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STAFF PHOTO/ANTHONY WEBERPam Fulton, right, speaks with Chris Morgan, left, CarlyWillis, second from left, and Sammie Hunter Friday at theYMCA Robinson Branch in Troy.

BY JOSH BROWNSports Editor

jbrown@tdnpublishing.com

When most people in MiamiCounty hear the name, theythink one thing.But when people in the Troy

sports community hear it, theythink something else entirely.

One thing is certain, though everyone in the area knows theFulton name.

And whether its through FultonFarms, one of the more well-knownand recognized businesses in thearea, or through the many swim-ming teams that Jim and PamFulton coach for, the couple touchesthe lives of many of Miami Countysfamilies particularly atChristmas time.

For one, thats when high schoolswimming season begins in earnest.

Pam has been an assistant coachat Troy High School for six yearsand also assists at Troy ChristianHigh School, where her husbandJim is head coach. But theyve beeninvolved much longer than that.

We got into swimming when ouryoungest, Dakota, who is now 21,was six, Pam Fulton said. Wed

tried all of the other sports, but theyjust werent for us. We found swim-ming and stuck with it. We startedat the Y (YMCA) when she wasnine, and we liked it more than any-thing else.

At about six, our oldest took upsoccer, Jim Fulton said. In threeyears, the team was probably 1-29.So we never really fell in love withsoccer.

Weve been very involved eversince her first or second year coaching, officiating, helping in anyway, Pam said.

And high school isnt the onlyplace theyre involved, either.

Ive been an assistant for theMCY team, then this year theynamed me head coach, Pam said.Ive been the head coach of theDolphins, coached with the TroyTidal Waves basically, any swimteam thats been around, weve

helped in some way.Were in it together. Hes (Jim)

an assistant for me at the Y, whichis nice. I get to tell him what to do,she added with a chuckle. And Ihelp him, too. Im an assistant forhim at Troy Christian.

Which, of course, has led all oftheir children to get into swimming,also.

We have four children, and allfour swim, Pam said. In addition toDakota, theres Zane (17), Gabriella(15) and Ezekiel (12). They all haveswam or are swimming for the MCY.

We always seem to find our-selves near a pool every day.

Its something weve bothlearned, Jim said. I did triathlonsout of college, so I knew how toswim in open water. Its been a longtime of learning. Weve been arounda lot of coaches, a lot of swimmers.Weve come to a point where werepretty good coaches.

But as long as theyve beeninvolved in swimming, the Farmshave been open longer.

Im the son, Im a part ownerand I manage a lot of the affairs on

The name of the gameJim, Pam Fulton lend coachingexpertise to area swim teams

If you know someone who should be profiled inour Next Door feature, contact City EditorMelody Vallieu at 440-5265.

TROY

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Troy Mayor MichaelBeamish has declaredThursdaySteveNolanDay inTroy tohonortherecentlyretired Troy football coach.As a part of the celebration,the Troy Daily News willrelease a special commemora-tive edition that same day look-ing back at Nolans 28 years atTroy. The edition will include acomplete career retrospective,along with congratulatory notesfrom former players, coachesand fans.

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Waterissue oncouncilagenda

BY RON OSBURNStaff Writer

rosburn@tdnpublishing.com

The cities of Troy andPiqua continue to studythe feasibility of partner-ing on a regional watersystem. Both cities agreedin October to enter intoand split the estimated$124,896 cost of a compre-hensive water systemanalysis by Cincinnati-based RA Consultants,which is due to be com-pleted early next year.Piqua is under an

Environmental ProtectionAgency order to replace itsaging water treatmentsystem by the end of 2012.The analysis is expected toprovide data and answer anumber of questions aboutthe feasibility of a possiblewater system partnershipbetween Troy and Piqua.Now Troy City Council

and Piqua City Comm-ission appear poised toinclude a new, additionalfeature to the overallanalysis: A hydrogeologi-cal review of Troys under-ground aquifer.The approximately

$30,000 cost of the hydro-geological review also willbe split between Troy andPiqua, and if approved byboth cities, will be addedas an amendment to theinitial agreement with RAConsultants, Troy Serviceand Safety DirectorPatrick Titterington toldmembers of Troy CityCouncils Finance Comm-ittee on Dec. 12.Titterington said RA

Consultants recommend-ed adding the hydrogeo-logical review to addressconcerns with an under-ground plume of chemicalcontaminants, includingPerchloroethene (PCE), inan approximately 20-blockarea of east Troy, near theTroy Aquifer.The area is being inves-

tigated by the state andfederal EnvironmentalProtection Agency and hasbeen designated as aSuperfund cleanup site.The site is bounded by

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N. Korean leader Kim Jong Il diesSEOUL, South Korea (AP) Kim

Jong Il, North Koreas mercurialand enigmatic leader whose ironrule and nuclear ambitions for hisisolated communist nation domi-nated world security fears formore than a decade, has died. Hewas 69.

Kims death was announcedearly today by the state televisionfrom the North Korean capital,Pyongyang.

Kim is believed to have suffereda stroke in 2008 but he had

appeared rela-tively vigorousin photos andvideo fromrecent trips toChina andRussia and innumerous tripsaround thecountry care-fully document-ed by state

media. The communist countrysDear Leader reputed to have had

a taste for cigars, cognac and gour-met cuisine was believed to havehad diabetes and heart disease.

The news came as North Koreaprepared for a hereditary succes-sion. Kim Jong Il inherited powerafter his father, revered NorthKorean founder Kim Il Sung, diedin 1994.

In September 2010, Kim Jong Ilunveiled his third son, the twenty-something Kim Jong Un, as hissuccessor, putting him in high-ranking posts.

Kim Jong Il had been groomedfor 20 years to lead the communistnation founded by his guerrillafighter-turned-politician fatherand built according to the princi-ple of juche, or self-reliance.

Even with a successor, therehad been some fear among NorthKorean observers of a behind-the-scenes power struggle or nuclearinstability upon the elder Kimsdeath.

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South Market, Race andOak streets and the GreatMiami River.Contamination in the

area was first reported tothe EPA in 1996 by offi-cials of Kimberly-Clark,which operated a manu-facturing facility at 513 E.Water St. That facility isnow operated bySpinnaker Coating.Kimberly Clark has

acknowledged to the Ohio

EPA that it dumpedchemicals at its site, andsubsequent testing hasconfirmed the presence ofTrichloroethylene (TCE)and other chemicals.PCE and TCE are

potentially harmful chem-icals used in metaldegreasing and dry clean-ing processes.Regular testing of the

city of Troys water supplyhas found no evidence ofcontamination.The issue of a hydroge-

ological review came up inOctober during discus-sions between RAConsultants and city ofPiqua and Troy staffs. Itwas also in mid-Octoberthat the federal EPA heldanother in an ongoingseries of public meetingsat Van Cleeve School onremediation efforts at theSuperfund site.In light of that public

meeting, (RA Con-sultants) suggested the(hydrogeological) review,Titterington said Tuesday.A hydrogeological

review could take theemotion out of the issueby providing water quali-ty reports and data to con-firm that Troys Aquifer isnot contaminated,Titterington said Dec. 12.

The FinanceCommittee on Dec. 12agreed to recommend thefull council back spendingup to $15,000 to coverTroys share of the cost ofthe review. The FinanceCommittees recommen-dation will be reviewed byTroy City Council at itsmeeting Monday.The item also is on the

agenda for review at thePiqua City CommissionsDec. 20 meeting.

