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Volume 145 | Edition 157 | $1.00

Saturday, January 24 & Sunday, January 25, 2015

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Lincolnview 38 @ Crestview 49
Van Wert 45 @ Elida 56
St. Johns 67 @ New Knoxville 61
Parkway 36 @ Coldwater 63

OPInIOn

Readers speak their minds about

local topics on the Opinion page.
Turn to pages 6-7 to read letters
to the editor, thumbs up/down,
and columns fro our staff.

Continental 34 @ Ft. Jennings 35

Ottoville 58 @ Miller City 54
Spencerville 52 @ Bluffton 38
Paulding 45 @ Columbus Grove 60

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Relay for Life kicks off with meet-and-greet

BY NANCY SPENCER
DHI Media Editor
nspencer@delphosherald.com
DELPHOS The kick off for
the 2015 Relay for Life of Delphos was more informal this year.
Those interested were invited to
visit Chief Supermarket for an information packet with local Relay
leaders on hand to answer questions
and encourage participation. One
event was held Friday and another
is scheduled for 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
today.
Change will usher in the 2015
Relay for Life of Delphos on June
12. After examining feedback in
thousands of email surveys, the
American Cancer Society is proposing a restructuring of the human
framework behind the event as well

as the length of the Relay.

We collected all the surveys
turned in after a Relay event and
compiled the date and weve seen
some consistency in concerns and
what worked and what didnt, Relay for Life Specialist Jamie Orozco
said. ACS has offered some options
for Relays to make them better suited to their communities.
Relays are now offered three
options for the length of the event,
including six hours, 12 hours and
18-24 hours. Components of the
Relays must include the Opening
Ceremony, Luminaria and a Closing
Ceremony.
Delphos has chosen the six-hour
format.
Local Relay Committee mainstay Sandy Suever shared comments
she had heard.

The feedback from survivors

was great. They are grateful for
anything we do, Suever said. The
bulk of the comments from most
people was for a shorter Relay.
Suever noted attendance at the
beginning of the event has always
been good and perhaps if people
knew it would only be occurring for
a short time, participation would increase.
I hope we get more teams and
more people who just come out
and experience Relay and stay
longer, Suever said. It is such a
heart-warming and humbling event.
To see those survivors make it
around that track in the first lap is
something everyone needs to experience. They are why we Relay.
RElAY/A16

Makayla Kennedy, top right, and her parents, Sarah and

Kevin Carder, learn more about the local relay for Life from
volunteers Brian altenburger and diane Will. the kick-off
event for the 2015 relay set June 12 was held Friday at Chief
Supermarket with another opportunity to sign up a team and
learn more about the american Cancer Society event from 10
a.m. to 2 p.m. today. (dHI Media/nancy Spencer)

Krendl to make Delphos Happy! Sunday

Ohio House Agriculture

and Rural Development
Committee to Hold First
Hearing in Van Wert
BY ED GEBERT
DHI Media Editor
egebert@timesbulletin.com
VAN WERT A Statehouse committee has chosen
Van Wert for a hearing concerning water quality, and
Cooper Farms will be the site for the Jan. 29 hearing. The
House Agriculture and Rural Development Committee
is kicking off a series of several hearings in Van Wert
County on Thursday afternoon at 1 p.m.
The committee is led by Chair Brian Hill (R-Zanesville) and Vice Chair Tony Burkley (R-Payne). The hearing was announced Friday by Speaker of the Ohio House
Clifford A. Rosenberger (R-Clarksville).
As Speaker, one of my main priorities is continuing
to take action on the issue of water quality in our state,
Speaker Rosenberger said. This committee will build
upon legislation passed in previous general assemblies
as well as work with those in the agriculture community, state agencies and others, to establish ways to best
manage water quality problems. Our goal is to not place
blame on anyone or any group but to find a solution that
benefits all Ohioans by protecting our most vital natural
resources and ensuring clean water for our citizens.
AG CommITTEE/A16

Magician Paul Krendl gave short performances Friday afternoon at St. Johns Elementary School. above:
Fifth-grader Lydia Werts blows on a knot on a rope to complete a trick for Krendl. the delphos native
will hold 90-minute offerings of his new show Happy! at 2 p.m. and 6 p.m. on Sunday in Jefferson Middle
School auditorium. Happy! is about honoring the joys of your inner child and never overlooking even
the smallest things that bring joy. Its only fitting that I bring my show about happiness to the town that
continues to make me happiest, Krendl said. Proceeds from the events benefit the delphos Optimist
Club to provide numerous community youth projects, including the annual Easter Egg Hunt; Punt, Pass
and Kick, and the Fourth of July Fishing derby. tickets are $12 at the door. (dHI Media/nancy Spencer)

Van Wert native wins Ohio

Auctioneer Championship
INfoRmATIoN
SuBmITTED

Van Wert native Peter d. Gehres

recently won the 2015 Ohio auctioneer
Championship. (Submitted photo)

COLUMBUS Peter D. Gehres, a Van Wert County native,

recently won the 2015 Ohio Auctioneer Championship. The contest is held annually and hosted by
the Ohio Auctioneers Association
(OAA) and is an auctioneer and
bid calling competition based on
presentation, speed, clarity and
overall ability. Gehres is the first
auctioneer to win three major
Midwest auctioneering championships; Michigan (2010), Indiana
(2011) and most recently Ohio. In
2014 Gehres also won the Midwest Roundup Auctioneers Championship. Gehres will represent
Ohio at the World Automobile
Auctioneer Championship in Las
Vegas, Nevada, in April and the
International Auctioneer Championship in Dallas, Texas, in July.
Winning the Ohio Championship has been a career goal
from the first day of auction
school, Gehres said. Ohio has a
vast pool of auctioneering and bid

calling talent and it is an immense

honor to receive this award. The
2015 championship featured 42
auctioneers from three states
and represented a cross section
of Ohios auctioneer community,
including five female auctioneers.
Gehres is an auctioneer and
Realtor for Real Estate Showcase Auction Company and
works weekly at Mike Brandly,
Auctioneers Groveport Auction
House, sells donated automobiles for Goodwill Columbus and
works as an auctioneer and ringman at the Akron Auto Auction.
In addition to being named
Champion, Gehres was also elected
vice president of the OAA and currently serves as an educational trustee of the National Auctioneers Association. Gehres is also an instructor at
The Ohio Auction School.
Auctioneering contests are
a great opportunity to hone your
skill and test yourself against the
best in our business. Gehres stated. I look forward to representing
Ohio both as an association leader
and champion.

Ohio unemployment
falls below five percent
BY ED GEBERT
DHI Media Editor
egebert@timesbulletin.com
COLUMBUS The
end of 2014 saw the Ohio
Unemployment rate complete its fall below the 5.0
percent mark. The state
rate dropped to 4.8 percent for December 2014,
down from 5.0 percent in
November.
The state unemployment rate had not reached
this territory since 2007
in Ohio, and the annual
rate was over 10.0 percent in both 2009 and
2010 during the economic
downtown.
The December report of civilian labor
force estimates showed

an increase in jobs of
5,100 and a decrease in
the number of unemployed by 9,100. In 2014,
the number of unemployed fell by 133,000,
to 278,000, according to
numbers released Friday
by the Ohio Department
of Job and Family Services (ODJFS).
The number of jobs
rose to 5,330,400, according to the latest business
establishment
survey
conducted by the U.S.
Department of Labor
(Bureau of Labor Statistics) in cooperation with
ODJFS.
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Index
Classifieds ........ 13-14
Comics & Puzzles ....9
Real Estate ..............15

Local/State ...........3-4
Obituaries .................2
History ......................8

Sports ............... 10-12

Todays World ...........5
Weather ....................2

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Times Bulletin/Delphos Herald

Saturday, January 24 & Sunday, January 25, 2015

OBITUARIES

Cara C.
Ray

Lucia A. Bartz
VAN WERT, Ohio Lucia A. Bartz, 91, formerly of Middle Point, Ohio, died at 1:19 p.m. Friday, Jan. 23, 2015, at the
Van Wert Inpatient Hospice Center.
Arrangements are pending at Alspach-Gearhart Funeral
Home & Crematory, Van Wert.

Nov. 19, 1948 - Jan. 22, 2015

FINDLAY, Ohio Cara
C. Ray, 66, of Findlay, passed
away on Jan. 22, 2015, at
Birchaven Village.
Cara was born in Van Wert
County, on Nov. 19, 1948, to
Cara C. Ray
the late Howard and Wilma
(Jeffrey) Kemler.
On Sept. 14, 1968, she married Larry E. Ray and he survives in Findlay.
Cara is survived by her sister: Marsha (Brad) Owens of
Convoy, Ohio, and her brother: Wayne (Karen) Kemler of Van
Wert. She is also survived by her brothers-in-law: Roger (Deb)
Ray of Elkhart, Indiana, and Don (Julie) Ray of Centerville,
Ohio; 11 nieces and nephews; her stepmother-in-law: Janet
(Sowers-Poling) Ray, and three stepbrothers-in-law: Dale (Alice) Poling of Amelia, Ohio, Ron (Diana) Poling of Troy, Ohio,
and Rich (Mary) Poling of Arkansas.
Cara was preceded in death by a nephew, Andy Kemler of
Van Wert and a sister-in-law, Mary Ray.
Cara graduated from Lincolnview High School in 1966, International Business College in 1968, and Findlay College in
1980. Cara worked as an accountant for Marathon Oil Company for 33 years. She also worked for the Hancock Community Foundation and the Humane Society of Hancock County,
where Cara found her beloved dog, Punky.
Cara was a member of Desk & Derrick, past president of
the Northwestern Ohio Chapter of IMA where she received the
First Banner Chapter Award. She was a member of St. Johns
Lutheran Church of Findlay. She enjoyed spending time with
and spoiling her nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be held at St. Johns Lutheran
Church on Wednesday, Jan. 28 at 11 a.m. with Pastor Cindy Ritter officiating.
Visitation will be at the church from 9:30 to 11 a.m.,
prior to the funeral service.
Memorials may be given to the Hancock County Community Foundation or St. Johns Lutheran Church.
The family would like to thank the staff of Birchaven Village for their kind and excellent care. The family also wants to
thank Pastor Cindy Ritter for her support.

Memorial service will be

held at Wesley United Methodist Church Saturday, Jan. 24 at
10:30 a.m.

Joan Buchman

A Mass of Christian Burial

will be conducted at 10 a.m.
Saturday at Divine Mercy
Catholic Church, Paulding.
Visitation will be held one hour
prior to the funeral mass on
Saturday.

James Comer

Services will be held at 1

p.m. Sunday, Jan. 25, 2015,
at Alspach-Gearhart Funeral
Home & Crematory, Van Wert.
Visitation is 12-1 p.m. Sunday,
Jan. 25, 2015, at the funeral
home.

Ralph Gillespie

A memorial service will be

held at 11:30 a.m. Monday at
Van Wert American Legion,
Van Wert, with a luncheon to
follow.

Denny Howell

There will be a celebration of life at Greenon High

School from 10 a.m.-1 p.m. on
Saturday, Jan. 24, 2015. Brief
remarks and memories can be
shared at the celebration of life
or on Dennys Caring Bridge
website at www.caringbridge.
org/visit/dennyhowell.

Adolfo Doc Vasquez

Feb. 8, 1925-Jan. 22, 2015

Susan Kinstle

LIMA Adolfo Doc

Vasquez, 89, of Lima, died at
8:55 p.m. Thursday at Shawnee Manor.
He was born Feb. 8, 1925,
in Waxahachie, Texas, to
Hipolito Pete and Mercedes
Rosalez Vasquez.
He married Velma Julia
Kortier, who preceded him in
death Oct. 8, 2008, and Elizabeth Nance who preceded
him in death on Feb. 20, 2005.
Survivors include three
children, Julianna (Paul)
Ford of Gomer, Arnold
(Cindy) Vasquez and Estella (Terry) Davy both of
Lima; five grandchildren; six
great-grandchildren; a sister, Lucia Lucy (Charlie)
Zink of Wapakoneta, and two
brothers Frank (Pat) Vasquez
and William Willie (Sue)
Vasquez both of Delphos.
He was preceded in death
by brothers: Ascenciona Angel, Julian, Rosalio Mitch,
Florencio Ponch, Bernardo
Ben, Ramon, Lasaro Lazzie, and sisters, Lola Heyser
and Ernestina Ernie Metz.
Doc served in the U.S.
Navy, worked as a trackman
on the railroad, retired from
Fruehauf Corporation, Delphos, as a welder and was an
independent tree trimmer and
a former member of St. Paul
United Methodist Church in
Delphos before moving to
Lima. He was a giving, hard

Glenn Neer

Susan C. Place Kinstle

VISITATION & SERVICES

Terry Amstutz

LOCAL WEATHER

A graveside service will be

held privately at a later date at
Fort Amanda Cemetery.

Adolfo Doc Vasquez

working, selfless man of faith

always willing to pray for and
help out people. He enjoyed
tree trimming, gardening,
playing pool, helping others
and taking care of animals.
The family will receive
friends 4-7 p.m. Monday
and the funeral will begin
at 7 p.m. with Pastor Terry
Davy officiating. Military
rites will be provided by
V.F.W. Post 8445 following
the service.
Memorial contributions
may be given to the family
and online condolences may
be shared at BayliffAndSon.
com.

Adolfo Doc Vasquez

Task force will investigate slayings

A coroner confirmed that
the bodies found Thursday in
the burned car in Bakersville in
Coshocton County were those
of Doyle Chumney, 88, and his
wife, Lillian Chumney, 79.

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Services will be held at 2

p.m. Saturday, Jan. 24, 2015,
April 25, 1921-Jan. 22, 2015
at Alspach-Gearhart Funeral
Home & Crematory, Van Wert.
DELPHOS Susan C. Place Kinstle, 93, of Delphos,
Visitation is one hour prior to passed away on Thursday at Baton Rouge in Lima.
services Saturday at the funeral
Susan was born April 25, 1921, in Auglaize County, to Stanhome.
ley Bryan and Lela (Graessle) Place. Her father and mother
Rosella Ralston
preceded her in death.
Funeral services will be
On September 5, 1964, she married James E. Kinstle, who
held on Saturday at 11 a.m. survives in Delphos.
with viewing one hour prior to
She is survived by a brother, Stanley B. (Bernice) Place Jr.
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1-08 1:56 p.m.
A person reported being threatened in the 1200 block of
South Washington Street.
1-08 6:12 p.m.
Nathan Pugsley, 31, of Van Wert, was arrested for OVI after
being found passed out behind the wheel of his vehicle in the
parking lot of Pak-A-Sak in the 1000 block of South Shannon
Street.
1-09 1:45 a.m.
Zane Germann, 24, of Van Wert, was arrested for disorderly
conduct while intoxicated, a minor misdemeanor, after an alleged incident at The Old South.
1-09 10:11 a.m.
A Van Wert woman in the 1100 block of Kear Road reported
having a problem with a neighbor.
1-09 2:03 p.m.
Police responded to a report of a distraught person in the
400 block of West Main Street.
1-09 5:24 p.m.
Nathan Braun, 32, of Van Wert, was arrested for domestic
violence by threat, a misdemeanor of the fourth degree.
1-10 8:18 p.m.
Michael Keipper, 25, of Van Wert, and an inmate at Van
Wert County Correctional Facility was charged with one count
of telecommunication harassment after an investigation showed
he had placed numerous unwanted calls to a Van Wert woman.
1-10 9:30 p.m.
A Van Wert resident with mental health issues contacted
police for assistance in the 1100 block of Pratt Street.
1-11 3:32 a.m.
Officers were assigned to a residence in the 600 block of
South Washington Street due to a reported incident of domestic violence. After a investigating, no charges were filed for
domestic violence. While at the location, officers located drug
paraphernalia. As a result, Tyrone Knuckles, 44, of Van Wert,
was charged with possession of drug paraphernalia.
1-11 11:21 a.m.
Police responded to a report of a distraught person in the
100 block of Sibley Street.
1-11 11:46 p.m.
Officers responded to a domestic dispute call in the 400
block of Dickinson Avenue. No charges were filed.
1-12 8 a.m.
A Van Wert man in the 100 block of Bonnewitz Avenue
reported receiving fraudulent checks in the mail.
1-12 12:40 p.m.
Officers responded to 300 North Walnut Street for a reported dispute. Richard Stegaman, 48, of Van Wert, was arrested
on a warrant from the Adult Parole Authority and taken to the
Van Wert County Correctional Facility.
1-12 6:15 p.m.
Haylee Rees, 29, of Van Wert was arrested for OVI following a traffic stop at the intersection of South Washington and
Keplar streets.
1-12 6:34 p.m.
Arizona Harting, 54, of Van Wert, was arrested for domestic violence following an alleged incident in the 100 block of
Bonnewitz Avenue.
1-13 11:25 a.m.
Barry Thatcher, 61, of Van Wert, was served an affidavit
filed by the City Engineers Office through the Van Wert Municipal Court for maintaining an unsafe building.
1-14 1:33 p.m.
A Van Wert man reported he was approached at Walmart
by a man who was court ordered not to have any contact with
him. The incident was documented and forwarded to Van Wert
Municipal Court Probation for their review.
1-14 4:28 p.m.
A North Carolina woman reported unsafe conditions for her
stepson who resides in Van Wert.
1-14 8:42 p.m.
Brice Bickle, 26, of Van Wert, was arrested for OVI.
1-14 8:48 p.m.
A Van Wert man in the 600 block of Center Street reported
the theft of medication.
1-15 8:13 a.m.
An employee at a business in the 900 block of Glenn Street
reported the theft of a license plate.
1-15 10:53 a.m.
A Van Wert woman reported an unknown person stole a
pair of Beats Studio Headphones while she was at the YMCA.
1-15 11:09 a.m.
A Van Wert man reported an unknown person made a withdraw from his bank account.
1-15 1 p.m.
A Van Wert business owner reported several items stolen
from the interior of his building in the 1000 block of West
Main Street over the past several weeks.
1-15 1:32 p.m.
A Van Wert woman reported receiving numerous text messages from her childrens father which she believed were sent
to harass her.
1-15 1:36 p.m.
A Van Wert woman in the 600 block of North Franklin
Street reported an incident of telecommunications harassment.
1-16 5:13 p.m.
Nicholas Edwards, 31, of Van Wert, was arrested for driving
on a suspended license and obstructing official business after
he attempted to flee from officers in the 500 block of North
Cherry Street.

A DHI Media publication

Saturday, January 24 & Sunday, January 25, 2015

COMMUNITY CALENDAR
Community calendar items include the name of the event or
group and date, time and place of the event. Please include a
daytime phone number when submitting calendar items.
SATURDAY, JANUARY 24
9 a.m.-noon Interfaith Thrift Store is open for shopping.
9 a.m St. Vincent dePaul Society, located at the east edge
of the St. Johns High School parking lot, is open.
10 a.m.-2 p.m. Delphos Postal Museum is open.
12:15 p.m. Testing of warning sirens by Delphos Fire
and Rescue.
1-3 p.m. The Delphos Canal Commission Museum, 241
N. Main St., is open.
7 p.m. Bingo at St. Johns Little Theatre.
8 p.m. AA open discussion at First Presbyterian Church.
SUNDAY, JANUARY 25
1-3 p.m. The Delphos Canal Commission Museum, 241
N. Main St., is open.
1-4 p.m. Putnam County Museum is open, 202 E. Main
St. Kalida.
1:30 p.m. Amvets Post 698 Auxiliary meets at the Amvets post in Middle Point.
2 p.m. AA open discussion at 1158 Westwood Dr.
4 p.m. Amvets Post 698 regular meeting at the Amvets
post in Middle Point.
7:30 p.m. Sons of Amvets Post 698 meet at Amvets Post
in Middle Point.
7:30 p.m. Middle Point Amvets Post 698 Sons to meet.
MONDAY, JANUARY 26
9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Ottoville Branch Library is open.
11:30 a.m. Mealsite at Delphos Senior Citizen Center,
301 Suthoff St.
5 p.m. Weight Watchers will hold its weigh in. Meeting
will follow at 5:30 p.m. Both are held in the Fellowship Hall
on the second floor at Trinity United Methodist Church, South
Walnut St., Van Wert.
6:30 p.m. American Legion Post 178 will have an executive board meeting.
6:30 p.m. Shelter from the Storm support group meets in
the Delphos Public Library basement.
7 p.m. Ottoville village council meets at the municipal
building.
Marion Township Trustees meet at the township house.
7:30 p.m. Delphos Eagles Aerie 471 meets at the Eagles
Lodge.
7:30 p.m. Van Wert City Council will meet.
8 p.m. AA Big Book meeting at First Presbyterian
Church.

