KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) —Demonstrators hurled grenades ata U.S. base in northernAfghanistan, and a gun battle lefttwo Afghans dead and sevenNATO troops injured Sunday inthe escalating crisis over the burn-ing of Muslim holy books at an

American airfield.More than 30 people have been

killed, including four U.S. troops,in six days of unrest. Still, the topU.S. diplomat in Afghanistan saidthe violence would not changeWashington’s course .“Tensions are running very

high here, and I think we need tolet things calm down, return to amore normal atmosphere, andthen get on with business,”Ambassador Ryan Crocker toldCNN’s “State of the Union.”“This is not the time to decide

that we’re done here,” he said. “Wehave got to redouble our efforts.We’ve got to create a situation inwhich al-Qaida is not comingback.”The attack on the base came a

day after two U.S. military advis-ers a lieutenant colonel and amajor were found dead after beingshot in the head in their office atthe Interior Ministry in the heartof the capital. The building is oneof the city’s most heavily guardedbuildings, and the slayings raiseddoubts about safety as coalitiontroops continue their withdrawal.The incident prompted NATO,

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Christopher Plummer becamethe oldest acting winner ever atSunday’s Academy Awards for hissupporting performance in“Beginners,” while veteran bit play-er Octavia Spencer earned thesupporting-actress prize for herbreakout role in “The Help.”

The 82-year-old Plummer wonfor his role as an elderly widowerwho comes out as gay in“Beginners.”

“You’re only two years olderthan me, darling,” Plummer said,addressing his Oscar statue in this84th year of the awards. “Wherehave you been all my life? I have aconfession to make. When I firstemerged from my mother’s womb,I was already rehearsing my Oscarspeech.” See Page 10.

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When Jim Hufford real-ized that his brain-injured daughter

Marcia could pass away with-out leaving her mark on theworld, he decided to changethat.“She’s

never doneanything —Marcia wasdealt a badhand of cardsand can’teven play herown hand,”Hufford said,“I justthought I’dlike to makeher known.”The former

longtime WestMilton resi-dent wantedhis book,“ForeverTenacious,” tobe a monu-ment to bothMarcia and his deceased firstwife, Gloria.“If we don’t sell a book, my

goal was accomplished,” hesaid, holding the publishedcopy in his hand.Jim’s first foray into writing

was his memoir “Life on theSea Gnat” — which was writtenabout his service in the Navyduring World War II. It was apresent to his daughterKristine, who wanted a recordof what he lived through to giveto her own children. Althoughhe tried to type some of thatalmost 100-page book, it endedup being written by hand.For “Forever Tenacious,” Jim

didn’t even bother with thecomputer. The 250-page bookwas written entirely in long-

hand. It took him two years tocomplete.The title came in a much

shorter time. Jim woke up onemorning and thought “tena-cious.” That day, Kristine waslooking on the Internet and oneof the first things she saw wasa hummingbird.The tiny, energetic bird

became a “golden thread”throughout the book, a symbolof the fight the Huffordsbrought to do what they had todo for their family.“It’s been a long, long road,”

Jim said.Marcia was born with a col-

lapsed lung and a hole in herheart, a condition both thepediatrician and obstetricianmissed the first three days.Although the hole closed all byitself by the time she was fourdays old, the lack of oxygenthose first few days and a debil-itating stroke on the third lefther permanently brain-dam-aged. Her mother, Gloria,refused to send her to a stateinstitution (mental healthhomes were almost non-exis-tent in the ’60s), so Marciaspent the next 37 years athome.As a baby, Jim gave her the

nickname “marshmallow”because of the softness of herbody. Although Marcia stillcan’t speak coherently, she hasa sense of humor and alwayslaughs at the right time.“She knows what’s going on;

she just can’t express it,” hesaid, “There’s a hidden personin there.”Jim refers to the 1960s as

the “stone age of treatment forbrain injury.” The only treat-ment or doctor the Huffordsfound who helped was a clinic60 miles away, with a graduate

PROVIDED PHOTOJim and Roberta Hufford, center, with their extended family at their wedding in 2003.

Forever Tenacious

PROVIDED PHOTORoberta (Matthews) Hufford, left, with what was then clientMarcia Hufford. She has since married into the family.

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Remains oflast missingsoldier in Iraqare identifiedBAGHDAD (AP) — The U.S military

announced Sunday that it has recoveredthe remains of the last American servicemember who was unaccounted for in Iraq,an Army interpreter seized by gunmenafter sneaking off base to visit his Iraqiwife in Baghdad during the height of theinsurgency.The remains of Staff Sgt. Ahmed al-

Taie, who was 41 when militiamen seizedhim on Oct. 23, 2006,were positively iden-tified at the military’smortuary in Dover,Del., the Army said ina statement releasedSunday. Army offi-cials said they had nofurther details aboutthe circumstancessurrounding hisdeath or the discoveryof his remains.Al-Taie’s brother, Hathal Al-Taie, told

The Associated Press the military officerwho visited the family’s home to informthem about the remains said they are stillin Dover, but that he didn’t know the cir-cumstances surrounding his brother’sdeath.“We have no information right now, not

even how the body looks like or whenthey’re going to release him,” Hathal Al-Taie said by phone from Ann Arbor, Mich.,where the family settled after leavingIraq for the U.S. when his brother was

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AL-TAIE

Referendumvote in Syriadeemed afarce by West

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — The U.S.and its allies dismissed the Syrianregime’s referendum on a new constitu-tion Sunday as a “farce” meant to justifythe bloody crackdown on dissent.But voters in government strongholds

suggested why some Syrians have notjoined the uprising against PresidentBashar Assad: Loyalty, distrust of theopposition and fear his fall will ignite acivil war.U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham

Clinton called the poll “a cynical ploy” andurged Syrians who still support Assad toturn against him. A “farce” and a “shamvote” was how German Foreign MinisterGuido Westerwelle described it.“It’s a phony referendum and it is

going to be used by Assad to justify whathe’s doing to other Syrian citizens,”Clinton said in an interview with CBSNews in Rabat, Morocco.“The longer you support the regime’s

campaign of violence against your broth-ers and sisters, the more it will stain yourhonor,” she added, addressing Assad sup-porters, especially the military. “If yourefuse, however, to prop up the regime or

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still a teenager.Their uncle, Entifadh

Qanbar, said he was told bythe Army major whoinformed the family in AnnArbor that the remains werereceived at Dover on Feb. 22.“I asked if it was an acci-

dent or if he was killed, andhe said they didn’t know,that they are investigating,”Qanbar said by phone fromBeirut, where he lives. “Hesaid he had the same ques-tions that I have.”Family members say that

like many Iraqi exiles,Ahmed al-Taie was eager tohelp his native land rebuildafter the 2003 U.S.-led inva-sion and ouster of SaddamHussein.He met his wife during a

trip to Iraq shortly Saddamfell, while he was still a civil-ian, and in December 2004he joined an Army reserveprogram for native speakersof Arabic and other strategiclanguages. He was deployedto Iraq in November 2005and was assigned to aProvincial ReconstructionTeam in Baghdad until hewas kidnapped the followingyear. At the time he wasseized, kidnappings for ran-som or political motives,

mostly of Iraqis but alsomany foreigners, were com-mon. The February 2006bombing of a Shiite mosqueby Sunni insurgents causedretaliatory bloodshed to spi-ral, and death squadsroamed the streets.Al-Taie’s in-laws say he

often met secretly with hiswife at her family’s homedespite warnings that hewas in danger of beingattacked by the MahdiArmy, a Shiite militia loyalto anti-U.S. cleric Muqtadaal-Sadr.It was during one of those

visits that al-Taie disap-peared. Masked gunmenhiding in an abandonedSaddam-era army buildingseized him as he went tofind his wife at her uncle’shouse, less than two blocksaway in the mainly Shiiteneighborhood of Karradah.“A neighbor saw the gun-

men and went to my familyand informed them. My par-ents, brothers and sisters allcame at once and pleadedwith them to let him go,” al-Taie’s sister-in-law ShaimaaAbdul-Sattar, who wit-nessed the abduction, toldthe AP during an interviewlast year at her Baghdadapartment.Al-Taie remained calm as

he was led into a waiting carand whisked away.As an American soldier

and a Sunni Muslim, al-Taiefaced a double risk when heleft the protection of hisbase inside the Green Zone,a well-guarded area thathouses the U.S. Embassy,Iraqi government offices andthe parliament.American commanders

immediately launched amassive manhunt, lockingdown Karradah and theMahdi Army stronghold ofSadr City. Within days, themilitary arrested four of thekidnappers. But by then, al-Taie had already been hand-ed off to another group andtransported to the Shiiteheartland of southern Iraq,according to people familiarwith the case.About a week after his

abduction, a family memberreceived a ransom demand,the U.S. military told the AP.The relative then met

with members of the groupbehind the kidnapping. Theyshowed him a grainy videoon a handheld device of aman they claimed was al-Taie but he demanded solidevidence that al-Taie, whowas 41 at the time, was aliveand well.Qanbar, Al-Taie’s uncle

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take part in attacks … yourcountrymen and womenwill hail you as heroes.”While casting his vote at

the state broadcastingheadquarters, Assad

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of the Doman Delacato Institute forthe Achievement of HumanPotential. This evaluator describedwhat Marcia deals with like some-one who is watching television, andthen the picture scrambles.The Institute introduced pat-

terning, which used physical exer-cise repetitions in an effort to stim-ulate the pathway to the brain. TheHuffords first started working withpatterning treatments in 1970.Soon they were informed of a

woman in Piqua who also wasusing this method for her mentallyhandicapped son. That woman wasRuth Hahn, who actually went toschool with Jim and Gloria atNewton.In 1972, the Huffords and

Hahns joined forces to open theRehabilitation Center, the forerun-ner of what is now the Hahn-Hufford Center of Hope. It wasfirst housed in the basement of St.Paul’s Church in Piqua.In his book, Jim wrote “little did

Gloria and I know when the Centerbegan that we stepped out of ourown story of seeking help forMarcia and her life would helpmany others for infinity.” Thegroup quickly outgrew the base-ment, and during an open housefound a sponsor in DimitriNicholas.Nicholas owned the Orr Felt

Company, and visited the openhouse with his whole entourage. Atthe end of the tour, he turned to

Gloria with tears in his eyes andasked, “You guys don’t have enoughspace anymore, do you?”Nicholas then offered them the

use of one of his facility showroomspaces.“He said, ‘I’ll lease it to you for a

dollar a year, and I’ll pay the dol-lar’,” Jim recalled, “When we sawthe space it was like manna fromheaven.”The next step was the need for a

school. According to the center’swebsite, Nicholas School, a productof the Rehab Center, began servingspecial needs children in 1976. Theschool is a state chartered K-8 spe-cial needs school.For the next 20 years, the

Huffords and Hahns helped otherfamilies like them, fought battleswith red tape, and continued toexpand the center’s reach.Then in 1997, the Hufford tenac-

ity had to step into high gear whenGloria was killed in a car wreck.She was on her way to MiamiCounty Human Services to deliverpaperwork for turning half of theirhouse into a special home for

Marcia and people like her. Thatnever happened.Marcia’s care was too much for

Jim to handle by himself, especial-ly since he was recovering fromleukemia (Jim has had to deal withtwo bouts of leukemia, four bypass-es, and losing a finger to infection).Marcia ended up in MumfordHouse, where she still residestoday and is regularly visited byher father.“They take wonderful care of her

— I’ve never had a complaint,” saidJim.He was given a second chance on

love through one of Marcia’s for-mer nurses, Roberta Matthews,also of West Milton. Roberta wouldget Marcia ready for school whenGloria was recovering from anoperation. She continued to helpwith Marcia until Gloria passedaway.“Gloria always said about

Roberta, ‘God puts the nicest peo-ple in my path’,” Jim said.Roberta and Jim’s lives crossed

again when he read an obituary forher husband Ted in 1999. He called

up to offer his condolences, and sheasked how Marcia was doing. Jimtook her to see Marcia at Mumford— and three and a half years later,they were married. They now livein Union.Jim calls Roberta his “nursea-

neer.”He explained in his book,

“though she was a nurse I believeshe has the skill of an engineer ineveryday life.”At the turn of the century, the

Center made another huge change.Executive Director Carla Bertkelet it be known that the Centerhad grown too big for its spaceonce again. In March of 2000, ananonymous benefactor gave fiveacres on Garby. Four years andseveral fundraising campaignslater, the Hahn-Hufford House ofHope opened.The complex houses the

Rehabilitation Center, NicholasSchool, Brain Wellness Center, andAquatic and Wellness Center.“People come from all over the

United States to bring their kidshere,” said Jim.He said those people will often

ask him how the Center gets such“wonderful people” on their staff.He replies, “They just have that

feeling in their hearts.”For more information about the

Center, visit www.rcnd.org or call(937) 773-7630.Jim’s books can be found in Jay

and Mary’s Book Store in Troy, oronline at www.sunkingmedia.comand www.amazon.com.

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Britain and France to recallhundreds of internationaladvisers from all Afghanministries in the capital.The advisers are key tohelping improve gover-nance and preparing thecountry’s security forces totake on more responsibility.A manhunt was under

way for the main suspect inthe shooting of an Afghanman who worked as a driv-er for an office on the samefloor as the advisers whowere killed, InteriorMinistry spokesman SediqSediqi said. He did not pro-vide further details aboutthe suspect or his possiblemotive.The Taliban claimed

that the shooter was one of

their sympathizers andthat an accomplice hadhelped him get into thecompound to kill theAmericans in retaliation forthe Quran burnings.Afghanistan’s defense

and interior ministers wereto visit Washington thisweek, but they called off thetrip to consult with otherAfghan officials and reli-gious leaders on how to stopthe violence, Pentagonpress secretary GeorgeLittle said.The protesters in

Kunduz province in thenorth threw hand grenadesto express their anger atthe way some Qurans andother Islamic texts weredisposed of in a burn pitlast week at Bagram AirField, north of Kabul.

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“I have always been tenacious in my life— as a child, through the Navy years and

even today as I fight a reocurrence of illness. Inever give up. I am forever tenacious.”

— From “Forever Tenacious”by Jim Hufford

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Pot pie dinnerplannedTIPP CITY — The Tipp

City Seniors will have apot pie supper from 4:30-6:30 p.m. March 10 at theTipp City American LegionNo. 586, Tipp City.The $7 meal will

include mashed potatoes,coleslaw or applesauce,green beans, pie and bev-erage. Carry-outs will beavailable.

