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Stacy Taff photos
Work continues on swimming pool
Larry McClure, above, of Quality Fabrication and Welding, Inc., puts up a section
of stainless steel wall around the perimeter of the Delphos Municipal Swimming Pool
Wednesday. The concrete behind the lining was busting out, he said. So were put-
ting these sheets up and then welding them into place to alleviate the problem. Then
well seal the liner to that. McClure says the project should take roughly 10 work
days. Whether or not those days are consecutive will depend on the weather.
Below: Andy Lee of E. Lee Construction puts a fresh coat of paint on the slide at
the pool Wednesday.
Governors urge
consumers
to rethink
pink slime
By JOSH FUNK
The Associated Press
OMAHA, Neb. The
main producer of pink slime
and the politicians defending
the company will have a hard
time persuading consumers
and grocery stores to accept
the product, even if the pro-
cessed beef trimmings are as
safe as the industry insists.
Three governors and two
lieutenant governors plan to
tour Beef Products Inc.s plant
in South Sioux City, Neb., this
afternoon to show their sup-
port for the company and the
several thousand jobs it creates
in Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas,
South Dakota and Texas.
Beef Products, the main
producer of the cheap lean
beef made from fatty bits
of meat left over from other
cuts, has drawn extra scrutiny
because of concerns about the
ammonium hydroxide it treats
meat with to slightly change
the acidity of the beef and kill
bacteria. The company sus-
pended operations at plants in
Texas, Kansas and Iowa this
week, affecting 650 jobs, but it
defends its product as safe.
While the official name is
lean finely textured beef, crit-
ics dub it pink slime and say
its an unappetizing example
of industrialized food produc-
tion. That term was coined by
a federal microbiologist who
was grossed out by it, but
the product meets federal food
safety standards and has been
used for years.
Larry Smith, with the
Institute for Crisis Management
public relations firm, said hes
not sure the makers of pink
slime including Cargill and
BPI will be able to over-
come the public stigma against
their product at this point.
I cant think of a single
solitary message that a manu-
facturer could use that would
resonate with anybody right
now, Smith said.
The politicians who plan
to tour the plant includ-
ing Texas Gov. Rick Perry,
Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad,
Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback,
Nebraska Lt. Gov. Rick
Sheehy and South Dakota Lt.
Gov. Matt Michels all agree
with the industry view that
pink slime has been unfairly
maligned and mislabeled.
Our states proudly pro-
duce food for the country and
the world and we do so
with the highest commitment
toward product safety, the
governors said in a joint state-
ment. Lean, finely textured
beef is a safe, nutritious prod-
uct that is backed by sound
science.
Our states
proudly produce
food for the coun-
try and the world
and we do so
with the high-
est commitment
toward product
safety. Lean, fine-
ly textured beef
is a safe, nutri-
tious product
that is backed by
sound science.
Texas Gov. Rick
Perry, Iowa Gov. Terry
Branstad, Kansas Gov.
Sam Brownback, Nebraska
Lt. Gov. Rick Sheehy
South Dakota Lt.
Gov. Matt Michels
See PINK SLIME, page 2
Fort Jennings to present
Alice in Wonderland, Jr.
Fort Jennings High School will present the musical
Disneys Alice In Wonderland, Jr. at 7 p.m. Friday
and Saturday in the schools auditeria. The music for
the production is directed by Rose Mary Warnecke with
co-direction by Roger Rex and Joyce Brokamp. Tickets
will be available in the high school office 8 a.m. to 12:30
p.m. through Friday. Pre-sale prices are $5 for adults
and $4 for students and Golden Buckeye (Saturday-
only performance) is $4. All tickets will be $5 at the
door. Featured in the cast will be seniors Gina Clay,
Cassie Kaverman, Tanya Korte, Nolan Neidert, Ethan
Schimmoeller, Jeremy Schimmoeller, Aaron Schnipke,
Nick Verhoff and Kelsey Von Lehmden. At right: Alice,
played by Morgan Ricker, banters with Tweedle Dee,
left, played by Jeremy Schimmoeller, and Tweedle Dum,
played by Ethan Schimmoeller.
Stacy Taff photo
Saturday last to
order Ottoville
history book
The deadline to order
copies of The History of
Ottoville 1846-2003 by Rita
Turnwald is Saturday.
The cost is $55 with
checks payable to: The
Ottoville History Book
and can be sent to Village
of Ottoville (book), Box
488, Ottoville OH 45876.
Juniors offer
annual mulch sale
St. Johns High School
junior class is selling mulch
to help defray the costs of
post prom and a class trip.
Bags of triple-cut pre-
mium black hardwood and
double-cut red cypress mulch
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ordered by April 5. One
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Mulch will be available
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Patricia A. Lindeman
July 31, 1945
March 27, 2012
Richard J. Dickrede, 66, of
Lexington passed away March
27, 2012 at OSU Medical
Center.
He was born July 31, 1945,
in Lima to Ralph and Edna
Fischer Dickrede, who pre-
ceded him in death.
Survivors include his
wife of 40 years Janice Price
Dickrede of Lexington; daugh-
ter Alison (Jonathan) Cochran
of Westerville; grandchil-
dren Justin, Kylie, Lindsey
Cochran; brothers Ken
(Jean) Dickrede, Jerry (Dee)
Dickrede; sisters Jane (Bob)
Hanneman, Irma Schwinnen,
Ann (John) Elder, Mary (Paul)
Elder; sister-in-law Pat (Jim)
Dodson; many nieces, neph-
ews and other relatives.
He was also preceded in
death by his in-laws Lester
and Jane Price; brother Elmer
Dickrede; brother-in-law
Bernie Schwinnen.
Mr. Dickrede was a 1963
graduate of St. Johns High
School and a 1967 graduate of
St. Joseph College. He served
as a MP and Company Clerk
for the United States Army. He
retired from Dana Corporation
and Parker Hannifin. He was
a member of the Knights of
Columbus 4th Degree and a
life member of the Amvets.
He loved Nascar, traveling
and John Deere tractors but
his true love was spending
time with his grandchildren.
Mass of Christian Burial
will be celebrated 10:30 a.m.
Saturday at Resurrection
Parish with Fr. Nelson Beaver
officiating. Burial will fol-
low in Mansfield Cemetery
with military honors provid-
ed by Richland County Joint
Veterans Burial Detail.
Friends may call from 4
- 8 p.m. Friday at Herlihy-
Chambers Funeral Home, 173
Park Avenue West, Mansfield,
with a vigil service at 4pm.
In lieu of flowers, memo-
rial contributions may be
made to the American Cancer
Society or the Diabetes
Association.
High temperature
Wednesday in Delphos was
72 degrees, low was 50. High
a year ago today was 44, low
was 24. Record high for today
is 78, set in 1945. Record low
is 13, set in 1923.
WEATHER FORECAST
Tri-county
Associated Press
TONIGHT: Mostly clear
in the evening. Then partly
cloudy with a 20 percent
chance of rain showers over-
night. Lows in the mid 30s.
East winds 5 to 10 mph.
FRIDAY: Rain show-
ers and chance of thunder-
storms. Highs in the upper
50s. Southeast winds 10 to 15
mph shifting to the southwest
in the afternoon. Chance of
precipitation 80 percent.
FRIDAY NIGHT: Mostly
cloudy with a 30 percent chance
of showers and thunderstorms.
Lows in the upper 30s.
SATURDAY: Partly cloudy
with highs in the upper 50s.
SATURDAY NIGHT,
SUNDAY: Mostly clear.
Lows in the lower 40s. Highs
in the mid 70s.
SUNDAY NIGHT: Mostly
clear. Lows in the lower 50s.
MONDAY: Partly cloudy
with a 40 percent chance of
showers and storms. Highs in
the lower 70s.
MONDAY NIGHT,
TUESDAY: Mostly clear. A
20 percent chance of showers.
Lows in the upper 40s. Highs
around 60.
TUESDAY NIGHT: Partly
cloudy. Lows in the lower 40s.
Highs in the mid 50s.
At 10:13 a.m. on
Wednesday, while on rou-
tine patrol, Delphos Police
came into contact with Sue
Schweitzer,
35, of
Spencer-
ville, at
which
time it was
found that
Schweitzer
was oper-
ating a
motor
vehicle
while
having her driving privi-
leges suspended.
Schweitzer was cited into
Lima Municipal Court on the
charge.
At 5:46 p.m. on Monday,
Delphos Police were inves-
tigating a
complaint
in the 700
block of
South
Main
Street at
which
time, they
came
into con-
tact with
Logan
Helms,
21, of Delphos.
It was found Helms had an
active warrant for his arrest
issued out of Findlay for fail-
ing to appear in court.
Helms was taken into cus-
tody on the warrant.
Jan. 3, 1944-March 27, 2012
Patricia A. Lindeman, 68,
of Delphos, died at 11:55 p.m.
Tuesday at her residence, sur-
rounded by her loving family.
She was born Jan. 3, 1944,
in Lima to Gilbert and Florence
(Hasenkamp) Trentman, who
preceded her in death.
On May 11, 1963, she mar-
ried Norbert J. Lindeman, who
survives in Delphos.
Survivors include sons
Dan (Donna) Lindeman, Jim
Lindeman and Jeff (Anita)
Lindeman of Delphos; daugh-
ters Sue (Russ) Shrider and
Janice (Matt) Wrasman of
Delphos; sisters Mary Lee
(Bob) Miller, Judy (Tom)
Pohlman and Irene (Norb)
Renner of Delphos; brothers
Jim (Janet) Trentman and Bob
(Deb) Trentman of Delphos;
grandchildren, Dana, David,
Derek and Devin Lindeman,
Nick, Justin and Sarah Shrider,
Tricia, Melissa, Brandon and
Jacob Wrasman and Baylee,
Trent and Emma Lindeman;
and a brother-in-law, Jim
Baldauf.
She was also preceded
in death by a sister, Marge
Baldauf; and a brother-in-law,
John Wannemacher.
Mrs. Lindeman was a
homemaker and a cook for
Delphos City Schools. She
was a member of St. John the
Evangelist Catholic Church
and its Catholic Ladies of
Columbia. She was a 1962
graduate of St. Johns High
School. She enjoyed vacation-
ing and loved spending time
with her husband, children
and grandchildren.
Mass of Christian Burial
will begin at 10:30 a.m.
Saturday at St. John the
Evangelist Catholic Church,
the Rev. Melvin Verhoff
officiating. Burial will be in
Resurrection Cemetery.
Friends may call from 2-8
p.m. Friday at Harter and
Schier Funeral Home, where a
CLC service will be held at 3
p.m. and a parish wake service
at 7:30 p.m.
Memorial contribu-
tions may be made to
St. Johns Foundation or
Delphos Community Health
Professionals.
Helms
Schweitzer
No citation in
two-vehicle
crash
Driver hits power pole, leaves scene
US jobless claims fall to
lowest level in 4 years
Pink slime
No citations were given fol-
lowing a two-vehicle accident
at East Fifth Street and Fort
Jennings reported at 12:59
p.m. Tuesday.
According to reports,
Rachel Van Horn, 42, of
Delphos, was stopped at the
traffic signal facing west on
East Fifth Street when a car
driven by Benjamin Smith,
19, of Fort Jennings, failed
to stop behind the Van Horn
vehicle and struck it in the
rear.
No one was injured.
Delphos Police are seeking
the driver of a hit-skip vehi-
cle that struck an American
Electric Power pole in the
parking of the Circle K gas
station at Fifth Street and Fort
Jennings Road.
According to reports, at
approximately 3:45 p.m. on
Tuesday, a vehicle was travel-
ing westbound in East Fifth
Street, turn northbound on Fort
Jennings Road and attempted
to make a U-turn in the Circle
K parking lot and struck the
power pole. The vehicle then
left the scene headed north-
bound on Fort Jennings Road.
If anyone has any infor-
mation about this accident,
contact the Delphos Police at
419-692-4015.
By CHRISTOPHER
S. RUGABER
WASHINGTON The
number of people seeking
U.S. unemployment benefits
dropped last week to the low-
est level in four years, adding
to evidence that the job market
is strengthening.
Applications for weekly
unemployment benefits fell by
5,000 to a seasonally adjusted
359,000, the Labor Department
said today. Thats the fewest
applicants since April 2008.
The four-week average, a less
volatile measure, declined to
365,000 the fewest for that
measure since May 2008.
When unemployment ben-
efit applications drop con-
sistently below 375,000, it
usually signals that hiring
is strong enough to lower
the unemployment rate. The
decline has coincided with
the best three months of hir-
ing in two years.
The department made annu-
al revisions to the past five
years of data, which increased
the number of applications in
recent months and showed a
slower decline. Still, even after
the revisions, applications have
fallen roughly 12 percent over
the past six months.
Most economists still
expect another strong month
of hiring in March.
The trend remains unam-
biguously downwards, said
Ian Shepherdson, an economist
at High Frequency Economics.
We think the rate of decline
... is slowing ... but they are
still consistent with robust,
sustained payroll gains.
Separately, the U.S. econo-
my expanded at a solid pace in
the final three months of last
year, but growth is expected to
slow in the current quarter.
The economy grew at
annual rate of 3 percent in the
fourth quarter, the Commerce
Department said. But econo-
mists forecast it likely dipped
below 2 percent in the current
quarter.
Businesses have been
restocking their shelves at
a slower pace and shipping
fewer long-lasting manu-
factured goods. In addition,
Europes debt crisis and
slower growth in Asia have
reduced demand for U.S.
exports.
Stronger hiring in the
first two months of the year
probably hasnt offset those
weaknesses. Thats because
Americans pay has barely
kept pace with inflation while
gas prices have spiked. So
consumer spending, which
accounts for 70 percent of
economic activity, probably
hasnt increased much from
the end of last year.
Most economists expect
growth to pick up later this
year, as more hiring lifts the
economy.
From December through
February, employers added an
average of 245,000 jobs per
month. That has pushed down
the unemployment rate to 8.3
percent, the lowest in three
years.
Companies are hiring more
workers because the economy
is picking up. The economy
grew at an annual rate of 3 per-
cent in the final three months
of last year. That was better
than the 1.8 percent rate in the
previous quarter.
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Branstad has said he plans to
eat some of the meat to dem-
onstrate that its safe.
Russell Cross, who is a
former administrator of the
USDA Food Safety and
Inspection Service, said this
product is getting a bad rap
from a food safety standpoint.
Im not saying its per-
fectly safe. Nothing is per-
fectly safe. All food is going
to have bacteria in it. But
this product has never been in
question for safety, he said.
Cross said that ammonia
is just one tool designed to
reduce bacteria and help make
the food safer. The process
Cargill uses, by comparison,
uses citric acid to achieve sim-
ilar results to what BPI does
with ammonia.
The finished product con-
tains only a trace of ammo-
nia, as do many other foods,
and its meant just to be an
additional hurdle for the
pathogens, said Cross, who
is now head of the Department
of Animal Science at Texas
A&M University.
The ammonium hydroxide
BPI uses is also used in baked
goods, puddings and other
processed foods.
National Meat Association
spokesman Jeremy Russell
said if consumers insist on
eliminating this product from
ground beef, prices will go
up and lean beef trimmings
will have to be imported to
replace it. The process of cre-
ating lean, finely textured beef
yields about 12 to 15 pounds
of additional meat per animal.
Russell said the pink slime
outcry has already hurt BPI
and other meat companies,
and could eventually hurt the
price that ranchers and feed-
lots receive for cattle.
Its costing them and other
companies a lot of money,
Russell said.
BPI did get some good
news Wednesday when Iowa-
based grocer Hy-Vee said it
would offer beef with and
without pink slime because
some consumers demanded
the option. But larger grocery
store chains, such as Kroger,
have stuck with their deci-
sions to stop offering beef
with pink slime.
GILBERT, Robert
Eugene, 74, of Columbia
City, Ind., funeral servic-
es will be held at 10 a.m.
Friday at DeMoney-Grimes
Countryside Park Funeral
Home, 600 Countryside
Drive, Columbia City, Pastor
Barry Faucett, retired pas-
tor of New Hope Wesleyan
Church, officiating. Burial
will follow at Greenhill
Cemetery, Columbia City.
Friends may call from 2-4
p.m. and 6-8 p.m. today at
the funeral home. Memorial
gifts may be given in Mr.
Gilberts memory to the
American Cancer Society.
Visit demoneygrimes.com
to send family condolences
or sign the guest register
book.
ST. RITAS
A girl was born March 27
to Shawn and Jennifer Ardner
of Delphos.
to Aaron and Kathy Peters of
Elida.
A girl was born March
28 to Douglas and Amy
Wannemacher of Cloverdale.
to Mike and Jessi Grime of
Kalida.
Corn: $6.16
Wheat: $6.31
Beans: $13.46
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Today is Thursday, March
29, the 89th day of 2012.
There are 277 days left in the
year.
Todays Highlight
in History: In 1867, the
Dominion of Canada was
established.
On this date:
In 1848, For the first time
in recorded history, Niagara
Falls stopped flowing. An ice
jam in the Niagara river above
the rim of the falls caused the
water to stop.
In 1961, the 23rd
Amendment to the U.S.
Constitution was ratified,
allowing Washington, D.C.,
residents to vote in presiden-
tial elections.
In 1973, the last U.S. troops
left Vietnam, bringing an end
to direct U.S. military involve-
ment in the Vietnam War.
In 1976, Eight Ohio
National Guardsmen were
indicted for shooting 4 Kent
State students.
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STATE/LOCAL
The gold winners in the annual Jefferson Amateur Show are, front from left, Elyse North, Gwen Teman, Macy
Poling and Emma Kill; row two, Dalton Place, Colin Bailey, Cody Bailey, Emma Mueller, Kiely Dienstberger and
Chloe Kroeger; row three, Eli Wurst, Timothy Mankey, Addy Stewart (savings bond winner), Kristina Claypool, Holly
Dellinger (savings bond winner), Mikayla Bennett and Emily Dienstberger; and back, Emma Wurst and Logan Gross
(savings bond winner).
Silver winners are, front from left, Lauren Mox, Audrey North, Sydnie McGue, Courtney Teman and Trysten
Smith; and back, Julian Grant, Avery Mercer, Allison Hasting, Hailey Heising, Zoey Porter, Claire Thompson, Brittany
Kemper, Cheyenne Dooley and Breana Shaeffer.
Jefferson Amateur Show winners
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Bronze winners are, from left, Benjamin Kester, Kendall Jester and Anna Spring.
Marion Township Trustees
The Marion Township
Trustees held their regular
scheduled meeting on Friday
at the Marion Township
Office with the following
members present: Jerry
Gilden, Joseph Youngpeter
and Howard Violet.
The purpose of the meet-
ing was to pay bills and
conduct ongoing business.
The minutes of the previ-
ous meeting were read and
approved as read. The trust-
ees then reviewed the bills
and gave approval for 18
checks totaling $19,641.91.
Road Foreman Elwer
gave the trustees the road
stripping program for 2012
for their approval and sig-
nature.
Don Cressman contacted
Elwer about installing a catch
basin in the Billymack-State
Road area at his expense if
the township would do the
work. It will be in the right
of way and the township
would benefit from it and
after some discussion the
trustees told Elwer to go
ahead with the project.
The road and sign project
is complete for March.
He advised the trustees
that the County did some
grading along Lehman Road
north of Lincoln Highway to
eliminate water issues.
Elwer also reported field
trash has been pushed from
the field into the right of
way on the southeast corner
of State and Kill roads. The
trustees asked Elwer to con-
tact the land owner to get it
removed.
Fiscal Office Kimmet
presented a letter from the
Department of Commerce
regarding any objection the
township may have regard-
ing renewal of liquor per-
mits within the township.
The trustees had no objec-
tion so no further action is
needed.
Trustees Violet reported
that the cross over at the
corner of Kiggins and Ridge
roads needs some repair and
he will get in touch with the
county regarding this.
The trustees asked Elwer
to check on getting a con-
tractor to install a tile along
Evans Road.
There being no further
business, a motion to adjourn
by Trustee Youngpeter was
seconded by Trustee Violet
and was passed unanimous-
ly.
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LETTER TO THE EDITOR
IT WAS NEWS THEN
POLITICS
One Year Ago
Jefferson High School FCCLA students who are continuing
on to state competition are Marissa Garza, Ashley Truesdale,