Judge Leatherman spends

time at the Resource Center
The Honorable Judge Jill Leatherman recently visited the Resource Center. Students there enjoyed
learning about the type of cases that are heard in Common Pleas Court. They also learned the
difference between Common Pleas and Municipal Court and about the process and steps necessary
to becoming a judge. The Resource Center, located at 620 N. Cherry St., used to be called the
Student Learning Center. The facility is an alternative school that serves students from Van Wert,
Crestview, Lincolnview, Wayne Trace, and Antwerp. (Photo submitted)

Defiance College deans

honors lists announced
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DEFIANCE, Ohio Each
semester Defiance College
recognizes students who have
attained an outstanding level of academic excellence by
naming them to either the
deans list or the school honors list.
The honors list is for students achieving a grade point
average of 3.5 or higher and
enrolled in 6-11 semester
hours for which letter grades
are given. Students who have
achieved a grade point average of 3.5 or higher and are
enrolled in 12 or more semester hours for which letter
grades are given are named to
the Deans list.
Named to the deans list
for the fall 2014 semester:
Kelsea Burns and Joseph
Hilton, both of Antwerp;
Taylor Dangler, Cecil; Me-

gan Klausing, Delphos; Arlen

Stoller, Haviland; Eric Busch
and Mindy Yates, Oakwood;
Abbey Edwards and Catlyn Pavel, Paulding; Morgan
Peel, Rockford; Nikki Young,
Joshua Ream and Kyle Williams, Van Wert
Named to the Honors list:
Nittaya Major, Antwerp;
Emily Wallace, Delphos; Tara
Buehrer, Oakwood; Anne Reinhart and Heidi Dix, both of
Paulding; Meagan Freeman,
Van Wert
Defiance College, chartered in 1850, is an independent, liberal arts institution
in Northwest Ohio offering
more than 40 undergraduate
programs of study as well as
graduate programs in education and business. Defiance
College has received national
recognition for its educational
experience of service and engagement. The college website is www.defiance.edu.

Crestview Middle, High School recognizes

December Students of the Month
Crestview Middle and High School teachers nominated one student from each grade to receive
the December Students of the Month designation. These students showed a strong work ethic
when completing their studies, and went the extra mile in helping others in their classes.
December Students of the Month (pictured) include: seventh grade Austin Harting, eighth
grade Lauren Schumm, freshman Dylan Hicks, sophomore Joe Callow, junior Jordan Miller,
and senior Preston Zaleski. (Photo submitted)

Legal Notice to Residents of Ohio

Delphos students
prepare for
ONUs Spring
Dance Show

Wayne Trace Board to meet

Your Rights Could Be Affected by a Class Action Lawsuit.

INFORMATION SUBMITTED
HAVILAND The Wayne Trace Board of Education will
meet in regular session on Feb. 9, 2015. at 7:30 p.m.

INFORMATION
SUBMITTED
ADA, Ohio - Two Delphos
residents will participate in
Ohio Northern Universitys
Spring Dance Show.
Michelle
Hitchcock,
daughter of Diana Hitchcock, and Lauren Utrup,
daughter of Mark and Angela Utrup, are members of
Ohio Northern Universitys
Spring Dance Show, Choreographers Showcase. Performances are at 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, Jan. 31 and at 2
p.m. Sunday, Feb. 1 in the
Freed Center for the Performing Arts.
Hitchcock is a sophomore
majoring in accounting.
On campus, she is active
in the womens soccer club
and the Northern Stars Dance
Team.
Utrup is a sophomore majoring in management.
On campus, she is active
in Kappa Alpha Theta social
fraternity for women, Alpha
Lambda Delta scholastic honorary for freshman students
and Phi Eta Sigma scholastic
honorary for freshmen students.

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Whirlpool denied that the Washers are defective, disputed the claims, and won at trial. The
litigation continues in other states.
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LocaL/state

times Bulletin/Delphos Herald

2015 Point-In-Time
Count set for Tuesday
INFoRmATIoN
sUBmITTED

Cast members of Rexs Exes rehearse for the play that opens Thursday through Sunday Jan. 22-25 and
Jan. 29-Feb. 1 at the Van Wert Civic Theatre. (Photo submitted)

LIMA Lima/Allen
Council on Community Affairs (LACCA) along with
other community organizations will participate in the
annual Point-In-Time Count.
The Count is completed to
determine the number of
sheltered and unsheltered
homeless families and individuals in the community.
The numbers are important
to help establish how many
people need assistance that
isnt being served.
The Point-In-Time Count
will be conducted on Tuesday from sundown until sun
rise the following morning.
LACCA is looking for
community volunteers to
help ask the right questions.
If you can work with people

and encounter unsheltered

homeless populations at your
place of work the group needs
your help. Unsheltered means
people who are sleeping on
the street, sidewalks, vehicle, abandoned building, bus,
train, airport, under a bridge,
woods or outdoor campsite.
LACCA is asking social
service providers, hospitals,
and law enforcement to participate in the count by completing a 10-minute interview
with anyone they encounter on this day who may be
homeless.
If you are interested in volunteering, they will provide
you, by email, the forms that
need to be completed for each
person you are interviewing.
For more information, please
contact Centralized Intake Director Marva Cowan at (419)
227-2586, extension 138.

Rexs Exes huge comedic win

By J. ThomAs
Van Wert Civic Theatre
VAN WERT The sequel to The
Red Velvet Cake Wars revisits the calamity-prone Verdeen cousins: Peaches
(Monica Campbell), the characters unfulfilled needs once again play an important role in the comedy, and Monica
doesnt disappoint when delivering some
of the productions best lines. Gaynelle
(Terri Stevens) gives a solid performance
of a woman trying to find peace amidst
chaos. She conveys the characters never
ending frustration without ever making
her seem bitter or indignant. Jimmie
Wyvette (Lisa Eichler), is more confident and more determined in Rexs
Exes, and Eichler is a perfect choice to
help underscore that transformation.
Peaches thinks she is seeing the ghost
of her late husband, Rex, while Jimmie
Wyvette has opened her own bridal shop
for big-boned gals, Wide Brides,
trying to impress the governors wife,
Mary Yackey, who falls into the Verdeen
trap and ends up with her own can of RediWhip. Gaynelle has overcome her latest
mental breakdown. Mental breakdown,
menopause have you ever noticed that
our misery comes from men? Meddling Aunt LaMerle (Joelle May) is still
determined to save the familys reputa-

tion from the Verdeen girls this time

by revealing a family secret in order to
crack the ranks of the elite Daughters of
the Nation of Texas. Dave Ricker, who
plays Rex, does an amazing job with the
comedy demanded from this role and
his costume changes are, lets just say,
memorable. Chris Lybold defines his
role as Uncle Aubrey with such expertise
you really believe he is an 80+ elderly
man. You have to come to the show to
see the surprise Mama Doll has for you,
and played so well by....well if
I revealed this to you, it would be a true
spoiler!!!! You will truly be surprised
by the actor/actress playing Mama!
Reprising her role as the cable TV host,
Cee Cee, Jewell Kurtz does an amazing
job and the transformation to her dual
character Bitsy is so well done you have
to look twice to make sure its really her.
In Rexs Exes the introduction of a New
Age therapist, Gentle Harmony (Carol
Snyder) accidentally causes both Gaynelle and Jimmie Wy to reveal their own
romantic secret.
The pleasant surprise and stand out
performance to this production is the
addition of a Cajun bounty hunter expertly played by Burdette Bolenbaugh.
Burdette portrays this character so well
you actually believe he is Wild Bill the
Bounty hunter.

Under the direction of Steve Lane,

each and every member of this ensemble has mastered comedic timing in order to emphasize the absolute absurdity
of the situations. Rexs Exes is more
than just a series of one-liners and running gags: Much of the humor in this
production derives from the complexities of these characters, and the cast has
done a superb job at making them all
seem very real no matter the scope of
their idiosyncrasies.
Whether you have had a bad day at
work or a challenging week, theres no
way to be sad while watching this show.
You will laugh because it is so funny.
It is adult material though, so leave the
young ones at home. For teens and up,
this is a great comedy and perfect for
date night.
Show times are 8 p.m. Thursday
through Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday,
Jan. 22, 23, 24, 25, 29, 30, 31 and Feb.
1. Tickets are $10 for adults and can be
purchased at the box office one hour
prior to show time or order by phone at
(419) 238-9689 Monday through Saturday 2-6 p.m., Van Wert Civic Theatre,
118 S. Race St., Van Wert, OH 45891.
You can also visit our Facebook page,
Van Wert Civic Theatre or our website,
www.vwct.org.

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At Volusia Speedway, UNOH will be fielding eight cars
driven by eight different drivers and crewed by 34 UNOH Motorsports Team students.
Three of the University built modified cars will be driven
by Joel Ortberg from Sardinia, Ohio
(#71 car), Robert Rose from Cornell,
Michigan (#00 car), Andrew Galgoci
from Mt. Pleasant, Michigan (#1 car),
all UNOH High Performance students.
Veteran driver Todd Sherman from
Churubusco, Indiana, will be rounding
out the field by driving the #01 car. The other cars running
UNOH colors will have Kenny Schrader, Austin Dillon, Ty
Dillon and Kenny Wallace behind the wheel.
Because of UNOHs involvement as the Official Educational Provider of ARCA, the University will have an additional 37 UNOH High Performance Motorsports student interns working with ARCA Teams during the ARCA Lucas Oil
200 presented by MAV TV American Real race on Feb. 14.
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team the entire season. This unique arrangement with ARCA
and the teams allow students to participate at this high level
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Students with perfect

attendance earn awards
This year, Delphos Jefferson Middle School has a
program for perfect attendance each quarter. Sixtynine students had perfect attendance this past
quarter. Nathan Johnson and Samantha Knepper
were randomly drawn from this group and each won
a $10 Google Play card. (Submitted photo)

Pet coRNeR
the Humane society of allen county has many pets
waiting for adoption. each comes with a spay or neuter,
first shots and a heartworm test. call 419-991-1775.

annie is an energetic
puppy who needs a quite
home with lots of patience.
she is learning to walk on
a leash and learning the
command sit. she is a very
loving puppy.

My what big eyes you

have? Yes, yes- Its not the
first time that Ive heard
that! Im still adjusting and
I tend to keep an eye on my
surroundings at all times!
I am very sweet I just need
someone who is willing to
be patient with me and give
me some time to adjust.

the following pets are available for adoption through

the Van Wert animal Protective League:
Kittens
F, 6 weeks, beige and orange
M, F, 8 weeks, yellow, gray tiger
M, F, 6 months, gray tiger, yellow, gray tiger, black and
gray and tan
M, F, 7 weeks, black
M, F, 6 weeks, black and white, beige and orange
M, F, 8 months, white, black, tiger
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of finding a home for your pet, contact the animal Protective League from 9-5 weekdays at 419-749-2976. If you are
looking for a pet not listed, call to be put on a waiting list in
case something becomes available. Donations or correspondence can be sent to Po Box 321, Van Wert oH 45891.

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Saturday, January 24 & Sunday, January 25, 2015

A DHI Media publication

US, Cuba end

historic talks
HAVANA (AP) After
a euphoric month that left
Americans dreaming of holidays in Havana and Cubans
imagining U.S. products at
their corner stores, the first
real effort at forging a new era
was sobering: Much bitter disagreement still stands in the
way of normal relations.
Negotiations between seasoned Cuban diplomats and
the highest-level U.S. delegation to visit the island in
35 years failed to produce a
single significant agreement
beyond the need for more
talks. As Roberta Jacobson,
Americas top diplomat for
Latin America, told reporters,
Its very hard to say how exactly this will work.
The two days of discussions were hyped, starting
hours after President Barack
Obama declared in his State
of the Union address that the
new engagement effort had
the potential to end a legacy
of mistrust in our hemisphere
and provided new hope for
the future in Cuba.
Yet by Friday it appeared
negotiators hadnt even advanced Obamas most basic
objective: restoring diplomatic ties between the U.S.
and President Raul Castros
government, with full-fledged
embassies in each others capitals.
On Thursday, Jacobson
called re-establishing diplomatic relations a relatively
straightforward process. A
day later, her Cuban counterpart suggested a central U.S.
demand of unrestricted travel for U.S. diplomats was already being snarled in one of
the most contentious points
of the long-fraught U.S.-Cuban relationship Washingtons support for dissidents the Cuban government
sees as mercenaries seeking
to undermine the communist
system.
Josefina Vidal, Cubas top
diplomat for the United States,
said in an interview with The
Associated Press that U.S.
support for dissidents is action that isnt acceptable for
Cuba, and they know it.
Asked
whether
Cuba
would allow U.S. diplomats to
go where they want, she said,
for Cuba, this consideration
is associated with better behavior.
At its most fundamental
level, the U.S.-Cuba divide
comes down to separate visions of where closer ties
should lead.

STORY OF THE DAY

$2 gasoline: Good
times keep rolling
at the pump
By JONATHAN FAHEy
AP Energy Writer
NEW YORK (AP) At some point this will end, perhaps even soon. The price of gasoline will not fall to zero.
But for the first time since 2009, most Americans are
paying less than $2 a gallon. Just three months ago experts
were shocked when it fell under $3.
Its crazy, says Michael Noel, an economics professor
at Texas Tech University who studies oil and gasoline prices.
But for consumers its very, very good.
Consumers and the economies of the U.S. and most of the
rest of the world are basking in the lowest prices for crude
oil and gasoline in six years. U.S. crude oil traded Friday
just below $46 a barrel and the average price for a gallon of
gas was $2.04.
While there are some losers, such as oil companies, the
oil-producing states and the oil-exporting countries that
benefited from $100 a barrel for four straight years, most
economists agree that the good outweighs the bad.
The drop in prices is acting like an immediate tax cut
for drivers, leaving them more money to spend on other
things. The Energy Department predicts lower prices this
year will save a typical household $750 compared with
last year.
Julia Conner paid $1.98 a gallon Thursday near her home
in Wesley Chapel, N.C. Saving on gas has made her more
willing to go out for lunch with co-workers at the animal
care and control office in Charlotte where she works, or out
for dinner with her husband.
Pump prices have declined for a record 120 straight days,
according to AAA, though the size of the declines is shrinking and the streak may soon end. But even if the price rises

Signs at two gas stations advertise unleaded

gasoline for $1.68, in Oklahoma City, Friday, Jan.
23, 2015. For the first time since 2009, most
Americans are paying less than $2 a gallon. (AP
Photo/Sue Ogrocki)
this spring, as it typically does, driving during summer travel season should still cost less than it has in years.
Conner is hoping she can afford a 300-mile roundtrip to
Asheville, North Carolina, or even further away, to Tennessee, this summer. Even if its not $1.98 that would definitely
help as far as vacation goes, she said.
Diane Swonk, chief economist at Mesirow Financial, expects lower gasoline prices to help the U.S. economy to grow
3.3 percent this year, the highest since the economy grew at
that pace in 2005. This is one thing that hits the masses, not
just a minority of people, she says. Theres some benefit
for almost everyone.
Its also helping businesses with high fuel bills.
Weve been able to increase our net profits, which has
allowed us to reward our employees with bonuses and also
purchase three new vehicles to replace older ones, says
Ricky Wingard, owner of Econ-O-Bug, a pest control company in Lexington, S.C. His fleet of 22 vehicles drive an average 1,600 miles a day.

DONETSK,
Ukraine
(AP) Pro-Russian rebels
in eastern Ukraine rejected
a previously signed peace
deal Friday and launched a
new multipronged offensive
against Ukrainian government troops, upending recent
European attempts to mediate
an end to the fighting.
The main separatist leader
in the rebellious Donetsk region vowed to push Ukrainian
soldiers out of the area and
said insurgents would not take
part in any more cease-fire
talks. Another rebel went even
further, saying they would not
abide by a peace deal signed
in September.
Separatist leader Alexander Zakharchenko said rebel
fighters went on the offensive
to gain more territory and
forestall a Ukrainian attack.
He declared they would push
government troops to the border of the Donetsk region and
possibly beyond.
The peace deal signed in
September in the Belarusian
capital of Minsk envisaged
a cease-fire and a pullout of
heavy weapons from a division line in eastern Ukraine.
It has been repeatedly violated by both sides, and heavy
artillery and rocket barrages have increased the civilian death toll in the last few
weeks.

Privacy concerns over health care website prompt reversal

WASHINGTON (AP) Bowing
to privacy concerns, the Obama administration reversed itself Friday,
scaling back the release of consumers personal information from the
governments health insurance website to private companies with a commercial interest in the data.
The administration made the
changes to HealthCare.gov after The
Associated Press reported earlier this
week that the website was quietly
sending consumers personal data to
companies that specialize in advertising and analyzing Internet data for
performance and marketing.
The personal details included age,
income, ZIP code, tobacco use and
whether a woman is pregnant.
That prompted lawmakers to demand an explanation, while privacy
advocates called on the administration to make changes.
Analysis of the website Friday
by the AP showed that the administration had made changes to reduce
the outbound flow of personal information. Before that, the website was

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Times Bulletin & Delphos Herald

WEEKEND EDITION

KIRK DOUGAL
Group Publisher
Nancy Spencer
Ed Gebert
Delphos Editor
Van Wert Editor
A DHI Media publication serving Van Wert, delphos & Area communities

Just a lot of air

The things people choose to care about sometimes make us
shake our heads.
Even if someone is a sports hater, they would be hard
pressed not to have some knowledge about the brouhaha rolling around New England this week. In case you missed - and
if you did, please tell us how so we can also miss the rest of
the crisis - the New England Patriots last week destroyed the
Indianapolis Colts, 45-7, in the AFC Championship game and
earned the right to play in next weeks Super Bowl against the
Seattle Seahawks.
But as Lee Corso would say, Not so fast my friend.
Shortly after the game was over, it was learned the footballs
the Patriots were using while on offense were under-inflated by
as much as 2 psi, or about 16 percent. For those who are still unaware the NFL regulates the air pressure in game balls - really,
tell us how you missed all this because we want to stick our
head in the same sand - an under-inflated ball is easier to grip
for quarterbacks with smaller hands or in inclement weather.
The officials check the air inflation of each teams footballs
before the game to ensure they are within the regulations of
between 12.5 to 13.5 psi. During the Patriots-Colts game, the
temperature was in the high 40s and it rained most of the day.
Allegations of cheating immediately began flying, accusing
the Patriots, and in particular head coach Bill Belichick and
quarterback Tom Brady, of trying to rig the game in their favor.
Perhaps these accusations would not have stuck except the
Patriots were already caught and punished for cheating in 2007
when they were caught videotaping the New York Jets coaches
hand signals from the sideline.
We dont know if the Patriots organization is guilty of cheating. We dont know if Belichick or Brady or some coach let the
air out of the footballs before the game.
And frankly, we dont care.
Oh, we have tried to care. We have tried to feel outrage over
someone trying to game the system. Weve tried to show some
righteous indignation over the lack of fair play and sportsmanship.
But we cant seem to muster a single care.
This is what we do know.
The New England Patriots scored two first quarter touchdowns to take a 14-0 lead. Early in the second quarter (14:44),
the Colts intercepted a Brady pass. When linebacker DQwell
Jackson gave the ball to the Colts equipment manager to store
for him as a souvenir, the manager noticed the ball was under-inflated. When this was brought to the officials attention,
the Patriots used Colts footballs the rest of the first half and
then used re-inflated footballs in the second half. The Colts
scored to narrow the game to 14-7 before New England kicked
it into high gear and dominated the rest of the way. That includes outscoring the Colts 31-0 to the finish and basically
pushing the Indianapolis defense all over the field with their
running game.
In other words, we dont think it would have made a difference if the ball was as flat as a pancake or pumped up so high
it floated like a carnival balloon, the Patriots would have won
anyone because they were the better team.
But beyond that, we just cant seem to care about the whole
thing, although it appears nearly everyone else does. We were
approached this week about Deflate-gate (you always need a
catchy title for a controversy) for our opinion by a person we
would bet money did not watch ten snaps of NFL games this
season.
For us, its just a lot of hot air. Let the Patriots play in the Super Bowl. Were only going to watch the commercials anyway.

thUMBs Up / doWN
The
Van
Wert
Middle
School Renaissance
would
like to take this
opportunity to thank the following businesses and organizations for their continued
support of our program: The
Van Wert County Foundation, The Van Wert Cinemas,
and Braun Industries. Your
donations greatly help the Renaissance program.
Thank you,
VWMS Renaissance
Van Wert
Two thumbs
up for Sue
Lichtle and the
students at Life
Links school
for their assistance in helping
with getting all the Christmas decorations up/down
from the basement. These
youth are very respectful and
hardworking and a joy for the
residents and other staff, too.
May you all continue to build
on these great characteristics
and know how very important
and essential you are!
Janna Wireman and Vancrest residents/staff
On Saturday,
Jan. 17, the Van
Wert Robotics
team hosted an
FTC
robotics
competition. To say it went
well is an understatement.
Here are a few comments
made by the participants.
your school is amazing. How
does a town this size support
such an awesome venue,
you and the volunteers put
on a fantastic event, hard to

believe it was your first time

hosting, it was by far the
best run FTC event Ive been
to. These are just a few of the
positive comments received.
Robotics mentors Bob
Spath and Zane McElroy,
along with the entire robotics team, would like to thank
everyone who pitched in to
make the competition a huge
success. Whether it was financial support, food donations, or by simply putting
up signs welcoming the participants, all was appreciated.
Once again the community
came together for the good of
all.
Hopefully, Van Wert will
be asked to host future robotics competitions.
Terry Eikenbary
PR volunteer
During the
winter, the mail
carriers
and
paper carriers
deserve our appreciation by enabling us to
read our daily newspapers
and mail every week.
Whether its left in the
mailbox, on the driveway or
doorstep, the newspaper carriers make sure the papers
are waiting each morning or
evening. Both mail carriers
and newspaper carriers are
devoted to delivery regardless of wind, rain, snow or
sleet. These carriers brave
the elements to keep us happy
and informed of the activities
around our community and
world.
Thank you, carriers, for
your dedication.
Sue Gates
Van Wert

National Three-toed Sloth Day?

