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DELPHOS

HERALD

Telling The Tri-County’s Story Since 1869

TUESDAY, MARCH 1, 2011

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Ottoville

 Local flood waters recede recede

Some to see sewer rate increase

Benefit set for David Friemoth A spaghetti dinner and raffle will be held from 3-7 p.m. Sunday at the Delphos American Legion post to benefit David Friemoth. Friemoth was recently diagnosed with cancer and needs help with the cost of medical treatment. Dinners are $6. 50/50 tickets will also be avaialble.

BY SANDY LANGHALS

Steak dinner set The Ottoville Music Boosters will sponsor its annual Steak Dinner from 11 a.m to 1 p.m. on Sunday in the Ottoville School auditeria. The dinner includes baked steak, potatoes with gravy, noodles, vegetable, applesauce, roll, homemade dessert and beverage. The cost of the dinner is $7.50; carry outs will be available. Tickets may be purchased at the door or from Ottoville Band members.

Sports Klausing, Hoffman grab top NWC honors

Stacy Taff photos

Most roadways in Delphos are open after Monday’s flooding. Above: North Street near the intersection of St. Rt. 66 is still closed and a portion of St. Rt. 697 just west of Ohio Street is still under water. Below: Flooding recedes at Waterworks Park leaving a few icy puddles behind this morning. Water is receding in Ottawa’s major drainage tributaries. The Riley Creek is down by four feet or more and the Tawa River is also inside its banks on the east side of Ottawa. Menard’s in Lima has been closed since Monday morning. Two feet of water filled the yard and according to assistant Manager Bobby Paetsch, 6-8 inches flooded the store. “We hope to be open this evening or by Wednesday morning,” he said. “We have a lot of cleanup to do.”

Jefferson senior Kristin Klausing and her coach, Dave Hoffman, were named Northwest Conference Player and Coach of the Year, respectively, by girls basketball coaches for the 2010-11 season. Klausing also earned the following honors: District 8 Player of the Year; and selected to play in both the North-South All-Star game and the Ohio/ Indiana All-Star Game. Junior Kennedy Boggs  joins her on the NWC firstteam, while senior Bridget Culp is a second-teamer. On the boys side, senior Ryan Ebbeskotte was tabbed for the first unit, while classmate Logan Bonifas was named Honorable Mention.

Baseball, softball sign-ups planned Registration for youth baseball/softball is set for 9 a.m. Saturday and March 12 at the Franklin Elementary School cafeteria. Fees are payable at that time. A parent or guardian must sign the registration form. Boys wishing to play in the 7/8-year-old Junior Baseball; 9- to 12-year-old Minor/City leagues; and 13- to 15-year-old Pony League must sign up. Any 9/10-year-old with a birth date between May 1, 2000, and April 30, 2002, must bring a birth certificate or other proof of age. Girls who attended grades 2-11 during the 2010-11 school year are eligible for softball. Those wishing to play must sign up on these dates because no late registration is allowed. Forms may be picked up at the schools. Children eligible for the Knothole League include boys ages 5-6 and girls who attended kindergarten or first grade during the current school year. There is no fee but a registration form must be completed.

Forecast Partly cloudy Wednesday; high in upper 30s. See page 2.

Index Obituaries State/Local Politics Community Sports Classifieds TV World News

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OTTOVILLE — Ottoville Village Council passed, on emergency reading, an ordinance to amend an existing one which sets an additional monthly sewage charge of $25 a month for those inside the village whose water usage cannot be metered. There is also an additional monthly $25 increase for those who discharge private well water and/or cistern water into the system. Those with both a well and cistern have an option of installing a secondary meter, which will be for sewage rates only, at the individual customer’s expense. The monthly readiness-toserve rate will be $12 and the rate per 1,000 gallons will be $4.25. The ordinance will take effect on April 1. A resident addressed council about a problem with his neighbor. He shared that he is tired of living next to a neighbor that has trash all over his property and how this has decreased the value of his home by $6,000, according to an appraisal made six months ago. He said he has talked with the village police as well as several council members about the issue and nothing has been done. “Just have them pick it up, please!” he begged. Mayor Ron Miller said there is nothing council can do if it is on private property. He explained it would be like someone putting a swimming pool in their yard and their neighbor didn’t like looking at it — council couldn’t force that individual to remove their swimming pool. The resident responded that a swimming pool is completely different than trash. Council members Jerry Markward and Bob Altenburger told the resident they understood his complaint. Council informed him they will see if there is an

ordinance that will give legal grounds to do something. If not, they will look into other villages that have an ordinance for this and possibly create one for the village. Council discussed rates for renting out the village’s sewer camera. It decided the camera can be rented to any village resident for $50 an hour, which includes a village employee to work the camera. There will be a minimum charge of one hour. For individuals outside of the village, the camera can be rented for $100 an hour with a village employee to work it and a minimum one-hour charge. In other news, Martin Cummin of the Community Improvement Corporation thanked council for its choice of representative to the CIC Board. He feels he will do a great job and also told council he could attend meetings as needed. Council discussed a price quote for a new zero-turn Cobalt mower. The $8,995 price does not include a tradein of the old mower for $3,100. Council would have to come up with $5,895. The price includes a three-year warranty. Council decided research the matter further with a focus on financing in hope of getting a year interest-free. A resolution authorizing a $92,000 loan from the Ottoville Bank Co. at a 3percent rate for three years to purchase water treatment plant filters was adopted. Council also adopted a resolution authorizing a loan at the Ottoville Bank Co. to be refinanced. The loan is related to the initial construction of the village sewer plant. This is expected to save the village money by paying monthly, instead of every six months. In addition, the rate will be one-half-percent lower. The next meeting will begin held March 28 in the Town Hall.

Obama’s hatchet may State health officials warn cut help to elderly residents of flood water risks BY MIKE FORD [email protected]

LIMA — As fuel and heating costs rise with most expenses, government aid to the most vulnerable is diminishing. Not only does President Barack Obama want to cut community action grants in half but federal budget negotiations may result in substantial cuts to the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program. This is emergency assistance to those facing their heating source being disconnected and comes from the same coffer as the regular HEAP program. Lima Allen Council on Community Affairs receives these federal dollars through the state. Executive Director Jackie Fox explains what this would mean: “There has been a recalculation of the LIHEAP formula for our current funding and we’ll get about a 6 percent cut, then an additional 50 percent next year. The program runs out at the end of March and we expect to run out of money prior to that and not be able to access more,” she said. The combined 56 percent reduction will also mean that more than 3,400 Allen County low-income residents will not get any assistance in keeping the heat on next winter. This includes households that receive aid in bulk fuel such as oil, firewood and propane. A family of four earning less than $38,587.50 a year will not get any help, regardless of the circumstances. This comes

at a time when LACCA has seen a 19 percent increase in those seeking its services for the first time, according to Fox, who said that is rooted in recent unemploy unemployment. ment. “Typically, people come to us for help when they have had some type of financial crisis such as a recent job loss or health emergency. This winter, LACCA has served more than 6,900 households with heat assistance. That is more then we served in all of last year and we have six more weeks until the program ends,” Fox said. “This is only a $175 benefit to each eligible person, so it’s not something anyone is going to take advantage of but it does keep people’s electricity on in winter or summer.” An Office of the Ohio Consumers’ Counsel representative said reduced federal funding for LIHEAP would result in the average low-income customer receiving about $100 less in heating assistance than last year. According to current projections, Ohio has been allocated approximately $119.6 million in federal LIHEAP funding through Sept. 30, a nearly 53 percent decrease in funding from last year. A final decision on the level of LIHEAP funding for the 2011 fiscal year depends on the results of budget negotiations to fund the federal government beyond Saturday. Fewer federal dollars may be available if Congress passes President Barack Obama’s proposed budget for the 2012 fiscal year.

COLUMBUS — State Health officials advise residents to use caution when coming into contact with flood waters because they may contain potentially dangerous materials, such as fecal matter from overflowing sewage systems, agricultural runoff and chemicals from industrial areas. Wading in flood waters can also be a cause of infection or result in a variety of injuries. Eating or drinking anything contaminated by flood water can cause diarrheal disease. Follow these tips to stay healthy during and after the flood:

• Do not allow children

to play with toys that have been contaminated by flood water and have not been disinfected. • Remove and discard

items that cannot be washed and disinfected (such as, mattresses, carpeting, carpet padding, rugs, upholstered furniture, cosmetics, stuffed animals, baby toys, pillows, foam-rubber items, books, wall coverings and most paper products). • Remove and discard

drywall and insulation that has been contaminated with sewage or flood waters. • Thoroughly clean all

• Follow the guidelines

hard surfaces (such as flooring, concrete, molding, wood and metal furniture, countertops, appliances, sinks and other plumbing fixtures) with hot water and laundry or dish detergent.

if you have a private water system or sewage treatment system.

by using fans, air conditioning units and dehumidifiers.

Flooding in your area: • Tune into local radio

and TV stations to see if your area is under a boil alert for drinking water.

• Do not allow children to

play in flood water areas. • Practice good hygiene

(Wash hands and water or use with hand soap sanitizer if soap is not available) after contact with flood waters. Wash children’s hands frequently (always before meals). Cleaning your home after a flood: • Wear rubber boots, rub -

ber gloves and goggles during cleanup of affected area. • Keep children and pets

out of the affected area until cleanup has been completed.

• Help the drying process • After completing the

cleanup, wash your hands with soap and warm water. Use has (allow been boiledwater for 1 that minute the water to cool before washing your hands).  Or you may use water that has been disinfected for personal hygiene use (solution of 1/8 teaspoon of household bleach per 1 gallon of water). Let it stand for 30 minutes. If the water is cloudy, use solution of 1/4 teaspoon of household bleach per 1 gallon of water.

during the cleanup in hot water and detergent. These clothes should be washed separately from uncontaminated clothes and linens. • Seek immediate medical attention if you become injured or ill.

Senate set to revise Ohio union bill amid protests COLUMBUS (AP) — An Ohio Senate committee plans to revise and vote on a bill today abolishing most collective bargaining rights for more than 350,000 state workers, teachers, safety forces and other public employees. UniongroupsandDemocrats were rallying what was expected to be thousands of protesters back to the Statehouse for the third week in a row in an effort to stop the bill. The measure initially was

aimed abolishingrights, most collective atbargaining but a compromise announced last week would allow unions to negotiate on wages only and would add a prohibition on public-employee public-emp loyee strikes. The committee chair has received a few dozen amendments — all from Republican lawmakers. Democrats and union leaders say no amount of revisions could fix the bill. They’ve • Wash all clothes worn offered no amendments.

 

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Tuesday, March 1, 2011

For The Record

Jane Russell, star of ’40s and ’50s films, dies

OBITUARIES Mary J. Wurster Jan. 28, 1924 - Feb. 26, 2011

LOS ANGELES (AP) — She was the voluptuous pinup girl who set a million male hearts to pounding during World War II, the favorite movie star of a generation of young men long before she’d made a movie more than a handful of them had ever seen. Such was the stunning beauty of Jane Russell, and the marketing skills of the man who discovered her, the eccentric billionaire Howard Hughes. Russell, surrounded by family members, died

but-sexy Calamity Jane to Bob Hope’s cowardly dentist sidekick, she was a star. She went on to appear in a series of potboilers for RKO, including “His Kind of Woman” (with Robert Mitchum), “Double Dynamite” (Frank Sinatra, Groucho Marx), “The Las Vegas Story” (Victor Mature) and “Macao” (Mitchum again). During her Hollywood career she was married to star UCLA and pro football quarterback Bob Waterfield. Russell’s only other nota-

Mondaycoast at hercity home the central of in Santa Maria. Her death from respiratory failure came 70 years after Hughes had put her on the path to stardom with his controversial Western “The Outlaw.” She was 89. Although she had all but abandoned Hollywood after the 1960s for a quieter life, her daughter-in-law Etta Waterfield said Russell remained active until just a few weeks ago when her health began to fail. Until then she was active with her church, charities that were close to her heart and as a member of a singing group that made occasional appearances around Santa Maria. It was an apt metaphor for a stunningly beautiful woman who first made her mark as the scandalously sexy and provocatively dressed (for the time) pal of Billy the Kid, in a Western that Hughes fought for years with censors to get into wide release. As Hughes battled to bring the picture to audiences, his publicity mill promoted Russell relentlessly, grinding

ble filmBlondes,” was “Gentlemen Prefer a 1953 musical based on the novel by Anita Loos that cast her opposite Monroe. She followed that up with the 1954 musical “The French Line,” which — like “Gentlemen Prefer Blondes” — had her cavorting on an ocean liner. The film was shot in 3-D, and the promotional campaign for it proclaimed “J.R. in 3D. Need we say more?” In 1955, she made the sequel “Gentlemen Marry Brunettes” (without Monroe) and starred in the Westerns “The Tall Men,” with Clark Gable, and “Foxfire,” with Jeff Chandler. But by the 1960s, her film career had faded. She continued to appear in nightclubs, television and musical theater, including a stint on Broadway in Stephen Sondheim’s “Company.” She formed a singing group with Connie Haines and Beryl Davis, and they recorded gospel songs. For many years she served as TV spokeswoman for

Fernando Valley. Her mother was a lay preacher, and she encouraged the family to build a chapel in their back yard. Despite her mother’s Christian teachings, young Jane had a wild side. She wrote in her 1985 autobiography, “My Paths and Detours,” that during high school she had a back-alley abortion, which may have rendered her Bernice Charlene unable to bear children. She was the leader of the Huffine Hollywood Christian Group, a cluster of film people who July 10, 1920-Feb. 27, 2011 Bernice Charlene Huffine, gathered for Bible study and 90, of Hicksville and formergoodproblems works. After experiencing in adopting her ly of Van Wert, died at 5:25 three children, she founded a.m. Sunday at Hicksville Memorial World Adoption International Community Agency, which has helped Hospital, Hicksville. She was born July 10, facilitate adoptions of more than 40,000 children from 1920, in Spencerville to overseas. James and Zelma Miller. She made hundreds of She was married to the appearances for WAIF and Rev. Albert Paul Huffine, served on the board for 40 who preceded her in death on years. June 25, 2009. As she related in “My Survivors include daughPath and Detours,” her life ter Carolyn (Wardell) Smith was marked by heartache. of Alexander, Ark.; sons Her 24-year marriage to David Lawrence (Mitzi D.) Waterfield ended in bitter Huffine of Van Wert and divorce in 1968. They had adopted two boys and a girl. Paul James (Edna) Huffine of That year she married actor Orange Park, Fla.; sister Ruth Roger Barrett; three months Arlene of Florida; grandlater he died of a heart attack. children Albert, Tony and In 1978 she married devel- Angie Smith, Alice Smith, oper John Peoples, and they Etta Forester, Amber (Rick) lived in Sedona, Ariz., and Gardner, Joshua and Jonathon later, Santa Barbara. He died Huffine; great-grandchildren Talauer Cummings, Shylia in 1999 of heart failure. Over the years Russell was Jefferson, Chaelia Ramsey, also beset by alcoholism. Mylicia Swopes, Trevontai Always she was able to Schaad, Madison, Mellaina rebound from troubles by and Markalah Huffine, relying on lessons she learned Jessica Rangle, McKinley from her Bible-preaching Daun Gardner and Kayden mother. Alise Jefferson; and greatSurvivors include her chil- great-grandson Christopher

out costumes, photos ofswimsuits her in lowcut and other outfits that became favorite pinups of World War II GIs. By the time she made her third film, the rollicking comedy-western “The Paleface,” in which she played tough-

Playtex bras, andguest in theappear1980s she made a few ances in the TV series “The Yellow Rose.” She was born Ernestine Jane Geraldine Russell on June 21, 1921, in Bemidji, Minn., and the family later moved to Los Angeles’ San

dren, Thomas K. and Waterfield, Tracy Foundas Robert “Buck” Waterfield, six grandchildren and 10 greatgrandchildren. A public funeral is scheduled March 12 at 11 a.m. at Pacific Christian Church in Santa Maria.

