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Thursday, October 4, 2012
DELPHOS HERALD
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Telling The Tri-Countys Story Since 1869
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Upfront
Sports
Obituaries 2
State/Local 3
Politics 4
Community 5
Sports 6-7
Classifieds 8
TV 9
World News 10
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Romneys aggressive debate cheers GOP
Analysis
By CHARLES
BABINGTON
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON
Challenger Mitt Romney used
Wednesdays debate to put
President Barack Obama on
the defensive on health care,
jobs and other issues. The
presidents reluctance to fire
back harshly gave new hope
to Republican partisans.
Romney managed to high-
light his top campaign themes
calling for lower tax rates,
less regulation, the repeal
of Obamacare while
largely fending off Obamas
demands for details on how
to pay for his proposals or
safeguard Americans health
and well-being.
Neither Obama nor the
debates moderator, mean-
while, pressed Romney on
some of his most vulner-
able points. They included
Romneys claim that 47 per-
cent of Americans are docile
dependents on the govern-
ment, a topic heavily featured
in TV ads and public conver-
sations the past two weeks.
The 90-minute debate in
Denver may have been too
wonky to captivate millions
of American viewers and
change the campaigns over-
all arc. Polls show Obama
leading in key battleground
states.
But it delighted
Republicans who felt Romney
was the aggressor without
going overboard, and who
were surprised by Obamas
cautious, at times listless
demeanor.
Even some Democratic
partisans grudgingly
acknowledged that Romney
had a good debate.
I think he won, unfor-
tunately, said Karl
Amelchenko, 36, a lawyer
from Raleigh, N.C., who sup-
ports Obama. Romney was
aggressive. He attacked.
The nominees have two
more debates this month,
and a government jobs report
on Friday could reshape the
contest. Obama has aired
more TV ads than Romney
in several key states, and its
unclear whether Romney
can follow his solid debate
performance with the type
of incisive message that has
eluded him so far.
Obama and moderator Jim
Lehrer repeatedly failed to
force Romney to detail how
he would cut tax rates at
every income level without
expanding the deficit or forc-
ing middle-income people to
pay a higher total tax bill.
If you believe that we can
cut taxes by $5 trillion and
add $2 trillion in additional
spending that the military is
not asking for, Obama said,
and you think that by closing
loopholes and deductions for
the well-to-do, somehow you
will not end up picking up
the tab, then Gov. Romneys
plan may work for you.
Virtually everything he
just said about my tax plan is
inaccurate, Romney retort-
ed. Im not looking for a $5
trillion tax cut.
As Romney all but accused
Obama of lying about his tax
plan, the president alternated
BBB reports
bogus debt
phone scam
Information submitted
The Better Business
Bureau is warning area resi-
dents of a vicious debt col-
lection scam being conducted
in the region that involves
a very scary and convincing
approach to consumers. In
this scam, the intended victim
receives a phone call from the
Dominican Republic purport-
edly from a collection agency
or a person seeking money for
some bogus debt. The BBB
has received numerous calls
about this scam in the past
few days.
The caller tries to convince
the victim that they owe a
certain amount of money and
if they do not pay immediately
the FBI or some other law
enforcement agent will come
and arrest them and extra-
dite them to the Dominican
Republic.
In at least one reported
incident, the victim was told
the money was owed to some
company in the Dominican
Republic. The victim sent a
total of $1,800 via Western
Union to the caller. This per-
Nancy Spencer photo
Jefferson to crown homecoming queen Friday
Jefferson High School has announced members of its 2012 Homecoming Court. They include, front from left,
junior Rileigh Stockwell, daughter of Jeff and Julane Stockwell; sophomore Heather Pohlman, daughter of Terry
and Chris Pohlman; freshmen Rileigh Tippie, daughter of Tari Tippie and the late Travis Tippie; freshman Madison
Smith, daughter of Michael and Cindy Smith; sophomore Andrea Geise, daughter of Andy and Nicki Geise; and
junior Rebekah Geise, daughter of John and Beth Geise; row two, junior Zavier Buzard, son of Jeremie and Crystal
Buzard and Jessica and Tom Pseekos; sophomore Nick Fitch, son of Doug and Julie Fitch; freshman Dalton Hicks,
son of Lori Hicks; freshman Drew Wannemacher, son of Brian and Amy Wannemacher; sophomore Carter Mox, son
of Andy and Amy Mox; and junior Aaron Culp, son of Ron and Laurie Culp; and back, senior queen candidate Alyssa
Miller, daughter of Larry and Amy Miller; her escort senior Drew Kortokrax, son of Chris and Sandy Kortokrax;
senior queen candidate Destiny Thompson, daughter of Trevor and Angie Thompson; her escort senior Quinten
Wessell, son of Scott and Joanna Wessell; senior queen candidate Whitney Hohlbein, daughter of Darrin and Tracy
Hohlbein; and her escort senior Nick Gallmeier, son of Joe and Tina Gallmeier. The queen will be crowned prior to
Fridays game against the Columbus Grove Bulldogs at Stadium Park.
Fort Jennings seniors to
present Comic Book Artist
The Fort Jennings High School senior class will
present Comic Book Artist by Pat Lydersen at 7
p.m. on Friday and Saturday in the school auditeria.
Tickets will be available at the door for $5. Senior
cast members include Emily Baldauf, Kiersten
Belrose, Mara Brown, Lori Bruskotter, Dylan
Eldridge, Allen Fischbach, Amber Gerdeman,
Gabbi German, Reanne Higginbotham, Rachel
Horstman, Brittany Inkrott, Adam Kleman,
Brandon Kohli, Rachel Krietemeyer, Elaina Maag,
Kristen Maag, Marissa Mesker, Sara Miller,
Tyler Neidert, Chad Recker, Morgan Ricker,
Katie Schnipke, Macy Schroeder, Colin Sickels,
Drew Stechschulte, Gina Stechschulte, Kaitlin
Stechschulte, Alex Von Lehmden, Kurt Warnecke
and Martina Weems. Stage crew members are
Jenna Von Sossan and Jacob Young. The play is
directed by Rose Mary Warnecke with assistance
from Joyce Brokamp and Roger Rex. At right:
D.C. Wunderman, owner of Wonder Comics, tries
to shake the hand of Doctor Shock Clock, a super-
villain brought to life when his comic book artists
used magic drawing pens. Wunderman is played
by Alex Von Lehmden and Doctor Shock Clock by
Chad Recker. (Stacy Taff photo)
See DEBATE, page 2
See SCAM, page 2
The fundraiser, Scottoberfest:
Diggin Deep for Worm, for
Delphos community member
Scott German will be held
on Saturday at the Delphos
Recreation & Bowling Center.
A corn hole tournament
will begin at 1 p.m. for $30.
Registration will be held on
that day. Prizes will be awarded
to first and second place.
Bingo is $15 a ticket at
20 games per ticket and starts
at 2:30 p.m. Tickets can be
purchased beforehand at
the DRC or by calling Jodi
Moenter at 419-296-9561.
A carry-out or eat-in steak
dinner will be served from
4-7 p.m. for $10. Tickets may
be purchased at the VFW,
Delphos Fire Station or DRC.
Tickets for a large opportunity
raffle may be purchased at the
VFW, Delphos Fire Station or
DRC for $20. Only 400 tickets
will be sold with a single cash
prize of $3,000. The winner
will be picked at midnight.
Other events on Saturday
include bowling, live and
silent auctions, multiple bands
and a 50/50 drawing.
A golf outing will be
held on Oct. 13. To par-
ticipate, register with Shauna
Smith at 419-309-7843.
Scottoberfest
set for local man
Clubs offer
health screenings
The Delphos Kiwanis and
Rotary clubs will hold the 33rd
annual blood screening program
on Saturday and Oct. 13. Both
will last from 7-9 a.m. in the
Jefferson High School cafeteria.
Tests include blood screen-
ing for $30, PSA (prostate-
specific antigen) test for $35,
pre-diabetic screen (A1C) for
$15 and a thyroid stimulat-
ing hormone test for $20.
The tests will be con-
ducted by MedLab, Inc.
TODAY (partial)
BSoccer (5 p.m.):
LTC at Fort Jennings;
Lincolnview at MC; Celina
at Elida (WBL), 7 p.m.
GSoccer (5 p.m.):
Bluffton at Jefferson
(NWC); Fort Jennings at
VB; Lincolnview at NK;
Bryan at Kalida, 5:30 p.m.;
Cont. at Ottoville (PCL), 6
p.m.; L-B at Elida, 7 p.m.
BGolf: Div. III Districts
at Stone Ridge, 9 a.m.
Volleyball (6 p.m.): St.
Johns at Versailles (MAC),
5:30 p.m.; Jefferson at
Bluffton (NWC); Lincolnview
at Spencerville (NWC); Elida
at Bath (WBL); Kalida at
Leipsic (PCL); Crestview at
Columbus Grove (NWC).
CC: St. Johns/
Lincolnview/Elida at
Coldwater Invitational, 5 p.m.
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Fort Haven Sr. Apts.
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Sat. Oct. 20
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Gomer United
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Wed. Oct. 24
10 a.m. - 1 p.m.
K of C, Delphos
Fri. Oct. 26
10 a.m. - Noon
US Bank, Delphos
Beneft for
Karen Eickholt
Karen was recently diagnosed with stage 4 breast cancer.
UAW Local 2279 is banding together to hold this
beneft in hopes of raising money to help with expenses
incurred while undergoing treatment.
SUN., OCT. 7, 2012 3-7 P.M.
American Legion Post 715, Ft. Jennings
Dinner Tickets
$8 - Carry-out or Dine In
start at 4:30 p.m.
Includes:
2 Pork Loin Chops, Baked Potato,
Baked Beans, Roll, Cookies, Pop/Water
DJ Brian
Wannemacher
Clowns Raffes
Silent Auction
All drawings, etc.
end at 6 p.m.
Over 70 Big Ticket Items Including:
Pub Bar $750 Party Backyard Fun 3 Mountain Bikes
Kennedy Kit-Tool Kit 2 Hr. Limo Ride with Show Tickets
Wooden Swing Set 350 Jersey Jim Brown 1964
& over 70 Silent Auction Baskets
For information: Karen Smith 419-890-7056,
Dot Siefker: 419-296-1259,
Irene Offenbacher: 419-302-8638
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For The Record
OBITUARIES
FUNERAL
LOTTERY
VAN WERT COUNTY COURT NEWS
LOCAL PRICES
WEATHER
TODAY IN HISTORY
The Delphos
Herald
Vol. 143 No. 81
Nancy Spencer, editor
Ray Geary, general manager
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Delphos weather
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Catherine A. Fisher
High temperature
Wednesday in Delphos was
67 degrees, low was 57. High
a year ago today was 70, low
was 45. Record high for today
is 90, set in 1957. Record low
is 28, set in 2001.
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son told the BBB that she was
terrified and had spent three
hours on the telephone with
the scam artist.
It was reported that this
person had a slight accent but
was very understandable.
The FBI, CIA, Secret
Service, etc., do not make
phone calls or send emails to
people they are looking for.
They show up at that persons
door, in person, to take care of
business.
Anyone receiving any kind
of call demanding money for
some debt and using threats,
should hang up immediately
and call the authorities.
For more information, con-
tact Neil Winget at 419-227-
8012.
By The Associated Press
Today is Thursday, Oct. 4,
the 278th day of 2012. There
are 88 days left in the year.
Todays Highlights in
History:
On Oct. 4, 1957, the Space
Age began as the Soviet Union
launched Sputnik 1, the first
artificial satellite, into orbit.
James R. Hoffa was elected
president of the International
Brotherhood of Teamsters.
The family comedy series
Leave It to Beaver pre-
miered on CBS.
Catherine A. Fisher, 92
of Utica, Mich., passed away
Sept. 29 at her residence.
She married Vincent Fisher,
who preceded her in death.
Survivors include chil-
dren, Vince (Susan) Fisher,
John (Carole) Fisher, Jim
(Jeana) Fisher, Sandy (Mark)
Sylvester; and 14 grandchil-
dren and 13 great-grandchil-
dren.
She was preceded in death
by children, Pat, Joseph,
Thomas, Don and Maureen
(Andy).
Mrs. Fisher was a past
member of Workers of Mary
- Guardian Angels Parish. She
loved her many grandchildren
and her many friends from liv-
ing 27 winters in Venice Fla.
She will be sadly missed.
A Funeral Mass was held
Tuesday at St. Matthias
Catholic Church, Sterling
Heights, Mich. Burial was in
Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Detroit.
Memorials suggested to
St. Jude Childrens Research
Hospital, P.O. Box 1000,
Dept. 142, Memphis, TN
38148-0142.
Arrangements by Wm.
Sullivan & Son Funeral Home,
Utica.
Share a memory at www.
sullivanfuneraldirectors.com
MCCALL, Michael E.,
44, of Cincinnati, Mass of
Christian Burial will begin at
11 a.m. Friday at St. John the
Evangelist Catholic Church.
Burial will be in Walnut Grove
Cemetery. Friends may call
from 2-8 p.m. today at Harter
and Schier Funeral Home,
where a parish wake will
begin at 7:30 p.m. Preferred
memorials are to the family
for expenses.
WEATHER FORECAST
Tri-county
TONIGHT: Partly cloudy
with a slight chance of show-
ers in the evening then mostly
cloudy with a chance of show-
ers overnight. Lows in the mid
50s. Southwest winds 10 to
15 mph shifting to the west 5
to 10 mph overnight. Chance
of measurable precipitation 40
percent.
FRIDAY: Showers likely.
Cooler. Highs in the upper
50s. Northwest winds 5 to 15
mph. Chance of precipitation
60 percent.
FRIDAY NIGHT: Cloudy
with rain showers likely in the
evening then mostly cloudy
with a chance of rain showers
overnight. Colder. Lows in the
upper 30s. West winds 5 to 10
mph. Chance of precipitation
70 percent.
SATURDAY: Partly cloudy
with a 20 percent chance of rain
showers. Highs in the mid 50s.
West winds 5 to 15 mph.
Thomas E.
Deffenbaugh
Feb. 27, 1930
Oct. 2, 2012
Thomas E. Deffenbaugh,
82, of Delphos, died at 6:30
p.m. Tuesday at his residence.
He was born Feb. 27, 1930,
in Delphos to William and
Agnes (Laudick) Deffenbaugh,
who preceded him in death.
He first married Joan
Pete Young, who died on
July 3, 1975. He then married
Mary Ellen Mueller Hemker,
who survives in Delphos.
Other survivors include
a son, Kurt Deffenbaugh of
Fort Wayne; two stepchildren,
Karen Hemker of Delphos and
Dr. Kevin (Dr. Maria) Hemker,
Ph.D. of Baltimore; a sister,
Jane Beckman of Delphos;
and six grandchildren, Daniel
Warnement II, Brandon
Warnement, James and
Michael Hemker and Emma
and Annie Deffenbaugh.
He was also preceded in
death by three sisters, Mary
Showalter, Helen Shenk and
Dorothy Deffenbaugh; and
four brothers, William, John,
Jim and Bob Deffenbaugh.
Mr. Deffenbaugh was an
accountant and a U.S. Navy
veteran. He was a member
of St. John the Evangelist
Catholic Church and the
Delphos Eagles Lodge. He
was an avid golfer and enjoyed
crossword puzzles.
Mass of Christian Burial
will begin at 11 a.m. Saturday
at St. John the Evangelist
Catholic Church, the Rev.
Chris Bohnsack officiating.
Burial will be in St. Johns
Cemetery, where mili-
tary graveside rites will be
conducted by the Delphos
Veterans Council.
Friends may call from 2-8
p.m. Friday at Harter and
Schier Funeral Home, where
a parish wake will begin at
7:30 p.m.
Preferred memorials are to
St. Johns Parish Foundation.
CLEVELAND (AP)
These Ohio lotteries were
drawn Wednesday:
Classic Lotto
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Kicker: 9-1-9-9-5-2
Estimated jackpot: $18.8 M
Mega Millions
Estimated jackpot: $36 M
Pick 3 Evening
6-6-1
Pick 3 Midday
6-5-1
Pick 4 Evening
5-9-6-3
Pick 4 Midday
9-8-0-3
Pick 5 Evening
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Pick 5 Midday
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Powerball
1 7 - 2 3 - 3 6 - 5 5 - 5 9 ,
Powerball: 10
Estimated jackpot: $50 M
Rolling Cash 5
04-07-11-12-24
Estimated jackpot:
$393,000
The following individu-
als appeared before Judge
Charles Steele Wednesday in
Van Wert County Common
Pleas Court:
Arraignment
Shannon Hartman, 30,
Convoy, was arraigned on a
charge of trafficking drugs, a
felony of the fifth degree.
She pled guilty to that
charge and a second charge
for complicity to trafficking
in drugs was dismissed.
She was sentenced to 9
months in prison, concurrent
with a sentence that she is
currently serving.
Change of pleas
Carl Buckner, 67, Ohio
City, changed his plea to
guilty to a charge of attempt-
ed cultivation of marijuana,
a felony of the third degree.
This was reduced from the
original charge of cultivation
of marijuana, a felony two.
The court ordered a pre-
sentence investigation and set
the case for sentencing on
Nov. 14.
Heather Haines, 33,
Fort Wayne, entered a plea
of guilty to aggravated pos-
session of drugs, a felony
of the fifth degree. She
then requested Treatment
in Lieu of Conviction
which was granted by the
court.
Further proceedings were
stayed pending completion of
her treatment program.
Probation violations
Anthony Snyder, 22,
Rockford, admitted to viola-
tion of his community control
by failing to report a change
of address, failing to report to
probation and failing to pay
restitution.
He was resentenced to 3
years community control with
30 days in jail immediately.
Man accused of being
Russian agent set for court
By JUAN A. LOZANO
HOUSTON The alle-
gations that a naturalized
U.S. citizen obtained mili-
tary technology for Russia
through his Texas export firm
have the makings of a 1980s
spy film.
Prosecutors say Alexander
Fishenko and others sold cut-
ting-edge microelectronics
that could be used in Russian
weapons systems, exchanged
communications with Russian
intelligence and tried to hide
documents when they sus-
pected authorities were onto
them.
(If) you are making it up,
make it up pretty, correctly,
and make sure it looks good,
Fishenko allegedly wrote in
one message to someone fal-
sifying information.
Fishenko and six others
charged in the alleged scheme
are expected to appear this
morning in Houston federal
court.
An indictment unsealed
Wednesday accuses Fishenko
of scheming to purposely
evade strict export controls
for cutting-edge micro-
electronics. It also charges
Fishenko with money laun-
dering and operating inside
the United States as an unreg-
istered agent of the Russian
government.
Fishenko was born in
the former Soviet Union
in what is now Kazakhstan
and owns Houston-based
Arc Electronics Inc. He and
seven others were in custody
following raids there by the
FBI.
The name of Fishenkos
attorney was not immediately
available. His wife, Viktoria,
who was identified as a co-
owner of her husbands busi-
ness but not charged, declined
to comment Wednesday.
I will speak when I know
whats going on, she said.
The Russian Foreign
Ministry in a statement noted
that the defendants had not
been charged with espionage.
Officials said diplomats have
met with one of the detained
suspects. Foreign Ministry
spokesman Alexander
Lukashevich lamented the
fact that the United States
failed to inform the Russian
authorities of the impending
arrests.
The indictment alleges
that since October 2008, the
46-year-old Fishenko and his
co-defendants engaged in
a surreptitious and system-
atic conspiracy to obtain the
highly regulated technology
from U.S. makers and export
them to Russia.
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between looking directly at
his Republican rival and bow-
ing his head to take notes.
Now hes saying his big
bold idea is never mind,
Obama said.
Romney held his ground.
He said he would reduce
income tax rates without add-
ing to the deficit and without
reducing the share paid by
high-income individuals.
Economists say Romney
has yet to explain how he can
manage that feat.
Obama seemed frustrated
but almost resigned. He said
Romneys running mate,
Rep. Paul Ryan, put forward
a budget that reflects many
of the principles that Gov.
Romneys talked about. And
it wasnt very detailed. This
seems to be a trend.
But rather than press
Romney any harder for
details, the president moved
on.
Obama seemed eager not
to appear prickly or angry.
He flashed his familiar smile
often, and its possible that
many viewers saw him as
relaxed and unshaken.
But the president also
failed to follow through on
some openings, such as when
he noted that Romney once
said he would reject a defi-
cit-reduction plan even if it
called for only $1 in new tax
revenues for every $10 in
spending cuts.
Obama said he wants
a balanced approach that
would include $2.50 in
spending cuts for every $1 in
new revenue.
Obama used the debates
early moments to put the
best light on his handling of
the economy. He mentioned
that the U.S. car industry is
rebounding, and the housing
market is growing.
Romney replied: Weve
got 23 million people out of
work or looking for work.
Both men spoke to middle
America, making few refer-
ences to issues that fire up the
right and left fringes.
Debate
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Dear EarthTalk: In
recent years the hotel indus-
try began to green up oper-
ations, but has it yet gone
beyond leaving out little
cards to encourage you to
re-use your towels and lin-
ens?
Mason Singer, St.
Louis, MO
Some hotels and hotel
chains take sustainability
more seriously than others,
but the industry as a whole has
certainly become greener in
recent years. Those little cards
may seem like token environ-
mentalism, but they can actu-
ally result in significant water,
waste and cost reductions.
The website Economically
Sound reports that a 150-room
hotel can conserve 72,000 gal-
lons of water and 480 gallons
of laundry soap every year
by placing cards in its guest
rooms. The Marriott chain
reported saving as much as
17 percent in hot water and
sewer costs at its hotels thanks
to implementation of its Linen
Reuse Program.
While many hotels and
chains print up their own
cards, thousands more pur-
chase them from the Green
Hotels Association, a non-
profit launched two decades
ago to bring together hotels
around the U.S. and elsewhere
that share a commitment to
the environment and sustain-
able use of natural resources.
The organizations Catalog of
Environmental Products for
the Lodging Industry contains
a wide range of environmen-
tally friendly energy- and
water-saving products. For
example, 500 laminated cop-
ies of the groups best selling