This is a quiet time of the
year in my business. News
happens all year round, but
not in late January. News
planners assume well all be
snowed in, so very little news
creeps out this time of year.
So with all the spare time,
I have consulted a website
called nationaldaycalendar.
com.
Within the bits and bytes
of this site are the subject of
celebrations for each day of
the year. If youre the kind
of person who doesnt need
a reason to have a good time,
go leaf through a magazine or
something. The rest of us will
consult the calendar to see
what our party choices are for
the rest of the month.
You know how this works,
right? People decide that we
should celebrate three-toed
sloths, so a suitable slothy
day is chosen, someone declares it three-toed sloth day
and everyone leaves work

early and gets a treat.

For instance, today, January 24 is National Peanut
Butter Day, so maybe we
could make a quick sandwich. However, it is also
National Compliment Day,
so say something nice about
your companion and maybe
that person will make you a
sandwich next time. And its
also National Beer Can Appreciation Day. Not sure what
to do about that. Maybe build
a beer can pyramid? I could
even build it with cola cans
or orange soda cans, but Im
afraid Id spoil the party. For
extra points, say something
nice about someone holding a
beer can while you have peanut butter stuck to the roof of
your mouth.
Looking ahead to Sunday, its National Opposite
Day, which I will celebrate
at night, and National Irish
Coffee Day where we all try
to dunk a leprechaun in a cup

of coffee. Monday is National

Spouses Day, so plan for a big
argument. Its also National
Peanut Brittle Day; maybe
you could fight about who
has to go buy some peanut
brittle. And finally, it is National Ellen Degeneres Day. It
shouldnt be. Everybody gets
their birthday. That should
be it. They shouldnt get the
honor of a day named for
themselves, too. No National
Person Day unless you dont
have a birthday. Thats my
rule.
Other celebrations coming up in January include
National Blueberry Pancake
Day (Jan. 28), National Corn
Chip Day (Jan. 29), National
Croissant Day (Jan. 30), and
National Backward Day (Jan.
31), but if you really want to
party, just hang on til Tuesday
when we celebrate National
Chocolate Cake Day. If you
cant have a chocolate cake
party, you might as well go

My
Two
CenTs
By
Ed Gebert
leaf through that magazine
with the people who dont
need party ideas.
Now I know there are
some of you who want more
adventurous holidays. Wait
for February 5 which is National Shower With a Friend
Day. How about National
Blame Someone Else Day
which is celebrated on the
first Friday the 13th of the
year. This year, that makes
National Blame Someone
Else Day on Feb. 13, the day
before Valentines Day. Draw
your own conclusions there.
CENTS/7

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contributor requests it to
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and addressed to: Letter
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Bulletin, PO Box 271, Van
Wert, Ohio 45891. Letters
may also be emailed to
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The publisher and editor
reserve the right to edit or
reject any letter deemed
libelous or patently incorrect. Writers may submit
one letter per month for
publication. Letters containing more than 300
words generally will not
be published.

My friend: the yin to my yang

Many of us have friends
that represent different aspects of ourselves. Some are
a complement to our own
way of thinking and some
have the opposite or contrary
opinion.
I find that my best friend
is a little of both. How boring would it be if you always
agreed with one another? We
have argued and told each
other we are silly or stupid or
closed-minded and yet still
have remained fast friends.
She has been my friend for
more years than we care to
count because then we would
realize how old we are.
We are struggling to find
time together face-to-face because of our schedules but we
call each other on the weekends for sure. We talk about
things that have happened to
us during the week, the people we have come in contact
with, and those we share a
mutual relationship with.
So many times we will be
discussing something and I

will be dead-set in how I feel

about it. By the time were
done, I have either changed
my mind or added her viewpoint to mine in a sort of
hybrid philosophy. Its good
to have someone to bounce
ideas off of and to give input.
Its also more beneficial, at
times, when that person has
a vested interest in the outcome. Sometimes, not. Either
way, I value her opinion.
The truth be told, she is a
much more warm and fuzzy
person than I. I tend to lean
toward black and white. I
dont ignore the gray areas, I
just need to be grounded first.
I have to get my bearings before sailing off into the unknown waters of the maybe
or what if.
My husband and I had
family and friends over for
dinner a few weeks ago and it
felt good to sit down together,
share a meal, and our lives.
We played a rousing game of
UNO Attack! and had more
fun than should probably be

allowed. When we spoke the

next time, we agreed we need
to carve out that special time
to connect.
Here is an e-mail I received quite some time ago.
It sums up our friendship and
perhaps many of you will find
a familiar face in it, also.
Here is a series of promises that actually speak of true
friendship. You will see no
cutesy little smiley faces
just the stone cold truth of our
great friendship.
1. When you are sad I
will jump on the person who
made you sad like a spider
monkey jacked up on Mountain Dew.
2. When you are blue I
will try to dislodge whatever
is choking you.
3. When you smile I
will know you are plotting
something that I must be involved in.
4. When you are scared
I will rag on you about it
every chance I get.
5. When you are worried

On the
Other
hand
By Nancy
Spencer
I will tell you horrible stories about how much worse it
could be until you quit whining.
6. When you are confused
I will use little words.
7. When you are sick
stay away from me until you
are well again. I dont want
whatever the heck you have.
8. When you fall I will
point and laugh at your clumsy self.
(Here is one I added myself:
9. When you are mad, I
will walk beside you skipping
and singing, Somones gonna get it!)
This is my oath. I pledge
it to the end. Why, you may
ask? Because you are my
friend.

yoUr opiNioNs
Area resident on
wind energy
To the editor,
On Jan. 9, the Times Bulletin posted a
news item about Susan Munroe and the
Van Wert Chamber reaching around their
own shoulder and patting themselves on
the back for helping the local economy
by testifying in support of tax and ratepayer subsidies and government guaranteed
markets for wind energy designed to prop
up Van Wert. They honor themselves for
acting directly in opposition to the Ohio
Chamber of Commerce which continues
to advocate for a free market.
IRS records show the Iberdrola Blue
Creek Wind energy project collected
$183 million in Section 1603 federal
grant money at time the project went on
line. It is still collecting additional subsidies which, over time, will be worth
close to another $100 million. In fact,
more than half of the money flowing into
Iberdrolas already gold-lined pockets
over the facility lifespan is not earned
by selling electricity at market rates, but
rather siphoned off from hard working
American families and businesses in-

come taxes and after tax income paid in

electricity bills.
The Van Wert Chamber celebrates
Iberdrolas payment of $2.7 million
per year for 20 years which was made
possible by the citizens trading almost
$300 million to buy that payment. The
other more than $200 million is gone
forever to the Spanish project developer,
Iberdrola, and the Spanish wind turbine
manufacturer they purchased the machines from, Gamesa.
While the Ohio Chamber is against
mandates and subsidies for expensive,
intermittent-fueled electricity generation
technologies, it appears the Van Wert
Chamber along with a small contingency of other small-town chambers across
America, are proud to support massive
government forced wealth transfers
from you and me - American tax and
utility rate payers - to wealthy corporations, many of them like Iberdrola and
Gamesa, foreign owned. When foreign
companies pay you off in exchange for
allowing them to pick your pocket and
harm America, its definitely not something to be proud of.
Molly Buettner
Delphos

State of the union

To the editor,
Well another State Of The Union has
come and gone, and while I dont agree
with the President entirely, he did propose some very good ideas to help the
middle class and poor. Having said that
I dont hold out much hope for anything
to happen.
My opinion is based a lot on the
body language and facial expressions of
Speaker Boehner. I was really disgusted
with his apparent attitude, and embarrassed to know that he represents the
state I live in.
The Republicans did say they were
going to focus on the middle class. That
really scares me. When Ronald Regan
focused on the middle class; he fired the
air traffic controllers. When our Republican governor focused on the middle
class, he tried to kill the teachers union.
Our Republican neighbors in Indiana
passed the right to work law in direct
opposition to labor unions and the right
to bargain.
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Saturday, January 24 & Sunday, January 25, 2015 A7

Brother Os traveling salvation show

We choose to go to the
moon. We choose to go to the
moon in this decade and do
the other things, not because
they are easy, but because
they are hard, because that
goal will serve to organize
and measure the best of our
energies and skills, because
that challenge is one that we
are willing to accept, one we
are unwilling to postpone,
and one which we intend to
win, and the others, too.
John F. Kennedy, 1962.
There is a scene in the movie The Naked Gun where
Leslie Nielsens slapstick detective character is working
undercover as an umpire in a
major league baseball game.
The first pitch comes and
Nielsen pauses, realizes hes
supposed to say something,
and says Strike? The crowd
applauds. The second pitch
comes and he calls Strike!
with more assurance and the
crowd cheers louder. By the
third pitch, he calls the strike
before the ball even crosses the
plate and begins a celebration
dance as the crowd goes wild.
Our State of the Union address is like that. The sitting
president, whether Republican
or Democrat, drones through a
speech predetermined to be in-

Hope is in
the cards

terrupted by automatic standing ovations. There might as

well be an applause sign like
on Saturday Night Live. Sadly,
this State of the Union microcosm, vapid and formulaic,
seems an apt depiction of our
national politics.
President Obama, at least,
doesnt drone. Anyone who
has ever spoken publicly can
attest this guy is incredible, gliding through an hourlong speech without missing
a beat. His greatest qualification (arguably his only
qualification) for the nations
highest office was the speech
he gave in 2004 at the Democratic National Convention. That rhetorical flourish
launched him from Illinois
state congress obscurity right
past the Hillary Clinton machine and into your life.
If they take the time to
listen and observe, conservatives likely will agree with
some of what the President
said on Tuesday and some of
what he has done over the last
several months. In fact, they
will likely agree with about
half of it, because Barack
Obama only talks about or
does the easy half of anything and then waits for the
applause as if he had done the
hard part, too.

hints

LETTERS

Get out, vote!

To the editor,
Registered voters are giv-

by eliminating the mostly

unconstitutional and entirely
useless Department of Education. The President didnt
propose to pay for either college or the free daycare he
also proposed.
We are no longer in wars
abroad. Ending them was the
easy part. Providing a peaceful way forward is whats
hard. Personally, I support
a policy of limited intervention, but not in the way its
been implemented. It has
seemed more the result of
disinterest or downright laziness than a thoughtful strategy. It has left our enemies
(and our allies) confused and
wondering whether a bomb
or an apology is headed their
way. An isolationist policy
requires clarity as to when
and why we intend to engage
in the future. Can anyone explain our foreign policy?
Its easy to say we need
to close tax loopholes for the
very wealthy. The hard part is
identifying specific loopholes
because there are rich liberals that donate, too. Again,
the President expressed anger
at tax breaks for companies
to locate jobs overseas. Mitt
Romneys response to that
contention during the presidential campaign was Ive

been in business for several

decades and I have no idea
what youre talking about.
There are no such tax breaks.
Identify a loophole and
eliminate it by one of those
now famous executive orders
instead of pandering to the
base about illusory problems.
The absolute best example:
How easy is it to close Gitmo
by releasing all the terrorists?
And much like Nielsen
calling strikes, the President
revels in receiving cheers for
things he had nothing to do
with. His policies lowered oil
prices? Really? His policies
thwarted Putin? They thwarted him into owning Crimea.
The economic crisis is over
despite record low work-force
participation and record high
food stamp participation?
Hes the champion of middle
class economics as the median wage continues its steady
decline under his leadership?
Is there anything more
morally reprehensible than
passing an $18 trillion debt to
the next several generations?
The national debt was not
addressed in the Presidents
speech. Is it more astonishing that it wasnt mentioned
or that the omission didnt
astonish us? The President
did say the annual deficit has

By Todd D.
Wolfrum

been reduced, but that is the

result of ending two wars.
The actual debt, the bundle of empty obligation the
nation has created and continues to create for its future, and Obamas $8 trillion
chunk of it, was conveniently forgotten. Im not arguing
national Republicans are any
better, they just happen to
mostly pander to the people
who work and pay the bills.
It would be refreshing for
any national leader to say,
This is going to be hard, but
Im calling on the nation to
sacrifice. Everybody, rich and
poor, is going to be asked to
help us out of this mess everyone is going to be asked to
sacrifice in some way. Here is
the plan. It is going to be hard,
but were Americans and that
used to mean something, can
still mean something. Or,
the same leader can just yell
Strike Three! and begin a
celebration dance as Nielsen
did. Half of the crowd will go
wild. That was the President
last Tuesday night.

Harris column: antics with semantics

from
Dear Readers: It is time
heloise
again to tell you about a
worthwhile charitable group
Ive been writing about for
more than 30 years! You keep
asking all year long, mind
you so here we go. How can you do a good deed rather
than throwing out holiday (and other) greeting cards we all
seem to accumulate? Pass them on to be repurposed into
another product and teach life skills to children at St. Judes
Ranch for Children.
This marvelous, yearlong program helps resident children
earn some spending money while being exposed to business
skills. The children may have been neglected, abandoned,
homeless or abused. Working on this project can give them
life skills that carry beyond their time at the ranch.
They take the fronts of greeting cards (no writing on
the front or back) and turn them into new cards. These are
available for sale, and the profits benefit the residents at the
ranches. All types of card fronts are welcome, but they especially need birthday and thank-you card fronts. Some guidelines for the cards:
Remember, card fronts only, and no writing on either
side.
Unfortunately, Hallmark, Disney and American Greetings cards cannot be used because of copyright issues.
A size of 5 inches by 7 inches or smaller is the easiest to
work with.
The address:
St. Judes Ranch for Children
Recycled Card Program
100 St. Judes Street
Boulder City, NV 89005
If you would like to order cards, visit www.stjudesranch.
org for details.
A pack of 10 cards is $17, and there are a multitude of different occasions. Or call 877-977-7572 to order. Heloise
P.S.: Tuck in a dollar or two, wont you?
PET PAL
Dear Readers: This weeks Pet Pal is an alumna of Pet
Pal, Bella the Yorkshire terrier from Louisiana. Bellas beds
are handmade by her owner. Shes a cutie tootie of a dog
who sleeps like a queen. Visit www.Heloise.com and click
on Pets to see Bellas picture. Heloise
HOLIDAY TOWELS
Dear Heloise: I have accumulated many Christmas hand
towels. To save storage space, I wrap Nativity figurines and
all my delicate things with them as I put them away for the
coming year. Carolyn in Pennsylvania
(c)2015 by King Features Syndicate Inc.

(From page 6)
When the economy collapsed due to the failed policies of the George W. Bush
administration and millions
were out of work and an unemployment extension was
needed for the people that
paid taxes and provided the
money in the first place the
Republicans in Congress said
no, if you can tell us how to
pay for it then we will consider it, not too long after that
they gave three billion dollars
to underdeveloped countries
to study climate change. Why
is it when our people need
something there is no money
but we have deep pockets for
other countries? Just saying.
When they gave the response to the Presidents
speech, they had a brand new
senator who had only been in
office for twenty days give the
speech, while I respect her
and thank her for her military
service, I doubt that very few
of the words were hers.
Ed Conn
Ohio City

For example, granting

amnesty by executive fiat, although unconstitutional, was
probably the right thing to
do, if you did the other half
of what was necessary. Doing
it without fixing the border
made the problem deeper,
more complex, and less likely
to ever be solved. Granting
amnesty (and it will be amnesty in the end) was the easy
thing that anyone could have
done the other part would
have required leadership.
Ending the Cuban embargo was the right thing to do
if you could get some concessions on human rights for
Cubans. Anything. Any jack
wagon could have ended the
embargo - it literally took just
signing a document. The hard
half would have been getting something in exchange
for giving away fifty years
worth of foreign policy.
The President called for
free community college in
his State of the Union speech.
Of course, as we are running a deficit, any new costs
are paid for by borrowing.
The easy half of the idea is
free community college. The
easy half of any government
program is proposing it. The
difficult part is paying for it,
which actually could be done

Citizen Wolfrum

ing away the US through apathy and uncaring attitudes

toward the election presence.
All registered voters should
turn out on Election Day.
Millions of Americans watch
many hours of sporting events
Super Bowl, World Cup,
Grand Slams, NBA, NFL
games, but we cant take an
hour to go vote? Every week,
people have distractions from
professional appointments,
school activities, family gatherings, church or other schedules that disrupt our going to
vote.
It is a disservice by not
voting. We need to express
ourselves by not giving our
democratic freedom away.
Our future is under attack
from open borders allowing
hundreds of illegals to take
jobs, government entitlements, hand outs, and space
in our schools. It seems the
young generation is absorbed
in high tech and social media that they are not wanting
to hear what is causing our
nation to lose our individual freedoms. Please vote to
make the changes America
needs in the future.
Sue Gates
Van Wert

The late Chicago columnist and author Sidney

J. Harris was syndicated in
over 200 daily newspapers. I
enjoyed his ability to inform,
educate and entertain in his
column titled: Strictly Personal. I clipped the following
February 1977 column from
a newspaper. See if you appreciate it as much as I did 38
years ago.
Heres a sample of what
Harris wrote about semantics.
1. I am discriminating; you
are prejudiced; he is bigoted.
2. I have a large frame; you
are heavy; he is obese.
3. I am only commenting;
you are criticizing; he is nagging.
4. I am deliberating; you are
ruminating; he is stalling.
5. In a labor dispute, what
the company offers is an insulting proposal, while what
the union asks is an unreasonable demand.
6. Our ambassador is adept at verbal fencing; their
ambassador is a master of
double talk.
7. Our children get good
grades in some subjects because they apply themselves
and study hard; they get
poor grades in other subjects
because their teachers have
it in for them.
8. Not to change the subject invariably means we
are about to change the subject.

PeoPle
make the
differenCe

By
Byron
McNutt
9. It really isnt any of my
business invariably means
that the speaker is about to
make it his or her business.
10. If I dont somebody else
will, signifies that the speaker
has just adopted the creed of the
worlds oldest profession.
11. A homely person we dislike is plain or even ugly,
but one we like has a face with
a lot of character.
12. A mere theorist is anyone whose theories differ from
my theories. (We should all
bear in mind Pasteurs remark
that a man cannot go on without
a theory to guide him.)
13. Likewise, a practical
proposal is one that would accrue to my advantage.
14. A person has to live
usually means Im ashamed of
what Im doing, but I cant think
of a better excuse.
15. A collision is an auto
accident that was clearly your
fault; a fender-bumping is an
auto accident that was unmistakably my fault.
16. Rich people who go
crackers are sent to rest
homes; poor people who go
crackers are sent to asylums.

********
Heres another clipping
from 1977. It was taken
from a publication called
Table Talk. It is titled The
Symbol of America. The
author is unknown.
The author wrote this bit
at the turn of the century
when there was no Social
Security, no welfare, no
food stamps, no subsidized
housing, no unemployment
insurance, in short, when
every person was on his or
her own.
When God made the
oyster He guaranteed it absolute economic and social
security. He built the oyster
a house, a shell, to protect
it from its enemies. When
hungry, the oyster simply
opens its shell and the food
rushes in.
But when God made the
eagle, He said, The blue
sky is the limit. Go build
your own house, and the
eagle went out and built on
the highest mountain crag,
where storms threaten it
every day. For food, it flies
through miles of rain and
snow and wind.
The eagle, not the oyster, is the symbol of America.
********
2015 is a little over four
weeks old now. Have you
kept all of your New Years
resolutions? Maybe you

Teen, family grasp for answers

following best friends suicide
DEAR
ABBY:
My
15-year-old daughters best
friend took her life today. My
daughter is devastated. As a
parent, I dont know what to
do. Im afraid to go to bed
this evening because I want
her to fall asleep before me.
It hurts not being able to take
that pain from your child. I
want to hold her in my arms
tonight. She needs her space,
but I dont know how to help
her. I dont know how it feels
to be so young and lose a
best friend by her own hand.
What can I do? HOW DO
I TAKE THE PAIN AWAY
DEAR HOW: The smartest thing you and the parents
of other friends of the deceased girl can do is to see that
your children have access to
grief counseling by a professional. When a tragedy like
this happens, many schools
offer it to the students, but if
this isnt being offered at the
school your daughter and her
friend attended, then the par-

ents should step in.

