October 2, 2014

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Thursday, October 2, 2014 75 daily Delphos, Ohio
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DELPHOS HERALD
The
Telling The Tri-Countys Story Since 1869
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boys soccer, p6
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area, p4
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Vol. 145 No. 78
P a r t l y
cloudy today.
Highs around
80. Partly
cloudy through
midnight then mostly cloudy
with showers. Warmer. Lows
in the lower 60s. See page 2.
Fall colors slowly emerging
BY STEPHANIE GROVES
DHI Media Staff Writer
sgroves@delphosherald.com
Autumn brings shorter days, cooler nights
and the onset of the first glimpse of fall color
to Ohios forest canopies with a color trans-
formation including robust reds, vivid yellows
and bold oranges.
Ohio State Universitys Van Wert Extension
Educator Dr. Curtis Young said trees are react-
ing to the environment and deciduous tree
foliage is done with the task of photosynthesis
biological conversion of light energy into
chemical energy and do not need to be kept
on branches.
Trees salvage and reabsorb amino acids,
proteins and carbohydrates from the leaves
and store the elements in their root systems
and trunks over the winter, Young said.
Decreased amounts of sunlight and cooler
weather slow the production of green chloro-
phyll in leaves, allowing carotenoid and antho-
cyanin pigments, which are always present in a
leaf in small amounts, to color the foliage.
Ohio Department of Natural Resources
(ODNRs) Fall Color Forester Casey Burdick
said trees such as hickory, birch and beech
are all trees that show off their carotenoids
with hues of yellow, brown and orange. Trees
rich in sugar, including maples, oaks, sweet
gums and dogwoods, produce anthocyanin
and show their contrasting colors by develop-
ing the deepest shades of red and purple.
In woodlands, where Northern Red
Oak, Swamp White Oak, American Beech,
American Sycamore and Sugar Maples trees
are rich in carotenoids and anthocyanins,
people can get a sense of the variety of native
trees in an autumn landscape, Young said.
Leaves begin to fall from trees when the
sap begins to thicken and slows its flow,
which protects the tree from freezing over the
winter. Eventually, the connection between
the branch and leaf seals off and the weight
of the leaf or weather-related events cause the
leaf to drop to the ground.
Members of St. Johns Homecoming Court include: (front row left to right) freshman attendant Jessica Odenweller, the daughter of
Phil and Lynn Odenweller; sophomore attendant Brooklyn Mueller, the daughter of Mark Mueller and Rene Mueller; junior attendant
Shannon Bockey, the daughter of Mark and Karen Bockey; senior attendant Samantha Wehri, the daughter of Tony and Amy Wehri;
senior attendant Emilee Grothouse, the daughter of James and Cathie Grothouse; junior attendant Emilie Buettner, the daughter of
Jason and Amie Buettner; sophomore attendant Jessica Giese, the daughter of Dan and Leane Geise; and freshman attendant Allison
Buettner, daughter of Jason and Amie Buettner; and back row, freshman escort Cole Reindel, the son of Jamie Reindel and the late
Melanie Reindel; sophomore escort Robbie Saine, the son of Tony and Kellie Saine; junior escort Ethan Benavidez, the son of Alex
and Stacey Benavidez; senior escort Nick Martz, the son of Dena and Steve Martz; queen escort Wes Buettner, the son of Keith and
Kathy Buettner; Queen Alyssa Martin, the daughter of Michael and Jennifer Martin; queen escort Evan Hays, the son of Chris and Lisa
Hays; senior escort Andy Grothouse, the son of Jim and Tracey Grothouse; junior escort Connor Britt, the son of Chris and Kathy Britt;
sophomore escort Owen Rode, the son of Doug and Betsy Rode; and freshman escort Troy Elwer, the son of Scott and Chrissy Elwer.
St. Johns homecoming football game versus Minster will kickoff at 7:30 p.m. Friday. (Submitted photo)
St. Johns names 2014 Homecoming Queen, Court
Paint accepted at
big item collection
BY NANCY SPENCER
DHI Media Editor
nspencer@delphosherald.com
DELPHOS Residents who have started their fall
cleaning can unload those unwanted items from 8 a.m.
to noon on Saturday in the parking lot across from the
Municipal Building on Canal Street.
Allen County Refuse offers the program as part of
its service to the city.
Octobers collection will also include an opportu-
nity for residents to dispose of latex paint. American
Paint Recyclers will be at this pick-up and there will
be no charge for the disposal of latex paint. The only
paint they accept is latex paint (interior or exterior),
acrylic latex paint and water-based paint. They cannot
take oil-based paint or stains.
ACR General Manager John Berens said the
monthly offering is as much for his crews as residents.
We hold the big-item pick-ups once a month so
we dont have to send a truck to Delphos every day,
Berens said. The trucks that come through and empty
the trash and recycle receptacles cant take the bigger
items.
Berens said he and his workers haul an average
of 10 tons from Delphos the first Saturday of every
month.
People seem to like it, Berens said. We have a
lot of people who take advantage of it.
Users of the service will need to provide proof of
residency in the form of a Delphos Utilities bill.
The collection includes furniture, mattresses, etc.
ACR will not accept refrigerators, air conditioners,
florescent light bulbs or building materials such as
shingles or drywall.
Fort Jennings senior class
presents Show and Spell
BY STEPHANIE
GROVES
DHI Media Staff Writer
sgroves@delphosherald.com
FORT JENNINGS
The Fort Jennings Senior
Class of 2015 will present its
class play Show and Spell
this weekend under the
direction of Music Director
Rose Mary Warnecke.
Show and Spell is a
comedy which encompasses
seven middle-schoolers tak-
ing on overzealous parents,
crazy coaches and nostalgic
relatives as they prepare for
the annual spelling bee. With
contestants that range from
an unflappable cheerleader
who cheers all her words to
the anxiety-prone daughter
of a movie star, spelling the
words correctly may be the
least of these kids worries.
The play illustrates the pres-
sure that kids feel to compete
and the family support that
makes it all bearable.
The play begins at 7 p.m.
Saturday and Sunday in the
schools Auditeria. Tickets
are $5 at the door.
Northern Ohio should see the peak of leaves chang-
ing colors in the second week of October. (DHI Me-
dia/Stephanie Groves)
Fort Jennings Senior Class of 2015 will present its class play Show and Spell at 7
p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Preparing for the spelling bee are contestants, from left,
David Lichtensteinberger, played by Evan Ricker; Jeff Matthews, the jock (Connor
Wallenhorst); Lauren, contestant 1 (Lexi Heitmeyer); and Sunny Sandstone, the cheer-
leader (Sarah Chandler). Tickets are $5 at the door. (DHI Media/Stephanie Groves)
See FALL, page 10
TODAY
Boys Golf: Division III at
Stone Ridge GC (Bowling
Green), 9 a.m.
Cross Country: St. Johns/
Lincolnview/Elida/Crestview at
Coldwater Invitational, 5 p.m.
Boys Soccer: LTC at Fort
Jennings, 5 p.m.; Bath at
Elida (WBL), 7 p.m.
Girls Soccer: LCC at
St. Johns, 5 p.m.; Kalida at
Swanton, 5:30 p.m.; Continental
at Ottoville (PCL), 6 p.m.
Volleyball (5:30 p.m.
JV start): AEast at Jefferson
(NWC); Minster at St. Johns
(MAC); Pding at Lincolnview
(NWC); Spencerville at LCC;
O-G at Elida (WBL); Ada at
Columbus Grove (NWC);
McComb at Ottoville, 6 p.m.;
Kalida at Leipsic (PCL), 6 p.m.
FRIDAY
Boys Soccer: Ottoville at
Kalida (PCL) , 7 p.m.
Football (7:30 p.m.):
Jefferson at Cview (NWC);
Minster at St. Johns (MAC);
LCC at Spencerville;
Shawnee at Elida (WBL);
CGrove at Swanton.
SATURDAY
Cross Country: Ottoville
at Antwerp, 8:30 a.m.;
Spencerville/Kalida/CGrove
at Anna Invitational, 10 a.m.
Boys Soccer: Spencerville
at LCC, 11 a.m.; Lincolnview
at LTC, 1 p.m.; Elida at
Napoleon, 1 p.m.
Girls Soccer (11 a.m.): LS
at Jefferson; Fort Jennings at
VBuren; Anna at Lincolnview.
Volleyball (10 a.m. JV):
Cview at St. Johns; Ottoville/
LCC at Coldwater; P-G at
CGrove (PCL).
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Herald
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Ray Geary,
general manager
Delphos Herald, Inc.
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VAN WERT COURT NEWS
FROM THE ARCHIVES
WEATHER
FUNERAL
LOTTERY
OBITUARIES
LOCAL GRAINS
WEATHER FORECAST
Tri-County
Associated Press
TODAY: Partly cloudy.
Highs around 80. South winds
5 to 15 mph.
TONIGHT: Partly cloudy
through midnight. Then most-
ly cloudy with showers after
midnight. Warmer. Lows in
the lower 60s. South winds 10
to 20 mph. Chance of precipi-
tation 90 percent.
FRIDAY: Showers.
Cooler. Highs in the upper
60s. Southwest winds 15 to 20
mph. Chance of precipitation
90 percent.
FRIDAY NIGHT: Cloudy
through midnight then becom-
ing mostly cloudy. A 50 per-
cent chance of showers. Much
colder. Lows around 40. West
winds 15 to 20 mph.
SATURDAY: Mostly
cloudy. A 40 percent chance
of showers in the morning.
Highs around 50.
SATURDAY NIGHT:
Partly cloudy. Lows in the
upper 30s.
SUNDAY AND SUNDAY
NIGHT: Partly cloudy with
a 20 percent chance of rain
showers. Highs in the mid 50s.
Lows in the lower 40s.
MONDAY: Partly cloudy
with a 30 percent chance of
showers. Highs around 60.
MONDAY NIGHT: Partly
cloudy with a 20 percent
chance of showers. Lows in
the lower 40s.
TUESDAY: Mostly sunny.
Highs in the mid 60s.
TUESDAY NIGHT
AND WEDNESDAY: Partly
cloudy. Lows in the upper 40s.
Highs in the upper 60s.
INFORMATION SUBMITTED
VAN WERT The Van Wert County Court of Common
Pleas saw six plea changes, one probation violation, one treat-
ment in lieu violation and two sentencings on Wednesday.
PLEA CHANGES
Joe Quevedo, 49, Van Wert, entered a plea of guilty to a
prosecutors bill of information charging him with breaking
and entering, a felony of the fifth degree. Previous burglary
charges were dismissed for his plea. The Court ordered a pre-
sentence investigation and set sentencing at 9 a.m. Oct. 29. He
was released on a surety bond on the condition that he has no
contact with the victim or her children.
Tristen Moore, 28, Payne, changed his plea to no contest to
two counts of attempted aggravated vehicular assault, each a
felony of the fourth degree. Two counts of aggravated vehicu-
lar assault, each a felony of the third degree; another count of
attempted aggravated vehicular assault, a felony of the fourth
degree; and OVI, a misdemeanor of the first degree, were all
dismissed by the prosecutor for his plea. The Court ordered a
pre-sentence investigation and set sentencing for 9 a.m. Nov.
19.
Elizabeth Roberts, 26, Van Wert, changed her plea to guilty
to two counts of complicity to trafficking marijuana, each
a felony of the fourth degree. She then requested and was
granted treatment in lieu of conviction and her case was stayed
pending completion of the counseling program.
Joshua Roberts, 32, Van Wert, entered a plea of guilty to
three counts of trafficking marijuana, each a felony of the
fourth degree, and one count of attempted trafficking mari-
juana, a felony of the fourth degree (this count was reduced
from trafficking marijuana, a felony of the third degree). He
then requested and was granted treatment in lieu of conviction
and his case was stayed pending completion of the counseling
program.
Drew Kenny, 21, Van Wert, entered a guilty plea to a prose-
cutors bill of information charging him with trafficking drugs
in the vicinity of a school, a felony of the fourth degree. The
Court ordered a pre-sentence investigation and set sentencing
for 9 a.m. Oct. 29. His $5,000 cash bond from his previous
case was transferred to this case. His previous charge for cor-
rupting another with drugs was dismissed for this plea.
Andrew Thomas, 32, Ohio City, entered a guilty plea to
a charge of escape, a felony of the fifth degree. The Court
ordered a pre-sentence investigation and set sentencing for 9
a.m. Oct. 22.
PROBATION VIOLATION
Crystal Stauffer, 36, Decatur, Indiana, admitted to violating
her probation by failing a drug test and being untruthful with
probation. She was sentenced to two years prison with credit
for 565 days served.
TREATMENT IN LIEU VIOLATION
Kaitlin Russell, 18, Delphos, admitted violating her treat-
ment program by leaving the treatment center early. The Court
then found her guilty on her previous plea to possession of
drugs, a felony of the fifth degree. The Court ordered a pre-
sentence investigation and set sentencing for 9 a.m. Nov. 19.
She was released on surety bond.
SENTENCINGS
Jacquelyn Forthman, 25, Ohio City, was sentenced for
trafficking heroin, a felony of the fifth degree. Her sentence
was: three years community control, drug court, additional 60
days jail at later date, 200 hours community service, two years
intensive probation, drivers license suspended six months,
ordered to pay court costs and partial appointed counsel fees.
Nine months prison was deferred.
Adam Hector, 27, Ottawa, was sentenced for breaking and
entering, a felony of the fifth degree, and criminal damaging,
a misdemeanor of the second degree. His sentence was: 12
months prison on count one and 90 days jail on count two, to
run concurrently, but consecutive to a sentence that he is serv-
ing from Putnam County. He was also ordered to pay court
costs and restitution to two victims of $390 and $820.
Debra J. Martin
March 3, 1952-
Sept. 30, 2014
CONTINENTAL Debra
J. Martin, 62, of Continental
died at 6:51 a.m. Tuesday at
St. Ritas Medical Center,
Lima.
She was born March 3,
1952, in Lima to Joseph and
Wilma Jean (Betts) Romes.
Her father preceded her in
death and her mother, now
Jean (Doyle) Martz, survives
in Landeck.
She had been married to
William Martin, who died in
2010.
On May 29, 1980, she mar-
ried Delbert J. Martin and he
survives in Continental.
Also surviving are six
children, Eric Martin of
Continental, Edward Martin
of Venedocia, Jolene (Shane)
Talboon of Lima, Bethann
(Brent Osenga) Martin of
Delphos, Hope Martin of
Continental and Faith Martin
of Landeck; five stepchildren,
Jimmy Martin of Paulding,
Howard Martin of Kentucky,
Joseph Martin of Defiance,
Debra (Ray) Collins of
Kentucky and Robert Martin
of Defiance; six grandchil-
dren; and a brother, Gary
Allen (Kayleen) Martz of
Middle Point.
She was also preceded
in death by two sons, DJ
Martin and an infant, Delbert
J. Martin II; an infant sister,
Carla Romes; and an infant
brother.
