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BY NANCY SPENCER
nspencer@del-
phosherald.com
DELPHOS The city is
revising its Flood Damage
Reduction and Flood Plain
Management regulations.
Council heard on first read-
ing an ordinance repealing
certain sections of the former
legislation adopted in 1995
and reinforcing other sec-
tions.
This is draft-recommend-
ed language from FEMA and
if we want to be a flood plain
management municipality as
we have in the past, we need
to adopt this, Safety Service
Director Greg Berquist said.
New Flood Insurance Rate
Maps will go into effect on
May 2. Some parcels now
included in a the citys flood
plain may no longer be in the
new flood plain and some
who are not currently in a
flood plain may be on the
new map.
I have talked to the local
banks and they are all on
board with this and will make
sure their clients are taken
care of and those who are in
the new flood plain get insur-
ance, Berquist added.
Berquist also told council
the city is required to pass the
legislation to become eligible
for certain government funds,
including reimbursement for
storm cleanup, etc.
A public hearing for those
who have questions regarding
the new Flood Insurance Rate
Map or the Flood Damage
Reduction and Flood Plain
Management regulations will
be held at 6 p.m. March 5
BY STEPHANIE GROVES
sgroves@delphosherald.com
FORT JENNINGS The Fort Jennings Branch Library
was abuzz with village councils discussion of plans to begin
scheduling construction and maintenance at the park in con-
junction with preparing for this summers Fort Fest taking
place Aug. 16 - 18.
Park Board member Derek Kaverman reported that he
was approached by the Boy Scouts about the shelterhouse
renovations and other improvements. Mayor Jim Smith spoke
with both Kaverman and village maintenance supervisor Ted
Wrasman about other improvements at the park, including tree
removal and tree pruning. The trees will have to be identified
and marked with green spray paint before work begins.
There are loose branches from storm damage, Wrasman
explained. We should do it before the ground gets soft.
We exhausted the insurance and FEMA money, Smith
stated. Anything we do, we have to pay for it.
Additionally, Smith described some pear trees close to his
office that would need to be cut down.
Smith also asked Kaverman about the Purple Heart
Celebration and if he or the committee had any good ideas.
I think a Purple Heart Mass or dinner would be ideal on the
17th, coinciding with the Fort Fest celebration that weekend,
Smith said.
At Decembers council meeting, members approved the
construction of new restrooms which will be attached to the
existing concession stand at the park. The facility will include
two seats in the womens portion and a seat and urinal in the
mens. The concrete block building will be low-maintenance.
The plan continues with reviewing bids from different compa-
nies. Smith reported that one of the companies placing a bid
is Poggemeyer Design Group, who has done a lot of work for
the village in the past.
If their price is similar to other estimates, Id rather use
them since we have history with them, he said.
The project is estimated to begin in April.
Councilman Jeff Swick discussed the financial outcomes of
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DELPHOS HERALD
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Kasich: Everyone is watching Ohio
BY NANCY SPENCER
nspencer@delphosherald.com
LIMA Governor John Kasich told
the crowd of 1,700 at the Civic Center
Tuesday night the world is watching
Ohio to see what happens next.
There is something unique about
Ohio, something special, Kasich said.
Weve all seen our state drift over
time, weve seen it get old, weve seen
it misfire and fall behind but like a
great old home, I knew Ohio could be
restored to its grandeur, to its great-
ness.
Kasich pointed to the creation of
120,400 jobs, making the state the
number one in the Midwest and sixth
in the nation in job creation.
Our credit outlook has improved
and weve seen advances in manufac-
turing. Unemployment went from 10.8
percent to 7 percent. Right here in
Lima, there were 2,200 new private-
sector jobs created, he said. We have
a balanced budget. We started with 89
cents in our Rainy Day Fund and we
now have a $1.9 billion surplus. We
didnt just cut. We re-engineered. We
re-invented Medicaid and coordinated
health care. Other states are looking at
what we have done.
Kasich attended the recent
Global Economic Forum in Davos,
Switzerland, and found people wanted
to talk to him.
They wanted to talk about what we
are doing here in Ohio, he said.
Kasich said JobsOhio is a vital eco-
nomic driver thats diversifying Ohios
economy from just one or two sectors
to include bio-health, auto manufac-
turing, financial services, aerospace,
IT, agri-business and energy.
Kasich also said Lt. Gov. Mary
Taylors Common Sense Initiative is
making things easier on the private
sector without undue risk.
If you use common sense, you in
fact can protect peoples safety, you in
fact can protect our environment and
still have job creation in this state,
Kasich said.
The administration has also seen
the state workforce drop to its lowest
levels in 30 years.
Kasich said now isnt the time to
let up.
Should we just rest on our laurels?
Thats what most people think, when
we pull out of the depths of where we
were, just kind of relax. Should we
just put the state on cruise control? Or,
Ive got another one for you, should
we spend the surplus? Just kind of
take the foot off the gas? he asked.
Well, were going to keep our foot
on the gas.
Kasich is asking for approval to
a plan to overhaul the states school
funding, an expansion of Medicaid
under the federal health reform law
and an overhaul in his $63.2 billion,
two-year budget of the states tax
structure.
Kasichs plans include overhaul-
ing Ohios tax code to lower rates
for sales, income and small-business
taxes, broadening the tax base to
include a list of services and raising
the severance tax on high-volume oil
and gas drillers swarming the eastern
half of the state.
Kasich also encouraged lawmak-
ers to support his decision to expand
Medicaid. The state would see $2.4 bil-
lion from Washington to cover those
newly-eligible for Medicaid over Governor John Kasich addresses a crowd of 1,700 at the
Civic Center in Lima during his State of the State address.
(Delphos Herald/Nancy Spencer) See STATE, page 3
Elida School Board OKs
cost-reduction plan
By STACY TAFF
staff@delphosherald.com
ELIDA As Elida
Local Schools gear up for
another levy request this
May after a failed attempt in
November, a cost-reduction
plan has been drawn and was
approved by board members,
3-2 at Tuesdays Board of
Education meeting. The plan
will save the district $465,569
next year with a series of cuts
that includes reducing and
condensing more staff posi-
tions.
Some of the staff reduc-
tion will come from posi-
tions not being re-filled after
retirements but two will
come from restructuring cen-
tral office positions, includ-
ing the business manager.
Weve gone over the
position and everything it
entails, all of the responsi-
bilities included and asked
ourselves if it could be split
up. The answer is, it cant,
Superintendent Don Diglia
said. A lot of the position is
safety-related, which is very
important. We cant arbitrari-
ly reduce salaries, so Im rec-
ommending that we eliminate
that position and create a new
position titled Safety and
Facilities Manager, which
will pay less than the current
position.
Current Business Manager
Mark Miller will fill the new
position.
The second position will
be one of the two administra-
tive assistant positions. The
current staff member occupy-
ing the position will move to
the high school office when
the current secretary retires.
Some of the duties allocated
to the position, including that
of EMIS Coordinator, will fall
to remaining Administrative
Assistant Jo Ellen Miller.
Both of these reductions will
combine to save $84,180.
The plan also includes
savings from the follow-
ing: Teacher retirement-
$176,300; increase pay-
to-participate- $46,000;
retire-rehire special educa-
tion officer- $25,300; food
service- $25,000; building
budgets-$50,000; health care
plan savings- $73,716; and
classified retirement savings-
$14,673.
These reductions com-
bined will save the district
$495,169 but due to an
unfunded mandate, $29,600
of that will go to fund a half-
time math teacher, putting
savings at $465,569.
This years junior class
will need four years of math
to graduate. This years
seniors only need three,
Diglia said. The only way
we can do that is by hir-
ing a half-time math teacher.
One of our math teachers is
retiring but hes interested in
coming back in that capac-
ity.
According to Diglia, the
main cost-saving move the
community is likely to take
issue with is the increase in
pay-to-participate. Currently,
high-schoolers pay $90 and
middle-schoolers pay $70.
Next year, the cost will rise
to $200 and $125, respec-
tively, but will cover any and
all activities throughout the
school year.
Its a big increase but all
things considered its worth
it when you think about the
quality of instruction and
the quality of supervision
you get here, Diglia said.
Parents dont think twice
about spending $300 or $500
for a week-long camp for a
sport or activity. Since this
covers all activities, I think it
will actually encourage kids
to take part in more extracur-
riculars. Studies show that
kids who are involved in just
one extracurricular get better
grades than kids who dont
take part in any.
Over the last five years,
the district has lost around
$2.3 million in state funding
and made more than $2.8
million in cuts, including the
elimination of 29 staff posi-
tions. The newest cost-reduc-
tion plan will go into effect
regardless of whether or not
the levy passes in May. If it
fails, the district is expect-
ing to cut another $700,000,
Superintendent Don Diglia, back left, and Board of Education President Dennis
Fricke, back right, stand with the students of the month who were present at the meeting.
Front, from left: Maggie Little, Megan Bible and Brook Reese. Back from left: Taylor
Kesler and Molly Burkholder. Students of the month not present were: Addison Miller,
Caitlyn Rahrig, Clay Burkholder, Katelyn Hesseling, Erica Hughes and Tyler Smith.
(Delphos Herald/Stacy Taff)
At this point,
were just try-
ing to stop the
bleeding.
Don Diglia,
Elida Local Schools
superintendent
See ELIDA, page 3
See COUNCIL, page 3
See JENNINGS, page 2
City to receive
new flood plain
maps from FEMA
Preparation for Fort
Fest underway
Mostly sunny
Thursday
morning
then becom-
ing partly
cloudy. Highs
in the upper
20s. Mostly cloudy
Thursday evening with
a 70 percent chance of
snow with light accumula-
tions possible. Lows in
the mid 20s. See page 2.
Both St. Johns
and Jefferson are sell-
ing pre-sale tickets for
girls sectional games
Saturday night at Van
Wert and St. Johns is
playing Crestview in
game 1 of Saturdays
girls sectionals (6:15
p.m. tip), while Jefferson
takes on Lincolnview
in the nightcap. It is not
a split session; gates
open at 5:15 p.m.
Pre-sale tickets ($6 for
adults, $4 for students)
will be sold for the game
in the St. Johns High
School Office or at the
Jefferson High School/
Administration Building
through 1 p.m. Friday.
All children, regardless
of age, must have a ticket
for tournament games.
On the boys side,
Jefferson is selling tick-
ets for its sectional boys
game at Wapakoneta
versus Allen East (7
p.m.) until noon Tuesday
at the high school or
Administration Building.
St. Johns is selling
tickets for its boys game
Friday at Parkway until 1
p.m. Friday and its open-
ing tourney game at Van
Wert versus Fort Jennings
(6:15 p.m. Feb. 27) until
1 p.m. that day. Tickets
will also be sold from
7-7:30 p.m. Monday.
All tickets will
be $6 at the door.
Tourney tickets
on sale
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Delphos weather
Mary Purdy
High temperature Tuesday
in Delphos was 45 degrees,
low was 17. A dusting of snow
was recorded. High a year ago
today was 40, low was 20.
Record high for today is 66,
set in 1930. Record low is -6,
set in 1978.
WITTLER, Patty Ann
Wittler, 49, of Hudson, Ind.,
funeral services will begin
at 11 a.m. Thursday at Stroh
Church of Christ, 4540 S. 1100
West, Hudson, Ind., Pastor
Gary Rifenburg officiating.
With a meal to follow. Burial
will be at 2:30 p.m. Thursday
at Teeters Cemetery east of
Fremont, Ind. Visitation will
be from 3-7 p.m. today and
one hour prior to funeral ser-
vices Thursday at the church.
In lieu of flowers, memorials
are to the family or Cancer
Services of Northeast Indiana.
Arrangements by Dale
Johnson Funeral Home of
Hudson. Condolences may be
sent to www.dalejohnsonfh.
com.
Mary Purdy, 92, died
Tuesday at her nieces resi-
dence in St. Marys.
Arrangements are incom-
plete at Harter and Schier
Funeral Home.
A girl, Kaylee Marie, was
born Feb. 12 at Van Wert
County Hospital to Doug and
Sheena Eickholt of Delphos.
She weighed 5 pounds, 1
ounce and was 18 inches long.
She was welcomed home
by a brother, Jamison.
Grandparents include Frank
and Judy Eickholt of Ottoville
and Angie Simindinger of
Scott.
WEATHER FORECAST
Tri-county
The Associated Press
TONIGHT: Mostly clear.
Lows 10 to 15. Northwest
winds 5 to 10 mph.
THURSDAY: Mostly
sunny in the morning then
becoming partly cloudy. Highs
in the upper 20s. Northeast
winds 5 to 10 mph shifting to
the east in the afternoon.
THURSDAY NIGHT:
Mostly cloudy with a chance
of snow through midnight,
then cloudy with snow likely
after midnight. Light snow
accumulations possible. Not
as cold. Lows in the mid 20s.
East winds 10 to 15 mph.
Chance of snow 70 percent.
EXTENDED FORECAST
FRIDAY: Cloudy. Chance
of freezing drizzle and light
snow in the morning, then
chance of drizzle in the after-
noon. Not as cold. Highs in the
lower 40s. Southeast winds 10
to 15 mph. Chance of measur-
able precipitation 50 percent.
FRIDAY NIGHT: Partly
cloudy with a 20 percent
chance of snow showers.
Lows in the upper 20s.
Corn $7.10
Wheat $7.07
Soybeans $14.75
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ISLAMABAD (AP)
Pakistan stars in Zero Dark
Thirty, from early scenes at
a detention site to the dra-
matic closing minutes as Navy
SEALs assault the hideout
of Osama bin Laden. But the
Academy Award-nominated
film about the hunt for the
al-Qaida leader has sparked
a controversy here about its
portrayal of the country, and it
will likely not be shown on the
local big screen anytime soon.
Partly, the film taps into
national discomfort that bin
Laden was found to be liv-
ing for years near Pakistans
equivalent of West Point, and
anger over the U.S. decision
to enter its airspace and raid
the compound without giving
advance notice. Doubts about
whether bin Laden was really
hiding out for years in the city
of Abbottabad are also com-
mon across Pakistan, a coun-
try where conspiracy theories
often have more weight than
fact.
But Pakistanis who have
seen the film on DVD or
Internet downloads are also
making much of what they say
are factual errors.
Nadeem F. Paracha, a col-
umnist for the English lan-
guage newspaper Dawn and
a cultural critic in Pakistan,
noted that in some scenes char-
acters speak Arabic, whereas
Pakistanis in fact speak Urdu
or Pashto or one of the tens of
other languages found here.
In other scenes protest-
ers get right up to the U.S.
Embassy gates when in reality
the embassy is situated in an
enclosed diplomatic enclave
that demonstrators cant
access. Some scenes that were
supposed to show the fron-
tier city of Peshawar looked
more like 19th century Delhi
in India.
How can you make a
Hollywood blockbuster, put in
so much money and get simple
things wrong? Paracha asked.
Instead of the film being
taken seriously, it became a
joke among Pakistanis.
The movie traces the arc of
the CIAs decade-long hunt for
bin Laden through the eyes of
a young female analyst, who
spends most of her time osten-
sibly in Pakistan. Screenwriter
Mark Boal visited Pakistan to
do research, but the movie
scenes were not shot here.
One scene that also raises
questions shows a vaccination
worker going to the compound
door as part of the American
plan to get DNA samples from
the bin Laden family. The U.S.
did in fact run a fake hepatitis
campaign, but in the movie
its portrayed as an attempt to
vaccinate against polio. This
could add suspicion to polio
workers already facing attacks
by militants in the tribal agen-
cies.
Pakistan has only a few
movie theaters that show
English-language films,
and none so far has aired
Zero Dark Thirty. All films
shown at cinemas must be
approved by a board of cen-
sors, and the head of the cen-
sor board, Dr. Raja Mustafa
Hyder, said no distributor
has applied for permission to
show the film.
Whether or not it would
actually make it past the cen-
sor board is another question,
considering that a representa-
tive of the powerful Pakistani
military sits on the board.
After it came out that
bin Laden had been living
in Abbottabad and that the
military failed to detect the
American raiding party com-
ing to get him, the once-
revered Pakistan army found
itself on the defensive. The
film also highlights the coop-
eration between the C.I.A.
and Pakistans intelligence
agency during the early years
after the Sept. 11, 2001 attack
on the United States, a poten-
tially embarrassing topic in a
country with such vehement
anti-American sentiment.
Jamshed Zafar, one of the
leading importers and dis-
tributors of foreign films in
Pakistan, said he decided after
discussions with friends that it
wasnt worth importing Zero
Dark Thirty.
If you get into such con-
troversy, you not only lose
money but your reputation is
also at stake, he said.
Any distributor or movie
house that showed the movie
might also be courting trou-
ble with the public. Last
year during demonstrations
against an anti-Islam film
crowds of right-wing Islamic
hardliners burned some
movie houses.
Little audience for Zero
Dark Thirty in Pakistan
Jennings
(Continued from page 1)
the Fort Fest celebration held
last year with council.
What was successful and
what was not, Swick ques-
tioned. What were the dollars
made verses dollars lost?
Smith responded with
some definitive answers to the
breakdown of the funds spent
and revenue recouped.
Not everything was broken
down and there was some co-
mingling of funds making indi-
vidual costing difficult, Smith
detailed. We do have the costs
accounted for the beer tent,
games and rides. We may have
made $1,500 and that would
have not been possible without
the sponsorships before and
during the celebration.
In the police report, Chief
Ethyl Vaughn reported that
all officers passed the human
trafficking classes. In addi-
tion, Vaughn discussed plan-
ning the annual Easter Egg
Hunt which will take place
March 30 at Fort Jennings
High School.
With Mr. Langhals per-
mission, we will hold the hunt
in the schools gymnasium,
Vaughn said.
In other news, Wrasman
reported on the cost of replac-
ing the back bumper on the
villages pick up truck. His
research showed that painted
bumpers usually rust much
more quickly and since the
existing front bumper is
chrome, it makes sense to
replace the back bumper with
chrome.
The chrome part will be
less expensive and last lon-
ger, Wrasman reported. It
will cost $410 plus labor to
install.
An additional purchase
approved by council was a
telescopic gas powered pole
pruner, which Wrasman will
utilize at the park as well
as in town. Wrasman hand-
ed out STIHL catalogs and
explained the specifications of
the equipment.
It telescopes to 17 feet,
has the biggest motor and
the most power, Wrasman
detailed. It has an aluminum
shaft and is available at Cliffs
in Delphos or Ottawa Feed &
Grain.
There has been no head-
way made with the FEMA
reimbursement for damages
from the June 30 storm.
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Georgia execution halted
at the last minute
By KATE BRUMBACK
JACKSON, Ga. The exe-
cution of a Georgia man who
killed a fellow prisoner in 1990
was halted Tuesday at the last
minute so courts could consider
claims that hes mentally dis-
abled and other issues. The 11th
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
granted its stay of execution
as 52-year-old Warren Lee Hill
was being prepared for lethal
injection. In a 2-1 decision,
a panel of the appeals court
said further review is needed
of recent affidavits by doctors
who changed their minds about
Hills mental capacity. In other
words, all of the experts both
the States and the petitioners
now appear to be in agree-
ment that Hill is in fact mentally
retarded, judges in the majority
wrote in their order.
The state court of appeals also
issued a stay to allow more time
to consider a challenge related to
the states lethal injection proce-
dure. Earlier in the day, the state
parole board, the Supreme Court
of Georgia and the U.S. Supreme
Court had all declined to stop
the execution. We are greatly
relieved that the Eleventh Circuit
Court of Appeals has stayed the
execution of Warren Hill, a per-
son with mental retardation. All
the doctors who have examined
Mr. Hill are unanimous in their
diagnosis of mental retardation,
defense attorney Brian Kammer
said in an email. A spokeswom-
an for the state attorney general
declined comment.
Hill was sentenced to die for
the 1990 beating death of fel-
low inmate Joseph Handspike.
Authorities say he used a board
studded with nails to bludgeon
Handspike while he slept and
other prisoners pleaded with
Hill to stop. At the time Hill
was already serving a life sen-
tence for murder in the 1986
slaying of his girlfriend, Myra
Wright, who had been shot 11
times. Hill has received sup-
port from various activists and
from former President Jimmy
Carter and his wife Rosalynn.
Georgia should not violate
its own prohibition against
executing individuals with
serious diminished capacity,
President Carter said in a state-
ment. Hill was originally set
to be executed in July, but the
state delayed his execution
when it changed its execution
procedure from a three-drug
combination to a one-drug
method. The state Supreme
Court then further delayed the
execution after Hills lawyers
filed a challenge saying correc-
tions officials violated admin-
istrative procedure when they
made the change.