card (asking guests to consid-
er not having sheets changed
every day) costs hoteliers just
$200. Another example is the
toilet tank fill diverter, which
saves about 3/4 of a gal-
lon of water per flush while
remaining invisible to guests.
The little gadgets cost hotels
around $1 and as such pay for
themselves in no time thanks
to reduced water bills. The
catalog also features dispens-
ers that eliminate the waste of
stocking every bathroom with
soap bars and little bottles of
hair and skin care products.
Another group promoting
a greener hospitality indus-
try is the World Travel &
Tourism Council (WTTC),
which works to improve the
quality of tourism around the
world. Under
its Environment
Initiative, WTTC
aims to solidify
a global vision
on how the tour-
ism industry can
foster sustainable
development. It
has been espe-
cially pro-active
around the miti-
gation of carbon
emissions and last
year, along with
the International
T o u r i s m
Partnership (ITP)
and 12 major
hotel chains
including Hilton,
Hyatt, Marriott
and Starwood,
launched the
Hotel Carbon
Me a s ur e me nt
Initiative, which
aims to help
hotels reduce,
measure and
c ommuni c a t e
their carbon
footprints. This
is particularly
relevant, says
WTTC, for
hotels corpo-
rate clients who
want to quantify the carbon
footprints of their hotel stays,
meetings and events.
Another positive trend is
the Four Seasons 10 Million
Trees Initiative. The hotel
chain is celebrating its 50th
anniversary by planting 10
million trees across the 34
countries in which it operates
with the hope the effort will
help combat deforestation and
global warming and attract
more customers concerned
about the state of the planet.
Beyond what the major
chains are doing, eco lodg-
es run by or in partnership
with native people or tribes
have popped up all over the
tropics and beyond; examples
include Guludo Beach Lodge
in Mozambique, Africa and
Posada Amazonas in the
Peruvian Amazon. Staying at
such a place is a good way to
ensure that locals can benefit
from tourism and not be tempt-
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environmentalism, but they actually result
in significant water and waste reductions.
The website Economically Sound reports
that a 150-room hotel can conserve 72,000
gallons of water and 480 gallons of laun-
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DAYTON (AP) The
discovery of the cremated
remains of 56 people at a
home has led to another mys-
tery because the grave for
one of those people contained
someone elses remains.
Officials say they might
not be able to determine
whose cremated remains
were improperly buried in
Leroy Metcalfes grave at the
Dayton National Cemetery
more than a decade ago, the
Dayton Daily News reported
Wednesday.
Officials examined the
recently disinterred remains
this week. Cemetery officials
reported the remains didnt
include any identifying mark-
er, such as the discs with
tracking numbers that are put
in urns and linked to informa-
tion on cremation certificates,
coroners office executive
director Ken Betz said.
He said his office cant
legally do anything with the
case, which leaves the mys-
tery to the cemetery, located
on the property of the Dayton
VA Medical Center.
Cemetery director Bernie
Blizzard called the situa-
tion completely out of the
norm.
Were not rushing any-
thing. We want to make sure
were doing everything the
right way, Blizzard said.
My focus is on the veterans,
their families, the identifica-
tion of the veteran and doing
right by them and their fami-
lies.
The Montgomery
County coroners office told
Metcalfes daughter last
month that his remains were
among those found at a home
that was under foreclosure
and was co-owned by a for-
mer funeral home director.
That case has been forwarded
to prosecutors for consider-
ation.
Metcalfes daughter,
Dellaina Grundy, said the
situation was just absolutely
unbelievable.
We paid for a service,
and it wasnt performed, she
told the newspaper.
She said she plans to have
Metcalfes remains interred
elsewhere in the cemetery,
with a new headstone.
I know my fathers soul
is in heaven, but the fact that
the physical part of him was
just thrown away and disre-
garded is heartbreaking and
so unreal, she said.
Mans Ohio grave
held anothers
cremated remains
AKRON (AP) A north-
eastern Ohio man says he was
able to walk away after his
car drove off a bridge and
plunged into the Cuyahoga
River.
It happened early Tuesday
when 50-year-old Robert
Bugge said he swerved to
avoid a deer and drove off
a bridge in Akron. His car
slipped through a gap between
the east and west bridge lanes
and skidded down an embank-
ment into the water.
Bugge says the car landed
on its top, temporarily trapping
him inside and underwater. He
managed to free himself and,
nursing cuts and bruises, con-
tinued home on foot.
The Akron Beacon
Journal reports that Bugge
didnt report the crash then.
Someone who saw the car in
the water called police, and
officers went looking for him.
He then returned to the scene.
Ohioan drives car off
bridge into river, survives
COLUMBUS (AP)
State Auditor Dave Yost says
hes completed the first phase
of an investigation into poten-
tially irregular attendance and
enrollment practices at Ohio
school districts.
Yost scheduled a news
conference Thursday to share
results of the first phase of his
statewide audit. That includes
data collected from a sam-
pling of more than 100 school
buildings that experienced
high withdrawal rates or
about 3 percent of Ohios
3,688 public schools.
The Republican auditor
wants to determine whether
schools removed poor-per-
forming students from their
books as a way to improve
performance ratings that
affect government payments
and employee bonuses.
The probe was launched
after unusual practices were
discovered in Columbus,
Toledo and suburban
Cincinnati districts.
DAYTON (AP) A news-
paper says a sharp increase in
the number of disabled park-
ing permits issued in Ohio has
raised questions about whether
they are too easy to get and how
to meet the demand for spaces.
The Dayton Daily News
reports that the Ohio handed
out 300,000 of the placards
last year. That was a 21-per-
cent increase from 2006.
Requirements to get a plac-
ard include a prescription from
a health professional, which
provides proof of a disability,
an application to the Bureau of
Motor Vehicles and a $3.50 fee.
Some consider the applica-
tion process too lax.
Yost to release
early attendance
fndings
Ohio sees increase
in disabled
parking permits
COLUMBUS (AP)
Ohios budget office estimates
setting up a 12-member citizen
commission to draw Ohios
political maps would cost
between $11 million and $15
million over eight years.
A proposed constitutional
amendment would give map-
drawing powers to such a com-
mission.
In a letter Wednesday to
Secretary of State Jon Husted,
budget director Tim Keen said
the cost estimate doesnt cover
the 2020 redistricting cycle.
It would cover personnel,
consulting services, litiga-
tion and office expenses. That
includes printing and mailing
application forms and hiring
independent auditor to help
appellate judges select 42 final-
ists to be entered into a lottery.
Amendment backers call
the estimate comically high.
Voters First Chair Catherine
Turcer said running a citizen
redistricting contest in 2011
cost $115,000.
Ohio redistricting
panel to cost
state millions
NORTON (AP) A fire
chief says cutbacks in his depart-
ment delayed the response to a
fire that consumed a northern
Ohio church.
Authorities said the fire
late Wednesday destroyed
The Fathers House Church
in Norton, near Akron. Media
reports said 13 departments
responded to the fire, but
faced challenges putting it out
due to lack of fire hydrants in
the area.
Norton Fire Department
Chief Mike Schultz said the
effort was also hampered by
the fact there were no fire-
fighters on duty in the city
when the fire was reported at
about 11:30 p.m.
Schulz said staffing had
to be cut after a local levy
failed in March. Now there are
no firefighters on duty from
10 p.m. until 6 a.m. Voters
also defeated a levy last
November.
Chief: Cuts delayed response
to Ohio church fre
MANSFIELD (AP) Its
not Halloween yet, but psy-
chics, mediums and ghost hunt-
ers are coming together this
weekend in northern Ohio.
Those folks and other
enthusiasts of the supernatural
will gather this weekend at a
Mansfield hotel for the areas
first Paranormal Convention.
The Mansfield News Journal
reports that event will feature a
number of psychics and medi-
ums, lectures on supernatu-
ral subjects and a Hollywood
expert revealing secrets behind
horror movie effects.
Paranormal
enthusiasts come
together in Ohio
He who confers a favor should at once forget it, if he is not to show a sordid,
ungenerous spirit. Demosthenes, Greek statesman (384 B.C.-322 B.C.)
IT WAS NEWS THEN
POLITICS
Moderately confused
One Year Ago
Carol Grothouse congratulated Judy Jester, LaDonna
Peterson and Judy Pohlman for having the most merit petals at
the September meeting of the Green Thumb Garden Club. The
meeting was held at Lake Oscar with John Nomina presenting
a program on conservation.
25 Years Ago 1987
Nancy C. Rumschlag has been appointed to the board of
directors of the Citizens Federal Savings and Loan Association,
1114 E. Third St., to replace the late Robert Hanshumaker. She
is the first woman named a director for the local financial
institution. Rumschlag is the manager of the Delphos H&R
Block office.
Rick Dienstberger rushed for 138 yards and two touch-
downs and Damon Ulm returned two interceptions for scores
as Jefferson rolled over Upper Scioto Valley 63-0 Friday in
Northwest Conference play at McGuffey. In rolling up its 36th
consecutive regular season win Jefferson held Upper to minus
11 yards. The Wildcats have yet to allow a point during the
season.
St. Johns High School has been notified that Jeff
Schwinnen has been designated a commended student in the
1988 National Merit Scholarship Program and will receive a
letter of commendation in recognition of outstanding academic
promise. Principal George Adams announced that this senior
placed in the top 50,000 of more than one million participants
in the 33rd annual merit program.
50 Years Ago 1962
Dr. Clint Miller, who was in charge of the program at the
meeting of the Rotary Club Wednesday at NuMaudes, pro-
vided two films which he took on trips made with his family.
The first was a trip to Florida, featuring Cypress Gardens. The
second was taken on a trip to Washington, D. C., and showed
visits to the grave of the unknown soldier, Mount Vernon and
other points of interest.
Jerry Mericle won second prize in the Gulf Football
Contest for the week of Sept. 29 sponsored by WIMA radio
and television, according to information received by Evan
Wreede, owner of the Gulf station at the intersection of Fifth
and Canal streets. Mericles prize is 25 gallons of gasoline.
Mrs. George Raabe was hostess to the Bow Bridgettes
Wednesday evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence
Weger, West Second Street. In card games played, first prize
went to Mrs. Elmer Scherger and second to Mrs. Richard
Wulfhorst. Mrs. Scherger and Mrs. Wulfhorst each received a
traveling prize.
75 Years Ago 1937
Members of Commemorative Post, American Legion, and
their invited guests were in attendance at the annual stag picnic
of the post which was held Sunday at the Idlewild club house,
east of Delphos. A delicious chicken dinner was served. E. T.
McCabe was in charge of the kitchen. The picnic was one of the
best ever sponsored by the local post and much of the credit for
its success goes to the committee in charge: Linus Schmelzer,
F. M. Krendl, Clarence Fox and Ralph Youngpeter.
A number of Delphos young men have been enrolled for
service in the Civilian Conservation Corps. Those who have
been accepted from the Allen County side are Delbert Fair,
Joseph Grieshaber, Norman Seffernick and Arnold Wagner.
Two have been enrolled from the Van Wert County side. They
are Charles Foley and Louis Metzger.
Announcement has been made that B. A. Gramm, head
of the Gramm Motors in this city and Charles Ash, engineer
who made the canal survey here, are two of three men in Allen
County who have been honored by being included in Whos
Who in Engineering. Gramm was mentioned for his work in
automotive engineering and Ash for surveying.
WASHINGTON (AP)
Small teams of special
operations forces arrived at
American embassies through-
out North Africa in the months
before militants launched the
fiery attack that killed the U.S.
ambassador in Libya. The sol-
diers mission: Set up a net-
work that could quickly strike
a terrorist target or rescue a
hostage.
But the teams had yet to do
much counterterrorism work
in Libya, though the White
House signed off a year ago on
the plan to build the new mili-
tary task force in the region
and the advance teams had
been there for six months,
according to three U.S. coun-
terterror officials and a for-
mer intelligence official. All
spoke only on condition of
anonymity because they were
not authorized to discuss the
strategy publicly.
The counterterror effort
indicates that the adminis-
tration has been worried for
some time about a growing
threat posed by al-Qaida and
its offshoots in North Africa.
But officials say the military
organization was too new
to respond to the attack in
Benghazi, where the admin-
istration now believes armed
al-Qaida-linked militants sur-
rounded the lightly guarded
U.S. compound, set it on
fire and killed Ambassador
Chris Stevens and three other
Americans.
Republicans have ques-
tioned whether the Obama
administration has been hid-
ing key information or hasnt
known what happened in the
immediate aftermath of the
attack. They are using those
questions in the final weeks
before the U.S. elections as an
opportunity to assail President
Barack Obama on foreign pol-
icy, an area where he has held
clear leads in opinion polls
since the killing of Osama bin
Laden in 2011.
On Tuesday, leaders of a
congressional committee said
requests for added security
at the consulate in Benghazi
were repeatedly denied,
despite a string of less deadly
terror attacks on the consul-
ate in recent months. Those
included an explosion that
blew a hole in the security
perimeter and another incident
in which an explosive device
was tossed over the consul-
ate fence. Secretary of State
Hillary Rodham Clinton told
Congress in a letter respond-
ing to the accusations that she
has set up a group to investi-
gate the Benghazi attack, and
it is to begin work this week.
As of early September, the
special operations teams con-
sisted only of liaison officers
who were assigned to establish
relationships with local govern-
ments and U.S. officials in the
region. Only limited counter-
terrorism operations have been
conducted in Africa so far.
The White House, the CIA
and U.S. Africa Command all
declined to comment.
There are no plans at this
stage for unilateral U.S. mili-
tary operations in the region,
Pentagon spokesman George
Little said Tuesday, adding
that the focus was on helping
African countries build their
own forces.
For the Special Operations
Command, spokesman Col.
Tim Nye would not discuss
the missions and/or locations
of its counterterrorist forces
except to say special opera-
tions troops are in 75 countries
daily conducting missions.
WH widening
covert war in
North Africa
By MATTHEW LEE
WASHINGTON (AP)
Past investigations into attacks
on U.S. diplomatic missions
have blamed both the admin-
istration and Congress for fail-
ing to spend enough money
to ensure that the overseas
facilities were safe despite a
clear rise in terror threats to
American interests abroad.
An Associated Press exam-
ination of two reports that are
easily accessible to the public
those created after the dev-
astating Aug. 7, 1998, bomb-
ings of the U.S. embassies in
Kenya and Tanzania may
offer clues to the possible out-
come of the current investiga-
tion begun by Secretary of
State Hillary Rodham Clinton
into last months attack on the
U.S. Consulate in Benghazi,
Libya.
That attack by what is now
believed to be al-Qaida-linked
militants has become fraught
with election-year politics as
Republicans accuse admin-
istration officials of dissem-
bling in the early aftermath
on what they knew about the
perpetrators and for lax secu-
rity at the diplomatic mission
in a lawless part of post-revo-
lution Libya.
Two House Republican
leaders this week accused
the administration of deny-
ing repeated requests for extra
security at the Benghazi con-
sulate, where Ambassador
Chris Stevens and three other
Americans were killed on the
11th anniversary of the 9/11
terrorist attacks on the U.S.
A five-member account-
ability review board appoint-
ed by Clinton will begin this
week looking at whether
security at the consulate was
adequate and whether proper
procedures were followed
before, during and immedi-
ately after the attack.
The men and women who
serve this country as diplo-
mats deserve no less than a
full and accurate accounting
wherever that leads, and I am
committed to seeking that for
them, Clinton told reporters
at the State Department on
Wednesday.
Previous inquiries into
attacks on diplomatic missions
have taken months to com-
plete, and two of them found
fault with both the executive
and legislative branches going
back years and spanning both
political parties.
Over the course of this
review, there will naturally be
a number of statements made,
some of which will be borne
out and some of which will
not, Clinton warned. I cau-
tion everyone against seizing
on any single statement or
piece of information to draw
a final conclusion.
The State Department has
convened at least a dozen
accountability review boards
to look into the deaths of
American personnel in attacks
on official buildings or vehi-
cles overseas since the mid-
1990s. Those attacks were
committed in countries that
included Jordan, Pakistan,
Saudi Arabia and Sudan.
However, only the findings
of the Kenya and Tanzania
bombing investigations are
easily accessible to public.
The two boards both
chaired by a Republican-
appointed former Joint Chiefs
of Staff chairman, Adm.
William J. Crowe were
not set up by then-Secretary
of State Madeleine Albright
until November 1998 three
months after the attacks. And
they did not issue their final
reports until January 1999.
Clinton stressed
Wednesday that such an
investigation will take
time as Republicans have
expressed impatience for
full details of any possible
negligence before the Nov.
6 presidential election. She
cautioned that the Benghazi
Accountability Review Board,
which will be led by another
former Republican-appointed
chairman of the Joint Chiefs
of Staff, Adm. Mike Mullen,
should not be rushed to judg-
ment.
I am asking the board to
move as quickly as possible
without sacrificing accura-
cy, she told reporters. In
the interim, we will provide
as much accurate informa-
tion to the Congress and the
public.
The previous boards dealt
with similar complaints and
allegations of mismanagement
and dereliction of duty that
now surround the Benghazi
attack.
By EILEEN SULLIVAN
and MATT APUZZO
WASHINGTON
Stinging criticism from
Congress about a counterter-
rorism effort that improperly
collected information about
innocent Americans is turn-
ing up the heat on the Obama
administration to justify the
programs continued exis-
tence and putting lawmakers
who championed it on the
defensive.
The administration strong-
ly disagrees with the reports
findings, and leaders of the
Senate Homeland Security
and Government Affairs
Committee are distancing
themselves from the report.
The review criticized the
multibillion-dollar network of
fusion centers as ineffective
in fighting terrorism and risky
to civil liberties.
The political maneuver-
ing by Sens. Joe Lieberman,
I-Conn., and Susan Collins,
R-Maine, is unusual because
the bipartisan report was
issued by their own subcom-
mittee.
The intelligence reports
reviewed by the subcommit-
tee were produced by officials
in the Homeland Security
Departments Intelligence
and Analysis division, which
was created after the Sept.
11 attacks with the hope of
connecting the dots to prevent
the next terrorist strike. This
division has never lived up to
what Congress initially hoped
for.
Lieberman and Collins
were the driving forces behind
the creation of the department.
Fusion centers, the analytical
centers intended to spot ter-
rorism trends in every state,
are held up by many as the
crown jewel of the depart-
ments security efforts.
I strongly disagree with
the reports core assertion
that fusion centers have
been unable to meaning-
fully contribute to federal
counterterrorism efforts,
Lieberman said in a state-
ment Wednesday, singling
out six shortcomings in the
report. Collins issued a sepa-
rate statement that listed four
shortcomings.
A Lieberman spokeswom-
an said the report came from
the Permanent Subcommittee
on Investigations, rather than
the full committee.
I know that seems odd,
but this is strictly a PSI
report, Lieberman spokes-
woman Leslie Phillips wrote
in an email.
The Homeland Security
Department and several major
law enforcement associations
also strongly disagreed with
the findings. Pulling back
federal money for the pro-
gram would force state and
local governments to cover
all of the costs.
The department said the
report is outdated and inac-
curate. It cited specific exam-
ples of how the centers have
contributed to counterterror-
ism efforts in major cases,
including the 2010 attempted
car bombing in New York
Citys Times Square. Thats
an example the subcommittee
challenges in its report.
The subcommittee
reviewed more than 600
unclassified reports over a
one-year period and conclud-
ed that most had nothing to do
with terrorism. The subcom-
mittee chairman is Democrat
Carl Levin of Michigan, and
the top Republican is Sen.
