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Delphos Police Chief Kyle Fittro will be the next speaker in Jefferson High School’s “Share the Knowledge” program at 3:15 p.m. Tuesday in the cafeteria. Chief Fittro will present “Updates on the Streets — Drug Recognition and New Laws.” The public is invited.
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Middle Point residents are invited to the newly reopened Beverage Barn in downtown Middle Point at 108 N. Adams, at 2 p.m. on Oct. 27 to discuss the town’s history and future. Attendees are asked to bring any old schoolbooks, photographs and other memorabilia to share with the group. Food and drinks will be available for purchase and a prize will be awarded to the oldest person who was born in Middle Point and still lives in the village. For more information, contact Helen Miller at 419-968-2156.
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also don’t have to accept every student who applies like we do. This is not a good bill.” The district contacted Rep. Lynn Wachtmann with no satisfaction. Calls were then made to Senator Cliff Hite, with no return call. The district received budget approval for Race to the Top funds on Friday. The program allots $100,000 to each participating district doled out in $25,000 increments for four years. Districts can apply for more in one year for special circumstances. Ottoville is using the funds for iPads, computer hardware and professional development. The board also approved season ticket prices for the 2011-12 basketball season at the following rates: High school boys basketball — $55 for adults and $25 for students; high school girls basketball — $45 for adults and $25 for students; and all junior high basketball — $15 for adults and $10 for students. Tickets go on sale Nov. 7.
OTTOVILLE — School board members here passed the district’s Fiscal Year 2012 Five-Year Forecast which will be submitted to the Ohio Department of Education by Oct. 31. The forecast ends FY 2016 in the black. Treasurer Bob Weber reviewed how he arrived at each projection and answered questions during Wednesday’s regular monthly meeting. The district shows an estimated General Fund balance on June 30, 2012, of $2,793,752; June 30, 2013 - $2,898,000; June 30, 2014 - $2,556,507; June 30, 2015 - $1,907,301; and June 30, 2016 - $948,547. The board passed a resolution stating Ottoville Local School Board opposes House Bill 136 for school choice. “There are so many things wrong with this bill,” Superintendent Scott Mangas said. “This takes money directly from public schools and gives it to private schools in the guise of student choice. They
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Berquist Church to host health screenings explains street flooding Residents living in and around Delphos can be screened to reduce their risk of having a stroke. The complete screening package now includes a new Heart Rhythm screening, checking for irregular heartbeat, which is a major risk factor for stroke. St. Peter Lutheran Church, 422 N. Pierce St. in Delphos, will host the event by Life Line Screening on Tuesday. Appointments will begin at 9 a.m. For more information regarding the screenings or to schedule an appointment, call 1-888-653-6441. Pre-registration is required.
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The intersection of Third and Jefferson streets is one of several that often flood during heavy rainfall. City Safety Service Director Greg Berquist said the volume of rainfall, how hard and fast it falls, pipe size and debris in the drain are the primary reasons water on roadways gets backed up. that on a regular basis and we when they are overwhelmed, try to do that less than four you get what’s called a surcharge times per year,” he said. and it backs up,” he said. Rainwater will also carry “We can handle as much as debris, such as leaves and the city’s capacity is. Under grass clippings into the sew- the old wastewater treatment ers, causing pipes to become plant, we could only take 3 blocked and rainwater will million gallons, so we have flood in the street. The size of a lot more capacity with the the pipe is also a factor. new plant but this is another “There are different sized record-breaking rain,” he pipes throughout the city and concluded. •
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In Sirte, the ecstatic former rebels celebrated the city’s fall after weeks of bloody siege by firing endless rounds into the sky, pumping their guns, knives and even a meat cleaver in the air and singing the national anthem. Libya’s new leaders had said they would declare the country’s “liberation” after the fall of Sirte. The death or capture of Gadhafi adds greater solidity to that declaration. It rules out a scenario that some had feared — that he might flee deeper into Libya’s southern deserts and lead a resistance campaign against Libya’s rulers. The fate of two of his sons, Seif al-Islam and Muatassim, as well as some top figures of his regime remains unknown, but their ability to rally loyalists would be deeply undermined with Gadhafi’s loss. Information Minister Mahmoud Shammam said he was told that Gadhafi was dead from fighters who said they saw the body. “Our people in Sirte saw the body,” Shammam told The Associated Press. “Revolutionaries say Gadhafi was in a convoy and that they attacked the convoy.” He said the government head, Mustafa Abdul-Jalil, would officially confirm the death, but it was not clear when. Prime Minister Mahmoud Jibril, the number two in the administration, called a press conference for 4 p.m. local time (10 a.m EDT) PIZZA
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SIRTE, Libya (AP) — Moammar Gadhafi, who ruled Libya with a dictatorial grip for 42 years until he was ousted by rebels in a bloody civil war, was killed today when revolutionary forces overwhelmed his hometown, Sirte, the last major bastion of resistance two months after the regime fell. Prime Minister Mahmoud Jibril confirmed Gadhafi had been killed. “We have been waiting for this moment for a long time. Moammar Gadhafi has been killed,” Jibril told a news conference in the capital Tripoli. Initial reports from fighters said Gadhafi had been holed up with the last of his fighters in the furious battle with revolutionary fighters assaulting the last few buildings they held in his Mediterranean coastal hometown of Sirte. At one point, a convoy tried to flee the area and was blasted by NATO airstrikes, though it was not clear if Gadhafi was in the vehicle. Al-Jazeera TV showed footage of a man resembling the 69-year-old Gadhafi lying dead or severely wounded, bleeding from the head and stripped to the waist as fighters rolled him over on the pavement. Witnesses said his body was put on display in the nearby city of Misrata. Celebratory gunfire and cries of “Allahu Akbar” or “God is Great” rang out across the capital Tripoli as the reports spread. Cars honked their horns and people hugged each other.
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DETROIT — A local man brought home more than the satisfaction of completing the Detroit Marathon this past weekend. Ed Ditmeyer, 30, who lives just south of Grover Hill, brought home a world record. He may not have completed the course in the overall fastest time but he did break the record for “Fastest Marathon Dressed as a Cartoon Character.” His likeness of choice: Charlie Brown. “It may not be as sensational as some world records but it is a world record, nonetheless,” Ditmeyer said. “It’s something my kids can take to school for show-and-tell.” The previous record of 2 Photo submitted hours, 48 minutes and 1 second was achieved by Paul Ed Ditmeyer poses for a picture after finishing the Fernandez of the United Kingdom dressed as Fred Detroit Marathon on Sunday. Flintstone at the Abingdon lenge because it was at a seem familiar to local Marathon in Abingdon, graduate elevation for a readers; he has won the UK, on Oct. 17, 2010. mile or so. Marbletown 5K the last The Detroit Marathon “I don’t get to do a lot three years, the Canal Days crossed into Canada via of hill training around here; 5K in 2009 and 2010 and the Ambassador Bridge it’s pretty flat,” he said. the first SIDS 5K in Fort and came back through the “Going down on the other Jennings this year. One underwater-mile. Ditmeyer side was a lot easier.” said the bridge was a chalDitmeyer’s name may See RUNNER, page 2
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Jones guilty of murder, gets 15 years to life By ED GEBERT Staff writer
VAN WERT — Shawn Jones showed little emotion Wednesday as he heard Van Wert County Court Judge Charles D. Steele pronounce him guilty of murder. The verdict was handed down after nearly an hour of deliberations by Steele of the evidence and case against Jones in the murder of his grandmother, Edna LaRue, a little more than one year ago. Immediately after pronouncing the verdict, Steele moved directly to sentencing. Neither Jones nor his attorney, Scott Gordon, made any statement before sentencing. Steele gave Jones 15 years to life in prison, the maximum sentence for the charge. Jones was quickly led out of the courtroom and back to the jail once court was adjourned. He paused to look toward his family while being led to the courthouse elevator. His mother and several other family members were obviously distressed after the verdict was announced. “I feel sorry for that family,” stated Van Wert County Prosecutor Charles Kennedy II, after the trial concluded. LaRue was found strangled to death in her Sunrise Court home. The prosecution laid out the evidence pointing to her grandson as the one who wrapped an alarm clock cord around her neck and tied it tight. On the third day of testimony Wednesday, Kennedy called three witnesses. The first, James Irwin, testified to some of the things Jones had told him when they shared a cell at the Van Wert County Correctional Facility. Irwin claimed Jones had first told him that the murder had actually been committed by Robert Albright Jr. but
later admitted that he had been responsible for LaRue’s death. Albright was the next to testify. He laid out the events of Oct. 1 for the court, beginning with a phone call from Jones at around 8:30 a.m. Jones picked up Albright in a blue minivan belonging to Dale LaRue, Edna’s husband. The two went to Walmart, where Jones cashed in nearly $70 in loose change, then another stop in Van Wert before heading to Lima to eat and shop. The pair stopped in Delphos on the way back to Van Wert, making three stops, including a visit to a farm implement dealer so Jones could look at tractors. Jones drove back to LaRue’s home and both men went inside. At that point, Albright saw LaRue’s body lying in the hallway. He testified that Jones stepped over his grandmother’s body, checked for a pulse, then went into the bathroom to clip the hair from his neck. Once he was finished, he stepped back over the body and the two left the house. Jones took Albright home and went to a church dinner before returning to pick up Albright for another trip to Walmart, this time with Albright’s sister and her children. Afterward, Jones dropped off his passengers and drove back to the Sunrise Court home only to find his mother, Joette Jones waiting there, trying to get into the home to check on LaRue. When the two went inside, Joette discovered the body and used the Life Alert pager to contact authorities, since the phones had been taken out of the house. Those phones were later discovered in the van Jones had been driving all day. The prosecution also produced a letter Jones wrote to
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Albright nearly three weeks after the murder. Jones wrote about his plan to dispose of his grandmother’s body. “I was going to bag up Granny in a big trash bag with the other garbage and haul it to the dump,” wrote Jones in that letter. The only witness for the defense was Joette Jones, who spoke about the changes in her son after his 1996 auto accident which left him unconscious for two weeks and hospitalized for more than three months. She testified that after Shawn Jones came home from the hospital, “He was not the Shawn we knew.” She also stated that Shawn was scheduled to be tested on Oct. 5 — four days after the murder — to determine if he was disabled enough for a Social Security disability. Joette Jones also testified about the experience of discovering the body of her mother that night. She did not recall seeing anything wrapped around LaRue’s neck, but did remember seeing what she believed to be the alarm clock on the floor between the body and the bathroom. A short time later, Shawn Jones brought that alarm clock to police officers, saying it would have his fingerprints on it. He also claimed to have taken it from around his grandmother’s neck. Gordon tried to create suspicion toward Albright, accusing him of sneaking into the home that day. Albright firmly denied the accusation, saying he really liked the woman who had treated him like her own grandson. The first two days of the trial featured a wealth of testimony from police officers, investigators and forensic information. The videotape of Jones confessing to the murder on Oct. 2 was also presented over Gordon’s objection. In the tape, Jones denies having any part in his grandmother’s death but eventually admits hitting her and wrapping the cord around her neck. He claimed that she was still alive when he left the house but admitted that his actions caused LaRue’s death and that she “probably drowned in her own blood.” He also told the police detective to tell his mother, “I’m sorry.”
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High temperature Wednesday in Delphos was 54 degrees, low was 46. Rainfall was recorded at 2.97 inch. High a year ago today was 65, low was 39. Record high for today is 86, set in 1953. Record low is 22, set in 1930. WEATHER FORECAST Tri-county Associated Press TONIGHT: Cloudy. A 30 percent chance of showers in the evening. Lows in the lower 40s. West winds 10 to 20 mph. FRIDAY: Partly cloudy. Highs in the lower 50s. West winds 5 to 15 mph. FRIDAY NIGHTSATURDAY NIGHT: Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 30s. Highs in the mid 50s.
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Tamara Jack, 52, of Gomer, died Tuesday from injuries suffered in a car accident. Funeral services will begin at 10:30 a.m. Monday at St. Peter Lutheran Church. Friends may call from 4-8 p.m. Sunday at Harter and Schier Funeral Home, where further arrangements are incomplete.
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A boy was born Sept. 22 in Miami Fla., to Michael and Angie (Harter) Cover . He joined sister Julianna Grace. Grandparents are Doug and Colleen Harter of Delphos and Enzo and Rosalia Cover of Miami ST. RITA’S A boy was born Oct. 18 to Adam and Jessica Miller of Cloverdale. A girl was born Oct. 18 to Dustin and Jamie Schaadt of Venedocia. A girl was born Oct. 18 to Robert and Alesha Andrews of Elida.
MEISTER, Deborah C., 59, of Delphos, funeral services begin at 11 a.m. Friday at Harter and Schier Funeral Home, Pastor James Menke officiating. Burial will follow in Walnut Grove Cemetery. Friends may call from 2-8 today and for an hour prior to the service Friday at the funeral home. Memorials are to Corn: Superior Federal Credit Union Wheat: Beans: to help with expenses.
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Credit unions not target of Wall Street protests BY MIKE FORD [email protected]
In a cultural climate where the “99 percent” are taking their outrage at big banks to the streets, one community-based cooperative is celebrating what it has to offer as part of International Credit Union Day today. Kurt Neeper of Superior Federal Credit Union points out that exploitation is not part of doing business in a credit union. “As a not-for-profit financial cooperative, we have a huge advantage at a time when Occupy Wall Street are in New York and around the country protesting Wall Street. Their dispute with these big banks, investment companies and financial institutions is that they are shareholder-driven and are ripping off consumers in order to make more money and disperse it to their shareholders,” he said. “Conversely, by nature, we are member-owned and notfor-profit. So, all our profits are returned to our shareholders — our members. We return our money directly to the people
who utilize our services.” Credit unions make a profit but the goal is service, not greed. “We have to have enough capital in reserve to make loans and cover them; to invest in the community, like with our new branch in Delphos; and for operations but we give it back by paying higher than market rates on CDs, money markets and savings and deposit products and charge lower than market rate on loan products,” he said. Like banks which are federally insured with the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, credit unions are also insured through a federal agency — the National Credit Union Administration. The two are considered virtually identical because the NCUA protects money held in a credit union up to $250,000 per account, just as the FDIC does with the money held in a bank account. “The only difference is not one taxpayer dollar has ever been spent to cover defaulted loans. Credit unions take care of themselves,” Neeper concluded.
VAN WERT COUNTY COURT NEWS
The following individuals appeared Wednesday before Judge Charles Steele in Van Wert County Common Pleas Court: Robert J. Fishbein, 48, Lima, charged with intimidation of a witness, a felony of the third degree, not guilty plea, was released on a bond, $150,000
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cash bond with ten percent rule, along with a $5,000 unsecured personal surety bond. A pretrial hearing is scheduled Nov. 9. Larry R. Brown, 63, Delphos, charged with assault of police officer, a felony of the fourth degree, not guilty plea, released on a $5,000 unsecured personal surety bond with a pretrial hearing scheduled for Nov. 9. Thomas E. Stocklin Jr., 54, Delphos, charged with burglary, a felony of the third degree; and theft from an elderly person, a felony of the fifth degree, held on a $10,000 cash bond along with a $5,000 unsecured personal surety bond. A pretrial hearing has been scheduled for Wednesday. Sean Smith, 26, Van Wert, charged with endangering children, a felony of the second degree, held on a $15,000 cash bond with a ten percent privilege along with a $5,000 unsecured personal surety bond. A pretrial hearing has been scheduled for Wednesday. All persons appearing on Grand Jury indictments entered not guilty pleas. Two of the three individuals indicted with the damage to a crane, diesel powered lighting equipment and other equipment at a windmill site in July of this year which resulted in almost $500,000 damage to the equipment entered pleas of guilty to negotiated pleas. Kyle J. Beech, 21, Van Wert, and Dustin E. Gamble, 20, Haviland both entered guilty pleas to vandalism, a felony of the fifth degree. Both admitted to causing damage to the portable diesel lighting equipment which had a value of more than $5,000 but less than $100,000. Judge Steele ordered a presentence investigation and scheduled sentencing for Dec. 14. Garrett Dienstberger, Delphos, found to be in viola-
tion of the bond conditions by consuming alcohol. Bond modified to be placed on EMHA. Diesnstberger to be sentenced on Nov. 2. Brandon Hershey, 24, Van Wert, entered a guilty plea to a charge of unlawful sexual conduct with a minor, a felony of the fourth degree. Hershey allegedly was involved in sexual conduct with a minor over the age of 13 but under the age of 16 during April of this year. Hershey faces up to 18 months in prison and would be classified a tier one sex offender requiring him to register annually with the sheriff for a period of 15 years.
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Mangas reported the district’s Safe Schools Survey results. Overall, 97 percent of students felt safe. Mangas said the district fared above the county average in all areas. Big Green Go-Getters coordinator Shelley Mumaw reported 88 students have signed up for the after-school program that starts Tuesday. Last year’s participation averaged 50 students. The offering is possible through a Safe and Healthy Schools Grant from the Putnam County Education Service Center. In other business, the board: • Granted permission for the senior class to plan a class trip to New York City April 4-8. Seniors are offering chicken barbecue dinners from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sunday at Lock 16. Tickets can be purchased from and senior; • Acknowledged the Ottoville Athletic Boosters for all the hard work and funds they have donated to the Ottoville Local Schools to benefit the students. Total contributed since 2002 is $338,858.47; • Thanked the following businesses for generous donations to Ottoville Local Schools: — Lock Sixteen Catering Inc. — $200 for face-painting at St. Rita’s Medical Center; and — Superior Federal Credit Union — $50 for new checking accounts. The next meeting will begin at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 15 in the elementary wing.
could say running is in his blood. “My goal is participate in an event in every state,” Ditmeyer said. “I already have the Boston Marathon and Disney race under my belt as well as races in Indians and Wisconsin, so I have a good start.” To practice for the Detroit race, Ditmeyer ran every day and just increased his time and distance. CLEVELAND (AP) — “I never ran 26 miles in These Ohio lotteries were drawn practice. That was really chal- Wednesday: lenging,” he said. “When Classic Lotto going over the bridge to Belle 12-22-29-40-46-48 Island, I started to experience Estimated jackpot: $49.79 M calf and hamstring issues but I Mega Millions just pushed through the pain to Estimated jackpot: $48 M finish. It’s an accomplishment. Pick 3 Evening Every time you finish, it’s a 4-7-7 great feeling. It doesn’t matter Pick 4 Evening if its 26 miles or a 5K.” 2-7-0-0 Powerball Ditmeyer is a member of 16-26-35-52-58, Powerball: 2, Peak Fitness and the Van Wert County YWCA. He and Power Play: 5 Estimated jackpot: $124 M his wife, Sara, have four chilRolling Cash 5 dren, Kelsey, 11, Logan, 7, 12-16-27-28-30 Madison, 4, and Natalia, 1 Estimated jackpot: $120,000 year and six months; and one Ten OH Evening on the way due in January. He 01-08-12-16-22-23-24-32-42is employed by Raabe Ford.