Ohio Supreme
Court declines
to hear bathtub
appeal
COLUMBUS (AP)
The Ohio Supreme Court
has refused to hear a south-
west Ohio mans bid for a
fourth trial in the 2008 bathtub
drowning of his wife.
The states highest court
today stated it declines jurisdic-
tion in Ryan Widmers appeal of
last years ruling by the states
12th District Court of Appeals.
Widmers attorneys con-
tend that police improperly
removed the couples bathtub
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Prosecutors responded that the
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court in January rejected a
separate appeal focused on a
detectives alleged miscon-
duct and lack of testing of
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possible genetic disorder.
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comment on appeal plans.
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STATE/LOCAL
Vantage reps testify at joint meeting in Lima
BY ED GEBERT
DHI Correspondent
LIMA With many
state officials and legisla-
tors in Lima for Gov. John
KasichsState of the State
address on Tuesday, some
committee meetings were
held on location, including a
meeting which featured repre-
sentatives of Vantage Career
Center.
A joint meeting of the
Senate Workforce and
Economic Development
Committee and the House
Manufacturing and Workforce
Development Committee was
held at Apollo Career Center
in Lima. Ten people were
chosen to give testimony to
the lawmakers five repre-
senting Apollo and five repre-
senting Vantage.
What they wanted to hear
were success stories, related
Vantage Superintendent Staci
Kaufman before the event.
They wanted to know how
things are working.
Fortunately, both Vantage
and Apollo have plenty of
success stories from which to
choose. Precision machining
teacher Larry Ray shared the
story of one of his students
who was cut off from family
support but was able to com-
plete her education and get a
job because of the skills she
learned at Vantage.
I would hate to think
what would have happened if
she had not come to Vantage
Career Center, Ray summa-
rized.
Apollo Superintendent
Judy Wells also spoke of a
situation where the Apollo
staff helped students to the
point of providing a place to
live for a few months while
they finished school.
Also on the agenda was
Jim Miller of Miller Precision
Manufacturing in Ottoville
and Van Wert. Millers mes-
sage was straightforward and
was repeated by others giving
testimony on Tuesday.
Where we see manufac-
turing going in the future is
through the use of advanced
equipment with the use of
rapid changeover to help
my customers get to market
faster with a quality prod-
uct at a competitive price.
Many of the future needs of
manufacturing will require an
advanced workforce to make
sure this happens, he stated.
Gene Heitmeyer, gen-
eral manager of Diamond
Manufacturing in Lima,
echoed that thought. We are
gathered here today because
we are facing a skills crisis,
not just a job-creation crisis.
And the skills imbalance is
not likely to right itself on its
own.
Career centers like Vantage
and Apollo are training young
people and adults to receive
the necessary skills to go out
and fill these jobs that are
being created. Jared Orzolek
of communication tower man-
ufacturer Fort Worth Towers
(FWT) of Hicksville and
Fort Worth, Texas, noted that
before that firm expanded into
Ohio, company officials held
a panel with career centers
and local community colleges
to see if a quality workforce
could be found in northwest
Ohio.
Our experience with
Vantage has been extreme-
ly positive, he testified.
Vantage has included ele-
ments of FWTs manufactur-
ing process in its welder train-
ing program. Vantage also
provides FWT with technical
support and certification test-
ing for each of the welders
we hire. Our partnership is a
prime example of cooperation
between educators and private
business that is beneficial to
both sides.
Many legislators and sena-
tors expressed their apprecia-
tion for the work of career
center administration, staff
and students. In turn, the
Vantage and Apollo represen-
tatives thanked the lawmakers
for allowing them to testify.
In summary, Vantage
Career Center is diligently
working to serve workforce
needs in our community,
Kaufman concluded.
Vantage Career Center Superintendent Staci Kaufman
testifies to a joint Ohio Senate and Ohio House commit-
tee meeting at Apollo Career Center in Lima on Tuesday.
(Times Bulletin/Ed Gebert)
Elida
which will likely include all-day, everyday kindergarten.
At this point, were just trying to stop the bleeding, Diglia
said.
In other news, Diglia informed the community members
gathered that Elida is currently integrating more safety and
security measures into daily operations and that there are plans
in place to further fortify the school buildings over the sum-
mer break.
Students of the month for February are as follows: Elida
Elementary - Megan Bible, Maggie Little and Brooke Reese;
Elida Middle School - Molly Burkholder, Taylor Kesler,
Addison Miller and Caitlyn Rahrig; Elida High School - Clay
Burkholder, Katelyn Hesseling, Erica Hughes and Tyler Smith.
The week of Feb. 16-23 was recognized as National FFA
Week.
The following resignations were accepted: certified-
Deborah Vine, Elida Elementary teacher, effective May 31
for retirement; non-certified- John McDermid, bus driver,
effective Jan. 31; supplemental - Anne Carroll, varsity/
junior varsity football cheerleading advisor; Melissa Schultz,
middle school assistant track coach; Tyson May, boys tennis
coach.
The following individuals were approved for employ-
ment: certified - Charissa Langstaff (long-term substitute
Middle School guidance counselor, effective Feb. 15); non-
certified- Jeff Duff (bus driver, effective Feb. 11), Jared Parish
(substitute aide), Jamie Wise (substitute aide); Summer help-
Lauren Diglia, Austin Etzler, Derrik Long, Bo Mathias, Tyler
Sebenoler and Matt Thompson; supplemental - Dave Evans
(athletic manager), Melissa Schultz (head girls varsity track
coach), Chris Kelly (boys varsity tennis coach), Ashley Edward
(MS asst. track coach); Beyond the Bell (after school Bulldogs
program, funded by Title I grant monies) - Jan Adams, Melissa
Bennett, Faith Cummings, Karen Foley, Becky Foust, Susan
Glenn, Mike Graham, Marcy Halker, Aletia Hartzler, Cindy
Hight, Brittany Howell, Linda Jenkins, Erin Morton, Kathy
Neil, Melanie Nixon, Theresa Price, Vickie Shaffer, Shirley
Shoup, Angela Spragg, Jan Wyant and Patti Camper; substitute
teachers- Annetta Beauford, Michelle Kavelak, Kelsie Weber
and Eric Tippie.
in council chambers at the municipal building.
Councilman Mark Clement asked Berquist
to look into getting the Toledo Molding and
Die plant southwest of Delphos on State
Route 697 annexed into the city.
We have an agreement with TMD that if
a contiguous property does become annexed,
they will also annex, Berquist said. Right
now, we dont have a contiguous property.
Clement said he encouraged Berquist to
follow up on the matter and look into what it
would take to make the annexation happen.
Councilman Jim Fortener asked how the
Cass Street water line project was progress-
ing. Berquist said the engineers are doing the
contract book for the project. He added that
he had tried to bundle the project cost with
the Gressel Drive water loop project under a
no-interest loan but was unable to do it.
Williams Avenue resident Michael
Edelbrock addressed a sanitary/storm sewer
concern on his property with council. His san-
itary sewer backed up into his home and when
a plumber he hired to assess the situation put
a camera through the line, it was found the
wrong pipe with the wrong gauge was used
and the sanitary sewer line was run through
the storm sewer line and then repaired.
Clerk Marsha Mueller read a letter from
Edelbrock before he spoke, giving council
until March 15 to respond to and/or address
his concerns.
Edelbrock also spoke to council stating
he felt the city was responsible for fixing the
problem with his sanitary sewer because the
city signed off on the property when it was
annexed into the city.
I believe since the city charges me to
tap into the line and they make an income
off those lines, they also have liability,
Edelbrock said. I think when the city takes
on a subdivision, they take on the work.
This is the second time Edelbrock has spo-
ken to council about the issue.
Berquist said he has had workers at the
property and they have run a camera through
the sewer lines but have been hampered by
melting snow and rain.
There are more than 600 light poles in the
city and Berquist hopes to reduce the number
as well as the citys electric bill.
I have received maps from American
Electric Power of where all our poles are and
I will be checking to find unnecessary poles to
eliminate and save us some money. Im also
going to look at getting some assistance from
AEP to perhaps install more cost effective
lighting like LEDs, he added.
Five Boy Scouts attended the meeting
to earn citizenship and government badges.
Council President Kim Riddell also gave
them an interview.
Council State
the next two years beginning
in July.
This action is vital to
help Ohios safety net for the
poor and particularly for the
mentally ill, Kasich said.
Some of them live under
bridges, some of them live
on streets, some of them are
in our jails tonight.
Kasich defended the mer-
its of his new school-funding
formula, which gives $1.2
billion more to K-12 educa-
tion and applies equally to all
districts based on their prop-
erty tax wealth, residents
income and their students.
Ohio must help those
schools that cant help them-
selves, he said. Education
needs to be driven by the
needs of the students not
adults. No district will
receive less than they did last
year but we are in a period
of transition. In the future,
school districts may not get
as much as they have in the
past.
Kasich looked out at the
crowd and acknowledged it
would not be easy.
This is a big agenda.
Theres a lot of stuff here,
he said. We will need a big
lift to get this done. All these
policies are intended to cre-
ate jobs our greatest moral
purpose.
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Antoine de Saint-Exupery, French author-aviator (1900-1944)
IT WAS NEWS THEN
POLITICS
Moderately confused
One Year Ago
The Eagles God, Flag and Country Public Speaking
contest was held Sunday afternoon at the Delphos Eagles.
Top winners in each category will go on to compete at
Districts, which will be held at the Delphos Eagles on March
18. First place winners are Kyrstin Warnecke (10-11-year-
old category); Bailey Gormon (14-15-year-old category);
and Claire Sensibaugh (12-13-year-old category).
25 Years Ago 1988
For most folks, crafts begin as a hobby and remain that
way. For some, they become an intricate part of their lives as
they find others are willing to pay for the items they produce.
Karen Meyer of Fort Jennings, is one whose talents in the
craft area are keeping her busy. Meyer is primarily a weaver.
Weaving rugs helps Meyer to support her interest in crafts.
Anthony Bielawski has been promoted as manager
with Ernst & Whinney, Columbus. Bielawski is a certified
accountant responsible for financial audits and financial con-
sulting with E&W. Bielawski is a 1979 graduate of St. Johns
High School and a 1983 graduate of Bowling Green State
University. He is the son of Esther Bielawski of Delphos,
and the late Hilary Bielawski.
In a tune-up for Saturdays contest against Allen East
for the league title, the Lady Wildcats stormed out of the
gate and never looked back as they crushed a much weaker
Columbus Grove team 72-29. Leading scorer was Beth
Druckemiller with 19 points. Cheryl Kortokrax added 11
points, while Margie Miller and Angie Gonyea each added
eight.
50 Years Ago 1963
Persons interested in singing in the volunteer choir
for the city-wide Evangelistic Crusade March 12-16 will
meet at First United Presbyterian Church Wednesday night.
This choir will sing on the worldwide radio broadcast of
Revivaltime on the ABC radio network March 19. It will
also sing during the crusade week.
Twenty-three members of the Junior Mothers Club,
and two guests, Mrs. Thomas Weger and Mrs. Irvin Suever,
were present for a meeting of the club Tuesday night at the
home of Mrs. Mack Endsley, Pinehurst Drive. Mrs. Marvin
Spitnale served as assistant hostess. Following the business
session, a panel discussion on Jealousy Among Children was
held with Mrs. Melvin Haunhorst, Mrs. William Hemker and
Mrs. William Swick in charge.
Members of the Delphos Eagles Band elected officers
Tuesday night. Roy Dunlap was named president of the
band, and other officers are: Robert Doyle, secretary-treasur-
er; Gene Rice, business manager; Don Weideman, publicity
chairman and Bob Ervin and Melvin Wilkins, band property
chairmen.
75 Years Ago 1938
A group of Delphos overseas veterans will be initi-
ated into the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States
Feb. 28 as part of the seventh annual national Hello
America! radio program, Commander Carl Maas, Post
3035, announced Saturday. A total of 97 stations will broad-
cast the unusual program, which will be devoted to a por-
trayal of VFW activities and objectives.
The monthly meeting of the Womans Foreign
Missionary of the Methodist Church was conducted Friday
afternoon at the home of Mattie Alexander, West Third
Street. The devotional period was in charge of Mrs. Thomas
B. Snow. A reading emphasizing the importance of foreign
missionary work was given by Mrs. George Gilpin.
Dr. B. G. Eaton has taken over the practice of the late
Raatterman, Fort Loramie, and will move to that place early
next week. Dr. Eaton has been practicing in Delphos for
approximately two years. He was first associated with Dr. E.
Ziegenbusch and several months ago opened his own office
in the Heiss building on West Third Street. Mrs. Eaton was
the former Dorothy Foley, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd
Foley.
WASHINGTON (AP)
Ten days before a new
deadline for broad, automatic
government spending cuts,
the sense of urgency that sur-
rounded other recent fiscal
crises is absent. Government
agencies are preparing to
absorb an $85 billion hit to
their budgets, and politicians,
at least for now, seem willing
to accept the consequences.
President Barack Obama,
back from a Florida golfing
weekend, warned Tuesday
that people will lose their
jobs if Congress doesnt act.
But lawmakers werent in
session to hear his appeal,
and they arent coming back
to work until next week.
Still dividing the two
sides are sharp differences
over whether tax increases,
which Obama wants and
Republicans oppose, should
be part of a budget deal.
Obama cautioned that
if the immediate spending
cuts known as sequestra-
tion occur, the full range
of government will feel the
effects. Among those he list-
ed: furloughed FBI agents,
reductions in spending for
communities to pay police,
firefighters and teachers, and
decreased ability to respond
to threats around the world.
So far at least, the ideas
the Republicans have proposed
ask nothing of the wealthi-
est Americans or the biggest
corporations, Obama said at
a White House event against
a backdrop of firefighters and
other emergency personnel.
So the burden is all on the
first responders, or seniors or
middle class families.
Aides say Obama is ready
to take his case more directly
to the public in an effort to
pressure Republicans, either
by traveling to vulnerable
states or, as the White House
often does, through local
media interviews. They say
neither Obama nor White
House officials are now
engaged in direct negotiations
with Republican leaders.
The spending cuts, however,
arent perceived to be as calam-
itous as the threatened results of
recent fights over the nations
borrowing authority and the
fiscal cliff that would have
cut spending and increased tax
rates on all Americans paying
income taxes. Failure to raise
the debt ceiling would have
left the government with no
money to spend on myriad pro-
grams and could of precipitated
an unprecedented default. The
fiscal cliff had the potential
of setting back the economic
recovery.
In fact, many Republicans
now see the automatic cuts
in spending as the only way
to tackle the federal deficit.
Some liberals wont balk
either because they want cuts
in Pentagon spending. And
many Democrats believe the
cuts will have to materialize
before Republicans agree to
some increase in taxes.
Some Democrats want it
because of the defense cuts,
and Republicans want it
because they want to do any-
thing to cut domestic spend-
ing, said Brendan Daly, a
former top aide to Rep. Nancy
Pelosi, the former House
speaker and now Democratic
leader. Democratic consultant
Jim Manley, a former Senate
leadership aide who periodi-
cally consults with Obama
officials, added: Not only
do I expect the sequester to
kick in, but unfortunately it
will take a couple of tempo-
rary government shutdowns
before Republicans realize
they need to sit down and
negotiate in good faith.
White House officials
say they believe Republican
House Speaker John Boehner
of Ohio will ultimately
relent in his opposition to
additional taxes. They note
that despite his initial stand
against increasing tax rates
in December, he eventually
allowed a House vote to pro-
ceed raising the top rate on
the wealthiest taxpayers.
Not this time, he said
Tuesday: The American peo-
ple understand that the rev-
enue debate is now closed.
House Republicans have
proposed an alternative to
the broad, immediate budget
cuts, targeting specific spend-
ing and extending some of the
reductions over a longer peri-
od of time. They also have
said they are willing to under-
take changes in the tax code
and eliminate loopholes and
tax subsidies. But they have
said they would overhaul the
tax system to reduce rates, not
to raise revenue.
By JULIE PACE
WASHINGTON The
White House on Tuesday
sought to keep delicate immi-
gration negotiations on track,
as a key Republican sena-
tor distanced himself further
from a draft bill President
Barack Obamas aides are
readying in case congressio-
nal talks crumble.
Florida Republican Sen.
Marco Rubios office said
Obamas plan injected addi-
tional partisanship into an
already difficult process.
The White House, follow-
ing the weekend leak of its
draft legislation, insisted the
president wants the bipartisan
Senate group Rubio is a mem-
ber of to put forward its own
bill instead.
Obama spoke with Rubio
on Tuesday to reiterate his
commitment to the Senate
process and to make clear that
he had his own legislation
ready, the White House said.
The president also called
Republicans Sens. Lindsey
Graham of South Carolina
and John McCain of Arizona,
two other GOP lawmakers
involved in the immigration
negotiations.
It is, by far, the presi-
dents preference that the
Senate process move forward,
that the bipartisan group of
eight have success, and that
they produce a bill that wins
the support of Democrats
and Republicans in Senate,
White House spokesman Jay
Carney said.
Senate aides said private-
ly Tuesday that bipartisan
negotiations are in a good
place and they did not feel
as though the disclosure of
details in Obamas draft bill
would disrupt their process.
In fact, Obamas backup bill
could end up spurring GOP
lawmakers to rally behind a
congressional plan with many
similarities rather than sup-
port legislation attached to the
president.
While they differ on some
key details, both sides are
contemplating legislation that
would provide a pathway to
citizenship for most of the
11 million illegal immigrants
already in the U.S., tighten
border security, crack down
on businesses that employ
illegal workers and strengthen
the legal immigration system.
Rubio, a rising Republican
star and favorite of his partys
conservative wing, has par-
ticular incentive to publicly
disavow Obamas proposals.
As one of his partys lead-
ing voices on immigration,
Rubio will be called on to sell
other conservatives on any
deal and he knows that doing
so will be harder if that deal
has the presidents stamp on
it. Hell also have to convince
Republicans that a bipartisan
Senate agreement would be
more conservative than what
Obama would propose on his
own.
Rubios office, trying to
further distance itself from
the White House, insisted
Tuesday that the senators
team had not been in talks
with the administration on
immigration. But Rubio
spokesman Alex Conant later
said that a representative from
the senators office partici-
pated in five meetings with
administration officials.
Administration officials
said they were willing to take
hits from the Florida law-
maker if doing so gave him
the cover to work with Senate
Democrats to reach a deal.
As long as Sen. Rubio
and the rest of the gang are
making real progress on
immigration reform, we are
happy to be on the sidelines
and even serve as a punching
bag every once in a while,
Dan Pfeiffer, Obamas senior
adviser, said.
WASHINGTON
RINO-hunting, the long-
popular political sport that
morphed in 2008 into a sort
of hysteria-driven obsession,
lately has become a suicide
mission.
RINO, of course, refers to
Republicans In Name Only
and is the pejorative term
used against those who fail
to march in lockstep with the
so-called conservative base.
I used so-called because,
though the hard-right fac-
tion of the party tends to be
viewed as The Base, this isnt
necessarily so. My guess is
there are now more RINOs
than those who, though evan-
gelical in their zeal, are poi-
son to their partys ability to
win national elections.
Yet, as always, the base
manages to control the mes-
sage because it is vocal, loud
and, most important, makes
for Good TeeVee. Spittle
sells. Stay calm and carry on
right past the elevators and
leave your visitor badge on
the counter on your way out
the door.
There are now so many
RINOs wandering the barren
plains that, banded togeth-
er, they might even form a
critical mass. A base, if you
will. If only they werent so
attractively independent. The
individualist nature of those
most likely to be drawn to
the Republican Party is such
that they tend not to gather
in groups. Ostracized by their
own tribe, they feel alone in
their exile.
Quite the opposite is true.
Indeed, as the base seeks
El Savior, isnt it time for a
RINO Rebellion?
Take a cue from the tea
party, RINOs. Embrace your
alienation. Slap a bumper
sticker on your angst and rally
that dispassion. Witness how
bloggers turned others insults
into a movement. What were
random basement bloggers in
terrycloth bathrobes and Uggs
are now the respected and
influential Pajamas Media,
aka PJ Media.
Own your insult, in other
words. Why should RINOS
hang their heads in shame and
be relegated to the fringes of
their party? The party is the
fringe. Isnt it time to reclaim
the salt lick? RINOs need to
be defiantly proud, aggres-
sively centrist and unapolo-
getically sane.
There are a couple of
obstacles to this obvious
course. First, sane people are
too busy Being Normal to
organize. No, normal is not
a relative term. We all know
what normal is and it doesnt
involve carrying gigantic
photos of aborted fetuses to
political conventions. For
example.
