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PIQUA— Piqua resident NormanWarnerretired from Hobart Corporation 17 yearsago and one of his first actions was to reor-ganize his wife Pat’s spice rack.“She didn’t like that very much,” Warned

said, laughing. “She told me to get out of herkitchen and go find a volunteer job someplace.”That’s exactly what Warner did.And so beganWarner’s nearly two decades

of volunteer work in the emergency depart-ment at Upper Valley Medical Center.Last week, after volunteering his time for

17 years and accruing approximately 7,500hours of volunteer time Warner steppeddown from his position, one he not only en-joyed, but also cherished.Warner began his journey of volunteerism

when he started at the now-demolishedPiqua Memorial Hospital and once UVMCwas built he then began volunteering at thatfacility, he said.“When Piqua Memorial closed I went

down to Upper Valley,” Warner said.Warner said he has many great memories

of volunteering at the hospital, but he saidthe thing he liked the most was how eachday was different.“The thing I noticed about the emergency

department is that each day there is some-thing different,” he said. “You have a differ-ent crew of nurses, six to seven registerednurses, two to three physician’s assistantsand a couple of ER doctors. The thing thatstood out to me the most was how every daywas different. There is nothing that was thesame from day-to-day, and I really enjoyedthat.”Warner and his wife, who suffers from

Alzheimer’s, have been married for 33years.Warner said he wanted to stop his volun-

teering job so he could put more attention onproviding healthcare for his wife.

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PORTLAND, Maine(AP) — Damaging windsknocked down trees andutility wires in parts ofnorthern New England onSunday, flights were de-layed in New York Cityand there were reports ofa tornado in South Car-olina as the East Coastbraced for the remnants ofviolent weather that

claimed 10 lives in Okla-homa.Heavy rain, thunder-

storms, high winds andhail moved through sec-tions of the Northeast onSunday afternoon. TheNational Weather Serviceissued severe thunder-storm warnings andwatches across Vermont,New Hampshire and mostof Maine.In northwestern South

Carolina, authorities

checked unconfirmed re-ports of a tornado, saidJessica Ashley, a shift su-pervisor for AndersonCounty’s 911 center. Thefire department re-sponded to a report of roofdamage to a home andcallers said trees wereblown over. No injurieswere reported.The weather service

said thunderstorms andwinds in excess of 60 mphin Vermont produced 1-

inch-diameter hail andknocked down numeroustrees and wires. In north-ern Maine, radar pickedup a line of thunderstormscapable of producing quar-ter-sized hail and windsstronger than 70 mph.Forecasters warned of tor-nadoes.The prediction for

stormy weather in theNew York City region pro-duced delays at major air-ports. John F. Kennedy

International Airport haddelays of about two hourson departing flights, whileLa Guardia Airport wasdelayed nearly threehours, and Newark Lib-erty Airport was delayedmore than three hours onarriving flights to NewJersey.In the southern part of

the United States, thun-derstorms, high winds andhail were expected as partof a slow-moving cold

front. Heavy rains couldspawn flash flooding insome areas, the weatherservice said.Meanwhile, residents in

Oklahoma cleaned upafter the storms therekilled 10 people, includingthree veteran stormchasers.Oklahoma Gov. Mary

Fallin toured damage inEl Reno, about 30 miles

Volunteer steps down after 17 years

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Joyce and Larry Smith, left, speak with Jim Roth, For-est Hill Cemetery superintendent, on Friday aftermaking a $1,000 donation toward the cemetery’sChristmas Box Angel project. The Smiths recentlyheld their fifth annual Amber Detrick 5k MemorialRun and donated some of the proceeds toward theangel box program.The Smiths late daughter, Amber,was involved in a fatal car accident in July 2008 thatalso claimed the life of her unborn baby. Roth statedthe cemetery has received half of the funding to pur-chase the $30,000 angel statue, which he hopes willbe purchased by December.

PROVIDED PHOTONorman Warner, right, and his wife, Pat, live inPiqua. Norman recently stepped down frombeing a volunteer at the emergency departmentof Upper Valley Medical Center after 17 years.

BY NATALIE [email protected]

TROY — Troy Straw-berry Festival ChairmanJon Dankworth admittedto feeling a little nervousabout how all the festivi-ties would pan out thisweekend, following thecancellation of all eventsFriday due to a rainstorm.But Sunday evening, withan hour before the closingceremony, Dankworthsaid he couldn’t have beenhappier with the annualevent.“We’ve had a great day

— the weather held outagain,” Dankworth said.“Based on the crowd yes-terday and the crowdtoday, I think people sawthe weather yesterdayand said, ‘We aren’t goingto chance it — let’s go outtomorrow.’ But I couldn’tbe more pleased witheverything.”Troy Strawberry Festi-

val Manager HeatherDorsten echoedDankworth’s sentiments.“I think it went a lot

better than we werethinking it would. Fridaywith the rain, I thought,‘Oh no, what if it’s thisway the whole weekend?But it seemed like therewas some sort of bubbleover Troy, and every timethe radar showed rain, itwas dissipating,” Dorstensaid.Sunday’s events con-

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from Oklahoma City.She said the death tollcould rise as emergencyworkers continuesearching flooded areasfor missing residents.The state Medical Ex-

aminer’s Office spokes-woman Amy Elliott saidthe death toll had risento 10 from Friday’s EF3tornado, which chargeddown a clogged Inter-state 40 in the westernsuburbs. Among thedead were two childrenan infant sucked out ofthe car with its motherand a 4-year-old boywho along with his fam-ily had sought shelter ina drainage ditch.In Missouri, areas

west of St. Louis re-ceived significant dam-age from an EF3tornado Friday thatpacked estimated windsof 150 mph. In St.Charles County, at least71 homes were heavilydamaged and 100 hadslight to moderate dam-age, county spokes-woman Colene McEntee

said.Northeast of St.

Louis, the town of Rox-ana, Ill., also saw dam-age from an EF3tornado. Weather serv-ice meteorologist JaysonGosselin said it wasn’tclear whether the dam-age in Missouri and Illi-nois came from thesame twister or sepa-rate ones.Five tornadoes struck

the Oklahoma Citymetro area on Friday,the weather servicesaid. Fallin said Sundaythat 115 people were in-jured.The storms formed

out on the prairie westof Oklahoma City, giv-ing residents plenty ofadvance notice.

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Maynard W. ElliottPIQUA — Maynard W.

Elliott, 73, of Piqua, diedat 10:11 a.m. Sunday,June 2, 2013, at his resi-dence.He wasb o r nMarch8 ,1 9 4 0 ,i nW i lm -ington,to thel a t eC e c i la n dE t h e l(Fankell) Elliott. Hemarried Marilyn SueHildebrand on July 1,1967, in Piqua; she sur-vives.Mr. Elliott is also sur-

vived by a son, MichaelWood; two daughters,Susan (Rick) Laine ofBradford and Amy(Robert) Eakins ofJamestown; five grand-children; five great-grandchildren; and twosisters-in-law, Elta El-liott of Piqua and ConnieElliott of Greenville.He was preceded in

death by two brothers,Ronald and Eugene El-liott.Maynard was a gradu-

ate of Prichard High

School inGrayson ,Ky., andserved inthe U.S.Army. He was a memberof St. Paul’s Evangelical& Reformed Church,where he had served onthe board of trustees.Maynard retired fromRebsco, Inc., of Greenvilleafter 40 years of service.He enjoyed playing cardsand time spent with hisfamily, especially hisgrandchildren.A funeral service to

honor his life will be con-ducted at 10 a.m.Wednes-day at the Jamieson &Yannucci FuneralHome with the Rev. Dr.Keith Gebhart officiating.Burial will follow in For-est Hill Cemetery. Visita-tion will be from 5-8 p.m.Tuesday at the funeralhome.Memorial contributions

may be made to St. Paul’sChurch, 500 N. DowningSt., Piqua, OH 45356; orHospice of Miami County,P.O. Box 502, Troy, OH45373. Guestbook condo-lences and expressions ofsympathy, to be providedto the family, may be ex-pressed through jamieso-nandyannucci.com.

Virgina Lee ‘Ginny’ HenslerCOVINGTON — Vir-

ginia Lee “Ginny”Hensler,81, of Covington, passedaway Friday, May 31,2013, at the VersaillesHealth Care Center.Ginny was born in

Springfield, Ill., on Dec.30, 1931, to the (late)Louis & Violet (Houston)Pilcher; was a retail clerkat Elder Beerman with40-plus years of service; amember of the CovingtonPresbyterian Church, amember of Covington Ea-gles Aerie # 3998; was anavid bowler and loved toroller skate.Preceded in death by

her parents; daughter,Linda Kay Magill; andeight brothers and sisters.Ginny is survived by herhusband of 63 years,Wayne R. Hensler; twosons and daughters-in-law, Larry and Mary AnnHensler of Covington,Gary and Amy Hensler ofPiqua; daughter and son-in-law, Diana and Chris

Beckstedt of Covington;eight grandchildren, Jen-nifer and James Walker,Derrick Gullett, JarredGullett, Evan Hensler,Steve and Micah Magill,Shawn and Cyndi Magill,Brian Beckstedt and EricBeckstedt; three great-grandchildren, Kaelynn,Mackenzye, and Mckenly;nieces, nephews, other rel-atives and friends.Funeral service 10:30

a.m. Wednesday at theB r i d g e s - S t o c k e r -Fraley Funeral Home,Covington with PastorJohn Shelton officiating.Interment Miami Memo-rial Park Cemetery, Cov-ington. The family willreceive friends 5-8 p.m.Tuesday at the funeralhome. In lieu of flowers,contributions may bemade to the Pat SummittFoundation (Alzheimer’s),www.patsummitt .org.Condolences may be sentto the family atwww.stockerfraley.com.

Pamela Susan MoyaTROY— Pamela Susan

Moya, 59, of Troy, diedSaturday, June 1, 201,3 inKindred Hospital, Dayton.She was born on Jan. 20,1954, in Covington, Ky., tothe late Harley Jones andRoberta (Calender) Jones.She is survived by her

son and daughter-in-law,Lucas and Michelle Moyaof Stafford,Va.; grandchil-dren, Makayla andLasario Moya; sister,Winona Hanks of Florida;nieces, Joani Powers andJackie Prichard andgreat-niece, Lyndsay Yea-ger all of Kentucky.

Pamela attendedGeorgetown College inKentucky. She was amember of the St. PatrickCatholic Church, Troy.Pamela was formerly em-ployed with AT&T Com-pany, Martin MariettaCompany, and FederatedDepartment Stores.Memorial service will

be held 1 p.m. Monday atBaird Funeral Home,Troy with the Rev. Fr.James Duell officiating.Friends may express

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

Richard ‘Dick’ Lee BenkertPIQUA — Richard

“Dick” Lee Benkert, 87, ofPiqua, went to be with theLord at 8:35 p.m. on Fri-d a yM a y3 1 ,2 0 1 3 ,a tP i q u aManorN u r s -i n gHome.He wasborn inP i q u aon July 16, 1925, to thelate Carl A. and Helen P.(Rengel) Benkert. OnJune 21, 1943, in New-port, Ky., he marriedMary E. Haines. She pre-ceded him in death onNov. 8, 2000.Richard is survived by

two daughters and sons-in-law: Bonnie and BobErwin, and Sandra andHubert Kuhn, all ofPiqua; one sister-in-law:Mary Lou Benkert, New-burgh, Ind.; five grand-children: Kevin and PaulaKuhn, Piqua, KellyThomas, Piqua, Jill andChris Bobb, Piqua,Jacquelyn and LarryWiles, Piqua, and Janaand Jabin Cook, Denver,Colo.; 13 great-grandchil-dren, and several niecesand nephews. Dick is alsosurvived by lifelongfriends Paul and IreneGraham, Piqua.He was preceded in

death by three brothers:

C a r lB enk e r t ,J r . ,T h o m a sB e n k e r tand Jerome Benkert.Richard graduated

from Piqua Central HighSchool in 1943. Dick had apassion for music andloved to sing. He proudlyserved his country as amember of the U.S.Marines during WWII.Richard was a member ofPiqua American LegionPost No. 184 and PiquaVFW Post No. 4874. Heowned and operatedBenkert’s Food Market inPiqua for 20 years.Richard then became aveteran’s service officerfor Miami County for 12years.Funeral services will be

held at 1 p.m. Tuesday atMelcher-Sowers Fu-neral Home, Piqua, withthe Rev. Ed Ellis officiat-ing. Burial will follow inForest Hill Cemetery,Piqua. Full military hon-ors will be provided by theVeterans Elite TributeSquad. Calling hours willbe from noon to 1 p.m. atthe funeral home.In lieu of flowers, me-

morial contributions maybe made to Hospice ofMiami County, P.O. Box502, Troy, OH 45373.The family would

deeply appreciate cards orletters of memories orshared experiences youhad with Dick.

