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Council approves Hobart Arena study Feasibility study to take up to six months Melanie Yingst

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TROY —A Florida consulting firm will take an indepth look at Hobart Arena’s place in the city’s future after approval from city council for the funding of a feasibility study on Monday. City council approved the funding of the Hobart Arena feasibility study costs not to

exceed $75,000 from Crossroads Consulting Services of Tampa, Fla., the firm chosen to conduct the study. City resident Lester Conard voiced his opposition of the finances tied to the Hobart Arena, and said the arena has been subsidized by for years. “That’s throwing good money away again, and again,” Conard

Budget workshop meeting set Troy City Council’s Finance Committee will hold a budget workshop at 5:30 p.m. today at City Hall. The committee will review the following items: 1. Review of the 2014 budget with council, provide a recommendation to council. 2. Consider

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Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine talks to law enforcement officials at K’s restaurant in Troy on Tuesday morning. In the Ho! Ho! Ho! It’s time for background, from left is Miami County Sheriff Charles Cox and Piqua police chief Bruce Jamison. In the foreground, from left, all good boys and girls to is Troy police chief Charles Phelps and West Milton police chief Garry Kimpel. To the left of DeWine is Wayne T. Glass Jr. of send their Christmas wish- Botkins in Shelby County.

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‘Communities in denial’ DeWine says heroin use is state-wide epidemic Melanie Yingst

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TROY— Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine met with local law enforcement Tuesday in an effort to raise awareness of the epidemic that is killing two Ohio people a day — heroin. “Every (county) has a heroin problem,” DeWine said to law enforcement officials in a round table discussion held at K’s Hamburgers Tuesday morning. “If you don’t, I’d be shocked.” DeWine met with law enforcement officials, including the Troy Police Department, Miami County Sheriff’s Offices’ Sheriff Charles Cox and Chief Deputy Dave Duchak in a round table discussion with county officials from Montgomery, Clark See DENIAL | 2

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BCI helps in county Miami County Sheriff’s Office’s Chief Deputy Dave Duchak said the attorney general’s office assists the county through the Bureau of Criminal Investigation with narcotic investigations and other specialized investigations throughout the year. Duchak said the attorney general’s office also uses the BCI’s crime lab for DNA analysis as well. Duchak said most of the concern in the

local law enforcement lies in Columbus with Governor John Kasich and state legislation. “That’s where the rubber meets the road,” Duchak said. “Every agency, city included, numbers are down and with House Bill 86 looking at restructuring sentences to lower penalties, it’s going to put a lot more stress on local law enforcement — especially at the county level with the jails.”

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recommending to council the agency funding for 2014: Troy Main Street, $55,000; Troy REC, $29,000 ; Troy Development Council, $125,000; PTCC (public access television), $50,000. The meeting begins at 5:30 p.m. at City Hall in the basement conference room.

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es to Santa at the North Pole. Again this year, the Troy Daily News will collect letters for the North Pole. Kids are invited to visit our website at www. tdn-net.com, click on the Letters to Santa link and follow the directions. All letters will receive a reply from Santa at the North Pole! On Monday, Dec. 23, the Troy Daily News will print all the letters received from around Miami and Shelby counties in a special Letters to Santa supplement. So tell Santa if you’ve been a good girl or boy and send him your Christmas wish list! Letters will be accepted online until Dec. 6. Merry Christmas!

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CASSTOWN — The Miami East board of education meeting started off with some encouraging news Monday evening, as district treasurer Lisa Fahncke announced that Miami East had made it to the second round of the Ohio Department of Education’s Straight A Fund grant consideration. The grant application — which totals more than $500,000 for the purchase of five propane buses — was filed earlier in November. There were 570 schools that applied for grant, and that number was dwindled down to 350 for the second phase. But the Miami East district has been in this position before with other grants, and most board members agreed that it’s not quite time to celebrate just yet. “As Lisa said, we’ve kind of gone

down this path where we’ve been a finalist before with the (Clean Ohio grant). We’re just going to have to cross our fingers,” Miami East Superintendent Dr. Todd Rappold said. “It totals $500,000 and what we would save in propane as a district would just be a phenomenal cost savings to fill our district. It’s a $1.01 a gallon.” If Miami East gets the grant, Fahncke said the district may be able to purchase the buses by year’s end. Fahncke also brought up the financial reports for the month up October, saying the district was under budget in both revenue and expenditures, and under budget for fiscal year to date. “That’s a great place to be. We were striving for that. I guess I just have to say that we’re right on target,” Fahncke said. The board members on hand — Accurso, vice president Gayle Carson, Brad Burton, Mark Davis and Rusty Miller — along with Rappold and Fahncke had a

lengthy discussion on the permanent improvement levy renewal. Fahncke asked the board to consider putting it on the May ballot. Taxpayers in the district are paying $24.50 for a $100,000 evaluation per home, which breaks down to $2.04 monthly. Fahncke made it clear the district is not asking for new money. “I feel that we’re safer and have less risks on a continuing levy,” Fahncke said. “And when I say ‘I’, I mean our taxpayers. “Without the permanent improvement levy funds, we couldn’t go forward and do the maintenance and upkeep, as well as our transportation cost without having the dollars we have for our permanent improvement.” A fact sheet will be made available to the board and the public in the next month, which will provide additional See GRANT | 2

