYExecutive Suite. Utilities,kitchenette, included.Nice (937)552-2636

400 - Real Estate

For Sale

425 Houses for Sale

SINGLE HOME Condo-minium, 2300+ squarefeet, 3 bedroom, 3 bath,walk out basement, loadsof storage. OPENHOUSE 2/26 2pm-4pm.Located at 25 ColonyPark Drive, just off WestMain Street. $189,900.(937)339-1587.

500 - Merchandise

545 Firewood/Fuel

FIREWOOD, All hard-wood, $150 per cord de-livered or $120 you pickup. (937)596-6622 or(937)726-2780

FIREWOOD for sale. Allseasoned hardwood,$150 per cord split/ deliv-ered, (937)844-3756.

FREE FIREWOOD, Pine.Must pick up.(937)416-8624

SEASONED FIREWOOD$160 per cord. Stackingextra, $130 you pick up.Taylor Tree Serviceavailable (937)753-1047

560 Home Furnishings

TWIN BED, mattress, boxsprings and bed frame.$50 (937)451-0151

560 Home Furnishings

CLEARANCE- Discontin-ued, Scratch-N-Dent, oneof-a-kind, floor displaysup to 75% off!KERNS FIREPLACE

& SPA5217 Tama Road

Celina419-363-2230

4147 Elida RoadLima

419-224-4656

577 Miscellaneous

GAS STOVE, never beenused. Wooden kitchen ta-ble with 4 chairs. Com-plete living room suitewith couch, love seat androcker. (937)497-8034

KITCHEN CABINETSand vanities, new, oakand maple finish. All siz-es, below retail value.(330)524-3984

METAL. Wanting any-thing that contains metal.Will haul away for FREE.Call (937)214-0861.

SHOES, SAS dressshoes size 10m new, NewBalance shoes like newsize 10m, Copier, used 1year, call (937)492-2844after 5pm

VASE, hand painted an-tique, 15" tall, SMF68Germany 68, large gilt,antique frame and paper-weights. (937)335-6993

583 Pets and Supplies

LAB PUPPIES, Firstshots/ wormed. Friendly,ADORABLE! Black andyellow left. Going fast!Call/ text/ email. $100blankenship.erin@y m a i l . c o m .(937)489-8036.

MIXED BASSET Puppies,2 males, 3 females, call(937)498-9973 or(937)638-1321

583 Pets and Supplies

WEIMARANER PUPPYAKC, 8 weeks old, vetchecked, tails, nails andhave been wormed. Firstshots, ready for goodhomes. (2) Blues, (5) Sil-vers, (2) females, (5)males, Parents on premis-es. $600. (937)658-0045

586 Sports and Recreation

CCW CLASS March 24th8:00am - 4:00pm & March25th 8:00am-12:00. Pi-qua Fish & Game $60p a r t h e l y n x@ao l . c om(937)760-4210

588 Tickets

TICKETS, Bristol Race, 4sets. Each set includes 1Nationwide March 17th,$30. 1 Food City March18th, $60. (937)492-0804

592 Wanted to Buy

BUYING: 1 piece or entireestates: Vintage costumeor real jewelry, toys, pot-tery, glass, advertise-ments. Call Melisa(419)860-3983 or(937)710-4603.

GOT JUNK? Will removeunwanted items frombasements, garages,barns etc. for reasonablerate. CHIMNEY/ FOUN-DATION repair and waterseal. (614)657-3655 or(937)622-2165

800 - Transportation

805 Auto

2000 JEEP Grand Chero-kee, white with blackleather interior, loaded,good condition. $3795(937)287-4374

830 Boats/Motor/Equipment

BOAT, Alumacraft, 15HP Evinrude motor, Gatortrailer. Includes: Anchor-mate, Shakespeare trol-ling motor, Eagle II depth-finder, oars and anchors.$950 OBO,(937)492-4904

899 Wanted to Buy

Cash paid for junk carsand trucks. Get the mostfor your junker call us(937)732-5424.

1975 VOLKSWAGENBEETLE

Restored with fuel injec-tion, sun roof, rack andpinion steering, soldnew at Piqua Volkswa-gen, garage kept.

(937)295-2899

2006 HARLEYDAVIDSON XL1200CSPORTSTER

Vance Hines, Short-shots, Staggered, H-Dbike cover, 19,250miles, Tons of chrome!

(937)710-4403

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BMW ofDayton

7124 Poe Ave.Exit 59 off I-75Dayton, Ohio

937-890-6200www.evansmotorworks.com

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Chevrolet575 Arlington Rd.Brookville, OH

45309

800-947-1413www.boosechevrolet.com

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7124 Poe Ave.

Exit 59 off I-75.Dayton, OH

937-890-6200www.evansmotorworks.com

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ERWINChrysler

Dodge Jeep2775 S. County Rd 25-A

Exit 69 off I-75 N.Troy, OH 45373

937-335-5696www.erwinchrysler.com

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ERWINChrysler

Dodge Jeep2775 S. County Rd 25-A

Exit 69 off I-75 N.Troy, OH 45373

937-335-5696www.erwinchrysler.com

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ERWINChrysler

Dodge Jeep2775 S. County Rd 25-A

Exit 69 off I-75 N.Troy, OH 45373

937-335-5696www.erwinchrysler.com

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(CR 25A)Troy, OH 45373

(866)816-7555 or(937)335-4878

www.independentautosales.com

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937-890-6200www.evansmotorworks.com

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QuickCredit

Auto Sales1099 N. Co. Rd. 25-ATroy, Ohio 45373

937-339-6000www.QuickCreditOhio.com

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Exit 69 Off I-75Troy, OH 45373

339-2687www.troyford.com

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Ford LincolnMercury

2343 W. Michigan Ave.Sidney, Ohio 45365

866-470-9610www.buckeyeford.com

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FREE loaner.www.infinitiofdayton.com

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WagnerSubaru

217 N. Broad St.Fairborn, OH 45324937-878-2171

www.wagner.subaru.com

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8750 N. Co. Rd. 25APiqua, OH 45356

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W L Pct GBOklahoma City 26 7 .788 —Portland 18 16 .529 8½Denver 18 16 .529 8½Minnesota 17 17 .500 9½Utah 15 17 .469 10½Pacific Division

W L Pct GBL.A. Clippers 20 11 .645 —L.A. Lakers 20 13 .606 1Golden State 13 17 .433 6½Phoenix 14 20 .412 7½Sacramento 11 22 .333 10Wednesday's GamesOklahoma City 119, Boston 104Indiana 102, Charlotte 88New Orleans 89, Cleveland 84Toronto 103, Detroit 93Sacramento 115, Washington 107Orlando 108, New Jersey 91New York 99, Atlanta 82Chicago 110, Milwaukee 91Houston 93, Philadelphia 87Minnesota 100, Utah 98Golden State 106, Phoenix 104L.A. Lakers 96, Dallas 91L.A. Clippers 103, Denver 95

Thursday's GamesMiami 102, New York 88Atlanta 83, Orlando 78San Antonio at Denver, 9 p.m.L.A. Lakers at Oklahoma City, 9:30

p.m.Friday's GamesNo games scheduled

The Top Twenty FiveThe top 25 teams in The Associated

Press' college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, recordsthrough Feb. 19, total points based on 25points for a first-place vote through onepoint for a 25th-place vote and previousranking:...........................Record Pts Prv1. Kentucky (63) ......26-1 1,623 12. Syracuse (2)........27-1 1,559 23. Missouri ...............25-2 1,498 34. Kansas ................22-5 1,377 45. Duke ....................23-4 1,359 56. Michigan St. ........22-5 1,317 77. North Carolina.....23-4 1,261 88. Ohio St. ...............22-5 1,139 69. Georgetown.........20-5 1,085 1010. Marquette ..........22-5 1,013 1211. Michigan............20-7 869 1712. Florida ...............21-6 860 1413. Baylor ................22-5 859 914. Murray St...........26-1 765 1615. Florida St...........19-7 620 2016.Wisconsin ..........20-7 615 1517. Louisville............21-6 495 1918. New Mexico.......22-4 469 —19.Wichita St. .........24-4 467 2420. Notre Dame.......19-8 457 2321. UNLV .................22-6 325 1122.Temple ...............21-5 281 —23. Indiana...............20-7 246 1824. San Diego St.....20-6 176 1325.Virginia...............20-6 153 22Others receiving votes: Creighton 76,

Gonzaga 47, BYU 29, Saint Louis 25,Drexel 13, Harvard 12, Vanderbilt 12,California 11, Saint Mary's (Cal) 7, LongBeach St. 4, VCU 1.