Tom Coburn of Oklahoma.
One center cited in the
investigation wrote a report
about a Muslim community
groups list of book recom-
mendations. Others discussed
American citizens speaking at
mosques or talking to Muslim
groups about parenting.
No evidence of criminal
activity was contained in those
reports. The government did
not circulate them, but it kept
them on government com-
puters. The federal govern-
ment is prohibited from stor-
ing information about First
Amendment-protected activi-
ties not related to crimes.
States have had criminal
analysis centers for years, but
the fusion centers were set
up after the 2001 attacks as
officials realized that a terror-
ism tip was as likely to come
from a local police officer as
the CIA.
By MARTIN
CRUTSINGER
WASHINGTON U.S.
service companies grew in
September at the fastest pace
in six months, helped by a
sharp increase in customer
demand.
The Institute for Supply
Management, a trade group
of purchasing managers, said
Wednesday that its index of
non-manufacturing activity
rose to 55.1, up from 53.7 in
August. Any reading above
50 indicates expansion.
The report measures
growth at businesses that
employ roughly 90 percent
of the U.S. work force, from
retail and construction com-
panies to health care and
financial services firms. The
service sector has grown for
33 straight months.
In September, the survey
noted that consumer demand
rose sharply, which could help
lift economic growth from its
tepid pace and ultimately lead
to more hiring.
A measure of current sales
activity jumped to 59.9, up
from 55.6 in August. And a
gauge of new orders rose to
57.7, up from 53.7 in August.
Still, the report noted that
job growth slowed at service
firms last month.
Overall, this is an encour-
aging survey, said Paul
Dales, senior U.S. economist
at Capital Economics. But
more than a couple of stron-
ger surveys will be needed to
conclude that the economic
outlook has brightened dra-
matically.
Faster growth at service
firms also coincided with the
first month of growth at U.S.
factory activity since May.
The ISM manufacturing sur-
vey, released Monday, said
growth was also driven by a
sharp jump in new orders.
Still, without more jobs
and higher pay, economic
growth is unlikely to acceler-
ate from the paltry 1.3 percent
annual rate recorded in the
April-June quarter.
A separate report
Wednesday from payroll
processor ADP said private
employers added 162,000
jobs last month. While mod-
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too little to rapidly lower the
unemployment rate.
The ADP survey has also
diverged sharply from the
governments more closely
watched employment report.
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to 51.1, down from 53.8 in
August.
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growth this year. They have
created an average of 133,000
jobs per month, or 95 percent
of the net jobs added since
January.
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paying retail and restaurant
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nights debate between
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Sauerkraut Soup
1 pound smoked Polish
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5 medium potatoes,
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2 medium onions,
chopped
2 carrots, cut into 1/4-
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3 cans (14-1/2 ounces
each) chicken broth
1 can (32 ounces) sauer-
kraut, rinsed and drained
1 can (6 ounces) tomato
paste
In a large saucepan
or Dutch oven, combine
sausage, potatoes, onions,
carrots and chicken broth;
bring to a boil. Reduce
heat; cover and simmer for
30 minutes or until pota-
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Carrot Cookies
3/4 cup sugar
3/4 cup butter
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 orange rind, grated
1 cup cooked, mashed
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1/4 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons baking
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2 cups flour
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1 orange rind, grated
1 tablespoon melted
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raring to go
The Major League
Baseball playoffs are here
and there are some great
stories as the 2012 regular
season comes to a close.
Two small-market
teams Cincinnati and
Oakland are in the
mix and have as good a
chance as anyone to be in
the World Series.
Its always nice to have
teams that arent the best
teams money can buy in the
mix and be very legitimate
contenders.
The faith of Billy Beane
in his money-ball concept has
finally paid off with perhaps
the surprise team on a posi-
tive side of 2012.
I think a lot of people
thought the Reds were going
to make a legitimate run this
year.
The Philadelphia Phillies,
Boston Red Sox and Los
Angeles Angels of Anaheim
especially with their big-
money signing of Albert
Pujols in the off-season are
probably the surprise teams in
a negative way.
Whod have guessed that
none of them and throw
in the suddenly-flush Los
Angeles Dodgers and their
many August acquisitions as
well would make the play-
offs?
In all, with all the great
pitching and with the tem-
peratures cooling as we enter
October, I wonder how many
low-scoring, 1-run games we
will see when its all over and
the champions are crowned.
I dont know if anyone
could have guessed what
kind of impact the loss of
head coach Sean Payton was
going to have on the New
Orleans Saints.
Surely, no one could have
anticipated they would be 0-4
a quarter of the way through
the National Football League
season and really struggling
especially from what were
used to offensively from
Drew Brees and Company;
the defense was never this bad
under Paytons watch.
Understand, as soon as I
write this, they could right
the ship and go on an unprec-
edented rally to make the
playoffs.
One wonders, though, if
they arent demoralized.
I have to ask the ques-
tion: if the players who were
suspended by Commissioner
Roger Goodell because of
Bountygate could win their
appeal, why cant Payton?
Or doesnt he have the
same rights as the players do?
Im sure hes thought of it.
Its no surprise that
Dallas is 2-2 after another
slow start and debacle on
Monday Night Football.
It isnt going to get any
better, either, with Baltimore
after this weeks bye and with
a rematch with the defending
Super Bowl champion Giants
in the next month or so.
This stat is perfect illus-
trative of the reign of Jerry
Jones as owner/general man-
ager/director of player per-
sonnel/scouting director/chief
drafter/the true head coach;
since 1997, since he made
Americas Team (a phrase I
abhor) Jerry Jones Team
they have gone 122-122.
I will not blame Mondays
meltdown completely on
All-Star quarterback Tony
Romo he had five picks
but at least two were because
of either receivers that cant
catch a ball or cant run a
simple route against a blitz
but he is the one making
loads of money; with great
power (moolah) comes great
responsibility. In other words,
you make the money, you get
the credit/blame.
Dez Bryant has also come
in for withering criticism
and rightly so; he is the one
that messed up on the sight
adjustment on one of the
Pick-6s and continues to be
maddeningly inconsistent,
definitely not playing to his
prodigious talent.
The problem is, Jerry has
been known to keep guys that
are head cases/problem
children/troubled talents to
the detriment of the team.
Again, this should be laid
at the one constant in all of
these years; the owner.
He got rid of head coach
Jimmy Johnson because he
couldnt share the credit after
winning two Super Bowls
with a team that possibly was
on the verge of a dynasty
and actually wanted more
than he thought he was getting
in his own right.
You got what you wanted
and the results are plain to
see.
Some people try to say
Johnson didnt have to navi-
gate the salary cup but he
won with the rules as they
were and I believe would have
continued to win under the
salary cap. New England and
Pittsburgh have done pretty
well.
Heck, even Daniel Snyder
has backed off thinking he
could do the same thing in our
nations capital and they seem
to be on the right track.
One wonders how long it
will be before the prodigy
Jason Garrett gets his walking
papers.
I really dont know if he
was worthy of being the head
coach to begin with so young
he really hadnt paid his
dues in the NFL coaching
ranks but perhaps that is OK
when looking for supposed-
ly fresh ideas in the modern
game but the very same
areas that the Cowboys (read
Jerry Jones) have been work-
ing on for so many years: the
offensive line and the second-
ary; are still a mess.
Even the Bengals and
owner Mike Brown seem to
have learned a valuable les-
son lately.
Of course, the owner will
not fire himself, guaranteed.
A shame!
JIM METCALFE
Metcalfes
Musings
jmetcalfe@delphosherald.com
By JIM METCALFE
DELPHOS The Sidney
Lehman girls soccer team
only has only two seniors on
a 10-1-0 team that has beaten
the likes of Celina in 2012.
They were still too much
to handle for the St.
Johns Lady Blue
Jays who last
played Sept. 24 on
a cloudy Wednesday
afternoon/evening at
the Annex, shutting
out the hosts 6-0.
The guests
dominated the
shots on-goal 25-5.
Sophomore keeper
Samantha Wehri gar-
nered 15 saves for the Jays
(3-10-1) while Grace Frantz
registered three saves for the
Lady Cavaliers.
That is a very skilled
team, especially with the ball
at their feet. They might be
the best team weve faced
this year, Jays coach John
Munoz began. They execute
all the right things: ball pos-
session, passing, moving the
ball side to side. The pressure
they put on you forced us to
panic a little bit at times and
get rid of the ball too quickly.
You could tell we were a
little rusty at the start because
wed been off so long; we did
get all but one girl back from
injury, which was big. We
did get the chance to work on
some things as well but we
needed to give them a break,
too. We had a lot of matches
in August and September.
The Jays battled the
Cavaliers on even terms in
the early going, only giving
up a shot on-goal by Jenna
Kronenberger at 39:20.
The Jays had their only
real chance in the first half at
37:24 when junior Lyndsay
Mohlers attempt
in the 18-yard box
was deflected out of
bounds by a defender.
Eventually, the ball
skills of the Cavaliers
began to take control
of the matchup; as the
first half entered into
its second part, they
attacked the goal with
more pressure.
Wehri and her
defenders were up to the task
mostly but not forever.
At the 21:16 mark, the vis-
itors got on the board. Lauren
Goettemoeller let fly with a
long shot from the right post
that forced Wehri to dive to
her right to make the stop;
however, she couldnt come
up with possession and the orb
bounced far enough away that
she could not get there before
senior Sarah Titterington put
back the ricochet from six
yards and a 1-0 edge.
At the 18:10 mark, Taylor
Lachey got on a great run
down the left side and near the
end line, crossed to the near
post, when Titterington was
there; her 10-yarder got inside
that post for a 2-0 edge.
That margin became 3-0
at 5:31 when Lachey and
did the exact same thing as
before, only this time finding
Elizabeth Edwards on the left
post; her 14-yarder found the
twine.
We dont have many
seniors but we have nine
juniors and two juniors that
play a lot, plus 10 freshman;
we have some quality depth,
Lehman coach Tony
Schroeder noted.
We werent as
patient with our ball
possession the first
half as we usually are;
our game is built on
that, moving the ball
around and exploit-
ing the defense. We
did more of that the
second half and I
preferred that a lot
more.
It didnt take long for the
Cavaliers to make it 4-0
1:43 into the second half. This
time, it was Titterington find-
ing Lachey on a cross from
the right side to the middle,
with the junior putting in the
orb from close range.
Just under three min-
utes later at 35:18
Titterington made it a hat
trick. Courtesy of a midfield
through ball from Edwards,
the senior got on a run down
the middle for a 1-on-1 with
Wehri; she fired from 14
yards and found the left side
of the cords for a 5-0 edge.
At 16:32, it almost became
6-0 as Alexis Grise off
a corner kick from the right
side hit the near post from
close in.
It did become 6-0 at 9:34.
Karly Baird got on a run
down the right side and as
she veered toward the goal,
shot toward the left side; the
orb hit the post but Olivia
Selhorst was right there for
the putback before Wehri and
the defense could recover.
The Jays had started to
get some better looks
before that: at 14:15,
senior Alyssa Gable
tried one from just
beyond the outside
left corner of the 18
but Frantz got the
stop.
They had two
more solid chances:
at 4:32 and 4:07;
when senior Jessica
Recker tried a
16-yarder from the right wing
and a 12-yarder from the right
post but both were grabbed by
the Cavalier netminder.
We played much bet-
ter the second half. We are
making progress but with
our schedule this year, it
doesnt always look like it,
Munoz added. We had bet-
ter sequences in our passing
game and that helped us get
some nicer looks at the goal.
We were just unlucky that two
of them were right there that
we just missed. We did have
some breakdowns on defense,
especially the first half, and
we were a bit unlucky on the
bounces.
Lehman hosts Springfield
Catholic Central Saturday,
while St. Johns vis-
its Ottoville at 6 p.m. on
Tuesday.
Lady Cavaliers whitewash Blue Jays
Gable Recker
By JIM METCALFE
jmetcalfe@delpho-
sherald.com
Jefferson still has hopes of a
Northwest Conference crown
and a playoff berth in Region
18 with a 5-1 mark (includ-
ing 4-1 in the Northwest
Conference; ranked 9th in the
region).
Columbus Grove
well out of the
playoff picture at 3-3
(1-3 in the NWC)
would like nothing
better than to put a
huge damper on that
hope.
The two rivals
meet up Friday night
at Stadium Park.
You look at the
three losses Grove has: LCC,
Ada and Spencerville and
they have two losses between
them. What we have seen
lately is they have gone back
to the things weve seen in the
past from Grove: running the
football and using three guys
to mix it up, Jefferson coach
Bub Lindeman explained.
They have a very good quar-
terback in Collin Grothaus,
who can beat you with both
his feet and his arm; he is
very athletic, so they run a
lot of bootlegs. They tried to
throw the ball more early on
but that didnt seem to work
as well, so they have changed
gears. They still have a good-
sized line.
Defensively, they are in
the base 4-3 but since we
have gone to a lot of double
tight ends and want to run the
ball ourselves, I expect them
to put nine and even 10 in the
box. Were used to that we
saw that last week against
Crestview so it simply
comes down to us executing
our offense.
Jefferson has been very
much ground-oriented this
fall, averaging 258.7 yards
rushing (out of 394.5 per
game) and 36.8 points. Junior
tailback Zavier Buzard has
gone over the 1,000-yard
mark (1,033 on 136 carries,
15 touchdowns; 7 grabs, 97
yards, 1) and senior fullback
Quinten Wessell (67 rushes,
479 yards, 8) mixes it up. The
passing game is headed by
Austin Jettinghoff
(42-of-80 passing,
807 yards,
8 TDs, 4
picks; 20
extra points)
t h r o w -
ing to Ross
Thomps on
(21 catches,
403 yards, 4) and
Drew Kortokrax (10
for 215, 1; 15 punts,
45.7-yard average). The left
side of the line in senior tack-
le Geoff Ketcham (17 pan-
cake blocks) and guard Evan
Stant (14) leads the way.
The Wildcat defense
yields 22.3 markers and
307.3 yards. Wessell (53
solos, 18 assists) is the top
Cat, along with Thompson
(45 and 19), Dalton Hicks (38
and 22), Kortokrax (37 and
9), Colin McConnahea (24
and 12) and Chris Truesdale
(4 picks).
Were healthy coming
into the game. Those double-
weekends were taking a toll
but weve scaled back our
practices some, Lindeman
continued. We realized we
needed to let them be kids and
recover and they have. They
took care of themselves and
those bumps and bruises have
healed up.
The Wildcats come off a
32-27 triumph at Crestview.
Their quarterback
(Preston Zaleski) is very simi-
lar to what we will see this
week; a good arm and very
quick running the football,
he added. What I was most
concerned about was our
slow start; we had a 3-and-
out on our first series and they
scored on their second play
of scrimmage. They had a
couple guys back from injury
that we hadnt seen on films
before and they played well;
we were fortunate to be tied at
14 at the half. The kids refo-
cused at halftime and came
out to play physical football
on both sides.
That is the team
we have been seek-
ing to be all the
time.
Andy Schafer
has discovered
some things in his
first season at Grove
coming off a 30-21 win over
non-league foe Evergreen.
Weve tried to figure out
what works well on both sides
of the ball, how to imple-
ment my system and what
they have done before here.
We started out well but then
hit a wall with our losses
to three very good teams,
he explained. We also re-
evaluated our personnel and
what fits what we have there;
we decided to go back to what
Grove has traditionally done;
smash-mouth football. I think
we now have an identity and
what we know we can do
well.
Defensively, weve had to
slow down. Weve been over-
ly aggressive at times. For
example, we shut down the
base stuff versus the teams we
lost to but gave up big plays
because we were too out of
position and too attacking.
Weve dialed things down
some and were playing bet-
ter.
Grothaus (111 rushes,
497 yards, 7 scores; 48-of-91
passing, 747 yards, 7 TDs.
7 picks) leads the Bulldog
attack, along with Dakota
Vogt (62 rushes, 438 yards, 6
scores; 9 catches, 185 yards,
1), Joey Warnecke (61 rushes,
332 yards, 2), Blake Hoffman
(12 grabs, 252 yards, 2) and
David Bogart (11 catches,
145 yards, 2) for an offense
averaging 25,5 points and
345.2 yards (220.7 rushing)
per game.
Defensively, Brandon
Benroth (38 solos, 17 assists)
is the top Dog, with plenty
of help from Warnecke (32
solos, 14 assists), Vogt (29
and 6), Alec Gladwell (29 and
4), Hoffman (20 and 8) and
Grothaus (3 picks).
Its smash-mouth versus
smash-mouth. I dont think
either team will try to fool
anyone, Schafer added. Its
their Homecoming week, so
the emotions will be even
higher. For me, the key
matchup is their very good
defensive line versus our very
good offensive line.
Wildcats still in hunt for NWC, playoff berth
By JIM METCALFE
Both St. Johns and Fort
Recovery are coming off
Midwest Athletic
Conference losses a
week ago.
Both will try to get
back on the right track
Friday night as the
Blue Jays invade the
home of the Indians.
Both are 3-3: the
Blue Jays (5th in
Region 22) at 2-2
in the MAC and the
Indians 1-3.
They have a different look
this year: they remain built
around the quarterback but
he is a power-runner. Mason
Evers has over 1,000 yards
rushing and he runs a lot of
powers with the one back lead-
ing through, St. Johns mentor
Todd Schulte explained. In
essence, he is also their tail-
back; hes very hard-nosed and
has taken a lot of punishment
but with good results. They
still run the spread.
Defensively, we
have sene them in a
4-4 and 4-3 and they
do a fair amount of
blitzing, which has
been something weve
struggled with up front
this year. At times,
they give up a lot of
yards and points; at
others, they are far
stingier.
Overall, this is
definitely an improved pro-
gram.
Leading the Blue Jay
offense (averaging 19.8 points
and 254.5 yards per game)
are junior tailback Tyler
Jettinghoff (93 rushes, 732
yards, 10 scores; 11 catches,
147 yards, 1), junior fullback
Luke MacLennan (33 rushes,
208 yards, 1) and seniors Mark
Boggs (26-of-69 passing, 350
yards, 3 TDs, 6 picks), Jake
Hays (4 catches, 74 yards, 1)
and Andrew Metzger (4 for
53, 1).
The defense, ceding 16.2
markers and 296.2 yards per,
is led by Brett Schwinnen (36
solos, 24 assists), Cody Looser
(26 and 29), Ben Youngpeter
Jays seek rebound
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League All Games
BLANCHARD VALLEY
CONFERENCE
Leipsic 5-0 6-0
McComb 5-0 6-0
Liberty-Benton 4-1 5-1
Arlington 3-2 4-2
Pandora-Gilboa 3-2 3-3
Arcadia 2-3 3-3
Van Buren 2-3 3-3
Cory-Rawson 1-4 1-5
Hardin-Northern 0-5 0-6
Vanlue 0-5 0-6
THREE RIVERS ATHLETIC
CONFERENCE
Tol. Cent. Cath. 3-0 6-0
Tol. Whitmer 3-0 6-0
Findlay 2-1 5-1
Tol. St. Johns Jes. 2-1 2-4
Fremont Ross 1-2 4-2
Oregon Clay 1-2 3-3
Tol. St. Francis DeS. 0-3 1-5
Lima Senior 0-3 0-6
MI DWEST ATHLETI C
CONFERENCE
Coldwater 4-0 6-0
Marion Local 3-1 5-1
Versailles 3-1 4-2
Minster 2-2 4-2
St. Henry 2-2 4-2
St. Johns 2-2 3-3
New Bremen 2-2 2-4
Anna 1-3 3-3
Fort Recovery 1-3 3-3
Parkway 0-4 0-6
NORTHWEST CENTRAL
CONFERENCE
Ridgemont 2-1 5-1
Ft. Loramie 2-1 4-2
Perry 2-1 2-4
Waynesfield-Goshen 2-1 2-4
Riverside 1-1 1-4
Fairbanks 1-1 1-5
Sidney Lehman 1-2 1-5
Upper Scioto Valley 0-2 0-6
NORTHWEST CONFERENCE
Lima Central Catholic 5-0 6-0
Ada 4-0 6-0
Jefferson 4-1 5-1
Spencerville 3-2 4-2
Bluffton 2-2 3-3
Columbus Grove 1-3 3-3
Crestview 1-3 3-3
Paulding 0-4 0-6
Allen East 0-5 0-6
WESTERN BUCKEYE LEAGUE
Ottawa-Glandorf 5-0 6-0
Celina 4-1 5-1
Elida 4-1 5-1
Kenton 4-1 4-2
Bath 3-2 4-2
Wapakoneta 2-3 3-3
Defiance 2-3 2-4
Shawnee 1-4 1-5
St. Marys 0-5 0-6
Van Wert 0-5 0-6
HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL
STANDINGS
National League
East Division
W L Pct GB
x-Washington 98 64 .605
y-Atlanta 94 68 .580 4
Philadelphia 81 81 .500 17
New York 74 88 .457 24
Miami 69 93 .426 29
Central Division
W L Pct GB
x-Cincinnati 97 65 .599
y-St. Louis 88 74 .543 9
Milwaukee 83 79 .512 14
Pittsburgh 79 83 .488 18
Chicago 61 101 .377 36
Houston 55 107 .340 42
West Division
W L Pct GB
x-San Francisco 94 68 .580
Los Angeles 86 76 .531 8
Arizona 81 81 .500 13
San Diego 76 86 .469 18
Colorado 64 98 .395 30
x-clinched division
y-clinched wild card
Wednesdays Results
Atlanta 4, Pittsburgh 0
Washington 5, Philadelphia 1