Roetter unveils logo and theme for 2014 Strawberry Festival Melanie Yingst

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TROY —Troy Strawberry Festival Chairwoman Kathi Roetter kept friends and family guessing from what area of her life she would draw the 2014’s Strawberry Festival’s theme and logo from for months. Would it be her active role in Children’s International Summer Village? Or would it reflect her love of swimming and her career as an aquatics instructor at the YMCA? Or would the theme combine her love of the festival and the community, which hosts the event each year. The answer? All of the above. “As I reflected on what makes (Troy) so great, I decided the 2014 theme would be ‘Home. Grown. Great.’” Roetter said Wednesday. “It’s reflective of our rich traditions, values and our hometown.” Roetter said the 2014 Strawberry Festival Theme “Home. Grown. Berries.”was inspired by her internship through the 2013 Leadership Troy program with the Miami County Visitors and Convention Bureau. The organization just launched its own See HOME | 2

Man charged with firing shot in city Melody Vallieu

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TROY — A Troy man has been charged with firing a shot in the city limits for the second time in a month. On Sunday, Paul E. Dutton, 32, was again arrested after firing a M91-30 rifle in his apartment, located at 1173 Trade Square West in Troy. The bullet went through the floor of his upper level apartment and into the See SHOT | 2

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apartment below, where four people — including an 11-month-old child — were home, according to Troy Police Department Captain Joe Long. Long said Dutton admitted to drinking beers and claimed he was cleaning the loaded rifle when the weapon went off, causing the round to go into the apartment below. Long said Dutton’s toxocology level is being tested. Dutton was arrested and taken to the Miami County Jail, where he faces four charges, including inducing panic, weapons while intoxicated, Dutton discharging a firearm within the city limits and tampering with evidence, a Felony 3, which could mean up to three years in jail. Dutton was arraigned in municipal court on Monday morning and is being held on $10,000 bond. The judge also ordered a mental health and drug and alcohol assessment on Dutton. Dutton also was charged with discharging a weapon within city limits on Oct. 16.

and surrounding areas. DeWine said the Ohio Attorney General’s office surveyed county coroners around the state about drug abuse and approximately 75 percent of the state responded. Those findings said in Ohio, two people a day in the state die due to heroin use. “We are losing two people a day from just heroin,” DeWine said. “And the trend is going up.” DeWine said communities are in denial about the rise in

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heroin use, which used to be an “urban drug,” but recently has been found in rural and suburban neighborhoods. “Every suburb has heroin. Every rural area has heroin,” DeWine said. “Communities are, quite frankly, in denial. It’s everywhere now. We have a problem.” DeWine said he is working to up to eight more Bureau of Criminal Investigation officers to concentrate on cracking down on the drug sales and distribution in the coming months.

DeWine said help to inform communities also will be available in the near future to start citizen groups and educate the public of the epidemic. In other news, DeWine touted the DNA technology at the lab in Columbus has greatly improved in the area of DNA and rape kits. DeWine said one out of three rape kits have updated findings and are going back over kits as old as 20 years for new evidence. “The technology is that much better,” DeWine said.

Also, DeWine said the attorney general’s office would like to see more law enforcement officials update their mental health training in dealing with public incidents regarding mentally ill victims or defendants. “I encourage everyone to get more officer training,” DeWine said, citing examples of officer safety in regards to incidents. DeWine said a short online course and a 40-hour session is available through the AG office.

of Lori Pyers as the Miami East assistant treasurer on a one-year limited contract, the approval sub classified personnel for the 2013-2014 school year (bus drivers Samantha Norkett and Rappold), the resignation of seventh grade boys basketball coach Kyle Vanover, and the approval of Scott Shirk as seventh grade boys basketball coach at a board approved rate of pay. Additionally, the board approved the substitute teachers who have went through the Miami County Educational Service Center, which are on file in the main office at the school. The subs are on a as-needed basis for the 2013-2014 school year. The board approved rate of pay has been set at

$75 per day through 10 consecutive days and $83 per day from days 11-60 in the same position, before being placed on a beginning salary schedule. In his closing statements, Rappold gave congratulations to the Miami East Junior High School for receiving the 2013 SOAR Award for Significant High Progress — the second time the junior high has been recognized with a high progress award. He also congratulated the Miami East fall sports teams for the success they had. After the fall season, the Vikings have generated nearly a 30-point lead in the Cross County Conference All-Sports race. The board also moved to approve

the following cash donations on the treasurer’s report: a $750 donation from the Miami County Foundation to the high school principal’s fund for the advanced English field trips, a $2,231 donation from the Miami County Foundation to the junior high principal’s fund for a MIMIO board system, a $570 donation from Marilyn Duff to the high school athletic cheer account for support of the cheer program, and a $500 donation from the athletic boosters to the athletic fund for transportation cost to the Indiana Pacers facility to support the boys and girls high school basketball teams. For more information, visit www. miamieast.k12.oh.us.