** ** **
DEAR ABBY: I am 22
and will graduate from college soon. I have worked hard
for the last four years and
will graduate with two degrees. Recently, I decided to
throw away all my makeup.
I rarely wore it, and I think I
am beautiful without it. Now
that Im about to enter the job
market, Im worried society
wont see me as looking professional without it. I have
appropriate dress clothes and
Im comfortable without the
added fluff of makeup, but
how will others see me? Is
makeup a necessary part of
the business attire? I want to
go into job interviews with
as much confidence as possible and do well in my career.
Also, if I wear makeup to an
interview, will it be necessary
for me to wear it on a daily
basis once I get a job? Please
enlighten me. BARE
AND BEAUTIFUL

DEAR B AND B: Employers expect applicants to

put their best foot forward
during a job interview. But
unless wearing makeup is
part of the job description, I
dont think its a requirement.
How others will view you
depends upon how well you
perform the job for which
youre hired. If you do it well,
you will be respected. If you
dont, no amount of makeup
will put you in a better light.
Being well-groomed does not
necessarily mean wearing
makeup.
** ** **
DEAR ABBY: What do
you think of taking young
children into a prison to visit an uncle? The kids are 3, 4
and 6 and endure a 12-hour
car ride each way. I stay out
of it and havent said a word
to the parents, but I dont
think this is the smartest idea.
CARING BYSTANDER
DEAR BYSTANDER: You
dont say how often these vis-

were too hard on yourself?

Heres what one guy resolved to do this year.
1. I will not buy any gold
bullion from a guy standing
in a bus depot.
2. I will not co-sign any
loan notes for hitchhikers.
3. I will not put a hunting
companion in my will.
4. I will not carry my golf
bag to a funeral. Ill leave it
in the car.
5. I will not write a letter
to a lawyer.
6. I will not give money to a blind man who was
a book under his arm or a
Rolex watch on his wrist.
7. I will not take a cruise
on Good Ship II until I find
out what happened to Good
Ship I.
8. I will not quarrel with
a police officer who was a
tube of Preparation H sticking out of his back pocket.
These were not only good
resolutions to make, they
represent some pretty good
advice for all to live by.
********
Cant argue with this
piece of logic. Next to being
shot at and missed, nothing
is as satisfying as getting a
tax refund. Actually, getting any check in the mail
is good.
A diplomat is a husband
who makes sure that his
wifes birthday cake is short
one candle.

dear
abby
with
Jeanne
Phillips
its happen, but if its often, it
seems to me that a 12-hour
drive (each way) would be
very hard on small children.
If you are a friend or relative
and live nearby, Im sure it
would be appreciated if you
volunteered to watch the kids
while the parents make the
drive. Have you considered
it?
** ** **
Dear Abby is written by
Abigail Van Buren, also
known as Jeanne Phillips,
and was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips. Contact
Dear Abby at www.DearAbby.com or P.O. Box 69440,
Los Angeles, CA 90069.
** ** **
COPYRIGHT 2015 UNIVERSAL UCLICK
1130 Walnut, Kansas City,
MO 64106; 816-581-7500

CENTS
(From page A6)
I checked my birthday and found out
that my birthday is also Pretend To Be a
Time Traveler Day. Ill be spending my
birthday on my hoverboard while my
DeLorean is out being fitted for a new
flux capacitor.
Face it. We can never properly celebrate all these days. But if we remain
vigilant, our language could change. On

a hot July day, we could mention that

its as hot as National Hillbilly Day (4th
of July), or simply wish that every day
could be like National Pumpkin Pie Day
(Christmas), or that youre not supposed
to wear white shoes after National Salami Day (Labor Day).
We could plan a vacation to start to
begin on National Heimlich Maneuver
Day and plan to arrive back at home by

National Pop Goes The Weasel Day so

we can be rested up to go back to work
for National Smile Power Day. (Those
should be two relaxing weeks in June to
remember!)
But for now, Ill just have to save my
next celebration for Wednesday because
January 28 is national Have Fun At
Work Day, and that should make it easier
to make it through hump day.

A8

Times Bulletin/Delphos Herald

Saturday, January 24 & Sunday, January 25, 2015

Apollo program grounded by Apollo 1 disaster

BY KIRK DOUGAL
DHI Media Group Publisher
kdougal@timesbulletin.com
The test was supposed to be the
next step down the methodical path
President Kennedy had encouraged
at Rice University in 1962 when he
challenged the nation to rise up and
battle the Soviet Union in the space
race.
Cmdr. Gus Grissom, Sen. Pilot
Ed White, and Pilot Roger Chaffee sat in their seats while technicians strapped them down. They
wore their full astronaut flight gear
although they would not be flying anywhere on January 27, 1967.
They were in the command module
of the Apollo/Saturn 204, otherwise
known as Apollo 1, and were performing a plugs out test where the
spaceship would operate all of its
mechanical functions, short of liftoff, on internal power.
The astronauts were nervous and
for good reason. Numerous glitches
had cropped up during the evaluation stage of the module. The manufacturer of the ship, North American
Aviation, and NASA had bickered
almost daily since the design stage.
When NAA suggested using an
oxygen/nitrogen mix for the cabin atmosphere, NASA insisted on
100 percent oxygen because of the
weight of the equipment involved.
After the loss of Liberty Bell 7 because of a hatch opening and flooding the cabin with water, NASA
wanted a hatch door that could only
open inwardly despite the fact interior cabin pressure would make
it impossible to quickly open the

Three Astronauts Die; Trapped In

Fire During Test

From the
Archives
By
Kirk Dougal

Spark Causes Fiery Death

On Apollo

CAPE KENNEDY, Fla. (AP) The entire threeman crew of the Saturn Apollo 1 mission was killed
Friday night in a flash fire aboard the huge space
craft designed to take the men to the moon.
Killed in the blaze were Air Force Lt. Col. Virgil
I (Gus) Grissom, one of the seven original Mercury
astronauts; Air Force Lt. Col. Edward H. White II,
the first American to walk in space, and Navy Lt.
Cmdr. Roger B. Caffee, a rookie awaiting his first
flight in space.
The astronauts apparently died instantly. They
were the first to be killed in a spacecraft and, ironically, died while on the ground.
Three others have died on duty-connected mishaps.
The fire broke out at 6:31p.m. EST while the three
men were involved in a full-scale simulation of the
scheduled Feb. 21 launch that was to take them into
the heavens for 14 days of orbiting the earth.

ow are we going
to get to the
moon if we cant even
talk between three
buildings?
- Astronaut Gus Grissom
complaining about
communication problems shortly
before the Apollo I disaster.
door in the event of an emergency.
Grissom, known throughout the
astronaut service for his sarcastic
and biting sense of humor, hung a
lemon in the interior of the craft to
show what he thought about its reliability.
Despite these and many other acknowledged design flaws, the testing moved forward on its schedule
for a mid-February launch. Grissom, White and Chaffee kept voicing concerns but also pointed to the
on-time lift-off as their goal with a
safe flight in mind. Grissom even
went so far as to say that the mission, which was intended to last for
between seven and fourteen days,

would last the entire two weeks if

he had anything to say about it.
At 1:00 p.m. on the 27th, the three
astronauts entered the command
module to begin the tests and almost
immediately processes started failing. A sour, noxious smell circulated
through Grissoms ventilation and
it took almost two hours before the

They were trapped behind closed hatches, a

National Aeronautics and Space Administration
spokesman said.
Paul Haney, voice of the astronauts, said he understood there was a fire in the cockpit. He said monitors received no word from the astronauts during the
fire.
Haney said 26 members of the launch pad crew
were treated for smoke inhalation. He said 24 were
released and two were hospitalized in good condition.
Haney said space agency officials were alerted
by someone on the ground that the fire had broken
out. He said emergency crews tried to reach the astronauts but were blocked by the dense smoke that
rolled out of the cockpit.
The fire was reported during the plug-out test
of the4 booster and the Apollo I craft. Haney said
the test meant that the booster and space craft were
operating on their own power systems and not power
from the ground.
AstROnAUts/A16

odor dissipated enough for him to

be able to stand breathing with his
helmet on. Once that issue was fixed,
the hatch was sealed and pure oxygen was pumped into the module.
More problems ensued whenever
the astronauts moved, making the
high oxygen flow fluctuate. Communication problems between the

astronauts and the control centers

led to Grissoms famous quote above
when they would go for minutes in
between periods when they could
speak to each other. The countdown
was stopped one last time at T minus ten minutes at 6:30 p.m.
ApOLLO 1/A16

Errors, freaks and oddities and the worlds smallest postal service
If you know a little bit
about philately, you know
that there is a great deal written about those items that are
errors, oddities and freaks
(EFO). EFOs can come in
many forms from stamps that
are poorly printed to outright
mistakes. I have written before about one of the most
sought after and expensive
EFO, the Inverted Jenny $.24
airmail stamp.
A postage stamp error
can exist in many different
forms. Usually it is caused
by some type of failure in the
stamp printing process that
results in stamps not looking like they should. Errors
include use of the wrong colors, wrong monetary value,
missing parts of the design,
misplaced or inverted design elements or even double
printing. One of the reasons
they are so desired is that,

CURATORS
CORNER
By
Gary Levitt

unbelievably, these types of

EFOs are very rare. Not because they dont happen but
because the screening process used by the USPS and
its contractors usually results
in errors never reaching the
general public.
I did say they are rare,
correct? Well in December
2010, the largest distribution
of an error in design was released - the forever stamp of
the Statue of Liberty. This
image was supposed to be of

the statue that stands proudly

in New York Harbor; instead
the image was of the replica
statue that is in Las Vegas.
The news of this error in design did NOT confine itself
to Vegas. Over ten and a half
billion stamps were distributed before the error was discovered in March of 2011.
A freak is a one-time mishap in the production process. Freaks include paper
folds resulting in half-printed, half-blank stamps, crazy perfs running diagonally
across stamps, and insects
embedded in stamps underneath the ink. Here are a few
things that cause freaks a) albino stamps are missing one
or more colors b) color shifts
are caused when the stamp is
not aligned with the inking
process so colors are in the
wrong place c) stamps with
too much or too little ink d)

unprinted areas of a stamp

due to some foreign matter
on the stamp paper e) an offset freak is due to the color of
one stamp being used on an
incorrect stamp.
Oddities are stamps that
are usable but have a distinctive appearance that makes
no sense - for example, the
eyes of a person being shown
above his head. An American
oddity that was never intended to get to the public was
an inverted image of Richard Nixon. The only reason
these saw the light of day was
because some unscrupulous
employees stole the stamps
from the destruction process.
In 1898, Canada produced a
Christmas stamp that depicted a map of the world with
the red areas indicating the
possessions of the British
Crown. Unfortunately most
of Europe, the US and cen-

Gramm Truck Co. getting ready for large show

Work is being rushed at the local plant
of the Gramm Motors, Inc., for the completion of new van models which are to
be sent to Kansas City and will be shown
at a Warehousemens Show there.
Two vans of 750 cubic feet capacity
each and one of 1,000 cubic foot capacity
and one chassis will be shown there by
the local firm.
They are distinctly new in type,
equipped with larger engines and axles.
They are built to withstand heavy usage and will do 55 miles speed without
overtaxing their motors. These vans have
been sold to a company at Kansas City.
Delphos Herald,
Jan. 31, 1929

Electrical machine
invented by clerk
An electrical machine has been constructed, which its inventor claims will
enable a whole house or office to be lighted from a tiny battery and six lamps to be
burned at the cost of one.
William Harrison, a retired clerk,
claims that his new invention turns
low-tension battery power into high tension current on a large scale.
I have discovered, he declares,
something entirely new in the electrical
world and which operates contrary to all
accepted notions in regard to the idea of
amplifying electrical power.
The machine, it is claimed, has been
amplifying power in this way for the past
six months.
Delphos Herald,
Jan. 19,1929

Berlin Engineer
Invents Auto
Position System
(Way ahead of GPS systems. R.H.)
A Berlin engineer has invented a device which records the precise position-

WiNDOW TO
THE PAST
By
Bob Holdgreve

ing of a motor car at any moment. It consists of a mechanism on the dashboard

into which the cars speed; a pin registers
the distance on a map and fixes the cars
place at any moment.
Delphos Herald,
Feb. 14, 1929

Many Inhabitants of
Chicago Were in
Jail Today
Thirty-five hundred inhabitants of
the Chicago underworld, some in raps
and some in tuxedos and evening gowns,
were in jail today after the biggest police
clean-up in the citys history.
Smashing through cabarets, beer flats
and speakeasies of the South and North
sides and invaded hotels and theatres, the
entire Chicago police forces worked double time over the weekend in an attempt
to halt the crime wave which had resulted
in 192 robberies and four murders in the
last week.
Gangland today was deserted. Bondsmen and attorneys were insulted. Police
merely smiled.
Forty police stations were jammed
with scowling prisoners.
Police and detective squad cars were
as thick as taxicabs in the loop. Theatre
patrons left their seats to witness the
round-ups. Several did not return.
Theatres, night clubs and restaurants
were invaded. Patrols in full dress at the

theatre or in the loop night clubs were

tapped on the shoulder and escorted to
patrol wagons.
Delphos Herald,
Jan. 21, 1929

Law Office
Building Moved
The law office of Reeve & Lindeman was raised by Tom Rices men
and placed on rollers on Monday, to be
moved from its present location, on the
Stallkamp property to Mr. Reeves lot
just south of the Marion Township office.
The ground is vacated to make room
for the handsome new brick block Mr.
Stallkamp will erect this summer. The
building occupied by the adjustable bed
spring works will also be removed.
Delphos Herald,
Apr. 22, 1897

Sheriff Had to
Turn Around
Last week
A.L. Fleck, sheriff of Van Wert County, started Wednesday morning on a second attempt to take two prisoners from
Delphos and vicinity to the Toledo workhouse. He tried it last week and found the
roads so icy that he was forced to return.
The roads here are in good condition
but it is understood that there are lots of
ice near Toledo. In spite of this, the sheriff decided to make the trip.
The two prisoners are Eldridge Good,
of northwest of Delphos, who was convicted on a liquor charge and was assessed $200 and is being sent to the
workhouse in default of payment; and
George Pangle of south Delphos, was
fined $100 and was also being sent to the
workhouse in default of payment.
Delphos Herald,
Jan. 31, 1929
WInDOW/A16

tral Asia were colored in this

manner. This was quite an
embarrassment for Canada.
I want to talk about a
completely different type of
oddity the Worlds Smallest Postal Service (WSPS).
If you Google it you will find
some interesting YouTube
type information including
an interview with the person
responsible for it. I bring it
up now because you may find
some interesting gift ideas
for the upcoming Valentines
Day holiday. If you are of the
belief that the biggest things
in life come in small packages then you may have discovered Nirvana. The first
place I found information
concerning the WSPS was in
an article that was published
in
Odditycentral-collecting oddities on February 11,
2010.
The article goes on to

say, At the Worlds Smallest

Postal Service, your letters
are written in tiny letters,
carefully wrapped and sealed
with a miniature was-stamp
bearing the senders initial.
To make sure the tiny messages dont get lost in the traditional mail, they are packed
in transparent envelopes
equipped with a magnifying
glass for identifying the mailing address.
The Worlds Smallest
Postal Service was created
by San-Francisco-based Lea
Redmond, who just strapped
her small desk to her back,
hopped on her bicycle and
set-up shop in one of the local cafes. Since then she has
come to realize many other people are smitten by her
miniature works of postal art.
CURAtOR/A16

THOSE WERE THE DAYS

25, 50, and 75 Years Ago
BY DHI MEDIA stAFF
info@timesbulletin.com
25 Years Ago
This week in 1990, the U.S. House of Representatives were preparing themselves for two expulsion votes of sitting members. Rep.
William Dannemeyer said he would force an on-the-record vote if
Rep. Donald Lukens (R-OH) lost his appeal on a sex-related conviction. He also said he would call for a vote on Rep. Barney Frank
(D-MA) if the congressman was found guilty of having knowledge
of a prostitution ring that had been run out of his home.
Jason Mahlie, 18, became the youngest bowler to roll a 300
game at Delphos Recreation Center. Mahlie rolled the perfect
game in the sixth game of the City Singles-Bowling Tournament. Participating in the adult league for the first year, Mahlie carried a 184 average. He bowled for Fruehauf and two
Delphos Recreation Center teams.
An unusual accident sent two Van Wert residents to the
hospital. The man and the woman were driving in their car
on Sibley St. when a tree fell onto the roof, collapsing the
structure down on their occupants. Van Wert firefighters were
forced to cut the roof off the car to rescue the couple. To complicate matters, when the tree fell it also down a power line
that was lying on the road behind the destroyed automobile.
50 Years Ago
This week in 1965, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. continued his
fight for civil rights in Selma, Alabama, and took the time to
praise approximately 100 African-American schoolteachers who
attempted to peacefully enter the Dallas County Courthouse to
register as voters. They attempted three times to gain access but
were turned away by Sheriff James G. Clark and his deputies.
King called the attempts the most significant since the movement began because they involved a professional group.
Delphos Jeffersons Wildcats got back in the win column
when they defeated the Gomer Bobcats 58-54, in a game
played in the Jefferson gym. The preliminary game also was a
hot one. Jeffersons reserves edged the Gomer reserves, 43-42.
Four of Coach Cal Foxs cagers scored in double figures. Jack
DeWitt led the way with 15 points followed closely by Earl
Jackson with 14. Tyrone Odenweller hit five from the field and
one from the foul line for 11 points and Mike Doyle had 10.
DAYs/A16

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CoMICs

Comics & Puzzles

Zits

By Eugenia Last

For Better or Worse

Beetle Bailey

Pickles

Garfield

Born Loser

Hagar the Horrible

Barney Google & Snuffy Smith

January

24,

Its time to restructure

your life and set new goals.
You have a lot to offer, and
you will get a favorable response if you present and
promote what you want to
do. Stick to the guidelines,
be proactive and put the
past behind you.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb.
19) -- Think about making
a commitment or taking a
partnership to the next level. You will be in the drivers
seat if you are the first to
negotiate.
PISCES (Feb. 20-March
20) -- Trying to get ahead
through guilt or emotional
blackmail will not get you
very far. Dont be discouraged. You will eventually
make your mark if you are
up-front and focused.
ARIES (March 21-April
19) -- Anger and hostility
will not lead to success.
Even if someone lets you
down, you should stay centered and show tolerance
and understanding. Negative emotions will sap your
energy.
TAURUS (April 20-May
20) -- Refuse to take part in
anything that doesnt correspond with your own point
of view. Stay in control and
dont give in to pressure or
ultimatums. Protect your
rights and assets.
GEMINI (May 21-June
20) -- Trust in your abilities,
knowledge and intuition.
Acting just to please others will take its toll and lead
to a no-win situation. Be
consistent and follow your
dreams.
CANCER (June 21-July
22) -- You will be thrown
off balance by an emotional encounter. Remain focused. Your productivity will
suffer if you dwell on personal matters while trying
to accomplish your tasks.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) -An attractive colleague will
issue a tempting challenge.
A new beginning looks
promising. Put your best
foot forward and improve
your confidence as well as
your appearance.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept.
22) -- Someone will break
a promise. Take your time
while you decide how to
handle this setback. Even
if you feel let down, an immediate reaction is likely to
backfire.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23)
-- You are on a roll. Share
your ideas. By inviting interested colleagues to contribute, you will be able to
take full advantage of networking and collaborative
opportunities.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov.
22) -- Concentrate on whatever contributes to your
happiness and joy. Complications are likely if you
overextend yourself, so
dont take on more than
you can handle emotionally
or financially.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23Dec. 21) -- You will accomplish what you want
by gathering pertinent information and persuading
others to join your endeavor. Steer clear of anyone
offering a narrow-minded
or pessimistic point of view.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22Jan. 19) -- You can catch
your competition off guard
using an inventive and unexpected approach. Work
unobtrusively until you
have the finished product
ready to be launched.
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Hi and Lois