Chicago Cubs 5, Houston 4
N.Y. Mets 4, Miami 2
Colorado 2, Arizona 1
L.A. Dodgers 5, San Francisco 1
San Diego 7, Milwaukee 6
St. Louis 1, Cincinnati 0
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American League
East Division
W L Pct GB
x-New York 95 67 .586
y-Baltimore 93 69 .574 2
Tampa Bay 90 72 .556 5
Toronto 73 89 .451 22
Boston 69 93 .426 26
Central Division
W L Pct GB
x-Detroit 88 74 .543
Chicago 85 77 .525 3
Kansas City 72 90 .444 16
Cleveland 68 94 .420 20
Minnesota 66 96 .407 22
West Division
W L Pct GB
x-Oakland 94 68 .580
y-Texas 93 69 .574 1
Los Angeles 89 73 .549 5
Seattle 75 87 .463 19
x-clinched division
y-clinched wild card
Wednesdays Results
Oakland 12, Texas 5
Seattle 12, L.A. Angels 0
N.Y. Yankees 14, Boston 2
Chicago White Sox 9, Cleveland 0
Toronto 2, Minnesota 1
Tampa Bay 4, Baltimore 1
Detroit 1, Kansas City 0
End of Regular Season
MLB GLANCE
AMERICAN CONFERENCE
East
W L T Pct PF PA
N.Y. Jets 2 2 0 .500 81 109
New England 2 2 0 .500 134 92
Buffalo 2 2 0 .500 115 131
Miami 1 3 0 .250 86 90
South
W L T Pct PF PA
Houston 4 0 0 1.000 126 56
Indianapolis 1 2 0 .333 61 83
Jacksonville 1 3 0 .250 62 97
Tennessee 1 3 0 .250 81 151
North
W L T Pct PF PA
Baltimore 3 1 0 .750 121 83
Cincinnati 3 1 0 .750 112 112
Pittsburgh 1 2 0 .333 77 75
Cleveland 0 4 0 .000 73 98
West
W L T Pct PF PA
San Diego 3 1 0 .750 100 71
Denver 2 2 0 .500 114 83
Kansas City 1 3 0 .250 88 136
Oakland 1 3 0 .250 67 125
NATIONAL CONFERENCE
East
W L T Pct PF PA
Philadelphia 3 1 0 .750 66 83
Dallas 2 2 0 .500 65 88
Washington 2 2 0 .500 123 123
N.Y. Giants 2 2 0 .500 111 84
South
W L T Pct PF PA
Atlanta 4 0 0 1.000 124 76
Tampa Bay 1 3 0 .250 82 91
Carolina 1 3 0 .250 80 109
New Orleans 0 4 0 .000 110 130
North
W L T Pct PF PA
Minnesota 3 1 0 .750 90 72
Chicago 3 1 0 .750 108 68
Green Bay 2 2 0 .500 85 81
Detroit 1 3 0 .250 100 114
West
W L T Pct PF PA
Arizona 4 0 0 1.000 91 61
San Francisco 3 1 0 .750 104 65
St. Louis 2 2 0 .500 79 91
Seattle 2 2 0 .500 70 58
Todays Game
Arizona at St. Louis, 8:20 p.m.
Sundays Games
Baltimore at Kansas City, 1 p.m.
Atlanta at Washington, 1 p.m.
Philadelphia at Pittsburgh, 1 p.m.
Green Bay at Indianapolis, 1 p.m.
Cleveland at N.Y. Giants, 1 p.m.
Miami at Cincinnati, 1 p.m.
Seattle at Carolina, 4:05 p.m.
Chicago at Jacksonville, 4:05 p.m.
Buffalo at San Francisco, 4:25 p.m.
Tennessee at Minnesota, 4:25 p.m.
Denver at New England, 4:25 p.m.
San Diego at New Orleans, 8:20 p.m.
Open: Dallas, Detroit, Oakland, Tampa
Bay
Mondays Game
Houston at N.Y. Jets, 8:30 p.m.
NFL GLANCE
By DAVE SKRETTA
KANSAS CITY, Mo.
Miguel Cabrera had just
achieved baseball immortal-
ity and everyone around him
knew it.
Tigers manager Jim
Leyland had tears welling in
his eyes. General manager
Dave Dombrowski kept try-
ing to remind people to stop
and enjoy the moment. Prince
Fielder simply shook his head
in disbelief at the history that
had unfolded.
Less than an hour earlier,
in the midst of Detroits other-
wise meaningless 1-0 victory
over Kansas City, it had finally
become official: Cabrera had
won the Triple Crown.
Everybody said to me it
was unbelievable. They were
all excited to see this, enjoy
this, be a part of something
big, he said, taking the rare
feat in stride better than any-
one.
Cabrera finished the regu-
lar-season hitting .330 with 44
homers and 139 RBIs, lead-
ing the American League in
all three statistical categories,
making him just the 15th play-
er to achieve the Triple Crown
and the first since Bostons
Carl Yastrzemski in 1967.
Among those in one of
baseballs most exclusive
clubs are Lou Gehrig, Ted
Williams, Mickey Mantle and
Frank Robinson, who called
it an incredible accomplish-
ment for a gifted young man
and Miguel should be proud
of his all-around excellence
and consistency throughout the
season.
Cabreras achievement
wasnt assured until the
Yankees pinch-hit for Curtis
Granderson in their 14-2
rout of the Boston Red Sox.
Granderson had homered
twice to reach 43 for the year,
tied with the Rangers Josh
Hamilton and one shy of the
Tigers third baseman.
The closest competition in
the race for the batting title
was Angels rookie Mike
Trout, who remains Cabreras
toughest competition for the
AL MVP. Cabrera was the
runaway leader in RBIs.
Perhaps befitting one of
the games reluctant super-
stars, Cabrera had retired to
the visiting clubhouse after he
was removed from Wednesday
nights game in the fourth
inning.
He watch his milestone
become official on the televi-
sion screens perched in the
middle of the room, surround-
ed by Fielder, reigning AL
MVP Justin Verlander and a
few other teammates.
Commissioner Bud Selig
offered his congratulations,
calling the Triple Crown a
remarkable achievement that
places him amongst an elite
few in all of baseball history.
The crowd at Kauffman
Stadium gave Cabrera a stand-
ing ovation before he flied out
in the first inning. He struck
out in the fourth but remained
in the game, allowing Leyland
to remove him with two outs
in the bottom half of the inning
to another standing ovation
from thousands of apprecia-
tive fans.
Cabrera high-fived his
teammates as he entered the
Detroit dugout, then walked
back to the top step and waved
his helmet, almost sheepishly
acknowledging the crowd.
It was like playing at
home, having all the fans cheer
for you, Cabrera added. It
was an unbelievable feeling
and I was very thankful for the
fans in Kansas City.
Cabreras pursuit of history
has occurred largely in the
dark, overshadowed by thrill-
ing playoff races, the sheer
enormity of the NFL even
the presidential election.
Perhaps part of the void
has to do with Cabreras very
nature.
Hes not the boisterous sort,
never one to crave attention.
He would rather hang out with
a couple of buddies than stand
in front of a pack of TV cam-
eras, answering the unending
stream of questions about what
makes him one of the games
most complete hitters.
To put his feat in perspec-
tive, consider horse racings
Triple Crown.
The last thoroughbred to
win the Kentucky Derby,
Preakness and Belmont Stakes
in the same year was Affirmed
in 1978, more than a full
decade after Yastrzemskis
magical summer in Boston.
ATHLETICS 12, RANGERS 5
OAKLAND, Calif. Oakland won
the AL West title with another improb-
able rally in a season full of them, com-
ing back from four runs down and a
13-game division deficit to stun 2-time
defending league champion Texas on
Wednesday.
Josh Hamilton dropped a fly ball
in center field for a 2-run error that put
the As (94-68) ahead 7-5 in a 6-run
fourth inning.
While Hamiltons Rangers (93-69)
are headed to the new 1-game, wild-
card playoff, the As get some time
off before opening the division series
in their first postseason appearance
since 2006.
Oaklands Coco Crisp hit a tying
2-run double in the fourth against
Derek Holland (12-7). Brandon Moss
drove in three runs, including a 2-run
single in a 4-run eighth.
Rookie Evan Scribner (2-0)
allowed two hits and struck out two in
three scoreless innings after replacing
struggling starter A.J. Griffin.
Derek Norris homered leading off
the eighth with his seventh homer and
Oaklands major league-leading 112th
since the All-Star break.
YANKEES 14, RED SOX 2
NEW YORK Granderson and
Robinson Cano each hit a pair of hom-
ers, powering the Yankees past the
Red Sox for their 13th AL East title in
17 years.
In front of fans poised to party from
the first pitch, the Yankees completed
a 3-game sweep of the last-place Red
Sox to win their second consecutive
division crown. The championship was
locked up by the seventh inning, when
Baltimores 4-1 loss at Tampa bay
went final.
Cano tied a career high with six
RBIs as New York secured home-field
advantage throughout the AL playoffs.
The Yankees will open on the road
Sunday against the winner of Fridays
wild-card game between Baltimore
and Texas.
RAYS 4, ORIOLES 1
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. Evan
Longoria homered three times and
the Rays beat Baltimore, ending the
Orioles bid to force a 1-game tie-
breaker for the AL East title.
Longoria finished the season with
a bang for the second straight year,
hitting solo shots off Chris Tillman in
the first and fourth innings and adding
another solo shot off Jake Arrieta in
the sixth.
With a chance to tie the major-
league record, Longoria grounded out
in the eighth.
WHITE SOX 9, INDIANS 0
CLEVELAND Dan Johnson hit
his first three homers of the season
and Chicago added two more in the
game as the White Sox routed the
Indians.
Gavin Floyd (12-11) gave up three
hits over seven innings. He struck out
six, one short of getting 145 strikeouts
for the fifth straight season despite
being on the disabled list twice this
year.
Johnson hit two 2-run homers off
David Huff (3-1). His 424-foot shot in
the second inning was his first in more
than a year. His second made it 7-0 in
the fifth, two batters after Paul Konerko
hit his 26th of the season.
BLUE JAYS 2, TWINS 1
TORONTO Brandon Morrow
struck out a season-high 11, Omar
Vizquel wrapped up his 24-year career
and the Blue Jays beat the Twins to
complete a 3-game sweep.
Morrow (10-7) allowed one run and
three hits in eight innings. Torontos
staff leader in wins, the right-hander
reached double digits in victories for
the third straight season.
Brandon Lyon finished the ninth for
his first save as the Blue Jays avoided
90 losses, finishing at 73-89. They
finished at .500 last season.
Mike McCoy replaced Vizquel with
two outs in the ninth and the veteran
infielder left to a standing ovation, hug-
ging his teammates, doffing his cap
and tapping his heart to show his
appreciation.
MARINERS 12, ANGELS 0
SEATTLE Casper Wells tied a
career-high with five RBIs, including a
3-run homer in Seattles 6-run seventh
inning, and the Mariners routed the
Angels.
Trout went 2-for-3 at the plate with
a double leading off the sixth and a
single in the eighth to finish the season
with a .326 average.
Angels starter Jered Weaver
pitched just one inning before leaving
the game. Weaver (20-5) had a chance
to become the fourth pitcher in Angels
history to reach 21 wins but called it a
season early after giving up two runs,
two hits and walking two batters in
the first inning. The team announced
Weaver had general fatigue as the
reason he threw just one inning.
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NL Capsules
NATIONALS 5, PHILLIES 1
WASHINGTON NL East cham-
pion Washington secured home-field
advantage throughout the postsea-
son by beating Philadelphia 5-1 on
Wednesday for their major league-high
98th victory.
Nationals manager Davey Johnson
missed the end of the game after feel-
ing numbness in his left leg, leaving
the dugout to get X-rays and treatment
from a team doctor. Johnson at 69,
the oldest skipper in the majors said
he does not expect to have any trouble
traveling or managing in the playoffs.
The Nationals clinched top seed-
ing for the NL playoffs and will open
on the road Sunday at the winner
of Fridays wild-card game between
Atlanta and St. Louis.
Ryan Zimmerman led off the fourth
inning with his 25th homer off Cliff Lee
(6-9). Michael Morse then doubled
and scored. Rookie Tyler Moores solo
shot in the sixth made him the seventh
National with at least 10 homers this
season. In the eighth, Morse added his
18th homer, a 2-run shot off reliever
Jonathan Papelbon.
Edwin Jackson (10-11) became
Washingtons fifth pitcher with at least
10 wins, giving up one run and six hits
over 6 2/3 innings.
BRAVES 4, PIRATES 0
PITTSBURGH Jason Heyward
singled twice and scored two runs for
Atlanta in the regular-season finale.
Chipper Jones added a pinch-hit
single in his final regular-season at-bat
for Atlanta.
Luis Avilan (1-0) won on a day
the Braves used eight pitchers to hold
Pittsburgh to four hits. Ben Sheets
started and pitched one scoreless
inning in his last major-league appear-
ance.
A.J. Burnett (16-10) gave up four
runs in 5 2/3 innings for Pittsburgh.
The switch-hitting Jones, hitting
left-handed, slapped the first pitch he
saw to right field for a single in the
sixth, the 2,726th and final hit of his
career. Jones scored on a single by
Brian McCann that put Atlanta up 3-0.
CUBS 5, ASTROS 4
CHICAGO Houston ended its
National League tenure with a result
thats become familiar: a loss.
The Astros set a franchise record
for losses in a season, finishing 55-107,
one more loss than last year. Houston
finished its NL tenure with 3,999 regu-
lar-season wins, 4,134 losses and five
ties. The Astros are moving to the AL
West next season, creating three divi-
sions of five teams in each league.
Bryan LaHair homered and hit a
game-winning single in the ninth inning
for Chicago. LaHair homered in the
second and broke a 4-all tie against
Hector Ambriz (1-1).
Carlos Marmol (3-3) pitched a
scoreless ninth to earn the win.
METS 4, MARLINS 2
MIAMI Ike Davis hit his 32nd
homer and Scott Hairston got his
20th to help New York win its season
finale.
Jeremy Hefner (4-7) closed the
season with his second consecutive
strong start. He allowed two runs in
7 1/3 innings. Hairston reached the
20-homer milestone for the first time.
Andres Torres hit his third homer.
New Yorks Lucas Duda was hit
in the back of the helmet by a 79-mph
curve from Dan Jennings in his final at-
bat. Duda walked to first but was then
taken out of the game.
Rookie Tom Koehler (0-1), making
his first major-league start, gave up
three runs in six innings.
ROCKIES 2, DIAMONDBACKS 1
PHOENIX Jeff Francis earned
his first victory in more than a month
and Colorado used two unearned runs
to beat Ian Kennedy to conclude dis-
appointing seasons for both teams.
Francis (6-7) allowed a run and
five hits in five innings in his first vic-
tory since July 27. Matt Belisle got the
final out in the ninth for his third save
in 10 tries.
Third baseman Chris Johnsons
throwing error in the fourth led to both
of Colorados runs. D.J. LeMahieu
singled in a run.
DODGERS 5, GIANTS 1
LOS ANGELES Clayton
Kershaw finished with a major league-
leading 2.53 ERA, Adrian Gonzalez
singled in the go-ahead run in the sixth
inning and Los Angeles ended its sea-
son a day after being eliminated from
playoff contention for the third straight
year by San Francisco.
Kershaw (14-9) allowed one run
and three hits in eight innings, struck
out eight and walked three in his
33rd start, tying a career high. Kenley
Jansen pitched the ninth to earn his
26th save in 32 chances.
Gonzalez finished on a 15-game
hitting streak. He drove in Andre
Ethier, who doubled, with two outs to
give the Dodgers a 2-1 lead. They tied
the game 1-1 on Kershaws RBI single
in the fifth the Dodgers first hit off
Giants starter Ryan Vogelsong, who
also retired his first 10 batters.
Clay Hensley (4-5) gave up one
run and two hits in one inning to take
the loss for the Giants, who open the
NL division series on Saturday against
Cincinnati.
Giants catcher Buster Posey went
0-for-2, finishing the regular season
with a .336 average to claim the NL
batting title.
PADRES 7, BREWERS 6
MILWAUKEE Chase Headley
drove in two runs, finishing the season
with an NL-leading 115 RBIs for San
Diego.
Headley doubled home a run in the
fifth inning. He hit an RBI triple in the
seventh and scored the go-ahead run
on a sacrifice fly by Yonder Alonso. He
also drew two walks and finished with
a .286 batting average.
Travis Ishikawa drove in four runs
for Milwaukee, including three with a
double in the third that made it 6-0.
Cameron Maybin hit a 2-run
homer for San Diego and five reliev-
ers held Milwaukee hitless in the final
six innings.
Tommy Layne (2-0) pitched 1
1/3 innings for the victory and Luke
Gregerson earned his ninth save.
CARDINALS 1, REDS 0
ST. LOUIS Rookie right-hander
Shelby Miller took a no-hitter into the
sixth inning in his first career start
and Matt Carpenter had a run-scoring
single for St. Louis.
Cincinnati takes on NL West cham-
pion San Francisco in an NL division
series beginning Saturday.
Miller gave up a 2-out bloop single
to Wilson Valdez in the sixth to end his
no-hit bid. He struck out seven, walked
two and allowed just one hit over six
innings. Victor Marte (3-2) picked up
the win with one inning of relief. Jason
Motte recorded his 42nd save, tying
him for the most saves in the NL with
Craig Kimbrel of Atlanta.
Reds starter Homer Bailey tossed
four shutout innings, allowing four hits.
He struck out six and did not walk a
batter.
Carpenter drove in Shane
Robinson, who singled off Jonathan
Broxton (3-3) to start the rally in the
eighth inning.
Tigers Cabrera wins 1st
Triple Crown in 45 years
(29 and 15), Metzger (28 and
14; 2 picks), Troy Warnecke
(21 and 20; out for this game
with an injury) and Kody
White (14 and 20).
The Jays, who are still with-
out the injured Dylan Stump,
Ben Wrasman (may be back
next week) and the punter,
Warnecke (24 punts, 34-yard
average), missed enough
opportunities to cost them a
14-0 loss to Marion Local.
Thats what it was about.
We had chances to make big
plays and didnt come through;
you will not beat good teams
like Marion doing that,
Schulte added. What I am
most concerned about is that
we seek to improve every
week and I dont think weve
done that yet; were running
out of time. It seems like were
repeating the same mistakes
each week. We simply have to
get out of this pattern.
The Indians of coach Brent
Niekamp come off a 31-28
loss to New Bremen.
We started the year with
a lot of young, inexperienced
players; we are using a lot of
sophomores on both sides of
the ball. We are also using
some key players in different
spots than before, Niekamp
began. Mason was our left
tackle last year; we needed
him in there because hes such
a good athlete and we had a
veteran skill core but needed
linemen. Same thing for our
tight end, Trent Kayser; he
was a guard last year. Our skill
players were seniors last sea-
son, so they got moved back.
Were starting to get more bal-
ance on offense; earlier, wed
only throw four times a game
and run it the rest, which is the
exact opposite of the past.
Defensively, were in
the same boat; we only have
maybe three seniors playing a
lot; the rest are all sophomores
and juniors. Weve had our
difficulties on both sides of the
ball but we are making strides;
it hasnt been a straight trajec-
tory but its been there.
Besides Evers, who also
plays some at safety, and
Kayser, also at outside line-
backer, other key cogs for the
Indians are Evan Schoen at
cornerback and Jacob Schoen
in the secondary, both also see-
ing time at wideout.
Jettinghoff is a gifted run-
ner in their backfield but I
believe (MacLennan and
Boggs) are underrated; they are
capable of making big plays. I
think the offensive backfield
is their strength, Niekamp
added. We definitely have to
get a lot of people to the foot-
ball and tackle well
Offensively, its about
making strides and continu-
ing to progress. We must take
pressure off Mason running
the football. Our receivers are
starting to get open more and if
we can mix in the pass better,
we have a chance.
Jays
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950 Car Care
Geise
Transmission, Inc.
419-453-3620
2 miles north of Ottoville
automatic transmission
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950 Construction
Joe Miller
Construction
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Roofing, remodeling,
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Cell 567-644-6030
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Contact
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419-692-9867
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nomic news to feature stories.
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Attn. Nancy Spencer
405 N. Main St., Delphos, Ohio 45833
or email to: nspencer@delphosherald.com
HELP WANTED
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Looking for
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3 weeks vacation after 5 years
401K w/partial employer match
Send resume to:
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HELP WANTED
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Looking for
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tests to qualify
Send resume to:
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Eagle Print
111 E. Fourth St.
Delphos, OH 45833
PUBLIC AUCTION
FARMLAND
TUESDAY OCTOBER 23, 2012
7:00 p.m. Sharp!
AUCTION LOCATION:
Delphos K of C Hall,
1011 Elida Ave., Delphos, OH
2 SMALL ACREAGE PARCELS
Section 29 * Marion Twp.
Allen County, OH
DELPHOS AREA
PARCEL # 1: 20 Acres +/- in Section 29 of Marion
Twp. in Allen Co., Ohio with Frontage on
Grone Road near Delphos Corp.
Good Productive Farmland with a Great
Location
PARCEL #2: 15.88 Acres +/- in Section 29 of
Marion Twp. in Allen Co., Ohio
Just East of Delphos w/ Frontage on St. Rt.
309, Good Soils
Great Small Acreage w/ Lots of Frontage
Opportunity
FOR MORE DETAILED TERMS, MAPS,
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Call office or View on Web @
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OWNERS:
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Schimmoeller Family
TERMS: $5,000.00 Deposit Day of Auction w/bal-
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Possession upon closing, taxes prorated.
Conducted by:
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& AUCTION CO. OTTAWA, OH
Aaron Siefker, Broker/Auctioneer
Tom Robbins Auctioneer
419-538-6184 Office
419-235-0789 Mobile
Licensed and Bonded in favor
of State of Ohio
Find us on the web @
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COMMERCIAL PROPERTY
Buy your new or used
vehicle from someone
you know and trust!
Lisa Williams
3500 Elida Road, Lima
Phone:(419) 331-0381
Fax: (419) 331-0882
Email: LisaW@allannott.com
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IF YOU would like a sign
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Constitution please con-
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040