Debra was a homemaker.
She enjoyed reading, word
puzzles, playing cards, scrap-
booking and bowling.
A funeral service will
be held 11 a.m. Saturday at
Heitmeyer Funeral Home,
Continental, with Pastor Brent
Gibson officiating. Burial will
follow in Cascade Cemetery,
Cloverdale.
Visitation will be from
2-4 and 6-8 p.m. Friday and
one hour prior to the service
Saturday at the funeral home.
Memorials may be made to a
charity of the donors choice.
Condolences can be
expressed at www.heitmeyer-
funeralhome.com.
Julia Ann Bockey
May 26, 1958-Sept. 29, 2014
LIMA Julia Ann
Bockey, 56, of Lima and for-
merly of Delphos passed away
Monday at her residence.
Her Family She was
born May 26, 1958, in Lima to
Robert and Margaret (Staup)
Bockey. Her mother preced-
ed her in death. Her father,
Robert, and his wife, Barbara,
survive in Delphos.
She is also survived by two
nieces, Shannon Seffernick
and Chris (Dusty) Hammons,
both of Delphos; a neph-
ew, James (Stacy) Cooley
of Middle Point; great-
nephews, Gage and Gavin
Seffernick, Ashton Briem and
Braden Hammons; an aunt,
Helen Bockey of Blissfield,
Michigan; and a stepsister,
Patricia Seville of Atlanta,
Georgia.
She was also preceded in
death by her brother, David
Bockey; maternal grandpar-
ents, Vernon and Laura Staup;
and paternal grandparents,
John and Germaine Bockey.
Her Legacy Julia gradu-
ated from Delphos St. Johns
and Alpena Community
College of Alpena, Michigan,
with an associate degree in
fisheries.
Her Farewell Services
Mass of Christian Burial will
begin at 10 a.m. Saturday
at St. John the Evangelist
Catholic Church, the Rev.
Daniel Johnson officiating.
Burial will follow in St. Johns
Cemetery.
Visitation will be from
4-8 p.m. Friday at Strayer
Funeral Home, 1840 E. Fifth
St., Delphos, where a Parish
Wake Service will be held at
7:30 p.m.
Memorial contributions
may be made to the Allen
County Humane Society.
Online condolences may
be shared at www.strayerfu-
neralhome.com.
Wheat $4.53
Corn $2.96
Soybeans $8.73
Robert J. Metzger,
Sr.
Jan. 3, 1923
Sept. 27, 2014
LAKEVIEW Robert J.
Metzger, Sr., 91, of Lakeview
passed away Saturday at Mary
Rutan Hospital, Bellefontaine.
Robert was born Jan. 3,
1923, in Delphos to Arthur F.
and Ellanor T. Goebel Metzger,
who preceded him in death.
On March 8, 1977, he
married the former Betty L.
Shank and she preceded him
in death on Nov. 27, 2006.
He is survived by two
daughters, Barbara A. Metzger
of Moraine and Susan (Dale)
Spanbauer of Middleburg,
Florida; three sons, Robert
J. Metzger, Jr., S.M., of
Washington, D.C., Gerard L.
Metzger of West Carrollton
and William Robert (Leslie)
Thompson, Jr., of Dayton; a
son-in-law, Thomas (Sheryl)
McDonald; five grandchildren,
Kathleen (Mike) Moddenman,
Rebecca (Timmy) Myers,
Christopher (Nicole)
McDonald, Matthew Thomas
(Amber) McDonald and Sean
(Sarah) McDonald; 14 great-
grandchildren, Marilyn, Abby,
Noah, Hannah, Will, Kevin,
Zach, Jackson, Aiden, Andrew,
Jacob, Treavor, Braeden and
Grace; and a stepgrandson,
Cody Dale Spanbauer.
He was also preceded in
death by a daughter, Marilyn
E. McDonald; three brothers;
and one sister.
Robert was a retired rubber
worker and a United States
Army veteran of WWII.
He was a member of St.
Mary of the Woods Catholic
Church in Russells Point.
Father Harold W. Kist will
begin a Mass of Christian Burial
at 9:30 a.m. Saturday at St. Mary
of the Woods Church with visita-
tion one hour prior to services.
Burial is in Glen Haven Memorial
Gardens, Donnellsville.
Arrangements are in the
care of Shoffstall Funeral
Home, Lakeview.
Condolences may be
expressed at shoffstallfuneral-
home.com.
Deborah Kay
Krietemeyer
Deborah Kay Krietemeyer,
60, daughter of Oscar
Krietemeyer and Patricia
Perry, passed away Sept. 7 in
Jackson, Mississippi, and was
buried there.
KELLER, Gerald D. Watermelon, 78, of
rural Spencerville, funeral services will begin at
10:30 a.m. Friday at Trinity United Methodist
Church, Spencerville, the Revs. David Howell,
John Medaugh and Justin Fuhrmann officiating.
Burial will follow in the Spencerville Cemetery.
Friends may call from 2-8 p.m. today at Thomas
E. Bayliff Funeral Home, Spencerville and after
9:30 a.m. Friday at the church. Memorial contri-
butions are to the Spencerville Bearcat Athletic
Boosters for the new strength and training build-
ing. Condolences may be sent to tbayliff@woh.
rr.com.
HILVERS, Paul Wilbert, Catholic Funeral
Mass will be held at Christ Our Hope Catholic
Church in Harrisville, West Virginia, at 10:30
a.m. today.
MCGUE, Mary Louise (Mueller), her
friends are invited to share a celebration of
Mary Lous life from 5-7 p.m. Oct. 16 at the
Lima Holiday Inn or at 4:30 p.m. Oct. 18
in Traverse City, Michigan, at the Unitarian
Universalist Congregation. Memorials in her
honor should be directed to the Grand Traverse
County Commission on Aging (520 W. Front
St., Suite B, Traverse City, 49686).
One Year Ago
The Putnam Association of
Railfans invite the public to
tour the Fort Jennings Depot
at their annual open house Oct.
13. The depot was constructed
by the New York, Chicago
and St. Louis Railroad, bet-
ter known as the Nickel Plate
Railroad, in 1917, to service
the town of Fort Jennings.
25 Years Ago 1989
The Jefferson Wildcats
used an overpowering
defense and a consistent
offense Saturday night to shut
out the Ada Bulldogs 21-0
in Northwest Conference
play. Jefferson had 17 first
downs and 323 total yards.
Jon Boggs was 13 of 22 pass-
ing for 108 yards and one
touchdown. He also ran for
two touchdowns.
Columbus Grove School
Board accepted a bid of
$72,500 for purchase of a
modular classroom unit to
replace the mobile unit at St.
Anthony School. Personnel
hired by the board includ-
ed Mary Jo Knott, Lisa
Tabler, Judy Schroeder, Deb
Langhals, Virginia Edwards,
Keith Edwards, Terri Smith
and Bonnie DeCamp.
Spencerville School Board
members discussed use of the
school facilities after a request
by the community band for use
of the middle school auditorium
for a Sunday concert. Coach
Bob Kroeger reported on the
development of a new softball
diamond east of the school.
See ARCHIVES, page 10
CLEVELAND (AP)
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Dear EarthTalk: What are some of the
more dangerous threats to our air quality
and what can be done to eliminate them so
we can all breathe more easily?
Melanie Smith, Pomfret, CT
The main threats to local air quality across
the United States (as well as most everywhere
else) remain smog and particulate pollution,
which combined or acting alone trigger mil-
lions of hospital visits and health complica-
tions for citizens every year. The American
Lung Association (ALA) reports that almost
half of all Americans live in counties where
air pollution routinely reaches unhealthy lev-
els and can therefore make people sick or
exacerbate pre-existing health conditions.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA) points to mobile sources (trains, planes
and automobiles) as the greatest contributor to
American air pollution, but industrial sources
such as power plants and factories are not far
behind. Regardless of which kind of pipe pol-
lution comes out of, the end result is consis-
tently bad air quality in the nations 22 largest
metropolitan areas and beyond.
Ozone develops in the atmosphere from
gases that come out of tailpipes, smoke-
stacks and many other sources, reports ALA.
When these gases come in contact with
sunlight, they react and form ozone smog.
Breathing in smog, while inevitable in certain
urban and industrial areas, can irritate the
cardiovascular system and cause other health
problems
As for particulate pollution, it too comes
from a wide range of both mobile and station-
ary sources. Burning fossil fuels in factories,
power plants, steel mills, smelters, diesel-
and gasoline-powered motor vehicles (cars
and trucks) and equipment generates a large
part of the raw material for fine particles,
explains ALA. So does burning wood in resi-
dential fireplaces and wood stoves or burning
agricultural fields or forests. Chronic expo-
sure to particulate pollution has been linked
not only to cardiovascular issues but also to
cancers and reproductive problemsand has
been shown to contribute to premature death.
Fortunately, the Clean Air Act has gone
a long way toward cleaning up the air we
breathe across the U.S., reducing key air
pollutants overall by a whopping 68 percent
since it first became law in 1970. A recent
study by EPA researchers showed that, in
2010 alone, the Clean Air Act prevented
more than 160,000 premature deaths, 130,000
cases of heart disease and 1.7 million asthma
attacks, not to mention 86,000 hospital admis-
sions and millions of respiratory illnesses.
But even though four decades of Clean
Air Act programs have already done a lot to
improve our health, environment leaders and
public health advocates alike would like to see
lawmakers put in place even more stringent
rules to reduce pollution of all kinds and put
our economy on a cleaner, greener path overall.
As for what you can do, ALA recommends
protecting yourself and your family by check-
ing air quality forecasts in your community
and avoiding exercising or working outdoors
when bad air quality is expected. Also, steps
you can take to improve local air quality
driving less, using less electricity, turning the
thermostat down, etc.will have the positive
side effect of helping mitigate global warm-
ing. Who knew that reducing your carbon
footprint could actually also help you breathe
more easily too?
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Roddy Scheer and Doug Moss and is a reg-
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Magazine (www.emagazine.com). Send ques-
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COLUMBUS Ohio Attorney
General Mike DeWine and the U.S. Drug
Enforcement Administration (DEA) thanked
Ohio residents on Wednesday for properly
disposing of 10.5 tons (21,197 pounds) of
prescription drugs during last Saturdays
drug take-back day.
The DEAs National Prescription Drug
Take-Back Initiative provides a safe, conve-
nient and responsible means of prescription
drug disposal. Unused prescription drugs
in homes create a public health and safety
concern because the medications can be
accidentally ingested, stolen, misused and
abused.
We commend those who safely discarded their
unneeded prescription drugs this past Saturday, as well
as those who participated in previous drug take-back
events sponsored by the DEA, said Attorney
General DeWine. I have no doubt that lives
have been saved by these proactive efforts to
prevent drug diversion.
Last weekends event was the DEAs final
anticipated nationwide Take-Back Day due
to the DEAs expansion of options available
to safely and securely dispose of poten-
tially dangerous prescription medications
on a routine basis. Through the Secure and
Responsible Drug Disposal Act of 2010, the
DEA has developed new regulations to allow
certain DEA registrants, including retail
pharmacies and hospitals/clinics with on-site
pharmacies, to become authorized collectors
of prescription drugs for disposal.
Since the first National Take-Back Day in
September of 2010, the DEA and its partners collected
more than 2,100 tons of prescription drugs throughout
all 50 states, the District of Columbia and several U.S.
territories, said DEA Columbus Assistant Special Agent
in Charge (ASAC) Timothy Plancon. We sincerely
appreciate the numerous Ohio law enforcement officers
and citizens who helped make these events so successful
throughout the years.
The new prescription drug disposal regulations go
into effect on Oct. 9. More information is available
through the Federal Register.
DeWine
Groups encourage participation
in Walk to School Day
ALLEN COUNTY The Allen County
Creating Healthy Communities Project, Allen
County Bike and Pedestrian Task Force and
Allen County Public Health are promoting
Walk to School Day on Wednesday. The
groups are contacting each school in the
county to ask that they distribute fliers to stu-
dents and families so that they can participate
in Walk to School Day.
International Walk to School Day is a
global event that involves communities from
more than 40 countries walking and biking
to school on the same day. It began in 1997
as a one-day event. Over time, this event has
become part of a movement for year-round
safe routes to school and a celebration with
record breaking participation each October.
Today, thousands of schools across America
from all 50 states, the District of Columbia
and Puerto Rico participate every October.
Communities and schools are using Walk
or Bike to School Day as the first step
to change community culture and to create
options for getting around that are more invit-
ing for everyone, both young and old. Here
are some reasons to support walking and
bicycling to school:
Its Fun!
Walking and bicycling bring a sense of joy
and independence.
Healthier Habits
The trip to school is a chance for children
(and adults!) to get the physical activity they
need.
Cleaner Environment
Replacing car trips to school with walking
or bicycling can reduce congestion and air-
polluting emissions.
Promoting Safety
Building sidewalks, providing education
programs and adding traffic-calming mea-
sures are some of the ways to improve
safety. Encouraging walking and bicycling to
school can help build support for infrastruc-
ture improvements in the broader community.
Community Benefits
Reducing traffic congestion, boosting a
sense of community and improving neighbor-
hood connections benefit the community.
The groups encourage everyone to partici-
pate by walking their child to school or letting
their child walk to school with a trusted adult
or friend(s).
Too far to walk? Designate locations that
are closer to the school and get a group
together to meet and walk to school for the
day.
For more information on simple ways to
participate, go to: www.walkbiketoschool.
org.
Annie Moses Band to
perform Saturday at NPAC
INFORMATION
SUBMITTED
VAN WERT Its a cel-
ebration of musical artistry
at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at the
Niswonger Performing Arts
Center. Doors open at 6:30
p.m. and the lobby will be
filled with the excitement of
a new season along with the
added thrill of giveaways
and sweet treats.
The award-winning
Annie Moses Band of
PBS fame will kick off the
Niswongers Community
Concert Series by giving
away an autographed violin
in honor of the string sextets
Rhapsody in Bluegrass:
The Art of American Music
tour. Another lucky ticket
holder will be the winner
of a 5ct. Ametrine slide set
in solid sterling silver val-
ued at $400 from Slushers
Jewelry. All ticket buyers
are automatically entered
to win. The winners will
be announced from stage at
intermission. All attendees
will be treated in the lobby
to Bob Evanss featured Fall
dessert samplers and cou-
pons for free Bob Evans
desserts will be passed out
while supplies last.
The autographed violin
is signed by the six Wolaver
siblings that comprise the
Annie Moses Band: Annie
Dupre, Alex Wolaver,
Benjamin Wolaver, Camille
Wolaver, Gretchen Wolaver
and Jeremiah Wolaver. The
oldest three: Annie, Alex
and Benjamin; were trained
at the Juilliard School in
violin, viola and cello,
respectively.