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Lions and tigers shot; owner freed them By ANDY BROWNFIELD and KANTELE FRANKO The Associated Press
ZANESVILLE — Amid expressions of horror and revulsion at the killing of dozens of wild animals in Ohio — and photographs of their bloody carcasses — animal rights advocates agreed there was little local authorities could have done to save the dangerous creatures once they began roaming the countryside after their owner released them before taking his own life. Sheriff’s deputies shot 48 animals — including 18 rare Bengal tigers and 17 lions — after Terry Thompson, owner of the private Muskingum County Animal Farm near Zanesville, threw their cages open Tuesday and then committed suicide. “What a tragedy,” said veterinarian Barb Wolfe, of The Wilds animal preserve sponsored by the Columbus Zoo. “We knew that ... there were so many dangerous animals at this place that eventually something bad would happen, but I don’t think anybody really knew it would be this bad.” As the hunt winded down on Wednesday, a photo showing the remains of tigers, bears and lions lined up and scattered in an open field went viral provoking visceral reactions among viewers, some of whom expressed their anger and sadness on social networking sites. Some local townspeople also were saddened by the deaths. At a nearby Moose Lodge, Bill Weiser said: “It’s breaking my heart, them shooting those animals.” Authorities said the slain animals would be buried on Thompson’s farm. Will Travers, chief executive of the California-based Born Free USA animal welfare and wildlife conservation organization, said police had no choice but to take the action they did. “It’s a tragedy for these particular animals, for no
fault of their own they’ve been shot, and I can see how difficult that decision was for the police,” he said. Jack Hanna, TV personality and former director of the Columbus Zoo, also defended the sheriff’s decision to kill the animals, calling deaths of the endangered Bengal tigers especially tragic. The animals destroyed also included six black bears, two grizzlies, a baboon, a wolf and three mountain lions. Six — three leopards, a grizzly bear and two monkeys — were captured and taken to the Columbus Zoo. “It’s like Noah’s Ark wrecking right here in Zanesville, Ohio,” Hanna said. The zoo said in a statement today the rescued animals seem to be doing very well. A wolf was later found dead, leaving a monkey as the only animal possibly still unaccounted for in the mostly rural community of farms, widely spaced homes and wooded areas about 55 miles east of Columbus. While the sheriff’s office said early today that the search for the monkey was still active, Sheriff Matt Lutz said the animal may no longer be a concern. “We have had no reported sightings of anything, and it’s a high probability that he could have been eaten by one of the big cats,” Lutz told the CBS “Early Show” today. Officers were ordered to kill the animals instead of trying to bring them down with tranquilizers for fear that those hit with darts would escape in the darkness before they dropped and would later regain consciousness. “There were so many animals running at large that I made the decision that we were not going to have wild animals running loose on our streets,” Lutz told CBS. “There was no way of telling which animals would lay down, where these animals would end up.” Veterinarian Wolfe had
tried to save a tiger in a heavy bramble by using a tranquilizer dart, but the animal charged her then tried to flee. It had to be shot and killed by sheriff’s deputies. “I was about 15 feet from him and took a shot, and it didn’t respond too much, and I thought we were OK, but within about 10 seconds he roared and started toward me,” she said. Sheriff’s Deputy Jonathan Merry, among the first to respond on Tuesday, said he shot a number of animals, including a gray wolf and a black bear who charged him from 7 feet away. He said he’s an animal lover and only took pride in knowing he was protecting the community. “All these animals have the ability to take a human out in the length of a second,” he said. The Humane Society of the United States criticized Gov. John Kasich for allowing a statewide ban on the buying and selling of exotic pets to expire in April and called for an emergency rule to crack down on exotic animals until the state comes up with a permanent legal solution. “Every month brings a new, bizarre, almost surreal incident involving privately-held, dangerous wild animals,” Wayne Pacelle, president and chief executive of the Humane Society, said in a statement. “In recent years, Ohioans have died and suffered injuries. ... Owners of large, exotic animals are a menace to society, and it’s time for the delaying on the rulemaking to end.” Activist group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals also called for emergency regulations and pointed the finger at Gov. John Kasich, saying the incident should serve as his “wake-up call.” “Surely, after this latest incident, enough blood has been shed for the state to take action,” the group said in a statement.
Dear EarthTalk: What’s the latest in regard to putting limits on greenhouse gas emissions in the U.S.? Is there any hope that Obama can get something done? — Bradley Johnson, Helena, MT Our best hope to date was 2009’s American Clean Energy and Security Act (ACES), a bill that called for the implementation of a “cap-and-trade” system to limit carbon dioxide emissions by capping overall emissions and allowing polluters to buy or sell greenhouse gas pollution credits—similar to what the European Union has been doing since 2005 to successfully reduce its own emissions—depending upon whether they were exceeding established limits or had succeeded in coming in below them. According to the bill, U.S. businesses needing to pollute more could buy emissions credits on the open market; those able to reduce emissions could sell their pollution credits on the same trading floor. Thus there is a built-in incentive to reduce emissions: If you exceed pollution limits you have to keep buying costly credits; and if you can get below limits you can profit from the sale of credits for the difference. Among the bill’s key provisions was a 17 percent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions below 2005 levels by 2020, with a mid-century goal of an 80 percent reduction. Also, billions of dollars would have gone to initiatives bolstering green transportation, energy efficiency and related research and development. The bill was
approved by the House in June 2009 by a narrow 219-212 vote. But Senate Democrats decided they didn’t have enough votes to get a version of the bill passed, and tabled the discussion. While ACES may not have made it into the law books, its passage by the House was significant as it represented the first time the legislative branch called for sweeping climate legislation. Also, the bill’s provisions served as a guideline for U.S. negotiators heading to Denmark later in 2009 for the COP15 international climate talks (although in the end nothing binding was agreed upon there). Then, in May 2010 Senators John Kerry and Joe Lieberman unveiled their own cap-andtrade climate bill for the Senate.
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Dubbed the American Power Act, it aimed to reduce overall U.S. greenhouse gas emissions by similar amounts as ACES. But with the nation still reeling from the effects of BP’s Gulf oil spill—the American Power Act include provisions for offshore drilling—and Senate Republicans leery of any climate legislation, the bill failed to make it to a floor vote. Some point the finger at a handful of Democratic Senators from coalproducing states for not supporting their party colleagues. Others say Obama wasn’t advocating strongly enough despite his campaign rhetoric on the topic. “The best one could plausibly hope for in the next Congress, assuming only modest Republican gains, is some sort of weak cap on utility emissions, possibly with some weak oil saving measures, though that would still require Obama to do what he refused to do under more favorable political circumstances—push hard for a bill,” writes commentator Joe Romm of Think Progress, a liberal political blog. Romm adds that it’s inconceivable to think the next Congress would even contemplate strong climate or clean energy legislation “without Obama undergoing a major strategy change and taking a very strong leadership role in crafting the bill and lobbying for the bill and selling it to the public.”
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Politics still stand in the way of efforts to limit U.S. greenhouse gas emissions. Two efforts, the American Clean Energy and Security Act (ACES) of 2009 and the American Power Act of 2010, got tabled or failed to make it to the Senate floor for a vote. ACES was, however, passed by a narrow margin in the House of Representatives, the first time the legislative branch has called for sweeping climate legislation.
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“No persons are more frequently wrong, than those who will not admit they are wrong.” — Francois, Duc de la Rochefoucauld, French moralist (1613-1680).
GOP primary contest getting nasty, personal By KASIE HUNT and PHILIP ELLIOTT Associated Press
IT WAS NEWS THEN One Year Ago • After months of controversy, the Van Wert County Hospital Commission will transfer the Van Wert County Hospital to the Van Wert County Hospital Association. The commission agreed to transfer the hospital deed Tuesday night by a 4-3 vote. The proposed agreement will transfer the building and grounds for $1. 25 Years Ago — 1986 • Game 2 of the World Series featured a matchup between fireballers Dwight Gooden and Roger Clemens. That was a bust. Gold Glove first baseman Keith Hernandez played for the Mets and committed the crucial error Sunday night. And Wade Boggs, the AL batting champion helped save the day for the Red Sox. In fact, Boston’s 9-3 victory over the Mets was somewhat of a shocker, for it sends the American League champions home to Fenway Park with a sweep of the first two games at Shea Stadium. • St. John’s Fall Festival served 6,379 dinners Saturday and Sunday. The number of the dinners served was down by 209 from last year, according to St. John’s High School Principal George Adams, festival chairman. “It was a success and hopefully we will hit our goal (of $100,000),” Adams said. • The monthly meeting of Ottoville Growing Together, Ohio Child Conservation League was recently held in the home of Dottie Oberg with 17 members present. Shirley Beining was co-hostess. Marge Kehres was inducted into the club as a new member. The raffle was won by Rosie Heitmeyer. 50 Years Ago — 1961 • A Delphos firm has announced that it will sponsor a special sale in observance of its third anniversary here. The Central Soft Water Service is operated by Lee and Ken Wittler at 125 E. Third St. and is completing three years of service to Delphos and the surrounding area. • The St. John’s Altar-Rosary Society held its first business meeting of the season Wednesday night in the Little Theater of the school. The president, Mrs. Frank Will, outlined the various activities of the society for the next two months. The Rt. Rev. Msgr. Carl F. Reineck, pastor of St. John’s Church, addressed the meeting after which Mrs. Charles H. Myers and Loyola Reineck showed slides taken while on their trips abroad. • The Van Wert County Sheriffs Department Auxiliary will sponsor a performance of the famous Grand Ol’ Opry of Nashville, Tennessee, on Nov. 22 at the fairgrounds in Van Wert. Proceeds will be used for Van Wert emergency equipment. 75 Years Ago — 1936 • Anne Sullivan Macy, companion and teacher of Helen Keller for 49 years, died today in the home she shared with Miss Keller and Polly Thomson, who is Miss Keller’s secretary. She first became associated with Helen Keller in 1886 when she became teacher to the seven-year-old child who had been deprived of sight and hearing by a babyhood attack of scarlet fever. • One of the best Mardi Gras ever held in Delphos is being planned to be held here Oct. 29. There will be the usual prizes for persons in costumes in the big parade which will be staged in connection with the celebration. Street dancing will be the closing feature of the evening. • A fine display of honey is being shown in the display window of the King & Stallkamp Drug Store, North Main Street. This honey is the product of the Tri-county Honey Packers Association and is all filtered honey. Delphos is known as the great bee and honey center of the country and the most modern methods are employed by the local beekeepers in the handling of the bees and the preparation of the honey for the market.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Citigroup has agreed to pay $285 million to settle civil fraud charges that it misled buyers of a complex mortgage investment just as the housing market was starting to collapse. The Securities and Exchange Commission said Wednesday that the big Wall Street bank bet against the investment in 2007 and made $160 million in fees and profits. Investors lost millions. Citigroup neither admitted nor denied the SEC’s allegations in the settlement. “We are pleased to put this matter behind us and are focused on contributing to the economic recovery, serving our clients and growing responsibly,” Citigroup said in a statement. The penalty is the biggest involving a Wall Street firm accused of misleading investors before the financial crisis since Goldman Sachs & Co. paid $550 million to settle similar charges last year. JPMorgan Chase & Co. resolved similar charges in June and paid $153.6 million. All the cases have involved complex investments called collateralized debt obligations. Those are securities that are backed by pools of other assets, such as mortgages. Citigroup’s payment includes the fees and profit it earned, plus $30 million in interest and a $95 million penalty. The money will be returned to the investors, the SEC said. In the July-September quarter, Citigroup earned $3.8 billion. CEO Vikram Pandit this year was awarded a multi-year bonus package that could be worth nearly $23.4 million if performance goals are met. At the height of the financial crisis in 2008, regulators worried that Citigroup was on the brink of failure. It received $45 billion as part of the $700 billion government bailout. In the civil lawsuit filed Wednesday, the SEC said Citigroup traders discussed in late 2006 the possibility of buying financial instruments to essentially bet on the failure of the mortgage assets being assembled in the deal. Rating agencies downgraded most of the investments that Citigroup had bundled together just as many troubled homeowners stopped paying their mortgages in late 2007. That pushed the investment into default and cost its buyers’ — hedge funds and investment managers — several hundred million dollars in losses. Among the biggest losers were Ambac, a bond insurer, and BNP Paribas, a European bank. Ambac had sold Citigroup protection against losses on the investment, allowing Citigroup to bet against it. Hedge funds had asked Citigroup to sell them investments that would decline if the housing market crashed. Citigroup did so, and wanted to get in on the action, the SEC said. Citigroup bet that the investments would fail, but never told investors it had done so, SEC enforcement chief Robert Khuzami said in a conference call. “Key facts regarding how the structure was put together were not made available to (investors), and they suffered losses as a result,” he said.
LAS VEGAS — Talk about nasty. The bitter, face-to-face sniping at this week’s Republican debate was just a prelude to the coming weeks as Mitt Romney’s rivals seek to tear him down before the leadoff Iowa caucuses. Increasingly on the defensive, Romney is being hammered on old issues — like an accusation of hiring illegal immigrants to work on his yard — and is creating new openings for everyone from Rick Perry to President Barack Obama. “You won’t hear a lot of shape-shifting nuance from me,” Perry told Republicans gathered in Las Vegas on Wednesday, hitting Romney anew the day after the two sparred onstage during a debate. “I’m going to give the American people a huge, big old helping of unbridled truth.” The target was Romney, who over the years has reversed his positions on a series of issues that conservatives champion. And the sharper, more personal tone seems sure to shape the campaign in the next month as Perry looks to undercut the former Massachusetts governor’s standing at the head of the pack. Obama’s team, too, wasted little time in going after Romney in personal terms. “The core principle driving
Mitt Romney? Getting elected,” Obama campaign manager Jim Messina told reporters in a conference call. Appearing unruffled at the attacks, Romney kept his focus on Obama and the economy on Wednesday, saying: “He should be less concerned about keeping his own job and spend more time helping the millions who are unemployed.” But more criticism against Romney is certain to come from fellow Republicans as the race for the GOP nomination enters a new phase and the 2012 general election inches closer. For now, Romney tops state surveys and national polls, including the latest Associated Press-GfK survey, in the GOP campaign. Perry’s and Romney’s other rivals have mere weeks to change that dynamic before the Iowa caucuses on Jan. 3. After five debates since Labor Day, the candidates won’t meet again in that setting until mid-November. So they’ll be mixing it up mostly from afar — on the campaign trail, on the Internet and, soon, in television advertising by the candidates themselves as well as by Super PACs that are working on their behalf and can spend as much money as they raise. The candidates will cross paths at a dinner in Iowa this weekend where they will try to court cultural conservatives who haven’t yet rallied behind a single contender. It’s a prime setting for candidates like
Perry, Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann, businessman Herman Cain and others looking to emerge as the alternative to Romney. Iowa conservatives have long viewed Romney skeptically for his reversals on abortion rights and gay rights, and they have viewed his Mormon faith warily. Perry also will give an economic speech on Tuesday in South Carolina. Romney contends his business background makes him the strongest Republican in the field able to take on Obama on the economy, and Perry needs to counter that. The Texan will point to his state’s job growth during his tenure as governor, and, in a bid to win over fiscal conservatives, he plans to call for tax changes that would apply the same rate to all citizens, regardless of income level. Previewing the proposal, Perry said Wednesday that jumpstarting the economy “starts with scrapping the 3 million words of the current tax code and starting over with something much simpler: a flat tax. I want to make the tax code so simple that even Timothy Geithner can file his taxes on time.” It was a reference to Obama’s Treasury secretary. Behind the scenes, the candidates with the most money — Perry and Romney — and their allied groups are gearing up for the inevitable TV ad war. Each campaign is sitting on roughly $15 million and counting, and there are less than 75 days before the Iowa caucuses.
at Romney’s perceived strength — his record as a businessman in the face of a flat-line economy. It was a strategy Republicans employed against Kerry, who had to fend off charges of flip-flopping himself and whose strength as a decorated Vietnam veteran running in the first post-Sept. 11 election was undermined by attack ads. A key feature of the Obama strategy is Romney’s tenure as head of Bain Capital, a private equity firm he co-founded in 1984 that saved and launched businesses such as Staples and Domino’s Pizza but sliced jobs elsewhere through cost-cutting and consolidation. It’s not the first time Romney’s tenure at the helm of Bain Capital has come under attack. Sen. Edward Kennedy pulled away from Romney during his 1994 Senate race in Massachusetts by airing a series of ads that featured workers from an Indiana paper plant that Bain took over, laying off employees, cutting wages and reducing benefits. “Basically, he cut our throats,” a worker said in one of the ads. “When we made the decision to define him to voters of Massachusetts and took a hard line in doing so, we had a lot
of success,” said Democratic consultant Tad Devine, who crafted the ads for Kennedy and later served as a senior adviser to Kerry’s presidential campaign. Obama advisers are keenly aware of Kennedy’s line of attack and are counting on similar results. “In his professional life, he was an expert in stripping down companies and leading them to bankruptcy and profiting from these ventures, with a lot of jobs lost in the process,” said Obama strategist David Axelrod, previewing a potential line of attack. “Whenever you’re running for president of the United States and you represent yourself in a certain way and you say here’s my core asset, then you need to be able to stand by your record,” Axelrod added in an interview. “It was problematic for him then; it will be problematic for him now.” Republicans concede that Romney could be vulnerable. But they say the Romney camp should be ready for the onslaught. Michael Dennehy, a New Hampshire-based Republican strategist, said he remembers Kennedy’s anti-Romney ads as being “just brutal and very, very effective.”
He will join the U.S. delegation at talks with North Korea on Monday and Tuesday in Geneva, the second direct U.S.-North Korean negotiations in less than three months. The delegation will be led by the current envoy, Stephen Bosworth, who has held the job since February 2009 but in a part-time capacity. Bosworth will then resign. Today, North Korea repeated calls for the immediate resumption of six-nation disarmament-for-aid talks, saying denuclearization is essential for world peace. “To bring the process for the denuclearization of the peninsula back to its track, it is necessary to pay primary attention to building trust between (North Korea) and the United States ... and resume the sixparty talks without preconditions at an early date,” the official Korean Central News Agency said in a commentary. Leader Kim Jong Il said in a written interview published Wednesday by Russia’s ITAR-Tass news agency that North Korea has a “nuclear deterrent force” to protect it from Washington.
“The nuclear issue on the Korean peninsula arose through the fault of the USA, which constantly threatens the sovereignty and security of our people,” Kim was quoted as saying. Kim, however, called for the nuclear talks’ resumption, saying denuclearization is a testament to his late father, North Korea founder Kim Il Sung. On today in Beijing, Chinese foreign ministry spokeswoman Jiang Yu said: “We welcome the U.S. and (North Korea) engaging in dialogue. We also hope that the relevant parties can maintain the momentum of dialogue and contact, show flexibility and create conditions for the quick resumption of the six-party talks.” Also, the U.S. this week began negotiations with the North on resuming the search for the remains of service members missing from the 1950-53 Korean War. Coming after nearly two years of minimal contact, it is a flurry of diplomacy, but the administration stresses that despite the personnel change, its policy has not changed.
Dems target Romney, draw from past By JIM KUHNHENN Associated Press
WASHINGTON — A beleaguered president seeks reelection. His challenger, a candidate with Massachusetts roots and a presidential demeanor straight out of central casting, has to fight through a primary contest fending off charges of flip-flopping. In the end, the challenger’s strength also proves his vulnerability. Election 2012 is looking a lot like the presidential race of 2004. Democrats in and around President Barack Obama’s campaign are preparing to run against former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney — the man they believe likely to emerge from the Republican contest — by borrowing from the playbook George W. Bush and Republicans used to defeat Sen. John Kerry seven years ago. As candidates, Kerry and Romney are remarkably similar. Both are wealthy men, products of Massachusetts politics, eloquent on the stump but perceived as remote or aloof on the campaign circuit. Even before Romney has won a single nominating contest, Obama’s camp is singling him out as a fickle politician and is preparing to go straight
US envoy on NKorea faces tough mission By MATTHEW PENNINGTON Associated Press
WASHINGTON — The new U.S. envoy on North Korea is no stranger to nuclear diplomacy and finding ways to deal with prickly adversaries such as Iran. His new assignment, however, could be his toughest yet: persuading a defiant regime that boasts about its nuclear weapons to give up its arsenal in return for aid. Glyn Davies, the U.S. ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency, takes up his new job as the Obama administration deepens its engagement with Pyongyang — seeking to manage the risk of another military or nuclear provocation by the North. On Wednesday, the U.S. announced new talks with the North. Davies is a career diplomat who served as a State Department deputy spokesman during the presidency of Bill Clinton. Before his current posting in Vienna, he held a senior position in the department’s bureau for East Asia and the Pacific.
