BY MIKE FORD

mford@delphosherald.com
DELPHOS Officials at
the Van Wert County Council
on Aging have two levies on
the ballot next month and
have indicated the agency
will close if voters defeat the
measures. One of the lev-
ies is a five-year, .2-mill
issue that is split 84/16 with
Delphos Senior Citizens, Inc.
Executive Director Joyce
Hale says the local center
will not close if the money is
lost but it will hurt people in
Delphos.
I wish people would real-
ize what an asset this is. We
use that money for transpor-
tation last year we got
roughly $15,000. This year,
we transported 91 different
clients in 3,311 trips from
January to September. Its
hard to tell how much of
that was just for Van Wert
County; we can only spend
each countys levy dollars on
residents of that county and
we do but if this levy fails,
we may have to start denying
transportation. I dont know
yet, she said.
If it fails, Allen County
levy funding cannot be spread
across the centers transpor-
tation program. Therefore,
the other option is to cut
other services because of the
restriction.
We may have to cut ser-
vices we pay for ourselves to
put that money into transpor-
tation for Van Wert County
residents if the levy fails. We
had to cut our chore program;
we used to mow 30 lawns
and reduced that to 15 and I
dont know if well be able to
go out and shovel sidewalks
when the snow starts com-
ing, she said.
Like other local organiza-
tions, such as the library, the
senior center has been fis-
cally responsible and is not
as threatened as the Van Wert
center.
They would have to drag
me out of here kicking and
screaming were not going
to close. We have a very con-
servative board and weve
never been foolish in any-
thing we do, Hale said. We
just recently got a new vehicle
in our transportation program
and we waited almost two
years to get it. We needed it
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Relay team sets
quarter auction
The Flower Fort Relay
for Life team will hold a
Quarter Auction at 2 p.m.
Sunday at the Delphos Eagles
Lodge on East Fifth Street.
Multiple vendors will
offer their wares for as
little as a quarter bid.
Paddles are $3. Food and
drinks will be available.
For information call
Kathy Will at 419-303-
9293; Kendra Wieging
at 419-234-4485; or Jeff
Will at 419-286-2844.
Veterans council
to meet Thursday
The Delphos Veterans
Council will hold its fall
meeting at 7 p.m. on
Thursday at the VFW hall
on Fourth and Canal streets.
The group will dis-
cuss Veterans Day activi-
ties, elect officers and for
any other business that
may be brought up.
All veterans are wel-
come to attend.
Great Pumpkin Run Walk
set
The 2nd Annual Great
Pumpkin 5K Run and 1-mile
Walk will be held on Satur-
day in Woodlawn Cemetery
on Spencerville Road.
The Historic Walk
through the cemetery
begins at 4 p.m. and the
5K Run starts at 6 p.m.
The event is sponsored
by Senior Citizens Services
and Woodlawn Cemetery.
Both events are
open to the public.
Registration the day of
the event is $15 with no
shirt. The 1-mile walk is
free and is not a time event.
Registration forms are
available online at www.
seniorcitizens.ws or by
calling Senior Citizens
Services at 419-991-8811.
Sunny
Thursday.
High in
upper 70s.
See page 2.
Supplement to The Delphos Herald
October 2011
Health, Medical
&Fitness
Health & wellness
TIPS
Things to ask
at your annual
physical
Keep healthy
this cold and flu season
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Health, Medical
and Fitness tab in
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JV game start times
reminder
Saturdays junior var-
sity football game between
Columbus Grove and
Jefferson at Stadium Park
will begin at 1 p.m.
Preceding that, the St.
Johns and Coldwater JV
matchup begins at 10 a.m.
Delphos pool in hot water
BY NANCY SPENCER
nspencer@delphosherald.com
DELPHOS The
east wall of the Delphos
Municipal Swimming pool is
deteriorating.
Parks Superintendent
Craig Mansfield said his crew
has been sticking a band aid
on the problem for at least
five years and now there is
little to stick a band aid to.
The concrete wall around
the pool is crumbling,
Mansfield said. There is no
longer concrete there, its
stones.
Mansfield said he wont
know how bad the problem
really is until workers remove
the liner.
During past repairs, we
have pulled the liner back in
places and repaired the wall
and then found we had to go
another 10 or 20 feet. You
just dont know until you get
there, he said.
Repair estimates for
the east half of the wall
are $35,000-40,000, a cost
Safety Service Director Greg
Berquist said isnt really in
the budget.
We have a pie and have
to cut the pieces for each
department. No matter how
many slices you make, the pie
is still the same size, Berquist
said. We are in the business
of public safety. That is our
main concern. We do need to
provide recreation but if its
a choice between having an
ambulance or police cruiser
show up when needed, I think
the public expects us to make
a certain choice.
Mansfield and Berquist
acknowledged the benefits
of the pool to the community
and beyond. More than
16,000 visited the pool this
summer, more than twice the
population of Delphos.
We also employ 38
young people each summer,
Mansfield added.
Berquist believes there
is grant money available for
such a project.
There is money out there
we just havent been able to
pry the lid off the can yet, he
added.
Mansfield said he and
his crew can pull up the
lining and hold it in place
with cement blocks and
barricade the area off to
swimmers but the pool is
leaking what he estimates
to be approximately 15,000
gallons of water per day.
Normally you lose about
5,000 gallons per day with
people getting in and out and
carrying the water on their
bodies and splashing, etc.,
he said.
The pool was built in 1940
by the Ohio Public Works
initiative using local labor.
Nancy Spencer photo
The east wall of the Delphos Municipal Swimming Pool is deteriorating and needs
repaired.
Berquist to seek grant
for water line loop
BY NANCY SPENCER
nspencer@delphosherald.com
DELPHOS Residents
on South Cass Street are less
than impressed with the new
water. Mary Winhover of 302
S. Cass St. attended Mondays
council meeting armed with
jars of yellowish-brown water
and an ongoing complaint.
I live by a dead-end water
line. Ever since the reser-
voir came online, my water
is terrible, Winhover said.
The softness of the water
has rinsed all the junk out
of the lines and its now in
my water. My neighbors cant
wash their clothes without
using something to take the
yellow out. I have to use a
filter and change it every few
months.
City administrators have
been aware of the problem
but like most municipalities,
money is the key.
We are working with an
engineer to find the most cost-
effective solution. We are also
looking into a grant to put a
water-line loop in and tie Cass
Street into Bredieck Street,
Safety Service Director Greg
Berquist said. We hope to
have a solution and start work-
ing on it in the spring.
The city will contin-
ue to flush the lines near
Winhovers home.
Dennis Spring of East
Eighth Street, along with
his family, were armed with
Save the Ducks signs at
Mondays meeting. Spring
was concerned with news of
options the city has to trim
the duck population.
We will be the first to
tell you we have too many
ducks, Spring said. Perhaps
we could disrupt their nests in
the spring or take some to the
reservoir instead of terminat-
ing them.
Berquist said he had
received several calls from
people offering to take some
of the ducks for relocation to
ponds on their properties.
We havent made any
decision and the comment
about the food pantry was
made off-handedly. We do
need to address how many
ducks there are, Berquist
said. These are third-gener-
ation ducks, so they have no
idea they are supposed to fly
south for the winter.
Councilman Mark Clement
expressed his concern about
the collapsed pool wall at
the Delphos Municipal
Swimming Pool. The wall
collapsed during the pool sea-
son and was shored up with
cement blocks and the area
was cordoned off so swim-
mers couldnt get near it.
Berquist said he was
aware of the problem and
Superintendent Craig
Mansfield was going to seek
grants for repairs.
Councilman Jim Knebel
relayed citizen concerns
about the condition of the
football field and games that
had been canceled in the last
several weeks.
Berquist said Mansfield is
responsible for the field and it
is his call whether games are
held or not.
Berquist also alerted coun-
cil to a state initiative to
raise more funds by collect-
ing local community income
taxes, charging the villages
and municipalities for the ser-
vice and then returning the
money back in increments.
Several councilman
expressed concern over the
proposal and council will
address the issue with a res-
olution during future meet-
ings.
Senior center relying on levy
Could you be a match?
On Saturday, friends of the Ryan Karhoff and Jan Wiechart
families will host a donor registry drive to raise awareness
about the need for marrow donors and to find possible match-
ing donors for Ryan and Jan and many others like them.
Delphos area residents can take the first step to save a life
by joining the Be The Match Registry between 10 a.m. and 2
p.m. on Saturday at St. Johns Ministry Center, 201 S. Pierce
St., using a simple cheek swab.
Donors with diverse racial or ethnic backgrounds are espe-
cially needed as patients in need of a transplant are most likely
to match someone who shares their same race or ethnicity.
The total cost to add each new member to the Be The Match
Registry is about $100. Be The Match relies on financial
contributions to help cover these costs. Contributions to Be
The Match Foundation help add more members to the registry,
giving more patients hope for a cure. Those joining the registry
are asked to give what they can.
Mike Ford photo
The Delphos Senior Citizen Center may have to cut in-
house programs to supplement transportation if the Van
Wert County Council on Aging levy fails in November.
Benefit Saturday to support Delphos native
On May 16, Kaley Marie
Sinsel, daughter of former
Delphos residents John and
Mary (Wagner) Sinsel, went
to the doctor for some unex-
plained bruising.
On May 17, her whole
world had changed. The
19-year-old college stu-
dent had been diagnosed
with Acute Promyelocytic
Leukemia, was admitted to
the hospital and began che-
motherapy.
The physicians were
ecstatic to tell me about the
promising statistic of my
cancer, Sinsel said. What
could be better than hearing
a doctor tell you that if there
is any type of leukemia you
would want to have, APL is
the one. I thought I would
be out of there in no time.
What I thought was going
to be a summer vacation full
of camping and fishing and
spending time with family in
Ohio, I spent fighting for my
life in the hospital.
Sinsel has spent most of
the time since her diagnosis
at West Virginia University
Hospital taking treatments
and recovering from them; a
far cry from the summer she
was expecting.
In May, my worries in life
ranged from small things like
what to wear in the morning to
school assignment deadlines,
Sinsel said. Now, I am fight-
ing all kinds of complications
due to the harsh side effects
of the chemotherapy. Now my
worries range from nausea and
vomiting to recurrent internal
bleeding quite a change
from deciding what to wear.
Sinsel has learned to take
things in stride and count on
family and friends for support.
I have my good days and
bad but we never give up hope.
God gives me strength and
comfort and, I believe, heal-
ing, Sinsel said. When times
get tough, we get tougher. My
physical recovery is sometimes
harsh and painful but I believe
the hardest part of the disease
is the mental anguish hav-
ing to wake up every morn-
ing not knowing if Im still in
remission; staying up late at
night thinking of whether or
not the remission will last.
Sinsel said in some ways
she feels fortunate to have
had cancer.
How can I say such a
thing? Because it is cancer
that has shown me what I
want to be in the future. It
is cancer that gave me the
chance to fight and have cour-
age like I never have before.
It is cancer that has shown me
what really matters in life. It is
cancer that proved to me how
amazing my support system
really is, she said. Finally,
cancer taught me that it takes
strength to survive but it takes
courage to live.
A benefit to help cover
Sinsels medical costs will be
held Saturday at the Delphos
Eagles Lodge. A poker run
begins at 1 p.m. with the last
bike in at 5 p.m. Registration
begins at 11 a.m.
Chicken dinners were pre-
sale only but 50 extra dinners
have been ordered and can
be purchased on a first-come,
first-serve basis from 5-8
p.m. for $7.
T-shirts to support the
cause will be available or
can be ordered at Delphos
Sporting Goods.
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TRASH TALK
Allen County Refuse pro-
vides garbage and recycle col-
lection in Delphos.
The Allen County portion of
Delphos is collected on Thurs-
days, with residents placing
garbage containers on the curb
Wednesday evening and recycle
every other Wednesday.
The Van Wert County por-
tion of Delphos is collected on
Friday, with residents placing
garbage containers at the curb
on Thursday evening and recy-
cle every other Thursday.
If a holiday falls during the
week, collection is pushed back
a day. For example, the week of
Memorial Day, collection in Al-
len County will be Friday and
in Van Wert County it will be
Saturday.
Big item collection is held
from 8 a.m.-noon the first Sat-
urday of each month in the
parking lot across from the city
building. Participants need to
show proof of residency like a
city utility bill.
See the full schedule at
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March 9, 1960-Oct. 4, 2011
Wesley E. Wes Smart,
51, of Spencerville, died at
1:55 a.m. Tuesday at the Lima
Memorial Health System fol-
lowing a year-long battle with
cancer.
He was born March 9,
1960, in Lima to Donald and
Carla Sue (Merricle) Smart.
His mother, Carla Sue Jewett,
survives in Spencerville.
On Aug. 19, 1983, he mar-
ried Kimberly Elling, who
also survives in Spencerville.
Funeral services will
begin at 10:30 a.m. Friday
at Thomas E. Bayliff Funeral
Home, Spencerville, Pastor
Sam Wireman officiating.
Burial will be in Spencerville
Cemetery.
Friends may call from 2-8
p.m. Thursday at the funeral
home.
Preferred memorials are
to a benefit planned for Wes
on Oct. 22 at the Northwest
Stream and Field Association
Building on Kolter Road,
southeast of Spencerville to
cover his expenses from the
past year.
Wesley E. Smart
By MANUEL VALDES
and PHUONG LE
Associated Press
SEATTLE The emo-
tional strain built steadily for
years as Amanda Knox sat
locked away thousands of
miles from her loved ones,
all the while maintaining her
innocence, wondering whether
anyone who mattered would
ever believe her.
Knoxs father, Curt, sug-
gested that at least some of that
pressure was released when
she gained her freedom. She
pretty much squished the air
out of us when she hugged us,
he said.
Curt Knox, for the time,
is no longer a legal advocate,
hes only a father. And, as
Amanda Knox returned to
her hometown of Seattle on
Tuesday after being acquitted
on murder charges after four
years in prison, he shifted his
concern to her future.
The focus simply is
Amandas well-being and get-
ting her re-associated with just
being a regular person again,
he said in front of his home in
West Seattle.
He said Amanda would
like to return to the University
of Washington at some point
to finish her degree, but for
now, hes apprehensive about
what four years in prison may
have done to his daughter,
though there are no immediate
plans for her to get counsel-
ing. Whats the trauma ... and
when will it show up, if it even
shows up? he said. Shes a
very strong girl, but its been a
tough time for her.
The 24-year-olds life turned
around dramatically Monday
when an Italian appeals court
threw out her conviction in
the sexual assault and fatal
stabbing of her British room-
mate. On Tuesday, photos of
Amanda Knox crying in the
courtroom after the verdict
was read appeared on the front
pages of newspapers in Italy,
the U.S., Britain and around
the world.
She was again overcome
with emotion as she returned
to Seattle for the first time.
Thank you for being there for
me, Knox tearfully told her
supporters in front of a crowd
of international reporters.
Im really overwhelmed
right now, she said at a news
conference minutes after she
was escorted off a British
Airways flight out of London.
I was looking down from the
airplane, and it seemed like
everything wasnt real.
Knox sobbed at the news
conference and held her
mothers hand as her law-
yer Theodore Simon said
her acquittal unmistakably
announced to the world that
she was not responsible for the
killing of Meredith Kercher.
After her parents offered
their thanks to Knoxs law-
yers and supporters, Knox
spoke briefly, saying, Theyre
reminding me to speak in
English, because Im having
problems with that.
Thank you to everyone
whos believed in me, whos
defended me, whos supported
my family, she said.
My familys the most
important thing to me so I just
want to go and be with them,
so, thank you for being there
for me, she said before she
and her family left.
Knoxs acquittal, fueled by
doubts over DNA evidence,
stunned the victims family
and angered the prosecution,
which insists that she was
among three people who killed
Kercher, 21. But for Knoxs
grandmother Elisabeth Huff,
it was like the weight of the
world had gone.
We all are as happy as can
be. I cant tell you how long
weve been looking forward
to this day, Huff told The
Associated Press outside her
home in West Seattle, a tight-
knit community a few miles
across Elliott Bay from down-
town.
Knox was studying abroad
in Perugia when Kercher was
killed in 2007.
In a letter released hours before
she left Italy, Knox thanked those
Italians who supported her.
Those who wrote, those who
defended me, those who were
close, those who prayed for me,
Knox wrote, I love you.
Prosecutor Giuliano
Mignini expressed disbelief at
the innocent verdicts of Knox
and her former boyfriend,
Raffaele Sollecito. Mignini
maintains that Knox, Sollecito
and another man killed Kercher
during a lurid, drug-fueled sex
game.
Mignini said he will appeal
to Italys highest criminal
court after receiving the rea-
soning behind the acquittals,
due within 90 days.
Lets wait and we will see
who was right. The first court
or the appeal court, Mignini
told The Associated Press on
Tuesday. This trial was done
under unacceptable media
pressure.
One conviction in the slay-
ing still stands: that of Ivory
Coast native Rudy Hermann
Guede, whose sentence was cut
to 16 years in his final appeal.
His lawyer said Tuesday he
will seek a retrial.
The highest court already
has upheld Guedes conviction.
It said Guede had not acted
alone but did not name Knox
and Sollecito, saying it was not
up to the court to determine
who his accomplices were.
Kerchers family said dur-
ing an emotional news confer-
ence Tuesday that they were
back to square one.
Mondays decision obvi-
ously raises further questions,
her brother Lyle Kercher said.
If those two are not the
guilty parties, then who are the
guilty people? he said.
Knox was sentenced to 26
years in prison and Sollecito
received 25, but the prosecu-
tions case was blown apart by
a DNA review ordered during
the appeals trial that discred-
ited crucial genetic evidence.
Prosecutors maintain that
Knoxs DNA was found on
the handle of a kitchen knife
believed to be the murder
weapon, and that Kerchers
DNA was found on the blade.
They said Sollecitos DNA
was on the clasp of Kerchers
bra as part of a mix of evidence
that also included the victims
genetic profile.
But an independent review
ordered at the request of the
defense found that police
conducting the investigation
had made glaring errors. The
two experts said below-stan-
dard testing and possible con-
tamination raised doubts over
the attribution of DNA traces,
both on the blade and on the
bra clasp, which was collected
from the crime scene 46 days
after the murder.
The highest court will
determine whether any proce-
dures were violated. The hear-
ing generally takes one day in
Rome, and defendants are not
required to attend.
If the highest court over-
turns the acquittal, prosecu-
tors would be free to request
Knoxs extradition. It would
be up to the government to
decide whether to make the
formal extradition request.
Pressure eases as Knox gains freedom
Delphos weather
High temperature Tuesday
in Delphos was 70 degrees, low
was 45. High a year ago today
was 63, low was 44. Record
high for today is 88, set in 2007.
Record low is 28, set in 1965.
ST. RITAS
A girl was born Oct. 4
to John and Stacy Mack of
Spencerville.
A boy was born Oct. 4 to
Marque and Eleisha Gant of
Delphos.
A girl was born Oct. 4
to Thomas and Rachel
Shoemaker of Spencerville.
A boy was born Oct. 5 to
Mark and Amy Pohlman of
Spencerville.
Corn: $5.84
Wheat: $5.64
Beans: $11.53
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a year ago and would have
like to have had it then but we
couldnt afford it, Hale said.
Hale said the price of gas
can be a heavy burden. The
center tries to consolidate
trips as much as possible but
it does spread its wings to
gather in its chicks.
We seldom go anywhere
with just one person in the
van; we may have three or five
people in it from any of our
three counties. We pick them
up where they live; Delphos,
Middle Point, Convoy and
anywhere between. We take
them where they need to go;
we bring them up here for
lunch and we take them to
their doctor. We are in Lima
every day, sometimes two
vans, and that may mean tak-
ing Van Wert County people
to Lima, if thats where their
doctor is, she said.
The other levy to be decid-
ed by VWC voters is a five-
year .25 mill issue with 100
percent of the funds going
to the Van Wert center. Both
are replacement levies, not
renewals.
Levy
Delphos native circulating petitions
for Allen County commissioner
Staff reports
Delphos native Cory Noonan
has started circulating petitions
to run in the 2012 Republican
Primary for Allen County
Commissioner, pledging that
he will serve tirelessly with a
fresh perspective to protect the
hard-earned tax dollars of county
residents.
Noonan, 34, is the son of
John and Paula Noonan and
grew up working on his fam-
ilys farm south of Delphos.
He earned his college degree
from The Ohio State University,
and worked for current State
Senator Keith Faber and the
Ohio Department of Agriculture
before returning home to run
the Lima district office for
Congressman Jim Jordan.