Scholarships tobe available forstudentsTROY — The Troy

Foundation has announcedthat more than 140 schol-arships totaling more than$200,000 will be awardedthrough the foundationthis year to assist graduat-ing seniors in pursuingtheir higher educationgoals.For scholarship infor-

mation and applications,seniors may contact theirhigh school guidancedepartment, visit the foun-dation’s website atwww.thetroyfoundation.org for details and an appli-cation or call the TroyFoundation office at (937)339-8935.Deadline for most schol-

arship applications isMarch 26.The Troy Foundation

was founded in 1924 withthe purpose of creating abetter life and building abetter future for those inTroy and the surroundingcommunity. The founda-tion manages funds pro-viding scholarships and

grants to individuals andcharitable organizationsfor educational, recreation-al, health-related, culturaland other human and com-munity needs.

Post Officeseminar aimed atsmall businessesTIPP CITY — The U.S.

Postal Service is reachingout to local businesses tohelp them attract newcustomers.Tipp City Officer in

Charge Michelle Arnoldsaid a free Grow YourBusiness seminar willshow small business own-ers how to harness thepower of direct mail from1-2 p.m. March 8.The seminar will

include a demonstrationof the easy-to-use onlinetools of The Direct MailHub and Every DoorDirect Mail, both new low-cost services that areaimed to help businessesin the area to grow.Staff will show partici-

pants how they can easilytarget a specific audienceor market to everyaddress in their neighbor-

hoods — reaching morepotential customers at alower cost.For more information

about the free seminar,contact Tipp City PostOffice at (937) 667-3012.

St. Patrick plansassessmentsTROY — St. Patrick

Catholic School will holdkindergarten assessmentsfor the 2012-2013 schoolyear March 27 at theschool, 420 E. Water St.Children must be 5

years of age on or beforeSept. 30, 2012, to be eligi-ble for kindergarten.The assessment is the

first step for enrollmentin the kindergarten pro-gram. Each assessmentwill take approximatelyone hour.To receive additional

information or to requestan assessment registra-tion packet, contact theschool office at 339-3705or visit the school betweenthe hours of 8 a.m. and3:30 p.m. during schooldays.Tours are available by

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• TEXAS TENDERLOIN:The American Legion PostNo. 586, Tipp City, will haveTexas tenderloin sandwich-es and fries available from6-7:30 p.m. for $5.

• BOARD MEETING:The Miami County ParkDistrict will hold its nextboard meeting at 9 a.m. atthe Lost Creek ReserveCentral Office, 2645 E. StateRoute 41, east of Troy. Formore information, contactthe Miami County ParkDistrict at 937-335-6273.

Civic agendas• Tipp City Board of

Education will meet at 7p.m. at the board office, 90S. Tippecanoe Drive. Call667-8444 for more informa-tion.

• Covington VillageCouncil will meet at 7 p.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 LincolnSquare, Troy.

• BAND CONCERT: The Troy HighSchool Jazz I band will perform at 7 p.m. inthe Troy High School auditorium. Songs to beperformed will be “Four,” “Oop Bop Sh’Bam,”“Moten Swing” and “Riding On a Blue Note.”All concerts are free and open to the public.Contact Kathy McIntosh at 332-6061 formore information.

Civic agendas• The village of West Milton Council will

have its workshop at 7 p.m. on the in councilchambers.

WEDNESDAY

• KIWANIS MEETING: The Kiwanis Clubof Troy will meet from noon to 1 p.m. at theTroy Country Club, 1830 Peters Road, Troy.Lunch is $10. Shane Carter will speak onthe Lincoln Community Center. For moreinformation, contact Kim Riber, vice presi-dent, 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 Gemand Mineral Club will meet at 7 p.m. at thecenter. The speaker will be David Lacko, aspecialist in meteorites and rocks fromouter space. There is no charge for attend-ing, and guests are invited to attend.

• ANNUAL BANQUET: The Milton-UnionAlumni Association will meet at 9 a.m. atthe Milton-Union Public Library to work onthe association newsletter. The group alsois making plans for the 124th annual ban-quet scheduled for May 19. If you know of achange in address of an alumni member,mail information to M-U Alumni, P.O. Box383, West Milton, OH 45383.

• SENIOR LUNCHEON: A senior lunch-eon will be offered at the A.B. GrahamMemorial Center, 8025 E. U.S. Route 36,Conover. The program will begin at 11 a.m.with Kenneth Lawler of St. Paris speakingon beekeeping. Lunch will be served atnoon. Call (937) 368-3700 for pricing andreservations.

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• CHICKEN FRY: The Pleasant Hill VFWPost No. 6557, 7578 W, Fenner Road,Ludlow Falls, will offer a three-piece chickendinner with french fries and coleslaw for $7from 6-8 p.m. Chicken livers also will beavailable.

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

• MUSIC PLANNED: Berachah Valleyand Rum River Blend will perform at 7:30p.m. at the Clifton Opera House, 5 S. ClaySt., 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-eatspaghetti dinner will be offered from 3-7:30p.m. at 622 S. Market St., Troy. The meal alsowill include a salad bar, drink and dessert.Meals will be $6.75 for adults and $4 for chil-dren 12 and younger. All proceeds will bene-

fit the Troy American Legionbaseball.

• PRAYER BREAKFAST:The Mayor’s Prayer Breakfastwill be offered at 8 a.m. atFirst Place, Franklin St., Troy.Make a reservation to SteveBaker at 335-6397.

• THEATRICAL PRODUC-TION: The Troy Civic Theatrewill present “Blythe Spirit,” byNoel Coward, at 8 p.m. at theBarn in the Park. The romanticcomedy pits the wife of a suc-cessful novelist against thespirit of his first, now deadwife. Tickets are $12, andreservations can be made bycalling 339-7700.

• PANCAKE DAYS: The2012 Piqua Kiwanis PancakeDay will be from 6 a.m. to2:30 p.m. at the Upper ValleyCareer Center, Piqua. Ticketsare $6 for adults and $3 forchildren 10 and younger. Themeal will include all-you-can-

eat pancakes, sausage, applesauce anddrink. For tickets, call Dean Brewer at 615-1034 or Ryan Ratermann at 773-1671.

• PRIME RIB: The Pleasant Hill VFWPost No. 6557, 7578 W. Fenner Road,Ludlow Falls, will offer a prime rib dinner withsalad, waffle fries, roll and chocolate puddingfor $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.The meal is all the pancakes you can eat andfree refills on drinks. Participants also canget a standard breakfast of eggs, sausageand toast if prefer not to have pancakes.Children’s portions also are served. Contactthe church office at (937) 676-3193 for moreinformation.

• SHARE-A-MEAL: The First UnitedChurch of Christ’s monthly Share-A-Meal willbe offered from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. atthe church, corner of South Market and Canalstreets, Troy. The meal will feature jackpotnoodles, mashed potatoes and gravy, apple-sauce, cake and beverages. Share-A-Meal isa program to reach out to the community byproviding nourishing meals to anyone wishingto participate while giving an opportunity tosocialize with others in the community. Usethe Canal Street entrance where we thechurch is handicapped accessible.

• EARTH ADVENTURES: Classes from 5-7 p.m. will offer age-appropriate, hands-onactivities that enable children to explore theworld of nature and farming in the winter atAullwood. Fees vary. Prepaid registration isrequired by calling Aullwood at (937) 890-7360 for more information.

MARCH 4

• ART EXHIBIT: A Kids’ Nature ArtGallery exhibit will feature Piqua students ingrades first through sixth at Brukner NatureCenter. The exhibit will feature creations bystudents in grades first through third atSpringcreek Elementary and grade fourththrough sixth at Wilder Intermediate. Worksof art range from sunflower drawings inspiredby Van Gogh to paper collage field miceinspired by a Leo Lionni picture book.

• CREATURE FEATURE: The red-tailedhawk will be featured from 2-3 p.m. atBrukner Nature Center, Troy. As spring drawsmore near, many animals have been prepar-ing for the upcoming breeding season. Oneof these animals which will begin breedingand nesting season very soon is the redtailed hawk. Come discover more about thisbird of prey, including some mating behav-iors and how and where they raise theiryoung. There will even be an opportunity tomeet one of these remarkable raptors. Thisevent is free and open to the public.

• GLEE CLUB: The Ohio StateUniversity’s Men’s Glee Club will offer a con-cert at 2:30 p.m. at the First UnitedMethodist Church in Troy. The program isfree and a free will offering will be taken.

• SUNDAY BREAKFAST: Pleasant HillVFW Post No. 6557, 7578 W. Fenner Road,Ludlow Falls, will offer a made-to-orderbreakfast from 8-11 a.m. Everything is a lacarte.

• BREAKFAST SET: Boy Scout TroopNo 586 of the American Legion Post No.586, Tipp City, will present an all-you-can-eatbreakfast from 9 a.m. to noon for $6. Itemsavailable will include eggs, bacon, sausage,home fries, sausage gravy and biscuits,toast, cinnamon rolls, fruit, juice, waffles andpancakes.

• THEATRICAL PRODUCTION: The TroyCivic Theatre will present “Blythe Spirit,” byNoel Coward, at 4 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.

MARCH 6

• BAND CONCERT: The Troy HighSchool concert band wind ensemble will per-form at 7 p.m. in the Troy High School audito-rium. Songs to be performed include “Who’sWho In Navy Blue,” by Sousa, “The MorningTrumpet,” “Rhapsody on American ShapedNote Melodies,” “Havendance,” “Electricity,”“Bandology and Ode,” “Fanfare and Festival.”All concerts are free and open to the public.Contact Kathy McIntosh at 332-6061 formore information.

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The Miami East FFAChapter recently hosted aState Leadership Night forits FFA member with thetheme of “The Value of Me.The Value of We.”Several members from

Miami East FFA attendedthe activities. State FFAofficers coordinated theworkshops.The FFA members

enjoyed a pizza party priorto the event.Representing the Ohio

FFA Association wereState FFA Vice PresidentBrent Stammen andDistrict 5 President DevonAlexander. During theactivities, members com-pleted team building activ-ities, discussed the person-al values of themselvesand how they can utilizethose natural talent moreand what opportunities

exist that will allow thembenefit their own personalabilities.The highlight for the

night was the awarding of25 computer jump drivesdonated by sponsors of thestatewide events. One ofthose 25 students earningthe jump drive will receive$50 in Dekalb clothing.Miami East’s winner wasfreshman Brady Anderson.He will select clothing forfree. This is a special proj-ect of the Ohio FFAFoundation.Attending from Miami

East FFA were: JaydaBurch, Danielle Danielson,Seth Drake, AustinHarleman, AustinHoneyman, Caleb Johnson,Brittany Taylor, NicholasWoolever, Jennifer Brown,Adam Everett, Amy Hahn,

Grant Hodge, Emma Rife,Chris Teaford, RobbieAdams, Dan Bodenmiller,Alex Brewer, LibbyEverett, Dylan Kinnison,Andrew Kowalak, ShaneRichardson, Austin Rush,Devin Staley, MacalehThompson, LaurenWilliams, Brady Anderson,Ashlee Bussen, ColinGump, Katie Jenkins, AlliePatton, Megan Smock,Allyson Supinger, JarrettWilloughby, Kelly Rindler,Meagan McKinney, EmilyJohnson, KendraBeckman, KolinBendickson, BekahEidemiller, Amber Elsass,Chris Harleman, ColinHawes, Brandon Nales,Trenton Tigner, CorrineMelvin, Sarah Pyers,Jenifer Slone, AmandaBartel, Jake Eidemiller,Brooke North, DanielleSands, Heather Skaggsand several others.

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On Aug. 3, 2004, the Mercury Surface,Space Environment, Geochemistry andRanging Spacecraft blasted off from CapeCanaveral Air Force Center in Florida.Better known as the MESSENGER space-craft, its purpose is to study and gain moreinformation about the planet closest to thesun, Mercury.

MESSENGER has had a long journeyand it’s not over. The spacecraft has hadfly-bys of Earth (Aug. 2005). Venus (Oct.2006 and June 2007) and Mercury itself(Jan. 2008 and Oct. 2008) since its missionstarted. In Sept. 2009, MESSENGER flewby Mercury for the final time before enter-ing the planet’s orbit in 2011.

MESSENGER is the first spacecraft tostudy Mercury since the space probeMariner 10 in 1974 and 1975. Scientistswant to study Mercury because so little isknown about it.Why do you think this is?

Mercury, along with Venus, Earth andMars, is a terrestrial planet. Terrestrial plan-ets are the innermost planets of our solarsystem. They have a solid surface and aredenser than the other planets. Jupiter,Saturn, Uranus and Neptune, meanwhile,are Jovian planets and are more commonlyknown as gas giants. The Jovian planetshave much larger radiuses than terrestrialplanets and are mostly comprised of gas.

By studying Mercury, scientists can findour more about how the planets, includingEarth, formed. It will also give scientistsmore insight into the terrestrial planets.

(born July 18, 1921,Cambridge, Ohio, U.S.) the firstU.S. astronaut to orbit Earth,completing three orbits in 1962.(Soviet cosmonaut Yury Gagarin,the first person in space, hadmade a single orbit of Earth in1961).

Glenn joined the U.S. MarineCorps in 1943, and flew 59 mis-sions during World War II and 90missions during the Korean War.He was a test pilot from 1954and was promoted to lieutenantcolonel in 1959. Of the sevenU.S. military pilots selected inthat year for Project Mercuryastronaut training, he was theoldest. Glenn served as a backuppilot for Alan B. Shepard Jr., andVirgil I. Grissom, who made thefirst two U.S. suborbital flightsinto space. Glenn was selected

for the first orbital flight, and onFebruary 20, 1962, his spacecapsule, Friendship 7, waslaunched from Cape Canaveral,Florida. Its orbit ranged fromapproximately 99 to 162 miles(159 to 261 km) in altitude, andGlenn made three orbits, landingin the Atlantic Ocean near TheBahamas.

