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Heavy snow and gustingwinds blanketed Sidney andShelby County at daybreakWednesday, virtually shuttingdown all but emergency serv-ices operations in the city ofSidney.Windblown, drifting snow

made street and highwaytravel perilous, forcing thecity to furlough all nonemer-gency personnel. Municipaloffices, the Shelby CountyCourthouse and county officesin and the courts were closed.County offices in the Annexclosed at noon on Wednesday.Downtown stores and the

Senior Citizens Center wereclosed Wednesday and manylocal industries furloughedworkers. Fortunately, city,county and parochial schoolsare closed for the annualChristmas and New Year’sholiday.Marty Keifer, Sidney street

superintendent, said citycrews operated 11 plow trucksuntil midnight Wednesday,followed by a second crew torelieve them until 4 thismorning. The blowing anddrifting snow made their taskdifficult.Shelby County Road crews

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freezing rain that affectedonly southern Miami Valleyareas, being covered only bythe wind-swept snow.Sheriff ’s offices in Darke,

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from Dayton to Clevelandwere canceled or delayed bymidmorning. Cleveland Hop-kins International Airportspokesman Todd Payne cau-tioned travelers to check withtheir airlines, with as much as60 percent to 80 percent of theafternoon schedule uncertainbecause of worsening weather.Early indications were that

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MOBILE, Ala. (AP) —A powerful storm systemthat erupted ChristmasDay with Gulf Coast tor-nadoes and snow in thenation’s midsectionheaded for the NortheastonWednesday, spreadingblizzard conditions thatslowed holiday travel.The death toll rose to

six with car accidents onsnow and sleet-slickenedhighways in Arkansasand Oklahoma.Post-Christmas trav-

elers braced for flight de-lays and a raft ofweather warnings fordrivers, a day after rarewinter twisters damagedbuildings in Louisiana,Mississippi and Ala-bama.Snow blew across

southern Illinois andsouthern Indiana earlyWednesday as the stormtracked up the OhioRiver valley toward theEastern seaboard andNew England.There were whiteout

conditions in parts ofsouthwestern Indiana,where 6 inches or moreof snow had fallen bymidmorning aroundEvansville. State policereported dozens of vehi-cles stuck after not beingable to get up a hill on acentral Indiana highway,while some roads aroundEvansville were impass-able with wind gustsaround 30 mph.A blizzard warning

was in effect for much ofthe state’s southern two-thirds and more than adozen counties issuedtravel watches askingresidents to make onlyessential driving trips.Indianapolis had 7

inches on the ground by10 a.m. after receiving asmuch as 3 inches of snowin a single hour, saidJohn Kwiatkowski, a me-teorologist with the Na-tionalWeather Service inIndianapolis. He said thestorm’s winds were justhigh enough to classifythe storm as a blizzard,making it one of thestrongest snowstorms inyears to strike centraland southern Indiana.“The way I’ve been de-

scribing it is as a low-endblizzard, but that’s sortof like saying a smallTyrannosaurus rex. Justto become a blizzard isquite an accomplish-

ment. And it’s sure aheck of a lot more thanwe’ve seen,” he said.In Arkansas, the

storm left more than189,000 customers with-out electricity Wednes-day, utility EntergyArkansas said.Severe thunderstorms

were forecast for theCarolinas while a line ofblizzard and winterstorm warningsstretched from Arkansasup the Ohio River toNew York and on toMaine.State police reported

scores of accidents onsnow-covered highwaysin central and westernMaryland, where fore-casters predicted up to 5inches of snow in mostcounties west of the Bal-timore-Washington area,followed by freezing rain.Thirty-four tornadoes

were reported in Texas,Louisiana, Mississippiand Alabama during theoutbreak Tuesday, theNational Weather Serv-ice said.Rick Cauley’s family

was hosting relatives forChristmas when tornadosirens went off in Mobile.Not taking any chances,he and his wife, Ashley,hustled everyone downthe block to take shelterat the athletic field houseat Mobile’s Murphy HighSchool in Mobile.It turns out, that was-

n’t the place to head.“As luck would have it,

that’s where the tornadohit,” Cauley said. “Thepressure dropped andthe ears started poppingand it got crazy for a sec-ond.” They were all fine,though the school wasdamaged, as were achurch and severalhomes, but officials sayno one was seriously in-jured.Camera footage cap-

tured the approach of thelarge funnel cloud.Mobile was the

biggest city hit by nu-merous twisters. Alongwith brutal, straight-linewinds, the stormsknocked down countlesstrees, blew the roofs offhomes and left manyChristmas celebrationsin the dark. Torrentialrains drenched the re-gion and several placessaw flash flooding.More than 900 flights

around theU.S.were can-celed as of Wednesdaymidday, according to theflight tracker

FlightAware.com. Thecancelations were mostlyspread around airportsthat had been or soonwould be in the path ofthe storm.Holiday travelers in

the nation’s much coldermidsection battledtreacherous driving con-ditions from freezing rainand blizzard conditionsfrom the same fast-mov-ing storms. In Arkansas,highway department offi-cials said the state wasfortunate the snowstormhit on Christmas Daywhen many travelerswere already at their des-tinations.Two passengers in a

car on a sleet-slickenedArkansas highway diedWednesday when the ve-hicle crossed the centerline and struck an SUVhead-on. In Oklahoma,theHighway Patrol said a76-year-old Wisconsinwoman died Tuesdaywhen the car she was rid-ing in was hit head-on bya pickup truck on Inter-state 44.The Oklahoma High-

way Patrol had earlier re-ported that a 28-year-oldwoman was killed in an-other crash Tuesday on asnowy highway. Thestorm’s winds wereblamed Tuesday for top-pling a tree onto a pickuptruck in Texas, killing thedriver, and another treeonto a house in Louisiana,killing a man there.Trees fell on homes

and across roadways inseveral communities insouthernMississippi andLouisiana. MississippiGov. Phil Bryant de-clared a state of emer-gency, saying eightcounties reported dam-

ages and some injuries.It included McNeill,

where a likely tornadodamaged a dozen homesand sent eight people tothe hospital, none withlife-threatening injuries,said Pearl River Countyemergency managementagency director DannyManley.The snowstorm that

caused numerous acci-dents pushed out ofOklahoma late Tuesday,carrying with it blizzardwarnings for parts ofnortheast Arkansas,where 10 inches of snowwas forecast. Freezingrain clung to trees andutility lines in Arkansasand winds gusts up to 30mph whipped themaround, causing about71,000 customers to loseelectricity for a time.Christmas lights also

were knocked out withmore than 100,000 cus-tomers without power forat least a time in Texas,Arkansas, Oklahoma,Mississippi, Louisianaand Alabama.Blizzard conditions

were possible for parts ofIllinois, Indiana andKentucky up to Cleve-land with predictions ofseveral inches to a foot ofsnow. By the end of theweek, that snow was ex-pected to move into theNortheast with again upto a foot predictedJason Gerth said the

Mobile tornado passedby in a few moments andfrom his porch, he sawabout a half-dozen greenflashes in the distance astransformers blew. Hishome was spared.“It missed us by 100

feet and we have nodamage,” Gerth said.

Storm’s toll up to 6 deadas system heads east

winters,” said Myron Padgett, a forecaster inWilm-ington, in southwest Ohio.Sheriffs in several western Ohio counties issued

road travel warnings, and authorities urged peopleto give trucks with salt and snow plows room towork on the highways. Several spots already hadthree to five inches by late morning. The snow wasexpected to end in the evening, with freezing tem-peratures remaining.The state’s largest military base,Wright-Patter-

son Air Force Base near Dayton, shut down opera-tions because of the storm.The Ohio Department of Transportation said it

pretreated major highways in anticipation of iceand heavy snow. Traffic was slow, but moving, inmost of the storm-hit areas.Clark County authorities in Springfield said

road conditions were hazardous and said countytransportation services would be provided only foressential medical needs, such as people getting dial-ysis treatments. The Greater Cincinnati HomelessCoalition said a winter shelter would openWednes-day evening at a downtown church to make surepeople had a warm place to sleep.

___Associated Press writers Julie Carr Smyth and

Mitch Stacy contributed in Columbus.___

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BY THOMAS BEAUMONTAssociated Press

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — For years, Republi-cans have adhered fiercely to their bedrock conserva-tive principles, resisting Democratic calls for taxhikes, comprehensive immigration reform and guncontrol.Now, sevenweeks after an electoral drubbing,some party leaders and rank-and-file alike are sig-naling a willingness to bend on all three issues.What long has been a nonstarter for Republicans

— raising tax rates on wealthy Americans — is nowbacked by GOP House Speaker John Boehner in hisnegotiations with President BarackObama to avert apotential fiscal crisis. Party luminaries, includingLouisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, have started calling fora wholesale shift in the GOP’s approach to immigra-tion after Hispanic voters shunned Republican can-didates. And some Republicans who previouslychampioned gun rights now are opening the door torestrictions following a schoolhouse shooting spreeearlier this month.“Put guns on the table. Also, put video games on

the table. Put mental health on the table,” Rep. JackKingston,R-Ga., said last week.Other prominent Re-publicans echoed him in calling for a sweeping reviewof how to prevent tragedies like the Newtown, Conn.,school shooting.Among those open to a re-evaluationof the nation’s gun policies were Sens.Marco Rubio,R-Fla., and Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa.“You’ve got to take all these things into considera-

tion,” Grassley said.And yet, the head of theNational RifleAssociation,

silent for a week after the Newtown shootings, hasproposed staffing schools with armed police, makingclear the NRA, which tends to support the GOP, willcontinue pushing for fewer gun restrictions, notmore.Meanwhile, Boehner’s attempt to get his own

members on board with a deficit-reduction plan thatwould raise taxes on incomes of more than $1millionfailed last week, exposing the reluctance of many inthe Republican caucus to entertain more moderatefiscal positions.With Republican leaders being pulled at once to

the left and to the right, it’s too soon to knowwhetherthe party that emerges from this identity crisis willbe more or less conservative than the one that wasonce so confident about the 2012 elections. After all,less than twomonths have passed since the crushingdefeat of GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney,who moved far to the right during the primary sea-son and, some in the party say, lost the general elec-tion as a result.But what’s increasingly clear is that the party is

now engaged in an uncomfortable and very publicfight over whether its tenets, still firmly held withinthe party’s most devout ranks, conflict with the viewsof Americans as a whole.Many Republicans recognize that to remain rele-

vant with voters whose views are changing, they toomust change.“We lost the election because we were out of touch

with the American people,” said JohnWeaver, a sen-ior adviser to past presidential candidates John Mc-Cain, the GOP nominee in 2008, and Jon Huntsman,who sought the nomination this year.The polling suggests as much.While Republican candidates for years have

adamantly opposed tax increases on anyone, an As-sociated Press-GfK poll earlier this month foundroughly half of all Americans supported allowingGeorgeW. Bush-era tax cuts to expire on those earn-ing more than $250,000 a year.Most GOP candidates — Romney among them —

also long have opposed allowing people in the countryillegally to get an eventual path to citizenship. Butexit polls from theNov. 6 election showedmost votersfavored allowing peopleworking in theU.S. illegally tostay.And gun control has for decades been anathema to

Republicans. But a Washington Post/ABC News pollpublished last week, following the Connecticut shoot-ing, showed 54 percent of Americans now favorstronger restrictions.This is the backdrop as Republicans undergo a pe-

riod of soul-searching after this fall’s electoral shel-lacking. Romney became the fifthGOPnominee in sixelections to lose the national popular vote to theDem-ocratic candidate.Republicans also shed seats in theirHouse majority and lost ground to majority Democ-rats in the Senate.Of particular concern is the margin of loss among

Hispanics, a groupObamawon by about 70 percent to30 percent.It took only hours after the loss for national GOP

leaders to blame Romney for shifting to the right onimmigration — and signal that the party mustchange.Jindal, a prospective 2016 presidential contender,

was among the Republicans calling for a more meas-ured approach by theGOP.And even previously hard-line opponents of immigration reform — likeconservative talk show host SeanHannity— said theparty needs to get over its immigration stance,whichheavily favors border security over other measures.

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ANNA —Gregory Lee“Greg” Rose, 40,of 106 CherryLane, passedaway Monday,Dec. 24, 2012, at8:45 a.m. at hisresidence.

Greg wasborn July 29, 1972, inDayton, the son of Don-ald and Angie (Griffin)Rose, who survive him inBeavercreek.

On Aug. 16, 1997, hemarried Michelle “Shel-ley” Hampton in Anna,and she survives alongwith their children, AlexJ., Maura and KaitlynRose, all at home; hismother-in-law, Gretchen(Ronald) Abels, of Anna;his father-in-law, BillHampton, of Anna; step-mother-in-law, DiniHampton, of Anna;grandparents, VirginiaGriffin, of Dayton, andEileen Rose, of Dayton;brothers, sisters and in-laws, Keith (Phyllis)Rose, of West Carrollton,Darlene (John) Loose, ofMississippi, Cheryl(Terry) Pickerill, of WestCarrollton, Shane(Michelle) Hampton, ofXenia, Molly Hampton,of New York, N.Y., LibbyHampton, of Anna,Tonya (Casey) Wright, ofCincinnati, Steve Abels,of Kentucky, Dusty(Dena) Abels, of Colum-bus; and many aunts,uncles, nieces andnephews.

He was preceded indeath by his grandfa-thers, Eddie Griffin and

Joseph Rose.He graduated

from Beaver-creek HighSchool in 1990and RhodesState College ofMedical Imag-ing in 2009.Greg was a

member of the St. Jacob’sLutheran Church inAnna. He had worked asan MRI medical techni-cian at Wilson MemorialHospital and was a dedi-cated fan of the New Or-leans Saints footballteam and a loyal followerof the Ohio State Buck-eyes. He took great prideand received true joy,however, by participat-ing in his children’sschool and sports activi-ties, especially the swim-ming meets.Funeral services

will be conductedMonday, Dec. 31, 2012,at 10 a.m. St. Jacob’sLutheran Church,Anna, by the Rev.Jonathan D. Bull. Bur-ial will follow at PearlCemetery, Swanders.Family and friends

may call from 1 to 6p.m. on Sunday at theAdams Funeral Home,1401 Fair Road, Sid-ney.

Memorial contribu-tions may be made to theWilson Memorial Hospi-tal Foundation. En-velopes will be availableat the funeral home.

Online memories maybe expressed to the fam-ily at www.theadamsfu-neralhome.com.

PIQUA — James F.Schrubb. 91, of Piqua,died Tuesday, Dec. 25,2012, at 4 a.m. at UpperValley Medical Center,Troy.

Mass of ChristianBurial will be Saturday,Dec. 29, at St.MaryCatholic Church.Arrangements byJamieson & YannucciFuneral Home.

Flossie F. Berry

PIQUA — Flossie F.Berry, 98, 204 LynhurstSt., passed away Tues-day, Dec. 25, 2012, at1:05 p.m. at her resi-dence.

Private funeral serv-ices will be held at thediscretion of the family.

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Thomas R. O’ReillyN O R T H

STAR —Thomas R.O’Reilly, 54, ofNorth Star, diedat 3:50 p.m. onTuesday Dec.25, 2012, at hishome followinga four-year bat-tle with ALS.

He was born July 19,1958, the son of Leo andNorma (Prenger)O’Reilly in St. Marys.They survive in Minster.He married Joan Do-enges on Oct. 26, 2002,in St. Louis CatholicChurch, North Star, andsurvives him.

He is also survived bystepchildren, John andKristi Kaiser, of Ver-sailles, Jamie and JamesMcClurg, of North Star,Stephanie and JeffTuente,of Osgood, JaredKaiser and fiancé KimRickel, of Centerville,and Dustin and KelliKaiser, of Grandview; 11grandchildren; brothersand sisters Cathy andJohn Hoying, of NorthCarolina, AngieNiemeyer, of FortWayne,Ind., Connie andVince Restivo, of Dublin,and Kevin and KerriO’Reilly, of Troy.

Other survivors in-clude his mother-in-law,Irene Doenges; in-laws

Deb and MarvMead, of Troy,Ellen and DanPleiman, of Min-ster, and Daveand Sue Do-enges, of Min-ster.

He was pre-ceded in death

by a sister MaryO’Reilly.

Thomas was a mem-ber of St. Louis CatholicChurch, North Star, anda graduate of MinsterHigh School. He was onthe production staff atHonda.Mass of Christian

Burial will be cele-brated at 10:30 a.m.Saturday, Dec. 29,2012, at St. LouisCatholic Church,North Star by the Rev.David Zink.Friends may call at

the Hogenkamp Fu-neral Home, Minster,from 2 to 8 p.m. onFriday, Dec. 28, 2012,and at the churchfrom 9 to 10 a.m. onSaturday, Dec. 29.Burial will take placein St. Louis Cemetery.