The Annie Moses Band is
a classical crossover ensem-
ble with accolades that
include over 1,200 hours
on PBS, two chart-topping
albums, as well as debuts
at the Grand Ole Opry and
Carnegie Hall. The multi-
instrumental group also fea-
tures the piano, harp, man-
dolin, electric and acoustic
guitar as well as the crit-
ically-acclaimed vocals of
Annie Dupre. Rhapsody
in Bluegrass, inspired
by George Gershwins
Rhapsody In Blue and
other iconic American
composers, is a high-ener-
gy reinvention of classic
American melodies. The
show fuses Appalachian
bluegrass, Irish fiddle, folk
and classic themes to create
a musically-diverse, family-
friendly concert experience
for all generations.
With Rhapsody in
Bluegrass, we wanted
to cover the scope of the
American musical land-
scape, said Annie Dupre,
lead vocalist of the Annie
Moses Band. We cant wait
to share this cinematic expe-
rience with audiences.
Tickets for the eve-
ning begin as low as $20
and are available online
at www.NPACVW.org or
through the box office, 419-
238-6722. The Niswonger
Performing Arts Center of
Northwest Ohio is located at
10700 SR 118 S, Van Wert.
St. Ritas Hospice offers
grief support group
INFORMATION
SUBMITTED
LIMA St. Ritas Hospice
is offering a grief support
group for younger widows
and widowers who have
experienced the death of a
spouse.
Open to anyone near
the age of 50 or younger,
the group meets weekly
from 6:30-8 p.m. Tuesdays
now through Oct. 21 at St.
Ritas Homecare office,
959 W. North St., Lima.
For questions, please
contact Herb Wilker, MA,
MSW, LSW, at 419-226-
9556.
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AGRIBUSINESS
Three major noxious weeds found in area fields
BY JAMES HOORMAN
Putnam County Ag Educator
news@delphosherald.com
Last week, we thought we had one
new major weed in Putnam County; now
we know we have three major noxious
weeds: Palmer, Spiny and Waterhemp.
Steve Prochaska, area agronomist for
OSU Extension, and I found Palmer
amaranth on one farm near Continental,
Spiny amaranth on two farms in the
Sugar Creek flood plains near Kalida, and
Waterhemp at one site near Continental
along the road and near a corn field.
Even worse, upon further inspection,
all the plants now have viable black
seeds which are extremely small (tip of a
pen). Pigweed has both male and female
plants so the plants can cross pollinate
with our native pigweed and they have
a lot of hybrid vigor. They are highly
adaptable and can be extremely hard to
control. Yield losses as high as 80-90
percent may be common on fields where
the weeds are not controlled. Farmers
should be on the lookout for strange
patches of weeds or even single weeds.
Contact the Putnam County Extension
office if you have a strange weed you
want identified at 419-523-6294 or my
cell phone 419-421-7255.
The Palmer amaranth was discovered
first in a 100-acre soybean field on
the edge of the field. However, several
plants have been found in patches and
scattered throughout the field. Palmer
was also found in a sweet corn patch that
had solid manure (6 years old) that was
infested with Palmer seed. So far, these
are the only two sites we have found. The
local dairy stopped using cotton seed
meal six year ago. If you are using dairy
manure from a neighbor, check to make
sure they are not using cotton seed meal
imported from southern states. Humans
easily transport the small seeds through
grain, seed or feed contamination or on
equipment such as combines.
Used equipment bought from the
South like combines, harvesters and even
tires can hold thousands of seeds and
easily infest nearby fields. The 100-acre
field was likely infested by a sprayer
or mower used to spray the sweet corn
patch because they were separated by
several buildings, a windbreak and away
from prevailing winds. Farmers should
avoid buying Southern used equipment
because it is almost impossible to clean
the machine adequately.
It is easy to misidentify Palmer ama-
ranth because it looks similar to three
other common amaranth species: red-
root pigweed (Amaranthus retroflexus),
smooth pigweed (Amaranthus hybridus)
and common waterhemp (Amaranthus
rudis). The resemblance is especially
strong during the seedling stages of
growth. Palmer amaranth looks like many
pigweed species and can reach a height
of 6-8 feet tall and is extremely competi-
tive and aggressive. Palmer amaranth has
a rapid growth rate (up to 2.5 inches per
day), high drought tolerance and high
seed production (100,000-500,000 seeds
per plant) and it has developed herbicide
resistance (Glyphosate or Roundup and/
or ALS). Palmer amaranth has smooth
stems and leaves with no hairs that help
to distinguish it from redroot pigweed,
smooth pigweed, and Powell amaranth.
The male plant has a smooth long tail
while the females tend to be extremely
prickly. Unfortunately, Palmer plants
appear to mature quicker than we first
thought, with seed heads appearing on
plants only 6 inches tall.
Since the seed heads are so small,
Palmer amaranth germinates from very
shallow depths (less than one-fourth
inches). If a severe infestation occurs,
plowing the soil to a depth of 6 inches
will prevent germination as long as the
seed is completely buried. The seed only
lasts three-four years. The field needs to
be no-tilled and soil disturbance mini-
mized for the next five-six years for this
strategy to work. Cereal rye, radish and
cover crops can be utilized in the fall to
compete with the weeds for sunlight and
nutrients. Cereal rye and radish both have
natural herbicides or allelopathic effects
that prevent weeds from germinating in
the fall and early spring. Regular crop
rotation is also beneficial, especially
away from soybeans. Harvest fields with
known Palmer, Spiny or Water hemp last
to prevent weed seed spread. However,
birds, deer and the wind are known to
disperse the seed.
Herbicides that control Palmer ama-
ranth include Liberty Linked Soybeans,
atrazine, 2-4D, banvel, metribuzin, meta-
chlor and several other herbicides. One
strategy is to use a pre-emergence her-
bicide with residual control followed
by another herbicide treatment at a later
date with both a pre-emergence and a
post-emergence herbicide to give longer
weed control.
For more information, see the Purdue
fact sheet on Palmer amaranth biology,
identification and management: www.
ext ens i on. pur due. edu/ ext medi a/ WS/
WS-51-W.pdf.
Palmer amaranth
Ohio Woodland
Stewards host
two workshops
INFORMATION
SUBMITTED
The Ohio Woodland
Stewards are hosting two
end-of-season workshops.
The first is What Can
You Do With Your Woods.
The woodland you own
may be something you pur-
chased or something you
got with the farm but now
that it is yours what should
you do with it?
This is a common ques-
tion from woodland own-
ers.
This one evening work-
shop will cover topics on
how to assess what you
have to get where you
want. We will also talk
about managing wildlife
and those key components
that need to be there to
make it all work.
The class is from
6-9 p.m. Tuesday at the
Jefferson County JVS,
Bloomingdale. The class
will start with Where
to Start Woodland
Management 101, then
the class will continue
with an Introduction to
Wildlife Management.
The class fee is $15 and
the deadline to register is
Friday. Online registration
is available at woodland-
stewards.osu.edu.
The second workshop is
Selling Timber? Consider
This, which will be
offered 6-9 p.m. Oct. 28.
Most woodland owners
will sell trees out of their
woods only once in their
lifetime maybe twice.
Make sure that the choice
you make is good for you
and the woods, both today
and into the future.
This evening workshop
will cover topics on how to
best approach the selling
of trees to meet your goals
and objectives. We will
cover marketing options
and best management prac-
tices for the sale.
The class will also
include a session on tim-
ber taxes to make sure you
understand the tax implica-
tions of a sale.
The workshop will
be held at Harrison
Community Hospital cafe-
teria, 951 E. Market Street,
Cadiz. The fee is $15 and
the deadline to register
is Oct. 24. Registration
can be completed online
at woodlandstewards.osu.
edu.
New calculator can help soybean
farmers with seed decisions
ST. LOUIS - Facing lower soybean cash
prices this year, farmers are looking for oppor-
tunities to add to their bottom lines. Growing
identity-preserved (IP) soybeans is one option for
additional profit opportunities, but the costs can
seem overwhelming to farmers thinking about
getting started.
U.S.-soy-industry-led board QUALISOY
developed a calculator that can help farmers
determine how much profit they can add by
growing IP soybeans, including high-oleic variet-
ies.
The calculator, based on a Purdue University
study, helps farmers navigate the typical steps
required to produce and segregate IP soybeans
and gives them an estimate of added profit poten-
tial. The United Soybean Boards Value Task
Force funded the study.
The charge of the Value Task Force is to try
to find the next big thing that could really create
opportunities for soybean farmers, and we feel that
there is a lot of opportunity in IP soybeans, said
Dan Corcoran, a soybean farmer from Piketon,
Ohio, and chair of the Value Task Force. Whether
a farmer has ever grown IP soybeans before or not,
this tool will help determine the potential value
that is out there.
This calculator, available for use on soyinno-
vation.com/inputs-handling/, also gives a quick
look into the limited costs associated with grow-
ing IP or high-oleic soybeans.
The soybean calculator is easy to access and
has straightforward questions, Corcoran said. It
takes you on a logical path to get a basis for non-
IP products and what it takes to deliver a crop.
Then it goes into the additional costs and revenue
associated with growing IP soybeans.
This tool helps you make an educated busi-
ness decision by removing a large amount of
guesswork. It gives soybean farmers a good over-
view of exactly what we need to invest when we
choose to grow IP.
Right now, opportunities available for soybean
farmers to grow IP include non-GMO, food-
grade and high-oleic soybeans. However, high-
oleic soybeans have easier handling procedures
compared with other IP soybeans. The calculator
takes those factors into consideration when deliv-
ering its results.
With the current state of soybean prices,
it is important for soybean farmers to grow a
product that has increasing demand, Corcoran
concluded. This concept of growing a product
that customers are demanding is beneficial for
farmers in general.
The 70 farmer-directors of USB oversee the
investments of the soy checkoff to maximize
profit opportunities for all U.S. soybean farmers.
These volunteers invest and leverage checkoff
funds to increase the value of U.S. soy meal and
oil, to ensure U.S. soybean farmers and their
customers have the freedom and infrastructure
to operate, and to meet the needs of U.S. soys
customers. As stipulated in the federal Soybean
Promotion, Research and Consumer Information
Act, the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service
has oversight responsibilities for USB and the
soy checkoff.
How much does growing
IP soybeans really cost?
US and Brazil
resolve cotton
trade fight
WASHINGTON (AP) The United
States and Brazil have resolved a decade-
long trade battle over subsidies Washington
provided to U.S. cotton growers.
The agreement announced Wednesday
resolves a bitter trade fight that had strained
relations between the two countries since
2002, when Brazil brought a case against
the United States charging that the U.S.
cotton subsidies were a violation of global
trade rules. The World Trade Organization
ruled in Brazils favor and the United States
had been forced to make annual $147 mil-
lion payments to Brazil.
The United States agreed to pay the
money to Brazil in 2010, just before the
South American country was set to raise
tariffs on hundreds of millions of dollars in
American goods, including autos, pharma-
ceuticals and electronics.
U.S. Trade Representative Michael
Froman, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack
and their Brazilian counterparts signed
the agreement in Washington Wednesday.
Under the terms, the United States will
make a final one-time payment of $300
million to Brazil and Brazil will drop the
cotton case.
Todays agreement brings to a close
a matter which put hundreds of millions
of dollars in U.S. exports at risk, said
Froman.
The agreement would allow the Obama
administration to fully implement the farm
bill passed by Congress in February. That
measure included a new insurance program
for cotton growers that was crafted to com-
ply with the WTO ruling. Under the new
agreement, Brazil agreed not to bring new
WTO actions against U.S. cotton support
programs while the current farm bill is in
effect.
The United States and Brazil had held
discussions over the last several months
seeking to resolve the dispute.
Nations ag co-ops set record for annual sales, income
WASHINGTON Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced Tuesday
that the nations farmer, rancher and fishery cooperatives set a new sales record
in 2013, with total business volume of more than $246 billion. That surpasses
the previous record, set in 2012, by $8 billion, a 4 percent gain. U.S. co-ops
also enjoyed robust job growth over the previous year.
This third consecutive year of record sales by ag cooperatives reflects
increased sales in the overall farm economy in 2013. U.S. crop production and
livestock sales both increased 6 percent in 2013, while production input (farm
supply) sales increased 2 percent.
These sales and net income records for ag cooperatives, combined with
strong gains in employees for 2013, underscore the strength and productivity
of the nations farmer- and rancher-owned cooperatives. These co-ops play a
vital and growing role in the nations economy, Vilsack said.
Secretary Vilsack made the announcement to mark the start of National
Cooperative Month in October. He also signed a Cooperative Month proclama-
tion that salutes the nations entire cooperative business sector, which includes
about 30,000 co-ops. In addition to agriculture, the nations co-ops play a
major role in electricity and telecommunications services, credit and financial
services, housing and in many other sectors of the economy.
Ag co-ops also enjoyed record net income (before taxes) of $6.2 billion,
besting the previous high of $6.1 billion, set in 2012. Co-op income is either
reinvested in the co-op for needed improvements or returned to the member-
owners. It then circulates in local communities.
The number of full-time employees working for ag co-ops climbed by
almost 7,000 in 2013, to 136,000, up 5 percent from 2012. Counting seasonal
employees, ag co-ops employ 191,000 people.
In addition to marketing and processing their members crops and live-
stock, co-ops are also major players in the farm supply market. Co-op sales of
petroleum, feed, seed and crop protectants were all up in 2013. Fertilizer sales
declined, the only major farm supply to see sales drop in 2013.
With grain and oilseed prices generally lower in 2014, it appears unlikely
that co-ops will set a fourth consecutive sales record when the results are tal-
lied next year. However, livestock, poultry and dairy producers and their co-
ops will benefit from lower feed costs, which should offset at least some of the
decline in revenue from grain and oilseed sales.
While 33 ag cooperatives recorded more than $1 billion in sales in 2013, 33
percent (726 co-ops) had less than $5 million in sales.
The value of cooperative assets fell in 2013 by almost $1 billion, with
liabilities decreasing by $5.3 billion and owner equity gaining $4.5 billion.
Equity capital still remains low but is clearly showing an upward trend, with a
15 percent increase over the previous year.
Co-ops set third consecutive sales record;
Jobs increased by 5 percent last year
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9-11 a.m. The Delphos
Canal Commission Museum,
241 N. Main St., is open.
10 a.m.-3 p.m. The
Delphos Museum of Postal
History, 339 N. Main St., is
open.
11:30 a.m. Mealsite
at Delphos Senior Citizen
Center, 301 Suthoff St.
3-7 p.m. The Interfaith
Thrift Store is open for
shopping.
6:30 p.m. Delphos
Ladies Club, Trinity United
Methodist Church.
7 p.m. Delphos
Emergency Medical Service
meeting, EMS building,
Second Street.
7:30 p.m. Delphos
Chapter 23, Order of Eastern
Star, meets at the Masonic
Temple, North Main Street.
FRIDAY
7:30 a.m. Delphos
Optimist Club, A&W Drive-
In, 924 E. Fifth St.
10 a.m.-3 p.m. The
open.