Amanda Truesdale, Serena Lorencovic, Jimmie Farler, Tony
Wiechart. Middle school students are Tori Dudgeon, Samantha
Farler, Shyanne Caudill and Emma Wurst.
25 Years Ago 1987
Old sheets and pillow cases were used to make bandages
by the Catholic Daughters of the Americas at the Knights of
Columbus hall on Elida Avenue. The items will be sent to a
mission in New Guinea. A letter from Vera Gossard was read
asking for help in sending delegates to the Junior Catholic
Daughters of the Americas state convention. A new member,
Mabel Payne, was welcomed into the court.
St. Johns center Craig Allemeier will be playing for
the West in the District 8 Class A All-Star game April 1 at
Lima Senior. Allemeier was a district second team selection.
Teammate Mike Williams, a junior, was a first team selec-
tion.
Invincible Fire Company Spencerville announced dates
for the annual fall fest to be held Sept. 16-19. Booth space is
being made available to interested individuals, businesses and
organizations. Persons interested in space may contact Paul
Lee, Tim Potts or Mark Wireman at the fire department.
50 Years Ago 1962
Three fathers presented their sons awards at a recent
meeting of Cub Pack 65 in the Methodist Church. Gene Stites
presented his son David the Bear award, and the Bobcat award
was presented by Robert Prine to his son Glenn and by Clark
Williams to his son John. The den mothers are Mrs. Phillips
Gressel, Den 1; Mrs. James Wiltsie, Den 2, and Mrs. Roy
Dunlap, Den 3.
The Elida high school chapter of the Future Business
Leaders of America will be hosts to the state delegates meeting
Saturday at the Elida school. Elida FBLA officers, president
Carol LaRue, vice president Diane Metzger, treasurer Sharon
Vermilion and reporter Don Reese, along with each member
of the group, have planned the days activities, according to
Dorothy Workman, club advisor.
Arthur Brooks of Van Wert, a retired nurseryman and
longtime member of the Rotary Club there, was the speaker at
the meeting of Rotary Wednesday at NuMaudes. The speaker
was introduced by John Horine, who was program chairman
for the meeting. Guests included Jerry Marks of Detroit, Hal
Stepleton of Sylvania, Paul Metzner of Delphos, and William
Stant and Thomas Pohlman, seniors from St. Johns High
School.
75 Years Ago 1937
The organized gang that has been preying on grain eleva-
tors in this section for the past few months has been broken up
by the arrest of five members of the group. The arrests were
made Thursday and Saturday of last week through the efforts
of Van Wert County officials, Mercer County officials and
the Fort Wayne police. None of those captured have admitted
aiding in the Elida robbery but authorities feel sure that they
were implicated.
The completely modern Standard Oil super service station
at the corner of Fifth and Main streets, was opened for business
Monday morning. E. L. Becker has been named as manager of
the new station. The attendants are George Grothouse, Melvin
Kollsmith and Harry Richards, who was transferred to the
Delphos station from Findlay.
Approximately 125 couples attended the Easter dance
given at St. Johns auditorium Sunday evening. The floor show
was enthusiastically received by the audience. The floor show
included dancing by Ruth Ingles and Eddie Hanf of Toledo;
a solo by Billie Jean Apger and another solo by Norman
Sendelbach.
CHICAGO (AP) With
Republicans locked in a con-
tentious and expensive prima-
ry, President Barack Obama
has spent a small fortune in
recent months to build and
maintain a campaign operation
that is larger, more diverse and
more focused on Novembers
general election than any of
his opponents organizations.
Republican contenders
like Mitt Romney and Rick
Santorum have surely been
watching their expenses dur-
ing their primary elections:
millions here for ad spending,
millions there for travel, rallies
and consulting fees. Whats
left keeps the lights on, the
phones ringing and the staff
paid.
But Obama, who faces
no serious challenger for the
Democratic nomination, has
sunk his cash into an expan-
sive brick-and-mortar opera-
tion with offices in nearly
every state. His campaign has
spent more than $135 mil-
lion on operations through
February, according to an
Associated Press analysis of
Federal Election Commission
records. Thats about $3 mil-
lion more than all his GOP
challengers combined.
Republicans bristle over
reports that Obamas paid
staff exceeds 500, many of
whom work in the campaigns
Chicago headquarters.
I think the campaign is
single-handedly trying to
lower the unemployment rate
by hiring field staff, Romney
political director Rich Beeson
said. When they point to the
fact about how many people
theyve got hired and how
many offices theyve got,
theyre just trying to distract
people from the reality of
(how) theyre going to have a
heck of a time finding people
to get out and vote for him.
A review of Obamas bal-
ance sheets reveals a small
army of paid staffers trying to
help the Democratic president
win a second term. Campaign
filings list more than 330
paid staffers in Chicago and
200 more spread across the
country payroll costs that
exceed $6.3 million during the
last two months alone.
The numbers also suggest
signs of stress.
Obamas team has spent
more than $7 million since
January on fundraising-related
expenses like postage, print-
ing and telemarketing, in some
cases to contact the same kind
of low-dollar donors who sup-
ported Obama four years ago.
The campaign also spent mil-
lions more on expenses like
online advertising and consult-
ing, which in some cases can
be tied to fundraising.
With offices in nearly every
state, the campaign also faces
rising overhead. Through the
first two months of the year,
Obama spent approximately
$1.1 million on computer
equipment, $435,000 in rent
and utilities, $305,000 on tele-
phones, and $19,000 on office
supplies, federal filings show.
The core of Obamas oper-
ation is packed into the sixth
floor of Chicagos Prudential
building, where 300 staffers
sit side by side at long rows
of tables, working from lap-
tops and cellphones. Colorful
college pennants hang from
the ceiling and often repre-
sent key swing states: the
University of North Carolina,
Ohio State and the University
of Michigan. Need a designer
T-shirt or bumper sticker? A
room managed by two staffers
houses a swelling collection
of campaign memorabilia for
sale.
MARK SHERMAN
Associated Press
WASHINGTON
Concluding three days of
fervent, public disagreement,
a Supreme Court seeming-
ly split over ideology will
now wrestle in private about
whether to strike down key
parts or even all of President
Barack Obamas historic
health care law. The justices
decision, due this June, will
affect the way virtually every
American receives and pays
for care.
The court wrapped up
public arguments Wednesday
on the overhaul, which is
designed to extend health
insurance to most of the 50
million Americans now with-
out it. The first and biggest
issue the justices must decide
is whether the centerpiece of
the law, the requirement that
nearly all Americans carry
insurance or pay a penalty, is
constitutional.
Wednesdays argument
time was unusual in that it
assumed a negative answer
to that central question. What
should happen to other provi-
sions, the justices and lawyers
debated, if the court strikes
down the requirement? If the
justices are following their
normal practice, they had not
even met to take a preliminary
vote in the case before all
argument concluded.
Questions at the court this
week day showed a strong
ideological division between
the liberal justices who seem
inclined to uphold the law in
its entirety and the conserva-
tive justices whose skepticism
about Congress power to
force people to buy insurance
suggests deep trouble for the
insurance requirement, and
possibly the entire law.
The divide on the court
reflects a similar split in pub-
lic opinion about the law,
which Congress approved two
years ago when Democrats
controlled both houses. The
justices decision is sure to
become a significant part of
this years presidential and
congressional election cam-
paigns, in which Republicans
have relentlessly attacked the
law.
Both liberal and conser-
vative justices appeared on
Wednesday to accept the
administrations argument
that at least two important
insurance changes are so
closely tied to the must-have-
coverage requirement that
they could not survive without
it: provisions requiring insur-
ers to cover people regard-
less of their existing medical
problems and limiting how
much those companies can
charge in premiums based on
a persons age or health.
Less clear was whether
the court would conclude the
entire law, with its hundreds
of unrelated provisions, would
have to be cast aside.
The justices also spent
part of the day considering
a challenge by 26 states to
the expansion of the federal-
state Medicaid program for
low-income Americans an
important feature which alone
was expected to extend cov-
erage to 15 million people
and which no lower court has
rejected.
Solicitor General Donald
Verrilli Jr. took a few seconds
at the end of the Medicaid
argument to make a final
plea for the court to uphold
the entire law, which he said
would secure the blessings
of liberty for millions of
Americans by providing them
with affordable health care.
Verrilli told the court that
Congress had made a policy
decision to fight the high cost
of medical care through the
new law. I would urge the
court to respect that judg-
ment, he said.
Paul Clement, the lawyer
for the states challenging the
law, retorted that it would
be a strange definition of
liberty to make people who
may not want it buy health
care insurance. And he called
Congress threat to cut all
Medicaid funding from states
that refuse to expand the pro-
gram a direct threat to our
federalism.
Not since 2000, when the
court resolved the Bush v.
Gore dispute over Florida
election returns that sealed
George W. Bushs election
as president has a Supreme
Court case drawn so much
attention.
In their questions
Wednesday, liberal justices
Sonia Sotomayor, Elena
Kagan, Ruth Bader Ginsburg
and Stephen Breyer took issue
with Clement, who was ask-
ing that the Patient Protection
and Affordable Care Act be
tossed out in its entirety.
Whats wrong with leav-
ing this in the hands of those
who should be fixing this?
asked Sotomayor, referring to
Congress.
Chief Justice John Roberts
also spoke about parts of the
law that have nothing to do
with any of the things we are
talking about.
For example, Ginsburg
observed that the act deals
with issues such as black lung
disease.
Why make Congress redo
those? she asked. There
are many things that have
nothing to do with afford-
able health care.
But Clement said the court
would be leaving a hollow
shell if it decided to excise
the several key provisions.
The rest of the law cannot
stand, he contended.
Roberts and Justice
Anthony Kennedy also asked
hard questions of Deputy
Solicitor General Edwin
Kneedler that indicated
they are at least consider-
ing Clements arguments.
Kneedler said that the only
other provisions the court
should kill in the event the
mandate is stricken are the
two that bar refusing cover-
age to sick people and limit-
ing the charges to old or sick
people.
Justice Antonin Scalia
suggested many members
of Congress might not have
voted for the bill without the
central provisions, and he
said the court should not go
through each and every page
to sort out what stays and
what goes.
What happened to
the Eighth Amendment?
Scalia asked, referring to the
Constitutions ban on cruel
and unusual punishment.
You really expect us to go
through 2,700 pages?
In the afternoon arguments,
the liberal justices made clear
they would vote to uphold
the Medicaid expansion, for
which the federal govern-
ment would pay almost all
the costs.
Justices Sotomayor,
Kagan, Ginsburg and Breyer
voiced strong disagreement
with the states contention
that the expansion of the joint
state-federal program would
be unconstitutionally coer-
cive.
Why is a big gift from the
federal government a matter
of coercion? Kagan asked.
Even Roberts joined his
liberal colleagues in question-
ing Clement about the states
argument that that the expan-
sion comes with too many
strings.
Well, why isnt that a con-
sequence of how willing they
have been since the New Deal
to take the federal govern-
ments money? And it seems
to me that they have compro-
mised their status as indepen-
dent sovereigns because they
are so dependent on what the
federal government has done,
they should not be surprised
that the federal government
having attached the they
tied the strings, they shouldnt
be surprised if the federal gov-
ernment isnt going to start
pulling them, Roberts said.
JULIE CARR SMYTH
Associated Press
COLUMBUS A bill
repealing sweeping changes
to Ohios 2011 elections law
cleared the state Senate on
Wednesday after a debate so
fierce one Democrat urged
stopping because lawmakers
were about to draw blood.
With election-year poli-
tics flaring, Republicans and
Democrats accused each other
of playing political games
with the battleground states
voting rules at the expense
of Ohio voters and the demo-
cratic process.
The original bill retooling
the states election laws passed
last summer. Its been on hold
since September, when oppo-
nents gathered enough signa-
tures to qualify a repeal ques-
tion for Novembers ballot.
The legislation shrunk the
early-voting period that was
viewed as helping Democrats
drive the turnout that helped
President Barack Obama win
the critical battleground state,
and it made a host of other
changes. It called for shorten-
ing the early voting window
from 35 days before Election
Day to 17 days.
Republicans who control
the Senate said Wednesday
they were giving Democrats
and their allies what they
want by erasing the law. They
passed the bill along party
lines and sent it to the GOP-
led Ohio House.
House Speaker William
Batchelder said he supports
it, though he still has res-
ervations about whether its
legal to repeal a law when
its awaiting referendum by
voters.
State Sen. Bill Coley, the
repeals Republican sponsor,
said Wednesdays proposal
contained the language to
which Ohio law would revert
if the fall repeal were suc-
cessful nothing more and
nothing less.
That is what (House Bill)
194s opponents want, and
that is what were doing here
today, he said.
If passed, the repeal mea-
sure would leave in place
the old rules governing Ohio
elections. The bill also would
reaffirm a separate change
made last year that cuts off
in-person early voting on
the Friday evening before
Election Day.
Democrats raged against
Republicans claims, saying
it was more than a repeal
and reinstated elements to the
state election law that were
harmful to voters.
Its inappropriate, and
you are losing the trust of the
citizens across the state of
Ohio with these antics, railed
state Sen. Mike Skindell, a
Lakewood Democrat. Thats
all they are is antics trying to
subvert the will of the people
and trying to suppress votes.
State Sen. Bill Seitz, a
Cincinnati Republican, chal-
lenged Skindell to point to
any election law change
in Wednesdays bill that
Democrats didnt support. He
said most were innocuous,
bipartisan changes supported
by professional election offi-
cials.
We were not doing any-
thing nefarious or subver-
sive, Seitz said. We were
listening to the quintessen-
tially bipartisan group of all
time, who said please stop the
circus at close-of-business on
Friday before the election.
Democratic Sen. Eric
Kearney, of Cincinnati, said
Ohio voters have been treated
to a host of boggling contra-
dictions during recent elec-
tions. Who understands this?
Who gets this?
Seitz accused Democrats
of changing course from early
statements favoring a legisla-
tive repeal of the law after
Obamas re-election cam-
paign discovered an advan-
tage in having it on this falls
ballot alongside his name. He
read from an Obama fundrais-
ing solicitation on the issue.
Well, now we understand
why they no longer want to
repeal the law legislatively,
why they dont want to work
with us anymore on replace-
ment language, Seitz said.
Because Obama for America
told them dont do it.
State Sen. Nina Turner, a
Cleveland Democrat, said, I
dont need the President of
the United States to tell me
when and how to stand up for
what is right.
Republican state Sen.
Shannon Jones likened the
debate to William Shakepeares
Much Ado About Nothing,
since the bill and the fall ballot
issue will have essentially the
same effect.
Court appears split over
health care by ideology
Ohio Senate votes to repeal election overhaul bill
Obama outspends
GOP campaigns
by millions
DEAR EDITOR:
Journey end ...
Be it known that I have been following the saga of John
Demjanuk, a Ukrainian who was accused of being Ivan the
Terrible, a guard at the infamous Solibar death camp. He was
a retired auto worker in the Cleveland area, a taxpayer and an
American citizen. He himself had been wounded as a Soviet
soldier, fighting German forces, then captured and held by the
Nazis under cruel conditions. He was extradited to Israel for
trial due to a picture ID that witnesses from the death camp
identified him as Ivan the Terrible.
He was found guilty. During an appeal following the trial,
witnesses rescinded their testimony and he was exonerated
and told he could return home to the United States.
The U.S. Justice Department would not accept his return
and he was handed over to the German court system to start
trial there. He was found guilty on circumstantial evidence,
was sentenced to five years in prison and was held over in
appeals.
While high-ranking German officials were acquitted
of terrible crimes, lowly guard Demjanuk was convicted
on circumstantial evidence based on an unrecognizable photo
ID.
He died at the age of 91 in Germany at a nursing home
alone, they say, but not. His family and church defended him
to the end.
Forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass
against us.
Edward J. Zalar, SFO
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gies, bread, margarine, applesauce, coffee and 2% milk.
TUESDAY: Meatloaf, baked potato, broccoli, bread, mar-
garine, lemon dessert, coffee and 2% milk.
WEDNESDAY: Beef and noodles, mashed potatoes and
gravy, carrots, bread, margarine, tropical fruit, coffee and 2%
milk.
THURSDAY: Herb-baked chicken, scalloped potatoes,
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FRIDAY: Salmon patty, cauliflower, bread, margarine,
blushing pears, coffee and 2% milk.
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Thrift Shop is open for shop-
ping.
FRIDAY
7:30 a.m. Delphos
Optimist Club, A&W Drive-
In, 924 E. Fifth St.
11:30 a.m. Mealsite
at Delphos Senior Citizen
Center, 301 Suthoff Street.
1-4 p.m. Interfaith Thrift
Store is open for shopping.
SATURDAY
9 a.m.-noon Interfaith
Thrift Store, North Main
Street.
St. Vincent DePaul Society,
located at the east edge of the
St. Johns High School park-
ing lot, is open.
10 a.m to 2 p.m. Delphos
Postal Museum is open.
12:15 p.m. Testing of
warning sirens by Delphos
Fire and Rescue
1-3 p.m. The Delphos
Canal Commission Museum,
241 N. Main St., is open.
7 p.m. Bingo at St.
Johns Little Theatre.
SUNDAY
1-3 p.m. The Delphos
Canal Commission Museum,
241 N. Main St., is open.
MONDAY
11:30 a.m. Mealsite
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Center, 301 Suthoff Street.
7 p.m. Delphos City
Council meets at the Delphos
Municipal Building, 608 N.
Canal St.
Delphos Parks and
Recreation board meets at the
recreation building at Stadium
Park.
Washington Township
trustees meet at the township
house.
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These enchiladas can be
served for breakfast or for
dinner. The chocolate pecan
bars are really a nice touch
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Home sweet home is
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Buffalo Chicken Dip
1 cup chunky blue
cheese dressing
2 to 3 tablespoons buf-
falo wing sauce
2 cans (10 oz. each)
chunk chicken, drained,
chopped
2 packages (8 oz. each)
cream cheese, softened
2 medium stalks celery,
finely chopped (1 cup)
1 bag (8 oz.) Gardettos
Special Request roasted
garlic rye chips
In large microwavable
bowl, mix dressing, sauce,
chicken and cream cheese.
Cover; microwave on High
2-3 minutes or until hot.
Stir in celery.
Spoon chicken dip into
serving dish. Serve with
chips.