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Viola M. RoettgerBOTKINS —

Viola M.Roettger, 98, of17088 Ket-tlersville Road,died Monday,Dec. 24, 2012, at8:20 p.m. atElmwood ofNew Bremen.

She was born May 27,1914, in WashingtonTownship, AuglaizeCounty, the daughter ofEdward H. and Caroline(Fledderjohann) Arnett.On Sept. 8, 1940, shemarried Marvin F.Roettger at the UnitedChurch of Christ, NewKnoxville, and he pre-ceded her in death.

She is survived by adaughter, Carolyn(David) Jensvold, of Ket-tlersville; a son, Dennis(Judy) Roettger, of PortClinton; grandchildrenJason (Holly) Jensvold, ofPiqua, Renee Roettger, ofKettlersville, Jennifer(Alan) Byrd, of JacksonCenter, and RochelleLangdon,of Elyria; great-grandchildren,Christina,Tiffany and JoshuaStreet, of Port Clinton,Audrey and Brooke AnnByrd, of Jackson Center,and Jacob and LukeJensvold, of Piqua; twosisters and one-brother-in law, Mary Rohrbaugh,and Mildred and StanleyJones, all ofWapakoneta.

Viola was a 1932 grad-uate of New KnoxvilleHigh School. After hermarriage to Marvin theylocated in Kettlersville,and in 1947 they foundedthe business of RoettgerHardwood Inc,. Ket-tlersville Road, whereshe assisted her husbandin the daily operations ofthe business. She servedas president and treas-urer of the board of direc-tors until the time of herdeath. She was an activemember of the Immanuel

United Churchof Christ, Ket-tlersville, whereshe served as anofficer of theWomen’s Guild,served as a Sun-day schoolteacher, andsang in the

church choir.In the past, she had

been a member of theHomemakers Club, Ket-tlersville. They weremembers of Wally ByamCaravan Club and theKettlersville Senior Citi-zens, spent their wintersat their home in Braden-ton, Fla., and during thesummer traveled withthe Airstream CaravanClub.

She was a loving wife,mother, grandmotherand sister and enjoyedbeing with family. Shespent much time devotedto her lawn and beautifulflowers, which were a joyto her. Viola was also anexcellent cook.Funeral services

will be conducted at 2p.m. Sunday at the Im-manuel Church inKettlersville, by Pas-tor Charles Moeller.Burial will take placein the German Protes-tant Cemetery in NewBremen.Friends may call

from 2 to 6 p.m. Satur-day at Gilberg-Hartwig FuneralHome in New Bremenand one hour prior tothe services on Sun-day at the church.

Memorial contribu-tions may be made to theImmanuel Church Me-morial Fund and or Wil-son HomeHealth/Hospice, 915 W.Michigan St., Sidney, OH45365.

Condolences to thefamily may be left atgilberghartwigfh.com.

Marilyn C. GrieshopY O R K -

SHIRE — Mar-ilyn C.Grieshop, 67. ofYorkshire, diedat 7:18 p.m.Tuesday, Dec.25, 2012 at St.Rita’s MedicalCenter in Lima.

She was born March4, 1945, in Osgood, thedaughter of Elmer andLeona (Brackman)Tuente. Her mother sur-vives in New Bremen.

She married NicholasGrieshop Nov 26, 1966at St. Nicholas CatholicChurch, Osgood, and hesurvives in Yorkshire.She is also survived bychildren Karla andBruce Thobe, Dave andKarla Grieshop, Jill andMark Oldiges, and Jodiand Mark Prenger all ofMinster; grandchildren,Kurtis, Jared, Paige,Erica, Alex, Ava, Jack,Ellie, Jay, Dana, Macyand Bryce.

She is also survivedby sistesr and brothers,Carol and Ken Meyer,Ron andMarlene Tuenteand Roger and MaryEllen Tuente, all of Os-good; in-laws Margieand Leo Wenning ofYorkshire, Clete andMary Ann Grieshop ofMinster, Edna and CleteLange of St. Henry, Ver-non and Pat Grieshop ofYorkshire, Tom and Jan-ice Grieshop of St.Marys, and AngieGrieshop, of Sidney.

She was pre-ceded in deathby a brother-in-law, JoeGrieshop; sister-in-law andbrother-in-lawJeanette andDave Quell-horst.

She was a lifelongmember of St. NicholasCatholic Church, a mem-ber of the Ladies Sodal-ity of the Church, and amember of St.AugustineCatholic Church. Shewas a member of theMinster Athletic Boost-ers and an avid MinsterWildcat Fan.

She volunteered atthe Maria Stein RelicChapel and retired fromMinster Machine and A& B Printing.Mass of Christian

Burial will be cele-brated at 10:30 a.m.Monday, Dec. 31, 2012,at St. NicholasCatholic Church, withthe Rev. David Zinkand the Rev. RickNieberding as concel-ebrants.Friends may call at

the Hogenkamp Fu-neral Home, Minster,from 1 to 7 p.m. onSunday, Dec. 30, 2012,and from 9 to 10 a.m.on Monday, Dec. 31.Burial will take placein St. AugustineCemetery, Minster.

Condolences may beexpressed to the family atwww.hogenkampfh.com.

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COLUMBUS (AP) —A former Ohio school re-source police officer ispleading guilty to acharge that he coercedsexual behavior fromminors.

A federal judge hadcalled Todd Smith’s al-leged actions “violenceof the worst sort” earlierthis year after listeningto a prosecutor and FBIagent read sexuallygraphic text messagesSmith exchanged withtwo 15-year-old girls ata Columbus high school.

Smith’s attorney SamShamansky saidWednesday that Smithwill plead guilty to onecount of using a cellphone to entice two un-derage minors to en-gage in sexual activity.

Columbus federaljudge Algenon Marbleyhas not set a court datefor Smith’s plea hear-ing.

Shelby County Sheriff ’s deputies and Ohio StateHighway Patrol troopers investigated an auto acci-dent Sunday morning on Russia-Versailles Road inwhich one passenger was ejected from the vehicle.

The crash occurred at 10:45 a.m. as a vehicledriven by Brooks A. Stickel, 24, 3380 Darke-ShelbyRoad, Russia, lost control on the icy roadway, strik-ing a railroad embankment and overturning, eject-ing Mary Stickel, 19, of the Russia address.

Houston Rescue transported Ms. Strickel, thedriver and two other family members, BrianStickel, 23, and Steven C. Stickel, 17, toWilson Me-morial Hospital for treatment.

Russia firefighters also assisted deputies andtroopers at the scene of the accident.

Passenger ejectedfrom car in crash

AKRON (AP) — AnOhio native who grew upto be a U.S.Army Rangerhas been awarded themilitary’s second-highestaward for valor.

The Akron BeaconJournal reports that 22-year-old Sgt. CraigWarfle — who grew upin Stow, near Akron —was awarded the Distin-guished Service Crossfor actions in battle in

Afghanistan in 2010.Warfle’s parents tell

the newspaper their sonknew as a teenager thathe wanted to become anelite soldier. He enlistedbefore graduating fromhigh school in 2008.

The Army said thaton Aug. 18 and 19, 2010,Warfle displayed hero-ism while on a missionto kill and capture Tal-iban members.

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STATE NEWS Sidney Daily News,Thursday, December 27, 2012 Page 4

AP Photo/Akron Beacon Journal, Phil Masturzo

FOURTH GENERATION Goodyear employee Ed Rueschman photographedon Dec. 12 in Akron. Frank Seiberling hired his great-grandfather Ed Hippen-steal in 1898 as Goodyear’s first employee.

BY JIM MACKINNONAssociated Press

AKRON (AP) — InJuly 1898, F.A. Seiberlinghired Ed Hippensteal tostart cleaning up an oldstrawboard factory inAkron to turn it into thefirst home for the still un-incorporated GoodyearTire & Rubber Co.Hippensteal and 12

others, including Seiber-ling, are memorialized ina plaque on the Goodyearclock tower off East Mar-ket Street as one of the“Old Guard” — the origi-nal 13 employees ofGoodyear, all hired before1900.Fast-forward 114

years: On Dec. 31, Hip-pensteal’s great-grandson,Ed Rueschman, is takinga buyout and will retirefromGoodyear aftermorethan 46 years with theAkron tire maker.Rueschman, like his fa-

ther, grandfather andnamesake great-grandfa-ther, all worked forGoodyear. You could sayGoodyear, through its firsthired employee, Hippen-steal, has been a four-gen-eration family businessever since that day in1898.The four men have 163

years of combined service,said Rueschman, 65, wholives in Uniontown.“I’m amazed I was able

to be a part of that,” saidRueschman. The Steel-worker drives trucks,picking up and deliveringparts as part of his re-sponsibilities in mainte-nance.He started in 1965, just

three weeks after gradu-ating from Ellet HighSchool. His father hadsuggested he take a jobwith Goodyear.“I was thinking ofmore

of a truck driving career”at the time, Rueschmansaid. But he agreed toapply at Goodyear andsoon started working amidnight factory shift.Hiswork at Goodyear was in-terrupted in 1967, whenhe entered the Army andserved in the infantry inVietnam, returning tocivilian life in Akronabout two years later.Rueschman did not

know about his family’sconnection to Goodyear’sfounding until much laterin life.“I just knew my dad

and my grandpa workedhere,” he said.But in the 1980s his

great-aunt told him thathis great-grandfather, onhis mother’s side, was thevery first person hired atGoodyear.“She brought out all

these pictures,”Rueschman said. “I hadno idea. … As time wenton, I learned the history. Ithought, wow, it’s going tobe something if I can stay,complete the cycle.”His great-grandfather

worked forGoodyear from1898 to the year he died,1946, for 48 years of serv-ice. The book TheGoodyear Story mentionsHippensteal and includespictures of his great-grandfather. Rueschmanwas born the year afterhis great-grandfatherdied.His grandfather, John

F. Rueschman, worked atGoodyear from 1915 to1948, and his father, JohnL., started at Goodyear in1941.All fourmenworkedfactory jobs.Goodyear noted

Rueschman’s family his-tory in 1998 when itrededicated the clocktower with the original“Old Guard” plaque that

had been lost for years,likely removed after a firein 1984. The plaque wasfound inside a remote sec-tion of Goodyear’s PlantOne building in time forthe ceremony that year.Rueschman said he

and his father worked thesame factory shift andwent to and fromwork to-gether for years.“My dad retired in

1977. Been carrying it onsince then,” Rueschmansaid.

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DAYTON (AP) — Four Ohio police officers wereamong the 72 officers who were killed by criminalactivity in the United States in 2011, new FBI sta-tistics show.Last year’s national number of police deaths was

the highest since 1995, and the four killings in Ohiowere the most in the state since 1997, the DaytonDaily News reported Wednesday.The national numbers have risen from 41 in

2008 to 48 in 2009 to 56 in 2010. Of the 72 killingslast year, records show 63 of them came byfirearms, mostly handguns.Warren County Sheriff Larry Sims told the

newspaper he is concerned about the rising num-bers.“Things are a lot different now,” Sims said. “It ap-

pears that people have less concern about takingthe life of a police officer.There’s an increasing over-all disrespect for laws and authority. It’s scary.”The deaths in Ohio included sheriff ’s deputy

Suzanne Hopper, who was shot to death in a NewYear’s Day gunbattle at a trailer park near Spring-field in western Ohio. In March, Sandusky officerAndrew Dunn was shot to death after he stopped aconvicted felon riding a bicycle.AndWarren CountySheriff Sgt. Brian Dulle was killed by a fleeing sus-pect in a high-speed chase in May.The numbers do not include 53 accidental deaths

of law enforcement officers in 2011.From 2002 to 2011, FBI data show 543 law en-

forcement officers were killed in the line of duty,500 by firearms, including 366 from handguns.There were 95 deaths from rifles, 38 from shotguns,35 by vehicles and three from knives or other cut-ting instruments.U.S.Attorney General Eric Holder has called the

increase in law enforcement deaths “a devastatingand unacceptable trend.”Tom Diaz, senior policy analyst at the nonprofit,

nonpartisan Violence Policy Center inWashington,D.C., said the increase of officers killed withfirearms is due to multiple factors. He said it’s anatural consequence of the proliferation offirearms, more powerful and affordable semi-auto-matic weapons and a growing ideology of anti-gov-ernment sovereign citizens.Clark County Sheriff Gene Kelly said the in-

crease in officer deaths “shows how violent we havebecome.”

Worker closesfamily’s 114-year

circle at Goodyear

4 Ohio policeofficers killed bycriminals in 2011

TODAY IN HISTORY

OUT OF THE BLUE

NATION/WORLD Sidney Daily News,Thursday,December 27,2012 Page 5

BY THE ASSOCIATEDPRESS

Today is Thursday, Dec.27, the 362nd day of 2012.There are four days left inthe year.

Today’s Highlight inHistory:

On Dec. 27, 1932, NewYork City’s Radio CityMusic Hall opened to thepublic in midtown Man-hattan. (Opening night,consisting of several hoursof live acts, was considereda disaster, prompting theowners to shift to a formatof showing a movie fol-lowed by a stage show.)

On this date:• In 1512, King Ferdi-

nand II issued the originalLaws of Burgos, whichwere intended to regulatethe treatment of indige-nous people on Hispaniolaby Spanish settlers.

• In 1822, scientistLouis Pasteur was born inDole, France.

• In 1831, naturalistCharles Darwin set out ona round-the-world voyageaboard the HMS Beagle.

• In 1904, James Bar-rie’s play “Peter Pan: TheBoy Who Wouldn’t GrowUp” opened at the Duke ofYork’s Theater in London.

• In 1927, the musicalplay “Show Boat,” withmusic by Jerome Kern andlibretto by Oscar Ham-merstein II, opened at theZiegfeld Theater in NewYork.

• In 1945, 28 nationssigned an agreement cre-ating the World Bank.

• In 1947, the originalversion of the puppet char-acter Howdy Doody madeits TV debut on NBC’s“Puppet Playhouse.”

• In 1949, Queen Ju-liana of the Netherlandssigned an act recognizingIndonesia’s sovereigntyafter more than three cen-turies of Dutch rule.

• In 1968, Apollo 8 andits three astronauts madea safe, nighttime splash-down in the Pacific.

• In 1970, the musicalplay “Hello, Dolly!” closedon Broadway after a run of2,844 performances.

• In 1979, Soviet forcesseized control ofAfghanistan. PresidentHafizullah Amin, who wasoverthrown and executed,was replaced by BabrakKarmal.

• In 1985, Palestinianguerrillas opened fire in-side the Rome and Viennaairports; 19 victims werekilled, plus four attackerswho were slain by policeand security personnel.

Unlawfullywedded for48 yearsREDLANDS, Calif. (AP)

— After spending nearly ahalf-century as husbandand wife, Bob and NormaClark are finally married.

The couple from Red-lands, an inland Californiacity halfway between LosAngeles and Palm Springs,celebrated their 48th an-niversary in August, andin November they weregetting their end-of-lifedocuments in order andsought a copy of their mar-riage license for Social Se-curity purposes.

The Clarks, who met incollege, took their vows ata church south of SanFrancisco in August 1964,shortly after Bob hadserved in the Army duringthe Cuban Missile Crisis.

But when clerks at theHall of Records in SanMateo County tried to pullthe license last month,they came up empty.

"They went back to theyear 1956, but no record ofour marriage could befound," Bob Clark told theRedlands Daily Facts

BY DANIEL WAGNERAssociated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) —U.S. shoppers spent cautiouslythis holiday season, a disap-pointment for retailers whoslashed prices to lure peopleinto stores and nowmust hopefor a post-Christmas burst ofspending.

Sales of electronics, cloth-ing, jewelry and home goodsin the two months beforeChristmas increased 0.7 per-cent compared with last year,according to the MasterCardAdvisors SpendingPulse re-port.

That was below the healthy3 to 4 percent growth that an-alysts had expected — and itwas the worst year-over-yearperformance since 2008, whenspending shrank sharply dur-ing the Great Recession. In2011, retail sales climbed 4 to5 percent during Novemberand December, according toShopperTrak.

This year’s shopping sea-son was marred by badweather and rising uncer-tainty about the economy inthe face of possible tax hikesand spending cuts early nextyear. Some analysts say themassacre of schoolchildren inNewtown, Conn., earlier thismonth may also have chippedaway at shoppers’ enthusi-asm.

Retailers still have time tomake up lost ground.The finalweek of December accounts forabout 15 percent of themonth’s sales, said MichaelMcNamara, vice president for

research and analysis at Mas-terCard Advisors Spending-Pulse.

Still, this season’s weaksales could have repercussionsfor 2013, McNamara said. Re-tailers will make fewer ordersto restock their shelves, anddiscounts will hurt their prof-itability. Wholesalers will buyfewer goods and orders to fac-tories will likely drop in thecoming months.