11:30 a.m. Mealsite
1-4 p.m. Interfaith
shopping.
SATURDAY
9 a.m.-noon Interfaith
shopping.
St. Vincent dePaul
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edge of the St. Johns High
School parking lot, is open.
10 a.m.-2 p.m. Delphos
Postal Museum is open.
12:15 p.m. Testing of
warning sirens by Delphos
Fire and Rescue.
1-3 p.m. Delphos
7 p.m. Bingo at St.
Johns Little Theatre.
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1-3 p.m. The Delphos
MONDAY
11:30 a.m. Mealsite
6:30 p.m. Shelter from
the Storm support group
meets in the Delphos Public
Library basement.
7 p.m. Delphos City
Council meets at the Delphos
Municipal Building, 608 N.
Canal St.
Delphos Parks and
Recreation board meets at
the recreation building at
Stadium Park.
Washington Township
trustees meet at the town-
ship house.
Spencerville village
council meets at the mayors
office.
Delphos Eagles Auxiliary
meets at the Eagles Lodge,
1600 Fifth St.
8 p.m. The Veterans
of Foreign Wars meet at the
hall.
TUESDAY
10 a.m.-3 p.m. The
open.
11:30 a.m. Mealsite
Center, 301 Suthoff Street.
7 p.m. Delphos Coon
and Sportsmans Club meets.
7:30 p.m. Alcoholics
Anonymous, Fi r st
Presbyterian Church, 310 W.
Second St.
WEDNESDAY
9 a.m.-noon Putnam
County Museum is open,
202 E. Main St. Kalida.
10 a.m.-3 p.m. The
History, 339 N. Main St., is open.
11:30 a.m. Mealsite
OCT. 3
Carolyn Stocklin
Tyler Schroeder
Jeff Mueller
Luke Bonifas
Kitchen
Press
Kitchen
Press
Enjoy this meal
on a cool October
evening.
Italian Meatball Soup
1 pound frozen cooked meatballs
1 (16-oz.) jar marinara sauce
2 1/2 cups water
1 (20-oz.) package frozen cheese tortellini
1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese
In a large pot, combine meatballs, marinara sauce
and water. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat, stir in tortel-
lini and simmer for 10 minutes until tortellini and
meatballs are hot and tender. Sprinkle with Parmesan
cheese. Serves 4.
Spicy Cheese Bread
1-1/2 cups milk
1 egg
3-3/4 cups biscuit mix
1 cup shredded cheddar cheese with jalapeno pep-
pers
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a medium bowl,
beat milk and egg. Stir in biscuit mix and cheese;
blend well. Pour into a greased loaf pan. Bake for 1
hour.
Apple Crisp
4 medium apples, peeled and sliced
3/4 cup flour
3/4 cup packed brown sugar
1/2 cup quick oats
1/2 cup butter, softened
Preheat oven to 375 degrees. In an ungreased
8-inch square pan, spread the apple slices. Mix flour,
brown sugar, oats and butter with fork; sprinkle over
apples. Bake for about 30 minutes until the topping is
golden brown and apples are tender.
If you enjoyed these recipes, made changes or have
one to share, email kitchenpress@yahoo.com.
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PUTNAM COUNTY
The Putnam County Libraries
are offering the following
programs.
Family History Program
The Putnam County
District Library in Ottawa
will have How To Start Your
Own Family Tree on Monday
at 6:30 p.m. Celebrate Family
History Month and join Ruth
Wilhelm and learn how to
research you family tree. If
you have a little knowledge
about your family history, a
few old photos and docu-
ments or nothing at all and are
curious to know more, then
attend this free and informa-
tive program. Any questions,
call the Ottawa Library at
419-523-3747.
Book Discussion at
Columbus Grove
Library
The Putnam County
District Library - Columbus
Grove location will have a
book discussion on Monday
at 6:30 p.m. All are welcome
to attend this discussion of
The Perfume Collector by
Kathleen Tessaro. Newlywed
Grace Monroe doesnt fit
anyones expectations of
a successful 1950s London
socialite, least of all her own.
When she receives an unex-
pected inheritance from a
complete stranger, Madame
Eva dOrsey, Grace is drawn
to uncover the identity of her
mysterious benefactor. Any
questions, call the Columbus
Grove location at 419-659-
2355.
Antique Program
The Putnam County
District Library - Continental
location will have Antique
Appraisals with Ann Stratton
on Wednesday at 6:30 p.m.
You may bring one item to
be appraised but she doesnt
appraise coins, stamps
or weapons of any kind.
Registration is required. All
are welcome to attend this
free and informative pro-
gram. For any questions, call
the Continental Library at
419-596-3727.
Teen Read Week
Contest
All Putnam County
District Library locations
will have a Story Starter
contest for age groups 5th-
6th grade, 7th-8th grade
and 9th-12th grade from
Oct. 12-18. Each group
will be awarded first-, sec-
ond- and third-place prizes
and honorable mentions
provided by the Friends of
the Putnam County District
Library. All entries must be
turned into any of the eight
Putnam County District
Library locations by Oct.
18.
Talent Showcase at the
Library
The Putnam County
will have a Talent Show on
Oct. 14 at 4:30 p.m. All kids
in grades 5-12 can perform
and show off your talents
as an individual or a group.
Sing, dance, tell jokes, play
an instrument, etc This in
NOT a competition. Snacks
and door prizes are provided
by the Friends of the Putnam
County District Library. Any
questions, call the Ottawa
Library at 419-523-3747.
Family Fun Night
The Putnam County
will have a Fire Prevention
and Trick or Treat Safety
Program on Oct. 14 at
6:30 p.m. The Ottawa Fire
Department will be bring-
ing a fire truck and pre-
senting Fire Prevention
and Trick or Treat Safety.
Remember to wear your
Halloween costumes for
Friendly Faces Trick or
Treat. All are welcome to
attend this free program.
This event is sponsored by
the Friends of the Putnam
County District Library.
For more information, call
the Ottawa Library at 419-
523-3747.
Visit the librarys website
for more programs at www.
mypcdl.org.
OCT. 6-10
MONDAY: Beef
Manhattan, mashed potatoes,
cauliflower, bread, marga-
rine, fruit, coffee and 2 per-
cent milk.
TUESDAY: Meat loaf,
mashed potatoes, creamed
corn, roll, margarine, brown-
ies, coffee and 2 percent
milk.
WEDNESDAY: Roast
turkey, dressing, mixed veg-
etables, bread, margarine,
fruit, coffee and 2 percent
milk.
THURSDAY: Swedish
meatballs, parsley noodles,
broccoli, bread, margarine,
blueberry whip, coffee and 2
percent milk.
FRIDAY: Taco salad,
fruit, coffee and 2 percent
milk.
Putnam County libraries
set October programming
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SPORTS
JIM METCALFE
Metcalfes
Musings
Golf Glance
Associated Press
A look at the best-of-5 American
League Division Series between the
Kansas City Royals and Los Angeles
Angels:
Schedule: (All times EDT) Game 1,
Thursday, at Los Angeles (9:07 p.m.);
Game 2, Friday, at Los Angeles (9:37 or
10:07 p.m.) Game 3, Sunday, at Kansas
City (7:37 p.m.); x-Game 4, Monday,
Oct. 6, at Kansas City (TBD); x-Game
5, Wednesday, Oct. 8, at Los Angeles
(TBD). (All games on TBS).
x-if necessary.
Season Series: Tied 3-3.
Projected Lineup:
Royals: SS Alcides Escobar (.285, 3, 50, 31 SBs),
RF Nori Aoki (.285, 1, 43, 17 SBs), CF Lorenzo Cain
(.301, 5, 53, 28 SBs), 1B Eric Hosmer (.270, 9, 58),
DH Billy Butler (.271, 9, 66), LF Alex Gordon (.266, 19,
74, 12 SBs), C Salvador Perez (.260, 19, 70), 2B Omar
Infante (.252, 6, 66), 3B Mike Moustakas (.212, 15, 54).
Angels: RF Kole Calhoun (.272, 17 HRs, 58 RBIs,
5 SBs), CF Mike Trout (.287, 36, 111), 1B Albert Pujols
(.272, 28, 105), 2B Howie Kendrick (.293, 7, 75), SS
Erick Aybar (.278, 7, 68), 3B David Freese (.260, 10, 55)
, LF Josh Hamilton (.263, 10, 44, 89 GP), DH C.J. Cron
(.256, 11, 37), C Chris Iannetta (.252, 7, 43, .373 OBP).
Projected Rotation:
Royals: LH Jason Vargas (11-10, 3.71, 128), RH
Yordano Ventura (14-10, 3.20), RH James Shields (14-
8, 3.21, 180).
Angels: RH Jered Weaver (18-9, 3.59 ERA, 169
Ks), RH Matt Shoemaker (16-4, 3.04, 124), LH C.J.
Wilson (13-10, 4.51, 151).
Relievers:
Royals: RH Greg Holland (1-3, 1.44, 46/48 saves),
RH Wade Davis (9-2, 1.00), RH Kelvin Herrera (4-3,
1.41), LH Brandon Finnegan (0-1, 1.29), RH Jason
Frasor (3-0, 1.53), LH Francisley Bueno
(0-0, 4.18), LH Scott Downs (0-2, 3.14),
RH Aaron Crow (6-1, 4.12), LH Danny
Duffy (9-12, 2.53 ERA, 113 Ks), RH
Jeremy Guthrie (12-11, 4.13, 124).
Angels: RH Huston Street (1-2,
1.71, 41/44 saves in San Diego and Los
Angeles), RH Joe Smith (7-2, 1.81, 15/19
saves), RH Kevin Jepsen (0-2, 2.63, 75 Ks), RH Cory
Rasmus (3-2, 2.57, 6 late-season starts), RH Jason Grilli
(1-3, 3.48), RH Fernando Salas (5-0, 3.38) , LH Hector
Santiago (6-9, 3.75, 108).
Watch For:
HAMILTONS HEALTH: The
Angels $125 million slugger missed 21
of the last 22 games with various upper-
body injuries but will return to left field
for the postseason. Scioscia must figure
out how much to use Hamiltons incon-
sistent bat, which didnt provide a homer
at the Big A all season long. Hamilton
will ease into his return, batting seventh
instead of his usual cleanup spot.
SHORT ROTATION: Scioscia
plans to use just three starting pitchers in
the division series, gambling on short rest
to shore up his injury-depleted rotation.
Weaver pitches the opener and rookie
16-game winner Shoemaker will take the
mound in Game 2 after recovering from
a strained oblique muscle. Inconsistent
Wilson will start Game 3 in Kansas City,
and Scioscia is confident Weaver can
pitch well on three days rest in Game 4.
EXPERIENCE COUNTS: The
Angels havent been to the postseason
in a half-decade but theyve
got ample playoff experience
on their roster. Pujols has two
rings and that famed 3-homer
performance in Game 3 of
the 2011 World Series, while
Freese was the MVP of the
NLCS and the World Series with St.
Louis just three years ago while setting
the postseason record with 21 RBIs.
Hamilton has appeared in three postsea-
sons, while Weaver and Wilson have both
pitched in the playoffs.
TROUTS TIME: The top young
player in baseball is getting his first
taste of October after an MVP-caliber
regular season even if it wasnt as
statistically impressive as his first two
major-league campaigns. Trout grew up
in New Jersey watching Derek Jeters
postseason presence for the Yankees,
and its time to see what he can do under
the spotlight in Orange County.
ROYALS HANGOVER: Their epic,
emotionally draining win over Oakland took
4 hours, 45 minutes. By the time they board-
ed a plane, flew to Los Angeles and checked
into their hotel, the sun was probably rising
Wednesday. Will the quick turnaround ham-
per them in the series opener and beyond?
Associated Press
EUROPEAN TOUR
ALFRED DUNHILL LINKS
CHAMPIONSHIP
Sites: St. Andrews and
Carnoustie, Scotland.
Schedul e: Today-
Sunday.
Courses: St. Andrews,
Old Course (7,305 yards,
par 72), Carnoustie,
Championship Course (7,412 yards, par
72) and Kingsbarns Golf Links (7,181
yards, par 72).
Purse: $4.8 million. Winners share:
$800,000.
Last year: Englands David Howell
won his first European Tour title since
2006, beating American Peter Uihlein with
a birdie on the second hole of a playoff.
Last week: Europe won the Ryder
Cup, beating the United States 16 1/2-
11 1/2 at Gleneagles. Justin Rose went
3-0-2 to lead Europe; Graeme McDowell
was 3-0-0.
Notes: Top-ranked Rory McIlroy is
in the field along with European Ryder
Cup teammates Martin Kaymer, Victor
Dubuisson, Stephen Gallacher and cap-
tain Paul McGinley. Ernie Els, Charl
Schwartzel and Louis Oosthuizen, Nick
Faldo and Colin Montgomerie also are
playing. The final round will be played
at St. Andrews. The Portugal Masters
is next week, followed by
the Volvo World Match Play
Championship in England.
___
LPGA TOUR
REIGNWOOD LPGA
CLASSIC
Site: Beijing.
Schedule: Today-Sunday.
Course: Reignwood Pine Valley Golf
Club (6,596 yards, par 73).
Purse: $2.1 million. Winners share:
$315,000.
Last year: Chinas Shanshan Feng
eagled the par-5 18th for a 1-stroke vic-
tory over Stacy Lewis. Feng shot 70-64-
64-68 to finish at 26 under.
Last event: Mi Jung Hur won the
Yokohama Tire LPGA Classic on Sept. 21
in Alabama. She had a tournament-record
21-under 267 total for a 4-stroke victory
over the top-ranked Lewis.
Notes: The event opens the 6-event
Asian swing. The LPGA Malaysia is
next week, followed by the LPGA KEB-
HanaBank in South Korea.
MLB Previews
Have some fun and a
chuckle, everybody
By JIM METCALFE
DHI Media Sports Editor
jmetcalfe@delphosherald.com
This is the week Im going to write a whimsical col-
umn Metcalfes Musings, get it?
My first lament - er, whimsy is Fantasy Football.
How do players know I have or dont have them?
I admit that I havent done a great or even medio-
cre! job of drafting in my various and sundry leagues
the last few years I could give you a list of colleagues
in a few of them (some want to incinerate me, by the
way!) who would tell you the same thing but I wont
because Id have to kill you then!
It just seems that even when I get a good player, they
either decide to have an off season or off decade, for
that matter and then when I let them go, they have a
career renaissance and come back to bite me.
Or when I think Im getting ahead of the curve and
taking young guys with a bright future, the sun goes into
an eclipse!
Or make a possibly shrewd move and it turns out to
be horrible as when I drafted Toby Gearhart the year
Adrian Peterson was coming back from his disastrous
knee injury late in the previous season, thinking Toby
would have a big season, only to find out AP is not
human!
I also tend to hold on to guys a little too long until they
have their funerals, nor do I make trades because they
tend to cave in on me like a rockslide.
