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Huff shares Piqua’s accomplishments Bethany J. Royer Staff Writer broyer@civitasmedia.com

PIQUA — Gary Huff, city manager, was the guest speaker at a special luncheon held at the YWCA Wednesday, and before a full house of members and the general public, he shared the city’s many accomplishments over the last few years and projects into the future.

First, however, Huff shared a powerful quote that emphasizes his direction for the city and citizens, one that he expanded upon: City managers should get goosebumps about the cities that they manage.

“How true that is, of anybody who should be excited about where they live it should be city managers,” said Huff but felt he needed to expand

Miami County farmers to likely see tax increase

upon the statement.

City managers should get goosebumps about the cities that they manage … so should citizens.

“You should be getting goosebumps about your community, too,” said Huff with the hope his presentation for the day’s event would garner goosebumps and enthusiasm beginning with city-wide accomplishments that includes the completion of the East Ash St. Reconstruction Project, Power Service Center with an emergency operations Huff center, demolition of the Piqua Hospital for the future location of the Piqua Central Intermediate school campus, the Wayne St. Streetscaping and park improvements that includes community garden plots.

Of course, a multitude of other

projects were a part of Huff ’s list, as he also spoke of the city’s multiple community engagement projects such as the Adopt-A-Program, volunteer park ranger program, and the Big Day, to name a few.

With the Government Academy another success story, along with recent completion of the Fountain Park Bridge that allows for handicap access, and storm water management with the replacement of 25 storm basins.

Neighborhood enhancements was another endeavor Huff touched base and the number of economic developments by area businesses, and the receipt of multiple awards and recognitions to the city such as Healthiest Employer 2013, Tree City USA and voted one of the Top Work

Places and Playful City USA for 2013.

Projects underway includes the Safe Routes to School program, the CR 25-A Phase II reconstruction, continued East Ash Street/US 36 Beautification, Riverfront District Redevelopment through grant funding, participation in the 99-mile joint water study and the building of a dog park.

Residents can also look forward to the installation of handicap park equipment at Pitsenbarger thanks to a $20,000 grant from KaBoom! with a local business matching the funds, while the city continues to work on their branding program and welcome new businesses into the area such as the 311 Drafthouse and Can’t Stop Running Company in downtown Piqua.

Look for more information on these programs, coming businesses, and more in a future Daily Call.

Almost there

Melanie Yingst

Staff Writer myingst@civitasmedia.com

MIAMI COUNTY — Miami County farmers have witnessed crop commodity prices and crop production rise, but landowners and farmers will more than likely see another dramatic increase – their tax bill.

Landowners with property enrolled in the current agricultural use valuation program (CAUV) will once again see a rise in CAUV values, likely increasing what they pay in taxes, according to local agriculture experts.

Darke County farmer Ted Finnarn is a man of many hats. Finnarn is an attorney, Ohio Farmers Union respresenative to the Agricultural Advisory Committee of the Division of Tax Equalization and CAUV Advisory Use Valuation law and has served in the boards for more than 37 years.

Finnarn reminded farmers this week that the CAUV program came about in the 1970s to balance property tax values.

Tax appraisals are held every six years and a triennial update every three years. Miami County reappraisals fall in 2013 and again in 2016.

A major reappraisal state-wide occurred three years ago, when tax officials no longer based crop yields on farm data from 1984 which led to a large increase in taxes for farmland around Ohio.

Finnarn help facilitate the Ohio Farm Bureau See TAXES | Page 2

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Colin Foster

Work is nearing completion on the East Ash Street beautification project in Piqua as crews plant trees and plants along the newly constructed islands and beside the highway.

Assistant City Manager Bill Murphy said that the city anticipates the work to be completed just before Thanksgiving, allowing Black Friday shoppers less traffic congestion as they look for early Christmas bargains.

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Brad Keck of Clean Cut Landscape and Lawn Company, out of Spring Valley, installs paving bricks along one of the islands on East Ash Street on Wednesday afternoon.

The work is part of the East Ash Street beautification project that is nearing completion.

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Miami County Hospice to celebrate 30th anniversary TROY – Hospice of Miami County will host a Birthday Bash from 2-4:30 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 17, in honor of the organization’s 30 years of caring for patients and families in the community.

The Birthday Bash will be held at the Troy Church of the Brethren, 1431 W. Main St., Troy — the exact location of the first Hospice meeting, held Nov. 17, 1981.

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The public is invited to come and share stories of Hospice of Miami County’s first 30 years of service. There will be a small silent auction and a brief program at 3 p.m. Birthday cake and refreshments will be served.

For more information about the event, call 335-5191 or visit www.

HospiceOfMiamiCounty.org.

Hospice of Miami County is a community-based not-for-profit

For home delivery, call 773-2725

organization founded in 1983 to improve the quality of life for people and families facing lifelimiting illnesses.

Services are provided to anyone who qualifies regardless of the patient’s insurance coverage or ability to pay.

For more information about Hospice of Miami County, call (937) 335-5191 or visit www.

HospiceOfMiamiCounty.org.

TROY — Scott Miller has seen a lot of disasters during his 20 years with the American Red Cross.

But Typhoon Haiyan may be the worst.

The typhoon swept across the Philippines last Friday with a deadly storm surge, high winds and torrential rains — leaving widespread destruction all across the central islands of the Philippines. Since Haiyan made landfall in Eastern Samar, Philippines, 11.3 million people have been affected. It was the second category 5 typhoon to hit the Philippines this year.

“This could be possibly one of the largest single disasters anybody has ever seen,” said Miller, executive director of the Northern Miami Valley Chapter of the Red Cross.

“To my understanding, the width of the damage is 400 miles wide.

“Our thoughts are with all of those affected by this terrible natural disaster and the volunteers who are helping. The Red Cross is assisting with Typhoon Haiyan relief in a number of ways.”

The relief efforts have been challenging because of the widespread destruction to infrastructure and communication lines, but the global Red Cross network is working quickly to distribute food, water and relief supplies to typhoon survivors in the hard-hit areas. The American Red Cross is lending people, expertise and equipment to assist in those efforts.

Locally, the American Red Cross is accepting donations to support Typhoon Haiyan relief efforts in the Philippines.

People can make donations online by visiting www.redcross.org or by calling (800) REDCROSS. The Northern Miami Valley Chapter also is taking donations. People can send or drop off a check to 1314 Barnhart Road, Troy, OH 45373 or to 207 W. Water St., Sidney, OH 45365.

“Every day — every minute — counts,” said Bernd Schell, the International Federation of Red See TYPHOON | Page 2

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Obituary STEVEN E. BENNING PIQUA — Steven E. Benning, 60, of Piqua, died Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2013, at his residence. He was born Sept. 13, 1953, in Piqua to the late James L. and Martha E. (Jess) Benning.

Survivors include two sisters, Marilyn K. Benning and Sandra D. Benning both of Piqua; several aunts and uncles; and many cousins.

Benning was a 1971 graduate of Piqua Central High School and was a devoted farmer in Miami County all of his life.

A service to honor his

life will begin at 10 a.m.

Saturday, at the Jamieson & Yannucci Funeral Home with the Rev. Wayne Thomas officiating. Burial will follow at Miami Memorial Park, Covington.

Visitation will be from 5-7 p.m.

Friday at the funeral home.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Piqua Ambulance Fund, P. O. Box 720, Piqua, OH 45356. Guestbook condolences and expressions of sympathy, to be provided to the family, may be expressed through jamiesonandyannucci.com.

Principal’s List and honor roll announced at Covington COVINGTON — The following students are on the Principal’s List (all A’s) for the first nine weeks of school at Covington Elementary. • 3rd Grade: Cameron Ha, Lauren King, Gina Miller, Ayden Reynolds, Ryan Rohr, Libby Shaffer • 4th Gra d e : Holly Beasley, Izeke Benedict, Claire Fraley, Gavin Fraley, Amaya Franke, Ethan Kendig, C a m e ro n K i rke r, Elizabeth Kuether, Owen Rawson, Ayden Rench, Emily Schafer • 5th Gra d e : Jaden Barhorst, Robert Burns, Sydney Hogue, Gra n t Hu m p h re y, Cooper Jay, Madison Jones, Tyler Jones, David McCool, Cara Miller, Ellery Reck, Avery Rench, Donovan Richard, Caleb RoetterDitty, Samantha Straw, Jeremiah Valentine, Cael Vanderhorst, Ella Warner The following students are on the Honor Roll (all As and Bs) for the first nine weeks of school at Covington Elementary. • 3rd Grade: Vaness a Ashburn, Mic Barhorst, Dalton Bishop, Emma Elson, Alex Flora, Ethan G e rl i n g , Jo s h u a Gibson, Nora Hand, Haley H a rg rav e ,

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Lilly Hughes, Noah Kuntz, Kaylie Miller, Carter Neves, Lorelei Nutter, Shelby Petry, Nigella Reck, Ella Remley, Taylor Roth, Carly Straw, Madison S u p i n ge r, C o re y Turner, Emma Wilson, Lauren York • 4th Grade: Tyler A l ex a n d e r, O we n B oehringer, Garret Fraley, Kevin Flora, P a i ge Gillespie, Claudia Harrington, K i e r ra H i n n e ga n , Toby Jones, Emmaline Kiser, Daniel Leistner, Kaleigh Maio, Christina Monnin, Emma Nash, Megan Naylor, Kody Nelson, Nolan Neves, Sarah Slusher, Ricky Stephan, Sandy Turner, Autumn Wright • 5th Gra d e : Trentin Alexander, Randy A n t h o n y, Jessicah B esecker, Hannah Burns, Duncan Cooper, Austin Davis, Brendan Faught, Abby Fraley, Jakob Hamilton, Ellie Hedges, Katie Hembree, Andrew Hutchinson, Alyssa Kimmel, Kyle Meyer, Tyler Owens, Jake Phillis, Ben Romie, Andrew Rose, Makenna Santos, Deacon Shields, Bryce Smith, Gavin Swank, Hailie-Jo Taxis, Bethany Weldy, Morgan Willoughby, Destina Wills.