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the farm, Jim said. Immainly in charge of theChristmas trees, as well.And while Fulton

Farms is known county-wide, the Fultons dontsee it as a celebrity thing.Its probably pretty

unremarkable. Its what Igrew up with, Jim said.Theres a lot of thingsyou take for granted liv-ing on a farm.Fulton Farms allows

customers to cut downtheir own Christmas treefor $40.Its open from 10 a.m.-

6 p.m. Monday throughThursday and 10 a.m.-5p.m. Fridays andSaturdays. Christmastrees are available untilDec. 23.But thats a lot of

whats special. Its a long,hard year, you go throughall the labors of harvest then on Oct. 31, the farmmarket closes, everyonetakes a quick sigh ofrelief, then on aboutThanksgiving you start inwith the Christmas trees.Its still work, its stillincome, but the stress lev-els are greatly reduced.Overall, everyones in theChristmas spirit.It all leads to the tini-

est amount of free time inthe world.And they wouldnt

have it any other way.Swimming is an

intense sport, and it takesa lot of time, Pam said.Its not easy. If you dontlove it, you cant stay.As hectic as our

lifestyle is, its the deci-sions weve made. Andgiven the chance, I dontthink wed ever do any-thing different.

CONTINUED FROM A1FultonsMore info:

WHAT: Troy CityCouncil

WHEN: 7 p.m. todayWHERE: council

chambers, 2nd floor,city hall, 100 S. MarketSt.

Few firm facts are avail-able when it comes to NorthKorea, one of the most iso-lated countries in the world,and not much is clear aboutthe man known as the DearLeader.North Korean legend has

it that Kim was born onMount Paekdu, one ofKoreas most cherishedsites, in 1942, a birth herald-ed in the heavens by a pairof rainbows and a brilliantnew star.Soviet records, however,

indicate he was born inSiberia, in 1941.Kim Il Sung, who for

years fought for independ-ence from Koreas colonialruler, Japan, from a base inRussia, emerged as a com-munist leader after return-ing to Korea in 1945 afterJapan was defeated inWorldWar II.With the peninsula divid-

ed between the Soviet-administered north and theU.S.-administered south,Kim rose to power as NorthKoreas first leader in 1948while Syngman Rheebecame South Koreas firstpresident.The North invaded the

South in 1950, sparking awar that would last threeyears, kill millions of civil-ians and leave the peninsuladivided by a DemilitarizedZone that today remains oneof the worlds most heavilyfortified.In the North, Kim Il

Sung meshed Stalinist ideol-ogy with a cult of personali-ty that encompassed him

and his son. Their portraitshang in every building inNorth Korea and on thelapels of every dutiful NorthKorean.Kim Jong Il, a graduate

of Pyongyangs Kim Il SungUniversity, was 33 when hisfather anointed him hiseventual successor.Even before he took over

as leader, there were signsthe younger Kim wouldmaintain and perhapsexceed his fathers hard-linestance.South Korea has accused

Kim of masterminding a1983 bombing that killed 17South Korean officials visit-ing Burma, now known asMyanmar. In 1987, thebombing of a Korean Air

Flight killed all 115 peopleon board; a North Koreanagent who confessed toplanting the device said Kimordered the downing of theplane himself.Kim Jong Il took over

after his father died in 1994,eventually taking the postsof chairman of the NationalDefense Commission, com-mander of the KoreanPeoples Army and head ofthe ruling Workers Partywhile his father remained asNorth Koreas eternal pres-ident.He faithfully carried out

his fathers policy of mili-tary first, devoting much ofthe countrys scarceresources to its troops evenas his people suffered from a

prolonged famine and builtthe worlds fifth-largest mil-itary.Kim also sought to build

up the countrys nucleararms arsenal, which culmi-nated in North Koreas firstnuclear test explosion, anunderground blast conduct-ed in October 2006. Anothertest came in 2009.Alarmed, regional lead-

ers negotiated a disarma-ment-for-aid pact that theNorth signed in 2007 andbegan implementing laterthat year.However, the process con-

tinues to be stalled, even asdiplomats work to restartnegotiations.North Korea, long ham-

pered by sanctions andunable to feed its own peo-ple, is desperate for aid.Flooding in the 1990s thatdestroyed the largely moun-tainous countrys arableland left millions hungry.Following the famine, the

number of North Koreansfleeing the country throughChina rose dramatically,with many telling tales ofhunger, political persecutionand rights abuses that offi-cials in Pyongyang emphati-cally denied.Kim often blamed the

U.S. for his countrys trou-bles and his regime routine-ly derides Washington-allied South Korea as apuppet of the Westernsuperpower.U.S. President George W.

Bush, taking office in 2002,denounced North Korea as amember of an axis of evilthat also included Iran andIraq. He later described Kim

as a tyrant who starvedhis people so he could buildnuclear weapons.Look, Kim Jong Il is a

dangerous person. Hes aman who starves his people.Hes got huge concentrationcamps. And there is con-cern about his capacity todeliver a nuclear weapon,Bush said in 2005.Kim was an enigmatic

leader. But defectors fromNorth Korea describe himas an eloquent and tirelessorator, primarily to the mili-tary units that form thebase of his support.The worlds best glimpse

of the man was in 2000,when the liberal SouthKorean governments concil-iatory sunshine policytoward the North culminat-ed in the first-ever summitbetween the two Koreas andfollowed with unprecedent-ed inter-Korean coopera-tion.A second summit was

held in 2007 with SouthKoreas Roh Moo-hyun.But the thaw in relations

drew to a halt in early 2008when conservativePresident Lee Myung-baktook office in Seoul pledgingto come down hard on com-munist North Korea.Disputing accounts that

Kim was peculiar, formerU.S. Secretary of StateMadeleine Albright charac-terized Kim as intelligentand well-informed, sayingthe two had wide-rangingdiscussions during her vis-its to Pyongyang when BillClinton was U.S. president.I found him very much

on top of his brief, she said.

CONTINUED FROM A1Jong

APIn this April 25, 2002 file photo, North Korean leaderKim Jong Il, right, applauds with Kim Yong Nam, presi-dent of the Peoples Congress from the balcony of abuilding during a military parade, celebrating the 70thanniversary of the founding of North Korean PeoplesArmy in Pyongyang, North Korea

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TODAY

BOARD TO MEET:The Miami CountyEducational ServiceCenters Governing Boardwill meet at 6 p.m. at 4520E. State Route 41, Troy.

EDUCATION BOARDSET: The Miami EastLocal Schools board ofeducation will meet for itsregular meeting at 7 p.m.at the high school lecturehall.

MOMS & TOTS: TheMiami County ParkDistrict will have theTrailing Moms & Tots pro-gram from 10 a.m. tonoon at Charleston FallsPreserve, 2535 RossRoad, south of Tipp City.The program is for expec-tant mothers, mothers andtots newborn to 5 yearsold. Participants cansocialize, play and exercise during thiswalk. Be sure to dress for the weather.

AUDITIONS SET: Auditions for thenext Troy Civic Theatre performance,Blithe Spirit, will be at 7 p.m. at the Barnin the Park in Troy Community Park. A firstreading will be Jan. 4 and performancedates will be March 2-4 and 9-10. Forinformation on open roles, contact Niccoleat scarlettraven@juno.com or 615-9463 orBecca at 470-1259.

TRUSTEES TO MEET: The Tipp CityPublic Library Board of Trustees will havea special meeting at 7 p.m. at the libraryto discuss personnel matters.