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TODAY 5:30 p.m. — The Delphos Canal Commission meets at the museum, 241 N. Main St. 5-7 p.m. — The Interfaith Thrift Shop is open for shopping. 7 p.m. — Spencerville Local Schools Board of Education meets. St. John’s Athletic Boosters meet in the Little Theatre. 7:30 p.m. — Delphos Chapter 26 Order of the Eastern Star meets at the Masonic Temple on North Main Street. Delphos VFW Auxiliary meets at the VFW Hall, 213 W. Fourth St. FRIDAY 7:30 a.m. — Delphos Optimist Club, A&W DriveIn, 924 E. Fifth St. 11:30 a.m. — Mealsite at Delphos Senior Citizen Center, 301 Suthoff Street. 1-4 p.m. — Interfaith Thrift Store is open for shopping. SATURDAY 9 a.m.-noon — Interfaith Thrift Store, North Main Street. St. Vincent DePaul Society, located at the east edge of the St. John’s High School parking lot, is open. 10 a.m to 2 p.m. — Delphos Postal Museum is open. 12:15 p.m. — Testing of warning sirens by Delphos Fire and Rescue 1-3 p.m. — Delphos Canal Commission Museum, 241 N. Main St., is open. 5 p.m. — Delphos Coon and Sportsman’s Club hosts a chicken fry. 7 p.m. — Bingo at St. John’s Little Theatre. SUNDAY 1-3 p.m. — The Delphos Canal Commission Annex Museum, 241 N. Main St., is open. 1-4 p.m. — Putnam County Museum is open, 202 E. Main St. Kalida. 1:30 p.m. — Amvets Post 698 Auxiliary meets at the Amvets post in Middle Point. 4 p.m. — Amvets Post 698 regular meeting at the Amvets post in Middle Point. 7:30 p.m. — Sons of Amvets Post 698 meet at Amvets Post in Middle Point. MONDAY 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. — Ottoville Branch Library is open. 11:30 a.m. — Mealsite at Delphos Senior Citizen Center, 301 Suthoff Street. 7 p.m. — Ottoville village council meets at the municipal building. Marion Township Trustees meet at the township house. 7:30 p.m. — Delphos Eagles Aerie 471 meets at the Eagles Lodge. TUESDAY 11:30 a.m. — Mealsite at Delphos Senior Citizen Center, 301 Suthoff Street. 6 p.m. — Weight Watchers meets at Trinity United Methodist Church, 211 E. Third St. 7 p.m. — Delphos Area Simply Quilters meets at the Delphos Area Chamber of Commerce, 306 N. Main St. 7:30 p.m. — Alcoholics Anonymous, First Presbyterian Church, 310 W. Second St. 8:30 p.m. — Elida village council meets at the town hall. 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. 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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Under the Covers ... With Sara Berelsman I have been on a spiritual quest of sorts for some time now, and decided to read Conversations With God: An Uncommon Dialogue by Neale Donald Walsch at the recommendation of a student. I was admittedly skeptical upon hearing about the book, the first in a series by Walsch, which is exactly how it sounds. The author sat down one day with some tough and heavy questions in his heart – questions for God – and so he began writing. What happened next became his first book. As Walsch wrote his questions down, something amazing began happening ... God began to answer. Now you, like I was, might be a bit incredulous about this whole situation. I know plenty of people who pray and talk to God, but not too many who claim to get actual responses, especially in paragraph form. Nevertheless, I attempted to suspend all disbelief when reading this book. As “crazy” as it may seem that God decided to speak to this one man, and would provoke anyone to ask, “Why?” I suppose anything could be possible, and the answer could also be, “Why not?” The feedback God provides in this book are what some read-
ers might find more unbelievable, as Walsch’s God is not necessarily the embodiment of what maybe the average person conceives Him to be. God in this book has a strong sense of humor, even an acerbic wit. His comebacks are honest and raw. This is actually what I like about the book, as this is how I’ve always thought of God. He has to have a sense of humor if he made me, right? So basically this is a book that is not unequivocally in line with the standard Christian readings many people will be used to. It thinks outside the box, but that is why I like it. God answers many questions in this book, questions I have often wondered the answers to. One tidbit that stuck out to me in reading it is that God genuinely wants us to live our lives in such a way as to benefit others; reading the Bible or going to church is nice, but to embody a lifestyle of activities that really help to change the world is the ultimate goal. He says at one point, “There is only one reason to do anything: as a statement to the universe of Who You Are.” As you might suspect, Walsch has attracted numerous fans upon his writing of
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Wildcats try to derail Bulldogs By JIM METCALFE [email protected]
Defensive Coordinator Ben Rahrig a lot of credit for really getting these guys better on the basic fundamentals, like tackThe typical clash of con- ling. That has been a struggle trasting styles will take place this year but an area of great Friday night at Stadium improvement as our Park in Delphos. young guys have gotGround-hugging ten more playing time. Jefferson will match its Plus, our offensive line trench warfare against has taken control and pass-happy Ada in a allowed us to get our Northwest Conference running game going; clash. they have executed Though the Wildcats the blocking scheme (4-4, 3-3 NWC) are much better as we’ve basically out of the KORTOKRAX gone along.” league race and the playThe Bulldogs have off chase (17th in Region 18), been putting up their usual they can still throw a monkey scoring numbers — almost wrench in the hopes of the 50 points a game — but in Bulldogs’ (7-1, 5-1) in both the mind of Coach Fell, the the NWC race and the playoffs defense has been average. (4th in Region 24). “Konnor has thrown for Even that description of 2,200 yards and 33 touchdowns the Bulldogs is not entirely versus only five picks. Kellen accurate, either, according has run for over 800 yards; our to Delphos head man Bub offense has been doing well Lindeman. despite replacing four “They are still in of our five starting the spread offense but linemen,” Fell noted. they seem more will“Defensively, we lost ing to hand the ball off three all-state players to Kellen Decker. As and our entire defenwell, when the receivers sive line, so we’ve aren’t open and the play been rebuilding. We breaks down, Konnor have two freshmen, Baker is more than willtwo sophomores and STANT ing to take off and run, or three others that have keep the play alive,” Lindeman not played varsity football noted. “Offensively, they are before. I hate to think of where just solid. Jacob Ansley is their we’d be without our two leadtop target outside and they ing tacklers, linebackers Chris seem more willing to throw Bealscher (107 tackles) and to Decker out of the backfield Ansley (85). Plus, we’ve had but overall, I don’t think they some injuries in our secondhave the multiple weapons ary, so we’ve had to have they have had in the past; nor some different guys start and have they speed they are used play.” to. They just are sound in what Ansley has caught 35 passthey do. What our defense has es for 850 yards (14 scores) to do is recognize their routes, and Matt Wilcox has 20 as well as make sure we are in catches (450 yards, 5 TDs). position to handle Decker and However, Ada will be without Baker when they get the ball. third receiver Cole Simon (10 “Defensively, we see a typ- scores) due to injury. ical Mike Fell defense: they Fell makes no bones about are going to be aggressive and what his crew has to do against blitz at least one, if not two, Jefferson. linebackers and play man-to“They have Miller, who is man in the secondary. What big and strong at running back; that might allow, if we can Buzard gives them a quicker, pick up those blitzers, is for us more explosive option in the to get a couple of big plays. backfield. Jettinghoff is pretty “We want to control the athletic and has improved a football; our best defense is lot in both running and passa good offense. We want to ing,” Fell added. “Their offengrind it out and that seems to sive line has really come on be what we’ve gotten back to as the season has moved on. doing the last couple of weeks Defensively, their line will as our offensive line gels.” get after us and their two For an offense that puts up inside linebackers, Miller and 28.3 points and 304.3 yards Buzard, are pretty good. Plus, (188 rushing) per game, that they have some guys on the means that runners like senior perimeter that are athletic and Curtis Miller (83 rushes, can guard receivers. 529 yards, 11 scores), junior “Our keys are two-fold; we Quentin Wessell (86 totes, have to not let them drive up 460 yards, 2) and sophomore and down the field and possess Zavier Buzard (43 for 237, 2) the ball and we have to keep will likely get a lot of work, our offense on the field. The especially if the rain contin- key to both sides is the line of ues. That should open up the scrimmage.” play-action passing game as Kickoff Friday is at 7:30 well with sophomore Austin p.m. Jettinghoff (53-of-91 passing, 873 yards, 14 scores, 3 picks) throwing to the likes of senior Tony George (17 catches, 339 yards, 3), senior Shayn Klinger Indians end Bearcats’ (10 for 163, 4), sophomore volleyball season tight end Ross Thompson (8 COLDWATER — for 172, 4) and Wessell (8 Fort Recovery dispatched for 63). Linemen like Geoff Spencerville 25-14, 25-13, Ketcham (19 pancake blocks), Justin Rode (11) and Evan 25-11 in the Coldwater Stant (7) are also expected to Division IV volleyball sectional held Wednesday lead the way. The defense, yielding 25.4 night at The Palace. The Bearcats (4-19) points and 294.3 yards (120.1 passing), will also have to do were led by senior Devan its part chasing down Baker, Hanjora (15 digs), junior Decker and Company with Shelby Mulholland (9 leaders such as Wessell (46 kills; 1 block solo; 2 aces) solos, 14 assists, 5 for loss), and freshman Schylar Miller Thompson (48 and 11, 6 for (11 assists). loss), Rode (50 and 7, 5 for The Indians (7-16) loss; 7 sacks), Zac Bland (34 advance to the sectional and 17), Drew Kortokrax (37 finals versus St. Henry (21and 10), Miller (29 and 13) 1) to be held at Coldwater and George (4 picks). As well, special teams play on Saturday, approximately will likely be another key with 20 minutes following the Kortokrax (31 punts, 38.6 first match between Marion yards per), Jared Boop (10-of- Local (19-4) and Parkway 11 extra points) and Wessell as (18-5) at 3 p.m. St. Henry (21-1) vs Ft. the kickoff specialist. The Wildcats currently Recovery (7-16) - approxihave a 2-game winning streak mately 20 minutes followafter belting Sidney Lehman ing match 1 27-7. ---“It’s week 8 and it’s a matLancers dispatch ter of the maturation process. Commodores in sectional These guys have worked hard volleyball from the start of this season ELIDA — Lincolnview and they have gained experiwon its Elida Division IV ence; as that has happened, Sectional opener Wednesday they have adjusted to the night, eliminating Perry speed of the varsity game,” 25-15, 25-14, 26-24. Lindeman added. “I give
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Lady Jeffcats wallop Pirates in sectional volleyball By JIM METCALFE [email protected]
OTTOVILLE — Everyone is on the same page when the tournament rolls around: lose and you go home for good. The young Jefferson volleyball team has been trying to mature in 2011 and took advantage of a young, inexperienced and thin Continental unit, downing the Lady Pirates 25-7, 25-10, 25-13 Wednesday night at the Ottoville Division IV Sectional. “We came out ready to go. We’ve had a great week of practice, focusing just on that,” Jefferson coach Joy Early noted. “We limited our mistakes; we’ve had many matches where that number got way too high and we’ve been cutting those down as we’ve matured. Everything we did tonight worked well: serving, passing, hitting, everything.” For Continental coach Kristin Stechschulte, it was a season full of struggle. “We started off with 11 and are now down to seven due to injuries and other factors. We don’t have good numbers right now and we don’t have many in junior high, either,” Stechschulte explained. “We’ve got two girls that have only played the sport for two years; they played soccer until they started high school.” The Pirates (0-22) got the first point of the match but the Wildcats (2-19) got it
going on a kill by sophomore Rileigh Stockwell (8 kills; 4 aces; 4 digs). It helped the Red and White cause that the Pirates, in only their second season back at the varsity level after dissolving the program for a season due to poor numbers, struggled in finding any consistency in the hitting department (29 errors), leading to runs of 7-0, 7-0 and 6-0 by the Lady Jeffcats. Either that, or Stockwell, classmate Katie Goergens (7 kills; 3 aces) and junior Fallon Van Dyke (6 kills; 6 aces; 7 assists) were controlling the net against an overmatched Pirate unit. Plus, six out of 19 aces in the first set made things easy for the Wildcats, with an ace by Van Dyke on set point putting the Red and White up 1-0. Things didn’t get any better for the Blue and Gold in set 2. With only one tie — Tom Morris photo 1-1 — the Wildcats proved to Jefferson’s volleyball team was often quicker at the net be too steady for the Pirates. Wednesday night in their sectional matchup at Ottoville. A 7-0 spurt — with three Sophomore Katie Goergens puts down a kill as Lady Pirate kills by Stockwell — got the Gabby Young is late for the block attempt. Wildcats going. The biggest Senior Kelsey Goodwin spurt by the Pirates — 4-0 — backups in as the set wore was answered by a closing on, using a 7-0 spurt to blow added a team-leading five 7-0 spurt, finished off by a the set open at 21-6. From digs for the Lady ’Cats. “I have a good group of an ace by freshman Brooke there, it was a matter of time Culp (14 assists; 3 aces for a for the Delphos crew as an girls; they keep at it and we ace by Culp finished off the get better each game. That’s 2-set edge. all anyone can ask in our situThe Wildcats opened set sweep. “We have two more good ation,” Stechschulte added. 3 with a 6-0 — keyed by Leading the Pirates were three Stockwell aces and a days to practice for Crestview kill by Culp — and they and we will; these girls have sophomore Tia Escamilla (5 steadily added to that lead. worked hard all season. They blocks, 2 stuffs; 2 kills) and The Pirates struggled return- beat us in three earlier this junior Krystal Prowant (4 ing serve, making it impos- year but we’re going to give kills; 2 aces). Jefferson will battle sible to get many quality hits. it our best Saturday,” Early Crestview 6 p.m. Saturday. Early got some of her deeper added.
Wheldon loses life doing what he loved
By JIM METCALFE [email protected]
The death of Dan Wheldon Sunday in the IndyCar finale struck the racing world hard. After the 15-car crash at Las Vegas Motor Speedway just 12 laps in, he was airlifted to the local hospital and the race was held up for two hours. When it was announced that he had died, the racers decided to end the race right there, instead finishing up with a 5-lap tribute to the man. Nice gesture. By all accounts that I have read, he was a truly good guy. He started this season unemployed, “came off the bench” to win the Indy 500 and then went back to the unemployment line. He never lost his perspective, though, even amid the unfairness of being a champion on the circuit, both past and present, and still unable to find a job. He still promoted the heck out of IndyCar whenever he could; he became an ambassador for the sport that no one would give him a full-time ride in. He got the chance at the
500 because of a friend, team owned Bryan Herta, putting together a 1-race package. He was in this race Sunday because he was the official test driver for the new race car series starting next season and he was promoting it. He had two children with his wife, Susie, including a newborn. By all accounts, he was still happy and at peace with his lot in life. He was one guy who I think understood the “common man” and the plight that many are going through today. An aside here: think the NBA and its players could learn a lesson about how very fortunate they ALL are to be playing a game and making a darn good living? My best guess, though, is that he died doing what he loved. This was what he knew and he understood the risks, as did his wife, and chances are she understood that and supported him. It doesn’t take away the sorrow we should feel for a 33-year-old dying, even in such a risky sport as auto
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Local roundup Leading the Lady Lancers were Becca Adam (19/19 serving, 1 ace; 76/78 setting, 31 assists), Carley Springer (20/24 hitting, 15 kills), Ashley McClure (16/16 hitting, 11 kills) and Whitney Miller (15 digs). Lincolnview will play Ada at 6 p.m. Saturday back at Elida. ----Elida boys shut out Redskins in sectional soccer SHAWNEE — Elida’s Drew Laing stopped six Wapakoneta shots on-goal and the offense put three in the goal as the Bulldog boys eliminated the Redskins 3-0 in Division II sectional soccer action Wednesday at Shawnee High School. Scoring for the Bulldogs (4-11-2) were two from Jerod Houston and one from Riley Overholt. Wapak (8-8-1) outshot the ’Dawgs 7-6. Elida faces off with St. Marys Memorial 2 p.m. Saturday.
---Tournament soccer matches postponed The Kalida vs. Ottoville sectional soccer finals at Kalida scheduled for 7 p.m. this evening has been postponed until 5:30 p.m. Saturday. The boys soccer sectional final between Bluffton and Ada at Continental High School has been postponed until 2 p.m. Saturday. The sectional final between Continental and Liberty Center will still be played on Saturday but will begin at 4 p.m. -----Bluffton keeps shutout streak alive in 1-0 win over Spartans N O R T H MANCHESTER, Ind. The Bluffton University women’s soccer team conquered the rain and the Spartans in a 1-0 shutout of Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference rival Manchester College on Wednesday. With the fifth straight blanking, the Lady Beavers have clinched their firstever winning season as well as the most victories by a
racing. I am also sure he was worried about his two children even while trying to earn his living in a dangerous world. By all accounts, it shook other drivers up pretty good, even those not involved in that fiery crash. It took the national TV death of Dale Earnhardt Sr., to get NASCAR to look into ways to improve the safety of the sport. We’ll see what happens here. I also found these two items the other day: one, a Texas high school football coach died Tuesday after collapsing Sunday. The second was about a 16-year-old high school football player from Phoenix, New York, who died after collapsing during a game. In the first case, Timberview High School offensive coordinator Cody McCarty died at the age of
Bluffton women’s soccer team. Bluffton improved to 9-3-1 overall and 4-2 in the HCAC with its schoolrecord eighth shutout of the season. Manchester slipped to 5-9-1 and 3-3 in the conference. Two days of rain made for sloppy field conditions and poor footing with neither team being able to find the back of the net during the first half of action. With just under 30 minutes to play, sophomore Jessica Ramirez (Archbold) connected with junior Maddie Moore (Linn Grove, Ind./South Adams) for the only goal of the contest. The Bluffton defense did the rest, completing its fifth consecutive shutout and eighth of the season. Bluffton fired away to the tune of a 16-8 advantage in shots, including 10-4 on frame. The home team committed three more fouls (11-8) and forced one more corner kick (3-2) than the Beavers. Moore finished with four shots, two on target, while sophomore Aimee Whitmer (Tontogany/Otsego) and See LOCAL ROUNDUP, page 7
29. No official cause is yet available. He is the son of Mickey McCarty, who won a Super Bowl with the Kansas City Chiefs in 1969 who suffered a stoke at 35, was a heart transplant recipient and then died of pancreatic cancer last year. The son followed the dad to TCU and played tight end from 2000-04. The second was involving 16-year-old Ridge Barden of John C. Birdlebough High School, who collapsed after an apparent helmet-to-helmet collision in a game Friday versus Homer High School. It was ruled by the Cortland County coroner that he suffered a massive subdural hematoma, a traumatic brain injury. Apparently, there had been no injury or condition that contributed to this death. Rest in peace. Did the Cincinnati Bengals make a good move trading Carson Palmer to the Raiders for a first-rounder in 2012 and a conditional second-rounder in 2013? The second-rounder can become a first-rounder in the Raiders make the AFC title game in the next two years. The spirit of Al Davis lives on in the Raiders’ camp. The Bengals must be sold on Andy Dalton as the quarterback of the present and future for owner Mike Brown to change his mind and make this deal when he steadfastly refused to do so before. I am no Raiders’ fan — by any stretch of the imagination — but this is a good trade for a franchise that needs to win now. It is still a risk: a quarterback that will have some selfimposed rust to work off and has not been the same — due to injuries — the last three years with the Bengals. Still, if he is even remotely what he was when he was leading the Bengals to at least be playoff contenders, it is worth the risk, especially with Jason Campbell done for at least six weeks and with Kyle Boller and Terrelle Pryor the backups. He is from California, so he is closer to home. The weather will be an improvement for him from the Queen City. Plus, Raiders coach Hue Jackson recruited him to and coached him at USC and later as an assistant with the Bengals. Now what will the Bengals do with two extra picks, at least one a first-rounder, in the next two drafts?
