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PIQUA—A photographshot by Piqua Daily Callstaff photographer MikeUllery has drawn consider-able attention this week.The real attention-get-

ter in this story is MeghanVogel a West Liberty-Salem track team memberwho was just doing whatshe thought was the rightthing to do when shehelped a competitor finisha race at the state trackmeet in Columbus on Sat-urday. (See AP story onPage 13).After photographing the

emotional moment thathad the Jesse Owens Sta-dium crowd on their feet,Ullery returned home andbegan working on the day’simages. Since West Lib-erty-Salem is out of theCall’s coverage area,Ullery thought that a littlerecognition was in orderfor Vogel after such a fineshow of sportsmanship sohe posted the image to hisFacebook page.The image quickly

began to circulate aroundthe Web. A friend ofUllery’s, Barbara Perenic,a staff photographer forthe Springfield News-Sunknows Vogel and is a run-ner herself. Perenic re-posted the image forVogel’s friends and also toseveral running-orientedsites.From there, the story

and image took on a life oftheir own. By Tuesday af-ternoon, CBS Sports,USA

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TROY—The alleged assailant ina Saturday night knife assault at aPiqua bar faced a judge at his ar-raignment Monday, but police re-main unclear regarding what

caused the argument thatled to the attacker stab-bing another man in thethroat.The suspect, Jeffrey S.

Joyner, 48, of Sidney, wastaken into custody byPiqua police officers Sat-urday after responding tothe Piqua Sports Grille,1254 E. Ash St., on thereport of a violent attackinvolving a knife.

Joyner was charged andsubsequently arraigned inMiami County MunicipalCourt on Monday on onecount of felonious assault, asecond-degree felony thatcarries a possible prisonsentence of between two toeight years in prison.His bond was set at

$100,000.

Daily Call photographgains national attention

BY TOM MILLHOUSENews Editortmillhouse@dailycall.com

COVINGTON – Mem-bers of Covington VillageCouncilm a d ehistoryM o n -d a yn i g h tby hir-i n gM i k eB u s s eas thecommunity’s first-ever vil-

lage administrator.Busse, 47, currently

serves as village adminis-trator in nearby Russia.He was selected from afield of 31 applicants.A Ft.Loramie native, Busse hasworked for Russia for thepast 11 years, the lastthree years as administra-tor. He also serves as Rus-sia police chief and head ofthe utility operations.“I am just thrilled to

have someone with Mike’sexperience,” said Mayor

Meghan Vogel ofWest Liberty-Salem, right, helps Arden McMath of Arlington tothe finish line after McMath collapsed yards short in the D-III 3200 meter finals ofthe Ohio High School Athletic Association state track meet at Jesse Owens Sta-dium in Columbus on Saturday. Although Vogel finished last in this race, earlierin the day she brought home gold by winning the Division III 1600 meter race.Thesportsmanship gesture and Daily Call Chief Photographer Mike Ullery’s photohave gained national attention.

Covington hires1st administrator

Stabbing suspect arraigned

BY BETHANY J.ROYERStaffWriterbroyer@dailycall.com

PIQUA — The podiumwas the place to be atTuesday’s Piqua CityCommission meeting aseverything from history,tourism, and demolitionwere discussed.First to speak was li-

brary director and areahistorian, Jim Oda, whogave a sneak-peek intonext year’s week-long com-memoration of the GreatMiami River flood of 1913that took the lives of 40residents.Oda also asked commis-

sion to consider a perma-nent marker inremembrance of the 100-year event with, “Some-thing with a presence,something that is a littlemore than just a plaque.”The library director was

followed by MainstreetPiqua’s Executive DirectorLorna Swisher with an up-date on continuedprogress on promotingtourism in the area withthe recent success of the“Books, Beans and Boats”tour.“It’s all about promoting

what we have and who weare,” said Swisher.In equal promotion of

Piqua’s many potentials,Bill Lutz, developmentprogram manager, spokeon two separate resolu-tions that will help to revi-talize blighted areas of thecity. The first will see tothe revitalization of thearea behind the formerpower plant that will bethe eventual home of awater front park. This res-olution for funds to Brown-field Restoration GroupLLC was passed by com-mission, along with adop-tion of a grant application

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for an interview with a castmember of the upcomingproduction of “Wicked”and a listing of area sum-mer festivals.

Commission toreview tax budgetPIQUA — Piqua City

Commission will meet at7:30 p.m. Tuesday, June19, in the CommissionChambers of the Munici-pal Government Com-plex, 201 W. Water St., inregular session to con-sider the proposed c TaxBudget for Miami Countyfor the Calendar year2013 and Draft Appropri-ation Ordinance. Prior tothe meeting, the budgetwill be available online atwww.piquaoh.org.

Crash victim airlifted

Emergency personnel carry a crash victim to a CareFlight helicopter on Pe-terson Road on Monday afternoon. The victim was the lone occupant of acar traveling west in the 2800 block of Peterson Road when the vehicle leftthe roadway, striking a utility pole. See story on Page 8.

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Police: Reason forattack still unknown

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Next year willbe 100th anniversary of 1913 Flood

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for the Community Devel-opment Block Grant(CDBG) Formula Alloca-tion program.It was the latter that

brought numerous resi-dents to address commis-sion, all in favor of one oftwo possible projects thatcould be funded by CDBG.The popular project thatbrought residents to theirfeet would see to the dem-olition of commercial prop-erty located at 650 WoodSt., at the corner of Gor-don Street, Wood Streetand Covington Avenue.While Commissioner

Joe Wilson expressed con-cerns over those who maybe affected by the projectdue to being uninformed,the majority in attendancewho came forward spokein favor of removing whatis seen as a nuisance prop-erty and driving hazard.Presenting a rough

sketch of what the area

would look like upon com-pletion, the commercialproperty would be demol-ished and the area turnedinto green space, with por-tions ofWood Street, alongthe property being turnedinto a cul-de-sac for thehomeowners to the south.A resolution of appreci-

ation for 25 years of cityservice by Clayton Leewas addressed by MayorLucy Fess, while CynthiaHoltzapple, finance direc-tor, was on hand to speakin light of the recentcharges brought againstfive Miami County Main-tenance Department em-ployees underinvestigation for allegedtheft and tampering.“The city has a policy in

place that equipment isnot to be used for personaluse,” explained Holtzappleon the checks, balances,and proactive steps al-ready in place to safe-guard against such actionstranspiring in Piqua.

These include physical au-dits being performed on arandom basis. “I’m happyto report that there arenot any issues currentlythat we are aware of inthose areas.”Commission also

adopted the following res-olutions:• Vacate of public right-

of-way• Establishment of a

time and place for a publichearing on the proposedcity tax budget for thecounty 2013 and draft ap-propriation ordinance• Awarded a contract to

purchase ornamentalstreet lights for the PowerSystem• Sublease canal land to

Vectren for installation ofnew gas linesCommission meetings

are held every first andthird Tuesday of themonth at 7:30 p.m. at thecommission chamber onthe second floor of theGovernment Municipal

Complex.For those seeking a

more informal opportunityto speak with their cityleaders, a commissionwork session is being of-fered once a month in thecommission chambersstarting at 7:30 p.m. Thenext work session isscheduled for Thursday,June 14.The public is invited

and encouraged to attend.Meeting agendas are

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

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Today and ESPN alongwith the Piqua DailyCall’s news partner,WDTN Channel 2 werejust a few of the news or-ganizations around thecountry to bring Vogel’sstory to pages and air-waves.Vogel’s story and sev-

eral of Ullery’s photos arescheduled to appear onGood Morning America onWednesday.The Facebook image

and brief story has re-ceived nearly 10,000“Likes,” as the news of asimple act of kindness andsportsmanship continuesto touch the hearts ofVogel’s admirers.

PhotographContinued from page 1

A preliminary hearinghas been scheduled in thecase for June 13.The victim, Josh Allen,

28, of Piqua, sustained aserious wound to the neckduring the assault but hassince been released fromthe Miami Valley Hospitalin Dayton following sur-gery.When officers arrived

at the scene they foundAllen profusely bleedingfrom the neck andlearned that Joyner al-legedly stabbed the vic-

tim in the neck with apocket knife following anargument at the bar, ac-cording to the Piqua Po-lice Department.At this point investiga-

tors are still uncertainwhat caused the argu-ment that resulted in theknife assault, but author-ities said “these guys werenot getting along in thebar for some reason.”“At this point we do not

know,” said Piqua policeDeputy Chief TomSteiner. “We will be talk-ing to more people lateron this week.”

StabbingContinued from page 1

John T. CarpenterPIQUA — John T. Car-

penter, 89, of 1400 SeversDrive, Piqua, died at 4:25p . m .SundayJune 3,2 0 1 2 ,at theP i q u aManorN u r s -i n gHome.H e

w a sb o r nNov. 29, 1922, in ShelbyCounty to the late GeorgeE. and Anna Mae (Eide-miller) Carpenter.He mar-ried Clarice Conover onJune 15, 1948, in WestCarrolton; and she sur-vives.Other survivors include

a daughter Jo Etta(Thomas) Argabright ofHardin; and a sister MaryMargaret (Howard) Den-man of Tucson, Ariz.; sev-eral nieces and nephewsincluding, Pamela Fitz-patrick, Paula-Kay Robin-son, Bill (Marlene) Paulusand John (MichelleLavoie) Paulus. He waspreceded in death by a sis-ter, Alberta Paulus and agreat-nephew, AnthonyButterfield.Mr. Carpenter was a

1940 graduate of HoustonHigh School, founded in1948 owned John Carpen-ter Construction Co. for 20years here in Piqua,owned Carpenter Con-struction Co. in Arizonafor 14 years, and was asales representative forthe American Lab’sTiffany Roof Division for20 years before retiring in1997. He was a UnitedStates Navy veteranaboard the USS Halfordfrom June 1943-45 in theAsiatic-Pacific and Philip-pines Liberation duringWorld War II. He was amember of GreenviewUnited Church of Christ

o fPlattsville,F l e t c h e rLions Club,W a r r e nMasonic Lodge 24 ofPiqua, Scottish Rite Valleyof Dayton, American Le-gion Post 184, MiamiCounty Genealogical andHistorical Society wherehe served as its presidentfor two terms, served asthe president of the MiamiCounty Home BuildersAssociation and a former35-year member of thePiqua Western SquareDance Club where heserved as its president. Heand his wife enjoyed 35years of dancing at localdance clubs, and a yearlyvisit to Fontana Lake,N.C., for dance holidays.One of Mr. Carpentersaward winning projectswas his three-yearrestoration of the John-ston Farm at the PiquaHistorical Area nowknown as the JohnstonFarm and Indian Agency.He was a prolific reader,interested in history andgenealogy. His warm andgracious spirit will begreatly missed by familyand friends.A graveside service will

begin at 10:30 a.m. Thurs-day at Beechwood Ceme-tery, Lockington, with Rev.Larry Grunden officiatingfollowed by full militaryhonors provided by theVeterans Elite TributeSquad.Memorial contributions

may bemade to GreenviewUnited Church of Christ3041 Leatherwood CreekRoad, Sidney, OH 45365 orthe Piqua Public Library,116W.High St., Piqua,OH45356. Arrangements arebeing handled through theJamieson & YannucciFuneral Home. Condo-lences to the family mayalso be expressed throughjamiesonandyannucci.com.