Grant From page 1 information. “I think it’s important for the public to know that we are running leaner than we used to, and we’re willing to maintain that leanness for years to come,” Accurso said. “We’re looking for cost savings anytime we can get them.” “We’ve reduced it down to a .8 (mill), and I’m fairly confident that we can continue to maintain with that .8-mill by utilizing grants and other means. But grants aren’t always a sure deal,” Rappold said. The superintendent report included many items, and the board passed the following: updates to the assistant treasurer’s job description, the hiring

Council From page 1 said. Conard said the arena is “too small” to compete with larger venues, but “we like small, we want Troy to remain small.” The $75,000 study is part of 2014 budget for Hobart Arena. City officials said the study will provide the city officials a detail analysis of

the Hobart Arena’s physical infrastructure and layout and recommend how to modernize the arena to continue to serve the community as a multi-use facility. At the parks and recreation committee meeting earlier this month, City of Troy public service and safety director

Patrick Titterington said for Hobart Arena to “continue to the next level” the study was needed to see what renovation would be needed to be done. RESIDENT OPPOSES REZONING ISSUE City resident Robert Brumbaugh spoke against the rezoning issue of a parcel

of land in the area of TroyUrbana Road and Deweese Road at the city council meeting on Monday. A local home custom builder and contractor has applied for a rezoning permit on behalf of TTF Brown LLC and PTK Realty LLC for a proposed new housing development located north of Troy-Urbana Road and west of DeWeese Road for currently undeveloped land. A public hearing for the issue has been set for Dec. 2. Brumbaugh spoke in the public comments portion of the council meeting. Brumbaugh said as a “farm boy” he doesn’t understand why “pristine farm land” needed to be “destroyed.” In October, Frank Harlow applied for the rezoning of the two lots (Inlot 9891 with 105.757 acres and Inlot 9892 with 20.888 acres) on behalf of TTF Brown LLC & PTK Realty LLC. The property was annexed to the city of Troy in 2001. The proposed rezoning area also is located in the Miami East Local School District. Brumbaugh said he drives on Troy-Sidney Road to Lockington several times a

week. Brumbaugh said large trucks are degrading the roads near the area of planned development each day and the roads are already congested with traffic. “I’m anti-development,” Brumbaugh told council members. In regards to more development in the area of town near the planned development, Brumbaugh said, “What in the world were they thinking.” The proposed 125 acres of land is the northeast most parcel of what was once part of the proposed Honey Creek Development, which was proposed for rezoning and turned down in 2007. The proposed rezoning issue wants to rezone 125 acres of the 288 acres of the original parcel which was rezoned in the 2011 ordinance north of Troy-Urbana Road to DeWeese Road. A second public hearing in regards to the rezoning issue will be Dec. 2. A public hearing in regards to the vacation of an alley in Southview area will be held Monday as well. No one spoke for or against the vacation of the alley. All emergency readings of

all five resolutions were unanimously passed. All emergency legislation passed included: Agreement with Crossroads Consulting Services Hobart Arena Study for $75,000; a Downtown Business Loan for P&C Ventures for 2. E Main Street for $37,675; an agreement with EMH&T water line design for $65,240; ARCADIS Agreement amendment regarding programming for $205,000; and to approve the Ohio Department of Transportation for 2016 Market Street Bridge maintenance project. In regards to ordinances, city council unanimously passed two emergency readings. One to release the mortgage lien from Stephen and Stacy Rueckhaus and another for loan subordination of Four Sons Development for 114116 S. Market St. City council held its first reading for the Ohio minimum wage increase for seasonal and temporary workers to $7.95 an hour. The increase is 10 cents more and follows state guidelines. City council meets again at 7 p.m., Monday, Dec. 2 at City Hall. For more information, visit www.troyohio.gov.

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• KIWANIS MEETING: The Troy Kiwanis Club will meet at noon at the Troy Country Club. Patrick Keaty of UTC Aerospace Systems will speak. • CASUAL CRAFTING: The Savvy Stitchers are a drop-in knitting, crocheting and other crafts club that meets from 6:30-8 p.m. at the Tipp City Public Library, 11 E. Main St. • STORY HOUR: Story Hour will be offered at 10:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. at the Milton-Union Public Library. Children from ages 3-5 (and their caregivers) can enjoy stories, puppet shows and crafts at the library. Call (937) 6985515 or visit Facebook or www.mupubliclibrary.org for details on weekly themes. • HOMESCHOOL NATURE CLUB: Sign-up your homeschooled student for an afternoon of discovery at Brukner Nature Center. The program is scheduled for every third Wednesday of the month from 2-4 p.m. September-May. Staff naturalists have developed hands-on educational and lesson plans, using live wildlife and outdoor exploration. The fee for these innovative programs is $2.50 for BNC members and $5 for nonmembers. Registration and payment are due by 5 p.m. the Monday before each program. • WO M EN ’ S CONNECTION: The TroyTipp Women’s Connection will meet at 11:30 a.m. at the Troy Country Club. The theme for the luncheon is “Baskets of Goodies,” and the feature will be a basket auction. Music will be presented by Terry Naas and Barbara Worth of Troy. Rita Stewart of Arlington will speak on “Secrets of Lasting Wealth.” Lunch is $12.50 inclusive and reservations are due Nov. 16 and can be made by calling Nancy at 339-7859 or Joan at 335-3001. A complimentary nursery is provided if requested and is located at the Nazarene Church located on State Route 55. • SPECIAL PRESENTATION: Jeff Brumbaugh, an elder law attorney from Troy, will be giving a special presentation to the Miami County Alzheimer’s Support Group, at Senior Active from 3-4:30 p.m. Brumbaugh will be covering multiple topics ranging from medicare and estate planning to power of attorney. This is an opportunity to ask any important legal questions you may have. Reservations are required as space is limited. Call Senior Active at 3358800 no later than Monday to make your reservation. Senior Active is located at 2006 W. Stanfield Road.