Knowing my budget cutting
experience and my passion for
the future of Allen County, a
number of residents have asked
me to consider running for
Allen County commissioner,
said Noonan. After speaking
with my family, friends and fel-
low Allen County residents, and
a lot of praying, I have decided
to commit to running for Allen
County commissioner.
Noonan said that working on
the family farm helped shape
his values as a young man. I
learned important lessons from
my parents, including hard work
and respect, that I still carry
with me today, he added.
Noonan said he learned fis-
cal responsibility first hand
through more than 14 years of
budget restraint and budget cut-
ting including the last five years
with Congressman Jim Jordan.
Through belt-tightening, we
achieved the fourth-lowest
office budget in Congress. I
believe we can find savings to
help tighten Allen Countys
belt the same way, Noonan
said. Cory and his wife Dionna
(Daulbaugh), who is also a
Delphos native, are raising their
children in Shawnee Township.
Nearly five years ago,
Dionna and I had the opportu-
nity to come back and raise our
family in the county where we
grew up. As county commis-
sioner, I will work each day to
serve and enhance our county
for future generations.
Noonan
BERLIN (AP) Nearly
seven decades after the end
of World War II, German
authorities have reopened
hundreds of dormant inves-
tigations of Nazi death camp
guards in an eleventh hour
attempt that could result in at
least dozens of new prosecu-
tions, The Associated Press
has learned.
Special Nazi war-crimes
investigators reopened the
files after the conviction
of former U.S. autoworker
John Demjanjuk, whose case
set a new legal precedent in
Germany, said Kurt Schrimm,
the prosecutor who heads the
unit.
Given the advanced age of
all of the suspects, investiga-
tors are not waiting until the
Demjanjuk appeals process is
over, he said.
We dont want to wait too
long, so weve already begun
our investigations, Schrimm
said.
Elan Steinberg, vice presi-
dent of the American Gathering
of Holocaust Survivors and
their Descendants, welcomed
the news that the files were
being re-examined and urged
prosecutors to act quickly.
As our numbers those
of the victims have also
rapidly dwindled, this repre-
sents the final opportunity to
witness justice carried out in
our lifetimes, he said. Time
is the enemy here.
Meanwhile, the Simon
Wiesenthal Centers top Nazi-
hunter, Efraim Zuroff, told
the AP he would launch a
new campaign in the next
two months to track down the
remaining Nazi war criminals.
He said the Demjanjuk con-
viction has opened the door to
prosecutions that he had never
thought possible in the past.
Hundreds of Nazi probes reopened
Delphos Fire and Rescue
personnel remain on the scene
of a house fire at 8161 German
Road at press time.
The department received
the call at 3:08 a.m. to the rent-
al property owned by David
Odenweller and occupied by
the Doug Rahrig family.
Delphos requested and
received assistance from Fort
Jennings and Ottoville depart-
ments.
More information will
be available in Thursdays
Herald.
Crews remain
on scene at
house fre
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Marion Township Trustees
The Marion Township
Trustees held their regular
scheduled meeting on Sept.
27 at the Marion Township
Office with the following
members present: Howard
Violet, Jerry Gilden and
Joseph Youngpeter.
The purpose of the meet-
ing was to pay bills and con-
duct ongoing business. The
minutes of the previous meet-
ing were read and approved
as read. The trustees then
reviewed the bills and gave
approval for 16 checks total-
ing $10,991.73.
John Kirkendall was pres-
ent regarding the condition of
the Swartz property at 5670
Hartman Road. Trustee Gilden
and Trustee Youngpeter both
checked on the property and
after some discussion, asked
Road Foreman Elwer to pro-
ceed with the cleanup of the
property. They also asked
Police Chief Vermillion to
talk to Swartz regarding the
condition of the road because
of his mowing.
Fire Chief Tom Hadding
was present from the
American Township Fire
Department and gave the
trustees information regard-
ing runs made by them during
the present contract and also
gave them a contract for the
next three years.
Road Foreman Elwer
said he would get the tile
along Conant Road fixed.
Farmers Tractor needed
one of the leased tractors
early but gave the township
another to use.
Fiscal Officer Kimmet
gave the trustees a contract
from Centurylink to do
some line work along SR
66. The trustees had some
question regarding this and
asked Kimmet to contact
Centurylink.
There being no further
business, a motion to adjourn
by Trustee Gilden was sec-
onded by Trustee Youngpeter
and passed unanimously.
Deer-collision
season begins
The risk of colliding with
deer is greater during the
October-January deer mat-
ing season warn officials at
the Ohio Insurance Institute
(OII), Ohio Department of
Natural Resources (ODNR)
Division of Wildlife, Ohio
Department of Public Safety
(ODPS) and the Ohio State
Highway Patrol (OSHP).
ODPS reports 23,201
deer-vehicle crashes in
2010, down 7.7 percent from
the 25,146 crashes reported
in 2009 (24,590 in 2008).
There were four fatalities
and 920 injuries caused by
these crashes in Ohio last
year. This compares to four
fatalities and 1,004 injuries
reported in 2009, and six
deaths and 979 injuries in
2008.
The five counties with the
highest number of report-
ed deer-vehicle crashes in
2010 were Richland (648),
Stark (630), Hamilton (617),
Summit (552) and Williams
(528). Compared to 2009 fig-
ures, Hamilton and Williams
counties showed increases
while the others reported
decreases in such collisions
in 2010 (view 2008-10 Ohio
county figures).
Counties reporting the
fewest crashes in 2010
included Monroe (15),
Morgan (33), Meigs (39),
Coshocton (41) and Carroll
(44) counties. Of these,
Monroe county showed an
increase while the others
experienced decreases in
2010.
Most deer-vehicle
crashes occur at dusk and
dawn, October-January dur-
ing deer-breeding season.
Last November there were
5,012 crashes the high-
est number for any month
(view county crash stats by
month). According to data
from the ODPS and ODNR,
peak hours for these crashes
were 5 p.m. to 1 a.m. fol-
lowed by 5 a.m. to 8 a.m.
In 2010, almost 55 percent
of these crashes occurred
between 5 p.m. and 1 a.m.
while 22 percent occurred
early morning between 5
a.m. and 8 a.m. (view crash
stats by time of day).
ODNR deer herd esti-
mates
State wildlife officials
estimate Ohios current
deer population at 750,000,
which is the same as its 2010
estimate (2009 estimate was
650,000). Ohio deer densi-
ties tend to be heavier in the
east-central and southeast
parts of the state.
Driving tips for motor-
ists
Drive with extreme cau-
tion, at or below the posted
speed limit, in areas with
deer-crossing signs.
Most crashes occur
in the months of October
through January, followed
by May. Highest-risk peri-
ods are from sunset to mid-
night, followed by the hours
shortly before and after sun-
rise.
If you see one deer on
or near a roadway, expect
others to follow. Slow down
and be alert.
After dark, use high
beams when there is no
opposing traffic. High beams
will illuminate the eyes of
deer on or near a roadway
and provide greater motor-
ist reaction time. Dont rely
solely on high beams to
deter collisions.
Always wear a seat
belt as required by state law
and drive at a safe, sensible
speed for conditions.
If a collision with a deer
seems probable then hit it
while maintaining full con-
trol of your vehicle. Dont
swerve your vehicle to avoid
striking a deer. Brake firmly
and stay in your lane. The
alternative could be even
worse.
Stay alert. Deer are
always unpredictable. They
often dart out into traffic
on busy highways in metro
areas.
Report any deer-vehi-
cle collisions to a local law
enforcement agency (such
as the Ohio State Highway
Patrol) or a state wildlife
officer within 24 hours.
Note: Under Ohio law,
the driver of a vehicle that
strikes and kills a deer may
take possession of it by first
obtaining a deer possession
receipt (available from law
enforcement or state wild-
life officers, and from local
Division of Wildlife district
offices).
Ohio union law top issue
as early voting begins
By ANN SANNER
The Associated Press
COLUMBUS
Campaigns on each side of
Ohios contentious collective
bargaining law are seeking to
sway voters to support their
cause through town-hall style
telephone calls and events
across the state, as early vot-
ing for this falls election
began Tuesday.
Among other ballot issues,
voters will decide in the Nov.
8 election whether the state
should toss out a law govern-
ing public employee unions
negotiations.
The measure signed by
Gov. John Kasich in late
March limits the collective
bargaining abilities of more
than 350,000 teachers, nurs-
es, firefighters, police and
other public workers. While
unions can continue to nego-
tiate wages, they cannot bar-
gain on health care, sick time
or pension benefits.
Kasich urged his support-
ers in an email Tuesday to
request an absentee ballot and
vote yes to keep the new law
in place.
Its an issue of fairness
returning balance back to
Ohio taxpayers, the first-
term Republican governor
wrote.
Kasich and his GOP col-
leagues argue the legislation
will help city officials, school
superintendents and state
officials control costs at a
time when they face budget
woes.
Opponents of the mea-
sure, however, contend its
an unfair attack on workers
rights.
We Are Ohio, a coalition of
labor groups and others who
mounted the repeal effort,
kicked off a four-day bus
tour Tuesday to reach out to
voters across the state. Stops
include Cincinnati, Dayton,
Cleveland and Columbus.
The stops were expected
to feature a Cincinnati fire-
fighter, Doug Stern, who has
appeared in the opponents
campaign ads.
The heart of this bill
takes away firefighters pro-
fessional voices, Stern said
in a press release about the
bus tour.
Polls have found a major-
ity of Ohioans oppose the
collective bargaining law.
A recent Quinnipiac
University poll found that 51
percent of Ohio voters say the
law should be repealed, while
38 percent say they favored
keeping it in place.
Building a Better Ohio,
the campaign thats backing
the law, has been trying to
narrow that gap.
The group of supporters
has been targeting voters
through town-hall style tele-
phone calls that feature state
lawmakers. It is part of their
effort to reach out to vot-
ing groups who they say will
likely cast a ballot in support
of the bill.
State Sen. Shannon Jones,
who sponsored of the col-
lective bargaining legisla-
tion, held a telephone forum
Monday evening with vot-
ers from southwest Ohio
on behalf of the Building a
Better Ohio campaign.
Jones, a Republican from
Springboro, said in an inter-
view with The Associated
Press that she took questions
about the new law for about
an hour during what was her
second call for the group.
Were continuing to get
directly into voters house-
holds, to answer their ques-
tion, to clarify the misinfor-
mation, Jones said. This
is a campaign about educa-
tion.
Ohio is one of 32 states
that allow any voter to cast
an early ballot by mail or in
person without a reason.
Voters will also have the
chance to weigh in on sev-
eral other ballot issues in
November election.
One question asks Ohioans
whether the states constitu-
tion should be amended to
prohibit governments from
requiring people to buy health
insurance. Another seeks
to increase the age limit to
which judges can serve to 75
from 70.
The last day to register to
vote in Ohio is Oct. 11.
Curves of Delphos waives joining fee
for with proof of recent mammogram
DELPHOS October
is Breast Cancer Awareness
Month, and Curves continues
to work to raise awareness in
women about the life-saving
importance of risk management,
early detection and treatment.
Throughout the month, Curves
of Delphos womens fitness cen-
ter is waiving the joining fee for
new members who show proof
of a mammogram within the
past year or make a $25 dona-
tion to breast cancer research.
According to statistics from
the American Cancer Society
(ACS), nearly 230,480 women
will be diagnosed with inva-
sive breast cancer in 2011, and
another 57,650 will be diag-
nosed with carcinoma in situ
(CIS), a non-invasive, early
form of breast cancer. Breast
cancer remains a leading cause
of cancer death in women, sec-
ond only to lung cancer.
More than 39,500 women
will die from the disease in
2011. One woman in every eight
will be diagnosed with invasive
breast cancer in her lifetime.
In recognition of Breast
Cancer Awareness Month, each
participating Curves center will
focus on three important goals in
supporting this annual campaign:
1. Helping women learn the
facts about breast cancer and the
importance of early detection.
2. Encouraging women to
work out three times a week to
help reduce their risk of devel-
oping breast cancer.
3. Participating in fund-
raising efforts to support the
research and outreach efforts of
the ACS.
Since only about 5-10 per-
cent of breast cancers are hered-
itary, prevention can play a key
role in a womans risk manage-
ment strategy. The ACS recom-
mends making lifestyle choices
such as eating right, getting reg-
ular exercise and maintaining a
healthy weight to help a woman
significantly reduce her risk of
developing breast cancer.
Curves mission has always
been to strengthen women,
according to the staff of Curves
of Delphos. Typically, women
are caregivers, but when it
comes to breast cancer, women
need to understand how impor-
tant it is to take care of them-
selves. Scheduling an annual
doctor visit, performing a
monthly breast self-exam, eat-
ing a nutritious diet and making
time for regular exercise are
all things that a woman can do
to stay strong and help reduce
her chances of developing this
devastating disease.
COLUMBUS (AP)
Drug dealers around Ohio
are developing new sources
for prescription painkillers
by buying them from senior
citizens, sometimes as the
patients leave pharmacies,
according to a new state report
that shows Ohios prescription
painkiller epidemic is continu-
ing and in some cases may be
getting worse.
The report being released
this week by the Ohio
Substance Abuse Monitoring
Network also blames an
increase in heroin use on
addicts switching from pre-
scription painkillers, which
are more expensive and harder
to obtain.
The monitoring network
typically releases its findings
about every six months relying
on data provided by everyone
from substance abuse coun-
selors to addicts in recovery.
The network cites reports
from Dayton, Youngstown and
Toledo of drug dealers buying
painkillers from seniors who
often need the money to make
ends meet.
In Dayton, people who had
suffered injury and the elderly
who were given a legitimate
prescription were identified as
dealers, the report said.
The recruitment of seniors
as a prescription painkiller
source is one of many tac-
tics for obtaining the drugs
seen around the country, said
Thomas Gorman, assistant
special agent in charge for
the U.S. Drug Enforcement
Administration for Kentucky
and southern Ohio.
Across Ohio, prescrip-
tion painkillers remain read-
ily available, either through
prescriptions or dealers,
with increased supplies seen
in Athens and Columbus,
according to the OSAM net-
work report.
Stopping the abuse of pow-
erful prescription painkillers
has become a top priority for
Ohio officials.
In 2007, drug overdoses,
led by an increase in prescrip-
tion painkiller addictions, sur-
passed car crashes as the lead-
ing cause of accidental death
in Ohio. Its a trend also seen
in several other states.
In May, Gov. John Kasich
signed into law a bill cracking
down on pain management
clinics, dubbed pill mills by
their critics and blamed by
health officials for contribut-
ing to hundreds of overdose
deaths in Ohio each year.
The law requires the State
Board of Pharmacy for the
first time to license pain clin-
ics as distributors of danger-
ous drugs.
The law also puts limits on
how many pills a doctor could
dispense directly at a clinic
and tries to reduce the ille-
gal distribution of prescrip-
tion painkillers by creating a
statewide system for collect-
ing unused supplies of the
narcotics.
The DEA has recently sus-
pended the prescription-writ-
ing powers of physicians in a
part of southern Ohio plagued
by painkiller abuse.
More than 1,300 people
died from accidental drug
overdoses in 2009 in Ohio,
according to the most recent
data from the Ohio Department
of Health. The number of fatal
overdoses has more than qua-
drupled from 1999, when the
state recorded 327 acciden-
tal deaths, according to the
department.
The numbers are particu-
larly bad in Scioto County
in Appalachia in southern
Ohio, where high unemploy-
ment rates and a profusion of
pill mills have led to growing
addiction rates.
Drug dealers tap
seniors for pills
America has believed that in differentiation, not in uniformity, lies the path of prog-
ress. It acted on this belief; it has advanced human happiness, and it has prospered.
Louis D. Brandeis (1856-1941).
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One Year Ago
St. Johns Athletic Boosters made its final payment to
the Stadium Club recently, completing the pledged total
of $30,000 to the renovation project to the stadium this
summer. Don Neumeier from the Stadium Club accepted
the check from St. Johns Athletic Booster President Bob
Ebbeskotte.
25 Years Ago 1986
Members of Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 3035 aux-
iliary presented Country Meadows with a POW-MIA flag.
Taking part in the presentation were Dan Webb, Country
Meadows resident manager and a veteran of the Vietnam
era war, Meredith Brown, auxiliary Americanism chair-
person, Florence Trentman, auxiliary president, and Nina
Redmon and Lucretha Ralston, auxiliary POW-MIA co-
chairpersons.
Jefferson relied on a bruising running attack and an air-
tight defense to hammer out a 32-0 Northwest Conference
win over Ada. After leading 6-0 at the half, the No. 1-ranked
Wildcats got a pair of three-yard touchdown runs and one of
43 yards from Tony Closson and a 32-yard punt return for a
score from John Marihugh to break the game open.
Delphos Historical Association will hold its seventh
annual Christmas tree and wreath festival Dec. 8-13 at the
Delphos Public Library. Each tree and wreath should be
accompanied by a placard inscribed with the name of the
organization and the theme of ones choice. Organizations
wishing to participate should contact Darlene Kemper or
Ruby Miller.
50 Years Ago 1961
The students at Delphos Jefferson High School enjoyed
an unusual assembly program Wednesday. Charles S. Strong,
the author of more than 100 adventure books, who has twice
been around the world, spoke on the topic Hunting Wild
Game in the World.
Meeting President John F. Kennedy was one of the high-
lights of the year for the members of the touring company of
Players, the young theatrical troupe that will appear here in
Shakespeares A Midsummer Nights Dream at St. Johns
auditorium-gymnasium Nov. 8. President Kennedy greeted
the company at an informal reception in the White House
garden on the eve of their departure on a tour of American
military installations in Germany.
The St. Michaels Troop Juniorettes held a meeting at
the home of Barbara Odenweller. Officers were elected as
follows: Barbara Odenweller, president; Debra Kimmet,
secretary and Susan Pothast, reporter. The girls made ban-
dages for the missions for their project.
75 Years Ago 1936
The New York Giants kept in the World Series run-
ning Monday afternoon when they defeated the New York
Yankees by the score of 5 to 4 in a ten inning contest. Hal
Schumacher pitched one of the most brilliant games of his
career to stop the hard hitting Yankees. The Giants have now
won two games and the Yankees have three to their credit.
Members of the Delphos and Defiance courts of the
Catholic Daughters of America were taken on a tour of the
relic chapel in Maria Stein and the Precious Blood seminary
cat Carthagena on Sunday. Present from the Delphos court
were Mrs. Edward A. King, Eulalia Wulfhorst, Mrs. S. H.
Wahmhoff, Martha Minzing, Cecilia Helmkamp, Mayme
Dolt, Clara Tegenkamp, Marie Heggemann and Mrs. Carl
Lindemann.
Art Week is being observed this week in the Delphos
public schools. An exhibit has been placed in Room 4 at the
Jefferson building for the school children and the general
public. An opportunity will be given those who attend a
chance to purchase pictures.
By ROBERT BURNS
AP National
Security Writer
WASHINGTON One
in three U.S. veterans of the
post-9/11 military believes the
wars in Iraq and Afghanistan
were not worth fighting, and
a majority think that after
10 years of combat America
should be focusing less on
foreign affairs and more on
its own problems, according
to an opinion survey released
today.
The findings highlight
a dilemma for the Obama
administration and Congress
as they struggle to shrink
the governments huge bud-
get deficits and reconsider
defense priorities while try-
ing to keep public support for
remaining involved in Iraq
and Afghanistan for the lon-
ger term.
Nearly 4,500 U.S. troops
have died in Iraq and about
1,700 in Afghanistan.
Combined war costs since
the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist
attacks have topped $1 tril-
lion.
The poll results presented
by the Pew Research Center
portray post-9/11 veterans as
proud of their work, scarred
by warfare and convinced that
the American public has little
understanding of the prob-
lems that wartime service has
created for military members
and their families.
The survey also showed
that post-9/11 veterans are
more likely than Americans
as a whole to call themselves
Republicans and to disap-
prove of President Barack
Obamas performance as
commander in chief. They
also are more likely than ear-
lier generations of veterans to
have no religious affiliation.
The Pew Research Center,
a nonpartisan organization
that studies attitudes and
trends, called the study the
first of its kind. The results
were based on two surveys
conducted between late July
and mid-September. One
polled 1,853 veterans, includ-
ing 712 who had served in the
military after 9/11 but are no
longer on active duty. Of the
712 post-9/11 veterans, 336
served in Iraq or Afghanistan.
The other polled 2,003 adults
who had not served in the
military.