Crossword Puzzle

Todays
Horoscope

Saturday,
2015

Blondie

Saturday, January 24 & Sunday, January 25, 2015

ACROSS
1 Intentions
5 Bed-andbreakfasts
9 Pester
12 Overstuff
13 It bugs
bugs
14 Garcons
yes
15 Like a
pittance
16 Razing
18 Make angry
20 Ventricle
neighbor
21 Bronte
governess
22 Banned
pesticide
23 Fence
crossover
26 Easier said
-- done
30 Triangular
sail
33 Glitch
34 Maui neighbor
35 Swift horse
37 Chew
doggedly
39 Sallow
40 Hourly
amount
41 Desert stop
43 Tolerate
45 Express
relief
48 -- Khan
51 Subways
53 Took into
custody
56 Yokums
creator
57 -- kwon do
58 Fish without scales
59 Fuel cartel
60 Antique
61 Large pond
62 Oater backdrop

chatter
6 Society
column word
7 Carson City
loc.
8 Lieu
9 Crime fiction
10 Em, Bee or
Polly
11 Prefix with
byte
17 Sweepstakes
19 Understands
22 Ballerina
painter
24 Gold brick
25 Actress
Turner
27 Hems partner
28 Caught ya!
29 Wimple
wearer
30 Prominent
feature
31 401(k) cousin
32 Capture
36 Girl at a ball
38 Sage, but
not basil

Yesterdays answers
42 Primetime series
44 Stand
46 Vine fruit
47 Is optimistic
48 Green
Hornets
valet
49 Europe-Asia
range

DOWN
1 High point
2 Sherlocks
lady friend
3 Wed
4 Slings mud
at
5 Like some

Marmaduke

The Family Circus By Bil Keane

50 Raised
51 Consumer gds.
52
Pet-adoption
org.
54 Mild
brew
55 Field
grazer

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SATURDAY & SUNDAY, JANUARY 24 & 25, 2015

A10

Crestview defense stifles Lincolnview in 49-38 win

BY JOHN PARENT
DHI Media Sports Editor
sports@timesbulletin.com
CONVOY County rival
Lincolnview came to Ray Etzler
Gymnasium looking to even the
score with the host Knights. After
a controversial 46-44 loss at the
Tip-Off Classic in early December,
the Lancers entered Friday nights
game with a distinct advantage in
the low post.
Crestview, a squad that often starts four and sometimes five
guards, inserted senior Jake Lippi
as a starter versus the Lancers, in an
attempt to offer some more physicality underneath. The Knight defensive scheme kept Lincolnview from
working the interior, and the Knight
offense controlled the pace in a 4938 Northwest Conference win.
Lippi, a 6-1 post, was matched
up against Lincolnviews Chandler
Adams, who has shown an ability
to dominate the block. Against the
Knights team defense, however,
Adams rarely got the ball.
It was a sagging man (-to-man
defense), with principles of making sure we had help on the backside, Crestview head coach Jeremy
Best explained. Man-for-man, we
couldnt guard the post, we had to
use our resources, we had to make
sure we were on the back side. I

think our guys had a really good

awareness of what we were doing
tonight.
Thats as well as weve carried
out a game plan all year.
Adams didnt take a shot in the
first half and wound up with eight
points. That total, however, led the
Lancer scorers.
Crestview is a good defensive
team, and they caused a lot of problems for our offense, Lancer coach
Brett Hammons allowed. Thats
where we wanted to go, was to get it
inside, and we were able to at some
points, but when we kicked it out,
we didnt make shots.
Forced instead to try to beat Crestview from the perimeter, Lincolnview
(7-6 overall, 1-3 NWC) failed to find
any rhythm. The Lancers connected
on just 31 percent (14-for-45) from the
floor and 2-for-18 (11 percent) from
beyond the arc. Lincolnviews leading scorer on the season, senior guard
Justis Dowdy, was held to just seven
points on the night, all of them coming in the first half.
Coming into this environment,
and playing a team thats as good as
Crestview, you cant shoot 31 percent from the floor (and expect to
win), Hammons added.
Crestviews offense was funneled
through junior guard Connor Lautzenheiser, who finished with a gamehigh 29 points and did so on 9-of-15

Crestview senior Jake Lippi (44) grabs an offensive rebound

amid a trio of Lincolnview defenders during Friday nights
Northwest Conference game in Convoy. Lippis strong defense
and rebounding helped the Knights to a 49-38 victory. (DHI
Media/Tina Eley)
shooting. Teammate Cody Mefferd,
who played through an illness last
weekend, looked better on Friday
and added 15 for Crestview. The rest
of the Knight team, however, com-

bined to go 0-for-14 from the floor.

We need more consistency out
of all of our guys, Coach Best added. We need three or four guys to
step up on any given night, and I

Jays hang on for road win over Rangers

think we have that capability. We

just have to keep coaching that
up, keep showing them what were
talking about, and it will click.
After trailing by eight at halftime, Lincolnview saw Crestviews
lead balloon to as many as 10 early
in the third quarter, following a Lautzenheiser 3-pointer and a Preston
Zaleski free throw. Adams finally
got free underneath and scored to
cut into the margin and the Lancers
got to within six when Austin Leeth
drained a baseline jumper with 31
seconds left in the period.
Leeth, who scored four of his
five points in that third quarter, was
the benefactor of some open looks,
but, like many of his teammates,
had limited success hitting shots.
Hammons noted the importance of
Leeths aggressiveness, however,
and expects those shots to start falling as the season wears on.
We told Austin they were going
to do that (leave him open), the
Lancer coach added. He needs to
play with confidence, and those are
shots he can knock down. I think
hell come around. He plays a great
floor game for us, hes one of our
leaders, and he relishes the challenge of people thinking he cant
shoot the basketball. I think theyre
going to start falling for him.
CREsTVIEW/12

Bulldogs dominate glass,

best Van Wert 56-45

BY LARRY HEIING
DHI Media Correspondent
news@delphosherald.com

BY JIM COX
DHI Media Correspondent
sports@timesbulletin.com

NEW KNOXVILLE The St.

Johns Blue Jays withstood a frantic comeback by the Rangers for a 67-61 Midwest
Athletic Conference boys basketball victory at New Knoxville High School.
After Austin Heiing scored the first
bucket of the contest, New Knoxville
scored the next four points to take
the early lead. Alex Odenweller put
the Jays back in front with a 3-pointers and the lead swung back to the
Rangers on a bucket by Jalen Fullenkamp. Andy Grothouse converted a
pair of free throws, and fellow senior
Evan Hays joined the scoring with
a 3-pointer from the top. The Rangers outscored the Jays 6-0 until Hays
does what he does best with an assist
to Tim Kreeger to even the score at
a dozen. Following a hoop by Logan
Leffel for the eighth lead change of
the opening period, the Jays went on a
11-0 run to take a 10-point lead 25-15
at the first-period break.
Odenweller was the workhorse for
St. Johns, scoring 12 of the 25 points
scored by the Jays to start the game.
The Jays extended their lead in
the opening minutes of the second
period as Tyler Conley grabbed an
offensive rebound and put it back,
combined with a pair of free throws
on the next possession. Grothouses
pull-up jumper gave the Jays a commanding 31-15 lead. Following jumpers by Odenweller and Grothouse, the

ELIDA Elida out-boarded Van Wert 36-16, including an

11-0 margin on the offensive glass, Friday night. That proved
to be more than enough for a 56-45 Western Buckeye League
win, which puts the Bulldogs at 2-2 in the league and 5-7 overall. The Cougars are 1-3 and 3-8.
Elida coach Denny Thompson is
pleased with the Bulldogs progress on
the boards.
Its something we work on all the
time, he said. Its what we have to do
in order to win games. We cant be outrebounded and give ourselves a chance to
win.
After a tight first 12 minutes, which
saw six ties and eight lead changes, Elida
went on a 10-0 run to turn a 16-15 deficit
into a 25-16 halftime lead. That run was
capped by a buzzer-beating NBA-range
3-pointer by Josh Press. The Cougars never recovered from that deficit, although
they made a couple of impressive charges.
Early in the third period, Van Wert
got triples from Connor Holliday and Nick Keber to pull within
27-22. Press swished another trey to trigger a run that pushed
the margin to 13 at 39-26, but back came the Cougars again.
An old-style 3-point play by Brant Henry and two 3-pointers
by Ryan McCracken got Van Wert back in it, down only by 4136 after three.
The hosts, however, started the fourth quarter with six
straight points and hit 7 of 12 free throws to salt the game away.
The game started with a lot of cold shooting, but it was
exciting. Neither team led by more than two points until the
Bulldogs late-second-quarter bust-out. All 16 of Van Werts
first-half points were scored by Holliday and Colin Smith, eight
apiece, with two of Smiths coming on a breakaway dunk.
COuGARs/12

56

45

Alex Odenweller of Delphos St. Johns brings the ball up teh floor
during Friday nights MAC game at New Knoxville. Odenweller
keyed a big offensive performance for the Jays, who claimed a
67-61 victory. (DHI Media/Larry Heiing)
St. Johns offense went sour without
scoring on three straight misses and
a turnover. The Rangers took advantage of opportunity to get back in the

shooting match, cutting the lead down

to seven points at the half.
JAYs/12

Holgate survives late Lady Raider rally

BY KEVIN WANNEMACHER
DHI Media Business Manager
kwannemacher@timesbulletin.com

Wayne Traces Erin Mohr (5) takes a jumper over

Holgates Dani Like (4) during Friday nights Green
Meadows Conference game in Haviland. Mohr
scored 14 points in the loss. (DHI Media/Tina Eley)

HAVILAND Holgate hit seven

of eight fourth quarter free throws and
the Tigers held off a late rally to defeat
Wayne Trace 51-47 in Green Meadows
Conference girls basketball action on
Friday night.
The Tiger victory kept Holgate tied
atop the league standings at 3-0 in conference play while improving to 13-2
overall. Wayne Trace falls to 8-5 in all
games this year and 2-1 in the conference.
Holgate jumped in front early in the
contest, taking advantage of five Raider
turnovers in the opening period to post
a 19-8 lead.
The Tigers used a pair of 3-pointers
by Sarah Niese and baskets from Niese,
Rachel Desgranges and Mattie Grim to
open a 12-2 advantage. Two Erin Mohr
buckets got the Raiders within 16-8 before a Niese 3-pointer set the lead at 19-8
at the end of one quarter.
We didnt get off to the start we
wanted, noted Raider head coach Bethany Hughes. I thought we were rushing
things and we didnt take care of the basketball.
Wayne Trace closed to within 20-15
in the second quarter on a Shayna Temple 3-point play, but the Tigers answered.

A Niese old fashioned 3-point play

followed by a Niese 3-point shot pushed
the Holgate advantage back to 26-18.
Holgate expanded the margin to 30-20
following an Emma Willett basket late
in the first half before an Erin Mohr
bucket got Wayne Trace within 30-22 at
the intermission.
After the first quarter, we played
better, Hughes added. We had some
chances that we didnt take advantage
of and missed some easy shots but the
effort was there tonight.
The Raiders made a run early in the
third quarter that pulled them within 32-30.
Danae Myers opened the quarter hitting one of two free throws before seven
straight Temple points trimmed the deficit to 32-30. Holgate, though, took control for the rest of the period and scored
eight straight points to post a 40-30 lead
at the end of three periods.
Gracie Gudakunst opened the fourth
quarter with a basket for Wayne Trace
before a Danae Myers bucket off an assist by Stacy Flint got the Raiders within
40-34.
The girls never gave up, noted
Hughes. They kept battling all night
long. We would make a run, but Holgate
would come up with a defensive stop or
a score each time and you have to give
them credit for that.
The Tigers appeared to put the game
away, scoring five straight points to go

on top 45-34 with 2:32 remaining.

Holgate still led 47-37 at the 1:30
mark following a Desgranges basket, but
Wayne Trace would make one more run.
Four consecutive Holgate turnovers
led to seven straight Raider points,
capped by a Temple basket, to get the
Raiders within 47-44 with 12 seconds
remaining.
The Tigers Mattie Grim was fouled
immediately on the ensuing possession
and connected on both free throws to
put Holgate in front 49-44. After a Raider turnover, Niese then added two more
foul shots for the visitors to seal the 5147 victory.
I am proud of the girls and the way
they competed tonight, concluded
Hughes.
Niese led all scorers with 21 points
for the Tigers while also grabbing nine
rebounds. Desgranges added 14 points
and Grim chipped in a dozen for Holgate. Grim also picked up five boards,
four assists and five steals.
Temple paced Wayne Trace with 20
points and picked up seven rebounds,
four assists and four steals. Mohr added
14 for the Raiders and Myers recorded
seven points and six boards.
Wayne Traces junior varsity squad improved to 7-6 in all games and 2-1 in the
GMC with a 30-26 win over the Tigers.
RAIdERs/12

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Saturday, January 24 & Sunday, January 25, 2015A11

Coldwater races past Parkway

BY NICK JOHNSON
DHI Media Correspondent
sports@timesbulletin.com
COLDWATER The
Parkway Panthers traveled to
the Palace at Coldwater High
School on Friday night for a
Midwest Athletic Conference
boys hoops contest against
the Cavaliers. Coldwater
picked up a 63-36 on senior
night for the Cavs.
The Cavs opened the
game
draining
three
3-pointers, one each from
Dylan Thobe, Ted Fisher and Aaron Harlamert,
to take an early 9-0 lead.
The Panthers (3-9 overall,
0-4 MAC) responded with
a corner 3-pointer from
Brody Adams and a layup
from Tanner Bates to cut the
Coldwater lead to 9-5.
The first quarter end with
a spree of treys as Thobe
nailed two for Coldwater but
Parkway got two also, one
each from Bates and Brandon
Gibson, to make the score 1511, Coldwater.
We got off to a decent
start - we were down four or
five - and we played four or
five down for awhile, Panther coach Rick Hickman
said. Their pressure, I got
to give it to them they have
some athletic kids, (they
have), I think, only two kids
under 6-2. We were at a disadvantage there.
Midway through the second period, Adams knocked
down another triple to cut
the Cavs lead to 19-14. After Coldwater again pushed
ahead, Parkway responded
with layups from Justin Barna and Logan Huff to cut the
Coldwater lead down to 2518.
The Cavs end the first half
with a 8-0 run, however, getting five points from Dylan

way closed the gap with

a 7-0 run, featuring five
points from Gibson to cut
the Cavs lead to 37-25. Four
straight points from Brunet
for Coldwater before a Huff
layup for Parkway to bring
the score to 45-27 after
three quarters.
Coldwater (4-5, 3-1 MAC)
got five straight points from
Derek Thobe to open the final period followed by four
points from Malave Bettinger to push the Cavs lead to
54-27. Gibson would drain
a 3-pointer for Parkway followed by a Justin Barna layup
to make the score 56-32,
Coldwater.
The Cavs used crispy
passing and good ball handling to milk away the final
three minutes and pick up the
63-36 victory.
They have a good team,
I cant make excuses, Hickman added. They are deep
and built big and long, they
had a lot of deflections. We Fort Jennings senior Austin Kehres (30) draws
need better passing angles, contact from a pair of Continental defenders
they caused us some trouble. during Friday nights Putnam County League
We need to focus on the pos- contest at the Fort. Kehres led the Musketeers
itives and there were definite- with nine points in the game Fort Jennings won
ly some positive take-aways 35-34. Continental was led by Wade Stauffers
from the game.
10 points. The Musketeers shot 53 percent from
The Panthers had one the floor in the victory. (DHI Media/Kenny Poling)
scorer in double figures as
Gibson had 11 points and
Adams added eight points.
Dylan Thobe had a game
high 16 points for Coldwater
and Brunet chipped in with
10 points.
Score by quarters
Parkway 11 7 9 9- 36
Coldwater 15 18 12 18- 63
Parkway
BY JIM METCALFE
Adams 8, Bates 5, Gibson
DHI Media Sports Editor
11, Huff 6, Barna 6
jmetcalfe@delphosherald.com
Coldwater
MILLER CITY For the second game in a row, Ottoville
DeThobe 9, Harlamert 8, Wolters 3, Brunet 10, senior Brandt Landin was sitting out due to an injury, which
DyThobe 16, Fisher 6, Bet- meant Big Green head boys basketball coach Todd Turnwald
had to find ways to offset the loss of Landins 19-points-pertinger 8, Muhlenkamp 3
game average.
He found it four players in double digits as Ottoville re-took the lead midway through
the fourth period and went on to a 5854 Putnam County League triumph over
Miller City on Friday night in front of a
hostile crowd at J. Harry Leopold Gymnasium.
We knew from the start of the week we
wouldnt have Brandt back but we hope he returns soon. Still, I felt we had a good game plan on both ends
of the court for tonight. It was a matter of execution, Turnwald
noted.
The Big Green took the lead midway through the first period
and held a 42-38 edge to open the fourth. There were two early
ties and four lead changes in the first four minutes. The last
Wildcat (8-4, 3-1 PCL) lead was at 48-47 on two free throws
by Adam Niese at 4:42.
After a timeout, Ottoville ran a set for Tyler Roby and
he drained a 3-pointer from the top of the key to give the
Big Green (7-7, 2-1 PCL) the lead for good. After a pair of
missed foul shots by the Wildcats, Roby hit another big trey
from the left wing at 2:35. From then on, Ottoville scored
the rest of its points at the foul line, and managed to hit
5-of-10 (19-of-29 for the game for 65.5%). Niese hit two foul
shots at 1:51 and Jacob Kuhlman added a trey with 55 seconds left to get the hosts within 55-53. However, the Big
Green survived, making just enough free throws down the
stretch.
Both teams came out looking to press the issue. Ottoville
had the better of the first period, canning 7-of-11 shots (4-of-6
downtown) as Colin Bendele hit two treys and Kyle Bendele
added six points. Miller City hit 6-of-18 but got seven extra
attempts on offensive boards. Max Kuhlman countered with
six points, but when Nick Moorman drained a left-wing three
with 43 seconds on the clock, Ottovilles lead stretched to 2012.

Musketeers hold
off Continental

Balanced scoring lifts Big

Green past Miller City

Parkway big man Logan Huff (12) takes a ball toward

the basket during the Panthers game at Coldwater
on Friday night. Huff scored six points in the 63-36
defeat. (DHI Media/Pat Agler)
Thobe and a layup from Derek Thobe to bring the first
half score to 33-18.
Coldwater open the sec-

ond half with a dunk from

Andy Brunet and a bucket
from Harlamert to extend
their lead to 37-18. Park-

James scores 25 as Cavaliers

rout Charlotte Hornets 129-90
CLEVELAND (AP) LeBron
James scored 25 points and the Cleveland Cavaliers put on a dominant performance by routing the Charlotte Hornets
129-90 on Friday night for their fifth
straight win.
The Cavaliers, with an artful display
of shooting and passing, had the home
crowd on its feet throughout the game.
Clevelands 75-40 lead at halftime was
its biggest in franchise history and the
margin reached 49 points in the fourth
quarter.
J.R. Smith scored 21 points on seven
3-pointers, and Kyrie Irving added 18
in Clevelands biggest win of the season.
Charlotte had won eight of nine, but
was no match for the Cavaliers, who
have again looked like title contenders
since James returned from an eightgame absence with knee and back injuries.
James added nine assists and six rebounds in a season-low 27 minutes. He
was pulled late in the third quarter and
didnt return. James is averaging 29.7
points and is shooting 51 percent in six
games since his return.
Al Jefferson led Charlotte with 22
points while Michael Kidd-Gilchrist
added 15.
Cleveland scored 14 straight points
as part of a 24-4 run in the first half
to put the game away early, leaving
the rest of the night for open jumpers,
fast breaks and dunks off alley-oop
passes.
Leading 14-9, the Cavaliers went
on a 14-0 run keyed by 3-pointers from Irving and Smith. James
was fouled shooting a 3 and made
all three free throws in addition to
scoring on a finger roll and hitting
a jumper.
James kept the Cavaliers rolling in
the second quarter by hitting Timofey
Mozgov with an alley-oop for a dunk,
but the four-time MVP was just getting
started.
James stole a pass in the frontcourt and drove in for a dunk for a
55-25 lead. Less than a minute later,
he took a midcourt pass from Smith
and dunked, which sent the crowd
into a frenzy and extended the lead
to 60-27.
James then hit Kevin Love with an
alley-oop for a lay-in before Irving made
another 3 for a 65-27 lead with 5:10 remaining before halftime.
Cavaliers guard Iman Shumpert, who
was out with a dislocated left shoulder,
played for the first time since being acquired from New York on Jan. 5. He
scored eight points in nine minutes.