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LAMP REPAIR
Table or floor.
Come to our store.
Hohenbrink TV.
419-695-1229
080

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Are you looking for a child
care provider in your
area? Let us help. Call
YWCA Child Care Re -
source and Referral at:
1-800-992-2916 or
(419)225-5465
080

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CARRIER WANTED
1 Route Available
in Delphos:
Rt. 34
W. Clime St. & S. Clay
No Collecting
Call the Delphos Herald
Circulation Department
at 419-695-0015 ext. 126
CDL-A DRIVERS for de-
livery route and shuttle,
based in Delphos. 1yr and
50,000mi CDL-A experi-
ence required. Full-Time
with full benefits, 401K,
health and more.
Apply today at
www.liparifoods.com
or send resume to:
craig_spenney
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DRIVERS WANTED:
Local limousine company
seeking Part-time drivers
both with and without
CDL- Cl assB. Cal l
419-692-2854
HIRING DRIVERS
with 5+ years OTR experi-
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42cents per mile & higher!
Home every weekend!
$55,000-$60,000 annually.
Benefits available. 99% no
touch freight! We will treat
you with respect! PLEASE
CALL 419-222-1630
I NSI DE SALES Rep
needed to handle incom-
i ng/outgoi ng customer
service calls. Sales rep
will: handle customer re-
quests/concerns;
learn/communicate exten-
sive tire knowledge; main-
tain positive attitude; work
independently. Computer
experi ence requi red.
Spanish Bilingual appli-
cants a plus. FT position:
10am-7pm Mon-Fri w/ oc-
casi onal Sat . Vi si t :
www.kmtire.com for em-
ployment app. K&M Tire
965 Spencerville Rd., PO
Box 279, Delphos, OH
45833.
Email: HR@kmtire.com
FAX: 419-879-4372
080