I know I am not the only one that shares these lamen-
tations eh, whimsies because I know and they know
and the world knows that we are experts and know the
game of football like the back of our hands!
Its a conspiracy ahem, just bad luck and poor plan-
ning I tell you!
Remember, its for fun!! Yeah, right, and surgery with-
out anesthesia is a wonderful way to celebrate a birthday!
Another cause for anger management er, whim-

sy is my Pigskin Picks.
Again, do teams know I pick them and decide to
take a collective day off?
Again, I know I dont ALWAYS make the right or
smart choice no one can unless they are, you know
Still, I sometimes wonder why me? What did I do to
upset the cosmos not the New York guys, for those
that remember the soccer team from the 1970s so that
it conspires against me so?
I sometimes figure that I couldnt catch a cold if I
wanted to if I were doing everything possible to make
it so!
Again, I know I am not the only one to share these
lamentations ah, just read the paragraph seven stories
up from this one!
Oh, well, this is all for fun, righttttt???
Heh, heh.
Now you know why I chose to name my column
Metcalfes Musings!
Sometimes, we all need a break from all the brouhaha
and snarkiness and battling of our daily lives with a little
goofiness.
I hope this column hits home perfectly.
By the way, Merry Christmas!
With receiver Jones on way
back, Bengals improving
By JOE KAY
Associated Press
CINCINNATI The Bengals are in posi-
tion to get a lot better in the one area where
theyre lacking on offense.
Receiver Marvin Jones is close to
rejoining the Bengals (3-0) as they
get ready to play at New England
(2-2) on Sunday night. Jones is one
of Cincinnatis best options close to
the goal line, one that theyve missed
a lot.
Even though theyre one of only two
unbeaten teams left in the NFL, theyre not
without blemishes. Theyve struggled to finish
drives during their first three games, sending
out Mike Nugent for 11 field goal attempts.
Theyve been missing Jones, who broke
his left foot during training camp and had a
screw inserted to help the healing. Hes close
to rejoining the offense as the Bengals return
from their bye week, giving quarterback Andy
Dalton a favorite target in the end zone.
Jones was on the field at Paul Brown
Stadium on Wednesday in a shirt and shorts,
jogging and playing catch on the side-
line. He could join practice later in the
week, putting him in position to run
some plays in Foxborough.
Jones caught 10 touchdown passes
last season, nine of them when the
Bengals ran plays inside the oppo-
nents 20-yard line.
Hes a guy that can really stretch the field,
Dalton said. Just having another playmaker
out there that can do really good stuff for us
it will be fun to have him back.
The Bengals have scored touchdowns on six
of their 10 possessions inside the opponents
20-yard line, which ties for 14th in the NFL in
red zone TD percentage.
Cougars blank Lancers 3-0
BY JIM COX
DHI Media Correspondent
news@delphosherald.com
VAN WERT - Van Wert
scored three second-half
goals to take a 3-0 win over
Lincolnview Wednesday
afternoon in an intra-coun-
ty boys soccer match. The
Cougars are now 2-9-1. The
Lancers are 0-11.
With both teams desperate
for a win, fans were expect-
ing a close one and it was
for the first half, at least,
which ended in a 0-0 tie. The
Cougars, however, dominat-
ed the second half.
With 36:28 left in the
game, Cougars senior mid-
fielder Brant Henry took a
throw-in (from Brandon
Hernandez) and found junior
midfielder Andrew Perry in
front of the goal; he quickly
smacked one into the right
corner from 20 yards out.
At 30:05, Henry, the fast-
est player on the field, out-
raced the defense in transition
on a through pass from
senior midfielder Joe Lisa
and rifled in a 10-yard angle
shot from the left side to
make it 2-0.
On a Van Wert counter-
attack, Hernandez grabbed
a ricochet and found Perry,
whose 30-yarder from
straightaway ricocheted off
the crossbar and into the goal
at the 19:20 mark. That pretty
much sealed the deal.
The first half was
almost evenly played,
with the Cougs tak-
ing eight shots (3 on-
goal) to the Lancers
five (1 on-goal).
Van Wert came close to
scoring only twice. At the
35:45 mark, Lisa hit the bar
with a rifle shot from 30
yards.
At the 18:58 mark, Henry,
in an almost identical play to
his second-half goal, missed
wide right on a close one
with only Lincolnviews
junior goalkeeper, Chandler
Adams, in front of him.
Lancer senior Tyler
Wannemacher came close at
27:50, his 25-yarder arcing
perfectly toward the upper
left corner, but junior goalie
Wade Healey leaped just high
enough to make the catch.
In the second half, though,
the ball spent most of the time
in Van Werts offensive end.
The Cougars got off 15 shots,
seven on-goal. Lincolnview
had six shots, four on-goal.
The Lancers only seri-
ous threats came in the last
minute of the match. The first
one came when a
Lincolnview cor-
ner kick landed
perfectly in front
of the goal, where
junior Austin Leeth
headed it in. However, the
ball had touched a Lancer
hand before getting to Leeth
and the goal was nullified.
Seconds later, the elu-
sive Leeth escaped again
but missed a straightaway
15-yarder with only Healey
in front of him.
For the entire game, Van
Wert had 23 shots, 10 of
which were on-goal. Adams
had six saves.
Lincolnview had 11 shots,
five on-goal. Healey had five
saves.
Van Wert coach Matt
Hernandez was a happy man
afterwards: The guys were
fired up, it being two teams
from the same county. Last
year they got us, 1-0, I think.
We wanted to make sure we
took it back.
Hernandez explained the
Cougars defensive strategy,
which succeeded in bottling
up the Lancer offense, par-
ticularly Leeth: We do try to
stop up the middle a little bit.
We try to stop it up by setting
down a couple of mids on top
of our defensive line and that
was pretty effective today.
Offensively, a switch
involving Perry also paid off.
Ive been playing
Andrew Perry on the outside
and I moved him to the mid-
dle of the field, explained
Hernandez. We had a lot
of success with that. Hes
been a really good touch
guy for us. Its been Andrew
(on the outside) support-
ing Joe (Lisa) and Brandon
(Hernandez) but today it was
Joe and Brandon supporting
Andrew.
Lincolnview coach Britt
Munson had no comment
after the game.
McIlroy ready to get back to work
By DOUG FERGUSON
Associated Press
ST. ANDREWS, Scotland The photo went viral on
Twitter, Rory McIlroy wearing a mini-kilt and red wig and
nothing else as Europe celebrated another Ryder Cup victory.
Just dont ask him for details.
Honestly? Honestly I dont remember, McIlroy said
on Wednesday. The timeline gets a bit fuzzy about midnight.
Far more vivid was his play at Gleneagles,
which the British Open and PGA champion
referred to his best of the year. McIlroy started
3-3-3-3-3-2 in dismantling Rickie Fowler, part of
an early surge that kept the Americans from any
thoughts of a comeback.
McIlroy contributed one point on the final day and two
other points over the course of the Ryder Cup. More than
points, however, the 25-year-old from Northern Ireland estab-
lished himself as a team leader at such a tender age.
He was coming off back-to-back major titles, with a World
Golf Championship in between. He is the undisputed No. 1
player in golf.
I felt like it was my time to step up and be one of the
leaders of the team, especially after the season Ive had, and
being the world No. 1, McIlroy said. I needed to go out there
and set an example and lead by example and just happy I was
able to do that on Sunday.
That wasnt the case during the early days of Tiger Woods.
Woods lost to former factory worker Costantino Rocca at
Valderrama. It wasnt until his fifth Ryder Cup that Woods
won more matches than he lost. He has played on only one
winning team in seven appearances.
That doesnt take away from Woods status as the best
player of his generation, arguably ever.
But it mattered to McIlroy.
My record in the Ryder Cup is important to me, McIlroy
said. The three Ryder Cups, I havent been beaten in the
singles. Id love to keep that record going throughout my
career. And I slightly improved my record at the Ryder Cup
this year (6-4-4). At the age of 25, to have won three Ryder
Cups and four majors is something Im very proud of eight
years younger than anyone else.
He was referring to Tom Watson, a month
past his 34th birthday when he won a third Ryder
Cup to go along with eight majors. Then again,
Jack Nicklaus was 29 and already had the career
Grand Slam before he could even play in his first
Ryder Cup.
His record outside the Ryder Cup is pretty good, too, and thats
where McIlroy returns his focus over the next couple of months.
Boy Wonder could use a break, though there are few spots
better to play golf than the Dunhill Links Championship,
which starts today over a 3-course rotation of St. Andrews,
Carnoustie and Kingsbarns. McIlroy will be playing with his
father, Gerry.
Three other Europeans from the winning team are playing
Victor Dubuisson, Stephen Gallacher and Martin Kaymer.
McIlroy already captured the PGA Tour money title and he
can wrap up the Race to Dubai with a victory this week. If not,
he has three more events left on the European Tour schedule
before defending his title in the Australian Open. He wants to
finish strong, though nothing can take away from this year.
There also is a quick detour to Bermuda for the PGA Grand
Slam of Golf.
It was the Dunhill Links that effectively kicked off his
career.
Browns not looking past Titans to soft schedule
By TOM WITHERS
Associated Press
BEREA The Browns
upcoming schedule looks pil-
lowy soft, comfortable. Its
appealing for sure, loaded
with games they can and
maybe should win.
Beginning with Sundays
game at Tennessee, Clevelands
next five opponents have a
combined 4-16 record; two
of those teams, Oakland and
Jacksonville, are winless.
The future can be enticing.
Or deceivingly deadly.
Browns coach Mike Pettine
has warned his team there are
no gimmes in the NFL.
We cant think about our
schedule or look at our next
opponent beyond Tennessee,
Pettine said. Thats just not
how we operate. I think it is
a dangerous thing. We cant
afford to look ahead. Weve
got to learn how to win on the
road.
Its been more than a year
since the Browns won
a road game. Cleveland
has dropped seven
straight away from
home with its last win
coming on Sept. 22 last
season, when quarterback
Brian Hoyer replaced starter
Brandon Weeden and led the
Browns to a 31-27 win at
Minnesota.
The Browns went 0-6 from
there and lost their season
opener at Pittsburgh.
During Clevelands bye
week, Pettine learned of a
growing sentiment outside
the teams headquarters that
the Browns were heading into
a favorable portion of their
schedule.
Pettine got that message
from Mike Pettine Sr., the
Browns unofficial team sage,
who became a Pennsylvania
high school coach-
ing legend by never
taking any school for
granted.
My dad does a
good job of remind-
ing me of things like this,
said Pettine, who often
returned from training camp
practices to find a hand-
written to-do list from this
father lying on his desk. He
gets the pulse of whats out
there and will summarize it
for me. As old school as he
is, theres a reason that its
One game at a time, any
given Sunday. Theres a rea-
son those become cliches. Its
because its so true.
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Tuesdays Result
Kansas City 9, Oakland 8, 12
innings
Wednesdays Result
San Francisco (Bumgarner
18-10) at Pittsburgh (Volquez 13-7),
8:07 p.m.
DIVISION SERIES
(Best-of-5)
Todays Games
Detroit (Scherzer 18-5) at Baltimore
(Tillman 13-6), 5:37 p.m. (AL)
Kansas City (Vargas 11-10) at
Los Angeles (Weaver 18-9), 9:07
p.m. (AL)
Fridays Games
Detroit (Verlander 15-12) at
Baltimore, 12:07 or 3:07 p.m. (AL)
San Francisco-Pittsburgh winner
at Washington (FS1), 12:07 or 3:07
p.m. (NL)
Kansas City (Ventura 14-10) at
Los Angeles (Shoemaker 16-4), 9:37
or 10:07 p.m. (AL)
St. Louis (Wainwright 20-9) at
Los Angeles (Kershaw 21-3) (FS1),
6:37 p.m. (NL)
Associated Press
AMERICAN CONFERENCE
East
W L T Pct PF PA
Buffalo 2 2 0 .500 79 75
Miami 2 2 0 .500 96 97
N England 2 2 0 .500 80 90
N.Y. Jets 1 3 0 .250 79 96
South
W L T Pct PF PA
Houston 3 1 0 .750 87 67
Indianapolis 2 2 0 .500 136 95
Tennessee 1 3 0 .250 60 110
Jacksonville 0 4 0 .000 58 152
North
W L T Pct PF PA
Cincinnati 3 0 0 1.00 80 33
Baltimore 3 1 0 .750 103 60
Pittsburgh 2 2 0 .500 97 99
Cleveland 1 2 0 .333 74 77
West
W L T Pct PF PA
San Diego 3 1 0 .750 102 63
Denver 2 1 0 .667 75 67
Kansas City 2 2 0 .500 102 79
Oakland 0 4 0 .000 51 103
NATIONAL CONFERENCE
East
W L T Pct PF PA
Philadelphia 3 1 0 .750 122 104
Dallas 3 1 0 .750 115 86
N.Y. Giants 2 2 0 .500 103 91
Washington 1 3 0 .250 95 109
South
W L T Pct PF PA
Atlanta 2 2 0 .500 131 113
Carolina 2 2 0 .500 73 96
N Orleans 1 3 0 .250 95 110
Tampa Bay 1 3 0 .250 72 119
North
W L T Pct PF PA
Detroit 3 1 0 .750 85 62
Green Bay 2 2 0 .500 92 96
Minnesota 2 2 0 .500 91 84
Chicago 2 2 0 .500 92 100
West
W L T Pct PF PA
Arizona 3 0 0 1.00 66 45
Seattle 2 1 0 .667 83 66
San Fran 2 2 0 .500 88 89
St. Louis 1 2 0 .333 56 85
___
Todays Game
Minnesota at Green Bay, 8:25 p.m.
Sundays Games
Cleveland at Tennessee, 1 p.m.
Tampa Bay at New Orleans, 1 p.m.
Houston at Dallas, 1 p.m.
Chicago at Carolina, 1 p.m.
St. Louis at Philadelphia, 1 p.m.
Atlanta at N.Y. Giants, 1 p.m.
Buffalo at Detroit, 1 p.m.
Baltimore at Indianapolis, 1 p.m.
Pittsburgh at Jacksonville, 1 p.m.
Arizona at Denver, 4:05 p.m.
Kansas City at San Francisco, 4:25 p.m.
N.Y. Jets at San Diego, 4:25 p.m.
Cincinnati at New England, 8:30 p.m.
Open: Miami, Oakland
Mondays Game
Seattle at Washington, 8:30 p.m.
Associated Press
(Subject to change)
Todays Games
SOUTH
FAU (2-3) at FIU (2-3), 7 p.m.
Alabama St. (4-1) at Alcorn St. (4-1),
7:30 p.m.
SOUTHWEST
UCF (1-2) at Houston (2-2), 7 p.m.
FAR WEST
Arizona (4-0) at Oregon (4-0), 10:30 p.m.
___
Fridays Games
EAST
Lafayette (2-2) at Fordham (4-1), 6:30 p.m.
Louisville (4-1) at Syracuse (2-2), 7 p.m.