GREEN/12

Grove outlasts Paulding

DHI MEDIA STAFF
REPORT
COLUMBUS GROVE
Columbus Grove jumped out
to an early lead Friday evening in handing Paulding a 60-45
Northwest Conference setback.
The
Buldlogs
scored the first seven
points of the game
as they jumped out
to a 18-13 first quarter lead. Columbus
Grove continued to
pull away in the second quarter with a
19-10 scoring advantage as the Bulldogs
were up 37-23 at the
break.
Columbus Grove
didnt allow the
Panthers to get back into the
game in the second half as
they outscored the Panthers
by one, 23-22.
Jace Darbyshire canned
five three-pointers in the
game as he led the Bulldogs
(9-2, 3-0 NWC) with 29
points. Tanner From added
10 points and grabbed five
rebounds. Logan Diller had

five rebounds in the win for

Grove.
Alex Arellano led the Panthers (7-6) with 13 points.
Columbus Grove won the
junior varsity game
38-28.
***
Paulding 17-39
8-16 45: Edwards 8;
Crawford 6; Rhonehaus 6; Gonzalez 7;
Arellano 13; Burtch
2; Sitton 3.
Columbus
Grove 20-46 12-15
60: Darbyshire 29;
Warnecke 4; Bogart 2;
Stechschulte 8; Diller
2; From 10; Schroeder
2; Roney 3.
Paulding 13 10 7
15 - 45
Columbus Grove
18 19 7 16 - 60
Junior Varsity: Columbus
Grove 38-28.
Three-point goals: Paulding 3-11; Columbus Grove
8-17 (Darbyshire 5, From 2,
Stechschulte 1).
Rebounds: Paulding 18;
Columbus Grove 20 (Diller 5,
From 5).
Turnovers:
Columbus
Grove 16, Paulding 21.

60

Cleveland Cavaliers LeBron James (23) shoots over Charlotte Hornets

Gary Neal, left, and Marvin Williams (2) in the first quarter of an NBA
basketball game Friday in Cleveland. (AP Photo/Mark Duncan)
Cleveland defeated Charlotte 97-88
on Dec. 15 after starting the game on a
21-0 run.
TIP-INS
Hornets: Jefferson and G Lance Stephenson came off the bench again Friday. Jefferson returned from a strained
left groin three games ago, while Stephenson has played in five games since
recovering from a pelvic strain. . The
Hornets were held to nine fast break
points.

Cavaliers: Cleveland has won six in a

row over the Hornets and James has won
his last 20 matchups against Charlotte.
. Mozgov had a double-double with 14
points and 10 rebounds. . All 13 players
scored for Cleveland.
UP NEXT
Hornets: Host New York on Saturday.
Cavaliers: Host Oklahoma City on
Sunday.

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Nugent-Hopkins, Forsberg picked

last in NHL All-Star Draft
BY JOHN WAWROW
Associated Press

In this Jan. 10, 2015, file photo, New England Patriots

head coach Bill Belichick walks the sidelines during
the second half of an NFL divisional playoff football
game in Foxborough, Mass. The Patriots face the
Seattle Seahawks in Super Bowl XLIX on Sunday,
Feb. 1, 2015, in Glendale, Ariz. (AP Photo/Elise
Amendola, File)

NFL says no conclusion yet

on Pats deflated footballs
BY HOWARd uLMAN
Associated Press
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) The NFL said Friday it has
interviewed dozens of people and collected physical evidence
but has no conclusions yet on how the New England Patriots
used underinflated balls in their last game, offering no timetable for resolving the cheating accusations with the Super Bowl
nine days away.
The league said evidence shows the Patriots used underinflated footballs during the first half of the AFC championship
game Sunday night against the Indianapolis Colts.
It issued a statement that the Patriots have pledged full cooperation and have given the league information it requested
and made personnel available upon request. Quarterback Tom
Brady said Thursday afternoon he had not been contacted at
that point.
The NFL said it began its investigation Sunday night and
expects cooperation from other clubs. It hired an investigatory
company to help review electronic and video information.
Patriots owner Robert Kraft said investigators were in Foxborough for three days this week after he received a letter from
the league Monday informing him of the probe.
We provided access to every full- and part-time employee the leagues representatives requested to speak with and
produced every communication device that they requested to
search, he said. I very much support the leagues desire to
conduct a complete investigation.
The Patriots are preparing to meet the defending champion Seattle Seahawks in the Super Bowl on Feb. 1 in Glendale,
Arizona.
The league said its conclusions will be quickly shared when
reached.
Over the past several days, nearly 40 interviews have been
conducted, including of Patriots personnel, game officials,
and third parties with relevant information and expertise, the
statement said.
NFL Executive Vice President Jeff Pash and Ted Wells of
the law firm of Paul Weiss are leading the probe.
Wells was the investigator in the Miami Dolphins bullying
scandal. His report last February detailed widespread harassment in the teams locker room that extended beyond the two
players at the center of the probe. It said guard John Jerry and
center Mike Pouncey followed Richie Incognitos lead in harassing offensive lineman Jonathan Martin.
The NFL requires game balls to be inflated to between 12
1/2 and 13 1/2 pounds per square inch.
It wants to find out why footballs were underinflated during
the first half and whether deliberate action caused it.
We have not made any judgments on these points and will
not do so until we have concluded our investigation and considered all of the relevant evidence, the league said.

CRestvieW
(From page 10)
A Derek Youtsey jumper to open the fourth quarter
made it 35-31, Knights, but
Crestview (8-4, 3-0) quickly
slammed the door on their
rival. Mefferd converted a
3-point play, drawing contact as he dropped in a floater
from the lane, and Lautzenheiser followed with a trey from
the wing. Just like that, Crestviews lead was back to double figures and Lincolnview
wouldnt threaten again.
Lippi didnt score in the
game, but grabbed a pair of
crucial offensive rebounds
as part of his six-rebound effort. Mefferd led the way with
eight boards and Lautzenheiser added seven as Crestview
outrebounded the Lancers,
31-27 on the evening. The

Knights didnt shoot particularly well, going 14-for-45 (38

percent) overall and just 4-for15 (27 percent) from distance.
A packed house in Convoy
witnessed a highly-competitive junior varsity game as
well, with the host Knights
escaping with a 47-43 win.
Score by quarters
Lincolnview 9 8 12 9- 38
Crestview 12 13 10 14- 49
Lincolnview (38)
Chandler Adams 8, Justis
Dowdy 7, Hayden Ludwig 7,
Austin Leeth 5, Derek Youtsey 5, Trevor Neate 4, Troy
Thompson 2, Josh Leiter 0
Crestview (49)
Preston Zaleski 3, Connor
Lautzenheiser 29, Cody Mefferd 15, Mitchell Rickard 0,
Jake Lippi 0, Nate Owens 2

RAideRs
(From page 10)
Brooke Sinn led the Raiders with 11 points and three assists
while Courtney Mead added four points, six rebounds and four
steals. Estie Sinn picked up nine rebounds for the Raiders and
Erica Mohr also grabbed five boards. Stacy Flint, Lily Sinn and
Maddie Zartman also chipped in four points each.
The Raiders return to action on Tuesday as Wayne Trace
travels to Delphos Jefferson in a non-league battle.

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP)

Edmonton Oilers forward
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins didnt
have to wait this long the last
time he was drafted. Nashville Predators rookie forward Filip Forsberg suddenly has another new car to go
with the Jaguar he just bought
two weeks ago.
The players had the distinction of being the last two
selected in the NHL All-Star
Game Draft on Friday night.
And both were awarded a
new car in a departure from
the past two All-Star drafts,
when only the last player selected earned the consolation
prize.
You dont get to do too
many of these things, so you
have to enjoy it, and it was a
lot of fun, said Nugent-Hopkins, who was the No. 1 pick
in the 2011 NHL amateur
draft. My last draft, I didnt
have to wait too long, so it
was a little different.

Nashville Predators Filip Forsberg, of Sweden, is

interviewed during media day at the NHL All-Star
hockey weekend in Columbus, Ohio, Friday, Jan. 23,
2015. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
Nugent-Hopkins was actually the second-to-last player
selected in an online fan poll
taken during the draft. He
will play for Team Foligno,
named after Columbus Blue
Jackets star Nick Foligno.
Forsberg was the last of
the 45 players selected, and
joins the team led by Chicago

Blackhawks captain Jonathan

Toews.
Team Foligno and Team
Toews will compete in the
skills competition on Saturday and the All-Star Game
on Sunday.
Forsberg was one of six
rookies selected to compete
in the skills competition, be-

fore being added the All-Star

roster on Thursday to fill in
for injured Pittsburgh Penguins captain Sidney Crosby.
Hopefully, I can plan in
another All-Star Game and
climb a couple of steps in the
draft in the future, said Forsberg, who leads NHL rookies
with 40 points (15 goals, 25
assists). And I got a car out
of it. Its not too bad either.
Hes just not sure what to
do with his growing car collection.
Ive got to talk to my
family if they want a new
car, said the Swedish-born
player. You can never have
too many cars, I guess.
There was added drama
as the draft reached the final
two rounds, with Washington
Capitals star Alex Ovechkin
openly campaigning to be the
last pick by insisting he wanted to win the car.
It was kind of funny that
he was still there, Forsberg
said. It would have been an
honor to be drafted before
Ovi.

JAYs
(From page 10)
The Jays scoring production continued to struggle starting the second
half with a turnover, missed shot and a
10-second violation. A 3-pointer by New
Knoxvilles Nick Topp pulled the Rangers within 33-29. Another shot off target
by the Jays allowed the Rangers to get
within two on a basket by Adam Howe,
forcing Blue Jay coach Aaron Elwer to
call time out. His motivation worked to
perfection as the Jays outscored New
Knoxville 13-2 to take a double-digit
lead into the final eight minutes.
The Rangers comeback began with
a triple by Howe, but Conley answered
with a strong move to the hole. New
Knoxville cut the lead to 10 on a basket
by Fullenkamp, but Conley responded
again with an old-fashioned 3-pointer. In
fact, Conley scored nine straight points
in the Jays streak giving St. Johns its
biggest lead of the night at 57-38.
The Rangers suddenly heated up,
nailing three straight treys to reduce the
deficit to 10. Meanwhile, the Jays went
cold from the line, missing the front
ends of a pair of one-and-ones, as New
Knoxville scored twice to pull within
61-56. Odenweller gave the Jays a little
breathing room with two free throws and
a 7-point lead, but the Rangers Howe
drained a three from in front of the New
Knoxville bench with 23 seconds on the
clock and the score displayed as 63-59.
Grothouse, who was on the bench for

most of the fourth quarter, re-entered

the game for his free-throw accuracy.
He converted a pair of free throws and
Conley added his thirteenth point of the
final quarters to hold off the Rangers
stampede.
The game featured a pair of players
stepping up from their season average
for a big night. Howe was averaging six
points a game for the Rangers and led all
scorers with 24 points.
Conley, meanwhile, came into the
game scoring eight points per contest
and nailed 19 points for the Jays.
The Jays also had two more players in
double figures as Odenweller led the St.
Johns offense with 23 points and Grothouse added 14.
St. Johns (10-3, 3-1) shot 50 percent
from the floor and New Knoxville (3-9,
0-4) heated up in the final quarter to finish at 49 percent.
Turnovers were close as the Jays defense forced 15 turnovers by the Rangers
and St. Johns committed 11.
The junior varsity contest was back
and forth but the junior Rangers also
used a final push in the final quarter for
a 46-39 victory.
Derek Klausing had four triples for 12
points for the Jays.
St. Johns hosts once-beaten St. Henry next Friday.
Varsity
St. Johns (67)
Andy Grothouse 4-6-14, Evan Hays

1-2-5, Austin Heiing 1-0-2, Tyler Conley 7-5-19, Alex Odenweller 8-3-23, Tim
Kreeger 1-2-4, Robbie Saine 0-0-0, Aaron Reindel 0-0-0. Totals: 17-5-18/25-67.
New Knoxville (61)
Andrew Arnett 1-2-4, Logan Leffel
3-2-9, Nick Topp 3-2-9, Adam Howe 9-124, Shane Topp 1-0-2, Jalen Fullenkamp
3-0-6, Ethan Kuck 2-0-4. Totals: 15-87/9-61.
Score By Quarters
St. Johns 25- 8-13-21-(67)
New Knoxville 15-11- 7-18-(61)
Three-point goals: St. Johns, Odenweller 4, Hays; New Knoxville, Howe 5,
Leffel, N. Topp.
Junior Varsity
St. Johns (39)
Owen Rode 1-0-2, Derek Klausing 4-0-12, Josh Warnecke 0-0-0, Seth
Linder 1-0-2, Owen Baldauf 0-1-1, Jacob
Hellman 1-0-2, Jesse Ditto 4-3-11, Ryan
Hellman 4-0-9. Totals: 10-5-4/12-39.
New Knoxville (46)
Jonah Lageman 1-4-6, Ben Lammers
1-0-2, Sam Stome 3-0-6, Dylan Gable
2-1-6, Jace Kuck 1-0-2, Nathan Timmerman 5-12-22, Zac Neuman 1-0-2. Totals:
13-1-17/20-46.
Score By Quarters
St. Johns 10- 9- 9- 10-(39)
New Knoxville 5-14-10-17-(46)
Three-point goals: St. Johns, Klausing 4, R. Hellman; New Knoxville, Gable.

gReeN
(From page 11)
We have been focusing
on getting Kyle the ball inside and he keeps getting
better. Tyler is providing an
offensive spark off the bench,
which I think is really helping
us. Defensively, we played
everything we had and finally went back to our matchup
zone, Turnwald expalined.
Overall, Ottoville snapped
up 23 boards (5 offensive)
and added 14 fouls.
For Miller City coach Bryan Kuhlman, it was a familar
story.
We fell behind in the first
period and had to play uphill
from then on. We used up a
lot of energy to do so. We finally got the lead but we never had the lead with the ball,
he added. Every time we had
the lead late, Ottoville came

down and scored, we were

never able to take time off the
clock. We played hard and
we had chances to win. It just
goes to show you cant fall
behind good teams like Ottoville and expect to win when
you have to fight uphill.
In junior varsity play, Travis Niese led Miller City with
11 points in a 43-32 victory.
Logan Kemper paced Ottoville with 16.
Miller City entertains
Lima Temple Christian on
Saturday.
Ottoville visits Fort Jennings in PCL action next Friday.
VARSITY
OTTOVILLE (58)
Colin Bendele 4-3-15,
Brendan Siefker 0-0-0, Eric
Von Sossan 0-0-0, Ty Roby
3-2-11, Austin Honigford

1-8-116, Nick Morman 3-2-9,

Kyle Bendele 4-4-12, Dustin
Trenkamp 0-0-0. Totals 6-919-58.
MILLER CITY (54)
Jackson Lammers 6-114, Travis Niese 0-0-0, Jacob Kuhlman 3-0-8, Jared
Snyder1-0-2, Adam Drummelsmith 2-2-7, Adam Niese
3-6-12, Kody Kuhlman 0-00, Matt Niese 1-0-2, Max
Kuhlman 4-1-9. Totals 16-410-54.
Score by Quarters:
Ottoville 20 16 6 16 - 58
Miller City 12 15 11 16 54
Three-point goals: Ottoville, C. Bendele 4, Roby 3,
Honigford, Moorman; Miller
City,
JUNIOR VARSITY
OTTOVILLE (32)

Emitt German 1-0-3,

Andy Schimmoeller 3-0-9,
Ryan Bendele 1-0-3, Logan
Kemper 7-2-16, Keagan Leis
0-0-0, Brendon Siefker 0-00, Rudy Wenzlick 0-1-1. Totals 7-5-3/7-32.
MILLER CITY (43)
Mark Kuhlman 2-1-5,
Justin Snyder 1-0-3, Jacob
Schimmoeller2-1-5,
Matt
Niese 2-2-6, Jacob Kuhlman
0-2-2, Kody Kuhlman 1-1-3,
Trey Hermiller 0-0-0, Travis
4-3-11, Mitchell Barlage 4-08, Jordan Barlage 0-0-0. Totals 15-1-10/20-43.
Score by Quarters:
Ottoville 4 6 8 14 - 32
Miller City 10 8 15 10 - 43
Three-point goals: Ottoville, A. Schimmoeller 3,
German, Bendele; Miller
City, Snyder.

COugARs
(From page 10)
I thought that defensively we were
ready for what Van Wert was gonna do,
said Thompson. We made it very difficult for them, although they had a lot of
good looks that they just didnt make.
Van Werts misses on those good
looks continue to haunt coach Mark
Bagley, as he and the other coaches try
to remedy the Cougars shooting woes.
The last few weeks in practice weve
shot a ton, said Bagley. It becomes a
mental thing, with a young team especially. It just snowballs on you, and it did
tonight.
Were playing some different lineups trying to find some combinations
to score, Bagley added. When you do
that, sometimes that limits your ability
to rebound. Weve rebounded the ball

really well until the last three or four

games.
After hitting only 5 of 17 field goals
in the first half, the Cougars actually did
find the range during the third period,
canning 7 of 11 shots. They went cold
again in the final eight minutes, however.
Elida hit 20 of 39 (51 percent) from
the field, including 4 of 8 from long
range. Van Wert made 14 of 35 field
goals (40 percent) including 5 of 15
threes.
Holliday was Van Werts only double-digit scorer with 16. That included 11
of 14 free throws, all of which resulted
from slashes into the lane for contested
layups. Smith, McCracken, Keber, and
Drew Myers added 8, 6, 6, and 6 points.
Austin Allemeier and Baylen Stinson had 14 and 13 points for Elida, with

Press, Peyton Smith and Jazz Howell

contributing 9, 8 and 6. Stinson had 12
rebounds, which was seven more than
any other player on the court.
Elida won the junior varsity game
43-40. Daniel Unruh had 16 points for
the Bulldogs. Nick Gutierrez and Ryan
McCracken had 13 and 10 for Van Wert,
which is now 5-6.
Van Wert 10 6 20 9- 45
Elida 8 17 16 15- 56
Van Wert (45)
Holliday 16, Smith 8, Keber 6, Cross
0, Kelly 0, Myers 6, McCracken 6, Henry 3, Braun 0
Elida (56)
Allemeier 14, Stinson 13, Press 9,
Etzler 2, Brockert 0, Smith 8, Howell 6,
Sarno 4, Alexander 0

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Strong electrical troubleshooting skills
Knowledge of PLCs
Well versed in electrical schematics
Solid electrical knowledge and experience
Strong electrical and mechanical aptitude
Working knowledge of hydraulic and pneumatics
Proficient operating all tool room equipment (mills,
lathes, etc....) and test equipment
Competent welding skills
Good communicator
Technical related education or equivalent.
Other Requirements:
High school diploma / GED;
Proficient reading a tape measure, calipers, and
other measuring equipment;
Lift up to 30 lbs. repetitively
Must pass pre-employment drug screen
We offer the following benefits:
Vacation
401k with Matching Funds
Paid Holidays
Paid Life Insurance
Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance
Flexible Benefit Plan
Paid Short & Long Term Disability Plan
Bonus (monthly) Program
$1.00 Shift Premium
Safety is our major Focus.
Please apply in person or mail resume to:
Taylor Made Glass Systems
407 N. Maple St
Payne Ohio 45880
Attn: HR
Or email: mmcmaken
tavlormadesystems.com
mmcmaken@taylormadesystems.com
Equal Opportunity Employer and a
Drug Free Workplace

235 Help Wanted

Maintenance Technicians

Automotive Supplier Manufacturing Company is seeking experienced Maintenance Technicians as a result

of recent business expansions. Individual responsibilities include general repair and preventative maintenance on plastic injection molding presses, as well as
auxiliary equipment.
Successful candidates must possess previous experience with changing injection molding tools, plastics
processing, electrical wiring including 240 and 480
volt, pneumatics, hydraulics and programmable logic
controllers. Candidates should also possess vocational or technical certification in Mechanical/Industrial
areas and proven communication and organizational
skills and be willing to work with a diverse group as a
Team Player. Must be willing to work afternoon shift.
For confidential consideration please send a resume
and cover letter with salary requirements to
hrdelphos@tmdinc.com
Ref. Del Maint or:
TMD
Attn: Human Resource Manager
24086 ST RT 697
Delphos, OH 45833
Equal Opportunity Employer

235 Help Wanted

592 Wanted To Buy

593 Good Things To Eat
595 Hay
597 Storage Buildings

600 SERVICES

605 Auction
610 Automotive
615 Business Services
620 Childcare
625 Construction
630 Entertainment
635 Farm Services
640 Financial
645 Hauling
650 Health/Beauty
655 Home Repair/ Remodeling
660 Home Services
665 Lawn, Garden, Landscaping
670 Miscellaneous

235 Help Wanted

VAN WERT County

Farm Service Agency
has an immediate
opening for one part time
temporary Program
Technicians (PT)
position. Duties include
entry level program
adminstration, office
clerical responsibilities,
customer service skills,
ability to work
independently or in a
team and ability to
problem solve.
Successful applicants
must be reliable, have a
professional attitude,
possess basic to
intermediate knowledge
of Microsoft Office
programs and enjoy
working with the
agriculture public.
Knowledge of current
agriculture practices and
Geographical
Information Systems
(GIS) helpful but not
required. Applications
are available and or
resumes can be
submitted for
consideration to: Van
Wert County Farm
Service Agency, 1189
Professional Drive, Van
Wert, Ohio 45891.
Applications will be
considered that are
received by the deadline
of January 30, 2015.
FSA is an
Equal Opportunity
Employer.

