Elphos Erald: Spitnale Devotes Her Life To Volunteerism Nomina Answers The Needs of The Community

BY STEPHANIE GROVES
Staff Writer
sgroves@delphosherald.com
DELPHOS For more
than two decades, John
Nomina has risen to the
challenge of making a mul-
titude of community-based
projects come to fruition
and infused his profession-
al expertise while serving
as a trustee or committee
member on service-oriented
appointments.
Nomina said his inspi-
ration for volunteering
lies within the Delphos
community from those
who donate time for Little
League to the people who
work tirelessly for weeks on
the Canal Days celebration
everybody volunteers.
All you have to do is
look around Delphos,
Nomina stated. Rural
America gets involved.
Nomina said that help-
ing in times of need was
an ingrained moral fiber he
learned early in life.
Of course, That a boy
helps a lot, he said.
One of Nominas biggest
challenges has been having
enough time to balance and
organize all the projects and
commitments on his agen-
da. He said he feels bad if
they are working on a proj-
ect with all the volunteers
involved and plans are not
totally set.
Nomina has been a trust-
ee with The Stadium Club
since the early 1990s when
John Dickman worked dili-
gently to revitalize the club
and throughout the football
field revitalization project,
which spanned four years,
Nomina was right there in
the trenches alongside all the
volunteers from incep-
tion to completion.
Nomina said the club
began raising funds for the
$1.5 million project in 2008
and explained that putting
together the plan was a huge
project.
BY ERIN COX
Staff Writer
news@delphosherald.com
DELPHOS Faith and
family stand as the top pri-
orities for Millie Spitnale
and both have led her to a
life dedicated to volunteer-
ing and community involve-
ment.
Spitnale sees herself as
blessed to have her husband,
Marvin, who could provide
financially for their family,
allowing her to stay at home
to care for their children and
have time to volunteer as
well.
Volunteering was never
an option for Spitnale.
Throughout her life, when
Spitnale has seen a need,
she has filled it; as a
Christian, she feels that is
her duty.
I always think of other
people, Spitnale said.
She has spent so much
time volunteering that when
her husband proposed, thats
what she was doing.
He proposed when I was
at an ice cream social with
the Girl Scouts so that the
kids could see my ring, she
said. My Scouts even had
a wedding shower for me.
Her children: Mark
(LeAnn) Spitnale of Fort
Wayne, LeAnn (Deron)
Sorrell of Lima, Lana
(Jerry) Johnson of Delphos
and Laura (Steve) Emura
of Hawaii; knew how
much time their mother has
spent serving the commu-
nity throughout her life and
wanted to recognize her for
her lifelong commitment.
In their nomination, they
added up the years she had
participated in various com-
munity organizations, which
amounted to more than 250
years of community support.
Spitnales first act of
community involvement
started at 11 years old when
she became a member of
the Delphos Presbyterian
Church.
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2013 Tri-county Woman, Man of the Year
Spitnale Nomina
Spitnale devotes her life
to volunteerism
Nomina answers the
needs of the community
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snow. Highs
in the lower 20s and lows
15 to 20. See page 2.
A look back at 2013
Each year, The Herald takes a look back
at the stories and photos of the year. Here is
the final 2013 wrapup.
OCTOBER
Oct. 2
City administration announced three ser-
vice department employees were given their
14-day notice for layoffs. Delphos Mayor
Michael Gallmeier said two employees from
the maintenance department and one custo-
dian will be laid off effective Oct. 14.
Oct. 3
St. Johns and Jefferson seniors were
treated to the Delphos Rotary Clubs 2013
Senior Tour, a rigorous agenda filled with
visits to a multitude of historic landmarks
in the city. Students began the day with
a caf-style breakfast, then broke into
groups to tour the locks of the canal, Canal
Commission Museum, Old City Building,
Hotel Ostendorf, Dienstberger House and
many other sites.
Oct. 5
Jefferson senior Rileigh Stockwell was
crowned the 2013 Jefferson Homecoming
Queen Friday night. Jefferson beat Crestview
34-21.
Two full-time firefighters and a full-
time police officer received lay-off notices.
Delphos Mayor Michael Gallmeier said
delivery of paperwork to an additional full-
time firefighter is pending. The three who
received notices today will be laid off Nov. 4.
The pending lay off will be 30 days from the
date it is delivered.
Oct. 11
A special council session yielded an ordi-
nance to reduce the salaries of the Delphos
safety service director and department super-
visors by 7.5 percent. The ordinance takes
effect with the next pay period.
Oct. 12
St. Johns Homecoming Queen Jessica
Koverman reigned over her court Friday
evening during the schools Homecoming
game against Fort Recovery. The Blue Jays
won 28-8.
Oct. 13
More than 60 zombies gathered in
Delphos to search for food (brains) on
Sunday. A donation of canned goods for
humans got a zombie in the event and all
proceeds from a 50-50 drawing and various
raffles benefited the Delphos Interfaith Thrift
Shop.
Oct. 16
The Delphos American Legion held its
annual Flag Disposal Ceremony Monday.
Hundreds of flags from military gravesites
and those turned in by residents were prop-
erly disposed of with the VFW and Veterans
Council participating in the function.
Oct. 17
Buildings on the Allen County
Fairgrounds will get much needed facelifts
before the 2014 Fair. PotashCorp donated
$300,000 to the Allen County Agricultural
Society to make major improvements to the
four commercial buildings on the north side
of the fairgrounds.
St. Johns Elementary School held its
annual Childrens Festival. Students, parents
and grandparents spent some quality time
together playing games like Plinko, Ring
Toss, Bean Bag Toss and Fish Pond.
Oct. 19
Its going to be harder to shop locally
for those living in Paulding and Paulding
County. ALCO Stores Inc. announced it soon
will close its store in Paulding. Beginning
Monday, the store will mark down prices on
many items prior to its closing date, which is
anticipated by Jan. 26.
Oct. 23
Spencerville Police Chief Darin Cook
told village council Monday of resident sight-
ings of coyotes prowling around in the day-
time and one was close enough to a house
to eat from a dog food bowl. He said seeing
them in the daytime is alarming and they will
attack small dogs and cats.
Oct. 26
Eleven St. Johns High School juniors
were inducted into National Honor Society
Thursday and include Elizabeth Winhover,
Colleen Schulte, Samantha Kramer, Alyssa
Martin, Megan Fish, Tara Vorst, Evan Hays,
Alex Odenweller, Samantha Wehri, Austin
Heiing and Zach Gable.
Oct. 28
Kiwanis and Stadium Club members
came out in full force Saturday morning and
braved the blustery weather to work to com-
plete phase one of the landscape installation
at Waterworks Park.
Oct. 31
City Auditor Tom Jettinghoff had
good news for Delphos City Council at
Wednesdays special meeting. Loan pay-
ments totaling nearly $1.5 million were
deferred for six months. The Ohio Water
Development Authority granted the defer-
ment to extend the loans out six months
past the scheduled last payment, keeping
$525,000 in the Water Fund and nearly
$900,000 in the Sewer Fund.
NOVEMBER
Nov. 1
While it stormed outside, Trick-or-
Treaters went begging for candy at Trinity
United Methodist Churchs Trunk-or-Treat
night held indoors.
Delphos Herald reader Tom Odenweller sighted a bald eagle on Nov.
10. The eagle was first observed landing in a nearby field, apparently
hunting for something to eat. (Submitted photo)
Delphos Fire and Rescue Platoon Chief Roy Hoehn shows pre-
schoolers at St. Johns during Fire Safety Week hes still just a guy
under the big scary fire equipment. (Herald file photo)
See WRAPUP, page 8
See NOMINA, page 8 See SPITNALE, page 8
THURSDAY
Girls Basketball
St. Johns at Coldwater (MAC),
6 p.m.
Kalida at Ottoville (PCL), 6 p.m.
Spencerville at Botkins, 6 p.m.
FRIDAY
Boys Basketball
Kalida at Spencerville, 5 p.m.
Crestview at Ottoville, 6 p.m.
Coldwater at St. Johns (MAC),
6:30 p.m.
SATURDAY
Girls Basketball
Kalida at Wapakoneta, noon
Fort Jennings at St. Johns, 1
p.m.
Jefferson at Edgerton, 1 p.m.
Ottoville at Columbus Grove
(PCL), 1 p.m.
Van Wert at Fort Recovery, 1
p.m.
Boys Basketball
Columbus Grove at Fort
Jennings (PCL), 6 p.m.
Ottoville at Minster, 6 p.m.
Spencerville at St. Marys
Memorial, 6 p.m.
Van Wert at Carroll, 6 p.m.
Lincolnview at Fort Recovery,
6:30 p.m.
Kalida at McComb, 6:30 p.m.
Wrestling
Van Wert at Kevin Cleveland
Memorial (Dublin Scioto), 7 p.m.
Jefferson at Plymouth
Invitational, 10 a.m.
Co-Ed Swimming and Diving
Elida at Port Clinton, 10 a.m.
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Trivia
Answers to Mondays questions:
The popular 2009 movie Julie & Julia, the film starring
Meryl Streep as famous chef Julia Child, included a clip of
a Dan Aykroyd skit that originally aired on TVs Saturday
Night Live. It was a 1978 Julia Child parody that featured
a bewigged Aykroyd bleeding to death as he prepares a
chicken.
The cuttlefish, jellyfish and starfish are all misnamed;
theyre not fish. They are invertebrates, without back-
bones, gills or fins.
Todays questions:
When it comes to modern slang, what is a trout pout?
How hot is the water and steam thats spewed by Old
Faithful, the famous geyser in Yellowstone National Park?
Answers in Thursdays Herald.
Todays joke:
A New Yorker was forced to take a day off from work
to appear for a minor traffic summons. He grew increas-
ingly restless as he waited hour after endless hour for his
case to be heard.
When his name was called late in the afternoon, he
stood before the judge, only to hear that court would be
adjourned for the rest of the afternoon and he would
have to return the next day.
What for?!?!? he snapped at the judge.
His honor, equally irked by a tedious day and sharp
query, roared out loud: Twenty dollars contempt of
court! Thats why!
Then, noticing the man checking his wallet, the judge
relented:
Thats all right. You dont have to pay now.
The young man replied, I know. But Im just seeing
if I have enough for two more words.
Wheat $5.71
Corn $4.02
Soybeans $13.11
WEATHER FORECAST
Tri-county
Associated Press
TODAY: Partly cloudy. Highs in the
lower 20s. West winds 10 to 20 mph.
Wind chills zero to 10 above zero.
TONIGHT: Cloudy with a 50 per-
cent chance of snow. Lows 15 to 20.