Nearly half of post-9/11
veterans said deployments
strained their relationship
with their spouses, and a sim-
ilar share reported problems
with their children. On the
other hand, 60 percent said
they and their families ben-
efited financially from having
served abroad in a combat
zone. Asked for a single word
to describe their experiences,
the war veterans offered a
mixed picture: rewarding,
nightmare, eye opening,
lousy.
There are about 98,000
U.S. troops in Afghanistan,
where the conflict began with
a U.S.-led invasion on Oct.
7, 2001. Obama campaigned
for the presidency in 2008 on
getting out of Iraq and ramp-
ing up the military campaign
in Afghanistan. He is on track
to have all U.S. troops out of
Iraq by the end of this year,
and in July he announced
that he would pull 10,000
troops out of Afghanistan this
year and 23,000 more by next
September.
The Pew survey found
that veterans are ambivalent
about the net value of the
wars, although they gener-
ally were more positive about
Afghanistan, which has been
a more protracted but less
deadly conflict for U.S. forc-
es. One-third of post-9/11
veterans said neither war was
worth the sacrifices; that was
the view of 45 percent in the
separate poll of members of
the general public.
Fifty percent of veterans
said Afghanistan was worth
it, whereas the poll of civil-
ians put it at 41 percent.
Among veterans, 44 per-
cent said Iraq was worth it.
That compares with 36 per-
cent in the poll of civilians.
Of the surveyed former
service members who were
seriously wounded or knew
someone who was killed or
seriously wounded, 48 per-
cent said the war in Iraq was
worth fighting, compared
with 36 percent of those vet-
erans who had no personal
exposure to casualties.
Exposure to casualties
had an even larger impact
on attitudes toward the war
in Afghanistan. Fifty-five
percent of those exposed to
casualties said Afghanistan
has been worth the cost to the
U.S., whereas 40 percent of
those who were not exposed
to casualties held that same
view.
Poll: 1 in 3 vets see Iraq,
Afghan wars as wastes
By DAVID ESPO
AP Special Correspondent
WASHINGTON Senate
Democrats intend to jetti-
son provisions that President
Barack Obama recommended
to pay for his jobs bill and
substitute a tax surcharge on
millionaires, officials said
Tuesday, hoping to unify the
party for a protracted political
struggle with Republicans.
Senate Majority Leader
Harry Reid, D-Nev., outlined
plans for a 5 percent sur-
charge in a closed-door meet-
ing with the rank and file,
according to participants in
the session, as Obama trav-
eled to Texas to deliver his
most caustic challenge yet to
House Republicans who have
not allowed a vote on the
legislation unveiled nearly a
month ago.
Whats the problem?
Do they not have the time?
They just had a week off. Is
it inconvenient? he said in
Mesquite, Texas, singling out
House Majority Leader Eric
Cantor for special criticism.
There was no indication
Cantor, R-Va., or the House
Republicans would agree.
But after three weeks of
presidential demands for
Congress to pass his jobs bill
without delay, White House
communications director Dan
Pfeiffer said Obama was open
to Reids changes.
The parliamentary dance
aside, the days events under-
scored that as submitted by
the White House, Obamas
bill would not only fail in the
Republican-controlled House,
but faced enough opposition
from Democrats to endanger
its prospects in the Senate,
as well.
Theres the good, the bad
and the ugly. The ugly was
$447 billion, said Sen. Joe
Manchin, D-W.Va., referring
to the overall size of the pres-
idents request.
Yet while Republicans and
Democrats appear to be point-
ing to a showdown that could
reverberate into the 2012
election campaign, some ele-
ments of the measure could
clear Congress with relative
ease by years end.
As an example,
Republicans have not ruled
out extending and expanding
the payroll tax cuts that took
effect on Jan. 1, at a cost of
$247 billion over a decade,
the single costliest item in
Obamas legislation.
Democrats said Reids
proposed millionaires surtax
was designed to quell much if
not all of the opposition from
his own rank and file, a sub-
ject that Sen. Dick Durbin of
Illinois, the second-ranking
leader, referred to in an inter-
view with reporters.
The payroll tax cut exten-
sion faces little if any oppo-
sition from Democrats, and
Obamas request for more
than $100 billion in new
spending as a way of creating
jobs is also popular.
To pay for his $447 bil-
lion plan, Obama has pro-
posed higher taxes on family
incomes over $250,000 and
on the oil and gas industry.
The first request troubles
Democratic senators from
states like New York, New
Jersey and California, where
large numbers of families
could be hit by the increase.
The second has drawn oppo-
sition most prominently
from Louisiana Sen. Mary
Landrieu, whose state is
home to numerous oil and
gas operations.
The president also pro-
posed higher taxes on hedge
fund managers and corpo-
rate jet owners, and those
increases, too, would disap-
pear under the changes Reid
is expected to unveil today.
Reid told reporters that
Obama was not locked into
anything he had recom-
mended to pay for the legisla-
tion, adding that he was in the
process of making changes
in them.
His office declined com-
ment on the emerging plan
for a surcharge on million-
aires, but several Democrats,
speaking anonymously to dis-
cuss the developments, said
it was being drafted to cover
the entire $447 billion cost of
the legislation.
Democrats want millionaire surtax
By ANDREW TAYLOR
Associated Press
WASHINGTON The
House passed a spending bill
Tuesday to fund the gov-
ernment for six weeks, giv-
ing Congress and President
Barack Obama more time to
iron out their differences on a
$1 trillion-plus pile of unfin-
ished budget work.
The 352-66 vote sent
the measure to Obama in
time to avert a government
shutdown at midnight. The
Senate passed the measure
last week.
Debate lasted just min-
utes.
We need to keep the
doors of the government
open to the American people
who rely on its programs and
services, said the chairman
of the House Appropriations
Committee, Rep. Harold
Rogers, R-Ky. Furthermore,
our economy cannot handle
the instability that comes
with the threat of a govern-
ment shutdown.
The vote gives lawmakers
additional time for what is
sure to be an onerous task:
passing the 12 annual spend-
ing bills that lay out the day-
to-day operating budgets for
Cabinet agencies and depart-
ments.
The GOP-controlled
House, the Democratic-run
Senate and the president are
in agreement on an overall
$1 trillion-plus budget for the
government.
Still, theres plenty of dis-
agreement over which pro-
grams should be increased
and which should get cut the
deepest.
Republicans are pressing
big cuts to foreign aid and to
preserve some budget gains
for the Pentagon; Democrats
and Obama want more money
for domestic programs like
job training and heating sub-
sidies for the poor.
At the same time, House
Republicans are seeking to
use the bills to attack Obamas
policies on health care and
financial services, environ-
mental regulations and labor
rules. GOP lawmakers also
are fighting on behalf of con-
servative social policies such
as eliminating federal aid for
family planning and barring
health care plans for federal
workers from covering abor-
tions.
The short-term mea-
sure sets a Nov. 18 deadline
to wrap up the unfinished
spending bills. But its by
no means a sure thing that a
bitterly divided Congress and
the White House will be able
to do so.
Tuesdays vote, in which
more than 50 Republicans
broke with party leaders sup-
porting the legislation, dem-
onstrated the difficult hand
that GOP leaders must play
in the negotiations.
Republicans will need sup-
port from Democrats to coun-
ter opposition from about tea
party Republicans, who have
signaled their opposition
to the spending legislation
required to put in place this
summers budget agreement.
WASHINGTON (AP)
To the dismay of consumer
groups and the discomfort of
Democrats, President Barack
Obama wants Congress to
make it easier for private debt
collectors to call the cellphones
of consumers delinquent on
student loans and other billions
owed the federal government.
The change is expected to
provide substantial increases in
collections, particularly as an
increasing share of households
no longer have landlines and
rely instead on cellphones, the
administration wrote recently.
The little-noticed recommen-
dation would apply only to
cases in which money is owed
the government, and is tucked
into the mammoth $3 trillion
deficit-reduction plan the pres-
ident submitted to Congress.
Despite the claim, the
administration has not yet
developed an estimate of how
much the government would
collect, and critics reject the
logic behind the recommenda-
tion.
Enabling robo-calls (to
cellphones) is just going to
lead to more harassment and
abuse, and its not going to
help the government collect
more money, said Lauren
Saunders of the Boston-based
National Consumer Law
Center. People arent paying
their student loans because
they cant find a job.
Whatever the impact on the
budget deficit, the proposal
has aligned the White House
with the private debt collection
industry frequently the sub-
ject of consumer complaints
at a time when the economy
is weak, unemployment is high
and Obama is embarking on
his campaign for re-election.
White House press secre-
tary Jay Carney told report-
ers the proposal is just an
acknowledgement of the fact
that a lot of people have aban-
doned landlines and only have
cell phones. As a matter of
practicality, if they need to be
contacted with regard to their
debt, there has to be a way to
contact them.
While Carney didnt say so,
debt collection agencies are
already permitted to call cell
phones. The administration
wants the law changed so the
firms can use robo-calling.
Democrats in Congress who
frequently support the presi-
dent, including Senate Majority
Leader Harry Reid of Nevada
and House Democratic leader
Nancy Pelosi of California,
declined through aides to say
whether they favor or oppose
the plan.
Nor was there any reaction
from two other members of
the partys leadership in the
Senate, Sens. Dick Durbin of
Illinois and Chuck Schumer of
New York. Both men frequent-
ly take the side of consumers
in legislative struggles.
Several aides, speaking
on condition of anonymity so
they could talk freely, said
Democrats do not want to
oppose the president but are
unable to support the request.
Mark Schiffman, a spokes-
man for ACA International,
an industry trade association,
said the administration basi-
cally has come to the same
solution we have at a time
when an increasing number of
Americans have no landline
phone to receive calls.
The change is something
we have been advocating for,
he said, although he added
his organization did not have
direct discussions with admin-
istration officials in advance.
Obama wants to
let collectors
call cell phones
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Wednesday, October 5, 2011 The Herald 5
COMMUNITY
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Gomer United
Methodist Church
CALENDAR OF
EVENTS
TODAY
6 p.m. Shepherds of
Christ Associates meet in the
St. Johns Chapel.
6:30 p.m. Delphos
Kiwanis Club meets at the
Eagles Lodge, 1600 E. Fifth St.
7 p.m. Bingo at St. Johns
Little Theatre.
Delphos Civil Service
Commission meets at Municipal
Building.
7:30 p.m. Hope Lodge
214 Free and Accepted Masons,
Masonic Temple, North Main
Street.
9 p.m. Fort Jennings
Lions Club meets at the Outpost
Restaurant.
THURSDAY
9-11 a.m. The Delphos
Canal Commission Museum,
241 N. Main St., is be open.
11:30 a.m. Mealsite at
Delphos Senior Citizen Center,
301 Suthoff Street.
5-7 p.m. The Interfaith
Thrift Shop is open for shop-
ping.
6:30 p.m. Delphos Ladies
Club, Trinity United Methodist
Church.
7 p.m. Delphos
Emergency Medical Service
meeting, EMS building, Second
Street.
7:30 p.m. Delphos
Chapter 23, Order of Eastern
Star, meets at the Masonic
Temple, North Main Street.
FRIDAY
7:30 a.m. Delphos
Optimist Club meets at the
A&W Drive-In, 924 E. Fifth
St.
11:30 a.m. Mealsite at
Delphos Senior Citizen Center,
301 Suthoff Street.
1-4 p.m. Interfaith Thrift
Store is open for shopping.
SATURDAY
8:30-11:30 a.m. St.
Johns High School recycle, 600
block of East Second Street.
9 a.m. - noon Interfaith
Thrift Store is open for shop-
ping.
St. Vincent DePaul Society,
located at the east edge of the
St. Johns High School parking
lot, is open.
Cloverdale recycle at village
park.
10 a.m to 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. Delphos Canal
Commission Museum, 241 N.
Main St., is open.
7 p.m. Bingo at St. Johns
Little Theatre.
SUNDAY
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.
Please notify the Delphos
Herald at 419-695-0015 if
there are any corrections
or additions to the Coming
Events column.
OCT. 6
Bob German
Elmer Deitering
Jesse Hodgson
Nicholas Feathers
Tim Mericle
Kali Lindeman
Kevin Stocklin
Steamer makes canning juice easier
BY LOVINA EICHER
It is a cold 40-degree
Monday morning. Yesterday
morning it was even colder
and it frosted in a lot of plac-
es. This will probably put the
garden season for 2011 to an
end. My back porch has red
beets and peppers waiting to
be canned.
Friday we went
to get apples and
grapes at the local
U-Pick farm. A
lady in our church
offered me use
of her steamer to
make the grape
juice. I can now
see how much
easier it is to steam
the grapes and can
the concentrate,
rather than use the
method I had used before. We
put two bushels of grapes into
juice on Saturday using the
steamer. I hope to get me a
steamer before the next grow-
ing season.
Husband Joe went back to
work after a week at home
due to not having work at the
factory. Last week was a very
rainy week so he didnt get
the garden tilled yet beings
it was too wet. He did get a
lot of other odd and end jobs
done around the house.
The week being rainy it
was very difficult to get the
laundry dried. We hung as
much of it on our porch as
we could. We dont have our
stove going yet so not having
heat yet in the house, clothes
didnt dry very fast. Even on
the porch the clothes did not
dry well due to the dampness
from the rain. We finally man-
aged to get everything dry by
Friday after we had washed
everything on Tuesday.
Saturday was cold but
sunny and breezy so we took
advantage of the weather. We
did laundry again and took all
the bed sheets. Every week
the bed sheets from six beds
can make a huge laundry. It
is now 8 a.m. and the sun is
shining bright. We will do
laundry again today taking
advantage of the weather. It
doesnt take long for dirty
laundry to accumulate with
10 people in the family.
Yesterday, Jacob, Emma,
and family and Elizabeths
friend were our dinner guests.
On the menu
was meatloaf,
mashed potatoes,
gravy, dressing,
corn, mixed veg-
etables, macaroni
salad, pasta salad,
sliced cheese,
sliced tomatoes,
green peppers
and sweet onions.
Also strawberry
cheesecake, peach
cobbler, peanut
butter pie and watermelon.
The watermelon was out of
Jacobs garden. The peach
cobbler daughter Susan made
with peaches we put in the
freezer.
Our neighbor lady gave
me the peaches and also gave
me the idea of freezer peach-
es to put in pies and desserts.
We had plenty of leftovers
for supper tonight.
The children enjoyed tak-
ing pony rides with Stormy
while their cousins were vis-
iting. Meanwhile, the girls
went over to our friend Amys
house to see the newest addi-
tion to their family, a daugh-
ter, Emily Elizabeth. We used
to help her out with her other
children. Her twins, Joshua
and Jacob, 7, would always
come here after school while
they were in kindergarten.
Her son Matthew we kept
here for a few months also
while Amy worked. It didnt
take us long to really get
attached to the children.
Lovina and Kevin always
enjoyed their playmates when
they were here. Now time has
passed so quickly and they
are all in school full time.
Yesterday afternoon we
had surprise visitors from
Ohio. They were Joes Uncle
Solomon Eicher, another
uncle, Jacob and Mary Eicher,
and three of their grandchil-
dren, Susan, Norman and
Ben Eicher. Ben has a special
friend in this community. We
were glad they stopped in for
a visit.
We have three bushels of
apples on hand which the
children enjoy eating for after
school snacks. We are also
enjoying fresh cider right
now. With all the apples we
have on hand, we are try-
ing many new recipes. For
instance, try this delicious,
fresh apple cake:
APPLE CAKE
3 eggs
2 cups sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 cups pecans, chopped
1 1 2 cups vegetable oil
3 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
3 cups peeled apples,
sliced
Preheat oven to 350
degrees. Lightly grease an
angel food cake pan and set
aside.
In a large mixing bowl,
stir eggs, oil and sugar. In a
separate bowl, sift salt, soda
and flour and add to egg mix-
ture. Stir in vanilla, nuts and
apples and pour all into the
prepared pan. Bake 1 hour
and 15 minutes. When cake
is done let cool 15 minutes,
loosen in pan while still warm
and add topping. Let cool.
Here is the topping rec-
ipe:
TOPPING
1 cup brown sugar
1 /2 cup butter
1 /4 milk
1 /2 cup pecans
Boil the brown sugar,
butter and milk over medi-
um heat for 2 1/2 minutes.
Remove from heat and stir in
pecans. Spoon topping over
the cake.
Wachtmann to
address public
retirees
The Putnam County
Chapter of the Public
Employees Retirement, Inc.,
will hold its noon lunch meet-
ing on Thursday at Dicks
Steak House in Kalida.
Speaker will be Lynn
Wachtmann.
All retirees from the Public
employees Retirement System
are invited. This includes retir-
ees from state, county, munici-
palities, township trustees and
maintenance men.
Jennings blood drive nets 112 units
The recent Fort Jennings
Community Blood Drive
collected 112 units of
blood.
First time donors
were Beverly Armitage,
Patricia Klir and Rachel
Krietemeyer; one-gal-
lon donors were Kayla
Calvelage, Eileen Decker,
Jennifer L. Gasser, Sharon
Horstman, Linda Knippen
and Luke Stechschulte;
two-gallon donor was Beth
Nienberg; three-gallon
donor was Janice Eickholt;
five-gallon donor was Dean
Wittler; eight-gallon donor
was John Stites; 10-gal-
lon donor was Robert
Brinkman; and 14-gal-
lon donor was Margaret
(Mickie) Schimmoeller.
Co-Chairladies were
Mary Lou Krietemeyer and
Mickie Schimmoeller,
Putnam library names events
The Putnam County
District Library in Ottawa
has announced the following
upcoming programs at its and
other branch locations:
Memory & Aging Program
The Putnam County
District Library in Ottawa
will host Memory & Aging:
whats normal, whats not at
6:30 p.m. on Oct. 17.
Join Linda Rae Pollitz,
LSW Program Manager of
the Alzheimers Association
if you would like to learn
more, or are concerned about
your own or someone elses
memory. We will explore
forgetfulness and memory
lapses, with examples of
memory changes that are a
part of the normal aging
process and memory changes
that are not. All are welcome
to attend this free program.
Any questions call the
library at 419-523-3747.
Teen Read Week
Teen Read Week begins
Oct. 16-21 at the libraries.
Enter the Story Starter con-
test, use your imagination
and finish the story. Entries
are available at all library
locations and must be turned
in by Oct. 21. Each location
also has Name the Famous
Football Star contest all
teens can enter.
There will be a Teen
Tailgate Party at the Kalida
location from 4:30-5:30 p.m.
on Oct. 18 and from 4:30-5:30
p.m. Oct. 19 at the Ottawa
location. Enjoy a paper football
tournament, corn hole, pimp
my book cart contest, tailgate
snacks, making buckeyes and
more. Show team spirit with
prizes for the best dressed.
All are welcome to attend
this free program.
UFO Program
The library in Ottawa will
have a UFO Program at 6
p.m. on Oct. 20.
Bill Jones is the MUFON
(Mutal UFO Network) State
Director for Ohio and will
be presenting this program.
He will give a short intro-
duction of MUFON, discuss
recent sightings in Ohio and
elsewhere, list the best UFO
book titles, and give various
theories about what UFOs
might be and what they rep-
resent.
Modern Mothers meet Monday
The Modern Mothers
Chapter of the Ohio Child
Conservation League will
meet at the home of Gerri
Brock on Monday.
Brock and Jan Rozelle are
the hostesses. Mary Miler will
give the devotions and Pat
Poling will bring the Goodie
Basket.
The program is Jewelry-
making With Special Yarn.
Guest teacher will be Sue
Helle.
Members are to bring $10
and a K crochet hook if
possible and a 12-inch ruler.
Extra hooks will be provided.
The 2011-12 officers are
President Gerry Brock, Vice
President Joyce Larimore,
Secretary Anita Topp,
Treasurer Jacquie Fritz,
Reporter Colleen Harter and
Sunshine Wendy Schmelzer.
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SPORTS
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October 4, 2011, OHSAA
Football Computer Ratings
DIVISION I
Region 1 - 1. Mentor (6-0)
16.2167, 2. Cle. St. Ignatius (5-1)
13.149, 3. Solon (6-0) 13.1167,
4. Lakewood St. Edward (6-0)
12.0625, 5. Cleveland Heights
(6-0) 12.0455, 6. Cle. John F.
Kennedy (6-0) 11.0732, 7.
Willoughby South (4-2) 10.0167,
8. Eastlake North (5-1) 9.4667, 9.
Parma (3-3) 8.35, 10. Brecksville-
Broadview Hts. (3-3) 7.4167,
11. Boardman (4-2) 7.1338, 12.
Lakewood (4-2) 6.85.