TROY — Upper Valley Medical Center is partnering with four other health-related organizations in Miami County to help improve the health and well-being of local residents.

The partnerships represent a total of $477,175 in Community Benefit Grants recently awarded to Health Partners Free Clinic, Hospice of Miami County, Miami County Dental Clinic and a new Behavioral Health Collaboration of UVMC, Miami County Recovery Council and Samaritan Behavioral Health Inc. “The UVMC Board of Directors is very pleased to be able to provide these grants, which are made possible through the UVMC Community Benefit Fund,� said Rowan Nickol, M.D., chairman of the UVMC Board. This fund was established as part of UVMC’s mission to support local programs that help serve the health needs of the community. “Upper Valley is committed to our responsibility as a good neighbor in the community we serve,� said Tom Parker, UVMC president and CEO. “The four grant recipient organizations are critical to providing more access to important health care services for our local uninsured, underinsured and underserved populations.�

Health Partners Free Clinic, founded in 1998, is the only free care clinic for the uninsured/underinsured in the county.

Health Partners will use an $83,000 grant to cover annual administrative costs. “Many may not be aware that often foundations and other grantors are not fond of covering administrative expenses with their monies. There is good reason for this as these organizations wish to see their funds go directly to the costs of programming or, in other words, to the services that not-for-profits provide the community,� said Justin Coby, Health Partners executive director. Though warranted, the reluctance leaves a gap in operating money essential to a charitable organization’s survival, he said. �This is where Health

UVMC employee Deb Huelskamp, RN, helps at the health partners free clinic.

Partners benefits from the UVMC Community Benefits Grant. With our administrative costs covered by the grant, we can proudly tell our donors, whom we could not continue without, that all of their funding will go directly to our programming and not one cent will be spent on administrative costs,� Coby said. “This grant not only lifts a huge burden from our shoulders, it also directly benefits those in our community whether they be a donor or consumer.�

The Miami County Dental Clinic, now in its fifth year, is recipient of a $46,000 grant. “The Miami County Dental Clinic is so thankful for the generosity of the UVMC Board of Directors and the Community Benefit Fund. The grant provides the clinic with the much needed funds to enable us to increase the number of dental services we can provide to those Miami County residents who do not qualify for Medicaid and would not be able to afford dental care for themselves and their families. It also provides us the opportunity to continue to grow the clinic and increase our outreach in the community, said Claire Timmer, Executive Director. “We also intend to expand our School-Based Portable Dentistry Unit, to meet the oral health needs of underserved children in the Miami County elementary schools.�

Springcreek Primary announces straight A students PIQUA — The following students received all A’s for the first quarter at Springcreek Primary: Ava Baker, Sabastian Broughton, Garrett Brown, Aidan Burns, Yasmin Carter, Chloe Fornara, Olivia Hutman, Zada Ortleib, Bryce Philipps, Lance Staley, Brayden Wackler, Kade Dankworth, Adam Edwards,

Ashlyn Gearhardt, Abigail Lambert, Gracelynn Neil, Jenna Snyder, Lucy Weiss, Kayleb Chambers, Isabella Howard, Dakota Johnson, Isabell Perkins, Zymeriah Rhodes, Bryson Snapp, Hunter Steinke, Kerrigan Sullivan, Kaden Walling, Torrence Foster, Elaini Grove, Alexandria

Helmandollar, Kirk Robbins, Kirsten Shaneyfelt, Jordan Slife, Savannah Swanson, Olivia Anthony, Lilia Haning, Zachary Henne, Maximus Kaye, Logan Tucker, Marissa Bragg, Alyssa Brock, Kaydence Fergus, Kennedy Nicholas, Anthony Bergman, Nataya Yaqub, Avangelee Behm,

Bryson Block, Javlyn Branam, Laehla Brumbaugh, Marcus Hall, Kory Pack, Tornado Sumlin, Aaron Asher, Elyssia Cooper, Natalia Garcia, Isabella Henne, Elizabeth Hubbard, Isaiah Monsivais, William Collins, Madison Saunders.

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The program’s second area of work, to begin in 2014, will offer behavioral health staff adjacent to a primary care physician’s office to provide consultive screenings on request from a physician to confirm or rule out behavioral health conditions and provide behavioral health services from MCRC and SBHI professionals. “This new program is very exciting for us and we are pleased to have been invited to collaborate on this project by the UVMC Foundation and UVMC,� said Thom Grim, MCRC Executive Director. “Over the course of time, the blending of physical health with behavioral health can only improve the service delivery capabilities for Miami County citizens and utilizes health care services in a more efficient, effective manner,� Grim added. “Miami County Recovery Council is very appreciative of this opportunity to positively impact healthcare in our community and pledges to do everything in our power to ensure the success of the new venture.�

From page 1 Federation’s presentation about the CAUV reevaluation at Miami East High School Tuesday which had approximately 100 local farmers attend the meeting.

Mandy Havenar, Miami County Farm Bureau organization director and Miami County Auditor Matt Gearhardt also answered questions and concerns about the county’s agriculture land values which may see 100 percent increased on their tax bill come January 2014.

OFBF Director of Legal Education Leah Curtis explained the CAUV program and the calculation that is used to value farm-

land during a webinar, which was broadcast at Miami East High School.

Miami County Auditor Matt Gearhardt said his office is currently working on its tax revaluations, which should be ready by mid to late December.

Counties that will see new CAUV rates on the 2013 tax bill arriving in January include: Adams, Carroll, Champaign, Clark, Columbiana, Fairfield, Hancock, Hocking, Holmes, Lawrence, Logan, Marion, Medina, Meigs, Miami, Monroe, Paulding, Ross, Scioto, Tuscarawas, Union, Washington and Wyandot.

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Hospice of Miami County will use its $143,597 grant to update an electronic medical record system for the organization that has provided care to the community since 1983. “We are very pleased that Upper Valley Medical Center sees the need for Hospice of Miami County to continue to serve our patients with the highest end of life care and is able to provide significant funding through the Community Benefits Fund of UVMC grant opportunity. This grant will allow us to add components to our EMR system and continue the high level of quality care that the community has received over the past 30 years from our organization,� said Thomas J. Hagan, Hospice board chairman. “Hospice of Miami County values our partnership with UVMC and is appreciative of this funding while continuing to work together to improve the quality of life for residents of Miami County and the surrounding area,� Hagan said.

A new grant recipient in 2013 is a collaborative project between UVMC, the Miami County Recovery Council (MCRC) and Samaritan Behavioral Health Inc. (SBHI) to integrate primary and behavioral health and to improve the linkages to mental health and/or addiction services for Miami County residents. A $61,510 grant

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From page 1 Cross and Red Crescent Societies representative for the Philippines, in a Nov. 13 press release. “It is important that we coordinate with the authorities and other actors to move as quickly as possible in meeting the most pressing needs.�

The Philippine Red Cross is the leading Red Cross response in coordination with government disaster authorities. The group has a wealth of experience with searchand-rescue operations, as well as large-scale relief and recovery efforts. With 1,000 staff members and about 500,000 volunteers, the Philippine Red Cross is the countries largest humanitarian organiza-

tion. There are many response teams from other national societies helping with logistics, disaster assessments, health, water and sanitation.

At the request of the Philippine Red Cross, the American Red Cross has committed an initial $6 million in support of the global Red Cross response and has deployed four disaster specialists with expertise in relief, information management and IT/telecommunications to support the response operation.

The American Red Cross also is helping people locate missing relatives through their family tracing services.

Local Another success by Warren Roadside cleanup

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Sunny and mild Today will be sunny and a bit milder, with highs in the mid to upper 40s. Watch for some clouds on Friday, with temperatures climbing slightly.

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City and Grow Piqua Now to hold community input meeting Provided photo

Pictured from left to right is Andrea Marrs, A.J. Marrs, Mike O’Donnell, Pam Young, R.J. O’Donnell. Not pictured - Jake Dunaway, Nancy Bell, Mike Foster, Terry Creager and Doug Smith.

PIQUA — Have you ever wondered who keeps State Route 66 north of Piqua free of trash and debris?

Warren Lodge #24 of Piqua does just that with the local Piqua Freemasons lodge having adopted a section of the roadway to help ODOT keep the area scenic and

free of trash for the past 8 years.

A.J. Marrs heads up the project each year. Warren Lodge is responsible for trash collection from south of the Piqua Water Treatment Plant north to Demming Road.

This month’s collection netted 16 bags of trash as well as some other debris.

Warren Lodge #24 also participates in several other civic activities including assisting the Salvation Army in ringing the bells at the Upper Valley Centre Mall.

Interested in learning more about Warren Lodge? Visit their website at http://masonicvisions. weebly.com.

