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Christmas!

DELPHOS
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Influenza
overtaking
Ohio

Wednesday, december 24, 2014

Delphos, Ohio

Vol. 145 No. 136

Coloring Contest winners

The Delphos Herald is pleased to announce winners in the annual Christmas Coloring Contest. Age
categories included: 0-3, 4-6, 7-9 and 10-12. First-place
in each category earned $20 and second $10. The pages
below are the first-place entries in each age group.

INFORMATION
SUBMITTED

COLUMBUS – Influenzalike illness is now widespread
throughout Ohio, and the numbers of associated hospitalizations are increasing rapidly. Last
week alone (week 50), there
were 529 new confirmed influenza-associated hospitalizations
in Ohio, bringing the total to
985 since flu season began in
October. Just two weeks ago,
there were 202 total confirmed
flu-associated hospitalizations.
At this time during last year’s
flu season, there were 216. Ohio
also has its second confirmed
influenza-associated pediatric death, a 16-year-old boy
from Licking County. This is a
reminder of the danger flu poses
to children.
“Influenza vaccination is the
safest and most effective way to
prevent the flu, except for infants
younger than 6 months old who
aren’t eligible to receive it,” said
Dr. Mary DiOrio, medical director of the Ohio Department of
Health (ODH).
The 2014-15 flu season,
which likely will continue into
next spring, may be severe,
according to the U.S. Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention.
Influenza A (H3N2) is the predominant virus strain this year,
and hospitalizations and deaths
are higher when it is dominant.
“Many people have probably heard about this year’s
flu vaccine not being as effective because of mutations in
some influenza viruses,” said
Dr. DiOrio. “I cannot emphasize strongly enough that it’s
still very important to get vaccinated. The vaccine provides
some protection against mutated
viruses and maximum protection against other circulating
influenza strains for which the
vaccine remains well-matched.”
While vaccination provides
the greatest protection against
the flu, other effective ways
to avoid getting or spreading
it include: washing hands frequently or using alcohol-based
hand sanitizer; covering coughs
and sneezes with tissues,
or coughing or sneezing into
elbows; avoiding touching eyes,
nose and mouth; and staying
home when sick and until feverfree for 24 hours without using
fever-reducing medication.
“These practices are especially important with flu activity increasing and family and
friends gathering for the holidays,” noted Dr. DiOrio.
Symptoms of influenza can
include fever, cough, sore throat,
body aches, headache, chills and
fatigue. Flu vaccination is available at most healthcare providers’ offices, local health departments and retail pharmacies.
While influenza-associated
pediatric deaths must be reported to ODH, adult deaths are not
reportable, so total influenzaassociated death statistics are not
available.

Ottoville resident Lisa Modica reads a statement to village council Monday
evening noting her objection to proposed sidewalk legislation and her stance
on what she feels are bigger problems the village should address. (DHI Media/
Stephanie Groves)

Nicole Pohlman, age 11

BY STEPHANIE GROVES
DHI Media Staff Writer
sgroves@delphosherald .com

Chloe Etzkorn, age 8

Pete Eglitis, age 6

Rain today and
tonight probably mixed with
snow tonight.
Windy. Highs
in the lower
50s. Lows in
the lower 30s. See page 2.

Obituaries
State/Local
The Next Generation
Community
Sports
Classifieds
Comics and Puzzles
World News

OTTOVILLE - Close to
70 residents and business
owners attended Monday
night’s village council meeting to express their views
on ordinance 2014-15 — the
construction of the proposed
sidewalks on State Route
66 from Sunset Drive to
Monterey Street — which has
been an item at the forefront
of council’s agenda since late
spring.
The ordinance was debated by residents and afterwards, council member Tony
Langhals motioned for council to take a vote. Since councilman Carl Byrne was absent
from the meeting, a second
for the motion was not heard
and the ordinance was tabled
for discussion on Jan. 7.

Mayor Ron Miller opened
the meeting and the floor for
public discussion on the topic
by explaining that village
council members are serving the community as best as
they can and asked groups or
individuals to limit their comments to five minutes.
Resident Gary Wurst
asked if there had been an
official impartial study done
on the location of the proposed project.
“A study accounting
population density, demographics, traffic patterns?”
he asked. “Has there been
an application made to the
state (Ohio Department of
Transportation) regarding
right-of-ways and distance of
the walkways from homes?”
“No,” Miller replied.
Lynn Horstman asked if a
usage study had been done.
“No,” Miller replied.

“I did my own study on a
Sunday the 30th of November,
which was a sunny day, at
my parents’ home on Sunset,”
Horstman recounted her finding. “There were a total of
four pedestrians and even
though there were sidewalks
available, two of the four
walked in the street.”
Her conclusion was there
are 880 people in the village
and council is asking residents to put in sidewalks in
for .2 percent of the public
that will use them .2 percent
of the time.
Horstman asked if there
had been a safety study done.
She said last year there was
a homeowner who lives off
of State Route 66 working in
his yard and he was almost
hit by debris that flew from a
vehicle traveling on 66.
See SIDEWALKS, page 9

A look back at 2014 ...

Forecast

Index

Ottoville tables
sidewalk ordinance

2
3
4
5
6-8
10
11
12
Elayna Stokes, age 3

The landscape of the corner of Fifth and Main streets in downtown Delphos was
changing rapidly as crews began demolishing the old Van Dyne Crotty building
the last week in December 2013. (DHI Media file photos)
Editor’s note: Each year, The Herald takes
a look back at the stories and photos of the
year. Here is the first of four 2014 wrapups.
Jan. 10
Allen County Sheriff Sam Crish and
Chief Deputy Jim Everett addressed Delphos
City Council
on
moving
dispatching from the
Delphos Police
Department
to the Allen
C o u n t y
Sheriff ’s
Dispatch
Center. Crish
explained the
call
would
come in and
be
directly
dispatched to
the police or
fire and rescue
Karlie Ulm, a fifth- d e p a r t m e n t s
grader from Landeck eliminating a
Elementary, was first small amount
runner-up in the Allen of lag time.
County Spelling Bee held
Jan. 18
in January.
There were

112 diplomas handed out to students from
Franklin, Landeck and St. John’s schools at
the annual D.A.R.E. Graduation in the Robert
A. Arzen Gymnasium at St. John’s. Jan. 31
Delphos St. John’s senior Justin
Berelsman will visit Gettysburg, Pa.,
and Washington, D.C., as a guest of the
American Legion March 3-8. His score
of a 98 out of 100 possible points on the
Legion’s Americanism Test qualified him
to join 17 others from the state for the trip
to Gettysburg and Fort Myers Army Base in
Arlington, Va.
Feb. 8
The roof at the First Assembly of God’s
ROC building collapsed from the weight of
the snow.
Carl Core of Arrow Printing was one of
three recipients of pavers to be placed at the
entrance of the museum. Core accepted the
paver from Museum Director Gary Levitt.
Feb. 12
Inter-Faith Thrift Store Volunteer
Coordinator Barb Haggard and John Williams,
foreman for Alexander Bebout, Inc., inspected
the construction of the entryway joining the
main store to the annex.
See WRAPUP, page 9

2 — The Herald

www.delphosherald.com

Wednesday, December 24, 2014

For The Record
VAN WERT COURT NEWS
INFORMATION SUBMITTED
VAN WERT — The Van Wert
Common Pleas Court had one arraignment, four pleas, one sentencing, one
probation violation and one bond violation on Tuesday.
ARRAIGNMENT
Amber Smith, 33, Van Wert, entered
a not guilty plea to trafficking heroin,
a felony of the fifth degree. She was
released on a surety bond with pretrial
set for 3:30 p.m. Jan. 28.
CHANGES OF PLEAS
David Boff, Jr., 22, Van Wert,
changed his plea to guilty to failure to
register as a sex offender, a felony of
the fourth degree. The Court ordered a
pre-sentence investigation and set sentencing for 9 a.m. Feb. 2.
Jordan Perl, 22, Van Wert, changed
his plea to guilty to attempted grand
theft, a felony of the fourth degree
(reduced from grand theft, a felony of

the third degree). The Court ordered a
pre-sentence investigation and set sentencing for 9 a.m. Feb. 2.
Jered Couch, 27, Van Wert, changed
his plea to guilty to attempted grand
theft, a felony of the fourth degree
(reduced from grand theft, a felony
of the third degree). A second charge
of theft, a felony of the fourth degree,
was dismissed for his plea. He then
requested and was granted treatment
in lieu of conviction and his case was
stayed pending completion of his treatment program.
Heather Ratliff, 37, Convoy, changed
her plea to guilty to attempted forgery, a misdemeanor of the first degree
(reduced from forgery, a felony of the
fifth degree). Two other forgery charges
were dismissed for her plea. The Court
ordered a pre-sentence investigation and
will set sentencing at a later date.
SENTENCING
Sonny Metzger, 40, Van Wert, was

OBITUARY

sentenced on a charge of possession
of heroin, a felony of the fifth degree.
He was sentenced to: three years community control, 60 days jail at a later
date, 200 hours community service,
two years intensive probation, driver’s
license suspended six months, ordered
to pay court costs and partial appointed
counsel fees.
Nine months prison was deferred
pending completion of community control.
PROBATION VIOLATION
Ethan Mezuk, 24, Convoy, admitted
violating his probation by having several positive drug tests. He was sentenced
to nine months prison with credit for 58
days served.
BOND VIOLATION
Lee Hummer, 27, Delphos admitted
to violating his bond by failing to report
to probation for several weeks. The
Court revoked his surety bond and set a
new bond at $1,000 cash.

The Delphos
Herald
Nancy Spencer, editor
Ray Geary,
general manager
Delphos Herald, Inc.
Lori Goodwin Silette,
circulation manager