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La Russa’s moves pay off, Cards win Series opener
High School standings week 8 Northwest Ohio Football Standings – 2011 Regular Season League All Games BLANCHARD VALLEY CONFERENCE Liberty-Benton 7-0 Leipsic 7-0 McComb 6-1 Arcadia 4-3 Arlington 3-4 Van Buren 3-4 Cory-Rawson 3-4 Pandora-Gilboa 2-5 Vanlue 0-7 Hardin-Northern 0-7
Parkway Fort Recovery St. Henry New Bremen 8-0 7-1 6-2 5-3 4-4 4-4 3-5 2-6 1-7 0-8
MIDWEST ATHLETIC CONFERENCE Marion Local 6-0 Coldwater 5-1 St. John’s 5-1 Versailles 4-2 Anna 3-3 Minster 3-3
2-4 1-5 1-5 0-6
3-5 3-5 1-7 0-8
NORTHWEST CENTRAL CONFERENCE Waynesfield-Goshen 3-1 Fairbanks 3-1 Perry 3-1 Ridgemont 1-2 Upper Scioto Valley 1-2 Riverside 0-4
5-3 5-3 3-5 2-6 1-7 0-8
NORTHWEST CONFERENCE Lima Central Catholic 6-0 8-0 Ada 5-1 7-1 Spencerville 5-2 6-2 Columbus Grove 3-3 5-3 Crestview 3-3 4-4 Jefferson 3-3 4-4 Bluffton 2-4 4-4 Allen East 1-6 1-7 Paulding 0-6 0-8
THREE RIVERS ATHLETIC CONFERENCE Tol. Whitmer 5-0 8-0 Findlay 4-1 7-1 Tol. Cent. Cath. 4-1 6-2 Tol. St. John’s Jes. 3-2 6-2 Fremont Ross 2-3 5-3 Tol. St. Francis DeS. 2-3 3-5 Lima Senior 0-5 1-7 Oregon Clay 0-5 1-7
WESTERN BUCKEYE LEAGUE Kenton 7-0 8-0 Wapakoneta 7-0 8-0 Ottawa-Glandorf 5-2 6-2 Elida 4-3 5-3 Bath 3-4 4-4 Defiance 3-4 4-4 Shawnee 3-4 4-4 St. Marys 2-5 3-5 Celina 1-6 1-7 Van Wert 0-7 0-8
7-1 6-2 5-3 6-2 5-3 5-3
NHL glance The Associated Press EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W Pittsburgh 8 4 Philadelphia 5 4 N.Y. Islanders 4 3 New Jersey 4 3 N.Y. Rangers 4 1 Northeast Division GP W Toronto 5 4 Buffalo 5 4 Boston 6 2 Montreal 5 1 Ottawa 6 1 Southeast Division GP W Washington 5 5 Carolina 6 3 Florida 5 3 Tampa Bay 6 1 Winnipeg 5 1 WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division GP W Detroit 4 4 Chicago 5 3 Nashville 5 2 St. Louis 6 2 Columbus 6 0 Northwest Division GP W Colorado 6 5 Minnesota 6 2 Edmonton 5 2 Vancouver 6 2 Calgary 5 2 Pacific Division GP W Dallas 6 5 Anaheim 5 4 Los Angeles 5 3 Phoenix 5 2 San Jose 4 1
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NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. Tuesday’s Results Carolina 4, Boston 1 Washington 3, Florida 0 Dallas 3, Columbus 2 Buffalo 3, Montreal 1 Philadelphia 7, Ottawa 2 Pittsburgh 4, Minnesota 2 Calgary 2, Edmonton 1 N.Y. Rangers 4, Vancouver 0 Chicago 5, Phoenix 2 Los Angeles 5, St. Louis 0 Today’s Games Toronto 4, Winnipeg 3, SO Thursday’s Games Toronto at Boston, 7 p.m. Washington at Philadelphia, 7
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p.m. Montreal at Pittsburgh, 7 p.m. Winnipeg at Ottawa, 7:30 p.m. N.Y. Islanders at Tampa Bay, 7:30 p.m. Buffalo at Florida, 7:30 p.m. Chicago at Colorado, 9 p.m. N.Y. Rangers at Calgary, 9:30 p.m. Minnesota at Edmonton, 9:30 p.m. Nashville at Vancouver, 10 p.m. Los Angeles at Phoenix, 10 p.m. Friday’s Games San Jose at New Jersey, 7 p.m. Columbus at Detroit, 7:30 p.m. Carolina at St. Louis, 8 p.m. Dallas at Anaheim, 10 p.m.
By BEN WALKER The Associated Press ST. LOUIS — Texas manager Ron Washington joked about not being able to match wits with Tony La Russa. No joke. Who can these days? The St. Louis boss looked like a genius once again, especially when Allen Craig pinchhit for ace Chris Carpenter and delivered a go-ahead single Wednesday night that sent the Cardinals past the Texas Rangers 3-2 in Game 1 of the World Series. Craig’s slicing hit with two outs in the sixth inning fell inches in front of sliding rightfielder Nelson Cruz. Game 1 was just that tight throughout a cold, damp evening. It was a game perfectly suited for La Russa — lots of bunts, intentional walks and pitching changes. And in a postseason in which he’s made all the right moves, the 67-year-old manager was at the top of his game. “It’s going to be interesting to see how it plays out,” Cardinals outfielder Lance Berkman said. “But I feel like we have to win the National League-style games if we’re going to win this thing and tonight was a National Leaguestyle game — 3-2, good pitching, good defense, timely hitting. “I don’t think that we want to get into a gorilla ball-type series with these guys. We’ll see what happens when we add the DH and go to the American League ballpark but I think when we have the National League style and we have the advantage, we have to capitalize.” The Cardinals did, barely. A sliding stop by first baseman Albert Pujols helped prevent Texas from taking the lead on Carpenter’s final pitch in the sixth. St. Louis even won without its Rally Squirrel. There were no sightings of the elusive critter still roaming Busch Stadium. Game 2 is tonight, with Jaime Garcia starting for the
Cards against Colby Lewis. Texas has not lost two straight games since Aug. 23-25. In a postseason where St. Louis and Texas starters have struggled, Carpenter and C.J. Wilson each pitched well enough. They both left in the bottom of the sixth when the managerial wheels started to spin. It was 2-all when the Rangers worked around 8thplace hitter Nick Punto with a 4-pitch walk that put runners at the corners with two outs. “I know they had either Carpenter coming up or a pinch-hitter and with Ogando warming up behind me, I have confidence that he’s going to come in and get that guy out,” Wilson said. La Russa did not hesitate, pulling Carpenter and sending up Craig, a versatile player who was injured for much of the season. Washington countered by bringing in hard-throwing reliever Alexi Ogando. La Russa liked Craig’s chances. “Cold weather game, sitting on the bench, Ogando. It’s not a very good situation,” La Russa explained. “But he’s got a history in our system, that’s why we like him so much. He should have a really good career.” All the pieces in place, it was time to play — and what followed was the play of the game. Craig swung through two fastballs, then hit a drive toward the right field line. Cruz tried to make a sliding catch, except the ball bounced just before it reached him and thudded off his left leg for an RBI single. Craig’s single scored NL championship series MVP David Freese, the St. Louis area prep star who led off with a double. Freese has hit in 11 straight postseason games. Ahead, La Russa coaxed three scoreless innings from his deep bullpen. Five relievers did the job, with Jason Motte closing for his fifth save of the postseason. This was the first time Texas had ever played in St. Louis. Yet Josh Hamilton, Cruz and
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Kourtney Lewis (Arlington/ Riverdale) both put up three attempts in the victory. Ramirez chipped in with two shots. Sophomore keeper Maggie Armstrong (Vevay, Ind./Switzerland Cty.) kept the Spartans off the scoreboard with four saves while dropping her goals against average to 1.01 per match. The Beavers return to action on Sunday when they host Rose-Hulman in a crucial Heartland Conference battle. The match is slated to start at 2 p.m.
Soccer Box Score (Final) 2011 Bluffton University Women’s Soccer Bluffton University (9-3-1, 4-2 HCAC) vs. Manchester (5-9-1, 3-3 HCAC) Attendance: 61 Goals by Half 1 2 Total Bluffton University 0 1 1 Manchester 0 0 0 Bluffton University Player Shots On-Goal Goals Assists Maggie Armstrong 0-00-0-0; Aimee Whitmer 3-3-
the big-hitting Rangers looked a lot like the team that fizzled at the plate in last year’s World Series against San Francisco. Each team wound up with six hits. The wild-card Cardinals just did more with them. Berkman put St. Louis ahead with a 2-run single in the fourth. Mike Napoli tied it with a 2-run homer in the fifth. Carpenter earned his eighth postseason win, breaking the team record he shared with Bob Gibson. Of course, all of Gibby’s victories came in the World Series. Texas nearly took the lead on Carpenter’s final pitch. Instead, Pujols smothered Michael Young’s grounder behind the bag and tossed to Carpenter to end the sixth with a runner on third. Carpenter helped himself with a nifty play in the first inning, diving to catch a toss from Pujols and tagging the bag with his glove. He didn’t argue when La Russa removed him — all the Cards know too well to doubt La Russa’s smarts. Cardinals relievers Fernando Salas, Marc Rzepczynski, Octavio Dotel, Arthur Rhodes and Motte finished. Wilson fell to 0-5 in his last seven postseason starts, dating to last year. Wilson became the first pitcher to lose an All-Star game, an AL division series game, an AL championship series game and a World Series game in the same year, STATS LLC reported. Napoli kept up his season of slugging, hitting a 2-run homer in the fifth that made it 2-all. He had come into the game 3-for-3 lifetime against Carpenter and had been the only Texas hitter to homer off him but bounced into a double play with two runners on his first time up. He avenged that with an opposite-field drive to right. Traded twice within a week last winter, Napoli blossomed in Texas, prompting Tampa Bay manager Joe Maddon to pronounce it “The Year of the Napoli” during the AL play-
offs. The Cardinals took a 2-0 lead in the fourth after Pujols hit — or was hit by pitch, more precisely. The St. Louis star was plunked on the lower left leg to start the inning, Matt Holliday sliced a double and Berkman chopped a 2-run single down the first-base line. Players, umpires and techs needed a little time to work out the kinks. Freese saw Ian Kinsler’s leadoff grounder glance off his glove at third base for a single and stared at the glove that betrayed him. The next inning, Adrian Beltre doubled off Freese’s leather. Third-base umpire Ron Kulpa missed his first call in a Series. He ruled Beltre caught Pujols’ liner to third when the ball actually bounced in the opening inning. And there was a glitch when “American Idol” winner Scotty McCreery started to sing the national anthem. The microphone didn’t work and he got a replacement. The delay came with Michelle Obama and Jill Biden standing on the mound to honor military veterans. NOTES: Wilson issued two intentional walks in a game for the first time in his career. ... Rhodes, in his 20th big-league season, made his World Series debut. ... This was the Cardinals’ 106th World Series game, breaking a tie with the Dodgers and Giants franchises for secondmost in history. The Yankees lead with 225. ... Garcia is 0-2 with a 5.74 ERA in three postseason starts. ... Lewis is 4-1 in the postseason. His loss came this year to Detroit in the ALCS. ... The team that has won the Series opener in 12 of the last 14 years has gone on to take the crown. ... This was the first AL Central vs. NL Central matchup in the Series since baseball went to six divisions in 1994. ... Young had his 35th birthday. Cardinals infielder Daniel Descalso turned 25. ... NBA All-Star Dirk Nowitzki of the champion Dallas Mavericks is set to throw out the first ball at Game 3.
0-0-0; Lyndsay Nelson 1-00-0-0; Maddie Moore 4-21-0-0; Taylor Fultz 1-0-0-00; Megan Denoi 1-1-0-0-0; Jessica Ramirez 2-1-0-1-0; Kourtney Lewis 3-2-0-0-0; Johanna Bondra 0-0-0-0-0; Megan Moreo 0-0-0-0-0; Kathleen Reid 1-1-0-0-0. Substitutes: Amanda Hunsberger 0-0-0-0-0; Kristina Reid 0-0-0-0-0. Totals 16-10-1-1. Goalie Minutes GA Saves Maggie Armstrong 90:00 0 4. Manchester Emily Willmann 0-0-
0-0; Amber Kent 0-0-00; Paige Winey 0-0-0-0; Sofia Tzortzinis 1-0-0-0; Alexandria Vogh 2-2-00; Sara Barker 0-0-0-0; Kayla Werbianskyj 0-0-0-0; Hayley Sunderhaus 0-0-00; Diane McAfee 1-1-0-0; Breanna McLane 3-1-0-0; Adrien Brudvig 0-0-0-0. Substitutes: Amber Oster 0-0-0-0; Ellyn Sallee 1-0-00; Meagan McKeny 0-0-00; Allison Evanich 0-0-0-0; Julia Pierce 0-0-0-0. Totals 8-4-0-0. Goalie Minutes GA Saves Emily Willmann 90:00 1 9.
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Farm Credit honors families with long-term membership LOUISVILLE, KY — As a sign of its commitment to supporting farming families in rural America, Farm Credit Services of Mid-America — an ag lending cooperative serving over 92,500 members throughout Kentucky, Ohio, Indiana and Tennessee — is honoring member families who have supported the national Farm Credit System for over half a cen-
tury. Recognition in the Heritage Farm Program is open to current members of Farm Credit who have also been a member of the Farm Credit System for at least 50 consecutive years through their immediate family, parents or grandparents. Families who qualify are honored at an annual ceremony with a special plaque and heirloom hope chest.
“This year, 47 farm families will receive the Heritage Farm designation,” said Ed Yanos, chair of the Farm Credit Services Board of Directors who added that the program is now in its fifth year. Included in this year’s inductees are Richard and Dorothy Krites of St. Mary. In 1954, the Krites became customers of Farm Credit to finance the 199-
acre family farm. At that time, Richard and Dorothy Krites were the youngest couple that Farm Credit had ever made a loan to. Richard was 21. Today, the Krites are blessed with five daughters and still reside on the same family farm. “The Heritage Farm Program is another example of Farm Credit’s appreciation of our members,” said Carl Hess, regional vice
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005 Lost & Found FOUND: YOUNG male Beagle. Found Saturday on S. Erie St. Call 419-695-6815
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080 Help Wanted DANCER LOGISTICS Services LLC, 900 Gressel Drive, Delphos, Ohio 45833 Truck Drivers Needed Dedicated Lanes Available – Modern Equipment - We also need long haul, regional and part-time company drivers – We also welcome Owner Operators to apply – Health, Dental and Vision benefits offered – Qualifications are a good MVR, Class A CDL and two years OTR experience – Call Shawn at 888-465-6001 ext. 806 for details or apply in person 10am thru 3pm FULL-TIME COOK. Previous grill experience helpful. References requested. Verify attendance record. Apply in person: Rambler’s Roost 18191A Lincoln Hwy. Middle Point OTR SEMI DRIVER NEEDED Benefits: Vacation, Holiday pay, 401k. Home weekends & most nights. Call Ulm!s Inc. 419-692-3951 THE VILLAGE of Middle Point is seeking an individual to fill a part time position with the village. Applicant must posses a valid drivers license with a clean driving record. Duties will include: Mowing, snow removal, general maintenance of village property as well as help at the water treatment plant. Interested applicants must submit a resume to the: Village of Middle Point 103 N. Adams St. Middle Point, OH 45863 or drop off in person Tues., Wed,, Thurs., 8am-noon or 1pm-5pm. Resumes will be accepted until November 1, 2011.
080 Help Wanted PART TIME office help needed. Office duties include, filing, phones, mail, and other misc. tasks. Microsoft Word/Excel experience preferred. Send replies to Box 160 c/o Delphos Herald, 405 N. Main St., Delphos, OH 45833
120 Financial IS IT A SCAM? The Delphos Herald urges our readers to contact The Better Business Bureau, (419) 223-7010 or 1-800-462-0468, before entering into any agreement involving financing, business opportunities, or work at home opportunities. The BBB will assist in the investigation of these businesses. (This notice provided as a customer service by The Delphos Herald.)
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300 Household Goods BED: NEW QUEEN pillow-top mattress set, can deliver $125. Call (260)749-6100.
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458 S. PIERCE ST. (Menke Addition) HUGE SALE Thurs.-Fri., 9am-7pm Sat., 9am-2pm Furniture, recliners, sofa, desk, etc. Rabbit cage, winter coats, sweaters, other clothing, dishes, household items. Baby stroller, pictures, frames, mirrors, roller blades, stuffed animals, toys, board games, puzzles, rocking horse, Christmas items, lots of misc. 1243 ERIE St. Thurs., Fri., 9am-4pm Mobility chair, Christmas, Ham hand helds, airhose, comforter set, 25” & 32” TV’s, TV tables, G/W m/c arm rest, cafeteria trays humidifier, fireproof box safe, candles, car seat, crib with mattress, chain hooks & links, 12 volt heater, more not listed also. Come see!
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340 Garage Sales GROTHAUS/WESTRICH 1306 Ricker St. Thur. 10am-6pm Fri. 9am-4pm NEW & EXCELLENT condition clothes for winter & ALL seasons! Boys & Girls Newborn-4T, Men’s XL-2XLT, Women’s XL-1X, Petite Medium Women. Toys, baby crib, holiday decor, lamps, dishes, TONS of misc. TOO MUCH TO MENTION!
590 House For Rent 420 S. Canal 2 BR, $400/mo. Includes water. Call (419)996-9870.
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600 Apts. for Rent 1 BEDROOM upstairs apartment includes refrigerator & range, electric heat. Located at 387 W. Third, Ottoville. Rent $375 plus security deposit. 419-453-3956. 1BR APT for rent, appliances, electric heat, laundry room, No pets. $400/month, plus deposit, water included. 320 N. Jefferson. 419-852-0833.
2 BR unit. Ref., stove, water included. Quiet street $415/mo. & deposit. Immediate possession. (419)203-6810
ONE BDRM Apt., 537 W. Third St., Delphos. $325/mo. Call 419-692-2184 or 419-204-5924
620 Duplex For Rent 321 E. Cleveland St., 1 BDRM, Refrigerator/Stove $400/mo. and deposit. No pets, No-smoking. Leave message 419-692-6478
751 Resort & Vac. Property SPEND THE winter in Paradise (Naples, FL). 2 BR, 2 BA condo. For details (419)692-2709.
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Thursday, October 20, 2011
Family rift forming over FB pics
Tomorrow’s Horoscope By Bernice Bede Osol
Dear Annie: Yesterday, our why those closest to him daughter-in-law announced don’t say anything. Shouldn’t that she did not want pic- a physician be on top of things tures of her children posted on like this? -- Puzzled Patient Dear Puzzled: You are Facebook. My wife is beside herself, saying that “Mary” assuming his halitosis is caused by poor oral hygiene, has no right to do this. My wife refuses to respect but that may not be the case. the request. She has many Sometimes there are underpictures of the grandchildren lying, even intractable reasons for bad breath, that she took and and your physician has already postmay be doing all he ed on Facebook. can to remedy the Personally, I agree problem. If neither with my daughyou nor anyone in ter-in-law, and as his office is willa result, my wife ing to speak up, we won’t speak to me. recommend you She accused me of offer him a breath not being supportmint at your next ive because I’m visit. If you also taking Mary’s side. pop one into your Can you help? Should my wife Annie’s Mailbox own mouth, it will lessen any embartake the pictures down? -- Annoyed Husband rassment. Dear Annie: I know how Dear Annoyed: Yes, and for several reasons. It’s one “Widowed and Confused” thing to post a picture of an feels about dating again. I unknown drunk at a bar. That was widowed suddenly at the is fair game. But when some- age of 45. For months, I went one specifically asks you to to work and came home and remove a picture, it is a sign sat on my couch until bedof good will to do so. Also, time. Then a good friend took these are photographs of chil- me out to a bar with a live dren, and parents can be high- band. When a man asked me ly sensitive to having those to dance, I said yes. My children were grown pictures plastered in a public space. Your wife should be when their father died, and respectful of Mary’s parental my oldest was upset to learn I was seeing someone. I said, authority. But the overriding rea- “Can you tell me when Dad son should be maintaining a is going to come back? If warm and loving relationship you can, I’ll sit right here and with your daughter-in-law. wait for him.” After a few By refusing this request, your minutes, she replied, “You’re wife is creating unnecessary right, Mom. He’s not coming rancor. Once the kids are back, and you need to live posting their own pictures on your life.” Tell “Widowed” to ask Facebook, we suspect Mary will ease up. Please urge your that same question of anywife to be patient. She can one who thinks she should still display the photographs mourn forever. If they can at home, in her purse or on give her a “date of return” on her deceased husband, fine. I her smartphone. Dear Annie: I go to a suspect they’ll see the simple wonderful doctor. The only truth and stop trying to make problem is, he has horren- her feel guilty. -- Didn’t Wait dously bad breath. I don’t Forever understand how a health care professional can have such terrible oral hygiene. You would think he knows better. He drinks coffee constantly, so I don’t know whether that’s contributing to the odor or whether he believes it covers it up. The really perplexing thing is that he works in an office with several other people, including his wife, who is also a physician. The nurses and receptionist all carry on conversations with him like everything is fine. I was beginning to think his breath odor was a figment of my imagination until I referred a colleague to him. After her appointment, she told me, “He was really nice. Too bad his breath smells like something crawled into his mouth and died.” I don’t have the guts to tell him, and I can’t understand
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Police comb KC home, yard of missing baby By MARIA SUDEKUM FISHER Associated Press
paper bags and clear plastic bags and took them to vehicles parked outside. Police also brought in a bomb and arson truck to assist the search, though spokesman Capt. Steve Young said there were no indications of explosives in the house. Some bomb detection devices use X-ray technology to scan solid objects to reveal items concealed within. An AP reporter saw investigators carrying at least a dozen thin, black rectangular sheets away from the home during the afternoon. Lisa Irwin was 10 months old on Oct. 4 when her parents reported her missing. Her father, an electrician, said he returned home from a late shift to discover the lights on, a window tampered with, the front door unlocked and Lisa gone. Bradley and Lisa’s two older brothers had been asleep elsewhere in the house. Bradley has admitted she drank heavily that night and may have blacked out. Police, FBI agents, officers from area law enforcement agencies and the Missouri National Guard already have searched the family’s home, neighborhood, nearby wooded areas, a landfill and abandoned homes. Police have refused to
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — One of the most aggressive police searches yet of the home where a Kansas City infant went missing more than two weeks ago drew officers Wednesday armed with shovels, rakes and other tools who hauled off bags that appeared to be full of potential evidence. Police refused to say what they found inside or outside the home belonging to Jeremy Irwin and Deborah Bradley, who say an intruder snatched their baby daughter, Lisa, from her crib in the middle of the night as the mother and two other boys slept. From shortly after sunrise through late afternoon, FBI agents and police officers joined in the search that began after a judge issued a warrant that prevented the parents from returning to the house while it was under way. Officers headed to the back of the home with shovels, rakes and a ladder and could be seen digging behind a shed in the yard. Out front, investigators left the house carrying brown
discuss any evidence gathered in the searches, saying only that they remain without a suspect. There was no indication the family has tried to block investigators’ access to their home, which already has been scoured by FBI agents with dogs. The parents’ attorney, Joe Tacopina, said Wednesday that he welcomed the search, but “we want this to be done in good faith, not to match some predetermined conclusion.” Earlier Wednesday, Tacopina questioned the need for a warrant. “They can go in and out any time,” he said of police. “They have had unfettered access because we want answers.” FBI spokeswoman Bridget Patton said Wednesday’s search was not based on any sort of tip. Authorities restricted media access, Patton said, because agents were using a procedure involving dogs that they didn’t want to be recorded. She declined to elaborate. Young said all previous searches of the house have been conducted with the family’s consent. Wednesday’s warrant prevents anyone except those involved in the investigation from entering,
meaning family members — who have returned home from time to time to collect clothes and other belongings — may not go back inside until the search is over. It wasn’t immediately clear whether the search would resume today. The Federal Aviation Administration established a no-fly zone over the search area effective until 5 p.m., agency spokesman Tony Molinaro said. He characterized the zone as a safety precaution and said it had been requested by law enforcement. Similar restrictions were introduced during a search of the area Tuesday. Much attention has focused on a rash of recent TV interviews the parents have given in which Bradley admitted she had consumed several glasses of wine the night that Lisa disappeared. She also told NBC that she did not see the baby after putting her to bed at about 6:40 p.m. — roughly four hours earlier than the time she originally gave police. She didn’t explain the difference. Tacopina has said Bradley’s candid words indicate the parents have nothing to hide. Bradley has said she expects to be arrested in her baby’s disappearance.