USAToday/ESPNTop 25 PollThe top 25 teams in the USA Today-

ESPN men's college basketball poll,with first-place votes in parentheses,records through Feb. 19, points basedon 25 points for a first-place votethrough one point for a 25th-place voteand previous ranking:...............................Record Pts Pvs1. Kentucky (31) ......26-1 775 12. Syracuse .............27-1 744 23. Missouri ...............25-2 713 34. Duke ....................23-4 662 45. Kansas ................22-5 644 56. Michigan State ....22-5 613 87. North Carolina.....23-4 592 78. Georgetown.........20-5 539 99. Ohio State ...........22-5 504 610. Marquette ..........22-5 485 1311. Florida ...............21-6 454 1212. Murray State......26-1 416 1413. Michigan............20-7 377 1914. Baylor ................22-5 374 1015.Wisconsin ..........20-7 292 1716. Florida State......19-7 290 2117. Louisville............21-6 277 1818. Notre Dame.......19-8 223 2519.Wichita State .....24-4 183 NR20. UNLV .................22-6 174 1121. New Mexico.......22-4 142 NR22.Temple ...............21-5 114 NR23. Saint Mary's ......23-5 101 1624. Indiana...............20-7 81 2025. San Diego State20-6 76 15Others receiving votes: Virginia 73;

Creighton 51; California 21; Gonzaga13; Saint Louis 11; Harvard 10;Mississippi State 10; Drexel 9;Vanderbilt 9; Kansas State 8; MiddleTennessee 6; Long Beach State 3;Virginia Commonwealth 2;Weber State2; Iowa State 1; Nevada 1.

TheWomen's Top Twenty FiveThe top 25 teams in the The

Associated Press' women's collegebasketball poll, with first-place votes inparentheses, records through Feb. 19,total points based on 25 points for afirst-place vote through one point for a25th-place vote and previous ranking:...............................Record Pts Prv1. Baylor (40)...........27-0 1,000 12. Stanford ...............24-1 945 33. Notre Dame.........25-2 919 44. UConn .................24-3 885 25. Miami...................24-3 845 66. Maryland .............23-4 781 87. Duke ....................22-4 756 58. Ohio St. ...............23-3 709 99. Delaware .............24-1 655 10

10.Tennessee .........20-7 582 1311. Penn St..............21-5 574 1212. Green Bay .........23-1 562 1113. Kentucky............21-5 540 714.Texas A&M ........19-6 486 1415. Georgetown.......21-6 459 1516. Louisville............19-7 321 1917. Georgia Tech.....20-7 285 2018. Georgia..............20-7 266 1819. St. Bonaventure.25-2 245 2220. St. John's...........18-8 208 —21. DePaul...............20-7 191 2422. Purdue...............19-8 176 1723. Nebraska...........20-6 147 1624. Rutgers..............18-8 82 2125. Gonzaga............24-4 75 —Others receiving votes: West Virginia

65, South Carolina 54, Arkansas 29,Princeton 28, UTEP 24, Fresno St. 23,Vanderbilt 16, BYU 15, California 14,Middle Tennessee 13, North Carolina10, Oklahoma 9, Florida Gulf Coast 6.

USAToday/ESPNWomen's Top 25PollThe top 25 teams in the USA Today-

ESPNWomen's college basketball poll,with first-place votes in parentheses,records through Feb. 20, total pointsbased on 25 points for a first-place votethrough one point for a 25th-place voteand last weeks ranking:...............................Record Pts Pvs1. Baylor (31)...........27-0 775 12. Stanford ...............24-1 734 33. Notre Dame.........26-2 715 44. UConn .................24-3 686 25. Miami...................24-3 651 66. Maryland .............23-4 615 77. Duke ....................22-4 592 58. Delaware .............24-1 522 99.Tennessee ...........20-7 516 1010. Kentucky............22-5 501 811.Texas A&M ........19-6 430 1312. Green Bay .........23-1 417 1213. Georgetown.......21-6 402 1414. Ohio State .........23-4 401 1115. Penn State.........22-5 350 1716. Georgia..............20-7 266 1517. Louisville............19-8 258 1618. DePaul...............20-7 254 2019. Georgia Tech.....20-7 209 2220. Rutgers..............18-8 147 1821. Gonzaga............24-4 122 2322. St. Bonaventure.25-2 96 2523. Nebraska...........20-6 76 2124.Vanderbilt...........20-7 66 2425. St. John's...........18-8 58 —Others receiving votes: Purdue 53,

West Virginia 39, UTEP 35, Florida GulfCoast 24, Middle Tennessee 22,California 13, Fresno State 11, SouthCarolina 10, Princeton 6, Kansas State2, Arkansas 1.

Boys Basketball ScoresFridayArchbold 49, Metamora Evergreen

26Ashland Crestview 50, Collins

Western Reserve 40Bloomdale Elmwood 56, Elmore

Woodmore 40Castalia Margaretta 75, Sandusky

St. Mary 65, OTCelina 67, Lima Bath 62Columbus Grove 57, Delphos

Jefferson 32Continental 48, Pandora-Gilboa 29Convoy Crestview 68, Ada 56Delphos St. John's 55, Coldwater 49Elida 65, Defiance 61Findlay 71, Lima Sr. 51Fostoria 68, Genoa Area 61Gibsonburg 70, Tol. Emmanuel

Baptist 36Haviland Wayne Trace 42, Ottoville

37Huron 73, Milan Edison 51Kalida 56, Sherwood Fairview 40Kenton 54, Wapakoneta 46Leipsic 92, Ft. Jennings 66Lexington 64, Orrville 53Lima Cent. Cath. 62, Bluffton 40Lima Perry 61, McComb 52Lima Shawnee 57, St. Marys

Memorial 55Lima Temple Christian 55, Dola

Hardin Northern 41Mansfield Sr. 69, Wooster 55Maria Stein Marion Local 59, Minster

50Miller City 69, Hicksville 57Mogadore 51, E. Can. 45Mt. Blanchard Riverdale 41, Bucyrus

36N. Can. Hoover 63, Youngs. Mooney

53N. Olmsted 49, Amherst Steele 41Napoleon 49, Whitehouse Anthony

Wayne 48New London 61, Norwalk St. Paul 45New Washington Buckeye Cent. 56,

Bucyrus Wynford 43Norwalk 58, Tiffin Columbian 47Old Fort 72, N. Baltimore 39Ontario 63, Lucas 43Ottawa-Glandorf 63, Van Wert 55Perrysburg 49, Maumee 44Plymouth 68, Greenwich S. Cent. 64Rossford 58, Tontogany Otsego 54Sandusky 86, Bellevue 50Sandusky Perkins 62, Oak Harbor 38Shelby 61, Willard 40Spencerville 70, Paulding 33St. Henry 58, New Knoxville 48Sylvania Northview 44, Holland

Springfield 41Tol. Christian 67, Northwood 47Tol. St. Francis 56, Oregon Clay 52Upper Sandusky 36, N. Robinson

Col. Crawford 24Van Wert Lincolnview 67, Lafayette

Allen E. 53Wauseon 34, Holgate 27Wooster Triway 54, Akr. Manchester

48Division ICin.Mt. Healthy 60, Cin. Anderson 55Hamilton Ross 58, Cin. Oak Hills 46Middletown 68, Oxford Talawanda 39Pickerington N. 47, Dresden Tri-

Valley 41Springboro 69, Piqua 45Westerville Cent. 60, Logan 49Westerville S. 62, Ashville Teays

Valley 38Division IIAthens 40, Circleville Logan Elm 38Bellbrook 61, Clarksville Clinton-

Massie 51Cin. Aiken 84, Bethel-Tate 36Cin. McNicholas 52, Cin. Hughes 49Proctorville Fairland 64, Hillsboro 44

Division IIIChesapeake 95, S. Point 45Nelsonville-York 51, Bidwell River

Valley 32Sardinia Eastern 68, McDermott

Scioto NW 34Division IVDay. Jefferson 89, Lewisburg Tri-

County N. 36Sidney Lehman 70, Ansonia 27Troy Christian 64, Cedarville 29

Girls BasketballDivision ICin. Princeton 61, W. Chester Lakota

W. 46Cle. Glenville 55, Euclid 48Eastlake N. 51, Painesville Riverside

46Division IICarrollton 64, Richmond Edison 47Cols. Centennial 52, Cols. East 40Cols. DeSales 52, Caledonia River

Valley 43Dover 41, Zanesville Maysville 38Dresden Tri-Valley 56, Steubenville

35Plain City Jonathan Alder 71, Cols.

Linden McKinley 9Division IIIBeverly Ft. Frye 36, Belmont Union

Local 30Centerburg 66, Milford Center

Fairbanks 19Cols. Africentric 81, Heath 34Johnstown Northridge 34, Marion

Elgin 31Mt. Gilead 78, Cols. Horizon Science

25Division IVFairfield Christian 46, Cols.

Wellington 28Morral Ridgedale 54, Granville

Christian 24

GOLFWGC-Accenture Match PlayChampionship ResultsFridayAt Dove Mountain,The Ritz-CarltonGolf ClubMarana, Ariz.Yardage: 7,791; Par: 72Third RoundSeeds in parenthesesMatt Kuchar (13), United States, def.