Imogene Mox

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Oct. 11, 1927-Dec. 18, 2014
DELPHOS — Imogene
Mox of Delphos passed away
peacefully surrounded by her
children Thursday at Vancrest
Healthcare Center.
405 North Main St.
She was born on Oct.
TELEPHONE 695-0015
11, 1927, in Wapakoneta
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to Eugene and Lillian
8 a.m.-5 p.m. Mon.-Fri.
(Wiefenbach) Slattery, who
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preceded her in death.
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On April 29, 1950, she was to THE DELPHOS HERALD,
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united in marriage to Franklin
Delphos, Ohio 45833
O. Mox, who preceded her in
death on Jan. 5, 2010.
Imogene is survived by
motorists in AAA Ohio Auto Club’s
INFORMATION SUBMITTED
two daughters, Linda (Erwin)
38-county territory in Ohio. Calls will
Monhemius of Wooster and
ORRECTIONS
COLUMBUS – AAA predicts 98.6 mil- include dead batteries, flat tires, lockouts
Jeannie (Mark) Hellmann of
lion Americans, including more than 3.8 and tows. Motorists should get their batAndover, Minnesota; a son,
The Delphos Herald wants
million Ohioans, will travel 50 miles or tery checked, inspect their tires, prepare
Michael E (Vickie) Mox of to correct published errors in
more from home during the year-end holi- vehicles for winter driving, and pack an
Plano, Texas; and a sister- its news, sports and feature
day season, Tuesday through Jan. 4. This emergency roadside kit before heading out
in-law, Ruth Mox Lynn of articles. To inform the newsis an increase of 4 percent nationally and 5 on a holiday road trip.
Humboldt, Tennessee. She room of a mistake in published
Air Travel: Air travel is forecast to
percent in Ohio, and marks the highest travsincerely loved her nine information, call the editorial
el volume for this holiday period on record. increase 1 percent nationally and 4.7 pergrandchildren, Dan (Becky) department at 419-695-0015.
Three Main Reasons for the Increase: cent in Ohio this holiday, with the highand John (Beth) Monhemius,
Increased consumer confidence due to est number of Ohioans flying since 2004
Corrections will be published
Sara (John) Waple, Katie,
economic improvements: “While the econ- (nationally since 2010). Average discounted
Emma, Laura, Kurt and Kyle on this page.
INFORMATION
omy continues to improve at an uneven round-trip airfares across 40 top domestic
Hellmann and Lisabeth Mox;
SUBMITTED
pace, it seems more Americans are looking routes are expected to fall 7 percent this
and she also adored her eight
forward with increasing consumer con- year, due to the availability of discounted
great-grandchildren, Andrew,
COLUMBUS – The Ohio
fidence, rather than looking back at the rates from low-cost carriers.
Brandon, and Natalie Waple,
State Highway Patrol will be
Hotel and Rental Car Costs:
recession,” said Marshall L. Doney, AAA
Vanessa, Leah, Ashley, Carly
out in full force this holiAAA’s Leisure Travel Index predicts a 4
president and chief operating officer.
DITTO, James L., 85, of
and Cora Monhemius.
day season removing dangerHigher disposable income due to percent increase for AAA Three Diamond
Delphos, funeral Mass will
She
was
also
preceded
ous and impaired drivers in
lodgings, to an average of $143 per night
lower gas prices:
in death by three sisters, be held at 11 a.m. Saturday
an effort to reduce fatal and
November gas prices averaged $2.89 and a 5 percent increase for AAA Two
Mary Jane Scheufler, Althea at St. John’s Catholic Church
injury crashes. Last year in
nationally and $2.86 in Ohio. AAA expects Diamond lodgings to an average of $108
Ruedebush and Geraldine in Delphos. Visitation will be
Ohio, 24 people died in 23
prices to remain at their lowest levels since per night. Daily car rental rates will averMetzger; and three broth- from 2-8 p.m. Friday at Harter
crashes between Christmas
2009 for the year-end holiday travel period. age $66, which is four percent higher than
ers, Byron, Dana and Calvin and Schier Funeral Home.
Eve and New Year’s Day.
Lower gas prices have helped increase last year.
Slattery.
Of those crashes, four were
AAA’s projections are based on ecoAmericans’ disposable income 3.5 percent
Imogene was a homemaker
OVI-related, resulting in five
from year-ago levels, which has had a posi- nomic forecasting and research by IHS
and
supported her husband
deaths.
Global Insight. The Colorado-based busitive effect on travel.
Frank
at Mox Nursery. She
“The holiday season sees
ness information provider teamed with
Longer holiday travel period:
was a member of St. Peter
an increase in impaired drivChristmas and New Year’s Day both AAA in 2009 to jointly analyze travel
Lutheran Church. Throughout
ing, which makes it a more
fall on a Thursday, which has increased trends during the major holidays. AAA
CLEVELAND (AP) —
the years she enjoyed cookdangerous time of the year,”
the holiday travel season to 13 days. This has been reporting on holiday travel trends
These Ohio lotteries were
ing,
baking,
playing
cards,
said Colonel Paul A. Pride,
is one day longer than last year’s holiday for more than two decades. The complete
polka dancing and laughing drawn Tuesday:
Patrol superintendent. “Don’t
travel season and the longest since 2008. AAA/IHS Global Insight 2014 Year-End
Mega Millions
and loving her family. She
endanger other motorists this
The longer travel season offers travelers Travel Forecast can be found on the AAA
04-10-31-56-66, Mega
treasured
her
newly
extended
holiday season by making
more options for departures and return Newsroom, Newsroom.AAA.com.
Ball:
7
family at Vancrest, where she
poor choices about drinking
As North America’s largest motoring
trips, making it possible for more people to
Megaplier
took
a
caring
interest
in
the
and driving. Designate a sober
and leisure travel organization, AAA profit holiday travel into their schedules.
3
staff, knowing them all by
driver, buckle up and keep
vides more than 54 million members with
Modes of Transportation:
Pick 3 Evening
name.
your focus on the road.”
Automobile Travel: Nearly 91 per- travel-, insurance-, financial- and automo2-9-8
Service
will
be
at
11
Last year the Patrol
cent of Americans (nearly 92 percent of tive-related services. Since its founding in
Pick 3 Midday
a.m. Monday at St. Peter
arrested 648 drivers for OVI
Ohioans) will take advantage of lower gas 1902, the not-for-profit, fully tax-paying
7-5-1
Lutheran
Church,
with
visibetween Christmas Eve and
prices and celebrate the holidays with a AAA has been a leader and advocate for
Pick 4 Evening
tation one hour prior to the
New Year’s Day.
the safety and security of all travelers. AAA
road trip.
6-7-6-9
service. Burial will take place
The public is encouraged to
AAA expects to come to the rescue clubs can be visited online at AAA.com.
Pick 4 Midday
at
Walnut
Grove
Cemetery
continue using #677 to report
of more than 1.1 million of these holi0-2-7-5
immediately following the
dangerous or impaired drivday motorists nationally, including 15,000
Pick 5 Evening
service.
ers, as well as drug activity.
0-3-3-3-4
Visitation will also be
Pick 5 Midday
held from 4-7 p.m. Sunday at
0-1-6-2-3
Harter and Schier Memorial
Powerball
Chapel.
Estimated jackpot: $100
Memorial contributions
may be made to Feed My million
Rolling Cash 5
Starving Children or St. Peter
02-04-23-30-38
French Club, a member of student government and member Lutheran Church.
One Year Ago
Estimated
jackpot:
For the second year in a row, Project Believe has helped of Defiance math team. Thompson, son of Russ and Barb
To leave condolences, visit
$120,000
of
to make Christmas a little brighter for youth at The Marsh Thompson, is a junior. He plays football, isSave aup tomember
harterandschier.com.
$5.00 lb.
team and on
Foundation. The organization, which originated four years the National Honor Society, on the scholarship
USDA Choice
Save up to $1.81 math team.
Boneless Beef
ago, has continued to grow and now delivers hundreds of Defiance
Arps or Dean’s
Mary Ann Rode hosted Ottoville Miss and Ribeye
MasterSteak
Chapter
presents to children in Ohio.
Cheese
Cut She
ofCottage
Ohio Child
Conservation League recently inRegular
heror Thick
home.
selected varieties
was
assisted by Phyllis Turnwald. Prelude was read by Joan
25 Years Ago – 1989
Jefferson High School winners of the American Legion Bruns. Sharon Horstman gave a report on the book fair which
WEATHER FORECAST
Americanism contest were Erin Macwhinney and Garet was held in October. Jean Hilvers was in charge of the raffle
Tri-County
Thompson. Macwhinney, the daughter of Lee and Linda which was won by Janice Hohlbein.
Associated Press
Ronald C. Klausing received the 1989 Distinguished
Macwhinney, is a sophomore. She is in marching and conlb.
24 oz.
from Ohio State University
of
cert band, a basketball cheerleader, social chairman of the Alumni Award
ProductCollege
of the United States
TODAY: Rain. Breezy. Highs in the lower 50s. East winds
Agriculture
Alumni
Association.
Klausing
received
a
bachIn the Deli
Save up to $3.00 lb.
10 to 15 mph becoming south 15 to 25 mph in the afternoon.
Kretschmar
$7.96 on 4 OSU. He
elor
of science degree in dairy technologySavefrom
Virginia Brand
All Varieties
TONIGHT: Rain likely. Possibly mixed with snow through
started
I & K Distributors in 1966.
Honey Ham
Super Chill Soda midnight. Then snow showers likely after midnight. Windy.
Snow accumulations generally less than one half inch. Colder.
50 Years Ago – 1964
Two Delphos high school students are scheduled to attend Lows in the lower 30s. Southwest winds 15 to 25 mph. Chance
a top-level management seminar in Cleveland this month. of precipitation 70 percent.
CHRISTMAS DAY: Mostly cloudy. Colder. Highs in the
Barnes and Darrell Robinson will attend a confer95% Fat Free, No MSG, Filler or Christy
Gluten
upper
30s. West winds 10 to 20 mph.
ence sponsored
by the Junior Achievement
Corporation.
The
12
pk.
lb.
Limit 4 - Additionals 2/$5
THURSDAY NIGHT: Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower
two are members of the two Delphos companies which were
Saveand
$1.80 on 3Robinson
30s. Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph.
Save
up to $2.00 lb.this year. Barnes is a member of Jeffco
formed
Flavorite
FreshMarket
FRIDAY: Partly cloudy. Highs in the mid 40s.
is to represent Hanco.
FRIDAY NIGHT: Mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance
Sandwich Spread
White Bread
See ARCHIVES, page 12
of rain. Lows in the upper 30s.

AAA predicts highest year-end
holiday travel volume on record

C

Patrol to target
impaired drivers

FUNERAL

LOTTERY

Sale starts Saturday!

FROM THE ARCHIVES

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$ 99
3
$ 99
1
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In the Deli

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¢
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16 oz.

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from

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707 Fox Rd., Suite 100
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8.5-9 oz.

Angelfood
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Monday-Friday

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STATE/LOCAL

Van Wert County now has a
presence at highway interchange
INFORMATION SUBMITTED

Motorists on US 30 and US 127/US 224 will know when they are traveling through Van Wert. Phase
One of the County Gateway Landscaping Program that was started last fall through The Ohio
Department of Transportation, ODOT, made impressive strides this weekend revealing a beacon to
traffic on US 30 that will help draw attention to Van Wert. (Submitted photo)
ning that initially included both sides
of the interchange at US 30/US 127,
however, the project total exceeded
the maximum grant amount of $25k.
The project had to be cut in half.
Ideally, if the project goes well and
the ODOT money or a similar program is available, the south side will
be completed in the next fiscal round.
The north side was chosen because
it’s the side you see as you exit into
Van Wert.
Elite Naturescapes was able to
answer the ODOT bid and is providing the majority of materials. The
site prep and labor has been all volunteer with well over 100 hours at
the interchange on weekends and in
the evenings after work to make it
happen. It’s been a difficult year with
all the rain received which hasn’t
particularly helped with timeliness of
the project.
Lots of work remains to be done.
Spring will blossom a flower bed
location parallel to US 127 in the
west portion of the interchange adding color and presence on US 127.
All of the dead and dying trees were

removed (thanks to Shannon Smith
- Smith’s Stump Removal) in the interchange. Future plans are to move the
trees into a pattern (hopefully a VW) to
provide a recognizable aerial view from
a Google Earth shot or for someone flying over if the 30x30 logo mound isn’t
noticeable enough for a small aircraft
flying over. The creek that runs through
will be dipped and lined with river rock
giving a clean, dry riverbed look eliminating the cat tails and weeds that are
more difficult to control. Finally, there
will be flowering trees placed amongst
the interchange to provide a splash of
color at different seasons and inviting
motorists into Van Wert for the many
festivals and events we have through
the year.
The logo mound with the center
emblem of the Van Wert County logo
is a design that can be replicated possibly being placed at all the Van Wert
county interchanges.
“It would be an option to play
with the color scheme and possibly
replicate it in red and black outside
Delphos Jefferson, yellow and blue at
the Middle Point exit, red-white-and

Free manufacturing training
available in February
INFORMATION SUBMITTED

“soft” skills such as communication and teamwork. It also includes resume writing, registering on the Ohio Means Jobs website, and
applying for a Free Application for Federal
Student Aid (FAFSA) to inform students if
they qualify for Pell grants and other financial
aid for future education they may consider.
“Demand has remained strong for manufacturing jobs in this region, and this course
can help prepare students for applying for
these jobs,” said WCOMC Director Doug
Durliat. “We have made changes to this
course to reflect industry’s skill needs for
entry-level employees.”

LIMA — A free month-long class to prepare entry-level manufacturing employees
will be held in February.
The West Central Ohio Manufacturing
Consortium (WCOMC) will offer its Basic
Manufacturing Pathway class Feb. 4-27 at
Ohio Means Jobs – Allen County, 1501 South
Dixie Highway, Lima. This 40-hour class will
be held 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesdays and
Fridays.
The course is available at no cost to students thanks to a Community Development
Block Grant awarded to Rhodes State College
and the WCOMC from the
City of Lima.
Interested persons may
register by calling the
3 yr. parts & labor warranty
WCOMC at 419-995-8353
10
yr. transmission warranty
by Feb. 3.
Curriculum in the class
reflects manufacturers’ skill
requirements for entry-level
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blue going into Convoy,” Smith said.
“The goal of the project is to mark
Van Wert County letting people know
when they are here, if the windmills
don’t do it already. But we also had
to consider the maintenance of the
project. The design was to be low
maintenance suggesting flowers and
plants that require little pruning, making the logo design something that
could be mowed easier and selecting
the river rock creek bed to keep that
clean, groomed look year round.”
The county offers special thanks to
Mitch Kraner and county employees
Tim Mengerink and Kyle Gehres who
all donated time on their off hours to
help make this possible.
Any companies looking to sponsor the interchange or help with the
next interchange should call the Van
Wert County Economic Development
Office at 419-238-6159. Mowing will
start in the spring and local involvement is sought in the maintenance of
the interchange. It not only provides
for a sense of pride and ownership
toward Van Wert County, it can serve
as a little advertising as well.

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make a resolution to give blood
regularly in 2015, beginning
with National Blood Donor
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National Blood Donor
Month recognizes the importance of giving blood and
platelets while honoring those
who roll up a sleeve to help
patients in need. It has been
observed during January since
1970, and that’s no coincidence. Winter is an especially difficult time to collect
enough blood to meet patient
needs. Unpredictable winter
weather can result in blood
drive cancellations and seasonal illnesses, like the flu,
may cause some donors to be
unable to make or keep blood
donation appointments.
Donors of all blood types
are needed, especially those
with O negative, A negative
and B negative. With a shelf
life of 42 days, red blood cells
must be constantly replenished
to maintain an adequate supply for patients. Individuals
who come out to give blood
Jan. 1-4 will receive a longsleeve Red Cross T-shirt,
while supplies last.
To learn more about donating blood and to schedule an
appointment, download the
Red Cross Blood Donor App,
visit redcrossblood.org or call
1-800-RED CROSS (1-800733-2767).
Upcoming blood donation
opportunities
Allen County
— Jan. 6 from 10 a.m. until
4 p.m. at American Red Cross
Allen County Chapter House
Lima, 610 S. Collett St. in
Lima.
— Jan. 7 from 12 p.m. until
6 p.m. at Ford Training Center,
1155 Bible Rd. in Lima.
— Jan. 8 from 10:30 a.m.
until 4:30 p.m. at Eagles
Delphos, 1600 East 5th St. in
Delphos.
— Jan. 14 from 12 p.m.
until 6 p.m. at American
Legion Spencerville, 200 S.
Broadway in Spencerville.
— Jan. 15 from 2 p.m.
until 7 p.m. at Forest Park
United Methodist Church, 315
S. Collins Ave. in Lima.
Van Wert County
— Jan. 13 from 9 a.m.
until 6 p.m. at Redeemer
Lutheran Church, 6727 SR 49
in Convoy.
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Simply download the
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make an appointment or for
more information. All blood
types are needed to ensure a
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VAN WERT COUNTY — The
interchange at US 30 westbound
with US 127/224 ( a.k.a the WalMart
exit) has a new look. Phase One
of the County Gateway Landscaping
Program that was started last fall
through The Ohio Department of
Transportation (ODOT) made impressive strides this weekend revealing a
beacon to traffic on US 30 that will
help draw attention to Van Wert.
“There are many grants available
throughout the grant database nationwide that focus on gateway projects. Recognizing the importance of
a community identifying itself at its
“gateway” is essential in an environment where communities are competing for talent and striving to set the
bar high to be recognized as a place
where people want to live and work.
It also welcomes people to a community allowing it to say, “here we
are,” which, with the growing traffic
count on US 30, is a huge asset we
can utilize to try and convince some
of that traffic into exiting here, grabbing a bite to eat or filling with gas,
and even staying a while. Maybe
if they like it enough, they might
even bring their family or business
here,” offers Economic Development
Director Sarah Smith.
The idea began with Smith’s
husband who was traveling I-75 to
Wright Patterson AFB daily. Towns
like Troy and Sidney had a presence
on I-75. In the opposite direction,
many Van Wert residents are familiar
with the Findlay exit on I-75 who
was awarded a similar $20k ODOT
grant in 2007 through the Hancock
Regional Planning Commission. The
goal was to replicate the same concept on US 30 allowing Van Wert to
stand out to passersby.
Unfortunately, the money awarded
by ODOT only covers materials, not
design and labor. So, the process
began with asking for local landscaping volunteers to donate their time to
help with the design. Sam Laurent of
Van Wert - Laurent’s Landscaping
and Clint Gable - Elite Naturescapes,
Delphos, helped assist with the plan-

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Wednesday, December 24, 2014

The Next Generation

Jefferson middle school students create
games, activities during ‘Hour of Code’
The Jefferson Middle School
students pictured at left participated in the worldwide
program “Hour of Code.” This
worldwide program had a goal
of trying to get 100 million
students worldwide interested in computer science and
programming. At the time the
Jefferson students logged
in to participate, there were
currently 77 million participating. Many of the students
not only completed the one
hour of programming but surpassed this goal and continued to higher levels by writing and creating new games
and completing programming
activities such as creating
their own version of “Flappy
bird”, “Frozen” and creating
computer programmed artwork. A total of 53 students
from Jefferson Middle School
participated. (Submitted photo)

From the Vantage Point

Vantage students share Christmas cheer

Lambert graduates from UD
INFORMATION
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DAYTON — Johnathon
Lambert of Delphos graduated
from the University of Dayton
with a Bachelor of Mechanical
Engineering
degree
in
Mechanical Engineering.
A commencement ceremony was held at 9:45 a.m.
Saturday at the University of
Dayton. More than 250 undergraduates received degrees.
The University of Dayton

is a top-tier, national, Catholic
research institution. Founded
in 1850 by the Society of
Mary (the Marianists), we
focus on educating the whole
person, connecting learning
with leadership and service.
Through student clubs, campus recreation, education
abroad, research, servicelearning and career preparation, students are encouraged
to engage the world, developing a critical mind and compassionate heart.