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Call Melody Vallieu at 440-5265 to list your free calendar items. You can send your news by e-mail to mvallieu@civitasmedia.com. meet at noon to talk about “Escape From Camp 14,” by Blaine Harden. Call (937) 6985515 for more information. • CROCHET WITH PLARN: Zlata Garrison will demonstrate how to crochet a tote bag out of plarn (plastic yarn, often made from strips of plastic grocery bags) at 7 p.m. at the Troy-Miami County Library, 419 W Main St., Troy. Call 339-0502 to register for this free program. • CHICKEN AND DUMPLINGS: American Legion Post No. 43, 622 S. Market St., will offer chicken and dumplings, mashed potatoes, green beas or corn, and bread and butter, for $8. The supper will be from 5-7:30 p.m. • TACO SALADS: The American Legion Auxiliary Unit 586, 377 N. Third St., Tipp City, will serve taco salads beginning at 6 p.m. for $4 Euchre will follow at 7 p.m. for $5. • BOARD MEETING: The Covington Board of Education will meet in regular session at 6 p.m. in the Covington Board Office located in the Covington Middle School, 25 Grant St., Covington. • CLASS LUNCH: The 1956 class of Piqua Central High School will be gathering for lunch at 12:30 p.m. at Heck Yeah Grill on County Road 25-A, Piqua. All class members and guest are invited to attend. • SALE OFFERED: Anna’s Closet, which raises funds for New Path Ministries, an outreach arm of Ginghamsburg Church, will have a sale through Saturday. Adult clothes will be $2 and children’s will be $1. For more information, call 875-2909. • HISTORICAL SOCIETY: The Troy Historical Society will hold its at 7 p.m. at the Troy-Hayner Cultural Center, 301 W. Main St., Troy. Gretchen Hawk, executive director of the WACO Historical Society, will speak on the topic “Women of WACO,” telling the story of the female aviators who flew WACO biplanes. The meeting is free and open to the public.

November 20, 2013 For further information, call (937) 339-5900 or email tths@frontier.com. • DISCOVERY WALK: A morning discovery walk for adults will be from 8-9:30 a.m. at Aullwood Audubon Center, 1000 Aullwood Road, Dayton. Tom Hissong, education coordinator, will lead walkers as they experience the wonderful seasonal changes taking place. Bring binoculars.

Friday

• FRIDAY DINNERS: Dinner will be offered from 5-8 p.m. at the Covington VFW Post 4235, 173 N. High St., Covington. Choices will include a $12 New York strip steak, broasted chicken, fish, shrimp and sandwiches, all made-to-order. • HAM STEAK: The Pleasant Hill VFW Post No. 6557, 7578 W. Fenner Road, Ludlow Falls, will offer ham steaks, fried potatoes, vegetable and dessert for $7 from 6- 7:30 p.m. • DINNER THEATER: Come to the American Legion, 377 N. Third St., Tipp City, at 6 p.m. to find out “whodunit.” Participants can enjoy a fourcourse dinner and find out who was murdered and who did it at the Murder at the La Speranza Restaurant Mystery Theatre. Advance tickets are $35 per couple or $20 per person or $20 each at the door and available at the American Legion lounge from 3 p.m. until close daily. Dinner will include appetizers, fettucine alfredo, spaghetti with marinara sauce, salad, garlic bread and tiramisu for dessert.

Saturday

• CRAFT SHOW: Hoffman Uunited Methodist Church in West Milton will hold its annual craft show from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the church activity center. There will be 20-plus booths participating offering a wide variety to choose from including jewelry, wood crafted items, candles, accessory items for infants and tots, baked goods, and more. The Methodist Women will again have their lunch stand offering sandwiches, plus their homemade chicken corn soup, vegetable soup and pies. Pot pie by the bag and mincemeat by the pint or quart will also be available. For more information, call Jean at (937) 698-5541. • STEAK FRY: The Pleasant Hill VFW Post No. 6557, 7578 W. Fenner Road, Ludlow Falls, will offer a T-Bone steak dinner with salad, baked potato and a roll for $13 from 5-8 p.m. There will not be a steak fry in December.

Home for the Holidays upcoming TROY — Troy Main Street will present the 2013 Holiday Grand Illumination and Holiday Parade beginning at 6:30 p.m. Nov. 29. Visitors to downtown Troy will be entertained by a parade of costumed characters, holiday music, the arrival of Santa and more. The evening will begin at 6:30 p.m. with a parade led through downtown marking the heralded arrival of Santa Claus. Mayor Michael Beamish plans the traditional reading of “Twas the Month Before Christmas” and will lead the community in counting down to the illumination of the Troy’s holiday centerpiece Christmas tree and downtown holiday lights. Activities include visits with Santa, refreshments, train rides, horse-drawn carriage rides, live music, face painting and many retailers open late. New this year, children will be given the opportunity to shop at a Kris Kringle market. The market, designed for kiddie shop-

pers, will offer more than 25 booths selling Christmas gifts for family, friends and teachers. Nearly 30 local artists, artisans, and crafters will offer a great selection of handmade gifts reasonably priced at $1, $2, $5, $10 or $20. Shopping bags, gift wrapping, and elf assistants will be available, and the market is indoors at the Elks Club. A luminary-lit path will guide children from the main venue to the shop. The Kris Kringle shop will be open from 4:00 PM to 8:30 PM for one night only. Live music will include a performance by the Melody Men, an all-male a capella vocal group, who will perform holiday music at the main stage located in the SW Public Square. Again this year, children will be able to call the North Pole to discuss their Christmas wishes with Santa’s elves. Frontier Communications will use a combination of magic, manpower, and technology to facilitate direct phone lines to Santa’s northern workshop.