Help Wanted
Local Home Builder/
Cabinet Builder
Looking for full time help.
Pay based on experience.
Knowledge in home build-
ing, remodeling, electrical,
and other aspects in
building helpful. Also help
needed in cabinet shop.
Individual needs to be self-
motivated. Benefits include
vacation pay, retirement
and other benefits.
Send resume to:
19894 Rd. S.
Ft. Jennings, OH
45844
or email to
tvbuild@bright.net
RURAL ROUTE
DRIVER NEEDED
10-15 hours/week
Monday-Saturday
Valid drivers license and
reliable transportation
with insurance required.
Applications available at
The Delphos Herald office
405 N. Main St., Delphos.
TI RE WAREHOUSE
needs Night Shift Supervi-
sor to work with & oversee
loading of route trucks.
Hours: Sunday-Thursday
3pm-2am or when work is
finished. Requirements in-
clude: 2+ years supervisor
experience; able to endure
heavy lifting up to 100lbs.
daily; able to plan, organ-
ize & ensure accuracy.
Visit www.kmtire.com to
access employment appli-
cation. Send work experi-
ence to: K&M Tire
965 Spencerville Rd, PO
Box 279,
Delphos, OH 45833.
HR@kmtire.com
FAX 419-879-4372
Would you like to be an
in-home child care pro -
vider? Let us help. Call
YWCA Child Care Re -
source and Referral at:
1-800-992-2916 or
(419)225-5465.
120