Steep discounts weren’tenough to get people intostores, said Marshal Cohen,chief analyst at the market re-search firm NPD Inc.

“A lot of the Christmasspirit was left behind wayback in Black Friday week-end,” Cohen said, referring tothe traditional retail rush theday after Thanksgiving. “Wehad one reason after anotherfor consumers to say, ‘I’m

going to stick to my list andnot go beyond it.’”

Holiday sales are a crucialindicator of the economy’sstrength. November and De-cember account for up to 40percent of annual sales formany retailers. If those salesdon’t materialize, stores areforced to offer steeper dis-counts. That’s a boon for shop-pers, but it cuts into stores’profits.

Spending by consumers ac-counts for 70 percent of over-all economic activity, so theeight-week period encom-passed by the SpendingPulsedata is seen as a critical timenot just for retailers but formanufacturers, wholesalersand companies at every otherpoint along the supply chain.

The SpendingPulse data re-leased Tuesday, which cap-tures sales from Oct. 28through Dec. 24 across all pay-ment methods, is the firstmajor snapshot of holiday re-tail sales. A clearer picturewill emerge next week as re-tailers like Macy’s and Targetreport revenue from storesopen for at least a year. Thatsales measure is widelywatched in the retail industrybecause it excludes revenuefrom stores that recentlyopened or closed, which can bevolatile.

In the run-up to Christmas,analysts blamed bad weatherfor putting a damper on shop-ping. In late October, Super-storm Sandy battered theNortheast and mid-Atlanticstates, which account for 24percent of U.S. retail sales.

BY LISA LEFFAssociated Press

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) —In the private hell of a mother’sgrief, the sounds come back toJudy Neiman. The SUV doorslamming. The slight bump asshe backed up in the bank park-ing lot. The emergency roomdoctor’s sobs as he said her 9-year-old daughter Sydnee, whopreviously had survived fouropen heart surgeries,would notmake it this time.

Her own cries of:How could Ihave missed seeing her?

The 53-year-old woman hassentenced herself to go on livingin the awful stillness of herWest Richland, Wash., home,where she makes a plea forwhat she wants since she can’thave Sydnee back: More stepstaken by the government andautomakers to help preventparents from accidentallykilling their children, as she dida year ago this month.

“They have to do something,because I’ve read about it hap-pening to other people. I readabout it and I said, ‘I would dieif it happens to me,’” Neimansays. “Then it did happen tome.”

There is, in fact, a law inplace that calls for new manu-facturing requirements to im-prove the visibility behindpassenger vehicles to help pre-vent such fatal backing crashes,which the government esti-mates kill some 228 peopleevery year — 110 of them chil-dren age 10 and under — andinjures another 17,000.

Congress passed the meas-ure with strong bipartisan

backing, and Republican Presi-dent George W. Bush signed itin 2008.

But almost five years later,the standards have yet to bemandated because of delays bythe U.S. Department of Trans-portation,which faced aFeb.28,2011, deadline to issue the newguidelines for car manufactur-ers. Transportation SecretaryRay LaHood has pushed backthat deadline three times —

promising in February that therules would be issued by year’send.

With still no action, safetyadvocates and anguished par-ents such as Neiman are ask-ing: What’s taking so long toremedy a problem recognizedby government regulators andautomakers for decades now?

“In a way, it’s a death sen-tence, and for no good reason,”said former Public Citizen pres-

ident JoanClaybrook,who oncedirected the federal agency re-sponsible for developing therules.

The proposed regulationscall for expanding the field ofview for cars, vans, SUVs andpickup trucks so that driverscan see directly behind their ve-hicles when in reverse — re-quiring, inmost cases, rearviewcameras and video displays asstandard equipment.

AP Photo/Kai-Huei Yau

IN THIS Saturday photo, Judy Neiman holds a photo of her daugher, Sydnee, in front of her 2006Cadillac Escalade at her home in West Richland, Wash. Sydnee died in late 2011 after Neimanaccidentally backed over her with the SUV. Although there is a law in place that calls for newman-ufacturing requirements to improve the visibility behind passenger vehicles, the standards haveyet to be mandated because of delays by the U.S. Department of Transportation.

Delays litter road to vehicle rearview rules

Shoppers disappointretailers this holiday season

AP Photo/Chris Carlson

IN THIS Dec. 20, photo, holiday shoppers are reflected in aornament hanging from a large Christmas tree at Fashion Is-land shopping center in Newport Beach, Calif. U.S. holidayretail sales this year are the weakest since 2008, after a shop-ping season disrupted by storms and rising uncertaintyamong consumers.

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A vehicledriven by a suicide bomber exploded at thegate of a major U.S. military base in east-ernAfghanistan onWednesday, killing theattacker and three Afghans,Afghan policesaid.TheTaliban claimed responsibility forthe attack.

Police Gen. Abdul Qayum Baqizai saida local guard who questioned the vehicledriver at the gate of Camp Chapman waskilled along with two civilians and the as-sailant.The camp is located adjacent to theairport of the capital of Khost province,which borders Pakistan. Chapman andnearby Camp Salerno had been frequentlytargeted by militants in the past, but vio-lent incidents have decreased considerably

in recent months.Taliban spokesmanZabihullahMujahid

said in an email that the bomber targetedAfghan police manning the gate andAfghans working for theAmericans enter-ing the base. He claimed high casualtieswere inflicted.

NATOoperateswithmore than 100,000troops in the country, including some66,000American forces. It is handingmostcombat operations over to the Afghans inpreparation for a pullout fromAfghanistanin 2014.Militant groups, including theTal-iban, rarely faceNATO troops head-on andrelymainly on roadside bombs and suicideattacks.

NATO forces and foreign civilians have

also been increasingly attacked by rogueAfghan military and police, eroding trustbetween the allies.

On Tuesday, the Interior Ministry saida policewoman who killed an Americancontractor inKabul a day earlier was a na-tive Iranian who came to Afghanistan anddisplayed “unstable behavior” but had noknown links to militants.

The policewoman, identified as Sgt.Nargas, shot 49-year-old Joseph Griffin, ofMansfield,Georgia, onMonday, in the firstsuch shooting by a woman in the spate ofinsider attacks.Nargaswalked into a heav-ily-guarded compound in the heart ofKabul, confronted Griffin and shot himonce with her pistol.

Bomber attacks near major U.S. base

D e a rHeloise: I waswondering ifyou have theaddress formailing usedg r e e t i n gcards. I have abox of cardsthat I have re-ceived duringthe past fewyears, but notthe address tosend them to.— Eleanor, via emailYou want to send

these cards to St.Jude’s Ranch for Chil-dren (a fantastic organ-ization that for morethan 30 years has caredfor children who havebeen abused, neglectedor abandoned). Oldcards are recycled andnew ones created,which are sold to helpfund its programs.Here are some

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ing cards are accepted:birthday, thank-you,holiday-themed andall-occasion.• Only the front of

the card is used. Makesure there is no writingon the backside.• Five-inch by 7-inch

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mark or AmericanGreetings cards can beaccepted.• The most cost-ef-

fective way to sendthese card fronts is in aFlat Rate Box from theU.S. Postal Service.Mail donations to: St.Jude’s Ranch for Chil-dren, Recycled CardProgram, 100 St. Jude’sSt., Boulder City, NV89005.You can go online to

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cards created bythe children, call877-977-SJRC(7572). —Heloise

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COMMUNITY CALENDAR

This Evening• The Narcotics Anonymous group, All in the

Family, meets at 7 p.m. at First United MethodistChurch, 230 Poplar St.Friday Morning• A.J. Wise Library in Fort Loramie hosts sto-

rytime for children 3 1/2 and older at 10:30 a.m.To register, call 295-3155.Friday Afternoon• Sidney Gateway Hi 12 Club No. 482, meets

at noon at the Sidney American Legion on FourthAvenue. All Master Masons are invited.Friday Evening• Hope in Recovery, similar to traditional 12-

step programs to confront destructive habits andbehaviors, meets at the First PresbyterianChurch, 114 E. 4th St., Greenville, from 7 to 8:30p.m. For more information, call (937) 548-9006.• The Narcotics Anonymous group, Staying

Clean for the Weekend, meets at 7 p.m. at FirstUnited Methodist Church, 230 E. Poplar St.Saturday Morning• Temperance 73 Masonic Lodge hosts a recy-

cling event at the Sidney Transfer Station from 8a.m. to noon.Saturday Afternoon• Amos Memorial Public Library, 230 E. North

St., offers Legos at the Library program for fam-ilies with children 4 through fifth grade from 2 to3:30 p.m.Saturday Evening• Lumber Company Baseball hosts fundraising

bingo to support the children on the teams. Doorsopen at 4 p.m. and games begin at 7 p.m. at Sun-set Bingo, 1710 W. High St., Piqua. $20 to play allnight. For information, call (937) 543-9959.• The Sidney-Shelby County Chess Club

“Checkmates” meets at 7 p.m. at the library atthe Dorothy Love Retirement Community. Allskill levels are welcome. For more information,call 497-7326.• The Narcotics Anonymous group, Saturday

Night Live, meets at 8 p.m. at St. John’s LutheranChurch, 120 W. Water St.Sunday Evening• Lumber Company Baseball hosts fundraising

bingo to support the children on the teams. Doorsopen at 4 p.m. and games begin at 7 p.m. at Sun-set Bingo, 1710 W. High St., Piqua. $20 to play allnight. For information, call (937) 543-9959.• The Narcotics Anonymous group, Never

Alone, Never Again, meets at 6:30 p.m. at FirstChristian Church, 320 E. Russell Road.Monday Afternoon• Sidney Rotary Club meets at noon at the Sid-

ney Moose Lodge. For more information on activ-ities or becoming a member, contact Deb Barga at492-3167.Monday Evening• The Narcotics Anonymous group, Vision of

Hope, group meets at 7 p.m. at Russell RoadChurch, 340 W. Russell Road.• Sidney Boy Scout Troop 97 meets at 7 p.m.

at St. Paul’s United Church of Christ. All newmembers are welcome. For more information, callTom Frantz at 492-7075.• TOPS (Taking Off Pounds Sensibly) meets at

7 p.m. at Faith Alliance Church, New KnoxvilleRoad, New Bremen.• The Catholic Adult Singles Club meets for a

New Year’s Eve party in Coldwater. For informa-tion, call (419) 678-8691.Tuesday Afternoon• The Narcotics Anonymous group, Addicts at

Work, meets at noon at St. John’s LutheranChurch, 120 W. Water St.Tuesday Evening• Head, Neck and Oral Cancer Support Group

for patients and caregivers meets at St. Rita’s Re-gional Cancer Center in the Garden ConferenceRoom from 5 to 6:30 p.m. For more information,call (419) 227-3361.

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NEW BREMEN —Austin Speelman, son ofTodd and Diane Speel-man, of New Bremen, re-ceived his Bachelor ofScience in electrical andcomputer engineering onDec. 16, 2012, from theOhio State University inColumbus.He has been accepted

into the Ohio State Uni-versity master’s programin electrical and com-puter engineering, wherehe will specialize in solidstate electronics. He has been working in the nanotechnology lab on campus and will continue to as-sist the lab in research.

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DR. WAL-LACE: Our 13-y e a r - o l ddaughter is anA-B student,and we areproud of her.She performsher chores ad-mirably, andshe is pleasantand joyous. Theonly difficultywe have withher is the timeshe wants to watch tele-vision. We have only onetelevision set, and it’s inour living area. My hus-band and I watch televi-sion with our daughterfor about two hoursevery evening. Ourdaughter wants a tele-vision in her room be-cause she isn’t happywith the programs sheis “forced” to watch. Alsoshe wants to be able towatch three hours oftelevision from 7 to 10p.m. The family viewsthe “tube” from 7:30 to9:30 p.m.Our daughter reads

your column faithfully.She asked me to writeto you for your opinion,and we all agreed wewould honor your opin-ion. —Mom, Gary, Ind.

MOM:With all of theunacceptable programsnow being shown, I be-lieve your family televi-sion-viewing schedule isideal, and a televisionin your daughter’s bed-room is not necessary. Ido believe that yourdaughter should havesome input regardingthe programs that thefamily views. A familydiscussion should ac-complish this. Unfortu-nately, today there arefar more unacceptableprograms that highlight“trash” than programsthat leave the viewersin a wonderful frame ofmind.

DR. WALLACE: Our17-year-old son is an ac-ademically brilliantyoung man, but he wasrunning with some bad

kids and gothimself in trou-ble with the law.My husbandand I are sepa-rated, and he isliving in Califor-nia with hisgirlfriend. Heagreed to haveour son move inwith him andgive him somediscipline. Ourson has been

there for three months,and while he enjoysCalifornia and hisschool, he doesn’t likeliving with his fatherand wants to return toIllinois. He says that hewill behave and concen-trate on his studies if Ihave him return.I have full custody of

our son, so where helives is up to me. If hereturns to Illinois, hewill attend the Univer-sity of Illinois. If hestays in California, hewill attend the Univer-sity of California at LosAngeles (UCLA). Youropinion will be greatlyappreciated. —Mother,Naperville, Ill.

MOTHER: It’s ap-parent that your son’sfather is being strict,and the young manlikes his former lifestylebetter. I know that youlove your son and wantthe very best for him.It’s my belief that hisbest chance to gain suc-cess and be an honor-able future citizen is forhim to remain livingwith his father.Attending school in

California will ensurethat your son’s prior“bad boy” friends cannottempt him to resumehis troubling behavior.

Dr. Robert Wallacewelcomes questionsfrom readers. Althoughhe is unable to reply toall of them individually,he will answer as manyas possible in this col-umn. Email him atrwallace@galesburg.net.

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Stallo Memorial Li-brary in Minster hostsa hodge podge craft dayfor children in grades Kthrough 4 today andSaturday from 10:30 to11:30 a.m. Advance reg-istration is required.

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Czechoslovakian Club,922 Valley St., Dayton,hosts a New Year’s Evedinner dance. Dinnerserved from 7 to 8:30p.m. Dinner includesroast pork, sauerkraut,mashed potatoes, veg-etable, salad, bread,desserts, beer, wine,soda and coffee. Dancefrom 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. tothe music of the FrankMoravcik band. $30 perperson fordinner/dance, $18 fordance only. Public wel-come. Reservations rec-ommended, call (937)287-4275 or visithttp://www.accdayton.com/.• The Lima Sym-

phony Orchestra per-forms in concert, “A

Salute to ArthurFiedler and the BostonPops Orchestra,” in theCrouse PerformanceHall of the VeteransMemorial Civic andConvention Center inLima at 7:30 p.m. Tick-ets: $25 at (419) 222-5701.• The Dayton Ballet,

Dayton Opera and Day-ton Philharmonic Or-chestra perform“Viennafest: A NewYear’s Celebration” at 8p.m. in the Schuster

Center in downtownDayton. Tickets: $8-$65at www.ticketcenter-stage.com.• The Darke County

Singles hosts a NewYear’s Eve dance from8:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m.at the VFW Hall, 219 N.Ohio St., Greenville.Music by Silver Moun-tain. Pork and krautwill be served at mid-night. Take a fingerfood to share with yourtable. Dance open to allsingles 21 and older.