Donald M. LatimerSIDNEY— It’s the sun-

niest day and the sky isb l u eand ana n g e lh a sn o wg o n eup andf l e w .T h et i m ew a s7 : 3 4a.m. onSunday, when ourgrandpa, Donald M. La-timer, 71, went to Mass onthis last day. God tookhim to church the secondof June, he is up therefloating in his ol’ pontoon.Donald was born on

July 28, 1941, in Sidney tothe late Forrest andErnestine (Elliott) La-timer. He was married toMarjorie A. DeLong onAug. 17, 1963, and shesurvives in Sidney.Also surviving are his

children, Nancy Boyd andher husband Brian, ofAnna, Doug Latimer andhis wife Peg, of Sidneyand Julia Emrick and herhusband Jeff, of Sidney;seven grandchildren,Duane Boyd, BenjaminBoyd, Bradley Boyd,Robert Boyd, Holly Boyd,Jordi Emrick, Jake Em-rick; one sister, PhyllisLatimer, of Sidney andone brother, Philip La-timer and his wife Mary,of Versailles.Preceding him in death

were his parents.Donald was a graduate

of Sidney High School in1959 and served his coun-try in the United StatesAir Force. He retired fromthe Stolle Corporation

after 35years ofdedicatedservice.Dona ld

loved taking Caribbeancruises and together withhis wife, Marjorie, theytraveled extensively. Hislove for the water wouldalso take them to IndianLake to enjoy their pon-toon. As time allowed,Donald also enjoyed hismonthly Friday nightcard games with the guys.Donald was a devoted

and loving husband, fa-ther and grandfather andhe especially enjoyedmost of all spending timewith his family and at-tending family gather-ings.A Mass of Christian

Burial will be celebratedat 10:30 a.m. Wednesdayat Holy Angels CatholicChurch in Sidney withFather Dan Schmitmeyerofficiating. Burial will fol-low at Graceland Ceme-tery, Sidney. Friends andfamily may gather from 6-8 p.m. on Tuesday andfrom 9:30 a.m. until serv-ices on Wednesday at theAdams Funeral Home,1401 Fair Road, Sidney.In lieu of flowers, the

family requests that me-morial contributions bemade to the Holy AngelsCatholic Church or theLehman Catholic HighSchool in Donald’s memory.Envelopes will be availableat the funeral home. Thestaff at theAdams FuneralHome has been entrustedwith all funeral arrange-ments. Online memoriesmay be expressed to thefamily at www.theadamsfuneralhome.com.

George W. BrubakerPIQUA — George W.

Brubaker, 94, of Piqua,died at2 p.m.Thurs-d a y ,M a y3 0 ,2 0 1 3 ,a tBrook-d a l eS t e r -l i n gHouseof Piqua. He was bornDec. 4, 1918, in Piqua, tothe late Sherman andMaude (Sando) Brubaker.He married Virginia Re-volt on April 26, 1939, inPiqua; she preceded himin death on Nov. 15, 1978.He then married EleanorJ. (Benning) Campling onSept. 27, 1980 in Piqua;she survives.Mr. Brubaker is also

survived by two daugh-ters, Sharon Ruhl ofOlympia,Wash., and Mar-ilyn (John) Barnhart ofOxford; a stepdaughter,Rita Larcum of Wood-stock; two stepsons,David (Betty) Camplingof Piqua, and Dan(Sharon) Campling ofFindlay; five grandchil-dren; four great-grand-children; agreat-great-grandson; sixstepgrandchildren; sevenstepgreat-grandchildren;and several nieces andnephews. He was pre-ceded in death by a step-brother and fourstepsisters.George attended Piqua

schools and was a mem-ber of St. John’s LutheranChurch. He served hiscountry as a rifleman inthe U.S. Army 70th In-

fantry Di-v i s i on /B-2 7 5 t h“ T r a i lB l a z e r s ”duringWorldWar II. Hav-ing served in the Battle ofthe Bulge, he was a pris-oner of war in Germany,earning a Purple Heartand Bronze Star for hismeritorious service.Mr. Brubaker worked

as a carpenter, buildingseveral homes in thePiqua area. He alsoworked as a mechanic forthe Sherer Bell and PaulSherry auto dealerships,retiring from Paul Sherryas service manager. Hewas a member of theAmerican Legion Post No.184 and enjoyed wood-working, camping, fishing,playing cards, and timespent with his family.A funeral service to

honor his life will be con-ducted at 1:30 p.m.Thurs-day at the Jamieson &Yannucci FuneralHome with the Rev.Michael Havey officiating.Burial will follow in For-est Hill Cemetery, wherefull military honors willbe conducted by the Vet-erans Elite TributeSquad. Visitation will befrom 12-1:30 p.m. Thurs-day at the funeral home.Memorial contributions

may be made to St. John’sLutheran Church, 248Wood St., Piqua, OH45356; or Hospice ofMiami County, P.O. Box502, Troy, OH 45373.Guestbook condolencesand expressions of sym-pathy, to be provided tothe family, may be ex-pressed through jamieso-nandyannucci.com.

Richard T. CountsSIDNEY — Richard T.

Counts, 80, of Sidney,died at 2:25 a.m. SundayJune 2, 2013, at theDorothy Love RetirementC o m -m u -n i t y .He wasb o r nA p r i l1 7 ,1 9 3 3 ,i nD i n s -m o r eTown -s h i p ,Shelby County, to the lateHarry and Annabelle(Dresbach) Counts Sr. Hemarried Loretta C. Von-denhuevel Nov. 29, 1958,in Sidney; she precededhim in death Feb. 6, 2009.Survivors include two

daughters, Pamela S.(Gregory) Black of Piqua,Cassandra (Samuel)Boyer of Sidney; fivegrandchildren, BradleyBoyer, Kelly Boyer and fi-ancé Dexter Tobie, Dustin(Kyla) Black, KurtisBlack, Holly Black; and agreat grandson, OwenBlack.He was preceded in

death by a brother andtwo sisters.Mr. Counts was a 1951

graduate of Sidney HighSchool and worked as alinotype operator formany years at AmosPress/Sidney DailyNewspaper. He was aUnited States Navy vet-eran, having served dur-

ing the Ko-rean Waras a radarman. Hewas amember of Holy AngelsCatholic Church and en-joyed woodworking, trav-eling, collecting stampsand coins. His favoritememories were of sharinglunch with his wife atWendy’s Restaurant inAnna, and riding hisWheel Horse tractor. Hewill be deeply missed byhis loving family andmany friends.A Mass of Christian

Burial will be celebratedat 10:30 a.m. Thursday atHoly Angels CatholicChurch with the Rev. Fr.Daniel J. Schmitmeyer asthe Celebrant. Burial willfollow at Graceland Ceme-tery, where full militaryhonors will be provided bythe Veterans Elite TributeSquad. His family will re-ceive friends from 9:30-10:30 a.m.Thursday in theConnector of the Church.Arrangements are beinghandled through theJamieson & YannucciFuneral Home.Memorial contribu-

tions may be made toWil-son Hospice Care or HolyAngels Catholic Church,324 S. Ohio St., Sidney,OH 45365. Guestbookcondolences and expres-sions of sympathy, to beprovided to the family,may be expressedthrough jamieso-nandyannucci.com.

CHRISTIANSBURG — Nellie Grace Shamblin,77, of Christiansburg, passed away 4:45 p.m. Saturday,June 1, 2013. Funeral services will be held Friday atFisher-Cheney Funeral Home, Troy.

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TROY — Choir students fromMiami East Jr. High School recentlycompeted at the OMEA LargeGroup Adjudicated Event. Theevent was held on May 17 and 18. Itwas hosted by Troy High School andchaired by THS Band director Mrs.Kathy McIntosh.The groups at the contest were

judged on tone, tuning, expressionand musicality. Three judges gavecomments to improve on and a finalrating. Choirs sang in various clas-sifications. This year Miami East Jr.High Honor Choir students re-turned to compete in OMEA classA. The classification of A denotesthe literature and expectations asbeing higher and difficult. Jr. Highclass A literature equals high schoolclass C literature. Miami East Jr.High choir students earned a Supe-rior from all three of the choraljudges that day. They earned high

marks for their robes, posture, tun-ing, musical phrasing, expressionand for singing above and beyondwhat was in the music.Comments like wow, bravo and

excellent performance were justsome of the comments made on theaudio recordings and commentsheets. This was the second year forMiami East Jr. High to sing andcompete in class A. The group is anon-audition choir that meetsthirty minutes three days a week.Many of these students are in-

volved in some type athletic team orgroup as well as Miami East Jr.High Honor Society. Choir membersare: Alexis Adkins, Abby Bollinger,Dakota Brown, Taylor Baker, Han-nah Carpenter, Devin Brower , Brit-tney Cook, LeeAnn Cook, CameronCoomes, Blake Garrett, MarieEwing, Jordan Crawford, KyndallHellyer, Jennica Funderburg,

Justin DeWeese, Abby Horne, Ae-lainia Harmon, Gunnar Gerhart,Katelyn Mack, Samantha Hawkins,Alex Heim, Bailey Maggert, HaileyHoward, Levi Kessler, KatelynParker, Erica Justice, Dylan Mar-tinez, Sidney Pelfrey, Emma Linn,Max McDonald, Meredith Richters,Amanda Pottorf, Mark Randall,Brynne Snodgrass, Miranda Rike,Bryce Redick, Liza Starrett, EmilyThimmes, Lance Reynolds, SarahWren, Lilli Wackler, Jack Runner,Jillian Wesco, Ethan Slack, AlyssaWestgerdes, Cameron Schellhouse,Maddy Younce, Jake Studebaker,Jackson Tucker, Logan West andKory Yantis. Congratulations on afantastic performance ending the2012-2013 year on a high note.Their choir director is Mr. OmarLozano. The group is accompaniedby Mr. Ken DeWeeseand Mrs.Melissa Lozano.

PROVIDED PHOTOFirst row: Jacob Studebaker , LeeAnn Cook, Brittaney Cook, Kory Yantis, Dylan Martinez,Taylor Baker, Mad-die Younce, Blake Garrett, Alexis Adkins, Abby Bollinger, Meredith Richters, Kaitlyn Mack, Samantha HawkinsAelainia Harmon, Liza Starrett. Second row: Mr. Omar Lozano, Justin DeWeese, Marc Randall, CameronCoomes, Gunnar Gearhart, Ethan Slack, Cameron Schellhouse, Jack Runner, Jackson Tucker, Alex Heim, Bai-ley Maggart, Brynne Snodgrass, Amanda Pottorf, Erica Justice, Emily Thimmes, Jennica Funderburg, not pic-tured Miranda Rike, Sarha Wren, Sidney Pelfrey, Katlyn Parker. Third row: Levi Kessler, Lance Reynolds,Bryce Redick, Devin Brower, Dakota Brown, Logan West, Jordan Crawford, Max McDonald, Marie Ewing,Abby Horne, Hailey Howard, Kydall Hellyer, Emma Linn, Jilllian Wesco, Alyssa Westgerdes, Hannah Car-penter and Lilli Wackler.

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Miami East Junior HighHonor Roll, 4th Quarter:GRADE 6Principal’s List- Liza Bair,

Carmen Bolinger, JustinBrown, Marie Cook, JessicaCopeland, Jessica Gillum,Kayleigh Gleason, WhitleyGross, Morgan Haney, Cait-lyn Harris, Parker Heim,Chloe Holicki, MarissaKearns, Abigail Koontz, MaciKrites, Zach Kronenberger,Grace McCalister, AshlynMonnin, Braden Redick, Jes-sica Richard, Kyah Rowley,Marissa Schellhouse, MariaStaton, Wesley Sutherly,Seth Teeters, Emma Vallery,Mackenzie Varady, Laci

Wells, Sarah WilliamsHonor Roll- Broc Augus-

tus, Erik Austerman, GregAusterman, Alivia Bevan,Kylie Blair, Alyssa Bowman,Blaine Brokschmidt, JacobCalvert, Keagan Carsey, SamChappie, Lydia Conley, Ash-ley Covault, Chelsea Cre-meens, Brenden Dalton, KyleElifritz, Gregory Fisher,Samantha Flores, CerstinGross, Gavin Horne, WilliamHudson II, Karli Jacobs,Jarod Lay, Ivy LeMaster,David Maggert, KathrynMartin, Riley McDonald,Maddie Miller, MichaelMiller, Samantha Moore,Madi Osborne, Jacob Qvick,

Cole Taylor, Lacie Taylor,Ryan Teale, TJ Turner,Samantha Urban, VincentVillella, Connor WilsonGRADE 7Principal’s List- Devin

Brower, Haley Demmitt,Macy Fellers, Bronte Flora,Dylan Hahn, Aelainia Har-mon, Stella Hazel, KyndallHellyer, Erica Justice, AustinKearns, Kaitlyn Mack,Christine Marlow, KamiMartin, Miranda Rike,Amber Robinson, EmilyRowley, John Savini,Cameron Schellhouse, SydniScott, Allyson Staten, EmilyThimmes, Amanda Titter-ington, Gavin Trabert, Jack-

son Tucker, Kaily Wintrow,Lindsey YingstHonor Roll- Hailey Baker,

Kathleena Braun, KatieChristensen, Emily Chris-tian, Leeann Cook, TaylorFrawley, Jacob Goins,Zachary Gordon, SamanthaHawkins, Logan Hayes,Luke Hickman, RachealHodge, Abby Horne, HaleyHoward, Anna Jacomet, AllyJordan, Kaytee Macy, Des-tiny McCourt, Cecelia Moore,Trevor Oakes, Logan Poston,Meredith Richters, JackRunner, Duncan Schmack-ers, Jacob Studebaker, Dal-ton Taynor, Hailey Weaver,Jeffrey Wittman, Bailey

Wollertson, Sarah Wren,Emma YounceGRADE 8Principal’s List- Maggie

Bergman, Abigail Bick,Maria Blocher, Katie Boden-miller, Mckenna Bollinger,Hannah Carpenter, BrittneyCook, Jordan Crawford,Justin DeWeese, MarieEwing, Alyssa Francis, Jen-nica Funderburg, CariGump, Emily Hawkins, AlexHeim, Weston Hodge, SageHunley, Megan Lawson,Emma Linn, Shelly Lisle,Taylor McCuistion, Max Mc-Donald, Luke Mengos,Danielle Nehring, KeikoOchoa, Bryce Redick,

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PROVIDED PHOTOApril seventh graders: Front row: Ally Richardson, Kylie Howell, Kiersten Cotrell, Kaitlin Mullennix Back row:Gage Joyce, Rachael Abbott, Bradyn Craft, Haley Michael, Megan Etherington Missing: Zack Draving. Aprileighth Graders: Front row: Ash Kolsky, Kenna Bell, Dakota Iddings, Jovaughn Hudgins Back row: KeighlyBurt, Vernon Mulano, Hunter Young, Lindsay Welker Missing: Karissa Smith.

car show, diaper derbyand several other events,along with vendors sellingeverything strawberryand traditional festivalfood. Crafts and gamesalso were part of the mix.Dorsten estimated that

the crowd was about thesame size as past years,hovering around 80,000,with Sunday’s attendancemaking up for Saturday’snumbers.“Yesterday was down,

but today’s was up.Around Adams StreetBridge, I’ve been going tothe side, it’s so crowded,”Dorsten said.Items sold out included

pork chops from MiamiEast cheerleaders; white-chocolate strawberriesfrom Fletcher UnitedMethodist Church; andpies from a Boy Scouttroop.Reigning over the fes-

tivities was StrawberryFestival Queen RachelZelnick, who said she wasenjoying herself Sundaybut had felt sad when theFriday night activitieswere canceled. Instead ofwatching one of her fa-vorite events — the bedraces — she went to ElSombrero with her family.“I was disappointed be-

cause this year wouldhave been different as

queen,” Zelnick said, “ButI can see it next year. Thisyear it’s still been fun togo to all the events and re-ally be a part of it.”Dankworth said he was

proud of the way clubsand organizations pulledtogether after severalwere unable to sell theiritems Friday. A Boy Scouttroop found themselvesleft with dozens of pies, asFriday was their only dayas a vendor. However,Larry Butt of Young Lifeof Miami/Shelby Countiesstepped in to help.“Larry approached me

Friday and said, ‘We canhelp in any way we can, ifit’s OK with you. Let meknow what we can do.’And so the pies were soldthrough Young Life,”Dankworth said.Such geniality can only

be expected from Troy res-idents, he commented.“The people of Troy

should be proud of every-thing that happened thisweek. We’ve had severalpeople come in and saythey drove two hours,”Dankworth said. “I met acouple at the car showwho said they saw aboutthe Strawberry Festivalonline and decided todrive in. They said, ‘Welove it, we’ve met so manygreat people, and we’ll beback next year.’”