Mary Suzanne ‘Sue’ CarlsonTROY — Mary

Suzanne “Sue” Carlson,78, of Troy, passed awayon Sun-d a y ,June 3,2012, ather res-idence.She

w a sborn onOct. 14,1933, inL a n s -i n g ,Mich.. In 1957, she mar-ried Roy Everett Carlsonand he survives.In addition to her hus-

band, Roy, Sue is survivedby her four children andtheir spouses, KathrynCarlson of Salem, Oregon,Kristine and Robert Bow-den of Findlay, Richardand Jennifer Carlson ofOdessa, Fla., and Jamesand Michelle Carlson ofConcord, N.C.; and sixgrandchildren, Lindseyand Nicholas Bowden andAndrew and Madison,Robert, and Kate Carlson.She was preceded in

death by her mother,Maribel Smith, and her

adoptive parents, Lloydand Bernice (Wells) Kater.She was a graduate of

Western Michigan Uni-versity where she was anelementary educationmajor. She was a memberof First PresbyterianChurch, Troy.Sue worked on the

Miami County Board ofElections and was previ-ously an elementaryschool teacher in BattleCreek, Mich.Services will be held at

11 a.m. Friday at the FirstPresbyterian Church,Troy, with the Rev. Dr.Richard Culp officiating.Interment will follow inRiverside Cemetery, Troy.Friends may call from

4-7 p.m. Thursday at theBaird Funeral Home,Troy.Memorial contributions

may be made to Hospice ofMiami County, P.O. Box502, Troy, Ohio 45373 orFirst PresbyterianChurch, 20 South WalnutStreet, Troy, OH 45373.Friends may express

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

Earnest Roger CrabtreeTROY—Earnest Roger

Crabtree, 70, of Troy,passed away Saturday,June 2,2012, athis resi-dence.H e

w a sborn onJune 25,1941, inTazwell,Ky., tothe lateLeonard A. and Vernie(Martin) Crabtree.His wife of 46 years,

Barbara (Burns) Crabtree,survives.Other survivors include

two sons, Roger and JohnCrabtree both of Troy;four grandchildren,AmberMarie and Earnest RogerCrabtree, Ashley LynnBryant and John WayneCrabtree; and one great-grandson, Tyler Bryant;two brothers, Tom Crab-tree of Williamsport, andIrvin Crabtree of Colum-bus; and two sisters, Bon-nie Ackison of Lancaster

and Kathy Williamson ofIndiana.In addition to his par-

ents, Earnest was pre-ceded in death by onebrother, Bob Crabtree; andthree sisters, MyrtleCrabtree, Mary JoAnnCrabtree and Nancy As-bury.He served in the U.S.

Navy from 1961-68 duringthe Cuban Crisis and laterworked as a builder withVan Leer Homes in TippCity.Funeral services will be

at 11 a.m. Thursday atBaird Funeral Home,Troy. Interment will fol-low in Riverside Ceme-tery, Troy, with militaryhonors at the graveside.Friends may call from 10-11 a.m. Thursday at thefuneral home.Memorial contributions

may be made to Hospice ofMiami County, P.O. Box502, Troy, OH 45373.Friends may express

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

James ‘Jim’ J. LaymanSIDNEY — James

“Jim” J. Layman, 74, ofSidney, formerly of Piqua,died Thursday, May 31,2012, at the VA MedicalCenter in Dayton.He was born May 20,

1938, to J. Edward Lay-man and M. Rita FrancisLayman in Piqua.He was married to

Veronica Ann Owens onNov. 10, 1989; and she sur-vives.Jim also is survived by

a son, James J. Layman Jr.of Covington; a grand-daughter, Kyle Layman,and a great-granddaugh-ter of Troy; a stepdaugh-ter, Belinda Conners; anda step granddaughter,Jennifer Johnson of Sid-

ney; twos i s t e r s ,M r s .R i c h a r d( N a n c y )Schnippel of Union andMrs. Kenneth (Sandy)Dowty of Troy.Jim attended Piqua

schools. In 1961, he en-listed in the U.S. Armyand served until 1964.Before his retirement

due to his health, heworked for Wagner Heat-ing and Plumbing in Troy.Arrangements were

handled by Cromes Fu-neral Home, Sidney.Condolences may be ex-

pressed to the family atwww. c r omes fune ra l-home.com.

June CurtisPIQUA — June Curtis,

83, of Piqua, died at 7:45p.m.Monday June 4, 2012,at the Upper Valley Med-ical Center.She was born June 5,

1928, in Pleasant Hill, tothe late Roy and Meda(Wallace) Curtis.Survivors include two

brothers, Ivan (Goldie)Curtis of Piqua and ByronDean (Doris) Curtis of NewMadison; a sister, Barbara(Roland) Trissell of Piqua;and numerous nieces andnephews. She was pre-ceded in death by threebrothers, Roy Hunt, Nor-man Curtis and RaymondCurtis; and five sisters,Marie Hill, Edna Stricker,Zola Miller, MargaretJones and Blanche Cress.Miss Curtis retired

from Evenflo after many

years of service, and livedmost of her life in Piqua.She was an avid fan of theCincinnati Reds, Bengalsand Ohio State Buckeyes.She also enjoyed ridingher motorcycle in heryounger days.A service to honor her

life will begin at 2 p.m.Friday at the Jamieson& Yannucci FuneralHome with Rev. JackChalk officiating. Burialwill follow in Miami Me-morial Park, Covington.Visitation will be from 12-2 p.m. Friday at the fu-neral home.Memorial contributions

may be made to the char-ity of the donor’s choice.Condolences to the familymay also be expressedthrough jamiesonandyan-nucci.com.

TROY — Bernell I. Jackson, 91, of Troy, passedaway at 3:52 a.m. Tuesday, June 5, 2012, at KoesterPavilion, Troy.Services are pending at Baird Funeral Home,

Troy.

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PROVIDED PHOTOPiqua Library DirectorJim Oda assists lodgeofficer Mike Foster setup the presentation oflocal Masonic histori-cal artifacts in a newdisplay case. Thememorabilia ofWarrenLodge, which was es-tablished in Piqua in1841, will be on viewthrough June.

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PIQUA — Nicholas School isproud to offer a summer tutoringprogram in math and reading. Theprogram is open to children entering1st through 12th grade who areworking academically on a 1-8thgrade level.Summer Math Session: July 9 to

Aug. 2 Summer Reading Session:July 9 to Aug. 2.Classes are 30 minutes long and

meet twice a week (Monday andWednesday or Tuesday and Thurs-day. Morning and afternoon sessionsare available. Students will be as-signed a specific tutoring scheduleonce all applications are receivedand assessed. Depending on thenumber of students enrolled andeach child’s needs, students may betutored in groups of two. All tutorsare teachers that are certified by thestate of Ohio.Cost for the four-week tutorial is

$160.This program is designed to pro-

vide academic support only, and maynot be appropriate for children need-

ing additional supports.Ready forkindergarten?Nicholas School’s six-week readi-

ness program is designed for chil-dren preparing to enterkindergarten who are experiencingdelays in their cognitive, social, orverbal development. Children scheduled to begin

kindergarten in the fall of 2011 areideal candidates for the program.Nicholas School’s program helps de-velop the neurological, sensory, audi-tory, and visual skills a child needs tobe successful in an academic setting.Cost for the six-week program is

only $250. Nicholas School Summer School

Readiness Program for 4-6 year olds,8:30-11:30 a.m. Monday throughThursday starting June 18 to July26.

Summer boost-up PIQUA — Nicholas School’s six

week summer boost- up program isdesigned for children in the 1st thru8th grade who may be struggling inacademics, coordination, self-esteem,or for students who just need a littleextra help during the summer. Theboost-up program serves as a bridgefor the student between academicschool years. The program focuses onfour critical areas in achieving aca-demic success — namely neurologi-cal motor functioning, visual skills,social skills, and academic reinforce-ment. Students work in smallgroups on enhancing their skills ineach of these areas.The cost for the six week boost-up

program is only $325. Summer Boost-Up Program for 6

to 12 year olds, 12:30-3:30 p.m.,Monday through Thursday startingJune 18 to July 26. To learn more about the program

and to receive an application and in-formational newsletter, please con-tact Nicholas School at 773-6979 ornicholasschool@woh.rr.com orwww.rcnd.org.

Tai Chi offeredat YWCA PiquaPIQUA — Join Fred

and Linda Verceles asthey introduce class par-ticipants to Tai Chi for a 5week session beginningMonday, June 11. Classes will be held

from 7-8 p.m. Fee for theclass is $25 plus a YWCAmembership ($30 plus ap-plicable taxes).The Verceles couple

have been teaching TaiChi for 8 years. “We areexcited to bring this classto the Piqua YWCA,” theysaid. “Tai Chi started outin 12th century China. Itstechniques aim to addressthe body and mind as aninterconnected systemand are traditionally be-

lieved to have mental andphysical health benefits toimprove posture, balance,flexibility and strength,”according to Verceles. “TaiChi accumulates energyand leaves you refreshedand relaxed when you fin-ish. The graceful, slowspeed of our styles, cou-pled with an emphasis ondeep breathing and men-tal focus creates balance,flexibility and calmnesswhich relieves stress andallows for the integrationof your mind and body,”they added.For more information or

registration, stop at theYWCA Piqua at 418 N.Wayne St., call 773-6626or e-mail info@ywcapi-qua.com.

CouncilreadingsBRADFORD — The Vil-

lage of Bradford Councilwill be holding the secondand third readings on util-ity ordinances O-12-3, O-12-4,and O-12-5.These ordinances are

amending the utilitybilling by $5 each onwater, sewer, and refuse. The second reading is

scheduled for Thursday,June 14, and the thirdreading is scheduled forThursday, June 28, both at7 p.m.

Tree committeeto meetPIQUA — The Tree

committee will meet at6:30 p.m., Thursday, in theTriangle meeting room atthe municipal governmentcomplex.On the agenda will be a

vote for chairperson, dis-cussion on EmeraldAsh Borer treatment anda tree ordinance review.

Historicalsociety meetingCOVINGTON — The

Covington Newberry His-torical Society will meet at7:30 p.m. Monday at theFort Rowdy Museum 101Pearl St.For information call

473-2270.The public is always

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OPINIONOPINIONWEDNESDAY, JUNE 6, 2012

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Throughout our region in the next week or two, thou-sands of young Ohioans will graduate high school andlook ahead to the next phase of their lives. If you’re oneof these students, or if you’re the parent of one of thesestudents, I congratulate you.Whether you’re going on to college in the fall, or en-

tering the workforce, you deserve the opportunity tosucceed. And you deserve a government that isn’tthrowing obstacles in your path. My colleagues and I inthe House are working to give you that kind of govern-ment. Today I want to focus on two specific areas inwhich we’re doing that – on student loans, and jobs.Unless action is taken, the federal student loan in-

terest rate will double on July 1.While there is biparti-san agreement that the reduced interest rate should beextended, the House has passed the necessary legisla-tion but the Senate hasn’t.We passed a reasonable andresponsible bill that prevents the rate hike and wouldpay for it by eliminating a slush fund that the presidentand Democrats have alreadysupported cutting. Yet, weremain at an impasse.“So, in the interest of find-

ing common ground andmoving forward on thisissue, we sent a letter toPresident Obama on May 31outlining additional options,ones that are based on thepresident’s own budget.Given President Obama’spast support for the policiesincluded, Republicans arehopeful that we will be able to come to an agreement.There is no reason we cannot quickly and in a biparti-san manner enact fiscally responsible legislation to pro-tect students and prevent the coming rate hike.The second area, that I know is of concern for all of

you, is job creation. It is very disturbing to me that na-tionwide, about 50 percent of recent college graduatesare either unemployed or underemployed in the currenteconomy. The unemployment rate among young Ameri-cans in general is frighteningly high. These are symp-toms of government policies that are getting in the wayof private-sector job creation.Every week in the House, our focus is on removing

these government barriers — getting government outof the way of job creators so they can add good jobs andhire new workers. Here are just a few of the things we’llbe doing in the days ahead in this area: We’ll be votingto repeal ObamaCare’s medical device tax; imposing amoratorium on new federal regulations; removing gov-ernment red tape that is currently stifling energy pro-duction; and we’ll be voting to stop the coming tax hikeon small businesses that is schedule to hit on Jan. 1,2013.In the coming months, Republicans will remain fo-

cused on our number one priority — getting Americansback to work. We will continue to work to liberate jobcreators and build a stronger economy for you and allAmericans.Congratulations again. You are our nation’s future,

and you deserve a government that recognizes it andgets out of the way so you have the opportunity to suc-ceed.

Boehner represents Ohio’s 8th District, which includesall of Darke, Miami, and Preble counties, most of Butlerand Mercer counties, and the northeastern corner ofMontgomery County. He was first elected to Congress in1990.