Financial
IS IT A SCAM? The Del-
phos Herald urges our
readers to contact The
Better Business Bureau,
( 419) 223- 7010 or
1-800-462-0468, before
entering into any agree-
ment involving financing,
business opportunities, or
work at home opportuni-
ties. The BBB will assist
in the investigation of
these businesses. (This
notice provided as a cus-
tomer service by The Del-
phos Herald.)
290

Wanted to Buy
Raines
Jewelry
Cash for Gold
Scrap Gold, Gold Jewelry,
Silver coins, Silverware,
Pocket Watches, Diamonds.
2330 Shawnee Rd.
Lima
(419) 229-2899
300

Household Goods
LARGE 4 drawer armoire
$25, Loveseat $20, Com-
puter desk $15. Phone
419-692-2637
340

Garage Sales
MANS GARAGE Sale!!!
834 N. Pierce Delphos,
Ohio Out back look for
signs. Thursday 10-6, Fri-
day 9:00-Noon. Coke ma-
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gooseneck hitch, tools,
wood lathe, band saw,
Apollo 11 glasses, lawn-
mower, zero turn riding
lawnmower, misc. vintage
items, beer signs, car
manuals, and lots more.
MIDDLE POINT Commu-
nity-Wide Garage Sales.
Fri. October 5th 9am-6pm,
Sat. October 6th 9am-4pm
MOVING SALE- 11595
Ridge Rd., across from
Deer Creek Apartments.
Air conditioning, mowers,
furniture, Nordic Track,
washer/dryer, Mens, Jun-
ior & Misses clothing,
misc. Thurs., Fri., Sat.
8:30-5:00
501

Misc. for Sale
POND SKIMMER / Water-
fall, 180 gallon rubberized
stock tank, 66 wicker li-
brary table, oak 30 by 40
table. 419-692-3851
550

Pets & Supplies
A CUTE, small, smart Chi-
huahua male. Adorable
Shihtese and Shih Tzus.
See them at
garwicksthepetpeople.com
419-795-5711
580

For Rent or Lease
SECURE 1-1/2 car garage
on .10 acre. $65/month.
Call 419-996-9870
590

House For Rent
2 BEDROOM, 1Bath
house available soon. No
pets. Call 419-692-3951
620

Duplex For Rent
2 BDRM Duplex for rent.
St ove, r ef r i ger at or ,
washer/dryer, dishwasher,
all electric, $450/mo. and
deposit and utilities. No
pets. 567-204-0347
800

House For Sale
19176
VENEDOCIA-EASTERN,
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or Rent-To-Own. Beautiful
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bath, oversized 2 car ga-
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$89,000. approx. $482.60
per month. 419-586-8220
or chbsinc.com
810

Auto Repairs/
Parts/Acc.
Midwest Ohio
Auto Parts
Specialist
Windshields Installed, New
Lights, Grills, Fenders,Mirrors,
Hoods, Radiators
4893 Dixie Hwy, Lima
1-800-589-6830
840