Martin Kaymer (4), Germany, 4 and 3.Hunter Mahan (21), United States,

def. Steve Stricker (5), United States, 4and 3.Lee Westwood (3), England, def.

Nick Watney (14), United States, 3 and2.Martin Laird (38), Scotland, def. Paul

Lawrie (43), Scotland, 3 and 1.Peter Hanson (33), Sweden, def.

Brandt Snedeker (17), United States, 5and 3.Mark Wilson (40), United States, def.

Dustin Johnson (9), United States, 4and 3.Rory McIlroy (2), Northern Ireland,

def. Miguel Angel Jimenez (50), Spain,3 and 1.Bae Sang-moon (42), South Korea,

def. John Senden (39), Australia, 1 up.

WGC-Accenture Match PlaySaturday ScheduleAll Times ESTAt Dove Mountain,The Ritz-CarltonGolf ClubMarana, Ariz.Yardage: 7,791; Par: 72QuarterfinalsSeeds in parentheses12:05 p.m. — Peter Hanson (33),

Sweden, vs. Mark Wilson (40), UnitedStates.12:20 p.m. — Matt Kuchar (13),

United States, vs. Hunter Mahan (21),United States.2:05 p.m. — Rory McIlroy (2),

Northern Ireland, vs. Bae Sang-moon(42), South Korea.2:20 p.m. — Lee Westwood (3),

England, vs. Martin Laird (38),Scotland.

Mayakoba Golf Classic ScoresFridayAt Mayakoba Resort, El CamaleonGolf ClubPlaya Del Carmen, MexicoPurse: $3.7 millionYardage: 6,987; Par 71Second RoundGreg Owen.........................67-67—134Will Claxton ........................66-68—134Daniel Summerhays ..........69-65—134Chris Stroud .......................69-66—135Richard S. Johnson............70-66—136Kevin Stadler ......................68-68—136Robert Allenby ...................69-67—136John Huh............................67-70—137

Billy Mayfair ........................70-68—138Matt Every ..........................67-71—138John Merrick.......................71-67—138Charles Howell III...............67-71—138Seung-Yul Noh...................68-70—138Marc Turnesa......................67-72—139Michael Allen......................68-71—139Alejandro Canizares ..........67-72—139Mark D. Anderson ..............67-72—139Stephen Ames ...................69-70—139Craig Barlow.......................71-68—139Brian Gay............................72-68—140Vaughn Taylor.....................71-69—140Briny Baird..........................71-69—140Dicky Pride .........................68-72—140Erik Compton .....................71-69—140Colt Knost...........................69-71—140Charlie Beljan.....................73-67—140David Hearn .......................68-73—141Matt Bettencourt ................69-72—141Russell Knox ......................74-67—141Esteban Toledo...................72-69—141Rich Beem..........................70-71—141J.J. Henry............................72-69—141Chad Campbell ..................70-71—141William McGirt....................69-72—141

AUTO RACINGDaytona 500 LineupAfter Thursday qualifying; raceSundayAt Daytona International SpeedwayDaytona Beach, Fla.Lap length: 2.5 miles(Car number in parentheses)1. (99) Carl Edwards, Ford, 194.738.2. (16) Greg Biffle, Ford, 194.087.3. (14) Tony Stewart, Chevrolet,

193.607.4. (17) Matt Kenseth, Ford, 193.245.5. (88) Dale Earnhardt Jr., Chevrolet,

194.028.6. (78) Regan Smith, Chevrolet,

191.063.7. (9) Marcos Ambrose, Ford,

193.999.8. (48) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet,

193.449.9. (31) Jeff Burton, Chevrolet,

192.777.10. (33) Elliott Sadler, Chevrolet,

191.27.11. (98) Michael McDowell, Ford,

190.99.12. (20) Joey Logano, Toyota,

192.868.13. (29) Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet,

192.914.14. (18) Kyle Busch, Toyota, 191.873.15. (22) A J Allmendinger, Dodge,

193.121.16. (24) Jeff Gordon, Chevrolet,

193.803.17. (7) Robby Gordon, Dodge,

188.229.18. (39) Ryan Newman, Chevrolet,

193.224.19. (1) Jamie McMurray, Chevrolet,

191.84.20. (5) Kasey Kahne, Chevrolet,

192.583.21. (6) Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Ford,

193.665.22. (55) Mark Martin, Toyota,

193.503.23. (2) Brad Keselowski, Dodge,

192.992.24. (36) Dave Blaney, Chevrolet,

191.506.25. (34) David Ragan, Ford, 193.249.26. (56) Martin Truex Jr., Toyota,

193.665.27. (43) Aric Almirola, Ford, 193.382.28. (51) Kurt Busch, Chevrolet,

191.363.29. (10) Danica Patrick, Chevrolet,

191.738.30. (15) Clint Bowyer, Toyota.31. (11) Denny Hamlin, Toyota,

191.127.32. (47) Bobby Labonte, Toyota,

190.022.33. (38) David Gilliland, Ford,

190.046.34. (87) Joe Nemechek, Toyota,

191.16.35. (42) Juan Pablo Montoya,

Chevrolet, 192.6.36. (13) Casey Mears, Ford, 193.844.37. (27) Paul Menard, Chevrolet,

193.374.38. (93) David Reutimann, Toyota,

189.235.39. (83) Landon Cassill, Toyota,

190.605.40. (21) Trevor Bayne, Ford, 193.615.41. (26) Tony Raines, Ford, 192.534.42. (30) David Stremme, Toyota,

191.963.43. (32) Terry Labonte, Ford, Past

Champion.Failed to Qualify44. (40) Michael Waltrip, Toyota,

191.18.45. (23) Robert Richardson Jr.,

Toyota, 188.438.46. (97) Bill Elliott, Toyota, 189.95.47. (37) MikeWallace, Ford, 189.853.48. (09) Kenny Wallace, Toyota,

191.567.49. (49) J.J.Yeley, Toyota, 187.954.

NASCAR-Nationwide-DRIVE4COPD300 LineupAfter Friday qualifying; racetodayAt Daytona International SpeedwayDaytona Beach, Fla.Lap length: 2.5 miles(Car number in parentheses)1. (7) Danica Patrick, Chevrolet,

182.741.2. (60) Trevor Bayne, Ford, 182.715.3. (2) Elliott Sadler, Chevrolet,

182.671.4. (5) Dale Earnhardt Jr., Chevrolet,

182.593.5. (3) Austin Dillon, Chevrolet,

182.411.6. (12) Sam Hornish Jr., Dodge,

182.308.7. (33) Tony Stewart, Chevrolet,

182.249.8. (88) Cole Whitt, Chevrolet,

182.109.9. (22) Brad Keselowski, Dodge,

182.094.10. (6) Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Ford,

181.829.11. (38) Kasey Kahne, Chevrolet,

181.635.12. (31) Justin Allgaier, Chevrolet,

181.496.13. (44) Mike Bliss, Toyota, 181.43.14. (1) Kurt Busch, Chevrolet,

181.327.15. (30) James Buescher, Chevrolet,

181.2.16. (43) Michael Annett, Ford,

181.057.17. (18) Denny Hamlin, Toyota,

180.966.18. (36) Ryan Truex, Chevrolet,

180.93.19. (11) Brian Scott, Toyota, 180.886.20. (14) Eric McClure, Toyota,

180.737.21. (70) Johanna Long, Chevrolet,

180.61.22. (20) Joey Logano, Toyota,

180.578.23. (27) David Ragan, Ford, 180.332.24. (54) Kyle Busch, Toyota, 179.917.25. (19) Tayler Malsam, Toyota,

179.655.26. (09) Kenny Wallace, Toyota,

179.594.27. (87) Joe Nemechek, Toyota,

179.251.28. (01) Mike Wallace, Chevrolet,

179.072.29. (15) Timmy Hill, Ford, 178.816.30. (97) Johnny Sauter, Toyota,

178.664.31. (41) Blake Koch, Ford, 178.501.32. (08) Casey Roderick, Ford,

178.105.33. (24) Benny Gordon, Toyota,

178.08.34. (23) Robert Richardson Jr.,

Chevrolet, 178.01.35. (39) Joey Gase, Ford, 177.641.36. (51) Jeremy Clements, Chevrolet,

177.235.37. (40) Josh Wise, Chevrolet,

177.19.38. (28) J.J. Yeley, Chevrolet,

177.099.39. (50) T.J. Bell, Chevrolet, Owner

Points.40. (81) Jason Bowles, Dodge,

Owner Points.41. (4) Danny Efland, Chevrolet,

Owner Points.42. (52) Reed Sorenson, Chevrolet,

Owner Points.43. (10) Jeff Green, Toyota, Past

Champion.Failed to Qualify44. (89) Morgan Shepherd,

Chevrolet, 177.809.45. (73) Derrike Cope, Chevrolet,

177.103.46. (42) Erik Darnell, Chevrolet,

176.967.47. (47) Scott Speed, Chevrolet,

176.208.48. (74) Mike Harmon, Chevrolet,

175.898.49. (76) Donnie Neuenberger, Ford,

173.742.50. (46) Chase Miller, Chevrolet,

175.002.