Heavenly Caramel Pie
1 Pillsbury refriger-
ated pie crust (from 15-oz.
box), softened as directed
on box
1 1/2 cups Smuckers
caramel ice cream topping
(from two 12.25-oz. jars)
1/4 cup chopped pecans
2 packages (8 oz. each)
cream cheese, softened
1 container (8 oz.)
frozen whipped topping,
thawed (3 cups)
1/2 cup pecan halves
Heat oven to 450
degrees. Make pie crust as
directed on box for One-
Crust Baked Shell using
9-inch glass pie plate. Bake
10 to 12 minutes or until
light golden brown. Cool
completely on cooling
rack, about 15 minutes.
In small bowl, mix 1/2
cup of the caramel topping
and the chopped pecans.
Spread mixture over bot-
tom of cooled pie crust.
In large bowl, beat
cream cheese and 1 cup of
the caramel topping with
electric mixer on medium
speed until well blended.
Fold in the whipped top-
ping just until blended (do
not overmix). Spoon cream
cheese mixture into pie
crust. Refrigerate at least
2 hours until set.
Arrange pecan halves
on top of pie; drizzle the
remaining 1/4 cup caramel
topping over pie. Cover
and refrigerate any remain-
ing pie.
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Preschools set
pre-registration
Early Discovery Preschools,
operated through the Putnam
County Educational Service
Center, have started pre-regis-
tration for the 2012-2013 pre-
school year.
The preschools are
located in the elementary
buildings of the following
schools: Columbus Grove,
Continental, Fort Jennings,
Leipsic, and Miller City-New
Cleveland.
In accordance with State
of Ohio Department of
Education, children with dis-
abilities and children who are
3 and 4 years of age from fam-
ilies with limited income (see
scale below), will be given
priority. Free and reduced fees
are available based on family
income. Limited space will be
available.
Call 419-523-5951, press
zero and ask for Ann or
Marcie.
Due to the size of the pro-
gram, space is limited.
SPORTS
With Crestview junior Alex Brown heading for home
with bases loaded and the scored tied at 6 in the top of the
seventh, St. Johns junior third baseman Troy Warnecke
handles a hard chopper down the line and throws home
to get Brown. The Jays scored in the home half to seize a
1-run lead.
Tom Morris photo
CRESTVIEW (6)
ab-r-h-rbi
Kole Rolsten ss 2-1-0-0, Nick
Adams 2b/p 5-1-2-0, Matt Holden
cf 3-1-0-0, Jake Wortman 3b 2-1-1-
1, Jake Harmon 1b 4-0-0-1, Venice
Roberts c/p 2-1-1-2, Nick Leary lf 4-1-
2-0, Jared Hallfeldt p 2-0-0-0, Alex
Brown 2b 1-0-0-0, Nate Owens c 0-0-
0-0, Alex Heffner rf 2-0-0-0, Damian
Helm rf 2-0-2-2. Totals 29-6-8-6.
ST. JOHNS (5)
ab-r-h-rbi
Ryan Densel lf 5-2-1-1, Curtis
Geise ss 4-1-3-1 Tanner Calvelage cf
4-0-3-2, Troy Warnecke 3b 3-0-0-0,
Austin Reindel c 2-0-1-1, Cody Kundert
2b/p 4-1-0-0, Jordan Bergfeld dh 4-2-
3-0, Andrew Metzger rf 2-1-1-1, Ryan
Buescher 1b/p 4-0-2-0, Austin Jostpille
2b 0-0-0-0. Totals 32-7-14-6.
Score by Innings:
Crestview 0 0 3 1 1 0 1 - 6
St. Johns 0 0 1 3 0 2 1 - 7
One out in 7th when winning
run scored
E: Rolsten, Adam, Harmon,
Hallfeldt; DP: Crestview 1; LOB:
Crestview 12, St. Johns 13; 2B: Geise;
Sac: Metzger 2; SB: Densel, Geise,
Metzger.
IP H R ER BB SO
CRESTVIEW
Hallfeldt 3.1 9 4 2 2 2
Adams 2.2 3 2 1 3 0
Roberts (L, 0-1) 0.1 2 1 1 0 1
ST. JOHNS
Isaac Klausing 4.0 4 4 4 4 5
Buescher 2.1 3 2 2 2 0
Kundert (W, 1-0) 0.2 1 0 0 1 20
WP: Adams 2, Buescher. HBP:
Holden 2 (by Klausing 2), Rolsten (by
Klausing).
By JIM METCALFE
jmetcalfe@delphosherald.com
DELPHOS St. Johns
scored a run with one down
in the bottom of the seventh
inning to down Crestview 7-6
in non-league baseball activ-
ity on a brilliant and pleas-
ant Wednesday afternoon at
Stadium Park.
With the scored tied at 6-6
after the visiting Knights
opening their 2012 season
had tied it with a tally in
the top half, the Jays (1-1)
won it against Crestviews
third pitcher, junior Venice
Roberts (0-1). Senior Ryan
Densel (2 runs scored) led
off with an infield single to
short and stole second. An out
later, senior Tanner Calvelage
(3-for-4, 2 runs batted in)
sliced a single to center, with
senior Matt Holden com-
ing up throwing. However,
Densel beat the relay throw
home, sliding under catcher
Nate Owens before the ball
arrived at home.
We kept battling back;
thats a good sign. Its a good
sign that we played all seven
innings and put pressure on
them, St. Johns coach Dan
Metzger noted. We had
opportunities to score early
on and left the bases loaded
three times, which usually
costs you against a team like
Crestview. Still, we remained
aggressive at the plate and on
the bases. We didnt chase too
many bad pitches and made
good contact.
The Knights scored a run
in the top of the inning. With
one down, senior Nick Leary
beat out an infield hit up the
middle and advanced on a wild
pitch from junior reliever Ryan
Buescher (2 2/3 innings, 3 hits,
2 earned runs, 2 walks). Junior
Alex Brown walked, finish-
ing Buescher on the mound
and bringing in senior Cody
Kundert (2/3 inning, 1 hit, 1
free pass). Sophomore Damian
Helm one of six lefty bat-
ters that went to the dish for
the Knights slapped a sharp
double down the right-field line
to plate Leary and put Brown
at third. Senior Kole Rolsten
walked. Senior Nick Adams
bounced to junior third base-
man Troy Warnecke, who
threw home to senior catcher
Austin Reindel to force Brown.
Kundert then fanned the next
batter to end it at 6-6.
We showed a posi-
tive attitude the entire time;
this was our opener and we
started out a bit nervous. We
had to rally in the seventh,
too, Crestview mentor Jim
Wharton said. We have a
long way to go and were still
trying to figure things out our-
selves. As with a lot of teams,
we have enough new faces
that we have to get up to speed
at the varsity level.
The Knights left two on in
the top of the first (12 for the
game), while the Jays left the
bases loaded (13 left on base
for the game) with only one
down.
Both units left a runner on
in the second.
Crestview went up 3-0 in
the third. Rolsten was hit by
a pitch from Blue Jay senior
starter Isaac Klausing (4
IPs, 4 hits, 4 earned runs, 4
walks, 3 hit batters, 5 strike-
outs: 76 pitches, 44 strikes).
Adam (2-for-5) singled to
left but Holdens sacrifice
attempt ended up forcing
Holden at third on an alert
play by Klausing. Senior Jake
Wortman walked to load the
sacks. Junior Jake Harmon
bounced out to first baseman
Buescher but Adam scored.
Roberts then slapped a single
to right center to plate Holden
and Wortman for a 3-0 edge.
The Blue and Gold got
one run back in the home half
against Crestview senior start-
er Jared Hallfeldt (3 1/3 IPs, 9
hits, 4 runs, 2 earned, 2 BBs,
2 Ks; 46 pitches, 28 strikes).
Junior Curtis Geise (3-for-4)
rapped a hit to right center
and stole second. After senior
Tanner Calvelage walked, he
took off for second on a steal;
instead, Warnecke bounced to
second baseman Adams cov-
ering the bag, finishing with
a double play that put Geise
at third. Reindel slapped a
sharp single down the left-
field line to score Geise and a
3-1 deficit.
The visitors got that back
with one down in the fourth
with a walk (Rolsten), a line
shot by Adam, a hit batter
(Holden) and a fielders choice
by Wortman; the base umpire
ruled that second baseman
Kundert missed the base but
he alertly nailed Adam stray-
ing too far off third. Klausing
got out of the inning with no
more damage.
The Jays tied it with a 3
spot in the home half, sending
nine to the dish. Senior Jordan
Bergfeld (3-for-4, 2 runs) got
aboard on an infield single
to short and junior Andrew
Metzger bunted him up a
base; an error on the play left
him safe. Buescher got aboard
via a well-placed bunt to load
the bases. A fielders choice
by Densel scored Bergfeld;
a miscue on the play left the
bases juiced. A knock by Geise
scored Metzger but Buescher
was gunned down at home on
a throw by Leary; however,
runners were now on second
and third. Calvelage singled
Densel home to tie the game
at 4-4 and bring in Adams to
pitch. Reindel walked to load
the sacks with two down but
Kundert lined out to short to
end the threat.
Roberts led off the fifth
against Buescher with a walk.
An out hence, he took off for
second as Brown bounced out
to short and ended up scoring
as Helm singled up the gut for
a 5-4 edge.
The Jays left the bases
loaded again in the fifth.
Crestview left one on in the
sixth but the Jays took the lead
at 6-5. With one out, Reindel
walked but was eliminated as
Kundert bounced out to short.
Bergfeld lined to right center,
with Kundert heading for third.
A throw on the relay allowed
Kundert to score and put
Bergfeld at second; he advanced
on a wild pitch and scored as
Metzger blooped a single to
short left center for a 6-5 edge.
Defensively, we played
another solid game. That is
going to be one of our keys all
year and we made the plays we
had to, outside of a couple of
relays; those are little things we
can work on, Metzger added.
The pitching was OK. We
didnt give up many hits but we
hurt ourselves with walks and
hit batters. Those are things we
must cut down on.
Wharton was disappointed
with his defense.
We made too many mis-
takes and a team like St.
Johns is too well-coached to
do that to; they will capitalize.
We made too many uncharac-
teristic mistakes in the field,
Wharton added. We know
we have some things to work
on and get better at and that is
one area. Pitching is another
but when we get some games
in, I think well be fine.
St. Johns visits Jefferson
tonight, while Crestview vis-
its Hicksville.
Jays score late to down
Knights in baseball action
The National Football League owners
came out with a couple of rule changes.
One is to make what was the playoff
overtime rule if a team scores a field
goal on the very first possession, then
the opponent gets a chance with the ball
but if the first team scores a touchdown,
game over! now a regular-season rule
and having automatic review of turnover
plays by the Booth official, thus saving
coaches from having to challenge.
As well, crackback blocks (even if
they arent from behind, which was
already a no-no) are now flagged 15
yards.
Tabled is the change in the rule that
says a player put on injured-reserve is
done for the year to where only one
could be re-instated after six or eight
weeks. I hope they vote that in during
Mays meetings.
I like the first alteration it only
makes sense to me. I have never liked
sudden-death/victory overtime because
its so dependent upon luck.
The second, about replay, I just dont
know. The game already has too many
interruptions for my taste.
How about this novel, common-sense
approach: have full-time officials?
These guys make plenty of money to
be NFL officials to be only, well, part-
timers.
If the powers-that-be want them to
get it right, let the officials do what they
need to do to get the calls right. Theres
too much riding on the line my fan-
tasy football teams deserve this! to
have players invest so much time, tal-
ent, blood, sweat and tears and not have
officials invest the time to do the players
right.
The crackback rule makes sense to
me in that if a defender hits a defenseless
receiver over the middle or wherever,
they are flagged and fined but a receiver
can hit a defenseless defender and it is
just okey-dokey.
We may not like all the rules that the
NFL has had to been forced to?
put in but this move makes sense in that
light. Defenders are people, too!
One wonders what Commissioner
Roger Goodell will do with the New
Orleans Saints players that were part
of the bounty program instituted under
former defensive coordinator Gregg
Williams?
He is taking his own sweet time.
Whether thats a good or bad sign
remains to be seen but with his stated
desire to clean up the game personal
conduct rules, for example and what
he has already done with Saints coach
Sean Payton which he may appeal
and now-Rams DC Williams, along
with the organization, methinks he is
going to come down hard with both feet,
both hands and a sledgehammer on the
players.
Then theres the matter of Payton
possibly asking long-time head man Bill
Parcells to take his place for 2012. One
wonders what the NFL will think about
that because more than a few pundits
have spoken about how this may vio-
late the spirit and the letter of the
rules!
I will not write about Tim Tebow
OK, only a little bit this week. It
is becoming a nauseating topic on every
SportsCenter, First Take, NFL Live and
any other program on ESPN.
The latest is now about a Jockey bill-
board welcoming him to New York on a
board big board.
Let him alone, folks! For someone
who cant be a quarterback in the NFL,
he sure is getting a lot of publicity from
those making a living off of the game!
I watched some of the womens
tournament game between Baylor and
Tennessee the other night, especially
at the end when the Lady Bears had
knocked out the Lady Volunteers.
I remember the steely stare of legend-
ary Tennessee coach Pat Summitt in her
career but what I saw that night was sad;
she looked as vulnerable as Ive ever
seen her.
Everyone knows about her case of
Early-Onset Dementia and one has to
wonder whether that was the final game
of her career. Apparently, that decision
wont be made for at least another week
but she already handed over a lot of her
duties to her assistant coaches.
Summitt and Baylor coach Kim
Mulkey herself as intense a coach as
anyone in the game today had a warm
embrace after the game and Summitt
was the recipient of cheers from fans of
both teams as if they realized what the
moment meant.
Whether that was the end of her career,
Summitts contribution and legacy wont
soon be forgotten. She was the major
player yes, there were other legend-
ary teams like Immaculata and Lousiana
Tech and Old Dominion, coaches like
Leon Barmore and Jody Conradt (for
those of you who might remember, a
Sports Illustrated preview cover 35-plus
years ago called her Texas Longhorns
team The Best Little Scorehouse in
Texas!), as well as players like Ann
Meyers and Anne Donovan, but Summitt
took it to another level.
She has made it possible for people
like her mortal enemy, UConn coach
Geno Auriemma, her own standard-
setter in Candace Parker and Baylors
6-8 Brittany Griner, among others, to
become legendary figures themselves
and take the womens game to an even
higher level.
There are more than a few folks that
think that in her heyday, she couldve
coached a mens college team and done
quite well with her force of personality.
I am not trying to presume that she
will hang it up but it is clear that the
condition has already had a major effect
on her.
I wish her luck in her efforts, not only
to possible keep coaching but her foun-
dation in finding a cure.
NFL changes a mix of good and bad
JIM METCALFE
Metcalfes
Musings
jmetcalfe@delphosherald.com
By BOB WEBER
btzweber@bright.net
OTTOVILLE On a
very windy Wednesday night,
the Fort Jennings Musketeers
traveled down State Route
189 to take on the
Ottoville Big Green
in a non-league base-
ball game.
The Musketeers
scored early and often
and came away with
a convincing 15-1
5-inning win over the
Big Green.
Senior Cody Warnecke, a
4-year starter for the visitors,
pitched a gem of a game:
allowing one run on
two hits, striking out
four and only giving
up two walks.
Coach Jeff Swick
of the Musketeers
was quick to point out
what Warnecke and
his fellow seniors mean to the
team: We look to our seniors
Cody and Troy (Hellman) to
lead our team. Theyve been
through a lot and we need
them to stay driven and to set
the example for the under-
classmen on the team.
The visitors were able to
plate the first run in the first
inning with Warnecke helping
his cause with an RBI single
that scored Kurt Warnecke.
In the second and third
innings, the Musketeers bat-
ted around twice in their line-
up, scoring six runs in both
innings to push their lead out
to 13-0.
Not finished for the night,
Ft. Jennings pushed two more
runs across in the fifth.
Nick Verhoff (2 doubles
and a single), Mark Metzger (3
singles) and Cody Warnecke
(3 singles) paced the 14-hit
attack.
For the Ottoville Big Green,
they were only able to come
away with two hits for the night.
Sophomores Cory Honigford
and Luke Schimmoeller both
had singles.
The Big Greens lone run
came in the third inning when
Schimmoellers single plated
Honigford with the home
teams first and only run of
the contest.
Sophomore Alex Horstman
and freshman Brandon
Boecker both took the
mound for the Big
Green. Horstman was
the losing pitcher for the
game, throwing the first
2 1/3 innings. Boecker
pitched two innings and
Horstman came back in
to finish the last 2/3 of the
fifth inning.
Ottoville coach Tony
Castronova was disappointed
in the outcome but real-
ized its only the second
game of a very long
season: Hats off to Ft.
Jennings; they played a
very good game tonight.
Were just not get-
ting the plays made on
defense. A couple of dropped
fly balls, overthrows to first
and just struggling to get that
third out has cost us now the
first two games. Our offense
will come around but we cant
afford to every night give up
three, four, five unearned runs
and think we can outscore our
opponents.
The Musketeers (2-1) will
host Lincolnview for its next
game today with a 5 p.m.
start.
The Big Green (0-2) go on
the road for the first time this
year tonight as they travel to
Ayersville for a 5 p.m. game.
Ft. Jennings 15
Kurt Warnecke 3-3-2-3, Nolan
Neidert 5-2-2-1, Troy Hellman 2-1-0-1,