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Business something to crow aboutBY STEPHANI DUFF

BRADFORD — In1994 William King andhis wife, Marilyn, de-cided to start a smallpoultry processing busi-ness in order to keeptheir five young sonsbusy in the summermonths.“It backfired, though,”

joked Marilyn recently,“because it ended upkeeping us busy afterthe boys returned toschool.”When the Kings

began the business itwas housed in a 20- by30-foot building; in 2000they added on a 40- by30-foot space and sincethat time have expandedit by three more addi-tions.“When we began, we

were handling around5,000 birds; in 1995 wewere at 20,000 birds andhave increased from thatnumber by at least 1,000each year,” Marilyn said.King and Sons has

four full-time employeesyear round — Williamand Marilyn and theirtwo youngest children,Levi and Reuben. BothLevi and Reuben are in-terested in and investingtime and work to helpingthe business grow andbecome larger.King and Sons Poul-

try Services, located at8091 Horatio HarrisCreek Road, slaughterschickens, turkeys andpheasants. Customersbring in what they haveraised for processing andpick up the finishedproduct later. They pro-vide basic butcheringservices and, for largerquantities, cut up orgrind for sausage. Allmeat is vacuum pack-aged.Levi explained that

“about 70 percent of ourprocessing is customerorders and 30 percent iswhat we raise on siteand sell.”Both Levi and Mari-

lyn said their typical

customers are individualfarmers with the occa-sional fair project in themonths of July and Au-gust.“Our customers come

from long distances forthe services we offer,”Marilyn said. “We havefolks coming from as faras three and a half tofour hours away withpoultry that needs pro-cessing.”Longtime, loyal cus-

tomer J.B. King, co-owner of King FamilyFarms with his wife,Charlene, had nothingbut positive reviews forKing and Sons PoultryServices.“We have been a King

and Sons customer forabout 12 years now,” J.B.said. “We started goingthere for processing be-cause they were, andstill are, one of the fewprocessors in Ohio thatwill work with the sizeorders we bring.”J.B. and Charlene are

no relation to the Kingand Sons owners, butown their own pork andpoultry farm, King Fam-ily Farms in AthensCounty.“Over the years we

have taken between7,500 to 10,000 birds peryear to King and Sonsfor processing and therehas never been an issueonce with their work,”said J.B.It is this guaranteed

good work and theirfriendly service thatkeep J.B. and Charlenemaking the long, three-hour, 167-mile drive toKing and Sons 13 to 15

times a year.“We raise poultry to

butcher and sell it tofarmers markets inAthens County, as wellas various restaurants,”explained J.B., “and weare never disappointedwith their work. I wouldrecommend them to any-one who asked.”New customers are

often coming to King andSons because of cus-tomer referral. Marilynnoted the company doesnot do much marketingotherwise unless specifi-cally asked.In 2001, the Kings re-

ally opened up their po-tential customer base bybecoming state in-spected by the Ohio De-partment of Agriculture(ODA).This allows for their

customers to resell

butchered and processedproducts to farmers mar-kets in various areas.“As part of that li-

cense,” explained Levi,“we have an ODA in-spector on site every day,looking at every bird weslaughter.”Levi and Reuben King

work hard raising theirown personal chickensas well as processingwhat customers bring in.“We raise around

25,000 of the 120,000birds processed a yearunder our own brandingname, King PoultryFarm,” explained Levi.King Poultry Farm

products are sold at var-ious locations, such asgrocery stores, FlowerBarrel, Troy Meat Mar-ket, Sunset Meats andThe Covered Wagon.The King and Sons

Poultry Services is nowapproximately 4,000square feet and haseight seasonal employ-ees from around May toChristmas. During thesemonths, employeesslaughter three to fourdays a week and in theoff season slaughteringgoes down to one day aweek.From a small, 650-

square-foot operation toa 4,000-square-foot busi-ness, King and Sons hasobviously done well foritself in building a nameand a reputation cus-tomers are happy to con-tinually patronize andby providing a servicethat is hard to come byelsewhere.For more information,

visit their website atwww.kingandsonspoul-try.com.

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KING’S POULTRY farm worker Nicholas Bohman helps dess birds taken tothe firm by customers.

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ORVILLE HARTMAN (left), of Brookville, takes de-livery of six turkeys and two roosters from LeviKing at King’s Poultry Farm. The firm processed thebirds for Hartman.

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John Marmon (left), of Quincy, greets Anne Alexander, of Sidney, at the en-trance to Central Bible Ministry Saturday. The church was presenting theplay, “Do You Hear What I Hear?” that evening. Actors in the play greetedpeople as they arrived.

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Lehman hostsCatholic schools

Lehman CatholicHigh School hosted stu-dents from the sevenpartner Catholic schoolsof the Northern Area ofthe Archdiocese ofCincinnati recently. Thestudents from theschools came together toworship and celebratetheir common bond.

Featured speaker atthe event was Dr. JimRigg, superintendent ofSchools for the Archdio-cese of Cincinnati. Riggspoke to the studentsabout their goal to besaints. In a manner rem-iniscent of a pep rally, hecalled out to the stu-dents from each school toaffirm their love for Godand for each other.

The Rev. Daniel Hess,Lehman Catholic’s chap-lain and the parochialvicar at Holy AngelsCatholic Church in Sid-ney, celebrated theliturgy. Joining him onthe altar to concelebratewere the Rev. KyleSchnippel,Archdiocese ofCincinnati vocations di-rector; the Rev. BarryStechschulte, pastor ofHoly Rosary Parish in St.Marys; the Rev. ThomasBolte, pastor of St. Maryand St. Bonifaceparishes in Piqua; theRev. John White, pastorof St. Mary Parish inGreenville; and the Rev.Jim Duell, pastor of St.Patrick Parish in Troy.

Students and teach-ers from grades 4 to 8from Holy Angels School,Piqua Catholic School,St. Patrick School, HolyRosary School, St. MarySchool in Greenville, andImmaculate ConceptionSchool in Celina joinedthe students and facultyof Lehman Catholic forthe Mass and the otheractivities during the day.

The crowd of morethan 700 gathered in thebleachers of the SchlaterFamily Gymnasium forthe liturgical celebra-

tion. Lehman Catholic’sPraise and WorshipGroup performed musicas the individual schoolsarrived on campus.Lehman Ambassadorsassigned to each schoolhelped the visiting stu-dents and staff find theirdesignated block ofseats.

Student representa-tives from each schooltook an active part in theliturgical celebration.Emma Lutz from Im-maculate Conceptionread the rirst reading.Intercessions were readby Allison Brown of Im-maculate Conception,Mitchell Sollmann ofHoly Angels, AllisonBornhorst of PiquaCatholic, Shane Barga ofSt. Mary, Angie Rice ofSt. Patrick, LauraWilker of Holy Rosary,and Lindsay Bundy ofLehman.

The offertory gifts in-cluded the traditionalbread and wine.The pro-cession included AlecGreve of Lehman, JillSchmitmeyer of HolyRosary, Paige Kreusch ofSt. Mary, Maria Lutz ofImmaculate Conception,Rachel Bosway of HolyAngels, Noelle Dexter ofSt. Patrick, and KelseyBachman of PiquaCatholic.

Lehman’s Praise andWorship Group and theLehman Church Choirprovided music through-out the Mass. Organizedby senior Ethan Jock,the musicians includedpianists Gabe Berningand Elaina Snyder; vio-linists Grace Winhoven,Grace Jackson, andRachel Remencus; andguitarists Nick Cum-mons and Grace Jack-son. Jock served ascantor for the Mass.

Acting as servers forthe Mass were Elliott Gi-lardi of St. Patrick,Blake Leffel of PiquaCatholic, and two cur-

rent seminarians andformer Lehman studentsEthan Moore and ZachCecil. Moore graduatedfrom Lehman Catholicin 2003. He graduatedfrom eighth grade fromHoly Rosary School. Hehas graduated from col-lege and is currently inthe senior seminary inCincinnati. Cecil is a2010 Lehman graduatewho graduated fromPiqua Catholic School.He is in his third year ofcollege seminary.

The two seminarianswith local ties were partof the afternoon festivi-ties organized by theRev. Kyle Schnippel. Agroup of seminariansspoke to the studentsabout vocations. Theirmessage to the studentswas to be open to God’scall, whether that callwas to religious life,married life, or a chastesingle life. Besides theirmessage, the seminari-ans challenged a teamfrom each school to five-minute games of basket-ball, providing theafternoon’s entertain-ment.

The planning of theday’s events was under-taken by the principalsof the Northern AreaSchools.Those principalsinclude Denise Staufferof Lehman Catholic;Beth Spicer of Holy An-gels; Josh Bornhorst,who serves PiquaCatholic; Cindy Cathcartfrom St. Patrick; LoraKrugh from HolyRosary; Polly Mul-lenkamp from Immacu-late Conception; andVern Rosenbeck from St.Mary.

“Without a doubt, thiswas one of the most ex-citing events in whichI’ve participated sinceI’ve attended Lehman,”senior Andrew Gilardisaid after the gradeschool students had de-parted the building.

TIPP CITY — As theGinghamsburg Churchstaff remembered thevictims of the SandyHook tragedy recentlyat a worship service,Pastor and Worship Di-rector James KeithPosey offered words ofencouragement, “ThisChristmas, in themidst of heartbreakand grief, I choose joy. Ichoose to profess goodnews of great joy for allpeople.”

Posey will also lead afree study open to thepublic starting Jan. 16from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at theGinghamsburg SouthCampus ARK building.The course is called

Alpha and it deals withmany of the questionsAmericans are dealingwith in the wake of theConnecticut tragedy in-cluding, “Who is Jesus?”;“How can we havefaith?”; “Does God healtoday?”; “How can I re-sist evil?” and more.

Posey explained thesignificance of Alpha forthose who are new tofaith. Posey said, “Alphagives us the opportunityto have a healthy debateon the burning questionsof faith and life mean-ing.”

Ginghamsburg of-fered its first Alphacourse this fall, andmany of the 20 partici-

pants found the classhelpful during this diffi-cult time. Alpha studentSandy Gaier shared, “Itwas helpful to have abetter understanding ofJesus and how he is atwork in our lives espe-cially as I watched thenews reports on the Con-necticut tragedy.”

Alpha is an interna-tional course taken bymore than 19 millionpeople worldwide. It isoffered in all 50 statesand in 169 countries. Ifyou are interested intaking the free Alphacourse through Ging-hamsburg Church, emailalpha@ginghamburg.orgfor more information.

Ginghamsburg plansfree study sessions

Archdiocese collects morethan $180k for Sandy victimsCINCINNATI —

Catholic Charities ofSouthwestern Ohio hassent a check for$184,707.71 to CatholicCharitiesUSA to help vic-tims of Hurricane Sandy.

Under the guidance ofthe Most Rev. Dennis R.Schnurr, archbishop ofCincinnati, many arch-diocesan parishes tookup special collections forthose who sufferedlosses from Sandy. Con-tributions came from902 individual donors as

well as 37 parishes, fiveschools, and seven otherCatholic groups such asreligious congregations.

“We realize the full re-covery will take severalmonths and even yearsand that Catholic Chari-ties USA will continue toserve the vulnerablethroughout the recov-ery,” Ted Bergh, execu-tive director ofcommunity services forthe archdiocese andchief executive officer ofCatholic Charities of

Southwestern Ohio,wrote to the national or-ganization. “We hopethat the gifts shared bythe Archdiocese ofCincinnati will assistyou in the vital workthat you do in difficultsituations.

Thank you for all theessential service thatyou deliver to the areasseverely damaged by thestorm.You make it possi-ble to be Christ to otherswho suffer loss andhardships.”

Worship services tocelebrate new yearVERSAILLES — The

area community is in-vited to celebrate thebeginning of a new yearat the Versailles Chris-tian Church. Two iden-tical worshipcelebrations will takeplace Dec. 30 at 9 and10:30 a.m.

The services will in-

clude music and a mes-sage from Pastor DennisWheeler — “The OneThing You Can CountOn in 2013.” Café 105will be open from 10 to10:30 a.m. with home-made snacks, coffee,juice and fellowship inThe Gathering Place.

Kingdom Kids, a min-

istry for preschoolthrough fourth grade,and nursery care, birththrough age 2, will beavailable for both wor-ship services.

The church is locatedat 105 W. Ward St. inVersailles. Call (937)526-4194 for more infor-mation on services.

Blitz for Kids set for Jan. 18TIPP CITY — Ging-

hamsburg Church willhost an safe evening ofactivity and fun calledBlitz for Kids in grades3-5 on Jan. 18 from 6:30to 9 p.m. in the Tipp CityCampus Avenue, 6759 S.County Road 25A.

Kids play inside on

giant inflatables, dance,play basketball, andhang out with friends ina safe, chaperonedspace. Cost is $5 perchild and includessnacks and all activi-ties. Candy is availablefor separate purchase,and a parent or respon-

sible adult must checkin and pick up theirchildren.

For more information,contact Emilee Hermon,Children’s Ministry coor-dinator, at (937) 667-1069, ext. 280, orehermon@ginghams-burg.org.

ASSIUT,Egypt (AP)—A campaign of intimida-tion by Islamists leftmostChristians in this south-ern Egyptian province tooafraid to participate inthe recent referendum onan Islamist-drafted con-stitution they deeply op-pose, residents say. Thedisenfranchisement ishikingChristians’ worriesover their future underempowered Muslim con-servatives.

Around a week beforethe vote, some 50,000 Is-lamists marchedthrough the provincialcapital, Assiut, chantingthat Egypt will be "Is-lamic, Islamic, despitethe Christians." At theirhead rode severalbearded men on horse-back with swords inscabbards on their hips,evoking images of earlyMuslims conqueringChristian Egypt in the

7th Century.They made sure to go

through mainly Chris-tian districts of the city,where residents, fearingattacks, shuttered downtheir stores and stayedin their homes, wit-nesses said.

The day of the votingitself, Christian votingwas minimal — as lowas 7 percent in someareas, according tochurch officials.

Intimidation keeps Christians from polls

LOCAL NEWS Sidney Daily News,Thursday,December 27,2012 Page 9

Photos courtesy of Chuck Craynon

Shelby County officials who were elected Nov. 6 are sworn in Wednesdaymorning in Shelby County Common Pleas Court by Judge James Steven-son. Shown (l-r) are County Engineer Bob Geuy, with County Treasurer

Linda Meininger holding a Bible; Common Pleas Court Clerk Michele Mum-ford, with her husband, Don Mumford, holding a Bible; and CountyRecorder Jodi Siegel, with Meininger holding a Bible.

County officials sworn in

Community BloodCenter joins blood cen-ters across the nation incelebrating January asNational VolunteerBlood Donor Month.The “I Am a Blood

Donor” campaign themerecognizes donors fortheir strength of com-mitment, heroic effortsto help others, and thepride that comes withidentifying yourself as ablood donor, CBC offi-cials said.Community Blood

Center is encouragingdonors to launch theNew Year by declaringtheir pride in helpingsave lives. The speciallong-sleeve “I Am aBlood Donor” T-shirt isfree to all who register todonate during January.The long-sleeve T-shirt isthe featured donor giftat all CBC branches andmobile blood drives be-ginning Wednesdaythrough Jan..January is the month

that presents the mostchallenges in recruitingpeople to give blood.Winter weather, holidayschedules, increasedcases of cold and flu, andeven the winter bluescan keep the most dedi-cated blood donors frommaking or keeping anappointment to give,CBC officials said.Kathy Pleiman,

Shelby and LoganCounty coordinator forthe Community BloodCenter, reports that Jan-uary will bring manyblood drives scheduledin our area and donorsare needed:•Wednesday— Belle-

fontaine Masonic Center,1:30-5:30 p.m., publicblood drive.

• Jan. 8 — SidneyAmerican Legion Post217, 11:30 a.m.-6 p.m.,public blood drive.• Jan. 9 — Advanced

Composites, Sidney, 2-5p.m., employee blooddrive.• Jan. 10 —NK Parts,

Sidney, 1-4 p.m., associ-ate blood drive.• Jan. 15 — United

Methodist Church, Jack-son Center, 2-6 p.m.,public blood drive.• Jan. 16 — Emerson

Climate Technologies,Sidney, 7-11 a.m., em-ployee blood drive.• Jan. 17 —

Airstream, Jackson Cen-ter, 7:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m.,employee blood drive.

• Jan. 17 — EmersonClimate Technologies,Sidney, noon-4 p.m., em-ployee blood drive.• Jan. 17 — Sidney

Apostolic Temple, Sid-ney, 3-7 p.m., publicblood drive.• Jan. 22 — Wilson

Memorial Hospital, Sid-ney, 11:30 a.m.-6 p.m.,public blood drive.• Jan. 2 — Cargill,

Sidney, noon-4 p.m., em-ployee blood drive.• Jan. 25 — Peerless

Group, 8 a.m.-noon, em-ployee and public blooddrive.• Jan. 30 — Sidney

Senior Center, Sidney, 10a.m.-2 p.m., public blooddrive.

Appointments to do-nate are encouraged andhelp the CommunityBlood Center plan forthe appropriate amountof donors. Technology ismaking it faster andmore convenient toschedule blood dona-tions. Donors may usetheir computers or smartphones to make appoint-ments online atwww.DonorTime.com.,or donors can schedulewith Pleiman at 295-3100 or (800) 388GIVE(4483). Walk-insare welcome as sched-ules permit.Community Blood

Center urges healthydonors to consider mak-

ing a blood donation atthis time, there is alwaysa need for blood.A picture ID with full

name, such as a driver’slicense, is necessary tohave in order to donate.Donors should bringtheir CBC ID card ifthey have them. Donorsshould be in good healthand eat their normaldiets. It is suggested todrink a lot of water theday before and the day ofdonation.Donors must be at

least 16; 16-year-olddonors must haveparental consent. Formsare available atwww.givingblood.org orat CBC branch and blood

drive locations, or donorscan call Pleiman. Donorswho are 17 or older donot require parental per-mission forms. The Foodand Drug Administra-tion changes blood donoreligibility guidelines pe-riodically. Individualswith eligibility questionsare invited to emailcanidonate@cbccts.org orcall (800) 388-GIVE(4483).The 2013 Shelby

County blood driveschedules are now avail-able. They will be at allfuture blood drives andare available at WilsonMemorial Hospital Labor donors can contactPleiman.