Glenn retired from the spaceprogram and the Marine Corps in1964 to enter private businessand to pursue his interest in poli-tics. In 1970, he sought theDemocratic nomination for a U.S.Senate seat in Ohio but lost nar-rowly in the primary. He waselected U.S. senator from thatstate in 1974, and was reelectedthree times thereafter. Glenn wasunsuccessful, however, in his bidto become the 1984 Democratic

presidential candidate.On October 29, 1998, Glenn

returned to space as a payloadspecialist on a nine-day missionaboard the space shuttleDiscovery. The oldest personever to travel in space, Glenn atage 77 participated in experi-ments that studied similaritiesbetween the aging process andthe body's response to weight-lessness.

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All a school has to do to participate in this free activity is to designate acoordinator and fill out the request form below. Requests should be made nolater than Friday, March 2 by calling Cindy Bach at 440-3488 x8705 or sendingand email to cbach@miamicountysed.com.

The paper grocery bags will be delivered to your school the week of March12th (hopefully). Once the bags are decorated, someone from your schoolshould take the bags either to the Kroger store in Piqua or Troy. The stores willdistribute the bags to shoppers during the week of April 23rd - 28th.

Hundreds of schools nationwide have been involved in this project for years.Students can be as creative as they want in sharing their thoughts on how torespect the Earth. For more information and for ideas on how to decorate thebags, take a look at the website: www.earthdaybags.org.

This activity is also open to organizations other than schools. Cub Scoutpacks, 4-H groups, environmental camps, homeschooling groups, after-schoolprograms and many other can join in. All are welcome!

School: ______________________________________________________Complete Address: ________________________________________________________________________________________________________Name of Contact Person: ________________________________________Bag delivery instructions, if any: ______________________________________________________________________________________________Phone ______________________________________________________Email________________________________________________________Number of Students Participating__________________________________Number of Bags Requested ______________________________________Which Kroger do you plan to deliver bags to: ______ Troy ______ PiquaCall 937-440-3488 or email cbach@miamicountysed.comPlease call or email no later than March 2nd

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MERCURY EARTH

Diameter 3,032 miles 7,926 miles

Average distance from the sun 36 million miles 93 million miles

Time to orbit the sun 88 Earth days 365.25 Earth days

Time to spin around own axis 58.7 Earth days 1 Earth day

Surface temperature 333° F -94° F to 131° F

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many Earth hours is that?5.Why do you think the temperature on Mercury is so much hotter thanthe Earth’s temperature?

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Chapter Six:Week Six

June 18, 1863Wilf,I swear that I will never understand

the way some people think. Here weare, my fellow soldiers and I, fightingfor the right of things, for the freedomof all men. Fighting and dying, Wilf.Yet here, back in my very own andbeloved Ohio, the state of my birth,there are people resisting the Unionand our efforts.I do not understand these

Butternuts, Wilf, these Copperheads.They are as wrong-headed in their wayas any Johnny Reb. I pray for peace asmuch as any man. Of this you mustsurely be aware. But to plead for peaceat the cost of our own souls, for howcan any less be at stake here should weturn our backs on our brethren, is noplea at all, but a deal with the Devilhimself.God love you, Wilf. Should I ever

find that you sided with these igno-rants, I will give you such a thrashingas you would never dare havedreamed.EthanIt seems that every war has its pro-

testors, even the Civil War. I have toadmit that I was pretty surprised whenI read this. And that sent me right tothe computer to find out what’s what. Imean, “Butternut” and “Copperhead”?

As it turns out, what my UncleEthan was so upset about was a fringegroup of the Democratic party, thePeace Democrats. They were teed offabout a lot of stuff that the federal gov-ernment was doing at the time.Conscription, the draft, was at the topof their list. So they protested andencouraged people to either resist thedraft or to desert the army, if they’dalready been drafted.Because they felt these kinds of

protests were dangerous, even poison-ous, to the Union, Republicans at thetime called the Peace Democrats“Copperheads”, like the snake. Fromwhat I could find out “Butternut” wasmore about the color of theConfederate uniforms.At any rate, some of the rowdier

Peace Democrats really got up to sometrouble. In Holmes County, hundredsof Copperheads gathered in what isnow Glenmont to fight the draft. News

of this got back to Columbus and offi-cers there sent out four hundred sol-diers to “quell the rebellion.” Whenthe Copperheads got word of this,most just took off. But some decidedto stay and set up to fight in an oldfarmhouse they chose to call FortVallandigham. They named it afterClement Vallandigham, a Dayton,Ohio, Congressman and Copperheadleader. Once the Union soldiers gotthere, there was even a battle … if youcan call it that. It only lasted about aminute; maybe five, then theCopperheads jumped out the windowand ran away into the woods. It seemsthat Fort Vallandigham wasn’t every-thing they’d hoped it would be and itearned a new nickname with thelocals.They called it Fort Fizzle.

VOCABULARYWORDSButternutsCopperheadsbrethren

conscriptionquell

CHAPTER SIX:QUESTIONS & ACTIVITIESLocate Glenmont and Holmes

County on a map. How far from yourschool is Glenmont? Traveling at 55mph, how long would it take you andyour class to visit there?Do you think it was important to

put down this rebellion? Why or whynot?Uncle Ethan has slang terms for

enemy soldiers, including “JohnnyReb”. Josh is surprised by this.Research past wars and conflicts todiscover slang terms used for theopposition. Why do you think peopledid this? Do we still?Why or why not?

On October 29, 1998, the firstAmerican to orbit the Earth madehistory again. John Glenn becamethe oldest man to fly in space byserving as a payload specialist onSTS-95 aboard the space shuttleDiscovery.The nine-day mission support-

ed a variety of research, includingthe deployment of the SpartanSolar Observing Spacecraft, theHubble Space Telescope orbital

systems test platform and severalmicrogravity experiments fromNASA Glenn (then Lewis).Glenn spent most of his time

in space participating in investiga-tions on the aging process.Scientists recognize several paral-lels between the effects of space-flight on the human body and thenatural changes that take placeas a person ages. Glenn's experi-ments were designed to test howhis body responded to the micro-gravity environment. They focusedon balance, perception, immunesystem response, bone and mus-cle density, metabolism, bloodflow and sleep.Joining Glenn on the shuttle

were Mission Commander CurtBrown, Pilot Steve Lindsey,Mission Specialists ScottParazynski, Steve Robinson andEuropean Space Agency astro-naut Pedro Duque, and payloadspecialist Chiaki Mukai from theJapanese Space Agency.The flight aboard the shuttle

was quite different from Glenn'sfirst mission. It lasted nine daysand orbited the Earth 134 times,traveling a distance of 3.6 millionmiles in 213 hours and 44 min-utes. The landing was also differ-ent. The shuttle Discovery easedthrough re-entry at a mere 3 Gs,half of what he experiencedaboard Friendship 7.The mission concluded with a

safe landing at the KennedySpace Center in Florida.

Portrait of STS-95 Payload SpecialistGlenn wearing the orange partial-pres-sure launch and entry suit. Credit:NASA

John Glenn Returns to Space

Glenn works with the AdvancedOrganic Separation (ADSEP) experi-ment inside the Spacehab facility onDiscovery. Credit: NASA

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The Denver Post on theEnglish-only debate:

If you go to the U.S. SmallBusiness Administration’s web-site, SBA.gov, you’ll see a“Translate” button in the upperright-hand corner. Proceed to thedrop-down menu and click onone of the many languages thereand soon you’ll be reading — orgazing at — the same SBAmaterial in Greek, Italian,Yiddish, Malay or Maltese,among other possibilities.We consider the translation

service a neat use of advancedtechnology. Unfortunately, that’snot the view of those pushing

legislation to make English thenation’s official language so thatall “official functions” of govern-ment are conducted only inEnglish. They’d outlaw that“translate” option. Indeed, theirdefinition of “official” includes“any function that is otherwisesubject to scrutiny by either thepress or the public” — so good-bye to the translation software.The English Language Unity

Act, which is supported byColorado RepublicanCongressmen Mike Coffman andDoug Lamborn, is the sort of billthat probably sounds appealingto many voters but that mostly

fails to address their actual con-cerns. For example, some votersno doubt worry about whetherimmigrants are assimilating fastenough to preserve a commonAmerican culture. We think theanswer is yes, but even if we’rewrong, this bill won’t really help.If Congress wants to toughen

the English-language require-ment for naturalization, so be it.That may be desirable. But is itreally necessary that newcomersmaster 18th century patterns ofspeech as well?The English Language Unity

Act is a badly flawed bill thatshould never make it into law.

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MESA, Ariz. (AP) — The longer GOP presidential candidates com-pete for conservative activists’ favor, the more they risk alienatingcentrist voters who might feel that arguments over birth control arecrowding out talk about how to create jobs.Wednesday’s televised debate highlighted the dilemma. The four

contenders engaged in long, sometimes dense discussions of PlannedParenthood, education policy and congressional earmarks. Talk of jobsand the economy seemed to consume less time and stir less passion.That’s partly because of the questions asked by CNN moderator

John King. But in general, his topics closely tracked the news comingfrom the campaign trail, and the candidates rarely tried to changethe subject.Rick Santorum’s recent rise in the polls has focused new attention

on social issues, especially abortion and birth control. Those topicsfire up the religiously conservative crowds he often draws, but theymight turn off more moderate voters worried about finding or keepingjobs for themselves and their families.Meanwhile, there are signs that President Barack Obama may be

benefiting from the increased GOP focus on social issues, at least abit. A new Associated Press-GfK Poll found Obama with an 8-pointlead over Mitt Romney, 9 points over Santorum and 10 points overNewt Gingrich and Ron Paul. The survey showed the president domi-nating among independents, a group central to his 2008 victory. Theirsupport for Obama had faltered in recent months.Obama is far from safe, of course, and any number of problems

starting with a possible economic dip could undo him beforeNovember. But his supporters had to be happy with a two-hourRepublican debate that often showed the candidates quarreling overcongressional procedures, a distasteful topic to many Americans.The debate, which came six days ahead of the Arizona and

Michigan primaries, was especially difficult for Santorum. The formerPennsylvania senator got pinned down trying to explain his now-regretted vote for President George W. Bush’s “No Child Left Behind”education program.“I have to admit, I voted for that,” Santorum said. “It was against

the principles I believed in, but, you know, when you’re part of theteam, sometimes you take one for the team.”Santorum also got bogged down explaining how he voted for a

massive spending bill with funding for Planned Parenthood a grouphe strongly opposes because it was the only legislative vehicle to fundvital programs elsewhere. “I think I was making it clear that, while Ihave a personal moral objection to it even though I don’t support itthat I voted for bills that included it,” Santorum said to scatteredboos.It was reminiscent of John Kerry’s infamous 2004 remark, “I actu-

ally voted for the bill before I voted against it.” Like Kerry, Santorumwas trying to explain parliamentary realities that leave many voterscold.The debate went much better for Romney, the former

Massachusetts governor and the Republican establishment’s pre-ferred candidate. But Romney also spent precious time trying toexplain why he supported bailouts for banks but not the auto indus-try, and why he attacks Santorum’s congressional earmarks eventhough Romney successfully sought earmarks for the 2002 WinterOlympics.Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich chided Romney on that

point. “I just think it’s kind of silly for you to then turn around andrun an ad attacking somebody else for getting what you got,” Gingrichsaid.

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It’s a long way from Troy toSyria.Yet it might not be quite so

far as we think. It certainlyisn’t a long way for TylerHicks, a former Troy DailyNews photographer who wasback in the news last week.You might remember that

last year Tyler was one of thefour journalists who were cap-tured by Libyan soldiers whilecovering the revolution in thatcountry. For a while, theirfates were unknown, but even-tually they were released afterspending six days inMoammar Gadhafi’s prisoncells.Last week, Tyler was

attempting to cover anotherconflict, this time in Syria. Hesnuck into the country withreporter Anthony Shadid, whohad also been with him duringthe Libyan adventure. Ontheir way back out, Shadidsuffered a fatal asthma attackand Tyler, according to theNew York Times, carried hisbody across the border back toTurkey.

The Times described howthey entered Syria: Shadidand Tyler were helped bysmugglers through the borderarea in Turkey adjoiningSyria's Idlib Province. Theywere met by guides on horse-back after they had slippedthrough a barbed wire fencethat marked the borderbetween the two countries.It’s a far cry from shooting

pictures at a Troy High Schoolfootball game.Why, you might ask, do

reporters and photographersdo these kinds of things? Well,to start they have to be a littlebit crazy, so Tyler fits thatrequirement. But it’s not justsome advanced form of thrill

seeking.Tyler and his companions

are determined to “tell thestory.” Most of us here in theUnited States have virtuallyno clue of what is going on inthe rest of the world, or evenin other parts of our own coun-try.We go through our normal

routines and complain if thetelevision reception goes bador we have to take a detour towork for a few months becausea bridge is being repaired.It’s also an American trait to

think that things that happenin Libya or Syria or Thailandreally don’t matter. Sure,China and Europe matter andeven sometimes a place likeGreece seems important whenit screws something up, butthose other places are justnames on a map.Tyler Hicks and his co-

adventurers don’t feel thatway. They have seen firsthandthe suffering and triumphs ofwhat appears to be almostanother world and they wantto make sure that the rest of

the world knows about thoseevents, too. The stories andpictures that come out ofplaces like Libya or Syria orAfghanistan are among themost potent forces of change.They capture for the rest of usthe reality of what the worldreally is like.There’s a small group of peo-

ple who make this their life’swork. If you look up Tyler’sphotos on the Internet, you’llsee he’s been to Afghanistan,Pakistan, Libya, the Sudan,Haiti, Syria ... even New YorkCity. How’s that for bravery?So, to Tyler and the late

Anthony Shadid and the lateChris Hondros, thanks fordoing the kind of work most ofus never would do and thanksfor showing us the things wesometimes don’t want to see.And one more thing, Tyler:Stay safe. We’d like to keepseeing your pictures for a longtime to come.

David Lindeman appearsevery other Monday in the TroyDaily News.