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family (American Legion,Sons of the American Le-gion andAmerican LegionAuxiliary) wishes tothank the Piqua commu-nity for the support yougave us for Poppy Days onApril 28-29.We would liketo thank the businessesthat allowed us to solicitfor the poppy funds ontheir property.The funds raised will be

used 100 percent to helpour veterans and theirfamilies. The veteran doesnot have to be an Ameri-can Legion member to behelped by the auxiliary.Some of the uses of the

funds are goody bags forour local nursing homes,medical bills and holidayfood assistance.If you are a veteran or

know of a veteran in need,you can call American Le-gion 184 at 773-9085 orsome to the American Le-gion Post 184 at 301 W.Water St., Piqua, to let usknow of your needs.The American Legion

family is an organizationthat is there for veteransof all ages and their fami-lies.Thanks again for your

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During recent Sun-day talk shows, ac o n s i d e r a b l e

amount of airtime wasdevoted to political pun-dits saying that they areshocked at PresidentObama’s negative Bainad that parsed MittRomney economics.The criticism ranged

from that offered by con-servative New YorkTimes columnist David Brooks, whocalled Obama’s so-called new approach“self-destructive,” to CBS’s veteran corre-spondent and host of “Face the Nation,”Bob Schieffer, who asked, “Whatever hap-pened to hope and change?”Now, I’m a seasoned political strategist

who has spent the better part of the lastfour years pleading for more civility in ourpublic conversations. I am seriously con-cerned about the ugly turn our politicallanguage has taken since the controver-sial 2000 presidential election.But that doesn’t mean I’m a “wuss.”The

road to the White House is brutal andtough. It is an excellent democratic meansto test the character, experience and abil-ity to think under fire of the person whoholds the fate of our nation in his hands.From the same party whose presump-

tive nominee, Romney, accused Obama of“character assassination” for having thepresumption to questions his economicqualifications, comes former Defense Sec-retary Donald Rumsfeld, who stepped onRomney’s charge by saying Obama is seenas “weak” in the eyes of the world.I’ve got to hand it to the Republican

strategists. They have played the main-stream media with a skill that Yo-Yo Macould not match with his cello.Take Obama’s religion. I scratch my

head in wonder watching experiencedjournalists take up the charge du jouragainst Obama made by politicians whocause them to count their fingers after ahandshake.For instance, I cannot recall a candi-

date who has had as many attacks on hisfaith — no, not even John Kennedy ± ashas Obama. We witnessed the not-so-subtle mantra (“If Obama says he’s aChristian, I take his word for it,”) abouthis allegedly being a Muslim to an effort-less morphing into calling Obama a poorChristian because he attended the Rev.JeremiahWright’s congregation.The media pretty much let Donald

Trump go unchallenged when he wronglysaid this week that if Obama were bornoverseas, he couldn’t legally be president.I didn’t see a single reporter point outthat if one of your parents is a U.S. citi-zen, you can be born anywhere in theworld and be president. To be fair, re-porters did say Obama’s U.S. birth hadbeen indisputably proved.This is 2012, four years after Obama

was elected president, and yet how manyreams of print and howmuch airtime hasbeen devoted by the media to this hoarycharge?Let’s look at Romney’s “character as-

sassination” attack on the presidentabout Obama’s Bain ad. Karl Rove’sSuper PAC, “American Crossroads” (also

known as “The New Major-ity Agenda”), launched abroadside against Obama incoordination with Romney:“(Obama’s) mask is going tocome off, and he is going tobe viewed as another gut-punching politician fromWashington,” its directorsaid.As a result, the Bain ad

was discussed within theframework Romney’s strate-

gists designed, namely, that Obama is nota Mr. Nice Guy decent person, but some-one just like, well, themselves.So let me point out what the media

should have been making clear to readersand viewers. These counterattacksbrought against Obama because he is dis-cussing the issues candidly are designedto deflect attention from Obama’s validcampaign points.When Obama released an ad that fairly

questioned if Romney would have goneafter bin Laden, John McCain chargedObama with inappropriate bragging.Never mind that McCain had made thevery same charge against Romney in2007. The media sucked it up, andObama’s ad was discussed within the“bragging” framework. Whether or notRomney actually said he wouldn’t try tokill bin Laden (He was on record sayingpursuing bin Laden was a waste of timeand money) was dropped by the media.Here’s a news item: Obama cut his po-

litical teeth in Chicago politics. He didn’tsurvive and triumph in battles withChicago politicians, some of whom resem-bled dockside thugs, because he’s made ofcotton candy.This man protects U.S. interests, and

he protects his values and vision forAmerica. I’m almost dumbstruck that themedia have been so easily manipulated byRomney and Rove. They ran with theRomney-Rove “character assassination”without challenging its obvious campaignpurpose.Newt Gingrich single-handedly caused

Romney to stop claiming he had createdthousands of jobs while at Bain. And itwas, within the context of Bain, that Gin-grich told a CNN interviewer that, yes, hewas calling Romney “a liar.”Somehow, that wasn’t “character assas-

sination.” Somehow, only Romney andRove can throw around charges againstObama like “un-American,” and still beMr. Nice Guys.Somehow, people like Ted Nugent can

call Obama a “criminal,” and Trump, whoruns a TV boardroom, can make wing-nutbirther charges, and Romney isn’ttouched by them. They sling the mud; Hegoes “tsk, tsk.” Romney gets his to eat hiscake and have it too.In my book, Obama has every right to

land as many Chicago-style punches as hechooses — so long as they’re clean, and solong as he “floats like a butterfly, andstings like a bee.”

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

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me for my phone number— usually through socialnetworking — and havesuggested getting to-gether for a couple ofdrinks. As nice as thatwould be, the last thing Iwant to do is lead anyoneon or give him the wrongimpression.When I do de-cide to start looking, it willbe for no one less than myPrince Charming, and Idon’t regard any of thesemen as that. Going outwith girlfriends is hardbecause they’re mostlymarried with children.What and when is the

best way to tell guys that,as much as I enjoy theircompany, I am lookingonly for friendship at thistime? I live in a relativelysmall town, so going outwith different men on aregular basis gives peoplethe wrong idea about me.

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DEAR WANTS ONLYFRIENDSHIP: I under-stand your feelings, butplease allow me to pointout that meeting PrinceCharming can be an acci-dent of luck and timing. Inaddition to that, he does-n’t always come dashingforth on a white horse —sometimes it’s an oldclunker.If you announce to any

man who asks you out fora couple of drinks thatyou’re interested only infriendship, he will inter-pret it as rejection, so Idon’t advise you to makethat your lead sentence. Abetter retort might be thatrather than going out fordrinks, you’d prefer tostart with coffee and con-versation. Who knows?The longer he talks, themore attractive he maybecome. Stranger thingshave happened.

DEAR ABBY: My 20-year-old daughter, “Rox-anne,” is attending collegein a big city known for itscrime rate, unemploymentand despair. She lives

alone in an apartmentjust off campus. She’s asmart girl, careful andcautious, but I still worryabout her to the point ofsleepless nights and ageneral feeling of “when”something will happen —not if.Roxanne’s apartment

was broken into lastChristmas. Thankfully,she wasn’t there at thetime. Since then, myworry has intensified —especially if I don’t hearfrom her for a few hours.We usually text or calleach other at least once aday. If I don’t hear fromher, I panic.My husband calls me a

professional worrier andsays I need to trust thatour daughter is safe. Idon’t think I’ll ever NOTworry about her, and thetruth is I really want herto move back home. I real-ize this would be counter-productive to herachieving success, but Idon’t know how to let go ofthe worry. I need advice,Abby. Is this just a “momthing” or should I seekhelp?

— HALF-CRAZEDMOM IN MICHIGAN

DEAR MOM: It’s a“mom thing” taken to theextreme. One of the rea-sons that children go awayto college is so they — andtheir parents — can learnto live independently fromeach other. For you to ex-pect your daughter to callor text you at least once aday feeds your depend-ence on her. It appears yousuffer from a case ofparental hypervigilance— and yes, for both yoursakes, you should seekprofessional help.

Dear Abby is written byAbigail Van Buren, alsoknown as Jeanne Phillips,and was founded by hermother, Pauline Phillips.Write Dear Abby atwww.DearAbby.com orP.O. Box 69440, Los Ange-les, CA 90069.

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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Sincehatching “Alien” 33 years ago, RidleyScott has hoped no other filmmakerswould try to answer this question:Where did the space eggs containingthose terrifying beasts come from?Scott has hints of an answer him-

self with “Prometheus,” a cousin to“Alien” that opens Friday and marksthe filmmaker’s return to science fic-tion after a 30-year break.His origin story doesn’t offer easy

solutions, though, and raises as manyquestions as it answers about thederelict space ship where humans dis-covered the eggs that unleashed suchhorror in the 1979 film and its threedirect sequels, along with two hybrid“Alien vs. Predator” flicks.Other directors — James Cameron

on 1986’s “Aliens,” David Fincher on1992’s “Alien 3” and Jean-Pierre Je-unet on 1997’s “Alien Resurrection” —had carried on with Scott’s creation.And while Scott veered away from sci-ence fiction after 1982’s “Blade Run-ner,” he always wondered if theremight be a fresh way back into that“Alien” universe.“At the end of the ‘Alien’ franchise,

when all was said and done with thefourth film, it seemed to me you can’tuse that creature one more time. Itwas too familiar and no longer fright-ening. Therefore, is it over?” Scott said.Yet fans have wondered for decades

about that fossilized “space jockey” de-picted in “Alien,” the apparent pilot ofthe extra-terrestrial wreck that fran-chise hero Ripley (Sigourney Weaver)and her crew stumbled across. Whowas he, what was he, where did hiscargo of alien eggs come from, andwhere were they bound?“I remember from the very first

‘Alien,’ there was one overriding ques-tion no one had addressed in any ofthe four,” Scott said. “I kind of sat on

it, hoping it wouldn’t come up.”Some of the secrets are revealed in

“Prometheus,” which stars Noomi Ra-pace, Michael Fassbender, Guy Pearceand Charlize Theron as explorers whoset out to find the “engineers” that cre-ated humanity but discover that thosemakers have terror in store for theiroffspring.The “P’’ word — prequel — has

been tossed about to describe the newfilm. But “Prometheus” is more a pre-cursor than a straightforward prequelto “Alien.”“To call it a prequel is limiting, but

it does have a connection,” Pearce said.“It basically plants the seed for thatoriginal ‘Alien’ film, but it’s a reallyclever way to go about it, looking atthis mission we’re actually on andhow it does connect with that aliencreature that Ripley does find.”Set in the late 21st century, a few

decades before the action of the origi-nal film, “Prometheus” exists in aworld familiar to that of the “Alien”franchise — with a monolithic corpo-ration, space explorers in hibernationchambers for their long journey, anenigma of an android whose motiva-tions keep the crew — and the audi-ence — guessing.And, of course, loads of nasty crea-

tures, in far greater variation than inany of the “Alien” movies.“There are elements of a world he

created that are definitely similar. Butthat doesn’t make it a prequel,”Theron said. “I felt like this was astand-alone film. This film asks reallybig questions that were never askedin ‘Alien.’ Age-old questions of who ourcreators are, what would they looklike, what would they want from us?What would we want from them?”Theron plays the ice-queen over-

seer of the company backing the voy-age, Pearce is the corporation’spatriarch, Fassbender’s the in-scrutable android with agendas all hisown, and Rapace is something of an

update of Weaver’s Ripley, an idealis-tic scientist forced to become a bad-assaction hero.Like “Alien,” ‘’Prometheus” has

ghastly, gory moments as creatures in-filtrate human hosts. Rapace is thefocus of the film’s most-memorable in-stance, one to rival the shock of the in-fant alien bursting from John Hurt’schest in the 1979 original.“It’s something that’s literally

under your skin and already makesyou feel kind of queasy,” Fassbendersaid. “Then to see it on screen. It’s kindof a sick fantasy to have, but with anyluck, millions of people will be suffer-ing nightmares from that hectic scenein the middle with Noomi.”Rapace spent about a week shoot-

ing that scene, and it gave her night-mares herself.“I was a complete mess,” Rapace

said. “I even had a dream that I wokeup from a nightmare holding mytummy and thought, something wasmoving in there, and thought, oh myGod, this cannot be happening. I bet-ter call someone, and the first thoughtwas to call Ridley. He’ll know what todo.”Scott knows what he’d like to do

now with “Prometheus”: make a se-quel.There are no simple answers at the

end of the film, which sets the charac-ters and the audience up for even big-ger questions to ask in the nextchapter.A “Prometheus” follow-up might ex-

plain more of the connections to“Alien,” but this first film is more of ataste or a teaser on how the two sto-ries fit together.“That would be too linear, too neat.