FAR WEST
San Diego St. (2-2) at Fresno St. (2-3),
10 p.m.
Utah St. (2-2) at BYU (4-0), 10:15 p.m.
___
Saturdays Games
EAST
Ball St. (1-3) at Army (1-3), Noon
Harvard (2-0) at Georgetown (2-3), Noon
Princeton (1-1) at Columbia (0-2), 12:30 p.m.
Yale (2-0) at Cornell (0-2), 12:30 p.m.
Villanova (3-1) at Maine (2-2), 12:30 p.m.
Bucknell (4-0) at Bryant (3-1), 1 p.m.
Holy Cross (2-3) at Colgate (2-2), 1 p.m.
West Liberty (2-2) at Duquesne (2-2), 1 p.m.
Brown (0-2) at Rhode Island (0-4), 1 p.m.
Penn (0-2) at Dartmouth (1-1), 1:30 p.m.
Monmouth (NJ) (3-1) at Robert Morris
(0-4), 3 p.m.
Stony Brook (1-4) at Towson (2-3), 3 p.m.
Sacred Heart (3-1) at Delaware (3-1), 3:30 p.m.
Kansas (2-2) at West Virginia (2-2), 4 p.m.
James Madison (2-3) at Albany (NY)
(4-0), 6 p.m.
Alderson-Broaddus (3-1) at Wagner
(1-3), 6 p.m.
Michigan (2-3) at Rutgers (4-1), 7 p.m.
SOUTH
SMU (0-4) at East Carolina (3-1)), Noon
Marshall (4-0) at Old Dominion (3-2)), Noon
Ohio St. (3-1) at Maryland (4-1), Noon
Southern Miss. (2-3) at Middle Tennessee
(3-2), Noon
Texas A&M (5-0) at Mississippi St. (4-0), Noon
Florida (2-1) at Tennessee (2-2), Noon
Virginia Tech (3-2) at North Carolina
(2-2), 12:30 p.m.
Dayton (2-1) at Davidson (1-4), 1 p.m.
Drake (2-2) at Jacksonville (3-1), 1 p.m.
Campbell (1-3) at Morehead St. (2-2), 1 p.m.
New Hampshire (3-1) at Elon (1-3), 1:30 p.m.
Charlotte (3-2) at Gardner-Webb (2-3), 1:30
p.m.
The Citadel (1-3) at Wofford (2-2), 1:30 p.m.
Howard (1-4) at NC Central (1-3), 2 p.m.
W. Carolina (3-1) at Presbyterian (2-2), 2 p.m.
Norfolk St. (1-4) at Savannah St. (0-4), 2 p.m.
Grambling St. (2-3) at Alabama A&M
(1-4), 3 p.m.
Mercer (4-1) at Samford (2-2), 3 p.m.
NC State (4-1) at Clemson (2-2), 3:30 p.m.
Wake Forest (2-3) at Florida St. (4-0), 3:30 p.m.
Alabama (4-0) at Mississippi (4-0), 3:30 p.m.
NC A&T (4-1) vs. SC State (3-2) at
Atlanta, 3:30 p.m.
Delaware St. (1-4) at Bethune-Cookman
(3-1), 4 p.m.
VMI (1-4) at Chattanooga (2-2), 4 p.m.
Vanderbilt (1-4) at Georgia (3-1), 4 p.m.
UT-Martin (1-4) at Jacksonville St. (3-1), 4 p.m.
Northwestern St. (2-2) at SE Louisiana
(3-2), 4 p.m.
Morgan St. (2-3) at Florida A&M (0-4), 5 p.m.
South Alabama (2-2) at Appalachian St.
(1-3), 6 p.m.
Butler (2-2) at Stetson (2-2), 6 p.m.
Ark.-Pine Bluff (1-3) at Southern U. (2-3),
6:30 p.m.
LSU (4-1) at Auburn (4-0), 7 p.m.
E. Kentucky (4-0) at Austin Peay (0-4), 7 p.m.
Coastal Carolina (5-0) at Furman (2-3),
7 p.m.
Prairie View (0-4) at Jackson St. (3-2),
7 p.m.
Richmond (2-2) at Liberty (3-2), 7 p.m.
UTEP (2-2) at Louisiana Tech (2-3), 7
p.m.
Georgia St. (1-3) at Louisiana-Lafayette
(1-3), 7 p.m.
Nicholls St. (0-5) at McNeese St. (2-1),
7 p.m.
UAB (2-2) at W. Kentucky (2-2), 7 p.m.
Miami (3-2) at Georgia Tech (4-0), 7:30 p.m.
South Carolina (3-2) at Kentucky (3-1), 7:30
p.m.
Pittsburgh (3-2) at Virginia (3-2), 7:30 p.m.
Murray St. (1-3) at Tennessee Tech (1-3),
8 p.m.
MIDWEST
Purdue (2-3) at Illinois (3-2), Noon
Marist (0-5) at Valparaiso (1-3), 1 p.m.
E. Michigan (1-3) at Akron (2-2), 2 p.m.
Tennessee St. (4-1) at SE Missouri (3-2),
2 p.m.
North Texas (2-2) at Indiana (2-2), 2:30 p.m.
UMass (0-5) at Miami (Ohio) (0-5), 2:30 p.m.
Montana (3-2) at North Dakota (2-3),
2:30 p.m.
S. Dakota St. (3-1) at Illinois St. (3-0), 3 p.m.
N. Iowa (2-2) at Indiana St. (3-1), 3 p.m.
Youngstown St. (3-1) at Missouri St.
(3-1), 3 p.m.
Buffalo (3-2) at Bowling Green (3-2),
3:30 p.m.
Ohio (3-2) at Cent. Michigan (2-3), 3:30 p.m.
Wisconsin (3-1) at Northwestern (2-2),
3:30 p.m.
Stanford (3-1) at Notre Dame (4-0), 3:30 p.m.
N. Dakota St. (4-0) at W. Illinois (2-3),
4 p.m.
Kent St. (0-4) at N. Illinois (3-1), 5 p.m.
Memphis (2-2) at Cincinnati (2-1), 7 p.m.
Houston Baptist (1-3) at Incarnate Word
(0-5), 7 p.m.
Texas Tech (2-2) at Kansas St. (3-1), 7 p.m.
South Dakota (2-2) at S. Illinois (4-1), 7 p.m.
Toledo (3-2) at W. Michigan (2-2), 7 p.m.
Nebraska (5-0) at Michigan St. (3-1), 8 p.m.
SOUTHWEST
Iowa St. (1-3) at Oklahoma St. (3-1), Noon
Oklahoma (4-0) at TCU (3-0), 3:30 p.m.
Baylor (4-0) at Texas (2-2), 3:30 p.m.
New Mexico (1-3) at UTSA (1-3), 3:30 p.m.
Lamar (3-2) at Abilene Christian (3-2),
7 p.m.
Louisiana-Monroe (3-1) at Arkansas St.
(2-2), 7 p.m.
Hawaii (1-3) at Rice (1-3), 7 p.m.
Cent. Arkansas (2-3) at Stephen F. Austin
(3-1), 7 p.m.
Idaho (0-4) at Texas St. (2-2), 7 p.m.
MVSU (0-4) at Texas Southern (4-1),
8 p.m.
FAR WEST
Tulsa (1-3) at Colorado St. (3-1), 3 p.m.
Navy (2-3) at Air Force (3-1), 3:30 p.m.
N. Arizona (3-2) at N. Colorado (1-3),
3:30 p.m.
Oregon St. (3-1) at Colorado (2-3), 4 p.m.
Idaho St. (2-2) at E. Washington (4-1),
4:35 p.m.
Arizona St. (3-1) at Southern Cal (3-1),
7:30 p.m.
UC Davis (1-3) at Portland St. (1-3),
7:35 p.m.
Georgia Southern (3-2) at New Mexico
St. (2-3), 8 p.m.
UNLV (1-4) at San Jose St. (1-3), 8 p.m.
Montana St. (3-2) at Sacramento St.
(3-2), 9 p.m.
S. Utah (1-4) at Cal Poly (1-3), 9:05 p.m.
Boise St. (3-2) at Nevada (3-1), 10:30
p.m.
Utah (3-1) at UCLA (4-0), 10:30 p.m.
California (3-1) at Washington St. (2-3),
10:30 p.m.
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Drivers fear next round of NASCARs Chase
By JENNA FRYER
Associated Press
CHARLOTTE, N.C. Drivers have
been fretting about the second round of
NASCARs Chase for the Sprint Cup
Championship for weeks.
The 3-race stretch that begins Sunday
at Kansas Speedway ends on Oct. 19
at Talladega Superspeedway, where four
drivers will be booted from the field.
I think that bracket will break some
hearts, Brad Keselowski said three
days before winning the Chase opener at
Chicagoland Speedway last month.
He hasnt changed his mind. The field
has been trimmed from 16 to 12 drivers;
although they are all even as they head
into Kansas, the margin of error will be
small. Drivers will be desperate to run
well at Kansas this week and Charlotte
next week so that the crapshoot that is
Talladega will not decide their champion-
ship fate.
Two of the three races are as much of
a wild card as you can get in NASCAR
racing these days, Keselowski said
Wednesday during a fan event for the
12 Chase drivers at NASCARs Hall of
Fame. One of the great teams that has a
shot at winning this will probably be left
at home after this series of events because
you dont control your destiny as much as
you do the other races of the season.
A championship cannot be won this
weekend at Kansas but it most certainly
can be lost.
Kyle Busch has rolled into the 1.5-
mile speedway in solid shape in the
Sprint Cup standings time and time again,
only to see his title hopes slip away. He
crashed out of the Chase race there the
last two seasons and suffered the same
fate in 2007 when he arrived at Kansas
within a handful of points of the leader.
Under the new Chase format, a win in
any of the three races
guarantees a driver an
automatic berth into
the next round, so a
bad day at Kansas can
be overcome. But with Talladega, where
one wiggle by one driver can wipe out half
the field, few want to head to Alabama
later this month in desperation mode.
Busch is doing his best to get to
Kansas with a strong mindset that he can
pull out a strong finish. It worked for Joe
Gibbs Racing teammate Denny Hamlin
last week. Hamlin, who counts Dover
among his most disliked tracks, finished
12th to stave off elimination.
I dont think we are out there to set
the world on fire at Kansas, Busch said.
A solid top-10 is what we need to get out
of there with. I thought I was just starting
to figure it out there on the old asphalt
and once they repaved it, I havent
been able to find my rear end with both
my hands. Ive definitely got to figure
that out.
The field has been reset since Dover
last week and all drivers are again equal.
That means everyone has caught up to
Team Penske drivers Keselowski and
Joey Logano, who won the first two
Chase races, and Kevin Harvick, who
has the fastest car seemingly every week.
Its a comfortable spot for Kasey
Kahne, who barely made the Chase and
at one point was down four laps at
Dover and in danger
of being eliminated.
He raced his way back
into the top 12 and
feels good about this
second round.
Kahne has an average finish of 13th
at Kansas and has four career victories
at Charlotte.
I like this format a lot; this format
was made for me, he smiled Wednesday.
I like this round, looking forward to this
round. Im excited to get out there and
get started, then Charlotte is probably my
best track for results.
All 12 drivers will be trying hard to
get a win the next two weeks to avoid
the pressure at Talladega. That goes for
defending champion Jimmie Johnson,
who has not led a lap in six races and has
yet to show hes again a threat to win his
record-tying seventh title.
Pac-12, Big Ten, ACC notify NCAA of proposals
Associated Press
The five wealthiest college football conferences have noti-
fied the NCAA of their proposals to provide more benefits
to athletes under the new governance model that allows the
Atlantic Coast Conference, Big Ten, Big 12, Pac-12 and
Southeastern Conference to pass legislation without the sup-
port of the other Division I leagues.
The autonomy structure went into effect on Wednesday,
which was also the first day for the power conferences to offer
suggestions about what rules they want to implement. The
NCAA board of directors in August passed a proposal to give
autonomy to the five major conferences. The transition to the
autonomy structure will happen in January.
Those conferences endorsed changes that would increase
benefits to student-athletes, all of which have been touted by
conference leaders for several years, including:
Funding athletic scholarships that would cover the full
cost of tuition.
Guaranteeing multiyear scholarships for athletes.
Lifetime scholarship guarantees that would allow for-
mer athletes to return to school at any time and complete their
degrees.
Providing long-term health care and insurance to former
athletes.
The conferences have also said they will review the time
demands for athletes.
The Pac-12 says presidents and chancellors will explore
how to implement the proposed reforms at its board meeting
Oct. 27, including by each institution, conference-wide action
or among the five major conferences.
Any rule changes that occur would not start until the 2015-
2016 academic year.
Michigan QB Gardner to start vs Rutgers
ANN ARBOR, Mich. After leaving sophomore quarter-
back Shane Morris on the field following a hit to the head last
weekend, Michigan coach Brady Hoke took responsibility for
the programs breakdown in communication Wednesday and
said Devin Gardner will start against Rutgers.
Hoke did not elaborate on discrepancies between his news
conference Monday and athletic director Dave Brandons
statement on Morris injuries early Tuesday. Brandon said
Morris suffered a high-ankle sprain and probable, mild con-
cussion.
From the start, when youre a leader, you always have to
take responsibility, Hoke said. I take responsibility for our
student-athletes and I would take it for their health and wel-
fare. But Ill also make it clear I dont make decisions on the
health and welfare and that shouldnt be the coachs decision.
Fifth-year senior Gardner will start on the road in New
Jersey for the Wolverines.
The decision came two days after offensive coordinator
Doug Nussmeier opted not to commit to a quarterback, saying
coaches would evaluate the position.
Gardner played the remainder of the fourth quarter Saturday
after Morris was ultimately removed. He finished 3 for 6 for
39 yards with a rushing touchdown in Michigans 30-14 loss
to Minnesota.
(Continued from page 6)
MANAGERIAL MOVES: Royals man-
ager Ned Yost made two highly-questionable
moves against Oakland, both of which back-
fired. He yanked Shields for rookie Ventura in
the sixth inning and that turned into a 5-run
outburst for Oakland. He also put on a bizarre
delayed steal with lumbering DH Butler that
resulted in the final out of the first inning.
KARMA, BABY: The Royals believe
this is their time. They were counted out most
of the season, languishing below .500 on July
22. They were counted out again on Tuesday
night, twice rallying against Oakland. Perhaps
the same karma that won them Game 6 of
the 1985 World Series the infamous Don
Denkinger game has reared its head for a
franchise that has suffered for decades.
TIGERS-ORIOLES
Schedule: (All times EDT) Game 1,
Thursday, at Baltimore (5:37 or 6:07 p.m.);
Game 2, Friday, at Baltimore (12:07 or 3:07
p.m.) Game 3, Sunday, at Detroit (3:45 p.m.);
x-Game 4, Monday, Oct. 6, at Detroit (TBD);
x-Game 5, Thursday, Oct. 8, at Baltimore
(TBD). (All games on TBS).
x-if necessary.