HOCKEYNational Hockey LeagueAllTimes ESTEASTERN CONFERENCE

GP W L OT Pts GF GAN.Y. Rangers 59 38 15 6 82164122New Jersey 60 35 21 4 74169164Philadelphia 60 33 20 7 73198183Pittsburgh 60 34 21 5 73186160N.Y. Islanders 61 26 27 8 60144179Northeast Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GABoston 59 36 20 3 75195136Ottawa 62 32 22 8 72190185Toronto 61 29 25 7 65182186Buffalo 61 27 27 7 61152177Montreal 62 24 28 10 58161171Southeast Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GAWinnipeg 63 30 26 7 67161178Florida 59 27 20 12 66146165Washington 61 30 26 5 65165174Tampa Bay 60 27 27 6 60169201Carolina 61 23 26 12 58160184WESTERN CONFERENCECentral Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GADetroit 62 41 18 3 85194145St. Louis 61 37 17 7 81155123Nashville 61 35 19 7 77170158Chicago 62 33 22 7 73192182Columbus 61 18 36 7 43142203Northwest Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GAVancouver 62 40 16 6 86201151Calgary 61 28 23 10 66146165Colorado 62 31 27 4 66160169Minnesota 60 27 24 9 63134156Edmonton 60 24 30 6 54161178Pacific Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GASan Jose 59 32 20 7 71172149Phoenix 61 31 21 9 71161154Dallas 61 31 26 4 66158168

Los Angeles 61 27 22 12 66129135Anaheim 61 26 25 10 62157173NOTE: Two points for a win, one point

for overtime loss.Thursday's GamesAnaheim 3, Carolina 2, SOMinnesota 3, Florida 2, SOVancouver 4, Detroit 3, SOSt. Louis 3, Nashville 2, SOPhoenix 4, Calgary 3, SOSan Jose 2, Toronto 1Winnipeg 4, Tampa Bay 3Dallas 3, Chicago 1Edmonton 2, Philadelphia 0

Friday's GamesN.Y. Islanders 4, N.Y. Rangers 3, SOBuffalo 2, Boston 1, SOVancouver 2, New Jersey 1Washington 4, Montreal 1Colorado 5, Columbus 0Minnesota at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.

Saturday's GamesTampa Bay at Pittsburgh, 1 p.m.St. Louis at Winnipeg, 2 p.m.Phoenix at Edmonton, 4 p.m.Washington at Toronto, 7 p.m.Boston at Ottawa, 7 p.m.Buffalo at N.Y. Rangers, 7 p.m.Florida at Carolina, 7 p.m.Colorado at Detroit, 7 p.m.Chicago at Los Angeles, 8 p.m.San Jose at Nashville, 8 p.m.Philadelphia at Calgary, 10 p.m.

Sunday's GamesTampa Bay at New Jersey, 1 p.m.Columbus at Pittsburgh, 1 p.m.Vancouver at Dallas, 3 p.m.N.Y. Islanders at Ottawa, 5 p.m.Montreal at Florida, 5 p.m.San Jose at Minnesota, 6 p.m.

TRANSACTIONS

Friday's Sports TransactionsBASEBALLAmerican LeagueKANSAS CITY ROYALS_Agreed to

terms with INF Alcides Escobar andINF Johnny Giavotella on one-yearcontracts.National LeagueHOUSTON ASTROS_Agreed to

terms with OF Fernando Martinez, LHPSergio Escalona and RHP WiltonLopez on one-year contracts.American AssociationLAREDO LEMURS_Signed RHP

Chad Nading.LINCOLN SALTDOGS_Signed RHP

David Slovak and RHP Jeremy Brewer.WINNIPEG GOLDEYES_Released

RHP Jamie Vermilyea.Frontier LeagueGATEWAY GRIZZLIES_Released

OF Kevin Deese.NORMAL CORNBELTERS_Signed

RHP Daniel Britt.RIVER CITY RASCALS_Sold the

contract of RHP Alex Smith to NewYork(AL).North Atlantic LeagueSAN ANGELO COLTS_Acquired C

Michael Pair from Fort Worth for futureconsiderations.BASKETBALLWomen's National BasketballAssociationNEW YORK LIBERTY_Agreed to

terms with G Kelly Miller.FOOTBALLNational Football LeagueKANSAS CITY CHIEFS_Signed DB

Jacques Reeves.Canadian Football LeagueEDMONTON ESKIMOS_Released

OL Aaron Fiacconi.HOCKEYNational Hockey LeagueCHICAGO BLACKHAWKS_Signed

G Carter Hutton to a one-year contractand assigned him to Rockford (AHL).COLUMBUS BLUE

JACKETS_Recalled RW Cam Atkinsonfrom Springfield (AHL).DALLAS STARS_Assigned F Matt

Fraser to Texas (AHL).EDMONTON OILERS_Signed F

Ales Hemsky to a two-year contractextension.FLORIDA PANTHERS_Reassigned

D Tyson Strachan to San Antonio(AHL).LOS ANGELES KINGS_Agreed to a

two-year contract extension with DWillie Mitchell.NASHVILLE PREDATORS_Traded F

Jerred Smithson to Florida for a 2012sixth-round draft pick. Reassigned DRyan Ellis to Milwaukee (AHL).NEW JERSEY DEVILS_Sent LW

Stephane Veilleux to Albany (AHL).Acquired D Marek Zidlicky from theMinnesota Wild in exchange for DKurtis Foster, F Nick Palmieri, FStephane Veilleux, Washington's sec-ond-round draft choice in the 2012 draftand a conditional choice in 2013.OTTAWA SENATORS_Recalled G

Robin Lehner from Binghamton (AHL).ST. LOUIS BLUES_Recalled D Ian

Cole from Peoria (AHL).TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS_Placed

F Darryl Boyce and F Jay Rosehill onwaiversAmerican Hockey LeagueBRIDGEPORT SOUND

TIGERS_Traded D Benn Olson toHouston for future considerations.Agreed to terms with F Scott Howes, FKael Mouillierat and D Jon Landry.GRAND RAPIDS GRIFFINS_Signed

G Dustin Carlson.ECHLECHL_Fined Colorado's Ben Chiarot

an undisclosed amount for a majorpenalty for elbowing in a Feb. 22 gameagainst Ontario. Fined the Greenvilleorganization an undisclosed amount forfailure to record the Feb. 19 gameagainst Toledo in its entirety.ELMIRA JACKALS_Announced G

Brian Stewart was recalled byBinghamton (AHL). Re-signed F CoreyBellamy and F Martin Moucha. SignedG Nick Niedert.LACROSSENational Lacrosse LeagueWASHINGTON STEALTH_Signed G

Matt KingSOCCERMajor League SoccerCOLORADO RAPIDS_Signed D

Luis Eduardo Zapata.PORTLAND TIMBERS_Signed G

Joe Bendik.COLLEGENCAA_Placed Radford on probation

for two years for rules violations inmen's basketball and tennis andimposed a five-year, show-cause sanc-tion on former basketball coach BradGreenberg for attempting to concealviolations.Took away two men's basket-ball scholarships over the next two sea-sons and forced the school to vacatefour victories earned with an ineligibleplayer during the 2010-11 season.ALCORN STATE_Fired football

coach Melvin Spears. Named defen-sive line coach Todd McDaniel interimfootball coach. Named Patric Simonathletic director.

AND SCHEDULES

TODAY

AUTO RACING10:30 a.m. SPEED — NASCAR, Sprint Cup, "Happy HourSeries," final practice for Daytona 500, at Daytona Beach,Fla.1:15 p.m. ESPN — NASCAR, Nationwide Series,Drive4COPD 300, at Daytona Beach, Fla.BOXING10 p.m. HBO — Champion Adrien Broner (22-0-0) vs. EloyPerez (23-0-2), for WBO junior lightweight title; welter-weights, Devon Alexander (22-1-0) vs. Marco Maidana(31-2-0), at St. LouisGOLFNoon TGC — PGA Tour-WGC, Accenture Match PlayChampionship, quarterfinal matches, at Marana, Ariz.2 p.m. NBC — PGA Tour-WGC, Accenture Match PlayChampionship, quarterfinal matches, at Marana, Ariz.TGC — LPGA, Women's Champions, third round, atSingapore (same-day tape)6:30 p.m. TGC — PGA Tour, Mayakoba Classic, thirdround, at Playa del Carmen, Mexico (same-day tape)MEN'S COLLEGE BASKETBALLNoon CBS — National coverage, Vanderbilt at KentuckyESPN2 — Notre Dame at St. John's2 p.m. CBS — Regional coverage, UCLA at Arizona orVillanova at GeorgetownESPN2 — Texas A&M at Oklahoma St.4 p.m. CBS — National coverage, Missouri at KansasESPN — North Carolina at VirginiaESPN2 — Creighton at Indiana St.FSN — Memphis at MarshallNBCSN — Air Force at UNLV6 p.m. ESPN — Mississippi St. at AlabamaESPN2 — George Mason at VCU8 p.m. ESPN2 — Richmond at Xavier9 p.m. ESPN — Syracuse at UConnMOTORSPORTS7:30 p.m. SPEED — Supercross, at AtlantaNBA BASKETBALL8:30 p.m. TNT — Exhibition, Shooting Stars, SkillsChallenge, Three-point Contest, and Slam Dunk, atOrlando, Fla.RODEO9 p.m. NBCSN — PBR, WinStar World Casino Invitational,at Houston (same-day tape)WOMEN'S COLLEGE BASKETBALL6 p.m. FSN — Oklahoma at Texas8 p.m. FSN — Texas Tech at Texas A&M