Apple Tree Gallery to host Kris Kindle Market this weekend PIQUA — A 700-year-old European tradition is the inspiration for a special Kris Kindle Market to be held on the 2nd Floor of Apple Tree Gallery in downtown Piqua this weekend. These types of markets are usually held outdoors in the winter in Germany and throughout Europe and feature special artisans and handmade items but this event will be held completely indoors and will feature not only handmade items but special Christmas collectibles and other unique shopping opportunities.

The Apple Tree Gallery Kris Kindle Market will run from 5-9 p.m. Friday and from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday.

Vendors from throughout Ohio and beyond will be participating in the market including Mike and Pam Kennedy from Norwalk, who will be bringing vintage Christmas items along with collectible Christmas postcards. Gail Williamson from Xenia, has vintage Christmas décor as does Daniel Livesay of Dayton.

He also has a huge variety of Radko ornaments, Hallmark Ornaments, Department 56 houses. Darla and Jerry Arnold of Beachwood were featured in the national publication “Early American Life” and they will be bringing their exquisite handmade Christmas ornaments.

Cincinnati based artisan Donna

Boggs will have handcrafted ocra pod ornaments, stone deco serving pieces with beaded servers and various American Girl accessories.

She will also have vintage Byers carolers.

Local residents participating in the Kris Kindle Market include Piqua residents Connie Porcher and Brian Szwajkos.

Porcher’s Celebrate365 has Polish and Italian ornaments and accessories and Szwajkos will have historic postcards and stamps.

Troy resident Susan Bickert will have Erzgebirge books and antique and vintage Christmas collectibles for sale.

Some of the Christmas artisans who items are available at Apple Tree Gallery all year round will also be on hand for the special Kris Kindle Market.

Feather tree maker Dennis Bauer from Bellevue, has various sizes and colors of feather trees along with vintage plastic Christmas collectibles. Another Apple Tree Gallery regular, Elaine Roesle, will be selling her handmade snow children and will also have a selection of vintage Halloween and Christmas collectibles.

Also featured in the market will be the collection of Bruce Elsass, a native of New Knoxville, who has vintage and collectible Santa figurines.

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Apple Tree Gallery will host a Kris Kindle Market during the Piqua Comunity Holiday Open House this weekend. The market will feature Christmas and holiday vendors from across Ohio.

The Apple Tree Gallery Kris Kindle Market is being held during the same weekend as the Piqua Community Holiday Open House and is completely free and open to the public. For more information about the Kris Kindle Market call Apple Tree Gallery at 7731801. Apple Tree Gallery is located at 405 N. Main St. in downtown Piqua.

• Blue Card: Caitlin Justice, Grant McCalister, Emily Randall, Erin Redick, Michael Werling • White Card: Adam Bick, Kurt Brower, Meagan Caudill, Jeremy Clark, Melissa Coates, Emma DeWeese, Alyssa Eakins, Bailey Gerardi, Andrew Harmon, Jamie Hawkins, Caden Hellyer, Kortni James, Kara Kallen, Kelsey Kirchner, Lauren Koontz, Brandon Mack, Karson Mahaney, Stephanie

• Blue Card: Brittany Elliott, Renee DeFord, Ashley Hahn, Abigail Hawkins, Rachel Hawkins, Adrianne Krites, Martin O’Reilly, Evan

Pemberton • White Card: Jessica Barlage, Caitlyn Bell, Ashlee Bussen, Casey Copeland, Danielle Danielson, Haley Etherington, Randall Harbour, Brandon Henderson, Conner Hellyer, Anthony Hickman, Austin Honeyman, Katie Jenkins, Caleb Johnson, Megan Martin, Jacob McNulty, Kara Nuss, Cody Reid, Marley Roberts, Brooklyn Scott, Brittany Taylor, Richard Werling • Honor Roll: Braden Anderson, Madeline Davis, Michael Deeter, Seth Drake, Autumn Harper, Grant Hodge, Austin Kowalak, Eric Kalo, Riann Kingrey, Taylar McEowen, Blayne Mitchell, Danielle Parke, Kelsey Parker, Macklin Rose, Sean Slack, Michael Speck

Seniors • Blue Card: Marci Bowman, Chris Harleman, Angela Mack • White Card: Jonathon Accruso, Abigael Amheiser, Erin Augustus, Kendra Beckman, Samantha Cash, Trina Current, Austin Garrison, Emily Kindell, Dylan Kinnison, Brittany Kline, Cody Niswonger, Shelby Roach, Samantha Skidmore, Abigail Smith, Benjamin Willenbrink, Stephanie Wolf, Breanne Younce • Honor Roll: Trey Billing, Tanner Church, Seth Colebaugh, Justin Furrow, Katelyn Gardella, Katy Kidman, Chris Long, Allison Morrett, Madelyn Parker, Brady Smallenbarger, Haleigh Smith

PIQUA — God’s Table, a community-wide free lunch, will be serving their Thanksgiving Feast from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday at Westminster Presbyterian Church, 325 W. Ash St., Piqua.

The meal will include turkey, ham, mashed potatoes, gravy, dressing, green beans, rolls and desserts.

Everyone is welcome to come share in the meal.

FFA alumni meeting set PLEASANT HILL — Former Newton FFA members, parents of FFA members, friends, neighbors, and businesses who are interested in the FFA/ Vocational Agriculture eeducation are invited to attend a meeting to discuss and potentially charter an FFA Alumni Affiliate for the Newton FFA Chapter, Pleasant Hill. The meeting will

be held at 6 p.m. Dec. 17 in the Newton High School Vo-Ag/ FFA classroom.

If there is a good response, plans call to elect alumni officers at this meeting and fill out all necessary applications for state and national charter approval. Dues will be collected. For more information, call R.L. Fisher at 473-3109.

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• Blue Card: Abigail Bick, Shelly Lisle, Karilyn Willenbrink • White Card: Maria Blocher, Hannah Carpenter, Brittney Cook, Jordan Crawford, Justin DeWeese, Alyssa Francis, Megan Lawson, Danielle Nehring, Bryce Redick, Lorenza Savini, Kassidee Smith, Brynne Snodgrass, Kory Yantis • Honor Roll: Alexis Adkins, Margaret Bergman, Kathryn Bodenmiller, Dakota Brown, Marie Ewing, Brittany Greathouse, William Heim, Kira Kinard, Emma Linn, Arika McCuistion, Max McDonald, Keiko Ochoa, Bryann Padgitt, Amanda Pottorf, Marc Randall, Katelynn Smith, Jillian Wesco, Alyssa Westgerdes, Logan West-Holmes, Madison Younce

Millhouse, Ciara Oiler, Megan Pettit, Katherine Runner, Nathan Teeters, Isabelle Weber • Honor Roll: Ashley Burns, Devyn Carson, Trent Church, Hannah Davis, Braxton Donaldson, Cameron Godsey, Kayden Gustin, Ryan Haney, Bradeley Jenkins, Kley Karadak, Megan Kinnison, Scot Kirby, Haleigh Maggert, Blake Magoto, Logan May, Emma Monnin, Carla Robinson, Samantha Sands, Hunter Sharp, Caitlin Studebaker, Kyleigh Tulanko, Brandon Walters, Kayla Zirkle

cess will involve examination of the City’s past planning efforts, leadership interviews with local and regional decision makers, and input from local residents and businesses.

The Community Input Session is open to the public. Residents and local businesses are encouraged to participate and offer constructive feedback and direction on the city’s economic development priorities.

Please RSVP your attendance to Debbie Stein at the city of Piqua at dstein@piquaoh.org or 778-2051.

PIQUA — Get motivated to walk and get healthier with the YW Wild Walking Women beginning Tuesday, Nov. 26. The ladies will meet to walk on Tuesdays and Thursdays for a four-week period from 9-10 a.m.

Participants will meet at the YWCA and Cheryl Hepner, leader, will guide the group on different paths each week.

“We promise a fun time, an opportunity to meet new friends and a time to develop your health and wellbeing,” said Hepner. “Motivation and laughter will keep you going as you get healthier together.”

For more information or to register, stop at the YWCA Piqua at 418 N. Wayne St., call 773-6626 or e-mail info@ ywcapiqua.com. Pre-registration is requested.

Miami East names honor roll students CASSTOWN — The following students have been named to the Miami East High School 1st Quarter 2013-2014 honor roll: Freshman

PIQUA — On Thursday, Nov. 21, 2013 from 5:307:30 p.m., Grow Piqua Now, in partnership with the city of Piqua will be hosting a Community Input Session for the city’s economic development efforts. The event will take place at the Fort Piqua Plaza Banquet & Conference Center, 4th Floor of the Fort Piqua Plaza, 308 N. Main St. The community has engaged Tripp Muldrow with Arnett Muldrow & Associates to conduct an Economic Development Strategic Plan for the city of Piqua. The 12-week pro-

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Matthew Perrone

Media misses full health insurance story So here’s my advice: If they tried. For its part, you’re somebody who’s NBC News featured Los smoking hot about the Angeles real estate agent Big Lie of the Affordable Deborah Cavallaro, whose Care Act — you know, similar experience led her how President Obama to conclude that “there’s told everybody that if nothing affordable about the Affordable they liked their Care Act.” current health H o w e v e r, insurance polLos Angeles icy they could Times columkeep it — do nist Michael yourself a favor.

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No doubt some among cent could, but he apparently found that too, um, the three to five percent subtle for the campaign of Americans whose individual health care politrail.

So now old Mitt “47 cies have been cancelled percent” Romney gets to are experiencing genuine sticker shock. However, call him a liar.