Mobile Homes
1 BEDROOM mobile
home for rent. Ph.
419-692-3951.
2 BDRM house trailer,
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$3000/ OBO. Phone
419-692-4861
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Van Wert County
David R. Sheets, Dave
Sheets, Sharon L. Sheets,
Sharon Sheets to David R.
Sheets, Sharon L. Sheets,
portion of section 9, Ridge
Township.
Estate of Jimmy L. Vogan
(Jimmie Lee Vogan, Jim L.
Vogan) to Dorothy Vogan,
portion of section 31, Harrison
Township.
Estate of R.W. Ayres (R.
Wayne Ayres, R.W. Ayres, MD,
Roland W. Ayres MD, Roland
Wayne Ayres, ) estate of Phyllis
Ayres to Phyllis Ayres Trust,
portion of secion 3, Liberty
Township.
Karen S. Casey, Ted.
E. Bollenbacher, Sandee
Bollenbacher to Michael T.
Grunden, portion of section 3,
Liberty Township.
GMAC Mortgage LLC to Blue
Ridge Opportunity, inlot 3081,
Van Wert.
Blue Ridge Opportunity to
Alexander J. Magoulas, Maria J.
Magoulas, inlot 3081, Van Wert.
Helen M. Kreischer to
Timothy Fern Mengerink,
portion of section 26, Pleasant
Township.
1993 5th Avenue. Good
condition, lots of extras. 650
Davis St. 419-236-4717
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Tomorrows
Horoscope
By Bernice Bede Osol
Mom should stay
mum on daughter-
in-laws choices
Dear Annie: My son
passed away last year from
cancer. Not even two months
after his death, my daughter-
in-law began dating a mar-
ried man. She then became
pregnant and moved in with
him and my two young
granddaughters. She had the
baby 11 months after my
sons death.
I am upset about her
choice to move
on so quickly.
Worse, she has
told my grand-
daughters that
they can call
this new man
Daddy if they
want to. I have a
big problem with
this. First, he is
still married to
his wife and has
two other chil-
dren. And sec-
ond, these two little girls
just lost their father and
havent had a chance to
grieve or process whats
going on.
I am not going to judge the
Other Man. He could very
well turn out to be a good
guy who simply needed to
grow up. But I worry about
my grandchildren. Everyone
tells me not to say anything
because she might take the
girls from me. (She has done
that before.) But I dont
know how much longer I
can keep my mouth closed.
Unhappy Grandmother
Dear Grandmother:
Your daughter-in-laws
behavior seems disrespectful
to your sons memory and
also to his children. But we
suspect she is afraid of being
alone and raising two chil-
dren by herself. Although
we understand the desire to
speak up, we can assure you
that it will serve no pur-
pose. Please dont create a
situation that will estrange
you from your granddaugh-
ters. They are going to need
you, and you will want to be
around to help them remem-
ber their father. Do what you
must in order to remain in
their lives, even if it means
keeping your opinions to
yourself. Feel free to write us
anytime you need to vent.
Dear Annie: Im 34 and
have two grandmothers. One
has dementia, and the other
has neglected her health
to the point where diabe-
tes keeps her from moving
around. Shes stopped bath-
ing because getting into the
shower is too difficult, and
she refuses my fathers sug-
gestion to have an aide.
I havent visited either
grandmother in two months.
I want to remember the first
one the way she was. She
doesnt know who I am half
the time anyway. She some-
times hallucinates, although
pleasantly. She told us a
long-dead politician had
dropped by. Ive always had
difficulty being around the
other because she spends all
her time watching the news
and hears only the worst
things.
My parents arent happy
about this. One of my grand-
fathers spent the last three
years of his life sick with
every known illness, some
of which were gross to see.
He died with all
of us at his side,
so I got to watch
him turn into a
bloated, swollen,
ulcerated heav-
ing corpse. Thats
why Id rather
not see my grand-
mothers anymore.
Do any of your
readers have the
same problem?
N.Y., N.Y.
Dear N.Y.: Of
course they do, and some
choose to visit anyway, and
others cant be bothered. But
we think it says a lot about
ones character to visit these
family members because its
the right thing to do, whether
it makes you comfortable or
not. Its a kindness to your
grandmothers and to your
parents. Please try.
Dear Annie: Id like to
respond to Cape Coral,
Fla., whose son is doing
poorly in his college math
classes.
College is not high
school. Too many students
simply come to class unpre-
pared and then blame the
teacher. At the college level,
students must take respon-
sibility for their own learn-
ing. If the professors do not
return his exam papers, he
should go to the department
head. The U.S. is the only
country I know of where
people proudly proclaim that
they hate math, dont under-
stand it and dont care.
Retired Community College
Teacher
Annies Mailbox
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 5, 2012
In the year ahead, you are likely
to be inspired to take on a unique but
creative project, either as a personal
hobby or a potential second source
of income. Developing and testing
things will turn out to be lots of fun,
and profitable as well.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) --
If youre comparing similar items
before making a purchase, quality
should take precedence over price.
Dont allow yourself to be dazzled by
a flashy sale.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) --
Youre likely to get the opportunity
to be with someone whom you really
like. Even if you cant spend as much
time together as both of you desire,
youll make it a quality experience.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec.
21) -- Even though the last thing you
will be thinking about is feathering
your nest, persons you help could end
up doing more for you than what you
actually do for them.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan.
19) -- You might get some intuitive
flashes pertaining to a certain future
event. Dont discount any of these
perceptions just because what you
envision seems too good to be true.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19)
-- Something rather peculiar might
develop that could result in a small but
significant advantage in your career.
Its also likely that itll be beneficial
financially as well.
PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20)
-- Acknowledge all hunches or
perceptions, because one could result
in a subtle yet vital benefit for you in
the workplace. Take advantage of your
brainstorms -- you wont regret it.
ARIES (March 21-April 19) --
When considering making a financial
investment, dont discuss it with
people who have poor fiduciary track
records. Someone could talk you into
putting your money on a bad bet.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20)
-- Something beneficial could result
from an involvement with a friend
whose interests, ideal and standards
are similar to yours. Not so with a
companion who thinks differently.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20)
-- Oftentimes in life, we have to
be extremely assertive in order to
achieve our objectives. However, you
will gain more at present by being
kind and sharing.
CANCER (June 21-July 22) --
Should your faith be put to the test,
remember that you generally can
achieve far more by being unwavering.
Additionally, your steadfastness will
inspire others.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) -- Some
kind of shift in circumstances can be
expected, which will have a strong
effect on you and your associates.
However, you wont mind the turmoil;
youll instantly see its benefits.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) --
Although the knowledge youll gain
from books today might be marginal
at best, youre likely to learn an
invaluable lesson from something
youll experience with another
person.
COPYRIGHT 2012 United Feature Syndicate,
Inc.
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4 dead from rare meningitis, more cases expected
By TRAVIS LOLLER
and MIKE STOBBE
NASHVILLE, Tenn. Health officials
are expecting to find more cases of a rare and
deadly form of meningitis that has sickened
more than two dozen people in five states. Four
have died.
All received steroid injections, mostly for
back pain, a fairly typical treatment.
The type of meningitis involved is not
contagious like the more common forms. This
type is caused by a fungus often found in leaf
mold and which health officials suspect may
have been in the steroid.
Eighteen of the cases are in Tennessee,
where a Nashville clinic received the largest
shipment of the steroid. The drug was made
by a specialty pharmacy in Massachusetts that
issued a recall last week. Investigators, though,
say they are still trying to confirm the source
of the infection.
Three cases have been reported in Virginia,
two in Maryland, two in Florida and one in
North Carolina. Two of the deaths were in
Tennessee, and Virginia and Maryland had one
each, said officials at the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention.
More new cases are almost certain to appear
in the coming days, said Tennessee Department
of Health Commissioner John Dreyzehner.
Five new cases were confirmed over the past
24 hours, he said Wednesday, calling the situ-
ation a rapidly evolving outbreak.
But federal health officials werent clear
about whether new infections are occurring.
They are looking for and increasingly find-
ing illnesses that occurred in the past two or
three months.
Meningitis is caused by the inflammation
of meninges, which are protective membranes
covering the brain and spinal cord. Symptoms
include severe and worsening headache, nau-
sea, dizziness and fever. Some of the patients
also experienced slurred speech, and difficulty
walking and urinating, Tennessee health offi-
cials said.
Some are doing well and improving. Some
are very ill very, very seriously ill and
may die, Tennessee health official Dr. David
Reagan said of the states patients.
The incubation period is estimated at any-
where from two to 28 days, so some people
may not have fallen ill yet, Tennessee health
officials said. At three clinics in Tennessee,
officials are contacting the more than 900
people who received the steroid in the past
three months.
Investigators also have been looking into the
antiseptic and anesthetic used during the injec-
tions. Neither has been ruled out. However, the
primary suspicion is on the steroid medication.
Steroid shots are common for back pain, often
given together with an anesthetic.
The Food and Drug Administration identi-
fied the maker of the steroid as New England
Compounding Center, a specialty pharmacy in
Framingham, Mass. Last week, the company
issued a recall of three lots of the steroid
methylprednisolone acetate. In a statement,
the company said it had voluntarily suspended
operations and was working with regulators to
identify the source of the infection.
Compounding pharmacies mix ingredients
for customized medicines that generally arent
commercially available. They are regulated by
states.
The outbreak was discovered about two
weeks ago when Vanderbilt Universitys Dr.
April Pettit was treating a patient who was
not doing well for reasons doctors did not
understand.
When the lab found the fungus in the
patients spinal fluid, Pettit began asking ques-
tions and learned the patient recently had
steroid injections in his spine, according to Dr.
William Schaffner, who chairs Vanderbilts
Department of Preventive Medicine.
When it became clear that the infection-
control practices at the clinic were up to par,
the steroid medication became implicated,
Schaffner said.
Federal officials did not release condition
reports or details on all the patients in the five
states. Fungal meningitis is treated with high-
dose antifungal medications, usually given
intravenously in a hospital.
Seventeen of the Tennessee cases were
treated at the Saint Thomas Outpatient
Neurosurgery Center in Nashville. It had 2,000
vials of the suspect lots, the largest number.
That clinic voluntarily closed last month to
deal with the investigation.
NY teens pay valets to store devices
Secret Cold War
tests in St. Louis
raise concerns
By JIM SALTER
ST. LOUIS Doris Spates
was a baby when her father
died inexplicably in 1955. She
has watched four siblings die
of cancer, and she survived
cervical cancer.
After learning that the
Army conducted secret chemi-
cal testing in her impoverished
St. Louis neighborhood at the
height of the Cold War, she
wonders if her own govern-
ment is to blame.
In the mid-1950s, and again
a decade later, the Army used
motorized blowers atop a low-
income housing high-rise, at
schools and from the backs
of station wagons to send a
potentially dangerous com-
pound into the already-hazy
air in predominantly black
areas of St. Louis.
Local officials were told at
the time that the government
was testing a smoke screen
that could shield St. Louis
from aerial observation in case
the Russians attacked.
But in 1994, the govern-
ment said the tests were part
of a biological weapons pro-
gram and St. Louis was chosen
because it bore some resem-
blance to Russian cities that
the U.S. might attack. The
material being sprayed was
zinc cadmium sulfide, a fine
fluorescent powder.
Now, new research is rais-
ing greater concern about the
implications of those tests. St.
Louis Community College-
Meramec sociology professor
Lisa Martino-Taylors research
has raised the possibility that
the Army performed radiation
testing by mixing radioactive
particles with the zinc cad-
mium sulfide, though she con-
cedes there is no direct proof.
But her report, released
late last month, was troubling
enough that both U.S. sena-
tors from Missouri wrote to
Army Secretary John McHugh
demanding answers.
Aides to Sens. Claire
McCaskill and Roy Blunt said
they have received no response.
Army spokesman Dave Foster
declined an interview request
from The Associated Press,
saying the Army would first
respond to the senators.
The area of the secret test-
ing is described by the Army
in documents obtained by
Martino-Taylor through a
Freedom of Information Act
request as a densely popu-
lated slum district. About
three-quarters of the residents
were black.
Police find about 1,000 pot plants
Chicago teachers OK 3-year contract
By KAREN MATTHEWS
NEW YORK Thousands of teenagers who cant take their
cellphones to school have another option, courtesy of a burgeoning
industry of sorts in always-enterprising New York City: paying a
dollar a day to leave it in a truck thats parked nearby.
Students might resent an expense that adds up to as much as
$180 a year, but even so, leaving a phone at one of the trucks in the
morning and then picking it up at the end of the day has become as
routine for city teenagers as getting dressed and riding the morning-
rush subway.
Sometimes its a hassle because not everyone can afford it,
said Kelice Charles, a freshman at Gramercy Arts High School in
Manhattan. But then again, its a living.
Cellphones and other devices, such as iPods and iPads, are
banned in all New York City public schools, but the rule is
widely ignored except in the 88 buildings that have metal detectors.
Administrators at schools without detectors tell students, If we
dont see it, we dont know about it.
Schools where violence is considered a risk have metal detec-
tors to spot weapons, but they also spot phones. They include the
Washington Irving Educational Complex in the bustling Union
Square area, a cluster of small high schools housed in a massive
century-old building that used to be one big high school.
The trucks that collect the cellphones have their own safety
issues one was held up in the Bronx in June, and some 200
students lost their phones. That could be why one operator near
Washington Irving refused to speak to a reporter recently.
A converted disability-access van thats parked a block away
on school days is painted bright blue and labeled Pure Loyalty
Electronic Device Storage. The owner is Vernon Alcoser, 40, who
operates trucks in three of the citys five boroughs.
Alcoser would not comment, even though the names of news
outlets that have run stories about Pure Loyalty are affixed to his
trucks. Pure Loyalty employees chatted but would not give their
names as students from the Washington Irving complex lined up on
a drizzly morning to surrender their phones.
Next, next, have the phone off, have the money out, an
employee yelled as the teens texted and listened to music until the
last possible second. At the truck window, each student exchanged
a phone and a dollar for a numbered yellow ticket.
Its not that much of a hassle unless its really crowded, said
Gramercy Arts sophomore Chelsea Clouden.
My whole four years Ive been putting my phone in this truck,
and its been great, said Melquan Thompson, a senior at the High
School for Language and Diplomacy. Only a dollar. Its not bad.
The cellphone trucks appear to be unique to New York City.
That is hilarious, said Debora Carrera, a high school principal
in Philadelphia who had never heard of a phone storage truck.
Wow. It is very strange.
At Carreras school, Kensington Creative and Performing Arts
High School, students operate a cellphone storage room where
phones can be dropped off in the morning at no charge and picked
up after school.
By KRISTA LARSON
and BABA AHMED
MOPTI, Mali Salif
Haidara sat drinking tea on
the side of the road with other
weary bus passengers when a
man with a turban and a long
beard approached them: Did
they want to become holy war-
riors?
The skinny teen had left his
poor hometown in the desert
with only the yellow tank top,
pants and plastic flip-flops
he was wearing. Now Salif
was being told he could earn
15,000 francs ($30) a day for
himself and 200,000 francs
($400) a month for his fam-
ily an enormous sum for a
boy who had just turned 16.
The car was waiting to take
the recruits to a two-week-long
training camp in Malis vast
desert, where they would learn
how to fire weapons. But the
man named Omar made one
thing clear.
Once youve taken the
money and eaten, its a done
deal, recalled Salif, his trou-
bled face still free of stubble
after four days and nights on
the bus. Youre there until
you die or the war is over.
Across northern Mali,
Islamists have plucked and paid
for as many as 1,000 children
from rural towns and villages
devastated by poverty and hun-
ger, The Associated Press has
found in several dozen inter-
views with residents, human
rights officials, four children or
youths and an Islamist official.
The AP also saw several other
children with machine guns
half their size strolling down
the streets in Timbuktu, where
Westerners can no longer go
because of the threat of kid-
napping.
The interviews shed new
light on the recruitment prac-
tices of the Islamists, includ-
ing first-hand accounts of
how much money is being
offered to poor youth and
their families to join. They
also provide evidence that
a new generation in what
was long a moderate Muslim
nation is becoming radical-
ized, as the Islamists gather
forces to fight a potential
military intervention backed
by the United Nations.
Islamists in Mali recruit, pay for child soldiers
By DON BABWIN
CHICAGO (AP) In Chicago, a bustling urban metropolis
where skyscrapers are as likely to sprout up as anything a farmer
might plant, someone decided there was just enough room to grow
something a little more organic: Marijuana.
The plants grew even taller than the tallest Chicago Bulls.
However, just days before the crop on a chunk of land the size
of two football fields would have been ready to harvest, a police
officer and county sheriffs deputy in a helicopter spotted it as they
headed back to their hangar about three miles away.
On Wednesday, a day after the discovery of the largest mari-
juana farm anyone at the police department can remember, officers
became farmers for a day as they began to chop down about 1,500
marijuana plants that police said could have earned the growers as
much as $10 million.
No arrests had been made as of Wednesday, and police were still
trying to determine who owns the property that housed the grow
site on the citys far South Side. But police said they were hopeful
that because of the size of the operation, informants or others might
provide tips about those involved, including a man seen running
from the area as the helicopter swooped low.
James OGrady, the commander of the departments narcotics
division, said theyve never seen anything like it before, in part
because Chicagos harsh winters mean growers have a lot less time
to plant, grow and harvest marijuana than their counterparts in less
inclement places such as California and Mexico. The bumper crop
was likely planted in spring, OGrady said.
Add to that the urban sprawl: there are few spots in Chicago
where such an operation could go unnoticed because of all the
buildings, roads and residents. The growers took pains to ensure
their crop was largely hidden by a canopy of trees and surrounding
vegetation.
Somebody put a lot of thought into it, OGrady said. But they
probably didnt anticipate the helicopter.
Chicago Police Officer Stan Kuprianczyk, a pilot, said police
helicopters flew over it all the time, to and from their hangar,
without spying the grow site. Yet somehow, a number of factors
came together to allow Cook County Sheriffs Deputy Edward
Graney to spot the plants.
We had the right altitude, the right angle, the right sunlight,
and I happened to be glancing down, said Graney. He said he
initially spotted five plants or so through the trees before he asked
Kuprianczyk to circle around for a closer look.
We just happened to be right over a small hole in the trees and
we looked down, Kuprianczyk said.
They also happened to have the right training, Graney said,
explaining that just a few weeks earlier a much smaller operation
in suburban Chicago prompted them to fly over and videotape the
scene so they might be able to recognize marijuana if they ever saw
it from the air again.
So, by the time Graney spotted the marijuana plants, which are
a much brighter shade of green than the surrounding vegetation, he
had a pretty good idea what he was looking at.
CHICAGO (AP)
Members of the Chicago
Teachers Union overwhelm-
ingly have approved a new
three-year contract that
includes pay increases and a
new evaluation system, union
officials announced late
Wednesday.
Union spokeswoman
Stephanie Gadlin said the
contract was ratified by 79
percent of the unions mem-
bership. The contact was
ratified by a vote Tuesday of
16,428 to 4,337. The contract
now must be approved by the
Chicago Board of Education,
which is scheduled to meet
later this month.
This shows overwhelm-
ing recognition by our mem-
bers that this contract repre-
sents a victory for students,
communities and our profes-
sion, said CTU President
Karen Lewis in a statement.
Our members are coming
out of this with an even great-
er appreciation for the con-
tinued fight for public educa-
tion. We thank our parents
for standing with their chil-
drens teachers, paraprofes-
sionals and clinicians.
Teachers walked off the
job Sept. 10, idling 350,000
students in the nations third-
largest school district for
seven days before the unions
delegates agreed to suspend
the strike and return to class-
es, pending the outcome of
Tuesdays vote.
Mayor Rahm Emanuel has
called the settlement an hon-
est compromise that means
a new day and a new direc-
tion for the Chicago public
schools.
The contract includes 3
percent raises in its first year
and 2 percent for two years
after that, along with increas-
es for experienced teach-
ers. There also is an option
of another 3 percent raise
if teachers agree to a fourth
year of the contract.
The school district also
agreed to reduce the percent-
age of teachers evaluations
based on test scores, down
from a proposed 45 percent
to the 30 percent set as the
minimum by state law. It
also includes an appeals pro-
cess to contest evaluations.
The district will be required
to give some preference to
teachers who are displaced,
and will maintain a pool of
qualified teachers with the
goal of filling half of all
new positions with displaced
teachers.
The walkout, the first for
a major American city in at
least six years, drew national
attention because it posed a
high-profile test for teachers
unions, which have seen their
political influence threatened
by a growing reform move-
ment. Unions have pushed
back against efforts to expand
charter schools, use private
companies to help with fail-
ing schools and link teacher
evaluations to student test
scores.
The teachers walked out
after months of tense contract
talks that for a time appeared
to be headed toward a peace-
ful resolution.
Emanuel and the union
agreed in July on a deal to
implement the longer school
day with a plan to hire back
477 teachers who had been
laid off rather than pay regu-
lar teachers more to work
longer hours. That raised
hopes the contract would be
settled before the start of fall
classes, but bargaining stalled
on other issues.
With an average salary
of $76,000, Chicago teach-
ers are already among the
highest-paid in the nation.
The districts final proposal
included an average 7 percent
raise over three years, with
additional raises for experi-
ence and education. But the
evaluations and job security
measures stirred the most
intense debate.
Authorities face tough territory in border probe
By PAUL DAVENPORT
and JACQUES BILLEAUD
PHOENIX Investigators searching
a stretch of the U.S.-Mexico border for
clues into the fatal shooting of a Border
Patrol agent face a treacherous territory
that is heavily used by drug smugglers,
offers many hiding places and is close
enough to Mexico for traffickers to
make a quick getaway.
Whoever killed Agent Nicholas
Ivie and wounded another agent in the
sparsely populated desert in southeast-
ern Arizona early Tuesday may have
done just that.
Those who carried out the shooting
near Bisbee, Ariz., probably had time
to cross the border in the early-morning
darkness before authorities could seal off
an escape route, said George McCubbin,
president of the National Border Patrol
Council, a union representing about
17,000 border patrol agents.
I seriously doubt anybody would be
laid up and hiding, he said.
Ivie and two other agents were
fired upon in a rugged hilly area about
five miles north of the border as they
responded to an alarm that was triggered
on one of the sensors that the govern-
ment has installed along the border. The
wounded agent was shot in the ankle
and buttocks and released from the hos-
pital after undergoing surgery. The third
agent wasnt injured.
Ivie was a 30-year-old father of two
who grew up in Utah and was active in
the Mormon church. He was an agent for
four years.
Authorities have declined to provide
other details, including what they believe
prompted the shooting and whether the
agents were ambushed. Still, they sus-
pect that more than one person fired on
the agents. No arrests have been made.
The last Border Patrol agent fatally
shot on duty was Brian Terry, who died
in a shootout with bandits near the bor-
der in December 2010. Terrys shooting
was later linked to the governments
Fast and Furious gun-smuggling oper-
ation, which allowed people suspected
of illegally buying guns for others to
walk away from gun shops with weap-
ons, rather than be arrested.
Authorities intended to track the guns
into Mexico. Two rifles found at the
scene of Terrys shooting were bought
by a member of the gun-smuggling ring
being investigated. Critics of the opera-
tion say any shooting along the border
now raises the specter that those illegal
weapons are still being used in border
violence.
A federal law enforcement official
who spoke on the condition of anonym-
ity told The Associated Press that no
weapons have been found. The official
requested anonymity because informa-
tion on the search hasnt been publicly
released.
The shooting occurred in an area heav-
ily frequented by drug smugglers, though
less so in recent years by illegal immi-
grants crossing the border, said Dave
Stoddard, a retired Border Patrol agent
who worked in the agencys station in
the area for eight years. Youre talking
about cocaine alley, Stoddard said.
Answers to Wednesdays questions:
Comedian Johnathan Winters played Morks son on
Mork and Mindy.
The correct form of address for a foreign ambassador
is his/her/ excellency.
Todays questions:
Before she became famous, what TV star provided the
voice for Mrs. Flintstone on the Pebbles and Bam Bam
Show?
What did Jean-Baptiste Jolly invent after accidentally
spilling paraffin wax on a tablecloth?
Answers in Fridays Herald.
Todays words:
Groak: to watch people silently while theyre eating,
hoping they will ask you to join them
Sennet: a trumpet call as an entrance or exit cue

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