West winds around 5 mph shifting to
the northeast after midnight.
NEW YEARS DAY: Cloudy with
a 50 percent chance of snow. Highs
around 30. East winds 5 to 10 mph.
WEDNESDAY NIGHT: Snow.
Moderate snow accumulations possi-
ble. Lows around 20. Northeast winds
10 to 15 mph. Chance of snow 80
percent.
THURSDAY: Snow. Light snow
accumulations possible. Highs in the
lower 20s. Chance of snow 80 percent.
THURSDAY NIGHT: Partly
cloudy with a 20 percent chance of
snow showers. Lows zero to 5 above.
FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT:
Partly cloudy. Highs around 15. Lows
5 to 10 above.
SATURDAY: Partly cloudy. Highs
in the upper 20s.
SATURDAY NIGHT: Cloudy with
a 30 percent chance of snow. Lows in
the lower 20s.
SUNDAY: Mostly cloudy with a 50
percent chance of snow. Highs around
30.
SUNDAY NIGHT: Mostly cloudy
with a 40 percent chance of snow. Lows
15 to 20.
MONDAY: Mostly cloudy with a 20
percent chance of snow showers. Highs
15 to 20.
Howard James
Smith
June 18, 1926
Dec. 30, 2013
Howard James Smitty the
Cop Smith, 87, of Delphos
died at 10 a.m. Monday at
Van Wert Manor.
He was born June 18,
1926, in Jenera to Oliver H.
Smith and Mary R. (Smith)
Hole, who preceded him in
death.
He was united in marriage
to Dorothy Weaver on July
25, 1945. She preceded him
in death on June 6, 2008.
He is survived by two
sons, Howard J. Smith Jr. of
Gomer and David M. Smith
of Delphos; two daughters,
Susan J. (Larry) Basinger
of Delphos and Dorothy J.
(Rick) Lockhart of Columbus;
seven sisters, Sally Bohn of
Defiance, Isabel Kramer of
Fort Jennings, Shirley Perrin
of Ossian, Ind., Nancy Rayle
of St. Joe, Ind., Mary (Bob)
Sailer of Hicksville, Virginia
(Larry) Clark of Lima and
Kathy (Kurt) Martin of
Delphos; five brothers, Don
(Donna) Smith of Lima,
Oliver (Marilyn) Smith of
Ada, Jack (Bonnie) Smith
of Ossian, Ind., Thomas
(Marlene) Smith of Augusta,
Ga., and John (Deb) Smith of
Mendon; and 14 grandchil-
dren and many great-grand-
children.
He was also preceded in
death by a son, John Smith; a
daughter, Sheryl L. Campbell;
and a sister, Carol King.
He worked for the Delphos
Police Department from
1964-81 and also retired in
1981 as General Inspector
from Lima Loco/Clark
Equipment Works. Howard
then retired as Chief of Police
of Marion Township in June
of 1991. He also worked at
the Allen County Sheriffs
Department as a sheriff.
He was a WWII US Army
veteran in the Third Army 95
Infantry, 377 Regiment, from
August 1944-1946, where he
led two major battle compa-
nies: Rineland and Central
Europe. He earned two major
battle stars, a combat badge
and a bronze star medal.
He was a life member
of NRA, VFW Post #3035,
Amercian Legion #268, Peri
and Eagles #471. He was
also a member of the Black
Swamp Rifle and Pistol Club
in Delphos and Buckeye
Sheriff Association.
He loved tent camping
with his children. He enjoyed
target shooting, feeding birds
and squirrels and sitting on his
porch greeting people. Smitty
was a people person and truly
enjoyed his time as a police
office for the City of Delphos.
Services will begin at
11 a.m. Friday at Harter
and Schier Funeral Home,
the Rev. Pam King officiat-
ing. The Delphos Veterans
Council will conduct military
graveside rites following the
service. Burial will take place
at Walnut Grove Cemetery.
Visitation will begin from
2-8 p.m. Thursday at Harter
and Schier Funeral Home.
Memorial contributions
may be made to the family.
To leave online condo-
lences for the family, visit
One Year Ago
The Tri-county Woman of the
Year, Catherine Cathy Hammons
needs very little encouragement to get
involved. She is currently president of
the Catholic Ladies of Columbia and
she was president of the VFW Ladies
Auxiliary for a number of years. She
is a volunteer with the Delphos Eagles
Ladies and gives her time to the Red
Cross bloodmobiles and St. Ritas
Ambulatory Care Center. She also
spends time at the Interfaith Thrift
Shop where she works in sales.
25 Years Ago 1988
It could have been the cold weather
or it could have been the plain fact that
the Jefferson Lady Wildcats werent
ready to play the Miller City Wildcats
Wednesday evening, but whatever the
case, Jefferson went home with a 60-41
loss. Leading scorer for Jefferson was
Laura Schmelzer with 20.
Dr. Thomas H. Siefker, DDS, and
his wife, who is a dental hygienist,
have opened a family dentistry prac-
tice at 127 W. Canal St., Ottoville.
Dr. Siefker and his wife Cheryl reside
in his hometown, Kalida. Cheryl is a
native of Ottoville and a graduate of
Ottoville High School.
Kalida girls improved their record
to 9-0 Tuesday night with a 72-48
win over Crestview at Kalida. Four
Kalida players scored in double fig-
ures, led by Annette Trenkamp with 20.
Sondra Ehrnsberger scored 18; Leslie
Stechschulte 14 and Lisa Siebeneck 10.
50 Years Ago 1963
Fort Amanda Chapter, Daughters
of the American Revolution, held its
December meeting at the home of
Sarah Whyman at Spencerville. After
a brief business session, a program
was presented. Janet Sailor, flag chair-
man, and Thelma Scarberry, gave the
state regents message, and Mrs. O.
M. Arnold gave the report on national
defense. Mrs. Ralph Lewis gave a
report on the historical site, Adena,
near Chillicothe.
William T. Weisenboren, a candi-
date for the Republican nomination to
the office of sheriff of Allen County,
visited the Delphos Daily Herald
Monday. He is the first candidate in
Allen County to file for sheriff. His
name will be on the ballot for the May
5 primary.
The Nursery to University Mothers
Club of Rimer met Saturday evening
in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Marvin
Griffith near Vaughnsville, with hus-
bands as guests. Carol singing followed
the supper after which members and
their guests participated in contests and
games. The Jan. 28 meeting will be
held in the home of Patsy Evans.
75 Years Ago 1938
A cantata, In Bethlehem of Judea,
will be presented at the Presbyterian
Church in Venedocia Sunday evening.
The choir will be assisted by the fol-
lowing: Helen Breese, soprano; Mary
Evelyn Jones, mezzo soprano; Margaret
Smith, alto; Osborne Jones and Edsel
Dilbert, tenors; Daniel J. Evans, bari-
tone; and William Thomas, bass.
The Delphos city officials will start
out the new year with a Clean Slate.
The office of Mayor D. L. Baringer
has been thoroughly reconditioned.
The walls have been washed down and
the furniture has been given a coat of
polish. The jail cells are now being
whitewashed. The waterworks depart-
ment office furniture is being cleaned
and polished and the floors in the fire
department were recently varnished.
John Marsh, Jr., will be installed
as president of the Delphos Kiwanis
Club for the year of 1939 at a meet-
ing to be held Jan. 3 at the Beckman
Hotel. Other officers to be installed
are: Vice presidents, Melvin Westrich
and Eugene Sheeter; members of the
board of directors, George Horine,
Otto Birkmeier, O. G. Weger and A.
J. Laudick.
BY DAVE KOLPACK
Associated Press
CASSELTON, N.D. (AP) Authorities
urged residents to evacuate a small North
Dakota town Monday night after a mile-
long train carrying crude oil derailed outside
of town, shaking residents with a series of
explosions that sent flames and black smoke
skyward.
The Cass County sheriffs office said it
was strongly recommending that people
in the town of Casselton and anyone living 5
miles to the south and east evacuate. A shelter
has been set up in Fargo, which is about 25
miles away. Casselton has about 2,400 resi-
dents.
The sheriffs office said the National
Weather Service was forecasting a shift in the
weather that could increase the risk of poten-
tial health hazards.
Thats going to put the plume right over
the top of Casselton, Cass County Sheriff
Paul Laney said at a news briefing.
As many as 10 cars out of more than 100
caught fire when the BNSF Railway Co. train
left the tracks about 2:30 p.m. Monday. No
one was hurt.
The cars were still burning as darkness fell,
and authorities said they would be allowed to
burn out.
Authorities hadnt yet been able to untan-
gle exactly how the derailment happened, but
a second train carrying grain was involved.
BNSF spokeswoman Amy McBeth said
the train carrying grain derailed first, then
knocked several cars of the oil train off
adjoining tracks.
Ryan Toop, who lives about a half-mile
away, said he heard explosions and drove
as close as about two city blocks to the fire,
which erupted on a day when temperatures
were below zero.
I rolled down the window, and you could
literally keep your hands warm, Toop said.
The derailment happened amid heightened
concerns about the United States increased
reliance on rail to carry crude oil. Fears
of catastrophic derailments were particularly
stoked after last summers crash in Quebec
of a train carrying crude from North Dakotas
Bakken oil patch. Forty-seven people died in
the ensuing fire.
The tracks that the train was on Monday
pass through the middle of Casselton, and
Cass County Sheriffs Sgt. Tara Morris said
it was a blessing it didnt happen within the
city.
Morris said it could take up to 12 hours
before authorities could get close to the fire.
About 80 of the cars were moved from the
site. Jeff Zent, a spokesman for Gov. Jack
Dalrymple, said the National Guard was on
alert if needed.
Temperatures were forecast to drop to
minus 20 in Cass County overnight.
Of course, Mother Nature, being North
Dakota, it has to be one of the coldest nights
of the year. Its deadly cold out there tonight,
Laney said.
Mayor Ed McConnell said he didnt want
any residents sleeping in their vehicles.
All the experts say it can be a hazardous
situation to their health, McConnell said.
Were going to try to get everybody out of
the town.
Officials urging evacuation near ND derailment
CLEVELAND (AP)
These Ohio lotteries were
drawn Monday:
Classic Lotto
0 5 - 2 6 - 3 4 - 3 7 - 3 8 - 4 4 ,
Kicker: 2-6-7-2-9-2
Estimated jackpot: $56.1
million
Mega Millions
Estimated jackpot: $47
million
Pick 3 Evening
1-5-4
Pick 3 Midday
4-8-3
Pick 4 Evening
7-6-3-5
Pick 4 Midday
6-5-0-4
Pick 5 Evening
0-0-3-0-8
Pick 5 Midday
3-1-5-3-8
Powerball
Estimated jackpot: $50
million
Rolling Cash 5
07-11-20-34-37
Estimated jackpot:
$219,000
ST. RITAS
A boy was born Dec. 27
to Cortney Perkins and Tony
Osting of Spencerville.