Season Series: Tigers won 5-1.
Projected Lineup:
Tigers: 2B Ian Kinsler (.275, 17 HRs, 92 RBIs, 15 SBs), RF
Torii Hunter (.286, 17, 83), 1B Miguel Cabrera (.313, 25, 109), DH
Victor Martinez (.335, 32, 103), LF J.D. Martinez (.315, 23, 76),
3B Nick Castellanos (.259, 11, 66), C Alex Avila (.218, 11, 47), SS
Andrew Romine (.227, 2, 12), CF Rajai Davis (.282, 8, 51, 36 SBs)
or CF Don Kelly (.245, 0, 7) or CF Ezequiel Carrera (.261, 0, 2).
Orioles: RF Nick Markakis (.276, 14 HRs, 50 RBIs), LF
Alejandro De Aza (.252, 8, 41 with White Sox and Baltimore),
CF Adam Jones (.281, 29, 96), DH Nelson Cruz (.271, MLB-
leading 40, 108), 1B Steve Pearce (.293, 21, 49), SS J.J. Hardy
(.268, 9, 52), 3B Ryan Flaherty (.221, 7, 32), C Caleb Joseph
(.207, 9, 28), 2B Jonathan Schoop (.209, 16, 45).
Projected Rotation:
Tigers: RH Max Scherzer (18-5, 3.15, 252 Ks), LH David
Price (15-12, 3.26, major league-leading 271 Ks with Detroit
and Tampa Bay), RH Justin Verlander (15-12, 4.54), RH Rick
Porcello (15-13, 3.43).
Orioles: RH Chris Tillman (13-6, 3.34 ERA, 150 Ks), LH
Wei-Yin Chen (16-6, 3.54), RH Miguel Gonzalez (10-9, 3.23),
RH Bud Norris (15-8, 3.65).
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Golf
Five of the top 10 players in the world
No. 1 Lewis, No. 2 Inbee Park, No. 4
Suzann Pettersen, No. 6 So Yeon Ryu and
No. 9 Feng are in the field. Lewis leads
the tour with three victories and earnings of
$2,214,143.
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PGA TOUR
Next event: Frys.com Open, Oct.
9-12, Silverado Resort and Spa, Napa,
California.
Last week: Europe won the Ryder
Cup, beating the United States 16 1/2-11
1/2 at Gleneagles. Justin Rose went 3-0-2
to lead Europe with four points.
Online: http://www.pgatour.com
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CHAMPIONS TOUR
Next event: SAS Championship, Oct.
10-12, Prestonwood Country Club, Cary,
North Carolina.
Last week: John Cook won the First
Tee Open at Pebble Beach for his 10th
Champions Tour title, beating Tom Byrum
by a stroke.
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Dear Abby
Medications kept under lock
and key ensure kids safety
DEAR ABBY: You missed
the chance to communicate a life-
or-death message to your readers
when you answered a letter from
an Ohio Grandma (July 14).
Your reply understated the
importance of storing medications
properly and safely. What if the
grandmother had placed a loaded
GUN on the desk instead of
medications? Both can produce
just as deadly a result.
And why didnt those meds
have safety lids? Putting them
in a suitcase is not enough.
They should be stored out of
reach, preferably secured with
a safety lock. Or better yet, the
parents should be told you have
dangerous substances with you --
and ASKED where you can store
them. -- MOM OF A TODDLER
IN NEW JERSEY
DEAR MOM: I was scolded
for not placing more emphasis
on the safety issue. However, the
question I was asked was, Are
we obligated to help with more
of the medical expenses (for the
ER visit) because we have already
helped (contributed several
hundred dollars) and I dont think
its our job to teach our grandchild
boundaries? So that was the issue
on which I focused. Read on:
DEAR ABBY: You dropped
the ball. No 3-year-old will
respect a closed door all of the
time. Grandma and Grandpa are
responsible for the safe-keeping
of their meds while in the childs
and even the grandparents home.
Bottles that rattle and pretty
colors in a bottle that look like
candy will attract any little kid.
Grandma and Grandpa should be
happy they arent helping to pay
for a funeral instead of an ER
visit. Here are the rules:
1. All medications should be in
kid-proof containers.
2. All medications and OTC
drugs should be kept out of a
curious childs climbing area.
3. Poison Control numbers
should be posted on the fridge.
4. Use the original container
(NOT one of those daily dosage
containers) and know how many
pills are in it. Be sure you know
the name, strength and dosage
for each medication. Just telling
the hospital that its for blood
pressure doesnt tell them what it
is or how to treat an overdose.
5. NEVER tell the kids that
medication is candy!
6. You are the adult. Dont
expect any child -- or teen -- to
respect your private property
when it comes to medication.
-- MESQUITE, TEXAS,
GRANDMA
DEAR ABBY: Ohio
Grandmas story of an
emergency room visit for
suspected medication poisoning is
all too common. In 2011, 67,700
toddlers were seen for accidental
medication exposure. Of these,
12,390 required hospitalization.
Children 13 to 24 months of
age accounted for 68 percent of
these visits. In ER visits where
information was obtained, 38
percent involved grandparents
medications, 31 percent the
mothers medications, 12 percent
a siblings, 8 percent the fathers
and 5 percent an aunts or uncles
medication.
Family members MUST take
precautions to keep their meds out
of childrens hands. I keep mine
under lock and key with the key
in my possession whenever I visit
my grandchildren.
While I agree with you
that children should be taught
boundaries and to respect the
possessions of others, I believe
we have a responsibility to
provide a safe environment,
especially when we are visiting or
when children are visiting us. The
consequences of failing to do that
can be tragic. -- PEDIATRICIAN
AND GRANDMOTHER IN
MAINE
COPYRIGHT 2014
UNIVERSAL UCLICK
DEAR DOCTOR
K: I have weak
ankles, and as a
result, I have frequent
ankle sprains. Can
you suggest some
ankle-strengthening
exercises?
D E A R
R E A D E R :
Our ankles are
workhorses and take
a lot of abuse. They
must bear the full
weight of our bodies,
yet stay nimble and
flexible through
every step and jump.
Its amazing they
work as well as they
do.
As is true with
every weight-bearing
joint in our bodies,
the muscles that
affect the movement
of the joint are the
joints best friends. I
learned this the hard
way. I badly injured
my right quadriceps
muscle playing
basketball when I
was in my 20s. The
quadriceps is in the
front of the upper
leg and protects
the hip. Despite
Dr. Anthony L.
Komaroff, M.D.
Ask Doctor K
Strengthen ankle muscles to
prevent future strains
my exercising,
that muscle never
regained normal
strength. As a result,
30 years later I
needed a right hip
joint replacement.
My left hip was
perfectly fine.
Weak muscles
supporting the ankle
make you more
vulnerable to injuries
such as sprains. They
also make you more
likely to fall, and to
suffer injuries from
the fall. Ankle sprains
stretch or even tear
the ligaments that
keep ankle bones
and joints properly
positioned. And in
a vicious cycle, lax
ligaments set the
stage for additional
sprains.
A combination
of strengthening
and stretching ankle
exercises can help
increase much-
needed flexibility in
your ankles. They
can help build up
supporting muscles
that keep you
balanced whether
youre standing
still, walking over
changing terrain or
dancing.
Here are two
ankle-strengthening
exercises and
one ankle stretch.
Ive put photos
of these exercises
on my website,
AskDoctorK.com.
-- SINGLE
LEG STANCE
( s t r e ngt he ni ng) :
Stand up straight with
your feet hip-width
apart. Lift your right
foot a few inches off
the floor, bending
your knee slightly,
and balancing on
your left leg. Hold
for 60 seconds, then
lower your foot to
the starting position.
Repeat with your left
leg. This completes
one set. Do one to
three sets, resting
for 30 to 90 seconds
between sets.
-- HEEL RAISES
( s t r e ngt he ni ng) :
Stand up straight with
your feet hip-width
apart and your hands
at your sides. Slowly
lift up on your toes so
that your heels rise
off the floor as high
as possible. Pause,
then slowly return to
the starting position.
Do one to three sets
of 10 reps, resting
for 30 to 90 seconds
between sets.
-- SEATED
POINT AND FLEX
(stretching): Sit up
straight in a chair
with both feet on the
floor. Lift your right
foot a few inches off
the floor. Slowly flex
your ankle so your
toes point up toward
the ceiling. Hold
10 to 30 seconds.
Then slowly point
your toes toward the
floor. Hold 10 to 30
seconds. Finish 3 to 4
reps, then repeat the
stretch with your left
foot. This completes
the set.
As we have
grown heavier in the
United States over
the past 40 years,
our ankles have been
subjected to even
more challenges. If
youve ever had an
ankle injury, or if
you sometimes feel
unsteady on your
ankles, consider
regular exercise,
in addition to the
exercises above, to
help you achieve and
maintain a healthy
weight.
(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,
Boston, MA 02115.)
C O P Y R I G H T
2014 THE
P R E S I D E N T
AND FELLOWS
OF HARVARD
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PUTTING YOUR
WORLD IN
PERSPECTIVE
THURSDAY, OCT. 2, 2014
Avoid making rash decisions.
Dont commit your time or
services to anyone without frst
fnding out what the job entails.
Estimates and guesswork will
derail your plans. Get all the
facts and work out the costs
before you decide to make a
change.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct.
23) -- Dont allow anyone to
manipulate you or blame you
for their shortcomings. Jealousy
and frustration will lead to hard
feelings among your peers.
Stand up for yourself and your
achievements.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-
Nov. 22) -- Let the voice of
experience be your guide.
If you are feeling uneasy
regarding your direction, talk
with someone you trust. You
will gain insight if you ask
questions.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov.
23-Dec. 21) -- Travel and
fraught communications are
likely. Dont let personal
problems interfere with your
productivity at work. Keeping
everything in perspective will
be fundamental if you want to
get ahead.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-
Jan. 19) -- Focus on making
money and/or strategic
enhancements to your fnancial
portfolio. Avoid excessive
displays of emotion. Maintain
a calm demeanor in order to
discourage anyone trying to
make you look or feel inferior.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb.
19) -- A little self-indulgence
can be a good thing if you
dont bust your budget. An
outing to a theatrical, sporting
or musical event will lift your
spirits and provide some
healthy recreation.
PISCES (Feb. 20-March
20) -- Decide what will bring
you closer to your goal.
Furthering your education,
increasing your contacts or
improving your networking
methods will help raise your
profle.
ARIES (March 21-April
19) -- Keep your composure.
Some awkward situations
are bound to unfold. Handle
whatever comes your way with
grace and good humor. Losing
your temper will only make
matters worse.
TAURUS (April 20-May
20) -- Love, laughter and
romance will fll your day.
Take someone special on a day
trip so you can relax, rejuvenate
and get to know each other
better.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20)
-- An effective way to increase
your networking prospects
is to participate in worthy
organizations or humanitarian
events. Youll improve your
odds of meeting someone
interesting and infuential.
CANCER (June 21-July
22) -- Money matters will
surface. Collect an old debt and
make fnancial changes that
will protect your assets and
help your bank account grow.
Document your plans and put
them in motion.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) --
Dont brood over past events.
Share some laughs with close
friends or relatives, and move
forward. Life is a series of
changes; some good, some bad.
Make the most of today.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)
-- With self-discipline, you will
be able to check off a lot of
items on your to-do list. Listen
to other peoples points of view.
You can expect opposition if
you try to dominate.
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Zits
Blondie
For Better or Worse
Beetle Bailey
Pickles
Marmaduke
Garfeld
Born Loser
Hagar the Horrible
The Family Circus
By Bil Keane
Comics & Puzzles
Barney Google & Snuffy Smith
Hi and Lois
Todays
Horoscope
By Eugenia Last
Answer to Sudoku
Crossword Puzzle
7 Mature
8 Jowly canine
9 I, to Wolf-
gang
10 -- Moines,
Iowa
11 IRS em-
ployee
12 Gray rock
16 Pipe bend
18 Mr. Woos-
nam of golf
20 -- Centauri
21 Baffing
question
22 Hurl ash
23 -- Kea vol-
cano
24 Bach instru-
ment
25 -- to Billie
Joe
27 Really big
tees
29 Smooth-
talking
30 Pause fllers
32 Perform in a
movie
34 Poached
item
ACROSS
1 Deer feet
6 Fleet
11 Dome
12 Entice
13 Turnpike
stops
14 Enjoys a
joke
15 Gracie or
Fred
16 Fatha
Hines
17 River sedi-
ment
19 Phone bugs
23 Pasture
sound
26 Author --
Haley
28 Hack (off)
29 Dig and hoe
31 Slipup
33 Olympic
sledder
34 Avoid
35 -- -- rush
36 Fawns par-
ent
39 Mammoth
entrapper
40 Outlaws
42 Therefore
44 Lama or
friar
46 Hearth
51 Country
parsons
54 Type of ar-
rangement
55 Apollos
priestess
56 Steeple
57 Tall and thin
58 That is, in
Latin
DOWN
1 Popcorn
nuisance
2 Octobers
stone
3 Slime
4 Custard
pies
5 Stockholm
carrier
6 Cabooses
spot
Yesterdays answers
37 Fidgety
38 Indiana
Jones quest
41 Loud kiss
43 Gawked
at
45 Air France
hub
47 Part in a
drama
48 Kennel
sounds
49 Dainty
pastry
50 Ron who
played Tarzan
51 TV knob
52 A Gersh-
win
53 Trash
holder
54 G-mans
org.
Trivia
Patronage income (refunds
from other cooperatives due
to sales between coopera-
tives) increased by almost 33
percent, to $1.2 billion, up
from $900 million in 2012.
U.S. farm numbers
remained about the same in
2013 as in 2012, with USDA
counting 2.1 million in both
years. There are now 2,186
farmer, rancher and fishery
cooperatives, down from
2,236 in 2012. Mergers
account for most of the drop,
resulting in larger coopera-
tives.
Producers held 2 million
memberships in cooperatives
in 2013, down about 7 per-
cent from 2012. The number
of cooperative memberships
is slightly less than the num-
ber of U.S. farms, but this
does not mean that every
producer is a member of
an agricultural cooperative.
Previous studies have found
that many farmers and ranch-
ers are members of up to
three cooperatives, so farm
numbers and cooperative
memberships are not strictly
comparable.
Record
50 Years Ago 1964
Del Otto Club met at the home
of Mildred Beckman Wednesday eve-
ning with Regina Weber and Jane
Kimmet as guests. In cards, Hilda
Grothouse received high award.
Marcella Schumaker was second. Rosa
Allemeier received the traveling prize.
Marie Brickner will be hostess to the
club on Oct. 28.
Rally Day will be observed at the
Pilgrim Holiness Sunday School Oct.