But while your atten- nobody should take his company’s tion’s fixed on the presi- insurance dent’s “mendacity,” and word at face value without “paternalism,” to quote double-checking — a task one characteristically over- admittedly made harder by wrought scribe, America’s healthcare.gov’s website beloved health insurance meltdown.

See, when you read a industry is demonstrating exactly why we needed story about a couple like reform all along. Certain Dean and Mary Lou Griffin companies are taking of Chadd’s Ford, Penn., advantage of the political who told the Associated confusion to sell people Press they’d expected to in the “individual market” be able to keep the policy far more expensive plans they bought three years than they need and blame ago, what reporters aren’t asking is where they’d got“Obamacare.”

As usual, the nation’s ten that idea.

From President Obama? esteemed political media have gone along for the Possibly.

More likely, however, ride. CBS News, rapidly morphing into Fox News- from an insurance broker. lite, presented the heart- See, all providers have breaking tale of one Diane known about new coverBarrette, a 56-year-old age standards ever since Floridian who got a letter the Affordable Care Act from her insurance com- passed in March 2010. pany cancelling her $54 a Since then, some have month policy and offering clearly been “churning” a replacement for $591 a the market, offering lowmonth — a lot of money risk, healthy customers bargain policies they knew to her.

CBS correspondent Jan perfectly well would no Crawford, deemed smart longer pass muster come enough to cover the U.S. Jan. 1, 2014.

So now come the ineviSupreme Court, took Barrette’s story at face table cancellation letvalue. The idea that health ters, and guess what? If insurance worth having they were lucky — and could be purchased at a health-wise, the Griffins monthly cost of less than have been fortunate — a steak dinner apparently here comes the bad news. failed to arouse her report- “We’re buying insurance that we will never use and er’s curiosity.

Poor Barrette choked up can’t possibly ever benefit telling CBS her story, lead- from,” Dean Griffin coming to several appearances plains. “We’re basically passing on a benefit to on Fox News itself.

Had CBS done elemen- other people who are not tary due diligence, they’d otherwise able to buy basic have learned why Ms. insurance.”

Two thoughts: one, Barrette’s plan was so cheap. Reporters who did don’t get cocky, you never learned that among other know.

Two, boo-hoo-hoo. You shortcomings, it didn’t cover hospitalization. In can afford it.

Meanwhile, Dylan Scott reality, she had no health insurance at all. A serious at talkingpointsmemo. accident or illness might com has documented comhave bankrupted her — panies sending “misleadprecisely the kind of rip-off ing letters to consumers, the Affordable Care Act trying to lock them into … more expensive health makes illegal.

Also, Barrette was tak- insurance plans rather than ing the insurance compa- let them shop for insurny’s word about the cost ance and tax credits on the of a replacement policy. Obamacare marketplaces.”

Writing for BillMoyers. Authorities in four states com, Joshua Holland ran have disciplined Humana her numbers through affiliates for exactly that.

It’s a classic bait and Kaiser Permanente’s subsidy calculator. With assis- switch: luring customers tance from Obamacare, with unsustainably low she can have a real policy rates, and then blaming covering preventive care the White House for their and hospitalization for an chicanery.

That’s basically why out-of-pocket cost of $97 monthly, or a more gener- we needed Obamacare to ous Silver-Level plan for begin with. $209.

Now she calls it “a bless- Arkansas Times columnist Gene Lyons is a National Magazine Award winner ing in disguise.” and co-author of “The Hunting of the In short, CBS News President” (St. Martin’s Press, 2000). couldn’t have gotten the You can email Lyons at eugenelystory more backward had ons2@yahoo.com.

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Our cruel and usual criminal justice system

When decisions in the Supreme Court tions with University of California stuare very close, Justice Anthony Kennedy’s dents, Blumner went beyond the cost of is usually the swing vote. He is neither punishment in federal prisons, citing the automatically liberal nor conservative, but “more than 2 million people being locked he does consider himself a constitutional- up in America’s prisons and jails, a figure ist. that has quadrupled since 1980.

In October, during a conversation with “Beyond the $80 billion a year the sysa group of students at the University of tem costs taxpayers, add the lost human California Washington Center moderated capital and the destruction of families and by reporter Jess Bravin of The Wall Street communities when so many young men Journal, what Justice Kennedy and women are put away … said should have been widely “The harshness element, reported across this republic. with so many years behind However, I’ve seen it covered bars for minor drug offenses, only by Robyn E. Blumner of means people won’t have a secthe Tampa Bay Times: ond chance at a productive life.

“Kennedy,” she wrote, “told Children lose their parents durthe students that the country is ing their formative years, creaton a mistaken and self-destrucing a cycle of social ills.” tive path. The United States Then Blumner characteristihas an incarceration rate that cally starts probing the justice Nat Hentoff is five to eight times that of himself: “You have to wonder if Europe — making us the top Kennedy would still vote alongColumnist jailer in the world, with stagside his conservative colleagues gering consequences” (“The price of pun- to uphold California’s ‘three-strikes’ law ishment,” Blumner, Tampa Bay Times, as he did in 2003 in a pair of cases, one of Oct. 24). which resulted in a man receiving two conDid you know that? Let’s see if Kennedy secutive terms of 25 years to life for stealmakes you care about it. ing $150 worth of videotapes. Those cases An example, Blumner reported, is were narrowly decided by a 5-4 vote.”

California, which “spends an average So why does this destructive cost of pun$47,000 annually to keep someone in ishment go on in these United States, born prison and about $8,500 to educate a pub- of the Declaration of Independence and lic school student.” the Constitution with its Bill of Rights?

Blumner continued: “Kennedy’s views Blumner raises a provocative, troubling are informed by decades of watching the quotation from Anthony Kennedy on how federal courts overrun by drug cases. far we are from where this nation came At an astronomical cost, nearly half the into reverberating being: “The nature of 200,000 federal inmates are there for drug- injustice is you can’t see it in your own related crimes — largely low-level people times.” with addictions, not kingpins. … “Harsh She then confronts Justice Kennedy: sentences are exacerbated by the lack of “The nature of reforming society for the quality of legal representation for poor better is that people who see injustice defendants. Kennedy thinks, in too many for what it is, stand for what is right. cases, counsel might not be adequate to “Kennedy has a powerful place from which reach a just result, with the potential of to stand. We’ll see if he does.” convicting the innocent. And politicians I, too, will be watching this swing voter are too afraid to show mercy through clemvery carefully. There have indeed been ency and executive pardons, closing off the times when he doesn’t swing. system’s vital escape valve, he said.”

Startlingly, Blumner provides Kennedy I hope you will keep this in mind whenwith a model for seeing injustice for what ever you see a reference to the Eighth Amendment in our Bill of Rights guar- it is. She praises, of all people, Attorney anteeing that “cruel and unusual punish- General Eric Holder!

That’s not a typo. She reports that ments” not be “inflicted.”

Holder “recently told federal prosecutors I suspect that our Founders did not to stop subjecting low-level, nonviolent conceive, as this unprecedented self-governing nation was being born, that eventu- drug offenders to harsh mandatory minially the cost of punishment in our prisons mum sentences, calling this current system ‘broken.’” would ever be usually cruel.

Will Justice Kennedy see to it that Thankfully, this reporter and someAttorney General Holder sticks to his time editorial writer for the Tampa Bay demand?

Times added her own chorus to Justice Even if Kennedy can’t always get a Kennedy’s exposure of our criminal justice majority of his colleagues on the high system. I’ve known Robyn Blumner for court to vote with him, he can keep a years, starting when she was the executive director of the American Civil Liberties public eye on Eric Holder and ask Barack Union chapter in Utah in the late ’80s and Obama, the former lecturer in constituthen at the same challenging position in tional law, to join him publicly in pursuit of Florida in the mid-’90s. Recently, while real-life justice. If all we get is silence, then still writing for the Tampa Bay Times you must speak up. Eric Holder, Congress (formerly the St. Petersburg Times), her and even Barack Obama work for you. column lost syndication because she was Remember? told it was “too liberal.”

Nat Hentoff is a nationally renowned authority on the First They got it wrong. She’s not a liberal. Amendment and the Bill of Rights. He is a member of the She’s a libertarian, as am I. As such, in Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, and the Cato reporting on Justice Kennedy’s conversa- Institute, where he is a senior fellow.

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate voted Tuesday to advance a bill designed to tighten government oversight of pharmacies that custommix prescription drugs, in the wake of last year’s deadly meningitis outbreak tied to contaminated pain injections.

The bill cleared a parliamentary hurdle on a 97-1 vote, indicating its overwhelming support in the Senate.

The legislation, passed by the House in September, also creates a national system for tracking prescription drugs from manufacturers to retail pharmacies. Final passage sending it to President Barack Obama for his signature could come as early as Wednesday.

The lone vote against the measure came from Sen. David Vitter. The Louisiana Republican is championing a measure to make lawmakers disclose which of their aides are enrolling in the president’s new health care program as part of an ongoing effort to discredit “Obamacare.”

The compounding pharmacy bill is intended to prevent a repeat of last year’s fungal meningitis outbreak that killed 64 people and sickened more than 750 others across the U.S. The sickness was traced to a now-closed pharmacy in Massachusetts, the New England Compounding Center, where inspectors found mold, standing water and other unsterile conditions.

“Americans deserve to know that their medications are safe, and by enacting this legislation, we can help make that a reality,” said Sen. Tom Harkin, chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, in a statement.