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Thephonehadn’t rungall day,whichwasablessingbe-cause we’d been catching up on a thousand and onethings around the house. For us, spring cleaning in-

volves someheavy lifting -- and that’s just the dust bunnies.As a reward, we’d decided to treat ourselves to dinner out.Sue went upstairs to clean up and themoment I heard herturn on the shower, the phone rang.Dorothy the Computerfrom our prescription-by-mail companywas on the line.“Wehave some important questions about ...Sue’s ... pre-

scription. Is ... Sue ...there? Please say ‘yes’ or ‘no.’”“Yes, she’s here but ...”“Is this ... Sue? Please answer ‘yes’ or ‘no.’”“No, but I’m her husband ...”“Please have ... Sue ... call 1-800-555-

5553682973401328876, extension 12 for some very impor-tant information about your prescription.Thank you.”When I think of the 23 hours and 55minutes a day that

neither of us are in the shower, I wonder how it is possiblethat the computerwill call theexactmomentoneofus turnson the water. I can see how acomputerized phone callmakes it easier for my healthcare provider; what I can’t seeis how it makes things easierforme. It is a one-way call dis-guised as a conversation. Theonly time you should have toanswer a question with only“yes” or “no” is when you’re on“Judge Judy.”I want my wife to get her

medicine,and I don’twant herto have to call 1-800-555-5553682973401328876,extension12.Just letme speak toahuman.Or a better computer program.When I call someone, the firstwords out ofmymouthare

usually, “Is this a good time for you to talk?” I’m pretty surea computer could learnhowto say that.And if theanswer isno,thecomputercouldask,“When isagoodtimetocall you?”“Never” should be one of the choices.The only good thing about computer phone calls is that I

don’t feel guilty about hanging up on a computer. I don’tthink that I have hurt its feelings.What bothersme is thatthey could be done somuch better.Howmanytimeshas thishappenedtoyou?Thecomputer

asks you to type in your account number“for faster service.”Finally, 20minutes later when you finally get to speak to ahuman,the first thingoutofhismouth is,“CanIpleasehaveyour account number?” I never type inmy account numberanymore,and italmostalwaysgetsme faster service.Bynottyping it in, the computer says, “I’m sorry, I don’t recognizethat.Letme transfer you to someonewho can help you.”I have to phone in test results every few weeks to one of

myhealthcareproviders.The first thing their computersaystome is to call 911 if this is an emergency. Is there someoneon this planet that would call 1-800-555-5553682973401328876, extension 12 first if they were hav-ing an emergency? It’s like explaining to plane passengershow to buckle a seat belt. If they don’t already knowhow todo that, how are they ever going to figure out the toilet?Somehow,wecantell thedifferencebetweenacomputer’s

voice and an actual human.But every day they are gettingbetterandmorerealistic.Acomputer recentlyendedonecallto me by saying “thank you,” and I said “thank you” back.Was it just out of habit, or for amoment, could I not tell thedifference?Andwhat happenswhen the day comes thatwereally can’t tell the difference?I think we’ll always be able to tell, even if the computer

voices are perfect. How many humans are going to start aconversationbysaying,“If you’d like to speak tome inSpan-ish,press9”inperfectSpanish?Nomatterhowhumantheysound, that’s got to be a dead giveaway.

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Security along the U.S.border with Mexico isperhaps the key factor

in the debate over compre-hensive immigration re-form. Those who believe theborder is mostly secure al-ready are more inclined tosupport the plan of the bi-partisan Gang of Eight inthe Senate -- legalizationfirst, followed by enhancedsecurity. Those who believethe border is still far from secure aremore likely to oppose the Gang of Eight’sapproach, insisting that heightened se-curity measures be in place before thenation’s estimated 11 million illegal im-migrants are legalized.Now, a new report from the Council on

Foreign Relations could have a signifi-cant effect on the conversation -- andcast real doubt on whether the govern-ment’s border security statistics are re-liable. If the report is correct, moreillegal immigrants are making it pastU.S. authorities than officials say. Andjust as important, the report suggests itis nearly impossible to have an informeddebate about border security becausethe government does not reveal the mostbasic information about illegal bordercrossings.“The Department of Homeland Secu-

rity releases only a single output num-ber: the total arrests, or apprehensions,made by Border Patrol agents of unau-thorized crossers in the vicinity of theborder,” the authors write. “Such basicquestions as the apprehension rate forunauthorized crossers or the estimatednumber of successful illegal entries can-not be answered simply by counting ar-rest totals.”No, they can’t. To find some of the an-

swers that Homeland Security won’tprovide, the authors looked to other data-- interviews with people who have triedto cross the border illegally; analysis ofpeople who have been caught attempt-ing to cross multiple times; and what iscalled “known flow,” that is, the actualobservations by the Border Patrol of peo-ple trying to cross into the UnitedStates.Putting together all the evidence,

what they found is that U.S. authoritiesare catching somewhere between 40 per-cent and 55 percent of the people whotry to cross the border illegally. That’smore than in the past, when the BorderPatrol had less manpower, but it’s stilljust somewhere around half, or evenless.And nobody is quite sure if that is ac-

curate; 40 to 55 percent of what? Know-ing that answer requires knowing thetotal number of people who have tried to

enter the U.S. illegally inany given year, includingthe ones who successfullyevaded Border Patrol. TheDHS estimate of that group,the so-called “gotaways,” isalmost surely too low, andnew information fromdrone-based surveillancesuggests more illegal immi-grants may be gettingthrough than previouslythought.

To that 40 percent to 55 percent whoare apprehended, DHS adds anothernumber referred to as “turnbacks.”Those are people who try to enter ille-gally, make some progress, and then re-treat back into Mexico. There areestimates that the turnback rate acrossthe whole border is about 23 percent.Some border experts put those two

numbers together -- apprehensions andturnbacks -- and come up with what iscalled an overall effectiveness rate. If theapprehension rate is, say, 47 percent,and the turnbacks are 23 percent, thenthat would be a 70 percent effectivenessrate. (Assuming the government knowsthe total number that tried to get in,which it doesn’t.)DHS has been claiming a pretty high

success record lately. “Right now, what isour effectiveness rate ... in high-risk bor-der sectors as defined by the [Gang ofEight] bill?” asked Sen. Tom Carper, D-Del., of Border Patrol chief MichaelFisher at a recent hearing. “It’s approxi-mately between 80 and 85 percent,”Fisher answered.Privately, some Republican lawmak-

ers scoffed at that number. But the bot-tom line is that, given the secretivenessof Homeland Security, it’s hard to makea really knowledgeable argument oneway or the other.The authors of the Council on Foreign

Relations report find it “puzzling” thatDHS does not release more data; what isavailable, they say, is “distressinglysparse.”Maybe that’s just a bureaucraticoversight, and maybe it’s not. For years,DHS has resisted coming up with a clearway to measure border security. Whywould they voluntarily produce reams ofdata about something they don’t want toknow?But things might change. Recently the

House Homeland Security Committeeunanimously passed a bill that wouldforce DHS to come up with a clear, defi-nite measurement of border security. It’sabsolutely critical. Until there is such ameasurement, the immigration reformdebate is taking place in the dark.

Byron York is chief political corre-spondent for The Washington Examiner.

DAYTON (AP) — Au-thorities in the Daytonarea are investigatingwhat they believe is a dog-fighting operation.It started when Mont-

gomery County officialspulled five dogs with se-vere injuries from severalhomes in the area earlierthis week. Two of the dogswere hurt so badly theydidn’t make it.Mark Kumpf, director

of the MontgomeryCounty Animal ResourceCenter, told The DaytonDaily News that the dogshave injuries consistentwith being forced to fight,including punctures andlacerations to their faces,muzzles and legs.There was no word

about possible suspectsThursday. Kumpf said in-vestigators were meetingwith prosecutors to dis-cuss possible charges.

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COLUMBUS (AP) — Acentral Ohio man initiallysentenced to death for the1996 slaying of a statetrooper will now spend therest of his life in prison in-stead.Maxwell White Jr.’s

death sentence was over-turned in 2005 when a fed-eral court ruled the trialcourt had erred by allowinga juror biased in favor of thedeath penalty to be seatedin the case.The Columbus Dispatch

reports that a three-judgepanel this week resen-tenced the 47-year-oldWhite to a life termwithoutthe possibility of parole for30 years.TheOhio SupremeCourt

ruled that White couldagain face the deathpenaltyat his resentencing, but aplea agreement led to thelife-prison sentence.

Manresentencedfor slayingof trooper

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NEW YORK (AP) —Probably the most amazingthing about the bitter satire“TheLastCyclist” is that theoriginalplaywaswrittenandrehearsed inside aNazi con-centrationcamp.Andwatch-ing the crude butwell-performedandaffectingproduction that openedThursday night at the WestEnd Theater, one can’t helpthinking about what it waslike to actually be trapped inthe horrific situation of theoriginalperformersandtheirfellow inmates in those re-hearsal audiences.According to production

notes, this play is based on arecreation of an absurdistcabaret written in theTerezín Ghetto by Czechdramatist Karel Svenk in1944.Itwasrehearsedbeforeother inmates,butneverper-formedpubliclydue to fearofreprisals from theNazis.Svenk and most of the

original castwereeventuallysent to Auschwitz, and theoriginal script was lost. Ap-parently only one originalperformersurvived,JanaSe-

dova, who reconstructed theplay from memory in 1961for one performance inPrague.This current version has

been “reconstructed andreimagined” by Naomi Patz.While theactionandcharac-ters are often heavy-handed,theplay credibly conveys thenecessity for people to takepersonal responsibility in re-sistingprejudice and racism.With spirited direction by

Edward Einhorn, the home-spun, frenetic action unfoldson a small stage within astage, arranged by set de-signer Clifton Chadwick tolook like a dingy attic. In col-orful, cartoonish costumes,the 10 actors tumble on andoff the set, swiftly changingroles through a series of 21vignettes.Withslapstickandbroad, vaudevillian humor,they parody the random il-logic and racism of a worldwherepeoplewerekilled justfor being Jewish.

B. Jay Becker, the for-mer editor of this column,was playing with one ofhis favorite partners, JeffRubens, when this handarose. It was deal No. 2 ofa 100-board match to de-termine the team thatwould represent theUnited States in the 1973world championship.Rubens was South and

got to three notrump asshown. Ordinarily, heplays his cards deliber-

ately, even though he isone of the fastest thinkersin the game. But on thisoccasion he played thehand very quickly.West led the heart king,

ducked by South, and con-tinued with the jack, wonby Rubens with the ace.Declarer promptly playedthe jack of diamonds andfinessed. East took thequeen and returned aclub.Rubens thereupon

showed his hand andclaimed the rest of thetricks, making five on adouble squeeze! The onlyexplanation he offeredwas that he assumed Easthad four or more spades,which in turn meant thatthe double squeeze wassure to succeed. The oppo-nents conceded the claim,and the rest of the hand

was not even played out!They realized that

Rubens would win theclub and cash the A-K-Q ofspades and A-K-10 of dia-monds to produce this po-sition:

The lead of the diamondfour now would firstsqueeze East out of a club,South discarding a spade,and then squeezeWest outof a club to put an end tothe proceedings. Rubens’claim at trick four wassimply a timesaver!

