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PIQUA — A Piqua teenagerwas listed in serious conditionThursday night following a sin-gle-vehicle crash that occurred inthe 2000 block of Landman-MillRoad in northern Miami Countyaround 10:15 p.m.Wednesday.The driver, Cody Young, 17, of

Piqua, lost control of the vehicleand crashed into a tree, MiamiCounty Sheriff ’s deputies report.Young was trapped under thewreckage for more than 20 min-utes before being freed by Piquaand Lockington firefighters .Young, a senior at Piqua High

School, was transported to MiamiValley Hospital aboard Care-Flight.

A crash reconstructionist wasrequested at the scene. No fur-

ther details were available atpress time.

Piqua teen serious after crash

FIRE DAMAGES HOME

BY SHARON SEMANIEFor the Daily [email protected]

PIQUA — What’s more exciting than tosee the “wow” factor in the eyes of childrenwho awaken Christmas morning to findbrightly-wrapped packages underneath thetree? It’s trying to determine what to placeinside those packages that leaves many par-ents frustrated as they search for that onenew toy that made its way onto Santa’s“must have” list.The Toy Retailers Association (TRA) has

announced its Top Toys for Christmas 2012List as shoppers head out on Black Fridaytoday to scour stores for the predicted best-

A fire earlyThanksgiving morning caused significant damage to a single-family home at 929W. HighSt.. The fire reportedly broke out in an upstairs bedroom shortly after midnight. Piqua firefighterswere able to quickly bring the blaze under control. Fire damage was mostly confined to the bedroom,but the entire home sustained smoke damage.There were working smoke detectors in the home andthe family was able to escape without injury. The family reportedly was displaced by the fire. Thecause of the fire and damage estimate are still being determined by Piqua fire investigators. Fire-fighters were just returning from another fire at an unoccupied house on Garbry Road when the HighStreet call came in, so they were able to respond directly to the scene.

Deputies from the Miami County Sheriff’s Office investigate a Wednesday night crash on LandmanMill Road that left a Piqua High School student seriously injured.

The search for hot gifts beginsMonday will be observed na-

tionwide as “Cyber Monday,” thelargest online shopping day of theyear, with many businesses offer-ing specials. Butlocal shopperswon’t have tolook far for greatbargains, be-cause manyCyber Mondayspecials will be offered by localand area businesses.Links to these businesses may

be found on the “Shop Local Page”on the Piqua Daily Call websiteat www.dailycall.com. The web-sites for the Sidney Daily Newsand Troy Daily News also will fea-ture links to businesses in theirareas and may be accessed atwww.sidneydailynews.com andwww.troydailynews.com, respec-tively. So for great “Cyber Mon-day” bargains in Miami andMiami counties, check out thenewspapers’ websites.

STAFF REPORT

PIQUA — This holiday seasonthe Western Ohio Detachment ofthe Marine Corps League is onceagain sponsoring a Toys-for-Totsdrive in the Piqua and surround-ing areas with the hope of put-ting a smile on the faces ofchildren this Christmas.Those interested in participat-

ing shouldplace theirnew, un-w r a p p e dtoys in boxes, which can be foundat the following locations: thePiqua Fire Department, PiquaBig Lots, Piqua Walmart, PiquaO’Reilly Auto Parts, both PiquaDollar General locations, EdisonCommunity College, Piqua Ed-ward Jones Investments, PiquaManor, Heartland of Piqua, Heck

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QUARTERBACKSDid Wisconsin provide future Ohio State opponents with

a blueprint of how to defend Braxton Miller? The Badgers held OSU’s sophomore QB to season lows in rushing (48 yards) and passing (97 yards). Miller was frustrated and Ohio State’s play calling was conservative.

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RECEIVERSCorey Brown (52 catches, 574 yards) said after the

Wisconsin game that OSU’s receivers did a good job of getting open. If so, Miller must not have done a good job of seeing them. Finding a “vertical threat,” a receiver who can go deep, is something Ohio State is still in need of, c

COLUMBUS — Here comes tradition. There goes tradition.

There is nothing more tradi-tional in the Big Ten than the Ohio State-Michigan football rivalry.

But on Monday, on the same day the annual week-long assurances from both sides of that rivalry that there is nothing in all of sports like it b

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EyesBuckAn inside look at Ohio State football

WHERE ARE THEY NOW?NAME: Sonny

GordonHOMETOWN:

MiddletownOHIO STATE

YEARS: 1983-1986

HIGHLIGHTS:Gordon was

a three-year starter at defensive back who had 14 career intercep-tions. He was first-team All-Big Ten as a senior.

AFTER OSU: Gordon was a sixth-round draft choice of the Cincinnati Bengals and played one year for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. He is a regional sales manager for American Seating Company, which sells seats to ballparks, stadiums, theaters and other facilities.

SAY WHAT?

“He is a very intense coach. I don’t know

if he can get any more intense.”— Ohio State senior

linebacker Etienne Sabino about coach Urban Meyer.

BUCKEYE BRAIN BUSTERS1: How many punts did Ohio State and Michigan combine for in their

“Snow Bowl” game in 1950?

2: What is Ohio State’s longest winning streak against Michigan?

3: What is Michigan’s longest winning streak against Ohio State?

4: How many of Ohio State’s Heisman Trophy winners lost the

Michigan game that year?

5: Where did 1940 Michigan Heisman Trophy winner Tom

Harmon finish in the 1939 voting?

Answers: 1. 45; 2. Seven years (2004-2010); 3. Nine years (1901-1909);

4. Two (Vic Janowicz 1950, Eddie George 1995); 5. Second.

COACHES IN ‘THE GAME’

No. 4 Ohio State vs. No. 20 Michigan, Noon, ABC

Ohio State coaches vs. Michigan:Luke Fickell ..............................0-1Jim Tressel ...............................9-1John Cooper ........................2-10-1Earle Bruce ..............................5-4Woody Hayes .....................16-11-1Wes Fesler ............................0-3-1Paul Bixler ...............................0-1Carroll Widdoes ........................1-1Paul Brown ............................1-1-1

Michigan coaches vs. Ohio State:Brady Hoke .............................1-0Rich Rodriguez .........................0-3Lloyd Carr .................................6-7Gary Moeller ..........................3-1-1Bo Schembechler.................11-9-1Chalmers “Bump” Elliott ..........3-7Bennie Oosterbaan ...............5-5-1Fritz Crisler ........................... 6-2-1

THE GAME: Getthe scoop on theOSU-Michiganshowdown. Page 8.

INSIDE: Supportdowntownbusinesses.Page 6.

SPORTS: Bighelping ofThanksgivingfootball. Page 9.

COMING TOMORROWLocals aid Sandy relief

NASCAR pageinside today’s CallGet the latest racing

news by checking out In-side NASCAR on Page 7of today’s Daily Call.

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Possibilities features “Ex-treme Makeover.”

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Joe Loefflerexplains fea-tures on sev-

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able thisChristmas sea-son at the TCCVerizon Storeat East AshStreet and

Looney Roadin Piqua. TheTCC VerizonStore will beopen today

with a numberof Black Fridaydeals for shop-

pers.See Hot gifts/Page 2

Some old favorites returnto ‘must have’ category

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NEW YORK — Victimsof Superstorm Sandy inNew York and elsewherein the Northeast werecomforted Thursday bykinder weather, free holi-day meals and for somefront row seats to the an-nual Macy’s ThanksgivingDay Parade.“It means a lot,” said

Karen Panetta, of thehard-hit Broad Channelsection of Queens, as shesat in a special viewingsection set aside for NewYorkers displaced by thestorm.“We’re thankful to be

here and actually be afamily and to feel likelife’s a little normal today,”she said.The popular Macy’s pa-

rade, attended by morethan 3 million people andwatched by 50 million onTV, included such giantballoons as Elf on a Shelfand Papa Smurf, a newversion of Hello Kitty,Buzz Lightyear, SailorMickey Mouse and thePillsbury Doughboy. Real-life stars included singerCarly Rae Jepsen andRachel Crow of “The XFactor.”The young, and the

young at heart, were de-lighted by the sight andsound of marching bands,performers and, of course,the giant balloons. Thesunny weather quicklysurpassed 50 degrees.Alan Batt and his 11-

year-old twins, Kyto andElina, took in the paradeat the end of the route,well away from the crowdand seemingly too faraway for a good view. Butthey had an advantage:Two tall stepladders they

hauled over from theirapartment eight blocksaway one for each twin.“We’re New Yorkers,”

the 65-year-old Batt said.“We know what we’redoing.”With the height advan-

tage, “I get to see every-thing!” Kyto said.At nearby Greeley

Square, social workerLowell Herschberger, 40,of Brooklyn, sought invain to tear his sons, 8-year-old Logan and 6-year-old Liam, from afoosball table set up in thetiny park as the balloonscrept by on the near hori-zon.“Hey, guys there’s Char-

lie Brown,” he said, point-ing at the old standbyballoon.The boys didn’t look up.“I guess they’re over it,”

the father said with a

shrug.Mayor Michael

Bloomberg was reflectiveThursday as he praisedpolice, firefighters, armedservices personnel, sanita-tion workers and volun-teers involved in thestorm response. His officewas coordinating the dis-tribution of 26,500 mealsat 30 sites in neighbor-hoods affected by Sandy,and other organizationsalso were pitching in.The disaster zones on

Staten Island wereflooded this time with foodand volunteers from GlenRock, N.J., organizedusing social media.“We had three carloads

of food,” volunteer BethFernandez said. “Thewhole town of Glen Rockpitched in. … It’s reallycool. It’s my best, my fa-vorite Thanksgiving ever.”

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Yeah, Carried Away Salon& Spa, KuZZinZ Bar &Grill, Piqua American Le-gion, Piqua Public Librarychildren’s department andGover Harley-Davidson.The toys need to be

dropped off no later thanDec. 17.Qualification for and

distribution of the toys forthe drive will be handledby the Piqua SalvationArmy.In a related function,

the Piqua Big Lots andSellman’s Furniture inCovington will be sponsor-ing a “Fill the Truck withToys-for-Tots” event fromnoon to 4 p.m. Saturday,Dec. 8.

Toys will be availablefor sale at both stores ormay be brought to theevent. Each donor of anew, unwrapped toy willreceive a free Toys-for-Totscommemorative pin.All toys collected at

both events will be dis-tributed locally.

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sellers. In previous yearsfavorites have includedElmo Live, Nintendo Wii,Zhu Zhu Pets, Sing-a-Ma-Jigs or LeapFrog LeapPadExplore Tablets.It’s time to move on. At

the top of this year’s stockare Skylanders (which arecontinuing to be a hardfind) along with Skylan-ders Giants, which wereintroduced in October.Furby is reportedly backafter a long hiatus and ispredicted to be a pick for“top toy.”The TRA reports the

Skylanders Giants VideoGame and Figures is bigon Santa’s list. Users takea Skylander action figure,place it on the Portal ofPower and Boom! TheSkylander will come to lifein the video game.Remember Furby? The

new Furby is back as ahigh tech version. ThisFurby has personality andlearns as a child plays withit. You can feed and tickleFurby and there‘s an op-tional Furby app foriPhone, iPod, iTouch andiPad. The new Furbycomes in a range of colors— purple, teal, black, or-ange, white and yellow.With amind of its own, thenew Hasbro Furby canlearn from users’ behaviorand develop its personality.The number one learn-

ing tablet for kids —LeapFrog LeapPad2 Ex-plorer Tablet — just gotbetter. This second gener-ation version table has up-dated specifications. Itincludes a touch screen,built-in camera and even

a video recorder. There’salso a LeapFrog Leap-stersGS Explorer, the ulti-mate learning system(ages 4-9 years). Thisgame includes a built-inmotion sensor for multi-sensory learning, built-incamera and videorecorder, 300-plus gamesand downloadable apps.From the new Disney

series is Disney Doc Mc-Stuffins Toys. A 6-year-oldgirl, Dottie Doc Mc-Stuffins, can fix toys witha little help from herstuffed animal friends af-fectionately known asStuffy, Hallie, Lambie andChilly.Calling all Ninja! Lord

Garmadon is on a missionto collect all four GoldenWeapons of Spinjitzu and,ultimately, rule the world.Can you stop him withthis Lego Ninjago Set?LEGO is reportedly mak-ing it onto the top Christ-mas toy lists for 2012thanks to new sets includ-ing Monster Fighters andLord of the Rings.Monster High Dolls are

new for 2012. VenusMcFlyTrap, RochelleGoyle and Robecca Steamare the featured charac-ters where freaky meetsfabulous. Shoppers mayalso want to check outLalaloopsy Sill Hair StarHarmony B. Sharp Inter-active Dolls. This dollloves to sing, dance andput on shows. Watch herperform a new song with aLalaloopsy twist.The Crayola Light De-

signer is a new creativetoy for kids ages 6 to 15.Kids create designs thatlight up using a stylus to

make LEDs light up on aconical surface. This toy issomething rather new andhas made it onto quite afew top toys lists. It offerssomething a bit differentfor preteen and teen girlsfor whom it can be trickyto find a “cool” gift.Monopoly Millionaires

is listed among the newestbest sellers in the toys andgames category. Best sell-ers in the tech world alsoinclude Apple iPods withthe iPod Touch iPod Nano,iPod Classic iPod Shuffleand iPod accessories, cer-tain to be a hit with anyage. Parents may alsowant to consider purchas-

ing an Apple iPad forthemselves This is a revo-lutionary new device withinnumerable uses. Thin,light and fully loaded, it’shard to put down.Hottest video games for

2012 include NintendoWiiwith Wii MotionPlus, aSony PlayStation 3 (PS3),a PlayStation MoveStarter Bundle, MicrosoftXbox 360 (ready forKinect), Xbox 360 KinectSensor with Kinect Adven-tures and Nintendo 3DS.Among those stocking

toys online to make shop-ping experiences easierare Walmart, Target,Amazon.Com and EBay.

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Blane ‘Meatball’ DavisCOVINGTON — Blane

“Meatball” Davis, 57, ofCovington, died Tuesday,Nov. 20, 2012, in Coving-ton.He was born March 6,

1955, in Gettysburg, to thelate Donald and Arvilla(Ashman) Davis.He graduated from

Greenville High Schooland was a U.S. Navy vet-eran. He retired fromPiqua Steel and was amember of the Eagles,Aerie #3998, Covington.He was preceded in

death by his parents.Blane is survived by hiswife of 32 years, Mary(Parks) Davis; daughterand son-in-law, Amandaand Michael Stein ofPiqua; brother, ChaddDavis and Cindy Downey

of Greenville; sister-in-law,Deborah Duffy of Coving-ton; brother-in-law, RonParks ofCalifornia;and nieces,nephews,other rela-tives andfriends.Memorial services will

be held at 5 p.m. Sundayat Bridges-Stocker-Fraley Funeral Home,Covington with DarleneBrown officiating. Thefamily will receive friendsSunday from 2 p.m. untilthe time of the service.If desired, contributions

may be made to Cincin-nati Children’s Hospital.Condolences may be leftfor the family atwww.stockerfraley.com.

SIDNEY – Dewey O. Davis, Sr., 88, of DorothyLove Retirement Community, Sidney, died at 11:47p.m.Wednesday, Nov. 21, 2012, at his residence.Funeral services will be held at Monday at Adams

Funeral Home, Sidney, with the Rev. Terry McBeathofficiating. Burial will follow in Shelby Memory Gar-dens,

Death noticesThe Santa Claus floats around Columbus Circle during the 86th Annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day ParadeonThursday in NewYork.