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TRASH TALK  Patrol seizes 1.5 pounds of cocaine Allen County Refuse provides in Wyandot County trafc stop garbage and recycle collection in Delphos. The Allen County portion of Delphos is collected on Thursdays, with residents placing garbage containers on the curb Wednesday evening and recycle every other Wednesday. The Van Wert County portion of Delphos is collected on Friday, with residents placing garbage containers at the curb on Thursday evening and recycle every other Thursday. Recycle is collected this Thursday and Friday. If a holiday falls during the week, collection is pushed back a day. For example, the week of Memorial Day, collection in Allen County will be Friday and in Van Wert County it will be Saturday. See the full schedule at cityofdelphos.com.

A Michigan man and West Virginia woman are facing felony drug charges after Ohio State Highway Patrol troopers seized 1.5 pounds

ing 1.5 pounds, in the trunk of the vehicle. The driver, Tashanna Nellum, 33, of St. Albans, W.Va., and her passenger,

of cocaine, valued $68,100 during a traffic stopatThursday in Wyandot County. Troopers stopped a rental car for a speed violation on US 23 southbound, near milepost 6, at approximately 2:39 p.m. Troopers observed the female driver attempt to conceal 20 grams of marijuana on her person, which she then provided to troopers. A probable cause search was enacted and revealed two packages of cocaine, weigh-

Lawerence Simpkins, 42, of Detroit, Mich., were both charged with possession of cocaine, a first-degree felony. Nellum was also charged with tampering with evidence, a third-degree felony. The suspects were incarcerated in the Wyandot County Jail. If convicted, Nellum could face up to 15 years in prison and a $30,000 fine and Simpkins could face up to 10 years in prison and a $20,000 fine.

MARCHOCOLATE

Smith. She was preceded in death by several brothers and sisters. Mrs. Huffine was an ordained minister in the Pilgrim Holiness Church and operated a preschool in Spirit Lake, Idaho, and owned and operated Ald Clean Laundry in Van Wert. She was a member of the Wesleyan Church in Lima. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at Cowan and Son Funeral Home in Van Wert, the Rev. Donald Nichols officiating. Burial will be in Woodland Cemetery in Van Wert. Friends may call for one hour prior to services on Saturday. Preferred memorials are to The Salvation Army. Expressions of sympathy may be forwarded to cowanandsonfuneralhome.com.

POLICE REPORT

Driver claims he has no memory of accident At 11:43 a.m. on Feb. 21, a collision occurred when the driver of one vehicle struck a second vehicle at a red light and left the scene. Kathleen Greaves, 47, of Delphos, was heading westbound on East Second Street when she came to a stop for the red light at the intersection of North Franklin Street. Glenn Feathers, 48, of Delphos, was headed westbound behind Greaves and failed to stop in time for the red light, striking Greaves’ vehicle in the rear. Feathers left the scene and was found later on South Main Street. He claims he did not strike Greaves’ vehicle and had no memory of the accident. There were no injuries and minor damage to the vehicles. Feathers was cited for a failure to stop after an accident.

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Vol. 141 No. 219

Mary J. Wurster, 87, of Fort Nancy Spencer, editor Lauderdale, Fla., and formerly Ray Geary, general manager of Spencerville, died at 10:10 Delphos Herald Inc. a.m. Saturday at Imperial Don Hemple, advertising manager Hospital in Fort Lauderdale Tiffany Brantley, following a short illness. circulation manager She was born Jan. 28, 1924, in Spencerville, to Charles   The Daily Herald (USPS 1525 8000) is published daily except Clifford and Orlie Frances Sundays and Holidays. (Wright) Plikerd.   By carrier in Delphos Delphos and On Nov. 18, 1945, she area towns, or by rural motor married Ned Wurster, who route where available $2.09 per survives in Fort Lauderdale. week. By mail in Allen, Van Funeral services will Wert, or Putnam County, $105 per year. Outside these counties begin at 11 a.m. Friday at Spencerville United Church of $119 per year.   Entered in the post post office Christ, the Rev. Vince Lavieri in Delphos, Ohio 45833 as officiating. Burial will be in Periodicals, postage paid at Spencerville Cemetery. Delphos, Ohio. Friends may call from 2-4   No mail insubscripti will p.m. and 6-8 p.m. Thursday be accepted towns orons villages at Thomas E. Bayliff Funeral where The Daily Herald paper Home, Spencervill Spencerville. e. carriers or motor routes provide Memorial contribu- daily home delivery for $2.09 per week. tions may be made to the 405 North Main St. Spencerville United Church TELEPHONE 695-0015 of Christ Scholarship and Office Hours Loan Program.

FUNERALS BEINING,  Ruth  Ruth M., 76, of Ottoville, Mass of Christian burial will begin at 10:30 a.m. Thursday at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, Ottoville, the Rev. John Stites officiating. Burial will follow in St. Mary’s Cemetery, Ottoville. Visitation will be 6-8 p.m. today and 2-8 p.m. Wednesday at LoveHeitmeyer Funeral Home, Jackson Township (on the corner of St. Rts. 224 & 634), where a scripture service begins at 2 p.m. Wednesday. Memorials may be made to St. Rita’s Hospice or Immaculate Conception Steeple Fund. Condolences may be sent to: www.lovefuneralhome.com. AMATO,  Madonna  Madonna E., 97, of Ottoville, Mass of Christian burial will begin at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, Ottoville, the Rev. John Stites officiating. Burial will be at Most Pure Heart of Mary Cemetery, Shelby, at 3 p.m. Friends may call from 2-8 p.m. today at Love-Heitmeye Love-Heitmeyerr Funeral Home, Jackson Township (at the corner of St. Rts. 224 & 634), where there will be a scripture service at 2 p.m. Memorials may be made to St. Mary’s Cemetery Fund, Masses or to the charity of the donor’s choice. Condolences may be sent to: www.lovefuneralhome.com

WEATHER Delphos weather High temperature Monday in Delphos was 55 degrees, low was 23. High a year ago today was 37, low was 27. Record high for today is 66, set in 1997. Record low is -10, set in 1967. WEATHER FORECAST Tri-county Associated Press TONIGHT: Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 20s. Southwest winds around 10 mph becoming west after midnight. WEDNESDAY: Partly cloudy. Highs in the upper 30s. North winds 5 to 10 mph. WEDNESDAY NIGHT: Mostly clear. Lows 15 to 20. Northeast winds 5 to 10 mph. EXTENDED FORECAST T H U R S D A Y , THURSDAY NIGHT: Mostly

cloudy. Highs in the mid 40s. Lows in the mid 30s. FRIDAY: Cloudy with a 30 percent chance of rain showers. Highs in the lower 50s. FRIDAY NIGHT: Cloudy with a 50 percent chance of showers. Lows around 40. S A T U R D A Y , SATURDAY NIGHT: Rain

showers likely. Highs in the lower 50s. Lows in the lower 30s. Chance of rain 60 percent. SUNDAY: Mostly cloudy. A chance of rain and snow showers in the morning then a chance of rain showers in the afternoon. Highs in the mid

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TODAY IN HISTORY By The Associated Press

Today is Tuesday, March 1, the 60th day of 2011. There are 305 days left in the year. Today’s History:

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On March 1, 1961, President John F. Kennedy signed an executive order establishing the Peace Corps. On this date:

In 1790, President George Washington signed a measure authorizing the first U.S. Census. In 1809, the Illinois Territory came into existence. In 1811, in what became known as the Massacre of the Citadel, hundreds of warriors known as Mamluks were slain in Cairo by forces loyal to Ottoman governor Muhammad Ali. In 1867, Nebraska became the 37th state. In 1872, President Ulysses S. Grant signed an act creating Yellowstone National Park. In 1931, Memphis, Tenn., held its first Cotton Carnival. In 1932, Charles A. Lindbergh Jr., the 20-monthold son of Charles and Anne Lindbergh, was kidnapped from the family home near Hopewell, N.J. (Remains identified as those of the child were found the following May.) In 1954, Puerto Rican nationalists opened fire from the gallery of the U.S. House of Representatives, wounding five congressmen. In 1971, a bomb went off inside a men’s room at the U.S. Capitol; the radical group Weather Underground claimed responsibility for the pre-dawn blast. In 1981, Irish Republican Army member Bobby Sands

40s. Chance of precipitation began hunger instrike at the Maze aPrison Northern 30 percent. Ireland; he died 65 days later.

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Ohio Watercolor Society Exhibit at Wassenberg

BRIEFS NAMI offers brain disorder course The National Alliance on Mental Illness of Van Wert, Mercer and Paulding Counties is offering a free, 12-week course for family caregivers of individuals with severe mental illnesses as well as consumers of mental health services. The Family-to-Family Education Program is designed for families experiencing the effects of severe brain disorders such as schizophrenia, bi-polar disorder, major depression, addictive disorders, obsessive-compulsive disorder, anxiety-panic disorder, etc. Throughout the program, family members learn to be effective providers and advocates for an ill relative. The program curriculum covers treatment strategies and coping skills, such as improved communication and problem solving. Other topics covered are up-to-date information about medications, side effects and strategies for medication adherence. Also current research related to the biology of brain disorders and the evidence-based most effective treatments to promote recovery. Many participants also find the emotional support that is essential during times of illness and stress. They also gain empathy for the persons with mental illness. Strategies for handling crises and relapse and learning that the caregivers have to deal with coping with worry, stress, and emotional overload becomes better understood. The Family-to-Family course will begin a 6:30 p.m. on March 9 in the Bratz Memorial Building at 119 W. Fulton Street, Celina. Registration is required by calling 419-586-4432 or NAMI at 800-541-6264.

Unborn child to ‘testify’ on Ohio abortion bill COLUMBUS (AP) — A fetus has been scheduled as a legislative witness in Ohio on a unique bill that proposes outlawing abortions after the first heartbeat can be medically detected. Faith2Action, the antiabortion group that has targeted Ohio to pilot the measure, called the in-utero witness the youngest to ever come before the House Health Committee at 9 weeks old. Faith2Action president Janet Folger Porter said the intent is to show lawmakers who will be affected by the bill, which abortion rights groups oppose. Ohio Right to Life has not endorsed the measure. An aide to committee Chairman Lynn Wachtmann said a pregnant woman will be brought before the committee and an ultrasound image of her uterus will be projected onto a screen. The heartbeat of the fetus will be visible in color.

Man mauled by bear had hundreds of wounds CLEVELAND (AP) — An autopsy report indicates a caretaker mauled by a captive bear near Cleveland had at least 200 puncture wounds, hundreds more bruises and cuts, and two fractured ribs. The bear attacked 24-yearold Brent Kandra after he opened its cage for a routine feeding Aug. 19 at the home of a man who kept wolves, tigers and bears on property southwest of Cleveland. The Cuyahoga County coroner determined Kandra’s death dent. was a workplace acciPeople for the Ethical Treatment of Animals says the severity of the injuries described in the report raises questions about how quickly the keeper of the animals intervened during the attack. PETA wants a prosecutor to pursue reckless homicide charges against Sam Mazzola. PETA previously targeted Mazzola because he staged wrestling matches between bears and humans.

Watercolor fans as well as those who enjoy seeing an excellent art exhibit will want to visit the Wassenberg Art Center, 643 S. Washington Street, Van Wert, to see the Ohio Watercolor Society (OWS) Touring Exhibit, on display from Saturdasy through March 27. Exhibit hours are 1-5 p.m. Tuesday through Sunday (closed Mondays) and admission is free. The exhibit features the best paintings selected from the OWS Annual Exhibit, including many award winners. Jurors for the exhibit commented that they were impressed with the vitality, creativity and quality of the works submitted, as well as the great diversity of style, subject and approach. Both traditional and

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 Zumbathon raises more than $1,400

non-traditional watercolors are included. Traditional watercolors feature the traditional transparent watercolor technique in which the white of the paper is reserved for any white areas. Non-traditional work includes paintings done with watermedia such as acrylics, gouache, casein, and other watersoluble paints. It may also include collage combined with water media. A glossy catalog with photographs of the paintings in the exhibit will be available for a moderate price during the show. For more information on Wassenberg Art Center exhibits and activities visit vanwert.com/wassenberg, call 419-2386837 or e-mail [email protected].

Dr. Wray Wray to to speak at March Thrive meeting

The recent YWCA Zumbathon was a great success with more than $1,400 raised. Proceeds will fund the YWCA Transitional Housing Program to support local homeless women and children in their time of need. YWCA Zumba instructor Holly Vaughn led the event.