Region 2 - 1. Canton GlenOak
(6-0) 16.5667, 2. Findlay (6-0)
13.3667, 3. Massillon Jackson
(4-2) 12.8667, 4. Wadsworth (6-0)
12.7167, 5. Tol. Whitmer (6-0)
11.9298, 6. Sylvania Southview
(5-1) 11.65, 7. Whitehouse Anthony
Wayne (5-1) 11.4, 8. Brunswick
(5-1) 11.1833, 9. Canton McKinley
(4-2) 10.9369, 10. Massillon
Washington (5-1) 10.4773, 11.
Hudson (5-1) 10.3833, 12. North
Ridgeville (5-1) 10.2667.
Region 3 - 1. Troy (5-1)
14.5167, 2. Westerville Central
(5-1) 12.6833, 3. Upper Arlington
(5-1) 12.4667, 4. Pickerington
North (5-1) 11.4849, 5. Pickerington
Central (3-2) 11.2111, 6. Dublin
Coffman (6-0) 11.05, 7. Hilliard
Davidson (5-0) 9.3444, tie-8.
Westerville South (3-3) 8.85,
tie-8. Marysville (4-2) 8.85, 10.
Gahanna Lincoln (4-2) 7.9748, 11.
Lewis Center Olentangy Orange
(4-2) 7.7333, 12. Lewis Center
Olentangy (3-3) 7.65.
Region 4 - 1. Cin. Archbishop
Moeller (6-0) 17.8687, 2. Cin.
Sycamore (6-0) 14.55, 3. Cin.
Colerain (5-1) 14.4116, 4. Cin.
Walnut Hills (6-0) 12.8333, 5.
Cin. LaSalle (5-1) 12.5667, 6.
Middletown (5-1) 12.3667, 7. Cin.
Princeton (5-1) 11.6667, 8. Cin.
St. Xavier (4-2) 10.6837, 9. Mason
(4-2) 9.1, 10. Cin. Glen Este (4-2)
8.4, 11. Beavercreek (4-2) 8.0333,
12. Loveland (3-3) 8.0.
DIVISION II
Region 5 - 1. Canfield (5-1)
12.3167, 2. Aurora (5-1) 11.55, 3.
Cuyahoga Falls Walsh Jesuit (4-1)
11.5472, 4. Kent Roosevelt (5-1)
11.25, 5. Madison (5-1) 11.2167,
6. Chesterland West Geauga (5-1)
11.0333, 7. Copley (5-1) 10.8, 8.
Warren Howland (6-0) 10.5025,
9. New Philadelphia (4-2) 9.5606,
10. Louisville (3-3) 8.2551, 11.
Akron Kenmore (4-2) 6.75, 12.
Tallmadge (4-2) 6.45.
Region 6 - 1. Avon (6-0)
15.6833, 2. Tol. Central Cath.
(4-2) 11.25, 3. Tiffin Columbian
(5-1) 10.5667, 4. Olmsted Falls
(4-2) 10.2667, 5. Maple Hts. (5-0)
9.7697, 6. Fremont Ross (4-2)
9.35, 7. Medina Highland (4-2)
9.2167, 8. Perrysburg (4-2) 9.1833,
9. Grafton Midview (5-1) 8.4, 10.
Bedford (4-2) 8.35, 11. Sandusky
(5-1) 8.15, 12. Mansfield Madison
Comp. (5-1) 7.7333.
Region 7 - 1. Cols. Marion-
Franklin (6-0) 14.75, 2. Sunbury
Big Walnut (5-1) 13.3833, 3.
New Albany (4-2) 10.7333, 4.
New Carlisle Tecumseh (5-1)
10.7167, 5. Dresden Tri-Valley
(5-1) 10.0833, 6. Zanesville (5-1)
9.05, 7. Cols. Mifflin (6-0) 8.65,
8. Cols. Beechcroft (5-1) 7.4975,
9. Bellbrook (3-3) 7.0167, 10.
Wooster (3-3) 6.3833, 11. Vincent
Warren (3-3) 5.9343, 12. Cols.
West (5-1) 5.9167.
Region 8 - 1. Kings Mills
Kings (6-0) 14.7333, 2. Trotwood-
Madison (5-1) 13.4167, 3.
Wapakoneta (6-0) 13.3667, 4.
Tipp City Tippecanoe (6-0) 12.05,
5. Vandalia Butler (5-1) 12.0167,
6. Franklin (5-1) 9.9167, 7. Piqua
(4-2) 9.4333, 8. Hamilton Ross
(5-1) 8.9667, 9. Cin. Northwest
(4-2) 8.15, 10. Cin. Turpin (4-2)
7.7333, 11. Cin. Mount Healthy
(4-2) 6.8833, 12. Wilmington (5-1)
6.8333; ... 19. Lima Senior (1-5)
2.4667; 25. Celina (1-5) 0.75.
DIVISION III
Region 9 - 1. Chagrin Falls (6-0)
14.4667, 2. Mentor Lake Cath.
(5-1) 12.381, 3. Cle. Benedictine
(5-1) 12.0833, 4. Ravenna (5-1)
11.45, 5. Akron St. Vincent-St
Mary (6-0) 11.1174, 6. Hunting
Valley University School (5-1)
10.4667, 7. Chardon Notre Dame-
Cathedral Latin (5-1) 8.9333, 8.
Cuyahoga Falls Cuyahoga Valley
Christian Acad. (4-2) 7.85, 9.
Oberlin Firelands (6-0) 7.8167, 10.
Ravenna Southeast (6-0) 7.4333,
11. Niles McKinley (4-2) 7.1833,
12. Pepper Pike Orange (3-3)
6.9833.
Region 10 - 1. Cols. Eastmoor
Acad. (5-1) 11.452, 2. Clyde (4-2)
9.2833, 3. Elida (4-2) 8.7667, 4.
Bellevue (4-2) 8.35, 5. Cols. St.
Francis DeSales (3-3) 8.1187, 6.
Bryan (6-0) 8.0667, 7. Caledonia
River Valley (4-2) 7.0833, 8. Port
Clinton (4-2) 6.9333, 9. Cols.
Independence (3-3) 5.8, 10.
Bexley (4-2) 5.75, 11. Defiance
(3-3) 5.6333, 12. Urbana (4-2)
5.2167; ... 14. St. Marys Memorial
(3-3) 4.8833; ... 19. Lima Shawnee
(2-4) 3.3833.
Region 11 - 1. Steubenville
(6-0) 11.0521, 2. Minerva (6-0)
10.9333, 3. Poland Seminary (4-2)
10.4, 4. Dover (5-1) 10.3667, 5.
Alliance Marlington (5-1) 10.2833,
6. Thornville Sheridan (6-0)
9.45, 7. Granville (5-1) 9.4333,
8. Youngstown Cardinal Mooney
(3-2) 9.2674, 9. Cambridge (5-1)
8.6, 10. Canal Fulton Northwest
(4-2) 7.9167, 11. Millersburg West
Holmes (4-2) 7.7167, 12. New
Lexington (5-1) 7.3157.
Region 12 - 1. Plain City
Jonathan Alder (6-0) 13.2167,
2. Springfield Shawnee (6-0)
12.2667, 3. Circleville Logan
Elm (6-0) 11.95, 4. The Plains
Athens (6-0) 11.5505, 5. Day.
Thurgood Marshall (5-1) 11.4722,
6. Kettering Archbishop Alter (6-0)
10.8333, 7. Cin. Indian Hill (5-1)
10.2475, 8. Jackson (6-0) 9.7167,
9. Cin. Taft (4-1) 8.6876, 10.
New Richmond (4-2) 8.1167, 11.
Eaton (5-1) 7.4667, 12. Springfield
Kenton Ridge (5-1) 7.3167.
DIVISION IV
Region 13 - 1. Girard (6-0)
12.75, 2. Creston Norwayne (6-0)
11.4333, 3. Leavittsburg LaBrae
(5-1) 11.2667, 4. Sullivan Black
River (6-0) 9.65, 5. Orrville (4-2)
8.4833, 6. Canton Central Cath.
(5-1) 8.4091, 7. Brookfield (5-1)
8.0278, 8. Cle. Central Cath. (4-2)
7.3611, 9. Akron Manchester (3-3)
6.75, 10. Beachwood (5-1) 6.2833,
11. Garrettsville Garfield (4-2) 6.0,
12. Streetsboro (3-3) 5.5167.
Region 14 - 1. Kenton (6-0)
13.0167, 2. Genoa Area (6-0)
12.7667, 3. Pemberville Eastwood
(6-0) 12.15, 4. Cols. Bishop
Hartley (5-0) 10.7, 5. Richwood
North Union (5-1) 8.2833, 6. Oak
Harbor (4-2) 7.9167, 7. Huron
(5-1) 7.8667, 8. Ottawa-Glandorf
(4-2) 6.9833, 9. Bellville Clear Fork
(3-3) 6.1, 10. Ontario (5-1) 5.5667,
11. Lima Bath (4-2) 5.4333, 12.
Galion (5-1) 5.3; ... 28. Van Wert
(0-0) and Paulding (0-0) 0.0.
Region 15 - 1. St. Clairsville
(6-0) 11.7167, 2. Johnstown-
Monroe (6-0) 11.6667, 3. Amanda-
Clearcreek (5-1) 11.4571, 4.
Coshocton (5-1) 10.9167, 5.
Ironton (4-2) 9.1667, 6. Martins
Ferry (5-1) 9.1, 7. Chesapeake
(4-2) 6.9924, 8. Pomeroy Meigs
(4-2) 6.2677, 9. Gnadenhutten
Indian Valley (3-3) 6.2167, 10.
Zoarville Tuscarawas Valley (3-3)
5.15, 11. Wellston (3-3) 5.1167,
12. Minford (4-2) 4.8742.
Region 16 - 1. Waynesville
(6-0) 13.2, 2. Cin. Madeira (6-0)
10.1167, 3. West Milton Milton-
Union (5-1) 9.2167, 4. Middletown
Bishop Fenwick (6-0) 8.1, 5.
Brookville (5-1) 7.6333, 6. Day.
Chaminade-Julienne (4-2) 7.3586,
7. Williamsport Westfall (4-2) 6.9,
8. Cin. Hills Christian Acad. (4-2)
6.6237, 9. Clarksville Clinton-
Massie (4-2) 6.4, 10. Cin. North
College Hill (4-2) 5.7833, 11. Cin.
Finneytown (3-3) 5.4167, 12.
Hamilton Badin (3-3) 5.0404.
DIVISION V
Region 17 - 1. Kirtland (6-0)
11.8167, 2. Woodsfield Monroe
Central (5-1) 8.4874, 3. Columbiana
(6-0) 8.45, 4. Salineville Southern
(6-0) 8.3667, 5. Barnesville
(6-0) 7.5328, 6. Columbiana
Crestview (5-1) 7.4833, 7. New
Middletown Springfield (5-1)
7.1333, 8. Rootstown (5-1) 6.5,
9. Cuyahoga Hts. (5-1) 5.2667,
10. Campbell Memorial (4-2) 5.1,
11. Atwater Waterloo (4-2) 4.654,
12. Sugarcreek Garaway (4-2)
4.5167.
Region 18 - 1. Lima Central
Cath. (6-0) 11.1167, 2. Bascom
Hopewell-Loudon (6-0) 10.5, 3.
Findlay Liberty-Benton (6-0) 9.8,
4. Liberty Center (6-0) 9.4167,
5. Northwood (5-1) 7.8, 6. Carey
(5-1) 7.2374, 7. Archbold (5-1)
6.3333, 8. Bluffton (4-2) 6.2333,
9. Hicksville (4-2) 6.2, 10. Attica
Seneca East (5-1) 5.8965, 11.
Columbus Grove (4-2) 5.6, 12.
Spencerville (4-2) 5.2667; ...
19. Haviland Wayne Trace (3-3)
2.6167; ... 23. Delphos Jefferson
(2-4) 1.4167; ... 28. Harrod Allen
East (0-6) 0.0.
Region 19 - 1. Bucyrus
Wynford (6-0) 12.35, 2. West
Lafayette Ridgewood (6-0) 10.95,
3. Nelsonville-York (6-0) 10.1591,
4. Portsmouth West (6-0) 9.9667,
5. Grandview Hts. (6-0) 9.6, 6.
Lucasville Valley (6-0) 8.0884, 7.
Ashland Crestview (6-0) 7.2167,
8. Centerburg (4-2) 7.1333,
9. Jeromesville Hillsdale (6-0)
7.0667, 10. Wheelersburg (5-1)
6.9333, 11. Gahanna Cols. Acad.
(4-2) 6.702, 12. Albany Alexander
(6-0) 6.6667.
Region 20 - 1. Frankfort Adena
(6-0) 10.6, 2. Marion Pleasant (6-0)
9.9667, 3. West Liberty-Salem
(6-0) 9.5333, 4. Coldwater (5-1)
8.75, 5. Covington (6-0) 8.5167,
6. Miamisburg Day. Christian (5-1)
6.3667, 7. West Jefferson (5-1)
6.2833, 8. Casstown Miami East
(4-2) 6.2667, 9. Versailles (4-2)
6.25, 10. North Lewisburg Triad
(4-2) 5.6167, 11. Mechanicsburg
(3-3) 4.0333, 12. Rockford
Parkway (2-4) 3.8167; ... 13.
Milford Center Fairbanks (3-3)
3.7833; ... 16. Anna (3-3) 3.5833.
DIVISION VI
Region 21 - 1. Berlin Center
Western Reserve (6-0) 7.7167,
2. Youngstown Christian (5-1)
7.2667, 3. Shadyside (4-2)
7.2652, 4. Thompson Ledgemont
(6-0) 6.8167, 5. Warren John F.
Kennedy (4-2) 6.4015, 6. Malvern
(5-1) 6.2167, 7. Mogadore (4-2)
5.6833, 8. Strasburg-Franklin
(4-2) 5.4, 9. Cle. Villa Angela-St.
Joseph (3-3) 5.3359, 10. Toronto
(4-2) 4.5272, 11. Mineral Ridge
(3-3) 4.1667, 12. Bridgeport (3-2)
4.1663.
Region 22 - 1. Tiffin Calvert
(5-1) 8.0833, 2. Delphos St.
Johns (4-2) 7.2, 3. Edgerton (5-1)
6.95, 4. Arcadia (5-1) 6.3333, 5.
Convoy Crestview (4-2) 6.2167,
6. Leipsic (5-1) 5.9, 7. Tol. Ottawa
Hills (4-2) 4.9167, 8. Edon (3-3)
4.45, 9. McComb (4-2) 4.1667,
10. Sandusky St. Mary Central
Cath. (3-3) 4.05, 11. Arlington
(3-3) 4.0167, 12. Norwalk St. Paul
(3-3) 3.75; ... 20. Pandora-Gilboa
(2-4) 1.5167; ... 27. Lima Perry
(1-5) 0.5833.
Region 23 - 1. Danville (4-2)
7.05, 2. New Washington Buckeye
Central (5-1) 6.9, 3. Crown City
South Gallia (5-1) 6.5354, 4.
Zanesville Bishop Rosecrans
(4-2) 6.3776, 5. Willow Wood
Symmes Valley (5-1) 6.25, 6.
Portsmouth Notre Dame (5-1)
5.8283, 7. Beallsville (4-2) 5.4833,
8. Portsmouth Sciotoville (4-2)
5.3667, 9. Glouster Trimble (3-2)
5.3584, 10. Canal Winchester
Harvest Prep. (4-2) 5.2333, 11.
Newark Cath. (3-3) 5.1667, 12.
Plymouth (4-2) 4.8167.
Region 24 - 1. Fort Loramie
(5-1) 8.0833, 2. Maria Stein
Marion Local (5-1) 7.0249, 3.
Ada (5-1) 6.9, -. Lockland (6-0)
6.9, 5. Minster (4-2) 6.2833, 6.
Springfield Cath. Central (4-2)
6.05, 7. Cin. Country Day (4-2)
5.8435, 8. Lewisburg Tri-County
North (4-2) 5.5167, 9. Ansonia (4-2)
4.7, 10. Arcanum (3-3) 4.5167,
11. Waynesfield Waynesfield-
Goshen (4-2) 4.2167, 12. S.
Charleston Southeastern Local
(3-3) 4.0333; ... 13. Fort Recovery
(3-3) 3.2; ... 18. St. Henry (1-5)
1.3667; ... 20. McGuffey Upper
Scioto Valley (1-5) 1.13333; ...
22. Ridgeway Ridgemont (1-5)
0.9167; ... New Bremen (0-6) and
DeGraff Riverside (0-0) 0.0.
Computer rankings
By CHARLIE WARNIMONT
Delphos Herald Correspondent
OTTAWA Columbus Grove
and Pandora-Gilboa claimed team
titles at the Putnam County Cross
Country meet Tuesday afternoon
at Memorial Park in Ottawa.
The Lady Rockets won the
title finishing with 52 points.
Ottawa-Glandorf and Kalida both
scored 55 points but the Titans
were awarded second place based
on their sixth-runner finish (16 to
22). Columbus Grove was fourth
with 68 points. Ottoville did not
have a full team.
The Bulldogs won the boys
title finishing with 23 points. O-G
was second with 48 points fol-
lowed by Kalida with 75 and
Ottoville had 121 points.
The title for the Lady Rockets
was long in coming as they have
finished second to Ottoville
the past three seasons. Vanessa
McCullough helped P-G to the
title as she finished third in 21:18,
Audrey Sprunger was fourth in
21:23 and Megan Schneck was
sixth in 22:03. Breanna Hovest
finished 14th in 22:50 and Hunter
Hermiller was 15th in 23:23 to
round out the Rockets scoring.
Our girls have been looking
forward to this race for a long
time, P-G coach Steve Amstutz
said. My senior. Megan Schneck,
has run four years for me and she
wanted this. Im very pleased
and happy to get this one. Its
been eluding us as we have been
second the past two years. Im
thrilled for the girls, they have
been working hard for this.
Kalidas Jessica Doepker won
the race in 20:10 as the Wildcats
finished third. Summer Holtkamp
finished fifth for the Wildcats
in 21:59 and Deanna Kahle was
seventh in 22:11.
The girls performed well and
thats what we are looking for at
this point in the season, Kalida
coach Rob Schnippel said. P-G
had a great race, they really domi-
nated this. We had three girls in
the top seven so we are really
proud of that. Once again, we
had a good race today. Jessica
had another strong race today.
She was out her to work on her
form and have a strong race and
she did.
Columbus Groves Amber
Herron was the runner-up in
the race, finishing in 20:39. The
Bulldogs Alexis Ricker fin-
ished eighth in 22:24 and Megan
Langhals was 18th in 23:39.
On the boys side, Columbus
Grove continued its strong season
by winning a Putnam County title.
The Bulldogs were led by
juniors Jake Graham and Alex
Shafer as they went 1-2 in the
61-man field. Graham won his
third county title as he finished
in 17:07, 17 seconds in front of
Shafer, who crossed the finish
line in 17:24. The two Bulldog
runners didnt lead the entire race
as they sat back and let other run-
ners lead before taking charge of
the event near the 2-mile marker.
Not only did Graham and
Shafer run well but the Bulldogs
had five runners in the top 10 as
Colton Grothaus finished fourth in
17:46, Grant Schroeder was sixth
in 17:52 and Nick Schmiesing
was 10th in 18:40.
One of our goals was to have
five runners in the top 10 today
and we did that, Grove coach
Terry Schnipke said. This was
Jakes third year to win, so that
was good, and lately Alex has
been coming on as he was near
him at the finish. What they did
today was kind of the plan. They
didnt want to go out and do any-
thing silly; just run a smart race.
Jake was talking about times he
wanted to run at the mile marker
and when it was their time they
would go. Grant Schroeder and
Colton Grothaus moved up steady
throughout the race so they ran
smart today.
O-Gs Matias Trampe-Kindt
was third overall in 17:45, while
teammate John Lammers was
eighth in 18;11 and Wayne Erford
was ninth in 18:27.
Ottovilles Jason Turnwald ran
a strong race as he finished fifth
in 17:47. Seth Bendele finished
12th for the Big Green in 18:45,
while the next runner for the Big
Green was Matt Niemeyer at 29th
in 20:04.
Connor Schmenk finished
seventh for Kalida in 17:54. Grant
Zeller finished 12th in 18:45,
while Neil Gerding was 17th in
19:20 and Jordan Laudick was
18th in 19:23.