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Library to hosts holiday concerts

TIPP CITY — The Friends of the Tipp City Public Library hosts holiday concerts on Saturdays between Thanksgiving and Christmas each year. Tricia Pence, harpist, kicks off this season’s “Music Saturdays in the Library” from 2-4 p.m. Nov. 30. Pence warms the library with her mastery of the harp and a play list that includes a mix of holiday standards along with a variety of favorites — classic and contemporary. On Dec. 7, the performances have been expanded to go from 1-4 p.m. to coincide with Tipp’s Christmas in the Village activities. Tipp City United Methodist Handbell Quartet starts off the melodious afternoon, followed by Flutes Etcetera, and concludes with the Bethel High School Choir. The Tipp City Saxophone Group will perform at 2 p.m. on Dec. 14. At 3 p.m. Dec. 14, the Troy Christian Show Choir rounds out the afternoon. Dec. 21 will complete the holiday Music Saturdays with Tipp City Methodist Handbell Quartet at 2 p.m. and Susan Southers, keyboardist, at 3 p.m. For more information, call (937) 667-3826 or visit www.tippcitylibrary.org. The library is located at 11 E. Main St., Tipp City.

Museum open for Christmas tour

TIPP CITY — The Tippecanoe Historical Society will be open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 7, to participate in the Christmas in the Village Holiday Home Tour day. Carol Graf, Karen Olshawsky, Paula Jones, Jo Stull, Joe Hammann and Cathie Zimmerman have researched and prepared story boards of each house on the tour. They will be on display in the Tippecanoe Room of the Hotel Gallery. The museum has a number of Tipp City related items for sale. The 2013 ornament is the Township Building. Stop in and browse through Tipp City history and do some Christmas shopping. The museum is open by appointment only until April. Call (937) 698-6798, (937) 667-1471 or (937)

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Free class offered at YMCA

PIQUA — The Miami County YMCA is running a special HIIT (High Intensity Interval Training) class the day after Thanksgiving to burn off the holiday calories and collect canned goods for the Bethany Center. This is an advanced class open to YMCA members and nonmembers who are ready for a challenging workout. The class will be offered from noon to 1 p.m. Nov. 9 at the Piqua branch and is free when participants bring a canned or boxed food item to be donated to the Bethany Center.

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PERSPECTIVE EDITORIAL ROUNDUP The Tribune, Seymour. Nov. 15, 2013. Show compassion, but donate wisely Photographs and videos showing the disaster wrought by Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines are nearly indescribable. Buildings are leveled, with only a few concrete structures still standing, according to . The hard-hit city of Tacloban looks like a garbage dump, it reported. The storm packed 147 mph winds and whipped up 20-foot walls of seawater that tossed ships inland and swept many people out to sea. Thousands of people in the Philippines died in the massive storm, and at least 9.7 million people in 41 provinces were affected by the typhoon. “I don’t believe there is a single structure that is not destroyed or severely damaged in some way — every single building, every single house,” U.S. Marine Brig. Gen. Paul Kennedy said after taking a helicopter flight over Tacloban, the largest city in Leyte province. Our hearts go out to the people of the Philippines and elsewhere in Asia where the storm struck, just as we ached for the residents of Moore, Okla., earlier this year and to those in Henryville and other Hoosier communities last year when tornadoes struck. We will be moved to help those in the Philippines (it’s our nature), just as many of us donated and volunteered to help in Henryville and Holton, where a former Seymour man was severely injured in the March 2, 2012, storms. He died earlier this year from those injuries. Our assistance, however, should be done through organized charities focused on specific portions of rescue, cleanup and rehabilitation. Instead of loading a truck with shovels, buckets, boxes of used clothes and cases of bottled water to ship overseas, give money to organizations such as the International Red Cross, the United Nations and others that are on the scene helping victims sort out their lives. In the immediate aftermath of the typhoon, the greatest need is for money to buy food and water and provide the makings of shelter. Donations made through international relief organizations can be pooled and put to best use. Supplies can be purchased in bulk and shipped in the most cost-effective way to ensure that they reach the people most in need. If your gift isn’t needed immediately, it will be banked and used when the next disaster hits. Another way to help is to donate blood at an Indiana Blood Center or American Red Cross facility or a mobile donation drive. While the blood might not be needed in the Philippines, it will help restock depleted supplies or be used locally where there is an immediate need. Disasters such as last week’s typhoon in the Philippines or last year’s tornadoes in southern Indiana prompt us to reach out and help. We encourage that. The recovery process, as we have seen in southern Indiana, including our own recovery from the June 2008 flooding here in Jackson County, will take months and years. So there will be a continuing need for assistance for a significant time to come. Your gifts are important. Just be careful how you donate. Tuscaloosa (Ala.) News on Obama should keep his word on health care: It would be better to scrap the Affordable Care Act and start over on health care reform, but considering that it is President Barack Obama’s most important achievement and his cooperation would be necessary, that’s unlikely to happen. At the very least, the president and Congress should make the law live up to the promises they made to the American people. The president suggested he would Thursday but didn’t detail exactly how. Democrats wonder if they are about to be bitten a second time by the president’s baby. Obama rammed the law through Congress without the vote of a single Republican and without the vote of a number of Democrats. Nothing says that even the most important law has to get a broad consensus of support. No law says it has to have the majority of the American public’s support. A law, big or small, just needs the support of a congressional majority and the president’s signature. But it is good politics and good statesmanship to seek broad approval. Republicans understood that and used it to their advantage. In the wake of Obamacare’s passage, voters punished the Democrats and handed over control of the House of Representatives to Republicans in 2010. Those troublesome off-year elections —particularly troubling for the party in power of second-term presidents_are rolling around again, and the Affordable Care Act still hangs around the necks of Democrats like the Mariner’s albatross. The bird smells particularly bad right now. Republicans might have chosen the wrong vehicle for combating Obamacare when they shut down parts of the federal government. But their idea to block Obamacare isn’t looking so unreasonable anymore. The millions of unwanted policy cancellation notices are just part of the problem. Many people are facing unsustainable premium increases. Some are the result of consumers paying for coverage they don’t need. Republicans have had their moment of sullen stubbornness. Obama should pass on the opportunity to be similarly bullheaded and propose changes to the ACA that would allow people to keep their policies and give consumers some relief from their premium sticker shock. A leader ought to make good on his word.