David LindemanTroy Daily News Columnist

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Social issues mayhaunt GOP in fall

COLUMBUS (AP) —How much does it cost toproperly educate Ohioschoolchildren? What per-centage of taxpayer dollarsshould go into classroomsor reading help, counselingor the arts? Should strug-gling districts get morethan comfortable ones?How much more?All huge questions. All

without answers.Since 2009, Ohio has

been effectively without aschool funding formula, theequation that answers vex-ing policy questions anddoles out dollars according-ly. The decisions that gointo calculating what’s paidto Ohio’s 613 school dis-tricts and 353 charterschools have the potentialto affect many Ohioans’ taxbills, home values, and theultimate quality of the edu-cation Ohio childrenreceive.Republican Gov. John

Kasich scrapped hisDemocratic predecessor

Ted Strickland’s attempt ata solution last year. Kasichmade no mention of areplacement during hisrecent State of the Statespeech, though an educa-tion adviser initially pre-dicted a draft plan could beready by October 2011.Damon Asbury, legisla-

tive director for the OhioSchool Boards Association,said, “I think people real-ized it was more complicat-ed than originally thought.”During a January forum

sponsored by TheAssociated Press, Kasichsaid the state has “a longway to go” to prepare thepublic for the change that’srequired.“The solutions lie in

more money into instruc-tion, the solutions lie inmore parental involvement,so we have to keep workingon this,” he said. “This isgoing to take a long time, to

get people to where theyneed to be to understandthat there are additionalreforms that need to bemade.”In the two decades since

the Ohio Supreme Courtfirst declared the state’sschool funding systemunconstitutional, manyattempts have been madeto come up with a workablesolution. The high courtsaid Ohio’s system reliedtoo heavily on propertytaxes, which can vary wide-ly between rich and poordistricts.One plan looked to

spending by academicallysuccessful schools as thebenchmark for districtsstatewide. Another sent aset amount per student toeach district, with addition-al weight given to howmany pupils a district hadin poverty or in special pro-grams.

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•• James Henry SpanglerSIDNEY — James Henry Spangler,

74, died at Dorothy Love RetirementCommunity, Sidney, Ohio, on Saturday, Feb. 25, 2012 after an

extended illness. Funeral services will be conducted

Wednesday, Feb. 29, 2012, at Salm-McGill and Tangeman Funeral Homein Sidney.

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APThis is a 2006 file photo of Swedish actor Erland Josephson, pictured during apress conference for the play ‘Blomsterplockarna’ at the Royal Dramatic Theatre inStockholm.

Bergman’s favorite actor,Josephson, dies at age 88STOCKHOLM (AP) —

Swedish actor ErlandJosephson, who collaborat-ed with legendary filmdirector Ingmar Bergmanin more than 40 films andplays, has died. He was 88.The award-winning

actor died at a Stockholmhospital on Saturday fol-lowing a long battleagainst Parkinson’s dis-ease, said Royal DramaticTheatre spokeswomanChristina Bjerkander.Josephson was born

into a family of artists andculture workers inStockholm in 1923 andwould become the actorwho had the longest-run-ning collaboration withBergman. The two first met when

Josephson was just 16 andparticipated as an ama-teur actor in the play “TheMerchant of Venice,”directed by Bergman.Although he never had

any formal acting educa-

tion, Josephson continuedto appear in severalBergman stage plays inthe 1940s and 50s, andreceived a minor part in1946 film “It Rains on OurLove.” In the late 50s he

played larger roles inBergman’s films “TheMagician” and “Brink ofLife,” but first shot tointernational stardomwith the role of Johan in“Scenes from a Marriage,”in 1973.After that, he received

offers to appear in manyinternational film produc-tions and played FriedrichNietzsche in Italian direc-tor Liliana Cavani’s 1977“Beyond Good and Evil.”Josephson appeared inPhilip Kaufman’s 1988“The UnbearableLightness of Being” andmade memorable perform-ances in AndreyTarkovskiy’s 1980s films“Nostalghia” and “The

Sacrifice.”The actor won several

Swedish film prizes andreceived an honoraryaward at the Rimini filmfestival in 1986. Two years later, he

received the Off-BroadwayTheater Award for bestperformance for his role asGajev in Peter Brooks NewYork production of “CherryFarm.”Josephson also pub-

lished many novels andautobiographical books,two poetry collections andaround 40 scripts forstage, radio and television. He served as head of

Sweden’s Royal DramaticTheatre between 1966 and1975, and was director ofthe Swedish Film Institutein the 1990s.Josephson is survived

by his wife Ulla Aberg andfive children.Funeral arrangements

weren’t immediatelyknown.

MENUS

• BETHELTuesday —Asian chicken,

brown rice, broccoli and car-rots, choice of fruit, milk.High school only - pizza.

Wednesday — Cook’schoice.

Thursday — BBQ pulledpork on wheat bun, sweetpotatoes, choice of fruit,milk.

Friday — Cheese pizza,broccoli, choice of fruit, milk.

• BRADFORDSCHOOLS

Tuesday — Hot dog on abun or chef’s salad, bakedbeans, corn, fruit cup, milk.

Wednesday — Tony’spizza or peanut butter andjelly sandwich, green beans,fresh fruit, oatmeal raisincookie, milk.

Thursday — Not avail-able.

Friday — Not available.• COVINGTON

SCHOOLSTuesday — Hamburger or

cheeseburger sandwich,tater tots, apple crisp, milk.

Wednesday — Hot dogsandwich, baked beans, fruitjuice, milk.

Thursday — Tenderloinsandwich, corn, applesauceand milk.

Friday — Cheese pizza,peas, applesauce and milk.

• MIAMI EASTSCHOOLS

Tuesday — Chicken ten-ders, fries, butter bread,cookie, mixed fruit, milk.

Wednesday — Tacosalad with cheese, lettuce,tomatoes and sour cream,chips, cocoa bar, peaches,milk.

Thursday — Hamburgerwith cheese and pickles

fries, strawberries and milk.Friday — Pizza, salad,

pretzel, Jell-O and milk.• MILTON-UNION

ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOLS

Tuesday — Chicken ten-ders with sauce, roll,mashed potatoes with gravy,fruit, milk.

Wednesday — Hot dogor Coney dog on a bun,french fries, fruit, milk.

Thursday — Not avail-able.

Friday — Not available.• MILTON-UNION HIGH

SCHOOLTuesday — Chicken que-

sadilla with salsa, broccoli,fruit, milk.

Wednesday — Pepperonipizza, green beans, fruit,milk.

Thursday — Not avail-able.

Friday — Not available.• NEWTON SCHOOLSTuesday — Grilled

cheese sandwich, tomatosoup, crackers, diced peach-es, milk.

Wednesday — Tacos (2)with meat, cheese, lettuceand tomato, diced pears,cookie, milk.

Thursday — Pita pocketswith meat, cheese, lettuceand tomato, mixed fruit,Fritos and milk.

Friday — Stuffed crustpizza, broccoli, applesauce,Doritos and milk.

• ST. PATRICKTuesday — Spaghetti

with meatballs, salad, breadstick, mixed fruit, milk.

Wednesday — Frenchtoast, sausage, hashbrowns, pears, milk.

Thursday — Green eggs

and ham, peanut butter andjelly sandwich, applesauce,milk.

Friday — Cheese pizza,corn, peaches, brownies,milk.

• TROY CITY SCHOOLSTuesday — Chicken Fryz,

mashed potatoes and gravy,dinner roll, fruit, milk.

Wednesday — Sausage,french toast with syrup, fruitjuice, fruit, milk.

Thursday —Cheeseburger on a bun,baked beans, fruit slushies,milk.

Friday — Stuffed crustpizza, corn, fruit, milk.

• TIPP CITY HIGHSCHOOL

Tuesday — Ravioli,salad, choice of fruit, cornbread, milk.

Wednesday — Pizza,steamed green beans,choice of fruit, milk.

Thursday — Popcornchicken, mashed potatoeswith gravy, choice of fruit,biscuit, milk.

Friday — Fish sandwichon a bun, broccoli withcheese, choice of fruit, milk.

• UPPER VALLEYCAREER CENTER

Tuesday — Ravioli orcheese sticks and sauce,side salad, assorted fruit.

Wednesday — Pizza orquesadilla, fresh baby car-rots and dip, assorted fruit.

Thursday — Walking tacoor chicken fajita with lettuce,tomato and salsa, red beansand rice, assorted fruit.

Friday — Grilled chickenbreast or hot ham andcheese, baked potato, broc-coli and cheese, assortedfruit, multi-grain bun.

PIQUA — Thomas A. Staley, 80, of212 Sharon Drive, Piqua, died at 5:46a.m. Saturday, Feb. 25, 2012, at theSpringmeade Health Center.He was born Feb. 12, 1932, in Piqua,

to the late John and Helen (Shanesey)Staley. He married Janet J.Boney at St. Boniface CatholicChurch July 25, 1953, and shesurvives.Other survivors include three

sons, George K. (Susan E.)Staley, Thomas W. (Mary C.“Cathy”) Staley, and Joseph G.(Kimberly A.) Staley all ofPiqua; four grandchildren,Anthony “Tony” (Kristen)Staley, Nicolas Staley, JosephThomas Staley, and ShannonCiara Staley; two great grandchil-dren, Andrew and Elyssa; twobrothers, Richard (Lois) Staley ofPiqua, and John (Lora) Staley ofTipp City; and two sisters, ConnieEvans and Judy Weigel, both ofPiqua.He was preceded in death by three

brothers and two sisters.Mr. Staley graduated from Piqua

Catholic High School in 1951 andattended the University of Dayton. Hewas a United States Marine Corp vet-eran having served as a corporal dur-ing the Korean War. Early in his careerTom worked for the M.J. GibbonsSupply Company, then as a branchmanager for the W. H. Kefaber

Company until he founded the StaleyPlumbing Company in 1977, whichcontinues to be a family business.He was a devoted member of St.

Mary Catholic Church, where heserved on a vast number of boards and

committees for many years.He was a member of theKnights of ColumbusCouncil No. 3344, Knightsof St. John CommanderyNo. 194, American LegionPost No. 184, and hadserved on the plumbingboard for the city of Piqua.A Mass of Christian Burial

will be celebrated Thursday,March 1, 2012, at 11 a.m. atSt. Mary Catholic Church,

with Rev. Fr. Thomas J. Grilliotas the Celebrant. Burial will fol-low at Forest Hill Cemetery,where full military honors will beprovided by the Veterans EliteTribute Squad.

Visitation will be from 4-8 p.m.Wednesday at the Jamieson &Yannucci Funeral Home, where aprayer service will be conducted at 4p.m. Memorial contributions may bemade to Piqua Catholic School, 503 W.North St., Piqua, OH 45356, orLehman Catholic High School, 2400 St.Mary’s Ave., Sidney OH 45365.Condolences to the family may also

be expressed through jamiesonandyan-nucci.com.

SIDNEY — Donna S. Blevins, 60, ofSidney, died Saturday, Feb. 25, 2012,at her residence.She was born June 30, 1951, in

Covington, Ky., to the late GarrettCarnes and the late Ohma (Jackson)Carnes Epperson. Her stepmother,Ruth Carnes, also precededher in death.Mrs. Blevins is survived by

a son, Garrett (Amber)Asher of Piqua; a daughter,Susan (Mark) Gibboney ofTroy; eight grandchildren;four great-grandchildren; twosisters, Emma (Buster) Haleof Medway, Sharon (James)Gambrel of Knox Co., Ky.; abrother, Millard (Dianne)Carnes of Sidney; and numerousnieces and nephews. She was preced-ed in death by two sisters, ShirleyMuhlenkamp and Beulah Hubbard; anda daughter, Sharon Hobbs.Donna attended Solid Rock

Pentecostal Church of God, and had

worked for Reliable Castings. She also had previously worked as

an STNA at several area nursinghomes, including Piqua Manor andKoester Pavilion. Donna enjoyed thetime spent with her family and grand-children.

A funeral service to honorher life will be conducted at10 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 29,2012, at the Jamieson &Yannucci Funeral Home,Piqua, with Rev. CharlesJarrett officiating.Burial will follow in

Beechwood Cemetery,Lockington.Visitation will be from 4-7

p.m. Tuesday at the funeralhome.Memorial contributions may be made

to the American Cancer Society, 2808Reading Road, Cincinnati, OH 45206.Condolences to the family may also

be expressed through jamieso-nandyannucci.com.

THOMAS A. STALEY

STALEY

DONNA S. BLEVINS

BLEVINS

Ohio districts await Kasich’snew school funding formula

Dear Heloise: I have a setof old china from my grand-mother stamped “Made inOccupied Japan.” The piecesare from the World War II era.Would they be able to go intothe dishwasher if I decided touse them? I don’t know if Ishould use them for everydaydishes. However, since I havethem, why not use them? —Debbie in California

Good question! I have some,too, and I use them often. Youshould always hand-wash finechina, old dishes like yours anddelicate pieces. Dishwasherspose many potential hazards tochina, so it is best to avoid, if

possible.To hand-wash, place a towel

in the sink to avoid mishaps,and use a soft sponge and milddetergent. Wash and rinse onedish at a time to avoid chip-ping. Make sure to dry with adish towel rather than air-dry.Enjoy that beautiful china, anduse it often! — Heloise

FAST FACTSDear Readers: Want some

ways to reuse coffee-can lids?Here you go:

• Place under a plant tocatch water.

• As a coaster.• Cover a cup to keep your

coffee warm.• Let kids decorate several

and make a mobile.• Place in between dishes to

prevent scratching. — HeloiseSOUND ONDear Readers: Have you

noticed that instead of metallids that need to be openedwith a can opener, more andmore products are being made

with vacuum-sealed tops?Now you don’t have to worry

about recycling the metal lidseparately, which is great! Andmuch safer, too!

Readers, what do you think?Are there things in everydaylife that people or companiesdo to impress you or botheryou? Write and let me know.

Send your “Sound Off/On” toHeloise/Sound Off, P.O. Box795000, San Antonio, TX78279-5000; email (please put“Sound Off/On” in the subjectline) to Heloise@Heloise.com;or fax to 210-435-6473.

Look forward to hearingfrom you! — Heloise

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Dear Annie: In my 22 years, Ihave had only two seriousboyfriends. After both relationshipsended in heartbreak, I decided togive myself a breather from men.

Nine months later, I met Chris.We grew close in a short period oftime, but the relationship had itsflaws. Once, we were arguing, and Isaid I was leaving. Chris tried toblock me from the door andsmacked a cup out of my hand. Iwalked out and didn't answer anyof his calls for the rest of the day.He apologized, and we got backtogether. That was five months ago,and he's not done anything like itsince.

However, Chris constantly accus-es me of cheating (which I am not),calls me nonstop, texts me all dayand repeatedly asks where I amgoing, why I'm going there and whoI'll be with.