That would be like a jigsaw puzzle,putting all the pieces in place,” Scottsaid. “It’s like doing ‘Blade Runner’again. You can’t just pick up whereyou left off and continue. You have toask how we can rework this into theuniverse we live in 40 years on.”

JOEL RYAN/AP PHOTOActors Michael Fassbender, left, Noomi Rapace, and Guy Pearce, right, pose for photographs with DirectorSir Ridley Scott, at a central London hotel following an interview with the Associated Press for the world pre-miere of Prometheus on Saturday.

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On Memorial Day, Joe andI, our eight children, Eliza-beth’s friend, Timothy, andSusan’s friend Mose all spentthe day in Berne, Indiana.Leah and Paul had our an-nual family gathering there.The family seems to increasein size every year and there isa new family member or twoat least every time. If Icounted right we are a total of84 now. There is always some-thing missing though: ourdear parents. How proud theywould be to see all theirgrandchildren and great-grandchildren now. A few ofbrother Albert’s sons were un-able to attend but otherwiseeveryone else was present.Paul and Leah’s oldest sonBen and family traveled fromWisconsin to attend the gath-ering and spent a week visit-ing with his parents. Paul andLeah were happy to see them

having not seen them thisyear yet. As always there wasplenty of food to eat. Leah pre-pared the hot food and the restwas brought in. I am not sureif I can remember all the foodthat was there but on themenu was mashed potatoes,gravy, dressing, barbecuedchicken, mixed vegetables,veggies and dip, sliced cheese,taco salad, overnight salad,various cakes, and puddings,cookies, fresh mixed fruit, andhomemade pies: oatmeal,cherry, pumpkin, andrhubarb-custard. Outdoorgames were played after din-ner. Also visiting and singingwere done. Everyone broughtsnacks to eat before everyonestarted for home. We stoppedin to visit with Joe’s sisterRuth and Chris before head-ing back to Michigan. We ar-rived back home safe andsound around 8 p.m.

Friday evening Joe and Iheaded back to Berne, Indi-ana with a vanload from thisarea for a viewing. How sad-dened the community was tohear of the death of a 16-year-old boy in an accident atwork. We knew the family sowe decided to go along. Thisboy’s mother died of canceraround 5 years ago. May Godhelp the gmrieving familythrough yet another trial.

An update on our house:the drywall is all mudded

and ready for the sealer. Afterthe sealer it will be ready forus to paint and put the floor-ing down. It will sure be niceonce the children can sleep intheir bedrooms again.Joseph, 9, said this morningthat he misses his bedroom.We are still waiting for thewindows to come. Benjaminand Joseph were excited toeach receive three new pantsthat a girl in our churchsewed for them. Howthoughtful and helpful thatis. Thanks to my good friendRuth I now have three niceflower baskets of impatientshanging on our front porch.They were a birthday gift tome. I do not have a greenthumb when it comes toflowers so thanks to daugh-ter Elizabeth for taking careof them. I don’t have anyproblem taking care of thegarden but flowers do not dowell for me. I think the mainreason is I forget to waterthem daily.

The children have onlytoday, tomorrow, and a half aday to finish up their schoolterm. It will be nice to havethem off for summer break.We hope to be able to go tothe U-pick strawberry fieldsto pick strawberries. A ladyin our church who always or-

ders peaches for the churchwomen said her supplier isreporting the Michiganpeaches were all frozen outthis year. She is going to tryto find a new out of state sup-plier. But I may have to dowithout this year if they aretoo expensive. Meanwhile,try this delicious dessert!

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1¼ cup brown sugar 1 ¼ cup white sugar 1 ¼ cup margarine 1

¼ teaspoon salt 3 eggs 1 1/2 teaspoons

vanilla 4 cups flour 1/2 teaspoon baking

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powder 3/4 cup nuts 3/4 cups chocolate

chips

Cream sugar, mar-garine, eggs, and vanilla.Add flour, soda, bakingpowder, and salt.

Spread into a greased15x10x1-inch jellyrollpan. Sprinkle chocolatechips on top. Put in ovenfor 1 minute. Take outand marblize with knife.Sprinkle nuts. Bake 20minutes at 350.

Dear Grandparenting:My girlfriends and I were sit-ting and talking about ourgrandchildren like always.Then we got around to ourgrandchildren and ourmoney and things really gotreally interesting. Everybodyopened up. We all had storiesto tell about “dumb money”we have spent on grandchil-dren over the years. I confessI am every bit as guilty as thenext grandmother when itcomes to being a soft touch.Now that some of us arepractically going broke I wishI had that dumb money backor at could least stop dishingit out. It is hard for me to sayno. What ideas do you haveabout dumb ways grandpar-ents spend dumb money ongrandchildren? Maybe it willmake me stop and think thenext time. Lyn, Reading, PA

Dear Lyn: Let’s begin bybringing you up to date ongrandparents’ financial gen-erosity where their grand-children are concerned.According to Peter Francese,founder of Grandparent De-mographics, America’sgrandparents spent $52 bil-lion in 2009 on goods andservices for their grandchil-dren, including $32 billion foreducation. When it comes tobeing a soft touch, you haveplenty of company. That’swhat grandparents like to do.

In this economy, everypenny counts. Buying expen-sive name brands instead ofcheaper alternatives mighttop our list of frivolous ex-penditures. $75 for a T-shirtthey’ll soon grow out of? Trythe blindfold test. Yourgrandchildren will be sur-prised how similar thingsare.

When you take grandchil-dren shopping, don’t me theeasy mark who gives in toimpulse purchases, the sec-ond item on our list. Hearingthe word “NO” will do won-ders for their desire for in-stant gratification. You cando it; we have faith in you.Just say NO.

Splurging on a “dreamschool” is number three. Ed-ucation is what you make ofit. There’s little evidence thatthere’s much return on in-vestment for an Ivy Leaguetuition college, unless it’sbragging rights. Grandchil-dren often expect family toshoot the moon on collegecosts. Bring them back downto earth where they belong.

We might be gettingahead of ourselves on his lastone, but it strikes us asridiculous to go for broke ona grandchild’s wedding.

Grandchildren have little in-centive to control costs if youwrite them a blank check.Weddings average $25,000 –a truly excessive sum for aone-day celebration.

Dee and Tom, marriedmore than 50 years, haveeight grandchildren. Togetherwith Key, they welcome ques-tions, suggestions and GrandRemarks of the Week. Send toP.O. Box 27454, Towson, MD,21285. Call 410-963-4426.

TOM & DEE HARDIEKEY KIDDER

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Dumb money

Piquads really do turnout for a parade!From the sheltered

comfort of our porch, wehave one of the best loca-tions in town to watch theMemorial Day parade as itturns the corner at Parkand College.

People arrive early tochoose a place to park carsand/or set up folding chairs.We have coffee and a box ofTIMBITS for family andfriends who join us. Oneyear, three darling littlegirls sweetly invited them-selves onto the porch toplay with our preciousWestie, Earl, and stayed toenjoy some donuts. (I’mthinking - sticky fingersand dog hair.)

That was the same yeara couple of women sat onthe low border of bricksthat supports the cornerflower bed. I suggested that“sitting there might not bea good idea.” RB hadn’t ce-mented the bricks togetherso it wasn’t safe for weightbearing.

They moved on.After the parade passed,

a man came to the porchand thanked me for “letting(his) family sit there.” I did-n’t immediately recognizehis sarcasm, lost the oppor-tunity to explain that it in-volved a safety factor, andsaid they were welcome tojoin us for coffee and donutsif they’d like. He was thetype who’d have taken us tocourt if the ladies slippedoff and broke their bottoms.

Later I wished I’d askedwhere he lived so we couldgo and sit in his flower gar-den.

Directly across Park Av-enue, the home of ourgrandson and his wife dis-plays the Residents’ PrideAward, given for the ap-pearance of their property.They’re in their twentiesand since buying the housein 2007, have been makingimprovements themselves.With a little advice and as-sistance from their neigh-bor, Brent Schneider,Jonathan and Kim Stevensput siding on the one storydwelling, re-landscaped theyard, and this spring “wentgreen” by putting on ametal roof.

Kim went up the ladderto carry water and keep Jonhydrated but I don’t thinkshe ever stepped onto thatroof. My legs ached justwatching Jon navigate thesharp slopes. I want to in-terject here that Jonathandeveloped a lot of “how-to”skills right here at hisGranny and Papa’s house.He was a “busy” kid who“fixed stuff” — whether itwas broken or not — andsometimes even with ourpermission.

Receiving the prestigiousaward was a complete sur-prise to us all but Jonwouldn’t display the plaqueuntil he had finishedadding stone blocks aroundthe flower beds. And he stillwasn’t finished until hehung his new Americanflag! The house has a his-tory. It was to be the homeof a World War II Airmanwhose wife and two smallsons lived there while theywaited for his return from

England. There was a para-chute failure; he never re-turned. I plan to sharemore of that story later.There will ALWAYS be anAmerican flag flying there.

RB is a member of theVeterans Elite Trib-uteSquad and was accus-tomed to walking to the oldhigh school to join theV.E.T.S. as the parade as-sembled, then riding in avan rather than attemptingthat long walk to the ceme-tery. When you get old,you’re allowed concessionslike that. When you getolder, they’ll even pick youup. The past couple years,the parade has stopped andwaited while RB walked offhis porch and into the wait-ing van. By next year theymay have a rocking chairon top of the van, an um-brella, and a glass of coldbrew.

Meantime, I bought anextra scooter for him to usewhen needed and sug-gested he drive it in the pa-rade, following hismarching buddies. It’s red.I thought it would lookclassy. The man has notaste.

This year the weatherwas lovely, if a bit too warm,and I was concerned aboutthe welfare of some of thewalkers. There have beenoccasional fainters. Thesmallest walker I saw wason a leash and if I could’vemoved faster, I’d have con-fronted the owner of thatlittle guy. The pet wasn’tcarrying a water bottle, hewore a fur coat and had noshoes. By the time theyrounded this corner, thepoor little pup was laggingat the end of the leash, thepads of his feet were proba-bly burning, he’d lost toomuch fluid by panting, andif he made it to the nextblock without heat stroke,dehydration or exhaustion,I’d be surprised. Any livingcreature that cannot com-plain shouldn’t be made towalk in a parade. I shouldbe on a Pre-Parade Elimi-nation Committee.

During the last twoyears, I’ve volunteered forvarious jobs for which I feltqualified - most specificallyfor Sidewalk Supervisor.I’ve never been contacted.Since my recent inability torecognize curb and rampdeficiencies (I already saidI can’t see!) I accept thatI’m not overly qualified fora few thing. But I’ll statehere, for everyone to read,that I depended upon RB toproof-read and swear thateverything I wrote was ac-curate. He was not trust-worthy; he let me writethat there are NO rampsfor seniors at College andHigh. My reputation forhonesty has been damaged.Next time he gets mumps,he can get somebody else totake care of him. He would-n’t be smart to trust me.