By ANN SANNER The Associated Press

have paid, he said setting up the online system could cost about $250,000. But he said he antici-

Van Wert County Hospital Physical Rehabilitation in coordination with the American Cancer Society invites all types of cancer survivors, their families and caregivers to the March Thrive meeting at 6 p.m. March 10 at Calvary Evangelical Church at 10686 depending on when state law- Van Wert-Decatur Road. makers redraw Ohio’s congresThis free monthly program sional districts. The state will is designed to challenge and

COLUMBUS The said top election officer in—Ohio Monday he wants to get rid of a disputed five-day period in which new voters can register and then immediately cast a ballot in what’s a traditionally presidential battleground state. Secretary of State Jon Husted is proposing a series of election reforms that includes a shorter early voting period that does away with the window. He also wants to allow Ohioans to both register to vote and change their address online. Under his plan, voters would have 21 days to vote by mail and 16 days to cast their ballot in person before Election Day. That’s down from the current 35-day early voting period. “Let’s face it: That five days where you can register and then vote on the same day does not give the confidence — whether it’s a perception or reality — that elections are as accurate as they possibly could be,” Husted told reporters at a news conference. The period led to a contentious partisan spat in the 2008 election, with Republicans accusing then-Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner of reading state election law to benefit her own Democratic Party and overlooking the potential for voter fraud. The so-called overlap period was upheld in court, but Democrats have largely decided that it produced too much of an administrative headache for local officials. Brunner had offered similar changes in 2009 that would have eliminated it. In an effort to make early voting rules more uniform, Husted, a Republican, also wants to require state boards of election offices to be open for part of the day on the two Saturdays within the in-person voting period. The offices’ hours currently vary. “The perception is that we’re giving some voters an opportunity to vote at times when we’re not giving others the opportunity to vote,” he said. “We tried to make the balance.” The boards also would be banned from soliciting absentee ballot requests from voters and would be prohibited from paying the return postage on applications or ballots. The boards in Ohio’s larger, urban counties — those that tend to vote more Democratic — have typically used that practice. “We don’t want to have different standards in different counties,” Husted said. “And in a swing state like Ohio, you’re not going to have any problem with either party — or these third-party groups or anybody like that — helping you to find an absentee ballot request in your mailbox. You’re going to have lots of them.” With the state facing an estimated $8 billion budget gap, the election chief said he would not be asking lawmakers for any additional money for his plans. Based on what other states

pates the of counties save “millions dollars”would over time. Other parts of Husted’s proposal include: —Developing a database to cross-check voter information against existing state data from the Bureau of Motor Vehicles and other agencies. —Requiring those who are registering to vote or casting an absentee or provisional ballot to provide all nine digits of their Social Security number, instead of the last four. —Closing all in-person early voting the Friday before Election Day to give boards time to prepare and update their voter rolls. Husted said he’s working with the GOP-led Legislature to come up with a bill that he hopes to have passed by this May — enough time, he said, to test the changes before the 2012 presidential election cycle. The state’s presidential primary is scheduled for March 6, though he said it could be later

go from as18a to 16 of U.S. House districts result new census data. “Never in Ohio’s history has there been a March presidential primary at the same time that there is a redistricting process going on,” he said. The March date means primary hopefuls would have to file candidacy petitions by Dec. 7 of this year. Husted said in order to give local election officials enough time to get the paperwork in order, redistricting would have be done sometime in early September. “I’ve made the legislators and others who are interested in this aware that if they want to keep the March primary in place, then we’re going to have to really put the foot on the pedal of the gas to make sure that all districts are drawn well in advance,” Husted said. He said he could recommend a May date, depending on how the progress goes.

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POLITICS

“An essential aspect of creativity is not being afraid to fail.”

— Edwin H. Land, American investor (born 1909, died this date in 1991)

US, Europe intensify efforts to isolate Gadhafi WASHINGTON — The United States and European allies intensified efforts to isoisolate Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi on Monday, redoubling demands for him to step down, questioning his mental state and warning that those who stay loyal to him risk losing their wealth and being

Italy. Switzerland and Britain already have frozen Libyan assets. The travel and financial sanctions are aimed at peeling away loyalists from Gadhafi in the hope of further isolatisolating him. “These sanctions and accountability mechanisms should make all members of the Libyan regime think about the choice they have before them: violate human rights

set out travel bans for the Libyan leadership. Administration officials said that as long as the govgovernment continues its violent crackdown against opponents who now control most of eastern Libya, all options, including military ones, remain on the table. Speaking in Geneva to the U.N. Human Rights Council, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said the United

prosecuted for human rights abuses. Europe, which buys most of Libya’s oil exports, outlined fresh sanctions to force the dictator to stop attacks on civilians and step down after 42 years of iron-fisted rule. The European Union issued travel bans and an asset freeze against senior Libyan officials, and ordered an arms embargo on the country. Germany proposed a 60-day economic embargo to prevent Gadhafi from using oil and other revenues to repress his people. The EU has much more leverage over Libya than the United States since Europe buys 85 percent of Libyan oil exports and Gadhafi and his family are thought to have significant assets in Britain, Switzerland and

and accountable or stop be the held violence and respect the Libyan people’s call for change,” U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice told reporters following crisis meetings on Libya at the White House. “There’s no escaping that critical choice.” As the Pentagon moved naval and air forces closer to Libya amid active interinternational discussions about imposing a no-fly zone over the country, the U.S. Treasury Department announced it had frozen at least $30 billion in Libyan assets since President Barack Obama imposed financial and travel sanctions on Gadhafi, his family, senior Libyan officials and the govgovernment last week. That figure is the largest amount of money ever frozen by a U.S. sanctions order, which also

States and European nations were exploring the idea of restricting airspace to prevent Gadhafi’s government from bombing its citizens. “Gadhafi has lost the legitimacy to govern, and it is time for him to go without further violence or delay,” she said. “No option is off the table. That of course includes a no-fly zone.” At the Pentagon, officials said they were moving forces in the region in case they were needed but did not say what they might be used for. “We have planners working various contingency plans and ... as part of that we are repositioning forces in the region to be able to provide options and flexibility,” said Marine Col. Dave Lapan, a Defense Department spokesman.

By MATTHEW LEE and BRADLEY KLAPPER Associated Press

IT WAS NEWS THEN One Year Ago

• The 2010 Delphos Relay for Life was kicked off Saturday at the VFW, where eight relay teams competed to see who could make the best chili and win the traveling trophy. The VFW Relay for Life team won the first-ever Chili Cook-Off and will keep the traveling trophy until next year’s event. Dana McRedmon presented the trophy to Chris Mahlie, Brett Mahlie, Cathy Hughes, Rachel Mahlie and Lisa Hughes.   25 Years Ago — 1986

• Jefferson Senior High School art students John Martin and Russ Klenz received honorable mention for art work entered in competition at the Northwestern Ohio Regional Exhibition Competition held recently at Bowling Green State University. Jefferson art teacher Jeanne Clark presented them with a certificate of merit for their accomplishment. • Carolyn Winhover, bartender at the Dew Drop Inn, Ottoville, placed third in the Northwestern Ohio Ugly Bartender Contest. Carolyn raised money for multiple sclerosis by selling T-shirts, mugs and garters. Molly Morgenstern, Morgenstern, MS representative, presented a television for third place. • Findlay’s Randy Kortokrax of Kalida, who set a single-season Hoosier-Buckeye Collegiate Conference scoring record, has been unanimously selected to the all-conference team afor the second year in aRon row. Also on theof10-player were three-time selection, Schomaeker Defiance,team and a graduate of St. John’s, and two-time picks Jeff Howard of Anderson and Pete DuMonte of Bluffton. 50 Years Ago — 1961

• Robert J. Ott, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Ott of Delphos, has been nominated by the Republican Club of Pompton Lakes, N.J., as their candidate for mayor in the coming November election. Ott is a 1942 graduate of St. John’s High School. He is manager of the sales engineering division of Reynolds Metals Company, New York City, and has been a resident of Pompton Lakes for the past several years. • The Modern Mothers Club held its annual husband’s party in the Varsity Room Feb. 26 with members of the committee, Mrs. David Zoll, Mrs. James Belt, Mrs. Rudolf Lucas and Mrs. James Wiltsie in charge. Following a mixer, Zoll explained to the guests the club’s yearly projects, that of birthday gifts for children in the Allen County Childrens Home; Christmas gifts for foster children in Allen County; and booties for the children in the pediatric wards of the Lima hospitals. • Rex Bowersock, local student, returned home Saturday from Ohio State University, where he attended the eight week short course “Science in Agriculture for Young Farmers.” Rex is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Burnell Bowersock. He was one of 62 students who received a certificate from Dean Chester S. Hutchison of the College of Agriculture, signifying completion of the course at the final assembly. 75 Years Ago — 1936

• The Jefferson High School musical department is making active preparations for participation in three big competitive musical events which are to be held early in April. The annual district band and orchestra contests will be held at North Baltimore on April 6. Competitions boys andCollege girls glee clubs and mixed choruses will be heldfor at Bluffton on April 17. Also on April 17, the district solo and ensemble concon test will be held at Ohio Northern University at Ada. • Mrs. J. Howard Apger had the members of the 1908 Club as her guests at her home on North Maple Street Thursday morning. The honors in the contests went to Mrs. E. W. Bell, Mrs. Arthur G. Moon, Mrs. Ed. Falke, Mrs. N. E. Brundage and Mrs. George Gilpin. The March club meeting will be held with Mrs. Earl Scott, West Fifth Street. • A “ghostly” crew will represent the sophomore class of Jefferson High School in an inter-class tournament which is to be held at Jefferson gymnasium. gymnasium. The Ghosts and the Nifties contended for the right to represent their class in this meet. The former, led by Norman Stempsey, came through with an easy win, 26 to 7. Stempsey led the scoring with 13 points.

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GOP hopefuls cheer spending showdown WASHINGTON (AP) — Easy for them to say: Cut spending, no matter what. Don’t let the government borrow any more. Shut it down if you have to. While the cast of potential White House contenders tells Congress to get tough, drawdraw ing lines in the sand is risky for lawmakers who have to live with the consequences. Many remember what haphappened more than two years ago when House conservatives bolted from their Republican president and leadership to defeat a $700 billion rescue bill for the nation’s financial system. The Dow Jones industrials plunged 777 points, the most ever for a single day. Lawmakers had second thoughts, and four days later 58 of them, including 25 Republicans, switched sides to pass it. Many Republicans paid a huge political price, losing reelection last year as furious tea partyers made how lawmakers voted on the bank bailout the single biggest litmus test of their conservatism. However dangerous such brinksmanship brinksmansh ip is for lawmakers — and the country — it offers White House hopefuls the opportunity to criticize Washington spending while portraying themselves as the commonsense alternatives. Would-be White House contenders are railing against a Congress poised to pile on new debt, calling it irresponirrespon sible and a symptom of an out-of-touch Washington. As they watch, leaders of the two parties accuse each other of trying to bring about a governgovern ment shutdown that they can then blame on one another. “The shutdown’s not good for anybody,” former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee said in an interview. “I think the shutdown to be viewed as getting. needs the attention of the powers that be that America and the American people are done with government  just playing the gimmicks of accounting and spending more money and saying ’we didn’t have a choice.’ “By gosh, you’ve got a choice. Make the choice,” Huckabee intones. “Draw a line in the sand. For once in your lives, show that you’ve got the political cojones to stand up and be counted.” IndianaGov.MitchDaniels, a White House budget direcdirector for President George W. Bush, said Republican Republicanss should extract “eight pounds of flesh in the form of major spending cuts” as part of any deal to raise the $14.3 trillion ceiling on the government’s debt. Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, who is poised to begin a White House bid in the coming weeks, encouraged lawmakers to raise the debt limit — but not without first extracting the spending cuts they promised during the midterm elections. “Another shutdown of the federal government is not an ideal result, but for House Republicans, breaking their word would be far worse,” he wrote over the weekend in an opinion piece for The Washington Post. Gingrich is well aware of a similar faceoff with a Democratic White House that resulted in the government shutdowns in 1995. At the time, President Bill Clinton blamed the shutdown on Republicans and marched toward re-election a year later.

Obama to govs: Health care law stays WASHINGTON — Anxious to ease deepen-

affordable and comprehencomprehensive care and not add to the federal deficit. More broadly, Obama sought to send a message —

erally gave a thumbs-down to Obama’s pledges of flexibility on the health care law, which requires Americans to buy health insurance or pay a

ing political tensionsBarack with the states, President Obama on Monday told govgovernors he wants to speed up their ability to enforce his signature health care law on their own terms. But his concession goes only so far: He warned he won’t allow states to weaken the law. He also told them not to vilify their own states’ public workers while struggling with spending cuts. Hosting governors of both parties on his own turf, Obama offered them what they often request: more flexibility as they cope with painful budget dilemmas. Declaring that he would “go to bat for whatever works,” Obama supported letting states propose their own health care plans by 2014 — three years faster than the current law allows. Yet this would be no change to the fundamental requirements of a federal law that has divided the nation and prompted about half the states to try to overturn it through lawsuits. To gain new powpowers, states would first have to convince Washington that their plans would cover as many people, provide equally

both — ascooperative leaders atand allpointed levels of government grapple with huge economic pressures. The yearly gathering of the president and the state chief executives came as budget disputes are roiling, most notably in Wisconsin, where dramatic protests have raged for days. Calling for shared sacsac rifice, Obama said public workers understand they must absorb their share of budget cuts. But he delivered a sharp message to governors seeking to strip away union protecprotec tions, saying: “I don’t think it does anybody any good when public employees are denigrated or vilified, or their rights are infringed upon.” Wisconsin’s governor, Scott Walker, was not at the White House but rather in his home state as a nationnation ally watched budget showshow down rolled on. He called for Democratic lawmakers to return to the state by today and vote on his bill that would end most collective bargaining rights for public employees as part of a plan to plug a $3.6 billion shortfall. Republican governors gen-

penalty beginning in 2014. “I was disappointed,” said Texas Gov. Rick Perry, chairman of the Republican Governors Association. “Pretty much all he did was reset the clock on what many of us consider a ticking time bomb” that could “crush our budgets.” The GOP governors’ group is airing TV and radio ads in Wisconsin supporting Walker and criticizing Democratic state senators who have relocated to Illinois to block enactment of his agenda. “Oklahoma wants to do Oklahoma’s own plan,” said that state’s Republican governor, Mary Fallin. Asked whether Obama’s plan was flexible enough, she said: “We’ll see.” The closer Republicans look at the details, the less flexibility they will see, said economist Douglas HoltzEakin, leading domestic policy adviser to 2008 GOP presidential candidate John McCain. “If you can’t control eligibility or the benefits package, it’s like saying: ’Here’s the bill, you go figure out how to pay for it,’” he said.