I'm scared that he is starting tobecome overly possessive. I don'tthink he would ever hurt me, butwe're planning to move in togethersoon, and I fear his possessivenesswill not subside and I'll be trapped.I love him and want to be withhim, but am I doing the rightthing? — Scared and Confusedin Omaha

Dear Omaha: Get. Out. Now.Chris shows all the signs of becom-ing an abuser. He is possessive andcontrolling, and it wouldn't takemuch for him to become physicallyviolent. He puts you in the positionof constantly feeling you mustreassure him of your fidelity. If youmove in with him, these things willonly get worse. Contact theNational Domestic ViolenceHotline (thehotline.org) for infor-mation and help on safely extricat-ing yourself from this relationship.

Dear Annie: I am 68 and havebeen dating "Ken," age 71, forthree years. We go out to dinner,movies and sporting events regu-larly. He's very generous and kind.I know he takes a lot of medication,so I've never questioned whatappears to be a lack of interest insex.

Ken's house is always neat. Hetold me he has a housekeeper whocomes twice a month. She nevercomes when I'm there, and I hadnot even thought about her.However, his sister recentlyinformed me that the housekeeperis Ken's ex-wife.

I don't want to cause any prob-lems in what appears to be a close-knit family, so how should I handlethis unexpected news? — JustAnother Senior Moment

Dear Senior: It's possible theex-wife is only cleaning the bed-room, not using it, but still, it'squite an unusual arrangement, andwe think it deserves to beaddressed. If you don't want toimplicate his sister, ask Ken whenthe housekeeper is due to come, asyou'd like to meet the woman whokeeps his home so neat. When hetells you it's his ex-wife, ask him toexplain his reasoning.

Dear Annie: We have a numberof grandchildren, and we love themall equally. Do we appear to favorsome over others? Probably.

If the parents really want toknow why, perhaps they shouldlook at their children's behavior.Some grandchildren really enjoytheir grandparents, discuss theirlives and show concern for them.Other grandchildren grudginglyvisit, refuse to interact and oftensit and sulk while texting theirfriends. They never say thank youfor anything. All efforts to be moreinvolved in their lives are rejected.

So, before the children's parentscomplain to the grandparentsabout favoritism, they shouldexamine how their children areinadvertently damaging the rela-tionship. — Trying To Be Fair

Dear Trying: Of course somegrandkids are easier to like thanothers, but that's why it is soimportant not to show yourfavoritism, whether it exists or not,particularly when the children areyoung. Even unpleasant, remotechildren need to believe theirgrandparents love them as muchas their siblings and cousins.

Annie's Mailbox is written byKathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar,longtime editors of the Ann Landerscolumn. Please email your ques-tions toanniesmailbox@comcast.net, orwrite to: Annie's Mailbox, c/oCreators Syndicate, 737 3rd Street,Hermosa Beach, CA 90254.

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Editor’s note: Due to earlypress deadline, a completestory on Sunday’s AcademyAwards show was not avail-able in time for this edition.

LOS ANGELES (AP) —Christopher Plummerbecame the oldest acting win-ner ever at Sunday’sAcademy Awards for his sup-porting performance in“Beginners,” while veteranbit player Octavia Spencerearned the supporting-actress prize for her breakoutrole in “The Help.”

The 82-year-old Plummerwon for his role as an elderlywidower who comes out asgay in “Beginners.”

“You’re only two yearsolder than me, darling,”Plummer said, addressing hisOscar statue in this 84th yearof the awards. “Where haveyou been all my life? I have aconfession to make. When Ifirst emerged from my moth-er’s womb, I was alreadyrehearsing my Oscar speech.”

The previous oldest win-ner was best-actress recipi-ent Jessica Tandy for“Driving Miss Daisy,” at age80.

Completing an awards-season blitz that took herfrom Hollywood bit player tostar, Spencer won for her roleas a headstrong black maid

whose willful ways continual-ly land her in trouble withwhite employers in 1960sMississippi.

Spencer wept throughouther breathless speech, inwhich she apologizedbetween laughing and cryingfor running a bit long on hertime limit.

“Thank you, academy, forputting me with the hottestguy in the room,” Spencersaid, referring to last year’ssupporting-actor winnerChristian Bale, who present-ed her Oscar.

Her brash character holdsa personal connection: “TheHelp” author Kathryn

Stockett based some of thewoman’s traits on Spencer,whom she met through child-hood pal Tate Taylor, thedirector of the film.

Before taking the stage,Spencer got kisses from “TheHelp” co-stars Viola Davis, abest-actress nominee, andJessica Chastain, a fellowsupporting nominee.

Martin Scorsese’s Parisadventure “Hugo” won fiveOscars, including the firsttwo prizes of the night, forcinematography and artdirection. It also won for visu-al effects, sound mixing andsound editing.

It was a great start forScorsese’s film, which ledcontenders with 11 nomina-tions.

“Marty, you’re a genius asusual,” said “Hugo” cine-matographer RobertRichardson, who won histhird Oscar after previouswins for “JFK” and Scorsese’s“The Aviator.”

The visual-effects prizehad been the last chance forthe “Harry Potter” franchiseto win an Oscar. The finale,“Harry Potter and theDeathly Hallows: Part 2,” hadbeen nominated for visualeffects and two other Oscars

but lost all three. Previous“Harry Potter” installmentshad lost on all nine of theirnominations.

The teen wizard maynever have struck Oscar gold,but he has a consolationprize: $7.7 billion at the boxoffice worldwide, including$1.3 billion from “DeathlyHallows: Part 2,” last year’stop-grossing movie.

“And yet they only paid 14percent income tax,” Oscarhost Billy Crystal joked aboutthe “Potter” franchise.

Another beloved big-screen bunch, the Muppets,finally got their due at theOscars. “The Muppets”earned the best-song awardfor “Man or Muppet,” thesweet comic duet sung byJason Segel and his Muppetbrother in the film, the firstbig-screen adventure in 12years for Kermit the frog andcompany.

Earlier Muppet flicks hadbeen nominated for fourmusic Oscars but lost eachtime, including the song prizefor “The RainbowConnection,” Kermit’s signa-ture tune from 1979’s “TheMuppet Movie.”

“I grew up in New Zealandwatching the Muppets on TV.

I never dreamed I’d get towork with them,” said “Manor Muppet” writer BretMcKenzie of the musical com-edy duo Flight of theConchords,” who joked aboutmeeting Kermit for the firsttime. “Like many stars heretonight, he’s a lot shorter inreal life.”

Filmmaker AlexanderPayne picked up his secondwriting Oscar, sharing theadapted-screenplay prize forthe Hawaiian family drama“The Descendants” with co-writers Nat Faxon and JimRash. Payne, who also direct-ed “The Descendants,” previ-ously won the same award for“Sideways.”

Woody Allen earned hisfirst Oscar in 25 years, win-ning for original screenplayfor the romantic fantasy“Midnight in Paris,” hisbiggest hit in decades.

Michel Hazanavicius haswon the Academy Award fordirecting for his silent film“The Artist.”

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TODAY IN HISTORY

(AP) — Today is Monday,Feb. 27, the 58th day of 2012.There are 308 days left in theyear.

Today’s Highlight inHistory:On Feb. 27, 1942, the Battle

of the Java Sea began duringWorld War II; Imperial Japanesenaval forces scored a decisivevictory over the Allies.

On this date:• In 1911, inventor Charles F.

Kettering demonstrated his elec-tric automobile starter in Detroit

by starting a Cadillac’s motorwith just the press of a switch,instead of hand-cranking.• In 1912, author Lawrence

Durrell, author of TheAlexandria Quartet, was born inIndia.• In 1951, the 22nd

Amendment to the Constitution,limiting a president to two termsof office, was ratified.• In 1960, the U.S. Olympic

hockey team defeated theSoviets, 3-2, at the WinterGames in Squaw Valley, Calif.

(The U.S. team went on to winthe gold medal.)• In 1991, President George

H.W. Bush declared that “Kuwaitis liberated, Iraq’s army isdefeated,” and announced thatthe allies would suspend com-bat operations at midnight,Eastern time.• Today’s Birthdays:

Actress Joanne Woodward is82. Consumer advocate RalphNader is 78. Chelsea Clinton is32. Singer Josh Groban is 31.Actress Kate Mara is 29.

APOctavia Spencer accepts the Oscar for best actress in a supporting role for “TheHelp” during the 84th Academy Awards on Sunday, in the Hollywood section of LosAngeles.

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NOTICE TO BIDDERSSTATE OF OHIO

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Columbus, OhioOffice of Contracts

Legal Copy Number: 120196

Sealed proposals will be accepted from pre-qualifiedbidders at the ODOT Office of Contracts until 10:00a.m. on March 22, 2012. Project 120196 is located inMiami County, LR-CHARLESTON FALLS PRE-SERVE and is a PARKING AREAS project. The dateset for completion for this work shall be as set forth inthe bidding proposal. Plans and Specifications are onfile in the Department of Transportation.

2/20, 2/27-20122258357

NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALEOF PERSONAL PROPERTY

Notice is hereby given that the undersigned will sell, to thesatisfy lien of the owner, at public sale by competitive bid-ding on March 14, 2012 On or after 9:00 am at the ExtraSpace Storage facility located at:EXTRA SPACE STORAGE, 21 Kings Chapel DriveNorthThe personal goods stored therein by the following may in-clude, but are not limited to general household, furniture,boxes, clothes and appliances.

Unit 2215 Joshua Jump 1243 Hilltop Circle Apt #1 Troy OH45373 bed set, dresser

Unit 2315 Beth Weatherhead 2508 Newcastle Drive TroyOH 45373 boxes, toys

Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at thetime of sale. All goods are sold as is and must be removedat the time of purchase. Extra Space Storage reserves theright to refuse any bid. Sale is subject to adjournment. Auc-tioneer Joseph C. Tate as executive administrator.

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PUBLIC NOTICE

Notice is hereby provided, that the West MiltonCouncil intends to conduct a Special Meeting dur-ing the monthly workshop session, scheduled Feb-ruary 28th, 2012 at 7:00 p.m., for the purpose ofadjourning into Executive Session to discuss a Per-sonal Matter as requested by the Village Charter.

Linda L. CantrellCAP-OMClerk of Council

2/27/20122261739

LEGAL NOTICE

The Bank Of New York Mellon fka The Bank Of NewYork, As Trustee For The Certificateholders Of CWALT,Inc., Alternative Loan Trust 2005-3CB, MortgagePass-Through Certificates, Series 2005-3CB,

vs.

Michael C Brokschmidt, et al.

The Defendants, Michael C Brokschmidt, UnknownHeirs, Legatees, Devisees, Executors, Administratorsand Assigns and their Spouses, if any, of Michael CBrokschmidt, and Unknown Spouse, if any, of MichaelC Brokschmidt, but whose current address are un-known, will take notice that on January 18, 2012, thePlaintiff, The Bank Of New York Mellon fka The BankOf NewYork, As Trustee For The Certificateholders OfCWALT, Inc., Alternative Loan Trust 2005-3CB, Mort-gage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2005-3CB,filed its Complaint in Case No. 12CV40, in the Court ofCommon Pleas of Miami County, Ohio, seeking a fore-closure of its mortgage interest in the real property lo-cated at 319 North Jay Street, West Milton, OH45383, Permanent Parcel No. L39002910,("Real Es-tate"), and alleged that the Defendants, have or mayhave an interest in this Real Estate.

The Defendants, Michael C Brokschmidt, UnknownHeirs, Legatees, Devisees, Executors, Administratorsand Assigns and their Spouses, if any, of Michael CBrokschmidt, and Unknown Spouse, if any, of MichaelC Brokschmidt, are required to answer the Plaintiff'sComplaint within twenty-eight (28) days after the lastdate of publication of this notice. In the event that theDefendants, Michael C Brokschmidt, Unknown Heirs,Legatees, Devisees, Executors, Administrators andAssigns and their Spouses, if any, of Michael CBrokschmidt, and Unknown Spouse, if any, of MichaelC Brokschmidt, failed to respond in the allotted time,judgment by default can be entered against them forthe relief requested in the Plaintiff`s Complaint.

Matthew C. Gladwell (0075591)Carrie L. Rouse (0083281)Ryan F. Hemmerle (0079721)Michael J. Lubes (0077672)Attorney for PlaintiffReisenfeld & Associates, LPA LLC3962 Red Bank RoadCincinnati, OH 45227voice: (513) 322-7000facsimile: (513) 322-7099

02/13, 20, 27/20122257520

COURT OF COMMON PLEASMIAMI COUNTY, OHIO

CIVIL DIVISION

Case No.: 11-269Judge: Robert J. Lindeman

Kimberly ArnoldPlaintiff,

-vs-

Samantha E. Koverman, et alDefendants.

NOTICE OF PUBLICATION

TO: Defendant, Samantha E. Koverman, whose lastknown address is 701 S. Stanfield Road, Apt. 187, Troy,Ohio, otherwise the place of residence being unknown,will take notice that on April 14th, 2011, Plaintiff Kim-berly Arnold, filed a Complaint in the Court of CommonPleas of Miami County, Ohio, alleging that Defendantnegligently operated her motor vehicle in violation ofO.R.C. 4511.21A resulting in serious injury to PlaintiffKimberly Arnold.

Plaintiffs demand judgment against the Defendant in asum in excess of $50,000.00, plus interest and costs.

The Defendant named above is required to answer onor before the expiration of twenty-eight days after thelast publication of this notice, which date will be April4th, 2012.

Respectfully submitted,

Thomas W. Kerrigan, II (0011848)Kerrigan, Boller, Beigel & Schneble Co., L.P.A.126 N. Main Ave., P.O. Box 987Sidney, Ohio 45365-0987Telephone: (937) 492-6125Facsimile: (937) 492-2532E-mail: tkerriganii-kbsg@ woh.rr.comAttorney for Plaintiff

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Council of the City of Troy, OhioSue G. KnightClerk of Council

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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 @ w o h . r r . c o m .(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

500 - Merchandise

510 Appliances

CHEST FREEZER, smallEstate by Whirlpool $75(937)335-1073

545 Firewood/Fuel

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

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

577 Miscellaneous

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

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

AUSTRILIAN SHEP-HERD puppies, 8 weeksold. Tails docked, vetchecked, shots. BlueMerles, Red Merles andTris. (937)726-6289 or(937)693-1515

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

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.