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� Boys BasketballTODAY’S TIPS

• BASKETBALL: There will be agirls AAU basketball tryout Sunday.Visit www.miamivalleyhawks.com formore information.• SOCCER: Registrations are now

being accepted for theYouth IndoorSoccer League held at Hobart Arena.The program is for ages 4-8, begins inearly April and runs through mid-May.Register online atwww.hobartarena.com on the“Registrations” page. For more infor-mation, call the RecreationDepartment at 339-5145.• SOFTBALL: Registrations are

now being taken for the TroyRecreation Department Girls YouthSoftball program.This program is forgirls currently in grades first througheighth.You may register online at:http://troyohio.gov/rec/ProgramRegForms.html. Contact the recreationdepartment at 339-5145 for more infor-mation.• HOCKEY: Registrations are now

being taken for the Troy RecreationDepartment Introduction toYouthHockey program.The three-weekinstructional program for those whohave never played in an organizedhockey program before is for thebeginning hockey player ages 5-10.Dates are March 14, 21 and 28.Rental equipment is available throughthe Junior Hockey Parents’ Association.Contact the Recreation Department at339-5145 for more information, or regis-ter online at http://hobartarena.com/reg-istration_hobart_arena.html.• SUBMIT-A-TIP: To submit an item

to the Troy Daily News sports section,please contact Josh Brown atjbrown@tdnpublishing.com.

SPORTS CALENDAR

TODAYBoys BasketballDivision I Trotwood SectionalTroy vs. Butler (6:30 p.m.)Division II Springfield SectionalTippecanoe vs. Ben Logan (3 p.m.)Division IVTroy SectionalNewton vs. Catholic Central (8:30 p.m.)Girls BasketballDivision II Xenia Sectional FinalTippecanoe vs. Carroll (12:30 p.m.)Division III Tippecanoe Sectional FinalMiami East vs. Brookville (2 p.m.)Division IV Brookville SectionalTri-Village vs. Bradford (1:30 p.m.)Covington vs. Cedarville (3 p.m.)BowlingDivision I DistrictTroy (Girls) (9:30 a.m.)GymnasticsTroy at District (TBA)SwimmingDivision I Stateat Branin NatatoriumTroy (4 p.m.)WrestlingDivision I Fairfield DistrictTroy, Piqua (10 a.m.)Division II Marion Harding DistrictTippecanoe, Milton-Union (10 a.m.)Division III Kettering DistrictMiami East, Covington, Troy Christian,

Lehman (10 a.m.)

SUNDAYNo events scheduled

MONDAYNo events scheduled

TUESDAYBoys BasketballDivision II Springfield SectionalMilton-Union/Urbana vs. Greenville

(6:30 p.m.)Division IVTroy SectionalTroy Christian/Cedarville vs. Arcanum

(6:30 p.m.)Division IV Piqua SectionalLehman/Ansonia vs. Houston (6:30 p.m.)

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Scoreboard ............................14Television Schedule ..............14National Football League .....16Local Sports ....................16-17Golf.......................................17

Westwood moveson in Match Play

Lee Westwood had every reason topack light for the Match PlayChampionship. He never made it out ofthe second round in his 11 previoustrips to this tournament, and he nevercould understand why. See Page 17.

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� Swimming

Zelnickon thepodium

Staff Reports

Some freshman may be contentwith just qualifying for state.But not Troy’s Michelle

Zelnick.Zelnick guaranteed herself a

spot on the podium in both the200 freestyle and the 500 free at

the Division Istate swim-ming meet inCanton. Thefreshman hadthe fifthfastest time inthe 200(1:51.81) andthe secondbest time inher heat inthe 500 free, which was the sev-enth fastest overall (4:59.25).Zelnick was seven seconds back

of Mason’s Zoe Thatcher top-quali-fying time in the 500 free(4:52.90), while in the gap wasvery close in the 200 free. Zelnickis a little over a second back ofColumbus BishopWatterson’sCamey Rabold, who posted thefastest qualifying time in theevent (1:50.70).“She just had two monster

swims,” Troy coach Chris Morgansaid. “Both swims were reallyimpressive. There is great compe-tition down here. For a freshmanto come here and get on the podi-um in two events, that’s justremarkable.We’re looking forwardto today.”

CANTON

ZELNICK

Qualifies for finalsin two events at state

Trojansgoing backto state

Staff Reports

One Pin.One pin was the difference

between a return trip to stateand going home for the season forthe Troy boys bowling teamFriday at the Division I districtbowling tournament EasternLanes in Middletown.Fortunately, that one pin was onthe side of the Trojans as theTroy boys bowling team grabbedthe last of four available spotsand earned the opportunity todefend last season’s state cham-pionship. Troy joins Beavercreek,Fairmont, and Kenton Ridge inadvancing to next week’s statechampionship.

Troy began baker play in fifthplace, 73 pins behind Centerville.The Trojans rolled 205-181-217-196 in the first four baker gamesto creep within 5 pins of the Elks.Then the Trojans put together a238 game that catapulted Troyinto the coveted fourth spot 38pins ahead of Centerville.Meanwhile, Cincinnati St. Xavierhad also passed Centerville forfifth place and moved within 27pins of the Trojans. Needing tohold off two teams, Troy finishedwith a 178 to St. Xavier’s 204 andCenterville’s 207 to nip theBombers by one pin and the Elksby 9 pins. That one pin — the4,144th of the day — was enoughto send the Trojans to Columbus.Troy started the day in third

place after posting a 999 in theopening team game. The Trojanssank to eighth place after a sub-par 916 game, but reboundedwith a 1,014 in the final teamgame to jump to fifth and putthemselves in position to make arun during baker play.Brad Johnson led the Trojans

MIDDLETOWN

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STAFF PHOTOS/ANTHONYWEBERTroy Christian’s Grant Zawadzki goes after a loose ball Friday.

The son also rises

BY COLIN FOSTERSports Writer

cfoster@tdnpublishing.com

While Troy Christian coachRay Zawadzki was busy on thesideline, his son was busy being afloor-general on the court.Freshman Grant Zawadzki

recorded a new school recordwith nine assists, to go along

with 12 points as Troy Christianbreezed by Cedarville in theDivision IV Sectional opener by ascore of 64-29 at the TrojansActivities Center on Friday.With a 20-point halftime

cushion, some teams may let up,but not the Eagles — a teamthat’s identity is built on turningdefense to offense. Troy Christianchallenged the Cedarville offenseall night, contesting shots andjumping the passing lanes enroute to forcing 25 turnovers inthe game.

OCM PHOTO/MIKE ULLERY

Troy’s Logan Schlosser competes at districts Friday.

� Wrestling

Wrestlerscompeteat districts

Zawadzkileads Eaglesto victory

Troy Christian’s Aaron Horn (23) looks for room to work.• See EAGLES on 17

TROY

• See WRESTLING on 16

Staff Reports

FAIRFIELD — Senior heavy-weight Ryne Rich is the loneTroy wrestler still standing afterthe first day of the Division I dis-

trict wrestling tournamentFriday at Fairfield High School.Rich lost his first round

match, but rebounded with a 27-second pin of Lakota West’s Jake

MIAMI COUNTY

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) Aposter hanging outsideLucas Oil Stadium stillbears the image of PeytonManning.Inside the house

Manning built, the discus-sion is all about his succes-sor.On Friday, Andrew Luck

and Robert Griffin III final-ly got a chance to startmaking their pitches to bethis year’s No. 1 draft pickand supplant Manning asthe face of the Colts’ fran-chise though neither isready to push him asideyet.“Peyton was my hero

growing up, he was myfootball hero, he’s who Imodeled myself after inhigh school and middleschool. You never trulyreplace a guy like that,”Luck said at the NFL’sscouting combine. “If I hadthe opportunity to learnfrom a guy like that, ofcourse you’re going to takeadvantage of that,absolutely.”One of the top two quar-

terbacks in this year’s draftmay not have a choiceabout whether he plays orsits in 2012.After going a league-

worst 2-14, the Colts wonthe lottery ticket for theAndrew Luck sweepstakes,and team owner Jim Irsayhas already said he intendsto use the No. 1 overall pickon Indy’s next big franchisequarterback.Presumably, that quar-

terback’s portrait will windup on the wall of the samevenue both are expected toparticipate in some ofSunday’s workouts.Who will it be?Luck met with Colts

quarterback coach ClydeChristensen on Thursdaynight and will undoubtedlysee more of the Colts staffthis weekend. Griffin hasalready met withPhiladelphia and has meet-ings scheduled withKansas City andCleveland, a team thatmay be looking to swappicks with St. Louis to takeGriffin.Coaches and general

managers believe Luck,like Manning in 1998, isthe more polished prospect.“He (Luck) has got a

great start,” said Texanscoach Gary Kubiak, whowas been watching Lucksince his high school days.“He’s been coached verywell. The system he’s beenrunning is very similar towhat most of the people doin pro football. He’s doing alot of stuff at the line ofscrimmage. He has a goodchance to be a great, greatplayer in this league.”Griffin, the Heisman

Trophy winner, is believedto have more upside, justlike Ryan Leaf, who wentsecond in the ‘98 draft.And with scouting

reports on Griffin steadilyimproving, the biggest con-cern heading into the com-bine was Griffin’s height.