Civic Agenda Pleasant Hill Board of Public Affairs

will meet at 7:30 p.m. in the village councilroom, 200 W.Walnut St., Pleasant Hill. Milton-Union Board of Education will

meet at 7:30 p.m. at the elementaryschool. Monroe Township Board of Trustees

will meet at 7 p.m. at the TownshipBuilding. The Tipp City Council will meet at

7:30 p.m. at the Government Center. The Piqua City Commission will meet

at 7:30 p.m. at City Hall. The Troy City Council will meet at 7

p.m. in the meeting room in CouncilChambers. The Staunton Township Trustees will

meet at 7:30 p.m. in the StauntonTownship building. The Miami County Educational

Service Center Governing Board will meetat 5 p.m. at 2000 W. Stanfield Road, Troy.

TUESDAY

EXPLORATIONWALK: The MiamiCounty Park District will have an adultexploration walk at 9 a.m. at StillwaterPrairie Reserve, 9750 State Route 185,north of Covington. Join naturalists asthey head to explore nature.

PARK DISTRICT MEETING: TheMiami County Park District will conduct itsnext board meeting at 9 a.m. at the LostCreek Reserve Cabin, 2645 East StateRoute 41, east of Troy. For more informa-tion, contact the Miami County ParkDistrict at 937-335-6273.

WEDNESDAY

KIWANIS MEETING: The KiwanisClub of Troy will meet from noon to 1 p.m.at the Troy Country Club, 1830 PetersRoad, Troy. Lunch is $10.Dick Phillips willpresent Christmas music. For more infor-mation, contact Kim Riber, vice president,at (937) 974-0410.

NATURE CLUB: The Home SchoolNature Club will meet from 2-4 p.m. atBrukner Nature Center to explore thechanges in the land through the processknown as succession. Senses, and howanimals use them in the wild, will be thetopic. The fee is $5 for nonmembers.

TCT AUDITIONS: Troy Civic Theatrewill have auditions for Blithe Spirit at 7p.m. at the Barn in the Park inCommunity Park. For more information,contact Niccole atscarlettraven@juno.com or 615-9463 orBecca at 470-1259. The performancedates are March 2-4 and 9-10.

THURSDAY

DISCOVERYWALK: A morning dis-covery walk for adults will be offered from8-9:30 a.m. at Aullwood Audubon Center,1000 Aullwood Road, Dayton. TomHissong, education coordinator, will guidewalkers as they experience the seasonalchanges taking place. Bring binoculars.

WINTER SOLSTICE CONCERT:Come celebrate the new season with wine,nature and song in the candlelit HeidelbergAuditorium at Brukner Nature Center andenjoy songs of the season with Rum RiverBlend at 7 p.m.. Admission is $5 for BNCmembers and $10 for nonmember.Refreshments are included.

FRIDAY

FRIDAY DINNER: The Covington VFWPost No. 4235, 173 N. High St., Covington,will offer dinner from 5-8 p.m. For moreinformation, call 753-1108.

DINNER OFFERED: The Pleasant HillVFW Post No. 6557, 7578 W. Fenner Road,Ludlow Falls, will offer dinner from 6-7:30

pm. for $7-$8. For more infor-mation, call (937) 698-6727.DEC. 25

FREE DINNER: A freeChristmas dinner will beoffered beginning at noon atSt. Patrick Soup Kitchen, 409E. Main St., and there alsowill be home deliveries.Those needing a meal deliv-ered can call 335-7939 tomake a reservation. Themenu will include beefbrisket, turkey and dressing,mashed potatoes, sweetpotatoes, corn, green beans,dinner roll, fruit salad andpie.

DEC. 26

SANDWICH ANDFRIES: American LegionPost 586, 377 N. 3rd St.,Tipp City, will offer a texas

tenderloin and fries from 6-7:30 p.m. for $5.

DEC. 27

MOTHER NATURES PRESCHOOL:The Miami County Park District will holdthe Mother Natures Pre-school programCircle of the Sun from 1011 a.m. atCharleston Falls Preserve, 2535 RossRoad, south of Tipp City. Children 3-5years old and an adult companion are invit-ed to attend and enjoy learning aboutwhere all the animals have gone for thewinter. There will be a story and crafts.Dress for the weather. Pre-register for theprogram by sending an email to regis-ter@miamicountyparks.com or call (937)667-1286, Ext. 115.

DEC. 29

PROJECT FEEDERWATCH: ProjectFeederWatch will be offered from 9:30-11:30 a.m. at Aullwood. Participants areinvited to count birds, drink coffee, eatdoughnuts, share stories and count morebirds. This bird count contributes to scientif-ic studies at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology.Check out the Cornell web site atwww.bird.cornell.edu/pfw for more informa-tion.

DEC. 30

FRIDAY DINNER: The Covington VFWPost No. 4235, 173 N. High St., Covington,will offer dinner from 5-8 p.m. For moreinformation, call 753-1108.

SEAFOOD DINNER: The Pleasant HillVFW Post No. 6557, 7578 W. Fenner Road,Ludlow Falls, will offer a three-piece friedfish dinner, 21-piece fried shrimp or afish/shrimp combo with french fries andcoleslaw for $6 from 6-7:30 p.m. Frog legs,when available, are $10.

PROJECT FEEDERWATCH: ProjectFeederWatch will be offered from 9:30-11:30 a.m. at Aullwood. Participants areinvited to count birds, drink coffee, eatdoughnuts, share stories and count morebirds. This bird count contributes to scien-tific studies at the Cornell Lab ofOrnithology. Check out the Cornell website at www.bird.cornell.edu/pfw for moreinformation.

JAN. 3

LITERACY COUNCIL TO MEET: TheTroy Literacy Council, serving all of MiamiCounty, will meet at 7 p.m. at the HaynerCultural Center in Troy. Adults seekinghelp with basic literacy or wish to learnEnglish as a second language, and thoseinterested in becoming tutors, can contactthe councils message center at (937)660-3170 for further information.

JAN. 4

ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING:Elizabeth Township will have an organiza-tional meeting beginning at 6:30 p.m., theRegular Scheduled Township Meeting willfollow at 7 p.m. at the township building.

JAN. 7

SPAGHETTI DINNER: Troy Post No.43 Baseball will offer an all-you-can-eatspaghetti dinner will be offered from 3-7:30 p.m. at 622 S. Market St., Troy. Themeal also will include a salad bar, drinkand dessert. Meals will be $6.75 for adultsand $4 for children 12 and younger. Allproceeds will benefit the Troy AmericanLegion baseball.

JAN. 8

TURKEY SHOOT: The Troy VFW Post5436, 2220 LeFevre Road, will offer aturkey shoot beginning at noon. Sign upswill begin at 11 a.m. The womens auxil-iary will offer an all-you-can-eat breakfastfrom 9 a.m. to noon for $5.

JAN. 9

FINANCIAL AID MEETING: TheMilton-Union High School GuidanceDepartment has planned a college finan-cial aid meeting for 7:30 p.m. in the highschool cafeteria. Connie Garrett, a finan-cial aid representative from Wright StateUniversity, will conduct the meeting. Therewill be a time for questions after her pres-entation. For more information, call thehigh school at 884-7940.

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Eastern UniversityST. DAVIDS, Pa. Kelsey Hofer of

Tipp City achieved recognition of beingon the deans list at Eastern Universityin St. Davids, Pa., for the spring semes-ter 2011.