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“ARTIE” (BILLY Crystal) (l-r) holds onto his grandson “Barker” (Kyle HarrisonBreitkopf) as the boy tries to stop his parents “Alice” (Marisa Tomei) and “Phil”(Tom Everett Scott) from leaving on a business trip in this publicity still re-leased by Twentieth Century Fox andWalden Media for the new film “ParentalGuidance.”

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LOS ANGELES (AP)— After nearly 30 yearsof friendship and sharedtastes in movies, musicand comedy, Billy Crys-tal and Bette Midlerhave finally taken it tothe next level: They did afilm together.The two veteran en-

tertainers first met onthe comedy circuit, butnever actually workedtogether until “ParentalGuidance,” in theatersChristmas Day.“He says we met in

the ’60s at the Improv,and of course I don’t re-member any of that be-cause I was going sofast,” Midler said in a re-cent interview.Crystal and Midler

share the screen for thefirst time in the familyfilm, playing a marriedcouple who bumble theirway along to bondingwith their grandchil-dren. Marisa Tomeistars as their Type-Adaughter, who regretshaving to entrust herthree kids to “the othergrandparents” during abusiness trip with her

husband when her in-laws aren’t available.The idea for the movie

came from Crystal’s real-life experience caring forhis own granddaughters,now ages 6 and 9. Heand wife Janice wereconfounded by the“pages and pages” ofrules their daughter leftbehind. (That daughter,actress Jennifer CrystalFoley, plays a small rolein the film.)“We had them for six

days all alone, and onthe seventh day Irested,” said Crystal, 64.“And I came into the of-fice and started writingthe story of grandpar-ents who have to babysitfor their kids while theygo away.”Midler found the

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good point in our livesand our careers to finallyfind each other and beable to share the respon-sibilities for the movietogether and our scenes,”Crystal said. “She’s anold pro, in the best ofways. Take out old, she’sa pro. And very giving,very funny, and verywilling to try anything.”Except sing. Crystal

said the Oscar-nomi-nated and Tony-winningstar was reluctant toperform a sweet song-and-dance number withhim in the film.“The only time I ever

had to wrestle her wason singing the song. Shedidn’t want to do it,” hesaid. “(She said,) ‘No,then they’ll say Bette

Midler is singing a song.’And I say, ‘No, we won’tsing great. We’ll singgood, but we’ll sing likeparents, and we’ll singtogether.’”Their rendition of the

Monotones’ 1958 doo-wop classic “The Book ofLove” is among the film’shighlights.“They kind of talked

me into it, and I’m gladthat we did it. It workedout,” said Midler, 67. “It’swonderful music andmaybe people will golook up the Monotonesand see how fabulousthey are.”Crystal, also a pro-

ducer of the film, said heuses movies and per-forming as a means ofworking through signifi-cant chapters of his life.The film “City Slickers”was about him turning40. His one-man show,“700 Sundays,” is aboutlosing his parents.“And then this one is

about grandparenting,”he said. “I shudder tothink what the nextone’s about.”(Actually, he already

knows: He’s working ona yet-untitled book of es-says — “a man’s ap-proach to aging” — dueout in October.)Midler, who described

herself as “just a playerfor hire” on “ParentalGuidance,” said she ad-mires Crystal’s sensibil-ities, and it was fun tofinally work with herfriend.“I like to see people at

their peak, people doingtheir best work and re-ally working hard andbringing things tofruition. It’s just fantas-tic,” she said. “It’s ahopeful picture, and Ilike that about him. Ilike the fact that he hasthat mentality. So towatch him in action isreally a lot of fun.”

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For Friday, Dec. 28, 2012ARIES (March 21 to April 19)Make every effort to minimize powerstruggles with family members, espe-cially authority figures. The Full Moontoday can really set people off, includ-ing you. Easy does it.TAURUS (April 20 to May 20)Avoid controversial subjects like poli-tics, religion and racial issues, espe-cially today. The Full Moon energymakes people impatient and impul-sive. Not good for anyone.GEMINI (May 21 to June 20)Disputes about shared possessions, in-heritances and anything you ownjointly with others are highly likelytoday. This is a poor day for these dis-cussions.Wait until Monday if you can.CANCER (June 21 to July 22)The only Full Moon in your sign allyear is taking place today. This is whyit’s very easy to be irritable with part-ners and close friends. (People are justat odds with each other.)LEO (July 23 to Aug. 22)The best way to handle today’s FullMoon energy is to work hard. Surpris-ingly, co-workers might be supportive.VIRGO (Aug. 23 to Sept. 22)Your relationship with friends ormembers of groups might be chal-lenged because of the Full Moon en-ergy today. Just sit this one out. Waitto resolve things on Monday.LIBRA (Sept. 23 to Oct. 22)Family squabbles, especially with fe-male authority figures, are likelytoday. It’s a Full Moon in Cancer, sowhat can I say? Go gently.SCORPIO (Oct. 23 to Nov. 21)This is a mildly accident-prone day be-cause of the Full Moon energy; there-fore, slow down and take it easy. Don’targue with others. Who cares who’sright?SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22 to Dec. 21)You might be concerned about cashflow and financial matters today be-cause the Full Moon intends to bringthings to a head. Revisit these issueson Monday.CAPRICORN (Dec. 22 to Jan. 19)Today the only Full Moon directly op-posite your sign is taking place. Natu-rally, this creates tension between youand partners and close friends. Staymellow.AQUARIUS (Jan. 20 to Feb. 18)You feel restless today. Don’t worry;millions of others feel this way as well.It’s that Full Moon energy stirring thepot! Gone in 48 hours.PISCES (Feb. 19 to March 20)Conflict with people in a group situa-tion, especially with a female, mightarise today. If you can sidestep things,all the better. Talk about this on Mon-day, when the Full Moon energy isgone and other planetary aspects lookmuch better.YOU BORN TODAY You exude confi-dence. Others respect you because youconvey an image of reliability, strengthand trust. No one doubts you are hard-working and serious. You always ap-pear self-assured, which makes othershesitate to challenge you. In the yearahead, you will begin a fresh, newcycle. There are many choices avail-able to you, which means you can openany door!Birthdate of: Maggie Smith, actress;Richard Clayderman, pianist; DenzelWashington, actor.(c) 2012 King Features Syndicate, Inc.

HOROSCOPEBY FRANCES DRAKE

100 yearsDec. 27, 1912

A.B.C. Hitchcock, oneof Sidney’s best knownand respected residents,died at his home onSouth Franklin Avenueat 1:30 this afternoon.He came to Sidney in1861 and for over 30years was connectedwith the newspaper fra-ternity in this city. Mr.Hitchcock was engagedin writing a history ofShelby County, which isto be published in thenear future.

–––––The seven men and

two women confined tothe county jail enjoyedone of the best Christ-mas dinners ever servedto the unfortunates inconfinement. DeputySheriff Cliff Gearhartdistributed cigars to themen and candy to thewomen. The sheriff ’swife gave her personalattention to preparingthe Christmas dinner.

75 yearsDec. 27, 1937

William Moyer, theoldest Civil War veteranof Shelby County andthe oldest veteran ofOhio to have seen Pres-ident Abraham Lincolndied this morning atthis home northwest ofOran. Pneumoniaclaimed the life of theaged veteran who wasin his 99th year.

–––––California’s Golden

Bears were made 9 to 5favorites over the Crim-son Tide of Alabama asthe two teams polishedup for their Rose Bowlstruggle in Pasadena onNew Year’s Day.

50 yearsDec. 27, 1962

William D. Campbell,67, R.R. 1, Maplewood,president of the ShelbyCounty Fair Board, diedChristmas Day in Wil-son Memorial Hospital.Death was the result of

a coronary attack. Mr.Campbell had becomeknown as perhaps themost active and dy-namic head the fair hashad in its 102-year-oldhistory.

–––––The winners ... the

Webster Geib home,James Lewis home, Nor-bert Pointner home!That trio of homes wonin the 1962 holidaydoorway decoration con-test sponsored by theSidney Garden Club, as-sisted by the FederatedWomen’s Club of Sidney.Richard Cromer andMrs. Eugene Bemus,Sidney, with Mrs. Gor-den Slemmer, Anna,were the judges.

25 yearsDec. 27, 1987

FORT LORAMIE —Fort Loramie HighSchool students willhave a wild time at thisyear’s homecoming. Thetheme for the event is“Wild, Wild West.” Thisyear’s king candidatesare Michael Siegel, 17;Douglas Sherman, 18;and Jeff Larger, 18.Queen candidates areDiane Meyer, 17;Michelle Pleiman, 18;and Kim Schmiesing 17.

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from past issues of theSidney Daily News arecompiled by the ShelbyCounty Historical Soci-ety (498-1653) as a pub-lic service to thecommunity. Local his-tory on the Internet!www.shelbycountyhis-tory.org

Fatigue part of Raynaud’s

Sympathy is wearing thin for needy, demanding friend

DEAR DRS.D O N O H U EAND ROACH:My 19-year-oldwas diagnosedwith Raynaud’sdisease. Becauseof her age, theyhave not pre-scribed anythingfor this. At pres-ent, she gets cold handsand feet that turn colors,and she finds it too cold togo swimming. She also isalways tired.Can you tell me a bit

more about this, and whyshe would get so tired?Would you prescribesomething for this at herage? — D.C.

ANSWER: Raynaud’sphenomenon is a com-mon condition whereblood vessels have an ex-

aggerated re-sponse to coldand sometimes tostress. The handsor toes turn color(white and/orblue) with cold,and then redupon rewarming.Raynaud’s phe-nomenon can

happen by itself, with noassociated condition.When this happens, wecall it primary Raynaud’sphenomenon, or it may beassociated with otherconditions such as au-toimmune diseases likescleroderma, lupus orSjogrens.The diagnosis sounds

correct, but you’ve raisedtwo concerns. The first iswhether she should havemedication for her condi-

tion, and the second isshould the tirednesscause you or her concern.Deciding to treat with

medications depends onhow well non-medicationtreatment is working.Avoiding cold, dressingwarmly and using mit-tens or electric handwarmers are critical. Butif she is still having fre-quent episodes despitethese measures, I wouldindeed consider prescrib-ing a medicine, likenifedipine (Procardia orAdalat).The second concern is

her fatigue, and althoughthis is very nonspecific ina 19-year-old, I wouldmake sure she has beencarefully evaluated forother causes, such aslupus and related dis-

ease, thyroid disease andabnormal cold-sensitiveproteins such as cryo-globulins. It may be ad-visable for her to consultwith an expert, such as arheumatologist.

Drs. Donohue andRoach regret that they areunable to answer individ-ual letters, but will incor-porate them in thecolumn whenever possi-ble. Readers may writethe doctors or request anorder form of availablehealth newsletters at P.O.Box 536475, Orlando, FL32853-6475 or emailToY-ourGoodHealthmed.cor-nell.edu with medicalquestions. Readers alsomay order health newslet-ters from www.rbma-mall.com.

DEAR ABBY:Howcan I set healthyboundaries with mybest friend withoutfeeling guilty? I havealways been support-ive and available be-cause I sympathizedwith her difficult fam-ily dynamics duringchildhood and adult-hood. She often talksto me about her prob-lems with family andever-changing rela-tionships with men, but rarelyallows me or others to sharetheir points of view or per-sonal concerns. Saying “no” toher is challenging under anycircumstance, and she de-mands that all focus be on herin social situations.I love and accept my friend

as she is, and I try to give herall the grace I have. I now re-alize that setting healthyboundaries is the only way Ican sustain our friendship. I

know this dynamicmay put a strain onour relationship, sowhy do I feel so guilty?— TESTED INNORTHERN CALI-FORNIA

DEAR TESTED:That’s a good question,and one that I can’t de-finitively answer foryou. It’s possible thatlike many women, youwere raised to believethat if you assert your-

self you won’t be considered“nice.” That’s a mistake be-cause as long as you allow thisfriend to take advantage ofyou — and that is what she’sdoing — the more your re-sentment will build until therelationship becomes one ofdiminishing returns. So tellthis self-centered person asnicely as possible that you arenot a therapist, and becauseher problems persist, sheshould talk to one.

DEAR ABBY: I wasshocked the other day when afriend of mine said that manywomen remain in terriblemarriages because of finances.She said those types of mar-riages are accepted world-wide, so why not in America?She also said she thinks thatshame is attached if a womanadmits the only reason she isstaying with her husband is amonetary one.The women she was talking

about are baby boomers andolder. After thinking about it,I remember my mother andmother-in-law saying thatmoney was why they re-mained in their marriages. Isthis as prevalent as my friendstated? I find it sad that thiscould be true. It reminds me ofthe Tina Turner song —what’s love got to do with it?Could you comment, please?— IN IT FOR LOVE

DEAR IN IT: If you’re ask-

ing if I have statistics on thenumber of women who staymarried only for economicreasons, the answer is no.Most of the people who writeto me are unhappy, whichwould skew the numbers in anegative direction.I hope you realize that the

women you have described —an older demographic — wereprobably not economically in-dependent when they mar-ried. It was common in theirgeneration to go straight fromtheir parents’ houses to theirhusbands’. For many years I— and my mother before me— have urged women to makesure they are self-supportingbefore they marry, “just incase” they may have to be af-terward.Staying in a marriage with-

out love is like serving a lifesentence with an incompati-ble cellmate. Your mother andmother-in-law have my sym-pathy, and so do their hus-

bands.

DEAR ABBY: Do you everget tired of giving advice topeople who ask commonsensequestions, or those who proba-bly know the answer to theirproblems if they just thoughtit out? — JIM IN WEST VIR-GINIA

DEAR JIM: The answer toyour question is no. I lovewhat I do and consider it anhonor to be trusted.While thereply to a question may be ob-vious to you, it isn’t to the per-son who asks me.Common sense tends to go

out the window when thereare strong emotions involved.

Dear Abby is written byAbigail Van Buren, alsoknown as Jeanne Phillips, andwas founded by her mother,Pauline Phillips. Write DearAbby at www.DearAbby.comor P.O. Box 69440, Los Ange-les, CA 90069.

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Today's ForecastThursday, Dec. 27

City/RegionHigh | Low tempsForecast for

Youngstown32° | 27°

Cleveland32° | 30°Toledo

32° | 25°

Portsmouth34° | 25°

Cincinnati30° | 27°

Dayton27° | 23°

Mansfield30° | 25°

Columbus30° | 25°

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Today

Mostlycloudy,

becomingcloudy

High: 30°

Tonight

Partlycloudy

Low: 15°

Friday

Partlycloudy;50%

chance ofsnowat night

High: 28°Low: 20°

Saturday

Cloudy;50%

chanceof snow

High: 30°Low: 20°

Sunday

Mostlycloudy

High: 25°Low: 15°

TuesdayMonday

Partlycloudy

High: 25°Low: 15°

Partlycloudy

High: 25°Low: 15°

Snow Continues For The Northeast

Sunny Pt. Cloudy Cloudy

A winter storm continues to bring heavy snow to New England with storm total snowfall over 12 inches in some locations. In the West, snow moves out of the Rockies and into the Northern Plains.

National forecastForecast highs for Thursday, Dec. 27

Fronts PressureCold Warm Stationary Low High

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IceSnowFlurriesT-stormsRainShowers

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Temperature Precipitation Sunrise/Sunset

High Friday............................31Low Friday.............................26High Saturday .......................29Low Saturday........................17High Sunday .........................37Low Sunday ..........................19High Monday.........................36Low Monday..........................27High Tuesday ........................33Low Tuesday .........................29

Friday .................................0.10Saturday............................noneSunday..............................noneMonday .............................traceTuesday.............................traceMonth to date.....................2.95Year to date......................25.36

Wednesday’s sunset..5:18 p.m.Thursday’s sunrise.....7:59 a.m.Thursday’s sunset......5:18 p.m.