CINCINNATI (AP)
Ohio and Indiana have lost
out on their joint bid to secure
one of the Federal Aviation
Administrations highly cov-
eted test sites for unmanned
aircrafts.
The FAA on Monday
announced six states that will
develop test sites for drones, a
critical next step for the march
of the unmanned aircraft into
U.S. skies.
Alaska, Nevada, New
York, North Dakota, Texas
and Virginia will host the
research sites, the agency said.
Ohio and Indiana had
hoped to improve their chanc-
es by combining forces and
setting up the Ohio/Indiana
UAS Center & Test Complex
based in Springfield, Ohio.
The proposal included several
test ranges in southwest Ohio
and southeast Indiana.
U.S. Sen. Rob Portman,
R-Ohio, said Ohio would have
been a good choice because
of its deep roots in aerospace,
noting that its home to a U.S.
Air Force research lab near
Dayton and a NASA research
center in Cleveland.
FAA rejects
Ohios bid for
drone test site
Sin City set to ring in new year
BY HANNAH DREIER
Associated Press
LAS VEGAS Sin City is set to ring in 2014 with big-name
concerts, celebrity-hosted parties and an eight-minute rooftop fire-
works display billed as the nations largest.
John Legend is performing at Haze nightclub at Aria, Ne-Yo is
welcoming the new year at Pure nightclub at Caesars Palace and
Maroon 5 is playing at Mandalay Bay. Pop star Bruno Mars is
christening the Cosmopolitans new Chelsea Ballroom. The show
will be broadcast live on the casinos 65-foot marquee to ice skaters
at a rooftop rink and partyers on the Strip below.
Other casinos are touting pricey nightclub bashes with $3,000
bottle service and open bars hosted by reality-TV and music celebri-
ties, including the original celebutante, Paris Hilton.
More than 330,000 tourists are expected to count down the end
of the year as law enforcement officers keep the peace and casino
bosses watch profits roll in.
With New Years Eve falling on a Tuesday, many casinos offered
up special New Years Eve Eve events on Monday and advertised
the two days before that as the biggest weekend of the year.
Casinos will start the revelry as early as possible today. At
Mandalay Bay, the Minus5 Ice Bar will start handing out free cham-
pagne for hourly toasts at 11 a.m.
The winter months are Las Vegas slowest, which means casino
executives are especially eager to lure as many patrons as possible
on New Years Eve, a holiday seemingly custom-made to align with
Sin Citys boozy, bad-judgment ethos.
The Las Vegas brand is about freedom, and that means different
things to different people. Adult freedom is on display everywhere
on New Years Eve, Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority
spokeswoman Heidi Hayes said.
Hotel occupancy is approaching 100 percent for today, accord-
ing to Hayes, who emphasized that beds remain available for any-
one contemplating a last-minute trip. Rooms are going for about
three times the normal price.
Those looking for a less costly experience than the Strips over-
the-top offerings can head 15 minutes north to downtown Las
Vegas, where the Fremont Street Experience pedestrian mall is
hosting a block party with acts including Blues Traveler and Papa
Roach.
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2nd Democrat plans to enter race for governor
CINCINNATI (AP) A long-
time Cincinnati-area officeholder
announced Monday plans to run
for Ohio governor, setting up a
Democratic primary with the county
leader from Cleveland.
Hamilton County Commissioner
Todd Portune said hes been hear-
ing a desire, an appetite, if you
will, from rank-and-file Democrats
for a choice in the May 6 prima-
ry. Cuyahoga County Executive Ed
FitzGerald has been considered the
Democrats presumptive nominee as
they seek to take the governorship
back from Republican Gov. John
Kasich in 2014.
I believe that I am the candidate
to lead our party, Portune said at a
news conference in an urban neigh-
borhood banquet hall. He said he has
more experience, a strong record and
the demonstrated ability to win votes
in the southern part of Ohio.
Portune, 55, noted that FitzGerald
already has lined up a number of
endorsements and said he understood
some Democratic leaders wanted to
clear a path to the nomination. But
Portune said a primary doesnt have
to be costly, saying it should lead
to a healthy discussion of issues,
energize Democrats and help build
momentum for November.
When asked about Portune, a
spokesman for the Democrats said the
party expects to win with FitzGerald.
The Ohio Democratic Party is
focused on holding Governor John
Kasich accountable, and next fall we
will elect Ed FitzGerald governor
along with the rest of our endorsed
statewide candidates that are com-
mitted to putting Ohio back on track
for the middle class, party spokes-
man Jerid Kurtz said in a statement.
Portune spent the past two decades
as a Cincinnati city councilman or
Hamilton County commissioner. He
said Monday he is beginning the
steps needed to become a candidate,
but that hell travel throughout Ohio
to gauge support over the next month
before deciding for sure to file for
the primary.
A state Republican spokesman
said regardless of the Democratic
candidate, the GOP will focus on
progress in the state.
As the Ohio Democratic Party
deals with its internal issues, we will
continue to tout Ohios turnaround
that began under Gov. Kasich and
Ohio Republican leaders, spokes-
man Chris Schrimpf said in a state-
ment.
Portune recently told the Northeast
Ohio Media Group that he began
thinking anew about running for
governor after fellow Cincinnati
Democrat state Sen. Eric Kearney was
pressured off FitzGeralds ticket amid
questions about tax liens. Portune
said Monday he mainly decided to run
because Democrats on the ground
want a contested primary.
Gladys Dunbar of Shaker Heights
in Cuyahoga County was among sev-
eral people who came from Cuyahoga
County for Portunes announcement.
She said she likes Portunes expe-
rience and would prefer him over
FitzGerald.
I think hes for the people and
that he shares my Democratic val-
ues, Dunbar said.
Portune has promoted riverfront
and other urban redevelopment,
along with environmental, transpor-
tation and public safety initiatives.
He also has spoken out against the
NFLs Cincinnati Bengals stadium
deal with the county.
Portune has for years used crutch-
es to get around because of spinal
tumors.
Jobs in Van Wert County up for 2013
BY ED GEBERT
Times Bulletin Editor
news@delphosherald.com
VAN WERT While the state report
shows slight improvement, the year-end report
from Van Wert County Economic Development
Director Cindy Leis shows specific positives
in job creation locally.
Leis figures, gathered from interviews with
Van Wert Countys top 30 employers, show a
net increase of 120 new jobs over the past 12
months and 260 jobs over the past 18 months.
(This) is a start to closing the gap on lost
jobs when the economic crisis hit in 2008,
Leis wrote.
Specifically, Braun Industries hired 50 new
employees, Toledo Molding & Die added 75
and Unverferth Manufacturing brought in 18.
Several other county employers have also
added new jobs.
The accumulated results indicate an
upward trend in new jobs for the county, Leis
observed.
While these figures are based only on a spe-
cific list of county employers, they give a good
indication of how the county is doing economi-
cally overall. Jobs added at an employer often
causes growth in jobs in related fields.
For instance, if Van Wert County were to
attract 1,000 new jobs to a site such as the
mega-site, the impact on the community would
be significant, adding an additional 555 jobs in
other sectors, explained Leis.
The local jobs figures are seen to be more
accurate than any estimates done at the state or
national level. The state releases civilian labor
force estimates from the Ohio Department of
Job and Family Services, but those estimates
are made from very few calls to Van Wert
County. Leis figures are pulled from reports
from the top 30 employers in the county as
well as personal experience with these busi-
nesses.
(The) most important metric to measuring
economic development in the county is through
new job creation and capital investments, in
addition to having business relationships with
those existing companies who share major
indicators on a regular basis, Leis shared.
Looking ahead, more jobs in the county
are in the works for 2014. In her report, Leis
said that Braun plans to hire 20 additional new
employees in the first quarter of the year while
National Door and Trim is planning on bring-
ing in 30 more new workers; other companies
have indicated that new jobs are part of the
strategy for 2014.
However, Leis is aware that the biggest
news would be bringing new businesses to the
county. With many commercial properties and
buildings available throughout the county, plus
70 acres remaining to be developed at Vision
Industrial Park, there are plenty of possibili-
ties for companies looking to locate here. Leis
said she will continue to focus on attracting
new business and retaining the firms already
in the county.
Also to be accomplished is the completion
of the certification process for the 1,600-acre
Van Wert Super Site on the citys northeast side.
With the completion of the rail spur that con-
nects the site with the main rail line, two phases
of the process to certify the site with the Ohio
Job Ready Sites (JRS) program are done.
Leis explained, Projects such as the mega-
site that receive funding from the JRS program
must satisfy stringent industry standards in
order to receive certificationHaving the
required Ohio JRS certification ensures future
investors that the property meets site-selection
standards and includes the necessary attributes
demanded by todays leading corporations.
In addition to the Ohio JRS, certification
is underway with American Electric Power
(AEP), who has initiated a Site Evaluation
and Certification Program. To assist with
their endeavor, AEP has retained McCallum
Sweeney Consulting, a site-selection consult-
ing firm based in Greenville, South Carolina.
Obtaining certifications from Ohio JRS and
from AEP will increase the odds of finding an
end user for the site and will further the mar-
keting of the site by partnering AEP, JRS and
the Van Wert County Economic Development
Office.
Video: Deputy
left boys dad
at accident site
COLUMBUS (AP) A
man who authorities say ran
over his 4-year-old son with
a van shouldnt be prosecuted
for leaving the scene of the
accident, his attorney said
Monday, pointing to video
that shows police arriving to
help and then leaving him
there alone.
Natividad de Jesus
Hernandez is accused of driv-
ing away without talking to
authorities after the Thursday
accident in Union County
northwest of Columbus.
Hernandez, 30, was arrest-
ed after showing up at a hos-
pital where his son, Angel
Gustbabo Hernandez, died
after the accident earlier in
the day.
A state patrol report says
the boy fell out of the van,
which then ran over him. It
says he wasnt secured in the
van.
A deputy sheriff who
responded to the accident rode
with the boy in an ambu-
lance, and Hernandez was left
alone on the roadside with
other children he had with
him, according to a video of
the scene.
Hernandez was confused,
unsure whether to wait, before
finally leaving, attorney Scott
Culbert said in a phone inter-
view.
Its as if the scene of the
accident left Mr. Hernandez,
Culbert said.
Things likely happened
fast because authorities were
concerned about the boy, he
said.