Compounded medicines have been tied to contamination problems for years.

But jurisdiction over them has been murky. Pharmacies are typically regulated through state boards, but the federal Food and Drug Administration regulates manufacturers of medicines.

The bill attempts to sort out that legal gray area, which allowed the NECC and other large pharmacies to skirt both state and federal regulations. Specifically, the measure would clarify when the FDA can intervene against compounding pharmacies.

Pharmacies that operate as traditional compounders, producing small batches of medications to fill doctors’ prescriptions, would continue to be regulated by state pharmacy boards, under the legislation. Pharmacies that expand into shipping drugs without doctors’ prescriptions can voluntarily register with the FDA and submit to federal inspections and quality standards similar to manufacturers.

But the bill would not require these large-scale compounders to register with the FDA — a step that the agency’s leaders have said is crucial to preventing future outbreaks.

And safety advocates say the voluntary approach leaves consumers vulnerable to more rogue pharmacies like the NECC, which operate like manufacturers under the guise of compounding.

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Thursday, November 14, 2013

Atheist ‘mega-churches’ take root across U.S., world Gilliam Flaccus Associated Press

LOS ANGELES (AP) — It looked like a typical Sunday morning at any mega-church. Several hundred people, including families with small children, packed in for more than an hour of rousing music, an inspirational talk and some quiet reflection. The only thing missing was God. Nearly three dozen gatherings dubbed “atheist mega-churches” by supporters and detractors have sprung up around the U.S. and Australia — with more to come — after finding success in Great Britain earlier this year.

The movement fueled by social media and spearheaded by two prominent British comedians is no joke.

On Sunday, the inaugural Sunday Assembly in Los Angeles attracted several hundred people bound by their belief in non-belief.

Similar gatherings in San Diego, Nashville, New York and other U.S. cities have drawn hundreds of atheists seeking the camaraderie of a congregation without religion or ritual.

The founders, British duo Sanderson Jones and Pippa Evans, are currently on a tongue-in-cheek “40 Dates, 40 Nights” tour around the U.S. and Australia to drum up donations and help launch new Sunday Assemblies. They hope to raise more than $800,000 that will help atheists launch their popup congregations around the world. So far, they have raised about $50,000.

They don’t bash believers but want to find a new way to meet likeminded people, engage in the community and make their presence more visible in a landscape dominated by

faith.

Jones got the first inkling for the idea while leaving a Christmas carol concert six years ago.

“There was so much about it that I loved, but it’s a shame because at the heart of it, it’s something I don’t believe in,” Jones said. “If you think about church, there’s very little that’s bad. It’s singing awesome songs, hearing interesting talks, thinking about improving yourself and helping other people — and doing that in a community with wonderful relationships. What part of that is not to like?”

The movement dovetails with new studies that show an increasing number of Americans are drifting from any religious affiliation.

The Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life released a study last year that found 20 percent of Americans say they have no religious affiliation, an increase from 15 percent in the last five years. Pew researchers stressed, however, that the category also encompassed majorities of people who said they believed in God but had no ties with organized religion and people who consider themselves “spiritual” but not “religious.”

Sunday Assembly — whose motto is Live Better, Help Often, Wonder More — taps into that universe of people who left their faith but now miss the community church provided, said Phil Zuckerman, a professor of secular studies at Pitzer College in Claremont.

It also plays into a feeling among some atheists that they should make themselves more visible. For example, last December, an atheist in

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Attendees sing a song at the Sunday Assembly, a godless congregation founded by British comedians Sanderson Jones and Pippa Evans, on Nov. 10, in Los Angeles. A new mega-church movement is generating buzz from London to Los Angeles, but this time it’s a belief in non-belief that’s drawing crowds on Sunday mornings. Sunday Assembly began in London in January and soared in popularity among atheists looking for a place to air their views with other likeminded people and now the concept has taken hold across the pond.

Santa Monica created an uproar — and triggered a lawsuit — when he set up a godless display amid Christian nativity scenes that were part of a beloved, decades-old tradition.

“In the U.S., there’s a little bit of a feeling that if you’re not religious, you’re not patriotic. I think a lot of secular people say, ‘Hey, wait a minute. We are charitable, we are good people, we’re good parents and we are just as good citizens as you and we’re going to start a church to prove it,” said Zuckerman. “It’s still a minority, but there’s enough of them now.”

That impulse, however, has raised the ire of those who have spent years pushing back against the idea that atheism itself is a reli-

gion.

“The idea that you’re building an entire organization based on what you don’t believe, to me, sounds like an offense against sensibility,” said Michael Luciano, a selfdescribed atheist who was raised Roman Catholic but left when he became disillusioned.

“There’s something not OK with appropriating all of this religious language, imagery and ritual for atheism,” said Luciano, who blogged about the movement at the site policymic. com.

That sentiment didn’t seem to detract from the excitement Sunday at the inaugural meeting in Los Angeles.

Hundreds of atheists

and atheist-curious packed into a Hollywood auditorium for a boisterous service filled with live music, moments of reflection, an “inspirational talk” about forgotten — but important — inventors and scientists and some stand-up comedy.

During the service, attendees stomped their feet, clapped their hands and cheered as Jones and Evans led the group through rousing renditions of “Lean on Me,” ”Here Comes the Sun” and other hits that took the place of gospel songs. Congregants dissolved into laughter at a get-to-know-you game that involved clapping and slapping the hands of the person next to them and applauded as members of

the audience spoke about community service projects they had started in LA. At the end, volunteers passed cardboard boxes for donations as attendees mingled over coffee and pastries and children played on the floor.

For atheist Elijah Senn, the morning was perfect.

“I think the image that we have put forward in a lot of ways has been a scary, mean, we want to tear down the walls, we want to do destructive things kind of image is what a lot of people have of us,” he said. “I’m really excited to be able to come together and show that it’s not about destruction. It’s about making things and making things better.”

PIQUA — The Westminster Presbyterian Church will present an autumn concert beginning at 7 p.m., on Sunday, Nov. 24, in the church sanctuary, at 325 West Ash St. Two area musical ensembles will be featured: the Quintessential Winds Ensemble and the Full Sound Chamber Group.

The concert is free and open to the community.

The Quintessential Winds offers a wide range of programs to satisfy diverse audiences from intimate poignancy to bold drama and bubbling humor. The woodwind quintet was established

in 2011 featuring the local talents of Tami Tennison, flute; Phil Chilcote, oboe; Mike Houser, clarinet; Kaye Humerickhouse, bassoon; and Julie Swank, French horn. All are members of the Piqua and Sidney Civic Bands and have many years of experience playing together. They will be performing works by Mozart, Holst, Lovrien, Koepke, and Lamb.

The Full Sound Chamber Group is a group of classical musicians including Shalem Loritsch, violin; Chesed Loritsch, violin; Chayah Loritsch, viola; Racham

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Autumn concert to be held at Westminster Presbyterian Church Loritsch, cello; and Tsidqah Loritsch, double-bass and piano. The Loritsch brothers have been performing together for three years.

Shalem is a violinist with the Central Ohio Symphony Orchestra in Delaware.

Their performance will include works by Czerny, Hebden, Coates, and Lalo.

The feature piece for the concert is the Piano Trio No. 1 by Edouard Lalo, a piece first heard by the Full Sound Chamber Group on WOSU’s “Classical 101 by Request.” Piqua organist David Broerman will join the group on two selections.

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COVINGTON — The Community Thanksgiving Service, sponsored by the Covington Ministerial Association will be held at 7 p.m.

Wednesday, Nov. 27, in the sanctuary of the United Church of Christ at 115 N. Pearl St. Anyone who would like to participate as part of a Community Choir, practice will be at 6:40 p.m. the same night.

A Thanksgiving Meal will be offered, free of charge, beginning at 5 p.m. through 6:30 p.m. in the UCC

COVINGTON - The Covington United Church of Christ, 115 N. Pearl St., invites the public to attend a Homecoming Sunday worship service at 9:30 a.m., Sunday, Nov. 17.

This is the first of what is planned to become an annual tradition.

A time of fellowship and refreshments will follow.

Organizers are hoping that those who have attended Covington U.C.C. at some point in their lives will come and worship during Homecoming Sunday.

It also will be an opportunity to meet new pastor and his wife, Nathan and Miranda Paulus.

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FLETCHER — The Fletcher United Methodist Church will be hosting their annual Turkey Supper on Tuesday, Nov. 26 from 4:30-7 p.m.

The menu includes turkey, dressing, mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes, gravy, green beans, cole slaw, applesauce, pie and drinks.

A freewill donation will be accepted and carryouts will be available.

Dining Hall.

The meal is offered in love and friendship, by the Church of the Brethren, Covington Presbyterian, Fields of Grace Worship Center, Friedens Lutheran, Friendship Grace Brethren, Old German Baptist-New Conference, St. John’s Lutheran, St. Teresa’s Catholic Church, Stillwater Community Church and the United Church of Christ.

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IN BRIEF ■ Tickets

Cav playoff tickets on sale The Lehman football team will play Triad in a DVII playoff game at 7 p.m.

Saturday at Wapakoneta.

Tickets for the game can be purchased at Lehman High School until 3 p.m. Friday and until 1 p.m. Saturday at East 47 Marathon and Reedmore Hallmark. Pre sale tickets are $7 and all tickets at the door are $9.

Lehman keeps a percentage of the pre-sale proceeds.