Scheme victims’ portrait emerges By MARYCLAIRE DALE and PATRICK WALTERS Associated Press
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Wildcat varsity soccer team walks for the cause
The Jefferson varsity girl’s soccer team participated in the American Cancer Society’s Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Walk Oct. 15 in Fort Wayne. Through their fundraising efforts, the team raised $1,059.96 towards the cause. Participating were, back, from left, Elizabeth Schosker, Hayley Drerup, Cassidy Bevington, Amanda Vorst, Megan Gilden, Carla Horstman, Sydney Drerup, Madison Flack; and front, Corinne Metzger, Rachel Miller, Bailey Miller, Coach Lindsey Drerup, Paige Miller, Dena Frye and Jordyn Radler. Missing from the photo are Kylee Haehn, Elisabeth Miller, Jenna Moreo, Kayla Giller and Atojon Achilov.
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Delphos Police Chief Kyle Fittro will be the next speaker in Jefferson High School’s “Share the Knowledge” program at 3:15 p.m. Tuesday in the cafeteria. Chief Fittro will present “Updates on the Streets — Drug Recognition and New Laws.” The public is invited.
Middle Point residents to meet
Middle Point residents are invited to the newly reopened Beverage Barn in downtown Middle Point at 108 N. Adams, at 2 p.m. on Oct. 27 to discuss the town’s history and future. Attendees are asked to bring any old schoolbooks, photographs and other memorabilia to share with the group. Food and drinks will be available for purchase and a prize will be awarded to the oldest person who was born in Middle Point and still lives in the village. For more information, contact Helen Miller at 419-968-2156.
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also don’t have to accept every student who applies like we do. This is not a good bill.” The district contacted Rep. Lynn Wachtmann with no satisfaction. Calls were then made to Senator Cliff Hite, with no return call. The district received budget approval for Race to the Top funds on Friday. The program allots $100,000 to each participating district doled out in $25,000 increments for four years. Districts can apply for more in one year for special circumstances. Ottoville is using the funds for iPads, computer hardware and professional development. The board also approved season ticket prices for the 2011-12 basketball season at the following rates: High school boys basketball — $55 for adults and $25 for students; high school girls basketball — $45 for adults and $25 for students; and all junior high basketball — $15 for adults and $10 for students. Tickets go on sale Nov. 7.
OTTOVILLE — School board members here passed the district’s Fiscal Year 2012 Five-Year Forecast which will be submitted to the Ohio Department of Education by Oct. 31. The forecast ends FY 2016 in the black. Treasurer Bob Weber reviewed how he arrived at each projection and answered questions during Wednesday’s regular monthly meeting. The district shows an estimated General Fund balance on June 30, 2012, of $2,793,752; June 30, 2013 - $2,898,000; June 30, 2014 - $2,556,507; June 30, 2015 - $1,907,301; and June 30, 2016 - $948,547. The board passed a resolution stating Ottoville Local School Board opposes House Bill 136 for school choice. “There are so many things wrong with this bill,” Superintendent Scott Mangas said. “This takes money directly from public schools and gives it to private schools in the guise of student choice. They
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Berquist Church to host health screenings explains street flooding Residents living in and around Delphos can be screened to reduce their risk of having a stroke. The complete screening package now includes a new Heart Rhythm screening, checking for irregular heartbeat, which is a major risk factor for stroke. St. Peter Lutheran Church, 422 N. Pierce St. in Delphos, will host the event by Life Line Screening on Tuesday. Appointments will begin at 9 a.m. For more information regarding the screenings or to schedule an appointment, call 1-888-653-6441. Pre-registration is required.
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SIRTE, Libya (AP) — Moammar Gadhafi, who ruled Libya with a dictatorial grip for 42 years until he was ousted by rebels in a bloody civil war, was killed today when revolutionary forces overwhelmed his hometown, Sirte, the last major bastion of resistance two months after the regime fell. Prime Minister Mahmoud Jibril confirmed Gadhafi had been killed. “We have been waiting for this moment for a long time. Moammar Gadhafi has been killed,” Jibril told a news conference in the capital Tripoli. Initial reports from fighters said Gadhafi had been holed up with the last of his fighters in the furious battle with revolutionary fighters assaulting the last few buildings they held in his Mediterranean coastal hometown of Sirte. At one point, a convoy tried to flee the area and was blasted by NATO airstrikes, though it was not clear if Gadhafi was in the vehicle. Al-Jazeera TV showed footage of a man resembling the 69-year-old Gadhafi lying dead or severely wounded, bleeding from the head and stripped to the waist as fighters rolled him over on the pavement. Witnesses said his body was put on display in the nearby city of Misrata. Celebratory gunfire and cries of “Allahu Akbar” or “God is Great” rang out across the capital Tripoli as the reports spread. Cars honked their horns and people hugged each other.
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DETROIT — A local man brought home more than the satisfaction of completing the Detroit Marathon this past weekend. Ed Ditmeyer, 30, who lives just south of Grover Hill, brought home a world record. He may not have completed the course in the overall fastest time but he did break the record for “Fastest Marathon Dressed as a Cartoon Character.” His likeness of choice: Charlie Brown. “It may not be as sensational as some world records but it is a world record, nonetheless,” Ditmeyer said. “It’s something my kids can take to school for show-and-tell.” The previous record of 2 Photo submitted hours, 48 minutes and 1 second was achieved by Paul Ed Ditmeyer poses for a picture after finishing the Fernandez of the United Kingdom dressed as Fred Detroit Marathon on Sunday. Flintstone at the Abingdon lenge because it was at a seem familiar to local Marathon in Abingdon, graduate elevation for a readers; he has won the UK, on Oct. 17, 2010. mile or so. Marbletown 5K the last The Detroit Marathon “I don’t get to do a lot three years, the Canal Days crossed into Canada via of hill training around here; 5K in 2009 and 2010 and the Ambassador Bridge it’s pretty flat,” he said. the first SIDS 5K in Fort and came back through the “Going down on the other Jennings this year. One underwater-mile. Ditmeyer side was a lot easier.” said the bridge was a chalDitmeyer’s name may See RUNNER, page 2
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Jones guilty of murder, gets 15 years to life By ED GEBERT Staff writer
VAN WERT — Shawn Jones showed little emotion Wednesday as he heard Van Wert County Court Judge Charles D. Steele pronounce him guilty of murder. The verdict was handed down after nearly an hour of deliberations by Steele of the evidence and case against Jones in the murder of his grandmother, Edna LaRue, a little more than one year ago. Immediately after pronouncing the verdict, Steele moved directly to sentencing. Neither Jones nor his attorney, Scott Gordon, made any statement before sentencing. Steele gave Jones 15 years to life in prison, the maximum sentence for the charge. Jones was quickly led out of the courtroom and back to the jail once court was adjourned. He paused to look toward his family while being led to the courthouse elevator. His mother and several other family members were obviously distressed after the verdict was announced. “I feel sorry for that family,” stated Van Wert County Prosecutor Charles Kennedy II, after the trial concluded. LaRue was found strangled to death in her Sunrise Court home. The prosecution laid out the evidence pointing to her grandson as the one who wrapped an alarm clock cord around her neck and tied it tight. On the third day of testimony Wednesday, Kennedy called three witnesses. The first, James Irwin, testified to some of the things Jones had told him when they shared a cell at the Van Wert County Correctional Facility. Irwin claimed Jones had first told him that the murder had actually been committed by Robert Albright Jr. but
later admitted that he had been responsible for LaRue’s death. Albright was the next to testify. He laid out the events of Oct. 1 for the court, beginning with a phone call from Jones at around 8:30 a.m. Jones picked up Albright in a blue minivan belonging to Dale LaRue, Edna’s husband. The two went to Walmart, where Jones cashed in nearly $70 in loose change, then another stop in Van Wert before heading to Lima to eat and shop. The pair stopped in Delphos on the way back to Van Wert, making three stops, including a visit to a farm implement dealer so Jones could look at tractors. Jones drove back to LaRue’s home and both men went inside. At that point, Albright saw LaRue’s body lying in the hallway. He testified that Jones stepped over his grandmother’s body, checked for a pulse, then went into the bathroom to clip the hair from his neck. Once he was finished, he stepped back over the body and the two left the house. Jones took Albright home and went to a church dinner before returning to pick up Albright for another trip to Walmart, this time with Albright’s sister and her children. Afterward, Jones dropped off his passengers and drove back to the Sunrise Court home only to find his mother, Joette Jones waiting there, trying to get into the home to check on LaRue. When the two went inside, Joette discovered the body and used the Life Alert pager to contact authorities, since the phones had been taken out of the house. Those phones were later discovered in the van Jones had been driving all day. The prosecution also produced a letter Jones wrote to
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Albright nearly three weeks after the murder. Jones wrote about his plan to dispose of his grandmother’s body. “I was going to bag up Granny in a big trash bag with the other garbage and haul it to the dump,” wrote Jones in that letter. The only witness for the defense was Joette Jones, who spoke about the changes in her son after his 1996 auto accident which left him unconscious for two weeks and hospitalized for more than three months. She testified that after Shawn Jones came home from the hospital, “He was not the Shawn we knew.” She also stated that Shawn was scheduled to be tested on Oct. 5 — four days after the murder — to determine if he was disabled enough for a Social Security disability. Joette Jones also testified about the experience of discovering the body of her mother that night. She did not recall seeing anything wrapped around LaRue’s neck, but did remember seeing what she believed to be the alarm clock on the floor between the body and the bathroom. A short time later, Shawn Jones brought that alarm clock to police officers, saying it would have his fingerprints on it. He also claimed to have taken it from around his grandmother’s neck. Gordon tried to create suspicion toward Albright, accusing him of sneaking into the home that day. Albright firmly denied the accusation, saying he really liked the woman who had treated him like her own grandson. The first two days of the trial featured a wealth of testimony from police officers, investigators and forensic information. The videotape of Jones confessing to the murder on Oct. 2 was also presented over Gordon’s objection. In the tape, Jones denies having any part in his grandmother’s death but eventually admits hitting her and wrapping the cord around her neck. He claimed that she was still alive when he left the house but admitted that his actions caused LaRue’s death and that she “probably drowned in her own blood.” He also told the police detective to tell his mother, “I’m sorry.”
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High temperature Wednesday in Delphos was 54 degrees, low was 46. Rainfall was recorded at 2.97 inch. High a year ago today was 65, low was 39. Record high for today is 86, set in 1953. Record low is 22, set in 1930. WEATHER FORECAST Tri-county Associated Press TONIGHT: Cloudy. A 30 percent chance of showers in the evening. Lows in the lower 40s. West winds 10 to 20 mph. FRIDAY: Partly cloudy. Highs in the lower 50s. West winds 5 to 15 mph. FRIDAY NIGHTSATURDAY NIGHT: Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 30s. Highs in the mid 50s.
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Tamara Jack, 52, of Gomer, died Tuesday from injuries suffered in a car accident. Funeral services will begin at 10:30 a.m. Monday at St. Peter Lutheran Church. Friends may call from 4-8 p.m. Sunday at Harter and Schier Funeral Home, where further arrangements are incomplete.
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A boy was born Sept. 22 in Miami Fla., to Michael and Angie (Harter) Cover . He joined sister Julianna Grace. Grandparents are Doug and Colleen Harter of Delphos and Enzo and Rosalia Cover of Miami ST. RITA’S A boy was born Oct. 18 to Adam and Jessica Miller of Cloverdale. A girl was born Oct. 18 to Dustin and Jamie Schaadt of Venedocia. A girl was born Oct. 18 to Robert and Alesha Andrews of Elida.
MEISTER, Deborah C., 59, of Delphos, funeral services begin at 11 a.m. Friday at Harter and Schier Funeral Home, Pastor James Menke officiating. Burial will follow in Walnut Grove Cemetery. Friends may call from 2-8 today and for an hour prior to the service Friday at the funeral home. Memorials are to Corn: Superior Federal Credit Union Wheat: Beans: to help with expenses.
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Credit unions not target of Wall Street protests BY MIKE FORD [email protected]
In a cultural climate where the “99 percent” are taking their outrage at big banks to the streets, one community-based cooperative is celebrating what it has to offer as part of International Credit Union Day today. Kurt Neeper of Superior Federal Credit Union points out that exploitation is not part of doing business in a credit union. “As a not-for-profit financial cooperative, we have a huge advantage at a time when Occupy Wall Street are in New York and around the country protesting Wall Street. Their dispute with these big banks, investment companies and financial institutions is that they are shareholder-driven and are ripping off consumers in order to make more money and disperse it to their shareholders,” he said. “Conversely, by nature, we are member-owned and notfor-profit. So, all our profits are returned to our shareholders — our members. We return our money directly to the people
who utilize our services.” Credit unions make a profit but the goal is service, not greed. “We have to have enough capital in reserve to make loans and cover them; to invest in the community, like with our new branch in Delphos; and for operations but we give it back by paying higher than market rates on CDs, money markets and savings and deposit products and charge lower than market rate on loan products,” he said. Like banks which are federally insured with the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, credit unions are also insured through a federal agency — the National Credit Union Administration. The two are considered virtually identical because the NCUA protects money held in a credit union up to $250,000 per account, just as the FDIC does with the money held in a bank account. “The only difference is not one taxpayer dollar has ever been spent to cover defaulted loans. Credit unions take care of themselves,” Neeper concluded.
VAN WERT COUNTY COURT NEWS
The following individuals appeared Wednesday before Judge Charles Steele in Van Wert County Common Pleas Court: Robert J. Fishbein, 48, Lima, charged with intimidation of a witness, a felony of the third degree, not guilty plea, was released on a bond, $150,000
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cash bond with ten percent rule, along with a $5,000 unsecured personal surety bond. A pretrial hearing is scheduled Nov. 9. Larry R. Brown, 63, Delphos, charged with assault of police officer, a felony of the fourth degree, not guilty plea, released on a $5,000 unsecured personal surety bond with a pretrial hearing scheduled for Nov. 9. Thomas E. Stocklin Jr., 54, Delphos, charged with burglary, a felony of the third degree; and theft from an elderly person, a felony of the fifth degree, held on a $10,000 cash bond along with a $5,000 unsecured personal surety bond. A pretrial hearing has been scheduled for Wednesday. Sean Smith, 26, Van Wert, charged with endangering children, a felony of the second degree, held on a $15,000 cash bond with a ten percent privilege along with a $5,000 unsecured personal surety bond. A pretrial hearing has been scheduled for Wednesday. All persons appearing on Grand Jury indictments entered not guilty pleas. Two of the three individuals indicted with the damage to a crane, diesel powered lighting equipment and other equipment at a windmill site in July of this year which resulted in almost $500,000 damage to the equipment entered pleas of guilty to negotiated pleas. Kyle J. Beech, 21, Van Wert, and Dustin E. Gamble, 20, Haviland both entered guilty pleas to vandalism, a felony of the fifth degree. Both admitted to causing damage to the portable diesel lighting equipment which had a value of more than $5,000 but less than $100,000. Judge Steele ordered a presentence investigation and scheduled sentencing for Dec. 14. Garrett Dienstberger, Delphos, found to be in viola-
tion of the bond conditions by consuming alcohol. Bond modified to be placed on EMHA. Diesnstberger to be sentenced on Nov. 2. Brandon Hershey, 24, Van Wert, entered a guilty plea to a charge of unlawful sexual conduct with a minor, a felony of the fourth degree. Hershey allegedly was involved in sexual conduct with a minor over the age of 13 but under the age of 16 during April of this year. Hershey faces up to 18 months in prison and would be classified a tier one sex offender requiring him to register annually with the sheriff for a period of 15 years.
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Mangas reported the district’s Safe Schools Survey results. Overall, 97 percent of students felt safe. Mangas said the district fared above the county average in all areas. Big Green Go-Getters coordinator Shelley Mumaw reported 88 students have signed up for the after-school program that starts Tuesday. Last year’s participation averaged 50 students. The offering is possible through a Safe and Healthy Schools Grant from the Putnam County Education Service Center. In other business, the board: • Granted permission for the senior class to plan a class trip to New York City April 4-8. Seniors are offering chicken barbecue dinners from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sunday at Lock 16. Tickets can be purchased from and senior; • Acknowledged the Ottoville Athletic Boosters for all the hard work and funds they have donated to the Ottoville Local Schools to benefit the students. Total contributed since 2002 is $338,858.47; • Thanked the following businesses for generous donations to Ottoville Local Schools: — Lock Sixteen Catering Inc. — $200 for face-painting at St. Rita’s Medical Center; and — Superior Federal Credit Union — $50 for new checking accounts. The next meeting will begin at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 15 in the elementary wing.