Sandy victims cheered at parade

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Macy’s Paradedraws 3 million

TOLEDO (AP) — SomeOhio families will see adrop in food stamp bene-fits next year, but the re-duction won’t be as asevere as state officialsand food bank operatorsfirst feared.The state said its ap-

peal of how the federalgovernment calculates thebenefits led to the rever-sal.The end result is that

some Ohio families willlose $23 a month in foodstamp benefits instead of$50 a month.The cut won’t apply to

all 869,000 households re-ceiving food stamps, butonly to some homeownersand renters who have a“standard utility al-lowance” deducted when

determining whether theyare eligible for foodstamps.Those families will see

a cut in benefits becauseof how the governmentcalculates utility ex-penses. A mild winter lastyear and lower naturalgas prices led to a de-crease in aid.Ohio’s Department of

Job and Family Servicesasked the government lastweek to use a differentcalculation and figure inthe cost of electric heatand propane.The state ar-gued that many familiesslated for a reductiondon’t even use natural gasto heat their homes andinstead use fuel oil orpropane and didn’t see acost savings.

Food stamp cuts for Ohiowon’t be as bad as feared

Information provided bythe Miami County Sheriff’sOffice:

Nov. 10ABUNDANCE OF

BATTERIES: On theabove date, Miami CountySheriff officials spoke witha resident in reference carbatteries being dumped onhis property in the 5600block of E. State Route 571,Tipp City. The residentstated that on Nov. 10, henoticed several old and dif-ferent types of vehicle bat-teries tossed on the side ofhis driveway. The residentsaid certain people havepermission to take scrapand other materials downhis driveway and drop offfor him. He has spoke withall those people and no onehas dropped batteries off.There were approximately24 batteries dumped on theproperty. The resident hadtaken the batteries to Pol-ings scrap yard to scrapthem and wanted some-thing on file in case some-one questions him on whyhe was scrapping so manybatteries.

Nov. 11FRAUD ATTEMPT: A

Tipp City resident called911 to report that a collec-tion company contactedhim about a delinquentcredit account. Officials ar-rived at the home locatedin the 8000 block of Wild-cat Road, Tipp City andmet with resident. Hestated that he received acall from someone refer-ring to himself as AndyGomez from MCM CreditManagement.The residentwas told that he had adelinquent Credit 1 Bankcredit card. The listed ad-

dress for the alleged creditcard was 428 Holt St, aptC, Dayton. According toresident, the address wasvalid but the collectioncompany’s phone numberwas not. Officials advisedthe resident to check thethree major credit bureausfor this fraudulent Credit 1Bank credit account to val-idate the collection com-pany’s claim. If the accountdoesn’t exist, then it islikely that the caller is at-tempting to defraud theresident out of money. Theresident was advised tocall after he checks withthe credit bureaus.

DON’T CALL MEMAYBE?: The resident ofSouth Main Street, Pots-dam, reported that shewas receiving unwantedand harassing telephonecalls from a private num-ber. She stated that shehas no idea who might becalling her but the personknew her kids’ names andwhere they lived accordingto the resident. Officialstold her to contact her tele-phone provider to see ifthey can look up the num-ber and block it. Thedeputy also advised hernot to answer calls fromprivate numbers the restof the night.

Nov. 13E X T I NGU I SHED

GENTLEMAN: While onpatrol, officers located twofire extinguishers that hadbeen discharged on the sideof the road near the 1900block of West State Route36, Piqua. The extinguish-ers had markings indicat-ing that they belonged tothe old K Mart building onW State Route 36. In

checking the building itwas found that the bottomof the west garden centeroverhead door had beenkicked in. Inside of thebuilding several more ex-tinguishers were found tohave been discharged. Thekey holder responded andchecked the building find-ing nothing else missing ordamaged. He also advisedthat he had someone enroute to repair the doorand secure the building.

Nov. 14DOG GONE IT: A resi-

dent located in the 5500block of Davis Road, WestMilton, reported an un-known subject removed hisdogs from the property.The resident left the resi-dence for two hours andupon his return the dogswere missing. He checkedhis fence and states thatthey could not have gottenout. He believed that thedogs were stolen. The onlyway for the dogs to get outwould be through thehouse or the gate in thefront yard. Both were se-cure upon his arrival

home. The gate does notlock and can simply be un-latched. The resident wasadvised to contact the ani-mal shelter. He also wasadvised to call should if thedogs returned.

WOOD MISSING: Theresident of 403 N.Main St.,Pleasant Hill, reportedsomeone trespassed on hisproperty and stole twocords of firewood.The prop-erty is an open lot west ofNewton Local School. Theproperty is located justsoutheast of his rentalproperty located at 403 N.Main St., Pleasant Hill,and has its own graveldriveway. The resident re-quested extra checks of thearea during patrol details.He stated he will erect “NoTrespassing” signs.

Nov. 15FAKE CHECK FOR

REAL PUPPY:A residentlocated in the 9400 block ofLena Palestine Rd.,Conover, called to file afraud report in reference toher being scammed overthe Internet. The resident

stated that she advertisedsome puppies on the Inter-net for sale. She was con-tacted through e-mail by aperson that said theirname is Wendy. Wendystated that she lives nearLansing, Mich. A deal wasmade for one of the puppiesand a final purchase priceof $1,000 was agreed uponby both sides. The residentreceived an envelope in themail from “Wendy,” whichcontained a check from abusiness in Idaho. Thecheck was for $1,870. Theresident inquired about theprice discrepancy and wastold the extra $870 was tocover shipping fees. Theresident was then given in-structions on who to sendthe shipping fees to andeverything else wouldready be arranged to pickup the puppy. The residentwent to her bank and was

able to cash the check for$1,870. The resident thensent the $870 to a personnamed Troy in Brooklyn,N.Y. Later in the week, theresident learned from herbank that the $1,870 checkwas fake and did notprocess. Her bank is nowrequesting that she returnthe full $1,870 to them,which she has already sent$870. The resident statedthat she now realizes thatthis was a scam that shefell for and asked that a re-port be filed on the inci-dent. She still has thepuppy and she said thatthe “buyer” has been send-ing her messages but shehas not replied to them.She was advised that itwould be best to just blockthem from being able tosend her any more mes-sages and discontinue con-tact with them.

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PROVIDED PHOTOOn Friday, Nov. 16, the Piqua High School National Honors Society chapter gathered at Fountain Parkfor a trash bash.They cleaned trash on the Piqua bike path for a two mile radius and also picked upany trash in the park. This is one of many community service projects that the group gathers foryearly. On Nov. 29, Honor Society members are going Christmas caroling at Heartland of Piqua.

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Temperatures will start out in the 40s today, then fallinto the lower 40s and upper 30s by the afternoon.Skies will gradually clear with mainly clear skies bytonight. Temperatures stay below normal and only inthe 30s for Saturday. If you’re heading to Columbus forthe game be sure to dress warm. High: 45 Low: 44.

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MAPLEWOOD — Daveand Rhonda Auton, ownersof Pedigree Pets in Maple-wood, and their son, AdamAuton, have each beencharged with 241 counts ofcruelty to animals by theOhio SPCA. The allegedpuppy mill was raided onNov. 17 after Shelby CountySheriff’s Deputy Cami Freycompleted an investigation.Dogs and puppies were

found living in deplorableconditions, many of them se-riously ill, emaciated, andwith infections and wounds.The Ohio SPCA was

called to remove the dogsand puppies and coordinateplacement into dog rescuesaround the state. In lessthan six hours, 15 membersof an SPCA Response Teamphotographed, documented,and removed all 241 dogs tosafe holding locations.Noah Turner, SPCA Re-

sponse Team leader, said,“such large seizures can beoverwhelming to local dogwardens and humaneagents. Deputy Frey is to be

commended for her actionand compassion regardingthis case. The Shelby CountySheriff ’s office is a shiningstar and we feel honored tohave had the opportunity towork with Sheriff John R.Lenhart and his great staff.”Veterinarian Dr. Lisa

Nadasi accompanieddeputies and the responseteam. Nadasi was shocked atthe conditions. “I can’t imag-ine how anyone with a heartor soul could have walkedinto that room and notknown that these animalswere suffering,” she said.The investigation began

when Deputy Frey receiveda complaint from a womanin Michigan who purchaseda pup from the Autons. “On-line puppy mills are notori-ous for depicting theirkennels as being wonderfulplaces. In reality, they aremassively breeding andhousing dogs in cages andhutches for their entire lives.With so many homeless dogsin shelters and rescues, peo-ple wanting to add a caninecompanion to their familymust refrain from buying

dogs from pet stores andbreeders,” Turner said.On Sunday, representa-

tives from dog rescues beganpicking up the dogs and pup-pies from the triage location.Deputy Frey says she isamazed that in less than aweek, the dogs have been re-moved and placed with no-kill rescues and fosterhomes. “Without workingside-by-side with the OhioSPCA Response Team, Dr.Nadasi, and community vol-unteers, this could not havebeen accomplished. Afterseeing how these dogs wereliving and knowing they areall safe now, I feel like theworld has been lifted off myshoulder,” Frey said.Until the dogs have been

surrendered, they cannot beadopted. For informationabout helping these dogs oradopt one in the future, con-tact the Ohio SPCA [email protected] orvisit www.ohiospca.org.Formore information on theOhio SPCA go towww.ohiospca.org, call 740-420-2984, or [email protected].

Charges filed against threein Shelby Co. ‘puppy mill’ case


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Itried to think of a Thanksgiving related story fortoday’s column, preferably something humorous,but seem to have come up short. The closest I’ve got

is my mother having once lost a pan of meatloaf.Yes, I know, meatloaf?There my mother stood in the kitchen, palms to the

sky, a look of complete confusion on her face as she re-peatedly asked, “Where’s the meatloaf?” while lookingabout the kitchen and dining room for the completedmeal. I think she even took a gander under the sofa tobe sure, only to find the offender in the oven.Go figure.Obviously, this has nothing to do with Turkey Day

but alludes to one of many kitchen mis-adventures inour household. It’s also one of the many reasons whyyou tend to not find yours truly in a kitchen. I manageto do far worse than lose a pan of meatloaf, with manya joke about an inability to boil water, but I suppose ifI’ve yet to burn the joint down or be put in charge ofthe turkey this time ofyear, there’s at least onething to give thanks.Anyway, I thought per-

haps I’d get lucky and findinspiration for a Thanks-giving story while drivingto workWednesday morn-ing but it’s hard to findanything nice to say afternot-so-pleasantly greetinga speeder with a solitaryfinger and a mutter of“Whippersnappers!”Hey, I will never profess

to being perfect or entirely nice during my morningcommute. If I can get up early and on time, with twocups of coffee under my belt to smooth things along, Ifigure so can everyone else. But given that I make it towork in one piece, that I’ve a job to go to and enjoy it,I’ve something else to be exceedingly thankful for.That being said, I’ve yet to figure out a Thanksgiv-

ing story as I sit here and realize that this year I’llhave nearly my entire immediate family under oneroof. Nearly being the operative word as we’re almostthere, not sure we’ll get everyone next year, or the yearafter, but I’ve hope. For that I’m very grateful andthankful for, knowing all too well how such things canbe taken woefully for granted. The assumption thatfamily and friends are stationary, permanent, whenthey are ever evolving is something not often contem-plated. There’s kids that grow up to have families oftheir own, couples who split, and others who decide togo off in opposite directions or promise to make an ap-pearance next year.Some pass away.For my family, for a number of years, my maternal

grandmother had Thanksgiving, her two-story Victo-rian filled to the rafters with so many family memberswe were practically elbow-to-elbow. As time went on,family dispersed to other states, those grand-kids onceunderfoot were now giving thanks with their newspouses and their families, until we were lucky to haveeven a half dozen show up.When my grandmother passed away a little over

three years ago, Thanksgiving was never the same.There was no one there to point out how we cookedeverything wrong, for starters. And while I keepthreatening to take up the mantle (Since I’m bannedfrom the kitchen) I simply haven’t the same steamGrandma had for pointing out the dryness of theturkey, or the lack of flavor in the pumpkin pie. Thelatter of which was store-bought, the horror!I really miss her but I’m thankful for the many fond

memories she left us that never fail to produce achuckle this time of year. Something we’ll regale as mybrother plays host this Thanksgiving with his wife andour number will hit nine, as Michael will be there. Forthat I’m very, very thankful.While I’d love to hit the magic number of ten for my

family (There’s still one missing from the fold) I’m notabout to complain, not when I remember all too wellthe first round of holidays after the divorce two yearsago. There’s nothing like a series of family-orientedgatherings to remind you of how obliterated the fam-ily tree has become.You attempt to buffer with a smilewhen you feel like anything but smiling, and countover and over in your head the shortened numbergathered around the table.For that memory, I’m exceedingly thankful because

it reminds me to never, ever take anything for granted.There’s a lot to be thankful for this year.What do you know, I’ve got a Thanksgiving story.May you and yours have a very safe, healthy and

happy Thanksgiving and don’t take a moment of it forgranted, always be thankful.

Mom of two munchkins and rooter for the underdogthat is the ellipsis, Bethany J. Royer can be contacted [email protected].

To the Editor:My name is Austin Gar-

rison and I am a junior atMiami East High School. Iam writing to inform ourcommunity that we, as astudent body, will be privi-leged to welcome back thenational school violenceawareness program,Rachel’s Challenge.Rachel’s challenge is ananti-bullying program thatlaunched from the life andmemory of Rachel JoyScott, the first young ladykilled at the 1999Columbine High Schoolshooting.Rachel’s message was

one of kindness and peacefor all. Now, her family andfriends carry on her legacythrough the program,Rachel’s Challenge. Thefirst time the Rachel’sChallenge visited ourschool, I was in the eighthgrade. I remember seeingthe presentation and notbeing able to keepmymindoff its message all week.The personal stories andlessons the program had tooffer us, as students, wereamazing. They definitelyfulfilled their intended pur-pose, as I remember myfriends and me discussinghow we learned so muchfrom the program. It is notjust a school assembly, norjust a reason to get out ofclass; it is an importantmessage that must be re-layed to those students,such as myself, that saw ita few years ago, but also tothose students who will behearing it for the first time.As time passes, it becomesmore andmore crucial thatwe learn as a society thatkindness and peace cancause a “chain reaction.”It is exciting to be able to

invite the entire commu-nity out to the Miami EastJunior High/Elementarybuilding at 7 p.m.Wednes-day, Nov. 28, to hear thisimportant message. Wewould like to thank theTroy Foundation andMiami County Foundationfor providing us with thegrant money needed tomake sure our school andcommunity get to be a partof this important experi-ence. We hope to see ourcommunity come togetherto learnmore about Rachel,and also about how kind-ness can change our world.

—Austin GarrisonConover

Mother of the Munchkins

Many thingsto be thankfulfor this year

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Challenge came to Miami East. Rachel’sChallenge is about a girl named RachelScott who lost her life in the Columbineshooting in 1999. When this programcame to our school I was in the 6th gradeand I didn’t know what the Rachel’sChallenge program involved. The won-derful speakers that came told us aboutRachel and how she saw the good in peo-ple. By the end of their presentation, Ifelt tears rolling down the side of myface. From then on I was changed anddetermined to change our school, seekout the positive in others, even those Ihardly ever speak to.As an eighth-grader, I am looking for-

ward to the follow-up program, Rachel’sLegacy, because I want to do that change

again and get more into the spirit ofhelping others. I want to give thanks tothe Miami County Foundation and TheTroy Foundation, who gave us grants tohave the Rachel’s Challenge team re-turn to Miami East this year to presentthe follow-up program. We will be pre-senting the program on Nov. 28, and willalso receive further student training.There will be an opportunity for thecommunity to see the follow-up programthat evening at Miami East Junior HighSchool at 7 p.m. I invite everyone inMiami County and the surrounding areato attend this inspiring program.“I will not be labeled as average.”