Boone Brubaker, Columbus
Grove, won the boys junior
high race in 12:35 and Kalidas
Christen Fortman won the junior
high girls race in 13:46.
* * *
Boys Results
Team Standings
1. Columbus Grove 23; 2.
Ottawa-Glandorf 48; 3. Kalida 75; 4.
Ottoville 121.
Individual Results
1. Jake Graham (CG) 17:07; 2.
Alex Shafer (CG) 17:24; 3. Matias
Trampe-Kindt (OG) 17:45; 4. Colton
Grothaus (CG) 17:46; 5. Jason
Turnwald (OT) 17:47; 6. Grant
Schroeder (CG) 17:52; 7. Connor
Schmenk (K) 17:54; 8. John Lammers
(OG) 18:11; 9. Wayne Erford (OG)
18:27; 10. Nick Schmiesing (CG)
18:40; 11. Grant Zeller (K) 18:43;
12. Seth Bendele (OT) 18:45; 13.
Ryan Verhoff (OG) 18:52; 14. Jerry
Kesselmeyer (CG) 19:01; 15. Nikki
Baldazo (OG) 19:05; 16. Troy Meyer
(CG) 19:10; 17. Neil Gerding (K)
19:20; 18. Jordan Laudick (K) 19:23;
19. Jacob Siebeneck (OG) 19:24;
20. Mark VonderEmbse (OG) 19:31;
21. Josh Stephens (CG) 19:36; 22.
Randy Zeller (K) 19:36; 23. Drew
Schroeder (OG) 19:41; 24. Brendon
Gerdeman (OG) 19:42; 25. Jared
Zeller (K) 19:52; 26. Alex Tabler
(CG) 19:54; 27. Austin Escobedo
(OG) 20:01; 28. Colton Haselman
(OG) 20:02; 29. Matt Niemeyer
(OT) 20:04; 30. Will Vorhees (CG)
20:11; 31. Grant Lugibihl (PG) 20:15;
32. Jon Basinger (OG) 20:18; 33.
Jacob Turnwald (OT) 20:23; 34. Joel
Zeller (K) 20:24; 35. Cody Reynolds
(CG) 20:30; 36. Derek Siefker (K)
20:32; 37. Zac Closson (OG) 20:38;
38. Darrion Grant (CG) 20:40; 39.
Elisha Jones (CG) 20:41; 40. Cody
Webken (OG) 20:54; 41. Kevin Mo
(OG) 20:59; 42. Ryan Kimmet (OT)
21:00; 43. Jordan Wurth (K) 21:01;
44. Tyler Freeman (OG) 21:09; 45.
Corey Schroeder (CG) 21:12; 46.
Jacob Miller (OG) 21:28; 47. Damon
Birkemeier (K) 21:49; 48. Scott
Ruhe (OG) 21:56; 49. Chris Hyman
(OG) 22:20; 50. Matt Niemeyer
(OT) 22:21; 51. Jonathan Tiller (OT)
22:47; 52. Logan Siebeneck (OG)
22:52; 53. Andy Horstman (OT)
22:53; 54. Ryan Cramer (OG) 23:04;
55. Levi Blake (K) 23:47; 56. James
Tiller (OT) 24:28; 57. Ian Nordhaus
(OG) 24:36; 58. Mitch Kerner (K)
26:26; 59. Austin Vorst (K) 27:02;
60. Brandon Kimmet (OT) 28:46; 61.
Karl Basinger (OG) 29:09.
Girls Results
Team Standings
1. Pandora-Gilboa 42; 2.
Ottawa-Glandorf 55; 3. Kalida 55; 4.
Columbus Grove 68.
Individual Results
1. Jessica Doepker (K) 20:10;
2. Amber Herron (CG) 20:39; 3.
Vanessa McCullough (PG) 21:18;
4. Audrey Sprunger (PG) 21:23;
5. Summer Holtkamp (K) 21:59;
6. Megan Schneck (PG) 22:03; 7.
Deanna Kahle (K) 22:11; 8. Alexis
Ricker (CG) 22:24; 9. Madyson
Haselman (OG) 22:33; 10. Molly
Closson (OG) 22:38; 11. Jenny
Meyer (OG) 22:40; 12. Kialee Koch
(OG) 22:46; 13. Jill Rosselit (OG)
22:48; 14. Breana Hovest (PG)
22:50; 15. Hunter Hermiller (PG)
23:23; 16. Brittany Nordhaus (OG)
23:28; 17. Kindra Theisen (OG)
23:29; 18. Megan Langhals (CG)
23:39; 19. Dana Rosselit (OG) 23:37;
20. Kelly Schmitz (OG0 23:39; 21.
Cece Utendorf (CG) 23:55; 22. Katie
Schmitz (K) 24:29; 23. Elizabeth
Luersman (OT) 24:57; 24. Kayla
Parlette (CG) 25:02; 25. Amy Losser
(OT) 25:21; 26. Jackie Gardner
(K) 25:28; 27. Katlyn Kortokrax (K)
25:34; 28. Micah Stechschulte (CG)
25:51; 29. Kristine Trampe-Kindt
(OG) 26:06; 30. Corinne Cramer
(OG) 26:09; 31. Darla Turner (OG)
26:09; 32. Becca Brinman (K) 26:17;
33. Candance Vance (PG) 26:33; 34.
Alex Dean (OG) 26:42; 35. Tasha
Cass (OG) 27:35; 36. Quincy Miller
(CG) 27:44; 37. Hayley Kitchen (OG)
27:50; 38. Lindsay Langhals (CG)
27:54; 39. Holly Stechschulte (OG)
28:05; 40. Jayme Hahn (OG) 28:16;
41. Thitichaya Leesurapony (PG)
28;18; 42. Alexa Halker 9CG) 28:31;
43. Brooke Schnipke (CG) 28:49;
44. Sami Rellinger (OT) 29:02; 45.
Marie Durliat (OG) 29:03; 46. Kara
Hoersten (OT) 29:18; 47. Breana
Kosch (OG) 29:19; 48. Hilary Powell
(OG) 30:23; 49. Michelle Durliat (OG)
31;14; 50. Paige Wurth (K) 33:09; 51.
Heidi Stechschulte (CG) 33:43.
Bulldogs, Lady Rockets tops at PC race
Charlie Warnimont photos
Kalidas Jessica Doepker (left) and Columbus Groves
Jake Graham run free and clear during Tuesdays Putnam
County League cross country race at Ottawas Memorial
Park. Both grabbed the individual championships in their
respective races.
By JIM METCALFE
jmetcalfe@delphosherald.com
HARROD The tournament
draw for volleyball is Sunday,
with the postseason starting the
week after that.
Coaches are trying to fine-
tune the efforts of their teams in
preparation to finish up confer-
ence races and get ready for the
second season.
Such was the case for
Jefferson first-year head coach
Joy Early and Allen East coun-
terpart Penny Yetman as the two
teams clashed at The Corral of
Allen East High School Tuesday
in Northwest Conference action.
The Lady Mustangs improved
to 7-11 (2-5 NWC) with a 25-13,
25-23, 25-12 sweep.
I saw continued improve-
ment and that is all I can ask at
this point. The girls keep work-
ing hard and trying; again, that is
all I can ask at this point, Early
noted. They havent given up
on themselves and they con-
tinue to work hard. Were still
working through some changes
in our rotation and where we
have girls. For example, I have
putting Rileigh Stockwell more
outside instead of the middle and
she seems to like that more. I
am playing about everybody we
have on the varsity roster to see
what they can do and where they
are most comfortable.
With
When you consider that the
visiting Wildcats now have a
1-14 mark (0-7 NWC), the first
set went according to plan as the
Mustangs wrapped it up rela-
tively easily behind the likes of
Jadin Salyers (18 assists for the
match) and Lindsi Rowe (11
kills; 7 aces).
The second set gave the Red
and White hope as they rode
some solid play by juniors Fallon
Van Dyke (3 kills; 5 assists; 2
aces) and Caitlin Landwehr (6
digs) and sophomores Stockwell
(3 kills), Gabrielle Pimpas (7
digs) and Lindsay Deuel (3 kills)
to take a 20-14 lead at one point.
However, the inconsistency that
has plagued the young Lady
Wildcats all season reared its
ugly head again and the young
Mustangs (no seniors) had the
better finishing kick to take a
commanding 2-0 lead.
Were pretty young, too,
with no seniors. Were most-
ly juniors and sophomores,
Yetman noted. Weve been
close in most of our matches,
especially in the NWC. We lost
in five to both Bluffton and
Columbus Grove. Its develop-
ing the mental game that is our
struggle right now of how to
finish sets and matches and
were getting there. I am looking
forward to the continued matura-
tion of these girls, not only this
season but into the next.
The third set was one of
major spurts mostly by the
hosts. With Rowe leading the
way either at the net (2 kills) or
at the serve (4 aces), along with
three aces by Melissa Hefner,
the home team ran off streaks of
6-0, 6-0 and 7-0 to put away the
demoralized Wildcats.
I was really hoping wed ride
the momentum from the second
set into the third but it went the
other way, Early added. We
played a good match, just not
great. I saw glimpses of hope for
us, especially in that second set.
We talk after every match about
what the girls learned for the
next one. I am confident were
learning what we need to each
match.
Morgan Truex served two
aces to break Allen Easts sin-
gle-season record of 43 (she has
45). Katrina Wireman added four
kills and three stuff-blocks and
Eliza Laing added three kills.
Allen East won the junior
varsity match 25-10, 25-14 to
improve to 5-6. Jefferson falls to
3-12, 1-6 NWC).
Both return to NWC action
Thursday: Jefferson at home
versus Bluffton and Allen East
at Lima Central Catholic.
Allen East ties up Jefferson in three
By JIM METCALFE
jmetcalfe@delphosherald.com
FORT JENNINGS The
Fort Jennings girls soccer team
spotted Allen East an early
score.
The Lady Musketeers then
responded quickly and went on
to an 8-1 non-conference vic-
tory on a sun-splashed Tuesday
afternoon at the Fort Jennings
Outdoor Athletic Ciomplex.
The match was called with
5:39 left in the contest due to an
injury suffered by Lady Mustang
goalkeeper Kyra Plaugher.
Plaugher (13 saves versus
22 shots on-goal) stopped the
Musketeers first try at 38:40
when she deflected and finally
controlled an effort by senior
Gina Clay.
The visitors (3-8-2) got on
the board at 37:28 when Claudia
Rettig on the right wing
assisted on an inside pass to
Cheynne Bierly for a 14-yarder
that eluded Jennings senior keep-
er Kelsey Von Lehmden inside
the right post.
The Musketeers (9-2-1) retal-
iated quickly just 13 ticks
later. Junior Marissa Mesker
on the left wing fed a pass
inside to junior Macy Schroeder
for a 12-yarder past Plaugher and
a 1-1 tie.
At 31:34, the hosts teamed
up on a corner kick that coaches
draw up. With junior Jamie Saum
lofting the orb from the left side,
senior Morgan Schroeder timed
her run perfectly to head in an
8-yarder from the center for a
2-1 edge.
The Musketeers controlled the
action for all but glimpses most
of the way and made it a 3-1 lead
at 24:16. Macy Schroeder made
a great individual move to get an
open look, dribbling around and
through defenders, to launch an
12-yarder from the middle to the
left side.
Allen East only had one other
real chance to score in the first
half and the match at 7:55
when Sierra Sizemore launched
a 22-yard free kick but Von
Lehmden snagged the ball.
The second half was almost
a carbon copy of the first but the
Musketeers were even more in
control, rarely letting the ball out
of their offensive space.
It took just 1:40 for the Orange
and Black to make it a 3-goal
lead. On a midfield steal, Macy
Schroeder took the ball down
the middle and knocked home a
12-yarder to the right side.
It became a 5-1 bulge at 35:17
when Morgan Schroeder put on a
good move to get an open chance
from 12 yards and her shot from
the middle found the right side.
The margin became 6-1 at
32:03. Macy Schroeder again
made some good moves to get
an open shot from in front of the
goal and she booted the orb from
the center to the left side from
10 yards.
Plaugher was then replaced
between the pipes by Tori
Bechtol (3 saves vs. 5 shots).
At 23:30, the Musketeers got
a nice 1-2 connection for their
seventh goal: a touch pass inside
from Mesker to Clay, whose
10-yarder found the right side of
the twine.
They added the final score at
8:24 with Plaugher in goal
en sophomore Emily Grone took
advantage of a defensive miscue
on a throw-in and went right
wing to left side from 12 yards.
At the 5:39 mark, Jennings
senior Andrea Heitmeyer, try-
ing to chase down a long pass,
collided with Plaugher who was
coming out to play the ball.
Heitmeyer was shaken up but
Plaugher was prone for 25 min-
utes before an ambulance came
to take her to the hospital.
With the sun going down, the
referees and coaches decided it
was a good idea to call the match
then.
We played the first half slow
but possessed the ball most of the
first half. At half, we challenged
the girls to do a better job and
not give up or turn over as many
balls, Musketeer mentor Rodney
Wagner noted. We gave up the
ball 21 times in the first half and
only gave up 9nineturnovers the
second half. We also scored five
goals the second half. In order to
win, we need to possess and pass
the ball; we did that the second
half.
Fort Jennings hosts Van
Buren 5 p.m. Thursday.
Fort Jennings girls round up Mustangs in soccer
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By MALLORY KEMPER
The Delphos Herald
mkemper2011@
hotmail.com
LIMA The 2011 Allen
County Invitational at Faurot
Park in Lima was held
Tuesday afternoon for the
girls and boys cross coun-
try teams of the surrounding
schools.
The Spencerville girls cap-
tured the team race, barely
edging Shawnee 37-39 in the
6-team field.
On the boys side, the
Indians dominated, easily
surpassing runner-up Lima
Central Catholic 31-66.
The Spencerville girls
cross country team has fin-
ished in first or second in
almost every meet this year
and placed fourth last week at
Botkins behind three strong
teams: Minster, Fort Loramie
and Versailles.
Long-time head coach
Brian McMichael was happy
with how his team ran
Tuesday and is looking for-
ward to Saturdays meet at
Anna and districts.
We ran pretty solid today
against Shawnee and this is
probably the toughest course
in this area of Ohio: hilly
and a little warm out today;
but they still competed very
well, McMichael said. This
Saturday will be good prep-
aration for the Northwest
Conference meet at Paulding
on Oct. 15 and for districts at
our place on Oct. 22. It will
be a very tough District with
Minster, Coldwater, Paulding
and Liberty Center, so I am
hoping we run our best that
day.
McMichaels boys team
ended up fourth (105 points)
in the 7-team race.
Elida coach Craig Kerns
said that his teams were strug-
gling with the injury bug this
year both units finished
sixth Tuesday but won the
Bath Invitational, which gave
them hope for the upcoming
meets.
We have had a lot of inju-
ries from the top on down,
Kerns explained. The girls
team did a lot better today
than what I thought they
would, so I am proud of them.
For the boys team, I have
five to seven that are really
starting to work hard and get-
ting below 20 minutes but we
have a long way to go. I have
been really happy with both
teams working hard this sea-
son but we just need a break-
out meet, something that they
really go out and run their
best.
The St. Johns cross coun-
try teams also have been strug-
gling through injury this sea-
son but coach Steve Hellman
looks forward to building the
program back up.
We have been fighting
through injuries but starting
this week I have been able to
get some back and hopefully
as we head into the league
(MAC) race next week and
districts after that, we are
healthy and get a few more
times, Hellman added. The
season has been going pretty
good for the few kids I have
but I am still working on
numbers so I can build the
program back up.
St. Johns and Elida
are in the Coldwater Lions
meet 4:45 p.m. Thursday.
Spencerville is in the Anna
Rocket Invitational 9 a.m.
Saturday.
BOYS
Team Scores: Shawnee 31, Lima
Central Catholic 66, Allen East 99,
Spencerville 105, Bluffton 121, Elida
131, Bath 173, St. Johns (no team
score).
Top 20 Individuals: 1. Sevitz (SH)
17:47.90; 2. Rigg (LC) 17:55.90; 3. Nisly
(BL) 18:19.70; 4. Plaugher (SH) 18:22.30;
5. Aaron Hefner (SV) 18:27.00; 6. Tafe
(AE) 18:30.00; 7. Miller (SH) 18:36.70;
8. Bryan (SH) 18:42.50; 9. Willeke (LC)
18:50.20; 10. Joe Wisher (SV) 18:53.80;
11. Way (SH) 19:01.80; 12. Scott (SH)
19:04.10; 13. Lovejoy (AE) 19:04.30; 14.
Bryan (SH) 19:12.40; 15. Kuhlman (SH)
19:14.90; 16. Pheneger (SH) 19:15.20;
17. Gossard (AE) 19:17.10; 18. Watson
(LC) 19:24.60; 19. Barnes (BL) 19:25.70;
20. Caleb Vogt (SV) 19:26.90.
GIRLS
Team Scores: Spencerville 37,
Shawnee 39, Lima Central Catholic 68,
Bluffton 70, Bath 161, Elida 171.
Top 20 Individuals: 1. Chappel-Dick
(BL) 20:04; 2. Wolery (SH) 21:01.30;
3. Cohorn (SH) 21:07.90; 4. Perkins
(AE) 21:08.40; 5. Kacie Mulholland (SV)
22:21.40; 6. Mohler (LC) 21:26.90; 7. Tori
Hardesty (SV) 22:01; 8. M. Scott (SH)
22:03.90; 9. Cortney Miller (SV) 22:05;
10. Karri Purdy (SV) 22:13; 11. Alexa
Brown (SV) 22:14.50; 12. Kuhlman (SH)
22:15.80; 13. Kidd (LC) 22:53.50; 14.
Althaus (BL) 23:10.50; 15. Heider (LC)
23:20.20; 16. Marshall (BL) 23:31.70; 17.
Ciminillo (SH) 23:38.60; 18. McDonald
(SH) 23:55.60; 19. Stoll (LC) 24:04.60;
20. Kaskocsak (LC) 24:08.50.
Photo submitted
St. Johns sophomore Aaron Hellman pushes himself to
stay ahead of the Elida runners at the Allen County Cross
Country meet held at Faurot Park in Lima. He finished 33rd
on the hilly 5-K course with a time of 20:36. In the junior
high races, Curtis Pohlman finished 2nd overall in the boys
race and Anna Mueller was 4th overall in the girls race.
Spencerville girls 2nd
in Allen County Invitational
The Associated Press
DIVISION SERIES
(Best-of-5; x-if necessary)
All games televised by TBS
American League
Detroit 2, New York 2
Tuesdays Result: New York
10, Detroit 1
Thursdays Game: Detroit
(Fister 11-13) at New York
(Nova 16-4), 8:07 p.m.
Texas 3, Tampa Bay 1
(Texas wins series)
Tuesdays Result: Texas 4,
Tampa Bay 3
National League
Philadelphia 2, St. Louis 1
Tuesdays Resul t :
Philadelphia 3, St. Louis 2
Todays Game: Philadelphia
(Oswalt 9-10) at St. Louis
(Jackson 12-9), 6:07 p.m.
X-Fridays Game: St. Louis
(Carpenter 11-9) at Philadelphia,
8:07 or 8:37 p.m.
Milwaukee 2, Arizona 1
Tuesdays Result: Arizona 8,
Milwaukee 1
Todays Game: (Wolf 13-10)
at Arizona (Saunders 12-13),
9:37 p.m.
X-Fridays Game: Arizona at
Milwaukee, 5:07 or 8:07 p.m.
