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DELPHOS
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DAAG to host
regional high
school art exhibit
The Delphos Area
Art Guild will sponsor a
regional art exhibit open to
all 9-12 grade students in
the Northwest Ohio area.
All types of media are
accepted and work can be
submitted by their art teach-
ers or brought in by students.
Artwork will be accepted
from 3-5 p.m. on Jan. 13
and 14 and from 10 a.m. to
1 p.m. on Jan. 15 at the 2nd
Floor Gallery of the Delphos
Museum of Postal History at
339 N. Main St. The exhibit
will run through Feb. 6.
The exhibit will be
judged by former Delphos
art teacher Pat Rayman of
Ohio City. Ribbons will be
awarded for first, second
and third place in three or
four categories. The Best of
Show will also be awarded.
If there are any organiza-
tions or community sponsors
interested in donating mon-
etary awards or certificates
for the students, it would
be greatly appreciated.
An opening reception will
take place on Jan. 22 for all
the students and their fami-
lies, friends and community
to view their work and to see
them receive their awards.
Recognition will also be
given to those who offered
to help sponsor the awards.
The Museum of Postal
History will be open dur-
ing the public hours for
the art exhibit: 1-5 p.m.
on Fridays; 10 a.m. to 2
p.m. on Saturdays; and
1-4 p.m. on Sundays.
Contact for making contri-
butions is Judy Grone at 419-
863-0120. For information
regarding the exhibit, contact
Megan Ryan 419-371-6918.
Sports
TODAY
Girls Basketball (6
p.m.): Jefferson at LCC
(NWC); New Knoxville at
St. John’s (MAC); Ottoville
at Kalida (PCL); Bluffton
at Spencerville (NWC);
Crestview at Lincolnview
(NWC); Elida at Van Wert
(WBL); Columbus Grove
at Paulding (NWC).
Wrestling: Elida
and Defiance at Wapak
tri (WBL), 6 p.m.
Co-Ed Swimming and
Diving: Elida at Wapak
(WBL), 5:30 p.m.
FRIDAY
Boys Basketball: LCC at
Jefferson (NWC), 6 p.m.;
Spencerville at Bluffton
(NWC), 6 p.m.; Lincolnview
at Crestview (NWC), 6
p.m.; Van Wert at Elida
(WBL), 6 p.m.; Paulding at
Columbus Grove (NWC),
6 p.m.; St. John’s at New
Knoxville (MAC), 6:30 p.m.
Wrestling: Columbus
Grove at Woodmore
Classic, 5 p.m.
Forecast
Cloudy Friday
with 20 per-
cent chance
of snow; high
in low 20s.
See page 2.
Index
Obituaries 2 its deficit.
State/Local 3 “Gates has done a good job
Politics 4 so far in protecting the bud-
Community 5 get,” said Loren Thompson,
Sports 6 head of the Virginia-based
Farm 7 Lexington Institute and advis-
Classifieds 8 er to several major defense
TV 9 contractors.
World News 10
2011: Good time to serve
BY MIKE FORD
mford@delphosherald.com
Now that a new calen-
dar has been posted on the
refrigerator, some may look
ahead with trepidation. The
recession continues, leaving
many out of work while bills
pile up and local charities
scramble to do their best to
help. It’s no coincidence that
the three food/rent and utili-
ties charities in Delphos are
faith-based. This isn’t simply
because Delphos is a large-
ly-religious community; it’s
because spirituality and ser-
vice go hand-in-hand. One
community leader says there-
in lies the secret to making
2011 a banner year despite
the economy: whether one
warms a pew regularly or
rarely.
The Rev. Jacob Gordon
is an associate pastor at St.
John the Evangelist Catholic
Church. He believes every-
one is spiritual but not being
intentional about it can cause
a confusion which makes it
Radon not on Ohio radar
BY MIKE FORD
mford@delphosherald.com
The United States
Environmental Protection
Agency has identified radon
gas as the leading cause of
lung cancer for non-smokers
in 2010. Therefore, the agen-
cy has designated January as
National Radon Awareness
Month.
Van Wert County
Emergency Management
Director Rick McCoy says
radon is a toxic gas that is
a concern in Western states
where uranium is found.