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The Village Idiot

Almost everyone weknow has packed upand gone south for

the winter. The ones whohaven’t left yet will be gonesoon. Our friends who livesouth of us are leaving to goeven farther south. I havenever been to Belize orCosta Rica or the CaymanIslands, but I constantlyhear people say they aregoing back for the fourth orfifth time because they liked it so much.They also havemuchmoremoney and time.Where did I go wrong? Once again, I will

probably have to spend the whole winter inmy own house in my own town. How is itthat Sue and I never spend the winter inBaja California or Montserrat?This year I am determined to get out of

town, if not for the whole winter, at least fora few weeks.“How about Mexico?” I asked Sue.“Fine,” she said, “if our beheading is free.

I don’t want to pay extra for that.Make sureit’s part of our all-inclusive vacation pack-age. I forget: How do you say, ‘Please, don’tkill me,’ in Spanish? I only took one year ofit in high school. Do you use the polite formof ‘you’ or the familiar?”“If you don’t want to go, you could just say

‘no’ like a normal person,” I said. “I’m surethere are plenty of places inMexico that arejust as safe as it is here. Cancun, Cabo, SanMiguel de Allende …”“No doubt. Let’s do it. I’ve been meaning

to lose some weight, and I hear amoebicdysentery is just the thing for that. Thepounds just fall away.”“The Johnsons go to Oaxaca, and they al-

ways have a wonderful time.”“Yes, they do. She told me they never

drink the water.”“What do they drink?”“Tequila. It’s why they have such a won-

derful time.They’re stewed 24 hours a day.”“OK, fine,” I said. “We won’t go to Mexico.

What about Greece? The islands are niceand warm, full of history.”“Good idea! Are you sure you can find us

a hotel close to a violent anti-governmentdemonstration? I hear they’re very relaxing,

like being at a spa wherethey club you with a thickstick. You book it while Ilearn the words for ‘tear gas’and ‘Molotov cocktail.’”“How about a cruise? You

can drink the water, behead-ings are pretty rare and thefood is great. There’s danc-ing, live shows, rock climbing…”“… seasickness, retching,puking, dry heaves,” she fin-ished.

“We could go to one of those towns thathate children.”Sue perked up. “Don’t toy with me. Is

there really such a place?” “Sure, hundredsof them.”“What country do we have to go to?”“This one. They’re all over the U.S.”“And people say we don’t do anything

right in this country,” she said. “Are youtelling me there are towns right here in theUSAwith signs out front that say, ‘You haveto be this tall to live here’?”“No, because some of the residents are ac-

tually shrinking. They’re for people like us.No one under age 55 can live there.” “Is thatlegal?”“Sure. As long as they keep out all chil-

dren of all races, religions and sexual orien-tations.”“How’s the beheading situation?”“Very rare.Most drug kingpins don’t live

to be 55.”“It does sound like a little bit of heaven

on Earth.What’s the hitch?”“You have to like living with a bunch of

old people.”“I do that already.What else you got?”I was running out of ideas. “We could go

to a movie.”“Didn’t we go to one last year?”“I think it was two years ago.”“What’s playing?”“‘The Beheading’ at 2, 4 and 6 o’clock.”

“Nah, let’s stay home. We’ll do somethingnext year.”

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Student looks forward to programLetter to the Editor

BETHANY J. ROYERStaffWriter

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BY JOCELYN NOVECKAP National Writer

NEWYORK— In art as well as inlife,watching someone lose theirmindis an excruciating thing — even moreso when that person is still physicallyvigorous, full of verve, full of humor.One can think only about what mighthave been.So onemight approachaplay about

Alzheimer’s disease with trepidation— how can it be anything other thancrushingly depressing? The marvel ofBruce Graham’s “The Outgoing Tide,”a simple and beautiful play brought tolife by a superb cast and directed witha firm hand by Bud Martin, is that itmakes us smile, chuckle, even laughout loud while still absorbing the fulltragedy and inevitability of this dis-ease.It’s worth noting that nowhere in

“The OutgoingTide,” a DelawareThe-atreCompanyproduction that openedTuesday at the 59E59Theaters, is theword “Alzheimer’s”mentioned.That doesn’t matter. It’s clear from

the start, in an opening scene that be-gins unremarkably and quickly be-comes shocking, that the grittyGunner, a man in his 70s with thevigor and gumption of a youngerman,is losing his mind.Imbued with gusto, humor and

heart by Peter Strauss, Gunner is aman trying to take control just as he’slosing it. And so he’s invited his adultson,Jack (sensitively portrayed by IanLithgow, son of John) to his Chesa-peakeBay cottage,wherehe liveswithhis wife, Peg. The family must be to-gether because Dad has a plan. Youcould call it a crazyplan.Hewould call

it the sanest plan he ever came upwith.Peg, in a wonderfully natural per-

formance by Michael Learned of “TheWaltons” fame, is a survivor. She’s theone who’s been keeping their lives asnormal as possible,gently pointing outto her husband that the reason hecan’t get“Cops”on thedarnedTV isbe-cause it’s not the TV, it’s the mi-crowave. And Peg has a plan too. Shewants to get Gunner into an assistedliving home before it’s too late.Gunner has a different idea. It’s

tough to describe his planwithout giv-ing away too much of the plot. But it’sheartbreaking to watch as Gunnermarshals his last moments of lucidityin a furious effort to make amends forpast mistakes and finally take care,now and forever, of those he loves.And while he’s at it, he makes us

wish we’d known him before. Even inthe face of misery, Gunner has quite away with a one-liner. “Are you out ofyourmind?”hiswife asks during adis-pute over howmuch he paid for a bot-tle of booze. “Not at the moment,” hereplies. “Stick around, ya never know.”Or listen to him on the subject of

suicide. Peg: “Suicide is a mortal sin!”Gunner:“So ismolesting kids— I’ll besurrounded by priests.”Even Peg, whose steely matter-of-

factness thinly veils both a fierce lovefor her husband and a fierce sense ofduty, can lapse into black humor. Shequips that Gunner once suggested amurder-suicide pact, but she said nothanks: “Knowing him, he’d shoot meand then forget to shoot himself.”Thesemoments, like that expensive

booze that Gunner gulps down, helpease the pain. So do the flashbacks to

less complicated times, likewhenGun-ner first met andmarried Peg.ButGunnerdoesn’t need flashbacks

to remember his love for his wife.When she asks him, at one point, whoshe is — she wants to be sure he’s fo-cused — he responds with a perfect,detail-rich description of not only whoshe is but how theymet and what shewas wearing and how beautiful shewas.At suchmoments, big feelings seem

to emanate from the theater’s tinystage: Big pain. Big loss. Big love. Bigheart.

1. You are declarer withthe West hand at ThreeNotrump. North leads theK-Q of clubs, which youduck, and then the jack,on which South showsout. How would you playthe hand?

2.You are declarer withthe West hand at FourHearts, and North leadsthe five of hearts. You winSouth’s nine and return ahigh heart. North takesthe ace and returns theheart eight, which youwin, South having dis-carded two diamonds.How would you play thehand?

1. If North has the aceof spades, you cannotmake the contract, so youmust assume South hasthe ace.However, it would be

wrong to lead a spade atthis point because Southwould win and most likelyreturn a diamond. Youwould then be faced withthe critical decision as towhether to take the dia-mond finesse or rely on a3-3 heart break instead --and you would have noway of knowing which todo.You can avoid this

dilemma by first cashingthe A-K-Q of hearts. If thesuit divides 3-3, you cashthe fourth heart and thenforce out the ace of spadesto assure nine tricks. Ifthe hearts turn out to bedivided 4-2, you can then

fall back on the diamondfinesse to try to make thecontract.By testing the hearts

before attacking spades,you give yourself twochances to succeed in-stead of just one.2. There is a possibility

of scoring the rest of thetricks by taking a club fi-nesse, but there is alsothe possibility of goingdown if the finesse losesto the queen and Southreturns a spade, puttingyou in position to lose twospade tricks.You can guarantee the

contract against any lie of

the cards by crossing todummy with a diamondand leading a low spadetoward your hand. Let’sassume South follows lowand you lose the ten to thequeen.This is no great hard-

ship because whateverNorth returns, you winand next force out the aceof spades, establishingdummy’s jack as a trickon which you can discarda club. The most you canlose with this approach isa heart and two spades.

Tomorrow:Appearancescan be deceiving.

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DEAR ABBY: My wifedied a few years ago. I livealone and have been a bach-elor since then. Old friendshave been kind enough topass along the names andphone numbers of widows ordivorcees they felt would beof interest to me. I havetaken several of them out todinner. Some were interest-ing, but for one reason or an-other we didn’t have enough“chemistry” for me to callthem for another date.What is the considerate

thing to do after having justone date? Should I call theperson and say it was pleas-ant, but …? Should I not callat all and move on? I feelguilty at times for not follow-ing up with some comment,as they were mostly nicewomen. Any suggestionsabout how to handle thesesituations would be welcome.

— MIAMI WIDOWER

DEAR WIDOWER:Con-versations such as this canbe awkward, which is whymany people avoid havingthem. Because you feel you“should” say something, away to handle it would be tosay you had a nice time, butyou are still grieving and arenot ready for a relationship.Chemistry is supposed to bemutual, so don’t be surprisedif some of the women aren’tinterested in pursuing a re-lationship with you, either.That’s life.

DEAR ABBY: I work in astore that is popular withteenagers. Every Christmas,parents and grandparentscome in here with absolutelyno clue what to get. Asking“What’s popular right now?”doesn’t help. (What’s cool toone teen may be lame to an-other.) I’d like to offer a cou-ple of tips to help cluelessrelatives select the right giftfor their teen.(1) Bring a recent photo of

her or him. We can tell a lotby looking. It will providehints as to what kind of giftthey may like.(2) Copy a list of their

“likes” from Facebook andbring it with you. It maymention books, music,movies or other intereststhat will make it easy totrack down something theywould enjoy.I hope this helps some of

your readers.

— VALERIE IN FORTWORTH

DEAR VALERIE: Blessyou for writing. I’m suremany parents and grand-parents will take your sug-gestions to heart. Santa isn’tthe only one who needs a“helper” at Christmastime.

DEAR ABBY: What doyou think of a 30-year-oldman who posted every detailabout his breakup with mydaughter on Facebook for allof their 1,000 friends andfamily members to read?There was some personaland very painful stuff.Is this the “new genera-

tion” norm? Or is he imma-ture and inconsiderate?

— HURTING FOR MYDAUGHTER

DEAR HURTING: Wel-come to the wonderful worldof the Internet, where mil-lions of individuals have cho-sen to live their lives onlinefor all to see. And while youand I might consider whathappened to be a form ofkissing-and-telling, bragging,a bid for sympathy and inpoor taste, the people wholove your daughter will “un-friend” this person, and thosewho love gossip will devourevery detail with relish.In time your daughter will

realize she is lucky this rela-tionship is over. Whether herformer boyfriend used Face-book to gain 15 minutes offame or as a weapon to hurther, I think she can do better.Don’t you?

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KEITH SHERMAN AND ASSOCIATES, MATT URBAN/AP PHOTOThis undated publicity photo provided by Keith Sherman and Associates shows, from rear left, Ian Lithgow,Michael Learned and Peter Strauss in a scene from the new American play by Bruce Graham, “The Outgo-ing Tide,” at the 59E59 Theaters in New York.

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BY WILL E SANDERSStaff [email protected]

PIQUA — In the shadowof unofficial shopping holi-days like Black Friday andCyber Monday, Small Busi-ness Saturday is aimed atsupporting and promotingdowntownbusinessesduringtheholiday shopping season.Thisyear inPiqua there is

no official Small BusinessSaturday, but that isn’t stop-ping handfuls of downtownmerchants who will be openand hoping Christmas shop-pers spend a little time —anda littlemoney—at theirstores as opposed to largerretail stores likeWalmart.Lorna Swisher, executive

director ofMainstreetPiqua,saidsmall businessesare thebackbone of a communityand for that reason shoppersshould feel encouraged tovisit them not only on SmallBusiness Saturday, which isNov.24,but also all shoppingseason.“Small businesses really

are the backbone of the com-munityand thosebusinessesare the ones that many peo-ple turn towhen theywantadonation for a door prize foran event or to take out ad-vertising in a book or poster,”Swisher said. “It is a reallygood idea to give back tothose businesses that give somuch to the community allyear-round.”While relatively new,

Small Business Saturdayhascaughton inrecentyearsand last year more than 100million people took part inthe nationwide event.Small Business Saturday

was first celebrated in 2010asacounterpart toBlackFri-day as away to get people toshop at “brick and mortarbusinesses” that are smalland local,according toAmer-ican Express, which createdthe shopping day.AmericanExpress created

the idea behind Small Busi-ness Saturday to “help smallbusinesses get more expo-sureduringoneof thebiggestshopping weekends of theyear.”Small business like Read-

more’s Hallmark, located at430 N. Main St., has beengearing up for Small Busi-ness Saturday all week.MaryBethBarhorst,Hall-

markmanager,saidherstorewill be open from 9 a.m. to 8p.m. on Small Business Sat-urdayandaside fromhavingsome special sales that daythe business will also beawarding out five $10 giftcertificates that day.“I think it is really impor-

tant to shop locally,”Barhorstsaid. “We offer a lot and weneed their support.”

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TROY —The shoppingfun doesn’t end with BlackFriday. Consumers in Troyand nationwide are encour-aged to shop locally Nov. 24forSmallBusinessSaturday,whenconsumersareencour-aged to support businessesthat invest in thecommunity,create jobsandpromote localevents.Sabra Johnson, executive

director of the Troy AreaChamber of Commerce, said

staff have been promotingthe campaign on the cham-ber’s website and Facebookpage.Thiswill beTroy’s thirdyear participating.“It’s a day to celebrate and

support our businesses andall they do for our commu-nity,” Johnson said. “I hopeeveryone comes out to sup-port our local businesses be-cause they give and do somuch for our community.”Olive Oasis owner Lucas

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towns like Troy. If you sup-port us, we support thetown.”The store is know for its

vast selection of olive oil,gourmet oil and balsamicvinegar selections.Troy Main Street Execu-

tive Director KarinManovich said the city is for-tunate tohavesomany inde-pendent shops andrestaurants.“It is important that our

community thinks local firstandmakes it apriority topa-tronizedowntownbusinesseswhenever possible,”Manovichsaid.“Manydown-towns across Ohio and thenation are deteriorating and

disappearing.It takescontin-uous effort onmany fronts topreserve a downtown. SmallBusiness Saturday remindsshoppers that Troy’s inde-pendentsmallbusinessesareopen, competitive and readyfor customers.”Susie Stein of Up and

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nessofferspersonalizedserv-ice that far exceeds big-boxstores. She opened the Troystore last year, at 12 S.Mar-ket St., after she noticedmanycustomerswere travel-ing south to the Centervillelocation.“Peopleweredrivingahalf

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Sprint Cup Standings

Nationwide Standings

Truck Standings

DRIVER (WINS) POINTS BEHIND1. Brad Keselowski (5) 2400 —2. Clint Bowyer (3) 2361 -393. Jimmie Johnson (5) 2360 -404. Kasey Kahne (2) 2345 -555. Greg Biffle (2) 2332 -686. Denny Hamlin (5) 2329 -717. Matt Kenseth (3) 2324 -768. Kevin Harvick (1) 2321 -799. Tony Stewart (3) 2311 -89

10. Jeff Gordon (2) 2303 -9711. Martin Truex Jr. 2299 -10112. Dale Earnhardt Jr. (1) 2245 -155

^ CHASE FOR THE SPRINT CUP ^13. Kyle Busch (1) 1133 —14. Ryan Newman (1) 1051 -8215. Carl Edwards 1030 -10316. Paul Menard 1006 -12717. Joey Logano (1) 965 -16818. Marcos Ambrose (1) 950 -18319. Jeff Burton 883 -25020. Jamie McMurray 868 -265

DRIVER (WINS) POINTS BEHIND1. Ricky Stenhouse Jr. (6) 1251 —2. Elliott Sadler (4) 1228 -233. Austin Dillon (2) 1227 -244. Sam Hornish Jr. 1146 -1055. Michael Annett 1082 -1696. Justin Allgaier (1) 1076 -1757. Cole Whitt 994 -2578. Mike Bliss 902 -3499. Brian Scott 853 -398

10. Danica Patrick 838 -413

DRIVER (WINS) POINTS BEHIND1. James Buescher (4) 808 —2. Timothy Peters (2) 802 -63. Joey Coulter (1) 789 -194. Ty Dillon (1) 784 -245. Parker Kligerman (1) 778 -306. Matt Crafton 759 -497. Nelson Piquet Jr. (2) 747 -618. Justin Lofton (1) 710 -989. Johnny Sauter (2) 678 -130

10. Miguel Paludo 668 -140

Ricky Stenhouse Jr. and team owner Jack Roush.