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LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP
SERIES
(Best-of-7; x-if necessary)
American League
All games televised by Fox
Saturdays Game: Texas at
New York OR Detroit at Texas
Sundays Game: Texas at
New York OR Detroit at Texas
Tuesdays Game: New York
at Texas OR Texas at Detroit
Wednesday, Oct. 12: New
York at Texas OR Texas at
Detroit
x-Thursday, Oct. 13: New
York at Texas OR Texas at
Detroit
x-Saturday, Oct. 15: Texas at
New York OR Detroit at Texas
x-Sunday, Oct. 16: Texas at
New York OR Detroit at Texas
National League
All games televised by TBS
Sundays Game: Arizona-
Milwaukee winner at
Philadelphia OR St. Louis at
Arizona-Milwaukee winner
Mondays Game: Arizona-
Milwaukee winner at Philadelphia
OR St. Louis Arizona-Milwaukee
winner
Wednesday, Oct. 12:
Philadelphia at Arizona-
Milwaukee winner OR Arizona-
Milwaukee winner at St. Louis
Thursday, Oct. 13:
Philadelphia at Arizona-
Milwaukee winner OR Arizona-
Milwaukee winner at St. Louis
x-Friday, Oct. 14: Philadelphia
at Arizona-Milwaukee winner
OR Arizona-Milwaukee winner
at St. Louis
x-Sunday, Oct. 16:
Arizona-Milwaukee winner at
Philadelphia OR St. Louis at
Arizona-Milwaukee winner
x-Monday, Oct. 17:
Arizona-Milwaukee winner at
Philadelphia OR St. Louis at
Arizona-Milwaukee winner
Post season glance
Playoff caPsules
tuesday round uP
The Associated Press
Rangers 4, Rays 3
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. Adrian
Beltre stood off to the side of the inter-
view room, drying his face with a giant
towel. The Texas Rangers were cel-
ebrating another playoff series win and
their hot-hitting, championship-seeking
third baseman relished being in the
middle of the party.
The 2-time All-Star had moments
like Tuesday in mind when he joined the
defending AL champions in the offsea-
son, although its difficult to imagine any-
one foreseeing him putting on a power
show that few in major -eague history
have matched to help the Rangers beat
the Tampa Bay Rays 4-3 in the clincher
of their division series.
Beltre homered three straight times
to help the Rangers advance again.
Ian Kinsler also homered, going
deep on the second pitch of the game to
help Texas take the best-of-5 series 3-1
and end Tampa Bays remarkable run to
the wild-card spot.
It was the seventh time a player has
homered three times in a postseason
game.
Neftali Feliz gave up a run in the
ninth inning before closing for his third
save of the series, preserving the victory
for Matt Harrison.
Down 2-0 early, the Rays literally
rammed their way back into the game.
Sean Rodriguez drew a 1-out walk
in the second and took off when Matt
Joyce lined a 2-out double to the gap
in right-center field. Rodriguez bar-
reled around third base and plowed
into catcher Mike Napoli, jarring the ball
loose. Rodriguez knocked Napoli back-
ward, scrambled to his feet and touched
the plate with his hand.
Casey Kothcman added RBI singles
in the fourth and ninth innings but it
wasnt enough to prolong the season.
Yankees 10, Tigers 1
DETROIT With the season on the
line and no better options, the Yankees
sent A.J. Burnett to the mound and
hoped for the best.
New Yorks $82.5 million enigma
came through when his team needed
him most.
With the help of a huge first-inning
catch by Curtis Granderson, Burnett
pitched effectively into the sixth and the
Yankees routed the Detroit Tigers 10-1
Tuesday night to send their AL playoff
series back to the Bronx for a decisive
fifth game.
New Yorks worst fears appeared
justified in the first. In fact, the Yankees
bullpen was already stirring when
Burnett walked three hitters, one inten-
tionally, to bring up Don Kelly with two
outs and the bases loaded.
Kelly hit a hard line drive to center
field. Granderson appeared to misjudge
the ball at first before backing up and
jumping at the last second to rob Kelly
of an extra-base hit.
Derek Jeter rebounded from a
game-ending strikeout Monday, putting
the Yankees ahead to stay with a 2-run
double in the third. Granderson also had
an RBI double and New York broke it
open with six runs in the eighth.
After helping his beleaguered pitch-
er out of that early jam, Granderson
added another spectacular catch a short
while later.
Burnett allowed a run and four hits
in 5 2/3 innings before turning it over to
the bullpen.
Detroit starter Rick Porcello hit
Jorge Posada with a pitch to start the
third and Russell Martin followed with a
single. Brett Gardner struck out looking
and disputed the call with plate umpire
Dan Iassogna for a bit but Jeter hit a
drive to deep center that speedy Austin
Jackson wasnt able to run down. Both
runners scored on the double to give
New York a 2-0 lead.
Burnett allowed Victor Martinezs
leadoff homer in the fourth. One out
later, Jhonny Peralta doubled down the
left-field line but Burnett struck out Alex
Avila and Wilson Betemit to end the
inning.
Martin and Gardner led off the fifth
with singles. After Jeter bunted into a
force play at third, Granderson doubled
to right, driving in a run. Alex Rodriguez
added a sacrifice fly to make it 4-1.
Porcello allowed four runs and five
hits in six innings.
The Yankees broke it open with
six runs in the eighth. Detroit reliever
Al Alburquerque balked in a run and
the Yankees added two more on sin-
gles by pinch-hitter Jesus Montero and
Gardner.
Daniel Schlereth threw a wild pitch
later in the inning that bounced all the
way over the screen, allowing another
run to score. Robinson Canos 2-run sin-
gle sent fans at Comerica Park toward
the exits.
Phillies 3, Cardinals 2
ST. LOUIS Charlie Manuel dis-
regarded the numbers. He knew Ben
Francisco was the right man for the job.
Ryan Madson, too.
Francisco came on with a pinch-
hit, 3-run home run to provide the only
offense the Philadelphia Phillies needed
in a 3-2 win over the St. Louis Cardinals
on Tuesday night that gave them a 2-1
lead in their NL division series.
Madson got the last five outs to save
Cole Hamels seventh postseason win.
Freddy Garcia struck out on Hamels
117th pitch to end the sixth and keep it
scoreless and just a few minutes later
served up a fat pitch that Francisco
hammered over the left field wall and
into the visitors bullpen.
Second baseman Chase Utley was
perfectly positioned to turn a double
play to end the eighth on Allen Craigs
sharply hit grounder with the bases
loaded. Madson allowed Yadier Molinas
RBI single in the ninth before earning
the save.
Hamels struck out eight in six score-
less innings.
Albert Pujols and Ryan Theriot had
four hits apiece for St. Louis with Pujols
getting his 22nd career multihit game in
the postseason. The Cardinals came up
empty despite three hits in the eighth,
including a pinch-hit single by Matt
Holliday in only his second appearance
of the series.
Diamondbacks 8, Brewers 1
PHOENIX The Arizona
Diamondbacks put one rookie on the
mound and another in the No. 5 spot
in the batting order in a game they had
to win.
Both seemed oblivious to the pres-
sure. Both came through brilliantly.
And the Diamondbacks lived to play
another day.
Josh Collmenter shut down
Milwaukees big hitters for the third
time this season and Paul Goldschmidt
hit the third grand slam by a rookie in
postseason history in an 8-1 rout on
Tuesday night that cut the Milwaukee
Brewers lead in the best-of-5 series
to 2-1.
The Diamondbacks never led in
the first two games of the series but
jumped ahead 2-0 in the first inning of
Game 3 on an RBI double by Miguel
Montero and a run-scoring single by
Goldschmidt, who tied a franchise post-
season record with five RBIs.
The home run Corey Hart hit leading
off the third is the only run Collmenter
has allowed in 21 innings against the
Brewers. This time, he limited Milwaukee
to two hits in seven innings, none after
Harts homer. He retired 15 of the last 16
he faced, with the lone exception a lead-
off walk to Nyjer Morgan in the sixth.
The 2-out, opposite-field home run
off Shaun Marcum blew open a 7-1
lead.
The only other rookie slams in post-
season history were by the Yankees
Gil McDougald in Game 5 of the 1951
World Series and the Yankees Ricky
Ledee in Game 4 of the 1999 AL cham-
pionship series.
Collmenter fanned Rickie Weeks to
end the first, one of his six strikeouts to
go with two walks and a hit batter.
Marcum allowed seven runs and
seven hits in 4 2/3 innings.
Rangers shut out Bearcats
NEW KNOXVILLE The
New Knoxville co-ed soccer
team handed Spencervilles a
5-0 loss Tuesday night in New
Knoxville.
The Rangers controlled the
proceedings for a 23-6 advan-
tage in shots on-goal.
Oeding had a hat trick for
the Rangers, while Mackie
added a goal and the Bearcats
had an own-goal.
Spencerville hosts Lima
Central Catholic 11 a.m.
Saturday.
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Panthers garner sweep
over Lancers
PAULDING Host
Paulding grabbed a 3-set
win (no scores available)
over Lincolnview Tuesday in
Northwest Conference volley-
ball.
Leading the Lady Lancers
were Becca Adam (8/8 serving,
1 ace; 50/53 setting, 10 assists),
Ashley McClure (18/20 hitting,
6 kills) and Whitney Miller (21
digs).
Lincolnview entertains
Spencerville 6 p.m. Thursday.
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T-Birds pound Lady
Bearcats in volleyball
SPENCERVILLE The
Lima Central Catholic volley-
ballers secured a 25-16, 25-10,
25-18 Northwest Conference
sweep over host Spencerville
Tuesday night.
Tops for the Lady Bearcats
were junior Abby Freewalt
(7 kills), freshman Schylar
Miller (9 assists), senior Devan
Hanjora (12 digs) and junior
Shelby Mulholland (3 aces).
Spencerville visits
Lincolnview 6 p.m. Thursday.
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Lady Titans whip Dawgs
OTTAWA The Ottawa-
Glandorf volleyball unit seized
a 25-17, 25-21, 25-12 Western
Buckeye League victory over
Elida Tuesday at The Supreme
Court.
Guiding the Lady Bulldogs
were senior Kelsey Smith (20
assists; 19 digs), senior Katrina
Meeks (12 kills), senior Alex
Hambleton (1 ace) and soph-
omore Torie McAdams (2
blocks).
Key performers for the
Lady Titans were Kelsey
Selhorst (32 assists; 2 aces),
Kelsey Baldwin (5 aces; 26
digs), Kayla Eastman (13 kills)
and Michelle Ruhe (8 kills; 2
blocks).
Elida hosts Bath 5:30 p.m.
Thursday.
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Celina whitewashes Elida
in girls soccer
ELIDA The Celina
girls soccer crew ruined
Elidas Parents Night activi-
ties Tuesday night, securing a
3-0 Western Buckeye League
shutout at the Elida Soccer
Complex.
Lexi Mills had two goals for
the Green and White Bulldogs
(10-0-3, 4-0-2 WBL) and Katie
Stahl one.
Taylor Guingrich had a pair
of assists.
Elida senior Kaitlyn
Morrisey had eight saves
(11 shots on-goal); Celinas
Elizabeth Laffin saved all three
of Elidas shots.
Elida (5-5-1, 2-3-1 WBL)
visits Liberty-Benton 5 p.m.
Thursday.
----
Kalida boys whump
Hornets
KALIDA Kalidas
boys soccer unit improved to
10-1 with a 6-0 whitewash
of invading Cory-Rawson
Tuesday night at Kalida Soccer
Stadium.
Tyler Kortokrax had a hat
trick for the host Wildcats, as
well as Kevan Unverferths
two tallies and one by Tyler
Heitmeyer.
The hosts dominated the
shots on-goal 25-3; Ryan
Egts saved 19 Kalida attempts
and Drew Stechschulte two
Hornets tries.
Kalida visits Ottoville 7
p.m. Friday.
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Grove Bulldogs outlast
Adas Dogs
ADA The Columbus
Grove volleyball team endured
a 17-25, 25-9, 19-25, 25-15,
15-11 marathon to best Ada in
Northwest Conference action
Tuesday night at The Kennel
in Ada.
Anna Ricker led the visiting
Bulldogs with 27 kills, Hope
Schroeder 24 digs, Nicole
Langhals 33 assists and Rachel
Schumacher three aces.
Grove also won the junior
varsity match 25-20, 25-9 to
improve to 14-2.
Columbus Grove visits
Crestview 6 p.m. Thursday.
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Knights sweep Pirates
BLUFFTON The
Crestview volleyball crew
stayed atop the Northwest
Conference race via a 25-13,
25-8, 25-23 sweep of host
Bluffton Tuesday night.
Crestview entertains
Columbus Grove and Bluffton
brings in Jefferson Thursday.
---
Roughriders rough up
Lady Cougars
VAN WERT In girls
soccer Tuesday afternoon at
the Rotary Soccer Complex
in Smiley Park, St. Marys
Memorial goose-egged host
Van Wert 4-0.
Van Wert visits Bryan for a
1 p.m. Saturday tussle.
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Cavs nip Knights on pitch
COLDWATER
Coldwaters girls soccer team
edged Crestview 1-0 Tuesday
afternoon at Village Hall Field
in Coldwater.
Holly Rindler scored late
in the second half for the
Cavaliers.
Crestview hosts Bluffton 7
p.m. Monday.
-----
Falcons nip Pirates
BLUFFTON Riverdale
handed host Bluffton a 2-1 girls
soccer loss Tuesday night at
Steinmetz Field.
All three goals were scored in
the second half: Kylie Cole and
Selena Penwell for Riverdale
(7-5) and junior Megan Dulle
for the Lady Pirates (4-9).
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By JIM METCALFE
jmetcalfe@delpho-
sherald.com
DELPHOS St. Johns
and Jefferson met up in
their annual girls soccer
Crosstown Shootout on a
brilliant and mild Monday
afternoon/evening at The
Graveyard pitch of St.
Johns High School.
With both units eying the
tournament draw Sunday
and both playing in the Elida
Division III sectional, both
coaches were looking for
some solid play as the regular
season winds down.
The Lady Blue Jays dom-
inated the offense and the
shots on-goal 17-5 (21-6
total) in grabbing a 3-0 shut-
out victory.
It was nice to see the
girls control most of a match.
It is really helping that we
are getting girls back from
the injured list; were get-
ting healthier as we go, Jays
coach John Munoz said. We
didnt necessarily play a lot
of girls tonight we had
a junior varsity match later
(New Knoxville club team)
and we want to get them
as much time as we can. I
think we wore them down
toward the end, though.
The Lady Blue Jays (3-10)
controlled the orb most of the
first half, peppering shots at
Jefferson senior goalkeeper
Cassidy Bevington.
Either that, or their shoot-
ing eye was just off the
mark.
Bevington had a number
of excellent stops, including
at 37:07 when she denied
junior Jessica Recker from
12 yards; at 25:01, when she
stopped a 14-yarder from
senior Courtney Grothouse;
at 6:04, when she grabbed a
lofted 20-yarder from Recker;
and at 4:07, when Grothouse
shook loose for a 10-yarder
that needed a diving, crawl-
ing stop.
However, she could not
snuff out a shot by the Jays at
49.2 seconds. Blue Jay senior
Kait Wrasman got around a
defender who fell down and
kicked a bouncing ball 10
yards from the left post to the
right side past Bevington (12
saves) for a 1-0 edge.
The only chances the Lady
Wildcats could muster in the
half were at 29:12, when
senior Elizabeth Schosker
tried a free kick from 23
yards but a leaping save by
St. Johns sophomore keeper
Madison Kreeger (5 saves)
prevented it from going in;
and at 15:01; when freshman
Kylee Haehn was denied on a
16-yarder.
Every time we play St.
Johns, its more a mental
thing for us than physical.
I could tell when we were
warming up we were ner-
vous but you think that will
go away quickly, Jefferson
coach Lindsey Drerup noted.
Its a big match for the girls
there was a big crowd and
everything, as there usually
is but I have seen the girls
play a lot better than they
showed tonight.
Jefferson got the first great
look of the second half at
38:58 when Haehn got
loose but Kreeger got the
stop.
The Red and White seemed
to have a renewed sense of
energy, at least for the early
part of that half.
However, as time went on,
the Jays re-asserted control.
Bevington denied the Blue
and Golds Grothouse on an
18-yarder at 24:18.
However, the hosts out
home an all-important sec-
ond goal at 19:22. A mid-
field steal by senior Myriah
Jackson led to a long run
down the right side. She beat
the last defender and fired a
12-yarder from the post to the
left side for a 2-0 spread.
When you consider that
probably 75 percent of the
girls I have on the roster
are new to the sport, either
completely or not having
played since junior high, it
is amazing at the progress
we have made. A lot of girls
decided at the last minute to
go out; I have no problem
with that because it shows
how our program is progress-
ing steadily and attracting
people, Munoz added. At
the same time, we didnt have
a lot of off-season or pre-
season preparation; weve
come a long way in a rela-
tively short time. They arent
polished in their skills and
touches and the other techni-
cal aspects of the game but
they have really picked them
up well.
The Jays finished off scor-
ing on the contest at 11:54. A
midfield pass from Wrasman
led Jackson on a run down the
middle. Behind the defense,
she veered toward the left
post and fired a 12-yarder
that Bevington had no chance
to stop as the orb found the
right side for a 3-0 edge.
We showed a spark
early in the second half and I
really thought wed maintain
it. However, it went away
too quickly for me, Drerup
added. When they scored
that second goal, you could
see our effort go down a little
bit. We couldnt get anything
consistent going offensively;
fortunately, Cassidy played
a great match in goal. She
made some outstanding saves
today.
Both teams return to action
at 7 p.m. Thursday: the Jays
at Bath and the Wildcats at
Bluffton.
Lady Jays goose-egg Wildcats
in Crosstown Shootout
Tom Morris photo
Jefferson senior Amanda Vorst finds herself sand-
wiched between St. Johns junior Kelsey Pohlman and
senior Kristie Grothouse during Mondays Crosstown
Shootout girls soccer match at St. Johns. The host Lady
Blue Jays garnered a 3-0 shutput.
By CHARLIE
WARNIMONT
Delphos Herald
Correspondent
OTTOVILLE Defense
was the name of the game
as the Kalida and Ottoville
girls soccer team met in a
Putnam County League con-
test Monday evening.
While goals were
hard to come by,
the Lady Wildcats
found themselves
in the right position
twice to escape with
a 2-0 win over the
Big Green at the Ottoville
Athletic Complex.
The win moved Kalida
one step closer to repeating
as PCL champs as they are
3-0 in the league and 10-0-
2 overall. The Wildcats host
Continental (2-0 PCL) next
Tuesday in a match that could
decide the PCL
champion.
The Big Green
dropped to 1-2 in the
league and 8-3 over-
all as they host the
Pirates Thursday.
Although both squads had
their opportunities to score,
including a penalty kick each,
quality chances were hard to
come by due to each teams
defense.
That was the story the first
half as neither team had many
scoring chances at all.
After each team had just
one shot on-goal through 20
minutes of play, Kalida junior
Summer Holtkamp gave her
team the lead with 19:58 left
in the first half. Holtkamp
picked up a loose ball in the
box, after the Ottoville defense
failed to clear a rebound, and
she knocked a shot into the
back of the net.
You have to take advan-
tage of your opportunities and
we were able to get home
a couple of them, Kalida
coach David Kehres said.
My defense, you have to
give them a lot of credit.
They came ready to play and
hung strong and got the job
done. Our goalie played well
tonight and you can see she is
starting to gain a lot of confi-
dence as the season goes on.
The Wildcats had a chance
to make it a 2-0 game 30
seconds later when Emily
Schnipke took a pass and
put a shot on-goal. The ball
was deflected away by an
Ottoville defender out of
harms way and neither team
had another quality look on-
goal the first half.
I have to give our defense
a lot of credit against a very
good Kalida team, Ottoville
coach Tim Kimmet said.
They played really hard and
basically we had them 1-0
for most of the game. There
are not many teams that have
held Kalida to one goal for
70 minutes. Its just one of
those things. Whenever our
team plays a PCL team ,they
just leave their hearts out on
the field and I applaud them
for that.
The second half was much
of the same as the two teams
made their runs only to
come up empty. There
was some drama early
in the half as both
teams were awarded a
penalty kick.
Ottoville appeared
the knot the score at
1-1 six minutes into the half
with a goal. The goal was
waived off as the official
came running in before the
goal to call a foul in the box
on Kalida, awarding the Big
Green a penalty kick with
34:49 left. Freshman Haley
Landwehr attempted the shot
and sent the attempt
over the crossbar.
Two minutes later,
Kalida was awarded
a penalty kick when
the Big Green was
called for a foul in the
box. Holtkamp attempted the
shot, only to have the attempt
stopped by Ottoville goalie
Lauren Kramer.
Ottoville had another
chance when an Ottoville
player chased down a long
pass near the Kalida 18-yard
box. Kalida goalie Erika
Brinkman started out to
play the ball, then retreated
back towards the goal. The
Ottoville player attempted a
shot with Brinkman retreating
and the Kalida goalie reached
up to nab the attempt.
Ottoville had another
opportunity to tie the match
off a corner kick played
into the Kalida box. After a
scramble in front of the goal,
the Wildcat defense cleared
the ball.
The Wildcats added an
insurance goal with 4:48 left
when Holtkamp chased down
a pass and knocked a shot into
the right corner of the goal.