“Radon is an odorless,
colorless gas that origi-
nates from uranium in the
ground and comes out of
rocks. Different parts of
the country have problems
with it but I’ve never seen
any problem around here
in terms of reports to our
office or cases where the
EPA has come in that I’m
aware of,” he said.
Nonetheless, the EPA
Gates proposing program
cuts in military budget
Egypt puts heavy security around churches
BY ANNE FLAHERTY
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — a good job so
Defense Secretary Robert
Gates is announcing the latest
round of cost-cutting mea-
sures for the military, includ-
ing a plan to do away with
a new amphibious vehicle
that can ferry troops to shore
while under fire.
The plan is aimed at stav-
ing off potentially deeper
cuts by the White House or
Congress by showing that the
Pentagon is taking seriously
a call to rein in the nation’s
deficit.
The Defense Department
is responsible for the biggest
piece of discretionary spend-
ing in the federal govern-
ment’s annual budget.
It’s been largely protected
until now. Newly-elected tea
party activists, including Sen.
Rand Paul, R-Ky., have said
that cuts to military spending
must be considered if the fed-
eral government is to reduce
“But the deficit is so
huge and the other claims
on the budget so big that he
is starting to lose ground,”
Thompson said.
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Thursday, January 6, 2011
even more difficult to process
unpleasant circumstances.
“Everyone has a soul;
everyone has a spirituality,
even if it’s a spirituality of
avoidance. The human heart
hopes, dreams, aspires and
questions. Whether those
things are revealed to oth-
ers or not, they’re there,” he
said. “In our society, we’re
so keyed in on ‘having’ but
the pope, the Dalai Lama
and others teach us to focus
on ‘being’ — on a way of
being and a way of living.
Somewhere along the line,
we have to ask ourselves if
we’re finding love in it all.
Do we will the good of oth-
ers for their own sake and
do others will our good for
our own sake? Or, are we
caught up in the notion that
only that which is productive
is good?”
Gordon indicated that
serving others as an exten-
sion of loving relationships is
a key to making the most of
the new year. He also thinks
contemplating how one deals
recommends testing because
the gas cannot be seen or
smelled.
“It seeps up from the
ground and normally, if
someone experiences a prob-
lem with it, it may be from a
crack in the foundation, like
in the basement. That’s where
it will settle in. It’s a good
practice to check for radon
because it isn’t something
people do very often; it’s not
on our radar,” he said.
McCoy said some hard-
ware stores may carry test
kits but recommends check-
ing with the EPA for a refer-
ral. He added that some older
smoke detectors included
radon inside them but it’s not
released unless the detector is
taken apart.
Uranium reserves in the
United States associated
with nuclear power were
active in Arizona, Colorado,
New Mexico, South Dakota,
Texas, Utah, Washington and
Wyoming until two decades
ago.
“Gates has done
far in protect-
ing the budget. ...
But the deficit is
so huge and the
other claims on
the budget so big
that he is starting
to lose ground.”
— Loren Thompson,
head of the Virginia-based
Lexington Institute
Gates was expected to
announce today he would
cancel a $13 billion plan to
buy the Marines amphibious
assault vehicles from General
Dynamics Corp. called the
Expeditionary Fighting
Vehicle.
While a top priority for the
Marine Corps, the EFV has
long been considered a target
of Gates as he looked to trim
the budget. Gates has ques-
tioned whether D-Day-style
landings are going to be com-
mon in future wars when the
enemy is developing sophisti-
cated weapons that can easily
attack ships hovering close
to shore.
See MILITARY, page 2
2011 Hall of Fame inductees,
HERALD
“In our society,
we’re so keyed in
on ‘having’ but
the pope, the Dalai
Lama and others
teach us to focus
on ‘being’ — on a
way of being and
a way of living.
Somewhere along
the line, we have
to ask ourselves
if we’re finding
love in it all.”
— The Rev. Jacob Gordon
with suffering is the crux of
overcoming the barriers hard-
ship presents.