Hernandezs $500,000
bond was continued Monday
in Marysville Municipal
Court. His next hearing is
Monday.
Authorities said Hernandez,
who is from El Salvador, is
in the U.S. illegally and was
stealing from a construction
site.
Culbert denied the theft
allegation but wouldnt say
what Hernandez was doing
at a house where the accident
happened.
The boys body will be
returned to his mother in
Honduras, Culbert said.
Man charged,
accused of
holding 3 hostage
FRANKLIN (AP)
Police in southwestern Ohio
say a man accused of hold-
ing three people hostage in a
house for hours is in custody
on kidnapping and domestic
violence charges.
The man was arrested after
a Monday morning standoff
in Franklin, a Warren County
town between Dayton and
Cincinnati.
A statement from Franklin
police Chief Russ Whitman
says 44-year-old Jason Cole
was being held without bond.
It wasnt immediately clear
whether Cole has an attorney.
Whitman says Cole held
two adults and a 6-year-old
child at gunpoint for about
three hours. Police say a man
and the child escaped out a
window, and a woman was
released shortly afterward and
taken to a hospital with inju-
ries she suffered in an assault.
Police say Cole exited the
house and was arrested with-
out further incident.
36,000 to lose unemployment benefits
Information submitted
COLUMBUS Its grim news before the New Year: 36,000
Ohioans will see their unemployment benefits cut. Congress did not
vote to continue federal funding that was put in place at the beginning
of the Great Recession to help people after their state unemployment
runs out at 26 weeks. Zach Schiller, research director, Policy Matters
Ohio, said it is a program that Congress has initiated in every recession
since 1957, and it is being cut at a time when there is still a great need.
The unemployment rate now is higher than at any time when it
was cut off in any of the previous programs over the past more than
half-century, Schiller said.
At the time the current program was begun in June 2008, the U.S.
unemployment rate was 5.6 percent; it is now 7 percent. According
to the U.S. Council of Economic Advisers and U.S. Department of
Labor, more than 128,000 Ohioans will be affected by the end of 2014,
without an extension. On average, Ohio claimants have been receiving
around $300 a week - money that Schiller said has been important
in keeping many families from slipping into poverty and money that
helped the unemployed continue their job search.
Theres an erroneous argument being made lately that if we ended
the program, people would get out and find jobs. Thats a really inac-
curate argument. The fact is that there are three job seekers for every job
opening, nationally, he said.
There is a chance that in January, when Congress reconvenes,
it could restore the benefits retroactively, he added. He offered this
advice for those who are unemployed. If you are either receiving these
benefits or you would be eligible, you should continue filing for them,
because if the program is restarted, which we certainly hope, it will be
a lot easier for you to gain benefits if you already have been applying.
CASA seeks
volunteers
PUTNAM COUNTY
CASA of Allen and Putnam
Counties is seeking volun-
teers to advocate for chil-
dren in court.
To find out more infor-
mation, there will be an
orientation from 11 a.m.-1
p.m. or 6-8 p.m. Jan. 8
at Crime Victim Services
located at 330 N. Elizabeth
St., Lima.
Please call 419-222-
8666 to RSVP if you plan
to attend or would like
additional information or
email at casa@crimevic-
timservices.org. Training
classes will begin Feb. 5.
Man held on $1M
bond in pizza
drivers death
CAMBRIDGE, Ohio
(AP) An eastern Ohio man
accused of killing a pizza deliv-
ery driver is being held on $1
million bond.
A judge set bond for
32-year-old Adam Charles
Burris at his video arraignment
Monday in municipal court in
Cambridge, roughly 80 miles
east of Columbus.
The Daily Jeffersonian
newspaper reports the hearing
was continued until Thursday
so that the Cambridge man
could talk with an attorney.
None appeared for him in court.
Burris is charged with mur-
der in the slaying of 26-year-
old Kayla Thompson, also
of Cambridge. Authorities in
Guernsey County say she didnt
return from a delivery to Burris
home last Thursday.
The sheriff says Burris was
later taken into custody and
led authorities to Thompsons
body near a boat ramp at Dillon
State Park in neighboring
Muskingum County.
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Steer weigh-in
set for Saturday
VAN WERT The Junior Fair Board has set
the date and time for the 2014 show steer, per-
formance steer and dairy steer weigh-in.
Please mark your calendars for 8-10 a.m.
Saturday at the Junior Fair Beef Barn on the
Fairgrounds. Animals not weighed in at the
end of the time may be disqualified from par-
ticipation in the 2014 Van Wert County Jr. Fair.
Exhibitors may allow someone else to weigh in
their animals for them if they are unable to be
present.
Please note: If you are planning to exhibit
your steers at the Ohio State Fair, you are
responsible for picking up your own nose print
cards, ensuring they have the proper signatures
and submitting them if they are not turned in
the day of the weigh-in. You can noseprint your
own animals if you are worried about the stress
induced on the animals the day of the weigh-in.
Exhibitors should plan to come in the gate
next to the Extension office and leave through
gate four (livestock gate during fair) to help
with the flow of traffic. Be prepared to wait as
the process takes a bit longer than other weigh-
ins but feel free to come in and help with other
exhibitors and the board to help us ensure the
process goes as quickly as possible.
If families have questions, they can ask their
FFA advisor or call the Extension office at 419-
238-1214.
18 inducted into Vantage Technical Honor Society
VAN WERT Eighteen
outstanding Vantage seniors
were recently selected as mem-
bers of the Vantage chapter of
the National Technical Honor
Society. They were introduced
and inducted at the annual
NTHS banquet on Dec. 10
held in the Commons Area. In
addition to the guests of honor,
parents, home school principals
and counselors and Vantage
teachers and administrators
attended the banquet to recog-
nize this elite group of students.
The main purpose of the
society is to reward scholastic
achievement in career technical
education. Membership encour-
ages skill development, honesty,
service, leadership, citizenship
and individual responsibility. In
addition, students are selected
for membership in NTHS as a
reward for excellence in work-
force education; to develop
self-esteem, pride and encour-
age students to reach for higher
levels of achievement; and to
promote business and industrys
critical workplace values - hon-
esty, responsibility, initiative,
teamwork, productivity, leader-
ship and citizenship.
NTHS membership is the
highest award for excellence
in career technical education
and is a reliable indicator of
performance and leadership in
the workplace. Students who
achieved a 3.5 grade point aver-
age or better, while maintaining
a 95-percent attendance rate at
Vantage, were eligible to apply
for membership. In addition to
submitting a resume and writ-
ing an essay stating why they
would like to be a part of the
NTHS, the students also were
required to obtain three teacher
recommendations.
Students selected for
membership in the National
Technical Honor Society
for the 2013-2014 school
year are: Shana Brincefield
(Lincolnview), Cosmetology;
Libbi Brown (Jefferson),
Health Technology; Dustin
Carter (Van Wert), Network
Systems; Regan Cunningham
(Continental), Cosmetology;
Ashleigh DeLeon (Parkway),
Cosmetology; Emily Farr
(Paulding), Health Technology;
LaShawne Granger (Van Wert),
Cosmetology; Jenna Hankinson
(Antwerp), Cosmetology;
Brooke Hesseling (Jefferson),
Health Technology; Andrew
Horstman (Ottoville), Ag &
Industrial Power Technology;
Adam Jurczyk (Van Wert), Auto
Body; Layna Mihm (Van Wert),
Medical Office Management;
Danielle Miles (Wayne
Trace), Health Technology;
Lydia Myers (Lincolnview),
Cosmetology; Alex Schnipke
(Ottoville), Industrial
Mechanics; Benjamin Schnipke
(Ottoville), Carpentry; Kayla
Thompson (Wayne Trace),
Health Technology; Alexandra
Winebrenner (Wayne Trace),
Health Technology.
Congratulations to these
new National Technical Honor
Society members!
Newly inducted members of the Vantage 2013-2014 National Technical Honor Society.
Unavailable for the photo was Adam Jurczyk. (Submitted photo)
From the Vantage Point
Cub Scouts hold Raingutter Regata
On Dec 15, Cub Scout Pack 42 held its Rain Gutter Regatta at St. Johns Annex.
Thirty-three Scouts participated in the races. Each boat was hand-crafted and wind-
powered by the Scouts. Overall champion was Drew Palte. (Submitted photos)
Winners in the Tigers Den were, from left, Jacob Keating, first; Henry Hohman, sec-
ond; and Logan Gossett, third.
Wolves winners included, from left, Logan Britton, first; Gaige Horton, second; and
Lucas Clay, third.
Winners in the Bears Den were, from left, Mark Stemen, first; Daniel Myers, second;
and Tyler Dellinger, third.
At left: Webelos win-
ners included, from
left, Drew Palte, first;
Anthony Bodine, second;
and Marcus Freewalt,
third.
At left: Best Design
winners were, from left,
Drew Palte, first; Jack
Bauman, second; and
Aaron Bockey, third.
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home. Electric and solar
back-up, 1-1/2 wooded
acre. Spencerville school
Asking $134,000. By
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OWNERS MOTIVATED
3BR/2BA Home, 2-Car
det ac hed gar age
w/separate work area &
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carpet. 1500sq.ft. on just
under 1-acre. Asking
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505
Antiques and
Collectibles
VERY NICE collection of
40 bells, all different. $50
Ph: 419-695-9646
560
Home
Furnishings
2 WALNUT bathroom or
ki t chen cupboar ds,
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matching
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message
570
Lawn and
Garden
JOHN DEERE 214 Rid-
ing Lawn Mower. Works
good. $275 or best offer.
419-796-0230, l eave
message.
580
Musical
Instrumental
FREE: LOWRY Chord
Organ, debut model L-70
Call 419-642-6761
583
Pets and
Supplies
FREE: CHIHUAHUA,
1yr old, male, good
w/kids & house trained.
419-296-3047
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Silver coins, Silverware,
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Lima
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Center, 301 Suthoff St.
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Canal Commission Museum,
241 N. Main St., is open.
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339 N. Main St., is open.
5-7 p.m. The Interfaith
Thrift Store is open for shopping.
6:30 p.m. Delphos
Ladies Club, Trinity United
Methodist Church.
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meeting, EMS building,
Second Street.
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Star, meets at the Masonic
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ping.
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.
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open.
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warning sirens by Delphos
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Main St., is open.
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Student in Binkleys kindergarten class at Franklin Elementary School
Franklin Elementary School kindergarten students in Cindy Binkleys class include, front from left, Karylle Lindeman, Ryan Bissonnette,
Jakob Treadway, Colin Wreede, Hailey Acheson, Bailey Hile and Michael Wilshusen; and middle, Melody Richards, Logan Miller, Nicole
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Sandy Rigdon, Sarah Miller and Sue Wiseman.