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BY BRETT ZONGKERAssociated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — The oldestcontinuously operating theater in thenation’s capital that has drawn topperformers dating back decades be-fore the Civil War is getting a freshstart and a makeover after years ofstruggle.A season of shows announced this

week at the National Theatre in-cludes its first world premiere of anew musical bound for Broadway inyears — “If/Then,” from the creativeteam behind the Tony Award-win-ning “Next to Normal,” will star IdinaMenzel in November. The season alsoincludes the return of “West SideStory,” which got its start at the Na-tional in the 1950s, the Tony Award-winning revival of “The Gershwins’Porgy and Bess” and the Washingtonpremiere of “American Idiot” from thepunk group Green Day.Perhaps most importantly, the

long-neglected theater is gettingsome tender, loving care. NationalTheatre officials told The AssociatedPress they are planning refurbish-ments this summer that will includea warmer color scheme to replace theNational’s outdated aqua interior.Backstage areas, dressing rooms andbathrooms also will get a deep scrub-bing and fresh coat of paint.A new programming team led by

Chicago-based JAM Theatricals andPhiladelphia’s SMG is aiming to re-vive the National on the nation’s en-tertainment circuit. They want tocreate a more modern performancespace in the historic 1835 theater tohost not only Broadway-level showsbut also concerts, dance, comedy andother acts to keep the National’s mar-quee lit. Last year, the theater was

dark for all but five weeks.“There’s not a theater in the coun-

try that has a richer history than theNational,” said Bob Papke of SMG,who runs the new National TheatreGroup with JAM co-founder SteveTraxler. “It’s as iconic a theater asCarnegie Hall or the Apollo.”The National is located two blocks

from the White House on Pennsylva-nia Avenue, known as “America’sMain Street,” frequently hostingpresidents and national leaders. Ac-cording to a history of the theater,President Abraham Lincoln learnedof his nomination to a second termwhile attending a National Theatreperformance. From 1882 to 1916,John Philip Sousa conducted thePresident’s Own United States Ma-rine Band in frequent concerts.In 1927, the musical “Show Boat”

made its world premiere at the his-toric playhouse, followed by “WestSide Story” in 1957.It was a prime venue for shows on

their way to Broadway until theopening in 1971 of the Kennedy Cen-ter for the Performing Arts. The ar-rival of the larger performance spacesposed stiff competition for the Na-tional’s 1,670-seat house. For fiveyears, Kennedy Center’s foundingchairman Roger Stevens, a notableBroadway producer, oversaw the Na-tional’s programming while also lead-ing the Kennedy Center. The twoorganizations severed ties by 1980.Broadway organizations managed

the National’s bookings over theyears with mixed success. Last fall,the Shubert Organization’s 30-yearcontract expired.The nonprofit theater board and

executive director Tom Lee were look-ing to give the theater a rebirth as a

performing arts center that canadapt to changing demands beyondtheater. They turned to JAM Theatri-cals to maintain the theater’s tradi-tion of Broadway shows and SMG toexpand its programming into con-certs.“If you’re not on Broadway and

you’re only doing Broadway, thenyou’re limiting the possibility of whatthe theater can be,” Papke said. “Ithink it’s a fresh beginning. It’s fresheyes looking at the theater, looking atthe market.”The first show under the new man-

agement, a Bryan Adams concert inJanuary, was a sellout.Theater officials have visions of

adding educational programs, eventspaces and perhaps even a rooftopbar to generate more revenue to sup-port the theater. In coming years, itwill need millions in renovations andsupport from donors.To foster a loyal audience base

amid tough competition in Washing-ton’s theater scene, the National hasbegun selling its first subscriptionpackage of shows in years. It has alsobooked shows that are popular withaudiences, including “Stomp,” ‘’BlueMan Group” and “Mama Mia!”Traxler of JAM Theatricals said it

was a coup for Washington to nab thepremiere of Tom Kitt and BrianYorkey’s “If/Then.” The creative teamwon the Pulitzer Prize and the TonyAward for “Next to Normal.” Theirnew story follows a 40-year-oldwoman moving to New York City tomake a fresh start. It’s directed byMichael Grief, who directed “Rent,”reuniting him with Menzel.Washington is a growing, sophisti-

cated city and a good place to producenew theater, Traxler said.

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DEAR ABBY: I took careof my grandmother until herdeath a few years ago, andnow my mother is very sick. Ifeel angry because I’m only23, and it seems all I haveever done is take care of sickpeople. I sit at the hospitalsometimes just fuming.Mom was a smoker and

now she has cancer. I keepthinking if she hadn’tsmoked, she wouldn’t be inthis fix, and neither would I.I always visit her and try todo everything she asks of me,and yet I think I’m startingto hate her. I dread going tothe hospital, sitting thereand waiting for test results,etc. What kind of daughterhas feelings like this?

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DEAR DAUGHTER:Please stop beating yourselfup. Your feelings are normal.You have a right to be angrythat your mother is sick. At23, you have had an unusualamount of responsibilitythrust upon you for someoneyour age. That her diseasehas taken over your life isalso a reason to be angry.However, please stop

blaming her for her illness.Right now, you need eachother. And nonsmokers getcancer, too. The AmericanCancer Society has supportgroups where family mem-bers can safely share theirfeelings. Please check themout.

DEAR ABBY: I’m 43 andwent back to school the non-traditional way. I will gradu-ate soon with my master ofhuman services degree. I willbe the first person in my im-mediate family to have a deg.My best friend thinks I’m

foolish because I posed forgraduation photos and or-dered a class ring. She said Iam too old to be having grad-uation pictures and a ring. Iwas thrilled to have them,but now I’m wondering if Ireally am being foolish. Am Itrying to recapture the“would have/couldhave/should have” years?

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DEAR ED: Shame onyour friend for raining on

your parade. With a bestfriend like this, you shouldnever forget to bring an um-brella. You’re celebrating the fact

that as a nontraditional stu-dent you have earned yourmaster’s degree. That’s alaudable accomplishmentand deserves to be celebratedin any way you would like.Please accept my sincerecongratulations, graduate!

DEAR ABBY: I love toread. I have kept every bookI have read, so I probablyhave close to 600 books in mylibrary, which is actually asmall room, overflowing withbooks and nothing else.Why do you think I can’t

let go of them? I lend themout to only a select few, and Ialways make sure they arereturned. I could do lovelythings with this room if mybooks weren’t in the way, butI can’t seem to part withthem.

— BOOKWORM INNEW YORK

DEAR BOOK-WORM: It’s probably be-cause your books havebecome an extension of your-self. Because you would liketo do something else with thespace they occupy, sortthrough them and keep onlythe most precious ones. Ifthere are titles you wouldlike to read again one day, doas many others are doing --read them on an e-reader.

Dear Abby is written byAbigail Van Buren, alsoknown as Jeanne Phillips,and was founded by hermother, Pauline Phillips.Write Dear Abby atwww.DearAbby.com or P.O.Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA90069.

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COLUMBUS (AP) —JoanLeonard describes her-self as a roadie, an anony-mous technician who helpsset up and tear down thestages for rock concerts.She is Ohio StateUniver-

sity’s greenhouse coordina-tor and oversees andnurtures thousands ofplants,many ofwhich figureprominently in researchprojects andbiology lectures.A day in Leonard’s life is

filled with planting, repot-ting and routine checks onthe health and growth ofmore than740 tropical, tem-perate and desert plantspecies. It’s a role she hasheld and cherished for 26years.“I’m the behind-the-

scenes person who makes ithappen,”Leonard said.But the 49-year-old

botanist is far from anony-mous thesedays,thanks toarare, endangered Sumatranflower that grows to ridicu-lous proportions and smellslike rotting flesh. Her affin-ity for raising Titan arumhas made her a rock legendin botany circles, attractingthousandsof fans onlineandin person,waiting to see thefruits of her labor.The plant, commonly

called the corpse flower, cantake as long as 10 years be-fore it spreads its first titanicbloom, which lasts a fewdays.After it flowers,a plantcan take as long as threeyears to build up the energyto bloom again. Some neverbloom at all, instead simplymaking a leaf.Getting one plant to

bloom is a big deal. Two ishuge.But four in threeyears,and two within a week ofeachother?That’s incredible.The bloom of Maudine on

Friday night will closely fol-low that of Woody, whichbloomed on May 14 — itssecond bloom in three years.Jesse bloomed last year.“She is wonderful. She

has such a green thumb,”said Mo Fayyaz, a Univer-sity of Wisconsin botanistand director of the school’sgreenhouse.It was Fayyaz, a fellow

Titan arum enthusiast, whogave Leonard the seeds togrowher corpse flowers.Shehas, in turn, shared seedsfrom her flowers withbotanists inChina,Missouriand Illinois and at theSmithsonian Institution.Fayyaz has had a few

multiple blooms, includingone that sprouted two flow-ers from the same tuber.“The plant is really kind ofstrange,” he said.It’s that strangeness that

draws fans. Thousands ofvisitors have seen Leonard’swork in the OSU green-house, which tops a campusgarage on 12thAvenue.Ohio State estimates that

storiesaboutWoody’s secondbloom reached more than 4million people in the UnitedStates and abroad. Thatmakes the OSU greenhouseprogram the university’smost discussed non-athleticnews item.And that’s some-thing that clearly pleasesLeonard.“Botanists get kind of a

‘plantgeek’ title,and it’skindof a nerdy thing to get into,”she said. “It’s a little surrealsometimes that so manypeople find this as fascinat-ing as I do.”Emily Yoders-Horn, the

OSU greenhouse superin-tendent, said Leonard de-serves all the praise andattention she is getting.“She started these plants

from seeds. This has been alabor of love for her for thepast 10 years,” Yoders-Hornsaid. “She’s very passionateabout this stuff.”Aside from a five-month

internship at the ChicagoBotanic Garden in 1986,Leonard’s entire career hasbeen spent running thegreenhouseprogramatOhioState. “Every day is a littlebit different,” she said.“You’re watering plants,pruning, repotting, and wehave different classes com-ing throughanddifferent re-search projects.“Every day, something is

growing,” she said. “That’sexciting.”Louis Ricciardiello, a re-

tired oral surgeon,tends300Titan arum plants near hishome inGilford,N.H.Ricciardiello said he has

20 plants that have bloomedorareabout tobloomincom-ing weeks. But he saidLeonard’swork is just as im-pressive.“My greenhouse is de-

signed for this flower. Theylike it very warm and verywet and high humidity,” hesaid.“To find that medium

where (Leonard and OSUstaff) can produce thatflower and still keep theirother plants healthy, that’s asignificant achievement.”

THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH, NEAL C. LAURON, FILE/AP PHOTOIn this April 24, 2011 file photo, Nancy Clapper, ofColumbus, takes a picture of the rare corpse floweras research assistant George Keeney, with the blue t-shirt, helps lead a group, at the Ohio State UniversityBiological Sciences greenhouse in Columbus, Ohio.Researchers at an Ohio State University greenhouseare awaiting a rare second bloom by a rainforestplant known as a corpse flower because of its un-pleasant odor. The university says the nearly 6-foottitan arum is expected to open this week, releasinganother round of its rotting-flesh smell a little morethan two years after it first flowered.

Corpse flowercreates fans forOhio botanist

BRADFORD—The public is invited to a homemade ice cream social on Thursday from 5-7 p.m. at GreenvilleCreek Christian Church, 5110 Buckneck Road, Bradford.The menu includes four flavors of ice cream— vanilla, pineapple, strawberry and chocolate — as well as hot

dogs, ham, sloppy joes, chicken sandwiches, cake, pie and drinks.

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Exotic pet owners appeal restrictionsBY JULIE CARRSMYTH

COLUMBUS (AP) —Some owners of exotic an-imals say a new Ohio lawis onerous and infringeson their constitutionalrights, and they’ve asked afederal appeals court tostrike it down.The private owners

argue in a brief filed Fri-day that the law violatesthe First and FifthAmendments, by limitingtheir freedom of associa-tion and effectively takingtheir property by requir-ing them to implant mi-crochips in their animalsat their own expense be-fore being registered withthe state.They argue the law in-

cludes impossible hurdlesthat leave owners whowant to operate for-profitbusinesses only one op-tion: joining a zoologicalgroup that private ownersare “loathe to associatewith,” a lawyer for theowners wrote in the brief.

Attorney Robert Owenscalled Ohio permitting re-quirements “a sham” im-posing compliance costs soexorbitantly high they ex-ceed the value of the ani-mals involved andthreatening to financiallywipe out those who seekpermits.“As a result, the Act pro-

vides a textbook Hobson’schoice. There is no actualchoice, only an illusoryone,” Owens wrote. “Un-less they join (one of twonational zoological associ-ations), Appellants willhave to dispose of theirproperty and close theirbusinesses.”The appeal comes after

a federal judge in Colum-bus sided with the statelast year in upholding thelaw.Ohio strengthened its

regulation of exotic ani-mal ownership after aZanesville man releaseddozens of his animals in2011 from his easternOhio farm before commit-ting suicide. Authorities

killed most of the animals,including black bears,Bengal tigers and Africanlions, fearing for the pub-lic’s safety.The new law took effect

in September, althoughsome provisions have yetto kick in. Those include apermit process that goesinto place in October.Under that process,

owners who want to keeptheir animals must obtainnew state-issued permitsby Jan. 1, 2014.They mustpass background checks,pay fees, obtain liabilityinsurance or surety bondsand show inspectors theycan properly contain theanimals and care forthem. The law exemptssanctuaries, research in-stitutions and facilities ac-credited by the twonational zoo groups.Owens says in the brief

filed with the 6th U.S. Dis-trict Court of Appeals inCincinnati that the onlyway for his clients to qual-ify for an exemption underthe law is for them to join

either the Association ofZoos and Aquariums orthe Zoological Associationof America groups he saysare at odds with hisclients.“The AZA and ZAA ad-

vocate against privateownership in the form ofaggressive political lobby-ing and contributions oftime and money to politi-cal candidates who sup-port their politicalagenda,” Owens wrote.In upholding the law

last year, U.S. DistrictCourt Judge GeorgeSmith said the court rec-ognizes some businessesmay be negatively affectedby it and some ownersmay not be able to keeptheir beloved animals, butthe plaintiffs failed toprove it violates their con-stitutional rights. Smithsaid the case came downto the public interest andprotecting the public fromthe potential dangers ofexotic animals that getloose.

ODOT awards$7.2 for schoolroute safetyCOLUMBUS (AP) —

The Ohio Department ofTransportation is award-ing $7.2 million for proj-ects to help childrensafely walk or bike toschool.The grants announced

this week in the SafeRoutes to School Pro-gram go to 58 projects.The money will help withconstructing or improv-ing crosswalks and side-walks and will supportefforts to educate chil-dren about being safe onthe way to school.Ohio first lady Karen

Kasich says the projectsencourage walking orbiking to school and canhelp cut pollution andtraffic.Recipients of the

largest awards includethe cities of Campbell,

Lima and NorthRidgeville, along withHowland Township inTrumbull County, Sugar-creek Township in GreenCounty and the village ofButler in RichlandCounty. Those areas eachwere awarded a grant of$365,000 or more.