By BEN FELLER Associated Press

Tax cut has little impact on economy in January By MARTIN CRUTSINGER and DAVID PITT Associated Press

WASHINGTON — A Social Security tax cut that economists say should help the economy this year is off to a slow start. Consumers increased their spending last month at the weakest pace since June, even with the extra money in their paychecks. Some people may be using the additional money to pay down holiday credit card bills or higher gas prices, analysts said. And harsh weather may have deterred some people from shopping in January. Personal finance experts say the real test of the tax cuts impact will come this spring, when the Easter holiday sales begin. Still, consumers increased spending by only 0.2 percent in January, the smallest gain since June, the Commerce Department said Monday. At the same time, their incomes rose 1 percent — the biggest  jump in nearly two years and a reflection of the tax cut. The increased income is part of an additional $110 bilbil lion that economists say workers will receive this year from the cut in their Social Security taxes. Most families will see about $1,000 to $2,000 in extra income. Households with two high-income earners

could receive up to $4,000 more. In December, when President Barack Obama signed the tax cut as part of a broader tax package, economists predicted Americans would spend about two-thirds of the extra money and save the remaining one-third. Higher-income taxpayers were expected to save a little more; lower-income households would spend a bit more. Economists said the extra spending would help boost growth and could lead busibusinesses to hire more. Still, all that was before tensions in the Middle East sent oil prices spiking. And a surge in global commodity prices is now expected to push U.S. food prices up slightly this year, too. Many analysts say such inflation could siphon off most of the benefit of the tax cut. Several scaled back expectations for growth Monday after seeing January’s disappointing report. “It doesn’t look like the economy is going to get any strong net boost from the Social Security tax cut,” said Paul Dales, senior economist at Capital Economics. “It will  just go go to pay pay higher higher prices prices on food and energy.” Consumer spending was growing at the fastest pace in four years in the final three months of 2010, helping to

support the overall economy. The weak showing in January raised questions about how strong consumer spending, which accounts for 70 percent of economic activity, will be this year. The modest 0.2 percent rise in spending was even weaker when inflation was taken into account. After adjusting for price changes — particularly a steep rise in energy costs — spending actually dipped 0.1 percent in January. That was the poorest showing since September 2009. One factor that the report doesn’t take into account is how much was spent on reducreducing debt. Households may have boosted their spending in December — after hearing about the pending tax cut — and spent the extra money in January to pay credit card bills. Marshal Cohen, chief industry analyst for a N.Y.based consumer market research firm, cautioned that most people might not have spent a lot because they didn’t see much change in their income after only one month. “One or two percent in your paycheck is not going to change the way you live,” said Cohen, of the NPD Group Inc. in Port Washington. “It’ll make living easier. What it will do is keep you spending the way you’ve been spending, so it will keep the status quo.”

 

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COMMUNITY LANDMARK

In the Waiting Room ...

Miller turns 80 Thursday

with Dr. Celeste Lopez

Delphos St. John’s Elementary School

CALENDAR OF EVENTS TODAY TODAY 6 p.m. — Weight — Weight Watchers meets at Trinity United Methodist Church, 211 E. Third St.

One for the history books

7 p.m. —  —  Delphos Coon and Sportsman’s Club meets. 7:30 p.m. —  —  Alcoholics Anonymous, First Presbyterian Church, 310 W. Second St.   WEDNESDAY 9 a.m. - noon —  —  Putnam County Museum is open, 202 E. Main St., Kalida. 11:30 a.m. —  —  Mealsite at Delphos Senior Citizen Center, 301 Suthoff Street. 11:45 a.m. — Rotary — Rotary Club meets at the Delphos Eagles Lodge, 1600 E. Fifth St. 6 p.m. —  —  Shepherds of Christ Associates meet in the St. John’s Chapel. 6:30 p.m. —  —  Delphos Kiwanis Club meets at the Eagles Lodge, 1600 E. Fifth St. 7 p.m. —  —  Bingo at St. John’s Little Theatre. Delphos Civil Service Commission meets at Municipal Building. 7:30 p.m. —  —  Hope Lodge 214 Free and Accepted Masons, Masonic Temple, North Main Street. 9 p.m. —  —  Fort Jennings Lions Club meets at the

I have become a walking history book. It happened gradually; I didn’t even realize it was happening. Many of you have probably had the same experience, when you discover that your memories are now being taught in history classes (and sadly, in my case, not even a really current history book). I was helping my son with social studies while they were learning about the space program and I told him that I remembered when Neil Armstrong landed on the moon. He looked at me as if I had just told him that I used to go to school with George Washington. “How old are you? “ “Hey, that wasn’t that long ago.” “Mom, that happened in the 1900s!” I had to remind him that it is only 2011 and that he was born in the 1900’s. True it was 1999, but still it was the 1900s. I have to admit though that a lot of amazing inventions have happened in my lifetime. I have had to tell him that I didn’t have computer

ly every year for when they would replay The Wizard of Oz on TV. We would plan our whole day around gathering around the TV set to watch certain shows. I even remember when TV wasn’t 24 hours, the viewing day ended after Johnny Carson. They would show the American flag and play the National Anthem and then a test pattern would blare and wake you up if you had fallen asleep so you would know to get up and shut off the TV. Now that kids can watch any show they want, whenever they want, those moments of anticipation are all but lost. I told my son that when I was little if you got a phone call, you went to the phone, the phone didn’t come to you. It was tethered to the wall and as long as you wanted to talk you had to stay in that area. I remember when we got our first push-button phone that it seemed like a major advance. No longer did we have to hate phone numbers with the

of my sister’s old fashioned 8-track tapes. The world is changing rapidly and each new invention brings new experiences to our lives and our children’s lives. I told my son that the DS and ipod that he thinks are so cool now, will likely seem ridiculous to his kids. With the popularity of the Kindle, his kids will likely be amazed that he used to actually read books in school (of course I am amazed when he actually reads a book, too, but that’s a different story). As much as he makes fun of me, my son loves to hear about what my life used to be like when I was younger. It’s a fun way to give them a historical perspective on how the world is changing. The one thing that doesn’t change is the importance of families and how much we rely on each other for love and support and to teach us about the world. Sure, he makes fun of all the things I used to do when I was a kid but it all

Outpost Restaurant. THURSDAY 9-11 a.m. — The Delphos Canal Commission Museum, 241 N. Main St., is be open. 11:30 a.m. —  —  Mealsite at Delphos Senior Citizen Center, 301 Suthoff Street. 5-7 p.m. — The — The Interfaith Thrift Shop is open for shopping. 6:30 p.m. —  —  Delphos Ladies Club, Trinity United Methodist Church. 7 p.m. —  —  Delphos Emergency Medical Service meeting, EMS building, Second Street. 7:30 p.m. —  —  Delphos Chapter 23, Order of Eastern Star, meets at the Masonic Temple, North Main Street.

centers when I was going to school because personal computers didn’t exist yet. I learned to type on an electric typewriter, where my mistakes had to be corrected with white out and important papers had to be retyped if you made a mistake. I didn’t have videos as a kid. We used to look forward to The Wonderful World of Disney every Sunday night to watch a movie. Cartoons were only on Saturday mornings. I remember when I was my family’s remote control and I would have to get up and change the channel when my brother threw a pillow at my head. We used to wait anxious-

number ninethe because to wait for rotaryyou dialhad to come all the way back around before you could dial the next number. My dad used to carry around a slide ruler because calculators were too big and bulky to be useful to the general public. When I was a teenager, Atari came out and we thought we were on the cutting edge with the excitement of Pong and the amazing graphics of Pac Man. I remember listening to records and having to balance a quarter on the arm so the song wouldn’t skip. Then it was on to the high-tech world of cassettes and making fun

comes Just I wait until hefull hascircle. kids and tell them that he used to listen to music by sticking rubber things in his ears, and he used to have a computer that needed to be plugged into the wall and was too big to be carried around.  Dr. Celeste Lopez graduated cum laude from The University of Utah College of  Medicine. She completed her Pediatric residency training at the Children’s Hospital of  Michigan. In 2003 she moved her practice, Wishing Well Pediatrics, to Delphos and is located at 154 W. Third Street. She is the proud mother of an 11-year-old son.

LSO presents p resents KidStuff: Ki dStuff: A Family Concert Preview

FRIDAY 7:30 a.m. —  —  Delphos Optimist Club meets at the A&W Drive-In, 924 E. Fifth St. 11:30 a.m. —  —  Mealsite The Lima Symphony at Delphos Senior Citizen Orchestra’s all percusCenter, 301 Suthoff Street. 1-4 p.m. — Interfaith — Interfaith Thrift sion ensemble will present KidStuff at 10 a.m. Store is open for shopping.

Saturday

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 — Delphos Postal Museum is open. 12:15 p.m. — Testing of warning sirens by Delphos Fire and Rescue 1-3 p.m. —  —  Delphos Canal Commission Museum, 241 N. Main St., is open. 7 p.m. —  —  Bingo at St. John’s Little Theatre. SUNDAY 1-3 p.m. —  —  The Delphos Canal Commission Museum, 241 N. Main St., is open. MONDAY 11:30 a.m. —  —  Mealsite at Delphos Senior Citizen Center, 301 Suthoff Street. 7 p.m. —  —  Delphos Parks and Recreation board meets at the recreation building at Stadium Park. Washington Township trustees meet at the township house. 7:30 p.m. —  —  Spencerville village council meets at the mayor’s office. Delphos Eagles Auxiliary meets at the Eagles Lodge, 1600 Fifth St. 8 p.m. —  —  The Veterans of Foreign Wars meet at the hall. Please notify the Delphos Herald at 419-695-0015 if there are any corrections or additions to the Coming Events column.

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the annual Family Concert, Four Fables at 3 p.m. on Sunday at the Civic Center. Students who bring their KidStuff instruments will

Public Library. to ifthe concert Orchestra members will be freeadmitted of charge, accompademonstrate that nearly nied by an adult, and can anything can be played as  join the musicians on stage a drum and will invite area to perform with the orchespreschool and elementary tra. school students to make KidStuff is presented their very own instruments. four times a year as part Students who partici- of the Lima Symphony pate in KidStuff will then Orchestra’s continued comhave the opportunity to mitment to arts education. play those instruments live, This is the final perforon-stage with the Lima mance for the 2010-2011 Symphony Orchestra at season.

Get Your Children Interested In Newspapers How do you help parents get a child interested in looking at a newspaper? Keep in mind that it’s a kid’s job to have fun.

Happy Birthday MARCH 2 Marilyn Butler Betty Kennedy Judy Lehmann Carrie Askins Shawn Dancer Betsy Rode Jeanne Martin

Agnes Miller, a loving wife, mother and awesome grandma and friend to all turns 80 on Thursday. She plans to spend her day being pampered by her family and friends. She was born March 3, 1931, in Ottoville to Albert and Hilda Grothouse. She has been married to Tom Miller for 59 years and has four sons, Denny (Melanie), Gary (Pat), Rick and Mark (Linda) Miller. She is also the favorite grandmother to nine grandchildren.

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SPORTS AP TOP 25 The Associated Press

The top 25 teams in The Associated Press’ college basketball polls, with firstplace votes in parentheses, records through Feb. 27, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and last week’s ranking: MEN   Record Pts Pvs   1. Ohio St. (45) 27-2 1,602 2   2. Kansas (14) 27-2 1,554 3   3. BYU (5) 27-2 1,460 7   4. Duke (1) 26-3 1,380 1   4. Pittsburgh 25-4 1,380 4   6. Purdue 24-5 1,305 8   7. Texas 24-5 1,216 5   8. Notre Dame 23-5 1,173 9   9. San Diego St. 27-2 1,151 6 10. Wisconsin 22-6 1,040 12 11. Louisville 22-7 937 16 12. Syracuse 24-6 898 17 13. North Carolina 22-6 797 19 14. Florida 22-6 688 13 15. John’s 16. St. Connecticut 17. Georgetown 18. Arizona 19. Villanova 20. Kentucky 21. Vanderbilt 22. Missouri 23. Xavier 24. Texas A&M 25. Utah St.

19-9 21-7 21-8 23-6 21-8 20-8 21-7 22-7 22-6 22-6 26-3

651 643 559 404 382 335 330 261 246 178 129

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Others receiving votes: George Mason 120, Temple 120, UCLA 75, Kansas St. 31, West Virginia 28, Virginia Tech 22, Cincinnati 12, Alabama 5, UNLV 4, Butler 3,

Missouri St. 3, Belmont 1, Long Island U. 1, Old Dominion 1. Ballots Online: http://tinyurl.com/cfbse4 ---WOMEN   Record Pts Pvs  1. Connecticut (36) 28-1 972 1  2. Stanford (3) 26-2 932 2  3. Baylor 26-2 887 3   4. Tennessee 28-2 871 4   5. Texas A&M 25-3 807 5   6. Xavier 25-2 786 6   7. Notre Dame 24-5 712 8   8. Duke 26-3 709 9   9. UCLA 24-3 665 11 10. Miami 26-3 619 12 11. Michigan St. 25-4 571 10 12. DePaul 25-5 528 7 13. Maryland 23-6 499 15 14. Florida St. 23-6 452 14 15. Wis.-Green Bay 27-1 422 17 16. Kentucky 22-7 297 20 17. Georgetown 21-8 290 18 18. 19. Oklahoma North Carolina 20. Marquette 21. Marist 22. Gonzaga 23. Iowa St. 24. Iowa 25. Houston

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269 232 227 200 159 111 95 82

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Others receiving votes: West Virginia 61, Georgia Tech 54, Ohio St. 43, Louisiana Tech 32, Texas Tech 29, Penn St. 25, Temple 17, BYU 9, St. John’s 6, Georgia 2, Princeton 2, Louisville 1. Ballots Online: http://tinyurl.com/ykagzmr 

COLLEGE BASKETBALL SCORES

The Associated Press MEN SOUTH  Alabamaa A&M 63,  Alabam 63, Prairie View 58  Alabamaa St. 60, Texas  Alabam Texas Southern Southern 48 48 Bethune-Cookman 73, N.C. Central 60 Coppin St. 76, Norfolk St. 69 Florida Gulf Coast 81, S.C.-Upstate 65 MVSU 66, Grambling St. 63, OT N. Carolina A&T 68, Morgan St. 60 S. Carolina St. 65, Florida A&M 53 Union, Tenn. 70, Trevecca Nazarene 57 MIDWEST North Dakota 74, Chicago St. 52 Notre Dame 93, Villanova 72 SOUTHWEST  Ark.-Pine ne Bluff 62, Jackson Jackson St. 56 56 Kansas St. 75, Texas 70 FAR WEST Cen. Washington 79, Montana St.-Billings 59 Gonzaga 96, CS Bakersfield 49 N. Colorado 77, Idaho St. 74 TOURNAMENT

Villanova 54, Pittsburgh 52 West Liberty 101, Bluefield St. 70 West Virginia 69, St. John’s 49 SOUTH  Alabamaa A&M 61,  Alabam 61, Prairie View 50  Alabamaa St. 61, Texas Southern  Alabam Southern 41 Bethune-Cookman 66, N.C. Central 60, OT Charleston Southern 54, Liberty 51 Coppin St. 64, Norfolk St. 50 High Point 62, Coastal Carolina 48 MVSU 81, Grambling St. 65 Morgan St. 74, N. Carolina A&T 69 Radford 78, Presbyterian 71 S. Carolina St. 76, Florida A&M 70, OT S.C.-Upstate 75, Florida Gulf Coast 74 South Florida 60, Georgetown 55 UNC Asheville 66, Winthrop 61 W. Illinois 68, Centenary 58 MIDWEST Chicago St. 71, North Dakota 57 Cincinnati 65, Marquette 62 DePaul 70, Notre Dame 69 Oakland, Mich. 63, UMKC 61