We fetishize politics and
political display in this coun-
try, or at least the media do.
But The Normals really are
not so interested in politics as
guerrilla theater as program-
mers, consultants and spin-
ners seem to think they are.
Most would like the country
to rock along without drama
operating within a reason-
able budget, with respect for
privacy and the rule of law,
compassion for the disadvan-
taged and an abundance of
concern for national security,
including border control but
not necessarily drone attacks
on citizens.
More or less.
Another related obsta-
cle to RINOs organizing is
that RINOs dont much like
organizations. Remember
John McCain the Maverick?
Precisely. Though long con-
sidered a RINO by his own
party, McCain enjoyed kind-
er, gentler treatment by the
media and, therefore, the
sexier maverick moniker
at least until he fell for
Sarah Palin, the tea-chugging
Diana of RINO-haters. The
truth is, most RINOs, mav-
ericks by any other name,
would rather be alone, which
makes playing well with oth-
ers problematic.
Finally, they lack the nec-
essary grandiosity to recog-
nize how fabulous they are.
Ever seen a RINO in one of
those silly hats that screams:
I Belong! I Am A Member
Of The Party!? No. They
tend to be discreet strang-
ers in a strange land, keep-
ing a low profile and an eye
cracked for signs of fellow
travelers. At most, they gather
in smallish groups and dine
on ironically named dishes
such as Baked Alaska. At
their most enthusiastic, they
form polite alliances, such as
the No Labels, um, some-
thing.
Sorry, guys. The sentiment
behind no-labels is at the core
of my very being, though I
prefer Walker Percys more
eloquent imperative that we
should repent of labels. It is
the essence of my Moi-ness:
Stop fussing and fix it. But
movements dont begin with
No. No-labels is a non
without a sequitur. A yield
without a merge. A non-
starter.
Thus, what has become
glaringly clear is that RINOs
need to stop being so normal
and grant their better angels a
sabbatical. Forget taking back
the country. Start by taking
back your party. Do it for
your country.
RINOs: The Strong. The
Proud. The Many.
Kathleen Parkers email address
is kathleenparker@washpost.com.
By NEDRA PICKLER
WASHINGTON Vice
President Joe Biden said Tuesday
that Americans dont need semi-
automatic weapons to protect
their homes because a couple of
blasts from a shotgun will scare
off intruders.
Buy a shotgun, buy a shot-
gun, the vice president encour-
aged those worried about defend-
ing themselves. He was speaking
in an online video as part of a
Facebook town hall hosted by
Parents Magazine on the admin-
istrations strategy for reducing
gun violence, which he has led at
the direction of President Barack
Obama. Biden said he keeps two
shotguns and shells locked up
at home and hes told his wife,
Jill, to use them if she needs
protection. He presumably was
speaking about before he became
vice president, a position that
gives the couple full-time Secret
Service protection. I said, Jill,
if theres ever a problem, just
walk out on the balcony
take that double-barrel shotgun
and fire two blasts outside the
house, Biden said. You dont
need an AR-15. Its harder to
aim, its harder to use and in fact,
you dont need 30 rounds to pro-
tect yourself.
Bidens answer came in
response to a question posted by
a Facebook user about whether
the administrations proposal to
ban military-style assault weap-
ons and high-capacity maga-
zines would make law-abiding
citizens more of a target of crimi-
nals since they wouldnt have
a sufficient way of protecting
themselves. Biden bristled at
the question, saying hes never
heard such sentiments in the
pages of Parents Magazine. But
Im delighted to answer them,
he added quickly. Biden said
he learned his lessons on gun
safety from his father, who was
a hunter. He said as a child, he
wasnt even allowed to point a
cap gun at other children while
playing cops and robbers. He
said most gun owners are very
responsible, but parents should
make sure guns are locked up to
keep children safe, just like pool
gates and liquor cabinets.
Not much urgency to avoid
automatic spending cuts
White House tries to keep immigration on track
RINO rebellion
Biden: a shotgun
will scare off
intruders
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COMMUNITY
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Happy
Birthday
CALENDAR OF
EVENTS
Senior Citizens Center
Delphos
TODAY
6 p.m. Shepherds of
Christ Associates meet in the
St. Johns Chapel.
6:30 p.m. Delphos
Kiwanis Club, Eagles Lodge,
1600 E. Fifth St.
7 p.m. Bingo at St.
Johns Little Theatre.
7:30 p.m. Hope Lodge
214 Free and Accepted
Masons, Masonic Temple,
North Main Street.
Sons of the American
Legion meet at the Delphos
Legion hall.
The Ottoville Board of
Education meets in the ele-
mentary building.
The Fort Jennings Board
of Education meets in the
library.
THURSDAY
9-11 a.m. The Delphos
Canal Commission Museum,
241 N. Main St., is open.
11:30 a.m. Mealsite
at Delphos Senior Citizen
Center, 301 Suthoff Street.
5:30 p.m. The Delphos
Canal Commission meets at
the museum, 241 N. Main St.
5-7 p.m. The Interfaith
Thrift Shop is open for shop-
ping.
7 p.m. Spencerville
Local Schools Board of
Education meets.
St. Johns Athletic
Boosters meet in the Little
Theatre.
7:30 p.m. Delphos
Chapter 26 Order of the
Eastern Star meets at the
Masonic Temple on North
Main Street.
Delphos VFW Auxiliary
meets at the VFW Hall, 213
W. Fourth St.
FRIDAY
7:30 a.m. Delphos
Optimist Club, A&W Drive-
In, 924 E. Fifth St.
11:30 a.m. Mealsite
at Delphos Senior Citizen
Center, 301 Suthoff Street.
1-4 p.m. Interfaith
Thrift Store is open for shop-
ping.
SATURDAY
9 a.m.-noon Interfaith
Thrift Store, North Main
Street.
St. Vincent DePaul
Society, located at the east
edge of the St. Johns High
School parking lot, is open.
10 a.m to 2 p.m.
Delphos Postal Museum is
open.
FEB. 21
Preston Vonderwell
Dorothy Stocklin
Jaymee Fair
Linda Conner
Nicholas Wurst
Cody Bailey
Eichers spend a
Saturday visiting
BY LOVINA EICHER
The school will have
Friday and Monday
off for a mid-win-
ter break. Today
is Valentines Day
so the elementary
classes are hav-
ing their party.
Last night, Joseph
10, Lovina, 8, and
Kevin, 7, signed all
their cards to their
classmates. This is
Josephs last year
in elementary school so
this is his last Valentines
party.
We headed out for the
two-hour trip to Berne,
Indiana, on Saturday at
around 7:15 a.m. We have
set our hired van driver
to be here around 6:30
a.m. He got out of his
van and somehow left his
keys locked in side. His
son brought a spare pair
and we were on our way
45 minutes later. Nine out
of the 12 siblings were at
Joes sisters house for the
late family Christmas gath-
ering.
There was more than
enough food for the 10:30
a.m. carry-in brunch.
Snacks were served later
on in the day.
After we left the gather-
ing on Saturday, we drove
in to the place we used to
live before we moved to
Michigan almost 9 years
ago.
From there, we stopped
in at the homeplace where
I lived until after daughters
Elizabeth and Susan were
born. The family that lives
there now was kind enough
to offer us to go inside
the house. We were running
short on time so we decided
not to.
The three oldest daugh-
ters seem to remember
the most of the place. It
brought back a lot of mem-
ories but the saying proves
true that home is where
the heart is.
We stopped in for a short
visit with sister Liz and
Levi. From there we head-
ed to brother Amos and
Nancys house. Amos is
recovering from bronchitis.
In the van accident on Jan.
9, he had badly bruised
lungs. That seems to make
it harder to get rid of his
cough. He hasnt been back
to work since the accident
but wants to go
soon.
It is diffi-
cult for Amos
not to be able
to go to work.
The results for
the 23-year-old
boy who was in
the accident are
better than they
first thought. He
does have some
feeling in his feet and one
of his thighs. He is doing
better than the doctors
thought he would. We hope
and pray he continues to
improve with therapy.
After we left Amos
house we stopped to see
sister Leah and Paul. Paul
had been scheduled to have
hernia surgery last week.
The doctor didnt do the
surgery due to Pauls blood
pressure being high and
signs of weakness in his
heart. He will need to have
some tests done on his
heart. Hopefully everything
will work out and good
health will be restored.
Last week, daughter
Susan made monster cook-
ies to take along to the fam-
ily gathering. Seeing the
bag of M & Ms brought
back a lot of memories
from my Grandpa Coblentz.
When we were little chil-
dren every time he came
to visit he would bring us
a bag of M & Ms to share.
We would be so excited
and evenly count them into
piles. We tried to make our
pile last as long as we could
savoring each morsel. Not
once do I see or taste M
& Ms without thinking of
Grandpa Coblentz.
We recently had Loretta
to the childrens hospital
where she had surgery on
her feet last fall. The doc-
tors were really pleased at
how well she was doing.
She can go six months
without her braces to see
how she does. Also she is
doing all of her therapy
here at home now. We pray
her strength will keep get-
ting stronger but we need
to accept whatever Gods
will is.
I want to thank everyone
for prayers and encourage-
ment. It helps to know oth-
ers care. Gods blessings
to all.
Daughter Verena made
this pudding last night as
a treat for us all. Sister
Emma always prepared this
pudding a lot and our fam-
ily always enjoys it.
DIRT PUDDING
1 12 ounce package of
Oreo cookies
2 3 ounce boxes of
instant vanilla pudding
1 16 ounce Cool Whip
1 8 ounce cream cheese
1 stick margarine, melt-
ed
3 cups milk
Crush cookies with a
rolling pin. Place all except
1 cup of crumbs in the
bottom of a 9 X 13 inch
pan. Pour margarine over
crumbs in the pan. Mix
milk and cream cheese. Add
pudding and mix well. Pour
over crumbs and then top
with Cool Whip. Sprinkle
with leftover crumbs and
chill.
Putnam ESC offers free
parenting class
The Putnam County
Education Service Center
will offer The Incredible
Years parenting class for par-
ents, grandparents, guardians
and caregivers of children
ages birth to 8 from 6-8 p.m.
on Feb. 28.
The 10-week free course
also includes a family-style
dinner 30 minutes prior to
the start of class time and
childcare for children ages 6
weeks and older.
Participants will learn to
help their child control and
express their emotions, use
problem solving skills, com-
municate better, gain friend-
ship skills and cope with
peers. Parents will learn
how to motivate a child,
use praise, incentives and
rewards and use time-out
and other positive disci-
pline.
Registration is required
by Friday. Call the Putnam
County Educational Service
Center at 419-523-5951
extension 3023. Space is
limited.
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2103 N. Main St.
P.O. Box 334
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234 S. Jefferson St. Delphos, Ohio
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United Equity Inc.
P.O. Box 398
Delphos, OH 45833
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Spencerville Neptune
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452 E. Second St. P.O. Box 69
Phone (419) 692-5876 1-800-686-4091
Fax (419) 695-0897
DENNIS R. HICKEY DANIEL L. MORRIS
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939 East Fifth St.
Delphos, Ohio 45833
Bruce Van Metre, Mgr.
419-692-2695
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Keith Rahrig, Owner
Phone (419) 695-2193
Cell: (567) 204-1306
6730 Defiance Trail
Delphos, Ohio 45833
Food For America Each Year FFA members educate third grade stu-
dents from St. Johns, Landeck and Franklin about where food comes
from through the Food for America Program. Lindzi Hoersten talks to
third graders from St. Johns about the agricultural products at Chief
Supermarket. Other stops include: Friedrich Swine Farm, Hempfling
Dairy Farm, Miller Beef Farm, Mox Nursery, a wildlife presentation
at the park and gun safety by Gary Dilworth at the park, and Harry
Heidlebaugh Sheep Farm.
E & R TRAILER
SALES & SERVICE, INC.
20186 Lincoln Hwy.,
Middle Point, OH 45863
(419) 968-2115 or (800) 686-2115
Lima, OH (419) 228-7278 or (800) 370-5462
www.ertrailer.com
PARTS SALES SERVICE LEASING
Neighbors Insuring Neighbors Since 1863
112 E. Third St. P.O. Box 37 Delphos, OH 45833-0037
Phone & Fax 419-692-3413
MARYS A&W ROOT BEER
924 E. Fifth Street Delphos, Ohio 45833 419-695-1632
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14851 W. Union Rd.
Spencerville
45887
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Cell (419) 235-8051
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419-296-6282
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419-605-5615
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SINCE 1903
(419) 228-3434
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1314 Findlay Road
PO Box 60
Lima, OH 45802
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Western Region Director of Sales
Pop-up Fertilizer Kits
Tanks Fittings Spray Tips
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PARTS DIVISION Phone 419-692-4332
13395 Converse-Roselm Rd. 866-262-1291
Venedocia, OH 45894 Fa 419-692-3109
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President
WELLMAN SEEDS INC.
23778 Delphos Jennings Road
Delphos, OH 45833
Phone (800) 717-7333
Phone (419) 695-9010
Fax (419) 695-9020
e-mail: jim@wellmanseeds.com
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Personal Hair Designer
Shear Brilliance Salon
110 N. Adams
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205 W. Second St.
Delphos, Ohio 45833
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Ag Lime Chicken Litter Application
John Bonifas
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24656 Rd. 189
Ottoville, OH 45876
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Leading and running a business meeting are life skills that Delphos FFA members gain by study-
ing Parliamentary Procedure. Several members of the chapter participated in the Parliamentary
Procedure Contest where they were able to apply the lessons learned in the classroom to a lifelike
situation. This year, the senior team placed second in the sub-district competition, placed second
in the district competition, and advanced to the state contest where they placed fourth in their heat.
Team members include: front row l to r Karen Cline, Sophia Wilson, Courtney Vanschoyck, Tatiana
Olmeda. (back row: L-R) Kylie Fritz, Caitlin Landwehr, Wes Roby, and Jordan Barclay
Each year along with the Delphos Young Farmers and Wives the FFA participates
in the Delphos Community Christmas Project. They collect monies and non-perishable
food items to be distributed throughout our community. (L-R) Libby Spring, Karen
Cline, Jordan Barclay and Elisabeth Miller present Bob Mosier, representative from
the project, with monies and non perishable goods from the FFA and YF YFW organi-
zations.
Over eighty members of the Delphos FFA competed and exhibited various shop
and livestock projects at the 2012 Allen County Fair. Several members were
recognized for their outstanding projects. Pictured above are members of the
chapter that exhibited hogs at the Allen County Fair: (Back row: L-R) Kylie Fritz,
Austin Reindel, Julie Noonan, Jordan Barclay, and Jessica Hammons
Each year the FFA celebrates FFA Week doing various activities throughout the
week. Activities include a teacher/members pancake and sausage breakfast, leader-
ship day, State officer visit and FFA Olympics. The peddle tractor relay is one of
the contests FFA members participate in. David Leathers, Brock Bonifas , Megan
Gilden, and Kurt Hoersten get ready at the starting line.
Leading and running a business meeting are life skills that Delphos FFA members gain by studying
Parliamentary Procedure. Several members of the chapter participated in the Parliamentary Proce-
dure Contest where they were able to apply the lessons learned in the classroom to a lifelike situation.
This year, the freshman team placed second in the sub-district competition, and placed first in the
district competition and advanced to state and placed fifth. Team members include: ( L-R). Halee
Heising, Desiree Wessel, Tatiana Olmeda, Rileigh Tippie, Tristan Fetzer, Aysa Hamilton, Kiersten
Teman, Sophia Thompson, and Sophia Wilson
The 2012-2013 Delphos FFA Of-
ficer Team started their year of
service with an officer training at
4-H camp Palmer. During this 2
day retreat the officers became bet-
ter acquainted with one another,
worked on developing teamwork
skills, set goals for the chapter, and
developed the program of activities
for the upcoming year. The offi-
cers are pictured above ready for
a great year of service. Officers in-
clude: Wes Roby-Student Advisor,
Jordan Barclay-Vice President,
Caitlin Landwehr-President, Kylie
Fritz-Treasurer, Serena Lorenco-
vic-Reporter, Brock Bonifas-Sen-
tinel, and Courtney Vanschoyck-
Secretary
Each year a highlight of the FFA calendar is a four day trip to the National FFA
Convention which is held in Indianapolis, IN. Students traveled with two other chap-
ters. On the way to the convention, several tours and sites were visited including: a
30,000 cow dairy farm, Top Cut Sires, Kettle Kreations, Umbarger Feed Company,
and the Dole Company. The trip also included listening to several motivational speak-
ers, attending business sessions, and touring the career show. Also, several Delphos
FFA members were recognized for earning their America FFA Degrees. Twenty-six
members attended this years convention.
Allen County - Delphos FFA members cel-
ebrated their numerous achievements over
the 2011-2012 year with a booth theme of
Stars Over Delphos. Pictured with the fair
booth are those that helped construct it, (L-
R) Cailtin Landwehr, Jordan Barclay, and
Kylie Fritz
At the 2012 State FFA Convention, Delphos FFA experienced great success. 21 Members trav-
eled to Columbus, and they listened to motivational speakers, and toured the career show. Six
members received the State FFA Degree and they had one State Proficiency Winner.
Support Agricultural Education
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& SILK SCREENING
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234 S. Jefferson St. Delphos, Ohio
Ph. 419-692-6010
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P.O. Box 398
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452 E. Second St. P.O. Box 69
Phone (419) 692-5876 1-800-686-4091
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Home (419) 692-8344 Home (419) 692-2968
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419-692-2695
K&K Builders
Keith Rahrig, Owner
Phone (419) 695-2193
Cell: (567) 204-1306
6730 Defiance Trail
Delphos, Ohio 45833
Food For America Each Year FFA members educate third grade stu-
dents from St. Johns, Landeck and Franklin about where food comes
from through the Food for America Program. Lindzi Hoersten talks to
third graders from St. Johns about the agricultural products at Chief
Supermarket. Other stops include: Friedrich Swine Farm, Hempfling
Dairy Farm, Miller Beef Farm, Mox Nursery, a wildlife presentation
at the park and gun safety by Gary Dilworth at the park, and Harry
Heidlebaugh Sheep Farm.
E & R TRAILER
SALES & SERVICE, INC.
20186 Lincoln Hwy.,
Middle Point, OH 45863
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Neighbors Insuring Neighbors Since 1863
112 E. Third St. P.O. Box 37 Delphos, OH 45833-0037
Phone & Fax 419-692-3413
MARYS A&W ROOT BEER
924 E. Fifth Street Delphos, Ohio 45833 419-695-1632
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14851 W. Union Rd.
Spencerville
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(419) 228-3434
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1314 Findlay Road
PO Box 60
Lima, OH 45802
JOE WATSON
Western Region Director of Sales
Pop-up Fertilizer Kits
Tanks Fittings Spray Tips
C & J Agri-Service
Where SERVICE is our last name
PARTS DIVISION Phone 419-692-4332
13395 Converse-Roselm Rd. 866-262-1291
Venedocia, OH 45894 Fa 419-692-3109
E-mail: cjagriservice@yahoo.com www.cjagriserviceparts.com
JIM WELLMAN
President
WELLMAN SEEDS INC.
23778 Delphos Jennings Road
Delphos, OH 45833
Phone (800) 717-7333
Phone (419) 695-9010
Fax (419) 695-9020
e-mail: jim@wellmanseeds.com
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Personal Hair Designer
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110 N. Adams
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8133 Redd Road,
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Kurt Brandehoff
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JEWELRY APPRAISALS
Tony Burgei
Reliable Plbg & Htg Inc.
205 W. Second St.
Delphos, Ohio 45833
Oh: Lic # 24196
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Phone 419-695-2921 Fax 419-692-1046
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President
Triple J Application, LLC
Ag Lime Chicken Litter Application
John Bonifas
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John Bockey
419-296-5123
Joe Wittler
419-233-1432
13491 Converse-Roselm Rd., Venedocia, OH 45894
419-692-4332
CUSTOM SAWING
with a Wood-Mizer
Portable Sawmill
Kiln Drying Available
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21358 St. Rt. 117, Spencerville, OH 45887
419-234-7896
KREATIVE LEARNING
PRESCHOOL
340 W. Fifth St.
Delphos, Ohio 45833
419-695-5934
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237 North Main Street, Delphos, OH 45833
H&M Machine Shop
24656 Rd. 189
Ottoville, OH 45876
C&C Machining
Welding & Fabricating
General Machining
419-453-3414
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419-231-1361
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403 N. Main Street
P.O. Box 167
Delphos, OH 45833
Tel: 419-695-4656
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5025 N. Kill Rd.