Vantage junior and senior Health Technology students adopted a family for Christmas! Here, some of the
juniors show the gifts they bought. (Submitted photos)

St. John’s scholastic bowl team
wins third in MAC tournament
Delphos St. John’s Scholastic Bowl team recently
competed in the annual MAC Scholastic Bowl Tournament. The MAC tournament was made up of 10
teams. During the regular season, each school competed weekly in one-on-one matches. Both a varsity and a junior varsity match was held weekly. St.
John’s Varsity held a regular season record of 5-4.
From the seven varsity members, four were selected
to compete in the tournament. All 10 schools competed together writing down answers instead of using the buzzing systems used throughout the season. St. John’s placed third and received a prize of
$75 awarded by Mercer Savings Bank. Above: Joe
Faller representing Mercer Savings Bank (front left)
presents a check to the St. John’s team consisting
of (from front second from left) Anthony Hale, Anna
Mueller and Advisor Michelle Stiffey; and back, Logan Hesseling and Cory Schimmoeller. (Submitted
Vantage Health Technology students also visited the Country Inn Assisted Living and Nursing Home in photo)
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BY LOVINA EICHER

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Arts Center

CALENDAR OF
EVENTS

TODAY
9 a.m. - noon — Putnam
County Museum is open, 202
E. Main St. Kalida.
10 a.m. to 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.
Noon — Rotary Club meets
at The Grind.
THURSDAY
Merry Christmas!
FRIDAY
7:30 a.m. — Delphos
Optimist Club, A&W DriveIn, 924 E. Fifth St.
10 a.m. to 3 p.m. — The
Delphos Museum of Postal
History, 339 N. Main St., is
open.
11 a.m.-4 p.m. — Interfaith
Thrift Store is open for shopping.
Mealsite at Delphos Senior
Citizen Center, 301 Suthoff St.
is closed!
SATURDAY
9 a.m.-noon — Interfaith
Thrift Store is open for shopping.
St. Vincent dePaul Society,
located at the east edge of the
St. John’s High School parking lot, is open.
10 a.m. to 2 p.m. —
Delphos Postal Museum is
open.
12:15 p.m. — Testing of
warning sirens by Delphos
Fire and Rescue.
1-3 p.m. — The Delphos
Canal Commission Museum,
241 N. Main St., is open.
7 p.m. — Bingo at St.
John’s Little Theatre.

will be a fifth grader and in middle
school. This is her last Christmas proChristmas Day is only days away. gram and Kevin has only next year—
Daughter Lovina, 10, and son, Kevin, 9, unbelievable! My husband Joe and I
are keeping track of exactly how many used to sit in the audience with the little
days. Every morning they mark off ones while our older children were in
another day on the calendar. Oh, to be the program. Now the six oldest chilso young and carefree, with only wor- dren are back in the audience sitting
ries such as how many days there are with us, and our two youngest children
until Christmas!
are in the program.
Lovina and Kevin will both be in the
On Friday, the school will only have
elementary school Christmas program a half day of school. Lovina and Kevin’s
on Thursday evening. Next year Lovina classes are having a gift exchange.
Kevin is so worried that he doesn’t have
his gift wrapped yet. I want to make
snacks for their party, and he reminds
me every evening not to forget.
We were disappointed to hear that
our children’s bus driver, Rich, has quit
driving the bus route. He was a great
bus driver to our children for almost 11
years. Daughter Loretta, 14, with her
handicap needs more time to walk out to
the bus and to get up the steps. Rich was
always very patient and caring. So far
they have had only a substitute driver,
but the children are hoping the next bus
driver will be like Rich was. We wish
Rich well at his new job.
Joe will have his 46th birthday on
Monday, December 22. I want to have
a birthday supper in his honor but am
undecided yet which night to have it.
On Sunday, the women in our church
all decided what each one of us would
bring to the annual Christmas potluck. I
plan to take a large roaster with a pasta
casserole. The potluck will be after our
next church services, which will be on
Dec. 28.
Joe and I will have our family Christmas on Christmas Day. The
children usually want to open their
presents before they eat, so we usually end up having a brunch. May we
always remember the true meaning of
Christmas. Jesus is the reason for the
season!
I wish all of you readers a joyous
Christmas that brings blessings of peace
and hope now and through the coming
year 2015. May each of you stay healthy
and enjoy being with family and friends
through the holiday season. And most
importantly, let us thank our Heavenly
Father for bringing Jesus our Savior
Making sour cream cutout cookies into the world so that our sins can be
takes time—to mix up the dough, roll forgiven. Blessed wishes to all!
them out, cut out and bake—but the
Eicher family comes back to this recipe
year after year. (Submitted photo)
See EICHER, page 9

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Ring to share music at Zion UMC
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Former resident Brandon
Ring will share music at Zion
United Methodist Church at 9
a.m. Sunday.
Ring completed his undergraduate training in 2006
from The University of
Dayton. He then completed
a Master of Music in Vocal
Performance from The Ohio
State University in 2008
and is currently completing
his Doctor of Musical Arts
degree from The University
of Southern Mississippi.
He has performed at the
Kongress-und Kulturzentrum
in Zurich, Switzerland, as
the guest countertenor soloist in Leonard Bernstein’s
Chichester Pslams. He has
also performed the North
American
premiere
of
Antonio Caldara’s baroque
opera, Daphne, as the role
of Febo with San Francisco
Early Music.
After moving to the
Mississippi Gulf Coast in
2009, Ring taught voice
at Mississippi Gulf Coast

Ring
Community College, performed regionally along the
Gulf South and composed
original music for several
casinos and production companies.
While completing his dissertation research, Brandon is
the choir director of Sacred
Heart Catholic Church
in the Historic District of
Downtown Hattiesburg and
vocal coach for the USM
Theater Department for Rent
and Spring Awakening.
His current research focuses on editing and performing
choral music of concentration
camps.

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DEC. 24-26
THURSDAY: Closed for Christmas.
FRIDAY: Lorene Jettinghoff, Donna Holdgreve, Joyce
Day and Kay Meyer.
SATURDAY: Mary Lou Schulte, Sharon Wannemacker,
Valeta Ditto and Joan Bockey.
THRIFT SHOP HOURS: 3-7 p.m. Thursday; 11 a.m.-4
p.m. Friday; and 9 a.m.-noon Saturday.
To volunteer, contact Volunteer Coordinator Barb Haggard
at the Thrift Shop at 419-692-2942 between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m.

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Wednesday, December 24, 2014

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Hot Lady Rangers Big Green holds off Jeffcat charge
singe Black Attack
By JIM METCALFE
DHI Media Sports Editor
[email protected]
SPENCERVILLE

An old axiom in basketball
observes that “shooting overcomes a multitude of ‘sins’.”
The New Knoxville girls
did plenty of that overcoming
Tuesday night, burying 61.0
percent of their shots en route
to routing host Spencerville
61-24 in a very cleanlyplayed (14 fouls total,
seven on each side)
non-league basketball
action at Spencerville
High School.
“They shot phenomenally, especially
the first half; it was one of
those games where they were
shooting so well, it didn’t matter what defense we were in,”
Spencerville head man Greg
Ekis observed. “Offensively,
we never got into a rhythm. A
few shots didn’t fall and we
never got comfortable against
their defense; they were
always around our shooters.”
The Lady Rangers (5-1)
singed the nets 25-of-41

times — including an even
more torrid 6-of-9 beyond the
arc; they were 5-of-6 at the
line for 83.3 percent.
“Two things I stressed
to the girls before the game
tonight. One was defense,”
Ranger coach Tim Hegemier
explained. “We always
wanetd to have a hand in
their face when they shot the
ball from anywhere and we
did that for the most part. The
second was ball movement
and passing. When you keep
the ball moving with a
purpose, good things
happen. That was why
we shot so well.”
They were led by
the 15 markers each
of Meg Reineke (7
boards) and Kenzie Schroer
(3 treys; 4 assists, 4 steals).
The Lady Bearcats (3-4)
found the going much tougher against the rotating defense
of the Rangers (man, 1-3-1
zone, 2-1-2 zone) — 11-of38 from the floor, a chilly
2-of-20 long range, for 28.9
percent.
See ATTACK, page 8

Knights storm
back for boys win
BY DANIEL JOSEPH
DHI Media Correspondent
[email protected]
CONVOY — On a night when Crestview honored its 2014
Division IV State basketball championship team,
this year’s version of the Knights needed a secondhalf rally to overcome visiting Fort Jennings.
The Musketeers led by as many as nine before
the Knights stormed back and posted a 58-36 win.
After a shaky first quarter for the Musketeers,
Fort Jennings came out aggressively attacking
the basket in the second quarter. The Knights faced a lot of
foul trouble throughout the first half, as they had four players
with two fouls each at the half, including a technical foul that
sparked a 6-point swing for the Musketeers. Jennings rode that
momentum to a 24-22 lead at the break.
“I thought we did a great job attacking the basket and putting them into a vulnerable situation in the first half,” said
Jennings head coach Keith Utendorf. “We did a great job of
converting those in the first half but we kind of let them dictate
things in the second half with their pressure.”
“We’ve been in that situation a lot already this year,” said
Knight coach Jeremy Best of his team’s foul difficulty. “We are
learning how to deal with it but not very well. That is something that we need to get much better at.”
See KNIGHTS, page 8

By LARRY HEIING
DHI Media Correspondent
[email protected]

OTTOVILLE — The setting in L. W.
Heckman Gymnasium was perfect for a
basketball game played two days before
Christmas.
The setting had the Red of the
Delphos Jefferson Wildcat boys against
the Green of the Ottoville Big Green.
Cheerleaders from both squads
donned Santa hats on the sidelines.
Many of the Ottoville students were
dressed in Christmas sweaters or green
T-shirts.
But it was the Big Green basketball
team that provided Coach Turnwald the
best present of all - a 54-52 win.
“We needed that win bad,” head
coach Todd Turnwald said. “We’ve lost
a couple of games to a pair of good
teams (Van Wert and Spencerville) and
we defeated a sound team tonight.”
Colin Bendele for the festivities
underway with a 3-pointer to give
Ottoville the early lead. On the next
possession for the Big Green, Kyle
Bendele dished the ball from under the
bucket to Tyler Roby for an open triple. Jefferson twinkled the lights of the
scoreboard with an alley oop pass from
Jace Stockwell to Trey Smith for the

The going in the paint was tough Tuesday night as Jefferson’s Trey
Smith and Ottoville’s Colin Bendele battle in the lane during nonleague action at Heckman Gymnasium. (DHI Media/Kenny Poling)
Wildcats’ first bucket. The Big Green
scored the final points of the first quarter
on buckets by Brandt Landin, Bendele

and Roby for a 13-3 lead.
See JEFFCAT, page 8

Thatcher, McCleery lead Lancers past Wayne Trace
BY KEVIN
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MIDDLE POINT —
Hannah McCleery and Julia
Thatcher each scored 20
points to lead the Lincolnview
Lancers to a 56-45 victory
over visiting Wayne Trace in
non-league girls basketball
action Tuesday night.
McCleery added four
rebounds, three assists and
four steals to go along with
her 20 points while Thatcher
added six boards and three
steals for the Lancers, who
move to 5-2 on the season.
It was a bounce-back victory for Lincolnview, which
was coming off a loss in
Northwest Conference action
to Allen East last week.
“It was good to see the
girls respond and get a
good win,” commented
Lincolnview head coach Dan
Williamson. “I didn’t know
how we would come out but
we were able to make enough
plays tonight. Defensively, I
thought we did a much better
job in the second half.”
Wayne Trace led only
briefly at times in the first
quarter, the last of which came
on a pair of Danae Myers
free throws to make it 12-11
Raiders. However, the Lancers
answered with two late buckets from Ashton Bowersock to

Wayne Trace junior Erin Mohr (5) works against Lincolnview freshman Alena Looser (14) during the first
half of Tuesday’s non-conference matchup. The Lady
Lancers earned a victory in the game. (DHI Media/
John Parent)
post a 15-11 advantage after
eight minutes of action.
After the Raiders got within 17-15 following a pair of
Gracie Gudakunst foul shots,
Lincolnview took advantage
of three straight Wayne Trace
turnovers and turned them
into points.
Thatcher hit one of two
foul shots for Lincolnview

before consecutive buckets
by Thatcher, Alena Looser
and Bowersock pushed the
Lancer lead to 24-15.
Following a timeout by
Wayne Trace head coach
Bethany Hughes, the Raiders
got consecutive buckets from
Erin Mohr and Gudakunst to
help the visitors pull within
25-22 at the intermission.