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Lions and tigers shot; owner freed them By ANDY BROWNFIELD and KANTELE FRANKO The Associated Press
ZANESVILLE — Amid expressions of horror and revulsion at the killing of dozens of wild animals in Ohio — and photographs of their bloody carcasses — animal rights advocates agreed there was little local authorities could have done to save the dangerous creatures once they began roaming the countryside after their owner released them before taking his own life. Sheriff’s deputies shot 48 animals — including 18 rare Bengal tigers and 17 lions — after Terry Thompson, owner of the private Muskingum County Animal Farm near Zanesville, threw their cages open Tuesday and then committed suicide. “What a tragedy,” said veterinarian Barb Wolfe, of The Wilds animal preserve sponsored by the Columbus Zoo. “We knew that ... there were so many dangerous animals at this place that eventually something bad would happen, but I don’t think anybody really knew it would be this bad.” As the hunt winded down on Wednesday, a photo showing the remains of tigers, bears and lions lined up and scattered in an open field went viral provoking visceral reactions among viewers, some of whom expressed their anger and sadness on social networking sites. Some local townspeople also were saddened by the deaths. At a nearby Moose Lodge, Bill Weiser said: “It’s breaking my heart, them shooting those animals.” Authorities said the slain animals would be buried on Thompson’s farm. Will Travers, chief executive of the California-based Born Free USA animal welfare and wildlife conservation organization, said police had no choice but to take the action they did. “It’s a tragedy for these particular animals, for no
fault of their own they’ve been shot, and I can see how difficult that decision was for the police,” he said. Jack Hanna, TV personality and former director of the Columbus Zoo, also defended the sheriff’s decision to kill the animals, calling deaths of the endangered Bengal tigers especially tragic. The animals destroyed also included six black bears, two grizzlies, a baboon, a wolf and three mountain lions. Six — three leopards, a grizzly bear and two monkeys — were captured and taken to the Columbus Zoo. “It’s like Noah’s Ark wrecking right here in Zanesville, Ohio,” Hanna said. The zoo said in a statement today the rescued animals seem to be doing very well. A wolf was later found dead, leaving a monkey as the only animal possibly still unaccounted for in the mostly rural community of farms, widely spaced homes and wooded areas about 55 miles east of Columbus. While the sheriff’s office said early today that the search for the monkey was still active, Sheriff Matt Lutz said the animal may no longer be a concern. “We have had no reported sightings of anything, and it’s a high probability that he could have been eaten by one of the big cats,” Lutz told the CBS “Early Show” today. Officers were ordered to kill the animals instead of trying to bring them down with tranquilizers for fear that those hit with darts would escape in the darkness before they dropped and would later regain consciousness. “There were so many animals running at large that I made the decision that we were not going to have wild animals running loose on our streets,” Lutz told CBS. “There was no way of telling which animals would lay down, where these animals would end up.” Veterinarian Wolfe had
tried to save a tiger in a heavy bramble by using a tranquilizer dart, but the animal charged her then tried to flee. It had to be shot and killed by sheriff’s deputies. “I was about 15 feet from him and took a shot, and it didn’t respond too much, and I thought we were OK, but within about 10 seconds he roared and started toward me,” she said. Sheriff’s Deputy Jonathan Merry, among the first to respond on Tuesday, said he shot a number of animals, including a gray wolf and a black bear who charged him from 7 feet away. He said he’s an animal lover and only took pride in knowing he was protecting the community. “All these animals have the ability to take a human out in the length of a second,” he said. The Humane Society of the United States criticized Gov. John Kasich for allowing a statewide ban on the buying and selling of exotic pets to expire in April and called for an emergency rule to crack down on exotic animals until the state comes up with a permanent legal solution. “Every month brings a new, bizarre, almost surreal incident involving privately-held, dangerous wild animals,” Wayne Pacelle, president and chief executive of the Humane Society, said in a statement. “In recent years, Ohioans have died and suffered injuries. ... Owners of large, exotic animals are a menace to society, and it’s time for the delaying on the rulemaking to end.” Activist group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals also called for emergency regulations and pointed the finger at Gov. John Kasich, saying the incident should serve as his “wake-up call.” “Surely, after this latest incident, enough blood has been shed for the state to take action,” the group said in a statement.
Dear EarthTalk: What’s the latest in regard to putting limits on greenhouse gas emissions in the U.S.? Is there any hope that Obama can get something done? — Bradley Johnson, Helena, MT Our best hope to date was 2009’s American Clean Energy and Security Act (ACES), a bill that called for the implementation of a “cap-and-trade” system to limit carbon dioxide emissions by capping overall emissions and allowing polluters to buy or sell greenhouse gas pollution credits—similar to what the European Union has been doing since 2005 to successfully reduce its own emissions—depending upon whether they were exceeding established limits or had succeeded in coming in below them. According to the bill, U.S. businesses needing to pollute more could buy emissions credits on the open market; those able to reduce emissions could sell their pollution credits on the same trading floor. Thus there is a built-in incentive to reduce emissions: If you exceed pollution limits you have to keep buying costly credits; and if you can get below limits you can profit from the sale of credits for the difference. Among the bill’s key provisions was a 17 percent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions below 2005 levels by 2020, with a mid-century goal of an 80 percent reduction. Also, billions of dollars would have gone to initiatives bolstering green transportation, energy efficiency and related research and development. The bill was
approved by the House in June 2009 by a narrow 219-212 vote. But Senate Democrats decided they didn’t have enough votes to get a version of the bill passed, and tabled the discussion. While ACES may not have made it into the law books, its passage by the House was significant as it represented the first time the legislative branch called for sweeping climate legislation. Also, the bill’s provisions served as a guideline for U.S. negotiators heading to Denmark later in 2009 for the COP15 international climate talks (although in the end nothing binding was agreed upon there). Then, in May 2010 Senators John Kerry and Joe Lieberman unveiled their own cap-andtrade climate bill for the Senate.
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Dubbed the American Power Act, it aimed to reduce overall U.S. greenhouse gas emissions by similar amounts as ACES. But with the nation still reeling from the effects of BP’s Gulf oil spill—the American Power Act include provisions for offshore drilling—and Senate Republicans leery of any climate legislation, the bill failed to make it to a floor vote. Some point the finger at a handful of Democratic Senators from coalproducing states for not supporting their party colleagues. Others say Obama wasn’t advocating strongly enough despite his campaign rhetoric on the topic. “The best one could plausibly hope for in the next Congress, assuming only modest Republican gains, is some sort of weak cap on utility emissions, possibly with some weak oil saving measures, though that would still require Obama to do what he refused to do under more favorable political circumstances—push hard for a bill,” writes commentator Joe Romm of Think Progress, a liberal political blog. Romm adds that it’s inconceivable to think the next Congress would even contemplate strong climate or clean energy legislation “without Obama undergoing a major strategy change and taking a very strong leadership role in crafting the bill and lobbying for the bill and selling it to the public.”
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Politics still stand in the way of efforts to limit U.S. greenhouse gas emissions. Two efforts, the American Clean Energy and Security Act (ACES) of 2009 and the American Power Act of 2010, got tabled or failed to make it to the Senate floor for a vote. ACES was, however, passed by a narrow margin in the House of Representatives, the first time the legislative branch has called for sweeping climate legislation.
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“No persons are more frequently wrong, than those who will not admit they are wrong.” — Francois, Duc de la Rochefoucauld, French moralist (1613-1680).
GOP primary contest getting nasty, personal By KASIE HUNT and PHILIP ELLIOTT Associated Press
IT WAS NEWS THEN One Year Ago • After months of controversy, the Van Wert County Hospital Commission will transfer the Van Wert County Hospital to the Van Wert County Hospital Association. The commission agreed to transfer the hospital deed Tuesday night by a 4-3 vote. The proposed agreement will transfer the building and grounds for $1. 25 Years Ago — 1986 • Game 2 of the World Series featured a matchup between fireballers Dwight Gooden and Roger Clemens. That was a bust. Gold Glove first baseman Keith Hernandez played for the Mets and committed the crucial error Sunday night. And Wade Boggs, the AL batting champion helped save the day for the Red Sox. In fact, Boston’s 9-3 victory over the Mets was somewhat of a shocker, for it sends the American League champions home to Fenway Park with a sweep of the first two games at Shea Stadium. • St. John’s Fall Festival served 6,379 dinners Saturday and Sunday. The number of the dinners served was down by 209 from last year, according to St. John’s High School Principal George Adams, festival chairman. “It was a success and hopefully we will hit our goal (of $100,000),” Adams said. • The monthly meeting of Ottoville Growing Together, Ohio Child Conservation League was recently held in the home of Dottie Oberg with 17 members present. Shirley Beining was co-hostess. Marge Kehres was inducted into the club as a new member. The raffle was won by Rosie Heitmeyer. 50 Years Ago — 1961 • A Delphos firm has announced that it will sponsor a special sale in observance of its third anniversary here. The Central Soft Water Service is operated by Lee and Ken Wittler at 125 E. Third St. and is completing three years of service to Delphos and the surrounding area. • The St. John’s Altar-Rosary Society held its first business meeting of the season Wednesday night in the Little Theater of the school. The president, Mrs. Frank Will, outlined the various activities of the society for the next two months. The Rt. Rev. Msgr. Carl F. Reineck, pastor of St. John’s Church, addressed the meeting after which Mrs. Charles H. Myers and Loyola Reineck showed slides taken while on their trips abroad. • The Van Wert County Sheriffs Department Auxiliary will sponsor a performance of the famous Grand Ol’ Opry of Nashville, Tennessee, on Nov. 22 at the fairgrounds in Van Wert. Proceeds will be used for Van Wert emergency equipment. 75 Years Ago — 1936 • Anne Sullivan Macy, companion and teacher of Helen Keller for 49 years, died today in the home she shared with Miss Keller and Polly Thomson, who is Miss Keller’s secretary. She first became associated with Helen Keller in 1886 when she became teacher to the seven-year-old child who had been deprived of sight and hearing by a babyhood attack of scarlet fever. • One of the best Mardi Gras ever held in Delphos is being planned to be held here Oct. 29. There will be the usual prizes for persons in costumes in the big parade which will be staged in connection with the celebration. Street dancing will be the closing feature of the evening. • A fine display of honey is being shown in the display window of the King & Stallkamp Drug Store, North Main Street. This honey is the product of the Tri-county Honey Packers Association and is all filtered honey. Delphos is known as the great bee and honey center of the country and the most modern methods are employed by the local beekeepers in the handling of the bees and the preparation of the honey for the market.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Citigroup has agreed to pay $285 million to settle civil fraud charges that it misled buyers of a complex mortgage investment just as the housing market was starting to collapse. The Securities and Exchange Commission said Wednesday that the big Wall Street bank bet against the investment in 2007 and made $160 million in fees and profits. Investors lost millions. Citigroup neither admitted nor denied the SEC’s allegations in the settlement. “We are pleased to put this matter behind us and are focused on contributing to the economic recovery, serving our clients and growing responsibly,” Citigroup said in a statement. The penalty is the biggest involving a Wall Street firm accused of misleading investors before the financial crisis since Goldman Sachs & Co. paid $550 million to settle similar charges last year. JPMorgan Chase & Co. resolved similar charges in June and paid $153.6 million. All the cases have involved complex investments called collateralized debt obligations. Those are securities that are backed by pools of other assets, such as mortgages. Citigroup’s payment includes the fees and profit it earned, plus $30 million in interest and a $95 million penalty. The money will be returned to the investors, the SEC said. In the July-September quarter, Citigroup earned $3.8 billion. CEO Vikram Pandit this year was awarded a multi-year bonus package that could be worth nearly $23.4 million if performance goals are met. At the height of the financial crisis in 2008, regulators worried that Citigroup was on the brink of failure. It received $45 billion as part of the $700 billion government bailout. In the civil lawsuit filed Wednesday, the SEC said Citigroup traders discussed in late 2006 the possibility of buying financial instruments to essentially bet on the failure of the mortgage assets being assembled in the deal. Rating agencies downgraded most of the investments that Citigroup had bundled together just as many troubled homeowners stopped paying their mortgages in late 2007. That pushed the investment into default and cost its buyers’ — hedge funds and investment managers — several hundred million dollars in losses. Among the biggest losers were Ambac, a bond insurer, and BNP Paribas, a European bank. Ambac had sold Citigroup protection against losses on the investment, allowing Citigroup to bet against it. Hedge funds had asked Citigroup to sell them investments that would decline if the housing market crashed. Citigroup did so, and wanted to get in on the action, the SEC said. Citigroup bet that the investments would fail, but never told investors it had done so, SEC enforcement chief Robert Khuzami said in a conference call. “Key facts regarding how the structure was put together were not made available to (investors), and they suffered losses as a result,” he said.
LAS VEGAS — Talk about nasty. The bitter, face-to-face sniping at this week’s Republican debate was just a prelude to the coming weeks as Mitt Romney’s rivals seek to tear him down before the leadoff Iowa caucuses. Increasingly on the defensive, Romney is being hammered on old issues — like an accusation of hiring illegal immigrants to work on his yard — and is creating new openings for everyone from Rick Perry to President Barack Obama. “You won’t hear a lot of shape-shifting nuance from me,” Perry told Republicans gathered in Las Vegas on Wednesday, hitting Romney anew the day after the two sparred onstage during a debate. “I’m going to give the American people a huge, big old helping of unbridled truth.” The target was Romney, who over the years has reversed his positions on a series of issues that conservatives champion. And the sharper, more personal tone seems sure to shape the campaign in the next month as Perry looks to undercut the former Massachusetts governor’s standing at the head of the pack. Obama’s team, too, wasted little time in going after Romney in personal terms. “The core principle driving
Mitt Romney? Getting elected,” Obama campaign manager Jim Messina told reporters in a conference call. Appearing unruffled at the attacks, Romney kept his focus on Obama and the economy on Wednesday, saying: “He should be less concerned about keeping his own job and spend more time helping the millions who are unemployed.” But more criticism against Romney is certain to come from fellow Republicans as the race for the GOP nomination enters a new phase and the 2012 general election inches closer. For now, Romney tops state surveys and national polls, including the latest Associated Press-GfK survey, in the GOP campaign. Perry’s and Romney’s other rivals have mere weeks to change that dynamic before the Iowa caucuses on Jan. 3. After five debates since Labor Day, the candidates won’t meet again in that setting until mid-November. So they’ll be mixing it up mostly from afar — on the campaign trail, on the Internet and, soon, in television advertising by the candidates themselves as well as by Super PACs that are working on their behalf and can spend as much money as they raise. The candidates will cross paths at a dinner in Iowa this weekend where they will try to court cultural conservatives who haven’t yet rallied behind a single contender. It’s a prime setting for candidates like
Perry, Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann, businessman Herman Cain and others looking to emerge as the alternative to Romney. Iowa conservatives have long viewed Romney skeptically for his reversals on abortion rights and gay rights, and they have viewed his Mormon faith warily. Perry also will give an economic speech on Tuesday in South Carolina. Romney contends his business background makes him the strongest Republican in the field able to take on Obama on the economy, and Perry needs to counter that. The Texan will point to his state’s job growth during his tenure as governor, and, in a bid to win over fiscal conservatives, he plans to call for tax changes that would apply the same rate to all citizens, regardless of income level. Previewing the proposal, Perry said Wednesday that jumpstarting the economy “starts with scrapping the 3 million words of the current tax code and starting over with something much simpler: a flat tax. I want to make the tax code so simple that even Timothy Geithner can file his taxes on time.” It was a reference to Obama’s Treasury secretary. Behind the scenes, the candidates with the most money — Perry and Romney — and their allied groups are gearing up for the inevitable TV ad war. Each campaign is sitting on roughly $15 million and counting, and there are less than 75 days before the Iowa caucuses.
at Romney’s perceived strength — his record as a businessman in the face of a flat-line economy. It was a strategy Republicans employed against Kerry, who had to fend off charges of flip-flopping himself and whose strength as a decorated Vietnam veteran running in the first post-Sept. 11 election was undermined by attack ads. A key feature of the Obama strategy is Romney’s tenure as head of Bain Capital, a private equity firm he co-founded in 1984 that saved and launched businesses such as Staples and Domino’s Pizza but sliced jobs elsewhere through cost-cutting and consolidation. It’s not the first time Romney’s tenure at the helm of Bain Capital has come under attack. Sen. Edward Kennedy pulled away from Romney during his 1994 Senate race in Massachusetts by airing a series of ads that featured workers from an Indiana paper plant that Bain took over, laying off employees, cutting wages and reducing benefits. “Basically, he cut our throats,” a worker said in one of the ads. “When we made the decision to define him to voters of Massachusetts and took a hard line in doing so, we had a lot
of success,” said Democratic consultant Tad Devine, who crafted the ads for Kennedy and later served as a senior adviser to Kerry’s presidential campaign. Obama advisers are keenly aware of Kennedy’s line of attack and are counting on similar results. “In his professional life, he was an expert in stripping down companies and leading them to bankruptcy and profiting from these ventures, with a lot of jobs lost in the process,” said Obama strategist David Axelrod, previewing a potential line of attack. “Whenever you’re running for president of the United States and you represent yourself in a certain way and you say here’s my core asset, then you need to be able to stand by your record,” Axelrod added in an interview. “It was problematic for him then; it will be problematic for him now.” Republicans concede that Romney could be vulnerable. But they say the Romney camp should be ready for the onslaught. Michael Dennehy, a New Hampshire-based Republican strategist, said he remembers Kennedy’s anti-Romney ads as being “just brutal and very, very effective.”
He will join the U.S. delegation at talks with North Korea on Monday and Tuesday in Geneva, the second direct U.S.-North Korean negotiations in less than three months. The delegation will be led by the current envoy, Stephen Bosworth, who has held the job since February 2009 but in a part-time capacity. Bosworth will then resign. Today, North Korea repeated calls for the immediate resumption of six-nation disarmament-for-aid talks, saying denuclearization is essential for world peace. “To bring the process for the denuclearization of the peninsula back to its track, it is necessary to pay primary attention to building trust between (North Korea) and the United States ... and resume the sixparty talks without preconditions at an early date,” the official Korean Central News Agency said in a commentary. Leader Kim Jong Il said in a written interview published Wednesday by Russia’s ITAR-Tass news agency that North Korea has a “nuclear deterrent force” to protect it from Washington.
“The nuclear issue on the Korean peninsula arose through the fault of the USA, which constantly threatens the sovereignty and security of our people,” Kim was quoted as saying. Kim, however, called for the nuclear talks’ resumption, saying denuclearization is a testament to his late father, North Korea founder Kim Il Sung. On today in Beijing, Chinese foreign ministry spokeswoman Jiang Yu said: “We welcome the U.S. and (North Korea) engaging in dialogue. We also hope that the relevant parties can maintain the momentum of dialogue and contact, show flexibility and create conditions for the quick resumption of the six-party talks.” Also, the U.S. this week began negotiations with the North on resuming the search for the remains of service members missing from the 1950-53 Korean War. Coming after nearly two years of minimal contact, it is a flurry of diplomacy, but the administration stresses that despite the personnel change, its policy has not changed.
Dems target Romney, draw from past By JIM KUHNHENN Associated Press
WASHINGTON — A beleaguered president seeks reelection. His challenger, a candidate with Massachusetts roots and a presidential demeanor straight out of central casting, has to fight through a primary contest fending off charges of flip-flopping. In the end, the challenger’s strength also proves his vulnerability. Election 2012 is looking a lot like the presidential race of 2004. Democrats in and around President Barack Obama’s campaign are preparing to run against former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney — the man they believe likely to emerge from the Republican contest — by borrowing from the playbook George W. Bush and Republicans used to defeat Sen. John Kerry seven years ago. As candidates, Kerry and Romney are remarkably similar. Both are wealthy men, products of Massachusetts politics, eloquent on the stump but perceived as remote or aloof on the campaign circuit. Even before Romney has won a single nominating contest, Obama’s camp is singling him out as a fickle politician and is preparing to go straight
US envoy on NKorea faces tough mission By MATTHEW PENNINGTON Associated Press
WASHINGTON — The new U.S. envoy on North Korea is no stranger to nuclear diplomacy and finding ways to deal with prickly adversaries such as Iran. His new assignment, however, could be his toughest yet: persuading a defiant regime that boasts about its nuclear weapons to give up its arsenal in return for aid. Glyn Davies, the U.S. ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency, takes up his new job as the Obama administration deepens its engagement with Pyongyang — seeking to manage the risk of another military or nuclear provocation by the North. On Wednesday, the U.S. announced new talks with the North. Davies is a career diplomat who served as a State Department deputy spokesman during the presidency of Bill Clinton. Before his current posting in Vienna, he held a senior position in the department’s bureau for East Asia and the Pacific.