Soldier watchesson graduateLIMA (AP) — An Ohio

high school was livestreaming its commence-ment so a soldier servingin Afghanistan couldwatch his son graduate.Lima Senior High

School's graduation cere-mony appeared live on-line Sunday.Army Spc. Dave Sod-

ders told the Lima Newsin an email that hehoped watching fromafar would let his son,Doug, know his dad waswith him in spirit.The family knew when

Sodders left forAfghanistan in Augustthat he wouldn't be ableto attend Doug's gradua-tion, so the boy's mother,Lisa, called Lima schoolsand asked for help.School officials sug-

gested live streamingwould be the best option.A test run was com-

pleted a few weeks ago toassure the technologyworked properly and itoperated as plannedSunday.

Turbineopponentschallenge stateapprovalURBANA (AP) — Oppo-nents of a multimilliondollar wind project thatwould build at least 52wind turbines in south-west Ohio are challeng-ing a state board'sapproval of the project'snext phase.

The Ohio Power SitingBoard voted this week toallow the second phase ofthe Buckeye Wind Proj-ect. The SpringfieldNews-Sun reports thatopponents living nearthe proposed projectwant that decision re-viewed.The board decision al-

lows 52 of 56 proposedturbines to be builtacross several townshipsin Champaign County.Project developers saythe wind farm couldmean up to $55 millionto the local economy.Members of Union

Neighbors United haveconcerns about noise,shadows cast by theblades and other issues.The siting board has

approved 10 certificatesfor wind farms across thestate, totaling 639 tur-bines.

BY JOAN LOWYAssociated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) —The average medicalclaim from a motorcyclecrash rose by more thanone-fifth last year inMichigan after the statestopped requiring all rid-ers to wear helmets, ac-cording to an insuranceindustry study. Across thenation, motorcyclists op-posed to mandatory hel-met use have beenchipping away at statehelmet laws for yearswhile crash deaths havebeen on the rise.For more than 40 years,

Michigan required all mo-torcycle riders to wear hel-mets. State legislatorschanged the law last yearso that only ridersyounger than 21 mustwear helmets. The aver-age insurance payment ona motorcycle injury claimwas $5,410 in the twoyears before the law waschanged, and $7,257 afterit was changed — an in-crease of 34 percent, thestudy by the HighwayLoss Data Institute found.After adjusting for the

age and type of motorcy-cle, rider age, gender, mar-ital status, weather andother factors, the actualincrease was about 22 per-cent relative to a group offour comparative states,Illinois, Indiana, Ohio andWisconsin, the studyfound.“The cost per injury

claim is significantlyhigher after the lawchanged than before,which is consistent withother research that showsriding without a helmetleads to more head in-juries,” David Zuby, chiefresearch officer for thedata institute and an affil-iated organization, the In-surance Institute forHighway Safety, said. Thedata institute publishes

insurance loss statisticson most car, SUV, pickuptruck and motorcycle mod-els on U.S. roads.While other studies

have shown an increasemotorcycle deaths afterstates eliminate orweaken mandatory hel-met requirements, the in-dustry study is the first tolook specifically at the ef-fect of repealing helmetrequirements on theseverity of injuries asmeasured by medical in-surance claims, Zuby said.Some states have

sought to mitigate the re-peal or loosening ofmandatory helmet laws bysetting minimum medicalinsurance requirements,but “that doesn’t evencome close to covering thelifelong care of somebodywho is severely brain-in-jured and who cannotwork and who is going tobe on Medicaid and award of the state,” JackieGillan, president of Advo-cates for Highway andAuto Safety, which backsmandatory helmet re-quirements for all riders,said.Jeff Hennie, vice presi-

dent of the MotorcycleRiders Foundation, dis-missed the study, sayingthe insurance industryviews helmets as “the sil-ver bullet that’s going tochange the landscape ofmotorcycle safety.” He saidinsurers are upset be-

cause “life has gottenmore expensive for themand they have to pay outmore.”“The fact is our high-

ways are bloody,” Henniesaid. “This (the Michiganhelmet law change) does-n’t make helmets illegal.

... No one is forcing anyoneto ride without a helmet.”Vince Consiglio, presi-

dent of American BikersAimed Toward Educationof Michigan, blamed theincrease in the severity ofinjuries on bikers whodon’t take safety coursesrequired to obtain a spe-cial motorcycle license. Hesaid bikers without motor-cycle licenses have madeup an increasingly largershare of fatalities and in-juries in recent years.But Gillan said the

study “clearly shows there

is no such thing as a freeride, and the public is pay-ing the cost for this.”There’s no way to know

howmany of the Michiganclaims involved motorcy-clists not wearing helmets,the study said. But an-other recent study by the

University of Michigan’sTransportation ResearchInstitute found a signifi-cant increase in motorcy-clists involved in crasheswho weren’t wearing hel-mets after the lawchanged. From April 13,2012, the first full dayafter the change took ef-fect, through the end ofthe year, 74 percent of mo-torcyclists involved incrashes were wearing hel-mets, compared with 98percent in the same periodfor the previous fouryears, the study found.

Nationally, motorcycledeaths have risen in 14 ofthe past 15 years, withmore than 5,000 deathslast year, according to ananalysis by the GovernorsHighway Safety Associa-tion of preliminary 2012data. That’s the highestproportion motorcycleshave ever represented ofoverall traffic deaths,more than 14 percent, theassociation said.Currently, 19 states and

the District of Columbiarequire all motorcycliststo wear a helmet, 28states require only somemotorcyclists — usuallyyounger or novice riders— to wear a helmet, andthree states have no hel-met use law. States havebeen gradually repealingor weakening mandatoryhelmet laws for nearly twodecades.In 1967, to increase mo-

torcycle helmet use, thefederal government re-quired that states enacthelmet laws in order toqualify for certain federal

safety programs and high-way construction aid. Thefederal incentive worked.By the early 1970s, almostall states had motorcyclehelmet laws that coveredall riders. In 1976, Con-gress stopped the Trans-portation Departmentfrom assessing financialpenalties on states with-out helmet laws, and statelawmakers began repeal-ing the statutes.

In 1991, Congress cre-ated new incentives forstates to enact helmet andseat belt laws, but re-versed itself four yearslater.The National Highway

Traffic Safety Administra-tion, which sent observersto states last year to counthow many motorcyclistswore helmets, found that97 percent of motorcyclistsin states with universalhelmet laws were wearinghelmets compared with 58percent of motorcyclists instates without such cover-age.

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McDonald’s CEO:I lost weight bybeingmore activeNEW YORK (AP) —

They might start calling ittheMcDiet.McDonald Corp.’s CEO

DonThompson revealed atan analyst conference thisweekthatheshedabout20pounds in the past year bygetting his “butt up” and“workingoutagain.”Buthesaid he hasn’t changed hishabit of eating at McDon-ald’s “every, single day.”Thompson, who has

beenonthe job for less thana year,was responding to aquestion about how theworld’s biggest hamburgerchain is adapting amidgrowing concerns aboutobesity.Thompson said that he

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For Lehman juniorsprinter Justin Stewart, itwas all about the relay.Sprinter Sarah Titter-

ington and thrower BradMontgomery will both becompeting at multipleevents for Lehman atstate, while CorrineMelvin will do the samefor Miami East.Stewart, a four-event

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Whether it was hurdlesor distance, the Covingtonboys and girls track andfield team had it coveredSaturday at the Piqua D-III regional final.Troy Cron and Jackie

Siefring combined forthree regional titles, whilefreshman Carly Shell wonthe girls 3,200 and TaraSnipes was second in the800 on one of Covington’smost productive days at aregional meet.“That was sweet,”

Siefring said after watch-ing both Cron and DaltonBordelon advance to statein the 300 hurdles. “And

Ben (Miller) ran a PR inthe 110s. It was a greatday for our hurdlers.”Cron swept the 110

hurdles, 14.85; and 300hurdles, 38,95.“We push each other in

practice all the time,”Cron said. “Actually,Jackie (Siefring) pushesus more than we push her.It’s great having her. Iwanted to Dalton (Borde-lon and Ben (Miller) toboth make it to state. Benran a great race, he justmissed and Dalton madeit. I think having beenthere (at state) is going tohelp me.”Bordelon ran a 40.32 in

the 300 hurdles, finishing

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The Russia girls trackand field team made his-tory — and the Versaillesgirls relay teams showedwhat teamwork is allabout Saturday at thePiqua D-III regional trackand field meet.The Lady Raiders won

the D-III regional titlewith 58 points to hold offMinster who had 54 —and it seemed fitting thatsenior Lauren Franciswas standing at the top ofthe podium with the tro-phy in her grasp, sur-rounded by herteammates.“We really get along

well this year,” Francissaid with a smile. “This isa great group of girls. Ijust have to thank myfamily and community for

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TIPP CITY — Not usedto getting hit hard — or atall — and knowing Triad’spenchant for coming frombehind after its regionalsemifinal win, Covington’sCasey Yingst didn’t falter.“I felt fine,” she said

after the Cardinals piledup seven hits in the finalthree innings. “We had thelead, and the defense be-hind me is flawless.“You can’t panic.”Shortstop Cassidy Cain

certainly didn’t.With the tying runs on

first and second and twoouts in the bottom of theseventh, Jenna Welty hit aslow grounder to short.Cain was forced to take iton an in-between hop and

momentarily bobbled theball — but she recoveredquickly and made aheads-up play to toss it tothird to get the game-end-ing force and send theBuccaneers to their thirdstraight state tournamentafter a 4-2 win in Satur-day’s Division IV regionalchampionship in TippCity.Covington will play

Strasburg Franklin in thestate semifinals at 3 p.m.Thursday at FirestoneStadium in Akron.“I knew (third base-

man) Heidi (Snipes)would be there, and Iknew the other two girlswere too fast to get. I onlyhad the one play,” Cainsaid.

No stoppingLady BuccsCovington headed to state

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DUBLIN (AP) — MattKuchar rolled in one lastbirdie to win the Memorialby two shots and join TigerWoods as the only multiplewinners on the PGA Tourthis year.Kuchar was challenged

briefly at the turn by KyleStanley, and then lateSunday when Kevin Chap-pell birdied three of his lastfour holes. Kuchar onlyneeded to two-putt from20 feet for the win, and hemade the putt for a 4-under 68.

Kuchar holdson at Memorial

Stewart winsDover raceDOVER, Del. (AP) —

Tony Stewart made a lateout outside pass on JuanPablo Montoya and heldon Sunday at Dover Inter-national Speedway tosnap a 30-race winlessstreak.Stewart hadn't even had

a top-five finish this sea-son and was stuck in 20thin the points standings. He took the lead with

the pass with three lapsleft in the 400-mile race.Stewart hadn't won on

the concrete mile tracksince he swept both Cupraces in 2000.Seven-time Dover win-

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Lehman third in1:32.78 and team withMitchell Slater, ErickJackson and Teddy Jack-son for a berth in the statemeet.“That’s the one I really

wanted,” Stewart, whobroke into a big smilewhen he met with theother three in the infieldafter the race, said. “Wehave worked really hardand it is great to have thatopportunity at state.”Stewart also finished

third in the 100, 11.33;won the 400, 49.08; andwas third in the 200, 23.02to advance to state in allthree.“It (running in four

events at state) is a chal-lenge,” Stewart said. “But,it is a challenge I am look-ing forward to. It is some-thing I wanted.”After cruising to victory

in the 400 in his third raceof the day, he charged tothe finish in the 200 to se-cure his final state berth.“It is a different way of

running the race I juststarted,” Stewart said. “Iused to try and go out fast.Now, I am trying to finishfast, to see if that willwork better.”

� Brad Montgomeryfollowed up qualifying forthe discus on Wednesday,by doing the same in theshot put on Saturday, fin-ishing second with a putof 51-2.“I had a pretty good one

early,” Montgomery said.“My first one was 49-11 1-2. I was in second going tothe finals.”Montgomery had a put

of 51-2 in the finals to puta lock on second.“I want to throw it one

inch farther next week,”he said with a smile. “Iwas one inch short of theLehman record.”

� Titterington, whobattled through an injuryearlier this spring, isgoing to state under dif-ferent circumstances thisseason.A year ago, she was re-

gional champion in the100, 200 and 400.And while she didn’t

record any firsts Saturday,

she will be running atstate in all three events.Titterington was fourth

in all three events.She ran the 100 in

12.77; the 400 in 57.36;and the 200 in 26.32.“I wasn’t really worried

about winning today,” Tit-terington said. “I was justfocused on getting tostate. You get behind onconditioning when you areinjured, but I feel goodabout where I am at. Ithink having been to statelast year, I won’t be asnervous this year. I thinkthat will help.”

� Melvin referred toher day, particularly inthe 100, as redemption.She finished second in

the 100, 12.59; and thirdin the 200, 26.27.“I felt like I had to re-

deem myself after the 100on Wednesday,” Melvin,who ran 12.98 in the pre-lims said. “I got off to hor-rible start in the prelims.People who saw that prob-ably thought I didn’t havea chance today.”Melvin feels like she

has something to provenext week as well.“I placed at state before,

so nothing less is accept-able,” she said. “Again, Ithink it is a chance for meto redeem myself.”Melvin also ran on two

relays Saturday.“We didn’t make it to

state,” she said. “But, westill get a medal. It’s notall bad.”

� Bradford’s ShayLaFollette advanced tostate in the 100 hurdlesfor the third straight year.She matched her fresh-

man season, finishing sec-ond in 15.44.“I was really nervous at

the start (after seeing arunner DQ’dWednesday),”LaFollette said. “I felt re-ally good about the race.Alot of top hurdlers gradu-ated last year. I havemissed finals by one spotat state the last two years,so definitely, I want tomake the finals this year.”LaFollette may well be

the first Bradford trackathlete to compete inthree state meets.