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Martha Etzkorn.
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and Marge Kaverman.
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Friday; and 9 a.m.- noon Saturday.
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Linda Bockey, 419-692-7145; or Lorene Jettinghoff, 419-692-
7331.
If help is needed, contact the Thrift Shop at 419-692-2942
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Navy Seaman Apprentice Gina L. Culp, daughter of Joshua
D. and Stephanie L. Luma of Lima, recently completed U.S.
Navy basic training at Recruit Training Command, Great
Lakes, Ill.
During the eight-week program, Culp completed a variety
of training which included classroom study and practical
instruction on naval customs, first aid, firefighting, water safe-
ty and survival and shipboard and aircraft safety. An emphasis
was also placed on physical fitness.
The capstone event of boot camp is Battle Stations. This
exercise gives recruits the skills and confidence they need to
succeed in the fleet. Battle Stations is designed to galvanize
the basic warrior attributes of sacrifice, dedication, teamwork
and endurance in each recruit through the practical application
of basic Navy skills and the core values of Honor, Courage
and Commitment. Its distinctly Navy flavor was designed to
take into account what it means to be a sailor.
Culp is a 2013 graduate of Elida High School.
Culp graduates
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BOWLING
Monday Hi-Rollers
12-23-13
Adams Automotive 8-0
Dicks Chicks 8-0
Agri-Tech 6-2
Full Spectrum 6-2
Dickmans Ins. 2-6
Studio 320 2-6
Heather Marie Photography 0-8
Ladies over 160
Mariann Mahlie 169-186, Judy
Landwehr 166-211, Chris Mahlie
226-278, Donna Culp 166, Lex
Martin 168-161, Denise Courtney
168-167, Robin Allen 178-213,
Cheryl Gossard 176, Brittany
Rahrig 212-185-211, Lisa VanMetre
222-212-193, Pam Dignan 183,
Millie Minnig 160, Doris Lindeman
165, Jacquie Edwards 169-191,
Kelly Hubert 187, Donna Bendele
167.
Ladies over 500
Judy Landwehr 533, Robin Allen
536, Jacquie Edwards 506, Kelly
Hubert 504.
Ladies over 600
Chris Mahlie 651, Brittany Rahrig
608, Lisa VanMetre 627.
Monday Rec.
12-23-13
Honda of Ottawa 14-2
The Pittsters 12-4
PCS Nitrogen 12-4
Bunge 10-16
Dukes Sharpening 10-6
2 Lefts & A Right 8-8
Delphos Rec. Center 8-8
Neideckens 8-8
Jennings Mowers & Mopeds 6-10
Cabo 4-12
Vanamatic 0-16
Men over 160
Bruce Kraft 220-172, Darrell
Myers 186-191-189, Allen Nester
200-175, James Schrader 190-
258, Shawn Allemeier 224-173,
Jeff Rostorfer 170-204-212, Ron
Wilhelm 202-181, Michael Mesker
181, Chris Ulm 161, Scott German
237-184, Don Rice 300-255-233,
Nick Mericle 166, Chuck Wlson
171-169, Scott Wiltsie 168, Alan
Landwehr 160-191, Randy Ryan
185-165-196, Mark Radabaugh
212-190, Terry Lindeman 176-
221-246, Rob Ruda 233-181-224,
Ryan Kriegel 204, Ryan Robey
165-198-182, Doug Milligan Jr. 195-
188, Dave Breaston 175-215, Jeff
Milligan 200-177.
Men over 525
Bruce Kraft 525, Darrell Myers
566, Allan Nester 526, James
Schrader 606, Shawn Allemeier 550,
Jeff Rostorfer 586, Ron Wilhelm
534, Scott German 566, Randy
Ryan 546, Mark Radabaugh 560,
Ryan Robey 545, Terry Linedeman
643, Rob Ruda 638, Jeff Mlligan
535.
Men over 700
Don Rice 788.
Mondays Results
Armed Forces Bowl
At Fort Worth, Texas
Navy 24, Middle Tennessee 6
Music City Bowl
At Nashville, Tenn.
Mississippi 25, Georgia Tech 17
Alamo Bowl
At San Antonio
Oregon (10-2) vs. Texas (8-4),
6:45 p.m. (ESPN)
Holiday Bowl
At San Diego
Arizona State (10-3) vs. Texas
Tech (7-5), 10:15 p.m. (ESPN)
Todays Games
AdvoCare V100 Bowl
At Shreveport, La.
Arizona (7-5) vs. Boston
College (7-5), 12:30 p.m. (ESPN)
Sun Bowl
At El Paso, Texas
Virginia Tech (8-4) vs. UCLA
(9-3), 2 p.m. (CBS)
Liberty Bowl
At Memphis, Tenn.
Rice (9-3) vs. Mississippi State
(6-6), 4 p.m. (ESPN)
Chick-fil-A Bowl
At Atlanta
Texas A&M (8-4) vs. Duke (10-
3), 8 p.m. (ESPN)
Wednesdays Games
Heart of Dallas Bowl
At Dallas
UNLV (7-5) vs. North Texas
(8-4), Noon (ESPNU)
Gator Bowl
At Jacksonville, Fla.
Nebraska (8-4) vs. Georgia
(8-4), Noon (ESPN2)
Capital One Bowl
At Orlando, Fla.
Wisconsin (9-3) vs. South
Carolina (10-2), 1 p.m. (ABC)
Outback Bowl
At Tampa, Fla.
Iowa (8-4) vs. LSU (9-3), 1 p.m.
(ESPN)
Rose Bowl
At Pasadena, Calif.
Stanford (11-2) vs. Michigan
State (12-1), 5 p.m. (ESPN)
Fiesta Bowl
At Glendale, Ariz.
Baylor (11-1) vs. UCF (11-1),
8:30 p.m. (ESPN)
5 NFL coaches already fired
By BARRY WILNER
Associated Press
It didnt take long.
Barely 12 hours after the NFLs regular season ended, five head
coaches were unemployed. Fired on Monday were Washingtons
Mike Shanahan, Detroits Jim Schwartz, Minnesotas Leslie Frazier
and Tampa Bays Greg Schiano.
The Cleveland Browns didnt even wait that long, dismissing Rob
Chudzinski on Sunday night after just one season on the job.
Shanahan, who won two Super Bowls in Denver in the 1990s,
spent four seasons with the Redskins and was 24-40. Frazier
had a little more than three seasons with the Vikings to com-
pile an 18-33-1 mark and Schwartz coached the Lions for
five seasons, finishing 29-52.
Schiano only got two years with the Buccaneers, going
11-21. He had three years and $9 million left on his contract.
Tampa Bay also fired general manager Mark Dominik.
Its tough for the players to see your coaches go. You
never want to see anybody get fired, Pro Bowl defensive
tackle Gerald McCoy said. Me personally, I havent had
any, consistently, in my career. Third head coach, going on
my fifth year and three head coaches. Add up everybody, itll be six
D-line coaches.
The Buccaneers, who also have fired the likes of Tony Dungy and
Jon Gruden, hired Schiano out of Rutgers in 2012 and went 6-4 before
losing five of their last six games. They dropped their first eight games
this season and finished 4-12.
One coach allegedly on the hot seat was retained: Rex Ryan, who
has one more year on his contract, is staying with the New York Jets
after a surprising 8-8 record in his fifth season at the helm.
While some of the fired coaches might have seen it coming,
Chudzinski certainly didnt despite going 4-12 and losing his final
seven games and 10 of 11.
I was shocked and disappointed to hear the news that I was fired,
said Chudzinski, who grew up a Browns fan. I am a Cleveland
Brown to the core, and always will be. It was an honor to lead our
players and coaches, and I appreciate their dedication and sacrifice. I
was more excited than ever for this team, as I know we were building
a great foundation for future success.
As the coaching searches begin, agents will float the names of their
clients Penn States Bill OBrien seems to be the hottest candidate
and has interviewed for Houstons vacancy. The Texans (2-14), who
own the top choice in Mays draft after losing their final 14 games,
released coach Gary Kubiak late in the season.
Whoever gets hired in each place will face mammoth rebuilding
projects. Overall, the six teams seeking new coaches went 24-71-1.
Shanahan had one season remaining on a 5-year con-
tract worth about $7 million a season. He blamed salary cap
restraints for part of the Redskins collapse from NFC East
champion in 2012 to 3-13 and eight consecutive losses.
Washington was hit with a $36 million salary cap pen-
alty over two seasons for dumping salaries into the 2010
uncapped season; Shanahan said it prevented the team from
pursuing free agents it had targeted.
But his real undoing, along with the poor records in
three of his four seasons, was a contentious relationship
with star quarterback Robert Griffin III. RG3 did not speak
with the media on Monday.
Frazier took over for Brad Childress in Minnesota for the final six
games of 2010. He got the Vikings to the playoffs as a wild card last
season, riding an MVP year from running back Adrian Peterson. But
he never solved the Vikingsquarterback situation three QBs started
in 2013 and the defense, Fraziers specialty, ranked 31st overall and
against the pass.
Its a harsh business, safety Harrison Smith said. As a player, we
all love coach Frazier, as a coach, as a man. You cant meet a better guy.
And also as a player, we didnt make enough plays on the field. So you
just feel like you let him down a little bit.
The Lions were considered an underachieving team the last two
years under Schwartz. After a 6-3 start this year in a division where the
Packers and Bears lost their starting quarterbacks for lengthy periods,
Browns vow to get it right with next coach
By TOM WITHERS
Associated Press
BEREA Browns owner Jimmy
Haslam understands the situation looks bad,
even embarrassing. He bungled his first
NFL coaching hire and cant afford to make
another mistake.
Haslam vowed it will be dif-
ferent this time.
It has to be.
A day after firing Rob
Chudzinski for failing to make
the Browns better in just one
season, Haslam explained his
reasons on Monday for the
shocking move when he was
forced to answer some tough questions,
including one from a fan who wondered if
the Three Stooges were running his team.
We understand the importance of con-
tinuity, Haslam said. But I think its really
important to hear this: We also understand
the importance of getting it right.
The Browns dumped Chudzinski on
Sunday night, just hours after a 20-7 loss in
Pittsburgh and less than a year after he was
brought in to turn around a team that cant
seem to get out of its own way.
Haslam and CEO Joe Banner cited an
overall lack of progress in their decision to
dismiss Chudzinski, who had the Browns at
4-5 before they lost their final seven games
and finished 4-12 the clubs sixth straight
season with at least 10 losses. Banner said the
decision was finalized Saturday.