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

It’s allabout theparade

CAROLYNSTEVENSColumnist

BY DINESH RAMDEAssociated Press

CHILTON, Wis. —Lucky, a 7-year-old dairycow, had been walking witha limp for several weekswhen veterinarian SaraGilbertson was called. In-stead of prescribingpainkillers,Gilbertson triedan unusual new therapy —a chiropractic adjustmentthat included a full-lengthspinal massage.Gilbertson rubbed the

Holstein’s spine by gentlysqueezing it from neck totail, pausing to apply firmpressure to one hip andreadjust several vertebrae.The cow stood in calm si-lence, moving only enoughto reachanothermouthful ofhay.Later,asLucky reclinedon a bed of sand, Gilbertsonnoted with satisfaction howrelaxed and comfortable theanimal seemed.Cow comfort has become

a key concern for the na-tion’s farmers, who haveknown for generations thatcontented cows give moremilk. The traditional tech-niques for keeping cowshappy aren’t complicated—feed them well, keep thetemperature comfortableand give themroom tomove

around. But some dairyfarmersare turning to anewarray of creative options in-tended to keep cows as mel-low — and productive — aspossible.Some farmers have in-

stalled waterbeds for theircows to rest on,while othersplay classical music. Andsomehire animal chiroprac-tors to give older cows atuneupand correctminor is-sues in calves, all part of theeffort to ensure maximummilk output.Do the methods really

work? There’s no sound sci-entific data to back up theclaims, but dairy farmerssay they can see the differ-ence with their own eyes —cows are giving more milk,the milk quality is improv-ing and theherds seemto beenjoying the indulgences.“It’s kind of like how an

athlete with a sprainedankle isn’t as productive,”said LarryMeyer, 36,whoseparents own the dairy farmin Chilton, Wis., whereLucky and another 115dairy cows live. “If you canget a cow healthy and backto normal, it makes a differ-ence in their productivity.”Cows can suffer injuries if

they slip on a slick spot ofconcrete or get steppedonby

another 1,500-poundbovine,and some calves get theirnecks kinked during thebirthing process. The in-juries can cause pain whenthe animals stand, makingthem reluctant to jostle forfood and leading to compen-satory injuries.That, in turn,leads to less milk produc-tion.That’s why farmers are

willing to spend about $75per session for a chiropractic

adjustment.“The cows tolerate it in-

credibly well,” said Gilbert-son, the veterinarian. “Theymay be apprehensive atfirst, until they figure outhow good it feels.”Meyer didn’t have specific

figures on how much milkLucky gave following herchiropractic treatments, butbecause hermother was themost productive cow in theherd, he wanted to make

sure Lucky was in goodshape.While chiropractic care is

reserved for injured cows,dairy farmers also are in-vesting in healthy cows’happiness.Richard Conrad installed

$70,000 waterbeds on hisfarm inGrafton,Ohio,abouta year ago. It took the 220dairy cows a few months toadjust to the softer surfacebut now they seem to enjoy

it, he said.“They were real skeptical

at first because it was realjiggly,” said Conrad, 53, “butonce they adapted they did-n’t lookback.They just jumpon and stay there.”The result has been milk

with fewer impurities and ingreater volume—cows thatused to giveabout 80poundsofmilk per day now averageabout 90 pounds, Conradsaid.

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WASHINGTON — From the beginning, MichelleObama’s kitchen garden has been an overachiever,churning out more peppers, parsley and eggplant thanexpected, and generating interest that — yes, really —crosses oceans.Now, the first lady has added a 271-page book to her

gardening resume, and Americans can read all aboutthe planting misses that came with the hits, get tipson gardening at home, and, Mrs. Obama hopes, drawsome inspiration that just might change their lives.Oh, and if it happens to help her husband’s re-electioncampaign, that would be nice, too.Lofty goals for a book about a garden.In “American Grown: The Story of the White House

Kitchen Garden and Gardens Across America,” Mrs.Obama holds out the raised vegetable beds on theSouth Lawn as “an expression of my hopes” for the na-tion’s children. “Just as each seed we plant has the po-tential to become something extraordinary, so doesevery child,” she writes.The $30 book, released Tuesday by Crown Publish-

ers, traces how a city kid from the South Side ofChicago who became a working mother and then a po-litical spouse found herself fretting on that first plant-ing day, March 20, 2009, about whether an L-shapedstretch of soil would prove fertile ground for a nationalconversation “about the food we eat, the lives we lead,and how all of that affects our children.”The book, which answers that question with a re-

sounding yes, arrives just in time for her husband’s re-election campaign.And while the book is decidedly non-political, that

fits perfectly with the Obama campaign’s view that thefirst lady can do her husband a world of good simply by

pushing the non-threatening causes such as healthyliving that have made her a far more popular figurethan the president himself. Mrs. Obama’s favorabilityrating in the latest AP-GfK poll was 70 percent, com-pared with 58 percent for her husband.The book’s release comes with a flurry of media ap-

pearances. She’s already been a TV frequent flyer topromote her “Let’s Move” campaign to combat child-hood obesity — doing pushups with Ellen DeGeneres,playing tug-of-war with Jimmy Fallon in the WhiteHouse and serving veggie pizza to Jay Leno. She saysshe gets asked about the garden wherever she goes,around the world.“It turned out exactly as I envisioned. It’s a beauti-

ful book, wonderful pictures,” she said in an appear-ance Tuesday on ABC’s “Good Morning America.”“It is definitely a passion. Getting the kids in our

country to eat healthy,” Obama added. “This book is away to talk about our journey” to better health, shesaid.The first lady said that her “Let’s Move” campaign to

improve fitness, particularly for young people, isn’t anattempt to tell people how to live. “That’s not reallywhat ‘Let’s Move’ has been about,” she said. “This isn’tabout government telling people what to do.”The book is chock full of colorful, glossy photos of

luscious-looking vegetables, complete with a cover pic-ture in which the first lady’s blouse seems to be color-coordinated with the eggplants in her bulging basketof produce. Bo, the popular family dog, gets plenty ofcameo appearances. There are maps tracing thegrowth of the garden over the past three years, andstories about community gardens around the country.Even a how-to on creating a compost bin.The book is divided into four sections marking the

seasons, and includes a complement of recipes for each.There are inside stories about planting travails that

will ring true with any weekend gardener: pumpkinsthat wouldn’t grow, cantaloupes that tasted blah,blackberry bushes that wouldn’t play nice with theraspberry bushes and an invasion of cucumber beetles,among them. The first lady makes clear she’s not theone doing most of the hoeing and weeding, creditingschool kids, White House chefs and grounds crew andenthusiastic volunteers from all over theWhite Housechain of command with providing lots of manpower.And there are bits of historical trivia woven

throughout: John Adams ordered up the first WhiteHouse garden, but it was never harvested after he lostre-election. Thomas Jefferson was obsessed with try-ing to grow a four-foot-long cucumber. Heiress Rachel“Bunny” Mellon, at 101 now a figure in the John Ed-wards’ corruption trial, helped redesign the Rose Gar-den for President John Kennedy.There are also bits of personal history:Mrs. Obama’s

father worked as a boy on one of the vegetable trucksthat would deliver produce to neighborhoods, and hada reputation for sneaking pieces of fruit. Her mother’sfamily had a plot in a neighborhood victory garden onthe corner of an alley, and the kids had to eat their veg-etables or go to bed without supper.It is a tradition for first ladies to use books to ad-

vance their causes. Hillary Clinton wrote the best-seller “It Takes a Village,” about the importance ofcommunity in raising children; and Laura Bush col-laborated with daughter Jenna on a picture book abouta reluctant reader, with “Read All About It!”This is Michelle Obama’s first book. She got no ad-

vance payment, and plans to donate all her proceedsto the National Park Foundation for programs thatpromote gardening and healthy eating, and to helpcare for the White House garden.

MANUEL BALCE CENETA/AP PHOTOSIn this March 26 file photo, first lady Michelle Obama, center, talks to Girl Scouts, from left, Gia Muto, EmmaVonderlinn and Emily Burnham, all from Fairport, N.Y.,as they plant potatoes in theWhite House garden inWashington. From the beginning, Obama’s kitchen garden has been an overachiever, churning out more pep-pers, parsley and eggplant than expected, and generating interest that — yes, really — crosses oceans.

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FLETCHER — DevanPowell, 20, of NewCarlisle, currently is listedin fair condition at MiamiValley Hospital afterbeing transported byCareFlight Monday after

his vehicle struck a utilitypole in the 2800 block ofPeterson Road, nearFletcher, Monday.Powell, the driver of the

2004 Dodge Stratus, wasthe only person in the ve-hicle at the time of the ac-cident, which wasreported at approximately1 p.m. According to re-

ports, Powell was travel-ing eastbound on PetersonRoad at approximately 55mph when his car veeredoff the right side of theroadway striking the util-ity pole, snapping it inhalf.Powell was unconscious

at the scene before beingtransported to Miami Val-

ley Hospital by Care-Flight. The accident re-mains underinvestigation, but officialsbelieve the 20-year-oldmay have had a seizureprior to the accident.Hospital officials said

Powell is expected to betransferred out of inten-sive care Tuesday.

BY WILL E SANDERSStaffWriterwsanders@dailycall.com

PIQUA — Two familiesdisplaced by a Fridaynight fire in the 100 blockof Park Ridge Place re-mained under the assis-tance of the Red Cross onMonday as fire officials re-leased both the believedcause of the blaze and a

damage estimate.Fire and rescue were

dispatched to an apart-ment located at 108 ParkRidge Place at 8:10 p.m.Friday after a fire was re-ported at the structure,which was empty at thetime but used by two fam-ilies that lived at the resi-dence, said Fire Capt.John Kendall of the PiquaFire Department.Kendall said the cause

of the fire was accidental,adding “it was most likelyan electrical malfunction.”

Fire investigators listeda total damage estimate of$75,000, noting that athird of that figure repre-sented contents.While there were no in-

juries reported as a resultof the fire, Kendall saidthe structure did not havea working smoke detectorlocated inside.“It’s very important to

have a working smoke de-tector,” he said. “This firemight have been caught alittle quicker if a smokedetector went off and it

would have avoided a lot ofthe damage to the build-ing.”Kendall added a smoke

detector would have possi-bly saved a life had theirbeen somebody inside theburning structure.“This fire would have

trapped someone in thebedroom,” he warned.The Covington Fire De-

partment provided mutualaid during the fire andcrews spent two hours onthe scene battling theblaze.

Pump maintenance conducted

Workers from Reynolds Co. and the Miami Conservancy District perform maintenance on one of thewater pumps along the river levee on EastWater Street onTuesday.The pump stations, like the leveeitself, are a vital part of protecting the city from flood waters.

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TROY — A Piquawomanavoidedpr isonat herM o n -d a ys e n -tencinghearingin com-m o n

pleas court, but will spendthe next two years on pro-bation after she stole morethan $20,000 in jewelryfrom a Piqua woman lastDecember.Samantha B. Fair, 22,

also was ordered to payback $20,318 in restitutionto the victim and that resti-tution has already beenpaid, according to theMiami County Prosecutor’sOffice.Should Fair violate any

aspect of her two-year com-munity control sanctionssentence, Fair will be sen-tenced to eight months inprison.

Fair pleaded no contestandwas found guilty of onecount of theft, a fifth-de-gree felony, at an April 2change of plea hearing andfaced amaximum sentenceof one year in prison. Sheentered the plea in anagreement with prosecu-tors, who jointly recom-mended probation andrequested that she makefull restitution to the vic-tim in the case.Fair was charged after

the victim reported to po-lice that several expensivepieces of jewelry weremissing from her home, lo-cated in the 200 block of

Brentwood Avenue, backon Dec. 19, police reportsshow.The victim reported she

suspected her son’s girl-friend, which at the timewas Fair, of stealing thejewelry, which includedgold and diamond earrings,necklaces and bracelets,court documents disclose.Fair was featured in a

recent article in the DailyCall last month after shedelivered her baby in thefront seat of an automobilein the parking lot of UpperValleyMedical Center withthe assistance of her twosisters.