Appalachian Athletic Conference Championship Union, Ky. 68, Reinhardt 67 Conference Carolinas Quarterfinals Barton 108, St. Andrew’s 96 Coker 89, Pfeiffer 87 First Round Belmont Abbey 84, Queens, N.C. 81 Mid-South Conference Tournament First Round Virginia-Wise 71, Shawnee St. 66 WVU Tech 92, Rio Grande 67 Northeast 10 Quarterfinals Bentley 67, St. Michael’s 54 St. Rose 92, St. Anselm 82 WOMEN EAST Bryant 65, Long Island U. 56 Cent. Connecticut St. 57, St. Francis, NY 54 Connecticut 82, Syracuse 47 Holy Family 72, Philadelphia 58 Monmouth, N.J. 62, Quinnipiac 56 Pitt.-Johnstown 58, Ohio Valley 55 Providence 63, Louisville 61 Robert Morris 73, Wagner 60 Rutgers 71, Seton Hall 47 Sacred Heart 65, Fairleigh Dickinson 59 St. Francis, Pa. 62, Mt St. Mary’s, Md. 61, OT

SOUTHWEST Jackson St. 61, Ark.-Pine Bluff 48 Oral Roberts 96, IUPUI 66 FAR WEST IPFW 90, S. Utah 68 Montana St.-Billings 55, St. Martin’s 53 N. Colorado 73, Idaho St. 49 Nevada 71, Louisiana Tech 66 TOURNAMENT CACC Tournament Quarterfinals Bloomfield 56, Dominican, N.Y. 42 Caldwell 65, Felician 54 CIAA Tournament First Round Chowan 56, Livingstone 53 St. Augustine’s 69, Virginia Union 53 Virginia St. 65, Fayetteville St. 44 Cascade Collegiate Conf. Championship Concordia, Ore. 63, Coll. of Idaho 61 Mid-South Conf. Tournament First Round Pikeville 85, WVU Tech 74 TranSouth Conf. Tournament First Round Blue Mountain 59, Mid-Continent 45 WHAC Conf. Tournament Championship Davenport 84, Concordia, Mich. 68 Wviac First Round Shepherd 59, Fairmont St.

OHIO PREP SCORES

The Associated Press Girls Basketball Division I Cols. Northland 58, Dublin Coffman 46 Gahanna Lincoln 58, Newark 36 Division II Cols. Eastmoor 40, Sunbury Big Walnut 32 Plain City Jonathan Alder 58, Cols. East 42 Division III Lynchburg-Clay 45, Wheelersburg 36 Minford 55, Seaman N. Adams 40 ----Boys Basketball

Perry 56, Chesterland W. Geauga 42 Salem 72, Beloit W. Branch 63 Tallmadge 63, Orange 41 Youngs. Mooney 60, Niles McKinley 36 Zanesville Mays. 56, New Philadelphia 53 Division III Brooklyn 60, Kirtland 55 Campbell Memorial 52, New Middletown Spring. 45 Can. Cent. Cath. 66, E. Can. 40 Cortland Lakeview 58, Andover Pymatuning Valley 44 Girard 70, Warren Champion 68, OT

Regular 59, Season Mayfield Parma Hts. Valley Forge 56 Tuscarawas Cent. Cath. 71, Bowerston Conotton Valley 64 Division I Barberton 54, Hudson 43 Berea 64, Olmsted Falls 60 Lakewood 64, Copley 59 N. Can. Hoover 88, Youngs. Chaney 38 N. Olmsted 53, Amherst Steele 34 Warren Howland 68, Austintown-Fitch 60 Wooster 49, Youngs. Boardman 48 Division II Beachwood 76, Ashtabula Edgewood 54 Cadiz Harrison Cen 57, Steubenville 55, OT Carrollton 76, Richmond Edison 51 Cle. Benedictine 101, Akr. North 41

Independence FairviewStation 47 Col.43 Loudonville 55,51, Columbia Louisville Aquin. 58, Hanoverton United 38 Mass. Tuslaw 58, Sullivan Black River 39 St. Clairsville 84, Martins Ferry 54 W. Lafayette Ridgewood 64, Barnesville 41 Division IV  Ashland Mapleton Mapleton 83, 83, Kingsway Chris. Chris. 52 Elyria Open Do.r 54, Cornerstone Chris. 51 Lisbon David Anderson 55, Heartland Christian 34 Lowellville 62, Berlin Center Western Reserve 36 Newbury 47, Bristol 43 POSTPONEMENTS AND CANCELLATIONS Lorain Clearview vs. Oberlin, ppd.

NBA CAPSULES

The Associated Press WASHINGTON — Luol Deng and Derrick Rose scored 21 points apiece, Joakim Noah had 19 and the Chicago Bulls beat the Washington Wizards 105-77 Monday night to move within a game of the Miami Heat in the Eastern Conference. The Bulls never trailed as they won their third straight and seventh in eight games. Rose brought out some oohs and aahs with a backward between-the-legs pass to Noah for a fast-break dunk and Deng was already walking to the locker room before his 3-pointer at the halftime buzzer from the corner swished through the net to give Chicago a 13-point lead at the break. Rose also had nine assists, Noah pulled down 11 rebounds and Carlos Boozer had 12 points and 10 rebounds for the Bulls.  Andray Blatche scored 15 points and Nick Young had 14 for the Wizards, who have lost six in a row and 15-of-17. Mike Bibby was so anxious to get out of town that he gave up $6.2 million in a contract buyout on Monday after playing just two games with Washington; he had been acquired last week in a trade with Atlanta. Celtics 107, Jazz 102 SALT LAKE CITY — Ray Allen scored 25 points and Paul Pierce added 21, including a late 3-pointer and pair of free throws, to help Boston hold on. The loss spoiled the home debut of new Jazz players Devin Harris and Derrick Favors, who were acquired last week in the trade that sent for All-Star Deron Williams to New Jersey.  Al Jefferson had 28 points and a season-high 19 rebounds for Utah, which has dropped six straight at home — the team’s worst home skid since 1982.  Allen hit a 23-footer 23-footer for for a 103-99 103-99 Celtics cs lead with 42.3 seconds left. Jefferson had a chance to cut it to one point but couldn’t convert a 3-point play. Rajon Rondo then hit a 15-foot jumper to seal the win for Boston. Nuggets 100, Hawks 90

DENVER — Newcomers Raymond Felton and Wilson Chandler combined to score 31 points to help Denver rally and improve to 3-1 since the deal that sent Carmelo Anthony to New York. Felton had 16 points and Chandler added 15 as the Nuggets used a 8-0 surge early in the fourth quarter to pull away from the road-weary Hawks. J.R. Smith scored a team-high 19 points, while Kenyon Martin contributed 14 points and 11 rebounds. Joe Johnson finished with 22 points and  Al Horford Horford added added 21 points and 16 rebound reboundss for the Hawks, who wrapped up a 7-game road swing with a 3-4 mark. Suns 104, Nets 103, OT NEWARK, N.J. — Channing Frye hit a 3-pointer with 6.6 seconds to play in overtime and Phoenix spoiled Deron Williams’ home debut for New Jersey. Nets narrowly missed pulling this one out but Kris Humphries tip-in of Williams’ floater came a split second after the final buzzer. Reserve Marcin Gortat led the Suns with 17 points and Hakim Warrick had 16. Robin Lopez added 14 points and Steve Nash had 10 points and 15 assists. Williams had 13 points and a seasonhigh 18 assists, including five in rallying New Jersey from a 7-point deficit late in the fourth quarter. Brook Lopez had 28 points for the Nets and Anthony Morrow added 22. Kings 105, Clippers 99 SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Marcus Thornton scored 16 of his 29 points in the fourth quarter to help rally Sacramento.  Amid rumors that the team is moving to Anaheim, Kings fans organized a “Here We Stay” campaign to help keep the team in Sacramento, where they have been since the 1985-86 season. A sellout crowd, only the second of the season, began to chant “Here we stay” during player introductions. Blake Griffin had 27 points and 12 rebounds for the Clippers, who lost their fifth straight and eighth in nine games. Randy Foye scored 23 points and newly-acquired Mo Williams had 16.

McGruder and surging KState top No. 7 Texas 75-70 By JIM VERTUNO The Associated Press

game. J’Covan Brown scored 11 points but didn’t make a field goal until hitting two long 3-pointers in the final minute. Texas, which was used to blowing out teams at home, knew it was in for a fight when Kansas State’s Jamar Samuels, who is 6-7, decked 5-10 Texas guard Jai Lucas in a collision near midcourt in the early going. But Thompson was the only one who really responded with three early dunks and tough rebounding. He scored 12 of Texas’ first 20 points and Kansas State’s best counterpunch was the inside scoring of Kelly and 7-footer Jordan Henriquez-Roberts. Thompson’s fourth dunk of the first half put Texas up 29-24. At that point, his six field goals were more than the rest of his team. Thompson’s tough shot over Kelly put Texas up by five before a 3-pointer by McGruder pulled Kansas State within 33-31 at halftime. Kelly made two consecutive baskets over Thompson to start the second, then blocked Hamilton as Kansas State quickly grabbed the lead. Pullen then made three consecutive baskets that put Kansas State ahead 50-42 with 12:06 to play. Kansas State managed to maintain that lead for the next 5 minutes but started piling up critical fouls. Samuels and Henriquez-Roberts both picked up their fourth, sending much of the Wildcats’ interior strength to the bench. The Wildcats simply went outside for points. McGruder slipped away from Hamilton for his fourth 3-pointer and a 60-51 lead. Kansas State seemed to have the game wrapped up when McGruder dunked on a fast break with 47 seconds left. Brown’s two long 3-pointers from the right wing gave Texas some life before Pullen and the Wildcats put the game away from the free throw line. “Some of the breakdowns are baffling, to be honest with you,” Barnes added. “I can’t tell you why because we’ve proven we can be really good defensively and offensively.”

open from the perimeter all game and finished 20 for 32. Notre Dame, shooting 37.7 percent from 3-point range this season, was 11-for-19 in the first half to build a 47-27 lead. Leading scorer Corey Fisher, coming off a 2-point game in a loss to St. John’s, led Villanova (21-9, 9-8) with 22 points, 17 in the second half. Notre Dame’s previous record for 3-pointers was 19 against South Dakota on Dec. 2, 2008.

AUSTIN, Texas — Kansas State is surging at the right time. Texas, the team that two weeks ago looked unstoppable in the Big 12, is slipping at precisely the wrong one. Rodney McGruder scored 22 points, Jacob Pullen scored 20 and Kansas State muscled past No. 7 Texas 75-70 on Monday night, the Wildcats’ fifth straight win and first on the road over a Top Ten team since 1994. Pullen exemplified the tough, physical nature of the game, scoring 16 points in the second half despite falling hard on his right wrist as Kansas State (21-9, 9-6 Big 12) sent the Longhorns to their second straight loss and third in four games. “Everybody wrote us off. They cast our season down the drain,” Pullen said of the Wildcats’ 1-4 start in the conference. “People say we’re a good team again but we can’t let things like that get into our locker room and we can’t let down our guard. Our morale is to the sky.” Texas is heading in the opposite direction. An 11-0 start in conference play had the Longhorns among the top contenders for a No. 1 seed in the NCAA tournament. Now they’re trying to regroup and not worry about how far they may fall. “We’re better than what we’re playing and that’s the concern,” Texas coach Rick Barnes said. “You’ve got to stay disciplined with what you do. Kansas State did exactly what we thought they’d do and that was try to push us out of our offense.” Texas (24-6, 12-3) met its defensive match vs the Wildcats, who held the Longhorns to 34 percent shooting. Freshman Tristan Thompson scored 26 points for the Longhorns but his teammates shot just 14 of 54 from the field. Kansas State shot 50 percent two days after Texas gave up a 22-point lead and let Colorado shoot 53 percent in a road loss. Curtis Kelly scored 15 points for Kansas State, doing much of his damage in the first half when Pullen was struggling to score. McGruder was 4-of-6 on 3-pointers. Thompson was the only Longhorn who could match Kansas State’s physical play. He grabbed 10 rebounds and had several dunks but got little help on offense. Jordan Hamilton scored 14 points on 5-of-18 shooting and was

No. 8 Notre Dame 93, No. 19 Villanova 72 SOUTH BEND, Ind. — Tim  Abromaitis made a career-high nine 3-pointers and scored 30 points and Ben Hansbrough had 30 points and 10 assists in his final home game as Notre Dame secured a double bye in the Big East tournament. Notre Dame (24-5, 13-4) hit a school-record 20 3-pointers and finished unbeaten in 17 games at the Purcell Pavilion, the only team in the conference to be spotless on its home court this season. Hansbrough made seven

No. 1 Connecticut 82, Syracuse 47 STORRS, Conn. — Maya Moore stood next to her mother and grandfather and just listened as the public address announcer read off the long list of accomplishments that she had achieved during her illustrious UConn career.  All-t ime leadi ng score r,  Academic All-American, multiaward winner, the list just kept going. Whenever she would come close to breaking down, her 81-year-old grandfather would pump his fist and beam, not allowing her to fully start crying. Moore scored 23 points and top-ranked Connecticut routed Syracuse 82-47 on Monday night to clinch its ninth undefeated Big East regular season. Tiffany Hayes added 18 points for UConn (29-1, 16-0), which has won 17 straight games since its lone loss of the season to Stanford on Dec. 30 that snapped the Huskies’ record 90-game winning streak. UConn blew the game open early scoring 18 of the game’s first 22 points. Syracuse (21-8, 9-7) couldn’t get within single digits the rest of the game. Before the game, her name and number were unveiled high above the court in the Huskies of Honor section of Gampel Pavilion along with the 12 other UConn women’s greats, coach Geno Auriemma and the 1994-95 and 1999-00 teams. The 3-time All-American  joined former teammates Renee Montgomery and Tina Charles as the only players to be given that honor while still playing for the Huskies. The other 10 players, which include former stars Rebecca Lobo, Sue Bird and Diana Taurasi, were enshrined after they were done playing.  After having three players honored in the last three seasons, it might be awhile before another Husky is put up there. Moore and senior teammate Lorin Dixon were honored before the game. Moore, who is usually unflappable, was tearing up as the UConn public address announcer read off all she’s accomplished in four years at the school. She shared a long embrace with Auriemma on the court and blew kisses to the crowd saying thank you. The pair of seniors are the most successful duo in NCAA history, winning 143 of their 146 collegiate games. It won’t be Dixon and Moore’s last home game as the Huskies will host the first two rounds of the NCAA tournament. Moore helped UConn to its early lead. She had six during the opening spurt hitting pull-up jumpers and a turnaround from the baseline. When Syracuse closed to 20-9, Moore hit three straight shots and Dixon followed with six points of her own, including a rare 3-pointer, to blow the game wide open. UConn led 49-20 at the half. Moore, who hit 11 of her 13 shots, had the team’s first seven points of the second half and moved into 11th on the NCAA career scoring list, passing Middle Tennessee State great Alysha Clark.