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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 2013

East ready for big challenge Vikings face Indians Friday

BY DAVID FONG Regional Sports Editor dfong@civitasmedia.com

CASSTOWN — Max Current leaned back in his chair, adjusted his Miami East baseball cap and stroked the stubble on his chin.

The Miami East football coach had just been asked to find a suitable comparison for Mechanicsburg, the team his Viking squad will face at 7:30 p.m. Friday in the Division VI, Region 22 regional semifinals at The Covington football Welcome Stadium. A variteam will play Marion ety of names came up …

Local in a D-VII playoff but he eventually settled game at 7 p.m. Saturday on one. at Alexander Stadium/Purk “They are a mix of Field. styles offensively,” CurGates will open at 5:30 rent said. “They are a litp.m. and Covington will be tle bit like Arcanum or the home team, so fans Twin Valley South. Maybe should enter on the west a little bit like Bethel. Deside of the stadium. fensively, we expect them Pre-sale tickets are $7 to do a lot of things Covand all tickets will be $9 at the gate.

Tickets will be on sale at Covington High School and Covington Middle School through Friday.

They will also be on sale at Joanie’s Floral Designs during regular business hours through Friday and 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. on Saturday.

Covington keeps a percentage of the pre-sale proceeds so you should buy your tickets in advance.

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ington did. Actually, do you really want to know who they are like? Honestly, they are a lot like us.

They do a lot of same things we do. We are two pretty evenly matched teams. It should be a pretty good game.”

East (10-1) will have its hands full with Mechanicsburg (9-2), a team Current considered a mirror-image of his own.

“They run a lot of I-formation, but they also have a shotgun package they use to run a lot of quarterback-read plays,” Current said.

The Indians’ offense is led by running back Aeryton Erwin, a 5-foot-8, 155pound junior scatback who has rushed for 1,757 yards this season. Quarterback Kaleb Romero — a 5-7, 160-pound freshman — has thrown for See EAST|7

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Miami East’s Colton McKinney finds running room last Friday night.

Ready for amends

Bengals excited about second shot at Browns

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CINCINNATI (AP) — Sixty minutes, 266 yards, 64 plays, zero touchdowns. Those numbers stung the Bengals for a long time.

They went to Cleveland for the fourth game of the season and failed to get into the end zone during a 17-6 loss that left them embarrassed. An offense with so many options couldn’t even cross the goal line one time.

So much went wrong. So much has changed.

The Bengals (6-4) went on one of the best offensive surges in club history after that game, pulling away in the

The Bengals hope to find the end zone any way they can in a second meeting with the Browns.

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Covington to sell tickets Reserve and season tickets for the 2013-2014 Covington boys basketball season will go on sale Nov. 21.

Those who held reserve seats last year may purchase tickets from 6-7 p.m.

Those who did not hold reserve seats last year can purchase tickets from 7-7:30 p.m.

Reserve seats are $40 for students and $70 for adults. Season tickets are $30 for students and $60 for adults.

Girls basketball season tickets are $30 for students and $60 for adults and can be purchased the CHS Athletic Office.

Winter passes for all regular season home events for junior high and high school will also be sold.

They are $50 for students and $90 for adults.

For more information, contact Roger Craft at 473-2552.

STUMPER coached Q: Who the Carolina Panthers to their only Super Bowl appearance?

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QUOTED We weren’t hitting wide-open shots and the game just got real ugly.”

—Lenzelle Smith Jr. on Ohio State’s win over Ohio University

Buckeyes hold on for ugly win Ohio State gets past Bobcats COLUMBUS (AP) — Lenzelle Smith Jr. was explaining something that went wrong for No. 10 Ohio State in its 79-69 victory over in-state rival Ohio on Tuesday night.

“We weren’t hitting wide-open shots and the game just got real ugly,” he said.

In terms of fouls, continuity, pace and adjusting to the new emphasis on no hand checks or physical play — not just missing shots — it was really ugly.

Aaron Craft scored 18 points — including eight free throws down the stretch — to help the Buckeyes hold off their neighboring rivals.

The numbers weren’t pretty: The teams combined for 55 fouls and 72 free throws, five Bobcats fouled out and there was seldom much momentum either way because of a drumbeat of stoppages of play due to foul calls.

“You have to adjust,” Ohio coach Jim Christian said. “It (the new emphasis on whistling most contact) obviously gives the offense a lot of advantages, especially Ohio State, which has four guys on the perimeter who are constantly coming at you.

It puts a lot of pressure on your defense in one-onone situations.”

Amir Williams had a ca-

reer-high 14 points and matched a career-best with 10 rebounds for the Buckeyes (2-0), while reserve Sam Thompson had 12 points and LaQuinton Ross added 10.

Ohio State built a 12point halftime lead and never trailed, although the Bobcats (1-1) cut the gap to five points with 4 minutes left.

Down by double figures most of the game, the Bobcats got back into it in the closing minutes behind the play of Stevie Taylor and Nick Kellogg, both from Columbus, who both scored 21 points.

Trailing 64-53, Kellogg hit a reverse layup in traffic before Craft missed a layup at the other end. A long pass led to Taylor’s three-point play that cut it to 64-58 with just over 5 minutes remaining.

“Nick and I are roommates,” Taylor said. “We talked about just coming home and playing solid, doing whatever it is that Coach wanted us to do. We did a good job of that.”

After a free throw by Craft, Maurice Ndour hit a follow shot to cut it to 65-60. Williams then tipped in a miss by Ross.

Off an Ohio miss, Craft hit two more foul shots to push the lead back to 6960.

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Meyer says 2013 edition is better COLUMBUS (AP) — Two teams, each 9-0. They play in the same league. They're both highly ranked.

Which is better?

If you're comparing the 2012 Ohio State Buckeyes and the current version, coach Urban Meyer has the answer.

"We're a better team," he said, referring to his current Buckeyes. "We're a better functioning team."

Meyer is careful to not insult last year's team, which definitely started from the lowest rung on the ladder. Those Buckeyes followed a dreadful 6-7 season by going a surprising 12-0.

They posted only the sixth unblemished season in the programs 123 years despite being deprived of the incentive of playing in a bowl game. That was taken off the table because of NCAA sanctions stemming from former coach Jim Tressel's failure to disclose he knew of players likely taking improper benefits in 2010.

"I don't want to ever disrespect our (2012) seniors because they were such an incredible group of players," Meyer said. "And they were really good players, too."

He said the difference is when Ohio State has the ball. "(Which team is better is) an interesting conversation, but we're just more functional, certainly on offense," Meyer said.

"We're much better on offense than we were a year ago."

The numbers support his position.

Through nine games — and heading into a game with Illinois, just like the 2012 team was — this year's Buckeyes are averaging 100 yards of total offense and 13 more points per game.

This year's third-ranked team averages 531 yards of total offense per game, 301 rushing and 230 passing. It's scoring 48.2

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Playing a similar schedule, the 2012 Buckeyes, ranked No. 6 through nine games, were averaging 432 yards of total offense per game, 248 rushing and 184 passing. That squad was averaging 38.6 points a game.

"Last year there were some games that teams played us real heavy in the box because we couldn't do as much with our passing game," said starting offensive lineman on both teams, Jack Mewhort. "But this year it's a lot different. There's not eight or nine guys in the box because this offseason Braxton and the receivers and the running backs and all the skill guys got together and decided they were going to be really good this year.

They've done that so far."

As a sophomore, quarterback Braxton Miller was also the team's best rusher. So picking up first downs — not scoring quickly — was a priority.

Through nine games, he was

completing 56.6 percent of his passes for 12 touchdowns with six interceptions.

This year, despite missing almost three full games with a sprained knee ligament, he is completing 72.5 percent of his passes for 15 touchdowns with three interceptions.

"I feel that we execute a lot better than we did last year," wide receiver Evan Spencer said.

"Once we get rolling, we're rolling. There's not many people who can stop us."

Consider also that Carlos Hyde has shown vast improvement at running back this year.

In 2012 at this juncture he had 600 yards in seven games; so far this season he has 701 in six games.

Meyer also said the Buckeyes are better on special teams. But stopped short of saying his latest defense was ahead of last year's.

Most people attribute that edge not to personnel or depth or star players, but rather to strong leaders on the defensive unit.

"Last year's team we had the heart and the leadership. I don't know if we necessarily were as talented, but we had the will to win," said linebacker Joshua Perry, a backup a year ago and a starter now. "This team has the same will to win but we've got a little bit more juice behind us, too, talent-wise. Our defense is a little quicker and on offense we've got some tools now."

The 2012 defense, led by linemen John Simon, Johnathan Hankins, Garrett Goebel and Nathan Williams — all of whom graduated except for Hankins, who jumped to the NFL early — came into its own late in the season.

The statistics don't point to a stronger defense a year ago. The present defense still has a ways to go, particularly without nine starters from last year's unit.

East leads the Vikings with 110 tackles, while Alex Brewer (94 tackles) and Robbie Adams (91 tackles) both are close behind. Adams leads the team with six sacks, while Villella has five and Dylan Kinnison has three.

Current said he expects to see multiple fronts and formations from Mechanicsburg’s defense.

“We’ve got to prepare for a couple of different looks,” Current said.

“Which is fine. In our league, we see a large variation in defenses.

Some teams have week-toweek defenses. We’ll prepare like we normally do for a couple of different looks.”

Linebacker Tyler

Lauchard leads the Indians with 99 tackles, while Grant Marshall has five sacks.

East will counter with a multi-pronged attack on offense.