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 @ a o l . c o m(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

890 Trucks

2007 FORD F-150 4x4dark green with grey in-terior, 30,000 miles. 4x4,5.4 TRITON, gas, auto-matic, loaded inside andout. Chrome runningboards, bedliner, chromewheels, trailer hitch, pow-er windows and seats,nice stereo, bench seatsecond row. Remote key-less entry plus touchpad,cruise, much more.$22,500. (937)394-2999marigney@yahoo.com.

1975 VOLKSWAGENBEETLE

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

(937)295-2899

2001 ROCKWOOD5THWHEEL

25 feet, sleeps 6. 1/2 tontowable, one slide out.Good condition. Asking$5000.

(937)658-2434

2006 HARLEYDAVIDSON XL1200C

SPORTSTERVance Hines, Short-

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

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

• SOCCER: Registrations are nowbeing 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 arenow 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 nowbeing 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

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TODAYNo events scheduled

TUESDAYBoys BasketballDivision IV Troy SectionalTroy Christian vs. Arcanum (6:30 p.m.)Division IV Piqua SectionalLehman vs. Houston (6:30 p.m.)

WEDNESDAYBoys BasketballDivision I Trotwood SectionalTroy vs. Fairborn (8 p.m.)Division II Springfield SectionalTippecanoe vs. Graham (6:30 p.m.)Division III Tippecanoe SectionalMiami East vs. Stivers (6:30 p.m.)Bethel vs. Greeneview (8 p.m.)Division IV Piqua SectionalBradford vs. Jackson Center (6:30 p.m.)

THURSDAYDivision III StateTroy Christian, Miami East, Covington,

(TBA)

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Wisconsin’s Jared Berggren, left, drives the baseline as Ohio State’s Jared Sullinger defendsduring the first half Sunday in Columbus.

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Reds ready tomake run in 2012

Reclining in his office before the Reds’morning workouts, Cincinnati managerDusty Baker gnawed on one of his trade-mark toothpicks and pulled a pair of red-and-white No. 12 wristbands over his fore-arms, looking much the way he did whenhe played.

Baker was relaxed, confident. Didn’tseem to have a care in the world.

See Page 16.

� College Basketball

Badgers get evenCOLUMBUS (AP) — A lot of

coaches would go ballistic iftheir 6-foot-10 center steppedoutside and took a 3 with theclock running down and theirteam behind on the road.Not Bo Ryan, however.Jared Berggren scored

Wisconsin’s final five points —including a go-ahead 3-pointerwith 31 seconds left — and the16th-ranked Badgers beat No. 8Ohio State 63-60 on Sunday,assuring Michigan State of atleast a share of the Big Ten title.“Wasn’t that huge?” Ryan

gushed later. “Give the kid a lotof credit. He’s done that before.”In Ryan’s offense, the big

men have to carry their share ofthe load at the offensive end andthat doesn’t necessarily meanwith their backs to the basketdown on the block. The Badgershave a history of big men whoaren’t afraid to step outside andtake aim.“We always — if we have an

open look — we have to beaggressive,” said Berggren, whofinished with 18 points. “They’rea good defensive team so you

know open looks can be hard tocome by. So when we get anopportunity like that, you haveto step up with confidence.Jordan (Taylor) found me on thewing and I had a little space. Ijust stepped up and knocked itdown.”It was a huge win for the

Badgers (21-8, 10-6), who werediscouraged after losing at Iowaon Thursday night. Wisconsinhad not beaten a top-10 team onthe road since topping No. 4Ohio State 72-71 on Jan. 26,

No. 16 Wisconsin beats No. 8 Ohio State, 63-60

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� Auto Racing

Daytona 500 postponed to MondayDAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP)

— NASCAR postponed theDaytona 500 because of rain, thefirst time in the 54-year historyof the event that it has beendelayed a day.Heavy rain soaked Daytona

International Speedway onSunday, and NASCAR never hada big enough window to dry thetrack.Rain saturated the famed

speedway, sending fans scatter-ing for cover and leaving every-one in wait-and-see mode.Puddles of water formed in partsof the infield, and many fans gotdrenched as they tried to makethe best of a less-than-ideal situ-ation.The 500-mile race was

rescheduled for noon Monday. Itwill be aired on Fox.Carl Edwards, runner-up to

Tony Stewart in last year’schampionship race, will startfrom the pole. Former IndyCar

star Danica Patrick will makeher Daytona 500 debut.The last shortened Daytona

500 was Matt Kenseth’s 2009victory, when rain stopped theevent 48 laps from the finish. He

was declared the winner whilethe cars were parked on pitroad.The 2010 race had more than

two hours in delays as NASCARtwice stopped the event to fix a

pesky pothole in the surface.Jamie McMurray held offEarnhardt Jr. to win that race.This time around, drivers

retreated to their motorhomes,relaxing while keeping an eye ondevelopments. Former Daytona500 winners Jamie McMurrayand Trevor Bayne did in-studiointerviews with Fox.“Obviously, you want to go

race,” driver AJ Allmendingersaid. “We get to race when werace. I know it (stinks) for thepeople sitting out there becausethey’ve got to sit in the rain. Butfor us, we go in here and we havepush-up contests, we eat a lot offood and we have a good time.”Now, NASCAR fans will have

to wait an extra day for thesport’s most prestigious event.This one comes with several

intriguing story lines for a rac-ing series trying to capitalize onthe success of last season’s capti-vating championship race.

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Race cars are parked and covered on pit road during a rain delaybefore the NASCAR Daytona 500 auto race in Daytona Beach, Fla.,Sunday.

� Golf

MahanbeatsMcIlroyMARANA, Ariz. (AP) —

Hunter Mahan stopped RoryMcIlroy’s march to No. 1 by win-ning the Match PlayChampionship on Sunday.Mahan won four holes in a

five-hole stretch starting with a9-iron to 2 feet on the sixth hole,building a 4-up lead through 10holes. Even as McIlroy threwhis best stuff at him on the backnine, Mahan responded withtwo clutch birdies to stay in con-trol.Mahan won, 2 and 1, to cap-

ture his second World GolfChampionship title.“He’s the best player in the

world right now,” Mahan said. “Iknew he’d made a charge, andhe did.”McIlroy defeated Lee

Westwood in the semifinalsSunday morning, a high-stakesmatch because if either of themwon the Match PlayChampionship, they wouldreplace Luke Donald atop theworld ranking.Mahan made sure that didn’t

happen this week.He played 96 holes in his six

matches and had 35 birdies onhis scorecards. Mahan defeatedMark Wilson in his semifinalmatch Wilson was his only oppo-nent all week who had notplayed in a Ryder Cup or aPresidents Cup.

AP PHOTO

Hunter Mahan hits off theeighth fairway against RoryMcIlroy in the final round ofthe Match Play Championshipgolf tournament Sunday inMarana, Ariz.

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Wins the MatchPlay championship

BASKETBALLNational Basketball AssociationAllTimes ESTEASTERN CONFERENCEAtlantic Division

W L Pct GBPhiladelphia 20 14 .588 —NewYork 17 18 .486 3½Boston 15 17 .469 4Toronto 10 23 .303 9½New Jersey 10 25 .286 10½Southeast Division

W L Pct GBMiami 27 7 .794 —Orlando 22 13 .629 5½Atlanta 20 14 .588 7Washington 7 26 .212 19½Charlotte 4 28 .125 22Central Division

W L Pct GBChicago 27 8 .771 —Indiana 21 12 .636 5Cleveland 13 18 .419 12Milwaukee 13 20 .394 13Detroit 11 24 .314 16WESTERN CONFERENCESouthwest Division

W L Pct GBSan Antonio 23 10 .697 —Dallas 21 13 .618 2½Houston 20 14 .588 3½Memphis 19 15 .559 4½New Orleans 8 25 .242 15Northwest Division

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 10Saturday's GamesNo games scheduled

Monday's GamesNo games scheduled

Tuesday's GamesBoston at Cleveland, 7 p.m.Golden State at Indiana, 7 p.m.Philadelphia at Detroit, 7:30 p.m.New Orleans at Chicago, 8 p.m.Toronto at Houston, 8 p.m.Washington at Milwaukee, 8 p.m.New Jersey at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.Utah at Sacramento, 10 p.m.Minnesota at L.A. Clippers, 10:30

p.m.

ThisWeek's Top 25 FaredSunday1. Kentucky (28-1) beat Mississippi

State 73-64; beat Vanderbilt 83-74.2. Syracuse (29-1) beat South

Florida 56-48; beat UConn 71-69.3. Missouri (25-4) lost to Kansas

State 78-68; lost to No. 4 Kansas 87-86, OT.4. Kansas (24-5) beat Texas A&M

66-58; beat No. 3 Missouri 87-86, OT.5. Duke (25-4) beat No. 15 Florida

State 74-66; beat Virginia Tech 70-65,OT.6. Michigan State (24-5) beat

Minnesota 66-61; beat Nebraska 62-34.7. North Carolina (25-4) beat N.C.

State 86-74; beat No. 25 Virginia 54-51.8. Ohio State (23-6) beat Illinois 83-

67; lost to No. 16 Wisconsin 63-60.9. Georgetown (21-6) lost to Seton

Hall 73-55; beat Villanova 67-46.10. Marquette (24-5) beat Rutgers

82-65; beat West Virginia 61-60.11. Michigan (21-8) beat

Northwestern 67-55, OT; lost toPurdue 75-61.12. Florida (22-7) beat Auburn 63-47;

lost to Georgia 76-62.13. Baylor (24-5) beat Texas 77-72;

beat Oklahoma 70-60.14. Murray State (28-1) beat

Tennessee State 80-62; beatTennessee Tech 69-64.15. Florida State (19-9) lost to No. 5

Duke 74-66; lost to Miami 78-62.16.Wisconsin (21-8) lost to Iowa 67-

66; beat No. 8 Ohio State 63-60.17. Louisville (22-7) lost to Cincinnati

60-56; beat Pittsburgh 57-54.18. New Mexico (22-6) lost to

Colorado State 71-63; lost to TCU 83-64.19. Wichita State (26-4) beat Illinois

State 68-55; beat Drake 81-58.20. Notre Dame (20-9) beat West

Virginia 71-44; lost to St. John's 61-58.21.UNLV (24-6) beat Boise State 75-

58; beat Air Force 68-58.22. Temple (22-6) beat La Salle 80-

79, OT; lost to Saint Joseph's 82-72.23. Indiana (22-7) beat N.C. Central

75-56; beat Minnesota 69-50.24. San Diego State (22-6) beat

Wyoming 67-58, OT; beat ColoradoState 74-66.25. Virginia (21-7) beat Virginia Tech

61-59; lost to No. 7 North Carolina 54-51.

Women's Top 25 FaredSunday1. Baylor (29-0) did not play. Next: at

No. 14 Texas A&M, Monday.2. Stanford (26-1) did not play. Next:

vs. Seattle, Wednesday.3. Notre Dame (27-2) did not play.

Next: at No. 4 UConn, Monday.4. UConn (26-3) did not play. Next:

vs. No. 3 Notre Dame, Monday.5. Miami (25-4) vs. Boston College

88-42. Next: vs.Wake Forest or VirginiaTech, Friday.6. Maryland (25-4) beat N.C. State

65-50. Next: vs. Virginia or BostonCollege, Friday.7. Duke (24-4) beat North Carolina

69-63. Next: vs. Florida State or N.C.State, Friday.8. Ohio State (24-5) lost to No. 23

Nebraska 71-57. Next: vs. Michigan orIllinois, Friday.9. Delaware (26-1) beat

Northeastern 89-71. Next: at William &Mary, Wednesday.10. Tennessee (21-8) beat Florida

75-59. Next: vs. Vanderbilt orMississippi State, Friday.11. Penn State (23-5) beat

Minnesota 74-51. Next: vs. Minnesotaor Wisconsin, Friday.12. Green Bay (25-1) did not play.

Next: at Loyola of Chicago,Wednesday.13. Kentucky (24-5) beat Mississippi

State 76-40. Next: vs. Florida orAuburn, Friday.14. Texas A&M (20-7) did not play.

Next: vs. No. 1 Baylor, Monday.15. Georgetown (22-6) did not play.

Next: vs. No. 20 St. John's, Monday.16. Louisville (20-8) did not play.

Next: at Seton Hall, Monday.17. Georgia Tech (22-7) beat

Clemson 62-50. Next: vs. NorthCarolina or Clemson, Friday.18. Georgia (22-7) beat LSU 62-46.

Next: vs. South Carolina or Alabama,Friday.19. St. Bonaventure (27-2) did not

play. Next: vs. La Salle or Xavier,Saturday.20. St. John's (20-8) did not play.

Next: at No. 15 Georgetown, Monday.21. DePaul (20-9) did not play. Next:

vs. Cincinnati, Monday.22. Purdue (21-8) beat Indiana 90-

58. Next: vs. Michigan State or Indiana,Friday.23. Nebraska (21-7) beat No. 8 Ohio

State 71-57. Next: vs. Northwestern,Thursday.24. Rutgers (20-8) did not play. Next:

vs. Marquette, Monday.25. Gonzaga (25-4) did not play.

Next: WCC semifinals, Saturday.

GOLFWGC-Accenture Match PlayChampionship ResultsSundayAt Dove Mountain,The Ritz-CarltonGolf ClubMarana, Ariz.Yardage: 7,791; Par: 72Seeds in parenthesesChampionshipHunter Mahan (21), United States,

def. Rory McIlroy (2), Northern Ireland,2 and 1.Third PlaceMark Wilson (40), United States, def.

Lee Westwood (3), England, 1 up.SemifinalsMahan def. Mark Wilson, 2 and 1.McIlroy def.Westwood, 3 and 1.

Match Play GlanceChampionship match: Hunter

Mahan def. Rory McIlroy, 2 and 1.Third-place match: Mark Wilson

def. Lee Westwood, 1 up.Morning semifinals: Mahan def.