Wayne Trace then tied
the contest at 33-33 early in
the third quarter on a Mohr
bucket before Lincolnview
responded. The Lancers finished the quarter with eight
straight points to post a 41-33
lead after three periods.
“Julia hit some big shots
for us tonight and Hannah
just makes a big difference
for us when she is on the
floor,” Williamson continued. “She is capable of going
by people and then she does a
great job of getting the ball to
the open person.”
McCleery, who did not
play in the second quarter
due to being in foul trouble,
made her presence felt in the
third period.
The Lancer guard scored
six points in the quarter while
adding a pair of assists and
two offensive rebounds that
led to baskets to spark the
Lincolnview offense.
Two free throws by
Bowersock started an 8-point
Lincolnview run before baskets
by Thatcher, Katlyn Wendel and
McCleery closed out the spurt.
Wayne Trace got as close
as 46-40 in the fourth quarter
after two Mohr free throws,
but the Raiders were unable to
get any closer. Three straight
turnovers on its next three
possessions doomed any rally
hopes for Wayne Trace and the
Lancers put the game away.
See LANCERS, page 8

Sugar-bound Ohio State
Oregon’s Marcus Mariota
might be ahead of schedule
is AP player of year
By RUSTY MILLER
Associated Press

COLUMBUS — This
wasn’t supposed to be Ohio
State’s year.
After a 12-1 season, a Big
Ten championship and a spot
against Alabama in the Sugar
Bowl in the first national
semifinals, the Buckeyes
are looking beyond this year
with as many starters who are
freshmen and sophomores as
upperclassmen.
“We’re not a finished
product,” coach Urban Meyer
said. “There’s too many
young players out there. The
future’s very bright, though.”
Much is made of the
Buckeyes’ depth at quarterback, particularly since
injured 2-time Big Ten player
of the year Braxton Miller
(who is back next year) was
replaced by freshman J.T.
Barrett (also back), who was
fifth in the Heisman Trophy
balloting. When Barrett broke
an ankle in the regular-season
finale, sophomore Cardale
Jones (yet another returnee)
stepped in and was a star.
The Buckeyes have been
stockpiling young talent.
Their most recent depth chart
shows four freshmen starters (offensive guard Billy
Price, H-back Jalin Marshall,
linebacker Darron Lee and
either Eli Apple or Gareon
Conley at cornerback). A
sterling sophomore class is
represented by Jones, tailback Ezekiel Elliott, wide-out

Michael Thomas, conference
defensive player of the year
Joey Bosa and interceptions
leader Vonn Bell, along with
lineman Pat Elflein, safety
Tyvis Powell and Jones, who
had the big breakout game in
a 59-0 win against Wisconsin
in the Big Ten title game.
Meyer was worried before
the season started.
The Buckeyes
had four new starters on the offensive
line and a defense
that had gushed
points in two losses
to end last season.
They were also without their
leading passer (Miller), rusher (Carlos Hyde), receiver
(Corey Brown) and tackler
(Ryan Shazier).
Barrett took over when
Miller was lost for the year
with a shoulder injury. He
looked like a rookie — as did
everyone else — when the
Buckeyes were upended by
two touchdowns at home by
Virginia Tech in Game Two.
Callers to local sports-talk
radio shows and fans writing
angry letters to the editor all
but gave up on the season.
Instead, game by game,
the Buckeyes learned their
roles and grew. The unknown
Barrett developed into one
of the best QBs in the country, setting school records for
TDs passing (35) and total
offense (3,772 yards).
Some say all of that
stemmed from the maturation
of the offensive line.

“None of this would be possible if it weren’t for (coach)
Ed Warinner and what he’s
done,” said QBs coach and cocoordinator Tom Herman, who
has taken the job at Houston
but will coach the Buckeyes
in the bowl game. “It doesn’t
matter who you have on the
perimeter or who you have
playing quarterback
if you can’t run the
ball and you can’t
protect.”
Then
there’s
Elliott, who was a
sought-after recruit
but had not proven
himself as a durable, go-to back.
Yet he has rushed for 1,402
yards and 12 touchdowns.
Thomas, redshirted a year
ago and all but forgotten,
became Barrett’s security
blanket/No. 1 target, with 43
catches for 680 yards and
eight scores.
“Not playing last year, I’m
still playing catch-up,” he said.
“I still have a lot to prove.”
It wasn’t just on offense,
either. The defense went
through a makeover in the
spring and summer under
new hire Chris Ash, and it
seemed as if every young
kid he threw into the scheme
came up big.
Lee was a quarterback
from just outside Columbus
who appeared to have fallen
into a black hole when he
shifted to linebacker. But he
was just what a more mobile,
more aggressive defense
required.

By RALPH D. RUSSO
Associated Press

53 touchdowns, including 38 TD passes.
He is the highest rated passer in the country
(186.33) and has thrown for 3,783 yards
The only thing left for Marcus Mariota and just two interceptions.
“He’s an absolute competitor, an incredto win at Oregon is the national championible perfectionist,” Oregon coach Mark
ship.
The Ducks’ star quarterback is The Helfrich said.
Here are a few of the most memorable
Associated Press college football player of
the year, adding yet another honor to his Mariota moments from 2014:
THE SHOVEL
spectacular season.
In what was perhaps the biggest nonMariota won the AP vote in the same
conference game of the season,
landslide fashion he won the
Michigan State had Oregon in
Heisman Trophy. He received 49
trouble in the second half. It was
of the 54 votes submitted by the
27-18 Spartans midway through
AP Top 25 media panel. Alabama
the third quarter and the Ducks
receiver Amari Cooper drew three
were facing a third-and-10 after
votes. Wisconsin running back
having already punted away their
Melvin Gordon and Florida State
first two second-half possessions.
quarterback Jameis Winston had
Michigan State collapsed the
one vote each.
pocket around Mariota, who
Mariota is the first Oregon
eluded three defenders, slipping
player to win AP player of the
and stepping around a mess of
year, which was first awarded in
Spartans around his feet. Mariota
1998, and the eighth quarterback
Mariota
stumbled out of the pocket and
to win it in the last nine years.
pushed a pass to Royce Freeman,
The junior has also won the
Maxwell Award and Walter Camp player who went for 17 yards.
of the year, and the Davey O’Brien and
That drive ended soon after with a
Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award, which touchdown. And so did the next Oregon
go to the top quarterbacks in the country.
drive. And the next one. The Ducks went
Oregon will face Florida State and last on to win 46-27.
year’s Heisman winner and AP player of
SCOOP AND SCORE
As good as Mariota is, a little luck helps.
the year, Winston, in the College Football
Playoff semifinals on Jan. 1 at the Rose Against UCLA, the Ducks were dominatBowl. The winner will face Alabama or ing when Mariota was driving them toward
Ohio State in the national championship another score in the third quarter. He faked
game Jan. 12 at AT&T Stadium in North a handoff and the ball slipped from his hand
Texas.
and hit the turf. The ball bounced back into
With his combination of speed and a Mariota’s hands and he secured it on the
strong arm, Mariota is a play of the day go — like a dribble drive — bursting into
waiting to happen.
an untouched sprint to the end zone from
He set a Pac-12 record by accounting for 23 yards out.

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Wednesday, December 24, 2014

Crestview bombs
Indians stymie Lady
Jays in hardwood action Ft. Jennings girls
By JIM METCALFE
DHI Media Sports Editor
[email protected]
SHAWNEE
TOWNSHIP

Shawnee took advantage of poor shooting by St. John’s Monday night as the
Lady Indians downed the Lady Blue
Jays 53-36 in non-league girls hardwood
action at Lappin Gymnasium.
The Blue Jays (2-5) shot 26 percent
from the field — 13-of-50, including
3-of-21 beyond the arc.
The Lady Tribe (3-5) canned
16-of-44 from the floor (5-of-11
downtown) for 36.4 percent.
The hosts were topped by the 21
points of Rachel Evans (5 bombs)
and 16 by Ashley Medsker.
The visitors received nine markers from
Rachel Pohlman (4 assists) and seven each
by Madilynn Schulte (who fouled out in
the fourth period) and Sydney Fischbach
(bothered by foul trouble).
“These girls play with such great
effort but it’s frustrating for us all; we
just can’t seem to reward ourselves
for all the hard work,” Jays coach Dan
J. Grothouse explained. “For us, once
we miss a few shots, our confidence
goes down; those can be the times we
either get afraid to shoot or we do it too
quickly. We go from being aggressive to
not being aggressive; it also seemed that
even when we got it inside, we couldn’t
buy a bucket. On the other end, we let
Evans get open too much and it seemed
every 3 she hit was big.”
Shawnee shot 16-of-28 on foul shots
(57.1%) versus 7-of-12 by the Blue and
Gold (58.3%).
“Our whole game plan defensively
the first half was to make them shoot
over us,” Shawnee coach Jeff Heistan
said. “The second half, we spread our
defense out more to take away those
open looks and we allowed them to get
inside a bit more. Overall, though, I
liked our effort. We forced a few turn-

overs and that fits our style — transition.”
The lead was up for grabs in the
opening quarter, with four lead changes
and two ties. The Jays were hitter at a
better clip — 5-of-13 vs. 4-of-16 — but
it was an Evans 3-pointer from the left
wing with 3.1 ticks on the clock that tied
it at 11.
The Blue Jay offense has usually had
a quarter in every game this season in
their five losses that doomed them. This
night was no different: the second
period saw Shawnee warm up —
6-of-11 from the field — and the
Jays not only cool down — 1-of7 — but commit six of their 19
turnovers. Evans (8) and Medsker
(7) were a 2-girl wrecking crew for
the hosts, accounting for all 15 Shawnee
points. When Medsker had a steal and
layin with 4.1 ticks showing, the Tribe
led 26-14.
The Jays tried to rally in the third, getting more shots (13, making 5) and turning
it over less (5). However, both Schulte and
Fischbach picked up their fourth fouls and
Jessica Geise her third, helping prevent
them from getting any closer than eight.
When DeAsia Smith hit two freebies at
28.8 ticks, Shawnee led 40-28.
In the finale, the Jays began to bomb
away in order to try and catch up. They
had numerous open 3s that simply would
not go down — shooting 2-of-17 overall, including 1-of-10 long range — as
the closest they could get was 43-34 on
a free throw by Geise at 3:20. Shawnee
— despite turning it over seven times
(18 overall) — hit 8-of-14 free tosses in
the period to help seal the deal.
St. John’s finished with 31 rebounds
(8 offensive) as Geise had six and
Fischbach and Lexi Hays five each; and
24 fouls.
Shawnee ended up with 44 caroms
(12 offensive) as Maryssa Herschler
nabbed 13 and Smith and Medsker nine
each; and 17 fouls.

In junior varsity action, the Jays (3-4)
downed Shawnee 17-12 in two quarters.
Maddie Pohlman led the victors with
six, while Kinsey Heistan and Alissa
Stahler countered with four each for the
Tribe.
Shawnee plays USV Saturday, while
the Jays visit Spencerville Monday.
VARSITY
ST. JOHN’S (36)
Tara Vorst 1-0-2, Rebekah Fischer
1-0-2, Madilynn Schulte 3-0-7, Emilee
Grothouse 0-0-0, Rachel Pohlman 3-29, Sam Kramer 0-0-0, Halie Benavidez
0-3-3, Jessica Geise 1-1-3, Lexie Hays
1-0-3, Sydney Fischbach 3-1-7. Totals
10-3-7-36.
SHAWNEE (53)
Ashley Medsker 5-6-16, Tess Baird
0-0-0, DeAsia Smith 0-7-7, Alissa
Stahler 0-0-0, Sam Sharp 0-0-0, Alaina
Ciminillo 0-0-0, Rachel Evans 8-0-21,
Maryssa Herschler 3-3-9. Totals 11-516-53.
Score by Quarters:
St. John’s 11 3 14 8 - 36
Shawnee 11 15 14 13 - 53
Three-point goals: St. John’s, Schulte,
Pohlman, Hays; Shawnee, Evans 5.
————JUNIOR VARSITY
ST. JOHN’S (17)
Brooke Richardson 1-0-2, Ellie
Csukker 1-1-3, Maddy Jettinghoff 1-24, Maddie Pohlman 2-0-6, Lauren Ladd
0-0-0, Hannah Bockey 0-2-2. Totals
3-2-5-17.
SHAWNEE (12)
Dionna Lewis 1-0-2, Hannah Martin
0-0-0, Rachel Adams 0-0-0, Kinsey
Heistan 1-2-4, Zariah Johnson 0-0-0,
Alexis Laidlaw 0-0-0, Ijah Austin 1-02, Morgan Golden 0-0-0, Alissa Stahler
2-0-4. Totals 5-0-2-12.
Score by Quarters:
St. John’s 6 11 - 17
Shawnee 5 7 - 12
Three-point goals: St. John’s,
Pohlman 2; Shawnee, none.

Rakeem Cato leads Marshall
past Northern Illinois 52-23
By STEVEN WINE
Associated Press

Atlantic’s 30,000-seat stadium.
Cato and Shuler were high school teammates in nearby
Miami, and they played their final college game before a large
BOCA RATON, Fla. — Rakeem Cato capped a record- throng of family and friends. All seven of Cato’s completions
setting career by tying an NCAA mark for touchdown passes in the first half went to Shuler.
and throwing for three scores to help Marshall beat Northern
Cato wore No. 31 instead of his familiar No. 12 to honor
Illinois 52-23 Tuesday night in the inaugural Boca Raton teammate Evan McKelvey, who sustained a season-ending
Bowl.
knee injury in October.
Cato extended his streak of throwing at least
Deandre Reaves scored Marshall’s first touchdown
one touchdown pass to 46 consecutive games. That
on a 93-yard kickoff return. Devon Johnson ran for
tied the NCAA all-division record set by Central
131 yards and a score for the Thundering Herd, who
Washington’s Mike Reilly.
totaled 505 yards
As usual, Cato’s favorite target was fellow senior
The Huskies’ Drew Hare threw for 225 yards and
Tommy Shuler, who made 18 receptions for 185 yards
a score, and they added 200 on the ground. They
and a score. Shuler broke the Conference USA record
outgained Marshall in the first half but trailed 24-13
for career receptions with 322.
because they settled for field goal tries three times and
Cato increased his season total to a school-record
missed one.
40 touchdown passes. He threw for scores of 6 yards
Cato
Northern Illinois pulled off a successful onside kick
to Shuler, 11 yards to Angelo Jean-Louis and 27 yards to
to start the second half but lost the ball four plays later
Deon-Tay McManus.
when Arnold Blackmon stopped Cameron Stingily for no gain
All of those touchdowns came in the second half.
on fourth and 1 at midfield.
Cato completed 25 of 37 passes for 281 yards and ran 5
The Thundering Herd mounted touchdown drives of 56, 68
yards for a score.
and 70 yards on consecutive possessions in the second half to
Marshall finished 13-1, with its lone loss to Western lead 38-20.
Kentucky, 67-66 in overtime. Northern Illinois finished
The win gave the Thundering Herd bowl victories in con11-3. The game drew a crowd of less than 15,000 in Florida secutive seasons for the first time since 2001-02.