Hofer is majoring in psychology with aminor in communications. She is thedaughter of John and Sue Hofer.At Eastern, Hofer is a member of the

Templeton Honors College and a studentchaplain. She attends True VineCommunity Church.

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Financial aid meetingplanned at Milton-UnionWEST MILTON The Milton-Union

High School Guidance Department hasplanned a college financial aid meetingfor 7:30 p.m. Jan. 9, 2012, in the highschool cafeteria.

Connie Garrett, a financial aid repre-sentative from Wright State University,will conduct the meeting.There will be a time for questions

after her presentation.For more information about the

meeting, contact the high school at884-7940.

BETHELTuesday Cooks

choice. High school only Dominos pizza.Wednesday

Vegetable beef soup,wheat dinner roll, carrotsticks with dip, choice offruit, milk.

BRADFORDSCHOOLSTuesday Spaghetti

with meat sauce or peanutbutter and jelly, greenbeans, fruit cup, bread-stick and milk.Wednesday Chicken

quesadilla or chef salad,carrot sticks with dip, fruitcup and milk.Thursday Cheese

sticks with pizza sauce orpeanut butter and jelly,green beans, fruit cup,cookie and milk.

COVINGTONSCHOOLSTuesday Pepperoni

pizza, corn, applesauceand milk.

MIAMI EASTSCHOOLSTuesday Chicken

patty sandwich, rice,cheese slice, carrots,peaches and milk.Wednesday

Broasted chicken, peas,dinner roll, Jell-O, cookieand milk.

NEWTON SCHOOLSNo school, holiday

break. PIQUA SCHOOLSTuesday Turkey and

noodles, mashed pota-toes, green beans, pump-kin custard, roll and milk.Wednesday Galaxy

pizza, tossed salad, fruitjuice, raisins and milk.

ST. PATRICKTuesday Turkey and

noodles, mashed pota-toes, corn, grapes, milk.Wednesday Popcorn

chicken, salad, peaches,cheese stick, holidaysugar cookie, milk.

TROY CITYSCHOOLSNo school Holiday

break. TIPP CITY HIGH

SCHOOLTuesday

Cheeseburger on a bun,

baked potato wedges,choice of fruit, milk.Wednesday Mini

corn dogs, green beans,choice of fruit, milk.

UPPER VALLEYCAREER CENTERTuesday Nachos

supreme or chicken faji-tas, refried beans, tomato,salsa, assorted fruit andmilk.Wednesday Pizza or

quesadilla, side salad,assorted fruit and milk.Thursday Swiss

chicken breast or fishsandwich, whole grainbrown or wild rice,steamed broccoli, multi-grain roll or bun and milk.Friday Loaded

potato wedges or bakedchicken nuggets andpotato wedges, assortedfruit, multi-grain roll andmilk.

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SENIOR RESOURCE CONNECTION OFDAYTON MEALS ONWHEELSLunch is served Monday through Friday at 11

a.m. to seniors 60-plus at Trinity Episcopal Church,60 S. Dorset Road, Troy.To reserve a meal, call (888) 580-3663.A suggested donation of $2 is asked for

meals.

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3:00 p.m. - Family Mass in Parish Center(Expanded Seating, New Sound System)

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Brain strain: Christmas shopping when money tightNEW YORK (AP)

Chennel King, a nurse fromNorwalk, Conn., wentChristmas shopping theother day with a new holidaycompanion: a budget.Despite a tough economic

situation her husband waslaid off almost a year agoKing didnt want to disap-point her five children. Soshe still went to a mall insuburban New Jersey, butwith a limit of $200 per child.Plenty of Americans are

having to hold back this yearas the lure of flashy ads,tempting bargains and fami-ly expectations clashes withthe realities of the economy.Experts in consumer behav-ior say that situation canstrain the brain.Scientists say we are to

some extent wired for shop-ping. It seems to tap into cir-cuits that originally spurredour ancestors to go out look-ing for food, says BrianKnutson, an associate profes-sor of psychology and neuro-science at StanfordUniversity.We are built to forage,

just like rats, just like dogs,

Knutson said. So we havebrain circuitry that compelsus to go out there to getgood stuff, even if we dontknow what that good stuffis.Brain scanning in his lab

shows deep brain circuitrycalled the nucleus accum-bens goes to work when peo-ple are considering productsand prices. When brain cellsin that area release a chemi-cal called dopamine, peopleare motivated to take action,

he said.So the very prospect of

shopping maybe brought onby ads and other marketingtools may arouse that circuit-ry and put us in a mood to hitthe stores, and then to keepon shopping, he said. Youfeel good Its exciting,Knutson said.Other circuitry reacts to

excessively high prices anddampens the enthusiasm tobuy, he said. The competingsignals buy and dont-buy are

passed to the front of thebrain, in the prefrontal cor-tex, where a decision aboutwhether to purchase some-thing is apparently made, hesaid.But how does that deci-

sion get made when money istight? Knutson said he hasntstudied that question. But henotes that yet another areaof the brain, called the cingu-late cortex, responds to con-flicts like wanting to buysomething that costs toomuch. So maybe it pitches inwhen a shopper feelsrestrained by a budget.King, the recent mall

shopper, isnt sure how muchshe spent last year but it wasa lot, with new bedroom sets,a camera for one daughter, acamcorder for one son, andfour PlayStations. This year,she turned down therequests of her oldest two foran iPad. But she didnt con-sider cutting out Christmastotally. And shes mindful tobuy the same number ofpresents for each kid.You only live once, King

said. If its something mykids really want, I try to get

it at the lowest possibleprice.From what experts rec-

ommend about holding downspending, King was smart toset a budget ahead of time,but she probably made hertask tougher by going to amall.When youre surrounded

by attractive goods andcrowds of people buyingthem, natural humandesires can trigger offintense cravings to buy, saysGeorge Loewenstein, a pro-fessor of economics and psy-chology at Carnegie MellonUniversity. Not spendingwhen youre tempted tospend is exhausting and mis-erable, like not eating whenyoure hungry, he says.Trying to apply will power

should be your last resort,he said. Much better is tostay away from the mall inthe first place, and it will bemuch easier to exert self-con-trol.It might be preferable to

shop on the Internet soyoure not surrounded bybuyers, although the conven-ience of online shopping

holds its own temptations, hesaid.If you do go to a mall,

commit yourself beforehandto a hard limit on spending,Loewenstein recommends.Generally, people tend to bea lot more tempted whenthere is some kind of uncer-tainty about whether youregoing to get whatever it isyoure tempted by, he said.A definite budget removes

that uncertainty when ashopper spots somethingextra, and so its easier forthe brain to say no, he said.But how to make that

budget limit stick? The lastthing you want to do is spendwith a card, especially a cred-it card, or even a debit card,he said. It doesnt feel likespending.Much better to count out

some cash and put it in anenvelope. When the cash isgone, youre done shopping.Even before then, the act offorking out cash introducesthe pain of paying, whichcan make a shopper morerational and less vulnerableto impulse purchases, hesaid.

APIt may not be easy, but many shoppers are choosing toadhere to a budget when they head out to do theirChristmas shopping this year.

The Advocate, BatonRouge, La., on trade

policy:While the decision to sta-

tion a contingent of Marinesin Australia drew muchattention during PresidentBarack Obamas recent tripto the Pacific region, thelonger term interests of theUnited States may have beenmore advanced by a pacificpolicy in the Pacific, throughfreer trade.At the Honolulu summit

conference of Pacific rimnations, Obama won commit-ments from Japan andCanada to join talks aimed atbinding nine Pacific Rimnations to a trade pact in thenext year.