As unpopular and unde-
sirable as it is to sit here and
acknowledge we didnt get it
right, the fact that were mak-
ing a change makes a state-
ment that were not going to
accept not being successful,
Banner said.
Haslam knows there are
skeptics wondering if this Browns regime
has what it takes to transform a foundering
franchise. Cleveland fans have spent years
hearing broken promises and plans that go
astray. Haslam, though, is committed to
making good on his word to bring sustained
success to the Browns.
There will be a lot of people who say we
should have given this staff a second year, a
second chance, Haslam said. And in our
estimation, it was best to go ahead and make
the change and try to get it right so that we
can move forward and candidly, and most
importantly, give the fans here the kind of
winner they deserve.
Banner and Haslam have begun their
search for Chudzinskis replacement.
Banner told reporters the team is still decid-
ing whether to interview Browns defensive
coordinator Ray Horton for the opening.
Horton interviewed with the Browns last
season before the job went to Chudzinski,
a lifelong Browns fan who was caught off
guard by his ouster.
Banner said none of the other candidates
interviewed last year will be considered
again. That would appear to rule out Penn
State coach Bill OBrien and San Diego
offensive coordinator Ken Whisenhunt.
New England offensive coordinator
Josh McDaniels could be the frontrun-
ner to be Clevelands seventh full-time
coach since 1999 because of his rela-
tionship with Browns general manager
Michael Lombardi. The team requested
permission to interview McDaniels as
well as Seattle defensive coordinator
Dan Quinn and Denver offensive coor-
dinator Adam Gase.
Bengals get another chance to break long drought
By JOE KAY
Associated Press
CINCINNATI The
Bengals are convinced that this
time, it will be different.
No first-round flameout.
No winter full of playoff angst.
No more fans grumbling about
how they cant win the big one
or any one that happens after
the regular season.
That historic streak of play-
off futility? Theyve got their
best chance to put it to rest.
The Bengals (11-5) havent
won a playoff game since the
1990 season, a stretch of futility
thats tied for seventh-longest
in NFL history. Theyre favored
to end the drought on Sunday
when they host the San Diego
Chargers (9-7), a team they beat
17-10 a month ago.
Unlike the past two seasons,
when the Bengals were a young
team that got into the playoffs
as a wild card, this postseason
holds a lot more promise.
Just win one.
Thats really the next hur-
dle, offensive tackle Andrew
Whitworth said. Theres not a
hurdle we havent cleared this
season.
Things seem to be falling
into place for the AFC
North champions. By
winning the division
title, they get to host
a playoff game for the
first time since 2009,
when they lost to the
Jets.
And theyve gotten the
more favorable matchup. The
Chargers got the final wild card
on Sunday by beating Kansas
City 27-24 in overtime. The
Chiefs had a chance to win
it but Ryan Succops 41-yard
field goal attempt was wide at
the end of regulation.
The NFL acknowledged
on Monday that the Chargers
should have been penalized for
an illegal formation on the play,
giving Succop another chance.
A Chiefs win would have put
Pittsburgh in the playoffs and
sent the Steelers to Cincinnati
on Sunday.
The Steelers beat the Bengals
in Pittsburgh 30-20 on Dec.
15 and would have
brought thousands
of their fans to Paul
Brown Stadium on
Sunday, cutting into
the Bengals home-
field advantage.
Instead, the
Bengals get a West Coast team
heading into the Midwest chill.
The Bengals are 8-0 at home
for only the second time in
their history. They needed an
extension to sell out the second-
last game, and had more than
10,000 tickets left for the play-
off game.
Mayor John Cranley went to
the stadium and bought a pair
of $86 tickets on Monday, then
attended coach Marvin Lewis
media availability and lobbied
fans to make the game a sellout
so the city looks good nation-
ally.
What Im asking is for the
people of this city to come for-
ward and buy tickets because
we want Cincinnati to shine,
Cranley explained.
The Bengals have reached
the playoffs five times in
Marvin Lewis 11 seasons as
head coach.
Unlike other places, where
coached get fired after one
bad season, Lewis has ben-
efited from owner Mike
Browns reluctance to change.
He heads into the playoffs
with an 0-4 postseason record
two losses at home, two on
the road.
If I can even my record,
Ill feel pretty good, Lewis
said, referring to the four wins
needed to get a Super Bowl
title. Thats my goal.
Spence may not play for Buckeyes
By DAVID BRIGGS
Toledo Blade
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. Ohio
State arrived in the Sunshine State on Sunday
under a thick cloud cover and with-
out defensive star Noah Spence.
An omen? The Buckeyes insist
it is not.
A team that weeks earlier had
all its eggs in one bowl the
national championship game
is hardly treating Friday nights
Orange Bowl brush with Clemson
as a consolation.
The Buckeyes (12-1) landed in
Fort Lauderdale late Sunday morn-
ing, then bussed to nearby Nova
Southeastern University for a practice that
belied the calendar. The intensity and tem-
peratures in the low 80s evoked more the first
days of fall camp than the first day of on-site
bowl preparations.
Never mind coach Urban Meyers one-
time concerns of a hangover from OSUs loss
to Michigan State in the Big Ten champion-
ship game. Or of a post-Christmas malaise.
I think the fact that were playing
Clemson in a BCS bowl game wakes up
everybody up real fast, said Meyer, who
gave players a 5-day holiday break. You
worry as a coach that youre not in shape
and fundamentally behind a little bit. [But]
Im going to run them pretty good and get
Christmas out of them.
The one down note for OSU was the one
player who did not make the trip.
Meyer said Spence, who had a team-high
eight sacks in 13 games this season,
is working on some personal issues
at home. He left open the possibility
the sophomore defensive end would
join the team in time for the game but
did not detail the issues. If Spence, a
sophomore who leads leads the team
and is second in the Big Ten in sacks
with 8.0 and is sixth in the league
with 13.5 tackles for loss, does not
return, sophomore Jamal Marcus is
expected to fill in.
Meyer also says cornerback
Bradley Roby (knee bone bruise) and line-
backer Curtis Grant (back) are still recover-
ing from injuries and several players missed
practice with a stomach virus.
Otherwise, the Buckeyes appeared in
good spirits, with relatively tepid fan interest
in the game not infiltrating the team. Players
again expressed their desire for a redeeming
final act, hopeful OSUs first loss since 2011
does not give way to a losing streak.
This is really big for us right now,
said junior linebacker Ryan Shazier, a Fort
Lauderdale native. Were going to come in
here and try to do what we can for the Big Ten
and for Ohio State.
History will be on their side.
Meyer is 7-1 in bowl games includ-
ing Floridas BCS title-clinching win over
Oklahoma in 2008 at the Orange Bowl
while a championship-or-bust mentality is
largely a myth. The last six teams that lost a
shot at the national title with a defeat in their
final regular-season or conference title contest
are 5-1 in bowls.
Recall 2007, the Year of the Rebound.
Then-No.2 Kansas lost to Missouri in its
2007 regular-season finale, then responded
with a 24-21 win over Virginia Tech in the
Orange Bowl; No.1 Mizzou fell to Oklahoma
in the 07 Big 12 title game, then thumped
Arkansas 38-7 in the Cotton Bowl; and West
Virginia was stunned on its home field by
four-touchdown underdog Pittsburgh, then
rocked Oklahoma 48-28 in the Fiesta Bowl.
The parallel OSU will guard against is
Alabama in 2008, when the Crimson Tide
went 12-0 before losing to Florida in the SEC
title game. They then mailed in the Sugar
Bowl with a 31-17 loss to Utah. Alabama
coach Nick Saban afterward blamed his
teams apathy.
Theres very little interest from our fans,
our players or anybody else to play in the
Sugar Bowl, which to me is a tremendous
opportunity, he added. I tried to tell every-
one, Youre only going to remember one
thing about this game and thats going to be
the outcome of this game.
Associated Press
At New York
May 8-10
First Round
Opponents
W L T Pct Pct W L T
1. Houston Texans 2 14 0 .125 .559 143 113 0
2. Washington Redskins 3 13 0 .188 .516 131 123 2
3. Jacksonville Jaguars 4 12 0 .250 .504 129 127 0
4. Cleveland Browns 4 12 0 .250 .516 131 123 2
5. Oakland Raiders 4 12 0 .250 .523 134 122 0
6. Atlanta Falcons 4 12 0 .250 .553 141 114 1
7. Tampa Bay Buccs 4 12 0 .250 .574 147 109 0
8. Minnesota Vikings 5 10 1 .344 .512 130 124 2
9. Buffalo Bills 6 10 0 .375 .520 133 123 0
10. Detroit Lions 7 9 0 .438 .457 115 137 4
11. Tennessee Titans 7 9 0 .438 .504 129 127 0
12. New York Giants 7 9 0 .438 .520 132 122 2
13. St. Louis Rams 7 9 0 .438 .551 141 115 0
14. Chicago Bears 8 8 0 .500 .465 117 135 4
15. Pittsburgh Steelers 8 8 0 .500 .469 119 135 2
16. x-Baltimore Ravens 8 8 0 .500 .484 123 131 2
16. x-Dallas Cowboys 8 8 0 .500 .484 123 131 2
18. New York Jets 8 8 0 .500 .488 125 131 0
19. Miami Dolphins 8 8 0 .500 .523 134 122 0
20. Arizona Cardinals 10 6 0 .625 .531 136 120 0
21. y-Green Bay Packer 8 7 1 .531 .453 115 139 2
22. y-S. Diego Chargers 9 7 0 .563 .496 127 129 0
23. y-Philadelph Eagles 10 6 0 .625 .453 115 139 2
24. y-Kansas CityChiefs 11 5 0 .688 .445 114 142 0
25. y-Cincinnati Bengals 11 5 0 .688 .480 122 132 2
26. y-Indianapolis Colts 11 5 0 .688 .484 124 132 0
27. y-N. Orleans Saints 11 5 0 .688 .516 132 124 0
28. y-NEngland Patriots 12 4 0 .750 .473 121 135 0
29. y-San Fran 49ers 12 4 0 .750 .494 126 129 1
30. y-Carolina Panthers 12 4 0 .750 .494 126 129 1
31. y-Denver Broncos 13 3 0 .813 .469 120 136 0
32. y-Seattle Seahawks 13 3 0 .813 .490 125 130 1
x-Subject to coin flip
y-Subject to playoffs
The draft order for playoff teams is determined by the following procedures:
A The winner of the Super Bowl will select last and the other Super Bowl partici-
pant next-to-last, regardless of their regular-season record.