PIQUA — MainstreetPiqua’s annual downtownbrown bag tradition willnot only be held in a newmonth this year but willalso offer new menu itemsand some new entertain-ment options.The Downtown Brown

Bag Series had been heldon the Thursdays in Julybut this year it was de-cided to move the event tothe Thursdays in June inhopes of having slightlycooler weather. The firstBrown Bag will be Thurs-day.The Brown Bag Series

features a live entertaineron the plaza in front of theMunicipal GovernmentComplex (City Building)with a downtown Piquarestaurant serving a‘brown bag’ lunch. Theevent will be held from11:45 to 1 p.m. on June 7,14, 21 and 28. The enter-tainment is free and eachweek the lunch, includinga drink, is $7 per person.To kick off the series on

Thursday, Lighthouse Caféwill serve a single turkeyand bacon club sandwichwith chips, a cookie anddrink and the entertain-ment will be Brian Bren-ner. Brian Brenner is newto the entertainmentlineup for the brown bagseries and his musical actpromises to quite enter-taining. Brian performs invenues across the countryand is involved in numer-ous musical projects.On June 14 Dobo’s De-

lights Bakery will join therestaurant line up for theBrown Bag Series with achoice of either a Hungar-ian sausage sandwich or

turkey sandwich, potatosalad, dessert and a drink.The entertainment on theJune 14 will be provided bypianist Scott Oglesbee.The very popular musi-

cal duo Spittin’ Image willbe the entertainment atthe Brown Bag on June 21.This is the third time theidentical twin brothershave performed at theBrown Bag and their showis thoroughly entertainingand engaging. The food onJune 21 will be provided byMichalo’s Pizza & Wingswill include your choice ofa brat or Italian sausagesandwich, potato salad,cookie and drink.The Brown Bag Series

will wrap up on June 28with lunch provided bySusie’s Big Dipper and themusical stylings of Storm’sCreek. Susie’s Big Dipperwill serve barbecuechicken on the grill alongwith homemade potatosalad and either a kiddiecone or small dish of icecream and a drink. Storm’sCreek is a bluegrass bandthat is also new to theBrown Bag entertainmentlineup. The group featuresfour musicians from theDayton/ Cincinnati area.In the event of bad

weather or extremely hightemperatures the BrownBag luncheon series will beheld inside the city build-ing.The Brown Bag Series is

a presentation of Main-street Piqua and is spon-sored by Mutual FederalSavings Bank, Fifth ThirdBank, MainSource Bank,Unity National Bank andUS Bank.For more information

about the DowntownBrown Bag Series pleasecall Mainstreet Piqua at773-9355.

Brown Bagseries returnsEvents movedto June this year

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Ed McCord. “He has expe-rience in all the areas wewere looking for,” McCordsaid, noting Busse has“hands-on” experience invillage operations as wellas supervisory experience.Village council has been

interviewing applicants forseveral weeks after mak-ing a decision severalmonths ago that the vil-lage government hasgrown to the point where afull-time administratorwas needed.“The mayor and council

members are part-time.Forthe village to operate effi-ciently, we need day-to-daysupervision,” McCord said.Contacted Tuesday,

Busse said he is looking for-ward to his new position.“I am excited about

working in Covington, itseems to be a great com-munity,” Busse said. “I’mlooking forward to gettingstarted and meeting thepeople.”With experience in util-

ity operation,Busse said hewill be working on assess-ments of the village waterand sewer systems.“Most of the utilities are

underground, so nobodysees and or thinks aboutthem,” Busse said, addingthat it is critical that a com-munity make plans for thesustainability of its utili-ties.

Busse also plans to workon an economic develop-ment plan for the village.Busse’s first day on the

job will be July 9. Hissalary was set at $69,000.He and his wife, Beckie,

have two grown childrenand live in Russia. Prior toworking for the village ofRussia, Busse served as se-curity operations managerfor Crown Equipment inNew Bremen.In other action taken at

Monday night’s meeting,council approved an insur-ance settlement of $86,000for hail damage sustainedduring a storm a year ago.Council also approved pay-ment of $16,000 to JOSContracting (JohnSchilling) of Covington forhandling the claim. Mc-Cord said the payment willcome from insurancemonies, not from villagefunds.Council also approved a

property maintenance or-dinance dealing with prop-erty owners who don’t mowtheir lawns. The ordinanceprovides for assessments tocover the cost of village em-ployees mowing lawns thathave tall grass.It was noted during the

meeting last month thatthe problem primarily in-volves foreclosed homesnow owned by banks.Council decided to move

the second meeting in Julyfrom July 16 to July 23.

CovingtonContinued from page 1

Red Cross comes to aid of fire victimsTotal damageset at $75,000

New Carlisle man ‘fair’ following crash

Driver released from hospital after rollover accidenta.m. south of Piqua whenPack lost control, left theroadway, went airborne andflipped his vehicle on to its

top, authorities said.Pack, who was wearing

his seatbelt, was initiallytransported by medics to

the hospital for a possibleback and neck injury.Deputies continue to in-

vestigate the crash.

STAFF REPORT

PIQUA — A Piqua maninvolved in a roll-over carcrash on Washington Roadearly Monday morning wastransported to the UpperValley Medical Center.The driver, identified by

sheriff ’s deputies as ElijahJ. Pack, 22, was later re-leased from the UVMClater in the day Monday, ahospital spokesperson said.Pack was traveling

southbound on WashingtonRoad at approximately 4

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100 - Announcement

105 Announcements

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125 Lost and Found

FOUND, baseball glove,in Piqua, describe it, it'syours! (937)214-6230

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135 School/Instructions

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200 - Employment

205 Business Opportunities

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235 General

AdministrativeAssistant/Receptionist

Administrative Assistantand Receptionist need-ed by area CPA firm toprovide support toadministrator, partnersand staff. The rightcandidate for the posi-tion must possess goodtelephone, customerservice, communicationand organizational skills,including attention todetail and the ability tomulti-task. This positionrequires proficient use ofMicrosoft Office Soft-ware. Knowledge ofPeachtree software, aswell as accounting andtax are a plus.Competitive compensa-tion offered along withbenefits package.Please send resumedetailing your experi-ence, education andreferences to:

MWWRPO Box 613

Piqua, Ohio 45356-0613

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240 Healthcare

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245 Manufacturing/Trade

Area manufacturer ofwelded, steel tubing is

seeking a:

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Qualified individualsmay send resume to:

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280 Transportation

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105 Announcements

300 - Real Estate

For Rent

305 Apartment

1, 2 & 3 Bedroom,Houses & Apts.

SEIPEL PROPERTIESPiqua Area OnlyMetro Approved(937)773-9941

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TROY, 2 bedroomtownhomes, 1.5 baths,1 car garage, ca, w/d

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333 N West Ave. Sidney,and 310 S Main Piqua. 2bedroom with appliances,$450 monthly.(937)726-2765

COVINGTON2 bedroom townhouse,

$495. No Pets.(937)698-4599,(937)572-9297.

IN SIDNEY, Piqua, Troy &Christianburg, 1, 2 & 4bedroom houses & apart-ments for rent,(937)773-2829 after 2pm

PIQUA, Parkridge Place.Roomy 2 bedroom, 1.5baths, central air, washer/dryer hook-up. $500.(419)629-3569.

PIQUA, 419 West Ash, 1bedroom, garage, stove,refrigerator, No pets, $400Monthly, (937)418-8912

105 Announcements

305 Apartment

PIQUA OR Troy, Seniorliving, clean quiet safe, 1bedroom, $459 includeswater, ask about studioapartment at $369,(937)778-0524

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PUBLIC HEARING

Notice is hereby giventhat on Tuesday, June19, 2012 at 7:30 P.M. inthe Commission Cham-bers of the MunicipalGovernment Complexlocated at 201 WestWater Street, Piqua,Ohio, the City of PiquaCommission will meet inregular session to con-sider the proposed Cityof Piqua Tax Budget forMiami County for theCalendar year 2013 andDraft Appropriation Ordi-nance. Prior to themeeting, the budget willbe available online atwww.piquaoh.org.

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305 Apartment

TROY TOWNHOUSE, 2Bedroom 1.5 bath. Ste-phenson Drive. $475monthly, (937)216-4233.

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

WOODGATE APART-MENTS, 1433 Covington,1 bedroom, very quiet.$406 monthly, Special$299 deposit if qualified,( 9 3 7 ) 7 7 3 - 3 5 3 0 ,(937)418-9408

320 Houses for Rent

3 & 4 BEDROOM housesavailable, Piqua,$ 8 5 0 - $ 9 5 0 ,(937)778-9303 days,(937)604-5417 evenings.

IN COUNTRY near Brad-ford, 2 bedroom trailer,$400 monthly.( 9 3 7 ) 4 1 7 - 7 1 1 1(937)448-2974

NORTH PIQUA, 3 Bed-room, 2 bath, 2 car gar-age, near 1-75, 2931Delaware Circle, smallyard, $880 monthly, refer-ence required,(937)778-0524

PIQUA, 2 bedroom, 1305Brook Street, $410 plusdeposit, (937)418-9800

PIQUA, 2 Bedroom, 829Camp Street, 2 car gar-age, stove, refrigerator,No pets! $675 monthly(937)418-8912

335 Rooms for Rent

SIDNEY, A/C, washer anddryer, $400 a month, allbills paid, (214)436-1379

400 - Real Estate

For Sale

425 Houses for Sale

FOR SALEBY OWNER: 8805 NorthCrestview Court, Piqua;2 car attached garageand 24 x 30 additionalgarage. OPEN HOUSE:Saturday, 6/9, 1pm-3pmand Sunday, 6/10,1pm-3pm. 4 bedroom, 2bath, ranch, $142,000.(419)394-5084.

500 - Merchandise

510 Appliances

FREEZER Frigidaire up-right, frost free, 5 yearsold. Like new. 13.7 cubicfoot. $245, (937)335-7826

560 Home Furnishings

ARMOIRE, very solidwood, rustic finish, bottomand top doors open. Canbe used for storage, en-tertainment center, etc.Can email/ text photos,$200. Call (937)538-8601

BED, Queen Pillow TopMattress Set. New, still inplastic! $159 Can Deliver!(937)550-9221

560 Home Furnishings

BED, Queen size solidmaple with 1 year old boxsprings & mattress, withset of sheets & comforter,excellent condition, $240,(937)524-2748

DINETTE SET, chairs$200; brand new stainlessdishwasher, $200; out-door table and chairs,miscellaneous chairs, ta-bles, mirrors, art. Callmornings only(937)335-4610 or(937)308-8687

570 Lawn and Garden

RIDING MOWER, Ariens,only used once, boughtfor $1386, will sell for$1186. (937)339-0162

577 Miscellaneous

CEMETERY PLOTS, Mia-mi Memorial Park, Cov-ington, Ohio, includes 2lots and 2 vaults, ChristusSection. sell at 1980price, (937)773-3623.

CRIB, changing table,highchair, cradle, playpenguardrail, pack-n-play,carseat, gate, tub, blan-kets, clothes, Disney ani-mated phones, doll chairs.(937)339-4233

CRIB, real wood, goodcondition, $75(937)339-4233

EXERCISE BIKE NewBioDyno 250 Schwinn ex-ercise bike. Paid $500,will let go for $350.(937)552-7657 Judy

M I S C E L L A N E O U SITEMS: 1998 18hp 42"cut Craftsman riding mow-er with hydrostatic drive.with new accessories,$500 obo. 17" rear tineself propelled Craftsmantiller, $500 obo. Kenmoreflat-top electric stove withself-cleaning oven,(Black), $300. Firestormtable saw, $150 obo, 16"Craftsman chainsaw,$100 obo. 14" Poulan Prochainsaw, $50 firm. Handpower tools including: ripsaw, drills, battery operat-ed sander, $75/all. Filingcabinet, $25. 30 gallonfish aquarium with standand gravel, $50. Call ortext: (937)638-8572(937)489-3392.

REFRIGERATOR, Frigi-daire, $175. Baby bassi-net, $20. Queen size mat-tress, $25. (937)773-3408

TREADMILL, Really goodcondition, $70,(937)492-6323

TV 36 inch, Sony Triniton.Excellent picture. Not aflat screen. $50.(937)335-3646

WALKER, adult, folds,adjustable height, goodcondition, $20.(937)339-4233

WALKER adult,tub/shower benches,commode chair, toilet ris-er, grab bars, canes, en-tertainment center, collec-tor dolls, doll chairs, more(937)339-4233

WATERING MACHINE,portable, $30. Dresser$25. Microwave/ stand$20. TV stand, $15. Fan-cy bantam chickens, $10pair/ $6 each,(937)693-6763.