Whether that happens isstill a big if. But carry it off,and American exports both goods and services can expand significantly inthe region.America already has sepa-

rate free-trade agreementswith Australia, Chile, Peruand Singapore. Four thatwould be added would beMalaysia, New Zealand,Vietnam and Brunei.Economists say it would

be the largest free-trade areasince that formed by theunion of the U.S., Canadaand Mexico in the NorthAmerican Free TradeAgreement in 1994.While the stationing of

more Marines in the Pacific

region is seen as a check onaggressive moves by the com-munist government of China,the principal competition inthe area is between theAlmighty (sort of) Dollar andthe Rising Renminbi, Chinascurrency. Chinas efforts toexpand its influence, both intrade and political ties, need-ed not involve a clash withAmerican interests, but cer-tainly raise that possibility and many of Chinasneighbors look at their giantneighbor with some suspi-cion.We applaud Obama for

this initiative and suggest itdeserves bipartisan supportshould the negotiations pros-per next year.

DOONESBURY

CAIRO (AP) The U.S. militarys departure from Iraq opens thedoor to expanded Iranian influence in the Middle East, though thatdoor could close fast if Irans closest Arab ally Bashar Assad fallsfrom power in Syria.Thats among the uncertainties looming over the Middle East in

the wake of President Barack Obamas decision to remove all U.S.troops by the end of this month, fulfilling a campaign promise to endthe unpopular war and abandoning efforts to negotiate an extensionof the year-end deadline agreed to by the Bush administration in2008.At first glance, that would make Iran the big winner, especially if

the U.S. move heralds a tectonic shift of power in the strategicPersian Gulf region as the United States shifts its military focus toEast Asia and the Pacific. But the tumult from the Arab Spring, ontop of the end of the nearly nine-year Iraq War, has made the rivalrybetween Iran and the U.S.s Arab allies even trickier and predictionsmore cloudy.No longer will tens of thousands of American troops be stationed

along Irans western border. They are leaving behind an Iraqi govern-ment dominated by Shiite Muslim parties beholden to the Iranians,who sheltered them for years when Saddam Hussein and his Sunni-dominated Baath regime were in power.With the American military presence reduced to a few hundred

members of an embassy-based liaison mission, Iran is likely to stepup infiltration of Iraqs intelligence services the key to manipulatingIraqs internal politics and expand its links to both Shiite andKurdish politicians, to the alarm of the countrys Sunni minority.As the second most populous country in the Gulf, with some of the

worlds largest proven petroleum reserves, an avowedly pro-IranianIraq would be a game changer in the power struggle between Iranand the U.S.-backed, conservative Gulf states led by Saudi Arabia.Iran already wielded considerable influence in Iraq even when U.S.

troop strength approached 170,000. The U.S.-led invasion of 2003 pro-duced a strange alliance between the Americans and religiously basedShiite parties tied simultaneously to both Washington and Tehran.Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, a Shiite who had been cool towardIran, has moved closer to the pro-Iranian groups since a political cri-sis in 2010 nearly cost him his job.With the American military gone, Tehrans prospects for bolstering

those ties in Iraq look bright.At closer examination, however, the future appears less certain.

Much will depend on how the key players including the United Statesmaneuver diplomatically through the new environment created bythe end of the Iraq War.The United States must succeed in limiting and countering

Iranian influence in Iraq and in creating Iraqi forces that can defendthe country, wrote analyst Anthony Cordesman of the Center forInternational and Strategic Studies. The United States must alsorestructure a mix of forward-deployed U.S. forces and ties to regionalpowers that can contain every aspect of Irans military forces andpolitical ambitions.Irans ability to manipulate a post-America Iraq is by no means

unlimited, in part due to a flowering of Iraqi nationalism which sur-vived the horrific bloodshed of the Sunni-Shiite sectarian war.Many ordinary Iraqi Shiites harbor bitter memories of the 1980-

1988 war with Iran, when young Shiite soldiers bore the brunt of thecasualties. Among the Sunni minority, hostility to Iran runs evendeeper, and much of the talk of Iranian domination stems fromoverblown comments by Sunni politicians seeking to discredit theirShiite political rivals.

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You never know when youregoing to run into a little bit ofTroy, Ohio.A few years back, my wife

and I were in Hawaii and paid avisit to Pearl Harbor. Whilethere, we toured the World WarII era submarine that is tied upnext to the visitors center. Wewere squeezing through thesubmarine and I was doing mybest to keep from hitting myhead on the various doorwayswhen we came to the tiny gal-ley. Thats when my wife saw it.Hey, look at this, she said.

There was a Hobart mixer.There was something neatabout seeing that piece of Troyin a submarine. Im sure youcan find a Hobart mixer in arestaurant in just about everycountry on the globe, but youjust dont think about runninginto one in the confined space ofa World War II submarine. I betif we could have plugged it in, itwould still have worked.On another occasion, we were

in an airport on some littleisland in the Philippines. Thiswas the kind of airport wherethey dont even bother to putglass or screens or anything in

the windows. Actually, therewerent windows as much asthere was just a roof over a floorwith open sides to the building.So there we were, waiting to

board the plane, when wenoticed the Hobart BrothersGround Power Equipment onthe runway. It made me feel alittle more confident knowingthe guys from back home weretaking care of us.Heres a different kind of

example. If you happen to readThe Help, the book about blackmaids in the 1960s South, youllread about the kitchens in thosesouthern homes where themaids and cooks worked. As youread about those kitchens, youlldiscover that they had Kitchen

Aid mixers. I know they dontmake Kitchen Aids in Troy any-more, but back in the 1960sthey did, so this qualifies.It just seems like no matter

where you go, theres a bit ofTroy there. Why, theres even aTrojan Manufacturing Co. inPiqua.The latest example for me

took place last week and itagain happened in a book. I wasreading Lost in Shangri-La byMitchell Zukoff. Its the story ofthe survivors of a World War IIplane crash in New Guinea. Theplane went down in a lost valleyin the middle of unchartedmountains. Only three of themore than 20 people on boardsurvived. The story tells abouthow they survived the crashand managed to stay alive in arainforest. The most intriguingpart of the story is their interac-tion with a group of stone-agenatives. You might say thenatives were people who theworld forgot, except the worldhad never known them theirvalley had been a secret, hiddenplace since the beginning of theworld.Eventually, rescuers from the

air find the survivors. They dropsupplies and even medics andsome paratroopers to rescuethem. But theres a problem.How do they get out? There wasnowhere to land a plane. Thevalley was so high that the airwas too thin for helicopters toget in and out. The survivorswere too injured to hike outand, besides, there wereJapanese troops on one side ofthe valley and headhunters onthe other.Then, much to my amaze-

ment, Troy came to the rescue.I dont want to give it all

away, but I will say this: theWACO saves the day. If youwant to know exactly how thathappens, youll have to read thebook.Im sure most of you who are

reading this have had the expe-rience of running across some-thing or someone from Troy inan unexpected place. Theresjust something comforting aboutknowing youre never really farfrom home.