Wilson, 2 and 1; McIlroy def.Westwood, 3 and 1.Shot of the day: Mahan hit a 9-iron

to 2 feet on the 158-yard sixth in thechampionship match. He took the leadwith the birdie and won the next twoholes.Hunter's path: Mahan beat Zach

Johnson (19 holes) in the first round,Y.E. Yang (5 and 3) in the second,Steve Stricker (4 and 3) in the third,and Matt Kuchar (6 and 5) in the quar-terfinals.Top spot: Luke Donald remained

No. 1 in the world ranking when Mahanbeat McIlroy. McIlroy and Westwoodwere in position to take the top spotwith a tournament victory.Key stat: Mahan made 35 birdies in

96 holes.Quoteworthy: "I played well from

tee to green, putting to chipping to driv-ing, irons, everything was there. I need-ed everything to win." — Mahan.

Mayakoba Golf Classic ScoresSundayAt Mayakoba Resort, El CamaleonGolf ClubPlaya del Carmen, MexicoPurse: $3.7 millionYardage: 6,987; Par: 71(x-won on 8th playoff hole)Final Round

x-J. Huh (250), $666,000 ......67-70-71-63—271R. Allenby (150), $399,600...69-67-70-65—271Matt Every (83), $214,600....67-71-69-66—273Colt Knost (83), $214,600 ....69-71-67-66—273A.Canizares, $129,963 ........67-72-69-66—274Dicky Pride (48), $129,963...68-72-68-66—274Chris Stroud (48), $129,963.69-66-68-71—274Summerhays (48), $129,96369-65-67-73—274Michael Allen (38), $99,900..68-71-66-71—276Will Claxton (38), $99,900 ....66-68-71-71—276J.J. Henry (38), $99,900 .......72-69-68-67—276Briny Baird (30), $74,925......71-69-67-70—277Rich Beem (30), $74,925 .....70-71-69-67—277Johnson (30), $74,925..........70-66-72-69—277Billy Mayfair (30), $74,925 ....70-68-70-69—277S. Ames (25), $46,990..........69-70-70-69—278M. Anderson (25), $46,990...67-72-73-66—278C.Howell III (25), $46,990 ....67-71-69-71—278Tom Lehman (25), $46,990..70-72-70-66—278S.Yul Noh (25), $46,990........68-70-73-67—278Greg Owen (25), $46,990 ....67-67-73-71—278Tim Petrovic (25), $46,990 ...72-72-66-68—278Kevin Stadler (25), $46,990..68-68-72-70—278Vaughn Taylor (25), $46,990.71-69-72-66—278Marc Turnesa (25), $46,990 .67-72-67-72—278M. Bettencourt (22), $27,93569-72-72-66—279C.Campbell (22), $27,935....70-71-71-67—279Brian Harman (22), $27,935 71-71-65-72—279William McGirt (22), $27,93569-72-73-65—279Billy Horschel (20), $23,495 .69-72-70-69—280S. Kang (20), $23,495...........68-76-69-67—280Russell Knox (20), $23,495..74-67-68-71—280J.Wagner (20), $23,495 .......73-70-71-66—280Spencer Levin (18), $19,98073-71-69-68—281P. Sheehan (18), $19,980 .....70-73-71-67—281Esteban Toledo, $19,980 ......72-69-71-69—281Craig Barlow (15), $15,170 ..71-68-71-72—282Nathan Green (15), $15,17073-69-68-72—282Hunter Haas (15), $15,170...68-75-71-68—282Troy Kelly (15), $15,170 ........72-73-68-69—282Jarrod Lyle (15), $15,170......73-69-71-69—282John Merrick (15), $15,170 ..71-67-74-70—282Heath Slocum (15), $15,17073-71-69-69—282S.Wheatcroft (15), $15,170..75-70-70-67—282Garrett Willis (15), $15,170...70-72-69-71—282Martin Flores (12), $10,779..77-67-73-66—283Billy Hurley III (12), $10,779 .73-71-69-70—283M.Thompson (12), $10,779 .72-72-71-68—283Gary Christian (10), $9,040..73-70-73-68—284David Hearn (10), $9,040.....68-73-77-66—284Fred Funk (10), $9,040.........73-71-72-68—284Skip Kendall (10), $9,040 .....71-72-70-71—284Will MacKenzie (10), $9,040 72-73-69-70—284Chris Riley (10), $9,040........73-72-70-69—284Erik Compton (7), $8,362 .....71-69-76-69—285Brian Gay (7), $8,362 ...........72-68-74-71—285Tim Herron (7), $8,362 .........70-74-70-71—285John Peterson, $8,362..........73-72-72-68—285J. Jesus Rodriguez, $8,362..71-73-70-71—285Brandt Jobe (5), $8,066........74-70-72-70—286Jerry Kelly (5), $8,066...........73-71-72-70—286Josh Teater (5), $8,066.........68-75-71-72—286C. Beckman (3), $7,733........72-71-71-74—288Gavin Coles (3), $7,733........71-71-76-70—288Robert Damron (3), $7,733..73-72-71-72—288Edward Loar (3), $7,733.......69-74-68-77—288J.Olazabal (3), $7,733..........72-72-74-70—288Brett Wetterich (3), $7,733....71-72-73-72—288Charley Hoffman (1), $7,43775-70-72-72—289Paul Stankowski (1), $7,437.72-70-74-73—289Charlie Beljan, $7,289 ..........73-67-79-71—290

HSBC Champions ScoresSundayAt Tenah Marah Country ClubSingaporePurse: $1.4 millionYardage: 6,547; Par: 72Finalx-won on third playoff hole

x-A. Stanford, $210,000...66-70-71-71—278NaYeon Choi, $102,564..68-71-71-68—278S. Feng, $102,564 ...........69-71-69-69—278Jenny Shin, $102,564......69-67-71-71—278Yani Tseng, $60,780........71-72-67-69—279Ai Miyazato, $45,677 .......69-70-73-69—281I.K. Kim, $45,677..............68-72-71-70—281Vicky Hurst, $33,030 .......69-73-71-69—282HeeYoung Park, $33,03071-68-73-70—282Jiyai Shin, $33,030 ..........70-70-70-72—282SoYeon Ryu, $26,705.....68-73-71-71—283

Katie Futcher, $26,705 ....69-67-71-76—283Momoko Ueda, $23,427..68-75-72-69—284SunYoungYoo, $23,427..70-70-73-71—284Karen Stupples, $20,235.72-72-72-69—285Sandra Gal, $20,235 .......72-71-71-71—285Ji-Hee Lee, $20,235 ........71-69-73-72—285Julieta Granada, $16,37670-73-74-69—286Chella Choi, $16,376.......72-70-74-70—286C.Matthew, $16,376........74-70-72-70—286Se Ri Pak, $16,376..........72-72-72-70—286AmyYang, $16,376..........68-75-73-70—286Stacy Lewis, $16,376 ......71-75-68-72—286Azahara Munoz, $16,37670-70-74-72—286S.Pettersen, $13,040.......73-69-78-67—287Morgan Pressel, $13,04074-72-71-70—287KarrieWebb, $13,040......72-72-73-70—287Maria Hjorth, $13,040......73-74-69-71—287Inbee Park, $13,040 ........70-72-72-73—287K.McPherson, $11,567....69-75-73-71—288A.Blumenherst, $10,461..73-74-72-70—289Jimin Kang, $10,461........71-75-71-72—289Brittany Lang, $10,461 ....72-70-73-74—289Anna Nordqvist, $10,461 71-72-71-75—289Cristie Kerr, $8,878 ..........69-74-77-70—290Meena Lee, $8,878 .........72-74-73-71—290Amy Hung, $8,878...........72-74-70-74—290Mika Miyazato, $8,878.....72-70-71-77—290B. Lincicome, $7,662 .......71-74-76-70—291Natalie Gulbis, $7,662 .....78-71-71-71—291Candie Kung, $7,662.......74-74-72-71—291Beatriz Recari, $6,925.....74-73-71-74—292S.Gustafson, $6,925.......72-72-73-75—292Christel Boeljon, $6,483 ..73-75-72-73—293Melissa Reid, $6,262.......75-72-74-73—294Katherine Hull, $6,041.....74-72-77-72—295Ryann O'Toole, $5,599....74-79-71-72—296P.Phatlum, $5,599............71-75-78-72—296Hee-Won Han, $5,599 ....70-76-75-75—296Hee Kyung Seo, $5,083 ..74-76-73-74—297WendyWard, $5,083.......74-72-75-76—297Mindy Kim, $4,862...........73-77-75-73—298Laura Davies, $4,714 ......72-72-75-80—299Eun-Hee Ji, $4,568..........72-77-77-74—300Tiffany Joh, $4,420 ..........79-71-75-76—301Paige Mackenzie, $4,27277-76-75-75—303Christina Kim, $4,126......81-81-71-71—304Mina Harigae, $3,978......77-76-77-78—308MichelleWie, $3,832 .......79-81-75-75—310

AUTO RACINGDaytona 500 LineupAfter Thursday qualifying; raceMonday at noonAt 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) Mike Wallace, Ford,189.853.48. (09) Kenny Wallace, Toyota,

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

HOCKEYNational Hockey LeagueAllTimes ESTEASTERN CONFERENCE

GP W L OT Pts GF GAN.Y. Rangers 60 39 15 6 84167124Pittsburgh 62 36 21 5 77198163Philadelphia 61 34 20 7 75203187New Jersey 61 35 22 4 74172168N.Y. Islanders 62 26 28 8 60146184Northeast Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GABoston 60 37 20 3 77200139Ottawa 64 33 23 8 74198192Toronto 62 29 26 7 65184190Buffalo 62 27 27 8 62154180Montreal 63 24 29 10 58163175Southeast Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GAFlorida 61 29 20 12 70153169Winnipeg 64 30 26 8 68163181Washington 62 31 26 5 67169176Tampa Bay 62 28 28 6 62174212Carolina 62 23 26 13 59162187WESTERN CONFERENCECentral Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GADetroit 63 41 19 3 85197149St. Louis 62 38 17 7 83158125Nashville 62 36 19 7 79176160Chicago 63 33 23 7 73192186Columbus 62 18 37 7 43144207Northwest Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GAVancouver 63 40 16 7 87203154Colorado 63 32 27 4 68164172Calgary 62 28 23 11 67150170Minnesota 62 28 25 9 65139163Edmonton 61 24 31 6 54162181Pacific Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GAPhoenix 62 32 21 9 73164155San Jose 61 32 22 7 71177159Dallas 63 33 26 4 70165171Los Angeles 62 28 22 12 68133135Anaheim 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

Saturday's GamesSt. Louis 3, Winnipeg 2, SOFlorida 3, Carolina 2, SOPhiladelphia 5, Calgary 4, SOPittsburgh 8, Tampa Bay 1Phoenix 3, Edmonton 1Washington 4, Toronto 2Boston 5, Ottawa 3N.Y. Rangers 3, Buffalo 2, OTColorado 4, Detroit 3Los Angeles 4, Chicago 0Nashville 6, San Jose 2

Sunday's GamesTampa Bay 4, New Jersey 3Pittsburgh 4, Columbus 2Dallas 3, Vancouver 2, OTOttawa 5, N.Y. Islanders 2Florida 4, Montreal 2Minnesota 4, San Jose 3Chicago 3, Anaheim 1.

Monday's GamesNew Jersey at N.Y. Rangers, 7:30

p.m.Los Angeles at Nashville, 8 p.m.Edmonton at Winnipeg, 8:30 p.m.Anaheim at Colorado, 9 p.m.St. Louis at Calgary, 9 p.m.

Tuesday's GamesOttawa at Boston, 7 p.m.Florida at Toronto, 7 p.m.N.Y. Islanders at Washington, 7 p.m.Nashville at Carolina, 7 p.m.Detroit at Columbus, 7 p.m.Montreal at Tampa Bay, 7:30 p.m.Los Angeles at Minnesota, 7:30 p.m.Vancouver at Phoenix, 9 p.m.Philadelphia at San Jose, 10:30 p.m.

TRANSACTIONS

Sunday's Sports TransactionsBASEBALLAmerican LeagueNEW YORK YANKEES_Assigned

OF Chris Dickerson outright toScranton/Wilkes-Barre (IL).National LeagueW A S H I N G T O N

NATIONALS_Agreed to terms with 3BRyan Zimmerman on an eight-yearcontract.HOCKEYNational Hockey LeagueBOSTON BRUINS_Assigned D

Andrew Bodnarchuk and F JoshHennessy to Providence (AHL).PHOENIX COYOTES_Assigned C

Alexandre Bolduc and D DavidRundblad to Portland (AHL).ST. LOUIS BLUES_Traded G Ben

Bishop to Ottawa for a 2013 second-round draft pick.TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING_Recalled

D Evan Oberg from Norfolk (AHL).W A S H I N G T O N

CAPITALS_Assigned F Keith Aucoin toHershe (AHL).American Hockey LeagueSAN ANTONIO

RAMPAGE_Reassigned F Joe Devinto Cincinnati (ECHL).COLLEGEMIAMI_Declared basketball C

Reggie Johnson ineligible after aninvestigation revealed that members ofhis family took impermissible travelbenefits.