Cody Warnecke 4-2-3-2, Nick Verhoff
4-1-3-2, Zach Schuerman 3-1-1-0,
Alex Vetter 2-1-0-0, Dylan Vanloo 2-2-
0-0, Josh Wittler 1-0-0-0, Mark Metzger
4-2-3-2. Totals 30-15-14-11.
Ottoville 1
Luke Schimmoeller 3-0-1-1, Travis
Maag 3-0-0-0, Bryan Hohlbein 2-0-0-
0, Austin Markward 2-0-0-0, Brandon
Boecker 1-0-0-0, Cory Fischer 1-0-
0-0, Craig Odenweller 2-0-0-0, Cory
Honigford 2-1-1-0, Alex Horstman 2-0-
0-0. Totals 18-1-2-1.
Score by Innings:
Ft. Jennings 1 6 6 0 2 - 15
Ottoville 0 0 1 0 0 - 1
WP - Cody Warnecke. LP - Alex
Horstman. 2B: Verhoff 2, Neidert.
Musketeers defeat Big
Green in non-league play
Jeffcat baseballers
club Polar Bears
DOLA Jeffersons base-
ball team hit early and often
sending 14 to the dish in the
first and batting around three
more times in clubbing
host Hardin Northern 23-2 in
five innings Wednesday.
Leading the way for the
Jeffcats (2-2) were sophomore
Ross Thompson (4
runs batted in, 2 dou-
bles, a home run) and
senior Curtis Miller
(3 RBIs, a triple),
both 5-for-5; junior
Zach Kimmett (2-3,
3 RBIs, double, HR)
and senior Tony George (2-5,
3 RBIs, HR) in their 21-hit
attack.
The Polar Bears are 0-3.
Jefferson hosts St. Johns
tonight.
JEFFERSON (23)
Tony George 2b/cf 5-2-2-3, Nick
Fitch p 1-0-0-0, Mike Joseph cf 2-2-
1-0, Seth Wollenhaupt cf/p 2-2-0-0,
Ross Thompson ss 5-5-5-4, Curtis
Miller 1b 5-3-5-3, Austin Jettinghoff
p/2b 5-2-2-1, Zach Kimmett rf 3-2-2-3,
Dylan Haehn rf 1-1-0-0, Kyle Anspach
lf/c 4-1-0-2, Justin Rode c 3-2-2-1,
Evan Neubert lf 2-0-1-2, Jeff Schleeter
3b 3-1-1-3, Zach Ricker 3b 0-0-0-0.
Totals 41-23-21-22.
HARDIN NORTHERN (2)
Gossard p 1-1-1-0, Flowers lf 3-0-
1-1, Poling 2b 2-0-1-1, Stevens ss
2-0-2-0, A. Roby c 3-0-0-0, Lozano 3b
2-0-0-0, Lease 3b 1-0-0-0, Potter 1b
3-0-1-0, B. Roby dh 1-0-0-0, Geiger cf
2-1-0-0. Totals 20-2-6-2.
Score by Innings:
Jefferson (10) 1 5 3 4 - 23
Har. North. 1 0 0 1 0 - 2
E: Stevens 3, Schleeter, Poling;
LOB: Jefferson 8, Hardin Northern; 2B:
Thompson 2, Kimmett, Rode, Neubert,
Potter; 3B: Miller; HR: Kimmett,
George, Thompson; SB: George,
Jettinghoff.
IP H R ER BB SO
JEFFERSON
Jettinghoff (W, 1-0) 2.0 3 1 1 2 5
Fitch 2.0 2 1 1 3 4
Wollenhaupt 1.0 1 0 0 1 2
HARDIN NORTHERN
Gossard (L) 3.0 18 18 10 2 4
Lozano 2.0 3 5 0 2 1
Gossard pitched to 4 batters in
the 4th
WP: Fitch, Wollenhaupt, Gossard;
PB: A. Roby 6, Rode; HBP: Ricker (by
Lozano).
----
Cougars run-rule
Lancers in baseball
By Brian Bassett
Times Bulletin
Sports Editor
sports@timesbulletin.com
VAN WERT - Through the
first 3 1/3 innings between the
Van Wert and Lincolnview
baseball teams at Smiley Park
Wednesday night it looked
like the Lancers had things
in hand. Lincolnview jumped
out to a 3-0 lead but two
big innings by the Cougars
catapulted them to a 13-3 non-
conference, run-rule victory.
Junior pitcher Nick Leeth
led things off for the Lancers
in the top of the first when he
started the game off with a
single off of Van Wert fresh-
man hurler Brant Henry. A
fielding error allowed Leeth
to take second before sopho-
more shortstop Kyle Williams
moved him to third
with a sacrifice bunt.
Senior outfielder Brent
Niese then brought
Leeth home when he
grounded into a field-
ers choice, giving the
Lancers their only run
of the inning.
Leeth then took to the
mound for Lincolnview and
struck out a pair of Van Wert
batters in a scoreless bottom
of the first. Sophomore DH
Conner McCleery led off the
Lancer second with a dou-
ble, which was followed by
walks from sophomore third
baseman Eli Farmer and
sophomore outfielder Dalton
Kayser. Henry then gave way
to junior Joey Hurless on the
mound for the Cougars but
the Lancer rally continued
when Leeth notched a 2-RBI
single to make the game 3-0
Lincolnview.
Unfortunately for the
Lancers, Hurless settled
in and did not allow a run
the remainder of the night.
In total, Hurless went four
innings allowing no runs on
one hit, while walking one and
striking out eight. He threw
38 strikes to only 15 balls in
his time on the mound.
The Cougars finally drew
blood in the bottom half of
the third when Henry reached
on an error and was plated
when senior second baseman
Vincent Moreland hit into
a fielders choice. The real
damage from the Van Wert
offense came in the bottom of
the fourth, however, as they
plated six runs on four hits.
Sophomore outfielder
Tyler Williams reached on
error to begin the frame, and
senior DH Zach Wood plated
him with an RBI triple. Junior
first baseman followed suit
with an RBI single to tie the
game at three. Sophomore
shortstop Nathan Stoller then
drew a walk and Hurless got
an infield hit to load the bases.
Henry then recorded a 2-RBI
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The 2012 Jefferson fast-pitch softball unit has, front left to right, Samantha Thitoff and Cassidy Bevington; second
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Harlan; and back, Fallon Van Dyke, Kimber Kill, Taylor Branham, Alexis Cook, Shayla Rice and Whitney Hohlbein.
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VAN WERT BASEBALL
Untested players will
need to step up for
Cougar baseball team
By JIM COX
VAN WERT With seven
major contributors gone via gradua-
tion and its leading hitter gone by a
residence-eligibility quirk, Van Wert
baseball coach Charlie Witten is
looking for a major pitching, hitting
and fielding upgrade from every-
body on the 14-player roster.
Third baseman Kody Heitz
(Western Buckeye League third-
teamer), who hit .351 as a junior
in 2011, has been ruled ineligible
by the OHSAA. Heitz moved to
Michigan at the begin-
ning of this school
year, then moved
back. However, he
lives in the Lincolnview
school district (as he
had in the past) and
the temporary move to
Michigan made him,
according to OHSAA
rules, a new transfer and, thus,
required to sit out a year. The
OHSAA denied Van Werts appeal
on the case.
Graduated players include lead-
ing pitcher Tyler Paige (4-4 with a
3.47 earned run average in 42.1
innings pitched), third-leading hitter
Seth Bolenbaugh (.314) and top
runs batted in man (with 19),
catcher Brandt Taylor.
On the bright side, Van
Werts second-leading hit-
ter, junior pitcher/outfielder
Joey Hurless (honorable-
mention all-WBL), is back
after hitting .349 in 2011, as
is senior infielder/outfielder
Aaron McClellan (.283).
The other two returning letterwin-
ners are senior third baseman Matt
Cucciarre and senior second base-
man Vince Moreland but those two
had only 15 at-bats apiece last
spring. Van Werts team batting
average was .241 in 2011.
Hitting overall is expected to
be hampered by new bat require-
ments with player safety in mind
going into effect this year in
high school baseball. The new bats
were mandatory in college baseball
in 2011.
They (the new bats) will defi-
nitely have an impact, said Witten.
They had a very dramatic effect
on the college game last year. The
high school game wont be affected
quite as much but the bats do not
have quite as much pop in them as
the old ones did.
Those four letterwinners will
need to lead the team but clearly
the 10 newcomers will need to pro-
duce good numbers as well. They
are senior pitcher/outfielder Zach
Wood, junior pitcher/infielder Mason
Krugh, sophomore pitcher/outfielder
Tyler Williams, junior catcher Cody
Adelblue, junior pitcher/outfielder
Lucas Sullivan, sophomore pitcher/
shortstop Nathan Stoller, junior
pitcher/outfielder Terin Contreras,
junior outfielder Jacob Hoverman,
junior pitcher/first baseman Andrew
Todd and freshman pitcher/out-
fielder Brandt Henry.
Hurless is the only return-
ing pitcher and he only threw 10
innings last year while compiling a
3.50 ERA. Out of the combination
of Hurless, Wood, Krugh, Sullivan,
Stoller, Contreras, Todd and Henry,
Witten will be looking for some
stoppers to keep the Cougars in
games.
We will need to improve defen-
sively to help out our young pitch-
ing staff, says Witten. With only
one returning pitcher, we will need
many kids from last years jayvee
team to perform well.
The newcomers definitely show
promise as evidenced by last sea-
sons 8-4 JV record.
The WBL, as usual, appears to
be split into two tiers -- Defiance
and all the rest. Defiance is current-
ly on an incredible 50-game league
winning streak. The Bulldogs
2012 pitching staff is loaded again.
Coach Tom Held says that the
WBL Player of the Year, senior
Anthony Kidston, along with junior
Robbie Zeigler, provide the best
1-2 pitching combination hes ever
had. Thats really saying something,
considering the fact that Defiance
has recently produced two major-
league pitchers (Chad Billingsley of
the Dodgers and Jonathan Niese
of the Mets) and two minor-league
pitchers (Tyler Burgoon of the
Mariners organization and Justin
Hancock in the Padres system).
The Cougars were 5-11 over-
all and 3-6 (8th) in the WBL last
year. That season was shortened
-- games-played-wise -- by a lot
of bad weather, which, hopefully,
wont be much of a problem this
time. Although the Cougars strug-
gled in 2011, they finished on a
somewhat high note, a surpris-
ingly close 4-3 sectional loss to
Napoleon, which took out Defiance
in its next game and advanced all
the way to the state tournament.
Wittens volunteer assistant
coach is Jeremy Kitson. The junior
varsity coach is Steve Thomas
and the freshman coach is Todd
Dunlap.
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VAN WERT TRACK
AND FIELD
Sprinters, distance look
strong for Van Wert boys
track; Riethman, Clay
lead Lady Cougars
By JIM COX
VAN WERT As usual, the
Van Wert boys track team appears
to be loaded with good sprinters
and distance runners but some
jumpers and throwers will need
to step up to make the Cougars a
contender for the Western Buckeye
League title.
Junior Jared Fleming is the top
returnee, having finished sixth in
the state in the 1,600-meter run
last spring with a time of 4:20.92
-- only a fraction of a second off
of the school record 4:20.51 of
Matt Heizman set in 2000. Fleming
also ran on the Cougars regional-
qualifying 4x400 relay team.
Van Werts stable of proven
sprinters includes senior Chadd
Phillips (last years WBL 200-meter
champion), senior Reggie Phillips,
senior Tyson Crone (the teams
top returning hurdler), junior Caleb
Lloyd, junior Nathan Wilhelm and
sophomore Seth Kopp, along with
promising freshmen Nick Krugh
(WBL middle-school champion in
the 100 and 200 last year) and
Quincy Salcido.
With all of these speedsters to
choose from, coach Mark Collins
should be able to field some good
relay teams in the 4x100, 4x200
and 4x400.
Joining Fleming in the distances
will be, among others, senior Luke
Brubaker, senior Nathan Stevens,
junior Kase Schalois, sophomore
Eric Easley and freshman Connor
Holliday. Fleming, Holliday and
Schalois finished second, third and
seventh, respectively, in last falls
WBL cross country meet. Thus,
Collins is expecting the Cougs to
score well in the 800, 1,600 and
3,200 runs, as well as the 4x800
relay.
Celina dominated the WBL
meet last year with 91 points,
followed by a closely-clustered
group of six -- Ottawa-
Glandorf (64), Bath (62),
Van Wert (61), Kenton
(61), Defiance (59) and
St. Marys (57). Celina,
however, graduated
many of its top athletes,
so the league could
be wide open this time
around. Collins expects
the Cougars to be very much in the
running.
Defiance has traditionally been
the WBLs most consistent power-
house with 16 league champion-
ships, followed by O-G, Shawnee
and Kenton with seven apiece. Van
Wert has won or shared five --
1987, 1998, 2001, 2004 and 2005.
On the Lady Cougars
side, they have two prov-
en stars -- senior Sydney
Riethman and sophomore
Amanda Clay -- and plenty
of promise.
Riethman, arguably the
best all-around track and
field athlete the Cougars
have ever had, finished
third in the state in the long jump
(17-9.5) in 2011. She also holds
two individual school records -- 200
meters (26.1) and long jump (181)
-- and is part of three relay records
-- 4x100, 4x200 and 4x400.
Clay, as a freshman last year,
was a regional qualifier in the 100.
She had a banner day in the WBL
meet, with a fourth in the 100, a
sixth in the 200, a first as part of the
4x100 relay team and a second as
part of the 4x200 relay team.
Both are certain to be major
contributors in some dashes and
relays but it remains to be seen
which other sprinters will add to the
Cougar point total. Several have
shown promise in the early going,
including junior Alyssa Hill, sopho-
more Cheyenne Handy and fresh-
man Alexis Dowdy.
The Van Wert roster also
includes some proven distance
runners, led by sophomore Andi
Foster, who finished second in the
WBL cross country meet last fall.
As a freshman, Foster finished fifth
in the 3,200 last spring. Junior
Jacey Eikenbary is also a solid dis-
tance runner when healthy -- and
she appears to be healthy so far
this spring.
Dowdy, a fine all-around athlete,
broke the WBL middle school shot
put record last spring, in addition
to her sprinting prowess. Collins
says she may be the best shot-
putter the Cougars have had since
Hannah Phlipot, a 2008 graduate,
who holds the school record (40-6).
Senior Haley Ramey and sopho-
more Haley Sinning are Van Werts
other top throwers.
Clearly, the Cougars have
some solid performers on the ros-
ter. Several unknowns will need to
step up to give the team the depth it
needs to be a WBL contender.
Defiance is the defending WBL
champion with 131 points, well
ahead of second-place Celinas
104. Van Wert was fifth with 50
points.
Over the long haul, Celina
has dominated the league with 21
championships, way ahead of sec-
ond place Ottawa-Glandorfs five.
Van Wert has two -- 1975 and
1976.
Collins event coaches are
RJ Coleman, Connie Hoverman,
Nathan Hoverman, Brendon Moody
and Bob Priest.
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CRESTVIEW BASEBALL
The Delphos Herald
CONVOY Jim Wharton
has been the head man of the
Crestview baseball program for 28
years now and built up a power-
house unit.
Six starters return from last
springs 11-8 edition (6-3 in the
Northwest Conference) that ended
with a district semifinal loss to
eventual Division IV state cham-
pion Minster.
Returning for another go-round
in the starting nine are seniors
Matt Holden (centerfielder/pitcher/
catcher), Nick Adam (pitcher/util-
ity), Kole Rolsten (shortstop/third
base/pitcher), Jacob Wortman
(third base/pitcher/outfield) and
Jared Hallfeldt (pitcher/outfield/first
base/DH) and junior Jake Harmon
(first base/outfield).
As well, senior outfielder Nick
Leary lettered and is expected
to take a spot in the every-day
lineup.
Promising newcomers include
juniors Alec Heffner (outfield/pitch-
er/second base), Alex Brown (util-
ity/outfield) and Venice Roberts
(catcher/pitcher/utility); sopho-
mores Damian Helm (pitcher/first
base/outfield), Cameron Etzler
(utility/pitcher), Isaiah Simerman
(pitcher/utility) and Bryce
Richardson (pitcher/second base/
shortstop) and freshman Nate
Owens (catcher/pitcher).
That group will have to help
overcome the loss of starters
Joey Overmyer (pitcher; 1st-team
NWC), Josh Staten (catcher; 1st-
team NWC), Brad Miller (short-
stop; 2nd-team NWC) and Steven
Rickard (second base).
With only five pitching wins
returning in 2012, we will need
to develop a staff that can com-
pete at the varsity level. Jared, a
year removed from Tommy John
surgery, looks to be healthy and
strives to be a rotation pitcher,
Wharton noted. Nick returns after
a number of quality outings last
year. Matt, Kole, Jacob, Damian
and Venice look to provide depth
to our pitching staff.
Our team defense should be
solid, keeping us in games while
our pitching staff matures. We look
to lean on our veteran returning
players while mixing in some ath-
letic youth for 2012. We will need
to improve daily in all facets of the
game and continue to grow as a
team. We look forward to seeing
how this team matures and devel-
ops by post-season play.
PRESEASON
CAPSULES
double to give the Cougars
a lead. Senior third baseman
Matt Cucciarre got an RBI
single before the inning came
to a close to make the score
7-3, Van Wert.
Hurless retired the Lancer
side in the top of the fifth and
the Cougar offense went back
to work. Stoller, Henry and
junior catcher Terrin Contreras
each picked up two RBIs in
the bottom of the fifth and
the 2-run double by Contreras
completed the run-rule for Van
Wert.
Wood led the
Cougars at the plate,
going 3-3 with two dou-
bles, a triple, an RBI and
two runs scored. Henry
went 2-for-4 with four
RBIs on a pair of doubles and
three runs scored.
Leeth took the loss on the
mound for the Lancers. He
went three innings, allowing
seven runs - five earned - on
six hits, striking out four and
walking four. Leeth led the
Lancers at the plate, going 2-3
with two RBI.
The Lancers (1-1) visit Fort
Jennings tonight, while Van
Wert (3-2) are off the rest of
the week.
Score by Innings:
Lincolnview 1 0 2 0 0 - 3 3 2
Van Wert 0 0 1 6 6 - 13 13 2
WP - Hurless. LP - Leeth. 2B -
(VW) Henry 2, Wood 2, Contreras.
3B - (VW) Wood
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Lady Cougars
pound Lancers 15-5
By JIM COX
VAN WERT - The Van
Wert softball team put it all
together Wednesday afternoon,
pounding Lincolnview 15-5. It
was the Cougars third run-
rule victory in three games.
The Lancers are now 0-2.
Van Wert coach Mike
McClure gave Tiffany Ricketts
her first start in the circle