305 Apartment/Duplex
For Rent
ONE BEDROOM
Apartment for rent
in Van Wert
419-733-3374

1 BEDROOM & Studios

$300 deposit water and
trash paid
NO PETS
Thistlewood/Ivy Court
Apartments
419-238-4454
1 BEDROOM upstairs
apartment, heat and
water, included, NO
pets, $350.00 plus
deposit, 419-238-4200.
1 BEDROOM,
2nd floor level,
spacious rooms, no
washer/dryer hook-up,
NO pets, No smoking,
$350.00 per month,
419-513-1098 ,
419-203-5717.

235 Help Wanted

Open Interviews
Thursday, January 29th,
Elkhart Plastics is
holding open interviews
from 12 p.m. to 3 p.m.
for hard-working,
dependable individuals
interested in starting
a career at a great
Company with good
benefits.

Looking for: Operators

Starting pay: $10-$11/hr
Benefits: Medical, Dental,
Vision, & 401(k)

103 S. Shane Street

Ohio City, Ohio

Ph: 419.695.0015
Fax: 419.692.7116
405 N. Main St., Delphos, OH 45833 | www.delphosherald.com

Delphos heralD

675 Pet Care

680 Snow Removal
685 Travel
690 Computer/Electric/Office
695 Electrical
700 Painting
705 Plumbing
710 Roofing/Gutters/Siding
715 Blacktop/Cement
720 Handyman
725 Elder care

800 TRANSPORTATION

805 Auto
810 Auto Parts And Accessories
815 Automobile Loans
820 Automobile Shows/Events
825 Aviations
830 Boats/Motors/Equipment
835 Campers/Motor Homes

305 Apartment/Duplex
For Rent

1 BEDROOM, 1st floor

level, very nice, no
washer/dryer hook-up,
NO pets, NO smoking,
$350.00 per month,
419-203-5717.

1&2 bedroom apartment,

washer/dryer hook up,
419-238-1120.
1&2 bedroom, all
electric, appliances
furnished, NO dogs,
W. Main St.
419-238-9508.

320 House For Rent

126 E Third St,

Van Wert
Owner seeking rent to
own and lease option
candidates for this
charming, updated 3
bedroom, 1 bath, 1 car
garage home. Old
woodwork, new
windows, newer roof,
updates to the kitchen,
bath, carpet, paint and
more. $575per month.
419-586-8220.

18907 BEBB St,

Venedocia
Affordable, updated 2
bedroom, 1 car garage,
bath and kitchen
updates, new flooring
and paint. Owner
financing, seeking lease
option and rent to own
candidates. $475 per
mo. chbsinc.com for
pics, video tour and
details or 419-586-8220.
2 BEDROOM detached
garage, low utilities, 214
N. Fulton St., Van Wert,
OH, $450.00 per month,
Contact Eric Rotsinger,
419-238-3213.

840 Classic Cars

845 Commercial
850 Motorcycles/Mopeds
855 Off-Road Vehicles
860 Recreational Vehicles
865 Rental And Leasing
870 Snowmobiles
875 Storage
880 SUVs
885 Trailers
890 Trucks
895 Vans/Minivans
899 Want To Buy

925 LEGAL NOTICES

950 SEASONAL
953 FREE & LOw PRICED

320 House For Rent

4 BEDROOM,
Van Wert, gas heat,
fenced yard, huge
kitchen, good location,
$475.00 monthly plus
deposit, references, NO
pets, 863-969-8498 after
10:00 am
508 S. Shannon St.,
Van Wert: Furnished 3
bedroom home with
basement & garage.
No Smoking & No Pets,
$700/mo.
Call Bob Gamble
419-605-8300.
7124 LINCOLN Hwy,
Convoy
Owner seeking rent to
own and lease option
candidates for this
remodeled, 4 bedroom,
2 bath country ranch
home. Updates
everywhere. $800 per
month.chbsinc.com or
419-586-8220.

SEVERAL MOBILE
Homes/House for rent.
View homes online at
www.ulmshomes.com or
inquire at 419-692-3951

Homes For
325 Mobile
Rent

BELL AVE. Park,

2 bedroom mobile home,
Rent -to-own, $400.00
monthly plus deposit,
419-771-0969.
Rent-To-Own
2 Bedroom
Mobile Home
419-692-3951

425 Houses For Sale

HOUSE FOR SALE in

Landeck, 3-4 bdrms. Call
Susan at 419-235-9697
anytime or Dave at 419233-7314 after 5 pm.

231 N Burt st, Van Wert

USE YOUR
Updated 3 bedroom, 1
TAX RETURNS
car garage, newer roof,
as a down payment
bath and kitchen
towards your new home
remodel, wood floors. here. Rent-to-Own, Land
Owner financing,
Contract and more
seeking lease option and owner financing options
rent to own candidates.
available. Many
$575
per
mo.
remodeled homes
chbsinc.com for pics,
available in Mercer,
video tour and details or Auglaize, Van Wert and
419-586-8220.
Allen counties.
chbsinc.com for pics,
video tours and details
3 BEDROOM house in
or 419-586-8220
Middle Point, $550.00
per month,
577 Miscellaneous
419-910-0357.
LAMP REPAIR, table or
3 BEDROOM, 1 bath, 1 floor. Come to our store.
car garage,very decent H o h e n b r i n k
TV.
419-438-7004
419-695-1229

4 BEDROOM, 2 bath
house, 1 car detached
garage, washer/dryer
hookup, central air/GFA,
no utilities included,
$575.00 plus deposit,
419-238-4200.

583 Pets and Supplies

FREE KITTENS to good

home. Four months old.
One black/grey tiger
stripe and one brown/tan
calico. 419-860-2539.

235 Help Wanted

DELPHOS CITY
MOTOR ROUTES
AVAILABLE
North East
North West
North Central
QUALIFICATIONS/ REQUIREMENTS
Commitment to Customer Service
Furnish own transportation
Must have valid driverss license
Must have valid vehicle insurance

583 Pets and Supplies

FREE: 2 adorable
"inside only" cats, front
paws declawed,
neutered, shots,
accessories included,
need to stay together,
"Best Friends",
419-238-5963,
419-605-8575

805 Auto

FOR SALE AWD 2000

Mountaineer with Snow
Blade, 106,000 miles,
$7,500 419-453-2004
INDIANA AUTO
AUCTION, INC. Huge
Repo Sale Jan. 29th.
Over 100 repossessed
units for sale. Cash only.
$500 deposit per person
required. Register
8am-9:30am to bid. No
public entry after
9:30am. All vehicles sold
AS IS! 4425 W.
Washington Center
Road, Fort Wayne. (A)

890 Trucks

2000 GMC Sonoma 2

WD, extended cab, 4 cyl,
5 speed, needs starter
and brake line, $850.00,
419-393-2733,
Defiance, Ohio

895 Vans/Mini-Vans
2004 CHEVY Astro
AWD cargo van, runs
good, $1100.00,
419-439-5557,
Defiance, Ohio

515 Auctions

FARM LAND AUCTION

Date: Tues. 2/17
Time: 6:00 pm
Location: Convoy Community

Building

643 N. Main St., Convoy,

Ohio 45832
Items: 86 Acres in Union
Twp. Hoytville silty clay.
22 Acres in Tully Twp.
Both tracts have Hoytville
Silty Clay.
Seller(s):Heirs of William
Pancake
Auctioneer(s):

Bee Gee Realty &

Auction Co., LTD.

ESTATE AUCTION

Date:

Thu 2/5

Time: 6:30 pm
300 W. Sycamore St.,
Middle Point
Section 31, Washington
Twp. 88 total acres

Estate of Douglas J. Reed

(Paulding County Probate Case
#20141083), Keith Reed,
Administrator Glenn Troth,
Attorney for the Estate
Auctioneer(s):

Straley Realty &

Auctioneers, Inc.

00110008

DEADLINES/CORRECTIONS:

240 Healthcare

PRN Nurses

RNs & LPNs needed

for various shifts, plus
weekends. Must be
flexible to work on
short notice at times.
Hospice experience a
plus, training provided.
Submit application to:

Van Wert Inpt. Hospice

1155 Westwood Dr.
Van Wert, OH 45891
www.ComHealthPro.org

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Times Bulletin/Delphos Herald

Prayers said for Japanese hostages held by Islamic militants

By MARI yAMAGUCHI
And ELAInE
KURTEnBACH
Associated Press
TOKYO (AP) Prayers
were offered Friday at Tokyos
largest mosque for two Japanese hostages threatened with
beheading by Islamic militants
who had demanded a $200
million ransom for their release.
Militants affiliated with
the Islamic State group posted an online warning that the
countdown has begun for
the extremists to kill 47-yearold Kenji Goto and 42-yearold Haruna Yukawa. The extremists gave Prime Minister
Shinzo Abe 72 hours to pay
the ransom, and the deadline
expired Friday.
The posting, which appeared on a forum popular
among Islamic State militants
and sympathizers, did not
show any images of the hostages, who are believed to be held
somewhere in Syria.
The status of efforts to free
the men was unclear. Government spokesman Yoshihide
Suga was asked about the latest
message and said Japan was
analyzing it.
The situation remains
severe, but we are doing ev-

Japans Government spokesman Chief Cabinet

Secretary Yoshihide Suga ponders during a press
conference at the prime ministers official residence
in Tokyo Friday, Jan. 23, 2015 as militants affiliated
with the Islamic State group have posted an online
warning that the countdown has begun for the
group to kill the pair of Japanese hostages. (AP
Photo/Koji Sasahara)
erything we can to win the
release of the two Japanese
hostages, Suga said. He said
Japan is using every channel
it can find, including local
tribal chiefs, to try to reach
the captors.
He said there has been no
direct contact with the captors.
Abe met with his National
Security Council on the crisis.
Japan has scrambled for a
way to secure the release of

Goto, a journalist, and Yukawa, an adventurer fascinated

by war. Japanese diplomats
had left Syria as the civil war
there escalated, adding to the
difficulty of contacting the
militants holding the hostages.
Yasuhide Nakayama, a
deputy foreign minister sent to
Amman, Jordan, to coordinate
efforts to save the hostages,
told reporters he had no new
information.

We want to work until the

very end, with all our power, to
secure their release, he said.
Worshippers at the mosque
in Tokyo included the hostages
in their prayers.
All Muslims in Japan, we
want the Japanese hostages to
be saved as soon as possible,
said Sandar Basara, a worker
from Turkey.
Gotos mother made a tearful appeal for his rescue.
Time is running out.
Please, Japanese government,
save my sons life, said Junko
Ishido. My son is not an enemy of the Islamic State.
Ishido said she was astonished and angered to learn
from her daughter-in-law that
Goto had left for Syria less
than two weeks after his child
was born in October to try to
rescue Yukawa.
In Japanese fashion, Ishido apologized repeatedly for
all the trouble my son has
caused. She said she had not
had any contact with the government.
Suga said Thursday the
government had confirmed the
identities of the two hostages,
despite discrepancies in shadows and other details in the
ransom video that suggested it
might have been altered.
Japanese officials have not

Junko Ishido, mother of Japanese journalist Kenji

Goto who was taken hostage by the Islamic State
group, speaks during a press conference in Tokyo,
Friday, Jan. 23, 2015. Ishido said she was astonished
and angered to learn from her daughter-in-law that
Goto had left less than two weeks after his child
was born, in October, to go to Syria to try to rescue
the other hostage, 42-year-old Haruna Yukawa. (AP
Photo/Koji Sasahara)
gotiate, but it was unclear if the
government was receptive to
the idea.
Ko Nakata, an expert on Islamic law and former professor
at Kyotos Doshisha University, and freelance journalist
Kousuke Tsuneoka are both
converts to Islam. They said
they have a contact in the Islamic State group and are prepared to go.

directly said whether they are

considering paying any ransom. Japan has joined other
major industrial nations in the
Group of Seven in opposing
ransom payments. U.S. and
British officials said they advised against paying.
Two Japanese who said
they have contacts with a leader in the Islamic State group
offered Thursday to try to ne-

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235 Help Wanted

The Joint Apprenticeship Training committee
of the United Association, Local Union #776,
Plumbers and Pipefitters, in keeping with
Apprenticeship Standards, wishes to advise you
that applications will be accepted (both male
and female) at 1300 Bowman Rd. Lima, Oh;
Monday thru Friday from 8 am till 4:30 pm.
The last day to submit a completed application
with all paperwork and fees is
Friday, Feb. 20,2015
Qualifications necessary for an applicant to
be considered for probationary Pipe Trades
Apprentice are as follows:
1. Must be at least 18 years of age.
2. Copy of Birth Certificate or some other
documents for proof of age.
3. Copy of High School Diploma or High
School Equivalence (GED). Must graduate
by the end of June 2015.
4. Copy of High School Transcripts.
5. Copy of Military Transfer or Discharge form
DD-214, if applicable.
6. One time $30.00 non-refundable
Administrative Fee, Payable to: Plumbers
and Pipefitters JATC.
7.
Take a Mechanical Aptitude and Eye/Hand
Coordination Test.
8. You will be notified of the Aptitude test
date.
Note: Applicants will not be processed for
testing without all copies of the documents
required and the Administrative Fee is paid.

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235 Help Wanted

Part Time Bank Teller

We are seeking a Part Time Teller for our Elida

office. Scheduled hours average 20 per week,
Monday thru Saturday.
To read more and to apply, please check our
website at www.cnbohio.com under
About Us, Careers.

ESTATE AUCTION

592 Wanted to Buy

$74,000 approx
$397.25 per month.

Raines
Jewelry
Cash for Gold

Scrap Gold, Gold Jewelry,

Silver coins, Silverware,
Pocket Watches, Diamonds.

425 Houses For Sale

Delphos Office:
419-692-SOLD

Leipsic Office:
419-943-2220

Columbus Office:
614-529-0101

148 WestWood, ottoville: 3 BR,

2 Bath, Brick Ranch on Finished Bsmt,
Nicely Updated, Great neighborhood. Wont
last!!! Call Tony: 419-233-7911.

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625 Construction

D&D
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OPEN HOUSE

Sun., Jan. 25th 1-3pm

Construction

Roofing Siding Decks

Windows Doors & more!
House Remodel/Room Additions

419.203.5665
419.586.8384

625 Construction

POHLMAN
BUILDERS
ROOM ADDITIONS

GARAGES SIDING ROOFING

BACKHOE & DUMP TRUCK
SERVICE

719 S. WaShington St., van Wert

Outstanding character abounds in this beautiful 4
bedroom 2 bath 3 story w/beautiful kitchen, formal
dining, living room w/gas fireplace & den. Also
includes 24x32 carriage house garage on 66x363
lot. Reduced to $234,900 Jane Germann #445

419 W Ervin
Van Wert, OH
419.238.9733
800.727.2021
everYthing We toUChtUrnS to SoLD

Open Fri-Sun
9am-7pm

425 Houses For Sale

Open Fri-sun
9am-7pm

7124 Lincoln Hwy.,

Convoy, Ohio

423 Sibley,
Van Wert

Updated 3 bedroom,
oversized 1 car garage,
fenced yard. Updates
throughout. Dont let
others tell you no,
contact us about this
affordable home today!
$75,500 Approx.
$405.30 per month
www.chbsinc.com
419-586-8220

DELPHOS

SELF-STORAGE
Security Fence
Pass Code Lighted Lot
Affordable 2 Locations
Why settle for less?

419-692-6336

Garden,
665 Lawn,
Landscaping

everYtHing we touCHturnS to SolD

425 Houses For Sale

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www.StraleyRealty.com

See these listings & more at:

670 Miscellaneous

419 West Ervin Road

Van Wert, OH, 45891
419.238.9733 800.727.2021

House FoR Rent: 3 BR, 1 Bath, Attd Garage, Stg Bldg. Excellent
condition in and out. 805 Elida Ave., Delphos. No smoking, no pets. Call
Tony: 419-233-7911

VAN WERT MEDICAL SERVICES,

VAN WERT, OHIO

Brent Day
567-204-8488

tERMS: $25,000 down upon successful bid with balance due on or before 5 March
2015. Farm is to be sold to the nearest 1/100th acre. Farm to be surveyed. Seller
to furnish Fiduciary deed. 2014 taxes paid by seller. Possession upon closing
oWnER: Estate of Douglas J. Reed (Paulding County Probate Case #20141083),
Keith Reed, Administrator Glenn Troth, Attorney for the Estate
AUctionEERS: William B. Priest, Sales Manager, Richard Miller, Joe Bagley,
William C. Straley, Appr Auctioneer: Jane Germann

337 Walnut, ottoville:

Price
Reduced! 4 BR, 2 Baths Big & Beautiful,
Updated. Bsmt, Sun Room. ASKING $122,000
/ OFFER.

PROMPT & EFFICIENT SERVICE

www.dayspropertymaintenance.com

totAL AcRES: 88
tiLLABLE AcRES: 85
SoiL tYPE: Predominantly Blount Silt Loam & Pewamo Silt Clay
RoAd FRontAgE: Dog Creek Road
dRAinAgE: Borders Creek on East Side - good outlet

tHiS maY be a onCe in a lifetime oPPortunitY!

Ottoville Office:
419-453-2281

240 Healthcare

E-mail: hr@vanwerthospital.org
Visit the Hospitals website and apply
online at:
www.vanwerthospital.org
EOE

Section 31, WaShington toWnShip, Van Wert county

This farm has been in the Reed Family for many years, only selling due to death in
family producing a change in farming operation.

Ph: 419-238-8656 Fax: 419-238-9390

SALE LocAtion: 300 West Sycamore Street, Middle Point, Ohio, located southwest of
ballpark.

Driveways
Parking Lots
Salt Spreading

Call for Sale PaCkage or view online at auCtionziP.Com

CNB is an Equal Opportunity Employer of women,

minorities, protected veterans and
individuals with disabilities.

Full-time and part-time (benefits eligible)

and on-call as needed (not eligible for
benefits) positions are available with
VWMS. Hours are typically 8am-5pm,
Monday through Friday. Some evenings
until 7pm required. Some Saturdays
required. Qualified candidates must
have detailed knowledge of medical
terminology, pharmaceuticals, and
must be able to communicate medical
information to clients. Other skills
such as phone operation, scheduling,
filing and use of office equipment are
necessary. Graduate of a medical
assistant training program or graduate
of a similar training program. Work
experience in patient care, preferably
in a medical group setting is preferred.
Qualified candidates are encouraged
to submit a resume/application to:
Human Resources
Van Wert County Hospital
1250 S. Washington St.
Van Wert, OH 45891

FARM LocAtion: approximately 5 miles east of Van Wert or 5 miles west of Delphos on
St. Rt. 697 to Dog Creek Road, then south mile on East side (or) South of Middle Point
on Dog Creek Road 3 miles.

2330 Shawnee Rd.

Lima
(419) 229-2899

www.chbsinc.com
419-586-8220

Citizens National Bank

Medical Assistants

88 ACRES
WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP
VAN WERT COUNTY
88 ACRES
6:30 PM
FEBRUARY 5TH
6:30PM

l
126 e. Third, Van Wert

680 Snow Removal

515 Auctions

Open Fri-sun
9am-7pm

Charming 3 bedroom,
1 bath, 1 car garage. Old
woodwork throughout,
new windows, newer roof,
updates to the kitchen,
bath, carpet, paint and
more. Well updated and
clean. Will offer owner
financed options.

425 Houses For Sale

Your new country home

awaits! 4 BR, 2 BA, country
ranch home. 2 family rooms,
attached 2 car garage, wood,
carpet, tile and vinyl floors.
New high efficiency furnace,
new central cooling, some
new windows, new water
heater, plumbing and bath
updates, fresh paint, newer
flooring, updated kitchen
and more.

$115,000. approx
$617.34 per month.
www.chbsinc.com
419-586-8220

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Agricultural Needs
All Concrete Work

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Electronic Filing

All Federal
1040 Forms
& All State

610 Automotive

Buying or Hauling

Used, Wrecked or Junk Vehicles.