4. This will begin the fall Sunday
School enlargement campaign under
the theme Vote for the Sunday School
in 1964. The campaign will last dur-
ing the month of October. Theme for
Rally Day will be Vote to Break the
Record, with an attempt to break the
Rally Day attendance record of 149 set
three years ago.
Ken R. Symons of Van Wert was
guest speaker for the meeting of Delphos
Rotary at NuMaudes Restaurant
Wednesday noon. Symons has been
an official of Rotary International and
lived for a number of years at Evanston,
Ill. John A. Shenk, president of the
club, presided and club singing was led
by E. O. Steinle.
75 Years Ago 1939
The Delphos bowling team defeated
the Celina Mermans in the Inter-City
Bowling League at Van Wert by a
score of 2,911 to 2,702. Herring, of the
Delphos team, rolled 233 for a high
game and had a high total of 573 for
three games. Critchett, also of the local
team, rolled 210. It was the second
round of league play.
The Girl Reserve Club, an organiza-
tion at Jefferson High School, plans to
be active this school year according to a
program just completed. Officers of the
organization are: Betty Lloyd, presi-
dent; Betty Laudick, vice president;
Wanda Maxson, secretary; and Juanita
Pollock, treasurer.
Middle Point defeated the Van Wert
Burts by a score of 3 to 2 in a game
played at Middle Point Sunday after-
noon. H. Pollock pitched for Middle
Point. He was very effective, holding
Van Wert to one hit and striking out 11
men. Sanders, Leathers and Ringwald
collected two base hits for Middle
Point.
Archives
Answers to Wednesdays questions:
Gouging, the frontier sport imported from England,
flourished in the Ohio River Valley around 1800. The
object was to gouge out the opponents eye with a
thumbnail. To compete effectively, you would have
needed to let your thumbnail grow extra-long.
From 1925 to 1939, Yankee first baseman Lou
Gehrig appeared in 2,130 consecutive games a
then-unmatched record.
Todays questions:
How long does it take to walk around the world?
How many players to you need to start a polo
game?
Answers in Fridays Herald.
Pin Oak and American Beech trees tend to hold their drab
brown-colored leaves through winter, Young said. Needles
of evergreens also have a needle drop at this time of year with
pines losing their 2-year needles and spruce losing their 4- or
5-year needles.
Ohio is expected to provide a spectacular array of colors
this season with peaks in northern Ohio being the second week
of October, peaks in central Ohio at the end of the third week
of October and southern Ohio peaking in late October.
To find out where the most captivating leaves will be
throughout the upcoming fall color season, visit fallcolor.
ohiodnr.gov.
Fall
AP-GfK Poll: Top issues
in the midterm election
WASHINGTON (AP) Its
October and in some places, vot-
ers are already voting. The latest
Associated Press-GfK poll finds
those likely to cast a ballot are
focused more on the economy
than other issues. But that hasnt
stopped campaigns from trying
to appeal on other topics as well.
Heres a look at what voters think
on the top issues of the election
cycle.
THE ECONOMY:
The nations economic blues
remain at the top of voters list of
important issues. Asked to name
the nations biggest problem, 19
percent cite the economy, signifi-
cantly higher than the 12 percent
who name the next highest issue
on the list, terrorism and national
security. Among all adults, 4 in
10 approve of President Barack
Obamas handling of the issue,
a figure thats held steady since
late last year.
Likely voters give
Republicans a narrow edge
as the party more trusted to
handle the economy, 36 per-
cent to 31 percent who favor
the Democrats approach. But
six years after impressions of
the economy took a negative
turn from which public opinion
has never recovered, a sizable
22 percent say they trust neither
party on the issue. Overall, 62
percent of likely voters describe
the economy as poor, about
the same as at this point in 2012,
but better than 2010, when 79
percent of likely voters said it
was in bad shape.
HEALTH CARE:
Many expected Obamas sig-
nature domestic policy initiative
to become a central topic in this
years campaigns, but the voters
are less interested. Though 8 in
10 call health care an important
issue for them personally, when
asked to name the top issue fac-
ing the country, just 5 percent of
likely voters named health care.
Public opinion on the law has
been stagnant since the rollout
of the state insurance exchanges
a year ago. Overall, 25 percent
of adults say they support the
health care program, 40 percent
oppose it, and 34 percent are
neutral. About 6 in 10 say the
law itself has been more of a fail-
ure than a success. Among likely
voters, theres more support for
the health care overhaul (30 per-
cent), but also more opposition
(47 percent).
Those likely voters who call
health care an extremely impor-
tant issue are more closely divid-
ed than others on how the laws
been working, though still fall
mainly on the negative side of
the line: 45 percent say its been
a success while 54 percent call it
a failure.
IMMIGRATION:
About two-thirds of likely
voters call illegal immigration a
serious problem for the United
States today, and 8 percent name
immigration or border security
as the top issue facing the nation.
Only 35 percent say they approve
of Obamas handling of the issue.
Voters are generally in favor
of providing a legal way for
illegal immigrants already in
the United States to become
citizens, 53 percent back that,
but that support rests heavily
on Democratic likely voters, 75
percent of whom favor such a
policy. Among Republicans who
are most apt to mail in a ballot or
show up at the polls, 33 percent
favor it, along with 37 percent of
independent likely voters.
THE THREAT OF
TERRORISM:
About 8 in 10 likely voters
say terrorism is a key issue for
them, with Republicans more
apt than Democrats to consider
it important. Overall, 83 per-
cent of Republicans say the issue
is important compared with 72
percent of Democrats. Similarly,
87 percent of Republicans con-
sider the threat posed by the
Islamic State group an important
issue compared with 75 percent
of Democrats. And although
some have raised the possibil-
ity of security-focused women
as a key to the election, there is
no difference by gender on the
importance of the issue.
Republicans have a 16-point
advantage among likely voters
as the party more trusted to pro-
tect the country, 39 percent vs.
23 percent, and its one issue
where the parties havent lost
quite as much faith among the
public. Just 16 percent say they
trust neither party to keep the
nation safe, the lowest share on
any issue tested in the poll.
SOCIAL ISSUES:
Democrats hold their stron-
gest advantages in the poll on
issues such as abortion or same-
sex marriage, yet these same
issues land near the bottom of
voters priority lists. Asked in
an open-ended question to name
the most important issue cur-
rently facing the U.S., neither
issue scored even 1 percent of
responses. When asked how
important each issue was per-
sonally, 43 percent of likely vot-
ers ranked abortion an important
one, 32 percent said that about
same-sex marriage.
Ebola-infected
passenger was sent
home from ER
PAUL J. WEBER
Associated Press
DALLAS The airline
passenger who brought Ebola
into the U.S. initially went
to a Dallas emergency room
last week but was sent home,
despite telling a nurse that he
had been in disease-ravaged
West Africa, the hospital said
Wednesday in a disclosure that
showed how easily an infec-
tion could be missed.
The decision by Texas
Health Presbyterian Hospital
to release the patient, who had
recently arrived from Liberia,
could have put others at risk
of exposure to Ebola before
the man went back to the ER a
couple of days later, when his
condition worsened.
A day after the diagnosis
was confirmed, a nine-member
team of federal health officials
was tracking anyone who had
close contact with him after he
fell ill on Sept. 24. The group
of 12 to 18 people included
three members of the ambu-
lance crew that took the man
to the hospital and a handful of
schoolchildren.
They will be checked every
day for 21 days, the diseases
incubation period.
Thats how were going
to break the chain of trans-
mission, and thats where
our focus has to be, Dr.
Tom Frieden, director of the
Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention, told The
Associated Press Wednesday.
The CDC reminded the
nations health care providers
to ask patients with symptoms
if theyve traveled recently.
The American College of
Emergency Physicians planned
to alert its members as well.
Secret Service chief quits
due to security lapses
ALICIA A. CALDWELL
Associated Press
WASHINGTON Secret Service
Director Julia Pierson abruptly resigned
Wednesday in the face of multiple revela-
tions of security breaches, bumbling in her
agency and rapidly eroding confidence
that the president and his family were
being kept safe.
President Barack Obama conclud-
ed new leadership of that agency was
required, said spokesman Josh Earnest.
High-ranking lawmakers from both
parties had urged her to step down after her
poorly received testimony to Congress a
day earlier and revelation of yet another
security problem: Obama had shared an
elevator in Atlanta last month with an
armed guard who was not authorized to be
around him.
That appeared to be the last straw that
crumbled trust in her leadership in the
White House. Earnest said Obama and his
staff did not learn about that breach until
just before it was made public in news
reports Tuesday.
Today Julia Pierson, the director of the
United States Secret Service, offered her
resignation, and I accepted it, Homeland
Security Secretary Jeh Johnson said in
a statement. He announced that Joseph
Clancy, retired head of the agencys
Presidential Protective Division, would
come out of retirement to lead the Secret
Service temporarily.
Taking further steps to restore trust
in the beleaguered agency, Johnson also
outlined an independent inquiry into the
agencys operations.
That trust was shaken by a series of
failures in the agencys critical job of pro-
tecting the president, including a breach
Sept. 19, when a knife-carrying man
climbed over the White House fence on
Pennsylvania Avenue and made it deep
into the executive mansion before being
stopped.
Republicans quickly served notice
that Piersons resignation and the inquiry
ordered by Johnson would not end their
investigation.
The Oversight Committee will con-
tinue to examine clear and serious agen-
cy failures at the Secret Service, said
the panels chairman, Rep. Darrell Issa,
R-Calif. Problems at the Secret Service
pre-date Ms. Piersons tenure as director,
and her resignation certainly does not
resolve them.
In an interview with Bloomberg News
after her resignation was announced,
Pierson said she recognized that Congress
has lost confidence in my ability to run the
agency.
She said she met Johnson on Wednesday
and after that discussion I felt this was the
noble thing to do.
Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, a leader
of the congressional inquiry, called her
resignation the right thing to do, it had to
happen, but there are some systemic chal-
lenges that must be addressed.
Some revelations came from whistle-
blowers who contacted Chaffetz, and he
suggested more damaging stories may
emerge. Unfortunately there are more out
there and well see how that goes, he said.
After a congressional hearing Tuesday
into the Sept. 19 breach and an earlier one,
reports emerged of still another. Earlier in
September, Obama had shared an elevator
in Atlanta with a private guard who was
not authorized to be around him with a gun.
That was the first known Secret Service
failure to unfold in the presence of the pres-
ident. The first family was not at the White
House when the recent intruder entered.
US sharply criticizes new Israeli housing project
WASHINGTON (AP) In a striking public rebuke, the
Obama administration warned Israel on Wednesday that plans
for a controversial new housing project in east Jerusalem
would distance Israel from even its closest allies and
raise questions about its commitment to seeking peace with
Palestinians.
The harsh criticism came just hours after President Barack
Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met
at the White House. Obama spokesman Josh Earnest said the
president privately raised his concerns with Netanyahu though
the two leaders made no mention of the matter in their public
comments to reporters.
This development will only draw condemnation from the
international community, Earnest said. It also would call
into question Israels ultimate commitment to a peaceful nego-
tiated settlement with the Palestinians.
Netanyahu pushed back against the criticism, according to
reporters traveling with him Wednesday, saying that people
should have all of the information before making such state-
ments. He also said that while Obama did raise the issue of
settlements in their meeting, the discussion did not focus on
specific cases.
An Israeli official, who wasnt authorized to discuss the
matter and spoke on condition anonymity, confirmed the accu-
racy of Netanyahus comments to his traveling press corps.
The new 2,500 unit project that stoked U.S. anger is con-
tentious because it would complete a band of Jewish areas
that separate Jerusalem from nearby Bethlehem. The U.S. has
repeatedly criticized Israeli construction in east Jerusalem,
casting it as damaging to efforts to secure an elusive peace
accord with the Palestinians.
The White House also condemned what it called the recent
occupation of residential buildings in Silwan, an Arab neigh-
borhood in east Jerusalem where several hundred hard-line
Israeli settlers have moved in recent years. Earnest called the
move was provocative and said it would escalate tensions
at a moment when those tensions have already been high.
Appearing before reporters earlier, Obama and Netanyahu
betrayed little of the U.S. displeasure projected by the White
House spokesman, as well as officials at the State Department.
While the two leaders have long had a tense relationship, each
took a polite and cordial tone in their brief public remarks.
Still, areas of discord were evident, most notably Obamas
frustration with Palestinian civilian deaths in during the sum-
mer war in Gaza and Israels wariness of U.S.-led nuclear
negotiations with Iran.
Sitting alongside Netanyahu, Obama said leaders must
find ways to change the status quo so that both Israel citi-
zens are safe in their own homes, and schoolchildren in their
schools, from the possibility of rocket fire but also that we
dont have the tragedy of Palestinian children being killed as
well.
More than 2,100 Palestinians the vast majority of them
civilians, according to the United Nations and more than 70
Israelis were killed during the 50-day war in Gaza.
Officials said much of Obama and Netanyahus private
discussions centered on Iran. The U.S. and its negotiating part-
ners Britain, France, Germany, Russia and China have
until Nov. 24 to reach a deal with Iran on its nuclear program,
and all sides say significant gaps remain.
Respiratory virus seen in four deaths
NEW YORK (AP) Four people
who were infected with a virus caus-
ing severe respiratory illness across the
country have died, but what role the
virus played in the deaths is unclear,
health officials said Wednesday.
A 10-year-old Rhode Island girl died
last week after suffering both a bacterial
infection and infection from enterovirus
68, Rhode Island health officials said.
The virus is behind a spike in harsh
respiratory illnesses in children since
early August.
The virus was also found in three
other patients who died in September,
according to the U.S. Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention. The
CDC declined to release any other
details about those deaths.
Its not clear what role the virus may
have played in the four deaths, officials
from Rhode Island and the CDC say.
The Rhode Island childs death
was the result of a bacterial infection,
Staphylococcus aureus, that hit the girl
in tandem with the virus, Rhode Island
officials said in a statement.
They called it a very rare combina-
tion, and stressed that most people who
catch the virus experience little more
than a runny nose and low-grade fever.
The child was in good health before
she developed severe breathing prob-
lems and her parents called 911, said
Dr. Michael Fine, director of the Rhode
Island Department of Health. She was
taken by ambulance to a Providence
hospital, where she died.
Very quickly after they got to the
hospital, things became dire, Fine said
at a news conference.
This enterovirus germ is not new.
It was first identified in 1962 and
has caused clusters of illness before.
Because its not routinely tested for, it
may have spread widely in previous
years without being identified in people
who just seemed to have a cold.
This year, the virus has gotten more
attention because it has been linked to
hundreds of severe illnesses.
Beginning last month, hospitals in
Kansas City, Missouri, and Chicago
have received a flood of children with
trouble breathing. Some needed oxygen
or more extreme care such as a breathing
machine. Many, but not all, had asthma
before the infection.
Health officials say they have not
detected a recent mutation or other
change in the virus that would cause it
to become more dangerous.
The government says enterovirus 68
has sickened at least 500 people in 42
states and the District of Columbia.
Almost all have been children.

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