Lima Area Wrestling Coaches Association
2014-15 Second Rankings
1-20-14
106
1. Austin Selvaggio (E)
2. (W)
3. Lucas Freeman (AE)
4. Ryan Woodring (P)
5. Preston Brubaker (CG)
113
1. Blaine Hunter (E)
2. Kage Seals (P)
3. Marcus Rassman (WT)
4. Le’On Palomo (OG)
5. Andrew Foust (DJ)
120
1. George Clemens (WT)
2. Chase Sumner (A)
3. Jaden Burk (LS)
4. Alex Rodriguez (L)
5.
126
1. Ryan Lantow (D)
2.Ruger Goeltzealeuzhter
(WT)

3. Jay Uhlenhake (CW)
4. Schuyler Caprella (AE)
5. Jayden Hefner (W)
132
1. Drew Robenalt (W)
2. Wyatt Place (DJ)
3. Lee Dues (AE)
4. Cody Dickson (Sp)
5.
138
1. Spencer Siebert (CW)
2. Andy Hammonds (VW)
3. Timothy-Gage Gruden (D)
4. Tyler Copeland (W)
5. Gabe Makin (E)
145
1. Dylan Plaugher (W)
2. Nate Stonehill (B)
3. Justin Siefker (DSJ)
4. Austin Tafe (AE)
5. Cole Bellows (Sp)
152
1. Derek Kuhlman (SH)
2. Dallas Ambos (W)

Local Roundup
INFORMATION SUBMITTED
Elida boys hold off Cavaliers
ELIDA — Elida built a 35-24 halftime lead and helpd off
all of oldwater’s charges in a 61-55 non-league boys basketball triumph Tuesday on the Union Bank Court of the Elida
Fieldhouse.
Austin Allemeier fired in 24 to pace the Bulldogs (2-5),
while Clark Etzler added 13 and Baylin Stinson 12.
For the Cavaliers (0-3), Malave Bettinger tallied 10.
Elida is off until Jan. 3 when they host Lima Senior.
Elida routed Coldwater 69-28 in JV action.
COLDWATER (55)
See ROUNDUP, page 8

3. Tyler Showalter (WT)
4. Aden Mack (LS)
5.Brandon Soules (AE)
160
1. Robbie Bowers (D)
2. Aaron Mock (P)
3. Jacob Dingus (WT)
4. Dylan Hannah (A)
5. Chandler Kohlhorst (SH)
170
1. Austin Windle (A)
2. Adam Deitrich (P)
3. Alex Haunhorst (DSJ)
4. Tre Terry (B)
5. Andrew Burgie (CG)
182
1. Landon Hall (W)
2. Tyler Foust (DJ)
3. Peyton Hamrick (Parkway)
4. Logan Emerick (AE)
5. Noah Beach (A)
195
1. Wes Buettner (DSJ)
2. Jarod Woodland (ADA)

3. Jack Huffman (LCC)
4. Bo Grosss (B)
5. Caleb Sutherland (SP)
220
1. Zack Morris (D)
2. Easton Rudasill (B)
3. Bailey Young (SH)
4. Austin Schulte (DSJ)
5. Noah Meeker (E)
285
1. John Seibert (D)
2. Kyle Lahmon (B)
3. Blake Sampson (BL)
4. Donald Hughes (SH)
5. Tyler Dues (Sp)
Large School Team
1. Defiance
2. Wapak
3.Elida
Small School Team
1. Coldwater
2. Wayne Trace
3. Ada

By LARRY HEIING
DHI Media Correspondent
[email protected]

FORT JENNINGS — The
Crestview Lady Knights used
a perfect combination of
quickness and deadly threepoint shooting — hitting 11
— to down the Musketeers
82-18 Monday night at Fort
Jennings.
“We shot the ball
really well tonight,”
Crestview head coach
Greg Rickard said. “In
fact, our percentage
from 3-point land was
better than from the freethrow line. We just hope
that we can get some
consistency from game
to game because we’ve
shot poorly in some
games, too. Our girls did
a good job of defending
the Fort Jennings guards
and also played well on
the boards.”
Terra Crowle opened
the scoring for Crestview
with a 3-point bomb for
the early lead. Offensive
rebounding paid dividends
for the Lady Knights on
their next two possessions
as Emily Bauer and Lindsey
Motycka scored on putbacks.
The Lady Musketeers finally
got on the board as Gabby
Clippinger landed a 6-footer
from the side. Aggressive
defensive pressure by the
Knights forced a turnover and
Bauer hit Motycka for the
basket from the lane. Threepointers by Kennis Mercer
and Mackenzie Riggenbach
gave Crestview an early 16-2
lead. Alyssa Louth landed a
3-pointer for the second basket of the first quarter for the
Lady Musketeers.
The left corner was the
launching pad for Crestview
to open the second period as
Crowle hit first, followed by a
pair of bombs by Riggenbach
as the Knights’ offense continued to click. Keri Eickholt
hit a jumper from the top
of the key for Fort Jennings
but Crestview outscored the
Musketeers 18-3 in the second quarter to take a commanding 36-8 lead into the
lockerroom.
The Lady Knights’ offense
picked right up in the second half as Bauer banked in
the bucket and Riggenbach
drilled another triple. The 5’-9
Riggenbach displayed her
defensive skills with a steal
and a coast-to-coast layin at
the other end for the 43-8 lead.
Motycka used her size advantage in the paint to score on
back-to-back buckets inside.
A wide-open Crowle landed
the 3-pointer, followed by
Riggenbach finding Bauer on
the break for the easy layup
as the Knights were having
fun. The Musketeers continued to play hard as Kylie
Jettinghoff hit a jumper from
the top and Clippinger landed
a 10-footer. Mercer attempted
a long shot at the buzzer for
Crestview but was fouled and
sank all three free throws for
a 60-13 lead.
Motycka landed two
more 3-pointers for the Lady
Knights to begin the final
eight minutes and Brady
Guest followed with a nice
spin move in the lane for
a 68-13 lead. Jettinghoff
scored an easy bucket for
Fort Jennings after a steal by
the Musketeers’ defense that
was answered by a baseline
roller by Crestview’s Megan

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Hartman. The final points of
the game for Fort Jennings
were scored by Erin Osting
on an open jumper from the
foul line. Crestview’s Claire
Zaleski scored nine points in
the
final minutes of the game,
including a triple to wrap up
the rout.
“Crestview is a good team
from the starting five
clear down to the final girl
on the bench,” explained
Musketeer coach Rhonda
Liebrecht. “Crestview’s
aggressive play made our
night difficult even for the
simple fundamentals.”
The Lady Knights
placed four players in
double digits: Motycka
(16),
Bauer
(13),
Riggenbach (12) and
Mercer (10).
The Lady Knights
shot an incredible
68 percent on 3-point
attempts in the contest.
From inside the arc,
Crestview made nearly half
of its 2-point attempts with
49-percent accuracy. The
defense of Crestview created 24 turnovers (including
13 steals) by the Musketeers
compared to only nine for
the Knights. The pressure
also limited Fort Jennings to
34-percent shooting from the
floor.
Crestview made 15-of-23
attempts from the foul line
and Fort Jennings converted
3-of-9.
Both teams resume action
next weekend as Crestview
hosts Kalida at 1 p.m.
Saturday and Fort Jennings
takes on Wayne Trace at the
same time.
Varsity
Crestview (82)
Terra Crowle 3-0-9,
Kennis Mercer 3-3-10, Claire
Zaleski 1-6-9, Mackenzie
Riggenbach 4-0-12, Paige
Motycka 0-0-0, Emily Bauer
6-1-13, Lindsey Motycha
6-2-16, Megan Hartman 3-17, Brady Guest 2-1-5. Totals:
24-11-15/23-82.
Fort Jennings (18)
Jenna Calvelage 0-11, Keri Eickholt 1-0-2,
Hannah Clay 0-1-1, Gabby
Clippinger 2-0-4, Erin Osting
1-0-2, Alyssa Louth 1-0-3,
Jessica Young 0-0-0, Kylie
Jettinghoff 2-1-5, Haley
Wittler 0-0-0. Totals: 6-1-3/918.
Score By Quarters:
Crestview 18-18-24-22 =
86
Fort Jennings 5- 3- 5- 5
= 18
Three-point
goals:
Crestview,
Riggenbach
4, Crowle 3, L. Motycka
2, Mercer, Zaleski; Fort
Jennings, Louth.
Junior Varsity
Crestview (31)
Lyvia Black 3-3-9, Ally
McCoy 6-0-12, Hannah
Bowen 0-2-2, Maci Baker
4-0-8. Totals: 13-0-5/7-31.
Fort Jennings (28)
Vanessa Wallenhorst 4-413, Makenna Ricker 1-0-2,
Abby Von Sossan 2-0-4,
Marissa Krietemeyer 1-0-3,
Haley Wittler 1-2-4, Lillian
Wisner 0-2-2. Totals; 7-28/12-28.
Score By Quarters
Crestview 6- 3 -14-10 =
31
Fort Jennings 4- 1 -12-11
= 28
Three-point
goals:
Crestview,
none;
Fort
Jennings,
Wallenhorst,
Krietemeyer.

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Johnny Manziel: “I’m not the same guy” Knights
BEREA (AP) — Humbled by his rough rookie season, this year has really helped mold me into a pro and figure out
Johnny Manziel promised to be a more committed quarter- how this league works and what it takes,” he said. “So there
back.
was a lot of learning to do throughout this year and I think it’s
The NFL knocked some of the air out of Johnny Football. for the better for me as a person and as a player.”
“I’m not the guy that I’ve always been,” he said. “I’m not
In his brief playing time, the former Heisman Trophy winthe Johnny Manziel that came in here a year ago. It’s been a ner did little to convince the Browns, who traded up to select
year of growing up for me.”
him with the No. 22 overall pick, that he should be their quarManziel, who won’t play in the finale at Baltimore because terback of the future.
of a hamstring injury, said Tuesday that he may
Manziel led the Browns on just two scoring drives
have misjudged how difficult it would be to transiin nearly seven quarters of action, but he didn’t distion from college to the pros.
play any of the improvisational magic that made him
But after 13 games as a backup and two starts
a star at Texas A&M.
in which he seemed overwhelmed and unprepared,
Manziel knows it didn’t look good, but he doesn’t
Manziel realize he must change.
think it would be fair for the Browns to assess his poten“This is a job for me now and I have to take
tial with just a minimal amount of time on the field.
it a lot more seriously than maybe I did at first,”
“This league is a process and it takes a lot of
he said.
time,” he said. “Nobody comes in this league right
Manziel wouldn’t acknowledge that maybe his
away — and I mean nobody comes in this league
well-chronicled offseason lifestyle, which includright away and just absolutely kills it. That’s just not
ed trips to Las Vegas, the photo of him drinking
the way it works.”
champagne while floating in a pool on an inflatThe Browns have some big decisions to make in
able swan or hanging out with pop star Justin
the offseason, starting at quarterback. Manziel, the
Manziel
Bieber, may have affected his readiness to play.
team’s 21st starting QB since 1999, hopes he’s part
However, he does realize it shaped his perception outside of their long-term plans.
the Browns’ headquarters.
“Depending on how things play out, I want to be the guy
“I’m sure for me, I haven’t painted the greatest picture of here,” he said. “I think it’s my job and I want to take it that
me of being in here and staying on top of myself,” he said. way and take it seriously every single day.”
“I’m sure with the stuff I’ve done off the field it’s negatively
There’s one thing Manziel won’t change. He has no intenaffected that.
tion of scrapping his finger-rubbing “money” gesture, which
“But I know, and what matters to me most, the guys in this opponents delighted in doing when he was sacked.
locker room see I’m in here working and these coaches know
“It’s been a part of who I was in college and I see me growthis is my life and this is my job and I’m 100 percent commit- ing up and maturing moving forward, and that’s something
ted to that.”
that’s just fun to do,” he said. “When I’m out on the field, I’m
Manziel said when he entered the league he was “a kid who not thinking about that. I’m not thinking about being an adult.
still had a college mindset a little bit.”
I’m thinking about football’s a kid’s game that you’ve played
He insists those days are over.
since you were in the backyard when you were 8 years old.
“That has absolutely faded from my mind and now I think
“You can’t suck all the fun out of this game.”

Jeffcat

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After Ottoville extended the lead to
17-3 on perfect foul shooting by Landin,
the Jefferson offense remained patient
passing the ball around the perimeter
looking for the open shot. Stockwell
finally drove down the lane for the
floater and was fouled for a 3- point
play. Stockwell paced the offense for
Jefferson with a three from the top of the
key before Ottoville scored on a baseline
drive by Landin and a steal by Roby
for the coast-to-coast layin. Stockwell
drained another triple but Landin continued to come up big for Ottoville with
four more points. A banker by Smith
cut the Ottoville lead to 28-18 before
the half.
Both teams displayed great teamwork
in the second half with outstanding pass
plays. Jefferson’s Drew Reiss pushed the
ball ahead on a break to Dalton Hicks
who whipped the rock to Smith for the
bucket. On the other end of the floor,
Ottoville’s Colin Bendele found Landin
cutting across the lane for two. Jefferson
reduced lead back to 10 on an offensive
rebound and put back by Reiss along
with a pair of free throws by Hicks.
Roby popped a three and scored on the
break after a steal by Nick Moorman
as the Big Green lead was back to 15.
Jefferson scored the final four points
of the third with baskets by Hicks and
Wollenhaupt but still trailed by double
digits.
Ottoville continued to combine the

Roundup

(Continued from page 7)

J. Hemmelgarn 2-1-1-8, D. Thobe
1-1-2-7, Harlamert 2-1-0-7, A. Brunet
2-0-0-4, Dylan Thobe 1-2-0-8, Malave
Bettinger 3-0-4-10, N. Muhlenkamp 3-00-6, C. Bruggeman 0-1-2-5. Totals 14-69/20-55.
ELIDA (61)
Clark Etzler 4-0-5-13, Austin
Allemeier 6-1-9-24, Logan Alexander
0-0-1-1, Baylin Stinson 5-0-2-12, Patrick
Brockert 1-0-0-2, Josh Press 0-3-0-9.
Totals 16-4-17/23-61.
Score by Quarters:
Coldwater 10 14 13 18 - 55
Elida 12 23 12 14 - 61
Three-point goals: Coldwater, Dylan
Thobe 2, Bruggeman, Hemmelgarn,
D. Thobe, Harlamart; Elida, Press 3,
Allemeier.
JV score: 69-28 (Elida).
———————————
Second period spurs Lancers
past Kalida boys
RURAL MIDDLE POINT —
Lincolnview used a 21-14 second period
to spur a 63-45 non-league boys basketball victory Monday night inside The
Lancerdome.
Both teams shot very well: the
Lancers were 26-of-46 from the floor

physical inside game along with accurate shooting from outside as Colin
Bendele nailed the 3-ball. Jefferson’s
Stockwell scored the next 5 points
along with 4 by Smith and suddenly
the Big Green lead was down to 46-41.
Ottoville’s Kyle Bendele and Smith for
Jefferson exchanged a pair of made free
throws as the Big Green maintained the
slim lead. Physical play under the boards
led to trips to the charity squads by both
squads and Ottoville was able to convert
under pressure to preserve the victory.
The Big Green shot 51 percent from
the floor compared to 42 percent for
the Wildcats. Turnovers were low as
Ottoville had 12 turnovers and Jefferson
only committed 10 miscues.
Delphos Jefferson coach Marc Smith
commented “that we stepped up the
defensive pressure in the second half.
We went 10 quarters and only had two
points in transition during the span.
Tonight we scored eight points in the
second half alone on transition plays.
We put our defense into action and that’s
why we came back.”
Jefferson was lead by Stockwell with
22 points and an under-the-weather
Smith chipped in 19.
The Big Green were led by Landin’s
21 points, including 9 of 11 shooting
from the charity stripe.
The JV game took overtime before
Jefferson pulled out the 41-37 victory.
Jefferson visits Fairview Saturday
night (6 p.m.); Ottoville entertains St.
John’s.