580 Musical Instruments

DRUM SET in good con-dition. $500. For moreinformation or anyquestions call(937)295-2596

KEYBOARD in excellentcondition. $100. For moreinformation or questionscall (937)295-2596

PIANO, Yamaha. $75.(937)667-8175

583 Pets and Supplies

DOG, free to good home,small female, housebrok-en, great with kids, mov-ing must sacrifice,(937)606-4936

GERMAN SHEPARD,saddle back, 1 year old,AKC, female, black. Goodwith kids and adults. Allshots. $250.( 9 3 7 ) 4 1 8 - 2 1 6 6(937)418-9446

KITTENS, 4 grey tigers, 1solid grey, 6 weeks old,FREE! Call(937)773-5245 or(937)214-1455.

KITTENS, free to goodhome, 1 calico, 1 tiger,playful and litter trained,(937)606-4936

KITTENS, Friendly &frisky, gorgeous, long andshort hair, all colors, Litterbox trained, Free to goodhomes only,(937)473-2122

MINI DACHSHUND pup-pies, short haired. Firstshots. Reds and piebald.Adorable! Males, $200.Females, $225.(937)418-4353.

WIRE SAW Gryphon Dia-mond wire saw for cuttingglass. $125.(937)658-3551

592 Wanted to Buy

BUYING ESTATES, Willbuy contents of estatesPLUS, do all cleanup,(937)638-2658 ask for Ke-vin

CASH, top dollar paid!Junk cars/ trucks, running/non-running. I will pick up.( 9 3 7 ) 7 1 9 - 3 0 8 8 ,(937)451-1019.

800 - Transportation

805 Auto

925 - Legal Notices

925 Legal Notices

1994 LINCOLN Continen-tal, runs good, $1500, 602Boal Avenue, Piqua

2003 BMW Z4 3.0i Road-ster, low miles, 64,000, 6cylinder, 6 speed, red ex-terior, black leather interi-or, Pirelli Runflats,(937)307-3777.

805 Auto

2003 PONTIAC Sunfire,Silver, new brakes, rotors,front struts, Good on gas,2.2 liter, 103,000 miles,$5500 firm, after 4pm(937)622-1300

880 SUV’s

1993 CHEVY Suburban,288,000 highway miles,good condition, regularlymaintained and serviced,new Michelin tires &shocks, remote start,$2500, (937)497-0972

890 Trucks

2008 FORD, F-350, Crewcab Lariat, 4WD, 6.4 turbodiesel, automatic, white,37,200 miles, $35,250,(937)473-2156

899 Wanted to Buy

Cash paid for junk carsand trucks. Free removaljust call (937)732-5424.

555 Garage Sales/Yard Sales

COVINGTON, 699 NorthPearl Street, Thursday,Friday, and Saturday,8am-? First time garagesale, too much to list

COVINGTON, 7966 Mia-mi Shelby Road, June16-17, 10am-3pm. Babytoys, boy clothing0mos-2T, desktop com-puter, plates, bowls, uten-sils, desktop computer,home decorations, curlingand flat iron, washer anddryer, dishwasher, handbags, jewelry.

FRIENDSHIP, Indiana,St. Rt. 62, June 9-17,open daily 9am. Friend-ship Flea Market.( 8 1 2 ) 6 6 7 - 5 6 4 5 .www.friendshipfleamar-ket.com

NASHVILLE, UCC Rec-reation Park (on Rt. 571two miles east of WestMilton), June 7 & 8,9am-5pm, June 9,9am-2pm. Church gar-age sale and bake sale.Toys, clothing, col-lectibles, and holidayitems.

PIQUA, 1013 BooneStreet, Thursday, Friday,Saturday 9am-5pm,Treasurers for everyone!Crib with mattress, 2 tod-dler beds with mattresses,lots of toys, pub table set,lego/train table, house-hold items, lots of miscel-laneous!

PIQUA, 1205 Broadway(The Point), Friday9am-4pm, Saturday9am-3pm, 5 Family Gar-age Sale!! End tables,washer and dryer, VeraBradley purses, promdresses, clothing and lotsof miscellaneous!

PIQUA, 1311 MaplewoodDrive, Friday, Saturday,8am-2pm, Furniture,household goods, medicalequipment, Hill-Rom elec-tric hospital bed, 2 liftchairs, roll top desk, tools,everything priced to sell,Cash Only!

PIQUA, 133 First St.Thursday and Friday 8-?DRIVEWAY SALE!!!!Variety of nice miscellane-ous household itemsincluding a comfortablechair that matches anydecor.

PIQUA, 1866 Wilshire,Saturday only, 9am-4pm.Quality brand name plussize women's clothingXL-4X, vintage Kentuckyquilts (appraised $35-$75will sell for less), linens,best selling books, coun-try and soft rock cd's,stair-stepper, ab-doer,and miscellaneous

555 Garage Sales/Yard Sales

PIQUA, 1423 West GrantStreet (off McKinley),Thursday, Friday & Satur-day, 9am-5pm. ThreeFamily! Baby thru teens,fish tank, color TV, VCR,Pack-n-Plays, bassinet,car seats, high chairs,walkers, swings, portacrib, riding lawn mower,miscellaneous.

PIQUA, 1535 GarfieldStreet, Thursday and Fri-day 8am-4pm, Saturday8am-1pm, Multi FamilySale!! Variety of clothes,children books, crib, cribmattress, crib beddingset, and a lot more!

PIQUA, 3035 ShawneeTrail, Thursday and Friday9am-4pm, Yamaha Blast-er, collectibles, RC toys,dolls, dishes, home decor,women's clothing size6-10, sliver jeans, youngmen's medium and large,shoes size 6-8.

PIQUA, 315 PinewoodAvenue, Thursday8am-5pm, Friday8am-4pm. MULTI FAMI-LY!! Lots of tools, machin-ist tools, toys, movies,puzzles, men's, women's,and kid's clothing. Tomuch to list!!!

PIQUA, 339 Wilson Ave,Wednesday, Thursday,and Friday 10am-5pm,Saturday 10am-?, HUGESALE!! Treadmill, kitchenchairs, 13 inch TV, glass-wares, ceramics, clothes,knick-knacks, old and newcrafts, Lots of miscellane-ous!! Reasonably Priced!

PIQUA, 425 Brook Street,June 7-15, 8am-? Wash-ers, dryers, scooter, win-dow, hutches, Grandfa-ther clock. Come and see,you'll be surprised whatyou find! Lots of newitems added!!

PIQUA, 442 Miami Street,Friday and Saturday9am-6pm, Tools, attictreasures, extra largemen's clothing. A lot ofmiscellaneous!!

PIQUA, 6333 Troy-SidneyRoad, Thursday NIGHT6pm-9pm Friday7am-6pm, HUGE BARNSALE! 2500 square footfilled with thousands ofitems to numerous to list!Tools, clothes, toys, an-tiques, collectibles, furni-ture, electronics, mowers,Everything must go!Priced Cheap!

PIQUA, 710 Park Ave.Thursday, June 78am-5:30pm, One day on-ly! Prices are very, verycheap! Toys, clothes, fur-niture, antiques, Toomuch to mention!

555 Garage Sales/Yard Sales

PIQUA, 6360 NewberryWashington, Thursdayand Friday 9am-5pm, Sat-urday 9am-12pm, Chil-dren clothing, adult cloth-ing (all brand name), trucktires, Exersaucers, FisherPrice basketball hoop,toys, shoes, car seat,home decor, small woodbenches, Boyd's Bears.

PIQUA, 809 North SunsetDrive, Thursday and Fri-day 9am-4pm, Multi Fami-ly Sale!!! Riding mower,leaf blower, chainsaws,power lift tailgate hitchmounted, generator 3250watts, 2 lift chairs, T.V.center, bookcase, walker,bathtub chair, GaitherCDs, women clothing, lotsof miscellaneous!!

TIPP CITY, 3349 TippCowlesville Road, Thurs-day and Friday, 8am-5pm,furniture, collectable's, an-tiques, electronics , TV's,household items, sportsitems

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TROY, 1660 WoodlawnDrive (cross from ClopaySt. Rt. 55), Thursday &Friday, 8am-3pm. Broyhillfurniture, old dolls, chip-per shredder, exerciseequipment, oriental rug,linens, purses, children'sshoes, miscellaneous.

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“He’s handled thepressure well andhe knows his horsewell.”

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CINCINNATI (AP)Clint Barmes had threehits and drove in threeruns, and the PittsburghPirates extended theirhome-run tear by hittingthree more for an 8-4 vic-tory over the CincinnatiReds on Tuesday night.Neil Walker hit a two-

run homer, and CaseyMcGehee and Alex Pres-ley had solo shots, givingthe Pirates seven homersin their last two games.A.J. Burnett (5-2) won

his fourth straight start,beating the Reds for thesecond time in a week. Hegave up three runs whilepitching into the sixth.Joey Votto singled home

a run in the ninth off JuanCruz, but Joel Hanrahancame on with two runnersaboard and fanned thethree batters he faced forhis 15th save in 16chances.Pittsburgh scored six

runs in only three inningsoff Homer Bailey (4-4),who had won his lastthree starts. It was hisshortest outing of the sea-son.The Pirates have won

eight of their last 10games overall, moving twogames behind first-place

Cincinnati in the NL Cen-tral. It’s the closest the Pi-rates have been to firstplace since April 11.The Pirates rank last in

the league in batting aver-age, runs and hits, buthave shown a little liveli-ness lately. They’ve scoredat least six runs in four oftheir last eight games.

They hit a season-highfour homers for a 6-5 winin Milwaukee on Sunday,and followed that withthree more on Tuesday.The Pirates tweaked

their lineup before thegame, calling up outfielderAlex Presley to bat leadoff.He tripled and homeredoff J.J. Hoover.

Bailey was coming offone of his best perform-ances in the majors, afour-hitter last Tuesdayfor an 8-1 win at Pitts-burgh. It was his secondcareer complete game,both of them coming atPNC Park.This time, he didn’t

even make it past the

third inning. Bailey gaveup eight hits and six runs,matching his season high.Barmes had an RBI dou-ble in the second andWalker hit a two-runhomer in the third.Barmes made it 6-2 with abases-loaded, two-out sin-gle in the third on a 1-2pitch from Bailey.

Pirates pound Reds 8-4

AP PHOTOCincinnati Reds' Drew Stubbs (6) slides safely into third base as Pittsburgh Pirates third baseman CaseyMcGehee (14) catches the throw in the first inning of a baseball game Tuesday in Cincinnati. Stubbs ad-vanced on a hit by Joey Votto.The Pirates won 8-4.

Ohio teen helps competitor to finish line

A tribute to late volunteer

Hundreds showed up Sunday night at the Covington High School baseball field to remember Donny Yingst, who passed awaylastTuesday as a result of an automobile accident.Yingst had an impact on the lives of those in and outside of Covington throughcoaching kids in baseball, softball, basketball and football over the past 20+ years and donating his time to various communityrelated activities. Fittingly, He will always be remembered … with a smile.