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By MATT TALIAFERROAthlon Sports Racing Editor

Brad Keselowski entered Sunday’s Ford Eco-Boost 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway witha 20-point lead in NASCAR’s Chase standings.

Problem was, his competition came in theform of a five-time champion.

Jimmie Johnson and his Hendrick Motor-sports team enjoyed a reign that lasted from2006-10, and they won the championship inevery way imaginable in that time: Going away,coming from behind, with consistency and uti-lizing a glut of wins.

So by no means had anyone conceded the2012 edition of the sport’s playoff to Ke-selowski’s upstart No. 2 Penske Racing outfit.Yet, as Championship Week in South Floridadrew on, it appeared that even in the face ofJohnson’s strategically placed smack talk, theMichigan native remained focused on the taskat hand, which was to finish 15th or better inthe finale.

That he did — in fact, he finished 15th — inthe 400-miler. But not before some mid-racecurveballs found Johnson on the brink of over-taking Keselowski.

The architect of Johnson’s five titles, crewchief Chad Knaus, employed a pit scheme thatwould allow the No. 48 team to make one lessstop than the incumbent No. 2 bunch. And if therace were to play out caution-free, Keselowskimay have been stuck one lap down — with noguarantee of finishing worse than 15th, but onthin ice, nonetheless.

The story began to play out with 61 laps re-maining, when Keselowski ran out of fuel on hisway to pit road for a scheduled stop. Though allwent well once in his pit box, the time lostdropped him to 24th, one lap down to Johnson,who was leading.

However, just 10 laps later Johnson’s regu-larly scheduled green flag pit stop threw thefavor back in Keselowski’s court. A missing lugnut by the No. 48 crew precipitated a penaltythat knocked the Hendrick team one lap down,in 25th.

The coup de grace occurred a handful of lapslater, when a rear-gear failure on Johnson’sChevy relegated it to the garage and, ultimately,a 32nd-place finish.

“I knew it was big,” Johnson said of when hiscar started leaking fluid. “We were in the catbird’s seat. We were in position to win the race.We were ahead of the 24 (Jeff Gordon) and the24 won the race.”

From there, Keselowski cruised while Gor-don, Kyle Busch, Martin Truex Jr. and ClintBowyer vied for the race win. Gordon came outthe victor — outrunning his newly minted rivalBowyer — scoring career Cup win No. 87.

Bowyer’s runner-up finish vaulted him pastJohnson in the final championship tally, but adistant 39 points behind Keselowski.

For team owner Roger Penske, the title was arare first in an illustrious motorsports career. Forall the success he has achieved in open-wheelracing (12 IndyCar championships, 15 Indi-anapolis 500 wins), he had yet to win a title in

NASCAR’s premier series.“I feel amazed that I’ve been able to achieve

this in racing,” Penske said. “I’ve lauded thepeople that have been on that (championship)stage for so many years and to be able to jointhis elite group and say that I’m a champion inNASCAR means a lot.”

Penske’s Cup program received its catalyst inthe form of Keselowski in 2010, when he ran hisfirst full season on the premier level. A naturalleader, Keselowski had a vision to take the or-ganization from race-winner to titlist. The teamhe helped put together persevered through arough initial season. That’s when Keselowski’sNationwide Series crew chief, Paul Wolfe, wasasked to step up.

Having won the 2010 Nationwide title to-gether, driver and crew chief spearheaded athree-win Cup campaign in 2011 and came outlike gangbusters in 2012, winning five races enroute to their second NASCAR championshipin three years.

Even more challenging for the duo over thecourse of the Chase was knowing that Penske’saffiliation with manufacturer Dodge ended

when the checkered flag fell in Homestead.Making the switch to Ford in the offseason andwith Dodge on its way out of the sport alto-gether, many questioned how the No. 2 team,with no real help in the form of a teammate,would outlast a rival as battle-hardened as John-son’s No. 48 squad.

The answer, as Keselowski stressed afterward,was through the strength of team and the atti-tude with which he approached the task.

“Throughout my whole life I’ve been told I’mnot big enough, not fast enough, not strongenough and I don’t have what it takes,” Ke-selowski said. “I’ve used that as a chip on myshoulder to carry me through my whole career.It took until this year for me to realize that thatwas right, man, they were right: I’m not bigenough, fast enough, strong enough.

“No person is. Only a team can do that.”With a team that is now not only battle-tested,

but title-winning, a driver and crew chief in theirrespective primes, and a new home at Ford Rac-ing awaiting in 2013, the Penske organizationcan now look forward to many more nights likeSunday’s celebration in South Beach.

Brad Keselowski celebrates a NASCAR Sprint Cup championship following the Ford 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway.(Photo by ASP, Inc.)

Brad Keselowski brings Penske first NASCAR Sprint Cup titleKESELOWSKI!

Compiled and written by Matt Taliaferro. Follow Matt on Twitter @MattTaliaferro or email at [email protected]

� Ricky Stenhouse Jr. won his second straight Nationwide Series title atHomestead-Miami Speedway on Saturday evening. Like Brad Keselowski inthe Cup Series, Stenhouse entered the season finale with a 20-point ad-vantage in the standings.The Phoenix race one week earlier proved to be the deciding race in the Na-tionwide title tilt, as Stenhouse and Elliott Sadler were tied entering the event.Much like the Cup Series, though, the challenger, in this case Sadler, crashed.That handed the lead to Roush Fenway Racing’s Stenhouse, who cruised toa third-place showing and the 20-point lead.In Homestead, Stenhouse held a pretty wheel and finished sixth to close outthe title campaign by 23 points over Sadler. Austin Dillon was third in thechampionship battle, 24 back from the victor.“It feels really good,” Stenhouse said. “You know, it’s just a testament tohow hard Jack (Roush, team owner) works and puts these guys together.“You know, we won Rookie of the Year in 2010 and we were at the banquet,and we said that we wanted to be there (champion’s table) in 2011, and wewere able to accomplish that. To sit up there last year, and we told eachother that we wanted six to 10 wins and another championship. We got that.Just a lot of hard work by a lot of great people, and I’m just blessed to be apart of it.”Sadler, who will move from Richard Childress Racing to Joe Gibbs Racing inthe Nationwide Series next season, had to endure his second straight run-ner-up finish to Stenhouse.

� James Buescher captured the Camping World Truck Series championshipin Homestead, Fla. Enjoying a breakout performance with his Turner Motor-sports team in 2012, Buescher registered four wins — the first of hisNASCAR career — in his No. 31 Chevrolet.Buescher, a 22-year-old Texas native, led a tight gaggle of competitors atthe top of the Truck Series standings, beating Timothy Peters by six points,Joey Coulter (-19), Ty Dillon (-24) and Parker Kligerman (-30). All five weremathematically alive for the championship until the season’s final race wascomplete.“This year has been incredible for me,” Buescher said. “First of all, I gotmarried in January, and my wife is my No. 1 supporter, so to be able tostart off the race season after taking that next step in my life with a winat Daytona (in the Nationwide Series) was incredible — best thing I’d everdone in racing. You know, that kind of opened the floodgates for us to winsome races on the truck side. We won four of them, and now we’re thechampions.“Being the champion of the Truck Series definitely trumps winning a race atDaytona, but the race at Daytona is still pretty high up there. But it's been aphenomenal year for my racing career and for my personal life. I just feel re-ally blessed.”The Truck Series enjoyed 16 different winners in its 22-race slate. Buescher,Coulter, Dillon, Kligerman, Ryan Blaney, Cale Gale, John King and Nelson Pi-quet Jr. celebrated their first career Truck wins in 2012.

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QUARTERBACKSDid Wisconsin provide future Ohio State opponents with

a blueprint of how to defend Braxton Miller? The Badgers held OSU’s sophomore QB to season lows in rushing (48 yards) and passing (97 yards). Miller was frustrated and Ohio State’s play calling was conservative.

A recent nerve injury in Denard Robinson’s throwing arm has scrambled Michigan’s quarterback situation, but so far it has been in a good way. His replacement Devin Gardner has completed 65 percent of his passes for 834 yards and 7 touchdowns in his three starts. Robinson returned in 42-17 win over Iowa last Saturday, but at tailback. How Brady Hoke will use his two QBs is one of the big questions this week.

Advantage: Ohio State

RUNNING BACKSCarlos Hyde said after OSU’s 21-14 overtime win over Wis-

consin that he wanted the ball more than he got it (15 times for 87 yards). Expect him to get his wish this week.

Michigan lost its leading rusher Fitz Toussaint (514 yards) to a gruesomely broken leg against Iowa and turned to Rob-inson to fill the hole at tailback. He rushed for 98 yards on

13 carries, including a 40-yard run. Thomas Rawls (240 yards) also could have an increased role.


RECEIVERSCorey Brown (52 catches, 574 yards) said after the

Wisconsin game that OSU’s receivers did a good job of getting open. If so, Miller must not have done a good job of seeing them. Finding a “vertical threat,” a receiver who can go deep, is something Ohio State is still in need of, coach Urban Meyer says.

Michigan’s receivers appear to have been energized since Gardner became the starter. Jeremy Gallon (34 catches, 617 yards) has been the most consistent pass catcher. Roy Roundtree (25 catches, 461 yards) has more receptions in three games with Gardner at QB than he did in eight with Robinson.

Advantage: Michigan

OFFENSIVE LINEOhio State’s line struggled against Wisconsin after back-to-back productive

games against Illinois and Penn State. Right tackle Reid Fragel, who was not projected as a starter coming out of spring practice, has played as well as anyone on the line.

Michigan tackle Taylor Lewan has been called a high first-round draft choice by Mel Kiper Jr. The other tackle Michael Schofield has also been consistent, but the middle of the Wolverines’ line has struggled at times.

Advantage: Even

DEFENSIVE LINEEnd John Simon leads the Big Ten in sacks with nine

after getting four against Wisconsin. If NFL scouts saw tackle Johnathan Hankins’ victory sprint toward midfield after last week’s overtime win, they might have to upgrade their estimates of his speed.

For Michigan, the standout is end Craig Roh (4 sacks) has started 49 con-secutive games.


LINEBACKERSRyan Shazier has become one of the best defensive play-

ers in the Big Ten. Zach Boren plays linebacker better after half a season than some people who have played there for their entire careers. Etienne Sabino was solid in his return from a broken bone in his leg last week.

Michigan’s Jake Ryan (75 tackles, 13 for losses) and Kenny Demens (72 tackles) lead Michigan’s linebackers.


DEFENSIVE BACKS Eleven games into the season, Ohio State’s defensive backfield is still a

question mark. Just when it appears headed in the right direction, it breaks down. But then it comes up with a big play, like Christian Bryan’s break-up to end the Wisconsin game.

Former walk-on Jordan Kovacs has started 44 games for Michigan. Corner-back Raymon Taylor and safety Thomas Gordan have two interceptions each.


SPECIAL TEAMSOSU kicker Drew Basil has attempted only six field

goals and made four of them. Punter Ben Buchanan is seventh in the Big Ten with a 40.9 average. Michigan field goal kicker Brendan Gibbons (14 of 16 on field goals) and punter Will Hagerup (44.7 yards per punt) lead the Big Ten.

Advantage: Michigan

COLUMBUS — Here comes tradition. There goes tradition.

There is nothing more tradi-tional in the Big Ten than the Ohio State-Michigan football rivalry.

But on Monday, on the same day the annual week-long assurances from both sides of that rivalry that there is nothing in all of sports like it began, the Big Ten did some-thing very untraditional when it accepted Maryland into the conference, followed by Rut-gers on Tuesday.

Ohio State and Michigan still have the rivalry. Woody and Bo and Archie still need only one name to be identified. The Big House is still big. The Horseshoe means football, not horse racing, at Ohio State.

But it was a little jarring for some people to be reminded that money, not tradition, is driving the car in college sports – especially in its big money maker, football .

Tradition, loyalty, geography and money have made the Big Ten what it is today. It’s just that there’s more money — lots more — involved now than there was when Woody and Bo and all those OSU and Michigan legends were creat-ing the revered traditions.

Never say never. But it prob-ably is safe to say there will never be a day when Ohio State and Michigan wouldn’t play each other in football.

But the way tradition has been treated like dirty laun-dry in league realignments in college sports in the last few years, who can say that every-thing else isn’t on the table for the right price?

If the next time the Big Ten negotiates a television contract, one of the networks offers to pay millions of dol-lars more if the OSU-Michigan game is played at night in mid-October, would the Big Ten say it would rather have tradi-tion than those millions?

Before you answer, just ask yourself how traditional a rival is Maryland for any other Big Ten school.

And remember Nebraska is now in the same conference with Rutgers, which is far-ther from Lincoln, Neb., than Winnipeg, Moose Jaw and Toronto.

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EyesBuckAn inside look at Ohio State football

URBAN MEYEROhio State is one win away from the sixth unbeaten, untied football season in school history in Urban Meyer’s first sea-son as the Buckeyes’ coach, going into Saturday’s game against Michigan. This rebound from a 6-7 season in 2011 has OSU fans thinking national championship in 2013.

WHERE ARE THEY NOW?NAME: Sonny

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YEARS: 1983-1986

HIGHLIGHTS:Gordon was

a three-year starter at defensive back who had 14 career intercep-tions. He was first-team All-Big Ten as a senior.

AFTER OSU: Gordon was a sixth-round draft choice of the Cincinnati Bengals and played one year for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. He is a regional sales manager for American Seating Company, which sells seats to ballparks, stadiums, theaters and other facilities.

SAY WHAT?

“He is a very intense coach. I don’t know

if he can get any more intense.”— Ohio State senior

linebacker Etienne Sabino about coach Urban Meyer.

BUCKEYE BRAIN BUSTERS1: How many punts did Ohio Stateand Michigan combine for in their

“Snow Bowl” game in 1950?

2: What is Ohio State’s longest winning streak against Michigan?

3: What is Michigan’s longest winning streak against Ohio State?

4: How many of Ohio State’s Heisman Trophy winners lost the

Michigan game that year?

5: Where did 1940 Michigan Heisman Trophy winner Tom

Harmon finish in the 1939 voting?