(56%) to the Wildcats’ mark of 20-of-35
(57%).
The Lancers were better from 3-land
— 5-of-14 to 3-of-13 — and from charity
— 6-of-8 (75%) versus 2-of-6 (33.3%).
A trio of Kalida players — Devin
Kortokrax, Brandon Verhoff and Grant
Unverferth — scored 10 points each.
Justis Dowdy topped the Lancers
with 22 markers, while Derek Youtsey
added 12 and Chandler Adams and
Hayden Ludwig 11 apiece.
The guests outrebounded the hosts
18-15 (3-4 offensive) but lost the turnover battle 14-2.
Lincolnview also won the junior varsity clash 49-39.
The Lancers close 2014 with a road
game at Fort Jennings Dec. 30.
Kalida will next play again in the
new year.
KALIDA (45)
Devin Kortokrax 3-1-1-10, Brandon
Verhoff 5-0-0-10, Grant Unverferth 3-1-110, Trent Gerding 4-0-0-8, Drew Hovest
2-1-0-7, Brady Laudick 0-0-0-0, Trevor
Maag 0-0-0-0, Trent Siebeneck 0-0-0,
Logan Roebke 0-0-0-0. Totals 17-3-2-45.
LINCOLNVIEW (63)
Justis Dowdy 2-3-2-15, Derek
Youtsey 6-0-0-12, Chandler Adams 4-10-11, Hayden Ludwig 5-0-1-11, Austin

Attack

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The hosts were paced by eight each
from Jacey Grigsby (3 assists) and
Caitlyn Probst.
The Rangers came out — as they say
— “en fuego” in the first period, downing a phenomenal 8-of-11. They used the
pick-and-roll and the high-low against
the Bearcats’ man defense extremely
well, with Reineke and Schroer (2 treys)
scoring six each. The hosts had no
answer, especially seeing that they were
only 4-of-10 shooting. When Reineke
hit a 5-footer inside at 1:00, the visitors’
lead was double — 18-9.
The visitors “cooled” down in the
second period — “only” hitting 8-of12, with Reineke again setting the pace
with six markers. On the other end, the
1-3-1 Ranger half-court defense stymied
the hosts into a 1-of-11 effort (Grigsby
scoring the only points for the Black
Attack), including four more miscues
(19 overall). The Knoxville lead reached
34-11 off a lob at 40 seconds.
The guests continued running an efficient and patient offense in period 3,
netting 5-of-9, with five counters each
from Schroer and Jenna Schwieterman.
What prevented the Bearcats from even
remotely making a run was seven turnovers — along with 2-of-7 shooting,

Varsity
Delphos Jefferson (52)
Jace Stockwell 7-5-22, Drew Reiss
1-2-4, Trey Smith 5-8-19, Alex Rode
2-3-7, Dalton Hicks 0-0-0, Grant
Wallace 0-0-0, Brenen Auer 0-0-0, Kurt
Wollenhaupt 1-0-2. Totals: 11-4-18/3052.
Ottoville (54)
Colin Bendele 2-0-6, Kyle Bendele
2-2-6, Austin Honigford 0-1-1, Brandt
Landin 6-9-21, Tyler Roby 5-6-17, Nick
Moorman 1-1-3. Totals: 12-4-18/25-54.
Score By Quarters
Jefferson 3 -14-13-22 = 52
Ottoville 13-15-13-13 = 54
Three-points goals: Jefferson,
Stockwell 3, Smith; Ottoville, C.
Bendele 2, Roby 2.
JV
Delphos Jefferson (41)
Trey Gossman 0-1-1, Cole Arroyo
0-2-2, Davion Tyson 2-2-6, Alex Rode
6-7-19, Tyler Bratton 2-4-9, Nick Long
0-4-4. Totals: 9-1-20/32-41.
Ottoville (37)
Andy Schimmoeller 1-1-4, Ryan
Bendele 3-0-8, Emitt German 1-0-3,
Eric Von Sossan 2-0-5, Logan Kemper
2-2-6, Brad Boecker 0-1-1, Brendon
Siefker 2-5-10. Totals: 5-6-9/12-37.
Score By Quarters
Jefferson 4 – 8 – 12-11-6 = 41
Ottoville 11- 12- 8- 4 - 2 = 37
Three-point goals: Jefferson, Bratton;
Ottoville, Bendele 2, Schimoeller,
German, Von Sossan, Siefker.

Leeth 3-1-0-9, Tyler Brant 1-0-3-5, Josh
Leiter 0-0-0-0, James Smith 0-0-0-0,
Tyler Wannemacher 0-0-0-0, Tyler Neate
0-0-0-0, Troy Thompson 0-0-0-0. Totals
21-5-6-63.
Score by Quarters:
Kalida 13 14 9 9 - 45
Lincolnview 12 21 14 16 - 63
Three-point goals: Kalida, Kortokrax,
Unverferth, Hovest; Lincolnview, .
JV score: 49-39 (Lincolnview).
———————Bulldogs bash Black Knights
VAN BUREN — Columbus Grove’s
boys basketball team had a late start
to 2014-15 campaign due to the football team making the Division VII State
semifinals.
Looking at the early-season success, the Bulldogs haven’t skipped a
beat.
Grove used an overwhelming 27-9
start and bashed host Van Buren 73-43
in non-league action Monday night.
Grove was a solid 17-of-35 from
2-point range and 7-of-16 beyond the arc
to lead the way.
Jace Darbyshire topped the visitors
(3-0) with 22, while Gabe Stechschulte
added 13 and Logan Diller 12.
On the other end, the Black Knights
(1-3) canned 14-of-37 from inside the arc

with baskets by Grigsby and Probst.
When Schroer drove to the basjet with
33 ticks on the board, the guests were
up 49-15.
With nothing left to decide the final
margin of victory in the final period,
both coaches emptied their benches as
the game wore down.
“Some say we should forget this
game but to me, this is why you play
games against quality teams like this,”
Ekis added. “You need to learn from
this — they have the type of program
we aspire to. If you can’t take something positive from this game — even
if it’s your opponent and how they do
things — you’re not going anywhere as
a program.”
New Knoxville secured 26 rebounds
(6 offensive) as Rachel Leffel (5 assists)
and Abby Lageman (4 thefts) had six
each; and added 15 turnovers.
Spencerville was 0-of-1 at the line;
and nabbed 16 off the glass (8 offensive)
as Katie Merriman had four.
In junior varsity play, the visitors got
by the hosts 29-20.
Brianna Jurosic and Alli Katterheinrich
led the victors with six each.
Jayden Smith topped the Bearcats
with seven.
Spencerville hosts St. John’s 6 p.m.
JV tip Monday.

and 0-of-7 outside.
Grove finished with a stellar 18-of-21
at the foul line (85.7%) versus the 15-of26 by the Knights (57.7%).
D. Fasone netted 12 and B. Fasone
10.
Grove outrebounded their foe 28-20
(Tanner From 7); won the turnover battle
19-22 (Darbyshire 5 steals); and had
11 assists (Darbyshire 5) to six for their
foes.
Grove also won the junior varsity
matchup 38-35.
Grove visits Patrick Henry 6 p.m.
Saturday for its next game.
VAN BUREN (43)
Torres 4, D. Fasone 12, B. Fasone
10, Brand 4, Turner 3, Kelley 2, Adolph
Ross 6, Adolph Riley 2.
COLUMBUS GROVE (73)
Jace Darbyshire 22, Joey Warnecke
3, David Bogart 4, Gabe Stechschulte
13, Logan Diller 12, Baily Clement 2,
Tanner rom 7, Colton Grothaus 1, Bryce
Sharrits 2, Corey Schroeder 6, Rece
Roney 1.
Score by Quarters:
Van Buren 9 14 10 10 - 43
Col. Grove 27 21 15 10 - 73
Three-point goals: Van Buren,
none; Columbus Grove, Stechschulte 4,
Schroeder 2, Darbyshire.

VARSITY
NEW KNOXVILLE (61)
Kenzie Schroer 6-0-15, Kalyn Schroer 1-0-3, Ashlyn
Miller 0-0-0, Jenna Schwieterman 3-2-9, Meg Reineke
3-0-6, Abby Lageman 2-1-5, Madison Lammers 2-1-5,
Rachel Leffel 3-2-8, Jadyn Lauth 0-0-0, Brianna Jurosic
0-0-0. Totals 19-6-5-51.
SPENCERVILLE (24)
Schylar Miller 0-0-0, Jayden Smith 1-0-3, Emilee
Meyer 1-0-3, Katie Merriman 0-0-0, Jenna Henline 0-00, Caitlyn Probst 4-0-8, Jacey Grigsby 4-0-8, Megan
Miller 0-0-0, Julie Mulholland 0-0-0, Audrey Bowsher
0-0-0, Madison Catlin 0-0-0, Carleigh Hefner 1-0-2.
Totals 9-2-0-24.
Score by Quarters:
New Knoxville 18 16 15 12 - 61
Spencerville 9 2 4 9 - 24
Three-point goals: New Knoxville, Ke. Schroer 3,
Ka. Schroer, Schwieterman, Reineke; Spencerville,
Meyer, Smith.
————JUNIOR VARSITY
NEW KNOXVILLE (29)
Jadyn Lauth 2-0-4, Ashley Scott 0-0-0, Audrey
Stachler 0-0-0, Alli Katterheinrich 3-0-6, Sydney
Spevak 0-0-0, Caitlin Lammers 0-3-3, Brianna Jurosic
2-2-6, Emily Ott 0-0-0, Ashlyn Miller 2-1-5, Jenna
Schwieterman 1-3-5. Totals 10-0-9/19-29.
SPENCERVILLE (20)
Sydney Shaffer 0-0-0, Lexi Gilroy 0-0-0, Madison
Catlin 1-0-2, Carleigh Hefner 0-0-0, Jayden Smith 3-1-7,
Tiffany Work 0-1-1, Jenna Henline 3-0-6, Allison Adams
0-0-0, Julie Mulholland 1-0-2, Allison Bowsher 1-0-2.
Totals 9-0-2/8-20.
Score by Quarters:
New Knoxville 10 6 10 3 - 29
Spencerville 7 1 8 4 - 20
Three-point goals: New Knoxville, none;
Spencerville, none.

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After four quick Jennings
points extended the lead in
the third period, the Knights
came soaring back. At the
5:24 mark, Cody Mefferd
made two free throws and
3-point field goal on the next
possession to tie the game
at 28. Connor Lautzenheiser
made a three on the very next
possession and Braden Van
Cleave put in a pair of free
throws to give the Knights
a 33-28 lead. Crestview finished out the third quarter
on a 17-2 run, extending the
margin to 39-30 after three
quarters.
Fort Jennings again found
themselves in trouble as an
early fourth-quarter foul put
the Knights in the bonus for
the rest of the game. The
Musketeers appeared to tire
as the game wore on,and
Crestview pulled away in the
final period.
“I thought we showed
some resolve in the second
half,” said Best. “We talked
at the half about being more
accountable for each other
and not to be selfish with
actions.”
Crestview (4-2) had
three players in double digits, Cody Mefferd, Connor
Lautzenheiser, and Braden
Van Cleave, in the win.
They also managed double

Lancers

digit assists, which is a tough
task for any team at the high
school level.
“We distributed the ball
really well in the second half
and found the open guy,” said
Best. “We hit a lot of open
shots which is what we need
to do in order to win.”
Fort Jennings (1-4) had
two players in double digits:
senior leaders Von Sossan and
Wallenhorst. The duo also led
the Musketeers in rebounding.
“Seniors have always been
the most valued part of our
program,” said Utendorf.
“They set the tempo for us
and we rely on their leadership and involvement a lot.
Unfortunately, we weren’t
able to pull it out tonight
despite their efforts.”
Crestview swept the
Musketeers as the Knights
won the JV game 50-38.
Score by quarters
Fort Jennings 4 20 6 636
Crestview 11 11 17 19- 58
Fort Jennings (36)
Wallenhorst 15, Von
Sossan 11, Kehres 4, Finn 2,
Neidert 2, Grone 2, Ricker
0, Maag 0, Berelsman 0,
Metzger 0.
Crestview (58)
Mefferd 26, Lautzenheiser
14, Van Cleave 10, Zaleski 6,
Rickard 2, Lippi 0, Stout 0,
Miller 0, Owens 0, Rolsten.

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“We made enough shots to get the win,” Williamson continued. “It was a different kind of game and it was sloppy at
times but the girls found a way. Wayne Trace has a nice team
so this is a good win for us.”
Bowersock added ten points for Lincolnview to go along
with six rebounds.
Lincolnview outrebounded Wayne Trace 32-29 on the night
while the Lancers committed 21 turnovers compared to Wayne
Trace’s 26.
“We can’t have that many turnovers,” commented Raider
head coach Bethany Hughes. “It was a lot of unforced mistakes and we have to be better in that area.”
Erin Mohr led all scorers on the night with 25 points to pace
Wayne Trace. Danae Myers picked up nine rebounds for the
Raiders with Gracie Gudakunst dishing out five assists. Hollie
Wannemacher also had three steals for the Raiders.
Wayne Trace falls to 3-3 on the season.
Lincolnview’s junior varsity also moved to 5-2 on the season with a 44-30 win over the Raiders.
Kayla Schimmoeller had 15 points and seven rebounds for
the Lancers with Alana Williams adding 13 points and four
boards. Maddie Gorman recorded eight points and seven steals
for Lincolnview as well.
Brooke Sinn had seven points, seven rebounds and six
assists for Wayne Trace, which falls to 2-4 on the season.
Courtney Mead chipped in six points for the Raiders.
Lincolnview will battle Parkway in the Chatt Insurance
Holiday Tourney at Parkway High School on Monday. Wayne
Trace returns to action Saturday when the Raiders visit Fort
Jennings.