B The Championship Game participants not advancing to the Super Bowl will
select 29th and 30th, according to the reverse order of their standing.
C The Divisional Playoff participants not advancing to the Championship Games
will select 25th through 28th, according to the reverse order of their standing.
D The Wild Card participants not advancing to the Divisional Playoffs will select
21st through 24th, according to the reverse order of their standing.
Associated Press
Wild-card Playoffs
Saturdays Games
Kansas City at Indianapolis, 4:35 p.m. (NBC)
New Orleans at Philadelphia, 8:10 p.m. (NBC)
Sundays Games
San Diego at Cincinnati, 1:05 p.m. (CBS)
San Francisco at Green Bay, 4:40 p.m. (FOX)
Divisional Playoffs
Saturday, Jan. 11
Green Bay, San Francisco or New Orleans at Seattle, 4:35
p.m. (FOX)
Cincinnati, Indianpolis or Kansas City at New England,
8:15 p.m. (CBS)
Sunday, Jan. 12
Philadelphia, Green Bay or San Francisco at Carolina,
1:05 p.m. (FOX)
Indianapolis, Kansas City or San Diego at Denver, 4:40
p.m. (CBS)
Conference Championships
Sunday, Jan. 19
AFC, 3 p.m. (CBS)
NFC, 6:30 p.m. (FOX)
Pro Bowl
Sunday, Jan. 26
At Honolulu
TBD, 7:30 p.m. (NBC)
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Tomorrows Horoscope
By Bernice Bede Osol
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 1, 2014
This year will offer numerous
opportunities, but discerning which ones
are right for you will be a challenge.
Dont spread yourself too thin. Seek
advice from experienced individuals, and
dont be afraid to ask for favors. What
you accomplish this year is entirely up to
you.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)
-- Seek closure by communicating with
those who have upset you. You can make
positive changes if you clear the air. If
you fail to sort out personal problems,
your future will stall.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) --
Awkwardness will ensue if you allow
others to blame you. Begin this year by
setting the record straight. Be strong
and take a stance that reflects your own
values.
PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) -- Dont
allow others to leave you holding the bag.
Avoid indulgent forms of entertainment.
Instead, relax and prepare for the year to
come. Put yourself first.
ARIES (March 21-April 19) -- Get
the year off to a good start. Carefully
plan how to get ahead. Make use of your
talents. As soon as you get the chance,
confidently share your ideas.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20) --
Reflect on your past, and make it your
mission to avoid repeating mistakes.
Treat other people as you wish to be
treated. Focus on empathy.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20) --
Things will go smoothly today. Love
is on the rise, and you will have plenty
of choices. If you are already in a
relationship, plan a romantic evening. If
not, get out on the town.
CANCER (June 21-July 22) -- Dont
be afraid to lead. You will be admired for
your skills if you get involved in family
projects. Someone may express jealousy
toward you. Ignore any negativity, and
continue to offer your support.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) -- Socialize
with friends and relatives. Be candid
with your opinions, but prepare to be
accountable. If you can let go of the past,
you will have an easier time moving
forward.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) -- Deal
with any issues that have been hanging
over you. Reflect on past experiences to
avoid getting caught in a vicious cycle.
You need stability, and you can only find
it by letting go.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) -- Dont
be tempted by a dubious scheme. Try to
start the year on the right foot. Hold out
for better opportunities. Travel is likely to
result in frustrating delays.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) --
Overindulgence is likely to cause you
problems today. Dont lend money to
friends or take on responsibilities that
arent yours. You must take care of your
own needs first.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) --
Begin planning for the new year. Put your
ideas on paper so that youre ready for
the future to arrive. Dont allow personal
setbacks to interfere with your goals.
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THURSDAY, JANUARY 2, 2014
Your discipline will enable you to
follow through on your plans. Your
integrity will make a good impression.
You will be ready to let go of the past and
jump into the future. Dont allow anyone
to hold you back. Now is the time to
invest in yourself and your goals.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) --
Share your ideas with people who can
help you to succeed. Focus on making
shrewd business decisions. Hard work
will be rewarded in the end.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19)
-- Expect to give as much as you get.
Solidify a partnership that will improve
your future. Participating in clubs or
organizations will lead to opportunity.
PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) -- You
are likely to feel unfulfilled if you havent
put your needs first. Consider changes
that you can make to improve your
attitude. A trip will be informative.
ARIES (March 21-April 19) --
Dont be tempted to join exclusive clubs
that will cost you top dollar. If youve
been flaky recently, an argument is likely.
You will need to make concessions to
make amends.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20) --
Remain impervious to irritations. There
is no reason to argue. Stay positive and
focus on productivity. You will receive as
much as you contribute.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20) -- If
you want a job done, do it yourself.
Take initiative and work independently.
A personal connection may turn out to
be shallow. Before taking it too far, ask
questions.
CANCER (June 21-July 22) --
Dont walk on eggshells around a certain
someone. Be honest, and clear the air. You
need to decisively move forward while
feeling good. You dont need to change
your values to accommodate someone
unworthy.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) -- There is
much to anticipate in the new year. You
have great ideas that can become lucrative
if you act now. Its time to implement
changes. Rearranging your furniture may
be a start.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) --
That little extra effort will make all the
difference in terms of a hobby or your
work. Dont be pressured into spending
more than you can afford. If you stick to a
budget, you will benefit.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) -- Dont
allow anyone to aggravate you today.
Think carefully about what you really
want. Stop waffling and make a decision
so that you may move forward.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) -- No
one else should be dictating what you
should do. Be prepared to defend your
point of view. If you dont take control
of your life this year, it will be your own
fault.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21)
-- Take a careful and honest look at your
finances. Dont bother gambling today.
There will be ample opportunity to make
money this year, but foolish or reckless
decisions will lead to losses.
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Nov. 4
The Museum of Postal History
held a fundraising Gala Art Auction
presented by Marlin Art of New
York, which drew an intimate crowd
of close to 100 people vying for the
purchase of fine art.
Nov. 6
Voters turned down a .25-percent
income tax increase Tuesday 799-
571. The city was looking to increase
revenue in the General Fund to help
minimize a more than $860,000 loss
in the Water and Sewer funds that
was left by the closure of Resers
Fine Foods in September.
The city will need to fill the
safety service director position soon.
Greg Berquist announced his intent
to retire with Nov. 29 his last day.
The news came during Mondays
council meeting after a 25-30-min-
ute executive session.
Allen County voters supported
the .3-mill, 5-year replacement
Senior Citizen Services levy on the
ballot Tuesday night.
Nov. 8
The Canal Days Core Committee
has announced the profit from this
years event was down about $4,000
from last year. The weekend festival
totaled $37,879.
Nov. 9
The Jefferson High School
chapter of the National Honor
Society inducted 16 new members
on Wednesday during a candlelight
ceremony held in the high school
gymnasium. New members includ-
ed Libby Spring, Taylor Sheeter,
Kelli Kramer, Desteni Lear, Emma
Wurst, Kelsie Gerdeman, Katie
Berelsman, Lucas Miller, Carter
Mox, Harrison He, Gaige Rassman,
Austin Carder, Jacob Hamilton,
Chase Getz, Brenton Erman and
Ross Thompson.
Nov. 10
Delphos Herald reader Tom
Odenweller sighted a bald eagle on
Sunday. The eagle was first observed
landing in a nearby field, apparently
hunting for something to eat.
Loyal patrons filled the dining
room in the basement of St. John the
Baptist Catholic Church in Landeck
and kept the carry-out line busy
Sunday during the parishs annual
sauerkraut and sausage dinner.
Nov. 11
Nearly two dozen veterans
attended the program at Ottoville
Schools Monday.
Delphos residents and veterans
braved the cold, windy weather to
commemorate all who served the
country during the Veterans Day
ceremony held at Memorial Park.
Nov. 14
Delphos Public Library Director
Kelly Rist announced library per-
sonnel have the facility ready to
become the newest training site
for DigitalWorks, an initiative of
Connected Nation, Inc., the par-
ent organization of Connect Ohio.
The DigitalWorks training program
includes five gates: recruitment,
screening, training, placement and
mentoring; and focuses on customer
service representatives and comput-
er programming.
Nov. 15
Van Wert Police were still look-
ing for a shooting suspect at press
time Thursday night. The suspect
was identified after two persons
were shot at a residence in Van Wert.
One victim was pronounced dead of
injuries just before midnight. Police
received a call just after 6 p.m.
Thursday that two persons had been
shot at 223 S. Fulton St. in Van Wert.
The suspect was said to be a family
member of the two victims. That
person left before police arrived at
the scene. A man and a woman were
taken to Van Wert County Hospital
for treatment. One of the victims
was taken by helicopter to a Fort
Wayne hospital.
Nov. 16
The legal case against Tamara
K. Menke in the shooting death
of Barbara Robinson began with
an initial appearance in Van
Wert Municipal Court. Judge Jill
Leatherman ordered Menke held
on a $1 million bond. Menke was
apprehended just before 10 a.m.
Friday morning in a barn on her
property on Brittsan Road. She
had managed to elude law enforce-
ment since shortly after 6 p.m.
Thursday when she allegedly shot
her mother in the chest and her
father in the thigh before fleeing
their South Fulton Street home
with an empty .22-caliber rifle.
Nov. 18
National and state officers from
the Fraternal Order of Eagles visited
Delphos for the local lodges 110th
anniversary celebration.
Nov. 20
The front entrance of St.
Barbaras Church was the only wall
standing after an F2 tornado leveled
the church. The Holy Family shrine
and the St. Barbara statue were still
intact in the back with votive candles
still burning. St. Barbaras Catholic
Church rectory was badly damaged
by major storms that hit the small
community Sunday evening.
Nov. 22
Vancrest Healthcare Center held
its Thanksgiving dinner for residents
and their family members Thursday
night. Dinner for 400 was served
and included turkey and all the trim-
mings.
Nov. 23
Susan Wagner will serve as the
Spencerville Elementary principal.
Wagner was hired at Thursdays
board of education meeting.
Wagner accepted the position
beginning on Wednesday for a
two-year, 8-month contract.
Nov. 27
City Administrative Assistant
Sherryl George can add another
plaque to her desk for a while.
Mayor Michael Gallmeier named
George the citys temporary safety
service director.
Nov. 29
Twelve days after two storms left
destruction in their wake, Putnam
County was on the road to recovery.
The poster child for this recovery
is the small village of Cloverdale,
ground zero for one storm cell which
spawned a Category EF2 tornado
on Nov. 17. Four families who rode
out the storm in the Cloverdale
Community Club made the Oak
Haven Residential Care Center,
at 152 Main St., Cloverdale, their
home for a few days after their own
homes were lost.