LETTERS Don’t fall for same hoax To the Editor: Recently I received a phone call from a “Microsoft technician” telling me I needed to do certain things to my computer to prevent it from crashing. I’m writing about this because this young

man completely took over my computer, which is currently being repaired. If somone calls you and says they are “technicians” to help clear your computer, please be smarter than I was! — Mary Steele Troy

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Why won’t Jimmy Kimmel apologize some more? Troy Troy Jimmy Kimmel used to be a professional comedian. His new job is apologizing. A few weeks ago, the host of ABC’s late-night show “Jimmy Kimmel Live” aired a bit where a 6-year-old boy recommends killing everyone in China. Kimmel and the network have been apologizing ever since. Over the weekend, protesters besieged ABC studios around the country. They want Kimmel fired or, failing that, more apologies. The bit was part of a routine called “Kids Table,” where Kimmel talks to cute 5- and 6-year-olds, and hilarity ensues. In the offending episode, Kimmel asked the kids what to do about our debt to China, and one boy chirps, “Kill everyone in China.” Kimmel laughs and jokingly calls it “an interesting idea,” before returning to it later when, with mock seriousness, he asks the kids whether the Chinese should be allowed to live. It doesn’t take a well-honed sense of humor to realize that “Kids Table” is a forum for kids to say laughably and harmlessly absurd things, not for the discussion of serious foreign-policy initiatives. If

the boy’s proposal for a genocidal The protesters still managed war against China as a solution to to extract an apology from ABC our national debt were getting a and from Kimmel on air, who respectable hearing, he would have said he thought “it was obvious been invited to debate it on CNN’s that I didn’t agree with that state“Fareed Zakaria GPS” with deadly ment.” Obviousness, though, isn’t a earnest foreign-policy panjandefense. Kimmel had to apoldrums like Richard Haass and ogize in public to protesters Zbigniew Brzezinski. outside his Hollywood studio Nonetheless, the grim in a scene that bore a distant gears of offense-taking began resemblance to a “struggle to grind. Previously, Jimmy session” in the Cultural Kimmel’s main offense Revolution wherein accused against humanity had been enemies of the people were encouraging parents to get a humiliated and engaged in Rich rise out of their kids by telling coerced self-criticism. Lowry them that they had eaten all Kimmel said he was “very, their Halloween candy. Now, Troy Daily very sorry” and bowed to he was guilty of incitement to News Guest the protesters, who still Columnist demanded every imaginable mass murder. The anti-Kimmel protestkind of other apology from ers sported signs festooned with him. No matter how sorry he said swastikas and pictures of the come- he was, they wanted him to be sordian with a Hitler mustache, accus- rier still. With protests demanding ing him of “manipulating children” Kimmel’s ouster continuing to roll and “promoting racial genocide.” on, ABC has apologized yet again Needless to say, if Adolf Hitler’s and emphasized its promise to crime had been joking around with tighten its Standards and Practices. kids who innocently talked of killThe Chinese Foreign Ministry is ing people for laughs, he wouldn’t now in on the act, calling on ABC be known as one of world history’s to “face its mistakes head on.” The greatest monsters. Chinese government’s entry into

the debate might seem opportunistic, but in fairness to Beijing, no other entity in the world has proven itself as adept at killing Chinese people en masse. The Kimmel controversy is of inherent concern since it involves its core competency. The Kimmel kerfuffle is worthy of a Monty Python skit, but also typical of the surreal theater of offensetaking in contemporary America. Are we, in such matters, a ridiculous country? One that encourages a sense of victimhood and grievance? One that lacks any sense of proportion? Yes, yes and yes. It would have been an invigorating blow for the culture of free speech if ABC and Kimmel had issued the following serial apologies to their tormentors: We’re sorry that you are so humorless. We’re sorry you don’t have anything better to do with your time. We’re sorry that you are cheapening every genocide in history. We’re sorry, in short, that you are whiny bullies. If you’re so offended, please go watch Leno or Letterman.