Scrap Metal of all kinds.
Roll-off container
services available
Certified Scale on Site
(419) 363-CARS (2277)

610 Automotive

Geise

Transmission, Inc.
automatic transmission
standard transmission
differentials
transfer case
brakes & tune up

2 miles north of Ottoville

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US home sales rise

in December

WASHINGTON (AP) More Americans purchased

homes in December, yet total sales slipped in 2014 as first-time
buyers struggled to find houses.
The National Association of Realtors said Friday that sales
of existing homes rose 2.4 percent last month to a seasonally
adjusted annual rate of 5.04 million. But over the course of the
entire year, sales fell 3.1 percent to 4.93 million.
Only 29 percent of sales went to first-time buyers last month,
compared to a historic average of 40 percent. Prospective buyers were priced out of the market due to rising home values and
relatively stagnant incomes. Still, affordability has improved in
recent months as mortgage rates have plunged, leading to the
possibility of stronger sales in 2015.
Sales will increase throughout 2015 as potential buyers
feel more comfortable about the economic outlook and lenders
are willing to make loans, said Stuart Hoffman, chief economist at PNC Financial Services.
Median home prices increased 6 percent over the past 12
months to $209,500.
There were relatively few listings in December, as the supply of homes on the market dropped to 4.4 months from 5.1
months in November, the Realtors said. The supply was the
lowest in two years.
Much of the gains in sales came from the West, with additional growth in the South. Sales slumped in the Northeast and
Midwest.
Home-buying appears poised to improve, however.
There are good supporting factors behind the housing
market, said Jennifer Lee, a senior economist at BMO Capital
Markets.
Strong job growth over the previous year has added nearly
3 million new paychecks to the economy. Mortgage rates have
fallen sharply, and home values are rising at a slower clip, giving prospective buyers some financial leeway.
The Realtors expect sales will rise 8 percent this year to 5.3
million homes. Much of that growth will hinge on first-time
buyers getting out of the rental market.
Jed Kolko, chief economist at Trulia, predicts that much of
the growth will occur in the suburbs.
For starters, the suburbs are more affordable, with prices rising 5.7 percent per square foot last year, compared to
an 8.1 percent surge in urban neighborhoods. Secondly, urban populations have risen in recent years because of what
Kolko calls a demographic jolt from twenty-somethings
renting close to downtown, a pattern that will soon reverse
itself.

In this Jan. 8, 2015 photo, real estate agent Sam

Golkar, left, tours a home being sold by fellow agent
Frank Ruan, right, in Cupertino, Calif. The National
Association of Realtors reports on sales of existing
homes in December on Friday, Jan. 23, 2015. (AP
Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS

Allen County
City of Delphos
Jill M. Baldauf, Jill M.
Swick and Gregory J. Swick to
Edward Saunders, Jr., 628 N.
Pierce St., Delphos, $86,500.
Spencerville
Marilyn K. Zimpher, Sheriff Samuel A. Crish and Robert Clyde Zimpher, et al. to
ONeill Construction Service,
Inc., 222 S. College St., Spencerville, $31,000.
Putnam County
Alexander J. Miller, Courtney Miller and Courtney Pitney, 2.0 acres, Monroe Township, to Cole Alan Fitzwater.
Scott E. Schroeder and
Laura A. Schroeder, 39.862
acres, Liberty Township, to
Thomas Gerdeman and Penny
L. Gerdeman.
Gerald R. Haselman and
Rose Ann Haselman, 35.152
acres, Liberty Township and
6.913 acres, West Leipsic, to
Rose A. Haselman.
Gerald R. Haselman and
Rose Ann Haselman, 1.062
acres, 1.438 acres, 33.923
acres and 8.056 acres, Liberty
Township and .085 acre, West
Leipsic, to Gerald R. Haselman.
TCB LLC, Lots 286 and
347, Glandorf, to James N.
Dulle and Lynne Dulle.
William F. Laubenthal and
Barbara T. Laubenthal, 5.826
acres, Ottawa Township, to
Keith J. Duling.
Robert A. Schroeder and
Mary L. Schroeder, 10.454
acres and 20.908 acres, Liberty Township and 5.010 acres
and 75.18 acres, Van Buren
Township, to Robert A. Schroeder.
Robert A. Schroeder LE
and Mary L. Schroeder,
10.454 acres and 20.908 acres,
Liberty Township and 5.010
acres and 75.18 acres, Van
Buren Township, to Mary L.
Schroeder.
Mary L. Schroeder LE and
Robert A. Schroeder, 10.454
acres and 20.908 acres, Liberty Township and 5.010 acres
and 75.18 acres Van Buren

Township, to Best Two Enterprises LLC.

Therese D. Niese, 38.366
acres, Palmer Township, to
Martin R. Niese and Amy L.
Niese.
Carrie L. Vorst, Lot 21, Ottawa, to Carrie L. Vorst and
Damian Vorst.
Joan C. Strausbaugh TR,
Nancy C. Oberdick TR and
Edward H. Christman TR,
Lots 1065 and 1071, Leipsic,
to Putnam County Habitat For
Humanity Inc.
Linda Parker TR, Wayne
J. Christman, Jr., TR and Virginia L. Christman TR, Lots
1065 and 1071, Leipsic, to
Putnam County Habitat For
Humanity Inc.
Ruth E. Christman, Lots
1065 and 1071, Leipsic, to
Putnam County Habitat For
Humanity Inc.
Dan A. Rosebrock, Lots
1065 and 1071, Leipsic, to
Putnam County Habitat For
Humanity Inc.
Thomas Smith and Joyce
Smith, 11.574 acres, Ottawa
Township, 26.66 acres and
40.4 acres, Pleasant Township,
Lots 125, 143, 146 and 151,
Glandorf and Lot 39, Ottawa,
to Thomas Smith and Joyce
Smith.
Amstutz Investments LLC,
Lot 456, Pandora, to Pandora
Investments LLC.
Daniel J. Amstutz and
Martha J. Amstutz, Lots 12,
21 and .394 acre, Pandora, to
Evergreen Property Investments LLC.
Amstutz Investments LLC,
Lot 406, Pandora, to Evergreen Property Investments
LLC.
Marvin C. Bendele TR, GB
Trust, 37.670 acres, Blanchard
Township, to Ricky E. Erhart
and Susan A. Erhart.
Jennifer N. Quartana fka
Jennifer Looser and Anthony
C. Quartana, Lot 6, Ottoville,
to Kara N. Thomas and Matthew R. Kelly.
Edwin B. Alt TR and Kathleen T. Schulte TR, 76.833
acres, Ottawa Township, to Ed
Alt Farm LLC.

Average rate
on 30-year
mortgage falls

Stella Louise Leiter to

Edwin B. Alt TR and Kath- portion of inlot 293, Ohio City.
Anthony J. Adams, Nicole Chelsea Arnold, Chelsea L.
leen T. Schulte TR, parcels,
Ottawa Township, to Ed Alt C. Adams to Deborah J. Car- Arnold, inlot 1107, Van Wert.
WASHINGTON
(AP)
ter, inlot 3590, Van Wert.
Tina Marie Rhoades, Tina
Farm LLC.
M & L Rental Enterpris- Marie Wisener to Brian E. Average long-term U.S.
es LLC to Karen Davis, inlot Wisener, portion of section 17, mortgage rates fell for the
Van Wert County
fourth straight week, with the
Washington Township.
Estate of Arthur J. Wil- 777, Van Wert.
Nancy K. Finkhousen,
Marilee F. Yoh to Beth benchmark 30-year rate again
liams, estate of Alice L. Williams to Aaron Schuerman, Nancy K. Trimble, Jim Fink- Ann Yoh, Brenda L. Shoop, marking its lowest level since
Michelle DeMitro, lot 73-2, housen to Creative Home lot 260, Van Wert subdivision. May 2013. The average for a
Buying Solutions Inc., inlot
Dana Stuart Gehres, Kim- 15-year mortgage, a popular
Delphos subdivision.
berly Morris Gehres, Steph- choice for people who are refiEstate of Alice Hannah 1339, Van Wert.
Linda Buchheit, Shaun anie Morris Callaro, Paul nancing, slipped further below
Clem to Nathan Clem, lot 721, Van Wert subdivision, inlot F. OMalley, John Thomas Anthony Callaro, Timothy 3 percent.
Mortgage company FredMohr, Marcinda J. Mohr, Su- Wayne Morris, Lois Jane
4231, Van Wert.
June A. Taylor to Calib D. san McCracken, James J. Mc- Morris, David Benjamin Mor- die Mac said Thursday the naCunningham, portion of inlots Cracken, L. Jeanne Crafton, ris, Jamie Lynn Morris, Paul tionwide average for a 30-year
Timothy L. Crafton, Chris- Gregory Morris to Corinne W. mortgage declined to 3.63
2562, 2563, Van Wert.
Valerie Burk, Valerie Smit- tine Welker, James E. Mohr, Mowry, inlot 4054, Van Wert. percent this week from 3.66
Delmer Adams, Delmer G. percent this week last week.
ley to Jacob H. Smitley, por- Rhonda E. Mohr to Dores M.
Adams, Joan Adams, Helen The rate for the 15-year loan
tion of lot 242-1, Van Wert Hart, inlot 3156, Van Wert.
Estate of Helen Bonie- Joan Adams to Adams Irrevo- slipped to 2.93 percent from
subdivision.
Gordon Kent McMillen to ta Oakley, estate of Helen cable Trust, outlots 25, 26, 27, 2.98 percent last week.
A year ago, the average 30Gordon Kent McMillen Re- B. Oakley, estate of Bonieta 28, 30-1, 31, 32, 50, 28-1, 29,
vocable Living Trust, portion Oakley to Donald Adam, Bri- 30, Scott, portion of section year mortgage stood at 4.39
percent and the 15-year mortof section 35, York Township, an Adam, portion of section 13, Union Township.
gage at 3.44 percent.
inlots 383, 1376, Van Wert, 18, Jackson Township.
outlot 103, Van Wert, portion
of section 16, Willshire Township.
Holly Buhariwalla, Holly
Jacomet to Seth A. Walpole,
lot 243, Delphos.
Estate of Jeffrey S. Evans
to Jennifer L. Byrne, Jeffrey
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Call the Times Bulletin Media Office to set up a recurEstate of Kenneth A. Panring payment using your credit: 419.238.2285 x204
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Patricia A. Keister, Leslie D.
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Shartzer Properties LLC to
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Van Wert.
Estate of Sharon Arlene
Schisler, estate of Sharon A.
Schisler to B & R Peels LLC,

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Thai ex-premier says democracy

is dead after impeachment
By tHanyarat doKsone
Associated Press
BANGKOK (AP) Thailands
former Prime Minister Yingluck
Shinawatra said Friday that democracy in her country was dead, after
the military-appointed legislature
voted to ban her from politics for
five years and the prosecutor announced plans to indict her on criminal charges in connection with a
money-losing rice subsidy program.
The twin actions by the legislature and the attorney general
against Yingluck are widely seen as
an attempt by the military junta to
cripple the political machine founded by Yinglucks brother, Thaksin
Shinawatra, another ousted prime
minister, and prevent them from returning to power.
The legislature voted 190-18 to
impeach Yingluck for her role in
overseeing a government rice subsidy
program that lost billions of dollars.

The vote results in her being banned

from political office for five years.
Separately, the attorney generals office said it would indict her
on criminal charges for negligence
related to losses and alleged corruption in the rice program. If convicted, Yingluck could face 10 years in
jail.
She was forced by a court ruling
last May to step down from her job
for illegally transferring a civil servant, and just days later the army
staged a coup against her government.
On her Facebook page, Yingluck
said she still wants to see reconciliation and democracy in Thailand
strengthened, even though today
Thai democracy has died, along
with the rule of law. She cancelled a
scheduled news conference after her
lawyers said the military authorities
advised she risked violating martial
law.
The actions against Yingluck

come ahead of a visit Monday by

the top U.S. envoy for East Asia,
Daniel Russel, the highest-level U.S.
diplomat to visit since the coup that
prompted Washington to impose restrictions on aid to its ally.
State Department spokeswoman
Jen Psaki on Friday did not directly criticize the actions against Yingluck, saying it was up to Thais to
determine the legitimacy of their
political and judicial processes. But
she told reporters impartial administration of justice and rule of law is
essential for equitable governance
and a just society. She said Russel
would voice U.S. concern for the
situation in Thailand with the government.
In her appearance before Parliament on Thursday, Yingluck denied
she was responsible for any corruption and questioned the fairness of an
investigation by the state anti-corruption commission, which had recommended charges against her.

days

Times Bulletin/Delphos Herald

relay
(From page 1)
Delphos started Relaying in 2002
and the events have raised more
than $1 million toward research to
find a cure. In 2014, 23 teams raised

money and 21 pounded the pavement during the Relay. K&M Tire
led with the highest team total of
$21,9312. K&M does a corporate
match.

unemployment
(From page 1)

In December, gains were shown in manufacturing (1,500), construction

(1,400), leisure and hospitality (7,100), professional and business services
(3,800), and educational and health services (2,500). Job losses came in
trade, transportation, and utilities (-6,200), other services (-1,900), financial
activities (-1,200), and information (-700).
Over the past 12 months, nonagricultural wage and salary employment
increased 61,500. Leading the way were gains in manufacturing (16,400)
professional and business services (19,100), leisure and hospitality (16,800),
educational and health services (10,900), other services (2,800), and trade,
transportation, and utilities (600). Job losses in 2014 were seen in information (-2,300) and financial activities (-1,600).
December reports on county unemployment in Ohio are due to be released by the ODJFS on Tuesday. Most county rates have been decreasing
steadily through 2014. In Van Wert County, the county rate has fallen from
6.5 percent in January 2014 to 3.8 percent in November. Allen County has
seen the unemployment rate fall from 7.6 percent in January 2014 to 4.4 percent in November 2014. The Putnam County rate has fallen from 6.6 percent
in January to 3.5 percent in both October and November, while Paulding
County is down from 6.8 percent in January to 3.8 percent in November.
Mercer County has had the lowest county unemployment rate all year with a
January rate at 4.4 percent falling to a November rate of 2.7 percent.

ag Committee

(From page 8)
Allegations continued to swirl around
Paulding County as Paulding Schools Superintendent Clifford C. Cox accused the Paulding Board of Education of conspiring to keep
information from the media and the public,
including hiring and payment decisions. Cox
specifically mentioned the setting of the salary of the clerk-treasurer, with a raise, after
sending the press a release stating the employee would not be receiving an increase
in pay. When the board was discussing the
clerk-treasurers salary, all media, including
the Times-Bulletin, were ordered to leave the
meeting.
75 Years Ago
This week in 1940, the U.S. House Appropriations Committee cut $11 million from
President Roosevelts proposed budget for the

treasury and the post office. The leadership

said further cuts may be on the way. The cost
cutting was a sign of the serious intentions of
Congress to reduce the spending as the national debt approached a total of $45 billion.
A very interesting program was the feature
of the weekly meeting of the Delphos Kiwanis
Club at the Beckman Hotel. Harry S. Keelan,
of the Research Department of Philip Morris
& Co., was a speaker of the evening. He gave
much interesting information concerning the
manufacture and use of cigarettes.
A soybean show and conference was slated
to be held in Van Wert and agriculture industry experts were expected in town from all
over for the event. The show was the first of its
kind to be held in the Midwest and would take
place at the armory. Topics would range from
new uses of soybean products to new harvesting methods to new varieties.

astronauts
(From page 8)
NASA officials said the
astronauts bodies were being
left in the spacecraft in hope
they would provide some clue
as to what had touched off the
disastrous fire.
Grissom, 40, was known
as the hardluck astronaut. He
was one of the famed Mercury astronauts chosen to pioneer Americas space efforts
in 1959.
Grissom flew the second

U.S. Manned space flight on

July 21, 1961. He barely averted drowning when he had to
swim for his life, as the Mercury spaceship, Liberty Bell
7, sank.
His first flight lasted 15
minutes. On March 23, 1965,
Grissom teamed with Navy
Cmdr. John W. Young to fly
this countrys first three-orbit
mission in Gemini 3.
During the Gemini 3
flight, Grissom became the

Curator

(From page 8)
Ill let you do the investigating to find this
service on the web but those of you who attended the first Annual Gala Dinner may remember that we had an exhibit on Postal Art.
Judy Grone was in charge of that project and
if you get a chance, ask her about some of the
submissions we didnt show Whew! They
put a whole new dimension on Oddity and Art.
Nice of you to ask about this years Gala
that will be celebrated on Feb. 8. This is going
to be quite an event. First, our theme is Mardi
Gras which includes a feast fit for a king or
maybe even his court jester (make sure you
find the jester when you come in). The music
will be the melodic jazz tones of Chuck Summers and his amazing trio. To celebrate our
20th anniversary (thats right, 1995 to 2015),

first man to maneuver a

spacecraft in space. A short,
crewcut, father of two, Grissom then was to have the honor of being the commander of
the first flight in another new
program one that would
take man to the moon aboard
an Apollo spacecraft by 1970.
The backup astronauts
for the scheduled 14-day
flight-postponed indefinitely
now become the prime pilots for Apollo I.

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(From page 1)
The announcement noted
the committee will hear from
experts and local farmers
regarding the issue of water
quality and how to address
the negative effects of harmful algae blooms in Lake Erie
and other bodies of water.
It is extremely important
that we hold the first committee hearing of the 131st General Assembly in Northwest
Ohio, Rep. Hill said. While
the entire state faces water

apollo 1

quality issues, this region has

been especially affected. The
goal of this hearing is to reinforce the legislatures commitment to finding sustainable solutions for protecting
the water of all Ohioans.
As a major food supplier
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United States, Cooper Farms
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The companys operations
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(From page 1)
Less than a minute later, the sounds of the
astronauts wiggling around in their seats were
quickly followed by one of them shouting,
Hey! Chaffee then began yelling that there
was a fire in the cockpit, a bad fire. Were
on fire! Get us out of here! Seventeen seconds after the initial warning of the flames,
the cabin ruptured with the increased pressure
and near explosion with the lighting of the
pure oxygen atmosphere.
Unlike what would later happen with
Apollo 13 when NASA was able to pinpoint
the exact reason the flight failed, the disaster
aboard Apollo 1 has never been conclusively
explained. One review board found stripped,
substandard wiring installed by North Amer-

WindoW

(From page 8)

Can Seize Vehicles

used for
Liquor Transport
A regular meeting of the
Delphos city council was held
Tuesday night.
An ordinance authorizing the seizure of vehicles
transporting illegal liquor
was placed on three readings
and passed. Under this ordinance, such a vehicle may be
sold and the money received,
placed in the city treasury.
Delphos Herald,
Jan. 22, 1929
Ancient munition
Store Found
Saint Brieuc Farmers
in this vicinity, while doing
their winter plowing, uncovered a munitions store that is
believed to date back to the
bronze age. They unearthed
52 bronze implements of
hatchet-like form. They re-

and West Central Ohio.

It has been made clear
that water quality will be a
high priority during this General Assembly and our work
needs to start right away,
Rep. Burkley said. I am
pleased to welcome my colleagues to the 82nd district
and look forward to rolling
up our sleeves and getting to
work.
The meeting will be open
to the public at 6793 U.S.
Route 127, Van Wert.

ican Aviation which could have sparked. Another panel discovered that Velcro in a 100%
oxygen environment was explosive and almost
35 square feet of the material was spread
throughout the cabin. A year later a team of
scientists from MIT performed an experiment
inside the Apollo 8 capsule that proved the nylon flight suits the astronauts wore produced
more than enough static discharge to ignite
a fire in the artificial air. All of these issues
were resolved, as well as over 1,400 wiring
and connection problems throughout the design, before the Apollo program, and Americas race to the moon, was allowed to continue.
Here now is a reprint of the January 28,
1967, Van Wert Times-Bulletin detailing the
Apollo 1 disaster a day earlier.

fused to allow archaeologists

to dig until after the wheat
harvest next summer.
Delphos Herald,
Jan. 31, 1929

One of Fastest
Exhibitions Seen Here
Delphos cage fans were
given an opportunity to see
another speedy basketball
outfit Friday night when, Olsons Terrible Swedes played
against the Delphos City
team at St. Johns auditorium.
The Swedes lived up to
their advance notices. They
have an exceptionally speedy
team and fans were much interested in their speedy passing, especially their backhand passing, and in general
in the manner in which they
handled the ball.
The Delphos team was
not expected to win as they
realized they were going up
against professional players.
They were in the game all the

way.
VanDemark,
Delphos
center, had his hands full.
He found it impossible to
guard Campell, center for the
Swedes, who stands six feet
nine inches tall and was high
scorer for the game with 17
points.
The Swedes displayed almost perfect teamwork, all
being stars.
The Delphos team led
8-6 at the quarter. The visitors, however, began to forge
ahead in the second period,
ending the half 23-16, the
Swedes leading.
They continued their
march in the third quarter at
28 to 21, and added 16 points
in the fourth. Final score, 54
to 33.
Weigle was high scorer for
Delphos with 10 points to his
credit, all from field goals.
Delphos Herald,
Feb. 16, 1929