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TODAY 5:30 p.m. — The Delphos Canal Commission meets at the museum, 241 N. Main St. 5-7 p.m. — The Interfaith Thrift Shop is open for shopping. 7 p.m. — Spencerville Local Schools Board of Education meets. St. John’s Athletic Boosters meet in the Little Theatre. 7:30 p.m. — Delphos Chapter 26 Order of the Eastern Star meets at the Masonic Temple on North Main Street. Delphos VFW Auxiliary meets at the VFW Hall, 213 W. Fourth St. FRIDAY 7:30 a.m. — Delphos Optimist Club, A&W DriveIn, 924 E. Fifth St. 11:30 a.m. — Mealsite at Delphos Senior Citizen Center, 301 Suthoff Street. 1-4 p.m. — Interfaith Thrift Store is open for shopping. SATURDAY 9 a.m.-noon — Interfaith Thrift Store, North Main Street. St. Vincent DePaul Society, located at the east edge of the St. John’s High School parking lot, is open. 10 a.m to 2 p.m. — Delphos Postal Museum is open. 12:15 p.m. — Testing of warning sirens by Delphos Fire and Rescue 1-3 p.m. — Delphos Canal Commission Museum, 241 N. Main St., is open. 5 p.m. — Delphos Coon and Sportsman’s Club hosts a chicken fry. 7 p.m. — Bingo at St. John’s Little Theatre. SUNDAY 1-3 p.m. — The Delphos Canal Commission Annex Museum, 241 N. Main St., is open. 1-4 p.m. — Putnam County Museum is open, 202 E. Main St. Kalida. 1:30 p.m. — Amvets Post 698 Auxiliary meets at the Amvets post in Middle Point. 4 p.m. — Amvets Post 698 regular meeting at the Amvets post in Middle Point. 7:30 p.m. — Sons of Amvets Post 698 meet at Amvets Post in Middle Point. MONDAY 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. — Ottoville Branch Library is open. 11:30 a.m. — Mealsite at Delphos Senior Citizen Center, 301 Suthoff Street. 7 p.m. — Ottoville village council meets at the municipal building. Marion Township Trustees meet at the township house. 7:30 p.m. — Delphos Eagles Aerie 471 meets at the Eagles Lodge. TUESDAY 11:30 a.m. — Mealsite at Delphos Senior Citizen Center, 301 Suthoff Street. 6 p.m. — Weight Watchers meets at Trinity United Methodist Church, 211 E. Third St. 7 p.m. — Delphos Area Simply Quilters meets at the Delphos Area Chamber of Commerce, 306 N. Main St. 7:30 p.m. — Alcoholics Anonymous, First Presbyterian Church, 310 W. Second St. 8:30 p.m. — Elida village council meets at the town hall. 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. 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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Thursday, October 20, 2011
Wildcats try to derail Bulldogs By JIM METCALFE [email protected]
Defensive Coordinator Ben Rahrig a lot of credit for really getting these guys better on the basic fundamentals, like tackThe typical clash of con- ling. That has been a struggle trasting styles will take place this year but an area of great Friday night at Stadium improvement as our Park in Delphos. young guys have gotGround-hugging ten more playing time. Jefferson will match its Plus, our offensive line trench warfare against has taken control and pass-happy Ada in a allowed us to get our Northwest Conference running game going; clash. they have executed Though the Wildcats the blocking scheme (4-4, 3-3 NWC) are much better as we’ve basically out of the KORTOKRAX gone along.” league race and the playThe Bulldogs have off chase (17th in Region 18), been putting up their usual they can still throw a monkey scoring numbers — almost wrench in the hopes of the 50 points a game — but in Bulldogs’ (7-1, 5-1) in both the mind of Coach Fell, the the NWC race and the playoffs defense has been average. (4th in Region 24). “Konnor has thrown for Even that description of 2,200 yards and 33 touchdowns the Bulldogs is not entirely versus only five picks. Kellen accurate, either, according has run for over 800 yards; our to Delphos head man Bub offense has been doing well Lindeman. despite replacing four “They are still in of our five starting the spread offense but linemen,” Fell noted. they seem more will“Defensively, we lost ing to hand the ball off three all-state players to Kellen Decker. As and our entire defenwell, when the receivers sive line, so we’ve aren’t open and the play been rebuilding. We breaks down, Konnor have two freshmen, Baker is more than willtwo sophomores and STANT ing to take off and run, or three others that have keep the play alive,” Lindeman not played varsity football noted. “Offensively, they are before. I hate to think of where just solid. Jacob Ansley is their we’d be without our two leadtop target outside and they ing tacklers, linebackers Chris seem more willing to throw Bealscher (107 tackles) and to Decker out of the backfield Ansley (85). Plus, we’ve had but overall, I don’t think they some injuries in our secondhave the multiple weapons ary, so we’ve had to have they have had in the past; nor some different guys start and have they speed they are used play.” to. They just are sound in what Ansley has caught 35 passthey do. What our defense has es for 850 yards (14 scores) to do is recognize their routes, and Matt Wilcox has 20 as well as make sure we are in catches (450 yards, 5 TDs). position to handle Decker and However, Ada will be without Baker when they get the ball. third receiver Cole Simon (10 “Defensively, we see a typ- scores) due to injury. ical Mike Fell defense: they Fell makes no bones about are going to be aggressive and what his crew has to do against blitz at least one, if not two, Jefferson. linebackers and play man-to“They have Miller, who is man in the secondary. What big and strong at running back; that might allow, if we can Buzard gives them a quicker, pick up those blitzers, is for us more explosive option in the to get a couple of big plays. backfield. Jettinghoff is pretty “We want to control the athletic and has improved a football; our best defense is lot in both running and passa good offense. We want to ing,” Fell added. “Their offengrind it out and that seems to sive line has really come on be what we’ve gotten back to as the season has moved on. doing the last couple of weeks Defensively, their line will as our offensive line gels.” get after us and their two For an offense that puts up inside linebackers, Miller and 28.3 points and 304.3 yards Buzard, are pretty good. Plus, (188 rushing) per game, that they have some guys on the means that runners like senior perimeter that are athletic and Curtis Miller (83 rushes, can guard receivers. 529 yards, 11 scores), junior “Our keys are two-fold; we Quentin Wessell (86 totes, have to not let them drive up 460 yards, 2) and sophomore and down the field and possess Zavier Buzard (43 for 237, 2) the ball and we have to keep will likely get a lot of work, our offense on the field. The especially if the rain contin- key to both sides is the line of ues. That should open up the scrimmage.” play-action passing game as Kickoff Friday is at 7:30 well with sophomore Austin p.m. Jettinghoff (53-of-91 passing, 873 yards, 14 scores, 3 picks) throwing to the likes of senior Tony George (17 catches, 339 yards, 3), senior Shayn Klinger Indians end Bearcats’ (10 for 163, 4), sophomore volleyball season tight end Ross Thompson (8 COLDWATER — for 172, 4) and Wessell (8 Fort Recovery dispatched for 63). Linemen like Geoff Spencerville 25-14, 25-13, Ketcham (19 pancake blocks), Justin Rode (11) and Evan 25-11 in the Coldwater Stant (7) are also expected to Division IV volleyball sectional held Wednesday lead the way. The defense, yielding 25.4 night at The Palace. The Bearcats (4-19) points and 294.3 yards (120.1 passing), will also have to do were led by senior Devan its part chasing down Baker, Hanjora (15 digs), junior Decker and Company with Shelby Mulholland (9 leaders such as Wessell (46 kills; 1 block solo; 2 aces) solos, 14 assists, 5 for loss), and freshman Schylar Miller Thompson (48 and 11, 6 for (11 assists). loss), Rode (50 and 7, 5 for The Indians (7-16) loss; 7 sacks), Zac Bland (34 advance to the sectional and 17), Drew Kortokrax (37 finals versus St. Henry (21and 10), Miller (29 and 13) 1) to be held at Coldwater and George (4 picks). As well, special teams play on Saturday, approximately will likely be another key with 20 minutes following the Kortokrax (31 punts, 38.6 first match between Marion yards per), Jared Boop (10-of- Local (19-4) and Parkway 11 extra points) and Wessell as (18-5) at 3 p.m. St. Henry (21-1) vs Ft. the kickoff specialist. The Wildcats currently Recovery (7-16) - approxihave a 2-game winning streak mately 20 minutes followafter belting Sidney Lehman ing match 1 27-7. ---“It’s week 8 and it’s a matLancers dispatch ter of the maturation process. Commodores in sectional These guys have worked hard volleyball from the start of this season ELIDA — Lincolnview and they have gained experiwon its Elida Division IV ence; as that has happened, Sectional opener Wednesday they have adjusted to the night, eliminating Perry speed of the varsity game,” 25-15, 25-14, 26-24. Lindeman added. “I give
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Lady Jeffcats wallop Pirates in sectional volleyball By JIM METCALFE [email protected]
OTTOVILLE — Everyone is on the same page when the tournament rolls around: lose and you go home for good. The young Jefferson volleyball team has been trying to mature in 2011 and took advantage of a young, inexperienced and thin Continental unit, downing the Lady Pirates 25-7, 25-10, 25-13 Wednesday night at the Ottoville Division IV Sectional. “We came out ready to go. We’ve had a great week of practice, focusing just on that,” Jefferson coach Joy Early noted. “We limited our mistakes; we’ve had many matches where that number got way too high and we’ve been cutting those down as we’ve matured. Everything we did tonight worked well: serving, passing, hitting, everything.” For Continental coach Kristin Stechschulte, it was a season full of struggle. “We started off with 11 and are now down to seven due to injuries and other factors. We don’t have good numbers right now and we don’t have many in junior high, either,” Stechschulte explained. “We’ve got two girls that have only played the sport for two years; they played soccer until they started high school.” The Pirates (0-22) got the first point of the match but the Wildcats (2-19) got it
going on a kill by sophomore Rileigh Stockwell (8 kills; 4 aces; 4 digs). It helped the Red and White cause that the Pirates, in only their second season back at the varsity level after dissolving the program for a season due to poor numbers, struggled in finding any consistency in the hitting department (29 errors), leading to runs of 7-0, 7-0 and 6-0 by the Lady Jeffcats. Either that, or Stockwell, classmate Katie Goergens (7 kills; 3 aces) and junior Fallon Van Dyke (6 kills; 6 aces; 7 assists) were controlling the net against an overmatched Pirate unit. Plus, six out of 19 aces in the first set made things easy for the Wildcats, with an ace by Van Dyke on set point putting the Red and White up 1-0. Things didn’t get any better for the Blue and Gold in set 2. With only one tie — Tom Morris photo 1-1 — the Wildcats proved to Jefferson’s volleyball team was often quicker at the net be too steady for the Pirates. Wednesday night in their sectional matchup at Ottoville. A 7-0 spurt — with three Sophomore Katie Goergens puts down a kill as Lady Pirate kills by Stockwell — got the Gabby Young is late for the block attempt. Wildcats going. The biggest Senior Kelsey Goodwin spurt by the Pirates — 4-0 — backups in as the set wore was answered by a closing on, using a 7-0 spurt to blow added a team-leading five 7-0 spurt, finished off by a the set open at 21-6. From digs for the Lady ’Cats. “I have a good group of an ace by freshman Brooke there, it was a matter of time Culp (14 assists; 3 aces for a for the Delphos crew as an girls; they keep at it and we ace by Culp finished off the get better each game. That’s 2-set edge. all anyone can ask in our situThe Wildcats opened set sweep. “We have two more good ation,” Stechschulte added. 3 with a 6-0 — keyed by Leading the Pirates were three Stockwell aces and a days to practice for Crestview kill by Culp — and they and we will; these girls have sophomore Tia Escamilla (5 steadily added to that lead. worked hard all season. They blocks, 2 stuffs; 2 kills) and The Pirates struggled return- beat us in three earlier this junior Krystal Prowant (4 ing serve, making it impos- year but we’re going to give kills; 2 aces). Jefferson will battle sible to get many quality hits. it our best Saturday,” Early Crestview 6 p.m. Saturday. Early got some of her deeper added.
Wheldon loses life doing what he loved
By JIM METCALFE [email protected]
The death of Dan Wheldon Sunday in the IndyCar finale struck the racing world hard. After the 15-car crash at Las Vegas Motor Speedway just 12 laps in, he was airlifted to the local hospital and the race was held up for two hours. When it was announced that he had died, the racers decided to end the race right there, instead finishing up with a 5-lap tribute to the man. Nice gesture. By all accounts that I have read, he was a truly good guy. He started this season unemployed, “came off the bench” to win the Indy 500 and then went back to the unemployment line. He never lost his perspective, though, even amid the unfairness of being a champion on the circuit, both past and present, and still unable to find a job. He still promoted the heck out of IndyCar whenever he could; he became an ambassador for the sport that no one would give him a full-time ride in. He got the chance at the
500 because of a friend, team owned Bryan Herta, putting together a 1-race package. He was in this race Sunday because he was the official test driver for the new race car series starting next season and he was promoting it. He had two children with his wife, Susie, including a newborn. By all accounts, he was still happy and at peace with his lot in life. He was one guy who I think understood the “common man” and the plight that many are going through today. An aside here: think the NBA and its players could learn a lesson about how very fortunate they ALL are to be playing a game and making a darn good living? My best guess, though, is that he died doing what he loved. This was what he knew and he understood the risks, as did his wife, and chances are she understood that and supported him. It doesn’t take away the sorrow we should feel for a 33-year-old dying, even in such a risky sport as auto
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Local roundup Leading the Lady Lancers were Becca Adam (19/19 serving, 1 ace; 76/78 setting, 31 assists), Carley Springer (20/24 hitting, 15 kills), Ashley McClure (16/16 hitting, 11 kills) and Whitney Miller (15 digs). Lincolnview will play Ada at 6 p.m. Saturday back at Elida. ----Elida boys shut out Redskins in sectional soccer SHAWNEE — Elida’s Drew Laing stopped six Wapakoneta shots on-goal and the offense put three in the goal as the Bulldog boys eliminated the Redskins 3-0 in Division II sectional soccer action Wednesday at Shawnee High School. Scoring for the Bulldogs (4-11-2) were two from Jerod Houston and one from Riley Overholt. Wapak (8-8-1) outshot the ’Dawgs 7-6. Elida faces off with St. Marys Memorial 2 p.m. Saturday.
---Tournament soccer matches postponed The Kalida vs. Ottoville sectional soccer finals at Kalida scheduled for 7 p.m. this evening has been postponed until 5:30 p.m. Saturday. The boys soccer sectional final between Bluffton and Ada at Continental High School has been postponed until 2 p.m. Saturday. The sectional final between Continental and Liberty Center will still be played on Saturday but will begin at 4 p.m. -----Bluffton keeps shutout streak alive in 1-0 win over Spartans N O R T H MANCHESTER, Ind. The Bluffton University women’s soccer team conquered the rain and the Spartans in a 1-0 shutout of Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference rival Manchester College on Wednesday. With the fifth straight blanking, the Lady Beavers have clinched their firstever winning season as well as the most victories by a
racing. I am also sure he was worried about his two children even while trying to earn his living in a dangerous world. By all accounts, it shook other drivers up pretty good, even those not involved in that fiery crash. It took the national TV death of Dale Earnhardt Sr., to get NASCAR to look into ways to improve the safety of the sport. We’ll see what happens here. I also found these two items the other day: one, a Texas high school football coach died Tuesday after collapsing Sunday. The second was about a 16-year-old high school football player from Phoenix, New York, who died after collapsing during a game. In the first case, Timberview High School offensive coordinator Cody McCarty died at the age of
Bluffton women’s soccer team. Bluffton improved to 9-3-1 overall and 4-2 in the HCAC with its schoolrecord eighth shutout of the season. Manchester slipped to 5-9-1 and 3-3 in the conference. Two days of rain made for sloppy field conditions and poor footing with neither team being able to find the back of the net during the first half of action. With just under 30 minutes to play, sophomore Jessica Ramirez (Archbold) connected with junior Maddie Moore (Linn Grove, Ind./South Adams) for the only goal of the contest. The Bluffton defense did the rest, completing its fifth consecutive shutout and eighth of the season. Bluffton fired away to the tune of a 16-8 advantage in shots, including 10-4 on frame. The home team committed three more fouls (11-8) and forced one more corner kick (3-2) than the Beavers. Moore finished with four shots, two on target, while sophomore Aimee Whitmer (Tontogany/Otsego) and See LOCAL ROUNDUP, page 7
29. No official cause is yet available. He is the son of Mickey McCarty, who won a Super Bowl with the Kansas City Chiefs in 1969 who suffered a stoke at 35, was a heart transplant recipient and then died of pancreatic cancer last year. The son followed the dad to TCU and played tight end from 2000-04. The second was involving 16-year-old Ridge Barden of John C. Birdlebough High School, who collapsed after an apparent helmet-to-helmet collision in a game Friday versus Homer High School. It was ruled by the Cortland County coroner that he suffered a massive subdural hematoma, a traumatic brain injury. Apparently, there had been no injury or condition that contributed to this death. Rest in peace. Did the Cincinnati Bengals make a good move trading Carson Palmer to the Raiders for a first-rounder in 2012 and a conditional second-rounder in 2013? The second-rounder can become a first-rounder in the Raiders make the AFC title game in the next two years. The spirit of Al Davis lives on in the Raiders’ camp. The Bengals must be sold on Andy Dalton as the quarterback of the present and future for owner Mike Brown to change his mind and make this deal when he steadfastly refused to do so before. I am no Raiders’ fan — by any stretch of the imagination — but this is a good trade for a franchise that needs to win now. It is still a risk: a quarterback that will have some selfimposed rust to work off and has not been the same — due to injuries — the last three years with the Bengals. Still, if he is even remotely what he was when he was leading the Bengals to at least be playoff contenders, it is worth the risk, especially with Jason Campbell done for at least six weeks and with Kyle Boller and Terrelle Pryor the backups. He is from California, so he is closer to home. The weather will be an improvement for him from the Queen City. Plus, Raiders coach Hue Jackson recruited him to and coached him at USC and later as an assistant with the Bengals. Now what will the Bengals do with two extra picks, at least one a first-rounder, in the next two drafts?
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Thursday, October 20, 2011
La Russa’s moves pay off, Cards win Series opener
High School standings week 8 Northwest Ohio Football Standings – 2011 Regular Season League All Games BLANCHARD VALLEY CONFERENCE Liberty-Benton 7-0 Leipsic 7-0 McComb 6-1 Arcadia 4-3 Arlington 3-4 Van Buren 3-4 Cory-Rawson 3-4 Pandora-Gilboa 2-5 Vanlue 0-7 Hardin-Northern 0-7
Parkway Fort Recovery St. Henry New Bremen 8-0 7-1 6-2 5-3 4-4 4-4 3-5 2-6 1-7 0-8
MIDWEST ATHLETIC CONFERENCE Marion Local 6-0 Coldwater 5-1 St. John’s 5-1 Versailles 4-2 Anna 3-3 Minster 3-3
2-4 1-5 1-5 0-6
3-5 3-5 1-7 0-8
NORTHWEST CENTRAL CONFERENCE Waynesfield-Goshen 3-1 Fairbanks 3-1 Perry 3-1 Ridgemont 1-2 Upper Scioto Valley 1-2 Riverside 0-4
5-3 5-3 3-5 2-6 1-7 0-8
NORTHWEST CONFERENCE Lima Central Catholic 6-0 8-0 Ada 5-1 7-1 Spencerville 5-2 6-2 Columbus Grove 3-3 5-3 Crestview 3-3 4-4 Jefferson 3-3 4-4 Bluffton 2-4 4-4 Allen East 1-6 1-7 Paulding 0-6 0-8
THREE RIVERS ATHLETIC CONFERENCE Tol. Whitmer 5-0 8-0 Findlay 4-1 7-1 Tol. Cent. Cath. 4-1 6-2 Tol. St. John’s Jes. 3-2 6-2 Fremont Ross 2-3 5-3 Tol. St. Francis DeS. 2-3 3-5 Lima Senior 0-5 1-7 Oregon Clay 0-5 1-7
WESTERN BUCKEYE LEAGUE Kenton 7-0 8-0 Wapakoneta 7-0 8-0 Ottawa-Glandorf 5-2 6-2 Elida 4-3 5-3 Bath 3-4 4-4 Defiance 3-4 4-4 Shawnee 3-4 4-4 St. Marys 2-5 3-5 Celina 1-6 1-7 Van Wert 0-7 0-8
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NHL glance The Associated Press EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W Pittsburgh 8 4 Philadelphia 5 4 N.Y. Islanders 4 3 New Jersey 4 3 N.Y. Rangers 4 1 Northeast Division GP W Toronto 5 4 Buffalo 5 4 Boston 6 2 Montreal 5 1 Ottawa 6 1 Southeast Division GP W Washington 5 5 Carolina 6 3 Florida 5 3 Tampa Bay 6 1 Winnipeg 5 1 WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division GP W Detroit 4 4 Chicago 5 3 Nashville 5 2 St. Louis 6 2 Columbus 6 0 Northwest Division GP W Colorado 6 5 Minnesota 6 2 Edmonton 5 2 Vancouver 6 2 Calgary 5 2 Pacific Division GP W Dallas 6 5 Anaheim 5 4 Los Angeles 5 3 Phoenix 5 2 San Jose 4 1
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NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. Tuesday’s Results Carolina 4, Boston 1 Washington 3, Florida 0 Dallas 3, Columbus 2 Buffalo 3, Montreal 1 Philadelphia 7, Ottawa 2 Pittsburgh 4, Minnesota 2 Calgary 2, Edmonton 1 N.Y. Rangers 4, Vancouver 0 Chicago 5, Phoenix 2 Los Angeles 5, St. Louis 0 Today’s Games Toronto 4, Winnipeg 3, SO Thursday’s Games Toronto at Boston, 7 p.m. Washington at Philadelphia, 7
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p.m. Montreal at Pittsburgh, 7 p.m. Winnipeg at Ottawa, 7:30 p.m. N.Y. Islanders at Tampa Bay, 7:30 p.m. Buffalo at Florida, 7:30 p.m. Chicago at Colorado, 9 p.m. N.Y. Rangers at Calgary, 9:30 p.m. Minnesota at Edmonton, 9:30 p.m. Nashville at Vancouver, 10 p.m. Los Angeles at Phoenix, 10 p.m. Friday’s Games San Jose at New Jersey, 7 p.m. Columbus at Detroit, 7:30 p.m. Carolina at St. Louis, 8 p.m. Dallas at Anaheim, 10 p.m.