COLUMBUS (AP) — A west-ern Ohio high school runner whohelped a struggling competitorfinish their race is being praisedfor her sportsmanship and try-ing to cope with the attention ithas sparked.Meghan Vogel appreciates the

accolades but said Tuesday thatshe is a bit overwhelmed by thepraise that has been pouring insince Saturday’s track meet inColumbus.The 17-year-old West Liberty-

Salem High School junior was inlast place in the 3,200-meter runas she caught up to ArlingtonHigh School sophomore ArdenMcMath, whose body was givingout. Instead of zipping past Mc-Math to avoid the last-place fin-

ish, Vogel put McMath’s armaround her shoulders, half-drag-ging and half-carrying her about30 meters to the finish line.Vogel, who pushed McMath

over the line before crossing it,has been getting Facebook andTwitter messages and mail fromfriends and strangers saying shehas inspired them with hersportsmanship.It’s an honor and very hum-

bling,” Vogel said in a telephoneinterview from her West Libertyhome. “I just thought I was doingthe right thing, and I think oth-ers would have done the same.”But McMath, 16, of Findlay,

said in a telephone interviewfrom her northwestern Ohiohome that she’s not so sure.“I really don’t think just

everyone would have done that,”she said. “I just couldn’t believewhat she did especially pushingme in front of her and I’m so

grateful.”Both girls are a little hazy

about the details.“The last thing I remember

was seeing Arden fall and thentrying to get her to the finishline,” Vogel said.McMath remembered feeling

like she was “blacking in andout” and falling a few times be-fore Vogel helped her.Vogel, who had won the 1,600-

meter race earlier, said she wasemotional and tired from thatwhen she began the longer race.She also felt “a little woozy” af-

terward and found herself nextto McMath in the training room,where the Arlington student wasbeing treated. McMath says hersodium levels apparently werelow, but she has recovered.Vogel’s mother, Ann Vogel, is

West Liberty-Salem’s track andfield coach. Technically both run-ners should have been disquali-

fied, but the official decided notto make that call, she said. Nei-ther runner scored any points, soteam standings weren’t affected.McMath finished 14th, and Vogelfinished 15th.Ann Vogel said she’s very

proud of her daughter, and theresponse has been amazing.“People were coming up to us

in tears and hugging both of usafter the race,” Ann Vogel said.She said she was surprised by

some negative comments on theInternet and talk radio criticiz-ing her daughter for a lack ofcompetitiveness.“I can’t believe people would

twist an act of kindness likethat,” she said.The girls say they hope to stay

in touch and expect the publicattention to die down soon.“It’s been nice, but it also will

be nice to get back to normal,”Meghan Vogel said.

�� GolfJunior golfprogram slatedEcho Hills Golf

Course is offering a jun-ior golf program. Regis-tration is currently underway and is limited to thefirst 100 participants. Theprogram is for boys andgirls ages 10 to 17 andthe cost is $30.The program will start

Wednesday, June 13,and continue for sixweeks. The time is from8-11 a.m. Times will varydue to age groups.Echo Hills will provide

equipment or you canbring your own clubs.Golf or tennis shoes arerequired.The objectives for the

program are to teach golfhistory and traditions, toencourage the expansionof friendships and socialskills, to expose the posi-tive values that golfingsituations can provide, tooffer the opportunity tolearn from capable andresponsible adults and toprovide the opportunityto play the game of golffor the sake of having funand not just for an awardor title, but rememberingevery game has its rules.Registration forms can

be found on the city’swebsite and facebookpage.

Rally for Cureset at EchoThe Echo Hills Ladies

Golf League is sponsoringRally for the Cure (nineholes) on June 26 at EchoHills Golf Course.Anyone interested in

participating may sign upat the golf course beforeJune 12.Make checks payable

($20) to “Rally for theCure”.This fee does not in-

clude green fee or cart.Tee times begin at 8:30

a.m. and everyone is en-couraged to wear pink.

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Piqua JH willhold open gymSign up for the Piqua

Youth Soccer Association/Challenger British Soccercamp must be completedbefore Friday, June 8 to re-ceive a free Jersey. The Challenger British

Soccer Camp is set forJuly 23 through July 27. For complete details

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Runner can’t believeoutpouring of praise

Reds’ Baileyvictim ofhome runs

SPORT14 Wednesday, June 6, 2012 WWW.DAILYCALL.COM • PIQUA DAILY CALL

NEW YORK (AP) Tak-ing in the Manhattan sky-line from atop the EmpireState Building, MarioGutierrez was a long wayfrom his small hometownnear Veracruz, Mexico.The 25-year-old jockey

checked out the view on asunny Tuesday morningin his first trip to the BigApple. He’d already vis-ited the ride that got himhere, having stopped byBelmont Park earlier tocheck on I’ll Have An-other. Gutierrez and thecolt will try to win theTriple Crown for the firsttime in 34 years on Satur-day in the BelmontStakes.

Standing 86 storiesabove the bustling city,Gutierrez smiled as aknot of photographersclosed tightly in on him.“Mario, over here,” theyshouted. “Turn this way.”He happily obliged astourists craned theirnecks to see the short guywho is the poised to be-come the toast of the rac-ing world.Later, Gutierrez told

trainer Doug O’Neillabout his adventure, ad-mitting that he felt dizzyand joking that the his-toric building was “2 or 3inches higher” than theroof at Pimlico where hewon the Preakness onMay 19.“I’m not huge on

heights,” said O’Neill, who

skipped the photo op andmet up with his jockey ona rooftop overlookingRockefeller Center. “Youget a little nervous hear-ing about it.”Gutierrez has been un-

flappable since beingthrust into the spotlightwith I’ll Have Another’scomeback win in the Ken-tucky Derby on May 5.“He’s handled the pres-

sure well and he knowshis horse well,” formerjockey Richard Miglioresaid. “He and the horseboth have a lot of confi-dence in each other andthat’s something that’scritical to their success.”Migliore plans to walk

Belmont’s 1 1-2-milecourse with Gutierrez onThursday, pointing out its

sweeping turns and longstretch that make the lay-out different than the miletracks where most jockeysride. Gutierrez is sched-uled to ride some racesFriday to get used to theconditions before laying iton the line Saturday.“Learn the poles,

they’re very important,”said John Velazquez, whowill be aboard Union Ragsin the Belmont. “Whenyou run in the Belmont,you got to know whereyou are.”Migliore said he’ll cau-

tion Gutierrez not to betricked into starting hisfinal drive too early orelse I’ll Have Anothermight not have enoughleft to get through the1,097-yard stretch.

BEREA (AP) — Brownslinebacker Scott Fujita ad-mitted being in New Or-leans’ locker room whenformer defensive coordina-tor Gregg Williams deliv-ered his brutal pregamespeech imploring theSaints to target players.Fujita said Tuesday he

was escorting formerteammate Steve Gleason,who is afflicted with amy-otrophic lateral sclerosis,or ALS, in San Franciscolast January when they at-tended New Orleans’ play-off game against the 49ers.Fujita, who has been

suspended three games bythe NFL for his role in theSaints’ bounty program,had not previously men-tioned witnessingWilliams’ vicious rant,

which became public afterit was released by a docu-mentary filmmaker.Fujita reiterated he

feels Williams’ commentswere “highly inappropri-ate.”“I’m not proud of things

that were said by GreggWilliams and at the sametime he’s a man I respectand loved playing for, sothere’s definitely a conflictwith all that,” Fujita saidafter the Browns openedtheir three-day minicamp.Fujita was with the

Saints from 2006-09 be-fore he signed as a freeagent with Cleveland. Hehas appealed his suspen-sion, but Monday’s rulingby an arbitrator that com-missioner Roger Goodellhas the authority to disci-

pline players for their partin the pay-for-hits pro-gram was a blow to hischances of getting hispenalty reduced.“It’s certainly disap-

pointing, but this is a partof the process,” he said.“You’ve just got to be pa-tient and respect thatprocess and just keep hop-ing for a positive outcome.”He has maintained he

never contributed moneyto the Saints’ pool sincebeing implicated in thescandal along with threeother suspended players:linebacker JonathanVilma, defensive end An-thony Hargrove, now withGreen Bay, and Saints de-fensive endWill Smith.Vilma, who has been

suspended for all of next

season, has filed a defama-tion lawsuit against Good-ell.Fujita’s trying to remain

upbeat during a personallychallenging period whenhis reputation as an advo-cate for player safety hasbeen questioned. The 32-year-old serves as an exec-utive member for theNFLPA, a position he hasno plans of leaving.“I accept that responsi-

bility,” he said. “I was nom-inated a few years ago fora reason. I wanted to be apart of that culture changeand help in pushing for-ward more health andsafety measures, gettingnew benefits for the play-ers and I take that seri-ously. I can’t walk awayfrom the players on that.”

Gutierrez hits heights in NYC

Determination

AP PHOTOBoston Celtics' Kevin Garnett (5) drives to the basket over Miami Heat's Shane Battier and UdonisHaslem (40) during the first half of Game 5 in their NBA basketball Eastern Conference finals playoffsseries onTuesday in Miami.The game was still in progress at presstime.

Sports briefs

Piqua boys basketball campA Piqua boys basketball camp for grades 1-8 will be

held June 11-14.The camp will run from 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. at

Piqua Junior High.You can get brochures for the camp at Piqua High

School, Piqua Junior High, at www.piquaboysbasket-ball.wickispaces.com or by emailing Heath Butler atbutlerh@piqua.org

Summer bowling slateBrel-Aire Lanes is having summer leagues on Mon-

day nights and Friday nights and also a youth leagueon Sunday nights.Brel-Aire Lanes is running kids bowl free which is a

program to help get kids into the center and have funduring the summer.

Piqua softball campThunder sports will be conducting a Pitching, hit-

ting, and defensive softball camp on June 27 and 28 inPiqua.The camp will cover defensive fundamentals, proper

hitting technique, and mechanics of the windmillpitching style.The camp will feature former college players and

successful coaches.The camp is open to girls from the second grade to

seniors.Cost is $70 for the pitching camp, $45 for the defen-

sive camp and $45 for hitting camp.The pitching and hitting combo camp is $100 and

the defensive and hitting combo camp is $85.Players will receive quality instruction, success

guide for success, and a T-shirt.For more information and a registration form visit

thundercamps.com or email john@thunder-camps.com to register; register online, or mail regis-tration form and payment to the address on the form.For more info, call John Hendricks at 765-348-6413.Deadline to register is June 20, 2012.Local Contact is Piqua softball coach Rick Claprood

at 614-499-6371.

Fall softball leagues formCelina’s fall softball league is now accepting regis-

trations forms.The league will start on Aug. 19 and will play five

weekend doubleheaders.The league is open to girls’ in the 3- 12.The league will be divided into three different

leagues.Grades 3-5 will play in a machine pitch league,

grades 6-8 will play in the junior high division andgrades 9-12 will play in the high school division.The cost is $100 for high school and junior high play-

ers.The grades 3-5 division is $60.The deadline to register is Aug. 1.Registration forms can be printed out at www.thun-

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PARIS (AP)As the chillyevening air swirled, andraindrops fell, and thethousands of spectatorspulling for his opponenthushed, Novak Djokovicstood a single point fromexiting the French Open.A single point from los-

ing to France’s Jo-WilfriedTsonga in the quarterfi-nals at Roland Garros.A single point from los-

ing the chance to pursue afourth consecutive GrandSlam title, something noman has done in 43 years.Steeling himself with so

much at stake, Djokoviccame through, taking thatcrucial point thanks to anoverhead that skimmed offthe baseline to set up aputaway volley. Secondslater, he faced the samepredicament one pointfrom defeat and camethrough again, this timewith a leaping forehandthat barely landed in. Alltold, Djokovic faced fourmatch points againstTsonga and won each one,extending the contest untilseizing control for good.Djokovic won his 26th

Grand Slam match in arow Tuesday, coming backand beating the fifth-seededTsonga 6-1, 5-7, 5-7,7-6 (6), 6-1 to set up aFrench Open rematch

against 16-time majorchampion Roger Federer.Ayear ago in the semifinalsat Roland Garros, Federerended Djokovic’s 43-matchwinning streak, the lasttime the Serb lost at one oftennis’ four most impor-tant tournaments.“Tennis is very mental.

Lots of emotions,” said theNo. 1-ranked Djokovic,who won Wimbledon lastJuly, the U.S. Open lastSeptember, and the Aus-tralian Open in January.“If you’re playing a topplayer, a home favorite,and you have a crowdthat’s supporting him, youhave to face these things.Physically, we’re all fit, allhitting the ball well. Butmentally, it’s just a matterof a point here, a pointthere.That’s sport.The onethat mentally pushesmorein some moments and getsa bit lucky gets the win.”Federer also fashioned a

come-from-behind victory,and while he never wasconfronted with a matchpoint, he did drop the firsttwo sets before gettingpast No. 9 JuanMartin delPotro of Argentina 3-6, 6-7(4), 6-2, 6-0, 6-3.After taking that big

lead, del Potro who upsetFederer in the 2009 U.S.Open final appeared to behampered increasingly bya left knee that was heav-ily wrapped in white tape,although he refused toplace any blame there af-terward.

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