Answers: 1. 45; 2. Seven years (2004-2010); 3. Nine years (1901-1909);

4. Two (Vic Janowicz 1950, Eddie George 1995); 5. Second.

COACHES IN ‘THE GAME’

No. 4 Ohio State vs. No. 20 Michigan, Noon, ABC

Ohio State coaches vs. Michigan:Luke Fickell ..............................0-1Jim Tressel ...............................9-1John Cooper ........................2-10-1Earle Bruce ..............................5-4Woody Hayes .....................16-11-1Wes Fesler ............................0-3-1Paul Bixler ...............................0-1Carroll Widdoes ........................1-1Paul Brown ............................1-1-1

Michigan coaches vs. Ohio State:Brady Hoke .............................1-0Rich Rodriguez .........................0-3Lloyd Carr .................................6-7Gary Moeller ..........................3-1-1Bo Schembechler.................11-9-1Chalmers “Bump” Elliott ..........3-7Bennie Oosterbaan ...............5-5-1Fritz Crisler ........................... 6-2-1

Leaders Division Big Ten Overall W L W LOhio State 7 0 11 0 Penn State 6 2 7 4Wisconsin 4 3 7 4Purdue 2 5 5 6Indiana 2 5 4 7Illinois 0 7 2 9

Legends Division Big Ten Overall W L W LNebraska 6 1 9 2Michigan 6 1 8 3Northwestern 4 3 8 3Minnesota 2 5 6 5Michigan State 2 5 5 6Iowa 2 5 4 7

BIG TEN STANDINGSBIG TEN FRIDAY

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Michigan at OHIO STATE, noonIllinois at Northwestern, noonIndiana at Purdue, noonMich. State at Minnesota, 3:30 p.m.Wisconsin at Penn State, 3:30 p.m.

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Georgia Tech at Georgia, noonFlorida at Florida State, 3:30 p.m.Auburn at Alabama, 3:30 p.m.S. Carolina at Clemson, 7 p.m.Notre Dame at USC, 8 p.m.

WEEKEND SCHEDULEPassing YardsBraxton Miller ......................1,850Rushing YardsBraxton Miller .....................1,214Carlos Hyde........................... 824Receiving YardsCorey Brown ...........................574Devin Smith ...........................555Field GoalsDrew Basil...............................4/6TacklesRyan Shazier ..........................110Christian Bryant........................ 66InterceptionsTravis Howard..............................4SacksJohn Simon.................................9 Ryan Shazier................................4

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Sept. 1 ..............Miami of Ohio, 56-10Sept. 8 ..............Central Florida 31-16Sept. 15 ................... California 35-28Sept. 22 ...........................UAB 29-15Sept. 29 ...... at Michigan State, 17-16Oct. 6 .......................Nebraska 63-38Oct. 13 ....................at Indiana, 52-49Oct. 20 .................Purdue, 29-22 (OT)Oct. 27 ..............at Penn State, 35-23Nov. 3 ............................Illinois 52-22Nov. 17 .........at Wisconsin 21-14 (OT)Nov. 24 .......................Michigan, noon

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COLUMBUS — Sixty-eight years. That’s howlong it has been since anOhio State football teamfinished a football seasonunbeaten and had nothingto look forward to exceptnext season.OSU (11-0, 7-0 Big Ten)

can become only the sixthBuckeyes football team tocomplete an unbeaten, un-tied season if it beatsMichigan on Saturday.But an NCAA bowl ban

means Ohio State willhave nowhere to go afterthat even with a perfectrecord.The last OSU team in

that situation was the1944 team, which finished9-0 after beating Michigan18-14 in its final regularseason game.It was invited to the

Rose Bowl, but the BigTen did not permit any ofits teams to go to bowlgames that year.Earlier this week, Ohio

The Lehman vollyball team won its 20th straight district title earlie this sea-son. The team includes front row (left to right): Madi Smith, Erica Paulus,Ellie Cain, Ava Schmitz, Margo Baker and Adrianna Selhorst. Back row:Coach Greg Snipes, Ellie Sargent, Olivia Slagle, Andrea Thobe, Ellie Wald-smith, Michelle Duritsch, Marianne Hissong, assistant coach Lonnie Cain,and assistant coach Caroline Heitmeyer

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Lady Cavs Win 20 Straight District Titles Looking forperfectionOhio State season endson Saturday either way

See OSU/Page 10

Washington running back Alfred Morris leaps over Dan Connor.AP PHOTO

Houston’s J.J. Watt sacks Detrpit quarterback Matthew Stafford.AP PHOTO

DETROIT (AP) — JimSchwartz threw a chal-lenge flag when he didn'tneed to and the HoustonTexans made him regretit.Shayne Graham's 32-

yard field goal with 2:21left in overtime liftedHouston to a 34-31 winover the Detroit Lions onThursday after theircoach broke an NFL ruleby attempting to chal-lenge a scoring play."Obviously that's a big

break in the game for us,"Houston coach Gary Ku-biak said. "But I think youmake your breaks whenyou work your tail off."Detroit kicker Jason

Hanson had a chance toget Schwartz off the hook,but his 47-yard field goalattempt on the fifth pos-session of the extra periodhit the right upright.Lions defensive end

Kyle Vanden Bosch did,too, on the previous pos-session when he couldn'tintercept a pass MattSchaub threw directly athim deep in Houston ter-ritory.Detroit might've won in

regulation if its coach did-n't make a costly mistake.Schwartz threw a chal-

lenge flag when Houston'sJustin Forsett scored onan 81-yard touchdown runin the third quarter aftertwo Lions tackled him."Give him credit for

continuing to play foot-ball," Kubiak said. "Wetalk about that all thetime. You don't stop, youplay."Replays showed

Forsett's left knee andelbow hit the turf nearmidfield, and the auto-matic review that accom-panies all scoring playsprobably would havetaken the TD off theboard. But NFL rules saythat throwing the chal-lenge flag on a scoringplay negates the review —and is an unsportsman-like conduct penalty toboot."It's on me," Schwartz

could be seen saying to as-sistants and players onthe sideline as he tappedhis chest. "It's on me."Yes, it was.

Houston takesfull advantageCoach’s mistake leadsto OT win over Lions

See TEXANS/Page 11

PressPros toair two gamesPressProsMagazine.com

will air two games thisweekend.Tonight, they will air the

Marion Local-McComb Di-vision IV state semifinalfrom Wapakoneta.Air time is 7 p.m.The game can also be

heard on 107.3 FM at thestadium.On Saturday, they will

air the Marion Local-FortLoramie girls basketballgame.Air time is expected to

be around 7:15 p.m.

Scores to airhoop gamesScoresBroadcast.com

will air the following highschool basketball games:Tonight: Sidney girls at

Russia, 7:10 p.m.Saturday: Fort Loramie

girls at Marion Local, 7:40p.m.Tuesday: New Knoxville

girls at Fort Loramie, 7:10p.m.Thursday: Lehman

Catholic girls at Houston,7:10 p.m.Nov. 30: Houston boys

at Jackson Center, 7:40p.m.Dec. 1: Anna girls at

Houston, 2:10 p.m.; St.Henry boys at Russia,7:40 p.m.

Reed winshis appealOWINGS MILLS, Md.

(AP) — Baltimore Ravenssafety Ed Reed avoided aone-game suspension forlate hits after an appeal.He instead will be fined$50,000.Reed was suspended

for one game without payon Monday by NFL vicepresident of football opera-tions Merton Hanks for histhird violation in three sea-sons of the rule prohibitinghelmet-to-helmet hitsagainst defenseless play-ers. The third violation oc-curred in Sunday night'sgame at Pittsburgh:Reed's hit to the head ofreceiver EmmanuelSanders.Reed appealed the rul-

ing in phone session Tues-day morning with NFLhearing officer Ted Cottrell.The NFL Players Associa-tion represented Reed,who also participated.Hours later, Cottrell re-

duced the penalty.Reed will be in uniform

for Sunday's game in SanDiego.

ARLINGTON, Texas(AP) — Welcome back toTexas, RG3.Robert Griffin III threw

for 311 yards and fourtouchdowns, helping theWashington Redskinsbeat the Dallas Cowboys38-31 on Thursday.The Heisman Trophy

winner from Baylor madethe Cowboys look like anovermatched college teamduring the decisive secondquarter in Griffin's firstpro game in his homestate. He got some helpfrom his receivers, includ-ing a leaping grab andlong run from Pierre Gar-con and some nifty foot-work in the end zone bySantana Moss.Tony Romo lost for the

first time in six starts onThanksgiving, despite acareer-high 441 yards and

three second-half touch-downs, including thelongest of his career — an85-yarder to Dez Bryant.Romo ran in a 2-point con-version after a TD throwto Felix Jones and threwanother scoring pass toBryant to help Dallasclose to 35-28 with 8:24 re-maining.But Griffin answered —

twice, actually. AfterRomo's long touchdown toBryant, Griffin threw hisfourth scoring pass, a 29-yarder to Niles Paul. Therookie became the firstRedskins quarterback tothrow four touchdownpasses in consecutivegames.After the Cowboys

pulled within a touch-down, Griffin drove them

RG3 enjoyshis returnRedskins hold off Cowboys

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BY JEFF SCHUDELWilloughby Herald

BEREA — TrentRichardson, a big fan offootball great turned TVdancer Emmitt Smith,sometimes looks like he’sauditioning for Dancingwith the Stars while wait-ing for a hole to open.Sometimes that hole

never does open and some-times Richardson doesn’tfind it when it does.The rookie from Ala-

bama, the third pick of the2012 draft, leads theBrowns with 670 yardsrushing, but he is averag-ing only 3.7 yards a carry.He was stopped threetimes for no gain in thefinal 3:30 of the fourthquarter and once in over-time in Dallas. He hasbeen stopped 19 times forno gain.Richardson says he gets

stronger as the game pro-gresses, but that is amyth. He has totaled 45yards — a 2.7-yard aver-age — on 17 attemptsafter his 21st carry. Hehas had between 11 and20 carries 65 times for 240yards, matching his 3.7-yards a carry average.Despite those modest

numbers, opposingcoaches continue to praiseRichardson, who also

leads the Browns with 37catches. On SundayRichardson will be chal-lenged by the Steelers andtheir top-ranked defense.The Steelers rank fourthagainst the run and firstagainst the pass.“I was hopeful that the

legendary Jim Brown wascorrect in his initial as-sessment of Richardsonbut I am disappointed,”Steelers coach Mike Tom-lin told reporters in Pitts-burgh. “This guy is atalented runner. He hasgreat contact balance. Heis strong-willed. He ishighly productive. He hasa downhill run demeanor.He finishes off runs.”On the morning of the

draft, Brown made head-lines by saying Richard-son looked “ordinary” tohim. Brown, who rushedfor 12,312 yards in nineseasons with the Browns,has since said he was try-ing to motivate Richard-son.Richardson has no beef

with Brown. He did not,however, agree Wednes-day when a reporter sug-gests he dances too muchbehind the line of scrim-mage. Richardson says heruns the same way in theNFL as he did at Ala-bama, in high school andeven in Little League foot-

ball.“Me, dance around be-

hind to line too much?Nah,” Richardson said. “Ithink I can make smarterdecisions, but me dancearound? Nah.“First off, to be a run-

ning back you have to seethe hole and see what youhave to do to make theright decision to put theteam in the best way toscore. People don’t seewhat I see. I’m out thererunning the ball.“Everybody with a

clicker in front of the TVor from the stands mightsee something different,but it’s way faster andthere’s a lot more going onthan everybody cheeringwith the ‘oohs’ and ‘ahs’sees what he (meaningRichardson) could havedone. It’s way deeper thanthat.”For the first time since

being injured in the gameagainst the Bengals onOct. 14, Richardson ac-knowledged his rib injuryaffects the way he plays.He scored 21 rushingtouchdowns at Alabamalast season. He has five in10 games as an NFLrookie.“It’s probably me not

being 100 percent yet andme not trusting some ofthe stuff I usually do,”

Richardson said. “I justhave to get back to beingme.”Even offensive coordi-

nator Brad Childress saidT-Rich missed some oppor-tunities against the Cow-boys but he was notcritical of Richardson’sstyle. And he has no plansto take carries fromRichardson and give themto Montario Hardesty.“His eyes could have

been in a couple differentspots that maybe wouldhave been advantageousfor him, but by in large,he’s usually going to dopretty well with those,”Childress said. “Both ofthose guys have a differ-ent pace to the hole. Wetalked about smooth tothe hole, speed throughthe hole.“They have a different

pace. It’s a great thing tohave two running backsthat give you a differentpace. A defense kind ofscrews its cleats into theground one way for oneguy and all of a sudden aguy that’s a change of paceguy comes in. We don’twish that they’re all thesame.Their pace and theirtempo is their tempo.”Richardson has carried

the ball 180 times. Hard-esty has 29 carries for 110yards and a touchdown.

BY JEFF SCHUDELWilloughby Herald

The NFL came downhard on T.J. Ward for hishit on Cowboys receiverKevin Ogletree last Sun-day, and the Browns'safety is fighting back.Ward was fined $25,000

for what the league sayswas a blow to Ogletree'shelmet, which is illegal.Ward said he used hisshoulder to hit Ogletree inthe chest. Replays ap-peared to show Ward'sshoulder hitting Ogletreein the chest and then slid-ing up and hitting him inthe bottom of the face-mask. Simultaneously,Ogletree's head snappedback and collided withBrowns cornerbackBuster Skrine's helmet.Ward drew a 15-yard un-necessary roughnesspenalty.Ogletree did not finish

the game because of a con-cussion and is ruled out ofThursday's game against

the Redskins. Skrine has aconcussion and did notpractice Wednesday."I think it was com-

pletely legal," Ward saidafter practice Wednesday."I aimed for his chest, I hithim in his chest. He wasfalling forward. No part ofmy helmet hit his helmet.No part of my shoulderpad hit his helmet. If it didat any part, it was proba-bly the aftereffect or theend of the hit. But I thinkit was just a blown calland a blown punishmentby me getting fined."Ward was just getting

started. He has no prob-lem with rules protectingreceivers from blatant hel-met-to-helmet hits, likehis takedown of formerBengals receiver JordanShipley in 2010.Ward wasfined $15,000 and thoughhe protested at the time,now he says that fine wasmerited."The next thing is

you're going to see guyswith blown-out knees be-

cause they're going tostart to get hit low and be-fore you know it, that'sgoing to be illegal andwe'll start getting fined forthat," Ward said. "Youcan't hit quarterbacksbelow the knee."I think it's taking away

from the game. I under-stand the helmets underthe chins and trying totake somebody's helmetoff if you came in underthe chin are (illegal). Butif I hit you in the chestand you're facemask getstouched this much …"If you want us to let

'em catch it, just tell usyou want us to let 'emcatch it. Put that in therule book. If he's in a situ-ation where he can catchthe ball, let him catch itand then tackle him. Theycan put that in the rulebook. Maybe that'll work."Ward said he learned

about the fine in a letterhe received Wednesdayfrom the league office. Hesaw the figure $25,000

and did not continue read-ing."I'm sure when the ap-

peal process gets going, I'llhave a discussion withthem," he said. "But I re-ally just wanted to seewhat the price was. I putit down. I didn't want it toruin the rest of my day."

Injury reportCornerback Joe Haden

practiced on a limitedbasis Wednesday. Hemissed the game in Dallaswith an oblique pull.Skrine (concussion) andcornerback Dimitri Pat-terson (ankle) did notpractice.Six Steelers missed

practice — quarterbackBen Roethlisberger(shoulder/ribs), safetyTroy Polamalu (calf),tackle Marcus Gilbert(ankle), defensive endZiggy Hood (back) andquarterback Byron Left-wich (ribs).Steelers wide receiver

Antonio Brown (ankle)was limited.