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2401 South VanDemark Rd. Sidney, OhioLongaberger Baskets: 100+ Longaberger baskets to sell in cataloged order be-ginning @ 10:00 a.m.Lawn Mower: John Deere model 440 riding lawn mower.Guns & Pocket Knives: Japanese .31 caliber bolt action rifles one com-plete with bayonet, Winchester .22 caliber semi-automatic rifle, 16 gaugeshotgun. Large collection of Case, Shrade and other pocket knives. Manyrare and unusual items in this collectionAntiques & Collectibles: Fransiscan dinnerware service for 8 with C&S, GravyBoat, Vegetable bowls, platters, painted plates, New England Regulator wallclock, western prints, trucker caps, cowboy hats, cowboy boots 12D, cookbooks,sewing basket, singer model 221 sewing machine, gold pocket watches, beltbuckles, beer steins, toys, JohnWayne collectibles, pitcher & bowl, WWII Pho-tos, B&W General Eisenhower Photo.Household: Large amount of Tupperware, CI trivets, Fire King, Pyrex, CI skil-lets, Baking ware, vacuums, flatware, misc.Appliances: Kenmore Elite Series side by side w/ ice & water in door white,Whirlpool washer & dryer, chest freezerFurniture: Glass top Hutch, Curved top lighted curio, Magnavox stereo w/turntable in cabinet, claw foot oak round dinette w/ 4 pressed back chairs, mapledinette w/ 6 chairs, card table, older Bassett 5pc BR suite w/ queen size bed,cedar chest, 5 drawer file cabinet, office desk & chair modern, 3pc Bassett queenBR,TRUCK: 1975 Ford F-100 Restored w/351 M Auto transmissionAuctioneers Note: Having moved to smaller quarters Lois will be offeringthe remaining items from her home to you at public auction. This will bean auction with a little bit of everything. Please plan to attend. We will beoffering the Basket collection first followed by the firearms and otheritems @ 11:00. Mower and Truck to sell at 12:00 Noon.Directions: I-75 to exit 90 West on Fair rd ¼ mile to South on Vandemark 1mile to auction facility.Terms: All items to be sold to the highest bidder. Cash or Check. Credit Cardsaccepted with 3% buyer’s premium.Auctioneers: Justin Vondenhuevel, Tom Roll and David Shields. Rick Reichen-bacher & DeLynn Cox Apprentices

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APPLICATION RECEIVED FOR AIR PERMITCLOPAY BUILDING PRODUCTS CO101 N. LIBERTY ST., RUSSIA, OHACTION DATE : 12/07/2012FACILITY DESCRIPTION: AIRIDENTIFICATION NO. : A0046383Clopay will be installing a wood door production line at this

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Zoning Board of Appeals andZoning Commission

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SHELBY COUNTY, OHIOThe Russia Board of Zoning

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TRACT -1 House buildings and 5.001 acresM/L-This home is located on 5.001 acres agreat country setting. This 1 ½ story homeconsists of 3 bedrooms, 1 bathroom andapproximately 2,040 sq. ft. of living areapropane gas heat and central air with acellar type basement, with attached 2 cargarage. The roof on the home was replacedwithin the last 5 years. The property alsooffers a 32’x80’ metal building with a walkin cooler.Tract- 2 34 .724 acres bare farm land M/L with road frontage on Pasco Montra Rd. and Ft. LoramieSwanders Rd. See all the property details at both www.lentzauctions.com and/orwww.weigandtrealestate.com.Auctioneer’s Note – This is a very rare opportunity to be able to buy a home and farmland at yourprice. Shown at Open House on Sunday December 9th 2012, or by appointment.Terms — $10,000 down day of sale per tract. There will be a written agreement between buyerand seller on the day of sale. Down payment may be in the form of cashiers or personal check.Please pre-arrange financing. Deposit is non-refundable. Balance due on delivery of deed within30 days. Possession at closing. The estate will pay the February 2013 installment of real estate taxeson the entire farm. Any inspections must be completed prior to auction.The farm will sell using traditional auction method -Tract 1 will sell in its entirety. Tract 2 will

sell in its entirety. Tracts 1&2 will then be offered together as 1 parcel. Whichever combinationgenerates the highest sales price is how the farm will sell. We will not use the multi parcel auctionmethod on this farm. The new buyer will be responsible for any CAUV applicable current usevaluation CAUV recoupment tax. For more detailed information, please contact Auctioneer Jeff Lentzor view on www.lentzauctions.com or www.weigandtrealestate.com.Sale order – Tract 1 was appraised for $75,000 and cannot sell less than 80% of the appraised value.Tract 2 was appraised for $180,564 and cannot sell less than 80% of the appraised valueAgency – Weigandt Real Estate LTD is exclusive agent of the seller.Disclaimer of Warranties -- All information contained in this brochure and all related materials aresubject to the terms and conditions outlined in the purchase agreement. The property is being soldon an as is where is basis, and no warranty of representation is either expressed or impliedconcerning this property by the sellers or the auction company. Each potential bidder is responsiblefor conducting his or her own independent inspections. Not responsible for accidents or theft.Any announcements made day of sale take precedence over printed matter.

Owner – Kent A. Roediger EstateAdministrator for the Estate - Christopher S. RoedigerShelby County Probate Court Case # 2011-EST-248

Attorney for the Estate- James J. Chrisman223 ½ N . Main Ave Sidney Ohio 45365 937-492-4250

Broker/ Auctioneer – Jeff Lentz. The auctioneer is licensed by, and bonded in favor of,the state of Ohio Department of Agriculture.

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Real Estate Public Auction39.725 acres M/L House and Buildings 2-tracts — Kent A. Roediger Estate

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Property and Auction Location: Auction will be held on site at the home11111 Pasco Montra Rd. Maplewood Ohio 45340

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SPORTS

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50 years agoDec. 27, 1962

Mickey Bertsch blasted outa 616 series to give Charlie’sSeat Covers an 8-0 sweep ofThornton’s Garage in theShelby County session at Bel-Mar Lanes Wednesday night.In the same round, WavelDavis knocked out a 220 and612 series as his Quincy Lum-ber crew blanked the FairlawnCafe, 8-0. And Paul Weinstockracked a 252 when hisleague-leading RossFoundries blanked ShelbyManufacturing.

25 years agoDec. 27, 1987

Sidney turned in an im-pressive showing in theGreater Miami ValleyWrestling Coaches Associa-tion Holiday Tournament atWright State, rolling up 1781/2points. Sidney had two indi-vidual champions as JonJenkins won the 171-poundclass and Kurt Hilgefort the189-pound title.

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Girls basketball, Anna at Fort Lo-ramie. Air time 7:10

PPrreessssPPrroossMMaaggaazziinnee..ccoomm —girls basketball, Tipp City at Troy,air time 7:15.

FFRRIIDDAAYYSSccoorreessbbrrooaaddccaasstt..ccoomm —

Boys basketball, Fort Loramie atJackson Center. Air time 7:40

PPrreessssPPrroossMMaaggaazziinnee..ccoomm —Boys basketball, Versailles Holi-day Tournament, both games.Air time 6:15

SSAATTUURRDDAAYYSSccoorreessbbrrooaaddccaasstt..ccoomm —

Girls basketball, Versailles atFort Loramie. Air time 2:10

Boys basketball, VersaillesHoliday Tournament, bothgames. Air time 6:10

PPrreessssPPrroossMMaaggaazzzziinnee..ccoomm—girls basketball, Versailles at FortLoramie, air time 2:15

Boys basketball, VersaillesHoliday Tournament, bothgames, air time 6:15.

BY THE NUMBERS

1100 — Interceptions forChicago quarterback Jay Cutlerin his last five games against di-vision rival Green Bay.

11,,331133 — Yards rushing forMinnesota Vikings running backAdrian Peterson over his lasteight games. According toElias, the total is the highestever for any eight-game stretchin NFL history. It’s also the totalrushing yards for Houston Tex-ans running back Arian Fosterthrough Week 15.

11995533 — The Detroit Lionsedge the Cleveland Browns 17-16 for the NFL championship.Doak Walker's extra point, fol-lowing a 33-yard scoring pass,is the difference.

11996644 — The ClevelandBrowns break out after a score-less first half with 17 points in thethird quarter and go on to beatthe Baltimore Colts 27-0 for theNFL title.

11997744 — Ohio State juniorrunning back Archie Griffin winsthe Heisman Trophy.

ON THIS DATE IN

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SIDNEY’S TYREE Manley goes up strong against two Piqua defenders in action last Fridaynight at Piqua. Manley scored 30 to lead the Jackets to their first win, and it vaulted him intoa tie with Fairlawn’s Anthony Gillem for the area lead in scoring. He leads the Yellow Jacketsinto action at Tipp City Friday as they go for their second win in a row.

BY JIM INGRAHAMAP Exchange

Here’s one of Pat Shur-mur’s biggest problems rightnow: The guy who hired himno longer works for theBrowns.

Worse yet, the guy whohired the guy who hired himno longer works for theBrowns.

Mike Holmgren has left thebuilding. Randy Lerner hasleft the building.

Jimmy Haslam and JoeBanner have entered thebuilding.

And sometime next week,surely, Pat Shurmur will leavethe building.

For good.As the Browns lurch to-

wards the end of anotherfailed season, the end of an-other failed coach’s tenureand the beginning of anothercoaching search, now is a goodtime to ask that eternalBrowns question — yet again— why is this so hard?

All the Browns are lookingfor is a football coach. It’s notlike they are searching forsomebody to cure the commoncold, a singer greater thanElvis, or a President greater

than Lincoln.All they are looking for is a

guy who can coach a littlefootball.

Why do the Browns find itso hard to find Mr. Right? Is itbecause the guy doing thelooking has always been Mr.Wrong?

Wouldn’t you think that inthe last 14 years, since theiralleged return to the NFL,they would have, if nothingelse, ACCIDENTLY stumbledupon a coach who could makea difference?

Yes, you would. But: nope!All they’ve stumbled upon

are other stumblers — guyswho have stumbled over thetask of turning the NFL’smost consistent band of stum-blers into ballroom dancers.

No need to go through thelaundry list of failed Brownscoaches over the last 14 years.You know their names. You’vewatched them fail. You’ve seenthem leave town. You’vewaited for the next guy to ar-rive, and you’ve lived throughthe repeat of that entire cycle.

Next week it will startagain.

Maybe this time they willget it right. It will be the firstcoaching hire of the Haslam

Era. The bar, shall we say, hasnot been set real high.

Let’s also say that Mr.Right is out there, somewhere.Other teams seem to be ableto find him. The last time theBrowns had Mr. Right theythought he was Mr. Wrong.Their last legitimate NFLcoach was Bill Belichick. Butin 1995 the Browns left forBaltimore, and a Super Bowltrophy, and Belichick left forthe Hall of Fame.

Seventeen years later theBrowns are still looking forsomebody to coach the teamwho can make a difference.Finding a quality NFL coachisn’t brain surgery, even if theBrowns make it seem like it is.

This much we know: the re-ally good coaches reveal them-selves very quickly.

In Seattle, the Seahawkswere 5-11 the year before PeteCarroll took over. Since he ar-rived they’ve gone 7-9, 7-9and, this year, 10-5.

In San Francisco, the 49erswere 6-10 the year before JimHarbaugh took over. In his twoyears on the job their recordshave been 13-3 and 10-4.

Obviously there were otherfactors in these examples thathelped explain the teams’

turnarounds. Making astutedraft picks, good trades andsmart free agent signings allenter into it.

But it starts with the headcoach. He is the face of the or-ganization. He symbolizes theteam’s toughness, enforces itsdiscipline, creates its culture,determines its offensive anddefensive systems, evaluatesits personnel, puts it in situa-tions to succeed and pre-serves, protects, and defendsthe team’s brand.

In short, he coaches.He LEADS.It’s not an easy job. Espe-

cially in Cleveland. Particu-larly now. There is too muchcivic scar tissue built up be-tween the calloused town andthe troubled team, caused byall these years of losing.

This is not a job for a be-ginner. It’s a job for somebodywith the coaching chops, con-fidence, and charisma whounderstands what’s gone onhere the last 14 years and notonly sees the urgency of thesituation, but aggressivelyembraces it.

That guy is out there some-where.

Maybe this time theBrowns can find him.

Browns hoping for Mr. Right

Jackets try for two straightBY KEN BARHORSTkbarhorst@sdnccg.com

After an impressive winover Piqua last week for itsfirst success of the season, theSidney Yellow Jackets wouldlike to string a couple morevictories together this week-end.

Unfortunately, they willhave to do it against twoschools that have feasted onGreater Western Ohio Confer-ence North Division teams sofar.

The Jackets travel to TippCity Friday and TecumsehSaturday as their lenthy roadtrip continues. They will bethe fifth and sixth straightgames away from home.

Those two teams are a com-bined 5-0 against GWOCNorth teams so far this sea-son.

Both defeated Vandalia,Tecumseh also beat Troy andGreenville, and Tipp City de-feated Piqua. The Red Devilsplay Troy tonight before fac-ing Sidney on Friday.

“They are both excellentteams and we’re going to haveto come to play both nights,”said Sidney coach Greg Sny-der. “Tipp City’s guards areextremely quick and we’regoing to have to be able to con-tain them in full and halfcourt. Tecumseh is just sowell-coached. They run of-fense like every coach dreams.They move the ball, screen foreach other, cut hard. And theyare very sound on defense.”

Tecumseh comes into thegame at 8-0, but its latest winwas by just a point over Steb-bins, a team Piqua beat by 27.

Tipp City is 5-1 on the year.The Jackets had an excel-

lent win last week over Piquaby an 88-77 final.

“It was a win we reallywanted and needed,” saidSnyder. “It was a great win be-cause the kids have workedvery, very hard and it’s alwaysnice to be rewarded with awin.

“We wet into a tough envi-ronment, beat a pretty goodteam that played well, and wewere able to overcome somebad stretches and pull it out.”

Tyree Manley was out-standing, finishing with 30points. He was 10-for-16 fromthe field, including 3-for-4 onthree-pointers, and was 7-for-7 from the foul line.

His outburst upped his av-erage to 18.9 points per game,which ties him for the arealead.

ANN ARBOR, Mich.(AP) — Denard Robin-son’s position is a secretfor the final game of hiscollege career.It perhaps provides a

preview of his unclearfuture in football.The three-year start-

ing quarterback mightnot throw for No. 19Michigan against No. 11South Carolina on NewYear’s Day at the Out-back Bowl. He probablywill catch some passes,lining up as a runningback or receiver.Robinson hopes show-

ing that he can makeplays without takingsnaps will help NFLteams seewhat he can do.“If you’re making

plays on the field, youcan’t hide that,” Robin-son said earlier thismonth before the

Wolverines traveled toFlorida. “You can’t hide aplaymaker.”Some project Robin-

son as a receiver in thepros.NFL draft consultant

and former Dallas Cow-boys general managerGil Brandt has anotheridea.“I’d draft him to be a

cornerback,” Brandtsaid. “A quarterbacknever wants to be toldhe’s going to have to playanother position, but Idon’t think he can playquarterback in the NFL.I do know teams are al-ways looking for corner-backs, and I thinkRobinson could do it be-cause of his quicknessand speed.“But he’d have to want

to do it to make it work.”Robinson has declined

to say much about whatposition he wants to at-tempt to play at the nextlevel, saying he justwants to enjoy his seniorseason.Nerve damage in his

right elbow knocked himoff the field Oct. 27 atNebraska, keeping himout for the next twogames and limiting hisability to throw in thefinal two games of theregular season.Michigan moved him

to running back and alsohad him take snapswithout throwing a passagainst Iowa and OhioState, games in which hehad 23 carries for 220yards and a score andtwo receptions for 24yards.The Gamecocks are

preparing for Robinsonto play up to his spectac-

ular potential.“He’s the best athlete

that we’ll play at quar-terback,” said SouthCarolina defensive linecoach Brad Lawing, aformer Michigan Stateassistant.

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SPORTS IN BRIEF

MIAMI (AP) — Heat forward Mike Miller is the48th active player with at least 10,000 points in hisNBA career.Miller reached the milestone with a 3-pointer

with 10:25 left in the second quarter on Tuesday,when Miami hosted Oklahoma City in a rematch oflast season's NBA Finals.Miller entered the game only one point shy of the

mark. He's the second former Florida player toscore 10,000 points, according to STATS LLC, andthe 313th player in NBA history to reach that total.The Heat have six players with at least 10,000

points, with Miller joining Ray Allen, LeBronJames, Dwyane Wade, Rashard Lewis and ChrisBosh. Only one other NBA team— the Los AngelesLakers — have six 10,000-point scorers on theirroster.

CLEVELAND (AP) — The Cavaliers claimedguard Shaun Livingston on waivers fromWashing-ton.To make room on their roster, the Cavs waived

guard Donald Sloan, who appeared in 20 games forCleveland this season.Livingston made four starts for theWizards this

season. He was waived on Sunday by Washingtonand the Cavs had until 5 p.m. Tuesday to claimhim. He averaged 3.7 points, 2.2 rebounds and 2.2assists in 17 games. The 6-footer has appeared in341 career NBA games.Sloan has appeared in 53 games — 11 starts —

for Cleveland, which signed him from the Develop-ment League in March.The Cavs play at Washington on Wednesday

night. They'll be without center Anderson Varejao,the league's top rebounder, who will miss his fourthstraight game with a bruised right knee.

DULUTH, Ga. (AP) — Former Atlanta Bravesstar center fielder Andruw Jones was free on bond

after being arrested in suburban At-lanta early Tuesday on a batterycharge, according to jail records.Around 1:30 a.m. Tuesday, police

responded to a call for a domestic dis-pute between Jones and his wife inDuluth.Gwinnett County Detention Center

records say Jones was booked into thejail around 3:45 a.m. and was releasedon $2,400 bond by 11 a.m.