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Irans fortunes inpost-US Iraq clouded

LISBON, Portugal (AP) Cesaria Evora, who startedsinging as a teenager in thebayside bars of Cape Verde inthe 1950s and won aGrammy in 2003 after shetook her African islandsmusic to stages across theworld, died Saturday. Shewas 70.Evora, known as the

Barefoot Diva because shealways performed withoutshoes, died in the Baptista deSousa Hospital in Mindelo,on her native island of SaoVicente in Cape Verde, herlabel Lusafrica said in astatement on its website. Itgave no further details.Evora retired in

September because of healthproblems. In recent years shehad had several operations,including open-heart surgery

last year.She sang the traditional

music of the Cape VerdeIslands off West Africa, a for-mer Portuguese colony. Shemostly sang in the version ofcreole spoken there, but evenaudiences who couldntunderstand the lyrics weremoved by her stirring rendi-tions, her unpretentiousmanner and the musicsinfectious beat.Her singing style brought

comparisons to Americanjazz singer Billie Holiday.She belongs to the aristocra-cy of bar singers, Frenchnewspaper Le Monde said in1991, adding that Evora hada voice to melt the soul.Evoras international

fame came late in life. Her1988 album La Diva AuxPieds Nus (Barefoot Diva),

recorded in France whereshe first found popularity,launched her internationalcareer.Her 1995 album Cesaria

was released in more than adozen countries and broughther first Grammy nomina-tion, leading to a tour ofmajor concert halls aroundthe world and album sales inthe millions.She won a Grammy in the

World Music category of the2003 awards for her albumVoz DAmor.Evora, known to her close

friends as Cize (pronouncedsee-ZEH), was the best-known performer of morna,Cape Verdes national music.It is a complex, soulful sound,mixing an array of influencesarising from the African andseafaring traditions of the 10volcanic islands.Evora was born Aug. 27,

1941, and grew up inMindelo, a port city of 47,000people on the island of SaoVicente, where sailors fromEurope, America, Africa andAsia mingled in what was alively cosmopolitan townwith a fabled nightlife.The local musical style

borrowed from those cul-tures, defying attempts toclassify it.Our music is a lot of

things, Evora told TheAssociated Press in a 2000interview at her home. Somesay its like the blues, or jazz.Others says its likeBrazilian or African music,but no one really knows. Noteven the old ones.Evora was 7 years old

when her father died, leavinga widow and seven children.At 10, with her motherunable to make ends meet,she was placed in an orphan-age. At 16, when Evora wasdoing piecework as a seam-stress, a friend persuadedher to sing in one of themany sailors taverns in hertown. As her popularity grew,she was also rowed out intothe bay to sing on anchoredships.She received no pay just

free drinks. She used to smilewhen she recalled her fameas a heavy cognac drinker.And she sadly recalled theexact day Dec. 15, 1994 shehad to give up drinking forher healths sake.Evora didnt think much

of her international stardomand she went back toMindelo whenever she could.She rebuilt her childhoodhome, turning it into a10-bedroom house wherefriends and family oftenstayed over.

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Dan FrazerNEWYORK (AP)

Veteran film and televisionactor Dan Frazer, bestknown for his role asCaptain Frank McNeil onthe long-running 1970s tele-vision series Kojak, hasdied in New York. He was90.Frazers daughter,

Susanna Frazer, says herfather died of cardiac arrestat his home in Manhattanon Dec. 16. She called hima wonderful, naturalisticcharacter actor.Frazer started playing

character roles in varioustelevision series and films inthe 1950s. His films includeCleopatra Jones, Take theMoney and Run GideonsTrumpet andDeconstructing Harry.Besides Kojak, Frazers tel-evision appearances includeCar 54, Where Are You,Route 66, Barney Millerand Law & Order.He was a member of The

Academy of Motion PictureArts and Sciences and anadviser to The WorkshopTheatre Co.

Randy PreddyWACO, Texas Former

Waco Tribune-HeraldPublisher Randy Preddyhas died at the age of 71.According to a statement

from Grace GardensFuneral Home, Preddy diedat his home Saturday. TheTribune-Herald(http://bit.ly/uRmv8N)reports he died earlySaturday after a sudden ill-ness.Preddy was the top execu-

tive of the newspaper from1978 to 1996 before heretired to teach journalismat Baylor University.The Waco native grew up

in Little Rock, Ark., wherehe began his journalismcareer covering the integra-tion of Central High Schoolin 1957.

Graham BrownENGLEWOOD, New

Jersey Graham Brown,who appeared on stage atLondons Globe Theatre and

on television in Sanford &Son has died in NewJersey. He was 87.Barbara Montgomery often

appeared with Brown on thestage and had power ofattorney on his behalf. Shesays he died Tuesday ofpulmonary failure at theLillian Booth Actors FundNursing Home inEnglewood.Brown often appeared in

stage productions of theNew York-based NegroEnsemble Company andwas a founding member ofthe Guthrie Theater inMinneapolis.He played a school princi-

pal on the 1970s sitcomSanford & Son and ajudge on Law & Order. Healso had roles in moviesincluding Malcolm X,Clockers and TheMuppets Take Manhattan.

Patrick V. MurphyNEW YORK Patrick V.

Murphy, who battled policecorruption and urged offi-cers to hold their fire ashead of the New York,Detroit and Washingtonforces during the turbulent1960s and 1970s, diedFriday. He was 91.Murphy died of a heart

attack at a hospital inWilmington, N.C., his son,Gerard Murphy, said.Pat Murphy was the

visionary embodiment ofpolice reform, New YorkPolice Commissioner RayKelly said in a written state-ment. In the face of fierceopposition from entrenchedpolice leadership nationally,he revolutionized policy torestrain the use of deadlyforce.Murphy was born in

Brooklyn and became apolice patrolman after serv-ing as a Navy pilot in WorldWar II. He rose through theranks of the NYPD, then leftto become the top policeofficial in Syracuse, N.Y., in1962. He later headed theforces in Washington andDetroit.He became known as a

fighter against corruptionand police brutality.

Deborah M. LatimerCOLUMBUS

Deborah M. (Simon)Latimer, 61, of Columbus,Ohio, and formerly ofSidney, died at the OhioState University MedicalCenter, Columbus, onWednesday, Dec. 14,2011. A memorial masswill be conducted onThursday, Dec. 22, 2011at Holy Angels CatholicChurch in Sidney. Salm-McGill and TangemanFuneral Home in Sidneyis handling the funeralarrangements.

Dorothy JaneWesbecherSIDNEY Dorothy

Jane Wesbecher, 93, ofDorothy Love RetirementCommunity, Sidney, diedat the retirement commu-nity on Saturday, Dec. 17,2011. A Mass of Christian

Burial will be conductedWednesday, Dec. 21,2011 at Holy AngelsCatholic Church inSidney. Salm-McGill andTangeman Funeral Homein Sidney is handling thefuneral arrangements.