Junior quarterback Conner Hellyer has thrown for 1,196 yards this season. Michael Fellers leads the team in receiving with 527 yards.

The Vikings have three running backs who have rushed for more than 500 yards this season. Colton McKinney leads the way with 725 rushing yards, while Fellers has 517 and Brewer has 502.

“It should be a good game,” Current said.

“We’ve got to be ready for them.”

OSU Still, the game wasn’t firmly in hand until Shannon Scott drove the left baseline and flipped a pass to the right corner to Smith who hit a 3 with 2 minutes remaining for a 74-64 lead.

The Bobcats never got closer than seven points again as Craft scored nine of Ohio State’s last 12 points.

Ohio State coach Thad Matta did not tell Craft to drive to the basket in the waning moments. It just seemed that way.

“There was nothing specific said,” Craft said.

“With the way they were calling it, and we were in the bonus pretty early in the half, we just wanted to be as aggressive as possible. Fortunately enough, we were able to get to the free throw line. We need to

Bengals From page 6 AFC North. Lately, they’ve dropped two in a row in overtime on the road, giving Cleveland (4-5) a chance to elbow its way back into the race on Sunday at Paul Brown Stadium.

There’s more to it, though.

That first game on Sept. 29 is still a sticking point.

“I don’t care what player you are in this league, you’ve been humbled at some point,” left tackle Andrew Whitworth said on Wednesday. “And sometimes it takes a week that humbles you a little bit to get the best out of you.

“So they caught us and it was a good day for them, and we get another chance.

Round two is coming up.”

The first time the Bengals faced their intrastate rival, they had an overriding issue.

With rookie tight end Tyler Eifert and rookie running back Giovani Bernard blending into the passing game, Cincinnati was still trying to figure how all the pieces fit on offense.

The no-touchdown loss in Cleveland prompted offensive coordinator Jay Gruden to dub the offense a jack of all trades and master of none.

Looking for that identity, the Bengals committed themselves to running the ball the following week and beat New England.

Andy Dalton then went on the best three-game stretch of his career, throwing 11 touchdown passes in wins over Buffalo, Detroit and the Jets. The offense had come together.

In the last two weeks, it’s reverted to a pass-dominated approach that’s come up just short.

Dalton threw 53 and 51 passes in overtime losses at Miami and Baltimore. He was sacked 10 times in the two games and threw three interceptions in each game.

The Bengals managed only three points in the first half at Miami and were shut out in the first half at Baltimore, forcing them to throw in order to pull off second-half

comebacks.

“Part of the reason we’re down is because of the turnovers,” Gruden said.

“We’re putting ourselves into a hole with the turnovers.

We’re putting ourselves in little holes and then they turn into big holes because we’re pressing.”

A lot of it is on Dalton, whose interceptions have been too much to overcome.

It’s the first time in his career that he’s thrown six interceptions in two games.

“I’ve got to do a better job of not turning the ball over, and that’s what it comes down to,” Dalton said. “You’ve got to understand when you can take your chances and when you can’t. That’s something I’ve got to do a better job of.”

The Browns put cornerback Joe Haden on A.J. Green, and Dalton tried to take advantage of the one-onone coverage. Fifteen of his 42 passes went toward Green, who managed to come down only seven of them for 51 yards.

Green got frustrated and showed it in his body language. Afterward, he called it a mistake and has gone back to keeping his emotions in check. He’ll get a second chance to get the best of Haden, who gave him few openings in Cleveland.

“It wasn’t my best game,” Green said on Wednesday. “A lot of out-of-character stuff. I can’t get frustrated like that ever.”

Notes: TE Jermaine Gresham, who sat out the loss at Baltimore with a groin injury, practiced fully on Wednesday, an indication he’ll be available for the Cleveland game. … LB Vontaze Burfict (knee), S Chris Crocker (hamstring), C Kyle Cook (shoulder), LB Rey Maualuga (knee), DT Devon Still (elbow), DT Brandon Thompson (ankle) and guard Kevin Zeitler (foot) were held out of practice. LB Mike Boley (hamstring) and CB Terence Newman (ankle) were limited.

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“Their quarterback is just a freshman — but watching them on film, you wouldn’t know it. He’s really good.

“Their tailback has rushed for almost 1,800 yards and he’s just a junior. They try to run power at you, but then they’ll also line up in the gun and run read plays, which everybody seems to be doing a little bit of now. If they just ran the same plays out of the I, it would be no big deal.

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The Buckeyes led 40-28 after a foulfest of a first 20 minutes. The teams combined for 25 fouls, 15 by the Bobcats.

It appeared Ohio State might just run away and hide at the beginning.

With the Bobcats looking hesitant and nervous, the Buckeyes ran off the first nine points and held Ohio scoreless for the opening 6:32 until Taylor finally broke the ice on a drive.

With the constant barrage of fouls preventing either team from building any momentum, Ohio State built a 24-7 lead by the half ’s midpoint. But with Taylor scoring six straight points the Bobcats drew within 28-20.

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The teams, just 75 miles apart, hadn’t met on the court in 19 years, since the 1994-95 season. The Bobcats won that Preseason NIT game, 74-67 at St. John Arena.

There were connections everywhere. Former Ohio State star Clark Kellogg was in the stands dressed in Ohio’s green and white to support his son.

Matta and Christian, had even been on the same Miami (Ohio) staff briefly during the 1994-95 season.

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Confusion surrounds your finances. Tonight: Your treat.

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1 BEDROOM, 626 Caldwell, downstairs, includes heat $600, washer/dryer hookup, credit check required, No pets, (937)418-8912

OʼReilly Machine Tool Services in Russia, OH is looking for an experienced CNC Programmer/ Machinist. Qualified candidates would have experience in programming, job set-ups, inspection, and operating various CNC mills and lathes. We offer a competitive wage, group medical, paid holidays, vacation, and a retirement plan. Please send resumes to: OʼReilly Machine Tool Service 560 E. Main St. Russia, OH 45363 Fax to: (937)526-9627

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UPPER 2 BEDROOM, stove, refrigerator, utilities furnished, $570/month, $143/week (937)276-5998 (937)902-0491 Houses For Rent MOBILE HOME in country near Bradford $375, (937)4177111 3 BEDROOM house, south end. $400/monthly + $400 deposit. (937)773-4552

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The Estate of Roger Luis Fogt will sell the following farm machinery and shop tools at the farm located at 13631 Kirkwood Road, Sidney, Ohio (Go 4 miles south of Sidney on 25A to Kirkwood Road, the 1 mile west) On: Saturday November 16, 2013 • 10:00 A.M. Tractors: 1979 John Deere Model 4440 diesel tractor, 3449 hrs., cab, quad range, weights, SN 4440H025374R; 1973 John Deere Model 4630 diesel tractor, cab, 8 spd., weights and duals, 4154 hrs., SN 4630-003795R; 1965 John Deere Model 4020 diesel tractor, wide front, home made cab, weights; SN T213R095942R; 1967 John Deere Model 4020 diesel tractor, Lincoln cab, narrow front, weights, 6076 hrs., SN T213R151254R; 1962 John Deere Model 2010 gas tractor, w/ JD 35 loader, SN 2010RU25745; 2002 John Deere Model 4310 diesel 4 x 4 utility tractor, 6 spd., 729 hrs. w/ 72” finish belly mower; Ford Model 3500 tractor / back hoe, w/ 754 industrial hoe, 1905 hrs., gas engine. Duals. Combine: 1984 John Deere Model 7720, diesel, 764 hrs., 4 spd. grain / loss monitor, bin extension, SN HO7720-X600867. JD Model 920 grain table; header wagon; JD Model 643, 6 row corn head. Farm Machinery: JD Model 750 no-till 15’ drill w/ markers; JD Model A2700, 5 bottom, variable width plow; JD Model 145 plow, 5 bottom w/ Kasco harrow; JD Model 235 Bi Fold disk, 18’, w/ Remlinger 3 bar harrow; JD RWA 12’ pull type disk; JD Model 1100 field cultivator, 3 pt., tri fold, w/ 3 bar spring harrow; Kasco 3 pt., 15 ft. field cultivator w/ single bar harrow; Yetter Model 3415 rotary hoe; JD Model RM, 6 row cultivator; Frontier 7 ft. snow blower,never used; Mayrath 8” x 30’ auger, w/ ele. motor; Kill Bros. 400 gravity wagon on J & M gear; JD MX7, 3 pt., rotary mower; JD Model 80A, 8 ft. scrapper blade; home made push blade; 2002 Novae single axle utility trailer; 2 wheel utility trailer; JD Model 112 lawn mower, 4 spd., w/ 42” deck and other related machinery.

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Shop Tools: Acetylene torch set; vertical air compressor; grinders; power washer; Reddy heater; Craftsman 2 pc. tool chest; 12 ton hydraulic press; trash pump; battery chargers; chain saws; socket sets; wrenches; large assortment of power and hand tools; Lincoln welder; anvil; floor jacks; drill press; porta power unit; chop saw; shop vac; bolts; cutters; equipment repair parts; filters; many other related shop items.

Household Goods: 2 JD bicycle; assortment of household goods.

NOTE: Sale to begin with HHG’s, shop equipment with Farm Machinery to sell approximately 12:00.