Some worried the quarter-back who was listed at 6-foot-4 in high school and 6-2 at Baylor, was actuallyshorter.Griffin ended any specu-

lation about the incredibleshrinking quarterback bymeasuring in at 6-2 3/8,223 pounds — a point hemade three times during a15-minute question-and-answer session withreporters.“Cam (Newton) is a big-

ger guy, 6-5, 240 and I’m 6-2 3/8 and 223,” Griffin said,drawing laughter. “I’m notgoing to let that one go.”This year’s crop of quar-

terbacks is an intriguingmix of talent.There’s quarterback-

turned-receiver-turned-quarterback RyanTannehill from TexasA&M. There’s Wisconsin’sRussell Wilson and 28-year-old Brandon Weeden,who have already beendrafted — by Major LeagueBaseball teams. There’sKirk Cousins fromMichigan State, the under-sized Kellen Moore fromBoise State and littleknown Patrick Witt fromYale.Then, of course, there’s

Luck, considered the mostNFL ready quarterbacksince Manning, and therapidly-rising Griffin.Most believe that bar-

ring any unknown medicalissues, Luck will go No. 1 toIndianapolis and Griffincould go No. 2 if the Ramstrade the pick.The quarterbacks don’t

believe it’s that clear-cut.

“I think that’s a littlepremature,” Luck saidwhen asked whether he’dstarted house-hunting onhis second trip to Indy inless than a month. He wasalso here during SuperBowl week.With more than two

months to go before theApril draft, there’s lots oftime for scouts to dissectthe flaws and change theirrankings.But in a strange twist, it

could be the No. 2 pick thatends up with more playingtime in the fall.Manning still has not

completely recovered froma nerve injury that causedweakness in his throwingarm and forced him to missthe entire 2011 season. TheColts must now decidewhether to pay the four-time league MVP a $28million bonus by March 8or risk losing him as a freeagent. Complicating mat-ters, Manning has alsooffered to redo the dealfive-year, $90 million dealhe signed last July in hopesof finishing his career inIndy.If the two sides can

work out a new deal andManning is healthy, hecould be the Colts starterand relegate the No. 1 pickto bench duty.It’s a prospect Griffin

and Luck believe can work.“I’d like it to stay

Peyton’s picture, but I’mnot going to be a politicianfor that,” said Griffin, whowore Teenage MutantNinja Turtle socks to theinterview session. “I’ve

talked to him (Manning) acouple of times, and I hehope he gets the chance tofinish his career here withthe Colts.”Luck agrees that his

friend should get thatopportunity.The two have already

built a strong friendship.Luck’s father, Oliver,

and Manning’s father,Archie, were teammates fortwo seasons with theHouston Oilers in the1980s, and Andrew Luckhas attended the ManningPassing Academy as both apupil and a counselor. Afterreturning he would returnto school last year ratherthan enter the draft, Luckcalled Peyton Manning foradvice about going back.“I think I improved on

general knowledge of thegame, and I think I sharp-ened up a lot of my skills,”Luck said of the extra yearin college.Sitting behind Manning

could help the learningprocess, too.But at some point, one of

these two is likely to havehis picture replace that ofManning on the front of thestadium.“I understand the ques-

tions have to be asked. It’spart of it. I understand thespeculation,” Luck said. “Inmy mind, nothing has hap-pened yet. I haven’t beendrafted any team, and,obviously, the deal withPeyton, that’s still going onwith the Colts. But I under-stand the questions have tobe asked.”

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� Wrestling

Wrestling

Bowling

with a 636 series withgames of 209-170-257.Jared Sierra was rightbehind at 632 with gamesof 216-182-234. A.J.Bigelow shot 215-208-202for a 625 series.

The Trojans take aim atthe state title on Friday atWayne Webb’s ColumbusBowl. The Troy girls bowl-ing team makes its bid toadvance to state today atEastern Lanes in theDivision I girl’s districttournament.

� Bowling

Glock in the consolationround to remain alive for apotential state berth head-ing into today’s consolationrounds.Three other Trojans,

meanwhile, saw their sea-sons come to an end Friday.At 145-pounds, LoganSchlosser was pinned inhis first match of the day,then fell 14-5 to Elder’sJake Conners in the conso-lation round. At 182, KevinMcGraw lost 8-4 in thefirst round, then waspinned in his consolationmatch. At 220, AndrewKostecka was pinned in hisfirst round match, then fell11-2 to Sycamore’s TinasheBere in the consolationround.Rich will compete in the

second round of consola-tions today.

Division IIDivision II district

wrestling results forTippecanoe and Milton-Union were not availableat press time.

Division IIIKETTERING — Troy

Christian had fourwrestlers qualify for thesemifinals and found itselfin third place in the teamstandings after the firstday of the Division III dis-trict wrestling tournamentat Fairmont High School.Versailles sits atop the

team standings with 45.5points, Brookville is secondwith 43.5 and TroyChristian is third with 42.Covington is in seventhwith 30.5 points, Miami

East has 10 team pointsand Lehman scored oneteam point.Four Troy Christian

wrestlers won both firstround and quarterfinalmatches. At 106 pounds,Jarred Ganger recorded apair of pins on his way tothe semifinals. At 113pounds, Garret Hancockwon by pin and major deci-sion. At 145 pounds,Jordan Marshall pinnedboth his opponents. At 182pounds, B.J. Toal won bypin and major decision.For Covington, Kyle

Deeter (138) and BrianOlson (182) both won theirquarterfinal matches toadvance to today’s semifi-nals. Jake Sowers (145)and Ben Miller (160) bothwon their first roundmatches, then lost in thequarterfinals. Both willcompete in consolationmatches today. Also for theBuccaneers, Brock Smith(132) and Cole Smith (152)both won their first-roundconsolation matches toremain alive heading intotoday.For Miami East, Allen

Seagraves (113) andAustin Rush (126) bothwon their first roundmatches before falling inthe quarterfinals. Both willcompete in consolationmatches today, as willteammates Josh Morrow(106) and Aaron Hubbard(170), who both won firstround consolation match-es.Lehman’s Skylar Brown

(160) won his first consola-tion match.

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� National Football League

Luck-y day in IndyTop QBsmeet withNFL scouts

AP

Stanford quarterback Andrew Luck answers a question during a news confer-ence at the NFL football scouting combine in Indianapolis Friday.

� Major League Baseball

GOODYEAR, Ariz.(AP) — Third basemanScott Rolen won’t make aguess about how manygames his surgicallyrepaired shoulder willallow him to play thisseason. The CincinnatiReds hope it’s a lot morethan last year.Rolen reported with

the rest of the Reds posi-tion players for their firstworkout on Friday. Hesaid his left shoulderfeels good, six monthsafter surgery to clean itout.Still, he’s not sure

what to expect. Rolenturns 37 on April 4 andhas been bothered byback and shoulder prob-lems the last two years.He’s entering the finalyear on his contract.Rolen played in so few

games last season 65 thathe felt fresh at the end ofthe year, something he’dlike to avoid.“I’m looking at the

present,” Rolen said. “Ijust want to go out andplay and be tired at theend of the year, if it is mylast year. I want to makesure that I can play andbe responsible.”Rolen was instrumen-

tal in the Reds winningthe NL Central title in2010, having an All-Starcaliber first half of theseason .290 with 17homers and 57 RBIs.Nagging injuries to hisback and shoulder causeda significant drop in hispower in the second half,when he hit only threehomers and drove in 26runs.The shoulder sent pain

into his neck and pre-vented him from raisinghis arm above shoulderlevel last season, forcinghim to have surgery onAug. 3. He wanted to play

again before the end ofthe season, but the shoul-der didn’t recover asquickly as hoped.It’s been a problem for

years. Rolen hurt it in acollision with theDodgers’ Hee Seop Choiin 2005, requiring twooperations. He missed thefinal month of the 2007season and had theshoulder cleaned out. Hesprained it in 2008.Rolen set a goal of

playing in 120 games lastseason, but the shoulderhurt enough that he wenton the disabled list. Rolenbatted .242 with fivehomers and 36 RBIs,which weren’t his mostdisappointing statistics.“I’m not a big numbers

guy,” he said. “I do like tolook at games played. Iwas disappointed lastyear. I felt I wasn’taccountable last year. Ihave a responsibility tomy team.”Rolen is in the final

year of a contract herenegotiated with theReds to give them morepayroll flexibility in theshort-term. He’ll make abase salary of $6.5 mil-lion this season.Rolen said he’s been

taking batting practicethough not every daysince January. ManagerDusty Baker will go easywith him during springtraining and make sureto get him adequate restduring the season.“The number of games

he plays will be based onhow he feels,” Baker said.“I don’t want to put anumber on it. Some of theother guys will have tofill in some. This springwill determine who. A lotwill depend on how theother guys play and whatwe need power, speed,defense.”