“The biggest temptation
in our society is to despair
over one thing, such as not
Heising moves on to Allen County Bee
Jefferson Middle School seventh-grader Halee Heising is headed to the Allen County
Spelling Bee at 10 a.m. Feb. 5 at the OSU-Lima campus. Heising, daughter of Sherry
Glick and Mike Heising, spelled “aggregate” to take first place in the school’s bee this
week. Eighth-grader Alex Haehn is the runner-up and will be an alternate in case
Heising is unable to attend the county bee. Haehn is the son of William and Constance
Haehn.
BY MAGGIE MICHAEL
The Associated Press
CAIRO — Egyptian
authorities put up a heavy
security cordon early today
around the main Coptic cathe-
dral in Cairo hours before
Christmas Eve Mass, using
bomb-sniffing dogs, metal
detectors and officers to try to
prevent another attack like the
New Year’s suicide bombing
of a church that killed 21
people.
Al-Qaida in Iraq had
threatened Christians in Iraq
and Egypt in the weeks lead-
ing up to the holidays, and
militant websites have even
posted online lists of church-
es in Egypt to target with
their addresses.
Egypt’s Coptic Christian
minority, which makes up 10
percent of Egypt’s 80 million
people, celebrates Christmas
on Jan. 7. Some Christians
have said they will skip
Christmas Eve services for
fear that there will be more
attacks.
Across the country, police
were preventing vehicles
from parking near churches.
They also planned to check
identity cards of those enter-
ing churches and ban people
from bringing in bags and
pursues. Outside the Coptic
cathedral in downtown Cairo,
security officers with walky-
talkies fanned out across the
p6
having a job, and it lead to
despairing over other things.
So, how do we make sense
of suffering? What if suffer-
ing purifies my whole view
of life? The age-old question
concerning the nature of evil
is ‘why does God allow suf-
fering?’ The way this is most
often asked is ‘why does God
allow world hunger’?” he
said. “We can come up with
different theological answers
but the suffering remains.
However, when Jesus fed the
5,000 men, plus the women
and children, he gave the
bread and fish to the dis-
ciples to share. That’s where
we come in. We get to par-
ticipate in the divine plan of
redemption by serving each
other. If God just solved the
problem, we wouldn’t need
to act.”
The former United States
Marine believes most people
are more resilient than they
give themselves credit for.
He said this often reinforces
being “stuck,” so the great-
est grace one can receive is
surrounding streets to keep an
eye out for suspicious activ-
ity.
In the southern province
of Minya, a worker at a
church found a small explo-
sive device packed with nails
and fireworks planted under
the building’s stairs, a secu-
rity official said, speaking
on condition of anonymity
because he was not autho-
rized to brief the media. He
said the device appeared to
have been put there to “test
security measures.”
Several daily newspapers
reported that Egypt’s Interior
Ministry has asked church
officials to prevent crowds
from gathering in front of
churches after Mass. The
request appeared aimed at
avoiding the same sort of tar-
get hit in the Jan. 1 bombing
in Alexandria — worshippers
lingering outside of a church
after a midnight service.
On Wednesday, the minis-
try published a picture of an
unidentified man whose head
was found at the site of the
Alexandria attack. A security
official said that church offi-
cials could not identify the
man, and presumed that he
might be the attacker.
But six days after the
bombing, Egyptian authori-
ties appear to have made little
headway in their investiga-
tion. The perceived lack of
progress has fanned fears
Delphos, Ohio
the grace to let go of all that
holds one back. Gordon says
finding inner freedom can be
another key to thriving in
2011.
“More than anything,
freedom is the grace to be
who one is called to be. It
also means I get to do that
which is good and true, ful-
fills me and brings me out
of myself to find myself
through the giving of myself.
There has to be an awaken-
ing through self-donation,”
he said. “Suffering brings it
out and people rally around
the one who is suffering.
When you get out there and
do some kind of service,
it’s a healthy response to
one’s life situation that goes
along with getting help and
letting other people love
you and care for you. Then,
you get into the ‘enterprise
of love.’ So, this is a good
time to look at how we
think about life, what gives
us meaning and how we
care for ourselves and oth-
ers.”
Nancy Spencer photo
among many Christians of
possible repeat attacks.
Those concerns have
grown since several Coptic
websites circulated state-
ments allegedly posted on
Islamic militant websites
listing more than 40 other
churches in Egypt and abroad
as possible targets.