Score by quarters
Wayne Trace 12 10 11 12- 45
Lincolnview 15 10 16 15- 56
Wayne Trace (45)
Hollie Wannemacher 5, Erin Mohr 25, Shayna Temple 5, Gracie Gudakunst4,
Danae Myers 6, Courtney Mead 0, Leah Sinn 0
Lincolnview (56)
Ashton Bowersock 10, Stephanie Longwell 0, Claire Clay 0, Katlyn Wendel 4,
Julia Thatcher 20, Hannah McCleery 20, Alena Looser 2, Alana Williams 0, Kayla
Schimmoeller 0

BOWLING

Tuesday Merchant
Dec. 16, 2014
Lears Martial Arts
119-14
Pitsenbarger Supply
118-16
R C Connections
107-26
To Legit 2 Split
100-34
Ace Hardware
94-42
Men over 200
Rick Schuck 231, Mike Hughes
210-219, Ted Kill 205-203, Dan
Stemen 241, Dave Stemen 211,
David Newman 207, Jim Childress
202, Brock Parsons 201, Desteni
Lear 226, Chris Martin 211-220,
Mike Rice 245, Shane Lear 211236, Bruce VanMetre 278, John
Jones 244-246, John Allen 234205-203, Joe Geise 279.
Men over 550
Mike Hughes 607, Ted Kill 568,
Dave Stemen 564, David Newman
590, Jim Childress 567, Brock
Parsons 591, Desteni Lear 578,
Chris Martin 609, Mike Rice 555,
Shane Lear 647, Bruce VanMetre
634, John Jones 682, John Allen
642, Joe Geise 648.
Wednesday Industrial
Dec. 17, 2014
Topp Chalet
14-2
K-M Tire
10-6
Unverferth Mfg.
10-6
Rustic Cafe
10-6
Cabo
10-6
D & D Grain
8-8
John Deere
8-8
Heather Marie Photo
6-10
Buckeye Painting
2-14
Fusion Graphic
2-14
Men over 200
Don Rice 203-210-238, Brian
Gossard 213-205, Shawn Allemeier
242-223, Phil Austin 224-255-211,
Dave Kill 206, Daniel Uncapher
211-232, Josh DeVelvis 223-202,
Russ Wilhelm 208-204-206, Shane
Schimmoller 202, Sean Hulihan
211-224-216, Kyle Profit 214, Jeff
Kreischer 213-231-238, Steve
Richards 236, Rob Shaeffer 213,
Butch Prine Jr. 213-236, Terence
Keaser 232, Mike Rice 233, Dan
Kleman 237, Kyle Early 259-204278, Dave Moenter 246-243-214,
Randy Fischbach 212-222, Jason
Mahlie 267-268, Frank Miller 220202, Joe Geise 238-223, Charlie
Lozano 231, John Allen 220-236203, John Jones 278-216, Taylor
Booth 210-237, Jim Thorbin 239224, Justin Starn 223-214-237, Erin
Deal 211-210, Brent Miller 226,
Brian Sharp 202-210.
Men over 550
Don Rice 651, Brian Gossard
618, Shawn Allemeier 657, Bruce
VanMetre 564, Phil Austin 690,
Dave Kill 579, Daniel Uncapher
621, Josh DeVelvis 613, Russ
Wilhelm 618, Shane Schimmoller
574, Sean Hulihan 651, Kyle Profit

594, Jeff Kreischer 682, Steve
Richards 552, Rob Shaeffer 576,
Butch Prine Jr. 645, Terence
Keaser 592, Mike Rice 575, Dan
Kleman 616, Kyle Early 741, Dave
Moenter 703, Randy Fischbach
587, Jason Mahlie 708, Frank
Miller 613, Joe Geise 623, Charlie
Lozano 594, John Allen 659, John
Jones 686, Taylor Booth 634, Matt
Hoffman 559, Jim Thorbin 647,
Justin Starn 674, Erin Deal 594,
Brent Miller 605, Brian Sharp 603.

Thursday National
Dec. 18, 2014
Evans Construction
22-2
D R C Big Dogs
18-6
Old Mill Campground
8-14-10
First Federal
14-10
VFW
12-12
Mushroom Graphics
10-14
Westrich
10-14
K-M Tire
10-14
S & K’s Landeck Tavern
8-16
Wannemachers
2-22
Men over 200
Brian Schaadt 202-211, Seth
Schaadt 205, Alex VanMetre
244-240-244, Bruce VanMetre
258-231-253, Chuck Verhoff
213, Chris Martin 246-246, Justin
Miller 235, Tom Schulte 213-217,
Lenny Hubert 255-204, Don Rice
203-230, Sean Hulihan 222214, Rob Ruda 220-279, Scott
Scalf 206-235-213, Doc Evans
202, Randy Mason 202, Warren
Mason 201-201-201, Dan Mason
218-246-212, Jeff Lawrence 214,
Thomas Brusseau 211-217-268,
Nate Lawrence 255, Jim Meeks
210, Justin Tumlinson 203-217,
Neil Mahlie 279-224-202, Mike
Hughes 225-224, Jason Mahlie
252-228-273, Mike Herr 221, Mike
Rice 203-202-212, John Jones
223, Jerry Mericle 217, John Allen
210-204-212, Joe Geise 214, Don
Honigford 201, Carl Beck 235-213,
Ted Wells 206, Brad Thornburgh
202, Frank Miller 256.
Men over 550
Brian Schaadt 600, Alex
VanMetre 728, Bruce VanMetre
742, Chuck Verhoff 611, Chris
Martin 692, Justin Miller 596,
Tom Schulte 607, Lenny Hubert
654, Don Rice 626, Sean Hulihan
627, Rob Ruda 681, Scott Scalf
654, Randy Mason 586, Warren
Mason 603, Dan Mason 676, Jeff
Lawrence 553, Thomas Brusseau
696, Nate Lawrence 554, Justin
Tumlinson,577, Mark Biedenharn
569, Neil Mahlie 705, Mike
Hughes 625, Jason Mahlie 753,
Mike Rice 617, John Jones 594,
Jerry Mericle 573, John Allen 626,
Joe Geise 552, Carl Beck 608, Ted
Wells 561, Brad Thornburgh 588,
Frank Miller 636.

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Wednesday, December 24, 2014

Wrapup

On March 21, Tamara K. Menke, 48,
of Ohio City, appeared before Judge
Charles Steele in Van Wert County
Common Pleas Court on Friday, March
21, for a competency hearing. Judge
Steele ruled Menke able to proceed
and set a final pretrial for April 16.

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Your Ashes Off” 5K at Jefferson High
School despite the cold and wind.
March 12
A new 72-passenger Stock Transit Unit
bus will arrive at Delphos City Schools
in the near future. School board members
accepted the purchase from Cardinal Bus
Sales and Service for $88,983 Monday
evening; they also offered a $5,000 tradein for two 1998 64-passenger buses.
March 17
The 78th annual Past Commanders and
Past Presidents Banquet was held Saturday
night at Delphos American Legion
Commemorative Post 268. Past commanders, auxiliary presidents, Americanism
winners, Buckeye Boys and Girls State
delegates and long-term legion members
were among those honored.
March 21
Fourth Degree Knights of Columbus
recognized winners of its patriotism essay
“My View of Patriotism” Thursday evening at the K of C Hall. They included
Timothy Hoersten, Jacob Csukker and
Kyle Williams.

St. John’s Alumni band played its final girls basketball game Feb. 13. The
20-member pep band delighted home and visiting crowds for 20 years. (DHI
Media file photos)
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tant isolation model built to withstand
some of earth’s most destructive geologiFeb. 15
cal forces.
Delphos and the surrounding communiMarch 3
ties have seen their street budgets mount
Gina Csukker couldn’t believe her luck
from the latest round of snow events for at the craps table during the chamber’s
the week spanning Feb. 2-10. The deluge Mardi Gras and Casino Night Saturday at
of winter weather sent man-hours into the K of C Hall.
overtime, strained equipment and exhaustMarch 6
ed crew members to the point of being ill.
Clara Hanf received the ashes
Feb. 21
Wednesday during the Ash Wednesday Firefighter-EMT Advanced Roy Hoehn, center, was promoted to the rank of
Jefferson Middle School eighth-grade prayer service at the community track. platoon chief with Delphos Fire and Rescue in March. Fire Chief Kevin Streets,
students engineered an earthquake resis- Hundreds of people attended the “Run left, presents Hoehn with his badge as Mayor Michael Gallmeier looks on.

Eicher

Sidewalks

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This week I will share with you the recipe for sour cream
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Sour Cream Cut-Out Cookies
1 cup (2 sticks) butter, softened
1 1/2 cups sugar
3 large eggs, beaten
1 cup sour cream
2 tablespoons vanilla
3 1/2–4 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
Frosting:
1/3 cup shortening
1 teaspoon vanilla
4 cups powdered sugar, divided
1/2 cup milk
food coloring (optional)
colored sprinkles (optional)
chocolate chips (optional)
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Lightly grease a baking sheet.
Cream the butter and sugar together in a large bowl. Stir in
the eggs, sour cream and vanilla. Combine the flour, baking
powder and baking soda in a medium bowl, and stir with a
whisk to blend. Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients,
and stir until it forms soft but firm dough. Roll the dough out
to a 1/2-inch thickness on a floured surface. Use your favorite
cookie cutters to cut out the dough. Place the shapes on the
prepared pan.
Bake until golden brown around the edges, about 10 minutes. Remove from the oven and let cool on the pan for 5 minutes. Then transfer to wire racks to cool completely.
To make the frosting: Cream the shortening, vanilla and 1
cup powdered sugar. Gradually add the milk and the rest of
the powdered sugar, beating constantly. More powdered sugar
can be added to make a thicker icing. Food coloring can also
be added. Spread the frosting on the cooled cookies. Decorate
with colored sprinkles or chocolate chips if desired.
Lovina Eicher is an Old Order Amish writer, cook, wife
and mother of eight. Formerly writing as The Amish Cook,
Eicher inherited that column from her mother, Elizabeth
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“It could have injured or
killed him,” she said. “There
is no visual impairment for
pedestrians. The resolution
needs to be trashed.”
Lisa Modica said the village should focus on the sanitary sewer problems that affect
the whole community and economic development.
W. D. Miller addressed the
villages issues with the ongoing
sanitary system asking about
the village’s status to discharge,
the By-Pass study being sent to
the Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA), compliance
deadlines and what the potential financial burden to correct
the overflows could mean to
residents of the village.
“Planning and prioritizing
needs to be done,” he said.
“The village needs to bankroll
money for compliance to the
EPA. The fines for non-compliance are figures of $10,000
to $25,000 for each occurrence. There are too many
other high-priority projects to
take care of before constructing sidewalks.”
Resident Gary Burns said
he paid for and had 300 lineal
feet of sidewalks in on his
property. “Even though there
have been no incidences there
at the cemetery crossing, which
is a 50 mile per hour zone, I’d
rather see them (pedestrians)
crossing in a 35 mile per hour
zone,” he said
Natalie Langhals said as a
mother of three, she want to
see a safe community and providing sidewalks for people to
walk and/or ride bikes on.
“Growing up on Sunset, I

see the dangers — crossing
66 at a 55 mile per hour zone
— with your sight blocked by
signs on a utility pole,” she
explained. “There’s no room
for error and unexpected things
happen while riding bikes.
Sidewalks would improve
safety. Why wait until there’s a
tragedy. Think of your children
and grandchildren and make
the right choice, please.”
A resident asked if the
speeds could be changed on
the roadway.
“That’s up to ODOT,”
Miller said. “A study was
done by them on State Route
224 (when Dollar General
was interested in building on
John Schimmoeller’s property across from the Ottoville
school this past summer) and
they would not approve reducing the speed limit.”
Mark Vorst said he has driven through there (State Route
66) and sidewalks would be a
great way to get there.
“It’s not safe and I’d like to
have sidewalks,” he said.
Another individual asked if
the ordinance should be put to
a vote and added to the ballot
during the next election. Many
residents agreed with the idea.
After conversation turned
to committee reports, councilman Tony Langhals prompted
members to take a vote on the
sidewalk ordinance.
“It’s in the best interest of
the village, we need to take
a vote on ordinance 2014-15
(sidewalk) and either move
forward with the project or
move on,” he said.
Langhals read the ordinance in its entirety and made
a motion for council to vote.

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The ordinance would impose
a 70-percent charge of the cost
of installing new sidewalks on
residents living on the west
side of State Route 66 from
Sunset Drive to Monterey
Street
Councilman
Randy
Altenburger said he did not
want to delay the vote but
council member Byrne was
absent and it’s an important
vote.
“He should abstain since
he’s a property owner,”
Langhals said.
“I want to entertain a motion
for a second motion,” Miller
said. “With no responses, the
motion dies and the ordinance
is tabled for a later discussion.”
Board of Public Affairs
members Phil Hilvers and Dan
Honigford reported that the
By-Pass Study will be sent to
the EPA after the first of the
year.
“It contains recommendations as to how we might fix
the sanitary sewer overflows,”
Hilvers said. “Council ought to
read it and a copy needs to go
to everybody .”
“Homes have been inspected and there are 85 homes
tapped into the sanitary,”
Honigford said.
“Barry (Koester, Street
Supervisor) said he can find
places to tap in 70 of those
homes,” Miller said. “Of the
nine on Auglaize, five are
already done.”
Miller said the village needs
to hire a company to take care
of the tap-ins and making taps
available find a good outlet in
the catch basin.
In October, Brian Goubeaux
of Choice One Engineering
told council the village has
been awarded the grant for the
Bendele Street Storm Sewer
project through the Ohio Public
Works Commission (OPWC).
The grant will be for the sum
of $133,000 and the remainder of the cost of the project,
$271,826, will be in the form of
an interest-free loan.
The new catch basin is part
of the Bendele Street Storm
Sewer improvement project and will be constructed
sometime in the fall of 2015.
Council is hopeful that after
the project is complete and the
houses that are now tapped
into the sanitary system are
redirected to the catch basin,
some of the overflows in the
storm sewer system will alleviated.
“From Sixth Street to out
of town and Otto and Bendele
streets, there is a lot of water
infiltration into the sanitary,”
Miller said. “We will not get
the grant money until June.”