Cleveland safety T.J.Ward (43) doesn’t agree with being fined for this hit on Kevin Ogletree.AP PHOTO

Ward fighting back after fineCleveland safety says hit was legal

Richardson finding going toughRunning back faces tough test Sunday against Pittsburgh

CINCINNATI (AP) —Andy Dalton has neverspoken to Carson Palmer,the quarterback he re-placed last year. CoachMarvin Lewis has limitedhis interaction with theformer franchise player toa few texts.None of the Bengals has

stayed in close contactwith Palmer since theyparted ways a little morethan a year ago. Andthere's not a whole lot tosay about their slightlyawkward reunion Sunday.The Raiders (3-7) are

coming to Paul BrownStadium with the quarter-back who led the Bengals(5-5) to some of their bestmoments of the past 20years, then decided hewanted out because hewas worn out.Palmer is looking for-

ward to his first visit tothe area since the Bengalsfinished 4-12 in the 2010season, prompting him todemand a trade."I'm excited," he said

during a 23-minute con-ference call with Cincin-nati writers onWednesday. "One of my fa-vorite stadiums to play in,great atmosphere, beauti-ful stadium. Obviously,with the past it adds a lit-tle bit on it.“They need a win, we

need a win. It's a big gamefor both sides."I expect it to be loud

and extremely electric. I'mnot exactly expecting awelcome back."For the Bengals, it's less

about Palmer and moreabout the playoffs. They'veplayed their best games ofthe season back-to-back,leaving them one gameout in the wild card race.That makes it much eas-ier to focus on somethingother than the notable vis-itor."We moved on past the

Carson situation a whileback," safety ChrisCrocker said. "It's reallyabout who's next, and theOakland Raiders are thenext team up. I'm sure theRaiders are going to comein and here and be jackedand be excited to play."Really it's not about

him this week."Not even a little?"It's not just talk, it's re-

ally the truth," left tackleAndrew Whitworth said."Nobody has talked aboutit."The community doesn't

seem all that interested init, either. The Bengalshadn't sold out the gameby midweek.The fans thatdo show up can be ex-pected to boo the quarter-back who brought hope toone of the NFL's worstfranchises — three win-ning records in the last 21years — before decidinghe needed out."Just a culmination of

things," Palmer saidWednesday. "Some thingsthat I had learned thatownership ... Just somethings that built up overtime and it was just timefor a change."Asked to complete the

sentence about owner-ship's plans, Palmer said,"No, I'm not going to gointo that."He told the media in

Oakland on Wednesdaythat his former team-mates understood."I think that anybody

that's ever played for thatownership knows what Iwas doing and why I wasdoing it," Palmer said.His standoff with owner

Mike Brown ended whenRaiders quarterbackJason Campbell broke hiscollarbone midwaythrough last season andOakland offered a first-round and a conditionalsecond-round pick.

Palmer excitedabout returnQB faces old team Sunday

State coach UrbanMeyer said Zach Boren’smid-season shift to line-backer from fullbackwould be a good subjectfor a book.Boren said he wasn’t

sure about that, but hethinks Ohio State being inposition to finish the sea-son unbeaten is, “a neatstory.”“It’s something I’ll look

back on when I’m older,once it’s done, and see howcrazy it has been, justfrom everything that’shappened and how muchwe’ve been through as ateam,” Boren said.He called having the

season end abruptly afterSaturday’s game “kind ofhard to think about” andsaid, “I don’t think it willreally hit me or hit theother seniors until afterthe Michigan game whenwe’re like, ‘Man, we justplayed for the last time inthe scarlet and gray.’ Ithink it is kind of uniquethat my last game isagainst the team upnorth.“If we win, I’ll be able to

sit back and be happywith how the season wentand be proud of this teamand the seniors and howwe led them,” he said.OSU radio analyst Jim

Lachey, who played for theBuckeyes from 1981-1984and has been on the radiosince 1996, calls havingnowhere to go after beingunbeaten “weird.”“It’s going to be weird

after that Michigan game,once it’s all said and done.Ten years ago in 2002(after beating Michigan togo 12-0), Paul Keels wason the radio screamingabout ‘Hey, we’re headingto the desert.’ Now I don’tknow where we’re headed.Headed to High Street, I

guess,” Lachey said, witha laugh.Ohio State has gone

into the Michigan gameundefeated 12 times sincethe game was moved to itstraditional place at theend of the regular seasonin 1935. It has won eightof those, but the threelosses all were crushingdefeats.In 1969, Michigan

stunned No. 1 Ohio State24-12 in Bo Schembech-ler’s first season in AnnArbor. And the back-to-back losses in 1995 and1996 by OSU teams thatwere ranked No. 2 weren’tfar behind on the miseryindex.The frustration ran the

other direction from 1970-74 when Michigan cameinto its game against OhioState undefeated everyyear but won only once,lost three times and got atie in 1973.

MICHIGAN QB DE-CISION: Michigan coachBrady Hoke would not sayon Wednesday whetherDevin Gardner or DenardRobinson will be theWolverines’ starting quar-terback on Saturday.Ohio State coach Urban

Meyer didn’t offer a pre-diction on that question,either, but said on hisweekly radio show onWednesday that he doesexpect Robinson, who hasbeen battling an elbowproblem, to be a big con-tributor in Michigan’s of-fense.“They lost a good run-

ning back (Fitzgerald Tou-ssaint) last week, so it’sgoing to be the DenardShow,” Meyer said.Toussaint suffered a

broken leg in Michigan’s42-17 win over Iowa lastSaturday.

OSUContinued from page 9

PIQUA DAILY CALL • WWW.DAILYCALL.COM SPORTS Friday, November 23, 2012 11Record Book

BCS Standings ListHarris USA Today Computer BCSRk Pts Pct Rk Pts Pct Rk Pct Avg Pv

1. Notre Dame1 2863 .99581 1469 .9959 1 1.0000 .9973 32. Alabama 2 2732 .95032 1386 .9397 3 .9100 .9333 43. Georgia 3 2573 .89503 1348 .9139 6 .8200 .8763 54. Florida 5 2242 .77986 1166 .7905 2 .9600 .8434 65. Oregon 4 2483 .86374 1227 .8319 7 .8000 .8318 26. Kansas St. 7 2161 .75178 1056 .7159 4 .8400 .7692 17. LSU 8 2077 .72247 1062 .7200 8 .7500 .7308 78. Stanford 11 1897 .659811 934 .6332 5 .8300 .7077 139. Texas A&M 10 1909 .664010 994 .6739 10 .6200 .6526 810. Florida St. 6 2231 .77605 1199 .8129 17 .3200 .6363 1011. Clemson 9 1953 .67939 1029 .6976 15 .4400 .6056 1112. S. Carolina12 1647 .572912 853 .5783 11 .6100 .5871 913. Oklahoma 13 1530 .532213 798 .5410 9 .6300 .5677 1214. Nebraska 14 1275 .443514 654 .4434 12 .5500 .4790 1415. Oregon St. 15 1202 .418117 563 .3817 12 .5500 .4499 1616. Texas 17 1088 .378415 593 .4020 14 .4900 .4235 1517. UCLA 16 1144 .397916 590 .4000 16 .3500 .3826 1718. Rutgers 19 756 .263019 408 .2766 21 .1900 .2432 2219. Michigan 20 575 .200020 289 .1959 19 .2800 .2253 2120. Louisville 18 898 .312318 453 .3071 26 .0300 .2165 1921. Okla. St. 22 425 .147821 258 .1749 18 .2900 .2042 2422. Boise St. 21 426 .148222 243 .1647 30 .0000 .1043 NR23. Kent St. 25 196 .068225 86 .0583 22 .1600 .0955 NR24. Arizona 31 21 .007334 5 .0034 20 .2400 .0836 NR25.Wash. 30 53 .018428 36 .0244 23 .1500 .0643 25

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Forsett even acknowl-edged he shouldn't haveallowed to score."I know now that I was

down, but I didn't think Iwas during the play," hesaid. "I didn't think myknee hit, and there was nowhistle, so I kept going."I wasn't giving the

touchdown back."That score pulled Hous-

ton within three points."I knew the rule — you

can't challenge on aturnover or a scoring play— but I was so mad that Ioverreacted," saidSchwartz, whose tempergot the best of him duringa postgame handshakelast year with San Fran-cisco coach Jim Harbaugh."I had the flag in my handbefore he even scored be-cause he was obviouslydown."Kubiak had no sympa-

thy."A rule's a rule," Kubiak

said. "I know one thing:You've got to keep yourflag tucked in yourpocket."Arian Foster ran for 102

yards and two scores, in-cluding a 1-yard run with1:55 left in the fourthquarter to cap a 15-play,97-yard drive that tied thegame at 31.AFC South-leading

Houston (10-1) took itsfirst lead when Grahammade up for missing afield goal earlier in OTafter teammate DaniealManning ripped the foot-ball away from Lions tightend Brandon Pettigrew atits 32 on the first drive ofthe extra period.The Texans have won

five straight — two in arow in OT — and if ahandful of teams lose theycould be in the playoffs bythe time they get back onthe practice field after along weekend."Ten quarters in five

days, it's draining physi-cally and mentally," Tex-ans defensive end J.J.Watt said. "But our teampersevered."And, the Lions wilted

and blew a fourth-quarterlead during a secondstraight setback.Detroit (4-7) has lost

three straight to make itextremely difficult toreach its goal of earning aspot in consecutive post-seasons for the first timesince the mid-1990s.And as if the Lions don't

have enough problems, de-fensive tackleNdamukong Suh could bein trouble with the leagueagain after his left cleatconnected with Schaub'sgroin area in the firstquarter."I really don't have any-

thing to say about thatplay or that person,"Schaub said.Suh was on his chest,

taken down by an offen-sive lineman, when he ex-tended his left foot belowSchaub's belt.It wasn't clear on re-

plays whether the kickwas intentional, but Suhmight struggle to get thebenefit of doubt and per-

haps that's why he didn'tstick around long enoughto talk to reporters afterthe game.Last year on Thanks-

giving, Suh was ejected forstomping on the right armof Green Bay offensivelineman Evan Dietrich-Smith and was suspendedfor two games. He hasbeen fined in previous sea-sons for roughing up quar-terbacks: Cincinnati'sAndy Dalton, Chicago'sJay Cutler and Cleve-land's Jake Delhomme.Schaub shook off the

blow, stayed in the game,and was 29 of 48 for 315yards with a 9-yard TD toOwen Daniels to tie thegame at 14 late in the firsthalf and an interception.Houston's Andre John-

son had nine receptionsfor 188 yards. Watt hadthree sacks, one on De-troit's first snap and theother two that helped theTexans stay within a TDlate in the game.Detroit scored four go-

ahead TDs, including onJoique Bell's 23-yard runearly in the fourth quar-ter, and had a 10-pointlead midway through thethird quarter.The Lions drove deep

enough into Houston ter-ritory in the fourth to putHanson in a position togive them another 10-point lead, butWatt forcedthem to punt each timewith sacks on third downs."We got what we de-

served," Matthew Staffordsaid. "We didn't capitalizeon our chances."Stafford was 31 of 61 for

441 yards with two TDs—tiebreaking scores toCalvin Johnson and MikeThomas in the secondquarter — for 441 yards.Mikel Leshoure ran for

32 yards on 12 carries andgave the Lions their firstTD on an opening posses-sion that marked the firstrushing score on theground against Houston.Those accomplishments

along with providing en-tertainment for the na-tionally televisedaudience for a change onThanksgiving was of littleconsolation for the fran-chise.The Lions lost their pre-

vious eight games on theholiday by an averaging ofthree-plus touchdowns.Detroit extended the

longest losing streak in itsannual showcase to ninein a closely contestedmatchup that will lingerin the minds of many peo-ple, especially VandenBosch, one of many Lionswho could've changed theoutcome by picking off apass that hit his hands ina wild OT."It's going to be really

tough to forget that one,"Vanden Bosch said.

NOTES: Lions OT JeffBackus (right hamstring)was inactive, ending his186-game starting streak.... Houston LB BrooksReed (left groin) and OTDerek Newton (knee)were injured during thegame.

LionsContinued from page 9

National Football LeagueAll Times EST

AMERICAN CONFERENCEEast

W L T Pct PF PANew England 7 3 0 .700 358 225N.Y. Jets 4 6 0 .400 202 241Buffalo 4 6 0 .400 230 299Miami 4 6 0 .400 187 205South

W L T Pct PF PAHouston 10 1 0 .909 327 211Indianapolis 6 4 0 .600 210 260Tennessee 4 6 0 .400 219 311Jacksonville 1 9 0 .100 164 289North

W L T Pct PF PABaltimore 8 2 0 .800 267 206Pittsburgh 6 4 0 .600 217 190Cincinnati 5 5 0 .500 248 237Cleveland 2 8 0 .200 189 234West

W L T Pct PF PADenver 7 3 0 .700 301 212San Diego 4 6 0 .400 232 221Oakland 3 7 0 .300 208 322Kansas City 1 9 0 .100 152 284

NATIONAL CONFERENCEEast

W L T Pct PF PAN.Y. Giants 6 4 0 .600 267 216Washington 5 6 0 .455 295 285Dallas 5 6 0 .455 242 262Philadelphia 3 7 0 .300 162 252South

W L T Pct PF PAAtlanta 9 1 0 .900 270 193Tampa Bay 6 4 0 .600 287 230New Orleans 5 5 0 .500 287 273Carolina 2 8 0 .200 184 243North

W L T Pct PF PAGreen Bay 7 3 0 .700 263 207Chicago 7 3 0 .700 249 165Minnesota 6 4 0 .600 238 221Detroit 4 7 0 .364 267 280West

W L T Pct PF PASan Francisco 7 2 1 .750 245 134Seattle 6 4 0 .600 198 161Arizona 4 6 0 .400 163 196St. Louis 3 6 1 .350 174 237Thursday's GamesHouston 34, Detroit 31, OTWashington 38, Dallas 31New England at N.Y. JetsSunday's GamesDenver at Kansas City, 1 p.m.Minnesota at Chicago, 1 p.m.Oakland at Cincinnati, 1 p.m.Pittsburgh at Cleveland, 1 p.m.Buffalo at Indianapolis, 1 p.m.Tennessee at Jacksonville, 1 p.m.Atlanta at Tampa Bay, 1 p.m.Seattle at Miami, 1 p.m.Baltimore at San Diego, 4:05 p.m.St. Louis at Arizona, 4:25 p.m.San Francisco at New Orleans, 4:25 p.m.Green Bay at N.Y. Giants, 8:20 p.m.Monday's GameCarolina at Philadelphia, 8:30 p.m.Thursday, Nov. 29New Orleans at Atlanta, 8:20 p.m.Sunday, Dec. 2Seattle at Chicago, 1 p.m.Minnesota at Green Bay, 1 p.m.San Francisco at St. Louis, 1 p.m.Carolina at Kansas City, 1 p.m.Houston at Tennessee, 1 p.m.Arizona at N.Y. Jets, 1 p.m.Indianapolis at Detroit, 1 p.m.Jacksonville at Buffalo, 1 p.m.New England at Miami, 1 p.m.Tampa Bay at Denver, 4:05 p.m.Cleveland at Oakland, 4:25 p.m.Cincinnati at San Diego, 4:25 p.m.Pittsburgh at Baltimore, 4:25 p.m.Philadelphia at Dallas, 8:20 p.m.Monday, Dec. 3N.Y. Giants at Washington, 8:30 p.m.

Lions-Texans StatsTexans-Lions StatsHouston 0 14 10 7 3 —34Detroit 7 14 3 7 0 —31First QuarterDet—Leshoure 2 run (Hanson kick), 9:58.Second QuarterHou—Foster 6 run (S.Graham kick), 10:57.Det—Thomas 5 pass from Stafford (Hanson kick), 6:00.Hou—Daniels 9 pass from Schaub (S.Graham kick),

2:11.Det—Johnson 22 pass from Stafford (Hanson kick),

1:49.Third QuarterDet—FG Hanson 46, 7:03.Hou—Forsett 81 run (S.Graham kick), 6:35.Hou—FG S.Graham 45, 2:36.Fourth QuarterDet—Bell 23 run (Hanson kick), 13:31.Hou—Foster 1 run (S.Graham kick), 1:55.OvertimeHou—FG S.Graham 32, 2:21.A—64,827.