LehmanContinued from page 9

Versailles’ AmandaWinner takes a handoff from MeaganWinner in the 1,600-meter relay Saturday.MIKE ULLERY/CALL PHOTOS

RussiaContinued from page 9

the way they come outand support us. This wasthe schools first-ever girlsregional title in any sport.It is a great way to headinto the state meet.”And Francis, who quali-

fied onWednesday as partof the 3,200 relay team,finished fourth in the3,200 Saturday in11:57.39.“I am so excited that

our relay team made it tostate,” Francis said. “I hadbeen fifth in that eventthe last two years, so it isgreat to be able to runthat at state. I knew thecompetition was going tobe tough in the 3,200. Iwant to place higher thanI did last year, but I alsowant to have fun.”

� Another Russia sen-ior, Taylor Magoto, savedher best for the most criti-cal time.Magoto cleared 9-10 in

the pole vault to tie forsecond and earn a stateberth.“I came in seventh, so it

may have been a little un-expected,” Magoto said.“But, I have been workinghard and I was coming offa broken ankle.”Five vaulters had

cleared 9-6 and Magotogot 9-10 on her first at-tempt to secure a stateberth.“I figured that would

get me to state,” Magotosaid. “Before today, 9-9was my best. So, I wouldlike to get 10-0 or 10-3 atstate.”

� For freshman sensa-tion Lauren Heaton, win-ning the 400 is nothingnew.But, she got a shocked

look on her face when shewas told her time, a schoolrecord 56.75.“I wasn’t expecting

that,” Heaton said. “Not atall. I never would have ex-pected anything like thisat the beginning of theyear. I knew I ran a goodrace, but I didn’t know itwas that fast. It does giveme big expectations fornext week, but at thesame time, I still want tohave fun.”

�While Katie Borchersis busy preparing for theNCAA national meet nextweek, running for OhioState — she had her Rus-sia 1,600 record brokenSaturday — by her sisterEmily.The sophomore finished

second in 5:12.84.“It was my sister

Katie’s,” Emily said with abig grin when askedwhose record she broke.“It won’t take me long atall (to let her know aboutit). That (the record) hasbeen my goal all year.”Considering defending

state champion MeghanVogel of West Liberty-Salem won the race,Borchers had a lot to smileabout.“I just wanted to stay as

close to Meghan (Vogel) asI could,” Borchers said. “Ithelps a lot to have some-one like that in the race.When she went, I wenttoo.”

� Sophomore LeahFrancis is headed to statefor the Lady Raiders inthe 100 hurdles, takingthird in 15.53.“I was really happy

with the way I ran,” Fran-cis said. “I was a littlenervous at the start. I rana good time and I ran aclean race. Definitely, Iwant to make finals andget up on the podium.”

� The Versailles girlsrelay teams had a stum-bling block thrown atthem Saturday that wouldhave sidetracked mostteams from any chance atstate.Instead, the Lady

Tigers didn’t bat an eye —sweeping the three relays.After freshman Haley

Winner had run a greatanchor leg to help Ver-sailles (with LaurenBohman, Gwen Keihl andAmanda Winner) win the800 relay in 1:44.46, shebecame ill after receivingher medal on the podium.Valerie Francis and

Lauren Bohman steppedin for her in the 400 and1,600 relays respectively— and didn’t miss a beat.“We work hard all year

long,” Bohman, who ranon all three relays, said.“When you are the alter-nate, you have to ap-proach it like you are thenumber one runner — younever know when youmight have to run. Haley(Winner) was battling alittle bit of sickness andwe were able to step in forher.”The 400 relay (Bohman,

Keihl, Megan Hemmel-garn, Francis) won in50.10.“You couldn’t have

asked any more,” Bohmansaid. “Valerie (Francis)stepped in and just ran agreat race.”In the 1,600 relay,

Bohman looked like a“Winner”, teaming withTaylor, Meagan andAmanda Winner for firstin 4:02.49.“I was running the relay

until two weeks ago —thoseWinner girls are just

too fast for me,” Bohmansaid with a laugh. “But,you have to be prepared.We will see what happensnext week.”The scariest moment of

the day for Versaillescame in the second ex-change when AmandaWinner missed Keihl’shand off the first time, buthad the presence to stopand stay in the exchangelane.“Thank God I didn’t see

that,” Bohman said with asmile. “I heard about itright after the race. I justthink we couldn’t haveasked anymore than whatwe did today.”

� The Versailles boyshad a strong showing atthe Dayton D-II regionalSaturday, sharing firstplace with Dunbar. Bothteams scored 66 points.The Tigers were led by

Sam Prakel, who sweptthe 800, 1:53.47; and1,600, 4:26.87.He also teamed with

Darren Subler, CraigPothast and Chad Winnerfor second in the 1,600relay, 3:21.49.The Tigers advanced

two in the high jump, withClay Wilker finishing sec-ond and Pothast third,with both clearing 6-2.Winner added a second-

place finish in the 400,49.78.

Russia’s Leah Francis goes over a hurdle in the 100 hurdles Saturday.

DAYTON D-II BOYS REGIONALTeam scores:Versailles 66, Dun-

bar 66, Cal. River Valley 49, Spring-field Shawnee 41.3, Licking Valley40, North College Hill 34.3, Thur-good Marshall 34, Eastmoor Acad-emy 28, Watterson 28, Valley View25, Hartley 20, Chaminade-Julienne16, Stivers 14, Dayton Christian 14,Jonathan Alder 13, Wyoming 12,Eaton 11, Deer Park 11, Whitehall-Yearling 11, Brookville 10, CHCA10, Meadowdale 10, Goshen 8,Monroe 8, Shroder 7, Northwestern6, Finneytown 5, Milton-Union 5, In-dian Hill 5, Ben Logan 5, Oakwood5, Bexley 5, Ponitz 5, Mariemont 4,New Richmond 4, Preble Shawnee4, Bellefontaine 3, Buckeye Valley 3,Utica 3, Carlisle 2, Graham 2,Northeastern 2, Alter 2, MiddletownMadison 2, Taylor 1, Greenon 1, He-bron Lakewood .3.Versailles State Qualifiers3,200 Relay: 1.Versailles (Chad

Winner, Richie Ware, Sam Subler,Sam Prakel), 8:02.91.1,600: 1.Sam Prakel, 4:26.87.400: 2.Chad Winner, 49.78.800: 1.Sam Prakel, 1:53.47.1,600 Relay: 1.Versailles (Darren

Subler, Sam Prakel, Craig Pothast,Chad Winner), 3:21.49.High Jump: 2.Clay Wilker, 6-2;

3.Craig Pothast, 6-2.

PIQUA D-III REGIONALBOYS

Team scores: Minster 81.5, LCC71, Lehman 51, Covington 51, Fair-lawn 36,West Liberty-Salem 35, Tri-Village 26, Summit Country Day 25,Georgetown 25, Coldwater 21,Cincinnati Country Day 20, NewKnoxville 17, Convoy Crestview 17,Delphos St. John’s 17, Anna 15,Delphos Jefferson 14, Mechanics-burg 13, Lincolnview 12, Cedarville11, Fort Loramie 10, Spencerville10, St. Henry 10, Bethel 9, CatholicCentral 9, Clark Montessori 8,Miami East 6.5, Emmanuel Chris-tian 6, Ottoville 5.5, Troy Christian 5,Southeastern 5, Dixie 3.5, DaytonJefferson 3, Seven Hills 3, Fayet-teville-Perry 2, Parkway 2, New Bre-men 2, Russia 1, Williamsburg 1,Lockland 1, Newton 1.Local State Qualifiers110 Hurdles: 1.Troy Cron (Cov-

ington), 14.85.100: 3.Justin Stewart (Lehman),

11.33.800 Relay: 3.Lehman (Mitchell

Slater, Erick Jackson, Teddy Jack-son, Justin Stewart), 1:32.78.400: 1.Justin Stewart (Lehman),

49.08.300 Hurdles: 1.Troy Cron (Cov-

ington), 38.95; 3.Dalton Bordelon(Covington), 40.32.200: 3.Justin Stewart (Lehman),

23.02.1,600 Relay: 4.Covington (Ryan

Craft, Brandon Magee, AlexSchilling, Dustin Fickert), 3:28.58.High Jump: 4.Ryan Craft (Cov-

ington), 6-2.Shot Put: 2.Brad Mopntgomery

(Lehman), 51-2.Discus: 3.Brad Montgomery

(Lehman) 154-4.GIRLS

Team scores: Russia 58, Minster54, Marion Local 45, Versailles 44,West Liberty-Salem 42, Covington40, North College Hill 31, Miami Val-ley 30, Cincinnati Country Day 20,Miami East 26, Spencerville 24, FortLoramie 23, Fort Jennings 18, Fair-lawn 16, Lehman 15, Ansonia 14,National Trail 13, Ottoville 12, Day-ton Christian 11, Bradford 9, Anna8, Jackson Center 8, Troy Christian8, Lima Perry 7, Xenia Christian 7,New Knoxville 7, Lockland 6, Felic-ity-Franklin 5, Tri-County North 5,Botkins 4, Fort Recovery 4, TwinValley South 4, Delphos St. John’s4, Franklin Monroe 3, Mechanics-burg 3, Yellow Springs 3, DelphosJefferson 3, New Bremen 3, DeerPark 3, Cedarville 3, Catholic Cen-tral 2,Williamsburg 2, Lincolnview 2,St. Henry 2, Dixie 2.Local State Qualifiers3,200 Relay: 3.Russia (Lauren

Francis, Claire Sherman, EmilyBorchers, Lauren Heaton), 9:45.95.100 Hurdles: 2.Shay LaFollette

(Bradford), 15.44; 3.Leah Francis(Russia), 15.53.100: 2.Corrine Melvin (Miami

East), 12.59; 4.Sarah Titterington(Lehman), 12.77.800 Relay: 1.Versailles (Lauren

Bohman, Gwen Keihl, Haley Win-ner, Amanda Winner), 1:44.46.1,600: 2.Emily Borchers (Russia),

5:12.84.400 Relay: 1.Versailles (Lauren

Bohman, Gwen Keihl, Megan Hem-melgarn, Valerie Francis), 50.10.400: 1.Lauren Heaton (Russia),

56.75; 4.Sarah Titterington(Lehman), 57.36.300 Hurdles: 1.Jackie Siefring

(Covington), 44.96.800: 2.Tara Snipes (Covington),

2:16.74.200: 3.Corrine Melvin (Miami

East), 26.27; 4.Sarah Titterington(Lehman), 26.32.3,200: 1.Carly Shell (Covington),

11:32.71; 4.Lauren Francis (Rus-sia), 11:57.39.1,600 Relay: 1.Versailles (Taylor

Winner, Lauren Bohman, MeaganWinner, Amanda Winner), 4:02.89.Long Jump: 4.Jackie Siefring

(Covington), 16-10 3-4.High Jump: 2.Amanda Winner

(Versailles), 5-3; 4.Bethany York(Russia), 5-3.Shot Put: 3.Leah Dunivan (Miami

East), 38-6.Pole Vault: 2.(tie) Taylor Magoto

(Russia), 9-10.

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third.“I have Troy (Cron) to

push me every day inpractice,” Bordelon said. “Ithought state was prettyrealistic at the beginningof the year, but times re-ally started to drop and Iwas a little nervous.“But, I ran a good race

today. I think having Troyover there at state is goingto help me a lot.”Siefring put Wednes-

day’s false start in the 100hurdles behind her as bestshe could, cruising to awin in the 300 hurdles in44.96.“You have no idea (how

difficult it was),” Siefringsaid. “I was just trying tomake sure I didn’t do any-thing the officials coulddisqualify me for. I cameout of the blocks like agrandma.”She added a fourth-

place finish in the longjump in 16-11 3-4.“I fouled on four of the

six jumps, so I will takeit,” Siefring said.Siefring will be running

just one hurdle event atstate for the first time inher three-year career.“It is definitely less

stressful,” Siefring said.“The 100 is definitelymore stressful, becauseone mistake and you aredone.“But, I would take that

stress. I am not over it(the false start in the 100hurdles). I probably won’tbe over it until I run therace for the first time nextyear.”

� Shell continued heramazing year in track.After breaking former

Versailles state championTammy Berger’s districtrecord a week ago, shenearly matched it in win-ning the 3,200 in 11:32.71.“I didn’t expect this at

the beginning of the year,but once it started hap-pening, I went with it,”Shell said. “My only disap-

pointment was I didn’t getfaster this week, but that’sOK. It is pretty amazingto be a regional championas a freshman.”

� Tara Snipes was astate placer in the 800 ayear ago — and hopes tomove up the podium thisyear.She finished second in

2:16.74, breaking her ownschool record.“As long as I keep get-

ting faster I am happy,”Snipes said. “I wanted toget 2:15 before I was doneand I am only a secondaway. So, that’s a goal nextweek. And I want to moveup higher on the podium(she was eighth lastyear).”

� The Covington boysfinished the meet on anupbeat note, taking fourthin the 1,600 relay (RyanCraft, Brandon Magee,Alex Schilling, DustinFickert) in 3:28.58 to ad-vance.It was a wild final leg

that included anchor. Tri-Village edged Covingtonby .02 of a second andCovington help offDelphos St. John’s by .58of a second to get thefourth and final spot tostate.“It was close there at

the end,” Fickert said. “Iusually get the baton inthe lead and I didn’t today.I was just trying to get aninside lane.”The Buccs did it with-

out normal anchor LaneWhite, who is injured.“We are hoping to get

him back in there nextweek,” Fickert said. “Ihope he can run. He de-serves that chance.”