Reds hoping fora healthy Rolen

� Auto Racing

Patrick wins pole for Nationwide raceDAYTONA BEACH,

Fla. (AP) — In about 24hours, Danica Patrick wentfrom her biggest crash toher biggest moment in astock car.The former IndyCar

star won the pole Fridayfor the season-openingNationwide Series race atDaytona, becoming thefirst woman to secure thetop qualifying spot inNASCAR’s second-tierseries since ShawnaRobinson at Atlanta onMarch 12, 1994.It came a day after she

wrecked on the final lap ofa qualifying race for theDaytona 500.“It’s a good turn of

events,” she said.It also set off a flurry of

Twitter traffic that includ-ed words such as“Dansanity,” ”Danimosity,””Danimite,” and“Dantastic.”“I really don’t think

about it from a girl per-spective,” she said with herproud parents standing afew yards away. “I’ve beentaught from a young age towant to be the best driver.… It was about being thebest driver and not the bestgirl.”Patrick won just once in

115 IndyCar starts. Shehad seven podium finishes,and two of them camewhen she began dabblingin NASCAR two seasonsago. She moved toNASCAR full time this sea-son, and is scheduled to

drive 10 Sprint Cup racesfor Stewart-Haas Racingand run every Nationwiderace for JR Motorsports.She will make her

Sprint Cup debut in theDaytona 500 on Sunday.The Nationwide race is

Saturday. She has threetop-10 finishes in 25Nationwide races over twoyears.She has felt some pres-

sure since leaving openwheel for stock-car racing.And now, after securing thepole, everything has beenratcheted up a notch.“When you sit on the

pole, you’re the fastest car,so if you don’t win the race,then I just wasted thefastest car,” she said. “So,yes, it adds a lot of pressure

and I now feel nervous.Thanks a lot, pole position.You’ve made me nervousalready, but it’s a goodproblem to have and I don’tmind being nervous.“It tends to bring out

some good things in me, soI’m not bothered by that.But expectations, sure,yeah, anybody who sits onthe pole is going to expect-ed to do well because theyobviously have a good car.”Patrick turned a fast lap

of 49.250 seconds aroundthe high-banked speedway,averaging 182.741 mph.Defending Daytona 500

winner Trevor Bayne qual-ified second, followed byElliott Sadler, DaleEarnhardt Jr. and AustinDillon.

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� Boys Basketball

Eagles

“Everytime we comeout, we want to applydefensive pressure to theother team,” RayZawadzki said. “We wantto force them to do thingsthey aren’t comfortablewith. We took advantageof that on the offensiveend. Right now ourdefense trusts each otherand they understandwhat we are trying to dooffensively. I think we’rein the right spot at theright time.”Troy Christian led

from wire-to-wire in thisone, jumping out to a 17-4lead by the end of onequarter as Zawadzkidished out four assistsduring that span. TheEagles had five assists onseven field goals as ateam in the quarter. Sixdifferent Troy Christianplayers scored in thefirst.In the second,

Cedarville finally reacheddouble figures with 2:20remaining, but the dam-age had already beendone. Nathan Kirkpatricklit it up, scoring seven ofhis 11 points in the quar-ter, helping the Eaglespush the advantage to 33-13 by half.Kyle Oldiges scored

Cedarville’s first bucketwith 3:10 left in the thirdquarter, but by that pointTroy Christian hadalready went up 44-15,putting the game out ofreach. The Eagles had a16 assist to 12 turnoverratio for the game, whileeverybody in the team gotin the scoring column.“We had very good

team work with the pass,”Ray Zawadzki said. “Wescored a lot of our bucketsoff of the pass. When weget into that open court,good things usually hap-

pen. “We had 16 assistsas a team. The key is weonly had 12 turnovers.Anytime we have thatpositive assist-turnoverratio, we are usually sit-ting pretty good.”The win sends the

Eagles to a place that haseluded them in the past,the second round of thesectional tournament.Troy Christian has onlyposted three wins in itstournament history, soadvancing is a big deal.“Going to a second

round game is nice. If wecan win, it will be thefirst time in school histo-

ry that any team has everwon a second roundgame,” Ray Zawadzkisaid. “We are trying totake it one game at atime. When we came herethree years ago, we wrotedown our goals. Our goalwas to win league titlesand to win a sectionaltitle. We’re very drivenand focused on whatwe’re trying to accom-plish.”The Eagles play

against Arcanum onTuesday at 6:30 at theTrojans Activities Center.

Cedarville — 29Hudson Grant 3-1-8, Kyle

Oldiges 2-0-5, Jordan Reese 1-0-

3, Josiah Vine 1-1-3, TimWaymire 1-0-3, Luke Swaim 1-0-2, Tyler Everidge 1-0-3,Thomas Sizer 1-0-2. Totals: 11-2-29.

Troy Christian — 64Grant Zawadzki 5-1-12,

Spencer Thomas 4-2-10, JacobGrant 4-0-8, NathanKirkpatrick 5-0-11, ChristianSalazar 2-1-5, Nathanael Boone1-0-2, Aaron Horn 1-1-3, LoganGeorge 1-4-6, Alex Moritz 1-0-2,Scotty Scott 2-0-5. Totals: 26-9-64.

Score By QuartersCedarville.............4 13 21 29Troy Christian....17 33 48 643-point goals: Cedarville —

Grant, Oldiges, Reese, Waymire.Troy Christian — Zawadzki,Kirkpatrick.

Records: CedarvileCedarville 3-18. Troy Christian16-5.

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TIPP CITY — GunnerShirk scored 15 points, hadsix steals, dropped fiveassists and added fourrebounds as Miami East —winners of its last 12 games— continued its dominance,topping Brookville in thefirst round of the DivisionIII Sectional tournament59-35.“It was a very good

game all around for ourleading scorer (Shirk),”Miami East coach AllenMack said. “It was a greatway for him to start thetournament.”Garrett Mitchell netted

two 3-pointers on his wayto 11 points. He also addedfive rebounds, four stealsand three assists, whileJosh Snyder scored 10points and had five assistsas well.The Vikings forced 25

Brookville turnovers andhad 16 steals, to go alongwith 16 offensive reboundsfor the game.“It was a good game to

get everybody involved.Several guys scored theirfirst tournament baskets.We had nine guys in thescoring column.”East (19-2) plays Stivers

on Wednesday at 6:30 p.m.in Tipp City.

Urbana 55,Milton-Union 46SPRINGFIELD —

Milton-Union gave top-seeded Urbana a fight forits life on Friday, but theBulldogs fell short of anupset bid, losing 55-46 inSpringfield.With the game tied mid-

way through the third peri-od, Urbanawent an 8-0 runto seize control of the gameheading into the fourth.From there, the two teamsplayed evenly, but Urbana

was able to hit its shots atthe foul line in the end toseal the game.Caleb Poland and Josh

Wheeler scored 18 apiece tolead the Bulldogs.

Lehman 70,Ansonia 27PIQUA — Solomon

King-White had 15 points,Alex Baker added 11 andTharon Goins chipped inwith 10 as the LehmanCavaliers scorchedAnsonia70-27 in the first round ofDivision IV Sectional playFriday at GarbyGymnasium in Piqua.The first was relatively

close with the Cavalierstaking a 13-7 by the end.Lehman, though, outscoredthe Tigers 57-20 over thenext three to put the gameout of reach.The win pins No. 3

Lehman against No. 4 seedHouston, which will takeplace Tuesday at 6:30 inPiqua.

Bethel 50,Covington 36TIPP CITY— In their

second showdown of theseason, Bethel once againgot the better of Covington,topping the Buccs 50-36 inTipp City Friday night.The Bees advance to the

second round of theDivision III Sectional.

Springboro 69,Piqua 45CENTERVILLE —

Piqua was tied withSpringboro at half onFriday in Centerville, butthe Panthers took controlin the second half toemerge with a 69-45 victo-ry.TaylorWellbaum led the

Indians with 14, KindricLink added 13 in the loss.