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First downs 26 29Total Net Yards 501 525Rushes-yards 28-205 23-106Passing 296 419Punt Returns 3-10 3-32Kickoff Returns 5-121 3-71Interceptions Ret. 0-0 1-2Comp-Att-Int 29-48-1 31-61-0Sacked-Yards Lost 2-19 3-22Punts 6-47.5 8-37.4Fumbles-Lost 1-0 1-1Penalties-Yards 8-65 7-70Time of Possession 35:38 37:01

———INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING—Houston, Foster 20-102, Forsett 5-87, Mar-tin 1-17, Schaub 2-(minus 1). Detroit, Bell 5-47, Leshoure12-32, Thomas 1-14, Stafford 2-7, Smith 3-6.PASSING—Houston, Schaub 29-48-1-315. Detroit,

Stafford 31-61-0-441.RECEIVING—Houston, Johnson 9-188, Foster 5-15,

Casey 4-38, Daniels 4-20, G.Graham 3-17, Walter 2-20,Martin 2-17. Detroit, Johnson 8-140, Pettigrew 8-74,Broyles 6-126, Scheffler 5-57, Leshoure 2-27, Thomas 2-17.MISSED FIELD GOALS—Houston, S.Graham 51 (WL).

Detroit, Hanson 47 (WR).

Cowboys-RedskinsRedskins-Cowboys StatsWashington 0 28 0 10—38Dallas 3 0 10 18—31First QuarterDal—FG Bailey 30, 9:17.Second QuarterWas—A.Robinson 68 pass from Griffin III (Forbath kick),

13:47.Was—Morris 1 run (Forbath kick), 7:00.Was—Garcon 59 pass from Griffin III (Forbath kick),

2:14.Was—Moss 6 pass from Griffin III (Forbath kick), :05.Third QuarterDal—FG Bailey 33, 11:48.Dal—Bryant 85 pass from Romo (Bailey kick), 1:24.Fourth QuarterWas—Paul 29 pass from Griffin III (Forbath kick), 12:48.Dal—F.Jones 10 pass from Romo (Romo run), 9:54.Dal—Bryant 11 pass from Romo (Bailey kick), 8:18.Was—FG Forbath 48, 2:58.Dal—FG Bailey 51, :18.A—90,166.

———Was Dal

First downs 22 22Total Net Yards 437 458Rushes-yards 30-142 11-35Passing 295 423Punt Returns 2-13 3-17Kickoff Returns 3-83 4-76Interceptions Ret. 2-37 1-27Comp-Att-Int 20-28-1 37-62-2Sacked-Yards Lost 4-16 2-18Punts 5-45.2 3-56.7Fumbles-Lost 0-0 1-1Penalties-Yards 5-41 7-45Time of Possession 31:42 28:18

———INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING—Washington, Morris 24-113, Griffin III 6-29.Dallas, F.Jones 6-14, Dunbar 1-8, Romo 3-7, Bryant 1-6.PASSING—Washington, Griffin III 20-28-1-311. Dallas,

Romo 37-62-2-441.RECEIVING—Washington, Garcon 5-93, Morgan 5-48,

Moss 4-42, Paulsen 2-11, A.Robinson 1-68, Paul 1-29,Hankerson 1-12, Banks 1-8. Dallas, Witten 9-74, Bryant 8-145, Beasley 7-68, Harris 4-71, F.Jones 3-47, Dunbar 3-21, Vickers 2-11, Holmes 1-4.MISSED FIELD GOALS—None.

into scoring positionagain, calmly completingthree passes for firstdowns and running 5½minutes off the clock be-fore Kai Forbath made it38-28 on a 48-yard fieldgoal.Dallas drove to a field

goal, but DeAngelo Halleasily picked up the on-side kick and ran un-touched before slidingdown short of the goalline, clinching Romo'sthird loss in three career400-yard games. It alsowas the Cowboys' first lossto the Redskins in sevengames on Thanksgiving.The Cowboys (5-6) actu-

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the first quarter, getting asack and forcing an inten-tional grounding penaltythat gave them goodenough field position foran easy drive to a 3-0 lead.Everything changed on

Griffin's first big NFLplay in Texas. He hitAldrick Robinson in stridefor a 68-yard touchdownand a 7-3 lead to spark thefirst 28-point quarter in13 years for the Redskins(5-6).Griffin's next big throw

wasn't nearly as accurate,but Garcon somehowcame down with it andoutran the Dallas defensethe final 45 yards on a 59-yard score for a 21-3 lead.

RG3Continued from page 9

College ScheduleCollege Football Schedule

All Times EST(Subject to change)Friday, Nov. 23

EASTSyracuse (6-5) at Temple (4-6), 11 a.m.Cent. Michigan (5-6) at UMass (1-10), 3 p.m.

SOUTHMarshall (5-6) at East Carolina (7-4), 2 p.m.

MIDWESTOhio (8-3) at Kent St. (10-1), 11 a.m.Nebraska (9-2) at Iowa (4-7), NoonN. Illinois (10-1) at E. Michigan (2-9), 1 p.m.Ball St. (8-3) at Miami (Ohio) (4-7), 1 p.m.Buffalo (4-7) at Bowling Green (7-4), 2 p.m.West Virginia (5-5) at Iowa St. (6-5), 3:30 p.m.South Florida (3-7) at Cincinnati (7-3), 7 p.m.

SOUTHWESTLSU (9-2) at Arkansas (4-7), 2:30 p.m.

FARWESTUtah (4-7) at Colorado (1-10), 3 p.m.Washington (7-4) at Washington St. (2-9), 3:30 p.m.Arizona St. (6-5) at Arizona (7-4), 10 p.m.

Saturday, Nov. 24EAST

Rutgers (9-1) at Pittsburgh (4-6), NoonWisconsin (7-4) at Penn St. (7-4), 3:30 p.m.

SOUTHGeorgia Tech (6-5) at Georgia (10-1), NoonUConn (4-6) at Louisville (9-1), NoonUAB (3-8) at UCF (8-3), NoonVirginia (4-7) at Virginia Tech (5-6), NoonKentucky (2-9) at Tennessee (4-7), 12:21 p.m.Miami (6-5) at Duke (6-5), 12:30 p.m.North Texas (4-7) at W. Kentucky (6-5), 1 p.m.Grambling St. (1-9) vs. Southern U. (3-7) at New Or-

leans, 2:30 p.m.Boston College (2-9) at NC State (6-5), 3 p.m.Maryland (4-7) at North Carolina (7-4), 3 p.m.Auburn (3-8) at Alabama (10-1), 3:30 p.m.Florida (10-1) at Florida St. (10-1), 3:30 p.m.Troy (5-6) at Middle Tennessee (7-3), 3:30 p.m.Vanderbilt (7-4) at Wake Forest (5-6), 3:30 p.m.Southern Miss. (0-11) at Memphis (3-8), 4:30 p.m.South Alabama (2-9) at Louisiana-Lafayette (6-4), 5

p.m.Louisiana-Monroe (7-4) at FIU (3-8), 6 p.m.South Carolina (9-2) at Clemson (10-1), 7 p.m.Mississippi St. (8-3) at Mississippi (5-6), 7 p.m.

MIDWESTIllinois (2-9) at Northwestern (8-3), NoonMichigan (8-3) at Ohio St. (11-0), NoonIndiana (4-7) at Purdue (5-6), NoonMichigan St. (5-6) at Minnesota (6-5), 3:30 p.m.

SOUTHWESTTulsa (9-2) at SMU (5-6), NoonTexas St. (3-7) at UTSA (7-4), 2 p.m.Texas Tech (7-4) vs. Baylor (5-5) at Arlington, Texas,

2:30 p.m.Tulane (2-9) at Houston (4-7), 3:30 p.m.Oklahoma St. (7-3) at Oklahoma (8-2), 3:30 p.m.Missouri (5-6) at Texas A&M (9-2), 7 p.m.Rice (5-6) at UTEP (3-8), 7 p.m.

FARWESTIdaho (1-10) at Utah St. (9-2), 3 p.m.Air Force (6-5) at Fresno St. (8-3), 3:30 p.m.BYU (6-5) at New Mexico St. (1-9), 3:30 p.m.Oregon (10-1) at Oregon St. (8-2), 3:30 p.m.San Diego St. (8-3) at Wyoming (4-7), 3:30 p.m.Stanford (9-2) at UCLA (9-2), 6:30 p.m.New Mexico (4-8) at Colorado St. (3-8), 7 p.m.Notre Dame (11-0) at Southern Cal (7-4), 8 p.m.Louisiana Tech (9-2) at San Jose St. (9-2), 10:30 p.m.UNLV (2-10) at Hawaii (1-9), 11 p.m.

FCS PlayoffsFirst RoundColgate (8-3) at Wagner (8-3), NoonCoastal Carolina (7-4) at Bethune-Cookman (9-2), 2

p.m.Eastern Illinois (7-4) at South Dakota State (8-3), 3 p.m.Villanova (8-3) at Stony Brook (9-2), 3 p.m.

Prep PlayoffsSTATE SEMIFINALS

DIVISION ISaturday, 7 p.m.

Mentor (12-1) vs. Toledo Whitmer (13-0), at MansfieldArlin FieldPickerington North (12-1) vs. Cincinnati Archbishop Me-

oller (10-3), at Dayton Welcome StadiumState final: Saturday, Dec. 1, 7 p.m., Canton Fawcett

StadiumDIVISION IIFriday, 7:30

Aurora (12-1) vs. Toledo Central Catholic (12-1), atHuron Memorial FieldNew Albany (11-2) vs. Trotwood-Madison (11-2), at

Piqua Alexander Stadium/Purk Field.State final: Friday, Nov. 30, 7 p.m., Massillon Paul Brown

Tiger StadiumDIVISION IIISaturday, 7

Akron SVSM (11-2) vs. Dover (11-2), at Canton CentralCatholic Lowell Klinefelter FieldBellevue (12-1) vs. Dayton Thurgood Marshall (12-1),

at Ohio Wesleyan University Selby StadiumState final: Saturday, Dec. 1, 11 a.m., Canton Fawcett

StadiumDiIVISION IVFriday, 7:30

Creston Norwayne (13-0) vs. St. Clairsville (13-0), atMassillon Paul Brown Tiger StadiumClarksville Clinton-Massie (13-0) vs. Columbus Bishop

Hartley (13-0), at Clayton Northmont Good SamaritanStadiumState final: Friday, Nov. 30, 3 p.m., Canton Fawcett Sta-

diumDiIVISIONVSaturday, 7

Kirtland (13-0) vs. Baltimore Liberty Union (11-2), atCanton Fawcett StadiumFindlay Liberty-Benton (12-1) vs. Coldwater (13-0), at

Lima StadiumState final: Saturday, Dec. 1, 3 p.m., Massillon Paul

Brown Tiger StadiumDIVISIONVIFriday, 7:30

Mogadore (13-0) vs. Newark Catholic (11-2), at NewPhiladelphia Woody Hayes Quaker StadiumMaria Stein Marion Local (11-2) vs. McComb (13-0), at

Wapakoneta Harmon FieldState final: Friday, Nov. 30, 11 a.m., Massillon Paul

Brown Tiger Stadium

BasketballNBA Standings

National Basketball AssociationAll Times EST

EASTERN CONFERENCEAtlantic Division

W L Pct GBNewYork 8 2 .800 —Brooklyn 6 4 .600 2Philadelphia 7 5 .583 2Boston 6 6 .500 3Toronto 3 9 .250 6Southeast Division

W L Pct GBMiami 9 3 .750 —Atlanta 6 4 .600 2Charlotte 6 4 .600 2Orlando 4 7 .364 4½Washington 0 10 .000 8Central Division

W L Pct GBMilwaukee 6 4 .600 —Indiana 6 7 .462 1½Chicago 5 6 .455 1½Cleveland 3 8 .273 3½Detroit 2 10 .167 5

WESTERN CONFERENCESouthwest Division

W L Pct GBMemphis 8 2 .800 —San Antonio 9 3 .750 —Dallas 7 6 .538 2½

Houston 5 7 .417 4New Orleans 3 7 .300 5Northwest Division

W L Pct GBOklahoma City 9 3 .750 —Denver 6 6 .500 3Utah 6 6 .500 3Minnesota 5 5 .500 3Portland 5 6 .455 3½Pacific Division

W L Pct GBL.A. Clippers 8 3 .727 —Golden State 7 5 .583 1½L.A. Lakers 6 6 .500 2½Phoenix 5 7 .417 3½Sacramento 3 8 .273 5Wednesday's GamesCleveland 92, Philadelphia 83Charlotte 98, Toronto 97Indiana 115, New Orleans 107, OTOrlando 90, Detroit 74Oklahoma City 117, L.A. Clippers 111, OTSan Antonio 112, Boston 100Atlanta 101, Washington 100, OTMiami 113, Milwaukee 106, OTHouston 93, Chicago 89Denver 101, Minnesota 94Dallas 114, NewYork 111Phoenix 114, Portland 87Sacramento 113, L.A. Lakers 97Golden State 102, Brooklyn 93Thursday's GamesNo games scheduledFriday's GamesAtlanta at Charlotte, 7 p.m.Cleveland at Orlando, 7 p.m.Oklahoma City at Boston, 7:30 p.m.L.A. Clippers at Brooklyn, 7:30 p.m.Toronto at Detroit, 7:30 p.m.NewYork at Houston, 8 p.m.L.A. Lakers at Memphis, 8 p.m.San Antonio at Indiana, 8 p.m.Golden State at Denver, 9 p.m.New Orleans at Phoenix, 9 p.m.Sacramento at Utah, 9 p.m.Minnesota at Portland, 10 p.m.Saturday's GamesL.A. Clippers at Atlanta, 7 p.m.Oklahoma City at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.Charlotte at Washington, 7 p.m.Cleveland at Miami, 7:30 p.m.L.A. Lakers at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.Chicago at Milwaukee, 9 p.m.Utah at Sacramento, 10 p.m.Minnesota at Golden State, 10:30 p.m.

USATodayTop 25The top 25 teams in the USA Today-ESPN men's col-

lege basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses,records through Nov. 18, points based on 25 points for afirst-place vote through one point for a 25th-place voteand last week's ranking:

Record Pts Pvs1. Indiana (26) 3-0 770 12. Louisville (5) 3-0 745 23. Ohio State 3-0 666 44. Michigan 3-0 643 55. Duke 3-0 642 96. Syracuse 2-0 603 87. Kentucky 2-1 547 38. Florida 3-0 541 109. North Carolina 3-0 488 1110. Arizona 2-0 482 1211. Kansas 2-1 458 712. Creighton 3-0 390 1313. UCLA 3-0 377 1414. Missouri 3-0 363 1515. N.C. State 3-1 323 616. Gonzaga 3-0 305 1917. Memphis 2-0 288 1618. UNLV 2-0 254 1819. Michigan State 2-1 239 2220. Cincinnati 3-0 117 2421. Baylor 4-1 116 1722. Oklahoma State 4-0 113 —23. UConn 4-0 101 —24.Wisconsin 2-1 79 2025. San Diego State 2-1 77 23Others receiving votes:Texas 61, Colorado 59, Notre

Dame 31, Pittsburgh 28, Minnesota 23, Saint Mary's 18,New Mexico 16, Kansas State 15, Alabama 12, VCU 12,Florida State 11, Marquette 11, Murray State 10, Buck-nell 9, Maryland 9, Ohio 5, Tennessee 5, Stanford 4, Bel-mont 3, Saint Joseph's 3, Colorado State 2, SouthAlabama 1.