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CHRISTIANSBURG Louis Wayne PeteEmerick, age 61, ofChristiansburg, passedaway at 4:04 a.m. onSunday, Dec. 18, 2011, inMiami Valley Hospital,Dayton.Born Oct. 16, 1950, in

Kansas, Pete was a sonof the late Carrol Carland Mary (West) Emerick.He married Cathy E.Gilliam on Dec. 1, 1972,and she preceded him indeath on Nov. 11, 2008.Together they raised threechildren, two of whom sur-vive: Kevin and KurtisEmerick, both ofChristiansburg.He also survived by

many nieces, nephewsand extended family mem-bers.In addition to his parents

and wife, Pete was pre-ceded in death by a son,Kenneth Emerick, and astepsister, Connie Zipola.Pete attended the Trinity

Community Church ofPiqua. He was a mainte-nance technician forFukuvi USA, HuberHeights. He enjoyed work-ing with young children, fly

fishing, archery and targetshooting. Pete will besadly missed by all whoknew him.Funeral services will be

conducted at noonWednesday, Dec. 21,2011, at the Atkins-ShivelyFuneral Home, 216 S.Springfield St., St. Paris,with Pastor Mike Gross ofTrinity Community Churchpresiding.Burial will follow in Smith

Cemetery, Christiansburg.There will be two hours

of visitation prior to theservice in the funeralhome beginning at 10 a.m.on Wednesday.Memorial contributions

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APYoung woman places candle next to St. Wenceslas statue at Wenceslas square in Prague, Czech Republic, onSunday, to pay tribute to former Czech President Vaclav Havel, who has died early morning Sunday at his coun-try seat in Hradecek.

Czech hero of anti-communistrevolution Vaclav Havel diesPRAGUE (AP) The

end of Czechoslovakiastotalitarian regime wascalled the Velvet Revolutionbecause of how smooth thetransition seemed:Communism dead in a mat-ter of weeks, without a shotfired. But for Vaclav Havel,it was a moment he helpedpay for with decades of suf-fering and struggle.The dissident playwright

spent years in jail butnever lost his defiance, orhis eloquence, and the gov-ernments attempts tocrush his will ended upexpanding his influence. Hebecame a source of inspira-tion to Czechs, and to all ofEastern Europe. He wentfrom prisoner to presidentin 1989, the year the BerlinWall fell and communismcrumbled across the region.Havel died Sunday

morning at his weekendhome in the northern CzechRepublic. The 75-year-oldformer chain-smoker had ahistory of chronic respirato-ry problems dating back tohis time in prison.Shy and bookish, with a

wispy mustache andunkempt hair, Havel helpeddraw the worlds attentionto the anger and frustra-tion spilling over behindthe Iron Curtain. While hewas president, the CzechRepublic split fromSlovakia, but it also madedramatic gains in economicmight.His peaceful resistance

shook the foundations of anempire, exposed the empti-ness of a repressive ideolo-gy, and proved that moralleadership is more powerfulthan any weapon, saidPresident Barack Obama.He also embodied the aspi-rations of half a continentthat had been cut off by theIron Curtain, and helpedunleash tides of historythat led to a united anddemocratic Europe.Mourners laid flowers

and lit candles at Havelsvilla in Prague. A black flagof mourning flew overPrague Castle, the presi-dential seat, and Havel wasalso remembered at a mon-ument to the revolution inthe capitals downtown.Mr. President, thank youfor democracy, one noteread.Lech Walesa, former

Polish president and theNobel Peace Prize-winningfounder of the countrysanti-communist Solidaritymovement, called Havel agreat fighter for the free-dom of nations and fordemocracy.Amid the turbulence of

modern Europe, his voicewas the most consistentand compelling endlesslysearching for the best inhimself and in each of us,said former U.S. Secretaryof State Madeleine K.

Albright, who is of Czechorigin.Havel was his countrys

first democratically electedpresident, leading itthrough the early chal-lenges of democracy and itspeaceful 1993 breakup intothe Czech Republic andSlovakia, though his imagesuffered as his people dis-covered the difficulties oftransforming their society.He was an avowed

peacenik who was closefriends with members ofthe Plastic People of theUniverse, a nonconformistrock band banned by thecommunist regime, andwhose heroes includedrockers such as FrankZappa. He never quite shed his

flower-child past and oftensigned his name with asmall heart as a flourish.Truth and love must

prevail over lies andhatred, Havel famouslysaid. It became his revolu-tionary motto, which hesaid he always strove tolive by.Its interesting that I

had an adventurous life,even though I am not anadventurer by nature. Itwas fate and history thatcaused my life to be adven-turous rather than me assomeone who seeks adven-ture, he once told Czechradio.Havel first made a

name for himself after the1968 Soviet-led invasionthat crushed the PragueSpring reforms ofAlexander Dubcek andother liberally mindedcommunists in what wasthen Czechoslovakia.Havels plays were

banned as hard-linersinstalled by Moscowsnuffed out every whiff ofrebellion. But he continuedto write, producing a seriesof underground essays thatstand with the work ofSoviet dissident AndreiSakharov as the most inci-sive and eloquent analysesof what communism did tosociety and the individual.One of his best-known

essays, The Power of thePowerless, was written in1978. It borrowed slylyfrom the opening line ofthe mid-19th centuryCommunist Manifesto,writing: A specter ishaunting eastern Europe:the specter of what in theWest is called dissent.In the essay, he dissect-

ed what he called the dic-tatorship of ritual the ossi-fied Soviet bloc systemunder Leonid Brezhnevand imagined what hap-pens when an ordinarygreengrocer stops display-ing communist slogans andbegins living in truth,rediscovering his sup-pressed identity and digni-ty.

APIn this Nov. 24, 1989 file photo, Vaclav Havel, leader ofthe Prague opposition, right, and Alexander Dubcek,leader of the ill-fated Prague Spring, left, toast as theycelebrate the resignation of the Czech Polit Bureau thesame night.

Grammy winner Evora dies at age 70

Doctors accused of bilking Medicaid, MedicareNEW ORLEANS (AP)

A federal grand jury hasindicted several people,including two elderly doc-tors, who allegedly nettedmore than $21 million in aphony Medicaid andMedicare billing scam.

The grand jury handedout the indictments onFriday.

The Times-Picayunereports that the defen-dants allegedly schemed tobill the government forthousands of tests thatwere never performed, andfor others done unneces-sarily, the indictmentalleges.

According to federalprosecutors, peopleinvolved in the scam wouldtake patients to clinics inMetairie and Kenner inexchange for prescriptiondrugs and cash.Prosecutors say patientsalso were shuttled amongvarious clinics for redun-dant tests.

Prosecutors sayunneeded neurology tests,pulmonary tests, echocar-diograms and other examswere rampant in the

scheme, which ran in 2009and 2010, according to the44-count, 78-page super-seding indictment. An ear-lier indictment in Aprilnamed nine defendantsand placed the cost of thealleged scam at about $12million.

Dr. Jerry Haskin, 79, ofNew Orleans, and Dr. JackVoight, 80, of Metairie,each could face more than acentury of prison time ifconvicted for their roles inallegedly bilking the gov-ernment through variousNew Orleans clinics:Health Plus Consulting,Saturn Medical Group,New Millenium MedicalGroup and Metairie HealthCenter.

Dr. Yelena Ivanova, 56,of Kenner, was part of thesame scheme while work-ing at Health Guard inKenner, according to thecomplaint.

Executives for aCalifornia company SoloLucky Claims Processingsubmitted the phonyclaims for the clinics, andmoney was launderedthrough another California

company, Med-Tech,through inflated purchasesof old or obsolete medicalequipment charged to theclinics, the indictmentalleges.

The clinics would billthe government for thesame, extensive battery oftests for the vast majorityof patients, regardless oftheir complaints, theindictment alleges.

The indictment allegesthat one clinic billed forabout 1,000 Medicaid andMedicare beneficiaries,another for 1,100, and twoothers for about 1,500,although the numbersoverlap, with somepatients visiting more thanone clinic.

Voight, a general physi-cian, is jailed in St. CharlesParish, unable to make$500,000 bond, said hisattorney, John Musser IV.