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1-800-543-7962 ext. 1008
419-692-3205
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Leading and running a business meeting are life skills that Delphos FFA members gain by study-
ing Parliamentary Procedure. Several members of the chapter participated in the Parliamentary
Procedure Contest where they were able to apply the lessons learned in the classroom to a lifelike
situation. This year, the senior team placed second in the sub-district competition, placed second
in the district competition, and advanced to the state contest where they placed fourth in their heat.
Team members include: front row l to r Karen Cline, Sophia Wilson, Courtney Vanschoyck, Tatiana
Olmeda. (back row: L-R) Kylie Fritz, Caitlin Landwehr, Wes Roby, and Jordan Barclay
Each year along with the Delphos Young Farmers and Wives the FFA participates
in the Delphos Community Christmas Project. They collect monies and non-perishable
food items to be distributed throughout our community. (L-R) Libby Spring, Karen
Cline, Jordan Barclay and Elisabeth Miller present Bob Mosier, representative from
the project, with monies and non perishable goods from the FFA and YF YFW organi-
zations.
Over eighty members of the Delphos FFA competed and exhibited various shop
and livestock projects at the 2012 Allen County Fair. Several members were
recognized for their outstanding projects. Pictured above are members of the
chapter that exhibited hogs at the Allen County Fair: (Back row: L-R) Kylie Fritz,
Austin Reindel, Julie Noonan, Jordan Barclay, and Jessica Hammons
Each year the FFA celebrates FFA Week doing various activities throughout the
week. Activities include a teacher/members pancake and sausage breakfast, leader-
ship day, State officer visit and FFA Olympics. The peddle tractor relay is one of
the contests FFA members participate in. David Leathers, Brock Bonifas , Megan
Gilden, and Kurt Hoersten get ready at the starting line.
Leading and running a business meeting are life skills that Delphos FFA members gain by studying
Parliamentary Procedure. Several members of the chapter participated in the Parliamentary Proce-
dure Contest where they were able to apply the lessons learned in the classroom to a lifelike situation.
This year, the freshman team placed second in the sub-district competition, and placed first in the
district competition and advanced to state and placed fifth. Team members include: ( L-R). Halee
Heising, Desiree Wessel, Tatiana Olmeda, Rileigh Tippie, Tristan Fetzer, Aysa Hamilton, Kiersten
Teman, Sophia Thompson, and Sophia Wilson
The 2012-2013 Delphos FFA Of-
ficer Team started their year of
service with an officer training at
4-H camp Palmer. During this 2
day retreat the officers became bet-
ter acquainted with one another,
worked on developing teamwork
skills, set goals for the chapter, and
developed the program of activities
for the upcoming year. The offi-
cers are pictured above ready for
a great year of service. Officers in-
clude: Wes Roby-Student Advisor,
Jordan Barclay-Vice President,
Caitlin Landwehr-President, Kylie
Fritz-Treasurer, Serena Lorenco-
vic-Reporter, Brock Bonifas-Sen-
tinel, and Courtney Vanschoyck-
Secretary
Each year a highlight of the FFA calendar is a four day trip to the National FFA
Convention which is held in Indianapolis, IN. Students traveled with two other chap-
ters. On the way to the convention, several tours and sites were visited including: a
30,000 cow dairy farm, Top Cut Sires, Kettle Kreations, Umbarger Feed Company,
and the Dole Company. The trip also included listening to several motivational speak-
ers, attending business sessions, and touring the career show. Also, several Delphos
FFA members were recognized for earning their America FFA Degrees. Twenty-six
members attended this years convention.
Allen County - Delphos FFA members cel-
ebrated their numerous achievements over
the 2011-2012 year with a booth theme of
Stars Over Delphos. Pictured with the fair
booth are those that helped construct it, (L-
R) Cailtin Landwehr, Jordan Barclay, and
Kylie Fritz
At the 2012 State FFA Convention, Delphos FFA experienced great success. 21 Members trav-
eled to Columbus, and they listened to motivational speakers, and toured the career show. Six
members received the State FFA Degree and they had one State Proficiency Winner.
Support Agricultural Education
The
Delphos
herald
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www.knippenchrysler.com
Brentilys Steakhouse
& Sports Pub
209 North Main Street, Delphos
Phone: 419-692-7414 Fax: 419-692-7414
New Pizzas New Sandwiches
Sunday Brunch Live Music
Live Trivia Wed.
The Best Darn Steaks on this side of the Mississippi!!
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SPORTS
By BRIAN BASSETT
and JIM COX
DHI Correspondents
sports@timesbulletin.com
VAN WERT Neither
Jefferson nor Spencerville
got out to the start it wanted
during the Division IV girls
basketball sectional opener
at Van Wert High School
Tuesday night, as the team
combined to shoot 0-of-13
from the floor and commit
nine turnovers.
Fortunately for Jefferson,
they recovered quicker by
hitting their first three shots
of the second quarter and
never trailing again en route
to a 60-53 win.
In the nights opener, hot-
shooting St. Johns ousted
Parkway 55-32.
Neither team could put
the ball in the basket at that
time, Jefferson coach Dave
Hoffman said. Weve had
stretches throughout the year
where weve had that. We did
weather that.
Spencerville senior guard
Alyssa Mulholland ended the
stalemate at the 2:45 mark of
the first quarter with a three
to open the games scoring.
Jefferson didnt get on the
board until the 41-second
mark of the first, when junior
guard Brooke Hesseling hit a
three of her own.
At the end of the first
quarter, Spencerville led 7-6
and the teams had each com-
mitted seven turnovers.
Jefferson opened the
second quarter with three
straight baskets: a pair of
layups from junior guards
Rileigh Stockwell and
Hannah Sensibaugh, respec-
tively, and a three from junior
guard Katie Goergens; giv-
ing the Lady Wildcats a 13-7
lead. They held the 6-point
lead throughout the quarter
and led 28-22 at halftime.
Jefferson extended its
lead to 45-33 after three but
Spencerville clawed back
into the game in the fourth.
The Lady Bearcats drew
back within 54-4, but mis-
cues let the game slip away
late.
(We committed) turn-
overs at crucial times, like the
middle of runs: to end (our)
runs and to help them sustain
runs. I think the biggest part
of it was when we were down
six, we had three straight pos-
sessions when we took a bad
shot and turned it over twice.
That was a chance for six
points, Spencerville coach
Warren Pughsley explained.
The Lady Bearcats were
forced to foul late and though
Jefferson only hit 9-of-20
free throws in the fourth, it
was enough to hold on for a
60-53 win.
We survived. I guess
thats the important thing,
added Hoffman.
Spencerville actually out-
shot Jefferson, hitting on
20-of-53 (38%) to the Lady
Wildcats 18-of-52 (35%).
Our defense has got to
get better. I wasnt really
pleased with our defense,
although we did at times
create some turnovers,
Hoffman said.
The Lady Wildcats cre-
ated 26 turnovers in fact,
which, along with converting
on 22 (of 43) free throws to
Spencervilles nine (of 15),
was the difference in the
game.
Our girls played really
hard. Im extremely proud of
them, added Pughsley of his
resilient team which would
never go away.
Stockwell had a game-high
17 points to lead Jefferson
(8-15) and Sensibaugh joined
her in double figures with 12.
Jefferson got 16 bench points,
paced by seven from junior
center Jasmine McDougall.
I thought we got some
good help off the bench
tonight. Those players came
in and really helped us
out from that standpoint,
Hoffman continued.
Spencerville (3-20) was
led by sophomore point
guard Schylar Miller, who
had 15 points on the evening.
Mulholland added 14 points,
to go along with 10 rebounds,
in her final game as a Lady
Bearcat. Senior center Abby
Freewalt had 10 despite a
tough zone defense.
Freewalt; shes a nice
player. The Mulholland girl
is a good shooter. We did let
Schylar Miller drive down
the lane, down the middle,
on us too much, Hoffman
concluded.
Jefferson takes on second-
seeded Lincolnview at 8 p.m.
Saturday.
Many coaches will tell
you that the start of the third
quarter is a huge factor in
winning basketball games.
For St. Johns Tuesday night,
it was the end of the third
quarter that proved decisive
as the Lady Jays eliminated
Parkway.
St. Johns (9-14) will play
Crestview at 6:15 Saturday in
the first sectional final. The
Lady Panthers season ends
at 3-20.
Although the Jays led
from early in the second
quarter to the end, the feisty
Panthers for the most part
kept within striking distance
within 10 points until
the last two minutes of the
third stanza. With the score
32-23 at the 1:44 mark, the
Delphos inside threat, Katie
Vorst, hit a nifty reverse
layup. That was followed by
consecutive 3-pointers by the
Jays two long-range snipers,
Emilie Fischbach and Jessica
Recker, leaving the score
40-23 after three and the out-
come pretty much decided.
The first quarter was a
toss-up with three ties and
two lead changes, ending
at 10-10. Parkways inside
power, Sierra Fent, started it
with a 6-foot baseliner but
Recker more than trumped
that with a triple from the
right wing two minutes later.
Fent tied it with a free throw
but Vorst escaped for an open
layup. Kylie Snyders two
freebies tied it at 5-5 with
3:58 on the clock and an
Emilie Fischbach three from
straightaway NBA range
made it 8-5. A Fent putback
and a Snyder trifecta from the
left wing gave Parkway its
last lead at 10-8 but an Erica
Saine layup tied it at 10-10.
Recker took over to start
the second quarter, landing
two 3-pointers from the left
corner, then taking a long
rebound at the left elbow and
hitting from there 18-10,
Delphos, at 5:06. A Vorst free
throw extended the Lady Jay
run to 11-0 and a 19-10 lead
but Snyder hit a 10-foot turn-
around jumper from in front
and Cami Hellwarth drained
a pull-up jumper from the
right elbow to cut it to 19-14.
Saines elbow jumper at 0:40
made it 21-14 after two.
In the third period,
Vorsts 10 points and Emilie
Fischbachs six (two treys)
keyed a 19-9 quarter to
remove all doubt.
Delphos coach Dan J.
Grothouse was happy, to say
the least.
Our kids did a good job of
executing against their zone,
Grothouse added. We cut
well; we got the ball in the
right spots. Especially in the
second half, our inside game
came alive. They started to
box-and-1 a little bit with
Recker. Katie picked it up a
little bit, got more aggressive.
Erica did a nice job inside
and Sydney (Fischbach).
That was really key; when we
started to get more aggressive
and take the ball hard to the
basket, that opened up the
outside shot. We worked on
inside-out. Our shooters were
set. We did knock down some
shots; we shot pretty well
tonight.
Parkway coach Lynn
Hughes concurred with
Grothouses assessment.
They shot lights out
tonight, Hughes added.
Thats a credit to them. We
really keyed on Recker and
Vorst. I told my kids that we
have to front Vorst because
if we dont, she will score
or pass it out for the 3-point
shot. I thought the first half
we did a nice job of fronting
her but the second half they
did a nice job of getting the
ball inside out and hitting
some threes.
Field goal shooting,
rebounding and turnover stats
were decisive in this one.
Delphos outshot Parkway
from the field 46 percent
(21-of-46, including 8 made
threes) to 34 percent (11-of-
32, only one 3-pointer). The
Jays outboarded the Panthers
24-19 and had fewer turn-
overs, 9-15. Parkway was
better from the free-throw
line 69 percent (9-of-13)
to 56 percent (5-of-9).
Recker and Emilie
Fischback led all scorers with
17 and 16.
Fent had nine for
Parkway.
JEFFERSON/SPENCERVILLE
JEFFERSON (2pt. 3pt. FT Pts.)
Culp 2-4 0-3 1-2 5, Georgens 1-6
1-2 1-1 6, Stockwell 7-13 0-0 3-10 17,
Sensibaugh 2-4 0-0 8-12 12, Pimpas
1-5 0-0 2-8 4, Koenig 0-0 0-0 0-0 0,
Binkley 0-2 0-3 3-4 3, Hesseling 0-3
1-1 3-4 6, McDougall 3-6 0-0 1-2 7.
SPENCERVILLE
S. Miller 6-9 1-1 0-0 15, Mulholland
1-3 2-8 6-6 14, Hardesty 0-0 0-0 0-0 0,
Purdy 0-4 0-1 0-0 0, Meyer 0-4 0-1 1-2
1, Grigsby 4-8 0-1 0-4 8, Freewalt 4-8
0-0 2-3 10, Propst 2-3 0-0 0-0 4. M.
Miller 0-0 0-0 0-0 0.
Score by Quarters:
Jefferson 6 22 17 15 - 60
Spencerville 7 15 11 20 - 53
ST. JOHNS/PARKWAY
Parkway (32)
Samaniego 0 0-0 0, Hellwarth 3
1-2 7, Bransteter 1 1-3 3, Snyder 2
2-2 7, Fent 4 1-2 9, Kayla Walls 0 0-0
0, Heindel 1 2-2 4, Jutte 0 0-0 0, Terra
Walls 0 2-2 2, Schumm 0 0-0 0. Totals
11 9-13 32.
St. Johns (55)
Emilie Fischbach 3 0-0 9, Zuber
0 0-0 0, Katie Vorst 6 4-6 16, Recker
6 0-1 17, Sydney Fischbach 2 1-1
5, Tara Vorst 0 0-0 0, Fischer 0 0-0
0, Saine 3 0-0 6, Boberg 0 0-0 0,
Pohlman 0 0-0 0, Schnipke 0 0-0 0,
Wehri 1 0-1 2. Totals 21 5-9 55.
Score by quarters:
Parkway 10 4 9 9 - 32
St. Johns 10 11 19 15 - 55
Three-point field goals: Parkway
1 (Snyder), St. Johns 8 (Recker 5, E.
Fischbach 3).
Lady Wildcats, Blue Jays get opening tourney wins
St. Johns freshman Sydney Fischbach finds a lane open
up for a bucket against Parkway Tuesday at Van Wert. The
Lady Jays collected a 23-point sectional win.
Jefferson junior Hannah Sensibaugh earns a trip to the
charity stripe as Spencerville sophomore Katie Merriman
tries to stop her Tuesday night in sectional play at Van
Wert. Sensibaugh scored 12 points as the Wildcats elimi-
nated the Bearcats by 7. (Delphos Herald/Tom Morris)
Tribe bombs Lady Dawgs out of tournament
By JIM METCALFE
jmetcalfe@delphosherald.com
SPENCERVILLE Shawnee got
it rolling from long range Tuesday
night versus Elida and never really
stopped, elimi-
nating the Lady
Bulldogs 65-61 in
Division II girls
sectional action at
Spencerville High
School.
In the night-
cap, Wapakoneta ousted St. Marys
Memorial 53-31.
Despite Shawnee (10-13) and its
deep-shooting prowess (15-of-31
from downtown for 48.4%), the Lady
Bulldogs (8-15) stayed with their
Western Buckeye League colleague
to the very end. After battling to a
38-all tie, in which the Indians were
10-of-16 from 3-point land, the third
period continued a back-and-forth
trend, with both units taking turns
with the lead. The Bulldogs held their
last lead of the night and, as it
turned out, the 2012-13 season at
45-44 on a deuce by Kylie Downton
(14 markers) midway through the
stanza. Shawnee retook it back on a
Britt Lauck (17 markers, including
4 bombs) deuce shortly after. That
jump-started a closing 11-5 spurt,
including a 3-ball from the right wing
by Rachel Evans (12 counters on 4
treys) 2.1 ticks before the horn, for a
55-50 edge.
In Tribe kept up that surge into the
final period, building a 62-53 edge
on a 3-ball by Lauck at 4:43. Back
came the Lady Bulldogs. Senior Osha
Owens (14 markers) hit a 12-foot
baseliner at 4:29 to start the rally and
when Torie McAdams (11 points) hit
a fourth-chance basket at 55 ticks,
they were within 65-61. However,
despite forcing two more turnovers
down the stretch, the Bulldogs could
not convert on the other end.
We expected them to shoot a
lot of threes; we just didnt expect
them to shoot 50 percent. They have
so many shooters, even some we
really didnt expect to shoot them;
our scouting reports told us that,
Elida co-coach Elise Jenkins noted.
We just couldnt cover them all
adequately in our defense. They were
stepping into them very well and get-
ting a lot of open ones.
Shawnee coach Jeff Heistan
wasnt surprised, either.
That is our game plan; get out
and run and get shots. They just
happened to be threes tonight, he
explained. When we played them
earlier this season (a 3-point loss),
we simply couldnt make anything;
girls you saw hit shots tonight didnt
then.
The first period was the most
engaging and featured numerous lead
changes, with both teams firing away
and looking to push the tempo at a
furious pace. McAdams and Downton
led Elida with six each, while Evans
knocked down a pair of triples for
the Indians. Despite the Tribe shoot-
ing 5-of-8 trifectas, the Bulldogs led
22-19 on a layin by McAdams with
20 seconds showing.
The game continued at a furious
pace in the second stanza as both
teams played clean games (10 fouls
for Shawnee overall to 11 for Elida).
Isabelle Baird hit three bombs for the
Tribe and Lauck added eight markers
as once again, both teams had numer-
ous turns with the lead. On the other
end, Sabrina Kline (14 counters) had
six points and Owens five. When
Kline hit a transition layin 3.1 ticks
before the horn, the score was tied
at 38-all.
The last couple of minutes is
what weve been searching for all
year. We played with such inten-
sity; it just didnt work out, Jenkins
added. If we only could have played
like that the rest of the game, its a
different story. However, we want
the girls to take what we did this
year into the off-season and not the
loss. I feel we have re-established
Elida basketball and have it going
in the right direction, which is what
we wanted to do at the start of the
season. We have a lot of young girls
that got a lot of playing time this
year. Overall, Shawnee was 23-of-
51 shooting (45.1%) versus Elidas
26-of-60 (6-of-18 long range) for
43.3 percent.
Shawnee will play Celina in
game 1 Saturday night (6:15 p.m.).
In the nightcap, the victorious Lady
Redskins (12-10) dominated the first
half 30-6 en route to the easy triumph.
Leading the way for the Redskins
were Megan Watt (15 counters, 5
steals) and Sara Warner (12 points, 5
thefts). They drained 24-of-61 shots,
2-of-15 long range, for 39.3 percent
and 3-of-6 freebies (50%); adding
39 rebounds, 18 offensive, as Carly
Buzzard and Riley Culver led with
seven each; and a mere eight miscues
and 12 fouls. Maddi Stiles dished off
four assists. Wapak will battle top-
seeded Bath in the nightcap Saturday.
On behalf of the Lady Roughriders
(3-19), Molly Albert was high scorer
with 10. They connected on 13-of-
41 shots (1-of-13 beyond the arc)
for 31.7 percent and 4-of-8 singles
(50%); dragged down 31 boards, 10
offensive; and totaled 20 miscues and
eight fouls.
ELIDA/SHAWNEE
VARSITY
ELIDA (61)
Kylie Downton 6-2-14, Ashley Lowry 3-0-8,
Cassidy Slusher 1-0-2, OSha Owens 6-0-14,
Sabrina Kline 6-0-14, Torie McAdams 4-3-11,
Carly Stetler 0-0-0. Totals 20-6-5/6-61.
SHAWNEE (65)
Britt Lauck 6-1-17, Claire Dahlke 2-0-6, Abby
Waddle 4-3-11, Isabelle Baird 5-0-15, Danyelle
Hughes 2-0-4, Rachel Evans 4-0-12, Maryssa
Herschler 0-0-0. Totals 8-15-4/5-65.
Score by Quarters:
Elida 22 16 12 11 - 61
Shawnee 19 19 17 10 - 65
Three-point goals: Elida, Kline 2, Owens 2,
Lowry 2; Shawnee, Baird 5, Lauck 4, Evans 4,
Dahlke.
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ST. MARYS MEMORIAL/WAPAKONETA
WAPAKONETA (53)
Karli Schneider 0-0-0, Maddi Stiles 0-0-0,
Erin Schnell 1-0-2, Annie Henderson 3-0-6, Amy
Hume 2-0-4, Nicole Brown 1-0-2, Sara Warner
5-1-12, Carly Buzzard 4-0-8, Megan Watt 6-2-15,
Faith Hensley 0-0-0, Riley Culver 2-0-4, Annie
Harrod 0-0-0, Hilary Bourne 0-0-0. Totals 22-2-
3/6-53.
ST. MARYS MEMORIAL (31)
Lindi Cisco 0-0-0, Bailey Gottschalk 0-0-0,
Mallory Kill 0-0-0, Molly Albert 4-1-10, Rachel
Meier 1-0-2, LeeAnn Bertke 4-0-8, Kelsey
Rohrbach 1-0-2, Kelly Heitkamp 2-0-4, Erika
Angstmann 0-3-3, Paige Dicus 1-0-2. Totals
12-1-4/8-31.