Once one of the premier players in the bigleagues, Jones broke into the majors with the At-lanta Braves in 1996 and won 10 consecutive GoldGloves from 1998-07 as their center fielder. He has434 career home runs over the span of 17 seasons inthe majors.Jones earlier this month signed a $3.5 million,

one-year contract with the Tohoku Rakuten GoldenEagles of Japan’s Pacific League.

MIAMI (AP) — LeBron James' foul-free streakended in a game against Oklahoma City.The Miami Heat forward was called for a foul

against the Thunder's Serge Ibaka with 7:57 left inthe first quarter of the teams' NBA Finals rematch,marking the first time since Dec. 8 that James waswhistled for a personal.James went 254 minutes, 7 seconds of on-court

time without being called for any fouls, though hewas assessed one technical during that span for ar-guing a play where he thought he was fouled. Hewas called for backing into New Orleans' LanceThomas with 2:30 left in the first quarter on Dec. 8.His first foul against Oklahoma City came when

he tried to block a dunk attempt by Ibaka.

ANTIGO,Wis. (AP) —TheWisconsin Potato andVegetable Growers Association has revoked its con-tract with its spokeswoman Suzy Favor Hamilton.In its newsletter “Tater Talk,” officials said they

were in contact with the three-timeOlympian Fridaywho confirmed the news was true that she worked asan escort and she agreed to the contract revocation.The board cited the moral turpitude clause in the

contract, saying the situation would reflect unfa-vorably on the Antigo-based organization.

Heat’s Miller gets 10,000th

Cavs claim Livingston

Andruw Jones arrested

Jones

Ex-NFL GM: UM’s DenardRobinson could be CB

LeBron’s streak ends

BASKETBALL STANDINGSBOYSCounty

League OverallW-L W-L

Fairlawn. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-0 7-0Jackson Center . . . . . . . . . 3-0 6-0Botkins. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1 7-1Houston . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3 4-3Russia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3 2-5Fort Loramie . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2 3-3Anna. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-4 0-7

Thursday’s GameRussia vs. Lehman (Buckeye Insur-

ance Classic)Friday’s Games

Anna at Versailles (Versailles Tourna-ment)

Fairlawn at Parkway (Parkway Tour-nament)

Fort Loramie at Jackson CenterMinster at HoustonRussia vs. Covington/Piqua (Buckeye

Insurance Classic)Saturday’s Games

Anna vs. Brookville/Miami East (Ver-sailles Tournament)

Fairlawn vs. Delphos Jefferson/Finney-town (Parkway Tournament)

Fort Loramie at New BremenHouston at AnsoniaJackson Center at Columbus Grove

——Greater Western Ohio Conference

League OverallW-L W-L

Trotwood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-0 3-1Sidney . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1 1-6Troy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1 1-8Greenville . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-1 0-8Piqua . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-2 1-6

Thursday’s GamesCovington at Piqua (Buckeye Insur-

ance Classic)Tipp City at Troy

Friday’s GamesLehman/Russia at Piqua (Buckeye In-

surance Classic)Sidney at Tipp CityVandalia at Centerville

Saturday’s GamesSidney at TecumsehTrotwood vs. Winton Woods at Fair-

montTroy vs. Beavercreek at FairmontVandalia vs. Northmont at Fairmont

CentralNorthmont . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-0 7-1Wayne. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1 8-1Beavercreek . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1 7-2Centerville . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1 5-3Fairmont . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1 3-4Springfield . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-2 6-2

Thursday’s GamesHamilton at FairmontTecumseh at NorthmontUrbana at Springfield

Friday’s GamesVandalia at CentervilleWayne at Evansville North

Saturday’s GamesBeavercreek vs. Troy at FairmontFairmont at SycamoreNorthmont vs. Vandalia at FairmontSpringfield at Springfield ShawneeWayne vs.Western Hills at Fairmont

SouthSpringboro . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-0 7-1Miamisburg . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-0 5-2Lebanon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-0 4-4West Carrollton . . . . . . . . . 0-2 4-4Xenia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-2 3-4Fairborn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-2 3-5

Thursday’s GameSycamore at Miamisburg

Friday’s GamesMeadowdale at Springboro (Domino’s

Tournament)Xenia at Graham

Saturday’s GamesCarroll at West CarrolltonElder/Walnut Hills at Springboro

(Domino’s Tournament)Lebanon vs. Fairfield at FairmontMiamisburg vs. Fort Recovery at Fair-

mont——

Midwest Athletic ConferenceLeague Overall

W-L W-LVersailles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-0 4-0St. Henry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-0 6-1Delphos St. John’s . . . . . . . 1-0 5-1New Bremen . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1 4-2Marion Local . . . . . . . . . . . 0-0 1-1Coldwater. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-0 1-2Fort Recovery. . . . . . . . . . . 0-1 6-1Minster. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-1 4-2New Knoxville . . . . . . . . . . 0-1 3-2Parkway . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-1 1-5

Thursday’s GameWapakoneta at Marion Local

Friday’s GamesAnna at Versailles (Versailles Tourna-

ment)Bryan at Coldwater (Asset Allocation

Classic)Fairlawn at Parkway (Chatt Insurance

Tournament)Minster at HoustonNew Bremen at Indian LakeNew Knoxville at St. MarysSt. Henry vs. Celina (Asset Allocation

Classic)Saturday’s Games

Brookville/Miami East at Versailles(Versailles Tournament)

Celina/St. Henry at Coldwater (AssetAllocation Classic)

Delphos Jefferson/Finneytown atParkway (Chatt Insurance Tournament)

Fort Loramie at New BremenFort Recovery vs. Miamisburg at Fair-

montMarion Local at Lima ShawneeSt. Henry vs. Bryan/Coldwater (Asset

Allocation Classic)St. John’s at Van WertSpencerville at New Knoxville

——Other Boys

League OverallW-L W-L

Lehman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3Riverside . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-1 0-6

Thursday’s GameLehman vs. Russia (Buckeye Insur-

ance Classic)Friday’s Games

Lehman vs. Covington/Piqua (BuckeyeInsurance Classic)

Riverside vs. Troy Christian (BradfordTournament)

Saturday’s GameRiverside vs. Bradford/New Miami

(Bradford Tournament)Scoring leaders

Anthony Gillem, Fairlawn ....7 132 18.9Tyree Manley, Sidney............7 132 18.9Derek Spencer, Chr. Aca........8 142 17.8Josh Schwartz, Botkins.........8 139 17.4Joel Albers, Anna...................7 119 17.0Alex Meyer, JC.......................6 98 16.3Trey Everett, Fairlawn..........7 106 15.1Carter Bensman, Anna .........6 90 15.0Jesse Phlipot, Houston..........7 103 14.7Seth Guillozet, FL .................6 85 14.2Devon Poeppelman, Minster.6 79 13.2Nathan Brown, Chr. Aca. ......8 105 13.1Treg Francis, Russia .............7 92 13.1Jackson Frantz, Lehman ......6 78 13.0Carson Manger, NB...............6 77 12.8Connor Richard, Lehman......6 75 12.5Heath Geyer, Botkins ............8 99 12.4Greg Spearman, Lehman......5 59 11.8Dalton Bollinger, Riverside...6 70 11.7Ben Homan, NB.....................6 69 11.5Adam Niemeyer, Minster......6 66 11.0Trevor Sherman, Russia .......7 82 10.3Chandon Williams, Anna ......7 72 10.3Luke Schwieterman, NB.......6 64 10.7Justin Heitkamp, NB ............6 64 10.7

——GIRLSCounty

League OverallW-L W-L

Fort Loramie . . . . . . . . . . . 5-0 8-1Anna. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-0 7-1Russia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2 6-4Houston . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3 3-6Botkins. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3 5-5Fairlawn. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-5 1-7Jackson Center . . . . . . . . . 0-5 1-8

Thursday’s GamesAnna at Fort LoramieBotkins at HoustonJackson Center at FairlawnRussia vs. Lehman (Buckeye Insur-

ance Classic)Friday’s Games

Fairlawn vs. Delphos Jefferson (Park-way Tournament)

Russia vs. Covington/Piqua (BuckeyeInsurance Classic)

Saturday’s GamesBotkins at New KnoxvilleFairlawn vs. Lincolnview/Parkway

(Parkway Tournament)Graham at AnnaNew Bremen at HoustonVersailles at Fort Loramie

NorthSidney . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-0 6-4Piqua . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-0 5-6Troy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-0 4-6Trotwood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-1 4-6Greenville . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-1 3-6Vandalia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-1 2-6

Thursday’s GameCovington at Piqua (Buckeye Insur-

ance Classic)Friday’s Games

Lehman/Russia at Piqua (Buckeye In-surance Classic)

Fort Recovery at TroyWest Carrollton at Greenville

Saturday’s Games

St. Marys at SidneyTipp City at Troy

CentralFairmont . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-0 8-0Wayne. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-0 3-6Beavercreek . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-0 6-3Centerville . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-1 7-1Northmont . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-1 1-7Springfield . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-1 1-7

Thursday’s GamesCenterville vs. Olentangy (Key Bank

Tournament)Northmont at Beavercreek

Friday’s GamesCenterville vs. Northland/Seton

LaSalle (PA) (Key Bank Tournament)Fairmont vs. Potter’s House Christian

(FL) (Braggin’ Rights Classic)Saturday’s Games

Centerville vs. Fairborn/Ryan(PA)/Pickerington North/Toledo Start(Key Bank Tournament)

Fairmont vs. Bolingbrook (IL) (Brag-gin’ Rights Classic)

SouthFairborn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-0 7-1Lebanon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-0 5-4Miamisburg . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-0 7-3Springboro . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-1 4-2Xenia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-1 2-7West Carrollton . . . . . . . . . 0-1 1-7

Thursday’s GamesFairborn vs. Ryan (PA) (Key Bank

Tournament)Loveland at LebanonSpringboro vs. Warren Central (IN)

(North Central Tournament)Friday’s Games

Fairborn vs. Pickerington North/ToledoStart (Key Bank Tournament)

Springboro vs. New Albany (IN)/NorthCentral (IN) (North Central Tournament)

West Carrollton at GreenvilleXenia at Ponitz

Saturday’s GamesFairborn vs. Center-

ville/Olentangy/Northland/Seton LaSalle(PA) (Key Bank Tournament)

Lebanon vs. Fairfield at Fairmont——

Midwest Athletic ConferenceLeague Overall

W-L W-LVersailles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-0 10-0Fort Recovery. . . . . . . . . . . 2-0 7-1Marion Local . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1 5-2Coldwater. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1 5-3New Knoxville . . . . . . . . . . 1-1 5-3Delphos St. John’s . . . . . . . 1-1 4-3New Bremen . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1 5-5Minster. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2 4-3St. Henry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-2 5-4Parkway . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-2 2-6

Thursday’s GamesCelina at ColdwaterMarion Local vs. Lima Perry (Wapak

Tourney)Minster vs. Sylvania Southview (Elida

Tournament)St. John’s at SpencervilleSt. Marys at St. Henry

Friday’s GamesFort Recovery at TroyLincolnview at Parkway (Chatt Insur-

ance Tourney)Marion Local vs. Wapakoneta/Cory-

Rawson (Wapak Tourney)Minster vs. Elida/Lima Senior (Elida

Tournament)Saturday’s Games

Botkins at New KnoxvilleDelphos Jefferson/Fairlawn at Park-

way (Chatt Insurance Tourney)Kalida at MinsterNew Bremen at HoustonVersailles at Fort Loramie

——Other Girls

League OverallW-L W-L

Lehman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-6Riverside . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-2 1-8

Thursday’s GameLehman vs. Russia (Buckeye Insur-

ance Classic)Friday’s Games

Lehman vs. Covington/Piqua (BuckeyeInsurance Classic)

Riverside vs. Carlisle (Bradford Holi-day Tournament)

Saturday’s GameRiverside vs. Bradford/Troy Christian

(Bradford Holiday Tournament)——

Scoring leadersG Pts. Avg

Konner Harris, Sidney ........10 233 23.3Natalie Billing, Anna ............8 140 17.5Darian Rose, FL ....................9 153 17.0Kylie Wilson, Russia ...........10 158 15.8Kayla Curlis, Christian Aca..7 101 11.7Logan Pitts, Botkins............10 110 11.0Kortney Phipps, Hous. ..........9 94 10.5Erica Huber, Anna.................8 83 10.4

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SCOREBOARD

High school sportsTONIGHT

Girls basketballAnna at Fort LoramieBotkins at HoustonJackson Center at FairlawnLehman vs. Russia at Piqua

Holiday Tournament, 4 p.m.Minster at Elida Holiday Tour-

namentBoys basketball

Lehman vs. Russia at PiquaHoliday Tournament, 5:30

BowlingRussia boys vs.Mississinawa at

New BremenRussia girls vs. New Bremen at

Northland LimaFRIDAY

Boys basketballSidney at Tipp CityFort Loramie at Jackson CenterMinster at HoustonNew Knoxville at St. MarysNew Bremen at Indian LakeAnna at Versailles Holiday

TournamentFairlawn at Parkway Holiday

TournamentRiverside at Bradford Holiday

TournamentLehman-Russia loser vs. Piqua-

Covington loser at Piqua HolidayTournament, 8 p.m.

Girls basketballRussia-Lehman loser vs. Piqua-

Covington loser at Piqua HolidayTournament, 6:30

Fairlawn at Parkway HolidayTournament

WrestlingSidney, Versailles at holiday

tournament at Wright StateSATURDAY

Boys basketballFort Loramie at New BremenSidney at TecumsehSpencerville at New KnoxvilleHouston at AnsoniaLehman-Russia winner vs.

Piqua-Covington winner at PiquaHoliday Tournament, 8 p.m.

Fairlawn at Parkway HolidayTournament

Anna at Versailles HolidayTournament

Riverside at Bradford HolidayTournament

Girls basketballFairlawn at Parkway Holiday

TournamentSt. Marys at SidneyLehman at Piqua Holiday Tur-

namentVersailles at Fort LoramieGraham at AnnaBotkins at New KnoxvilleKalida at MinsterNew Bremen at Houston

WrestlingSidney, Versailles at holiday

tournament at Wright StateLehman at Lima Catholic

SwimmingVersailes at Lima Holiday Tour-

namentBowling

Russia vs. Lima Temple at Min-ster

National Football LeagueThe Associated Press

All Times ESTAMERICAN CONFERENCE

EastW L T Pct PF PA

y-New Eng. . 11 4 0 .733 529 331Miami . . . . . . 7 8 0 .467 288 289N.Y. Jets . . . . 6 9 0 .400 272 347Buffalo. . . . . . 5 10 0 .333 316 426

Southy-Houston . . 12 3 0 .800 400 303x-Indianapolis. 10 5 0 .667 329 371Tennessee . . . 5 10 0 .333 292 451Jacksonville . 2 13 0 .133 235 406

Northy-Baltimore . 10 5 0 .667 381 321x-Cincinnati . 9 6 0 .600 368 303Pittsburgh. . . 7 8 0 .467 312 304Cleveland . . . 5 10 0 .333 292 344

Westy-Denver . . . 12 3 0 .800 443 286San Diego . . . 6 9 0 .400 326 329Oakland . . . . 4 11 0 .267 269 419Kansas City . 2 13 0 .133 208 387NATIONAL CONFERENCE

EastW L T Pct PF PA

Washington. . 9 6 0 .600 408 370Dallas . . . . . . 8 7 0 .533 358 372N.Y. Giants . . 8 7 0 .533 387 337Philadelphia . 4 11 0 .267 273 402

Southy-Atlanta . . . 13 2 0 .867 402 277New Orleans. 7 8 0 .467 423 410Tampa Bay . . 6 9 0 .400 367 377Carolina . . . . 6 9 0 .400 313 325

Northy-Green Bay. 11 4 0 .733 399 299Minnesota . . . 9 6 0 .600 342 314Chicago . . . . . 9 6 0 .600 349 253Detroit. . . . . . 4 11 0 .267 348 411

Westx-San Fran. . 10 4 1 .700 370 260x-Seattle. . . . 10 5 0 .667 392 232

St. Louis . . . . 7 7 1 .500 286 328Arizona . . . . . 5 10 0 .333 237 330

x-clinched playoff spoty-clinched division

Saturday's GameAtlanta 31, Detroit 18

Sunday's GamesGreen Bay 55, Tennessee 7Indianapolis 20, Kansas City 13New Orleans 34, Dallas 31, OTMinnesota 23, Houston 6Carolina 17, Oakland 6Miami 24, Buffalo 10Cincinnati 13, Pittsburgh 10New England 23, Jacksonville

16Washington 27, Philadelphia 20St. Louis 28, Tampa Bay 13San Diego 27, N.Y. Jets 17Denver 34, Cleveland 12Chicago 28, Arizona 13Baltimore 33, N.Y. Giants 14Seattle 42, San Francisco 13

Sunday, Dec. 30Jacksonville at Tennessee, 1

p.m.Carolina at New Orleans, 1

p.m.N.Y. Jets at Buffalo, 1 p.m.Baltimore at Cincinnati, 1 p.m.Cleveland at Pittsburgh, 1 p.m.Houston at Indianapolis, 1 p.m.Philadelphia at N.Y. Giants, 1

p.m.Chicago at Detroit, 1 p.m.Tampa Bay at Atlanta, 1 p.m.Oakland at San Diego, 4:25

p.m.Arizona at San Francisco, 4:25

p.m.St. Louis at Seattle, 4:25 p.m.Kansas City at Denver, 4:25

p.m.Green Bay at Minnesota, 4:25

p.m.Miami at New England, 4:25

p.m.Dallas atWashington, 8:20 p.m.