Voight worked onsalary, making $140,000 attwo clinics. If anything,Musser said, Voight wasexploited in the allegedscheme. He said Voighteither conducted orordered all of the tests he

claimed, and that federalprosecutors have wronglyportrayed him as the mas-termind.

He thought he was justdoing some general med-ical tests, and at age 80,thats about what doctorsdo, Musser said. I thinkthats why he was exploit-ed, because of his age.There are a lot of brightpeople involved in this.Whenever they talkedabout this stuff, they most-ly talked Armenian.

Haskin, out on bond, isan anesthesiologist. Hehas been practicing fornearly 35 years. His attor-ney, Robert Habans,declined to comment.

All of the defendantsface a conspiracy chargeand numerous counts ofhealth care fraud.

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TROY Ajit Gubbi,D.O., has joined theoffices of Upper ValleyWomens Center in prac-tice with KatherineBachman,M.D.; EunjiSeward, M.D.;and ClinicalNurseSpecialistKimberlyDiltz.

Dr. Gubbi isboard certifiedin obstetricsand gynecology.He received hismedical degree fromTouro UniversityCollege of OsteopathicMedicine in Vallejo,Calif., and completed aninternship and residen-cy at Good SamaritanHospital Medical Center,West Islip, N.Y., andNew York College ofOsteopathic Medicine,Old Westbury, N.Y,

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Plenty to go aroundBY LEE BOWMANScripps Howard News

Service

Among the direassumptions about thefuture of health care in theUnited States, one of themore persistent has beenthat the numbers of doc-tors and nurses are dwin-dling rapidly.

But several new reportsreleased this fall suggestthe shortfalls among keyhealth workers may not beso great as once feared, atleast on a national scale.

Think no one wants towork hard enough to be adoctor anymore?

At the nations 135accredited medical schools,the number of first-timeapplicants increased to anall-time high this year,with nearly 33,000 stu-dents and just under44,000 applicants. Actualenrollment was up 3 per-cent, to 19,230, accordingto the Association ofAmerican Medical Collegessurveys released inOctober and December.

At the other end of thephysician work span, thepercentage of physicianswho are 60 and olderremained at about 25 per-cent in 2010. Although

most doctors in recentdecades have retired intheir 60s and few areactive into their 70s, sever-al recent studies suggestthat trend is slowing, help-ing to stave off doctorshortages.

According to the AAMC,in 2010 there were 244active physicians and 215physicians active in patientcare for each 100,000 peo-ple in the U.S., up by about5 percent and 2 percent,respectively, since 2008.

Even with continuedgrowth in the number andclass sizes of medicalschools, the association andother groups still fear thenation could face a short-age of some 90,000 physi-cians by mid-century.

In early December,researchers reported in thejournal Health Affairs amore dramatic trendgleaned from census sur-veys: the number of 23- to26-year-olds who became

registered nurses increasedby 62 percent between2002 to 2009, a rate notseen since the 1970s.

The new corps of nursesin that age group reached165,000 in 2009, closing ona 1979 peak of 190,000.Researchers at the RANDCorp, Vanderbilt Universityand Dartmouth College saythat if the trend continues,there should be enoughnurses to meet the coun-trys projected needs ratherthan face a shortage of upto 400,000 RNs by 2020.

These findings were areal surprise and are avery positive developmentfor the future health careworkforce in the U.S., saidDavid Auerbach, thestudys lead author and aneconomist at RAND.Compared to where nurs-ing supply was just a fewyears ago, the change isjust incredible.

The researchers saidinitiatives to encourage

nursing careers, coupledwith new and expandedtraining programs, havehelped fuel the increase inyoung nurses. A bad econo-my with fewer opportuni-ties for jobs in manufactur-ing has also played a role.

However, a second studyin the same journalshowed that the new cropof nurses may not be asevenly distributed asmight be desirable, partic-ularly for patients in ruralareas.

A survey by researchersat New York UniversitysCollege of Nursing foundthat more than half ofnewly licensed RNs wereworking within 40 miles ofwhere they attended highschool. Most also attendnursing school close tohome.

Among nurses withassociate degrees, morethan 78 percent wereworking in the same statewhere they attended highschool; and 76 percent ofthose with bachelorsdegrees practiced in theirhome state.

The researchers saidthe results suggest train-ing programs need to befocused in areas with nurs-ing shortages and give newincentives to students whowill stay in underservedareas after their graduate.

Report: Doctor, nurse shortages unlikelyThese findings were a realsurprise and are a very

positive development for the futurehealth care workforce in the U.S.

David Auerbach

Dear Heloise: The recenttip on donating wedding flow-ers to a local hospital orRonald McDonald Houseafter the event was great.Here is another possible

donation site: an assisted-liv-ing facility.My mother resides in one,

and someone in the familybrings her fresh flowersalmost weekly. They reallybrighten her room and herday.I almost feel guilty when I

see some of the other resi-dents faces. I know theywould enjoy bouquets, too.Hopefully, her facility and

others can include this tip intheir newsletters. Thanksfrom a reader inStroudsburg, Pa.Yes, Im sure flowers cer-

tainly can brighten a room!Call or ask about bringingflowers for others or for thepublic areas. Heloise

FAST FACTSDear Readers: Here are

some helpful uses for old pil-lowcases: A changing-table pad

cover. Place where a pet likes

to sleep in order to reducehair. Use as a small laundry

bag. Cover couch cushions to

protect from stains. Use to store summer or

winter clothing. HeloisePOTLUCKDear Heloise: I have

enjoyed your and your moms

column for many years withthe great hints.With so many people try-

ing to visit friends and rela-tives and take a dish, I want-ed to share the perfect way totransport the food.When shopping in the

grocery store, ask theemployees if you can havethe bottom portion of thecardboard cases for cannedgoods.These are great for any

size pot, bowl or container,and if the item happens tospill, you wont have a messto clean up in your car. Sandi in Spring, Texas

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Dear Annie: I am a singlemother of three, trying desper-ately to make ends meet. Mypaycheck is normally gone beforeI get back to work on Monday.I've been trying to find a part-time job to supplement myincome, to no avail. Since myannual salary is right above thepoverty line, I do not qualify forgovernment assistance. What lit-tle money my ex gives me is notenough. When I ask him formore, he subtracts it from thenext month's support. Now thatthe holiday season is here, I'msinking deep into depression. Ihave no extra money for aChristmas dinner, let alone pres-ents.There are several members of

my family, as well as my ex's,who are well off, but no oneoffers or even asks if I could usesome help. These people knowmy situation is difficult. Manydays I go without eating, andsometimes I can't cook dinnerbecause there's nothing in thehouse to prepare. I've tried not tobe bitter, but I can't help wonder-ing what I have done in my lifeto be scrimping and barely ableto get by when I see people inthe grocery with carts full offood.I'm under a doctor's care for

depression, but my situation isreally starting to get the best ofme. I've been turned down for araise at work. I'm not asking forhandouts. What's a mother to dowhen no one is willing to help? Need a Bigger Piece of thePie

Dear Need a Bigger Piece:Can your child support beincreased through the courts? Itmight be possible to adjust thepayments. Is there a food deposi-tory in your area for which youare eligible? Can you talk to yourdoctor about your medical bills ormedication costs? Are your rela-tives aware of your financial sit-uation? People don't offer to helpif they don't realize help is need-ed or wanted. Also, you might beable to fine-tune your monthlybudget with some assistance.Talk to your family, and al