AP Men’s Top 25The top 25 teams in The Associated Press' college bas-

ketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, recordsthrough Nov. 18, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and lastweek's ranking:

Record Pts Prv1. Indiana (46) 3-0 1,602 12. Louisville (19) 3-0 1,579 23. Ohio St. 3-0 1,404 44. Michigan 3-0 1,388 55. Duke 3-0 1,372 96. Syracuse 2-0 1,291 87. Florida 3-0 1,203 108. Kentucky 2-1 1,166 39. North Carolina 3-0 1,064 1110. Arizona 2-0 983 1211. UCLA 3-0 845 1312. Kansas 2-1 797 713. Missouri 3-0 794 1414. Creighton 3-0 721 1515. Michigan St. 2-1 692 2116. NC State 3-1 600 617. Gonzaga 3-0 559 1918. UNLV 2-0 556 1819. Memphis 2-0 548 1720. Oklahoma St. 4-0 449 —21. UConn 4-0 321 2322. Cincinnati 3-0 265 2423. Colorado 4-0 237 —24. Baylor 4-1 202 1625. San Diego St. 2-1 98 25Others receiving votes: Minnesota 93, Wisconsin 60,

Pittsburgh 43, Notre Dame 40, Texas 25, Saint Joseph's24, Florida St. 15, Alabama 13, Marquette 13, Wichita St.13, Saint Mary's (Cal) 9, Kansas St. 7, Ohio 7, Xavier 7,New Mexico 6, Bucknell 5, Murray St. 4, N. Iowa 2, Ten-nessee 2, Maryland 1.

APWomen’s Top 25The top 25 teams in the The Associated Press' women's

college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parenthe-ses, records through Nov. 18, total points based on 25points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and last week's ranking:

Record Pts Prv1. Stanford (21) 5-0 952 42. UConn (17) 2-0 943 23. Baylor (1) 4-1 903 14. Duke 2-0 866 35. Notre Dame 2-0 791 76. Penn St. 3-0 746 97. Louisville 3-0 743 88. Georgia 4-0 691 109. Kentucky 2-1 644 610. Maryland 2-1 617 511. California 2-0 604 1212.West Virginia 3-0 502 1413. Oklahoma 2-1 398 1114. Purdue 2-0 385 1815. Texas 2-0 362 1916. Ohio St. 2-1 311 2017. Vanderbilt 3-1 271 1318. St. John's 2-1 265 2019. UCLA 2-0 258 —20. Tennessee 3-1 254 2421. Oklahoma St. 2-0 245 2222. Kansas 3-0 169 —23. Nebraska 3-1 167 1524. Dayton 4-0 101 —25. North Carolina 4-0 89 —Others receiving votes: Iowa St. 76, Texas A&M 76, Miami53, Georgia Tech 36, Delaware 31, Georgetown 20, De-Paul 19, Virginia 19, Green Bay 16, Chattanooga 12, Rut-gers 12, Middle Tennessee 8, Florida St. 6, Iowa 5, SouthCarolina 4, Saint Joseph's 3, Gonzaga 1, San Diego St. 1.

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535 Farm Supplies/Equipment

MANURE SPREADER,International Model 550manure spreader with op-tional slop gate. $2500may trade.(937)489-1725

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545 Firewood/Fuel

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560 Home Furnishings

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LAWN TRACTOR, Sears,snow blade, cab, chains,weights, 42" mowingdeck, $1100.(937)368-2220 leavephone number in mes-sage.

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BERNINA 810 sewingmachine, Covington,(937)251-9643.

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583 Pets and Supplies

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586 Sports and Recreation

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SHERIFFʼS SALEMIAMI COUNTY COMMON PLEAS

Case No.: 11-666Wells Fargo Bank, NAvs.Sean A. Marshall, et alPursuant to the command of an Order of Sale in theabove name cause to me directed by the Court ofCommon Pleas of Miami County, Ohio, I will offer atPublic Sale in the lobby of the Sheriff on December12, 2012 at 10:00 oʼclock in the a.m. the following de-scribed premises, to-wit:Situated in the City of Piqua, in the County of Miami,and in the State of OhioParcel Number: N44-078604Also known as: 457 Staunton Street, Piqua, Ohio45356A full legal description may be obtained in the Officeof the Recorder of Miami County, Ohio.Appraised at One Hundred Fifty Thousand and00/100 ($150,000.00) Dollars and cannot be sold forless than two-thirds of the appraisement.TERMS OF SALE: 10% of appraised value down timeof sale and .5% of appraised value for conveyanceand recording, balance within 30 days of confirmation.Matthew Murtland, Attorney11/09, 11/16, 11/23-2012

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Case No.: 12-250MainSource Bank - Ohiovs.Jamie R. Jones, et alPursuant to the command of an Order of Sale in theabove name cause to me directed by the Court ofCommon Pleas of Miami County, Ohio, I will offer atPublic Sale in the lobby of the Sheriff on December12, 2012 at 10:00 oʼclock in the a.m. the following de-scribed premises, to-wit:Situated in the City of Piqua, in the County of Miami,and in the State of OhioParcel Number: N44-018400Also known as: 456 Riverside Drive, Piqua, Ohio45356A full legal description may be obtained in the Officeof the Recorder of Miami County, Ohio.Appraised at Fifty One Thousand and 00/100($51,000.00) Dollars and cannot be sold for less thantwo-thirds of the appraisement.TERMS OF SALE: 10% of appraised value down timeof sale and .5% of appraised value for conveyanceand recording, balance within 30 days of confirmation.Erik Stock, Attorney11/09, 11/16, 11/23-2012

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Case No.: 12-555JPMorgan Chase Bank, NAvs.Brian M. Ross, et alPursuant to the command of an Order of Sale in theabove name cause to me directed by the Court ofCommon Pleas of Miami County, Ohio, I will offer atPublic Sale in the lobby of the Sheriff on December12, 2012 at 10:00 oʼclock in the a.m. the following de-scribed premises, to-wit:Situated in the City of Piqua, in the County of Miami,and in the State of OhioParcel Number: N44-017460Prior Deed Reference: Volume 657, Page 064Also known as: 112 East Grant Street, Piqua, Ohio45356A full legal description may be obtained in the Office ofthe Recorder of Miami County, Ohio.Appraised at Thirty Six Thousand and 00/100($36,000.00) Dollars and cannot be sold for less thantwo-thirds of the appraisement.TERMS OF SALE: 10% of appraised value down timeof sale and .5% of appraised value for conveyanceand recording, balance within 30 days of confirmation.Maria Divita, Attorney11/09, 11/16, 11/23-2012

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Case No.: 12-274Bank of America, NAvs.Jennifer R. Carnes, et alPursuant to the command of an Order of Sale in theabove name cause to me directed by the Court ofCommon Pleas of Miami County, Ohio, I will offer atPublic Sale in the lobby of the Sheriff on December12, 2012 at 10:00 oʼclock in the a.m. the following de-scribed premises, to-wit:Situated in the City of Piqua, in the County of Miami,and in the State of OhioParcel Number: N44-028460Prior Deed Reference: Volume 774, Page 722Also known as: 646 South Roosevelt Avenue, Piqua,Ohio 45356A full legal description may be obtained in the Officeof the Recorder of Miami County, Ohio.Appraised at Forty Five Thousand and 00/100($45,000.00) Dollars and cannot be sold for less thantwo-thirds of the appraisement.TERMS OF SALE: 10% of appraised value down timeof sale and .5% of appraised value for conveyanceand recording, balance within 30 days of confirmation.Lori N. Wight, Attorney11/09, 11/16, 11/23-2012

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Case No.: 12-195MortgageIT, Incvs.Mary Lou Kindell, et alPursuant to the command of an Order of Sale in theabove name cause to me directed by the Court ofCommon Pleas of Miami County, Ohio, I will offer atPublic Sale in the lobby of the Sheriff on December12, 2012 at 10:00 oʼclock in the a.m. the following de-scribed premises, to-wit:Situated in the Township of Washington, in the Countyof Miami, and in the State of OhioParcel Number: M40-019475Prior Deed Reference: Volume 769, Page 916Also known as: 4780 West Miami-Shelby Road,Piqua, Ohio 45356A full legal description may be obtained in the Officeof the Recorder of Miami County, Ohio.Appraised at Two Hundred Thirteen Thousand and00/100 ($213,000.00) Dollars and cannot be sold forless than two-thirds of the appraisement.TERMS OF SALE: 10% of appraised value down timeof sale and .5% of appraised value for conveyanceand recording, balance within 30 days of confirmation.Craig A. Thomas, Attorney11/09, 11/16, 11/23-2012

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Case No.: 12-572Bank of America, NAvs.Dodi M. Love, et alPursuant to the command of an Order of Sale in theabove name cause to me directed by the Court of Com-mon Pleas of Miami County, Ohio, I will offer at PublicSale in the lobby of the Sheriff on December 12, 2012 at10:00 oʼclock in the a.m. the following described prem-ises, to-wit:Situated in the Township of Brown, in the County ofMiami, and in the State of OhioParcel Number: B04-014900Prior Deed Reference: Affidavit, Instrument 2012OR-06349. Filed May 11, 2012Also known as: 10275 Burr Oak New Hope Road,Fletcher, Ohio 45326A full legal description may be obtained in the Office ofthe Recorder of Miami County, Ohio.Appraised at Ninety Thousand and 00/100 ($90,000.00)Dollars and cannot be sold for less than two-thirds of theappraisement.TERMS OF SALE: 10% of appraised value down time ofsale and .5% of appraised value for conveyance andrecording, balance within 30 days of confirmation.Charles V. Gasior, Attorney11/09, 11/16, 11/23-2012

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Case No.: 12-501JPMorgan Chase Bank, NAvs.Jeremy K. Deaton, et alPursuant to the command of an Order of Sale in theabove name cause to me directed by the Court ofCommon Pleas of Miami County, Ohio, I will offer atPublic Sale in the lobby of the Sheriff on December12, 2012 at 10:00 oʼclock in the a.m. the following de-scribed premises, to-wit:Situated in the City of Piqua, in the County of Miami,and in the State of OhioParcel Number: N44-059240Prior Deed Reference: File No. 2009OR-15874, onNovember 9, 2009Also known as: 204 Maryville Lane, Piqua, Ohio 45356A full legal description may be obtained in the Office ofthe Recorder of Miami County, Ohio.Appraised at Fifty Seven Thousand and 00/100($57,000.00) Dollars and cannot be sold for less thantwo-thirds of the appraisement.TERMS OF SALE: 10% of appraised value down timeof sale and .5% of appraised value for conveyanceand recording, balance within 30 days of confirmation.Douglas A. Haessig, Attorney11/09, 11/16, 11/23-2012

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Case No.: 12-552PHH Mortgage Corporationvs.Rosemary M. Inman, et alPursuant to the command of an Order of Sale in theabove name cause to me directed by the Court ofCommon Pleas of Miami County, Ohio, I will offer atPublic Sale in the lobby of the Sheriff on December19, 2012 at 10:00 oʼclock in the a.m. the following de-scribed premises, to-wit:Situated in the Village of Covington, in the County ofMiami, and in the State of OhioParcel Number: H19-011463Prior Deed Reference: Book 105, Page 249Also known as: 405 Valor Drive, Covington, Ohio45318A full legal description may be obtained in the Office ofthe Recorder of Miami County, Ohio.Appraised at Ninety Thousand and 00/100($90,000.00) Dollars and cannot be sold for less thantwo-thirds of the appraisement.TERMS OF SALE: 10% of appraised value down timeof sale and .5% of appraised value for conveyanceand recording, balance within 30 days of confirmation.Mark P. Herring, Attorney11/16, 11/23, 11/30-2012

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COURT OF COMMON PLEASMIAMI COUNTY, OHIO

Case No.: 12 CV 00586Judge: Christopher Gee

GMAC Mortgage, LLCPlaintiff,

-vs-

Verl V. Van DeGrift aka Verl V. Vandegrift, et al.Defendants.

LEGAL NOTICE IN SUIT FOR FORECLOSURE OFMORTGAGE

Verl V. Van DeGrift aka Verl V. Vandegrift and JaneDoe, name unknown, spouse of Verl V. Van DeGriftaka Verl V. Vandegrift, whose last known address is110 North Pearl Street, Covington, OH 45318, and theunknown heirs, devisees, legatees, executors, ad-ministrators, spouses and assigns and the unknownguardians of minor and/or incompetent heirs of VerlV. Van DeGrift aka Verl V. Vandegrift, all of whose res-idences are unknown and cannot by reasonable dili-gence be ascertained, will take notice that on the 6thday of September, 2012, GMAC Mortgage, LLC filedits Complaint in the Common Pleas Court of MiamiCounty, Ohio in Case No. 12 CV 00586, on the docketof the Court, and the object and demand for relief ofwhich pleading is to foreclose the lien of plaintiff'smortgage recorded upon the following described realestate to wit:

Property Address: 110 North Pearl Street, Covington,OH 45318and being more particularly described in plaintiff'smortgage recorded in Mortgage Book 1809, page467, of this County Recorder's Office.

All of the above named defendants are required to an-swer within twenty-eight (28) days after last publica-tion, which shall be published once a week for threeconsecutive weeks, or they might be denied a hearingin this case.

Joseph M. Henkel, Trial CounselOhio Supreme Court Reg. #0084962LERNER, SAMPSON & ROTHFUSSAttorneys for PlaintiffP.O. Box 5480Cincinnati, OH 45201-5480(513) [email protected]

11/16, 11/23, 11/30-20122338648

NOTICE TO BIDDERSFOR THE PURCHASE OF SCHOOL BUSES

Sealed proposals will be received by the Piqua CitySchool Board of Education of Piqua, Ohio. Bids will beopened in the second floor Board Room at the Board ofEducation Office Building located at 719 E. Ash Street,at 2 p.m. Eastern Standard Time on Friday, December7, 2012. At that time, proposals will be opened by theTreasurer of Said Board as provided by law for two new2014, 84 passenger transit style buses, according tothe specifications of said Board of Education. All bidsmust state that buses comply with all safety regulationsand current Minimum Standards for School Bus Con-struction of the Department of Education adopted byand with the Director of Highway Safety pursuant toSection 4511.76 of the Ohio Revised Code and all otherState and Federal provisions of law.

Specifications and instructions to bidder may be re-quested from the office of the District Business Coordi-nator, Piqua, Ohio.

The Board of Education reserves the right to reject anyand all bids. Please call (937) 773-4321 with furtherquestions.

By the order of the Piqua Board of EducationBob Luby, PresidentJeff Price, Treasurer

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Case No.: 12-364Bank of America, NAvs.Kimberly Willey, et alPursuant to the command of an Order of Sale in theabove name cause to me directed by the Court ofCommon Pleas of Miami County, Ohio, I will offer atPublic Sale in the lobby of the Sheriff on December19, 2012 at 10:00 oʼclock in the a.m. the following de-scribed premises, to-wit:Situated in the Village of Covington, in the County ofMiami, and in the State of OhioParcel Number: H19-006540Prior Deed Reference: Volume 621, Page 634Also known as: 616 North High Street, Covington,Ohio 45318A full legal description may be obtained in the Officeof the Recorder of Miami County, Ohio.Appraised at Sixty Eight Thousand and 00/100($68,000.00) Dollars and cannot be sold for less thantwo-thirds of the appraisement.TERMS OF SALE: 10% of appraised value down timeof sale and .5% of appraised value for conveyanceand recording, balance within 30 days of confirmation.Tyler G. Shank, Attorney11/16, 11/23, 11/30-2012

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