Score by Quarters:
Wapakoneta 18 12 13 10 - 53
St. Marys Mem. 4 2 17 8 - 31
Three-point goals: Wapakoneta, Warner,
Watt; St. Marys Memorial, Albert.
Suns hold off Blazers 102-98
By ANNE M. PETERSON
PORTLAND, Ore. Goran
Dragic got right to the point
after dishing a career-high 18
assists against Portland. It
was really fun, said a smiling
Dragic, who also had 16 points
in the Suns 102-98 victory over
the Trail Blazers Tuesday
night.
I would like to thank
all my teammates they
were hitting shots. The
win snapped a 4-game
losing streak for the Suns.
I think he was aggressive
as he always is and he
made plays, Suns coach
Lindsey Hunter said of
Dragics career night.
It was amazing
but it was fun to watch
because everybody was getting
involved.
Wesley Johnson came off the
bench to score a season-high 14
points for the Suns, who opened
the game with a 12-0 run and led
by as many as 19 points before
holding off a late Portland rally.
J.J. Hickson had 25 points and
16 rebounds for his 28th double-
double of the season for the
Blazers, who lost their sixth
straight to match their season-
high. The Blazers pulled to
within 96-92 on rookie Damian
Lillards 3-pointer with 3:57 left
in the game. Marcin Gortats
dunk and Luis Scolas layup
slowed the rally but Nicolas
Batum made a 3-pointer to close
the Blazers within 100-95 with
2:35 to go. Nolan Smith made
a free throw and LaMarcus
Aldridge added two more with
20.5 seconds left to make it
100-98. After Dragic made
a pair of free throws for the
Suns, Lillards 3-point attempt
fell short as time wound down.
Like we always do, we made it
a game down the stretch,
said Lillard, the reigning rookie
of the month who finished with
24 points. We just couldnt
catch them.
Portland was without start-
ing shooting guard Wesley
Matthews because of a sprained
left ankle and elbow that he hurt
in the first quarter of Portlands
99-63 loss to New Orleans
just before the All-Star break.
That loss capped a 6-game
Portland road trip, which
started with a victory at
Minnesota but concluded
with five straight loss-
es. The Blazers hadnt
played at home since
Feb. 2.
Blazers coach Terry
Stotts said he didnt want
to use Matthews absence
as an excuse.
Obviously, Wes is
a very important part of
the team but I think we
showed that we can still com-
pete without him, Stotts added.
If hes not in there, everybody
has to step up a bit.
The Suns (18-36) lost to the
Lakers at Staples Center 91-85
last Wednesday. Phoenix is a
league-worst 6-23 on the road
this season. It was the first of a
back-to-back for Phoenix, which
visits the Golden State Warriors
today as trade rumors continue
to swirl around the team. The
trade deadline is Thursday.
Last season at the deadline
the Blazers fired coach Nate
McMillan and traded away both
Gerald Wallace and Marcus
Camby. This season most trade
talk is about Hickson, who must
agree to any deal. The Suns
jumped out to a 12-0 lead to
start the game, led by Scola
with six points. Portland did
not score until Hicksons jumper
with 7:17 left in the first quar-
ter. The Blazers were playing
catch-up the rest of the way, and
trailed 36-23 at the end of the
quarter.
The Suns extended the lead
to 40-25 on Johnsons 16-foot-
See SUNS, page 9
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic Division
W L Pct GB
New York 32 18 .640
Brooklyn 32 22 .593 2
Boston 28 25 .528 5 1/2
Philadelphia 22 29 .431 10 1/2
Toronto 22 32 .407 12
Southeast Division
W L Pct GB
Miami 36 14 .720
Atlanta 29 22 .569 7 1/2
Washington 15 37 .288 22
Orlando 15 38 .283 22 1/2
Charlotte 13 40 .245 24 1/2
Central Division
W L Pct GB
Indiana 32 21 .604
Chicago 31 22 .585 1
Milwaukee 26 26 .500 5 1/2
Detroit 21 34 .382 12
Cleveland 16 37 .302 16
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Southwest Division
W L Pct GB
San Antonio 43 12 .782
Memphis 34 18 .654 7 1/2
Houston 29 26 .527 14
Dallas 23 29 .442 18 1/2
New Orleans 19 35 .352 23 1/2
Northwest Division
W L Pct GB
Oklahoma City 39 14 .736
Denver 34 21 .618 6
Utah 31 24 .564 9
Portland 25 29 .463 14 1/2
Minnesota 19 31 .380 18 1/2
Pacific Division
W L Pct GB
L.A. Clippers 39 17 .696
Golden State 30 23 .566 7 1/2
L.A. Lakers 25 29 .463 13
Sacramento 19 36 .345 19 1/2
Phoenix 18 36 .333 20
Tuesdays Results
Charlotte 105, Orlando 92
Toronto 96, Washington 88
Brooklyn 113, Milwaukee 111, OT
Memphis 105, Detroit 91
Chicago 96, New Orleans 87
Denver 97, Boston 90
Utah 115, Golden State 101
Phoenix 102, Portland 98
San Antonio 108, Sacramento 102
Todays Games
Detroit at Charlotte, 7 p.m.
Memphis at Toronto, 7 p.m.
New York at Indiana, 7 p.m.
Oklahoma City at Houston, 8 p.m.
Philadelphia at Minnesota, 8 p.m.
Brooklyn at Milwaukee, 8 p.m.
Miami at Atlanta, 8 p.m.
New Orleans at Cleveland, 8 p.m.
Orlando at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.
Phoenix at Golden State, 10:30 p.m.
Boston at L.A. Lakers, 10:30 p.m.
Thursdays Games
Miami at Chicago, 8 p.m.
San Antonio at L.A. Clippers, 10:30
p.m.
NBA GLANCE
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
New Jersey 16 9 3 4 22 42 38
Pittsburgh 16 11 5 0 22 52 38
N.Y. Rangers 15 8 6 1 17 39 38
Philadelphia 17 7 9 1 15 45 49
N.Y. Islanders 16 6 9 1 13 46 57
Northeast Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Montreal 16 11 4 1 23 46 35
Boston 13 9 2 2 20 37 31
Ottawa 17 9 6 2 20 40 32
Toronto 17 10 7 0 20 48 40
Buffalo 17 6 10 1 13 47 56
Southeast Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Carolina 14 8 5 1 17 41 40
Tampa Bay 15 8 6 1 17 59 47
Winnipeg 15 6 8 1 13 37 47
Florida 15 4 7 4 12 35 56
Washington 15 5 9 1 11 41 51
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Central Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Chicago 16 13 0 3 29 55 34
Nashville 17 8 4 5 21 39 38
St. Louis 16 9 6 1 19 53 50
Detroit 16 7 6 3 17 43 48
Columbus 16 4 10 2 10 36 51
Northwest Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Vancouver 15 8 3 4 20 44 37
Minnesota 15 7 6 2 16 33 38
Edmonton 15 6 6 3 15 36 41
Calgary 14 5 6 3 13 39 51
Colorado 14 6 7 1 13 37 43
Pacific Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Anaheim 15 12 2 1 25 53 39
San Jose 15 8 4 3 19 39 34
Phoenix 16 8 6 2 18 44 41
Dallas 16 8 7 1 17 41 43
Los Angeles 14 6 6 2 14 33 37
NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for
overtime loss.
Mondays Results
Ottawa 2, New Jersey 1, SO
Philadelphia 7, N.Y. Islanders 0
Colorado 6, Nashville 5
Montreal 3, Carolina 0
Toronto 3, Florida 0
Phoenix 4, Calgary 0
Anaheim 3, Columbus 2
Tuesdays Results
Chicago 4, Vancouver 3, SO
Winnipeg 2, Buffalo 1
Montreal 3, N.Y. Rangers 1
Ottawa 3, N.Y. Islanders 1
Tampa Bay 4, Toronto 2
San Jose 2, St. Louis 1
Nashville 4, Detroit 3, OT
Los Angeles 3, Edmonton 1
Todays Games
Philadelphia at Pittsburgh, 7:30 p.m.
St. Louis at Colorado, 10 p.m.
Los Angeles at Calgary, 10 p.m.
Thursdays Games
Buffalo at Toronto, 7 p.m.
Florida at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.
New Jersey at Washington, 7 p.m.
Winnipeg at Carolina, 7 p.m.
N.Y. Islanders at Montreal, 7:30 p.m.
N.Y. Rangers at Ottawa, 7:30 p.m.
Boston at Tampa Bay, 7:30 p.m.
Columbus at Detroit, 7:30 p.m.
Vancouver at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.
Minnesota at Edmonton, 9:30 p.m.
NHL GLANCE
By Charlie Warnimont
DHI Correspondent
BLUFFTON - Dave
Klemans top-ranked
Ottoville squad was the top
seed at the Bluffton Division
IV sectional.
Instead of tak-
ing a bye, the vet-
eran coach decided
to enter the tourna-
ment early to get his
players a game. And
although the Big
Green dominated
Lima Perry 93-46,
Kleman was happy
to get his veterans
and younger players
a chance to get on
the floor.
I just wanted to play,
Kleman said. We were just
(sitting around) too long in
the past. Ten days is a long
time this time of year not to
be playing. I asked the girls if
this was better than practice
and they couldnt wait to say
yes. It gets you up and down
(the floor) in game conditions
and the younger kids some
playing time so if they get
thrown into the mix here later
on, they wont be so nervous
hopefully.
The win sends Ottoville
(22-0) to the sectional finals
Saturday night at Bluffton
against Columbus Grove at
6:15 p.m.
In the nightcap, Kalida
ended the Fort Jennings sea-
son 49-31.
The Big Green didnt
wait long to take control of
this game, outscoring the
Commodores 28-5 in the
opening quarter. Ottoville
scored the first seven points
of the game as Taylor Mangas
scored five of the points.
Perry broke the ice on a free
throw by Haley King before
the Big Green went on a 16-0
run to take a 23-1 lead. Abbie
Siefker had eight points for
Ottoville in the run.
Ottoville pressed the
Commodores full-court
for about the first six min-
utes of the game as they
built a 20-point lead. The
Commodores used two time-
outs in the opening six min-
utes of the game as they had
trouble handling the press,
turning the ball over several
times that led to easy points
for Ottoville. Perry didnt
hit its first field goal of the
game until there was 10 sec-
onds left in the opening quar-
ter when freshman Kaitlyn
Cox grabbed a rebound and
scored.
Ottoville continued the
onslaught into the second
quarter as they outscored
Perry 24-20 for a 52-25 half-
time lead. Kleman continued
to substitute freely
in the second quar-
ter as seven different
players scored for the
Big Green. Ottoville
was up 45-25 in the
second quarter when
they went on a 7-0
run to end the half
as Nicole Vorst had a
3-pointer in that span.
The Commodores
offense played better
in the second quarter, thanks
in part to three 3-pointers by
Abbie Patton, two of them
from NBA length. Courtland
Fowler also hit a 3-pointer
as she had six points in the
quarter and Lexie Davis had
four points.
Its hard for the girls to
keep up their intensity, espe-
cially with me subbing so
much, Kleman said. I nor-
mally play eight kids in a
close game but I played all
15 and its hard to get sets of
rhythm going. But its still
better than practicing. They
(Perry) are a fairly young
team but they have some ath-
letes that can shoot the ball.
Ottoville reached the
20-point mark again in the
third quarter, outscoring the
Commodores 22-10.
Rachel Beining led the
Big Green with 18 points,
while Siefker added 17
points, seven rebounds and
five steals. Mangas finished
with 16 points and Vorst
added had 13 points as she
hit three 3-pointers.
Patton led the
Commodores with 16 points,
Davis finished with 13 and
Fowler added 12 points.
Ottoville takes on
Columbus Grove in the open-
er Saturday night (6:15 p.m.).
In the second contest this
night, Kalida hit a shot just
before halftime to give them
a 2-point lead going into the
locker room.
That shot gave the
Wildcats momentum going
into the second half as Kalida
pulled away from Fort
Jennings in the third quarter
on its way to a 49-31 in the
second sectional semifinal at
Bluffton Tuesday night.
The win sends the
Wildcats (14-8) to the sec-
tional finals Saturday night
against Continental (15-7) at
approximately 8 p.m. Fort
Jennings finishes the season
at 9-14.
Fort Jennings had a 22-21
lead late in the second quarter
after the Musketeers Ashley
Gable hit a free throw. With
time winding down in the
opening half, Kalidas Julia
Vandemark hit a 3-pointer
that gave the Wildcats a
24-22 halftime lead.
That momentum carried
over into the third quarter
as Kalida took control of the
game with a 20-4 scoring run
for a 44-26 lead going to the
fourth quarter.
We knew it was going to
be a close game. I think it was
a 3-point game at halftime
the first time we played,
Kalida coach Adam Huber
said. That shot right before
the buzzer gave us a little
bit of momentum going into
the second half. We told the
girls at halftime we were get-
ting shots, we
just werent
making them.
They shot the
ball great the
first half and
we thought eventually we
could wear them down and I
think we did as we held them
to four points in the third
quarter.
Gable scored the first
points of the third quarter for
the Musketeers before Kalida
went on a 10-0 run to take
a 34-24 lead. Nicole Recker
started the run with a 3-point-
er before Elizabeth Turnwald
hit a basket for Kalida. Kylie
Osterhage added a 3-point
play before Jackie Gardner
came up with a steal she
turned into two points.
Macy Schroeder broke the
Musketeers scoring drought
with a basket before Kalida
scored the final 10 points of
the third quarter.
Freshman Brittany Kahle
started the second 10-0 run
with a basket before senior
Kristi Honigfort scored eight
straight points, which includ-
ed a pair of 3-pointers.
We didnt make any
defensive adjustments at
halftime, Huber added. We
had to score to get into our
press because we knew our
press would cause them some
problems. Its hard to press
when you dont make shots.
We got some stops at half-
court, full-court and we knew
if we pushed the ball we
would get some good looks.
The Musketeers offensive
struggles continued into the
fourth quarter as they didnt
score until there was 1:05 left
to play. Cassie
L i n d e m a n
ended nearly
an 11-min-
ute scoring
drought with
her third
3-pointer of
the game. Schroeder fol-
lowed that with a basket off a
Kalida turnover. By the time
Ft. Jennings scored in the
final quarter, they were down
47-26.
Gardner led the Wildcats
with 11 points and Honigfort
finished with eight. Osterhage
and Kahle both had seven
points.
Cassie Lindeman led the
Musketeers with 11 points,
eight of them coming in the
second quarter as she had
a pair of 3-pointers. Erin
Osting added seven points.
* * *
Ottoville/Perry
Lima Perry 16- 8-11 46: Lexie
Davis 4-5-13; Haley King 0-1-1; Becca
Henderson 0-0-0; Abbie Patton 6-1-16;
Alexis Young 0-0-0; Courtland Fowler
4-1-12; Kaitlyn Cox 1-0-2; Jala Phillips
1-0-2.
Ottoville 36- 14-17 93: Rachel
Turnwald 2-0-4; Nicole Kramer 0-0-
0; Chelsey Boecker 0-0-0; Taylor
Mangas 7-0-16; Nicole Vorst 5-0-13;
Kendra Eickholt 2-3-7; Courtney Von
Sossan 1-0-3; Haley Landwehr 1-0-3;
Annie Lindeman 1-2-4; Rachel Beining
7-4-18; Lexie Wannemacher 4-0-8;
Lyndsey Wannemacher 0-0-0; Abbie
Siefker 5-7-17.
Score by Quarters:
Lima Perry 5 20 10 11 - 48
Ottoville 28 24 22 19 - 93
Three-point goals: Lima Perry
6 (Patton 3, Fowler 3); Ottoville 7
(Mangas 2, Vorst 3, Von Sossan 1,
Landwehr 1).
Rebounds: Ottoville 31 (Siefker 7,
Beining 5).
Turnovers: Ottoville 10.
* * *
Kalida/Fort Jennings
Kalida 16-42 13-17 49: Jackie
Gardner 3-5-11; Nicole Recker 1-0-3;
Summer Holtkamp 1-0-2; Amy Smith
1-0-2; Elizabeth Turnwald 2-0-4; Kristi
Honigfort 3-0-8; Kylie Osterhage 2-3-7;
Brittany Kahle 2-3-7; Julia Vandemark
1-0-3; Kennedy Hoffman 0-2-2; Joni
Kaufman 0-0-0; McKenna Vorst 0-0-0;
Nicole Reindel 0-0-0; Kiersten Recker
0-0-0.
Fort Jennings 12-35 3-7 31:
Cassie Lindeman 4-0-11; Erin Osting
3-1-7; Ashley Gable 2-1-6; Macy
Schroeder 2-0-4; Jenna Calvelage
1-0-2; Gina Stechschulte 0-1-1; Emily
Kehres 0-0-0; Alyssa Schimmoeller
0-0-0; Gabbi German 0-0-0; Hannah
Clay 0-0-0.
Score by Quarters:
Kalida 8 16 20 5 - 49
Fort Jennings 7 15 4 5 - 31
Three-point goals: Kalida 4-11 (N.
Recker 1, Honigfort 2, Vandemark
1); Fort Jennings 4-15 (Lindeman 3,
Gable 1).
Rebounds: Kalida 29, Fort Jennings
21.
Turnovers: Kalida 23, Fort Jennings
26.
Ottoville, Kalida advance
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jumper and led 63-47 at
the half. Phoenix went up
71-56 on Jared Dudleys long
jumper but the Blazers pulled
within 71-63 on Aldridges
bank shot. Portland couldnt
get closer than eight points
and trailed 84-73 to open the
fourth quarter. Portland pulled
to with 96-89 on Aldridges
layup and freer throw before
Lillards 3-pointer.
Notes: Portland had
won the last seven games
against the Suns at the Rose
Garden. Hicksons 28 dou-
ble-doubles match his career
high for a season. Dragic
has six games this season
with double-digit assists.
Blazers owner Paul Allen,
on the passing of Lakers
owner Jerry Buss: At a time
when professional basketball
needed an infusion of new
thinking and vision, Dr. Buss
stepped forward in ways that
truly redefined our game on
and off the court. Buss died
on Monday.
NETS 113, BUCKS 111
NEW YORK Joe Johnson hit a
tying 3-pointer in the closing seconds
of the fourth quarter and then his
buzzer-beating jumper at the end of
overtime lifted the Brooklyn Nets to
a 113-111 victory over the Milwaukee
Bucks on Tuesday night.
Johnson finished with 24 points
and Brook Lopez and Deron Williams
added 19 each as the Nets snapped
a 13-game losing streak against the
Bucks dating back to March 30, 2009.
Brandon Jennings scored 34
points to lead the Bucks. Ersan
Ilyasova had 21 points, Monta Ellis
added 18 and Larry Sanders 14.
Jennings saw his short jumper go in
and out with 15 seconds left in over-
time. After a Nets timeout, Johnson
was intentionally fouled by Luc Mbah
a Moute with 5 seconds left. The Nets
inbounded again and Johnson won
the game with his foul line jumper over
Mbah A Moute.
BULLS 96, HORNETS 87
NEW ORLEANS Luol Deng
scored 20 points and Chicago
snapped a 2-game skid.
The Bulls took the lead for good
late in the first quarter but didnt put
the Hornets away until Dengs clutch
jumper from the top of the key with
44.8 seconds left put Chicago up
94-87 after New Orleans had pulled
within five points on Eric Gordons
3-pointer. Carlos Boozer added 17
points and 10 rebounds and Joakim
Noah had 15 points and 17 rebounds
for Chicago, which outrebounded New
Orleans 47-39 and had 15 second-
chance points.
Gordon finished with 20 and
Anthony Davis had 15 points and 10
rebounds for New Orleans, which saw
its 2-game winning streak snapped
after committing nine of its 15 turn-
overs in the final quarter. Greivis
Vasquez had 11 points and 10 assists.
GRIZZLIES 105, PISTONS 91
AUBURN HILLS, Mich. Mike
Conley scored 19 points, Zach
Randolph had his 31st double-double
and Memphis won its fourth straight
game Tuesday night, 105-91 at Detroit.
Randolph had 15 points and 10
rebounds and the Grizzlies rode a
strong second half to win in both
teams first game since the All Star
break.
Brandon Knight and Jonas
Jerebko each scored 13 points and
Jose Calderon added 10 points and
seven assists for the Pistons, who
have lost two of their last three at
home.
The Grizzlies trailed by as many
as 11 points in the first half but ended
it on a 23-3 run to lead 53-42 at inter-
mission. The Pistons managed just
one basket in the final eight minutes
of the half and had twice as many
turnovers as field goals (8-4) in the
second quarter.