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Recker POY in PCL girls basketball Pand ora-G ilboa ’s Stephanie Recker was named girls basketball Player of the Year for the 2010-11 season by vote of the league’s coaches. Ottoville mentor Dave Kleman was tabbed Coach of the Year. JoiningRecker as a first-teamer are the Ottoville duo of senior Tasha Kaufman and sophomore Abby Siefker, along with Continental senior Erin Weisenburger and Leipsic’s Shari Mangas. On the second unit are Fort Jennings senior Taylor Wallenhorst, Columbus Grove  jun ior Nik ki Stechschulte, Kalida senior Emily Turnwald, Leipsic’s Emily Gerten and Miller City’s Jessica Leis. Honorable mention:

Ottoville’s Kari Beining (senior) and Lauren Kramer (junior); Fort Jennings senior Lauren Norbeck; Kalida seniors Nicole Kaufman and Samantha Edwards; Columbus Grove’s Kelsey Fruchey (senior) and junior Anna Ricker; Continental’s Taylor Williamson and Leva Weller (sophomores); Leipsis’s Molly Ellerbrock and Olivia Brown; Miller City’s Jessica Michel and Jessica Nienberg; and P-G’s Galina Schniegenberg and Samantha Schmenk. On the Scholastic Awards team are: Wallenhorst, Norbeck, Tasha Kaufman, Beining, Turnwald, Edwards, F r u c h e y , Weisenburger, M a n g a s , Michel, Recker, Schniegenberg, Schmenk; Ottoville senior Melissa Schnipke, Columbus

The Associated Press LOS ANGELES — Drew Miller scored twice, Darren Helm added a short-handed goal in the third period and the Detroit Red Wings rolled to their sixth straight road victory, 7-4 over the Los Angeles Kings on Monday night. Pavel Datsyuk, Danny Cleary, Jiri Hudler and captain Nicklas Lidstrom also

scored for the Red Wings, who pulled within three points of Western Conference-leading Vancouver with their second straight road win after backto-back home losses. Jimmy Howard made 32 saves as the Red Wings pulled away with seven consecutive goals, including three in the first period. Michal Handzus scored in

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utes into the second half made it 56-22 and it only got worse for the Orange. Iasia Hemingway scored 13 points and Erica Morrow had 11 to lead Syracuse. It was the Huskies’ 78th consecutive victory at home and 66th straight conference win. Back in October, Auriemma said it would be extremely difficult to think that the Huskies could go undefeated in the conference for a third straight season with the loss of player of the year Tina Charles and Kalana Greene. Yet, the Huskies did it. They clinched the Big East regular-season championship Saturday with their win over Georgetown. Commissioner John Marinatto presented them with the Big East regular season trophy at the end of the game. UConn has a bye in the Big East tournament until the conference quarterfinals on Sunday. If they win, Connecticut could potentially have to play three games in three days. Usually that’s not a huge issue but with backup center Heather Buck on crutches — out for at least two weeks with a stress reaction in her left foot — Auriemma has only eight players in uniform. No. 12 DePaul 70, No. 7 Notre Dame 69 CHICAGO — Felicia Chester scored 20 points, including the winning layup with 5 seconds left, to lift No. 12 DePaul. Keisha Hampton scored 17 points for the Blue Demons (26-5, 13-3 Big East), who had their best conference finish, tying the Irish for second place, and earned the No. 2 overall seed in the league’s tournament starting this weekend. Chester was positioned under the basket when teammate Taylor Pikes lined a successful feed. Notre Dame’s Skylar Diggins, who had 18 points, then tried to drive the lane for a final shot but lost possession as time expired. Natalie Novosel added 17 points for the Irish (24-6, 13-3). South Florida 60, No. 17 Georgetown 55 TAMPA, Fla. — Leondra Doomes-Stephens had a careerhigh 25 points and 13 rebounds,  Andrea Smith Smith scored 24 points points and South Florida beat a ranked opponent for the first time in more than three years. Doomes-Stephens shot 5 for 7 on 3-pointers en route to her first career double-double. The last time the Bulls (12-18, 3-13 Big East) beat a ranked team was Feb. 5, 2008 against then-No. 25 DePaul. Sugar Rodgers, averaging a team-leading 18.5 points per game coming in, had just 10 points on 4-for-11 shooting from the field for the Hoyas (21-9, 9-7). Rubylee Wright led Georgetown with 12 points and Tia McGee added nine. Cincinnati 65, No. 20 Marquette 62 CINCINNATI — Shareese Ulis scored 20 points and led a 3-point barrage that helped Cincinnati end its 13-game losing streak. Cincinnati (9-19, 2-14 Big East) kept a small lead most of the way behind Ulis, who went 6-of-12 from behind the arc. The Bearcats, winless since beating South Florida on Jan. 5, were 13-of-29 overall on 3s. Shelly Bellman’s 3 put Cincinnati ahead to stay 63-62 with 1:25 left. Ulis had a steal and Bellman was fouled and made both free throws with 21 seconds left. Marquette (22-7, 10-6) had two shots to tie it. Tatiyiana McMorris missed a 3 with 11 seconds left but Marquette got the rebound and passed it back out to McMorris, who missed again with 1 second left. McMorris led Marquette with 18 points.

LOCAL ROUNDUP Grove senior Rachael Stechschulte, Continental senior Taylor Bidlack, Miller City’s Hannah Niese and P-G’s Connie Schulte, Kristyn Hovest and Grace Basinger. ----Bockey, Snyder earn OAC honors   By Monique Monique Bowman

Ada — Two Ohio Northern women’s basketball players have been recognized by the Ohio Athletic Conference for their contributions on the hardwood this season. As voted by the OAC women’s basketball coaches, senior Jeanne Bockey (Delphos/St. John’s) has been named First Team All-OAC and All-Tournament, while sophomore Joanna Snyder (Fort Recovery) has been named Honorable Mention All-OAC. Bockey started in every game this season, averaging 29.8 minutes per contest. She led the Polar Bears in scoring (13.3 ppg) and steals (37),

while averaging 4.7 rebounds per game. She also finished the season third on the team in assists at 56. She averaged 14.0 points per game during this season’s conference tournament. Snyder earned 23 starts in 27 appearances with 22.6 minutes per game. She finished the season with 7.8 ppg and 3.3 boards per game. She posted a .514 shooting percentage from 3-point range and a .783 percentage from the free throw line. Earlier this season, Snyder was also named to the Grand Canyon Classic All-Tournament team when she averaged 13.5 points per game, pulled down a total of eight rebounds and had two steals. Ohio Northern saw its season come to a close last Thursday with a loss in the semifinal round to John Carroll, 71-70. The team finished its season at 17-10 overall and 11-7 in the OAC.

NHL CAPSULES the opening minutes for the Kings, who didn’t score again until captain Dustin Brown’s goal cut Detroit’s lead to five goals with 7:34 to play. Blackhawks 4, Wild 2 ST. PAUL, Minn. — Patrick Sharp and Jonathan Toews each scored in the second period to help Chicago stretch its winning streak to a season-high five games. Tomas Kopecky also scored in the second, Marian Hossa

sealed it with a short-handed goal with 1:52 left and the surging Blackhawks crept a little bit closer to last year’s Stanley Cup championship form. The Wild paid for a flat first two periods and lost to one of their primary competitors in the crowded Western Conference race. They’re in the constantlychanging final playoff spot with 72 points and the Blackhawks barged into sixth place with 74 points. Martin Havlat and Brent Burns scored for the Wild.

 

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Knight, Sampson in 2011 College Hall of Fame class KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The trophy case in the home of Ralph Sampson’s mother is about to get a little more crowded. Sampson, the 7-4 Virginia center and 3-time Atlantic Coast Conference player of the year, joined seven others Monday, including coaches Bob Knight and Eddie Sutton, as the newest members of the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame. “I hope everybody who watched me play, at the collegiate level or the NBA level or any level, high school as well, enjoyed me while I was playing,” Sampson said in a conference call that included Cazzie Russell, the former Michigan great who was also named to the 2011 class. “I will cherish this the rest of my life. It will go along with my college player of the year award at my mother’s house.” Also in the class announced Monday are players James Worthy of North Carolina and Chris Mullin of St. John’s and contributors Joe Vancisin and Eddie Einhorn. Induction will take place at the Hall of Fame on Nov. 20 as part of a 3-day celebration that includes the CBE Classic at Sprint Center featuring Missouri, California, Georgia and Notre Dame. Knight, who coached Indiana to three national titles and is now forging a second

player of the year three times (1981-83). He led Virginia to a 112-23 record, including an appearance in the 1981 Final Four and was the sixth player in NCAA history to score more than 2,000 points (2,228) and have more than 1,500 rebounds (1,511). “Walking across Thomas Jefferson Lawn on a rainy day and receiving my diploma at the University of Virginia is probably the most cherished moment that I will carry for life,” he added. “That diploma is against the wall at my mother’s home.” Russell averaged 27 points and nine rebounds for three years in the mid-60s while leading Michigan to three straight Big Ten championships. He was a 2-time player of the year in the Big Ten. “It was a great four years there at the University of Michigan for me, which was primarily known as a football school before our class got there,” he said. “So I feel very, very fortunate to have gone there and to have won the Big Ten three years in a row. We went to the Final Four two of my three years. So I really felt like it was a blessed time I spent at the University of Michigan. Worthy is one of seven North Carolina players to have his jersey number retired. He led the Tar Heels to the national championship game in 1981 as a sophomore and to the title the next season when he was a unanimous All-America selection. He was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Hall of

career as a color analyst on television, had 902 wins in 41 seasons at Indiana, Army and Texas Tech. His teams also had a 98-percent graduation rate. Sutton was the first coach to take four schools to the NCAA tournament — Creighton, Arkansas, Kentucky and Oklahoma State. His teams at Arkansas (1978) and Oklahoma State (1995, 2004) advanced to the Final Four. He had an 804328 record in 36 seasons. Bill Self, who has won six straight Big 12 titles at Kansas, said he learned many valuable lessons while serving as a young assistant coach for Sutton at Oklahoma State. “This is not an overly complicated game and you’re better off doing a few things really, really well than a lot of things average,” Self added. “Certainly, he’s been a guy who was a master. If you’re going to beat him, you’re going to have to beat him. He’s not going to help

Fame in 2003. Mullin led St. John’s to the Final Four as a senior in 1985, when he was a unanimous All-America selection and won the Wooden Award as the nation’s top player. He was the first player at St. John’s to break the 2,000point mark and was credited with Georgetown’s Patrick Ewing with establishing the Big East as one of the nation’s top conferences. A 2-time Olympian, he won gold medals in 1984 under Knight and in 1992 as part of the original “Dream Team.” Vancisin spent 54 years in college basketball as a player, coach and administrator. He was a starting guard for Dartmouth when it lost to Utah in the 1944 NCAA championship game. He was the head coach at Yale for 19 seasons, winning two Ivy League titles. A respected clinician, Vancisin was member of the U.S. Olympic staffs in 1976 and 1980 team and he served as

you beat him.” Knight finished with a record of 902-371, the most wins of any men’s coach in Division I. In addition to NCAA titles in 1976, 1981 and 1987, Knight guided Indiana to 11 Big Ten championships. He is one of three coaches to lead a team to NCAA and NIT titles and an Olympic gold medal. Knight was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Hall of Fame in 1991. Sampson, a 4-time AllAmerica at Virginia, is one of three men to be national

president in 1974 and of wasthe its NABC executive director for 17 years before retiring in 1992. Einhorn, the founder and chairman of the TVS television network, was a leader of sports programming. His network’s telecast of the Houston-UCLA game from the Astrodome in 1968 is credited for the growth in popularity of college basketball on television. He is the author of “How March Became Madness,” which covered the evolution of the NCAA men’s basketball championship.

By DOUG TUCKER The Associated Press

BOWLING Thursday Classic six Round 2 1. Schrader Realty 46-26 2. Sleets Coins 43-29 3. D.R.C. 38-34 4. Chuck Peters Realty 35-37 5. I & K 30-42 6. The Fort 24-48 High Series over 500 Lisa VanMetre 729, Missy Boecker 563, Elaine Abram 545, Sue Karhoff 529, Stacy Prine 524, Sandy Fischer 516, Tammy Ellerbrock 500. Games over 160 Stacy Prine, Sandy Fischer, Earlene Miller, Kathy Bryan, Diane Steinbrenner, Elaine Abram, Missy Boecker, Brandy Kershner, Sue Karhoff, Dorothy Landwehr, Tammy Ellerbrock, Lisa VanMetre.

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 Delphos Red finishes 2nd in Defiance Tournament  Tournament  The Delphos Red boys basketball team recently finished second in the Defiance Tournament. Players pictured include Drew Reese, Isaac Williams, Cole Aururo, Trey Gossman, Jace Stockwell, Brandon Herron and Drake Schmidt, while Eli Eddie, Hunter Samon and Corion Shanahan are absent. The team is coached by Ed Smith, Jeff Stockwell and Greg Gossman.

NCAA MEN’S DIVISION III The Associated Press First Round Thursday’s Games At Orange, Calif. Redlands vs. Chapman At Belton, Texas Texas-Dallas vs. Mary Hardin-Baylor At Danbury, Conn. Salve Regina vs. W. Connecticut St. Friday’s Games At Marietta, Ohio Wittenberg vs. La Roche Centre vs. Marietta At Wooster, Ohio Manchester vs. Bethany, W.Va. Benedictine, Ill. vs. Wooster At Radnor, Pa. Purchase vs. Hartwick New Jersey City vs. Cabrini At Williamstown, Mass.