Volunteers prepared meals dur-
ing the annual Thanksgiving Dinner
for the Knights of Columbus who
delivered the meals to people around
the community on Thanksgiving
morning.
DECEMBER
Dec. 2
St. Johns High School Alumni
Association inducted its 10th class to
the Hall of Fame Sunday. Inductees
included Cyndi Kemper (accepting
for the late Jerry Kemper - Service
to Mankind), Fran Voll Service to
St. Johns, Barney Altman Arts/
Athletic Achievement and Bob Kill
Professional Achievement.
Dec. 4
Next year will be a little bet-
ter for local non-profits and those
they serve after the Arnold C.
Dienstberger Foundation doled out
$315,000 in grants. This was the
16th annual distribution of money
raised from investments held by the
not-for-profit foundation headquar-
tered in Delphos. With Tuesdays
awards, the foundation has topped
$3.6 million in grants.
Dec. 5
On Wednesday, Trinity United
Methodist Women and a multitude
of volunteers got busy in the church
kitchen preparing for the annual
church bazaar. This year, church
volunteers have prepared enough
beef, ham, mashed potatoes, gravy,
noodles, green beans, coleslaw, rolls
and pies to serve over 700 dinners.
Proceeds from the bazaar will be
used for outreach programs.
Dec. 7
Sherry Subler learned her
16-month-old Neapolitan Mastiff
Carlisle was accepted to compete in
the Westminster Kennel Club 138th
annual Dog Show, which takes place
Feb. 10-11.
Santa Claus and his reindeer
arrived in Delphos Friday to official-
ly light the Christmas tree and hear
local childrens wishes. The Delphos
Kiwanis Hometown Christmas drew
a crowd to East Second Street as
festivities got underway, including
an ice sculptor; dancing elves; warm
refreshments, and of course, visits
with Santa.
Dec. 14
Unverferth Manufacturing
announced it expects to add
15-20 new jobs as the result of
a 70,000-square-foot expansion
to the Delphos facility. The facil-
ity was chosen for expansion after
an agreement was finalized with
AEP Ohio for relocation of a section
of subtransmission that crosses the
west side of the Unverferth property,
which is where the addition will be
located. New machinery and equip-
ment will be added in the expanded
area.
Dec. 19
Fort Jennings Superintendent
Nicholas Langhals announced at
Wednesdays school board meeting
that all nine Putnam County school
superintendents are now connected
via Ohio MARCS (Multi-Agency
Radio Communications) radios,
which is a high-tech statewide sys-
tem that allows first-responders to
easily talk to any agency with the
radios.
Dec. 20
Jefferson and St. Johns stu-
dents braved the cold rain and
volunteered their time to assist
with the Delphos Community
Christmas Project by delivering
gifts and food baskets to residents
in the city. Project Coordinator
Edna Fischer said private indi-
viduals and businesses responded
to the needs of the residents and
donated enough of everything to
provide 148 families and 352 chil-
dren with toys, bikes, clothing,
food and paper goods. In addition,
136 fruit plates were delivered to
home-bound Delphos residents.
Dec. 23
Zulama will be the new buzz
word at St. Johns High School
for the second semester of this
school year. The school will add
the online program which engages
students with a topic they love
video games. Zulamas online
program for middle- and high-
schoolers was created by faculty
who teach these subjects to mas-
ters students at Carnegie Mellon
Universitys Entertainment
Technology Center. The semester-
long courses are delivered through
a browser right into the class-
rooms. Zulama provides in-depth
teacher training to ensure their
success teaching the relatively
new and largely-unfamiliar areas
of game design, programming,
3-D art and digital storytelling.
Dec. 24
Legislation flew off city coun-
cils agenda Monday night during
a special meeting called to address
contract negotiations and finances.
Council passed four ordinances,
including fire and rescue protection
for Marion and Washington town-
ships, the police union contract and
fund transfers to address interest due
on deferred loan payments from the
water and sewer funds.
Dec. 26
Cintas Corp. moved forward
with the demolition of the former
Van Dyne Crotty building at the
corner of Fifth and Main Streets.
In 2006, Cintas Corporation of
Cincinnati purchased Van Dyne
Crotty and maintained the local
facility. Not long after the acqui-
sition, the Delphos location was
closed. The property will remain in
the possession of Cintas.
The Cloverdale Recovery Fund
received a big boost from KMI
Manufacturing, Inc., in Kalida. The
major Putnam County employer
presented Cloverdale with a check
for $10,000 to aid the village in
tornado recovery efforts.
Dec. 29
Spencerville said adieu to
Superintendent Joel Hatfield who
is retiring. Hatfield marked 35 1/2
years with the district.
Dec. 31
Millie Spitnale and John Nomina
were named the 2013 Tri-county
Woman and Man of Year.
Wrapup
The front entrance of St. Barbaras Church was the only wall standing after high winds leveled the church. The Holy
Shrine Family shrine and the St. Barbara statue were still intact in the back with votive candles still burning. (Delphos
file photo)
Nomina Spitnale
We had a large group two nights a week
and Saturdays from early spring through the
fall, Nomina detailed. It was awesome. I
had to have it all coordinated to make it hap-
pen.
Nomina said the initial plan was to put up
new things but the recession hit and the deci-
sion was made to re-utilize many of the exist-
ing components. In the first year, the club
worked on the fields underground irrigation
system and goal posts. Year two saw the revi-
talization of the home side of the stadium,
including re-opening the tunnel and removing
the existing bleachers, sealing and painting
the concrete structure and then replacing the
bleachers. During 2012, the away side of
the field was garnished with new bleachers
and work was completed on the fencing and
gates.
Of all his successes, Nomina said his great-
est accomplishment is making it all work.
Finding the time to make it all come
together balancing and maintaining family,
work, and volunteering is great! Nomina
said.
Nominas most recent appointment came
with the Arnold C. Dienstberger Foundation
where he has served for three or four years
as a trustee managing funds and determining
monetary distributions in the Delphos School
District.
Im more involved in the investment end
of things, Nomina explained. Its not a
tremendous amount of work and I get to help
local projects in many ways.
As a trustee for The Stadium Club, Nomina
is responsible for getting projects like the
Stadium Park football field up and running.
After John (Dickman) passed, Clare
(Hanf) and I got involved, he detailed. Its
been 15 years.
During his 10 years as a member of an
investment sub-committee for the St. Johns
Parish Foundation, Nomina served as presi-
dent for a few years. He also served two
9-year terms as a member of St. Johns
Finance Committee and was a member of
the City School District Advisory Board.
In addition, during the construction of the
new Interfaith Thrift Store building, Nomina
helped the stores management personnel
with some financial advisement.
In 2004, Nomina was recognized for all
his achievements with The Stadium Club
by being inducted into the St. Johns Hall of
Fame with a Service to Community award.
Nominas professional expertise has prov-
en very beneficial to both The Stadium Club
and Arnold C. Dienstberger Foundation.
Each are dependent on accounting and
committees want to be a well-rounded group
of trustees, Nomina summed it up. Financial
people help a great deal.
Nomina said the last 12-15 years have
been very busy and he has received a lot of
support from his office staff and his family.
My wife, Arlene, helps me a lot, Nomina
detailed. Shes hands-on and isnt shy about
making sure things look like they should
look.
Nomina explained that Arlene is the firms
office manager and keeps the day-to-day
business functions running while he is not in
the office, which allows him the latitude to do
a lot of different things.
I want to continue to volunteer, Nomina
said. Its a combination of Arlene and myself
that makes it possible.
An old maid, May Davis, asked me to
go with her and she was my first Sunday
School teacher there, she said.
Spitnale has remained a member of the
church ever since and participated in its
choir for 67 years.
My husband and I and all four children
have sung in the choir, she said of why
she enjoyed it. Its such a family thing.
Spitnale also became a Bible School
teacher at the church from 1950-56.
I took all the neighborhood kids and
rode bikes there, she said of one of her
favorite memories. I didnt drive and I
still dont drive; I prefer not to.
Spitnale has participated in Mothers
Club for 63 years, which is her second lon-
gest membership in a community organiza-
tion. This year, she decorated the groups
tree at the Delphos Canal Commission
Christmas Tree Festival and all the decora-
tions were donated to the Thrift Shop after
taking it down.
Spitnale returned to volunteering with
the Girl Scouts after a brief time to start
a Brownie Troop for her daughter, Laura,
and the girls in Lauras first-grade class in
1967. From 1967-82, Spitnale acted as the
neighborhood chairman for the Scouts.
She enjoyed getting to be a leader for
her daughter and the other girls and orga-
nizing all the troops, all while riding her
bicycle to get the materials they needed.
In 1968, she started volunteering and
giving blood to the American Red Cross.
Spitnale loves her children and when
they were younger, a couple of them
needed blood transfusions. The Red Cross
provided the blood to help her children
and that was something Spitnale and her
husband wanted to repay.
I want to thank them for what they
gave to me, she said.
She still volunteers at blood drives by
directing people where to go.
Her love for children doesnt stop at her
own, though.
In the early 70s, Spitnale and her friend,
Gladys Risch, organized a bike-a-thon for
UNICEF, the United Nations Childrens
Fund, which works to improve childrens
lives through a variety of means.
She volunteered at Franklin School in
the special education department starting
in 1970 for three years. Through Mothers
Club, she would organize holiday par-
ties for the children, which she simply
describes as rewarding.
The most precious thing was the thank-
you letters from the children, she said.
Spitnale also worked at the local voting
polls for almost 50 years and helped orga-
nize the Jefferson Alumni Choir.
Its fun to sing with all the former stu-
dents and teachers, she said. Last year, I
was the oldest one.
When her husband retired, they both
started volunteering at St. Ritas Hospital
weekly. Spitnale took care of abused chil-
dren who were staying at the hospital.
One of her favorite memories of vol-
unteering at the hospital was when she
wrote poems with one of the little girls
there. Spitnale enjoys writing poems and
has written many about her time spent
volunteering, so to share that with the girl
was special.
It has been those kind of memories that
have made her volunteering worth it. As
Spitnale wrote in one of her poems, I was
so rewarded, they have changed my life.
Spitnales son, Mark, remembers his
mother never had an approach to only
doing things that she would be paid for.
She indicated the world is not all about
having money, that it is all about being
happy, he said.
For Spitnale, spending 64 years with
her husband has made her happy and she
wants to try to help others be happy as
well.
Spitnale and her husband are now
retired but she now volunteers at the Thrift
Shop and attends church regularly.
Im really needed, Spitnale said, so
she keeps on volunteering.
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