You have to give a lot
of credit to Ottoville, they
came in with a good game
plan and being a PCL game
you have to come with her
best effort, Kehres added.
The girls showed me they
have a lot of heart. They dug
deep late in the game and we
were able to get another one.
Im very proud of the girls
tonight for digging deep and
getting the job done. The PCL
is a tough league because it is
so competitive and the girls
have something to be proud
of tonight as Ottoville is a
good team and will be a team
to be reckoned with.
Kalida takes on Bryan at
5:30 p.m. Thursday on the
road.
LadyCats down Lady
Green in defensive battle
By MALLORY KEMPER
The Delphos Herald
mkemper2011@
hotmail.com

OTTOVILLE - Ottoville
hosted the Ayersville volley-
ball team in a non-league
match up Monday night and
handed the Lady Green a
25-23, 25-14, 24-26, 25-22
loss.
The Pilots improved to
14-2 on the campaign, while
the Lady Green fell to 6-9 on
the season.
The first set was led by
Kaleigh Hug with four kills
and two blocks for Ayersville.
The Pilots took a quick 10-7
lead but Ottoville rallied back
with the help from Abby
Siefker with six first-set kills
and two blocks.
The Lady Green went up
18-15 with a Megan Bendele
kill assisted by Tonya
Kaufman. Emily Cramer for
Ayersville had a big hit to
give her team a 23-22 lead
and two mis-hits by Ottoville
handed the Pilots the first
set.
Set 2 was all Ayersville,
including serving four aces.
Cramer led her team to this
victory with four kills, assist-
ed by Amanda Cook who
had dished out 15 second-set
assists, as the Pilots grabbed
a commanding 2-0 lead in
the match.
The third set was back-
and-forth, with Siefker lead-
ing her team with six blocks.
Ottoville rallied back from
going down 17-12 with a kill
by Bendele and a block by
Siefker. Two aces by Tammy
Wannemacher gave the Lady
Green a 24-24 tie and the
Pilots missed two attacks that
kept the Lady Green alive for
set four.
Blocking has been some-
thing we have been strug-
gling with, so I think that is
something we have improved
on as the game went on,
Ottoville coach Susan Jones
said. I feel like we have a
big front row, so I would like
to see more blocks.
In the fourth set, both
teams were aggressive with
a tie at 16-16. Ottoville
missed two hits for a 19-16
Ayersville lead. A couple of
serve-receive errors on the
Lady Green gave the Pilots
their 14th win of the year.
We only had four service
errors tonight, so I a, happy
with our improvement on
that, Jones added. The girls
played hard and battled back
but I just wish they would
have come out stronger in the
first game.
Top performers for
Ottoville were: Marissa
Neinberg who went 14/14
serving for six points.
Kaufman also went 14/14
serving with six points, 20
assists and four kills. Siefker
had 14 kills along with eight
blocks and Bendele had 11
kills along with six blocks.
Top performers for
Ayersville were: setter Cook
dished out 41 assists. Hug
and Kayla Zachrich both had
eight kills, while Kramer
contributed with six kills,
five aces, three blocks and
14 digs.
Every game we have
been struggling with play-
ing better than our opponent,
so our goal tonight was to
really try to be better than
them, Ayersville coach Julie
Gustwiller said. I think it
was great that the girls rallied
back around and came back
more able to finish.
The junior varsity match
was won by Ayersville in
three sets: 25-23, 22-25,
25-14.
Ottoville hosts Wayne
Trace Thursday for a makeup
match.
Ayersville comes out strong against Ottoville
Junior Karli Leugers had an
assist for the hosts, who were
outshot 14-6.
Bre Parish had five saves
for the Lady Falcons and soph-
omore Abbey Heslep 12 for
Bluffton, who hosts Jefferson 7
p.m. Thursday.
-----
Thunderbirds whomp Ada
in boys soccer
LIMA Lima Central
Catholic played a rude host to
Ada Tuesday night, handing
the Bulldogs a 7-0 boys soccer
loss at Lima Stadium tonight.
LCCs Ryan Terry had two
assists. Matt McNamara and
Nolan Burkholder each had
one.
Burkholder, Michael
Kahle,and Sean Daley had two
goals apiece for the T-Birds
and McNamara one.
LCC (9-3-1) had 25 shots
on-goal, Ada (2-11) had two.
Ben Stechschulte had two saves
for LCC, Tate Anspach had 16
saves for Ada.
----
Earlham makes early
goals stand up in 2-1 win
over Beavers
RICHMOND, Indiana
The Earlham College womens
soccer team jumped on the
scoreboard twice in the first
period and held on to cap-
ture a 2-1 victory over Bluffton
University on Tuesday.
The Beavers fell to 4-3-1
overall and 1-2 in the Heartland
Collegiate Athletic Conference
with their second straight set-
back. Earlham improved to
5-4-1 on the season and 2-0 in
the HCAC,
Cate Simmermaker found
Ikumi Doucette less than two
minutes into the contest for a
quick 1-0 lead, stunning the
visitors.
Simmermaker hooked up
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mark, giving the Quakers a lead
they would never relinquish.
The Beavers cut the deficit
in half with just over seven
minutes to play when Aimee
Whitmer (Tontogany/Otsego)
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Earlham staved off the Beavers
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with their 2-1 victory over the
visitors.
Maddie Moore (Berne,
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Shawnee) combined for five
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Moore putting two of her
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Earlham finished with a 10-6
edge in shots. The Quakers
forced two of the three corner
kicks in the match. Sophomore
keeper Maggie Armstrong
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DEAR BRUCE: I am
an 84-year-old widow and
in reasonably good health. I
live in an independent home
(valued at $150,000) in an
assisted-living community.
I have no debt. My income
is enough for me to live
comfortably and save a little
each month. I have a long-
term-care policy. I have
$55,000 in an annuity that
the company has agreed to
hold for me tax-free until
I am 100 years old. It has a
death benefit of $62,000. I
have around $50,000 (after
losing about $25,000 in 2008)
invested in several funds. My
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each month and maybe lose
it all, or should I
close it out and
put it where it
will be safe but
wont be earning
anything? -- D.F.,
via email
DEAR D.F.:
It seems to me
that you are in
very good shape
financially. You
didnt indicate when you
purchased this annuity and
whether there are early
withdrawal fees. I cant
imagine anyone with morals
selling you an annuity
considering your age. If I were
able to get out without penalty,
my inclination would be to
cash it in. On the other hand,
you say you have enough
income, so this is not really
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about putting your $50,000 in
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you can lose it all. I think
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you will have no worries
about being wiped out. I must
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DEAR BRUCE: I am
divorced from my wife
of 52 years, and she is in
an Alzheimers facility in
Pennsylvania. My daughter
has power of attorney, and
she is her caregiver. About
four years ago, my ex-wife
loaned money to some of
the other children, and they
did not repay her. She will
be out of money soon and
will have to go on Medicaid.
Can my daughter be held
liable for being financially
responsible for her mother,
since her mother is about out
of money? I find it hard to
believe that they could hold
my daughter liable for her
mothers finances. ?
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DEAR
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of the details that
someone is going to
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is how long ago the
money was given.
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she has transferred or given
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be fine. If the state takes
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was given away strictly to
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expenses, they could try and
recover it from other assets.
The sale of a house perhaps
could be one.
Unless your daughter took
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I cant find any expert who
says she would be personally
responsible. Upon your ex-
wifes demise, your daughter
then is named executor of
her mothers estate. She
will need a responsible
attorney for advice before
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is unlikely that she has any
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finding a competent attorney
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tors railed against corporate
greed and expressed frustra-
tion over the economy.
Bernanke replied: I think
people are quite unhappy
with the state of the econo-
my and whats happening.
They blame, with some jus-
tification, the problems in the
financial sector for getting us
into this mess. And theyre
dissatisfied with the policy
response here in Washington.
And at some level, I cant
blame them.
Certainly, 9 percent
unemployment and very slow
growth is not a very good
situation, he added. Thats
why they are protesting.
Throughout the day, trad-
ers and U.S. policymakers
kept one eye on Europe, where
a debt crisis has dragged on
more than a year. Investors
worry that a messy default by
Greece could hurt European
banks and their American
counterparts.
On Tuesday, the Greek
finance minister said the
nation has enough money to
pay pensions, salaries and
bondholders through the
middle of next month and
that was seen as good news.
Bernanke told Congress there
was little the Fed could do
about Europes problems.
Unfortunately, we are
innocent bystanders here, he
said. I am persuaded they
are aware of the risks.
Bernanke said he believes
the Feds latest move to
help the economy would be
meaningful but not an enor-
mous support for the econo-
my. The program, known as
Operation Twist, is designed
to lower long-term interest
rates so people and business-
es will spend more money.
It should help, somewhat,
on job creation and growth,
the Fed chief told Congress.
Its particularly important
now that the economy is
close, the recovery is close to
faltering.
We need to make sure
that the recovery continues
and doesnt drop back and
that the unemployment rate
continues to fall, he added.
The Fed has used most of
its tools to help the econo-
my. It said this summer that
it expects to keep interest
rates super-low into 2013.
Congress is inclined to cut,
not raise, spending. Europe
is resisting bold steps to save
its most troubled economies.
And fears are rising that a
recession is on the verge of
seizing Europe and eventu-
ally spreading around the
world.
We have already taken
interest rates down to zero
... and this Congress doesnt
seem to be able to do any-
thing, said David Wyss,
former chief economist at
Standard & Poors. So not
much good is going to hap-
pen.
Investors seem to think so.
Stocks sank early Tuesday on
fears about Europe, before
rising in late morning on
Bernankes suggestion that
the Fed might be open to
doing more to help.
Then they tumbled again
in the afternoon, only to
surge in the final 30 minutes
of trading on a report that
European leaders might be
working on a plan to prop up
banks there.
The Standard & Poors
500 index finished the day
up 2.3 percent at 1,123.95, or
about 33 points above what
would be considered bear
market territory.
Economists at Goldman
Sachs forecast in a note this
week that Europe could fall
into recession by winter. That
would push the U.S. econo-
my to the edge of recession
by early 2012, said Andrew
Tilton, an economist with the
firm.
Bernanke warns recovery
close to faltering
I think people are quite unhappy with
the state of the economy and whats
happening. They blame, with some
justification, the problems in the finan-
cial sector for getting us into this mess.
And theyre dissatisfied with the policy
response here in Washington. And
at some level, I cant blame them.
Federal Reserve
Chairman Ben Bernanke
Pat Moeller, president of
Moeller Door & Window
Company, is excited about
the new addition to their
sales force.
Paul Hamrick has joined
Moeller Door & Window
Company as their new direc-
tor of sales. Hamrick brings
over 20 years of window
and door sales and construc-
tion experience to assist in
the growth and expansion of
Moeller Door & Windows.
As one of the largest
door and window compa-
nies in the area, Moeller
has been able to be one of
the few companies to grow
and expand even in a slow
economy. Founded in 1987,
Moeller Door & Windows,
with their knowledgeable
sales personnel and experi-
enced installers are able to
meet the window and door
needs of residential and com-
mercial customers across
West Central and Northwest
Ohio. Having their own
hourly-specialized window
and door installers, allows
Moeller to control quality
and installation costs.
Hamrick joins
Moeller Door
& Window Co.
By RACHEL METZ
and JORDAN
ROBERTSON
The Associated Press
CUPERTINO, Calif.
The most closely kept secret
about the iPhone 5? There
isnt one yet.
The new iPhone is fast-
er, has a better camera and
allows you to sync content
without needing a comput-
er. It includes a futuristic,
voice-activated service that
responds to spoken com-
mands and questions such
as Do I need an umbrella
today? It will now be avail-
able to Sprint customers as
well as those from AT&T and
Verizon Wireless.
But theres a catch. Apple
named it 4S when most peo-
ple were expecting the iPhone
5. Immediately, tech bloggers
and Apple fans alike began to
wonder if this new iPhone was
not as cool as they had hoped.
Investors were disappointed,
too. Apples stock fell more
than 5 percent before getting
a late bump.
If Tuesdays unveil-
ing seemed like a letdown,
it was because Apple didnt
do a good job of manag-
ing expectations. Thats a
familiar problem for Apple,
whose penchant for secrecy
invites hyperbolic specu-
lation between its product
announcements. Given that it
had been 16 months since the
previous iPhone hit the mar-
ket, imaginations had even
more time to run wild this
time.
This is the typical Apple
scenario: People keep want-
ing it to do the impossible,
said Tim Bajarin, a Creative
Strategies analyst who has
been following the company
for decades.
Apples approach to the
event didnt do any favors
for Tim Cook in his first
major public appearance
since he succeeded Steve
Jobs as CEO six weeks ago.
Jobs, the Apple visionary and
co-founder, relinquished the
reins to focus on his health
problems.
Cook handled his presen-
tation in a pedestrian fashion
that lacked Jobs flair. The
format and stage setting were
similar to the presentations
that Jobs had orchestrated
so masterfully, giving Cook
little opportunity to make his
own mark, said Adam Hanft,
a marketing consultant who
runs his own firm in New
York.
It wasnt fair to Tim in
his inaugural because there
he didnt have any product
to show off that was a real
barnburner, Hanft said.
This allowed him to get
his sea legs, but he still needs
to find his voice and style.
They need to come up with
a new setting that is equally
Apple-like aesthetically, but
not the same that they had
while Steve was there.
Even though the iPhone
4S is an improvement over
its predecessor, it isnt being
perceived as a breakthrough
partly because its not being
branded as an iPhone 5, as
most people had been expect-
ing, said Prashant Malaviya,
a marketing professor at
Georgetown University.
Not all investors were dis-
appointed.
Stephen Coleman, chief
investment officer for
Daedalus Capital and an
Apple investor since 2004,
calls his Apple stock the
safest investment that I own.
Apple gets no love from Wall
Street for new iPhone
By RICARDO ALONSO-
ZALDIVAR
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON
Medicares popular prescrip-
tion program has an unsavory
underside. Its an easy target
for drug abusers seeking to
feed their own addictions or
sell painkillers for profit, con-
gressional investigators said in
a report released Tuesday.
The Government
Accountability Office found
that about 170,000 Medicare
recipients each received pre-
scriptions from multiple doc-
tors for 14 frequently abused
medications in 2008. Not
counting related charges for
office visits, the cost to the
taxpayer-supported program
amounted to $148 million.
Abuse of prescription
medications is a fast-grow-
ing drug problem, particu-
larly entrenched among teens
and young adults. Sen. Tom
Carper, D-Del., who requested
investigation, said Medicare
has a responsibility to not make
things any worse.
We have a moral impera-
tive to make sure the public
health system is not used to
subsidize and intensify a pub-
lic health crisis, Carper said
at a hearing of the Homeland
Security and Government
Affairs subcommittee on fed-
eral financial management.
Medicare officials say they
face legal limitations in what
they can do to stop the abuse,
although they recognize the
problem and have adopted new
strategies to confront it.
Investigation: Drug abusers
exploiting Medicare benefit

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$75 OBO. 419-863-9164
or 419-863-0073
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Silver coins, Silverware,
Pocket Watches, Diamonds.
2330 Shawnee Rd.
Lima
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Friday 9am-7pm
Saturday 9am-4pm
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DELPHOS FRATERNAL
Order of Eagl es an -
nounces, to their mem-
bers, that they will be vot-
ing on proposed bylaws
and house rules changes
at their meeting on Octo-
ber 10th, 2011. The meet-
ing will start at 7:30pm.
The mai n proposed
changes will be to the ini-
tiation fees and to the limi-
tation on ability to carry in
food products. Other mi-
nor changes are also be-
ing proposed. Male mem-
bers are encouraged to at-
tend this meeting.
RESOLUTION #2011-11
A RE S OL UT I ON
AUTHORI ZI NG THE
SAFETY SERVICE DI -
RECTOR TO PREPARE
AND SUBMIT AN APPLI-
CATION TO PARTICI -
PATE IN THE OHIO PUB-
LIC WORKS COMMIS-
SION STATE CAPITAL
IMPROVEMENT AND/OR
LOCAL TRANSPORTA-
TION IMPROVEMENT
PROGRAM(S) AND
TO EXECUTE AGREE-
MENTS AS REQUIRED
FOR OBTAINING FINAN-
CIAL ASSISTANCE AND
DECLARI NG I T AN
EMERGENCY
RESOLUTION #2011-12
A RE S OL UT I ON
AUTHORI ZI NG THE
SAFETY SERVICE DI -
RECTOR TO PREPARE
AND SUBMIT
AN APPLICATION TO
PARTICIPATE IN THE
OHIO PUBLIC WORKS
COMMISSION STATE
CAPI TAL I MPROVE-
MENT AND/OR LOCAL
TRANSPORTATION IM-
PROVEMENT PRO-
GRAM(S) AND TO EXE-
CUTE AGREEMENTS AS
REQUIRED FOR OB-
TAINING FINANCIAL AS-
SISTANCE AND DE-
CLARING IT AN EMER-
GENCY
RESOLUTION #2011-14
A RESOLUTION AC-
C E P T I N G T H E
AMOUNTS AND RATES
AS DETERMINED BY
THE BUDGET COMMIS-
SION AND AUTHORIZ-
ING THE NECESSARY
TAX LEVIES AND CERTI-
FYING THEM TO THE
COUNTY AUDITOR.
Passed and approved this
19th day of September
2011.
Robert Ulm, Council Pres.
ATTEST:
Sherryl L. George,
Deputy Council Clerk
Michael H. Gallmeier,
Mayor
A complete text of this leg-
islation is on record at the
Municipal Building and
can be viewed during
regular office hours.
Marsha Mueller,
Council Clerk
9/28/11, 10/5/11
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today
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region
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briefly
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Wednesday, October 5, 2011 The Herald 11
Tomorrows
Horoscope
By Bernice Bede Osol
Writer wants to
get rid of meds
Dear Annie: I would like
to know the proper way to
dispose of pain medications
when a loved one passes
away.
Quite recently, my sisters
friends husband died from
cancer. Two days later, my
sister and her friend were
trying to sell his unused
Oxycontin and morphine. I
find this appalling.
I have read that it is not
wise to flush the meds down
the toilet because
it affects our
drinking water. So,
please tell us the
proper way of dis-
posal. -- Confused
in My State
D e a r
Confused: How
nice that your sis-
ter wants to be a
drug pusher.
Studies have
found traces of
painkillers, estro-
gen, antidepres-
sants, blood-pressure medi-
cines and other pharmaceu-
ticals in water samples. The
medications you cite are
classified as controlled sub-
stances and cannot be legally
donated or dispensed. Unless
the labeling specifically says
to flush them, the DEA does
not recommend sending any
medications down the toilet.
Instead, it encourages bring-
ing unwanted medications to
community take-back collec-
tions.
Readers can check with
their pharmacy for drug recy-
cling or community take-
back programs. If there are
no such programs near you,
contact your state and local
waste management authori-
ties. Unused medications can
also be ground up or dis-
solved in a small amount of
water or alcohol, and mixed
with coffee grounds or kitty
litter, and then put in a small
sealable plastic bag and hid-
den in the trash.
Please help your sister get
rid of these medications prop-
erly before she gets arrested.
Dear Annie: I am a doctor
working in a medium-sized
medical practice. It was a
great place to work until we
hired Dr. Judy, an aggres-
sive physician who tried to
get others fired. When her
chances of becoming a part-
ner disappeared, she abruptly
left, taking a lot of staff with
her. She set up shop a few
miles away and is actively
recruiting our clients.
One of the other doctors
on our staff went on disabil-
ity and instead of returning to
us, went to work for Dr. Judy,
saying the hours were short-
er and there would be less
stress. This same doctor is
getting married next month.
The owner of our practice
was extremely disappointed
that she left us and decided
not to attend the wedding.
However, I have remained
good friends with her.
Should I attend her wed-
ding, possibly offending my
colleague whom I respect
a great deal? Or should I
politely decline and send a
gift? -- Not Sure What To
Do
Dear Not Sure: Your col-
league has not given you any
ultimatums and isnt likely
to do anything to antagonize
those physicians who are still
loyal to the practice. You are
entitled to have a life outside
of the office. If you want to
attend the wedding,
by all means go.
Dear Annie: I
read the letter from
Lonesome, the
65-year-old single
woman who com-
plained that she
didnt have any
friends to shop or
have lunch with. I
was doing OK with
that letter until
she said, Senior
groups are 10 years
too old for me.
Its no wonder she has no
friends.