and Lincolnview showed no
mercy to the freshman hurler.
Ricketts retired the first two
batters in the game but an
opposite-field double down the
right-field line by centerfielder
Jodie Donor and a bloop single
down the left-field line by third
baseman Kelsey Mohr put the
visitors up 1-0.
Van Wert treated Lancer
pitcher Ashley McClure even
more rudely, scoring four runs,
all earned, in the bottom of the
first. Those came via right-
fielder Melissa Roop (bunt
single), leftfielder Maggie
Allmandinger (walk), catcher
Kelsey Saylor (walk), first
baseman Brittany Bingham
(3-run double through the left-
centerfield gap) and shortstop
Brooke Fuerst (RBI single
through the middle).
Lincolnview got two back
in the top of the second.
Rightfielder Carley Springer
led off with a double that hit
the left-field fence on the fly.
McClure bunted Springer to
third and Springer came in on
a grounder by second baseman
Morgan Peel. Peel reached
when the throw to first was
high. Peel went to second on
a wild pitch and scored on an
opposite-field single down the
left-field line by first baseman
Macey Ashbaugh.
The Cougs took a
6-3 lead in their half
of the second on a sin-
gle by third baseman
Alyssa Bowen, a throw-
ing error on Roops
ground ball and a 2-run dou-
ble off the left-field fence by
Allmandinger.
When the first two Lancer
batters in the third reached --
on a walk to Mohr and an error
on catcher Lauren Calverts
bunt -- coach Mike McClure
brought in his ace, junior
Jessica Klausing. Springer
greated Klausing with a hard-
hit sacrifice fly to deep center-
field, scoring Mohr and mov-
ing Calvert to third. Calvert
came in on McClures ground-
out -- 6-5, Cougars -- but no
runners would reach base off
of Klausing during her entire
4-inning stint.
The Cougars stretched the
lead to 9-5 in the bottom of the
third. Centerfielder Emily Bair
and Fuerst reached on errors,
then pulled off a double steal.
Klausing blooped an opposite-
field single down the right-
field line to score both runners,
then advanced to second on a
groundout and scored when
second baseman Gretchen
Klinker ripped a single up the
middle.
Van Wert added two
runs each in the fourth, fifth,
and sixth innings to end it.
Meanwhile, Klausing was
cruising. During her perfect
four innings, she threw only 33
pitches, 26 for strikes.
Ashley McClure pitched
four innings for the Lancers,
yielding 11 runs, seven earned,
on 10 hits. She struck out three
and walked two. Brittany Foust
pitched the last 1 2/3 innings,
giving up four runs, all earned,
on three hits, striking out one
and walking five.
Van Wert had hitting
stars in abundance, including
Allmandinger (3-for-3, 3 runs,
3 RBIs, 2 doubles), Bingham
(2-for-3, 1 run, 4 RBIs, 2 dou-
bles), Saylor (2-for-3, 2 runs,
2 RBIs, 1 double) and Klinker
(2-for-5, 1 run, 1 RBI, 1 dou-
ble). Eight Cougars had at least
one hit. Bowen had a big game
in the field with six assists.
The Lancers four hits came
from Ashbaugh, Donor, Mohr
and Carley Springer (double).
Ashbaugh, Mohr, Springer,
McClure and Peel drove in a
run apiece. Calvert picked two
runners off of third base and
nearly caught two others.
Lincolnview is at Pandora-
Gilboa for a Saturday noon-
time twinbill, while Van Wert
hosts Bryan for a 1 p.m. dou-
bleheader.
Lincolnview (ab-r-h-rbi)
Diller lf 2-0-0-0, Ashbaugh 1b 3-0-
1-1, Donor cf 3-1-1-0, Mohr 3b 2-1-1-
1, Calvert c 2-1-0-0, Carley Springer rf
1-1-1-1, Devann Springer rf 1-0-0-0,
McClure p 2-0-0-1, Foust p 0-0-0-0,
Peel 2b 3-1-0-1, Thatcher dp 2-0-0-0,
Neate ss 0-0-0-0. Totals 21-5-4-5.
Van Wert (ab-r-h-rbi)
Klinker 2b 5-1-2-1, Roop rf 4-2-
1-0, Allmandinger lf 3-3-3-3, Saylor c
3-2-2-2, Bair cf 3-1-0-0, Bingham 1b
3-1-2-4, Fuerst ss 3-2-1-1, Ricketts
p 1-0-0-0, Klausing p 3-0-1-2, Lovett
cr 0-1-0-0, Bowen 3b 3-2-1-0. Totals
31-15-13-13.
Score by Innings:
Lincolnview 1 2 2 0 0 0 - 5 4 3
Van Wert 4 2 3 2 2 2 - 15 13 2
WP - Klausing. LP - McClure.
LOB: Lincolnview 3, Van Wert 7. 2B:
Allmandinger 2 (VW), Bingham 2
(VW), Carley Springer (LV), Klinker
(VW), Saylor (VW).
Titans sweep track meet
Individual results from
Tuesdays meet.
Girls Results
Team Standings
1. Ottawa-Glandorf 118; 2. Elida 29;
3. Fort Jennings 27.
Individual Results
100 - 1. Macy Schroeder (FJ) 13.19;
2. Aubrey Williams (E) 13.40; 3. Michelle
Maag (OG) 13.65; 4. Lori Bruskotter (FJ)
13.97.
200 - 1. Macy Schroeder (FJ) 28.04;
2. Madison Stechschulte (FJ) 28.23; 3.
Ashley Lowry (E) 28.83; 4. Anna Bellman
(OG) 30.47.
400 - 1. Amanda Schuller (OG)
1:06.63; 2. Anna Bellman (OG) 1:06.96;
3. Brett Pauff (E) 1:07.26; 4. Stephanie
Korte (FJ) 1:09.10.
800 - 1. Brooke Zynda (OG) 2:32.28;
2. Elissa Ellerbrock (OG) 2:42.29; 3.
Kelsey Hoehn (OG) 2:43.01; 4. Madyson
Haselman (OG) 2:44.23.
1,600 - 1. Kelsey Hoehn (OG)
6:04.32; 2. Jenny Meyer (OG) 6:13.48;
3. Madyson Haselman (OG) 6:18.94; 4.
Alyssa Schimmoeller (FJ) 6:25.28.
3,200 - 1. Brittany Nordhaus (OG)
14:11.18; 2. Jenny Meyer (OG) 14:12.57;
3. Kaitlyn Hempfling (OG) 14:25.44; 4.
Jena Wensole (E) 15:18.90.
100 IH - 1. Casey Bockrath (OG)
17.05; 2. Morgan Arrington (OG) 18.26; 3.
Danielle Schroeder (OG) 18.53; 4. Emily
Grone (FJ) 18.68.
300 LH - 1. Kialee Koch (OG) 52.62;
2. Danielle Schroeder (OG) 54.97;
3. Elaina Maag (FJ) 55.50; 4. Casey
Bockrath (OG) 56.10.
400 Relay - 1. Ottawa-Glandorf (Torie
Allgire, Whitney Warnecke, Madison
Stechschulte, Michelle Maag) 52.93; 2.
Elida (Aubrey Williams, Ashley Lowry,
Cassidy Slusher, Brett Pauff) 53.69; 3.
Fort Jennings (Lori bruskotter, Emily
Grone, Gina Clay, Mara Brown) 56.81.
800 Relay - 1. Fort Jennings
(Lori Bruskotter, Stephanie Korte,
Kaitlin Stechschulte, Macy Schroeder)
1:53.53; 2. Ottawa-Glandorf (Amanda
Schuller, Whitney Warnecke, Madison
Stechschulte, Michelle Maag) 1:53.97;
3. Ottawa-Glandorf B (Casey Bockrath,
Grace Warnecke, Jill Rosselit, Kialee
Koch) 1:58.10.
1,600 Relay - 1. O-G (Jill Rosselit,
Elissa Ellerbrock, Danielle Schroeder,
Brooke Zynda) 4:29.41; 2. Fort Jennings
(Katie Schnipke, Stephanie Korte, Alyssa
Wiedeman, Brittany Inkrott) 4:57.51; 3.
Elida (Erin Kesler, Ashlyn Erman, Courney
Honcell, Rachel Kerber) 5:15.89.
3,200 Relay - 1. Ottawa-Glandorf
(Kelsey Hoehn, Elissa Ellerbock,
Kialee Koch, Brooke Zynda) 10:28.96;
2. Fort Jennings (Kaitlin Stechschulte,
Alyssa Schimmoeller, Marissa Mesker,
Brittany Inkrott) 11:35.89; 3. Elida Kaiti
Hinegardner, Kaitlin Gay, McKenna
McCarthy, Jena Wenzole) 13:35.84.
HJ - 1. Whitney Warnecke (OG) 4-10;
2. Michelle Maag (OG) 4-8; 3. Aubrey
Williams (E) 4-8; 4. McKenna McCarthy
(E) 4-4.
PV - 1. Elissa Ellerbrock (OG) 7-0;
2. Brett Pauff (E) 6-6; 3. Torie Allgire
(OG) 6-6.
LJ - 1. Whitney Warnecke (OG) 15-2;
2. Rachel Kerber (E) 13-8 1/4; 3. Jenny
Meyer (OG) 13-5; 4. Erin Kesler (E)
13-1 3/4.
Shot - 1. Corinne Cramer (OG)
31-0; 2. Rachel Foust (E) 28-5; 3. Sara
Schriner (OG) 27-8; 4. Rebecca Schriner
(OG) 26-4 1/4.
Discus - 1. Rachel Foust (E) 96-7;
2. Rebecca Schriner (OG) 81-1; 3. Anna
Bellman (OG) 80-11; 4. Breana Kosch
(OG) 80-2.
Boys Results
Team Standings
1. Ottawa-Glandorf 93; 2. Elida 77; 3.
Fort Jennings 5.
Individual Results
100 - 1. Aaron Fay (E) 11.81; 2.
Nick Pauff (E) 11.93; 3. Austine
Onwuegbnuchu (E) 12.10; 4. Keaton
Greeley (E) 12.20.
200 - 1. Chris Biederman (E) 25.40;
2. Austine Onwuegbnuchu (E) 25.52; 3.
Uriel Sellers (E) 25.60; 4. Dameer Relford
(E) 25.68.
400 - 1. Quentin Poling (E) 53.81;
2. Russ Ellerbrock (OG) 55.88; 3.
Sid Moening (OG) 1:00.28; 4. Chris
Biederman (E) 1:00.93.
800 - 1. Matias Trampe-Kindt (OG)
2:13.64; 2. Wayne Erford (OG) 2:14.82;
3. Colt Haselman (OG) 2:17.62; 4. Sam
Kerber (E) 2:21.15.
1,600 - 1. Colt Haselman (OG)
4:55.23; 2. Matias Trampe-Kindt (OG)
4:56.95; 3. Nikko Baldazo (OG) 5:24.06;
4. Trevor Ellerbrock (OG) 5:24.58.
3,200 - 1. Austin Escobedo (OG)
11:55.90; 2. Ryan Verhoff (OG) 11:57.13;
3. Jon Basinger (OG) 12:18.98; 4. Garrett
Berelsman (FJ) 12:38.98.
110 HH - 1. nate Toumazes (OG)
18.38; 2. Kevin Russell (E) 18.42; 3.
Sid Moening (OG) 18.47; 4. Jeremy
Schimmoeller (FJ) 19.20.
300 IH - 1. Darius Relford (E) 44.66;
2. Kevin Russell (E) 49.32; 3. Zac Closson
(OG) 51.18; 4. Jeremy Schimmoeller (FJ)
51.85.
400 Relay - 1. Elida (Aaron Fay,
Chris Biederman, Clark Etzler, Austin
Etzler) 46.25; 2. Ottawa-Glandorf
(Tritan Parker, Josh Buckland, Kyle
Niese, Shane Schroeder) 47.81; 3.
Fort Jennings (Aaron Schnipke, Tyler
Wiedeman, Jeremy Schimmoeller, Evan
Ricker) 57.75.
800 Relay - 1. Elida (Keaton Greeley,
Deshea Hughes, Quenton Poling, Austin
Etzler) 1:36.07; 2. Ottawa-Glandorf
(Tristan Parker, Josh Buckland, Kyle
Niese, Shane Schroeder) 1:41.25; 3.
Elida B (Avery Sumpter, Jaylin Morris,
Clark Etzler, Aaron Fay) 1:41.55.
1,600 Relay - 1. Elida (Deshea
Hughes, Clark Etzler, Keaton Greeley,
Dariues Relford) 3:45.41; 2. Ottawa-
Glandorf (Russ Ellerbrock, Nate
Toumazes, Wayne Erford, Shane
Schroeder) 3:46.18; 3. Ottawa-Glandorf
B (Brad Recker, Mark VonderEmbse,
Trevor Ellerbrock, Sid Moening) 3:59.90.
3,200 Relay - 1. Ottawa-Glandorf
(Wayne Erford, Nikko Baldazo, Colt
Haselman, Matias Trampe-Kindt) 9:04.32;
2. Elida (Sam Kerber, Keaton Haselman,
Jon Reese, Deshea Hughes) 10:01.20;
3. Fort Jennings (Tyler Blankemeyer,
Garrett Berelsman, Logan Sickles, Adam
Kleman) 10:42.65.
HJ - 1. Jason Schmiedebusch (OG)
5-6; 2. Sid Moening (OG) 5-4; 3. Jaylin
Morris (E) - Tristan Parker (OG) 5-4.
PV - Collin Laubenthal (OG) 11-6; 2.
Zac Closson (OG) 9-6; 3. Keaton Kerner
(E) 90; 4. Mathias Klausing (OG) 8-6.
LJ - 1. Austin Etsler (E) 19-10; 2.
Shane Schroeder (OG) 17-10; 3. Aaron
Fay (E) 17-9; 4. Clark Etzler (E) 17-8.
Shot - 1. Quentin Poling (E) 46-9;
2. Craig Rieman (OG) 45-5; 3. Jacob
Wells (OG) 43-6 1/4; 4. Wyatt Karhoff
(OG) 42-0.
Discus - 1. Wyatt Karhoff (OG) 123-
10; 2. Jacob Wells (OG) 122-11; 3. Ada,
Krietemeyer (FJ) 122-4; 4. Quentin Poling
(E) 119-0.
Roundup
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This spring, three teams have been busy preparing for contests. The Wildlife Management Team, General Livestock Judging Team and Equine Management team have been practicing for
the last several weeks for the State Spring Career Development Events. Prior to the state contests, teams have several opportunities to compete at various regional invitational contests. This
year, Delphos teams competed at the District 1 Invitational in Fulton County. All three teams represented Delphos very well. The results are as follows:
At the District 1 Invitational, the General Livestock Judging Team placed 18th out of
56 teams. Team members include Justin Siefker, Kurt Hoersten, and Jacob Horstman.
The Wildlife Management Team placed 14th out of 27 teams. Team members include,
Zach Harman, Andrew Grothouse, Ryan Baldauf, Veronica Vulgamott, Wes Roby,
Caitlin Landwehr and Tyler Rice.
Jessica Hammons placed
20th out of 120 individuals
on the Equine Management
Team.
FFA teams compete in invitational contests
Photos submitted
Recently, the Delphos FFA Ag-Mechanics Team went to Parkway High School where
they placed 5th out of 14 teams. The Delphos FFA team consisted of Brock Bonifas, Luke
Wrasman and Ryan Baldauf. The team had to use various skills like arc welding, acety-
lene welding, valve grinding, and many more skills. They also had to identify a variety
of tools, fasteners, seals, and bearings, wire electrical circuits, and cut and solder tubing
and identified parts of an engine and measured valve clearance. Wrasman led the team
by placing 6th out of 42 individuals.
Delphos FFA members recently participated in public
speaking career development events. Jordan Barclay par-
ticipated and placed first in prepared public speaking at
the subdistrict level. He advanced to the district contest
where he placed third. Lahanna Lehman competed in the
creed speaking contest and placed 5th overall.
FFA Ag-Mechanics Team places 5th
FFA places in public speaking
Thursday, March 29, 2012 The Herald 9 www.delphosherald.com
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We accept
950 Pets
BRENDAS
CUDDLES & CUTS
1333 N. Main, Delphos
419-692-1075
419-695-9735
KENNELS
GroomingBoarding
Day Care
950 Tree Service
TEMANS
OUR TREE
SERVICE
Bill Teman 419-302-2981
Ernie Teman 419-230-4890
Since 1973
419-692-7261
Trimming Topping Thinning
Deadwooding
Stump, Shrub & Tree Removal
L.L.C.
Trimming & Removal
Stump Grinding
24 Hour Service Fully Insured
KEVIN M. MOORE
(419) 235-8051
950 Welding
419-339-0110
GENERAL REPAIR - SPECIAL BUILT PRODUCTS
Fabrication & Welding Inc.
Q
uality
TRUCKS, TRAILERS
FARMMACHINERY
RAILINGS & METAL GATES
CARBON STE EL
STAINLESS STE EL
ALUMINUM
Larry McClure
5745 Redd Rd., Delphos
SPEARS
LAWN CARE
Total Lawncare &
Snow Removal
22 Years Experience Insured
Commercial & Residential
Lindell Spears
419-695-8516
check us out at
www.spearslawncare.com
LAWN MOWING
FERTILIZATION
WEED CONTROL
PROGRAMS
LAWN AERATION
SPRING CLEANUP
MULCHING & MULCH
DELIVERY
SHRUB INSTALLATION,
TRIMMING & REMOVAL
Your Full Service Lawn
& Landscape Provider
www.ElwerLawnCare.com
(419) 235-3708
Travis Elwer
Mulch
Topsoil
Purina Feeds
419-339-6800
On S.R. 309 in Elida
950 Miscellaneous
COMMUNITY
SELF-STORAGE
GREAT RATES
NEWER FACILITY
419-692-0032
Across from Arbys
POHLMAN
BUILDERS
FREE ESTIMATES
FULLY INSURED
Mark Pohlman
419-339-9084
cell 419-233-9460
ROOM ADDITIONS
GARAGES SIDING ROOFING
BACKHOE & DUMP TRUCK
SERVICE
950 Home Improvement
LEO E. GEISE
& ASSOCIATES
Interior & Exterior Painting
Drywall & Plaster Repair
Water Proofing
Pressure Washing
Since 1963
Residential Commercial
419-692-2002
or 419-203-9006
Amish Crew
Needing work
Roofing Remodeling
Bathrooms Kitchens
Hog Barns Drywall
Additions Sidewalks
Concrete etc.
FREE ESTIMATES
419-733-9601
950 Lawn Care
AFFORDABLE
PROPERTY
MAINTENANCE
LAWN CARE
LANDSCAPING
EDGING
Insured!
419-692-0092
950 Car Care
Geise
Transmission, Inc.
419-453-3620
2 miles north of Ottoville
automatic transmission
standard transmission
differentials
transfer case
brakes & tune up
FLANAGANS
CAR CARE
816 E. FIFTH ST. DELPHOS
Ph. 419-692-5801
Mon.-Fri. 8-6, Sat. 8-2
OIL - LUBE FILTER
Only
$
22.95*
*up to 5 quarts oil
950 Construction
Tim Andrews
MASONRY
RESTORATION
Chimney Repair
419-204-4563
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POURED
CONCRETE WALLS
Residential
& Commercial
Agricultural Needs
All Concrete Work
Mark Pohlman
419-339-9084
cell 419-233-9460
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MANUFACTURING OPPORTUNITIES
AAP St. Marys Corp. is a leader in the design and manufacture of cast alumi-
num wheels for OEM automakers. As a subsidiary of Hitachi Metals America,
our reputation for high quality products and customer satisfaction has helped
us continue to grow and provide our associates with over 24 years of steady
employment. Now, our business is growing again, creating the following new
employment opportunities:
MACHINE REPAIR TECHNICIANS:
Performs installation, troubleshooting, and repair of various machinery and
equipment.
Qualifications: At least 3 years of multi-trade experience/training with indus-
trial electrical, mechanical, hydraulics/pneumatics, robotics, and PLCs; Work-
ing knowledge of precision measuring instruments, gauges, test equipment, and
blueprints/schematics
MACHINING TECHNICIAN
Develops, implements & modifies CNC programs for high-volume production
and new product launches
Monitors equipment/tooling, processes, and procedures and assists in imple-
menting actions to support safety, quality and productivity
Trains others in set-up, operation, and maintenance of equipment
Qualifications: At least 3 years of related experience and formal training in pro-
gramming of CNC lathe and mills; exposure to SPC and blueprint reading also
required
FIRST-LINE PRODUCTION SUPERVISOR
Plans and directs work of up to 15 production associates
Analyzes production processes and results and takes actions in support of safety,
quality, productivity, and cost containment
Provides regular communication and coaching of associates through daily con-
tact, departmental meetings, and performance evaluations
Qualifications: Associate degree, or equivalent, and at least 3 years of pro-
duction supervision required. Prior experience with painting/coating processes
preferred.
In return for your expertise, AAP offers a competitive salary plus profit-sharing
and excellent fringe benefits--including medical, dental, life, vision, and disabil-
ity insurance, 401(k) retirement savings plan with Company matching, paid va-
cation, paid holidays, and more. If youre looking for a career opportunity with
a growing company, then we want to hear from you. Please send your qualifica-
tions with salary history to:
AAP ST. MARYS CORP.
1100 McKinley Road
St. Marys, OH 45885
Attention: Human Resources
2 Bedroom Apartments
$
430/mo
Deer Creek Apartments
1000 Lima Ave.
Delphos, OH 45833
www.YourNextPlaceToLive.com
419-692-9996
+ $87.50 Deposit SPECIAL
(with approved conditions)
SPRING INTO
A NEW HOME
See site for restrictions.
Spacious Villa Style
Apartment Homes
263 Elida Road
Delphos, OH 45833
Now Leasing!
419-238-6558
Delphos
Senior Villas
! 2 Bedroom / 2 Full Baths
! Attached Garages
! Washer / Dryer Connections
! Vaulted Ceilings
! Walk-In Closets
! Pet-Friendly
419-692-0141 or 419-238-6558
Delphos Senior Villas
Independent senior living 55+
Spacious 2 bdrm.,
2 full bath,
att. garages,
washer/dryer
connection,
walk-in closets.
Fitness center,
pet friendly.
001