At St. Paul, Minn. Illinois Wesleyan vs. Wisconsin-River Falls Northwestern, Minn. vs. St. Thomas, Minn. At Mahwah, N.J. Buffalo State vs. Gwynedd-Mercy Johnson & Wales, R.I. vs. Ramapo At St. Mary’s City, Md.  Alvernia vs. Randolph-Macon Medgar Evers vs. St. Mary’s, Md. At Ithaca, N.Y. Elms vs. Rochester, N.Y. MIT vs. Ithaca Second Round Saturday’s Games At Spokane, Wash. Redlands-Chapman winner vs. Whitworth At Marietta, Ohio

Rhode Island College-Penn State-Behrend winner vs. Wells-Oswego State winner At Abilene, Texas Texas-Dallas-Mary Hardin-Baylor winner vs. McMurry At Rock Island, Ill. Hope-Hanover winner vs. Webster Augustana, Ill. winner At Mequon, Wis. St. Norbert-Wisconsin-Stevens Point winner vs. Luther-Concordia, Wis. winner At St. Paul, Minn. Illinois Wesleyan-Wisconsin-River Falls winner vs. Northwestern, Minn.-St. Thomas, Minn. winner At Mahwah, N.J. Buffalo State-Gwynedd-Mercy winner vs. Johnson & Wales, R.I.-Ramapo winner At St. Mary’s City, Md.

Becker Hussonvs. vs.Scranton Williams At Norfolk, Va. Franklin & Marshall vs. North Carolina Wesleyan Delaware Valley vs. Virginia Wesleyan At Worcester, Mass.  Amherst vs. Skidmore Bridgewater, Mass. vs. WPI At Oswego, N.Y. Rhode Island College vs. Penn StateBehrend Wells vs. Oswego State At Rock Island, Ill. Hope vs. Hanover  Webster vs. Augustana, Ill. At Mequon, Wis. St. Norbert vs. Wisconsin-Stevens Point Luther vs. Concordia, Wis.

Wittenberg-La Marietta winnerRoche winner vs. CentreAt Wooster, Ohio Manchester-Bethany, W.Va. winner vs. Benedictine, Ill.-Wooster winner   At Radnor, Pa. Purchase-Hartwick winner vs. New Jersey City-Cabrini winner At Williamstown, Mass. Becker-Scranton winner vs. HussonWilliams winner At Norfolk, Va. Franklin & Marshall-North Carolina Wesleyan winner vs. Delaware ValleyVirginia Wesleyan winner At Worcester, Mass.  Amherst-Skidmore winner vs. Bridgewater, Mass.-WPI winner At Oswego, N.Y.

 Alvernia-R andolph-Mac Medgar Evers-St. Mary’s,onMd.winner winner vs. At Ithaca, N.Y. Elms-Rochester, N.Y. winner vs. MITIthaca winner At Middlebury, Vt. Salve Regina-W. Connecticut St. vs. Middlebury Sectionals Friday, March 11 TBD Saturday, March 12 TBD Friday, March 18 At Salem, Va. Semifinals Saturday, March 19 At Salem, Va. Championship

The Associated Press EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division   W L Pct Boston 43 15 .741 New York 30 27 .526 Philadelphia 30 29 .508 New Jersey 17 43 .283 Toronto 16 44 .267 Southeast Division   W L Pct Miami 43 17 .717 Orlando 38 22 .633  Atlanta 36 24 .600 Charlotte 26 33 .441 Washington 15 44 .254 Central Division   W L Pct Chicago 41 17 .707 Indiana 26 32 .448 Milwaukee 22 36 .379 Detroit 22 39 .361 Cleveland 11 48 .186 WESTERN CONFERENCE

Southwest Division   W L Pct GB San Antonio 4 9 10 .831 — Dallas 43 16 .729 6 New Orleans 35 26 .574 15 Memphis 33 28 .541 17 Houston 30 31 .492 20 Northwest Division   W L Pct GB Oklahoma City 36 22 .621 — Denver 35 26 .574 2 1/2 Portland 33 26 .559 3 1/2 Utah 32 29 .525 5 1/2 Minnesota 14 46 .233 23 Pacific Division   W L Pct GB L.A. Lakers 42 19 .689 — Phoenix 31 27 .534 9 1/2 Golden State 26 32 .448 14 1/2 L.A. Clippers 21 40 .344 21 Sacramento 15 43 .259 25 1/2 ——— Monday’s Results Phoenix 104, New Jersey 103, OT

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The Associated Press EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division   GP W L Philadelphia 62 40 16 Pittsburgh 64 37 21 N.Y. Rangers 64 33 27 New Jersey 62 27 31 N.Y. Islanders 63 23 32 Northeast Division   GP W L Boston 62 36 19 Montreal 63 33 23 Buffalo 61 29 25 Toronto 63 27 27 Ottawa 62 21 32 Southeast Division   GP W L Tampa Bay 62 37 18 Washington 63 33 20 Carolina 63 29 25  Atlanta 63 26 26 Florida 62 26 29

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WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division   GP W L OT Detroit 63 39 18 6 Chicago 63 34 23 6 Nashville 63 32 23 8 Columbus 61 31 24 6 St. Louis 62 28 25 9 Northwest Division   GP W L OT Vancouver 63 39 15 9 Calgary 64 32 23 9 Minnesota 63 33 24 6 Colorado 63 26 30 7 Edmonton 63 20 35 8 Pacific Division   GP W L OT San Jose 63 36 21 6 Phoenix 64 33 21 10 Los Angeles 63 35 24 4 Dallas 62 33 23 6  Anaheim 63 33 25 5

NASCAR off to a fast start By JENNA FRYER The Associated Press CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The joke in NASCAR has long been that most races are scripted to satisfy the suits in the scoring tower high above the track. If it were true — and, to be clear, it’s not — then NASCAR needs to give its writers a raise. NASCAR could not have dreamed of a better opening two weeks to the season — the youngest winner in Daytona 500 history followed by the end of elder statesman Jeff Gordon’s 66-race losing streak. The competition has been stellar, with the first two races boasting record lead changes. The 28 on Sunday at Phoenix were the most in a race there in almost 11 years. The crowds were good — Phoenix, which seats 55,000, was officially listed as a sellout — and overnight ratings from Sunday show Fox has drawn more viewers both weeks. More important, though, is the buzz since 20-year-old Trevor Bayne’s upset Feb. 20 to win the showcase race. It did wonders in attracting onlookers, including hot young Hollywood actress Emmy Rossum, who sang the national

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anthem at Phoenix. “NASCAR is epic,” the 24-yearold posted on her Twitter page after the race, adding that her lap around the track with Bayne and her time in Carl Edwards’ pit was one “of the coolest experiences of my life.” Now NASCAR has Gordon, a 20-year veteran and 4-time champion, back in Victory Lane after a drought that stretched almost two years, an outcome that sits well with the sport’s aging fan base. The fresh-faced Bayne, meanwhile, attracted the coveted 18-to-34year-old audience. Either way, it’s got the series headed in the right direction after several sagging seasons. “It’s the kind of excitement that causes you to wonder what will happen next week in Las Vegas,” NASCAR spokesman Ramsey Poston said Monday. Indeed, things could really get interesting this weekend when the Busch Brothers return to their home track ranked first and second in the Sprint Cup Series standings. Kyle Busch rolls into Sin City as the points leader, with a three-point cushion over older brother, Kurt. They are the only two drivers to nab top-10 finishes in both of the season-opening races. Kyle fin-

ished second Sunday to Gordon, preventing him from sweeping the weekend at Phoenix after wins in the Nationwide and Trucks Series. Kurt won the first two exhibition races at Daytona and was in position late to win the 500 before settling for fifth. Both view Las Vegas Motor Speedway as the Holy Grail on the NASCAR circuit — Kyle won there in 2009, Kurt’s best finish was third in 2005 — and nobody doubts they’d run each other over to get to Victory Lane. The only thing that could possibly push NASCAR’s rebound further along is a win by Dale Earnhardt Jr. but his fans have to be pleased with his season so far. Granted, it’s only two races in and far too early to determine if his pairing with new crew chief Steve Letarte will be a success but NASCAR’s most popular driver has shown signs of life even as his winless streak hit 95 races on Sunday. He led nine laps at Daytona and was in position to make a late push for the victory until a flat tire sabotaged his strategy. But his 10thplace finish Sunday was his best at Phoenix since 2008 and gives him momentum heading into Las Vegas, where he qualified fourth last year and finished 16th.

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Chicago 105, Washington 77 Denver 100, Atlanta 90 Boston 107, Utah 102 Sacramento 105, L.A. Clippers 99 Today’s Games Golden State at Indiana, 7 p.m. New York at Orlando, 7 p.m. Dallas at Philadelphia, 7 p.m. New Orleans at Toronto, 7 p.m. San Antonio at Memphis, 8 p.m. Detroit at Milwaukee, 8 p.m. L.A. Lakers at Minnesota, 8 p.m. Houston at Portland, 10 p.m. Wednesday’s Games Chicago at Atlanta, 7 p.m. San Antonio at Cleveland, 7 p.m. Golden State at Washington, 7 p.m. Phoenix at Boston, 7:30 p.m. Minnesota at Detroit, 7:30 p.m. New Orleans at New York, 7:30 p.m. Indiana at Oklahoma City, 8 p.m. Charlotte at Denver, 9 p.m. Portland at Sacramento, 10 p.m. Houston at L.A. Clippers, 10:30 p.m.

NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. Monday’s Results Chicago 4, Minnesota 2 Detroit 7, Los Angeles 4 Today’s Games Buffalo at N.Y. Rangers, 7 p.m. N.Y. Islanders at Washington, 7 p.m. Florida at Carolina, 7 p.m. Montreal at Atlanta, 7 p.m. Boston at Ottawa, 7:30 p.m. Calgary at St. Louis, 8 p.m. Dallas at Phoenix, 9 p.m. Nashville at Edmonton, 9:30 p.m. Columbus at Vancouver, 10 p.m. Colorado at San Jose, 10:30 p.m. Wednesday’s Games Pittsburgh at Toronto, 7 p.m. Tampa Bay at New Jersey, 7 p.m. Minnesota at N.Y. Islanders, 7 p.m. Calgary at Chicago, 9 p.m. Detroit at Anaheim, 10 p.m.

TOP 25 SCHEDULE The Associated Press Today’s Games No. 1 Ohio State at Penn State, 9 p.m. No. 6 Purdue vs. Illinois, 7 p.m. No. 9 San Diego State at Wyoming, 10 p.m. No. 14 Florida vs. Alabama, 7 p.m. No. 20 Kentucky vs. No. 21 Vanderbilt, 9 p.m. No. 22 Missouri at Nebraska, 8 p.m. Wednesday’s Games No. 2 Kansas vs. No. 24 Texas A&M, 9 p.m. No. 3 BYU vs. New Mexico, 10 p.m. No. 4 Pittsburgh at South Florida, 9 p.m. No. 4 Duke vs. Clemson, 9 p.m. No. 11 Louisville vs. Providence, 7 p.m. No. 13 North Carolina at Florida State, 7 p.m. No. 16 Connecticut at West Virginia, 7 p.m. No. 23 Xavier vs. Charlotte, 7 p.m. No. 25 Utah State at New Mexico State, 11 p.m. Thursday’s Games No. 10 Wisconsin at Indiana, 9 p.m. No. 15 St. John’s at Seton Hall, 7 p.m. No. 18 Arizona vs. Oregon State, 9 p.m. Friday’s Games

No games scheduled Saturday’s Games No. 2 Kansas at No. 22 Missouri, Noon No. 3 BYU vs. Wyoming, 3:30 p.m. No. 4 Pittsburgh vs. No. 19 Villanova, 4 p.m. No. 4 Duke at No. 13 North Carolina, 8 p.m. No. 6 Purdue at Iowa, 4 p.m. No. 7 Texas at Baylor, 9 p.m. No. 8 Notre Dame at No. 16 Connecticut, 2 p.m. No. 9 San Diego State vs. Colorado State, 10 p.m. No. 11 Louisville at West Virginia, Noon No. 12 Syracuse vs. DePaul, 4 p.m. No. 14 Florida at No. 21 Vanderbilt, 6 p.m. No. 15 St. John’s vs. South Florida, 8 p.m. No. 17 Georgetown at Cincinnati, 2 p.m. No. 18 Arizona vs. Oregon, 2 p.m. No. 23 Xavier at Saint Louis, 2 p.m. No. 24 Texas A&M vs. Texas Tech, 1:30 p.m. No. 25 Utah State at Louisiana Tech, 7 p.m. Sunday’s Games No. 1 Ohio State vs. No. 10 Wisconsin, 4 p.m. No. 20 Kentucky at Tennessee, Noon

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Parents narrowminded Dear Annie: Annie: I’m a single father of a 16-year-old son whom I have raised since he was 2. “Zack” is mature and carries himself with confidence. When Zack took up sports and his schedule became busy, we found that it was sometimes necessary to share the bathroom. While he showers, I shave, or while I shower, he does his hair. Last summer, my brother visited us and inadvertently witnessed one such episode where Zack and I needed to get ready at the same time. He didn’t say anything to me but appar-

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I suspect some of Dad’s current medical problems were caused by excessive drinking. He was an angry, volatile and verbally abusive drunk. What can I do to convince my parents that continued drinking is not OK? -- Frustrated in Florida Dear Florida: Florida: You could call Dad’s doctor and inform him that your father is still drinking, and the doctor will handle it from there. But your father is 87 and has curtailed his alcohol consumption. It’s unlikely he will give it up entirely. Your choice is to keep berating him or accept him as he is.

ently several Dear Annie: Annie : “No familytold members, Name, No Place” including my parworries about her ents. When my husband driving son and I visited drunk when he’s for Thanksgiving, coming home from it ended up being sporting events. the main topic There’s something of conversation, else this wife should with words such Annie’s Mailbox do. Somewhere out as “unnatural,” on the road, there “unhealthy” and “disturbing” is a young couple with their being tossed around. One rel- first child, or a teenager comative actually told my son it ing home from a dance, or a was going to make him gay. wife heading to the airport Zack understands that -- none of them deserves to sharing the bathroom is die under the wheels of this no different than shower- drunk’s car. ing with his friends after The next time “No gym class. I did my best Name’s” husband heads to explain this to my fam- out for a night of drinking ily, but no one wanted to with his buddies, she should listen. When we visited at call the police. She knows Christmas, the subject came where he’s going and can up again, and we put up with describe his car and protheir narrow-minded views vide his license plate numuntil I saw how upset Zack ber. The police officer who was. We left early. When stops him could be saving my mother called the next the life of the innocent driver day to ask why, I told her. he was going to hit on the She replied that I was “over- next block. -- Had it with Coddling Drunk Drivers reacting.” As a result, Zack has said Annie’s Mailbox is writhe would rather not see his ten by Kathy Mitchell and grandparents for Easter and Marcy Sugar, longtime edisuggested we stay home. The tors of the Ann Landers problem is, the only times we column. Please e-mail your can visit my parents are dur- questions to anniesmailing school holidays. Annie, I [email protected], or write don’t want my family to miss to: Annie’s Mailbox, c/o out on Zack’s life because of Creators Syndicate, 5777 W. something so trivial. I want Century Blvd., Ste. 700, Los him to spend time with his Angeles, CA 90045. relatives, but their attitudes are driving a wedge between us. Any suggestions before I buy an Easter ham? -- Proud Parent Dear Parent: Parent: Buy the Easter ham, and tell your relatives that you will be celebrating holidays at home until they can show a measure of respect and tolerance. People will treat you the way you demand to be treated but please give them another chance over the summer. Dear Annie: Annie: My dad is 87 and has a bunch of medical problems, yet he continues to drink. It’s less than he used to imbibe, but I don’t think he should be having any alcohol at all. I have said this to both of my parents, and their only response