Im 60. One of my best
friends died last year at the
age of 87. I knew her for
four years and was lucky to
know her. It did not matter
how old she was. She had a
great sense of humor and was
full of life. Every precious
minute I spent with her was
a gift. Maybe Lonesome
should rethink what it means
to be a friend. -- Honored To
Have Known Her
Dear Honored: We com-
pletely agree that age should
not be a factor in choos-
ing ones friends. Whether
older or younger, one can
find shared interests and true
camaraderie.
Annies Mailbox is written
by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy
Sugar, longtime editors of the
Ann Landers column. Please
e-mail your questions to
anniesmailbox@comcast.net,
or write to: Annies Mailbox,
c/o Creators Syndicate, 5777
W. Century Blvd., Ste. 700,
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THURSDAY, OCT. 6, 2011
Do all that you can to get out and
move around as much as possible in
the year ahead. The more exposure
you get, the more people youll meet
who can become good friends. It
behooves you to establish as many
contacts as you can.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) --
Todays events could turn out to be
rather beneficial for you, especially if
you have plans with someone who has
proved lucky for you in the past. Life
has a way of repeating itself.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22)
-- Because certain breaks could be
coming your way, devote your time
and energies toward fulfilling a tough
ambition of yours. Itll help if you
keep what youre doing to yourself.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec.
21) -- Utilize any and all special
knowledge or expertise youve
acquired that could benefit you as
well as two special friends who
are involved with you in a project.
Something positive will come of it.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)
-- Since you are now in an extremely
favorable achievement cycle, dont
waste your time and efforts on small
potatoes. Aim for the big spuds in all
that you do.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) --
The excellent impression youll make
on everyone you come in contact with
will be both favorable and lasting.
Where youll really shine is in one-
on-one relationships.
PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20)
-- Lady Luck will do her best to help
you develop some new channels to
achieve your needs as well as your
wants. Dont coast, however, because
she may not stick around very long.
ARIES (March 21-April 19)
-- The quickest way to be successful
is to put your interests second. When
you do what you believe to be best for
everyone else, you feather your own
nest as well.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20) -- If
you work from a structured agenda
and do the toughest jobs first, youll
be amazed at how well things will turn
out for you and how pleased youll be
with your accomplishments.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20)
-- Adopting an optimistic attitude
and demeanor could be extremely
effective in enhancing your popularity
with the opposite gender. Put it to the
test and see for yourself.
CANCER (June 21-July 22) --
An extremely tough matter can be put
to rest if you make it your priority to
do so. Whenever youre dealing with
something of this ilk, know that it
cannot be done in bits and pieces.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) --
Although you may be comfortable
with certain ideas, there is a good
chance theyll appear to be a bit too
grandiose for others. The reason:
youll be using different methods of
measurement.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) --
Because your material prospects look
exceptionally good, dont put off until
tomorrow what you can easily take
care of now. When things are this
good, live in the now, man.
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Answers to Mondays questions:
If you live to be 100, on average there are 50 other
centenarians in the U.S.
Florida has the oldest median age at nearly 39. Utah has
the youngest at 27.
Todays questions:
Out of the first 23 NASA astronauts, how many were
first-borns?
When surveyed, what percentage of new mothers were
grateful their husbands stayed out of the way?
Answers in Thursdays Herald.
Todays words:
Furfuraceous: covered in dandruff
Quawk: caw or screech
Todays joke:
Four people are in an airplane, the pilot, the smart-
est man in the world, the richest man in the world and a
punk teenager. The airplane experiences some difficul-
ties and the pilot informs the three passengers the plane
is going to crash and there are only three parachutes on
the plane.
The richest man in the world takes one because he
says that his lawyers will sue everyone else on the plane
if he doesnt survive.
The smartest man in the world takes a parachute
because he thinks that the world would be a worse place
without him.
The pilot says to the punk Theres only one para-
chute left, Ill fight you for it.
That wont be necessary, said the punk. The
smartest man in the world took my backpack.
By DEEPTI HAJELA and
KAREN ZRAICK
Associated Press
NEW YORK The man at the helm of
a private helicopter that crashed into the East
River, killing one passenger and injuring three
others, was an experienced commercial pilot
who owns a company that manages a local
airport. Investigators are still trying to deter-
mine why the helicopter went down shortly
after takeoff from a riverbank heliport.
Emergency crews arrived within seconds
of Tuesdays crash to find the helicopter
upside-down in the murky water with just its
skids showing on the surface. The pilot, Paul
Dudley, and three passengers were bobbing,
and witnesses reported a man diving down,
possibly in an attempt to rescue the remaining
passenger.
New York Police Department divers pulled
Sonia Marra, 40, from the water about 90 min-
utes after the Bell 206 Jet Ranger went down
at around 3:30 p.m. She was pronounced dead
at the scene.
Meanwhile, a portrait emerged of the pilot
as an expert flier who once landed a plane
in a field near Coney Island after its engine
failed. Dudley owns Linden Airport Services,
the company that manages the Linden, N.J.,
municipal airport under a 20-year con-
tract with the city, Linden Mayor Richard
Gerbounka said.
Hes an accomplished pilot, Gerbounka
said.
Pilot Owen Kanzler, who said he has
known Dudley for at least 20 years, said he
saw Dudleys helicopter take off from the
airport around 3 p.m. Flight conditions were
calm, he said, with fair weather clouds above
the altitude where Dudley would have been
flying.
As long as Ive known Paul, hes owned
and flown helicopters, he said. Hes a nice,
outgoing man who does a fine job running
the airport.
The passengers were friends of Dudleys
family and were visiting New York to cel-
ebrate the birthdays of Marra and her step-
father Paul Nicholson, 71. He was on the
chopper along with his wife Harriet, 60; and
a friend of Marras, Helen Tamaki, 43. The
Nicholsons are British but live in Portugal;
Marra and Tamaki, a citizen of New Zealand,
lived in Sydney, Australia. The group had
planned to do some sightseeing and then go
to dinner in Linden, police said.
The pilots wife, Sunhe Dudley, told The
Associated Press that she had spoken to her
husband briefly after the crash.
These were actually very dear friends of
ours that were in the helicopter, she said.
Marra had worked at Galluzzos fruit and
vegetable market in the Sydney suburb of
Glebe for the past three months, said worker
Joe Galluzzo. Marra was thrilled when Tamaki
surprised her with the trip to New York as a
40th birthday present, Galluzzo said.
Marra had not seen her family in years,
and was planning to meet up with them at
the top of the Empire State Building as soon
as she and Tamaki arrived in New York,
Galluzzo said.
Loved by the customers, fantastic person-
ality very bubbly, Galluzzo said of Marra.
She couldnt do enough for us. She was just
a great, great person.
Mayor Michael Bloomberg said Dudley
apparently reported problems in the heli-
copter and tried to turn around but instead
crashed into the water.
The National Transportation Safety Board
was on the scene Tuesday, and crews pulled
the wreckage from the water about four hours
after it went down. The chopper was taken to
the police departments Floyd Bennett Field
in Brooklyn. The airport in Linden, about
17 miles from the 34th Street heliport, was
locked down briefly pending the arrival of
Federal Aviation Administration and NTSB
investigators.
The crash triggered a massive rescue
effort, with a dozen boats and divers going
down into the cold, gray water. Police officers
doing a counterterrorism drill nearby jumped
into the water wearing their uniforms, and
without any rescue equipment they pulled the
passengers to shore. Fire department rescue
paramedics revived Harriet Nicholson and
Tamaki, who were in critical condition; Paul
Nicholson was stable. All were hospitalized.
Dudley swam to shore and was uninjured.
The pilot did indicate that there was
somebody still in the helicopter, Lt. Larry
Serras said. By the time we swam to the heli-
copter it was completely submerged.
Speaking on the CBS The Early Show
today, Serras said the current was a lot more
difficult than I thought it was going to be. The
swim was a lot further than it first appeared. If
we didnt have some flotation devices I think
things could have been a lot worse.
Because of the limited amount of flota-
tion devices, We tried to stay together so
we wouldnt lose any of the rescuers, added
Serras, who appeared on the show with
Officer Jason Gregory, one of the divers who
brought Marras body to the surface.
Gregory said that the helicopter was upside
down in the sediment.
He said he jumped in the water with his
partner and the wreckage was right there and
the victim was inside.
NYC chopper crash pilot was experienced
By LAWRENCE MESSINA
Associated Press
CHARLESTON, W.Va. Democrat Earl Ray Tomblin
overcame weeks of Republican attack ads to win the West
Virginia governors race Tuesday, successfully distancing
himself from the Obama administration and the presidents
health care plan.
Tomblin, who has been acting governor for the past year,
will finish the final year of a term left vacant by Joe Manchin,
a well-liked governor who stepped down after he won a U.S.
Senate seat.
The race was fraught with negative ads from both sides and
narrowed in the final weeks. The national parties spent mil-
lions of dollars on each campaign.
With 96 percent of precincts reporting, Tomblin had 50
percent of the vote compared with Republican Bill Maloneys
47 percent, according to unofficial results.
Tomblin campaigned as the rightful heir to Manchin. He
said together they helped shape policies that created pain-free
balanced budgets and revenue surpluses at a time when other
states continued to struggle during the recession.
We tried to stay on message as much as possible, Tomblin
told to The Associated Press before addressing his supporters
Tuesday night. We do have a stable budget and a stable econ-
omy in West Virginia. Thats what people are looking for.
A veteran state lawmaker, Tomblin fended off questions
about his mothers greyhound breeding business and efforts to
tie him to Obama. Republicans were upset Tomblin didnt join
a majority of other states who sued the administration over the
health care plan.
Obama lost West Virginia in 2008 and remains wildly
unpopular here, but Tomblin got a replay of last years U.S.
Senate special election, when Manchin beat back efforts to tie
him to Obama.
Democrats outnumber the GOP by nearly 2-to-1 in West
Virginia, but they are considered more conservative than their
Democrat wins WV governorship
By AMY FORLITI
Associated Press
MINNEAPOLIS Two Minnesota
women accused of going door-to-door
to raise money for al-Shabab knew the
Somali-based group engaged in terror-
ism and rejoiced when they heard
about its victories in their war-torn
homeland, a prosecutor said Tuesday.
However, an attorney for one of the
women told jurors during opening state-
ments that Amina Farah Ali, 35, was
just trying to help her fellow Somalis
and didnt know the U.S. considers al-
Shabab a terrorist group.
Prosecutors have said Ali and Hawo
Mohamed Hassan, 64, were part of a
deadly pipeline that routed money and
fighters from the U.S. to Somalia. The
women, both U.S. citizens of Somali
decent, are charged with conspiracy to
provide material support to a foreign
terrorist organization.
Ali also faces 12 counts of providing
such support for allegedly sending
more than $8,600 to the group on mul-
tiple occasions from September 2008
through July 2009. Hassan faces three
counts of lying to the FBI.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Jeffrey
Paulsen told jurors the two women solic-
ited funds under false pretenses and
when they learned about al-Shababs
terrorist activities they rejoiced in it,
and then, they would go out and raise
more money to send to al-Shabab.
Paulsen said prosecutors will prove
the women knew the money they col-
lected was going to al-Shabab, that they
knew they were doing something illegal,
and that they knew the group engaged in
terrorism.
Alis defense attorney, Dan Scott,
said his client was an avid fundraiser
who collected money and clothing for
the needy. Scott didnt outright tell
jurors that Ali gave money to al-Shabab,
but he did say she was raising money
for people in Somalia fighting against
invaders.
Somalia has been mired in conflict
since 1991, when dictator Siad Barre
was overthrown by warlords who then
turned on each other. Islamist militants
led by al-Shabab are trying to over-
throw the weak U.N.-backed govern-
ment that is being propped up by about
9,000 African Union peacekeepers from
Uganda and Burundi.
Scott said Somalis who fled that
chaos and survived have a built-in need
to help. He counted Ali among those
people.
Amina Ali was trying to get her help
to the people she believed needed it the
most, and for that, she should not be
convicted, Scott said.
He said Ali did not know al-Shabab
had been declared a terrorist organiza-
tion until the government told her in July
2009. The U.S. claims al-Shabab has ties
to al-Qaida, and the State Department
officially declared it a terrorist organiza-
tion in 2008.
Hassans attorney plans to make his
opening statement after the government
presents its case.
Each terrorism count carries a maxi-
mum sentence of 15 years in prison.
Over the course of 10 months, inves-
tigators ran a wiretap on Alis home and
cellphones, intercepting roughly 30,000
calls. Paulsen told jurors the wiretap ran
for so long because Ali was plugged
in to some prominent militants, includ-
ing a regional governor for al-Shabab
and a known terrorist who lectured at
one of the womens teleconferences.
Prosecutor: Women were aware of groups terrorism
By LAURA
WIDES-MUNOZ
Associated Press
MIAMI The Univision
television network denied
allegations Tuesday that it
told Republican Sen. Marco
Rubio it might not broad-
cast a story about a relatives
decades-old drug conviction
if he appeared on its news
programs.
The story about his broth-
er-in-laws late 1980s cocaine
trafficking conviction ran in
July and Rubio did not appear
on the network, which says it
never used the story to pres-
sure Rubio to appear. Rubios
spokesman declined com-
ment to The Associated Press
but told The Miami Herald
that the networks head of
news insinuated the offer on a
conference call. That descrip-
tion of the call matched a
similar account that the news-
paper obtained from separate
sources.
The allegations prompted
three Hispanic Republican
leaders to call for Republican
presidential candidates to
boycott Univisions efforts to
plan a debate in January. Mitt
Romney, Rick Perry and Jon
Huntsman said Tuesday they
would boycott.
The candidate boycott is in
response to a letter longtime
Rubio friend and political
ally Rep. David Rivera and
two other Florida Republican
leaders wrote Monday
to Republican National
Committee Chairman Reince
Priebus and the partys nine
presidential candidates.
Miami-Dade Republican
Chairman Eric Fresen and
Florida House Majority
Leader Carlos Lopez-Cantera
also signed the letter, which
also demands that Univision
issue an apology to Rubio and
his family and fire Lee.
Romneys spokeswoman
Andrea Saul said Tuesday
that the former Massachusetts
governor had not yet been
contacted regarding any
Univision debate, but we are
troubled by these allegations
and would not participate in
any such debate unless and
until Univision satisfactorily
addresses this situation.
Perrys campaign simi-
larly said the Texas gover-
nor would not participate in
a Univision campaign until
the network addressed what it
termed an ethical breach.
A spokesman for Huntsman
also confirmed the former
Utah governor would boy-
cott any proposed Univision
debate.
Herman Cains campaign
said he would also decline
any invitation from the net-
work.
Rick Santorums cam-
paign said the candidate was
reviewing the matter.
Other candidates did not
immediately return email or
telephone messages request-
ing comment.
Univision has long sought
Rubio as a guest on its net-
work news programs, where
he would likely face tough
questions from top anchors
Jorge Ramos and Maria Elena
Salinas about his conserva-
tive stance on immigration
reform. Univision denies it
ever tried to use the story to
pressure Rubio into appear-
ing.
Univision heavily pro-
moted its July 11 story on
the late 1980s conviction
of Orlando Cicilia, the hus-
band of Rubios sister, dur-
ing the federal-led Operation
Cobra. Marco Rubio was 16
at the time and had nothing
to do with the case. Cicilia
was given early release in
2000. The in-depth story was
widely ignored by English-
language media because of a
lack of relevance to the sena-
tors political career.
The Herald first reported
Saturday allegations that
on a July conference call
with Rubio staff, Univision
president of news Isaac Lee
insinuated the network would
tone down or pull the story
if Rubio appeared on one
of its news programs. The
Herald story cited unnamed
Univision sources, as well
as notes from Rubios staff
members who it said matched
the reported account.
Rubio officials told the
AP on Tuesday that they did
speak to the Herald about
the allegations until after the
Univision sources came for-
ward and they have decided
not to make further statements
about the story.
Univision said in a state-
ment that several participants
were on the call with Rubios
office for an off-the-record
discussion about the cocaine
story, including two of its
top lawyers. The company
said it has not announced any
planned debate or reached out
to any candidates.
Network denies coercing senator
By LINDA DEUTSCH
AP Special Correspondent
LOS ANGELES Dr. Conrad Murrays complicated love
life became entangled with the life and death of his patient
Michael Jackson, prosecutors suggested Tuesday as they called
a parade of women witnesses who received phone calls from
the doctor as Jackson was near death.
The evidence was designed to show that the doctor was try-
ing to juggle his medical practice, personal life and superstar
patient all at the same time and was so distracted he failed to
give Jackson proper care.
Murrays phone records from the day Jackson died were
displayed in court as a backdrop for testimony of those at the
other end of the cell phone calls. Three of them were current
and former girlfriends and one was the manager of Murrays
Houston office.
Nicole Alvarez, who lives with Murray and is the mother of
his small son, was a key witness. She said she received a phone
call from Murray as he rode in an ambulance beside Jacksons
lifeless body on June 25, 2009.
I remember him telling me that he was on the way to
the hospital in an ambulance with Mr. Jackson and not to be
alarmed, Alvarez said. He was worried I would hear about
it.
Three more calls to her were recorded that day but she
didnt remember the conversations.
Alvarez was depicted as an unwitting conduit for Murrays
purchases of the powerful anesthetic propofol which Jackson
craved as a sleep aid. Murray is charged with involuntary
manslaughter, accused of giving the star an overdose of the
drug and failing to respond properly when he found him not
breathing.
Murray has pleaded not guilty, and his attorneys claim
Jackson took the fatal dose himself.
Alvarez recounted how she received many shipments of
boxes for Murray in April, May and June 2009 but didnt open
them and had no idea of their contents. The pharmacist who
shipped them to her Santa Monica apartment from Las Vegas
testified that he thought he was shipping to Murrays medical
office.
FedEx and pharmacy receipts displayed by Deputy District
Attorney Deborah Brazil showed that they contained large
amounts of propofol, sedatives and a skin whitening cream
used to treat the skin disease vitiligo from which Jackson suf-
fered.
Tim Lopez, the Las Vegas pharmacist who filled orders
from Murray, testified that over four months he purchased
255 vials of propofol, 20 vials of the sedative lorazepam, 60
vials of midazolam and several tubes of lidocaine which was
intended to numb injection sites. He also purchased saline
solution in IV bags.
Alvarez, who had given birth to Murrays son in March
2009, recalled the doctor telling her that he was Jacksons
private physician. The 29-year-old actress said she found it
exciting.
It was Michael Jackson! she exulted when she recounted
meeting the star. She said Murray surprised her, telling her
he was taking her to meet someone and then they arrived at
Jacksons home.
I was speechless, Alvarez said. I couldnt believe I was
meeting Michael Jackson.
Alvarez smiled frequently and was often breathless during
her testimony. She told of her romance with Murray that began
at a Las Vegas night club and drew her into the glamorous
world of Jacksons inner circle.
She said she and Murray met Jackson several other times.
Michael was very interested in the baby, she said. He saw
my stomach growing with the pregnancy. He wanted to sched-
ule a visit so he could see my son.
Alvarez said she brought the little boy to Jacksons home
twice for visits.
Jackson doctors girlfriend
talks about calls, shipments
By ED WHITE
Associated Press
DETROIT A Nigerian
man accused of trying to bring
down a jetliner with a bomb in
his underwear made a defiant
political outburst Tuesday,
demonstrating again why his
courtroom behavior will be
closely watched throughout
the trial where hes represent-
ing himself.
The mujahadeen will
wipe out the U.S. the can-
cer U.S., said Umar Farouk
Abdulmutallab, scowling as
he referred to Muslim guer-
rilla fighters.
When marshals removed
his handcuffs, he also claimed
that a radical Muslim cler-
ic killed last week by the
American military is still
alive.
In nearly two years of legal
proceedings, Abdulmutallab
has normally been polite
and studious in front of the
judge and prospective jurors.
But in the moments before
court, hes shown a tendency
to make comments reflecting
loyalty to al-Qaida and con-
tempt for the United States.
The 24-year-old is charged
in federal court with trying
to destroy the Amsterdam-to-
Detroit flight on Christmas
2009. He has pleaded not
guilty, and his trial is expected
to last three or four weeks.
Prospective jurors were
questioned one by one, and
most were told to return
Thursday for inclusion in the
final pool of 37 to 45 people.
Abdulmutallab, who is act-
ing as his own lawyer, briefly
questioned a potential juror,
who expressed concern about
people possibly waiting in
the wings outside the court-
house, no matter the verdict.
There could be people
who would be angry and want
to retaliate? he asked.
Yes, she replied.
Terror suspect starts trial with
outburst of US being cancerous