By BEN WALKER The Associated Press ST. LOUIS — Texas manager Ron Washington joked about not being able to match wits with Tony La Russa. No joke. Who can these days? The St. Louis boss looked like a genius once again, especially when Allen Craig pinchhit for ace Chris Carpenter and delivered a go-ahead single Wednesday night that sent the Cardinals past the Texas Rangers 3-2 in Game 1 of the World Series. Craig’s slicing hit with two outs in the sixth inning fell inches in front of sliding rightfielder Nelson Cruz. Game 1 was just that tight throughout a cold, damp evening. It was a game perfectly suited for La Russa — lots of bunts, intentional walks and pitching changes. And in a postseason in which he’s made all the right moves, the 67-year-old manager was at the top of his game. “It’s going to be interesting to see how it plays out,” Cardinals outfielder Lance Berkman said. “But I feel like we have to win the National League-style games if we’re going to win this thing and tonight was a National Leaguestyle game — 3-2, good pitching, good defense, timely hitting. “I don’t think that we want to get into a gorilla ball-type series with these guys. We’ll see what happens when we add the DH and go to the American League ballpark but I think when we have the National League style and we have the advantage, we have to capitalize.” The Cardinals did, barely. A sliding stop by first baseman Albert Pujols helped prevent Texas from taking the lead on Carpenter’s final pitch in the sixth. St. Louis even won without its Rally Squirrel. There were no sightings of the elusive critter still roaming Busch Stadium. Game 2 is tonight, with Jaime Garcia starting for the
Cards against Colby Lewis. Texas has not lost two straight games since Aug. 23-25. In a postseason where St. Louis and Texas starters have struggled, Carpenter and C.J. Wilson each pitched well enough. They both left in the bottom of the sixth when the managerial wheels started to spin. It was 2-all when the Rangers worked around 8thplace hitter Nick Punto with a 4-pitch walk that put runners at the corners with two outs. “I know they had either Carpenter coming up or a pinch-hitter and with Ogando warming up behind me, I have confidence that he’s going to come in and get that guy out,” Wilson said. La Russa did not hesitate, pulling Carpenter and sending up Craig, a versatile player who was injured for much of the season. Washington countered by bringing in hard-throwing reliever Alexi Ogando. La Russa liked Craig’s chances. “Cold weather game, sitting on the bench, Ogando. It’s not a very good situation,” La Russa explained. “But he’s got a history in our system, that’s why we like him so much. He should have a really good career.” All the pieces in place, it was time to play — and what followed was the play of the game. Craig swung through two fastballs, then hit a drive toward the right field line. Cruz tried to make a sliding catch, except the ball bounced just before it reached him and thudded off his left leg for an RBI single. Craig’s single scored NL championship series MVP David Freese, the St. Louis area prep star who led off with a double. Freese has hit in 11 straight postseason games. Ahead, La Russa coaxed three scoreless innings from his deep bullpen. Five relievers did the job, with Jason Motte closing for his fifth save of the postseason. This was the first time Texas had ever played in St. Louis. Yet Josh Hamilton, Cruz and
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Kourtney Lewis (Arlington/ Riverdale) both put up three attempts in the victory. Ramirez chipped in with two shots. Sophomore keeper Maggie Armstrong (Vevay, Ind./Switzerland Cty.) kept the Spartans off the scoreboard with four saves while dropping her goals against average to 1.01 per match. The Beavers return to action on Sunday when they host Rose-Hulman in a crucial Heartland Conference battle. The match is slated to start at 2 p.m.
Soccer Box Score (Final) 2011 Bluffton University Women’s Soccer Bluffton University (9-3-1, 4-2 HCAC) vs. Manchester (5-9-1, 3-3 HCAC) Attendance: 61 Goals by Half 1 2 Total Bluffton University 0 1 1 Manchester 0 0 0 Bluffton University Player Shots On-Goal Goals Assists Maggie Armstrong 0-00-0-0; Aimee Whitmer 3-3-
the big-hitting Rangers looked a lot like the team that fizzled at the plate in last year’s World Series against San Francisco. Each team wound up with six hits. The wild-card Cardinals just did more with them. Berkman put St. Louis ahead with a 2-run single in the fourth. Mike Napoli tied it with a 2-run homer in the fifth. Carpenter earned his eighth postseason win, breaking the team record he shared with Bob Gibson. Of course, all of Gibby’s victories came in the World Series. Texas nearly took the lead on Carpenter’s final pitch. Instead, Pujols smothered Michael Young’s grounder behind the bag and tossed to Carpenter to end the sixth with a runner on third. Carpenter helped himself with a nifty play in the first inning, diving to catch a toss from Pujols and tagging the bag with his glove. He didn’t argue when La Russa removed him — all the Cards know too well to doubt La Russa’s smarts. Cardinals relievers Fernando Salas, Marc Rzepczynski, Octavio Dotel, Arthur Rhodes and Motte finished. Wilson fell to 0-5 in his last seven postseason starts, dating to last year. Wilson became the first pitcher to lose an All-Star game, an AL division series game, an AL championship series game and a World Series game in the same year, STATS LLC reported. Napoli kept up his season of slugging, hitting a 2-run homer in the fifth that made it 2-all. He had come into the game 3-for-3 lifetime against Carpenter and had been the only Texas hitter to homer off him but bounced into a double play with two runners on his first time up. He avenged that with an opposite-field drive to right. Traded twice within a week last winter, Napoli blossomed in Texas, prompting Tampa Bay manager Joe Maddon to pronounce it “The Year of the Napoli” during the AL play-
offs. The Cardinals took a 2-0 lead in the fourth after Pujols hit — or was hit by pitch, more precisely. The St. Louis star was plunked on the lower left leg to start the inning, Matt Holliday sliced a double and Berkman chopped a 2-run single down the first-base line. Players, umpires and techs needed a little time to work out the kinks. Freese saw Ian Kinsler’s leadoff grounder glance off his glove at third base for a single and stared at the glove that betrayed him. The next inning, Adrian Beltre doubled off Freese’s leather. Third-base umpire Ron Kulpa missed his first call in a Series. He ruled Beltre caught Pujols’ liner to third when the ball actually bounced in the opening inning. And there was a glitch when “American Idol” winner Scotty McCreery started to sing the national anthem. The microphone didn’t work and he got a replacement. The delay came with Michelle Obama and Jill Biden standing on the mound to honor military veterans. NOTES: Wilson issued two intentional walks in a game for the first time in his career. ... Rhodes, in his 20th big-league season, made his World Series debut. ... This was the Cardinals’ 106th World Series game, breaking a tie with the Dodgers and Giants franchises for secondmost in history. The Yankees lead with 225. ... Garcia is 0-2 with a 5.74 ERA in three postseason starts. ... Lewis is 4-1 in the postseason. His loss came this year to Detroit in the ALCS. ... The team that has won the Series opener in 12 of the last 14 years has gone on to take the crown. ... This was the first AL Central vs. NL Central matchup in the Series since baseball went to six divisions in 1994. ... Young had his 35th birthday. Cardinals infielder Daniel Descalso turned 25. ... NBA All-Star Dirk Nowitzki of the champion Dallas Mavericks is set to throw out the first ball at Game 3.
0-0-0; Lyndsay Nelson 1-00-0-0; Maddie Moore 4-21-0-0; Taylor Fultz 1-0-0-00; Megan Denoi 1-1-0-0-0; Jessica Ramirez 2-1-0-1-0; Kourtney Lewis 3-2-0-0-0; Johanna Bondra 0-0-0-0-0; Megan Moreo 0-0-0-0-0; Kathleen Reid 1-1-0-0-0. Substitutes: Amanda Hunsberger 0-0-0-0-0; Kristina Reid 0-0-0-0-0. Totals 16-10-1-1. Goalie Minutes GA Saves Maggie Armstrong 90:00 0 4. Manchester Emily Willmann 0-0-
0-0; Amber Kent 0-0-00; Paige Winey 0-0-0-0; Sofia Tzortzinis 1-0-0-0; Alexandria Vogh 2-2-00; Sara Barker 0-0-0-0; Kayla Werbianskyj 0-0-0-0; Hayley Sunderhaus 0-0-00; Diane McAfee 1-1-0-0; Breanna McLane 3-1-0-0; Adrien Brudvig 0-0-0-0. Substitutes: Amber Oster 0-0-0-0; Ellyn Sallee 1-0-00; Meagan McKeny 0-0-00; Allison Evanich 0-0-0-0; Julia Pierce 0-0-0-0. Totals 8-4-0-0. Goalie Minutes GA Saves Emily Willmann 90:00 1 9.
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Farm Credit honors families with long-term membership LOUISVILLE, KY — As a sign of its commitment to supporting farming families in rural America, Farm Credit Services of Mid-America — an ag lending cooperative serving over 92,500 members throughout Kentucky, Ohio, Indiana and Tennessee — is honoring member families who have supported the national Farm Credit System for over half a cen-
tury. Recognition in the Heritage Farm Program is open to current members of Farm Credit who have also been a member of the Farm Credit System for at least 50 consecutive years through their immediate family, parents or grandparents. Families who qualify are honored at an annual ceremony with a special plaque and heirloom hope chest.
“This year, 47 farm families will receive the Heritage Farm designation,” said Ed Yanos, chair of the Farm Credit Services Board of Directors who added that the program is now in its fifth year. Included in this year’s inductees are Richard and Dorothy Krites of St. Mary. In 1954, the Krites became customers of Farm Credit to finance the 199-
acre family farm. At that time, Richard and Dorothy Krites were the youngest couple that Farm Credit had ever made a loan to. Richard was 21. Today, the Krites are blessed with five daughters and still reside on the same family farm. “The Heritage Farm Program is another example of Farm Credit’s appreciation of our members,” said Carl Hess, regional vice
president with Farm Credit Services. “We are very proud of the families who have supported Farm Credit and the cooperative system. As a 90-year-old farming cooperative, we value tradition and recognize the important role long-term member families have played in the success of this cooperative and the preservation of this nation’s proud agricultural heritage.”
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Family rift forming over FB pics
Tomorrow’s Horoscope By Bernice Bede Osol
Dear Annie: Yesterday, our why those closest to him daughter-in-law announced don’t say anything. Shouldn’t that she did not want pic- a physician be on top of things tures of her children posted on like this? -- Puzzled Patient Dear Puzzled: You are Facebook. My wife is beside herself, saying that “Mary” assuming his halitosis is caused by poor oral hygiene, has no right to do this. My wife refuses to respect but that may not be the case. the request. She has many Sometimes there are underpictures of the grandchildren lying, even intractable reasons for bad breath, that she took and and your physician has already postmay be doing all he ed on Facebook. can to remedy the Personally, I agree problem. If neither with my daughyou nor anyone in ter-in-law, and as his office is willa result, my wife ing to speak up, we won’t speak to me. recommend you She accused me of offer him a breath not being supportmint at your next ive because I’m visit. If you also taking Mary’s side. pop one into your Can you help? Should my wife Annie’s Mailbox own mouth, it will lessen any embartake the pictures down? -- Annoyed Husband rassment. Dear Annie: I know how Dear Annoyed: Yes, and for several reasons. It’s one “Widowed and Confused” thing to post a picture of an feels about dating again. I unknown drunk at a bar. That was widowed suddenly at the is fair game. But when some- age of 45. For months, I went one specifically asks you to to work and came home and remove a picture, it is a sign sat on my couch until bedof good will to do so. Also, time. Then a good friend took these are photographs of chil- me out to a bar with a live dren, and parents can be high- band. When a man asked me ly sensitive to having those to dance, I said yes. My children were grown pictures plastered in a public space. Your wife should be when their father died, and respectful of Mary’s parental my oldest was upset to learn I was seeing someone. I said, authority. But the overriding rea- “Can you tell me when Dad son should be maintaining a is going to come back? If warm and loving relationship you can, I’ll sit right here and with your daughter-in-law. wait for him.” After a few By refusing this request, your minutes, she replied, “You’re wife is creating unnecessary right, Mom. He’s not coming rancor. Once the kids are back, and you need to live posting their own pictures on your life.” Tell “Widowed” to ask Facebook, we suspect Mary will ease up. Please urge your that same question of anywife to be patient. She can one who thinks she should still display the photographs mourn forever. If they can at home, in her purse or on give her a “date of return” on her deceased husband, fine. I her smartphone. Dear Annie: I go to a suspect they’ll see the simple wonderful doctor. The only truth and stop trying to make problem is, he has horren- her feel guilty. -- Didn’t Wait dously bad breath. I don’t Forever understand how a health care professional can have such terrible oral hygiene. You would think he knows better. He drinks coffee constantly, so I don’t know whether that’s contributing to the odor or whether he believes it covers it up. The really perplexing thing is that he works in an office with several other people, including his wife, who is also a physician. The nurses and receptionist all carry on conversations with him like everything is fine. I was beginning to think his breath odor was a figment of my imagination until I referred a colleague to him. After her appointment, she told me, “He was really nice. Too bad his breath smells like something crawled into his mouth and died.” I don’t have the guts to tell him, and I can’t understand
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Police comb KC home, yard of missing baby By MARIA SUDEKUM FISHER Associated Press
paper bags and clear plastic bags and took them to vehicles parked outside. Police also brought in a bomb and arson truck to assist the search, though spokesman Capt. Steve Young said there were no indications of explosives in the house. Some bomb detection devices use X-ray technology to scan solid objects to reveal items concealed within. An AP reporter saw investigators carrying at least a dozen thin, black rectangular sheets away from the home during the afternoon. Lisa Irwin was 10 months old on Oct. 4 when her parents reported her missing. Her father, an electrician, said he returned home from a late shift to discover the lights on, a window tampered with, the front door unlocked and Lisa gone. Bradley and Lisa’s two older brothers had been asleep elsewhere in the house. Bradley has admitted she drank heavily that night and may have blacked out. Police, FBI agents, officers from area law enforcement agencies and the Missouri National Guard already have searched the family’s home, neighborhood, nearby wooded areas, a landfill and abandoned homes. Police have refused to
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — One of the most aggressive police searches yet of the home where a Kansas City infant went missing more than two weeks ago drew officers Wednesday armed with shovels, rakes and other tools who hauled off bags that appeared to be full of potential evidence. Police refused to say what they found inside or outside the home belonging to Jeremy Irwin and Deborah Bradley, who say an intruder snatched their baby daughter, Lisa, from her crib in the middle of the night as the mother and two other boys slept. From shortly after sunrise through late afternoon, FBI agents and police officers joined in the search that began after a judge issued a warrant that prevented the parents from returning to the house while it was under way. Officers headed to the back of the home with shovels, rakes and a ladder and could be seen digging behind a shed in the yard. Out front, investigators left the house carrying brown
discuss any evidence gathered in the searches, saying only that they remain without a suspect. There was no indication the family has tried to block investigators’ access to their home, which already has been scoured by FBI agents with dogs. The parents’ attorney, Joe Tacopina, said Wednesday that he welcomed the search, but “we want this to be done in good faith, not to match some predetermined conclusion.” Earlier Wednesday, Tacopina questioned the need for a warrant. “They can go in and out any time,” he said of police. “They have had unfettered access because we want answers.” FBI spokeswoman Bridget Patton said Wednesday’s search was not based on any sort of tip. Authorities restricted media access, Patton said, because agents were using a procedure involving dogs that they didn’t want to be recorded. She declined to elaborate. Young said all previous searches of the house have been conducted with the family’s consent. Wednesday’s warrant prevents anyone except those involved in the investigation from entering,
meaning family members — who have returned home from time to time to collect clothes and other belongings — may not go back inside until the search is over. It wasn’t immediately clear whether the search would resume today. The Federal Aviation Administration established a no-fly zone over the search area effective until 5 p.m., agency spokesman Tony Molinaro said. He characterized the zone as a safety precaution and said it had been requested by law enforcement. Similar restrictions were introduced during a search of the area Tuesday. Much attention has focused on a rash of recent TV interviews the parents have given in which Bradley admitted she had consumed several glasses of wine the night that Lisa disappeared. She also told NBC that she did not see the baby after putting her to bed at about 6:40 p.m. — roughly four hours earlier than the time she originally gave police. She didn’t explain the difference. Tacopina has said Bradley’s candid words indicate the parents have nothing to hide. Bradley has said she expects to be arrested in her baby’s disappearance.
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The Jefferson varsity girl’s soccer team participated in the American Cancer Society’s Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Walk Oct. 15 in Fort Wayne. Through their fundraising efforts, the team raised $1,059.96 towards the cause. Participating were, back, from left, Elizabeth Schosker, Hayley Drerup, Cassidy Bevington, Amanda Vorst, Megan Gilden, Carla Horstman, Sydney Drerup, Madison Flack; and front, Corinne Metzger, Rachel Miller, Bailey Miller, Coach Lindsey Drerup, Paige Miller, Dena Frye and Jordyn Radler. Missing from the photo are Kylee Haehn, Elisabeth Miller, Jenna Moreo, Kayla Giller and Atojon Achilov.
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PHILADELPHIA — A mentally challenged man chained to a basement boiler. A disabled woman with her teeth knocked out. A malnourished niece with burn marks and pellet gun wounds. A two-year-old child the weight of an infant. These are the some of the victims emerging as police investigate a ring that allegedly took in the downtrodden and disabled for their Social Security checks, then held them captive in wretched conditions, without enough to eat or drink. “The things that I have heard, the things that have been described, I’m not sure that horrific covers it,” Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter said Wednesday. The four adult victims found locked in a Philadelphia crawl space on Saturday have the mental capacity of 10-year-olds. One said he had met accused ringleader Linda Ann Weston, 51, through an online dating site. Weston and three others, including her daughter, are charged with kidnapping, assault and other charges, with her bail set at $2.5 million. It’s unclear how Weston met the other disabled adults found Saturday, one of whom may have borne several children in recent years. They were treated at a hospital and then moved to a social services agency. Eight children and four young adults linked to the defendants have since been taken into protective custody after they were found at various locations around the city. They include the 19-year-old niece, Beatrice Weston, who was left locked in a closet in recent days, according to police. Police took the unusual step of asking reporters Wednesday not to try to locate or interview her. “I have never seen a victim whose injuries were any more severe than what I saw last night,” Police Commissioner Charles Ramsey said. “This girl was beaten, was tortured. It makes you want to cry when you see her.” She may be the same niece who, according to neighbors, lived with Weston, co-defendant Gregory Thomas and the couple’s four children in northeast Philadelphia from about 2003 to 2005. Neighbors called police, and the city’s child-protection agency, after hearing the adults scream and curse at the youngsters, whom they said could be found outside at 6 a.m. and late at night. They also thought they heard them being beaten. Nothing seemed to have been done, the neighbors said. After about two years, the family was forced out for unpaid rent, the neighbors said. The next tenant kept getting Social Security statements mailed to the house for Weston, Thomas, victim Tamara Breedon and others. She called the post office and the Social Security Administration. But the statements — not the checks, which are often direct deposited — didn’t stop for years. Police went to the same address at one point to check on a report of a missing person involving another victim, Herbert Knowles. The current resident said she didn’t know anyone by that name. There is no indication there was any follow-up by police. The defendants — Thomas, 47; co-defendant Eddie “the Rev. Ed” Wright, 50; and Weston’s daughter, Jean McIntosh, 32 — are scheduled to have their first court hearing on Monday. Weston’s lawyer has not returned calls for comment. It’s not yet clear if the others have attorneys. Weston, along with a sister, were convicted of murder in the early 1980s after locking the sister’s boyfriend in a closet for weeks until he died of starvation. McIntosh has a prior arrest for theft by deception, and securing a document by deception. Her teenage son and daughter were taken into protective custody on Wednesday, shortly after she became the fourth defendant arrested in the case.
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