� The day had startedwith Ryan Craft, in hisfirst year competing intrack, taking fourth in thehigh jump, clearing 6-2.“I did track in junior

high and I always liked it,”Craft said. “I can’t say Iexpected that (getting tostate), but I thought Icould do well. I was nerv-ous on the jump at 6-3. Iknew when I cleared 6-2,that was probably going toget me to state.”Craft hopes to go higher

at state.“I did 6-4 3-4 earlier

this year,” he said. “So, Iwould liked to get up inthat area.”In the final team scor-

ing, Covington boys tiedfor third and the girlswere sixth — now theyprepare for the next hur-dle Friday and Saturdayat the state meet.

And even in that situa-tion, in such a big gameand after a brief bobble,Cain still easily kept herhead and made the play.“I was just focused,”

Cain said. “You can’t thinkabout it at a time likethat. You just have to doit.”“She (Cain) makes

those plays all the time,”Yingst said. “I wasn’t wor-ried at all.”And that kind of atti-

tude — to go along withheaps of talent — is ex-actly how the top-rankedBuccaneers have piled upa 30-0 record this season,and it’s exactly whythey’re moving on toThursday’s state semifinalgame, where they willplay Strasburg-Franklin,for a third straight season.And while the majority

of those wins have beenblowouts, including a 17-0laugher in the districtfinal against FranklinMonroe and a 10-0 winover Marion Local in theregional semifinal — inwhich Yingst threw a no-hitter — every time Cov-ington has been testedthis season, it’s aced it.“This is the way it’s sup-

posed to be,” Covingtoncoach Dean Denlingersaid. “We always tell thegirls that you can’t run-rule everybody. The re-gional final is supposed tobe a tough game, and Ithink this can only help usnext week.“And we even had an

off-day at the plate today.We had a couple ofchances to put extra runson the board, and we justdidn’t execute.”The Buccs only had

seven hits in the game —the first time all yearthey’ve had less than 10.But they made enough ofthem count early on.Connor Schaffer

reached on an error tolead off the top of the sec-ond, but Triad — whichfinished the year a decep-tive 13-17 after beingforced to forfeit doubledigits-worth in games dueto using an illegal playerearlier in the year — gotthe lead runner out on aforce play.After a pop out for the

second out, BrittanieFlora stole second andtook third on an errantpickoff attempt.Haley Adams then

came through with the

game’s first hit, a clutchtwo-out single to drive inthe first run.Adams then kicked off

the next rally in thefourth, beating out a two-out infield single, whichwas followed by a bloopsingle by Cain.Adams broke for third

and made it safely, andCain took second on thethrow.A wild pitch allowed

Adams to score, but Cainwas caught rounding thirdto far to end the inning.Still, Covington led 2-0.

And with Yingst cruising,that two runs seemed likeplenty.Yingst struck out three

and allowed only onebaserunner on an errorthrough the first four in-nings, and she seemedpoised to toss another no-hitter.After a leadoff single by

Heidi Cron and a walk toJessie Shilt to start thefifth, the Buccs lookedpoised to deliver a knock-out blow.But the lead runner got

caught in a rundown after

faking stealing third, anda fielder’s choice thatagain got the lead runnerleft the Buccs with a run-ner on first with two outs.Yingst came through,

though, hammering thefirst pitch she saw off thebase of the fence in left foran RBI triple, and twopitches later anotherpassed ball allowed thatrun to score, as well, giv-ing the Buccs a 4-0 lead.“It’s about time,” Yingst

said of the big hit.Triad chose that time to

wake up.

Jenna Ober singled upthe middle with one out inthe fifth for the Cardinals’first hit, and ChelseaPrice followed with an-other single. But Yingstgot one of her eight strike-outs on the day and a fly-out to center to end thatinning.Maddi Ehrenborg then

led off the sixth with a sin-gle, Welty singled andDayna Ober hit an RBIdouble to the right-centergap to give Triad its firstrun. Hannah Watkinsthen grounded out to sec-ond to bring home anotherrun, and a flyout to rightended the inning with arunner stranded on third.Yingst got the first two

hitters in the seventh out,but nine-hitter SummerDetrick blooped in a singleto keep the game going,and Ehrenborg drewYingst’s only walk of thegame — but the Buccsdidn’t panic, Cain got thelead runner at third by astep and Covington cele-brated.“Three trips to state in

three years. That’s im-pressive,” Denlinger said.“And now we can talkabout what we’ll do therenow that we’re going. I’mpretty superstitious, so wehaven’t talked about thatuntil today. The girlsplayed well today.”And while they’ve been

to Akron three straightyears, the Buccs still havethe perfect mix of excite-ment — and focus on whatcomes next.“It’s still awesome,”

Yingst said. “Not manyteams get to go at all. Todo it three times in a rowis remarkable. But we’vestill got unfinished busi-ness, too.”“It’s exciting, but we

want to win it this year,”Cain said. “We want tomake this year different.”

StateContinued from page 9

Shortstop Cassidy Cain makes a running catch as third baseman Heidi Snipes looks on.BEN ROBINSON/GOBUCCS.COM PHOTO

BuccsContinued from page 9

Carly Shell won the 3,200 Saturday.ISAAC HALE/CALL PHOTO

SPRINGFIELD — TheRussia Raiders came upshort in their quest for astate baseball tournamentquest, losing to ConvoyCrestview 4-1 in a Divi-sion IV regional final thatended just before mid-night Friday night.The game was delayed

by rain for over fourhours. The scheduledstarting time was 5 p.m.,but rain overspread theentire area.However, rather than

reschedule the game andforce teams and fans tomake another long jour-ney to Springfield today,tournament officials de-cided to wait it out. Thefirst pitch was throw ataround 9:20.After Crestview wasted

a two-out walk in the first,Russia threatened in thebottom of the inning.Trevor Sherman led off

with a walk and was sac-rificed to second. He thentook third on a ground outahead of a walk to IsaiahCounts.Counts then got himself

caught off first and in arundown, but he wastagged out before Sher-man crossed the plate toend the threat.Crestview got a two-out

run-scoring hit in the sec-ond.Venice Roberts reached

on an error and went tosecond on a passed ball.He took third when athird strike was droppedand the out was taken atfirst, but the next hitterstruck out on threepitches.Nathan Owens then

walked to put runners onthe corners, and No. 9 hit-ter Brock Rolsten thenblooped a single to right toscore the first run of thegame. Leadoff hit Cam Et-zler then flew out to right.The Raiders got a one-

out walk to Cole McEl-downey but he moved nofurther. When the finalout came on an infieldpop-up, it broke a string offive straight Russia outsby strikeout.Russia finally got on the

board in the bottom of thefourth on a pinch-hit sin-gle by Andrew Daniel. Itcame after Brad Mc-Maken walked and wassacrificed to second. TheRaiders threatened to getmore, but left two runs on.Francis, meanwhile,

was cruising along, butdid run into some troublein the top of the sixth.After an out there was a

walk and a solid single toleft, only the second hit ofthe game for the Knights.The next hitter flew outmeekly to right, but thenZimmerman hit a gapperto left-center to score arun and take a 2-1 lead.Russia intentionally

walked the next batter toload the bases, then Fran-

cis couldn't find the platewith the next hitter, walk-ing in a run to make it 3-1.But further damage

was avoided on a ground-out to Treg Francis at sec-ond.However, Crestview

added a big insurance runin the seventh on a two-out single by Jordan Roop.That followed a base hit

and walk earlier in the in-ning and made it 4-1.Russia refused to go

quietly putting two run-ners on with one out inthe bottom of the seventh.With two outs, Isaiah

Counts was hit by a pitch,loading the bases.But Crestview was able

to get a strikeout, endingthe game.

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Russia run endsin regional finalRaiders fall to Convoy Crestview 4-1

Nolan Francis throws a strike Friday night.

Cam Etzler chases Russia’s Isaiah Counts on an attempted double steal.

PITTSBURGH (AP) —Garrett Jones is a level-headed guy. Even he getsmad sometimes.He was upset when he

stepped into the batters'box in the eighth inningSunday after striking outwith runners on secondand third in his previousat-bat. Jones then un-leashed his anger by hit-ting a 463-foot game-tyinghome run

Travis Snider then hitan RBI single with twoouts in the 11th inningand the Pirates, boostedby a stellar effort from itsbullpen, beat the Cincin-nati Reds 5-4.

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home run of the season,but first since May 10."It was a swing of

anger," Jones said. "Ihaven't been getting manybig hits lately and I puteverything I had into thatswing. It felt pretty good. Iwasn't expecting to hit theball in the river, whichwas pretty cool, but it wasgreat to come through andgive us a chance to win."Broxton said he tried to

throw a cut fastball on theinner half of the plate"He got to it in a hurry

and it went a long, long

ways," Broxton said.Reds shortstop Zack

Cozart made a throwingerror on Russell Martin'sone-out grounder in the11th. After Pedro Alvarezwalked, Jordy Mercer fliedout before Snider thendropped a single intoright-center off AlfredoSimon (4-2)."I put Simon in trou-

ble," Cozart said. "I justthrew it high. It was a badplay."Snider said the Pirates

never felt out of it, evenwhen they had to go to thebullpen in the second in-ning down 4-2.That's been the story of

the year for us -- thebullpen, starting staff hasreally been picking us upand given us opportuni-ties late in games to winballgames," said Snider,who entered the game inthe ninth inning as apinch hitter. "So anytimeyou can return that favorto them it's a special one."Alvarez also homered

for Pittsburgh. Snider andAndrew McCutchen hadtwo hits each.Gomez left after allow-

ing four hits, walked oneand hitting a batter. VinMazzaro and Bryan Mor-ris each worked three in-nings, Mark Melanconand Jason Grilli went oneeach and Wilson finished.The Pirates bullpen led

the major leagues with a2.67 ERA."We got huge innings

out of everyone," Wilsonsaid. "It was unbelievable.It's unfortunate Gomeyhad to leave the gameearly but it was just agreat job and collective ef-fort by the bullpen."Cincinnati starter Mat

Latos, who was looking toimprove to 6-0, was thevictim of a blown save forthe fourth time this sea-son. He got a no-decisionafter allowing two runs

and three hits in six in-nings with seven strike-outs.Manager Dusty Baker

lifted Latos after 94pitches and would like tosee him build more stam-ina."He threw the ball well,

but he hit that wallagain," Baker said. "He'sgot to get over that walland get past the 90-100pitch mark. He's biggerand stronger than that.That's quite a few victo-ries that got away fromhim."Cozart and Todd Fra-

zier each had two hits forCincinnati.Cozart drove in the

game's first run with atriple after leadoff hitterShin-Soo Choo was hit bya pitch. Jay Bruce andXavier Paul then hit RBIsingles and Devin Meso-raco capped the four-runfirst inning with a sacri-fice fly.Latos hit Neil Walker

with two outs in the bot-tom of the first inning andboth teams were issued awarning by plate umpireBob Davidson. Cincinnatisecond baseman BrandonPhillips, who entered theday with an NL-leading45 RBIs, was hit twice inthe series and got abruised left forearm Sat-urday that caused him tomiss Sunday's game.While the relievers held

the Reds in check,Alvarezhit his 11th home run inthe second inning and Mc-Cutchen singled in a runin the sixth to draw thePirates within 4-2 beforeJones tied it and Sniderwon it."We did just enough to

win the game and I can'tgive enough credit to thejob that Morris, Mazzaro,Melancon, Grilli and Wil-son at the end, what theywere able to do, 10 score-less innings," Hurdle said.

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Art owned by T.S. Eliot’s widow to go on saleBY JILL LAWLESSAssociated Press

LONDON (AP) — It’sthe collection that “Cats”built.A multimillion-dollar

trove of works by artistsincluding J.M.W. Turner,Francis Bacon, LucianFreud and WinstonChurchill that wereowned by poet T.S. Eliot’swidow will be sold in Lon-don later this year,Christie’s auction houseannounced Friday.Valerie Eliot, who died

in November aged 86,bought the artworks withroyalties from the hit An-drew Lloyd Webber musi-cal “Cats,” which wasbased on her husband’svolume of light verse “OldPossum’s Book of Practi-cal Cats.”The musical proved

more lucrative thanEliot’s poetry, and allowedhis widow to assemble acollection of British artvalued at more than 5million pounds ($7.6 mil-lion) in the London homeshe had shared with herhusband.Orlando Rock, deputy

chairman of Christie’s Eu-rope, said Valerie Eliotbought art as “a celebra-tion of the best of British”and a tribute to her U.S.-born husband, who hadbecome a beloved Britishpoet by the time he diedin 1965.

“It was done on a verydomestic scale,” Rock said.“It all fitted into the flatthey lived in … and be-came almost a shrine toeverything T.S. Eliot hadachieved.”The collection includes

drawings and watercolorsby 18th- and 19th-centuryBritish artists such as

Turner, Thomas Gains-borough and John Consta-ble, whose landscape“Helmingham Dell, Suf-folk” is valued byChristie’s at between300,000 and 500,000pounds.Eliot’s rich trove of

20th-century art includesvaluable works by sculp-

tors Henry Moore andBarbara Hepworth andpainters Bacon, Freud,David Hockney and L.S.Lowry, a popular chroni-cler of working-classurban life. Lowry’s sea-side painting “DealSands” is on sale with anestimate of 150,000pounds to 200,000

pounds.There’s also a self-por-

trait by Stanley Spencer,which the artist sold at avillage fair in the 1950sfor 11 pounds, now valuedat between 200,000pounds and 300,000pounds.“The Cathedral, Hack-

wood Park,” a tree-lined

landscape by Churchill, isexpected to fetch between200,000 pounds and300,000 pounds.The sale also includes a

collection of portraitminiatures from the 16ththrough the 19th cen-turies, and pieces of jew-elry and furniture.Valerie met T.S. Eliot at

London publisher Faber &Faber, where the Nobelliterature laureate was adirector and she a star-struck secretary who hadbeen a fan of his worksince her teenage years.They married in 1957.