Council members approved
the Choice One agreement for
engineering services for the
Bendele Street Storm Sewer
project.
In July, council members
discussed the implementation
of sewer and water utilities
with Larry Heitmeyer for the
residential development of the
Niedecken properties on Road
P during the village council
meeting. Council re-addressed
the costs associated with constructing water and sewer utilities on the Niedecken property including; $38K for pipe,
an estimated $30K for J&M
Excavating and $177K for a
lift station. The property will
also have to be zoned residential.
Chief Dan Honigford
reported on the elections,
which were done in-house by
firefighters.
“I’m still Fire Chief and
Kevin Streets (Delphos Fire
Chief) has been named assistant chief, which is a volunteer
position,” he said.
The list of appointees also
includes: Captain/Secretary
John Schlagbaum, Captain/
Treasurer Gary Wurst and
Lieutenants Ryan Wiechart
and Dan Hoerstman.
Fiscal Officer Jeanne
Wannemacher said Global
Precision Parts lost $57,000
last year and over paid the village $14,321 in taxes. Council
members passed the resolution
to pay the business the sum of
over paid taxes.
Greg Bockrath from
Bockrath and Associates
asked council to approve
four inlots located at the Fifth
Street cul-de-sac (Bendele
Triangle Subdivision Phase 1).
Members approved the plots.
Wapakoneta
Attorney
Mike Burton spoke for John
and Jackie Schimmoeller
addressing their property
on State Route 224 across
from Ottoville High School.
The property was previously
approved by council for a tapin to the forced line during the
summer.
“I’d like to discuss an
agreement for annexation at
the next council meeting.” he
said. “The property will also
have to be zoned business or
commercial.”
The next council meeting
will be an open public meeting
held at 6 p.m. on Jan. 7 to discuss the sidewalk ordinance,
year-end reports and beginning
year appropriations. The regularly scheduled council meeting will take place at 7 p.m. on
Jan. 19. Both meetings will be
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David Copperfield casts a spell on admirers

Q: When did
magician David
Copperfield take
up magic? Is that
his real name?
When and where
was he born?
-- W.L., Elmira,
N.Y.
A: David Seth
Kotkin was born
Sept. 16, 1956,
in
Metuchen,
N.J. He learned
his first magic trick from his grandfather
when he was 7. By the time he was 12, he
was performing professionally under the
name “Davino, the Boy Magician” and
was inducted into the Society of American
Magicians. He worked as an adjunct
professor at New York University at age 16.
Copperfield has grossed more than $4
billion in ticket sales, which is more than any
other solo entertainer in history. He has a star
on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, 21 Emmys
and 11 Guinness World Records.

Q: Several years ago, I visited Ellis Island
in New York Harbor. Going there is an
emotional experience. Are there records that
tell us who the very first person was who
came through the processing station on his or
her way to a better life in America? -- T.L.,
New Ulm, Minn.
A: On Jan. 1, 1892, arriving with two
younger brothers, 15-year-old Annie Moore
from County Cork, Ireland, was the first
person to pass through the newly opened
processing station at Ellis Island. Her

parents immigrated to the United States
three years earlier. Moore remained in New
York City until her death in 1923. In 1993,
Irish President Mary Robinson attended a
ceremony in which a bronze statue of Annie
Moore was unveiled in the island’s museum.
Q: When was the
Barbie doll introduced?
What about Ken? After
whom is the company
Mattel named? -- P.D.,
Duncan, Okla.
A:
Barbie
was
introduced in March
1959, at the American
Toy Fair in New York City. The Ken doll
was introduced in 1961. In 1945, Ruth
and Elliot Handler joined with their friend
Harold Mattson to form Mattel. The name
comes from MATTson and ELliot. Ruth
Handler developed Barbie and Ken, and she
named them after her children, Barbara and
Kenneth.
Q: I have heard of someone named “the
Last of the Red-Hot Mammas” for many
years, but I don’t know who she was. Who
was she? -- E.B., Daytona Beach, Fla.
A: “The Last of the Red-Hot Mammas”
was the nickname for singer Sophie Tucker
(1887-1966). The moniker came from one
of her songs, “I’m the Last of the Red Hot
Mammas.”
(Send your questions to Mr. Know-It-All
at [email protected] or c/o Universal
Uclick, 1130 Walnut St., Kansas City, MO
64106.)

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Today’s
Horoscope
By Eugenia Last

WEDNESDAY,
DECEMBER 24, 2014

Blondie

For Better or Worse

Beetle Bailey

Make the most of your
organizational skills. Pay
close attention to any financial
or investment opportunities
being offered. This is a year
to stabilize and improve your
standard of living. Concentrate
on forming a solid base to build
a secure future. Romance will
be heading your way.
CAPRICORN
(Dec.
22-Jan. 19) -- Romance is
highlighted and will brighten
your day. Find an inventive way
to show your partner you care.
If you are currently unattached,
a social event will provide an
interesting encounter.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20Feb. 19) -- Enjoy the sense
of camaraderie that develops
during the festive season.
Reflect on happy memories as
you put the past behind you and
begin to plan your future.
PISCES (Feb. 20-March
20) -- Don’t contribute to
negative rumors or gossip. If
you keep a positive outlook and
look for the good in others, you
will enjoy popularity and longlasting friendships. Sharing
will bring you happiness.

ARIES (March 21-April
19) -- Partnerships will be
difficult if you aren’t tolerant,
patient and willing to give
others the benefit of the doubt.
Stick close to home, and
avoid potentially hazardous
situations.

Pickles

The Herald — 11

Wednesday, December 24, 2014

Crossword Puzzle

ACROSS
1 Drill
5 Take a
spouse
10 Tangles
12 Chosen
field
13 Soothsayer
14 Non-earthlings
15 Inactive
16 Hosp. staffers
18 Banned
pesticide
19 Trouser
features
22 Ipso - 25 Firefly or
scarab
29 Ready to
drop (2 wds.)
30 Canning jar
size
32 Showing a
lack of experience
33 Disconnected
34 Incantations
37 Maneuvers
slowly
38 Hayseeds
40 Green parrot
43 Small, in
Dogpatch
44 The basics
48 Rogue
50 Goods
provider
52 Makes a
sound
53 Tequila
cacti
54 Clink
glasses
55 Likelihood

less
7 Plant in a
swamp
8 Budget item
9 Soph. and jr.
10 King, in
Paris
11 Withered
12 Hindu social
class
17 Apprehend
20 Desolate
21 Follow-up
movie
22 Seasonticket holder
23 Woe is me!
24 Cut, as
coupons
26 Light lunch
(2 wds.)
27 Young chaps
28 Huron neighbor
31 NFL events
35 Relaxes
36 Compete in
a slalom
39 Famous lioness

Monday’s answers
40 Inspector
Clouseau’s
valet
41 This, to
Pedro
42 Poker pair
45 Wide st.
46 High
notes

DOWN
1 Minstrel
2 Racetrack
3 Willing to
listen
4 Annex
5 “Bien” opposite
6 Moisture-

TAURUS (April 20-May
20) -- It’s the time of year to
forgive and forget. If you show
kindness to relatives whom
you don’t see eye to eye with,
you will discover a reason to
reassess the way you feel.

GEMINI (May 21-June
20) -- Needy or disgruntled
people will get on your nerves.
Don’t try to please everyone.
Instead, do something relaxing
that will ease your mind and
calm you down.

Garfield

Born Loser

Hagar the Horrible

CANCER (June 21-July
22) -- You can be the center
of attention today. Make sure
you don’t exclude anyone from
the activities you are planning.
Younger and older members
will crave the companionship
you offer.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) -Your efforts will be rewarded
if you brighten someone’s life
with love, laughter and good
memories. Affection, romance
and happiness are your ticket to
a better personal life.

Marmaduke

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept.
22) -- Don’t get caught in
the middle of a family feud.
Consider getting out of the
house and spending time
with friends who share your
interests.
An
unexpected
incident will influence you.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct.
23) -- Travel will spark your
creativity
and
stimulate
your imagination. Don’t let
unanticipated delays ruin your
festive spirit or year-end plans.
A positive attitude will lead to
good results.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov.
22) -- Your hard work will go
to waste if someone else takes
the credit. Maintain a close
rapport with your superiors and
make sure your contribution is
clearly noted.

Barney Google & Snuffy Smith

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23Dec. 21) -- Please pay close
attention if you are traveling
in unfamiliar places. Losing
possessions will cause you
difficulties, not to mention the
cost involved. Be aware of your
surroundings at all times.
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Christmas

Too late: Cops’ deaths
highlight outdated systems
NEW YORK (AP) —
After Ismaaiyl Brinsley shot
his ex-girlfriend and posted
an online death threat against
police, investigators in
Maryland used modern cellphone tracking technology to
follow his journey to New
York City in real time.
But when it came to giving the New York Police
Department specifics about
Brinsley, the means were markedly low-tech: a phone call and
a wanted flier sent by fax.
That warning came too
late, sent a mere two minutes
before Brinsley walked up to
a patrol car and shot two officers dead without warning.
Police on both ends say they
took immediate and proper
measures to try to alert officers
about an armed and danger-

ous fugitive bent on violence
against law enforcement. But
the seemingly antiquated way
they did it has raised questions
about the potential for communication lapses to hamper
urgent manhunts.
Though refusing to fault
how the warning was handled, Police Commissioner
William Bratton has called
it “an irony” the ambush
occurred a time when the
NYPD has launched a $160
million program to equip each
member of the 35,000-officer force with a departmentissued computer tablet or
smartphone to improve information-sharing.
Currently, police departments in New York, Los
Angeles, Denver and elsewhere mostly rely on dis-

patchers to make radio transmissions giving descriptions
of suspects or fliers — copied and faxed — with mug
shots passed out at roll calls.
Smaller forces have gone
to blasting notifications to
department-issued smartphones, but most larger ones
say to do the same would be
too expensive.
With the new system, if
the nation’s largest police
department were to receive
a mug shot of a suspect, “we
could instantly send that picture and information to every
cop on their post no matter
where they were,” Bratton
said this week.
In the case of Brinsley, it’s
impossible to know whether an earlier warning would
have made a difference.

Thank you for
the gift of your Sony re-gifts ‘The Interview’
business.
in limited Christmas release
We look forward
to serving you
in the
New Year!
NEW YORK (AP) — “The Interview”
was put back into theaters Tuesday when
Sony Pictures Entertainment announced a
limited Christmas Day theatrical release for
the comedy that provoked an international
incident with North Korea and outrage over
its cancelled release.
Sony Entertainment CEO Michael
Lynton said Tuesday that Seth Rogen’s
North Korea farce “will be in a number of theaters” beginning Thursday. He
said Sony also is continuing its efforts to
release the film on more platforms and in
more theaters.
“We have never given up on releasing
‘The Interview,’” Lynton said in a statement
Tuesday. “While we hope this is only the

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Delphos Kiwanis Club
met Tuesday evening for its
last regular meeting in 1964.
Gene Hayes, president, presided at the meeting. Ralph
Fetter, who is a member of
Delphos Kiwanis, will be
speaker at Bluffton Kiwanis
meeting next Wednesday.
Nick Wilson, songmaster, led the group in several
Christmas songs.
Members of the Miss and
Master League at Ottoville
attended a holiday dinner meeting recently at The
Steak House in Delphos. Mrs.
Walter Brickner read a poem
and conducted a brief business session. The January
meeting will be in the home
of Helen Devitt with Mrs.
Arthur Schimmoeller assisting.
75 Years Ago – 1939
Jubilant music in keeping
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first step of the film’s release, we are proud
to make it available to the public and to have
stood up to those who attempted to suppress
free speech.”
For Sony, the decision was the culmination
of a gradual about-face: After initially saying
it had no plans to release the movie, the company began softening its position after it was
broadly criticized.
Moviegoers celebrated the abrupt change
in fortune for a film that appeared doomed as
“The Interview” began popping up in the listings of independent theaters across the country Tuesday, from Atlanta to Los Angeles.
The film is set to open in dozens of theaters
on Thursday, the day it was originally set for
wide release.

on Christmas. The mixed
choir of the church will be
directed by Rose Fast. Helen
Stallkamp, church organist,
will play the postlude. The
children of the school will
render Christmas carols at
the low masses and the high
school choir will sing the
high Mass.
The Four L’s met at
the home of Mrs. Luther
Williams at a special meeting for their usual covereddish dinner and Christmas
exchange. The afternoon was
spent in singing Christmas

carols. Margaret Davis sang
a solo and Edith Micha
read a number of Christmas
poems.
In their first inter-city
clash of the season, the
Varsity forces of St. John’s
took the Jefferson Wildcats
into camp by the score of 54
to 28. The Jefferson Cubs,
however, salvaged some of
the honors of the evening
by defeating the Best Evers,
27 to 18. The games were
played Friday evening in
the Jefferson gym before a
packed house.

Trivia

Answers to Monday’s questions:
The movie quote “Go ahead, make my day,” widely
attributed to Clint Eastwood in the 1983 film Sudden
Impact, was first spoken on the big screen by actor Gary
Swanson in 1982 in the film Vice Squad. His line was
“Go ahead, scumbag, make my day.”
A blue crab uses three pairs of its five pairs of legs for
walking; one pair to swim.
Today’s questions:
Bottles of what beer — still produced today — appear
in Edouard Manet’s famous painting A Bar at the FoliesBergere?
According to comic strip lore, where was Garfield
the cat born?
Answers in Friday’s Herald.
Today’s joke:
By the time the soldier pulled into the little town,
every hotel room was taken. “You’ve got to have a room
somewhere,” he pleaded with a proprietor. “Well, I do
have a double room with one occupant, but he is an Air
Force guy,” admitted the manager. “He might be glad
to split the cost. But to tell you the truth, he snores so
loudly that people in adjoining rooms have complained
in the past. I’m not sure it’d be worth it to you.”
“No problem,” the tired Army guy assured him,.“I’ll
take it.”
The next morning the soldier came down to breakfasts bright-eyed and bushy tailed.
“How’d you sleep?” asked the manager.
“Never better,” said the soldier.
The manager was impressed. “No problem with the
other guy snoring all night long?”
“No, I shut him up in no time,” explained the soldier.
“How’d you manage that?” asked the proprietor.
“Well, he was already in bed, snoring away, when
I walked into the room, so I gave him a kiss on the
cheek,” explained the soldier. “Then, I whispered in
his ear ‘Good night beautiful’, and he sat up all night
watching me.”

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wishes from our entire staff.

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