RAPTORS 96, WIZARDS 88
WASHINGTON DeMar
DeRozan and Rudy Gay scored 24
points apiece and Toronto won a
matchup between slow-starting, com-
ing-on-lately teams.
Playing with an improvised score-
board, horn, game clock and 24-sec-
ond clock because of a malfunction in
the scoring system, the Raptors took
the lead for good in the second quar-
ter and won their fifth straight game,
putting them one victory shy of last
seasons total.
The Raptors have also won three
in a row on the road for the first time
since 2007 and are 6-2 since Gay
arrived last month from the Memphis
Grizzlies in a 3-team trade.
Rookie Bradley Beal, back in the
starting lineup for the first time since
taking time off to heal a sprained right
wrist, scored 25 points for the Wizards,
who had won eight of nine at home.
BOBCATS 105, MAGIC 92
ORLANDO, Fla. Kemba Walker
and Gerald Henderson each had 24
points, Byron Mullens added 20 points
and 12 rebounds and Charlotte sur-
vived Orlandos second-half come-
back. Mullens has had at least 20
points and 10 rebounds in three of the
Bobcats last five games. The Bobcats
have won two of their last three and
also snapped a string of seven con-
secutive road losses. Charlotte begins
a 3-game home stand today against
Detroit. Nikola Vucevic had 18 points
and 11 rebounds and Arron Afflalo
18 points to lead the Magic, who
have lost 25 of their last 28, including
13 out of 15 at home. SPURS 108,
KINGS 102
SACRAMENTO, Calif. Tony
Parker had 30 points and 11 assists
to give San Antonio its 15th win in
their last 16 games.
Danny Green scored 21 points,
including 5-for-8 shooting on 3-point-
ers, for the Spurs, who have the top
overall record in the NBA (43-12) as
well as the best road mark (21-10).
Kawhi Leonard added 15 points and
Manu Ginobili 12 as San Antonio
won at Sacramento for the 10 straight
time. Brois Diaw had 10 points and
Tim Duncan added nine points and 14
rebounds for the Spurs.
Isaiah Thomas scored 22 points
for the Kings, who have dropped three
straight. Tyreke Evans had 20 points,
Marcus Thornton added 16 and Jason
Thompson and DeMarcus Cousins
had 11 each.
NUGGETS 97, CELTICS 90
DENVER Danilo Gallinari and
Ty Lawson each scored 26 points to
help Denver snap a 3-game losing
streak.
Andre Miller and Kosta Koufos
added 11 points apiece and Kenneth
Faried had 16 rebounds to go with
his seven points to help the Nuggets
gain a split of their season series
with Boston, which beat Denver in
triple overtime last week to end the
Nuggets 9-game winning streak and
start their losing streak.
Jeff Green had 20 points off the
bench to lead the Celtics, who have
been playing well despite losing Rajon
Rondo (torn ACL), Jared Sullinger
(back surgery) and Leandro Barbosa
(torn ACL) to season-ending injuries
in the past month.
Avery Bradley added 17 points
and Courtney Lee had 15 for the
Celtics, who lost their fourth in a row
to the Nuggets in Denver.
JAZZ 115, WARRIORS 101
SALT LAKE CITY Al Jefferson
scored 24 points, Gordon Hayward
added 17 in his return from a shoul-
der injury and Utah extended Golden
States losing streak to six games.
Seven Jazz players scored in
double figures and Utah got 47 points
from its reserves.
The Jazz made 10-of-21 3-point-
ers, including three by Randy Foye.
Stephen Curry led Golden State
with 29 points, Jarrett Jack had 19 off
the bench and David Lee contributed
18 on 9-of-13 shooting.
Lees runner and Currys fourth
3-pointer pulled the Warriors within
93-87 with 9:47 remaining. Thats as
close as they would get.
Paul Millsaps turnaround jumper
ignited a 6-0 Utah run and the Jazz
held the Warriors to 30 percent shoot-
ing in the fourth.
Suns
By JAY COHEN
CHICAGO Marian
Hossa has come up with a
handful of big goals. Duncan
Keith leads a group of solid
defensemen and each of the
goalies has played really
well.
This is the best start in the
proud history of the
Chicago Blackhawks
and it could become
the NHLs best ever
on Friday night.
The Blackhawks
beat the Vancouver
Canucks 4-3 in a
shootout on Tuesday to give
them 16 straight games with
at least one point, matching
the league record to start a
season.
Its a remarkable start,
coach Joel Quenneville
said. Were very happy
and pleased. Guys should
be proud of the achievement
and where theyre at, espe-
cially in a 48-game season.
Its put us in a real good
spot.
Patrick Kane and Andrew
Shaw scored in the tie-break-
er for the Blackhawks (13-
0-3), who earned their third
consecutive win and joined
the 2006-07 Anaheim Ducks
as the only teams to record
at least one point in the first
16 games of a season. The
Ducks got off to a 12-0-4
start that year and went on to
win the Stanley Cup.
Chicago will go for the
record Friday night when it
hosts the San Jose Sharks for
the second time in a week.
But it could be without
Hossa for that one after the
star forward had to be helped
off the ice during the third
period following a forearm
to the back of the head from
Vancouver forward Jannik
Hansen.
Ray Emery made 29
stops.
Alexander Edler and
Kevin Bieksa each scored
in the final 2:42 of regula-
tion for the Canucks, who
opened a 4-game trip with
their third consecutive loss.
Daniel Sedin had a goal and
an assist and twin brother
Henrik had two assists.
After Jonathan Toews
of Chicago and Jordan
Schroeder of Vancouver
were denied in the shoot-
out, Kane skated in on
Cory Schneider and
tried to stuff one in
close to the goal. It
was waved off as the
puck trickled into the
net, leading to boos
from the sellout crowd
and an exasperated reaction
from Quenneville.
Replays showed
Schneider knocked it in with
his glove and the officials put
the goal on the board after a
short review.
Chris Higgins then con-
verted his chance for the
Canucks and Shaw put the
Blackhawks ahead once
again with a nice backhand-
er. That put all the pressure
on Ryan Kesler, whose shot
was gloved by Emery to end
the game.
Hossa had two goals and
Patrick Sharp scored in regu-
lation for the Blackhawks,
who have won seven out of
eight overall. Emery, subbing
again for Corey Crawford,
improved to 6-0 this season.
The Canucks had the lead
when the second period start-
ed but Chicago turned up
the pressure on Schneider to
grab control.
Sharp took a pass from
Kane at 6:36 and fired a slap
shot between Schneiders
legs, tying it at 1. Hossa
then converted a slap shot on
the power play and tacked
on his eighth goal of the
season with 2:45 left when
he skated across the crease
and banked in a backhander
off the left skate of an out-
stretched Schneider.
Theyre not the best
team in the NHL right now
for nothing and they took
it to a pretty high level in
that second period, Canucks
coach Alain Vigneault said.
Vancouver responded in
the third. Edler sent a slap
shot by a screened Emery on
the power play, then Bieksa
tied it with 1:01 remaining
in regulation on another long
slap shot.
The Canucks rally came
after Hansen belted Hossa
early in the third, adding
another subplot to one of the
NHLs biggest rivalries.
Hossa eventually got up
and went to the bench as
Hansen made his way to the
penalty box to serve his pen-
alty for roughing.
CANADIENS 3, RANGERS 1
NEW YORK Alex Galchenyuk
snapped a tie early in the third peri-
od and Montreal held off New York
for its fifth consecutive win.
Montreal had 18 shots and made
the most of very little offense against
Henrik Lundqvist.
The Canadiens tied it late in the
second on Max Paciorettys goal
and went ahead for good when
Galchenyuk matched Pacioretty with
his second of the season 1:48 into
the third.
Carey Price was only slightly bus-
ier than Lundqvist, making 24 saves
for his third win during Montreals
surge. Peter Budaj won the previous
two, including a 3-0 home victory
over Carolina on Monday. Raphael
Diaz added an empty-net goal with
1:06 remaining for the Canadiens,
who have outscored opponents 15-5
during their streak.
Defenseman Anton Stralman net-
ted his second of the season in the
second period but it wasnt enough
for the Rangers, who played without
top-line forward Rick Nash (undis-
closed injury) and had a 5-game point
streak snapped (4-0-1).
LIGHTNING 4, MAPLE LEAFS 2
TAMPA, Fla. Steven Stamkos
scored his 10th goal and Benoit
Pouliot had three assists as Tampa
Bay beat Toronto.
Vincent Lecavalier, Alexander
Killorn and Matthew Carle also
scored for the Lightning, who have
won two in a row after an 0-5-1 skid.
Toronto goalie Ben Scrivens
had his bid for a third consecutive
shutout thwarted midway through
the first period on Lecavaliers
goal. The Maple Leafs, 7-3-0 on
the road this year, got goals from
Mikhail Grabovski and James van
Riemsdyk.
JETS 2, SABRES 1
BUFFALO, N.Y. Ondrej
Pavelec made 29 saves to help
Winnipeg snap a 3-game skid with a
win over Buffalo.
Andrew Ladd and Bryan Little
scored for the Jets, who won for the
third time in 10 games while opening
a season-high 5-game road swing.
Jason Pominville scored for
Buffalo, once again booed by its
home crowd. The Sabres are 4-10-1
in their past 15 and have dropped
consecutive home games for the first
time since last February.
SENATORS 3, ISLANDERS 1
OTTAWA Andre Benoit and
Dave Dziurzynski scored their first
NHL goals and Craig Anderson
made 37 saves to lead Ottawa over
New York.
Colin Greening also scored for
the Senators.
Travis Hamonic scored for the
Islanders, who got 23 saves from
Rick DiPietro in his third start this
season.
PREDATORS 4, RED WINGS
3, OT
NASHVILLE, Tenn. Shea
Weber scored 44 seconds into
overtime to give Nashville a victory
against slumping Detroit.
Craig Smith, Gabriel Bourque
and Roman Josi also scored for the
Predators, who had lost their last
two games. The Red Wings have
dropped four straight.
Daniel Cleary, Jordin Tootoo and
Pavel Datsyuk had the Detroit goals.
Coming down the right side, Weber
collected the rebound of Colin
Wilsons shot and beat a diving
Jonas Gustavsson, who replaced
injured goalie Jimmy Howard mid-
way through the first period.
SHARKS 2, BLUES 1
ST. LOUIS Antti Niemi made
25 saves and Tim Kennedy scored in
the third period to help San Jose end
a 7-game losing streak with a victory
over St. Louis.
The Sharks skid was their
longest since a 10-game slide in
November 2005.
Joe Thornton also scored for
San Jose, which began the season
with a franchise-record seven suc-
cessive wins.
St. Louis has dropped five con-
secutive home games. The Blues
also had a 3-game winning streak
halted. They were coming off a 3-0
road trip with wins in Detroit, Calgary
and Vancouver. Kennedy scored the
go-ahead goal at 13:02 on a shot
from the left faceoff circle that eluded
goalie Jake Allen, who had won the
first three starts of his career.
KINGS 3, OILERS 1
EDMONTON, Alberta Jeff
Carter scored the go-ahead goal
with 49.6 seconds remaining in
regulation to lift Los Angeles over
Edmonton.
After the Oilers turned the puck
over at the Kings blue line, Carter
beat goalie Nikolai Khabibulin
through the legs with a quick shot.
Los Angeles then put the game
away with an empty-net goal by
Jarret Stoll.
Colin Fraser also scored for the
Stanley Cup champions, who have
won three out of four. Jonathan
Quick made 23 saves.
Sam Gagner had a goal for the
Oilers and Khabibulin stopped 35
shots.
Blackhawks match record for opening point streak
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Adams Automotive 42-22
Caballeros Tavern 40-24
R C Connections 36-28
Ace Hardware 36-28
Del. Sporting Goods 30-34
Kerns Ford 30-34
Topp Chalet 27-37
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Larry Etzkorn 201-242-234,
Shane Lear 225-227-202,
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Rob Logan 267, Scott Scalf
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John Jones 212, John Allen
224-221, Joe Geise 267, Ted
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218-203, Shawn Allemeier
234-208, Kyle Early
222-245-232, Josh DeVelvis
230-257, Lenny Klaus 211,
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Men over 550
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BOWLING
By JIM METCALFE
jmetcalfe@delphosherald.com
DELPHOS Van Werts
stellar 3-point shooting lifted
the Cougars boys basketball
unit to an 81-56 non-league
triumph over host Jefferson
Monday night on The Stage
of Jefferson Middle School.
The main Cougar cul-
prit was senior A.J. Smith
(9 boards) with nine bombs
en route to 28 markers,
along with 16 from junior
Matt Bidlack (5 boards, 3
steals) and 10 from sopho-
more Connor Holliday. The
Cougars (11-10) canned
15-of-32 from beyond the
arc to Jeffersons 2-of-7 as
senior Joey Hurless delivered
15 assists.
They are a very skilled
team with a lot of weap-
ons. Thats a good basketball
team and program, Jefferson
coach Marc Smith said.
They are solid from number
1 through seven or eight, so
you have to pick your poison
as to what you need to focus
on and hope. They also turn
you over with their defense
and that also leads to points;
we didnt have a lot of turn-
overs overall but they came
in bunches and led to spurts.
The Wildcats (4-16)
received 26 counters and sev-
en rebounds from junior Ross
Thompson, recovering nicely
from mid-season knee sur-
gery. Freshman Trey Smith
added 17. The Wildcats
canned 22-of-32 free throws
for 68.7 percent.
No matter what zone the
Wildcats tried, the Cougars
had the answer from long
range. When A.J. Smith hit
the first of his long-range
baskets just 45 ticks into the
game, the visitors led for
good. In fact, he hit three
triples in the first period alone
as the Cougars canned 7-of-
14 shots in the canto, 4-of-8
downtown. The Wildcats got
four each from Thompson
and Trey Smith and used the
free-throw line 7-of-8 in
the period to help stay
close. When Kyle Keber hit
a bomb from the left corner
with 19 ticks showing, the
Cougars led 20-11.
The Cougars seemed
on the verge of turning this
matchup into a rout in the
second stanza, shooting out
to a 30-13 advantage on
an A.J. Smith trifecta mid-
way through the canto. The
Wildcats would have none
of that, shutting down the
visitors the rest of the half
and using the charity line
6-of-9 to chip away at the
deficit. Thompson in particu-
lar was effective, downing
seven counters in the canto.
When junior Tyler Mox hit
the second of two singles
at 28.1 ticks, Jefferson was
within 30-24.
Van Wert quickly made
it a 10-point game in the
third but the Wildcats again
stayed within striking dis-
tance, moving within 34-29
on a layin by Trey Smith
off a scramble at 5:45. The
hosts could get no closer as
A.J. Smith caught fire again,
hitting three treys, as part
of an 11-4 spurt to reassert
control. Thompson was again
very effective, knocking
down eight more points, but
Bidlacks seven and six by
Holliday were too much for
the hosts. When Keber struck
for an NBA long ball from the
left wing that beat the horn,
Van Wert led 58-43.
Try as they might, with
Thompson (7) and Trey
Smith (6) leading the way,
the Wildcats could not make
a serious dent in their defi-
cit in the finale. A.J. Smith
continued his hot hand
with eight more (2 treys) as
the Cougars built a lead of as
much as 25.
I just told the kids in the
locker room that for us to get
to where we want to be, we
need to be able to defend peo-
ple night in and night out in
man-to-man. We arent there
yet but were coming, Coach
Smith added. Offensively,
we had some breakout games.
Ross had 32 for his career
high before tonight but he
was confident and it grew
as he has success. Trey was
Trey; they were doubling and
tripling him and we could
isolate Ross on their big man.
Tyler had his best game. I felt
for the last 2 1/2 quarters,
we executed as well as we
have all year offensively. We
rebounded, we executed, we
got to the line. In sum, Van
Wert canned 30-of-61 from
the floor overall (49.2%) and
6-of-10 at the line (60%);
secured 28 caroms, 10 offen-
sive; and amassed a mere
five errors and 21 fouls. Van
Wert is at home Friday ver-
sus Western Buckeye League
opponent Ottawa-Glandorf.
Jefferson knocked down
17-of-36 fielders for 47.2
percent; nabbed 30 caroms
(7 offensive) as Thompson
and Smith had seven each
and Mox six; and added 15
errors and 10 fouls. Jefferson
is at home versus Columbus
Grove for Senior Night
Friday.
In junior varsity action,
Van Wert improved to 20-1
with a 43-20 triumph.
Leading the Cougars was
Joey Moreland with 12 each
For the Wildcats (4-15),
Josh Teman and Tyler Rice
had six each.
VARSITY
VAN WERT (81)
Nick Keber 0-0-0, Caleb
Markward 0-0-0, AJ Smith 10-0-28,
Chris Miller 3-0-9, Joey Hurless 3-0-6,
Michael Smelser 0-0-0, Kyle Keber
3-0-9, Connor Holliday 4-2-10, Joey
Moreland 0-0-0, Logan Ray 0-0-0, Nik
Wolford 0-0-0, Elijah Wortman 1-0-2,
Matt Bidlack 6-4-16. Totals 15-15-
6/10-81.
JEFFERSON (58)
Austin Jettinghoff 0-2-2, Zach
Ricker 1-2-4, Josh Teman 0-0-0, Ross
Thompson 9-6-26, Trey Smith 5-7-17,
Seth Wollenhaupt 0-0-0, Tyler Mox
2-4-8, Dalton Hicks 0-1-1. Totals 15-2-
22/32-58.
Score by Quarters:
Van Wert 20 10 28 23 - 81
Jefferson 11 13 19 15 - 58
Three-point goals: Van Wert,
Smith 9, Miller 3, K. Keber 3; Jefferson,
Thompson 2.
JUNIOR VARSITY
VAN WERT (43)
Nick Keber 1-2-5, Brant Henry
0-2-2, Cody Keirns 3-0-6, Michael
Smelser 0-1-1, Nathan Stoller 3-0-8,
Nick Krugh 0-0-0, Jacob Williamson
0-1-1, Joey Moreland 6-0-12, Ryan
Rice 0-0-0, Justice Tussing 0-0-0,
Drew Myers 3-2-8, Bryan Mills 0-0-0.
Totals 13-3-8/10-43.
JEFFERSON (20)
Ryan Goergens 0-0-0, Kurt
Wollenhaupt 0-0-0, Josh Teman 1-4-6,
Alex Neubert 0-0-0, Joe Gorman 0-0-
0, Justin Stewart 2-0-4, Zavier Buzard
0-0-0, Jordan Herron 1-0-2, Carter
Mox 0-2-2, Tyler Rice 1-4-6. Totals
5-0-10/12-20.
Score by Quarters:
Van Wert 9 10 10 14 - 43
Jefferson 8 4 4 4 - 20
Three-point goals: Van Wert,
Stoller 2, Keber; Jefferson, none.
Hot 3-point shooting
lifts Cougars by Cats
Jefferson junior Ross Thompson led the Wildcats in
scoring with 26 points Monday night with a variety of
shots, including this runner over Van Werts Nick Wolford.
However, the visiting Cougars won the game by 23.
(Delphos Herald/Tom Morris)
The original name of the
NBA was BAA (Basketball
Association of America).