After the poet’s death, Va-lerie spent almost fourdecades as guardian of hisliterary legacy.In keeping with his

wishes, she refused to co-operate with would-be bi-ographers. But shewelcomed the unlikely ideaof a stagemusical based on“Old Possum’s Book ofPractical Cats,” which be-came a global sensation.Proceeds from the

Christie’s sale will go toOld Possum’s PracticalTrust, an arts charity Va-lerie Eliot set up withsome of the money from“Cats.”The works will go

under the hammer Nov.20 in London. Highlightsare on view at Christie’sNew York from Saturdayuntil Tuesday, and in Lon-don from June 28 to July2.

AP PHOTOThis images shows the interior of poet T.S. Eliot and his wife Valerie's apartment in London. A multimillion-dollar trove of works by artists including J.M.W.Turner, Francis Bacon, Lucian Freud andWinston Churchillthat were owned by Eliot's widow will be sold in London later this year, Christie's auction house announcedFriday, May 31.

U.S.S.R.’s old domain name attracts hackersBY RAPHAEL SAT-TERAssociated Press

MOSCOW (AP) — TheSoviet Union disappearedfrom the map more thantwo decades ago. But on-line an ‘e-vil empire’ isthriving.Security experts say

the .su Internet suffix as-signed to the USSR in1990 has turned into ahaven for hackers who’veflocked to the defunct su-perpower’s domain spaceto send spam and stealmoney.Capitalist concerns,

rather than Communistnostalgia, explain themove.“I don’t think that this

is really a political thing,”Oren David, a manager atsecurity firm RSA’s anti-fraud unit, said in a re-cent telephone interview.David noted that otherobscure areas of the In-ternet, such as the .tk do-main associated with theSouth Pacific territory ofTokelau, have been used

by opportunistic hackers.“It’s all about business,”

he said.David and others say

scammers began to moveto .su after the adminis-trators of Russia’s .ruspace toughened theirrules back in late 2011.Group-IB, which runs

one of Russia’s two officialInternet watchdogs, saysthat the number of mali-cious websites hostedacross the Soviet Union’sold domain doubled in2011 and doubled againin 2012, surpassing eventhe vast number of rene-gade sites on .ru and itsnewer Cyrillic-languagecounterpart.The Soviet domain has

“lots of problems,” Group-IB’s Andrei Komarov saidin a phone interview. “Inmy opinion more thanhalf of cybercriminals inRussia and former USSRuse it.”The most notorious site

was Exposed.su, whichpurportedly publishedcredit records belongingto President Barack

Obama’s wife, Michelle,Republican presidentialchallengers Mitt Romneyand Donald Trump, andcelebrities including Brit-ney Spears, Jay Z, Bey-once and Tiger Woods.The site is now defunct.Other Soviet sites are

used to control botnets —the name given to thenetworks of hijacked com-puters used by criminalsto empty bank accounts,crank out spam, or launchattacks against rival web-sites.Internet hosting com-

panies generally elimi-nate such sites as soon asthey’re identified. ButSwiss security researcherRoman Huessy, whoseabuse.ch blog tracks bot-net control sites, saidhackers based in Sovietcyberspace can operatewith impunity for monthsat a time.Asked for examples, he

rattled off a series of sitesactively involved in ran-sacking bank accounts orholding hard driveshostage in return for ran-

som — brazenly workingin the online equivalent ofbroad daylight.“I can continue posting

this list for ages,” he saidvia Skype.The history of .su goes

back to the early days ofthe Internet, when its ar-chitects were creating theuniverse of country codesuffixes meant to markout a website’s national-ity. Each code — like .frfor France or .ca forCanada — was meant tocorrespond to a country.Some Cold War-era do-

main names — such as.yu for Yugoslavia or .ddfor East Germany —evaporated after thecountries behind themdisappeared. But the .sudomain survived the dis-solution of the SovietUnion in 1991 and thecreation of a .ru domainin 1994, resisting re-peated attempts to wipeit from the Web because,unlike other defunct do-mains, those behind .surefused to pull the plug —on both commercial and

patriotic grounds.With more than

120,000 domains cur-rently registered, moth-balling .su now would bea messy operation.“It’s like blocking .com

or .org,” said Komarov.“Lots of legitimate do-mains are registeredthere.”Among them are

stalin.su, which eulogizesthe Soviet dictator andthe English-languagechronicle.su, an absurdistparody site.But experts say many

are fraudulent, and eventhe organization behind.su accepts it has a prob-lem on its hands.“We realize it’s a threat

for our image,” saidSergei Ovcharenko,whose Moscow-basednonprofit Foundation forInternet Developmenttook responsibility for .suin 2007.Ovcharenko insisted

that only a small numberof .su sites are malicious,although he acknowl-edged that criminal sites

can stay online for ex-tremely long periods oftime. He said his handswere tied by weak Russ-ian legislation and out-dated terms of service.But he promised thatstricter rules are on theirway after months of legalleg work.“We are almost there,”

he said. “This summer,we’ll be rolling out ournew policy.”Meanwhile .su has be-

come an increasingly no-torious corner of theInternet, an online echo ofthe evil empire monikerassigned to the SovietUnion by U.S. PresidentRonald Reagan 30 yearsago.David, the RSA man-

ager, said the emergenceof a Communist relic as a21st century securitythreat was a bizarre blastfrom the past.“I thought that the

Berlin Wall and mygrandma’s borscht are theonly remnants of the So-viet Union,” he said. “Iwas wrong.”

How a Myanmar tycoon is profiting from changeBY ERIKA KINETZAssociated Press

YANGON, Myanmar(AP) — Zaw Zaw, one ofMyanmar’s most successfuland notorious business-men, likes to pick his wayat odd hours around thehulking skeleton of his newhotel, rising beside Yan-gon’s main airport road.The 366-room Novotel

holds a story of how oneman, who remembersbeing too poor to afford asoccer ball, built an empireby befriending themilitarygovernment in what wasone of the most oppressiveand isolated countries onearth; and how, as Myan-mar opens up, he is quicklybreaking with the past toembrace a prosperous, cos-mopolitan future in whichone thing seems certain:He will not lose.“I am friends with every-

body,” Zaw Zaw says, a bigsmile spreading across hisyouthful face.The 45-year-old tycoon,

who built his fortune capi-talizing on Myanmar’s oldnetworks of patronage andpower, has demonstratedan agility in reconfiguringhis business — and image— to suit a new global au-dience, and at a speed fewhavematched.As the coun-

try emerges from a halfcentury of military rule, hisMaxMyanmar Group is ontrack to more than doublerevenues, according to datahe has not made public be-fore.His ability to ride the

waves of change suggeststhat the old economic ordermay not be overturned asMyanmar opens its mar-kets and deepens its em-brace of democracy. Just asthe formermilitary leadershave taken off their uni-forms to refashion them-selves as civilianlawmakers and bureau-crats, many of Myanmar’sdozen or so economic giantsare rebranding themselvesas entrepreneurs andworking hard to take thestink out of the word“crony.”Zaw Zaw, widely re-

garded as among the clean-est of the bunch, hasmovedfaster— andmore publicly— than his peers to takeadvantage of Myanmar’sreintegration with theglobal economy. Though heremains on a U.S. blacklistthat bans American com-panies from doing businesswith friends of the oldregime, the Max MyanmarGroup is one of the nation’smost successful conglomer-ates, employing 11,000

people in sectors from ho-tels and banking to cementand construction.France’s Accor Group

has a deal with him tomanage the Novotel inYangon and an MGalleryhotel in Naypyitaw, thecapital. Zaw Zaw says he ispursuing a joint venturewith a Thai cement com-pany, and trying to get hisAyeyarwady Bank in shapeso he can bring in a foreignpartner. He also made abold effort to list his energysubsidiary on the Singa-pore Stock Exchange,though that was rejected inApril over lingering con-cerns about his past.Zaw Zaw acknowledges

being friendly with the oldmilitary regime, arguingthat there was no otherway to succeed. “Only thegovernment has projects,”he says. “If I don’t do proj-ects with them, who will Ido projects with?”His only crime as he sees

it? “In this poor country, Ihave become rich.”Zaw Zawwas not born to

power. The youngest of sixchildren, he grew up in atwo-room wooden house inYeygi township in Myan-mar’s southern delta. Hisfather was a governmentservant, and his mothersold food and household

sundries from their home.In 1988, during his final

year at the University ofYangon, he was swept up instudent protests againstthe military governmentthat galvanized the nation.When the governmentbegan rounding up studentleaders, he hid in the coun-tryside for four months,then went to Singaporewith the help of a cousinwho found him a job as asailor. He had $80 in hispocket. It was the begin-ning of a six-year odysseyabroad.While Myanmar’s xeno-

phobic government sankdeeper into isolation, ZawZaw saw the world, earn-ing $200 a month as adeckhand. He went to Aus-tralia, Hong Kong, Iran,Taiwan, Japan and Africa.He learned English. Hesaw the development inother countries and grewashamed of the povertyand repression of his own.He saved $8,000 and

headed to Bangkok, wherehe blew most of it at night-clubs with friends. In 1991,he bought a ticket to Japanwith his last $650.In Tokyo, he worked

three jobs, as a cook, a dish-washer and a waiter. Helearned Japanese. Deter-mined to go into business,

he began flippingthrough the yellow pagesand cold-calling used cardealers. One was namedMax Trading Co. ZawZaw became friendly withthe owner, bought twoNissan sedans and soldthem to his friends.Thus was born the Max

Myanmar Group. ZawZaw exported used carsto Myanmar and otherdeveloping countries.Taking advantage of aBurmese law that al-lowed each citizen livingoverseas to import onecar, he snapped up otherpeople’s import permitson the black market foraround $500 each.He also met his future

wife, a woman fromMyanmar then workingin Japan too. “She wasbuying the car from me,”he says. “At the end, shebought me.”The couple moved back

to Myanmar in 1995 tomarry. Zaw Zaw kept im-porting cars, then addedmore profitable sales ofheavy construction equip-ment. From there, hewent into construction,first as a subcontractorand then winning govern-ment contracts himself.His businesses thrived

on connections he devel-

oped with the militaryrulers. He founded a con-struction company in2005 that laid the roadsfor Naypyitaw. Fivemonths later, he started ahotel company that builthotels in the same city inexchange for coveted ve-hicle import licenses. Hedeveloped a jade mine in2007 in a joint venturewith the government.In 2010, the ruling

junta oversaw a rush ofprivatizations beforehanding power to a nomi-nally civilian govern-ment. Max Myanmaracquired 12 gas stations,part of the land for thecoming Novotel hotel anda banking license, put-ting Zaw Zaw in good po-sition to capitalize on theensuing opening of Myan-mar’s economy.Today, the Max Myan-

mar headquarters indowntownYangon are out-fitted with sleek burnishedwood. Zaw Zaw welcomesvisitors in royal red chairsrimmed with ornate silver.He is surrounded by a co-terie of assistants, youngmen with firm hand-shakes, bright smiles andperfect English, some ofwhom left successful ca-reers abroad to join ZawZaw.

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What Is A Limerick?Limericks are one of the

most fun and well-knownpoetic forms. No one knowsfor sure where the name“limerick” comes from, butmost people assume it isrelated to the county ofLimerick in Ireland.The reason limericks are

so much fun is becausethey are short, rhyming,funny and have a bouncyrhythm that makes themeasy to memorize. In thislesson, you’ll how you canwrite your own limericks injust a few easy steps.

The Rules of LimericksLimericks, like all poetic forms, have a set of

rules that you need to follow. The rules for a lim-erick are fairly simple:

They are five lines long.Lines 1, 2 and 5 rhyme with one another.Lines 3 and 4 rhyme with each other.They have a distinctive rhythm (which will be

explained shortly)They are usually funny.Rhyming a LimerickThe rhyme scheme of a limerick is known as

“AABBA.” This is because the last words in lines1, 2 and 5 rhyme. Those are the “A’s” in therhyme scheme. The “B’s” are the last words oflines 3 and 4. Let me give you an example:

There was a young fellow named Hall

Who fell in the spring in the fall.‘Twould have been a sad thingHad he died in the spring,But he didn’t — he died in the fall.

– AnonymousNotice that the words, “Hall,” “fall,” and “fall” all

rhyme. Those are the “A” words in the “AABBA”rhyme scheme. Also notice that “thing” and“spring” rhyme. Those are the “B” words in therhyme scheme.

Limerick RhythmNow let’s take a look at the rhythm of the lim-

erick. It goes by the complicated name “anapaes-tic,” but you don’t need to worry about that.WhatI want you to notice when you read or recite alimerick is that the first two lines and the last linehave three “beats” in them, while the third and

fourth lines have two “beats.” In other words, therhythm of a limerick looks like this:

da DUM da da DUM da da DUMda DUM da da DUM da da DUMda DUM da da DUMda DUM da da DUMda DUM da da DUM da da DUMThe rhythm doesn’t have to exactly match

this, but it needs to be close enough that itsounds the same when you read it. For example,using the limerick above about the fellow fromHall, if we emphasize the beats, it reads like this:

there WAS a young FELLow named HALLwho FELL in the SPRING in the FALL.‘twould have BEEN a sad THINGhad he DIED in the SPRING,but he DIDn’t — he DIED in the FALL.

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Born on Dec. 10, 1830, in Amherst,Mass., Emily Dickinson was educatedat Amherst Academy from 1840–1847and Mount Holyoke Female Seminaryfrom 1847–1848. She met the Rev.Charles Wadsworth in Philadelphia in1854, and he may have been the inspi-ration for some of her love poems.Thomas Wentworth Higginson, a formerminister and author, seems to havebeen her literary mentor, as indicated inan extended correspondence beginningin 1862.Not much is known about Emily

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ered hundreds of her poems after herdeath and they were published in selec-tions from 1890 onwards. These earlyselections sold well. The first authorita-tive edition, “The Poems of EmilyDickinson” (3 vols), edited by ThomasH. Johnson, did not appear until 1955.She is known for her poignant, com-pressed and deeply charged poems,which have profoundly influenced thedirection of 20th-century poetry, andgained her an almost cult followingamong some.

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rhyme — identity in sound ofsome part, esp. the end ofwords or lines of verse

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