Card Of Thanks
A SPECIAL Thank You to
all who remembered me in
any way on my 84th birth-
day.
Love to All,
Betty Osting
010

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Call 419-695-0015, ext
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Kreative
Learning
Preschool
340 W. Fifth St.
Delphos, OH
45833
419-695-5934
2012/2013
Registration
Going On
040

Services
LAMP REPAIR
Table or floor.
Come to our store.
Hohenbrink TV.
419-695-1229
080

Help Wanted
CONSTRUCTION COM-
PANY needs reliable and
experienced person. Ex-
perience in concrete, roof-
ing, siding, framing help-
ful. Must be willing to
learn. Send replies to Box
172 c/o Delphos Herald,
405 N. Main St., Delphos,
OH 45833
CUSTOMER SERVICE
Sales Reps.
Responsibilities: Greeting
customers, paperwork, ex-
plaining company benefits,
and procedures. Flexible
hours, days, nights, week-
end shifts available. Full/
p a r t - t i me . C a l l
(877)623-9160
DRIVER NEEDED: Local
business is seeking a
part-time driver for late
night/early morning. Ap-
proximately 10 hours per
week plus additional deliv-
eries as needed, up to 30
hours per week. No CDL
required. Driver must sub-
mit to pre-employment
physical/drug screening
and random drug screen-
ing during employment.
Retirees welcome. Please
send replies to Box 166
c/o Delphos Herald, 405
N. Main St., Delphos, OH
45833
FULL TIME Graphic Artist
is needed by local com-
pany. Website knowledge
and able to do page lay-
outs a plus. Benefits pack-
age includes: Health, Den-
tal, 401K & Vacation.
Send replies to Box 165
c/o Delphos Herald, 405
N. Main St., Delphos, OH
45833
FULL-TIME RETAIL
Administrative Assistant
for local furniture store.
Experienced and proficient
with Microsoft Office and
web browsing preferred.
Send resume to postmas-
ter@westrichfurniture.com
080