College Football FBS BowlGlance

The Associated PressSubject to ChangeAll Times EST

Saturday, Dec. 15New Mexico BowlAt Albuquerque

Arizona 49, Nevada 48Famous Idaho Potato Bowl

At Boise, IdahoUtah State 41, Toledo 15

Thursday, Dec. 20Poinsettia BowlAt San Diego

BYU 23, San Diego State 6Friday, Dec. 21

Beef 'O' Brady's BowlAt St. Petersburg, Fla.UCF 38, Ball State 17

Saturday, Dec. 22New Orleans Bowl

Louisiana-Lafayette 43, EastCarolina 34

MAACO BowlLas Vegas

Boise State 28,Washington 26Monday, Dec. 24Hawaii BowlAt Honolulu

SMU 43, Fresno State 10Wednesday, Dec. 26

Little Caesars Pizza BowlAt Detroit

Central Michigan (6-6) vs.Western Kentucky (7-5), 7:30 p.m.(ESPN)

Thursday, Dec. 27Military BowlAt Washington

Bowling Green (8-4) vs. SanJose State (10-2), 3 p.m. (ESPN)

Belk BowlAt Charlotte, N.C.

Duke (6-6) vs. Cincinnati (9-3),6:30 p.m. (ESPN)

Holiday BowlAt San Diego

Baylor (7-5) vs. UCLA (9-4),9:45 p.m. (ESPN)

Friday, Dec. 28Independence BowlAt Shreveport, La.

Louisiana-Monroe (8-4) vs. Ohio(8-4), 2 p.m. (ESPN)

Russell Athletic BowlAt Orlando, Fla.

Virginia Tech (6-6) vs. Rutgers(9-3), 5:30 p.m. (ESPN)

Meineke Car Care BowlAt Houston

Minnesota (6-6) vs. Texas Tech(7-5), 9 p.m. (ESPN)

Saturday, Dec. 29Armed Forces Bowl

At Fort Worth, TexasRice (6-6) vs. Air Force (6-6),

11:45 a.m. (ESPN)Fight Hunger BowlAt San Francisco

Arizona State (7-5) vs. Navy (8-4), 4 p.m. (ESPN2)

Pinstripe BowlAt New York

Syracuse (7-5) vs.West Virginia(7-5), 3:15 p.m. (ESPN)

Alamo BowlAt San Antonio

Texas (8-4) vs. Orgeon State (9-3), 6:45 p.m. (ESPN)

Buffalo Wild Wings BowlAt Tempe, Ariz.

Michigan State (6-6) vs. TCU(7-5), 10:15 p.m. (ESPN)

Monday, Dec. 31Music City BowlAt Nashville, Tenn.

Vanderbilt (8-4) vs. N.C. State(7-5), Noon (ESPN)

Sun BowlAt El Paso, Texas

Georgia Tech (6-7) vs. SouthernCal (7-5), 2 p.m. (CBS)

Liberty BowlAt Memphis, Tenn.

Iowa State (6-6) vs.Tulsa (10-3),3:30 p.m. (ESPN)

Chick-fil-A BowlAt Atlanta

LSU (10-2) vs. Clemson (10-2),7:30 p.m. (ESPN)

Tuesday, Jan. 1Heart of Dallas Bowl

At DallasPurdue (6-6) vs. Oklahoma

State (7-5), Noon (ESPNU)Gator Bowl

At Jacksonville, Fla.Mississippi State (8-4) vs.

Northwestern (9-3), Noon (ESPN2)Capital One BowlAt Orlando, Fla.

Georgia (11-2) vs. Nebraska(10-3), 1 p.m. (ABC)

Outback BowlAt Tampa, Fla.

South Carolina (10-2) vs.Michi-gan (8-4), 1 p.m. (ESPN)

Rose BowlAt Pasadena, Calif.

Stanford (11-2) vs. Wisconsin(8-5), 5 p.m. (ESPN)

Orange BowlAt Miami

Northern Illinois (12-1) vs.Florida State (11-2), 8:30 p.m.(ESPN)

Wednesday, Jan. 2Sugar Bowl

At New OrleansFlorida (11-1) vs. Louisville (10-

2), 8:30 p.m. (ESPN)Thursday, Jan. 3Fiesta Bowl

At Glendale, Ariz.Kansas State (11-1) vs. Oregon

(11-1), 8:30 p.m. (ESPN)Friday, Jan. 4Cotton Bowl

At Arlington, TexasTexas A&M (10-2) vs. Okla-

homa (10-2), 8 p.m. (FOX)Saturday, Jan. 5

BBVA Compass BowlAt Birmingham, Ala.

Pittsburgh (6-6) vs. Mississippi(6-6), 1 p.m. (ESPN)

Sunday, Jan. 6GoDaddy.com BowlAt Mobile, Ala.

Kent State (11-2) vs. ArkansasState (9-3), 9 p.m. (ESPN)

Monday, Jan. 7BCS National Championship

At MiamiNotre Dame (12-0) vs. Alabama

(12-1), 8:30 p.m. (ESPN)Saturday, Jan. 19

RAYCOM College Football All-Star Classic

At Montgomery, Ala.Stars vs. Stripes, 3 p.m.

(CBSSN)East-West Shrine ClassicAt St. Petersburg, Fla.East vs.West, 4 p.m. (NFLN)

Saturday, Jan. 26Senior BowlAt Mobile, Ala.

North vs. South, TBA (NFLN)

National BasketballAssociation

The Associated PressAll Times EST

EASTERN CONFERENCEAtlantic Division

W L Pct GBNew York . . . . . . . 20 8 .714 —Boston . . . . . . . . . 14 13 .519 5½Brooklyn . . . . . . . 14 13 .519 5½Philadelphia . . . . 13 15 .464 7Toronto . . . . . . . . . 9 19 .321 11

Southeast DivisionMiami . . . . . . . . . 19 6 .760 —Atlanta . . . . . . . . 16 9 .640 3Orlando . . . . . . . . 12 15 .444 8Charlotte . . . . . . . 7 20 .259 13Washington . . . . . 3 22 .120 16

Central DivisionIndiana . . . . . . . . 16 12 .571 —Chicago . . . . . . . . 15 12 .556 ½Milwaukee. . . . . . 14 12 .538 1Detroit . . . . . . . . . 9 21 .300 8Cleveland . . . . . . . 6 23 .207 10½WESTERN CONFERENCE

Southwest DivisionSan Antonio. . . . . 21 8 .724 —Memphis . . . . . . . 18 7 .720 1Houston . . . . . . . . 15 12 .556 5Dallas . . . . . . . . . 12 16 .429 8½New Orleans . . . . 5 22 .185 15

Northwest DivisionOklahoma City . . 21 6 .778 —Minnesota . . . . . . 13 12 .520 7Denver . . . . . . . . . 15 14 .517 7Utah. . . . . . . . . . . 15 14 .517 7Portland. . . . . . . . 13 13 .500 7½

Pacific DivisionL.A. Clippers . . . . 22 6 .786 —Golden State . . . . 18 10 .643 4

L.A. Lakers . . . . . 14 14 .500 8Phoenix . . . . . . . . 11 17 .393 11Sacramento . . . . . 9 18 .333 12½

Tuesday's GamesBoston 93, Brooklyn 76L.A. Lakers 100, New York 94Miami 103, Oklahoma City 97Houston 120, Chicago 97L.A. Clippers 112, Denver 100Wednesday's Games

Miami at Charlotte, inc.Chicago at Indiana, inc.New Orleans at Orlando, inc.Cleveland at Washington, inc.Detroit at Atlanta, inc..Houston at Minnesota, inc.Philadelphia at Memphis, inc.Brooklyn at Milwaukee, inc.Toronto at San Antonio, inc.L.A. Lakers at Denver, inc.New York at Phoenix, inc.Golden State at Utah, inc.Sacramento at Portland, inc.

Thursday's GamesDallas at Oklahoma City, 8 p.m.Boston at L.A. Clippers, 10:30

p.m.Friday's Games

Phoenix at Indiana, 7 p.m.Orlando at Washington, 7 p.m.Atlanta at Cleveland, 7:30 p.m.Charlotte at Brooklyn, 7:30

p.m.Miami at Detroit, 7:30 p.m.Toronto at New Orleans, 8 p.m.Denver at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.Houston at San Antonio, 8:30

p.m.L.A. Clippers at Utah, 9 p.m.New York at Sacramento, 10

p.m.Philadelphia at Golden State,

10:30 p.m.Portland at L.A. Lakers, 10:30

p.m.

Recent Sports TransactionsThe Associated Press

BASKETBALLNational Basketball

AssociationWASHINGTON WIZARDS —

Signed G Shelvin Mack and G Gar-rett Temple.

FOOTBALLNational Football LeagueATLANTA FALCONS —

Placed WR Kevin Cone on injuredreserve.

BALTIMORE RAVENS —Signed LB D.J. Bryant to the prac-tice squad.CINCINNATI BENGALS —

Placed CB Dre Kirkpatrick oninjured reserve. Claimed WRDane Sanzenbacher off waiversfrom Chicago.

JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS—Placed RB Rashad Jennings, LBGreg K. Jones, G Mark Asper andWR Cecil Shorts on injured reserve.Claimed G Mark Asper and TEAllen Reisner off waivers fromMin-nesota. SignedWR Jerrrell Jacksonfrom the practice squad.

Weekend Time ScheduleThe Associated Press

All Times ESTSaturday

BOWL GAMESArmed Forces Bowl at Fort

Worth, Texas: Rice vs. Air Force,11:45 a.m.

Pinstripe Bowl at New York:Syracuse vs. West Virginia, 3:15p.m.

Fight Hunger Bowl at SanFrancisco:Arizona State vs. Navy, 4p.m.

Alamo Bowl at San Antonio:Texas vs. Orgeon State, 6:45 p.m.

Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl atTempe, Ariz.: Michigan State vs.TCU, 10:15 p.m.

TOP 25 BASKETBALLMenNo. 1 Duke vs. Santa Clara,

NoonNo. 2 Michigan vs. Central

Michigan, 7 p.m.No. 4 Louisville vs. Kentucky, 4

p.m.No. 6 Kansas vs. American, 8

p.m.No. 9 Syracuse vs. Alcorn State,

7 p.m.No. 10 Ohio State vs. Chicago

State, 4:30 p.m.No. 12 Illinois vs.Auburn at the

United Center, 2:15 p.m.No. 14 Florida vs. Air Force at

the BB&T Center, Sunrise, Fla.,4:30 p.m.

No. 16 Creighton vs. Evansville,8:05 p.m.

No. 18 Butler at Vanderbilt, 8p.m.

No. 20 UNLV at North Car-olina, 2 p.m.

No. 23 N.C. State vs. WesternMichigan, Noon

No. 25 Kansas State vs. UMKC,7 p.m.

CALENDAR

High school

FOOTBALL

NFL standings

Bowl glance

BASKETBALL

NBA standings

TRANSACTIONS

Recent moves

TIME SCHEDULE

This weekend

STATE COLLEGE,Pa. (AP) — Star line-b a c k e rM i c h a e lMauti’s col-lege foot-ball careerhad justcome to anend in No-v e m b e rwhen hespotted thenext generation of PennState football players.So, he decided to do

what Mauti had donetime and again duringhis Nittany Lions career:He helped others, andimparted some inspira-tional words along theway.Adam Breneman, one

of the top tight endprospects in the country,is one of them, and helistened intently. Mautiindeed passed the torchof leadership to Brene-man and some otherhigh school seniors onrecruiting trips toHappy Valley that day,setting the tone for acritical offseason at PennState.Indeed, there is no

bowl game to rallyaround this season. Nosunny destination danc-ing around in the Nit-tany Lions’ heads. Nofun-filled reward for allof their hard work in thisseason of recovery atPenn State.But there is hope.

There is optimism. Andthere is Year 2 of theCoach Bill O’Brien era tosculpt.No better time than

the present.Under O’Brien, Penn

State finished an over-achieving 8-4 with a sec-ond-place finish in theBig Ten Leaders Divi-sion. The Nittany Lionswent 6-2 in conference,and likely would havebeen a lock for a NewYear’s Day bowl game.As it is, Penn State is notin a bowl for the firsttime in eight seasons.But there is much to

build on. An emotional24-21 overtime win, forinstance, over Wisconsinin the finale sent theprogram into the offsea-son on a high note.And O’Brien will need

that in his first full off-season to secure a re-cruiting class amidscholarship cuts. Thesanctions — levied inJuly for the Jerry San-dusky child molestationscandal — limit PennState’s recruiting classesto no more than 15 ayear for the next fouryears, starting with the2013 class to be signedin early February. Mostteams can sign 25.Thereis also a four-year post-season ban to digest.O’Brien will also need

to find new leaders.Mauti was one of a groupof seniors who helpedkeep most of the teamtogether in the frenziedweeks after the NCAAannounced the punish-ment.Breneman, a highly

touted senior from CedarCliff High in Camp Hill,Pa., has a chance to be inthat leadership mixsomeday. He has beenpart of a contingent ofrecruits who have beenvocal about keepingtheir commitments de-spite the penalties.“Now, it’s our turn to

come in, and, in a coupleyears, lead the program,”Breneman said recently,recounting Mauti’spostgame words to him.“That was definitelyvery motivating to talkto him.

“It’s a huge thing. Bigshoes to follow up.”Breneman, coming off

a right knee injury thatsidelined him for hissenior season, plans toenroll at Penn State inJanuary after finishinghis prep work a semesterearly. That will enablehim to participate inspring practice.There’s an extra ben-

efit for Penn State ifplayers officially join theprogram in January, in-stead of waiting untilearly February to de-clare their collegechoices. January en-rollees count against2012, when there are noscholarship limits. Thatmeans the 2013 teamcould have more 15 newscholarship playerswhile still meeting theNCAA sanction guide-lines.So far, recruiting has

been good, especiallygiven the unprecedentedcircumstances of thepast year. Joining Bren-eman in January will bejunior college transferTyler Ferguson, a quar-terback who figures tocompete with StevenBench now that record-setting starter Matt Mc-Gloin is out of eligibility.Penn State also has a

verbal commitment fromblue-chip quarterbackprospect ChristianHackenberg of Virginia,though he is not ex-pected to join the teamuntil this summer.“You never know until

guys sign on the dottedline,” O’Brien said lastweek about recruiting.“But we feel good wherewe’re at.”As for the current Nit-

tany Lions, NCAA rulesprevent coaches fromoverseeing offseasonworkouts, thoughcoaches can determinewhat areas need to beimproved in the ramp upto March and springpractice. O’Brien said hiscoaching staff is lookingat improving flexibilityand speed, while reduc-ing body fat and creatingmore muscle mass.“Is there a disadvan-

tage to not having bowlpractice? Certainly,”O’Brien said. “Butthere’s also the advan-tage of not having them.”In that respect,

O’Brien said, that meansconcentrating on aca-demics to finish the se-mester. One-on-onemeetings with playersfocus on grades and re-quirements for majorsthese days, as well as“how can they improvein football and in theirrole on the team,” hesaid.Unofficially, players

can get together on theirown for workouts. Thatwill be especially impor-tant in the passinggame, for instance, witha bevy of returning re-ceivers. Record-settingwideout Allen Robinson,for example, has to getacclimated to a newstarting quarterback.For McGloin, this is a

bittersweet time. Surely,he will miss being on thefield, but he can alsowalk away knowing hedid all he could in hisfinal season. For now,he’s busy handing theleadership responsibili-ties on offense to Bench— the only scholarshipquarterback on theteam.“I’ve told Steven, it’s

not my team any more.You have to take over,you have to managestuff,” McGloin said thismonth. “He knows that.”

Optimisticoffseasonfor O’Brien

O’Brien

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