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Last US WWI veteran veteran lived to age 110 110 MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Frank Buckles enlisted for World War I at 16 after lying about his age. He made it home again and ultimately became that war’s last surviving U.S. veteran, campaigning for greater recognition for his comrades-in-arms before dying at 110. Buckles, who also survived being a civilian POW in the Philippines in World War II, died of natural causes Sunday at his home in Charles Town, biographer and family spokesman David DeJonge said. He was 110. Buckles had been advocating for a national memorial honoring veterans of the Great War in the nation’s capital and asked about its progress weekly, sometimes daily. “He was sad it’s not completed,” DeJonge said today. “It’s a simple straightforward thing to do, to honor Americans.” When asked in February 2008 how it felt to be the last of his kind, he said simply, “I real-

recruiters after the United States entered the “war to end all wars” in April 1917. He was repeatedly rejected before convincing an Army captain he was 18. He was actually 16 1/2. “A boy of (that age), he’s not afraid of anything. He wants to get in there,” Buckles said. Details for services and arrangements will be announced later this week, but DeJonge said Buckles’ daughter, Susannah Flanagan, is planning for burial in Arlington National Cemetery. In 2008, friends persuaded the federal government to make an exception to its rules and allow his burial there. Buckles had already been eligible to have his cremated remains housed at the cemetery. To be buried underground, however, he would have had to meet several criteria, including earning one of five medals, such as a Purple Heart. Buckles never saw combat but joked, “Didn’t I make every effort?” “We have lost a living link to an important era in our nation’s history,” said Secretary of

the National World War One Legacy Project. The project is managed by the nonprofit Survivor Quest and will educate students about Buckles and WWI through a documentary and traveling educational exhibition. More than 4.7 million people joined the U.S. military from 1917-18. As of spring 2007, only three were still alive, according to a tally by the Department of Veterans Affairs: Buckles, J. Russell Coffey of Ohio and Harry Richard Landis of Florida. The dwindling roster prompted a flurry of public interest, and Buckles went to Washington in May 2007 to serve as grand marshal of the national Memorial Day parade. Coffey died Dec. 20, 2007, at age 109, while Landis died Feb. 4, 2008, at 108. Unlike Buckles, those two men were still in basic training in the United States when the war ended and did not make it overseas. The last known Canadian veteran of the war, John Babcock of Spokane, Wash., died in February 2010.

landed jobs in banking and advertising. But it was the shipping industry that suited him best, and he worked around the world for the White Star Line Steamship Co. and W.R. Grace & Co. In 1941, while on business in the Philippines, Buckles was captured by the Japanese. He spent more than three years in prison camps. “I was never actually looking for adventure,” Buckles once said. “It just came to me.” He married in 1946 and moved to his farm in West Virginia’s Eastern Panhandle in 1954, where he and wife Audrey raised their daughter. Audrey Buckles died in 1999. In spring 2007, Buckles told the AP of the trouble he went through to get into the military. “I went to the state fair up in Wichita, Kansas, and while there, went to the recruiting station for the Marine Corps,” he said. “The nice Marine sergeant said I was too young when I gave my age as 18, said I had to be 21.” Buckles returned a week later.

ized somebody had to be, Press and it he waswould me.” And that he told The Associated have done it all over again, “without a doubt.” On Nov. 11, 2008, the 90th anniversary of the end of the war, Buckles attended a ceremony at the grave of World War I Gen. John Pershing in Arlington National Cemetery. He was back in Washington a year later to endorse a proposal to rededicate the existing World War I memorial on the National Mall as the official National World War I Memorial. He told a Senate panel it was “an excellent idea.” The memorial was originally built to honor District of Columbia’s war dead. Born in Missouri in 1901 and raised in Oklahoma, Buckles visited a string of military

Veterans “Butdedicated we have also lost aAffairs man ofEric quietShinseki. dignity, who his final years to ensuring the sacrifices of his fellow ’Doughboys’ are appropriately commemorated.” U.S. Sen. Jay Rockefeller called Buckles “a wonderfully plainspoken man and an icon for the World War I generation” and said he will continue fighting for the memorial Buckles wanted. “He lived a long and rich life as a true American patriot,” said U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin, “and I hope that his family’s loss is lightened with the knowledge that he was loved and will be missed by so many.” The family asked that donations be made to

arealive. no French or German veterans of theThere war left Buckles served in England and France, working mainly as a driver and a warehouse clerk. An eager student of culture and language, he used his off-duty hours to learn German, visit cathedrals, museums and tombs, and bicycle in the French countryside. After Armistice Day, Buckles helped return prisoners of war to Germany. He returned to the United States in January 1920. Buckles returned to Oklahoma for a while, then moved to Canada, where he worked a series of jobs before heading for New York City. There, he again took advantage of free museums, worked out at the YMCA, and

wentI back thehe recruiting sergeant, this“Itime was to 21,” said with a grin.and “I passed the inspection ... but he told me I just wasn’t heavy enough.” Then he tried the Navy, whose recruiter told Buckles he was flat-footed. Buckles wouldn’t quit. In Oklahoma City, an Army captain demanded a birth certificate. “I told him birth certificates were not made in Missouri when I was born, that the record was in a family Bible. I said, ’You don’t want me to bring the family Bible down, do you?”’ Buckles said with a laugh. “He said, ’OK, we’ll take you.”’ He enlisted Aug. 14, 1917, serial number 15577.

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Collective bargaining just one part of Wisconsin gov’s budget By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press

MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker’s explosive proposal to take nearly all collective bargaining rights away from most public workers represents just one piece of his vision for the state’s future. Now he’s ready to reveal the rest. With the union rights proposal stuck in a legislative stalemate thanks to runaway Senate Democrats, Walker planned to forge ahead with the today release of his two-year spending plan that will include major cuts to schools and local governments to help close a projected $3.6 billion budget shortfall. Tens of thousands of protesters have demonstrated for two weeks against Walker’s collective bargaining proposal, which he calls necessary to free local governments from having to bargain with public employee unions as they deal with the cuts he’ll outline today. Schools last week started putting teachers on notice that their contracts may not be renewed for next year given the budget uncertainty. Walker has confirmed he will propose cutting education aid by about $900 million, or 9 percent statewide. “All of this turmoil, all of this chaos, are examples that Walker’s proposals are too extreme,” said Mary Bell, president of the Wisconsin Education Association Council. She said more than 2,000 teachers had received nonrenewal notices as of Monday. Labor leaders and Democratic lawmakers say Walker’s proposal is intended to undermine unions and weaken a key Democratic voter base. The state’s largest public employee union filed a complaint Monday alleging Walker has engaged in unfair labor practices by refusing to negotiate. The Wisconsin State Employees Union complaint asked the state labor relations board to extend its contract and require Walker’s administration to engage in collective bargaining. Walker insists Wisconsin is broke and has nothing to offer. He spent another day touring the state Monday, renewing his threat of deeper cuts and layoffs if his proposal isn’t passed by today. If the state misses that deadline, it won’t be able to save $165 million through debt refinancing, which was a key part of his bill, Walker said. Walker has warned he will start issuing layoff notices to state workers as soon as this week if the bill isn’t passed, but he hasn’t said who would be targeted. School leaders are bracing for more bad news. The governor is expected today to announce a new revenue limit that would require a $500 per-pupil reduction in property tax authority. The limits, in place since 1993, have gradually grown to reflect increasing education costs. That part of Walker’s proposal alone would the$600 money available toon thea state’s 424 by districts by 7 percent,reduce or nearly million, based study done University of Wisconsin-Madison economics professor Andrew Reschovsky. “When you make unprecedented and historic cuts like these to schools, it means teachers are laid off, class sizes are larger, course offerings are reduced, extracurricular activities are cut, and whole parts of what we value in our schools are gone,” state superintendent Tony Evers said in a statement. In Janesville, a district with about 10,000 students, the school expects to get about a $5 million cut in aid, said David Parr, president of the local teachers union. The district already is considering laying off up to 60 of its teachers to deal with a nearly $10 million budget deficit this year, Parr said. The teachers also have been asked to re-open contracts that are in effect until mid-2013, he said.

Better think positive: Pessimism can block therapy By LAURAN NEERGAARD Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Spine surgeon Anders Cohen puts a lot of stock in patients’ expectations of pain relief. He prefers to operate only on those who “grab you by the collar and say, ‘I can’t take it anymore.”’ New brain research proves doctors like Cohen are onto something: Pessimism can override the effectiveness of even powerful treatments. You’ve heard of the placebo effect, the healing power of positive belief. This is the “nocebo” effect, the flip side, almost its evil twin. And while the self-fulfilling prophecy of negative thinking isn’t nearly as well studied, some scientists say it’s time for doctors to start paying a lot more attention to their patients’ outlook. “We all know that many treatments work for some people but not for others,” says neuroscientist Dr. Randy Gollub of Massachusetts General Hospital. Instead of stressing only the percentages, “say, ‘I have every reason to believe that you could be one of the people who will respond.’“ Scientists already know the placebo effect is real. They can measure it in studies that compare real drugs to dummy pills, where those given the fakes have noticeable improvements to pain and other symptoms. But could a gloomy outlook really harm? British and German researchers performed the most sophisticated study yet to tell. They strapped a heat-beaming device onto the legs of 22 healthy volunteers, zapping it until people rated their pain at nearly 70 on a scale of 1 to 100. Then the researchers hooked up an IV to give them the powerful morphine-like painkiller remifentanil. Typically used for surgery patients, it works rapidly but also is metabolized rapidly, able to be switched on and off as researchers alternated between giving the drug or plain fluid. The volunteers’ brains were scanned as they described how

much pain, and pain relief, they experienced at different times. When the researchers induced the burn and surreptitiously turned on the drug, the volunteers said their pain improved a fair amount. The painkiller was working, expectations aside. Here’s the mind over matter: The researchers next told the volunteers they were about to inject the painkiller even though they’d never turned it off. Those pain ratings dropped even more — meaning expectations of relief doubled the drug’s painkilling benefit. Finally, the researchers lied again, saying they were stopping the drug and that pain would probably increase. Sure enough, the volunteers’ pain levels soared back up to almost their pretreated level as grim expectations canceled out the effect of a proven and potent painkiller. Anxiety levels fluctuated similarly. Why? The brain scans tell the tantalizing tale — showing changes in neural pain networks that prove the people really did experience the changes in pain that they reported. Moreover, expecting more pain fired up sections of the brain that control mood and anxiety, the researchers recently reported in the journal Science Translational Medicine. In contrast, anticipating pain relief fired up different regions previously found active in people given placebos. It’s a small study, dealing just with pain. But the results may apply to a range of drug therapies, especially in chronic diseases because so many of those patients are conditioned by months or years or frustrating treatment failures, concluded lead researcher Dr. Ulrike Bingel of Hamburg’s University Medical Center, who teamed with Oxford University researchers for the study. Learning how anxiety influences pain is crucial to understanding this nocebo effect — how you get the pain you expect, said co-author and Oxford neuroscientist Irene Tracey, in a recent review of the science of expectations in the journal Nature Medicine. It’s by no means a novel concept. Previous research has found people given a dummy pill can experience the side effects of the medication they thought they were getting.

Gene therapy raises hope for a future AIDS cure By MARILYNN MARCHIONE Associated Press

In a bold new approach ultimately aimed at trying to cure AIDS, scientistsin used genetic engineering six patients to develop blood cells that are resistant to HIV, the virus that causes the disease. It’s far too early to know if this scientific first will prove to be a cure, or even a new treatment. The research was only meant to show that, so far, it seems feasible and safe. The concept was based on the astonishing case of an

 

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AIDS patient who seems to be cured after getting blood cells from a donor with natural immunity to HIV nearly four years ago in Berlin. Researchers are seeking a

of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, agreed. “We’re hopeful that this is sufficient to give the level of immune reconstitution similar to what was seen with

percent of whites; fewer of minorities) lack both copies of the CCR5 gene and are naturally resistant to HIV. One such person donated blood stem cells in 2007 to

more practical way to achieve similar immunity using patients’ own blood cells. The results announced today at a conference in Boston left experts cautiously excited. “For the first time, people are beginning to think about a cure” as a real possibility, said Dr. John Zaia, head of the government panel that oversees gene therapy experiments. Even if the new approach doesn’t get rid of HIV completely, it may repair patients’ immune systems enough that they can control the virus and not need AIDS medicines — “what is called a functional cure,” he said. Carl Dieffenbach, AIDS chief at the National Institute

thesaid. patient from Germany,” he This is the first time researchers have permanently deleted a human gene and infused the altered cells back into patients. Other gene therapy attempts tried to add a gene or muffle the activity of one, and have not worked against HIV. The virus can damage the immune system for years before people develop symptoms and are said to have AIDS — acquired immune deficiency syndrome. The virus targets special immune system soldiers called T-cells. It usually enters these cells through a protein receptor, or “docking station,” called CCR5. Some people (about 1

an American livingand in Berlin who hadman leukemia HIV. The cell transplant appears to have cured both problems, but finding such donors for everyone with HIV is impossible, and transplants are medically risky. So scientists wondered: Could a patient’s own cells be used to knock out the CCR5 gene and create resistance to HIV? A California biotechnology company, Sangamo (SANG-uh-moh) BioSciences Inc., makes a treatment that can cut DNA at precise locations and permanently “edit out” a gene. Dr. Jacob Lalezari, director of Quest Clinical Research of San Francisco, led the first test of this with the company and colleagues at the University of California in San Francisco and Los Angeles. He warned that it would be “way overstated” to suggest that the results so far are a possible cure. “It’s an overreach of the data. There are a lot of people out there with hopes and dreams around the C-word,” so caution is needed. In the study, six men with HIV had their blood filtered to remove a small percentage of their T-cells. The genesnipping compound was added in the lab, and about one-fourth of the cells were successfully modified. The cells were mixed with growth factors to make them multiply and then infused back into the patients.

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