Ohio Prep
Cage Scores
Tuesdays Girls Basketball Scores
Division I
Brecksville-Broadview Hts. 63, Parma 22
Can. Glenoak 57, Can. Timken 38
Cin. McAuley 52, Cin. Sycamore 42
Cin. Winton Woods 64, Seton 56
Fairborn 53, Lebanon 38
Holland Springfield 52, Bowling Green 33
Lima Sr. 66, Whitehouse Anthony Wayne 46
Mansfield Sr. 65, Sandusky 59
Massillon Jackson 47, Massillon Washington 44
Middleburg Hts. Midpark 67, Cle. Rhodes 46
Mt. Notre Dame 42, Cin. Colerain 39
New Carlisle Tecumseh 62, Springboro 51
W.Chester LakotaW. 60, Cin. St. Ursula 36
Division II
Bellbrook 83, Day. Belmont 30
Carrollton 52, Steubenville 48
Day. Carroll 73, Urbana 38
Day. Chaminade-Jul. 54, Germantown Val. View 47
Lima Shawnee 65, Elida 61
Millersburg W. Holmes 52, Philo 22
Mt. Orab Western Brown 65, Goshen 29
Norwood 64, Cin. McNicholas 55
Spring. Greenon 61, Bellefontaine 52
Wapakoneta 53, St. Marys Memorial 31
Wintersville Indian Cr. 59, Minerva 45 Division III
Belmont Union Local 46, Woodsfield Mon. Cent. 34
Canfield S. Range 43, Brookfield 36
Casstown Miami E. 92, Day. Dunbar 43
Elyria Cath. 67, Middlefield Cardinal 30
Felicity-Franklin 64, Ripley-Union-Lewis-Hunt. 56
Georgetown 54, Batavia Clermont NE 33
Hanoverton United 91, Campbell Memorial 26
Middletown Fenwick 54, Reading 49
M Division IV
Antwerp 41, Hicksville 31
Attica Seneca E. 59, Plymouth 52
Carey 64, Bascom Hopewell-Loudon 47
Covington 45, Union City Mississinawa Valley 33
Danville 60, Powell Village Academy 18
Defiance Ayersville 46, Miller City 29
Delphos Jefferson 60, Spencerville 53
Delphos St. Johns 55, Rockford Parkway 32
E. Can. 46, Kidron Cent. Christian 42
Fremont St. Joseph 45, Lakeside Danbury 37
Gahanna Christian 64, Delaware Christian 53
Granville Christian 41, Tree of Life 18
Greenwich S. Cent. 72, Crestline 28
Holgate 47, Pandora-Gilboa 41, OT
Kalida 49, Ft. Jennings 31
Maria Stein Marion Local 57, St. Henry 48
Mechanicsburg 51, Sidney Fairlawn 43
Minster 52, New Bremen 45
Montpelier 44, Edon 41, OT
Morral Ridgedale 77, Grove City Christian 35
New Washington Buckeye Cent. 47, Monroeville 33
Newark Cath. 66, Marion Cath. 31
Ottoville 93, Lima Perry 46
Pitsburg Franklin-Monroe 43, S. Charleston SE 40
Russia 48, Botkins 43
Sandusky St. Mary 30, Old Fort 24
Shekinah Christian 70, Northside Christian 27
Stryker 56, Tol. Maumee Valley 22
Sugar Gr. Berne Un. 43, Lancaster Fair.Union 27
Tiffin Calvert 53, Fostoria St. Wendelin 47
Tol. Ottawa Hills 48, W. Unity Hilltop 44
Vienna Mathews 66, Kinsman Badger 52
Windham 61, Newbury 49
Worthington Christian 63, Millersport 20
Boys
Akr. Garfield 71, Hudson WRA 63
Akr. Manchester 63, Can. Cent. Cath. 53
Akr. Springfield 71, Akr. North 66
Akr. SVSM 79, N. Can. Hoover 71
Apple Creek Waynedale 59, Louisville Aquinas 53
Austintown Fitch 35, Youngs. Boardman 25
Bay Village Bay 56, Amherst Steele 46
Beachwood 52, Cuyahoga Hts. 40
Bedford 61, Eastlake N. 55
Berea 75, Richfield Revere 59
Bluffton 49, Van Buren 44
Bowerston Conotton Valley 50, Cameron, W.Va. 43
Bristol 86, Southington Chalker 52
Brookfield 76, Campbell Memorial 54
Canfield S. Range 71, Vienna Mathews 64
Castalia Margaretta 75, Lakeside Danbury 44
Chagrin Falls 60, Garfield Hts. Trinity 41
Chesterland W. Geauga 64, Jefferson Area 55
Cin. Withrow 70, Cin. Aiken 67
Cle. Cent. Cath. 87, Warrensville Hts. 79
Cle. E. Tech 68, Orange 40
Clyde 70, Oak Harbor 59
Cols. Watterson 60, Caledonia River Valley 46
Columbiana 55, N. Jackson Jackson-Milton 38
Conneaut 57, Cle. Rhodes 51
Copley 69, Peninsula Woodridge 60
Cory-Rawson 54, Ridgeway Ridgemont 44
Creston Norwayne 72, Ashland Mapleton 35
Dalton 59, Loudonville 25
Doylestown Chippewa 52, Kidron Cent. Christ. 39
Elyria Cath. 68, Jeromesville Hillsdale 58
Elyria First Bap. Christian 82, Massillon Christian 52
Fairport Harbor Harding 65, Middlefield Cardinal 62
Fremont Ross 51, Tiffin Columbian 43
Garrettsville Garfield 47, Warren Lordstown 40
Gates Mills Haw. 74, Hunting Val. University 67, OT
Girard 53, Kinsman Badger 42
Grafton Midview 64, N. Olmsted 61
Green 72, Akr. Firestone 45
Heartland Christian 66, Columbiana Crestview 54
Hudson 74, Kent Roosevelt 42
Lakewood St. Edward 57, Cle. Hay 55
Leavittsburg LaBrae 63, Burton Berkshire 44
Lewis Center Olentangy 69, Marysville 66
Lisbon David Anderson 59, Sebring McKinley 54
Lowellville 79, E. Palestine 48
Lyndhurst Brush 94, Ashtabula Lakeside 65
Macedonia Nordonia 85, Streetsboro 43
Madison 61, Perry 52
Malvern 49, W. Lafayette Ridgewood 45
Massillon Tuslaw 55, E. Can. 38
Maumee 52, Tontogany Otsego 44
Mayfield 75, Chardon 61
McDonald 82, New Middletown Spring. 61
Medina 65, Akr. East 62
Medina Buckeye 77, Sullivan Black River 41
Middleburg Hts. Midpark 57, N. Ridgeville 43
Mogadore 56, Hartville Lake Center Christian 46
Napoleon 59, Archbold 52
New London 41, Mansfield Christian 23
Ohio Deaf 50, Gilead Christian 44
Parma 49, Parma Normandy 45
Parma Hts. Holy Name 78, Cle. JFK 48
Parma Padua 55, Westlake 54
Poland Seminary 54, Beloit W. Branch 35
Richmond Hts. 57, Wickliffe 47
Rocky River Lutheran W. 60, Oberlin 52
Shekinah Christian 61, Marion Harding 53
Smithville 60, Wooster Triway 58
Steubenville Cath. Cent. 66, Bridgeport 40
Strongsville 55, Avon Lake 52
Swanton 63, Oregon Stritch 60
Sylvania Northview 64, Tol. St. Francis 51
Tol. Christian 85, Pemberville Eastwood 62
Twinsburg 54, Akr. Hoban 52
Uniontown Lake 70, Louisville 24
Warren Harding 61, Canfield 58
Warren Howland 69, Warren Champion 57
Westerville N. 65, Dublin Jerome 47
Westerville S. 61, Delaware Buckeye Valley 50
Youngs. Christian 64, Cle. Hts. Lutheran E. 52
Youngs. East 80, Youngs. Liberty 50
Youngs. Mooney 59, Kennedy Catholic, Pa. 42
Division II
Day. Carroll 33, Monroe 26
Day. Chaminade-Julienne 74, Eaton 36
Day. Dunbar 71, Day. Ponitz Tech. 42
Hillsboro 55, Jackson 42
New Lexington 46, Marietta 44
Waverly 44, Circleville 30
Division III
Belpre 43, Bidwell River Valley 32
Crooksville 61, Albany Alexander 51
Lynchburg-Clay 63, McDermott Scioto NW 49
Portsmouth W. 59, Ironton Rock Hill 39
S. Point 50, Coal Grove Dawson-Bryant 36
Williamsport Westfall 59, Frankfort Adena 48
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Crown City S. Gallia 68, Ironton St. Joseph 53
New Boston Glenwood 48, Manchester 45
Portsmouth Clay 42, Latham Western 41
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In testing and analysis of
pork chop and ground pork
samples from six U.S. cities,
Consumer Reports found high
rates of Yersinia enterocoliti-
ca, a bacterium that can cause
food poisoning, especially
in children. The majority of
the Yersinia and a substantial
portion of several other bac-
teria detected were resistant
to medically important anti-
biotics.
A separate test for racto-
pamine, a drug used to pro-
mote growth and leanness in
pigs, revealed the presence
of this drug at very low lev-
els in about 20 percent of
the samples tested. Although
approved for use in the United
States, the drug is banned in
China and Taiwan and in all
of the European Union, due to
safety concerns.
CONSUMER REPORTS
FINDINGS
Consumer Reports test-
ed 148 pork chops and 50
samples of ground pork from
many major and store brands.
In a separate test to determine
the presence of ractopamine,
Consumer Reports analyzed
240 additional pork products.
Here are some key findings:
-- Yersinia enterocoliti-
ca was found in 69 percent
of the tested pork samples.
This lesser-known bacteria
is estimated to cause food-
borne illness in about 100,000
Americans a year, especially
children, and is associated
with pork.
-- Sal monel l a,
Staphylococcus aureus or
Listeria monocytogenes,
more well-known causes of
foodborne illness, were found
in 3 to 7 percent of samples.
And 11 percent harbored
Enterococcus, which can
indicate fecal contamination
and can cause non-foodborne
related infections such as uri-
nary tract infections.
-- Most of the bacteria
found were resistant to one or
more of the antibiotics tested.
Antibiotic-resistant bacteria
are concerning because infec-
tions caused by this type of
bacteria can be harder to treat.
The development of resistant
bacteria is enhanced by the
use of low doses of antibiot-
ics, a practice common in pig
production.
-- Ground pork was more
likely than pork chops to har-
bor pathogens.
-- Very low -- but detectible
-- levels of ractopamine were
found in about one-fifth of the
samples tested for the drug.
Beta-agonist drugs like rac-
topamine can cause restless-
ness, anxiety, fast heart rate
and other effects. While the
levels that were found were
below U.S. and international
limits, Consumers Union,
the policy and action arm of
Consumer Reports, calls for a
ban on the drug, citing insuf-
ficient evidence that it is safe.
-- Misleading claims such
as no antibiotic growth pro-
motants and no antibiotic
residues were found on some
packages of pork and reported
to the USDA for investigation.
WHAT CONSUMERS
CAN DO
Tips for safe preparation
and handling include:
-- Wash hands thoroughly
after preparing raw meat.
-- Place cutting boards and
other utensils used to prepare
raw meat directly into the
dishwasher or wash thorough-
ly with soap.
-- Use a meat thermometer
when cooking pork to ensure
it reaches the proper inter-
nal temperature to kill harm-
ful bacteria of at least 145
degrees for whole pork and
160 degrees for ground pork.
-- As with other meats,
keep raw pork and its juices
separate from other foods,
especially those eaten raw,
such as salad.
TIPS FOR CHOOSING
MEANINGFUL LABELS
WHILE SHOPPING FOR
PORK
-- Choose pork and other
mat products that were raised
without drugs, such as those
labeled certified organic,
which means the animal was
raised without antibiotics or
ractopamine.
-- Look for animal welfare
labels such as animal wel-
fare approved or certified
humane that prohibits the
use of ractopamine and allows
antibiotics only for disease
treatment.
-- Look for a clear state-
ment regarding antibiotic use.
No antibiotics used claims
with a USDA Process Verified
shield are more reliable than
those without certification.
However, ractopamine may
still have been used.
-- Do not go by the natu-
ral label. Natural has noth-
ing to do with antibiotic use
or how an animal was raised.
-- Recognize that no hor-
mones added claims are true,
but hormones are not allowed
in any pork production and
ractopamine may still have
been used.
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By TOM KRISHER
DETROIT Ford is
moving production of a popu-
lar small engine from Spain
to Cleveland as sales of four-
cylinder motors rise. Later
this week, Ford will announce
a $200 million investment at
its factory in Brook Park so
it can make the four-cylinder,
2-Liter EcoBoost engine,
according to a person briefed
on the matter. The move will
add about 450 jobs at the fac-
tory that now employs about
1,300 hourly and salaried
workers.
The factory makes two
larger six-cylinder engines.
The person didnt want
to be identified because the
official Ford announcement
wont be made until Thursday.
Ford and other carmakers
are looking to four-cylinder
turbocharged motors to help
meet stricter U.S. fuel econo-
my rules. And as pump prices
again surge toward $4 a gal-
lon, the engines satisfy driver
demand for better mileage. In
the U.S., new vehicles will
have to average 54.5 miles
per gallon by 2025, twice the
roughly 27 mpg they get today
Fords 2-Liter EcoBoost
engine now is manufactured in
Valencia, Spain, and shipped
to the U.S., where its sales
are growing. More customers
are choosing smaller engines
as Ford and others offer them
on more models. The engines
get better gas mileage than
six-cylinder motors. And they
have turbochargers, which
give them more power when
needed. Last year, just over
half the cars sold in the U.S.
had four-cylinder engines,
according to J.D. Power and
Associates. It was only 36
percent in 2007. By contrast,
cars with six-cylinder engines
dropped to 32 percent from 40
percent in 2007.
Industry analysts also say
that making the engines in
Spain leaves Ford vulnera-
ble to high shipping expens-
es and the risk of currency
fluctuations that could cost
the company millions. Ford
offered the 2-Liter EcoBoost
engine in 2011 on its Edge
and Explorer SUVs in the
U.S., but last year it added the
new Escape small SUV, the
Taurus large sedan, the Fusion
midsize sedan and a high-
performance version of the
Focus compact. This year the
Lincoln MKZ midsize luxury
car also was added.
Two years ago, Ford sold
6,900 vehicles equipped with
the 2-Liter EcoBoost engines
in the U.S., but that rose to
96,000 last year, said Erich
Merkle, Fords top sales ana-
lyst. In January, Ford sold
15,000 vehicles with the
engines, Merkle said. That
puts sales on a pace of more
than 180,000 this year. I
would expect the numbers to
continue to grow as the engine
continues to be applied to
more vehicles, Merkle said.
EcoBoost is Fords market-
ing terminology for a turbo-
charged engine. Turbochargers
pump high concentrations of
air into the piston chamber.
That allows more gas to be
sent in and offers extra accel-
eration or hauling capacity
whenever drivers step on the
pedal. Turbochargers arent
used under normal driving
conditions, so the engines get
better mileage because they
behave like normal four-cylin-
der motors. An Explorer SUV
equipped with the optional
2-Liter EcoBoost engine
puts out 240 horsepower and
gets 20 mpg in the city and
28 mpg highway, accord-
ing to U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency estimates.
Thats 17 percent better than
the Explorers base engine,
a 3.5-Liter V-6 that puts out
290 horsepower and gets an
estimated 17 mpg in the city
and 24 mpg highway. Still,
turbos can drink a lot of
gasoline when a driver has a
heavy foot. Earlier this month,
Consumer Reports magazine
warned that they might not
deliver the speed or fuel econ-
omy people expect.
Michael Robinet, managing
director of IHS Automotive,
an industry consulting firm,
said carmakers often import
engines from other countries
until they see if they catch
on with customers. In Fords
case, its worth it to build the
2-Liter EcoBoost engine in the
U.S. The move to Cleveland
could create more jobs in the
U.S. as parts companies ramp
up to supply Ford, he said. On
Thursday, Joe Hinrichs, Fords
new president of the Americas,
will be at the Cleveland-area
plant for an announcement,
joined by United Auto Workers
officials and local politicians.
The company would say only
that theyll discuss Fords
investment commitment and
product plans for the Cleveland
Engine Plant.
Ford to make small
engine at Ohio plant
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DEAR DOCTOR
K: My toddler
gets frequent ear
infections, and his
doctor wants me to
consider ear tubes.
What do I need to
know before I make
a decision?
DEAR READER:
Ear infections are
very common and
can make children
miserable. Most
go away and dont
cause problems, even
without treatment.
But a few can lead
to complications,
including more
serious infections of
the bone near the ear
or even the brain.
Also, many ear
infections in a
child can lead to
hearing loss. Often
the hearing loss is
temporary, but if it
occurs when a child
is learning to talk, it
can make it difficult
for the child to
acquire language.
Ear infections are
often caused by the
failure of a little tube
called the Eustachian
tube to work as it
should. This tiny tube
c o n n e c t s
the inner
part of the
ear to the
nose. It
keeps the
air pressure
in the ear
the same as
the pressure
in the nose and the air
around us.
However, in many
young kids whose
heads are growing,
the tube can get
twisted and partially
blocked. Negative
pressure forms in
the ear. This sucks
bacteria that live
in the nose up into
the ear, causing an
ear infection. Then,
because the tube is
partially blocked,
the infection cannot
drain out of the ear
and into the nose.
Surgery is
r e c o m m e n d e d
for recurring or
persistent infections,
particularly if a child
has hearing loss.
There are about a
million ear surgeries
in kids each year in
North America.
The most common
surgery is to insert
tiny plastic tubes
through the eardrum
while the child is
under anesthesia.
These tubes
essentially do what
the Eustachian tube
should: They keep
the pressure in the
middle ear the same
as in the air around
the child, which
reduces the tendency
of infected fluid to
get into the ear. Also,
if an infection does
develop, the infected
ear fluid can drain
into the outer ear and
out of the body.
The surgery
is called a
my r i n g o t o my
(pronounced meer-
in-GOT-a-me). It is
quick, usually less
than 15 minutes.
As with any
surgery, there are
risks, but they are
minimal. There are
always some risks
with anesthesia.
But because the
procedure is so
quick, there isnt
much anesthesia
required. There is
also the risk that the
hole made in the
eardrum wont heal,
but this is rare and
can be fixed. Most
children go home
once theyre awake
and feel well enough
to leave. Your child
may be a bit groggy,
cranky or nauseated
from the anesthesia.
Most tubes fall out
within a year or two,
sometimes sooner.
They are so tiny
that they generally
slip out unnoticed.
Rarely, they have to
be removed. Its often
OK if the tubes fall
out, because as the
childs head grows,
the Eustachian
tube starts to work
again. The little
myringotomy tubes
have served their
purpose.
(Dr. Komaroff
is a physician and
professor at Harvard
Medical School. To
send questions, go
to AskDoctorK.com,
or write: Ask Doctor
K, 10 Shattuck
St., Second Floor,
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By Bernice Bede Osol
Teenage addict
struggling without
support from family
Dear Annie: I am a
19-year-old heroin addict
striving toward recovery. I
go to fve Narcotics Anony-
mous meetings a week, but I
have occasional setbacks. Af-
ter the most recent incident,
I left drug paraphernalia in
the bathroom. I took full re-
sponsibility and was ashamed
and disgusted with myself.
But the frst thing my mother
said was, Did you
leave that out on
purpose so your
sister could fnd it
and start experi-
menting? Shes
only 13!
Annie, my sis-
ter is anti-drugs,
and I talk to her
a lot about the
subject. I believe
openness and hon-
esty are the keys to
avoidance, and I
will do everything
I can to save her from mak-
ing the same mistakes I have
made.
My parents will never un-
derstand addiction, but I wish
they would try a little harder.
I have repeatedly asked them
to come to one NA meeting.
I wrote them a three-page
letter explaining the impor-
tance of my going to meet-
ings and how valuable their
support would be to me. I
arranged for people to talk
to my parents so they could
ask questions that might be
too uncomfortable to ask me
directly, but they had no in-
terest. They discourage me
from attending meetings, and
when I brought home litera-
ture from NA for them, they
left it on the foor, and the dog
chewed it.
I am heartbroken and need
their support so much. Fight-
ing my addiction is hard and
scary, and instead of help-
ing, they attack. I dont know
what else I can do. Beg-
ging for Mummy and Daddy
Dear Begging: Your par-
ents are frightened for you
and for your sister and
they also dont trust you.
Getting off of hard drugs is
a diffcult process, and we
commend your efforts. Your
parents support is important.
But if your setbacks include
using drugs in their home and
leaving paraphernalia in plain
sight, it contributes to their
anger.
Would your parents help
with the cost of a reputable
rehab facility? The Salvation
Army also offers a program.
You are making progress, but
it is often benefcial to be sep-
arated from the culture that
contributes to your drug use.
Please show your parents this
letter, and tell them you wrote
it. We hope it helps.
Dear Annie: My father
has Alzheimers, and I have
attended a support group for
fve years. I have learned a
lot.
Please let your readers
know that the Alzheimers
Association offers support
groups, as well as informa-
tion on local services, how to
fnd good medical help and
social workers who can as-
sist with problems including
wandering, driving and medi-
cation. You can learn how
others have dealt with simi-
lar problems. There is infor-
mational literature
on how to prepare
for what may hap-
pen next with your
loved one.
People who do
not live in the area
with the affected
relative (consid-
ered a long-dis-
tance caregiver)
can also beneft
greatly from at-
tending a support
group where they
live. The associa-
tions focus is on all demen-
tias, not just Alzheimers.
Thank you for spreading the
word. Caring for Dad
Dear Dad: We often men-
tion the Alzheimers Asso-
ciation in this space. It is an
invaluable resource, and we
are grateful to you for delin-
eating what they do. Readers
can contact them at alz.org.