AND SCHEDULES

TODAY

MEN'S COLLEGE BASKETBALLESPN — Notre Dame at Georgetown 7 p.m.ESPN — Kansas at Oklahoma St. 9 p.m.NHLNBCSN — New Jersey at N.Y. Rangers 7:30 p.m.WOMEN'S COLLEGE BASKETBALLESPN2 — Baylor at Texas A&M 7 p.m.ESPN2 — Notre Dame at UConn

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� National Football League

Blackmon bringsintriguing skillset to NFL draftINDIANAPOLIS (AP)

— Justin Blackmon hasa tough job trying to behimself.Everyone else wants

to think of him as thenext Calvin Johnson,Dez Bryant or TerrellOwens. Some even wantto know if the No. 1receiver in this year’sdraft might be as pol-ished as A.J. Green andJulio Jones were in theirrookie seasons.To Blackmon, the

comparisons don’t meana thing. What he wantsto do is develop his ownstyle on the field.“I’m me. I’m not going

to try to be anybody butme,” Blackmon said dur-ing this week’s annualNFL scouting combine inIndianapolis. “I’m goingto tell them what I’ve gotto offer and see whatthey’ve got to say aboutit.”The Oklahoma State

receiver possesses a tan-talizing combination ofsize, speed and skill.Blackmon, a two-time

All-American and two-time Biletnikoff Awardwinner as the nation’stop receiver, needed onlythree seasons to breakthe school’s careerrecords for receptionsand yards receiving.His next goal is run-

ning a 4.2 in the 40-yarddash, though even headmits that it’s morelikely he’ll be clocked at4.4 or 4.5.The only glaring

blemish on an otherwiseimpeccable resume isBlackmon’s size. Hemeasured in at 6-feet,207 pounds inIndianapolis, slightlysmaller than last year’slisted size of 6-1, 215,though that’s still bigenough to be the play-making receiver every-one expects him to be.“They could get a guy

who would go out thereand compete and fight

every play and be a goodteam player,” Blackmonsaid when asked specifi-cally about going to theRams in April’s draft.“Someone talks to me, Iwill probably talk back.I’m one of those guysthat likes to get every-body going.”Blackmon doesn’t

plan to run duringSunday’s workout atLucas Oil Stadium afterhurting his hamstringlast week, and though hewill participate in someother drills, he’s notplanning to do much.His decision still isn’t

likely to affect his draftstock despite being sur-rounded by a talentedclass of receivers.Michael Floyd caught

100 passes for NotreDame last season. SouthCarolina’s Alshon Jefferyhas lots of potential andprototypical size at 6-21/2 and even showed upat the combine 16pounds lighter than lastyear’s playing weight(232). Baylor’s KendallWright doesn’t possessthe size of Blackmon,Floyd or Jeffery, but hedoes have top-end speed,a 42-inch vertical jump,a basketball pedigreeand experience in theslot.All could go in the

first round.“I’ve been running

routes for a long time,”Wright said. “Sundaywill tell a lot. I’m waitingfor Sunday to get outthere and show what Ican do.”Blackmon offers a dif-

ferent kind of combina-tion, though.Some believe he can

be as physical a receiveras Johnson, the Lions’star wideout, or as gooda route-runner as Owenswas in his prime. Otherssee the obvious connec-tion between Blackmonand Bryant, who are for-mer college teammates.

� National Football League

SEC defendersrenewing rivalryat NFL combineINDIANAPOLIS (AP)

— The LSU-Alabamarivalry didn’t end in NewOrleans. It moved toIndianapolis.After playing twice for

the No. 1 ranking lastseason, repeatedly beingdubbed college football’stwo best defenses andeventually settling thenational championshipbetween them, the topdefensive players fromthose teams are ready tostart Round 3 at the NFLscouting combine.“Right now, it’s just

mental, but when we getback on the field, it’sgoing to be just like theway it was,” Alabamacornerback DreKirkpartick said Sundaywith a smile.Scouts couldn’t ask for

a better scenario.Players from both

teams are out to impressteam executives, hopingto improve their draftstock.The stakes couldn’t be

higher.The winners will be

rewarded with a biggerpaycheck and perhapssome big-time endorse-ment deals, too.Bragging rights are

also in play.Kirkpatrick and

LSU’s Morris Claiborneare going head-to-headto become the No. 1 cor-

nerback chosen in April.Alabama safety MarkBarron and outside line-backer Courtney Upshaware generally regardedas the No. 1 players attheir positions, as is LSUdefensive tackle MichaelBrockers. And highschool recruits undoubt-edly will pay attention towhich school producesmore NFL players andthe highest draft picks,maybe giving the currentprospect’s alma maters arecruiting bump.That’s not all.Six of the 59 defensive

backs invited to Indycame from these twoSEC programs, and thatdoesn’t include LSUHeisman Trophy finalistTryann Mathieu, a soph-omore.For the Tigers, it’s a

chance to reaffirm theirself-proclaimed reputa-tion as DB University.“Patrick (Peterson)

gave us the name, andwe just kept it going,”Claiborne said, laughingafter one of his team-mates ruined the secret.The Alabama and

LSU players who spokeSunday chuckled whenasked about renewing oneof college football’s most bit-ter rivalries this week. Thereality is most like seeingfamiliar faces around anunfamiliar environment.

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Buckeyes1980. Ryan was an assis-tant coach on that team.It was also another

heartbreaker for OhioState (23-6, 11-5), whichhas dropped three of its lastfive.“In today’s game, (it

was) just our inability tosustain what needed to besustained,” coach ThadMatta said. “Be it offensiveexecution or defensivestops, we weren’t able to getthose things done.”With Ohio State up by a

point, Berggren swished ashot from beyond the arc on

the left wing. The Badgerswere only 15 seconds intothe shot clock, but the bigman was feeling it.“They were putting a lot

of attention on Jordan,”Berggren said. “I made aread, found some space andknocked it down.”Ryan didn’t have a prob-

lem with the shot selection,either.“Best available shot,” he

said. “Ohio State’s thatgood defensively that youdon’t pass up a whole lot ofopen shots against them.”The Buckeyes called a

timeout, with the Badgersand a small contingent of

fans celebrating.“It was a great shot,”

said Deshaun Thomas, wholed Ohio State with 23points. “I looked over to theright and he was wide openand he shot the 3 and he hitthe big shot.”After inbounding,

Thomas ended up with the

ball at the top of the key.Hewent up for the shot butRyan Evans, who had 10points and 10 rebounds forWisconsin, rushed at himand closed fast, throwingoff his shot. It hit off theback of the iron, withBerggren grabbing therebound.

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� MLB

Redalert

GOODYEAR, Ariz. (AP)— Reclining in his officebefore the Reds’ morningworkouts, Cincinnati man-ager Dusty Baker gnawedon one of his trademarktoothpicks and pulled apair of red-and-white No.12 wristbands over his fore-arms, looking much theway he did when he played.Baker was relaxed, con-

fident. Didn’t seem to havea care in the world.And maybe with good

reason.While the NL Central’s

top two teams lost super-stars Albert Pujols from St.Louis, Prince Fielder fromMilwaukee this winter, theReds reloaded.They’re ready to make a

championship run.“I feel like this is our

year,” second basemanBrandon Phillips saidSunday. “We have the tal-ent.”The Reds failed to

defend their division titlein 2011, undone in partwhen an injury to starterJohnny Cueto and illness toBronso Arroyo during campdragged into the seasonand one-time MVP JoeyVotto got little protectionand had to carry too muchof the offensive load.Cincinnati finished in

third place at 79-83, theReds’ 10th losing season in11 yearsGeneral manager Walt

Jocketty was not going tolet it become 11 in 12.With holes to fill, partic-

ularly in the rotation andbullpen, Jocketty got towork in December. Not longafter Pujols flew from theCardinals’ nest and beforeFielder donned Tigersstripes in Detroit, Jockettyrisked a significant portionof Cincinnati’s future toimprove the Reds’ present.First, he acquired right-

hander Mat Latos from SanDiego for four players:infielder Yonder Alonso,starter Edinson Volquez,catcher Yasmani Grandaland right-hander BradBoxberger. Less than aweek later, Jocketty was atit again, getting relieverSean Marshall from theChicago Cubs for left-han-der Travis Wood and two

prospects.Next, Jocketty replaced

closer Francisco Cordero bysigning free agent RyanMadson, who had 32 saveslast season forPhiladelphia. He signedoutfielder Ryan Ludwick inJanuary, an addition thatwill help the Reds’ depth.The moves strengthened

Cincinnati’s few apparentweaknesses, and signaled abelief this season can lastdeep into October.“Hopefully, we’ll go to

the playoffs and beyond,”Baker said.To do that, the Reds will

need to stay healthy, find away to close the gap on theCentral’s frontrunners andget a little lucky.Although the Cardinals

and Brewers enter this sea-son missing their biggestbats, Phillips expects bothclubs to come out swinging.“With Fielder and Pujols

not being in our division, Ifeel like those guys aregoing to be even hungrierthan they were before,”Phillips said. “It’s not goingto be a walk in the park.Westill got to go out there andget as many wins as possi-ble, but what we did this

off-season was a greatthing.“We filled our gaps that

we had been missing forquite a while. I agree witheverything Walt and Dustydid to make this team bet-ter and we have a goodchance. I feel like we haveno excuses this year. So aslong as we go out there andplay the game and do theright things, I can see us inthe playoffs.”Unlike past seasons,

Baker doesn’t have toworry about facing Pujolsand Fielder in multipleseries. But he was quick topoint out that the Reds willplay an interleague setagainst Detroit, so therewill be a few games spentin the dugout counting outsso he makes the right pitch-ing moves to avoid Fielder.“That’s what you do with

all those big boys,” he said.Votto is Cincinnati’s big

boy.The league MVP in

2010, the 28-year-old wasalmost as good in 2011, bat-ting .309 with 29 homeruns and 103 RBIs while in161 games. He led theleague in doubles, walksand on-base percentage.

Toss in a Gold Glove for hisplay at first and he’s one ofthe game’s best, a playerwho could cash in as a freeagent after the 2014 sea-son.Votto is signed for two

more seasons, but in lightof the megadeals for Pujolsand Fielder, some Reds fansare already worried abouthis future. The Reds havesaid they hope to open talkson a possible extensionwith Votto some time thisseason.After reporting to camp

this week, Votto made itclear that he’s focused onthis season and this seasononly. Any contract specula-tion is just that.“I’m going to make it

pretty simple for just aboutanybody,” said Votto, whosigned a three-year, $38million deal last year. “I’mgoing to leave all that to theReds front office and myagent and myself. I will tryto keep it as private as pos-sible. I don’t think it’s fairto the fans. I don’t think it’sfair to myself. It’s certainlynot fair to the team for anyof that type of stuff to creepinto the season and becomea distraction.”

AP PHOTO

Cincinnati Reds second baseman Brandon Phillips reacts after fielding a ballduring a baseball spring training workout Friday in Goodyear, Ariz.

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� Major League Baseball

Indians closerPerez out for4 to 6 weeksGOODYEAR, Ariz.

(AP) — Chris Perez could-n’t even finish his firstbullpen session withouttrouble.Now he has to save

opening day.Cleveland’s All-Star

closer will miss at leastone month and possiblysix weeks with a strainedleft side muscle he injuredthrowing off the moundfor the first time in springtraining. Perez saidSunday he had thrownabout 30 pitches Thursdaywhen he pulled up withwhat he thought was acramp.Instead, he strained an

oblique muscle.“Just one of those fluke

things,” he said.It’s the second signifi-

cant medical setback incamp already for theIndians, who were rav-aged by injuries last sea-son. On Friday, the clubannounced that centerfielder Grady Sizemorewill not be ready for open-ing day because of astrained lower back.Trainer Lonnie Soloff

said there’s still a chancePerez will be ready foropening day on April 5,depending on how he doeswith treatments.Asked if Perez would

miss the opener againstToronto, Soloff said, “Iwouldn’t say that.”“We’ll have to see how

things go and how heresponds with his throw-ing sessions once he getsback on a mound,” he said.Soloff said Perez will

need four to six weeks torecover and the hope is

the hard-throwing right-hander will be able topitch in games “towardthe end” of the exhibitionseason.Perez, who had 36

saves in 40 chances and a3.32 ERA in 64 games lastseason, believes he canreturn in time to start theseason closing games formanager Manny Acta.“Opening day is not out

of the question for me,”Perez said. “Four to sixweeks is on the long sideof when I want to be backout there. Obviously, Ihave to listen to my body.Now, it’s just go out andbang out my rehab.”Soloff said Perez was

pushing himself too hardso early in camp.“His body was clearly

not ready for the intensityof that bullpen session,”said Soloff, who was askedif he meant Perez was notin shape.“No,” he said. “I’m just

saying he wasn’t preparedfor the intensity of thebullpen session.”Perez later said he was

just too aggressive.“What he (Soloff)

means by that is it wasthe first day, I was going100 percent,” Perez said.“He probably wanted meto go 75 or 50 percent, butthat’s not who I am. I getwork in throwing 100 per-cent. I’m not going to gothrow a bullpen at 50 per-cent and pretty much justwaste a day.“I was doing what I

normally do when I throwa bullpen It wasn’tbecause I came in out ofshape or anything.”

� National Hockey League

Penguins dump Blue JacketsPITTSBURGH (AP) —

The Pittsburgh Penguinshave no plans to make asplashy trade beforeMonday’s deadline, figur-ing the possible return ofstar Sidney Crosby beforethe playoffs far outweighsanything they could get ina cluttered market.Considering the way

they’re playing at themoment, the Penguinslook pretty formiable evenwithout their captain.Evgeni Malkin scored

his 37th goal of the sea-son, Brad Thiessen made21 saves in his NHL debutand the Penguins beat theColumbus Blue Jackets 4-2 on Sunday.Pascal Dupuis, Kris

Letang and Joe Vitale alsoscored for Pittsburgh,which found the back ofthe net four times in thelast 21 minutes to win for

the ninth time in its last10 home games. SteveSullivan added a pair ofassists as the Penguinscompleted a weekendsweep of Tampa Bay andColumbus with ease.“That’s two big consis-

tent wins for us,”Pittsburgh coach DanBylsma said. “I thoughtwe had two good respons-es.”The Penguins won their

third straight overallbehind Thiessen, whoearned his first careerstart in play of usual back-up Brent Johnson, who isdealing with an illness.The 25-year-old Thiessenshowed no jitters againstthe league’s worst team.His first NHL savesmacked against his maskabout 4 minutes into thegame and he quickly set-tled in.

“I tried just to stayfocused and enjoy themoment,” Thiessen said.“It was everything Iexpected and more.”While Thiessen said

hello, Columbus captainRick Nash may be saying

goodbye. The veteran ispressing the team for atrade. If Sunday was hislast game in Columbus, hewent out with a bang,scoring in his 654th andperhaps final game withthe Blue Jackets.

AP PHOTO

Pittsburgh Penguins goalie Brad Thiessen (39)blocks a wraparound shot by Columbus BlueJackets’ Derek Dorsett (15) with the help ofPenguins’ Evgeni Malkin (71) in the first periodSunday in Pittsburgh.

� National Basketball Association

West tops Eastin All-Star gameORLANDO, Fla. (AP)

— Kobe Bryant tookMichael Jordan’s record,then nearly lost the gameto LeBron James.Bryant and the best of

the West held off a furi-ous East comeback, win-ning 152-149 in the NBAAll-Star game on Sundaynight.Bryant scored 27

points, moving pastJordan as the career scor-

ing leader in the game.MVP Kevin Durant had36, and Thunder team-mate Russell Westbrookfinished with 21.James and the East

cut a 21-point deficit toone in the closing sec-onds, but weren’t able tomove in front. James had36 points and fellow Heatstar Dwyane Wade fin-ished with a triple-dou-ble.