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www.dailycall.com • Piqua Daily Call Staff: Tori Nix Dakota Rench David Wysong Kayla Bowermaster Adviser: Debbie Allen

PIQUA HIGH SCHOOL

McDonald’s Student of the Week Wrestling Team prepares ‘Ideal student’ plans to be a musician

Tori Nix

responsibility make him a pleaStaff Writer sure to be around,” Neary said when describing why Clayton was The McDonald’s student of the chosen. week for Nov. 11-15 is Nick Clayton’s favorite classes Clayton, a junior. The son are band and English. His of Tracy Clayton, Clayton is goals are to treat people involved in marching band, how he would want to be jazz band, show choir, treated and he strives to drama club, and Link Crew. make everyone around him Clayton was nominated for smile. His role model is a student of the month by family friend who is “a very Nick Neary. strong person; she’s posiClayton Clayton was nominated tive, and she stays true to for his respect, diligence, and herself and others.” responsibility. “Nick has been an Clayton plans on attending IBC ideal student. He comes to class after high school to become an with a positive attitude and puts audio-video technician and to forth his best effort. pursue his dream of being a musiHis clear sense of respect and cian.

Hess teaching and hooping at PHS David Wysong Staff Writer

Getting to start fresh at a new school excites and scares students everywhere. They’re not the only ones who have to go through it, though. Teachers have to go through this process as well.

Angela Hess got to start fresh at Piqua High School this year as an English teacher. Before coming to Piqua she taught at West Central Juvenile Rehabilit ation Center.

When asked how she likes Hess teaching at Piqua so far she said, “I like it a lot. I really like being able to teach freshmen and sophomores because they are new to the high school experience.”

Hess talked about her favorite part of being at Piqua so far and said that she “enjoys the personal aspect of it.” She likes, “finding out the personality of each individual student and the different ways she gets to teach each class based on their personalities.”

Asking her about why she chose to be an English teacher she said, “I love literature, and I love seeing

students see the deeper meaning of things.”

When discussing her school history as a student, she spoke about how she went to West Carrolton as a kid and received her bachelor’s and master’s degrees at Wright State University.

Not only is Hess an English teacher, she is the Piqua girls’ basketball assistant JV coach. When talking about what she’s looking forward to with coaching them, she said, “I am excited to see them improve from where they were last year and to watch their pride in their team grow.” She said that their goal is to win the GWOC North, and she believes that they have the skill level to do it.

When discussing basketball in general, she spoke about how she played post in high school. The reason she loves basketball so much is because she is very competitive, she loves team sports, and she has always enjoyed being active.

By looking at her love for the game, Hess seems very excited for the new season to start, almost as excited as Piqua High School is about having her as a teacher.

for this season’s ‘War’ Dakota Rench Staff Writer

Your heart is racing; all you hear is the sound of your rapid breathing and heart rate. The vibrations of the surging crowd ripples throughout you.

Your opponent stands ready, watching intently for any weaknesses you display. The ref’s whistle screams and the battle commences. This is wrestling, and it all begins

winter of 2013.

Coach Kaye is very confident on the outlook for this season. “We have grown our team from ten to twenty five members; this is definitely good for morale and for upcoming tournaments.” Kaye said.

When asked of his expectations for the team, Kaye responded, “The team must be prepared, confident, and most definitely work on mistake

reduction and improvement. That is key to a good season.”

Coach Kaye will be joined by Coach Blacke, Coach Hogston, and new volunteer Coach Bryant.

Two returning seniors, AJ Epley and Tyler Ouhl, will also be joining the fight for victory. As the season begins, coaches and team members alike prepare for the hardships ahead and are taking it in stride.

PHS art students go on Mansfield field trip Kayla Bowermaster Staff Writer

On Nov. 6, students from upper level art classes and students involved in the PHS Art Club went on a field trip to the Mansfield Art Center to see an exhibit from artist Nathan Sawaya.

Sawaya is an artist who builds his works out of Lego bricks, and his art has been featured in exhibits around the world.

The exhibit shown at the Mansfield Art Center

was Sawaya’s most recent exhibit “The Art of the Brick.”

The organizer of the field trip was Seth Fashner, an art teacher at the PHS. “I saw one of Nathan Sawaya’s exhibits in New York before and was very impressed,” Fashner said.

“I thought it would be a great opportunity for students to see a world famous exhibit here in Ohio.”

Fashner went on to say that he felt it was important for any student

interested in a career in art to not only see world famous exhibitions, but it is also beneficial to see the many different mediums that artists can use.

“I would like to do another field trip like this with art students, or even just art club,” Fashner said. “It would be nice to see as many museums and exhibits as we possibly can.”

“The Art of the Brick” exhibit in Mansfield has recently been extended and will be shown until Dec. 29.

School Briefs PIQUA — The following programs and events are taking place in Piqua City Schools: • Congratulations to the PHS Show Choir “The Company” on a very successful weekend in Ada. “The Company” swept Class A awards winning Best Vocals, Best Choreography, Best Instrumental Combo, and Class A Champions. Senior Devon Parshall was named the groups outstanding performer. The group was also awarded Best Overall Vocal Sound and placed 2nd runner-up overall. The group will now move into the holiday show season and resume their competition season in January.

• The Piqua High School Music Department is proud to announce the selection of the following students to the OMEA District 11 Honors Band and Choir: Lyric Wyan (bass clarinet), Dylan Gump (tuba), Ross Geuy (percussion), Nick Clayton (percussion), Mae Carnes and Corrine Crawford (alto), Devon Parshall, Jacob Newbright, Devan Baker, Tyrone Collier and Clayton Brown (tenor), Ryan Burch and Antonio Valdez (bass). Their performance is Sunday, Nov. 24 at 3 p.m. at Troy High School.

Editor: Emily Hoersten Reporters: Emily Hoersten Emma Simpson Drew Westerheide Adviser: Elaine Schweller-Snyder

Issue #10 - Nov. 14, 2013

Twinning

Experiencing America

BY: EMILY HOERSTEN Twins are two babies that result from one pregnancy. One in every 34 babies is a twin or a triplet. The Lehman senior class has been blessed with two sets of twins.

Seniors Patrick and Stephen Blenman are one set of twins in the class of 2014.

The boys agree that the best part of having a twin is knowing the other one will always be there for them when they need it. Just because they are twins does not mean they are exactly the same. It is actually quite the opposite. Stephen said, “Our personalities are very different. He is an extrovert and I am an introvert. We also have very different interests.”

Patrick said his relationship with Stephen is different than that of his other two siblings, “We do everything together.

We have a closer bond because we have gone through our lives in the same stages, from school to learning to drive to graduation later this year.”

Seniors Katie and Rob Heckman are the second set of twins. Both Katie and Rob commented on how they share everything with each other, from a car to a birthday.

Despite the fact that sharing everything can sometimes be a burden, it does have its pluses. Katie said, “If I forget a book, I can always borrow Rob’s.” Though they get on each other’s nerves, neither could imagine life without the other. Rob said, “When you have a twin, you always have a best friend.”

Just as they need each other in their lives, the Lehman community greatly appreciates them in ours. We wish the best for the four of them as they reach the end of their high school careers together.

BY: EMMA SIMPSON One of the many international students attending Lehman this year is Linh Tu, a sophomore from Vietnam.

Tu is from Ho Chi Minh City, the biggest city in Vietnam.

She has two younger siblings, one is twelve and the other is three. This is her first time in America but she is staying with some of her relatives who live here, which has made the transition to living in America much easier.

In Vietnam, Tu played basketball and tennis and was also a cheerleader, but she isn’t sure if she plans to participate in any of those activities in America. She is thoroughly enjoying Lehman and her favorite thing is the teachers. “I was having some problems during my first days here, but the teachers gave me extra time to do my work and helped me after classes which was very helpful,” said Tu. While she is in America she would like to visit California, as she has friends who live there. She also likes the weather there, and Vietnamese food is popular on the west coast. Her favorite American food is beef, but her favorite overall thing about America is the people. “Everyone has been very friendly to me,” she said.

We are enjoying having international students at Lehman. It will be great to see all that Linh Tu adds to the school.

UPCOMING EVENTS Sunday, November 17 --- Open House for Prospective Students --- 5:00-7:00 p.m.

Lehman Limelight performance at 7:30 p.m.

Wednesday, November 20 --- Financial Aid Night for Juniors and Seniors Tuesday, November 26 --- Blood Drive Tuesday, November 26 --- National Honor Society Tapping

Ecstatic about Economics

BY: DREW WESTERHEIDE A new class has swept through the Lehman curriculum and that class is none other than Economics!

This class focuses on how markets and economies work throughout the world and how the markets behave. The class is split up into the two semesters. The first semester focuses on “micro economics” which is all about the basic principles of the market, for example, the concept of supply and demand.

The second semester focuses on “macro economics.” This centers on specific principles about the economies throughout the world. The class also learns about specific economies in different places throughout the world, how these economies affect the countries, and how they differ from other countries and economies in different areas of the world.

The class is taught by Mr. Joe Schmiesing who has traveled to many places throughout the world. He has observed these economies first hand and has a great knowledge of the areas the class studies. “It’s always good to have a class that is a challenge to me to teach and to offer valuable information to the students in the process,” said Schmiesing. “The area of economics is not very well understood by many people so it is nice to be able to offer this information to the students here.”

Junior Joe Skelton said, “The material in the class is challenging but the benefits and the information we gather are going to go a long way for us in the future, especially if we decide to major in business.”

The class is challenging but seems that it could be a good class for a person to take, so if you are looking for an elective to challenge you and expand your knowledge on the world, take Econ! You will definitely not regret it.