STAFF PHOTOS/ANTHONY WEBERTroy Christian’s Christian Salazar goes up for a rebound against Cedarville onFriday.

� Golf

Westwood moves into quarterfinals at Match PlayMARANA,Ariz. (AP) —

Lee Westwood had everyreason to pack light for theMatch Play Championship.He never made it out of thesecond round in his 11 pre-vious trips to this tourna-ment, and he never couldunderstand why.Now it seems as if

Westwood can do nowrong.He has led after 48 of

the 49 holes he has playedthrough three rounds atDove Mountain, barelybreaking a sweat underthe blazing sun in the highdesert. And he erased morebad memories Friday witha 3-and-2 victory over NickWatney, who had eliminat-ed Westwood each of thelast two years.“You want to come out

and get momentum asquickly as possible,” saidWestwood, who birdied theopening two holes for thesecond straight match.“And the only way to dothat is by winning holes.”Now, Westwood is two

matches away from a shotat his first World GolfChampionship, and areturn to No. 1 in theworld.But he’s not alone.Rory McIlroy also can

go to No. 1 in the world forthe first time in his youngcareer by winning theMatch Play Championship.

He also had an easy time,winning on the 17th holeover Miguel AngelJimenez.Westwood and McIlroy

are on track to face eachother Sunday morning inthe semifinals. The battlefor No. 1 made possible byLuke Donald losing in theopening round put someinterest into an otherwisedull afternoon at DoveMountain.None of the matches

went the distance until thefinal last one, when BaeSang-moon missed a 6-footputt on the 17th hole, onlyto finish off John Sendenwith a par putt from aboutthe same distance on the18th hole.Two of the matches only

made it to the 17th, andfour of the third-roundmatches ended on the 15thhole.McIlroy has struggled

to block out the idea thathe could go to No. 1.Instead, he’s trying to useit as an advantage.“It’s a nice incentive,”

McIlroy said. “It’s nice tohave in the back of yourmind. And if you’re strug-gling in a match and find ithard to get yourself up, orget any sort of momentum,if you think about that andyou think if you can reallydig deep, you still have achance to become No. 1.”

Westwood was No. 1 ayear ago, and it’s a less of apriority than to capture hisfirst World GolfChampionship. Just get-ting to the quarterfinals is

a small achievement.“I’m just happy to be

looking for a differentrestaurant for Fridaynight,” Westwood said. “Ihad a little chuckle watch-

ing The Golf Channel onWednesday morning andlistening to them make alltheir predictions andthings like that. I don’tthink they got many right.”And where did the prog-

nosticators haveWestwood?“On the BA 289 on

Thursday night,” he said,referring to his usualBritish Airways flight.Westwood next plays

Martin Laird, who won thebattle of Scotland by tak-ing down former BritishOpen champion PaulLawrie, 3 and 1.Next up for McIlroy is

Bae, the South Korean sur-prise in his first MatchPlay Championship. Baewon three times last yearon the Japan Golf Tour.And while he made itthrough Q-school to earn aPGA Tour card, he endedlast year at No. 30 in theworld.He is no stranger in

global golf, as McIlroyknows all too well.They played in the final

group of the Korea Open in2009, where McIlroy andKim Dae-sub were tied forthe 54-hole lead. Baeclosed with a 67 and beatthem both.Bae had the only match

that went 18 holes in oneof the dullest third roundsever at the Match Play

Championship. He took a1-up lead on the 16th holeagainst Senden when theAustralian played a poorchip. Senden missed a 20-foot birdie putt to squarethe match on the 18th, andBae completed a long two-putt par with a 5-footer.“He’s been very impres-

sive this week,” McIlroysaid.In other matches:Hunter Mahan took

advantage of some mentallapses by Steve Stricker tobuild a big lead and heldon for a 4-and-3 win.Mahan will play MattKuchar, a 4-and-3 winneragainst Martin Kaymer, afinalist last year at DoveMountain. That assuresthere will be an Americanin the semifinals at theMatch Play for the firsttime since 2009.One year after Mark

Wilson was drubbed in thesecond round by big-hit-ting Bubba Watson, heoverwhelmed anotherpower player by beatingDustin Johnson for the sec-ond straight year. Johnsonwas too wild too often andcouldn’t make putts, a badcombination in match play.Wilson will play PeterHanson of Sweden, whodismantled BrandtSnedeker during a quiet,effective march to thequarterfinals.

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David Jones scored twiceand had an assist andSemyon Valamov turnedaway 28 shots Friday nightto lead the ColoradoAvalanche to a 5-0 victoryover the Columbus BlueJackets.Gabriel Landeskog and

Steve Downie each had agoal and an assist andMatt Hunwick also scored

for the Avalanche, whowere up to their usualtricks against the BlueJackets. They are 32-8-1-1against Columbus, includ-ing 15-5-1-1 on the BlueJackets’ home ice.The Avalanche won a

second game in a row forthe first time since Dec. 31.They started the night twopoints out of the eighthplayoff spot in the West.

BEIRUT (AP) —President Bashar Assad’sforces pounded rebel-heldareas in central Syria onFriday, killing at least 22people, activists said. Morethan 60 nations meeting inTunisia asked the UnitedNations to start planningfor a civilian peacekeepingmission that would deployafter the Syrian regimehalts its crackdown.As government troops

relentlessly shelled rebel-held neighborhoods in thebesieged city of Homs,thousands of people indozens of towns stagedanti-regime protests underthe slogan: “We will revoltfor your sake, Baba Amr,”referring to the Homsneighborhood that has

become the center of theSyrian revolt. Activistssaid at least 50 people werekilled nationwide.In Tunisia, the U.S.,

European and Arabnations asked the U.N. tostart drafting plans for acivilian peacekeeping mis-sion that would deployafter the Damascus regimehalts the brutal crackdown.Still unwilling to com-

mit to military interven-tion to end the bloodshed,the group offered nothingother than the threat ofincreasing isolation andsanctions to compel compli-ance from Assad, who hasignored similar demands.In Washington,

President Barack Obamasaid the U.S. and its allieswould consider “every toolavailable” to stop theslaughter of innocent peo-ple in Syria. He did notgive specifics about whatthat might entail.“It is time for that

regime to move on.And it istime to stop the killing ofSyrian citizens by theirown government,” he said.On Thursday, former

U.N. secretary-general KofiAnnan was appointed thejoint United Nations-ArabLeague envoy on theSyrian crisis.Annan said in a state-

ment Friday that he wouldtry to “help bring an end to

the violence and humanrights abuses, and promotea peaceful solution” inSyria. He expressed hopethat the Syrian govern-ment and oppositiongroups will cooperate withhim in his efforts.The Tunisia meeting is

the latest internationaleffort to end the crisis,which began when protest-ers inspired by uprisingssweeping across the Arabworld took the streets insome of Syria’s impover-ished provinces nearly ayear ago to call for politicalchange.Assad’s security forces

have responded with afierce crackdown, andblame the violence onIslamic extremists andarmed gangs. In recentmonths, the situation hasgrown increasingly milita-rized as opposition forces,boosted by army defectors,have increasingly taken uparms against the regime.The U.N. estimated in

January that 5,400 peoplewere killed in the conflictin 2011. Hundreds morehave died since. Syrianactivists say the death tollis more than 7,300. Overallfigures cannot be inde-pendently confirmedbecause Syria has prevent-ed most media from operat-ing inside the country.On Thursday, U.N.-

appointed investigators inGeneva said they had com-piled a list of Syrian offi-cials accused of crimesagainst humanity in thecrackdown.The list reachesas high as Assad.

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TODAY IN HISTORY

(AP) — Today is Saturday,Feb. 25, the 56th day of 2012.There are 310 days left in theyear.

Today’s Highlight:On Feb. 25, 1862, Nashville,

Tennessee was occupied by fed-eral forces during the Civil War;it was the first Confederate capi-tal to fall to the Union.

On this date:In 1779, a militia led by

George Rogers Clark routed theBritish from Fort Sackville in theRevolutionary War Battle of

Vincennes in present-dayIndiana.

In 1836, inventor SamuelColt patented his revolver.

In 1901, United States SteelCorp. was incorporated by J.P.Morgan.

In 1913, the 16thAmendment to the Constitution,giving Congress the power tolevy and collect income taxes,was declared in effect bySecretary of State PhilanderChase Knox.

In 1919, Oregon became the

first state to tax gasoline, at onecent per gallon.

In 1948, Communists seizedpower in Czechoslovakia.

In 1964, Cassius Clay (laterMuhammad Ali) became worldheavyweight boxing championby defeating Sonny Liston inMiami Beach.

In 1986, PresidentFerdinand Marcos fled thePhilippines after 20 years of rulein the wake of a tainted election;Corazon Aquino assumed thepresidency.

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AP PHOTO/RODRIGO ABDFree Syrian Army fighters relax on security duty at a checkpoint in Kafar Taharim,northern Syria, Friday.

Assad’s regime pounds rebels in Syria