Help Wanted
HELP WANTED
Local business seeking
part-time office help. Ap-
plicant will need to be de-
tail oriented and willing to
learn. Applicant will per-
form various office tasks
along with industry spe-
cific duties. Must be profi-
cient in Microsoft Office
and general PC functions.
Position will include some
benefits, including vaca-
tion. Send replies to Box
169 c/o Delphos Herald,
405 N. Main St., Delphos,
OH 45833
HELP WANTED. Must be
18 yrs old. Flexible hours.
Apply in person -no phone
calls- at Suevers Town
House Carryout, 944 E.
Fifth St., Delphos, OH
45833.
HIRING DRIVERS
with 5+ years OTR experi-
ence! Our drivers average
42cents per mile & higher!
Home every weekend!
$55,000-$60,000 annually.
99% no touch freight!
We will treat you with
respect!
PLEASE CALL
419-222-1630
HOME HEALTH AIDE
To provide care in Del -
phos area. STNA pre -
ferred, not required. Train-
ing provided. Flexible
schedule. Must be de -
pendable with good work
ethic, willing to work week-
ends.
No phone calls please.
Application online or
pick-up:
Community Health
Professionals
602 E. Fifth St.
Delphos, OH 45833.
www.ComHealthPro.org
LOCAL BUSINESS look-
ing for full time office clerk.
Applicant should be or -
ganized, reliable and good
with money. Must be
friendly with customers
and computer knowledge
is preferred. Send replies
to Box 171 c/o Delphos
Herald, 405 N. Main St.,
Delphos, OH 45833
080

Help Wanted
MAINTENANCE
TECHNICIAN
ALPLA of Lima, an extru-
sion blow molding facility
is accepting resumes for
the position of Mainte -
nance Technician. Some
of the responsibilities for
this position will include
Mai ntenance of bl ow
molding machines, instal-
lation of machines, per-
form mechanical and elec-
trical layout, routine pre-
ventive maintenance, per-
forms troubleshooting and
repairs machines inde -
pendently and provides
training.
ALPLA offers competitive
wages and benefits includ-
ing medical, dental, and
vision insurance, plus
401K plan. To be consid-
ered for the position an
applicant must be able to
successfully pass a back-
ground check and a drug
screen.
Resumes should be sent
to the below address:
ALPLA
3320 Ft. Shawnee Indus-
trial Drive
Attn: Human Resources
Lima, OH 45806
OPTOMETRIC OFFICE
looking for Part-time op-
tometric assistant. Medi-
cal office experience pre-
ferred. Mail resumes to
Fishbaugh Family Eyecare
825 W. Market Street
Suite 201. Lima, Ohio
45805.
OTR SEMI DRIVER
NEEDED
Benefits: Vacation,
Holiday pay, 401k. Home
weekends & most nights.
Call Ulm!s Inc.
419-692-3951
PART-TIME ACCOUNT-
ANT 16-20hrs/week. Ac-
counts receivable/payable,
reconciliations, payroll,
b u d g e t i n g a n d
record-keeping. Needs to
be proficient in Quick -
books. Flexible hours, ex-
perience required. Send
resume to CCC 238 N.
Main, Delphos, OH, Attn:
Bruce.
120

Financial
IS IT A SCAM? The Del-
phos Herald urges our
readers to contact The
Better Business Bureau,
( 419) 223- 7010 or
1-800-462-0468, before
entering into any agree-
ment involving financing,
business opportunities, or
work at home opportuni-
ties. The BBB will assist
in the investigation of
these businesses. (This
notice provided as a cus-
tomer service by The Del-
phos Herald.)
290

Wanted to Buy
Raines
Jewelry
Cash for Gold
Scrap Gold, Gold Jewelry,
Silver coins, Silverware,
Pocket Watches, Diamonds.
2330 Shawnee Rd.
Lima
(419) 229-2899
300

Household Goods
FOR SALE: Cochrane
oak round claw foot table
with 4 chairs and 2 leaves.
$300. Excellent condition.
Entertai nment center,
35x30 TV opening. In
good condition. $30 OBO.
Large wall picture, country
steps, $20 OBO. Have
pictures - can email.
Ph o n e o r t e x t
419-303-7930.
340

Garage Sales
304 S. Pierce St.
Girls clothes newborn-24
months and size 10, Boys
clothes newborn- 3T.
Changing table, Car seat,
and many Misc. Baby
items. Many more Misc.
items! Wed. March 28
4:30-6:30, Thurs. March
29 9:30-3:30, and Fri.
March 30 9:30-3:30.
725 N. Water Street, Fort
Jennings. Furniture, toys
and Thirty-One products
only. Furniture includes
cherry credenza, 3-corner
desks, office chairs, dress-
ers, end tables, lamps, TV
with stand, 3-piece break-
fast set, queen bed,
queen/king bed rails, baby
crib, book case, floor mir-
ror, copper kettle, old
school desk, electric key-
board, mi scel l aneous.
Thursday 4pm-7pm, Fri-
day 9am-6pm, and Satur-
day 9am-2pm.
912 FORT Jenni ngs
Road. Thursday & Friday
9am-5pm. Bedding, mobil-
ity scooter & chair, bath
bench, beautiful girls
Easter dresses, mens
clothing & washer/dryer,
lots of misc.
GARAGE SALE
Sponsored by the Junior
Optimist Club. 114 North
Main St. by Lehmanns
Furniture. Thursday 3/29
(4pm-8pm), Saturday 3/31
(9am-4pm). All proceeds
go to MAKE A WISH
FOUNDATION!!!
560

Lawn & Garden
WILL DO Lawn Mowing
and odd jobs. Specializing
in the elderly. Over 30
years experience. Call
419-303-0865
600

Apts. for Rent
2 BEDROOM ranch du-
plex, range/refrigerator.
539 Toomey St .
$400/Month plus utilities.
Nice clean Apartment.
419-286-2816
780

Business Property
FURNISHED OFFICE
space. 3 large upstairs of-
fices conveniently located
in downtown Delphos.
Completely furnished with:
desks, file cabinets, book
cases, chairs, phones,
copier available. Private
entrance, waiting room,
kitchen & copy room. All
utilities included. Rent 1 or
2 for $350/mo. each, or all
3 for $950/mo. Cal l
(419)236-6616 for details.
800

House For Sale
604 W. Seventh St., Del-
phos. Rent To Own and
Land Contract available
on this remodeled 3 bed-
room home. chbsinc.com
or 419-586-8220
810

Auto Repairs/
Parts/Acc.
Midwest Ohio
Auto Parts
Specialist
Windshields Installed, New
Lights, Grills, Fenders,Mirrors,
Hoods, Radiators
4893 Dixie Hwy, Lima
1-800-589-6830
840

Mobile Homes
RENT OR Rent to Own. 2
bedroom, 1 bath mobile
home. 419-692-3951.
920

Free & Low Price
Merchandise
OAK FINISH Entertain-
ment Center -4 yrs old, ex-
cellent condition. TV com-
par t ment measur es
28Hx39Wx19D, will hold
up to a 40in TV. $50. Call
419-203-1590
Automotive CARS
WANTED! PayMax Car
Buyers pays the MAX!
One call gets you TOP
DOLLAR offer on any
year, make or model
car. 1-888-PAYMAX-7
(1-888-729-6297).

Buildings For Sale Has
Your Building Shifted Or
Settled? Contact Woodford
Brothers Inc., for straight-
ening, leveling, foundation
and wood frame repairs at
1-800-OLD-BARN. www.
woodfordbros.com.

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For Sale Heatmor
Stainless Steel Outdoor
Furnaces. Wood, Coal,
Pellets, Waste Oil
Furnaces. 13 Models,
EPA Qualied, Lifetime
Warranty Financing &
Dealerships Available
OBH 1-800-743-5883
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HELP WANTED:

We are looking for
a few good drivers that
are interested in a fam-
ily oriented environ-
ment. We are a refrig-
erated eet traveling east
of the Mississippi. We
offer competitive pay and
a complete benet pack-
age with attention to fam-
ily needs. Please call Jeff
Hall at HITI Hall Trucking
Express 419-423-9555
or stop in at 110 Bentley
Court, Findlay, Ohio.
Help Wanted Averitt
Starts Regional CDL-A
Drivers at 37-42.5cpm
w/1+ Year's Experience
(Depends on Location).
4-12 Months Experience?
Pai d Ref r esher
Course. 888-362-8608
or AVERITTcareers.
com Equal Opportunity
Employer.

Help Wanted CDL
Jobs available! Receive
Class A CDL training-
Accredited, PTD1 certied
school. 18+, job place-
ment, Pell grant/Stafford
loan, housing, transporta-
tion available. Contact
Jamie 515-574-1964.

Help Wanted Driver
- CDL-A. Drive With
Pride. Up to $3,000 Sign-
on Bonus for Qualied
Drivers! CDL & 6 mo.
OTR exp. Req'd USA
Truck 1-877-521-5775
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Help Wanted Driver
- Hometime Choices:
Express lanes 7/On-7/Off,
14/ON-7/OFF Weekly.
Full and part-time. Dry
and Refrigerated. New
trucks! CDL-A, 3 months
recent experience required.
800-414-9569 www.
driveknight.com.

Help Wanted Drivers
- Home Every Weekend!
Benets, New '13 Equip!
Dedicated customer. 1 yr.
53 ft Class A Experience,
clean MVR/DAC. Will
handle freight. 877-810-
5624 driveforgreatwide.
com EOE M/F/D/V

Help Wanted Drivers:
No Experience? Class A
CDL Driver Training. We
Train and Employ! New
Pay Increases coming
soon. Experienced Drivers
also Needed! Central
Refrigerated (877)369-
7209 www.centraltruck-
drivingjobs.net

Hel p Want ed
FLATBED DRIVERS -
New Pay Scale-Start @
.37cpm. Up to .04cpm
Mileage Bonus Home
Weekends Insurance
& 401K Apply @
Boydandsons.com 800-
648-9915.

Hel p Want ed
International Cultural
Exchange Representative:
Earn supplemental income
placing and supervising
high school exchange stu-
dents. Volunteer host fam-
ilies also needed. Promote
world peace! www.ace.
org/reps

Help Wanted New
To Trucking? Your new
career starts now! *0
Tuition Cost, *No Credit
Check, *Great Pay &
Benets. Short employ-
ment commitment required
Call: (866)854-6062 www.
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Help Wanted Owner
Operators: Up to a $2,000
Sign-On Bonus. Great
Pay & paid FSC. Paid
OH & IN Tolls. Fuel &
Tire Discounts. Hometime
throughout the week. 3rd
Party Lease Purchase
program available. Call
Comtrak at 800-846-0024,
or apply online at www.
comtrakinc.com

Help Wanted Up to
$5,000 annual mileage
bonus! Hiring drivers with
3/4-ton and larger pickups,
haul/tow, or semi-atbeds.
Competitive rates & sign-
on bonus. 1-866-764-1601
or Foremosttransport.
com

Help Wanted Wanted:
Life Agents. Earn $500 a
Day. Great Agent Benets.
Commissions Paid Daily,
Liberal Underwriting.
Leads, Leads, Leads.
Life Insurance, License
Required. Call 1-888-713-
6020.

Help Wanted Werner
Needs Driver Trainees
Now! Tired of living pay-
check to paycheck? Stop
the cycle! No CDL? No
Problem! 16-Day CDL
training w/Roadmaster!
1-866-467-0061.

Help Wanted WOOD
TRUCKING, Inc./MCT.
Job Guaranteed after
FREE 3 week CDL-A
Training. Live within 100
mile radius of Wauseon,
Ohio 1-800-621-4878.
Also, Hiring Drivers!

Help Wanted You
got the drive, We Have the
Direction OTR Drivers
APU Equipped Pre-Pass
EZ-pass. Pets/Passenger
Policy. Newer equipment.
100% No touch. 1-800-
528-7825.

Instruction Attend
College Online from
Home. Medical, Business,
Criminal Justice,
Hospitality. Job Placement
Assistance. Computer
Available. Financial Aid
if Qualied. SCHEV cer-
tied. Call 877-295-1667.
www.CenturaOnline.com.

Manufactured Homes
for Sale SINGLE WIDE
MOBILE HOMES - NEW
3 BEDROOM - $24,995.
NEW 2 BEDROOM -
$21,995. Vinyl siding and
Shingle roof. Includes
Delivery and Set-up in
Ohio. 1-800-686-1763
www.williamsburgsquare.
com.

Misc. Airlines Are
Hiring - Train for hands
on Aviation Career.
FAA approved program.
Financial aid if qualied -
Job Placement assistance.
Call Aviation Institute of
Maintenance. 877-676-
3836.