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TIPP CITY — Starting next spring, the city will start completing unfinished sidewalks in some local housing developments. Tipp City City Council decided Monday night to move forward with this project next spring. Following complaints from residents about missing stretches of sidewalks in their neighborhoods, council decided to complete several sections of sidewalks in Sycamore Woods and Curry Branch. The city’s code requires developers to complete sidewalks. But in the past, the city has allowed developers to post surety for uncompleted sidewalks making them the responsibility of the builders or owners once houses are constructed, Assistant City Manager Brad Vath said. In the case of Sycamore Woods, about $21,000 in

surety is available, which the city will use to construct some missing portions of sidewalks. The Sycamore Woods subdivision has been in development since 1997 and some residents have been waiting more than 10 years for sidewalks, Vath said. Other subdivisions like Hunters Ridge and Rosewood Creek also have large portions of sidewalk missing, but both of those areas still have plenty of undeveloped lots. When those lots are developed in the future, the sidewalks will likely have to be replaced because of damage done by construction equipment. Curry Branch was also chosen because the city expects that the few remaining properties will be developed in the next year, Vath said. During the pre-meeting study session, Council also heard an update from Finance Director John

Green on one of the city’s outstanding debts. In 1993, the city borrowed $597,260 to construct a sewer along Donn Davis Way from the Ohio Water and Sewer Rotary. The original term of the loan was 10 years from the end of construction, June, 2004, which was later extended until 2014. This loan was to be repaid by property tax assessments levied against those properties which were improved by the sewer. These assessments were deferred until the residential property owners tied into the sewer line or as long as the agricultural properties remained zoned for agriculture. Since 1993, there has been limited development in this area and several of the assessments on the properties remain deferred. The city still owes $397,680 which must be repaid next June. Green advised council that one option for repay-

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proposition that all men are created equal,” a profound and politically risky statement for the time. Slavery and the doctrine of states’ rights would not hold in the “more perfect union” of Lincoln’s vision. “In 272 words, he put together what everyone was thinking, what everyone should know,” said park historian John Heiser. Because of varying transcriptions, scholars generally put the text at 268 to 272 words. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia administered the oath of allegiance to a group of 16 immigrants, telling them the national identity is unique, illustrated by the existence of the word “un-American” and by the people’s “fidelity to certain political principles.”

Franklin’s attorney, Jennifer Herndon, said the execution warrant allows it to be carried out anytime Wednesday. Herndon said Franklin, who has been diagnosed as mentally ill, didn’t seem to fully understand the stay. “He was happy,” she said. “I’m not really convinced that he totally understands that he was going to die.” Franklin, 63, was convicted of seven other murders, but the Missouri case was the only one resulting in a death sentence. Franklin also has admitted to shooting and wounding civil rights leader Vernon

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ST. LOUIS (AP) — A federal judge in Missouri on Tuesday granted a stay of execution to white supremacist serial killer Joseph Paul Franklin just hours before his scheduled death, citing concerns over the state’s new execution method. U.S. District Court Judge Nanette Laughrey ruled that a lawsuit filed by Franklin and 20 other death row inmates challenging Missouri’s execution protocol must be resolved before he is put to death. The 14-page ruling criticizes the timing of the state’s changes to how it carries out capital punishment, specifically its plan to use for the first time a single drug, pentobarbital. It also takes issue with a plan to acquire the drug from a compounding pharmacy. Laughrey wrote that the Missouri Department of Corrections “has not provided any information about the certification, inspection history, infraction history, or other aspects of the compounding pharmacy or of the person compounding the drug.” She noted that the execution protocol, which has changed repeatedly, “has been a frustratingly moving target.” It wasn’t immediately clear whether the state would appeal the ruling. Messages left with the state attorney general’s office were not returned. If a federal appeals court or the U.S. Supreme Court struck down Laughrey’s ruling, the execution could go forward.

ing this loan would be to issue bond anticipation notes, which would give the city another nine years. An ordinance issuing bond anticipation notes will appear on the agenda Dec. 2. Crusey also provided an update on the Fire and Emergency Medical Station renovation, which is expected to be completed and turned over to the city on Nov. 25, one month ahead of schedule. Brumbaugh Construction is putting the finishing touches on the building in the next week, including kitchen cabinets, carpet, doors and interior paint. Council voted to appoint Karen Smeal to the Tipp-Monroe Cable Access Commission for a term ending April 30, 2015.

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GETTYSBURG, Pa. (AP) — In solemnity, thousands gathered at a central Pennsylvania battlefield park Tuesday to honor a speech given 150 years ago that President Abraham Lincoln predicted would not be long remembered. The inspirational and famously short Gettysburg Address was praised for reinvigorating national ideals of freedom, liberty and justice amid a Civil War that had torn the country into pieces. “President Lincoln sought to heal a nation’s wounds by defining what a nation should be,” said Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett, calling Lincoln’s words superb, his faith deep and his genius profound. “Lincoln wrote his words on paper, but he also inscribed them in our hearts.” Echoing Lincoln, keynote speaker and Civil War historian James McPherson said the president took the dais in November 1863 at a time when it looked like the nation “might indeed perish from the earth.” “The Battle of Gettysburg became the hinge of fate on which turned the destiny of that nation and its new birth of freedom,” McPherson said. In the July 1863 battle, considered the turning point of the war, Union forces fought back a Confederate invasion of Pennsylvania. Lincoln’s speech was delivered more than four months later, at the dedication of a national cemetery to bury the battle’s casualties. In the short oration, he spoke of how democracy itself rested upon “the

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Shelly & Dave Keihl, all of Bradford; six grandchildren, Morgan & Alexis Wackler, Elisa Martinez, & Ally, Lauren, & Elijah Wackler; four brothers; seven sisters; and many friends & other relatives. Funeral Service will be held at 10:30 a.m. Friday, November 22, 2013 at the Bradford Church of the Brethren with Pastors Phillip Dell & John Shelton officiating. Interment Harris Creek Cemetery. The family will receive friends 4-8 p.m. Thursday at StockerFraley Funeral Home, Bradford. If desired, contributions may be made to the American Heart Association or the Harris Creek Church of the Brethren. Condolences may be left for the family at www. stockerfraley.com.