Dear Annie: We, too,
went through the same tur-
moil as Indiana Mom be-
cause of a vindictive daugh-
ter-in-law who convinced
our idiot son (hes a Ph.D.)
to prevent us from seeing our
grandchildren.
Finally, no longer will-
ing to tolerate this form of
grandparent abuse, we dis-
inherited my son and grand-
children and will never see
them again. It was a painful
decision, but we had to do it
in order to maintain our sta-
bility. In retrospect, it was
the right decision. We have
regained our emotional equi-
librium. California
Annies Mailbox
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2013
Your potential for success will
be substantially
enhanced in the year
ahead if youre more
assertive. Try not to
settle for anything
less than first place.
PISCES (Feb.
20-March 20) -- Your best qualities
will be extremely evident in various
areas of your life, from business
to social situations. When you get
involved, big things begin to happen.
ARIES (March 21-April 19)
-- Substantial accomplishments are
possible, especially in developments
where your compassionate instincts
are aroused. You could go after
some magnanimous goals, with good
results.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20) --
Your ability to effectively deal with
others could be your best asset. Youll
instinctively know how to bring out
your colleagues best qualities and
make them feel appreciated.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20) --
Focus your efforts and energies on
matters that can help your career and/
or add to your resources. Its your
current strong suit, where you can
apply the best thats in you.
CANCER (June 21-July 22) --
Instead of fretting about whether or
not your ideas will work, put them
to the test. If you should fail then try,
try again. Remember, action begets
action.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) --
Something of true significance that
has been subjected to many frustrating
delays could break open for you
through the work of a considerate ally.
It was worth waiting for.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)
-- Youll not be in the mood to get
linked up with individuals who tend to
drag their feet. Seek to associate with
people who are as energetic and active
as you are.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) -- A
determination to succeed is likely
to be your greatest asset. Once this
particular resource is tapped, your
every objective will be realized.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) --
Plans that require bold measures are
destined to go much smoother for you
today than they will tomorrow. Time
is not your best ally in activities that
require an aggressive approach.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec.
21) -- Although you might need a
push or a jump-start, youll be great
once you get going. If you can team
up with an eager beaver, that should
do the trick.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan.
19) -- Even though you are a strong
independent thinker, your companions
are likely to have a strong influence
on your attitude. Their input will be
constructive, not conflicting.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19)
-- This should be an exceptional
day in terms of selling something or
persuading others. The possibility for
gaining strong prospects is high.

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Inc.
Todays questions:
A towering bronze likeness of Comedian Jackie
Gleason stands in the entrance to the Port Authority Bus
Terminal in New York City. The statue depicts Gleason
carrying a lunchbox and dressed as Ralph Kramden, the
blustering bus driver he portrayed on the TV sitcom The
Honeymooners.
Explorers Meriwether Lewis and William Clark
named the rivers known today as the Salmon and the
Bitterroot the Lewis and the Clark, respectively, after
each other.
Todays questions:
Whose presidential portrait rejected by its subject as
the ugliest thing I ever saw, now hangs in the National
Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C.?
In which Shakespearean play does the gift of a chest
of tennis balls provoke a declaration of war?
Answers in Thursdays Herald.
Todays Joke:
A mother was preparing pancakes for her sons,
Kevin, 5, Ryan, 3. The boys began to argue over who
would get the first pancake.
Their mother saw the opportunity for a moral les-
son. If Jesus were sitting here, He would say, Let my
brother have the first pancake. I can wait.
Kevin turned to his younger brother and said,
Ryan, you be Jesus!
Cadaver dogs search after Kansas City gas blast
BY DANA FIELDS and
MARIA SUDEKUM
KANSAS CITY, Mo. Firefighters with
cadaver dogs were searching early today
through the rubble of a popular restaurant flat-
tened by a natural gas explosion and massive
fire that sent black smoke high over Kansas
Citys upscale Country Club Plaza shopping
and dining district.
Authorities said 14 people were known to
have been injured at least three critically
by the blast and gas-fed fire that destroyed JJs
restaurant around 6 p.m. Tuesday. The flames,
spectacularly reflected in the glass facade of an
office building under construction across the
street, died down only after crews were able to
shut off the gas around 8 p.m.
Kansas City Fire Chief Paul Berardi said
late Tuesday the search with trained dogs was
standard given the size of the conflagration and
the fact that there was no immediate, reliable
count of people who were inside the intimate,
one-story restaurant at the time.
I would always fear there are fatalities in a
scene like this, Berardi said.
Only after the search was complete
which wasnt expected until later this morning
would the site be released to investigators
looking for the cause, Berardi said.
Missouri Gas Energy, the utility that sup-
plies the area, said in a statement that early
indications are that a contractor doing under-
ground work struck a natural gas line.
Berardi, however, cautioned that the cause
was not yet known. This investigation needs
to be concluded before we want to speculate on
any of that, he said.
JJs had managed until Tuesday night
to survive in the shadow a large construction
project that has been under way across the nar-
row, one-way street for seven years. The work
had complicated access to the street-corner
restaurant, and a server needed hospital treat-
ment in 2006 after she was struck by a rock
sent flying by blasting for excavation of the
construction site.
It was not known early today whether the
contractor said by Missouri Gas Energy to
have been doing underground work was con-
nected to the construction project.
Dr. John Verstraete, who works at Plaza
Physicians Group next door to JJs, told The
Kansas City Star that several employees of the
office smelled gas for several hours Tuesday
afternoon. The smell grew stronger through the
day, and a gas company employee entered the
medical office just before 6 p.m. recommend-
ing that it be evacuated, he said.
The blast shattered windows in some busi-
nesses at a small strip mall nearby, and resi-
dents of some neighboring apartments reported
minor interior damage. One side of a brick
apartment building that shares the block with
JJs appeared to have been scorched.
The University of Kansas Hospital was
treating six people injured in the blast, said
spokesman Bob Hallinan. He said one person
was in critical condition, two were in serious
condition and two others were expected to
be released. He said all of those injuries were
traumatic, such as broken bones, rather than
burns or smoke inhalation. The final patient
there was a burn victim who was transferred
from Truman Medical Center, Hallinan said.
Dr. Marc Larsen, medical director of the
emergency room at St. Lukes Hospital, said
they had treated eight people, six of whom
were walk-ins with minor injuries. He said
two males were in critical condition and would
be kept overnight. He said one had extensive
burns and the other had facial trauma.
Jim Ligon, a JJs bartender, said he wasnt
working Tuesday night but started getting
texts and calls from co-workers minutes after
the explosion. He said the incident happened
during the peak of weekday happy hour, when
there is typically anywhere from 15 to 45
people in the bar area as well as three to five
tables of diners at the restaurant.
JJs has a small staff, a family feel, said
Ligon, 45, of Kansas City, Mo. You see the
same 100 people all the time a bar and res-
taurant for regulars. Were just really hoping
we come out of here OK in terms of injuries.
The restaurant consistently received high
ratings from contributors to Zagats restaurant
guides, both for its food and its wine list of
hundreds of selections.
The shopping area was established in 1922
by J.C. Nichols. Based on the architecture of
Seville, Spain, it includes retail, restaurants,
apartments and offices.
Police: No inconsistencies in Pistorius account
BY JON GAMBRELL and
GERALD IMRAY
PRETORIA, South Africa A police
detective testified at Oscar Pistorius
bail hearing today that authorities have
not found any inconsistencies in the star
athletes description of his shooting of
his girlfriend a killing Pistorius says
was accidental but which prosecutors
call murder.
The second day of the bail hearing in
a case that has riveted South Africa and
much of the world appeared at first to go
against the double-amputee runner, with
prosecutor Gerrie Nel saying a witness
can testify to hearing non-stop talk-
ing, like shouting between 2 a.m. and
3 a.m. before the predawn shooting on
Valentines Day.
Pistorius said in an affidavit read
in court Tuesday that he and girlfriend
Reeva Steenkamp, a 29-year-old model
and budding reality TV star, had gone to
bed and that when he awoke during the
night he detected what he thought was
an intruder in the bathroom. He testi-
fied that he grabbed his 9 mm pistol and
fired into the door of a toilet enclosed
in the bathroom, only to discover later
to his horror that Steenkamp was there,
mortally wounded.
The prosecution alleged the couple
had a fight before he fired shots.
Under cross-examination by the
defense, police Detective Warrant
Officer Hilton Botha acknowledged that
the witness who allegedly overheard
the argument was 600 meters (yards)
from Pistorius house, where the shoot-
ing occurred. Later, prosecutor Nel re-
questioned Botha, and the detective said
the distance was actually much closer.
Pistorius, the first Paralympian run-
ner to compete at the Olympics, is
charged with premeditated murder in
the case.
The prosecution attempted to cement
its argument that the couple had a shout-
ing match, that Steenkamp fled and
locked herself into the toilet stall of the
bathroom and that Pistorius fired four
shots through the door, hitting her with
three bullets.
Botha added: I believe that he knew
that Reeva was in the bathroom and he
shot four shots through the door.
When asked if the police found any-
thing inconsistent with the version of
events presented by Pistorius, Botha
responded that they had not.
However Botha who has 24 years
experience as a policeman and 16 as
a detective presented evidence that
appears to disagree with Pistorius
account. Botha said the trajectory of
the bullets showed the gun was fired
pointed down and from a height. This
seems to conflict with Pistorius state-
ment Tuesday, because the athlete said
that he was on his stumps and feeling
vulnerable because he was in a low posi-
tion when he opened fired.
Prosecutor Gerrie Nel has said
the killing was premeditated because
Pistorius took time to put on his pros-
thetic legs before the shooting. Nel
projected a plan of the bedroom and
bathroom for the courtroom and argued
Pistorius had to walk past his bed to get
to the bathroom and could not have done
so without realizing Steenkamp was not
in the bed.
Theres no other way of getting
there, Nel said. Hilton said the holster
for the 9 mm pistol was found under
the side of the bed on which Steenkamp
slept also implying it would have
been impossible for Pistorius to get the
gun without realizing that Steenkamp
was not in the bed and could have been
the person in the bathroom. Pistorius
testified Tuesday that the bedroom was
pitch dark.
Hilton said Steenkamp was shot in
the head over her right ear and in her
right elbow and hip, with both joints
broken by the impacts. Defense attorney
Barry Roux asked Botha if Steenkamps
body showed any pattern of defensive
wounds, and the detective said it did
not.
Botha said the shots were fired from
1.5 meters (five feet), and that police
found three spent cartridges in the bath-
room and one in the hallway connecting
the bathroom to the bedroom.
Police also found two iPhones in
the bathroom and two BlackBerrys in
the bedroom, Hilton said, adding that
none had been used to phone for help.
Pistorius had said that he called the
manager of his guarded and gated hous-
ing complex and a private paramedic
service.
Roux said Pistorius did make calls,
including to the guards of the housing
estate. In one case, he said, a guard
could hear Pistorius crying. Was it part
of his premeditated plan, not to switch
off the phone and cry? Roux asked
sarcastically.
TransCanada: Pipeline
would not affect climate
BY MATTHEW DALY
WASHINGTON In a shift in strategy, the company that
wants to build an oil pipeline from western Canada to Texas
said Tuesday that the project will have no measurable effect on
global warming.
Alex Pourbaix, TransCanadas president for energy and
oil pipelines, said opponents of the proposed Keystone XL
pipeline have grossly inflated its likely impact on emissions of
greenhouse gases that contribute to global warming. Canada
represents just 2 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions,
Pourbaix said at a forum sponsored by a manufacturing group
that supports the pipeline. Oil sands concentrated in Alberta,
where the 1,700-mile pipeline would start, make up 5 percent
of Canadas total, Pourbaix said. Simple math tells us, there-
fore, that the oil sands represent only one-tenth of 1 percent
of global greenhouse emissions, he said. Even if production
from the oil sands were to double, the (greenhouse gas) con-
tribution from the oil sands would be immaterial to global
greenhouse gas production.
Pourbaixs comments came two days after a rally Sunday
by pipeline opponents drew an estimated 35,000 people to
Washington. Organizers, including the Sierra Club and other
environmental groups, billed the event as the largest climate
rally in U.S. history. Thousands of people marched past the
White House to urge President Barack Obama to reject the $7
billion pipeline and take other steps to fight climate change.
Opponents say the pipeline would carry dirty oil derived
from tar sands that requires significantly more energy to pro-
duce than conventional crude oil and emits up to 20 percent
more greenhouse gases.
At Tuesdays forum, organized by the National Association
of Manufacturers, Pourbaix took on the climate argument
head-on. He and other TransCanada executives have previ-
ously emphasized the pipelines safety, the jobs it will create
and the fact the oil comes from a U.S. neighbor and ally.
Man goes on shooting
rampage in Calif.; 3 killed
BY GILLIAN FLACCUS
TUSTIN, Calif. The early morning commute was just
getting under way on suburban Orange Countys network of
freeways when Melvin Lee Edwards pulled up to a stop sign
near a busy off-ramp.
It was just after 5 a.m. and Edwards, 69, was on his way to
work when, police say, a fleeing murder suspect forced him
out of his BMW at gunpoint, marched him across the street
and shot him three times from behind as horrified commuters
watched.
The shooting was the second of three murders in a trail of
carnage early Tuesday that spanned 25 miles but lasted just
an hour. The shooter, 20-year-old Ali Syed, killed a woman in
the home he shared with his parents, killed two drivers during
carjackings, injured two others and shot up cars on a busy free-
way interchange before committing suicide as police closed in,
authorities said.
Syed, an unemployed part-time community college student,
had no known motive and acted alone, said Tustin police Chief
Scott Jordan. The first victim, a woman in her twenties, has
not been identified and was not related to Syed, he said. The
violence began at 4:45 a.m., when deputies responded to a
call from Ladera Ranch, a sleepy inland town about 55 miles
southeast of Los Angeles. They found the woman shot multiple
times.
Syeds parents were in the house at the time, fled the resi-
dence when shots were fired, and reported it, Jordan said.
From Ladera Ranch, the gunman headed north and pulled
off Interstate 5 in Tustin, about 20 miles away, with a flat tire,
police said.
A man who was waiting in a shopping center parking lot to
carpool with his son saw Syed had a gun and tried to escape
in his Cadillac, Jordan said. Syed ran after the car as it drove
away and fired his shotgun through the back window, striking
the driver in the head but not killing him.
The driver noticed that he was loading his shotgun, so he
simply gets back in his car and tries to escape, Jordan said.
Hes driving through the parking lot trying to get away and
the suspect is actually chasing him on foot, taking shots at
him.
Syed then crossed the street to a Mobil gas station, where
he approached the driver of a pick-up who was filling his tank
and asked for his keys, Jordan said.
He says something to the effect of, Ive killed somebody.
Todays my last day. I dont want to hurt you. Give me your
keys, the police chief said. He hands over the keys and he
gets in the truck and leaves.
Syed got back on the freeway, where he pulled to the side
of the road at the busy I-5 and State Route 55 interchange and
began firing at commuters, Jordan said.
One driver was struck in the mouth and hand. He didnt
have a cellphone, but was able to drive home and call police.
Two other cars were hit but their drivers werent injured,
Jordan said.
All of this is happening so quickly, he said, estimating
that Syed shot at drivers from the side of the freeway transition
for about a minute.
The shooter then exited the freeway in nearby Santa Ana but
ran the curb and got his car stuck, authorities said.
He approached Edwards, of Laguna Hills, who was on his
way to his Santa Ana business. Syed shot Edwards three times,
including in the back of the head and the back, Jordan said.
Onlookers tried to get away. They saw what was going on,
they tried to get away and they called police, he said.
Syed took Edwards BMW and next popped up at the Micro
Center, a Tustin business, where he shot and killed construc-
tion worker Jeremy Lewis, 26, of Fullerton. Lewis co-worker
rushed to intervene and was shot in the arm, Jordan said.
Teachers ditch student
desk chairs for yoga balls
Future science: Using 3D worlds
BY KATHY MATHESON
WEST CHESTER, Pa. In 11 years of teaching, ditching
students desk chairs in favor of yoga balls is one of the best
decisions Robbi Giuliano thinks she ever made.
Replacing stationary seats with inflatable bouncers has
raised productivity in her fifth-graders at Westtown-Thornbury
Elementary School, making students better able to focus on les-
sons while improving their balance and core strength, she said.
I have more attentive children, Giuliano said. Im able to
get a lot done with them because theyre sitting on yoga balls.
The giant rubber spheres, also called stability balls, come in
different sizes, colors and degrees of firmness. By making the
sitter work to stay balanced, the balls force muscle engagement
and increased blood flow, leading to more alertness.
The exercise gear is part a larger effort to modernize schools
based on research linking physical activity with better learning,
said John Kilbourne, a professor of movement science at Grand
View State University in Allendale, Mich. Traditional classroom
setups are being challenged as teachers nationwide experiment
with yoga balls, footrests and standing desks, which give chil-
dren outlets to fidget without disrupting class.
Its the future of education, Kilbourne said.
Stability balls, frequently used in yoga, Pilates and physical
therapy, have even begun appearing in offices in the wake of recent
studies stressing the dangers of sedentary work environments.
The balls first began to surface in schools as aids for kids
with attention problems or autism, said Michelle Rowe, execu-
tive director of the Kinney Center for Autism at Saint Josephs
University in Philadelphia. The equipment has since gone main-
stream. It takes away the taboo of wiggling, which most kids do
anyway, said Rowe, who also is a professor of health services.
Giuliano began using the balls in her class in West Chester,
a Philadelphia suburb, about three years ago after her husband
mentioned how they increased productivity at the holistic
wellness company where he worked. Student Ashley Hasson
conceded that adjusting to her dark pink ball was tough at first.
But once you get used to it, its not that hard because basi-
cally youre just sitting down, she said.
Another student, Kevin Kent, said the ball makes it easier for
him to concentrate and keeps his back from getting stiff. Now,
he said, sitting in a chair is weird, because youre all bent up.
Some health experts cautioned against the possibility of stu-
dent horseplay and falling off the balls. But Giulianos 24 stu-
dents know they must keep their bottoms on the balls and feet on
the floor at all times, though they can bounce and bob as much
as they like. The same goes for Dannielle Dorans fourth-graders
at Merion Elementary School in a nearby district, where misbe-
havior risks loss of the ball and a return to a four-legged seat.
They like sitting on them so much, and they dont want to
lose that privilege, Doran said. It seems to almost motivate
better behavior. At Namaste Charter School in Chicago, which
is guided by the philosophy that healthy and active kids perform
better in class, all students learn to use stability balls during
physical education. Yet theyre used as seats in academic set-
tings only on a case-by-case basis, principal Allison Slade said.
Fifth-graders are so antsy that, for some kids, this is really good
for them, Slade said. But for others, I think it could be really
distracting. To be sure, the balls are not mandatory in Dorans
or Giulianos classes, but Giuliano noted only one student in
three years has opted to continue using a chair.
Parents have been supportive as well, voluntarily purchasing
the $5 balls for their kids. Some even ended up buying balls for
themselves to use at home and work, said Giuliano, who wants
to spread the word to other teachers. I dont like sitting on a
chair all day so I started sitting on a yoga ball, and I find Im
more alert, Giuliano said. And my message is to try it with
your class and see if it works for you.
BY CARLA K. JOHNSON
CHICAGO Take a walk through a human brain? Fly
over the surface of Mars? Computer scientists at the University
of Illinois at Chicago are pushing science fiction closer to real-
ity with a wraparound virtual world where a researcher wear-
ing 3D glasses can do all that and more.
In the system, known as CAVE2, an 8-foot-high screen
encircles the viewer 320 degrees. A panorama of images
springs from 72 stereoscopic liquid crystal display panels,
conveying a dizzying sense of being able to touch whats not
really there.
As far back as 1950, sci-fi author Ray Bradbury imagined a
childrens nursery that could make bedtime stories disturbingly
real. Star Trek fans might remember the holodeck as the
virtual playground where the fictional Enterprise crew relaxed
in fantasy worlds. The Illinois computer scientists have more
serious matters in mind when they hand visitors 3D glasses
and a controller called a wand. Scientists in many fields
today share a common challenge: How to truly understand
overwhelming amounts of data. Jason Leigh, co-inventor of
the CAVE2 virtual reality system, believes this technology
answers that challenge.
In the next five years, we anticipate using the CAVE to
look at really large-scale data to help scientists make sense of
that information. CAVEs are essentially fantastic lenses for
bringing data into focus, Leigh said.
The CAVE2 virtual world could change the way doctors are
trained and improve patient care, Leigh said. Pharmaceutical
researchers could use it to model the way new drugs bind
to proteins in the human body. Car designers could virtually
drive their new vehicle designs.

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