Misc. CABINS FOR
RENT IN CANADA.
Walleyes, perch, north-
erns, birds, wildlife, pris-
tine nature. Boats, motors,
gas included. Call Hugh
800-426-2550 for free bro-
chure. website www.best-
shing.com

Misc. Sawmills - from
only $3997.00- Make &
Save Money with your own
bandmill- Cut lumber any
dimension. In stock ready
to ship. Free Info/DVD:
www.NorwoodSawmills.
com 1-800-578-1363 Ext.
300N
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OHIO SCAN NETWORK CLASSIFIEDS
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS
Van Wert County
Jill Laudick to MGJ
Laudick Farms LLC,
portion of section 17,
Liberty Township.
Gregory Laudick,
J. Melissa Laudick to
J. Melissa Laudick,
Liberty Township.
Clair W. Harting,
Nancy A. Harting
to STL Farms LLC,
portion of sections
3, 28, 34, Tully
Township, portion
of section 9, Liberty
Township.
Birdstone Inc. to
Darin Figel, portion
of inlots 1039, 1040,
923, Van Wert.
Ronald E. Agler,
Vera A. Agler to
Ronald E. Agler
Revocable Trust,
Pleasant Township,
lots 365, 366, Van
Wert subdivision.
Ronald E. Agler,
Vera A. Agler to Vera
A. Agler Revocable
Trust, portion of
section 9, Pleasant
Township.
Sherri Wright
Closson, Sherri L.
Closson, Sherri L.
Wright to Keith E.
Myers, Pamela J.
Myers, lot 257-4, Van
Wert subdivision.
David A. Simmons
to Saturnina Simmons,
portion of inlots 255,
256, Convoy.
Mark A. Bartley,
Toni L. Bartley to Sara
M. Owsley, portion
of section 25, Tully
Township.
Mary Lou Frazier
to Jerry G. Mosier
Revocable Trust,
Mary H. Mosier
Revocable Trust,
Jackson Township.
Moletus F. Osting
to JDCD Partnership,
portion of lot 50,
Delphos subdivision.
Krystal S. Demoss
to Cory A. Roberts,
inlot 1497, Van Wert.
Emma Lou Raines
to City of Van Wert,
Federal Home Loan
Mortgage to Roger
E. Ulm II, Amanda
M. Ulm, portion of
section 16, Jennings
Township.
Fannie Mae to Leila
W. Brown, portion of
Estate of William J.
German to Dolores M.
German, inlot 1178,
Delphos.
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10 - The Herald Thursday, March 29, 2012
Tomorrows
Horoscope
By Bernice Bede Osol
Big brother
a positive
inuence
Dear Annie: Im in my
mid-20s, and my sister is a
junior in high school. Tina
has always looked up to me
as the cool brother, and
weve become buddies. I tell
her my issues at work and
my troubles with women, and
she tells me far more than she
does the rest of our family.
Weve grown to
trust each other.
Last week
when the mail
arrived, my moth-
er noticed that
Tina had received
an envelope from
the county prison.
Inside was a six-
page soft-porn
letter from a con-
victed felon who
used to date one
of Tinas friends.
Mom also discovered that
Tina had been accepting
long-distance charges on her
cell phone from the prison.
My parents contacted the
authorities, and the man
wont write or call her again.
Theyve also grounded Tina
for a month.
Im not that hurt by her
lies of omission. Shes just
a kid, and I did some fairly
stupid things at her age. But
now I dont feel like telling
her anything. Im still nice
to her, and we get along like
we used to, but Ive not told
her about a few things that
have happened in my life
recently. Is this an OK way
to handle it? -- Need Help in
Wisconsin
Dear Wisconsin: Tinas
behavior was terribly reck-
less. And we think you are
more than a little upset that
she didnt confide any of
this to you and give her big
brother the chance to protect
her. You dont have to tell
Tina everything. There are
things she may be too young
to appreciate. But please try
to cultivate the closeness you
had before, and let her know
you wish she had told you
about her correspondence
with the inmate. You are in
an excellent position to be a
positive influence in her life.
Dear Annie: My stepson,
Joe, and his wife have cut
off all communication with
my husband and me, and we
have no idea why. They have
two small children of whom
we are very fond. We have
not seen them in more than
a year.
Its possible Joe is pun-
ishing his father for some
imagined slight, but we have
no clue what it could be. We
have always been kind, lov-
ing and generous to them and
continue to send them cards
on special occasions.
My husband says to let it
go. Should we stop trying?
There is no one to act as a
go-between. They live about
five hours away and continue
to visit Joes mother and her
parents. We miss them very
much. -- Brokenhearted
Dear Brokenhearted:
You do have a go-between:
Joes ex-wife and her par-
ents. Could you call them
and find out whats going on?
Explain how much you miss
Joe and his family,
and ask what you
can do to fix this. It
would be a shame
to give up without
trying every avenue
available to you.
Dear Annie:
Upstate N.Y.
Dad said that the
babysitter took his
children on an unau-
thorized drive to
the ice cream store.
I agree that she was
extremely irresponsible, but
your response that the girl
showed terrible judgment,
but that is not unusual for a
17-year-old was a slap in the
face for teenagers like me.
Many teenagers do won-
derful, responsible things in
their community. I organize a
program in which musicians
from my school go to various
retirement centers and play
for the elderly. I tutor every
Wednesday. I bring home
straight As and do not drink,
party or smoke.
That girl wasnt irrespon-
sible because she was 17.
Shes irresponsible because
she was raised by a par-
ent who has no dignity or
honesty. -- A Disappointed
15-Year-Old Girl
Dear Disappointed:
Brava. We did not mean
to give the impression that
all teenagers are irrespon-
sible -- only that the matu-
rity to properly judge a situ-
ation takes time to develop.
Obviously, you are already
there. Thanks for sticking up
for your peers.
Annies Mailbox
FRIDAY, MARCH 30, 2012
After suffering many
disappointments in the past, exciting
developments could now be in the
offing for you in the year ahead. More
than a few of last years losers could
become big winners in the months
that follow.
ARIES (March 21-April 19)
-- People youll be dealing with will
be just as anxious to protect their
interests as you are to protect your
own. Dont expect any concessions or
indulgences.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20) --
The longer you weigh something, the
more you are likely to be affected by
a case of paralysis. Besides, your first
evaluation is apt to be most accurate
anyway.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20)
-- Provided you are as good in the
final stretches as you are during your
opening gambit, your chances for
acquisition look reasonably possible.
Hopefully, your material motivation
will be strong enough.
CANCER (June 21-July 22) --
Being able to accurately assess matters
will not be your problem today. Your
headache is likely to come from a
failure to act in accordance with your
better judgment.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) --
Although youll be reasonably astute
at judging commercial matters, you
might not be quite as shrewd when
doing business with others. As the
saying goes: Keep your powder
dry.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)
-- Dont make promises to a friend
requesting a favor unless you truly
mean it. This person will be counting
on you, and if you renege, hard
feelings will come of it.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) --
Someone who had no hand in what you
accomplished lately might attempt to
take the credit for all of your efforts.
Set the record straight immediately, so
she or he wont try again.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) -- If
you stand by without intervening, you
will be judged by some bad opinions
being expressed by your companions.
When youre not in accord with their
views, make your position known.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-
Dec. 21) -- Put the interests of your
family or loved ones above all others,
especially when you are placed in the
awkward position of having to make
a choice. No one should be more
important than your kin.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan.
19) -- Just because certain morals or
principles by which you abide are
unpopular with some of your peers,
its no reason to dilute or lower your
standards just to fit in. Stay the course.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19)
-- You might not receive everything
to which youre entitled if you fail to
stand up for your rights. Think about
it: If youre timid, louder personalities
will take over the spotlight.
PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) --
When it comes to involvements where
teamwork is essential, be sure to link
up only with those who can pull their
own weight. Youll fail if youre
harnessed with weaklings.
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Volkswagen paid tribute to Grateful Dead front man
Jerry Garcia following his demise in 1995 by publishing
an ad in Rolling Stone magazine that contained a simple
sketch of the front of a VW bus with a single teardrop
falling from the headlight with the words, Jerry Garcia
1942-1995.
Todays questions:
What early 20th-century baseball great was the first
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bat?
What are the only two landlocked countries in the world
that are surrounded by countries that are also landlocked?
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Kilhig: a pole used to guide the fall of a tree
JetBlue pilots unraveling baffles friends
By PAUL J. WEBER and
RUSS BYNUM
RICHMOND HILL, Ga. No one recalls
JetBlue Airways captain Clayton Osbon com-
ing unhinged before. Not the airline that let him
fly for 12 years, the neighbors in his secluded
waterfront community or the friends he tried
selling weight-loss shakes to on the side.
Now federal prosecutors have charged
Osbon following his bizarre unraveling aboard
Flight 191 to Las Vegas, describing in court
records a midair breakdown they say began
with cockpit ramblings about religion and
ended with passengers wrestling him to the
cabin floor.
Witness accounts of Osbon telling his co-
pilot things just dont matter and sprinting
down the center aisle yelling jumbled
remarks about Sept. 11 and Iran baffled
longtime friends and fellow pilots who said
they couldnt remember previous health or
mental problems.
Osbon, 49, was instead described as an
affable aviator who took his private plane for
joyrides in his spare time, shied from talking
politics and hosted Super Bowl parties. His
father was also a pilot who died in a 1995 plane
crash while on a sunken treasure hunt, accord-
ing to a Wisconsin newspaper in the town
where his family lived.
I cant say whether its shock or disbe-
lief, said Justin Ates, a corporate jet pilot and
friend who also lives in Richmond Hill. Its
hard to describe what you feel when you see
something thats completely 100 percent out
of character.
Osbon is charged with interfering with
a flight crew following his bizarre outburst
Tuesday on the flight that began in New York
and was diverted to Amarillo, Texas. He was
still being held at a hospital there Wednesday
and being medically evaluated.
Under federal law, a conviction for interfer-
ence with a flight crew or attendants can bring
up to 20 years in prison. The offense is defined
as assaulting or intimidating the crew, interfer-
ing with its duties or diminishing its ability to
operate the plane.
One aviation expert said he couldnt remem-
ber a pilot being prosecuted on the charge,
which reads as though it was written with pas-
sengers in mind.
Ive been doing this for more than 50
years, and I cant recall anything like this,
said Denny Kelly, a private investigator in
Dallas and former Braniff Airlines pilot.
A pilot with JetBlue since 2000, Osbon
acted oddly and became increasingly erratic on
the flight, worrying his fellow crew members
so much that they locked him out of cockpit
after he abruptly left for the cabin, according
to a federal affidavit. He then started yelling
about Jesus, al-Qaida and a possible bomb on
board, forcing passengers to tackle him and tie
him up with seat belt extenders for about 20
minutes until the planed landed.
The (first officer) became really worried
when Osbon said we need to take a leap of
faith, according to the sworn affidavit given
by an FBI agent John Whitworth. Osbon
started trying to correlate completely unrelated
numbers like different radio frequencies, and
he talked about sins in Las Vegas.
Investigators said they were told that Osbon
scolded air traffic controllers to quiet down,
then turned off the radios altogether, and
dimmed the monitors in the cockpit. He alleg-
edly said aloud that things just dont matter
and encouraged his co-pilot that they take a
leap of faith.
Were not going to Vegas, Osbon told
his co-pilot in midflight, according to the
affidavit.
Osbon, described by neighbors as tall and mus-
cular, aggressively grabbed the hands of a flight
attendant who confronted him and later dashed
down the cabin while being chased. Passengers
wrestled Osbon to the ground, and one female
flight attendants ribs were bruised during the
struggle. No one on board was seriously hurt.
JetBlue spokeswoman Allison Steinberg
said Osbon had been suspended pending a
review of the flight. JetBlue CEO and President
Dave Barger told NBCs Today show that
Osbon is a consummate professional whom
he has personally known for years. He said
nothing in the captains record indicates he
would be a risk on a flight.
Colorado stops prescribed burns after wildre
By DAN ELLIOTT
CONIFER, Colo.
Colorado Gov. John
Hickenlooper on Wednesday
suspended the use of state
prescribed burns like the one
that may have caused a deadly
wildfire that destroyed dozens
of homes near Denver.
The Colorado State Forest
Service said the 6-square-mile
fire started from a controlled
burn last week that was meant
to reduce vegetation. Instead,
high wind gusts Monday blew
embers across a containment
line and into unburned forest,
sparking the blaze.
This is heartbreaking, and
we are sorry, Deputy State
Forester Joe Duda said in a
written statement.
Glenn Davis, who said his
friends were forced from their
homes by the fire, peppered
Duda with questions at a news
conference and said he wants
changes in how prescribed
burns are conducted.
People up here want
accountability, Davis said.
Telling me, Im sorry, doesnt
really make a difference.
Hickenlooper said the ban on
prescribed fires on state lands,
including state parks, would be
in effect until a review of the
wildfire is complete.
The ban doesnt affect
land controlled by the fed-
eral government which
accounts for more than one-
third of Colorado. However,
Hickenlooper urged counties
and federal agencies to also
consider suspending such
burns for now.
Meanwhile, some 400 fire-
fighters from several states
were focusing on building
containment lines around the
wildfire. Until Wednesday,
the fires erratic pattern forced
firefighters to focus on protect-
ing homes, not stopping the
burn. The fire was 15 per-
cent contained Wednesday
afternoon, Jefferson County
sheriffs spokeswoman Jacki
Kelley said.
Air tankers dropped retar-
dant and two National Guard
helicopters dropped water
to assist firefighters on the
ground. Smoke from the fire
created haze around Denver,
obscuring views of the Rocky
Mountains.
As crews dug lines around
the fires perimeter, a search
team was using dogs to look
for a woman missing in the fire
zone. Her home was among 27
destroyed or damaged in the
blaze.
The bodies of Sam Lamar
Lucas, 77, and Linda M.
Lucas, 76, were found earlier
this week at their destroyed
home. Their cause of death
was pending.
Neighbor Eddie Schneider
said hes not sure the couple
ever received an automated
phone call telling them to
leave. Schneider left his home
after a firefighter knocked on
his door.
Hickenlooper said he
doesnt blame some of the
900 evacuated homeowners
in the mountains southwest of
Denver for being angry.
Their houses have been
destroyed. Their lives have
been changed forever. Its
not their fault, he told KOA
radio.
Later Wednesday, some
local sheriffs deputies started
taking owners of destroyed
homes into the burn area to
see what was left. On a tour for
reporters, thin white smoke rose
from valleys. Charred appli-
ances were all that remained of
some homes.
The Intermountain Rural
Electric Association said 267
structures are without power,
and about two to three miles
of electric lines will have to be
rebuilt.
A Forest Service manager
who helps plan for prescribed
burns, Jane Lopez, said the state
usually performs them only
in spring and fall. Prescribed
burns are planned as far as
three years in advance, she
said, but they dont go forward
unless weather conditions meet
requirements. She said every-
thing was done properly.
Billionaire wants to raise sunken Apollo 11 engines
By ALICIA CHANG
LOS ANGELES For
more than four decades, the
powerful engines that helped
boost the Apollo 11 mission
to the moon have rested in
the Atlantic. Now Internet
billionaire and space enthu-
siast Jeff Bezos wants to
raise at least one of them to
the surface.
An undersea expedi-
tion spearheaded by Bezos
used sonar to find what he
said were the F-1 engines
located 14,000 feet deep.
In an online announcement
Wednesday, the Amazon.
com CEO and founder said
he is drawing up plans to
recover the sunken engines,
part of the mighty Saturn
V rocket that launched Neil
Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and
Michael Collins on their
moon mission.
The five engines, which
produced nearly 7.7 million
pounds of thrust, dropped
into the sea as planned min-
utes after liftoff in 1969.
Four days later, Armstrong
and Aldrin walked on the
moon.
We dont know yet what
condition these engines might
be in, he wrote. They hit
the ocean at high velocity
and have been in salt water
for more than 40 years. On
the other hand, theyre made
of tough stuff, so well see.
Bezos acknowledged the
engines were the property
of NASA, but said he hoped
they will be displayed in
museums.
NASA expressed excite-
ment about the find. The
space agency said it has not
been formally contacted by
Bezos and waited for more
information.
There has always been
great interest in artifacts from
the early days of space explo-
ration and his announcement
only adds to the enthusi-
asm of those interested in
NASAs history, NASA
spokesman Bob Jacobs said
in a statement.
No timetable has been
set for the recovery. When
it happens, itll undoubted-
ly take longer to hoist the
19-foot engines off the sea
floor than the 2 1/2 minutes
it took for them to power off
the launch pad.

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