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Wrestling with Family Obligations Dear Annie: When I marmarriage, but she didn’t lisried my husband, he was ten. She moved back home divorced with a college- aged three years before her father daughter. For some reason or died. Her mother died two other, she did not complete years later. her degree. After colMy 57-year-old stepdaughlege, “Connie” got a job and ter now lives in her mother’s her own apartment. She house. Connie is on dialysis became pregnant by a co- Annie’s and lives on her disability worker and had a son. Her Mailbox income. I cook, clean and take dad and I were very disapher to the doctor. I also help pointed. Later, Connie moved Kathy Mitchell with the bills. to another state and had two & Marcy Sugar The problem is, I am now more children with the same 70 and ready to retire and man, but no marriage. Her dad and return to my hometown to spend I supported her and paid her rent time with my immediate family. My whenever she needed it. He advised widowed sister has invited me to live her on the difficulties and disadvan- with her. How long am I obligated to tages of raising children without support Connie physically and finan-

cially? Should I remain here and put my life on hold? -- Had Enough Dear Had Enough: That’s up to you. You are the only parent Connie has, and you’ve stayed relatively close to her through the years. Some parents would sacrifice their personal happiness to care for a child, but others reach the point where they become resentful and feel taken advantage of. Can Connie manage without you? Could you look into available resources in her area for home health care, housekeeping and cooking, and perhaps contribute to the cost? Her children are adults now. It’s time they took over the responsibilities you’ve been handling. Talk to them.

Horoscope HAPPY BIRTHDAY for Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2013: This year you tune in to your emotions more when making important choices. You will make excellent decisions as a result. You often pick up on others’ subconscious agendas. If you are single, by late summer 2014, you might meet someone who knocks your socks off. In fact, you could have several experiences with different people like this. Only commit when and if you are sure. If you are attached, your sense of harmony spills over to your sweetie, which adds to the intensity that binds you. CANCER is as emotional as you are, but he or she can be a lot harder to deal with. The Stars Show the Kind of Day You’ll Have: 5-Dynamic; 4-Positive; 3-Average; 2-Soso; 1-Difficult ARIES (March 21-April 19) HHH Touch base with your inner voice before launching into a situation involving real estate, security or family. Your responsibilities are changing rapidly, so adjust. You have very little choice anyway. A discussion could be helpful. Tonight: Homeward bound. TAURUS (April 20-May 20) HHHH You need to touch base with several people in your immediate environment. Once you sit down with them, you will see the value in their feedback. Make an adjustment and use the best of others’ ideas. You will have a lot of support. Tonight: Hang out with friends. GEMINI (May 21-June 20) HHH Stay sensitive to your

finances and to what others need. A boss could take a stand that might not be based in reality. Make a point to reach out to a partner who has a lot of important feedback. Listen to what is being shared and apply it to a key situation. Tonight: Your treat. CANCER (June 21-July 22) HHHHH Stay centered, and know what you want. Reach out to someone at a distance who is smart and creative. Understand what needs to happen between you and a controlling associate. Know when to take a step back and let this person take the reins. Tonight: Think “weekend plans.” LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) HHH You might be coming from a visceral level when dealing with a partner. Take time to acknowledge those you pass every day with perhaps a brief nod. Stop and say hello to someone who actually makes your life seem better. Start a conversation. Tonight: Get some extra R and R. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) HHHHH You could be driven by various factors, but your friends will be the most important. A meeting could reveal much more about a situation than you expected. Rethink your approach to this matter. You’ll receive much more information if you stay open. Tonight: Be with friends. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) HHH Your good intentions come through for someone who is a part of your daily life. An important but changeable

situation that you are dealing with could be quite disconcerting. You might feel a lack of control. Avoid a power play at all costs. Tonight: Till the wee hours. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) HHHH Reach out for more information as you explore a creative or special opportunity. You probably will change your tune once you get more facts. Avoid charging into a situation without first gathering as much information as possible. Tonight: Let your imagination lead the way. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) HHH You function at your peak when working with a trusted associate. You might find that your creativity surges when you feel comfortable. Your finances could be subject to change. Perhaps taking strong action will turn the tide in your favor. Tonight: Follow someone else’s lead. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) HHHH Others feel as though they can handle everything you can. You might want some free time for a personal matter or to complete another project. Go along with others’ ideas. You might find that you have more help than you thought possible. Tonight: Out among the crowds. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) HHH You might be focused on completion. You have a lot on your plate. Many people like the way you do things. As a

result, they often seek you out for help with their projects. You might want to start saying “no” more often, even if the request is flattering. Tonight: Do not push. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) HHHH Your ideas seem to flow into nearly every situation, problem and interaction you have. You might decide not to reveal everything that goes through your mind, but you still will reveal a lot. Others might be amazed by your imagination. Tonight: Spice up a relationship. BORN TODAY Former U.S. senator Robert F. Kennedy (1925), politician John R. Bolton (1948), former U.S. senator Robert Byrd (1917)

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