The bombing of the
Alexandria church, the worst
act of sectarian violence in
Egypt in a decade, touched
off days of demonstrations
and riots by the Christians
blaming the government for
encouraging discrimination
and prejudice and not doing
enough to protect them.
In a gesture of solidar-
ity with the country’s Coptic
Christian minority, Egyptian
activists have called on
Muslims to form human
shields in front of the church-
es on Christmas Eve.
But in Alexandria, those
still grieving the loss of fam-
ily members killed in the Jan.
1 attack took little solace
from the gesture.
“If our brothers, the
Muslims, come today we
will not say ’no’ ... but
why today?” said Roseanne
Fawzy, whose father was
killed in the church bombing.
“If they think that this is to
protect us, no, we don’t need
protection. The church is pro-
tecting us, God is protecting
us, not humans.”
2 – The Herald Thusday, January 6, 2011 www.delphosherald.com

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Iran: American woman OBITUARIES The Delphos
detained on spy charges Herald
Vol. 141 No. 173
Nancy Spencer, editor
Ray Geary, general manager
BY NASSER KARIMI unnamed official as saying families have said if they Delphos Herald, Inc.
The Associated Press the woman was taken into crossed the border at all, it Don Hemple,
custody “about one week was inadvertent. advertising manager
TEHRAN, Iran — Iranian ago.” One of the three, Sarah Tiffany Brantley,
authorities have detained Armenian authorities had Shourd, was released in circulation manager
a 55-year-old American no immediate comment on September on compassion- William Kohl,
woman on spying charges, the reported arrest. The U.S. ate grounds on $500,000 bail. general manager/Eagle Print
local media reported today. Embassy in Armenia’s capital Her fiance, Shane Bauer, and
The state-owned newspa- Yerevan was closed for the friend Josh Fattal remain in The Daily Herald (USPS 1525
per IRAN said the woman Orthodox Christmas and offi- prison and could go on trial 8000) is published daily except
had spying equipment hidden cials could not be reached. next month. Sundays and Holidays.
on her body when customs If the woman’s arrest is Iran has suggested in the By carrier in Delphos and
authorities detained her in the
border town of Nordouz, 370
confirmed, she would be the
fourth American Iran has
past that the Americans in
its custody could be traded Edith Mary Kay Lynne (Agler) area towns, or by rural motor
route where available $2.09 per
miles (600 kilometers) north- detained and accused of spy- for Iranians held in the U.S., (Armstrong) Adams Reed week. By mail in Allen, Van
Wert, or Putnam County, $105
west of the capital Tehran. ing in less than two years. raising concerns that the Feb. 23, 1921-Jan. 5, 2011 Nov. 3, 1951 - Jan. 5, 2011 per year. Outside these counties
The report said she arrived In July 2009, Tehran Americans are to be used as Edith Mary (Armstrong) Kay Lynne (Agler) Reed, $119 per year.
in Iran from neighboring detained three Americans bargaining chips as the two Adams, 89, of Spencerville, 59, of Rockford, died at 3:52 Entered in the post office
Armenia without a visa. who it initially accused of countries face off over issues died at 4:55 p.m. Wednesday a.m. Wednesday at St. Ritas in Delphos, Ohio 45833 as
The paper identified the crossing the border illegally like Iran’s disputed nuclear at her residence following a Medical Center. Periodicals, postage paid at
woman in Farsi as Hal Talaian from northern Iraq and later program. short illness, surrounded by her She was born Nov. 3, 1951, Delphos, Ohio.
and said she was found to accused of spying. The U.S. and its allies fear loving family. in Van Wert to Peter and No mail subscriptions will be
have “a microphone” between The U.S. has dismissed Iran aims to develop atom- She was born Feb. 23, 1921, Katherine (Haller) Agler, who accepted in towns or villages
her teeth. It did not say when the spying charges. It says ic weapons. Tehran denies where The Daily Herald paper
in Middle Point, to George and preceded her in death. carriers or motor routes provide
she was detained. the three are innocent hikers the allegations, and says its Mildred (Ditto) Armstrong Sr. She had been married to
But Iran’s semiofficial and has repeatedly called for nuclear program is for peace- daily home delivery for $2.09
On March 22, 1941, she Ron King, who survives, and per week.
Fars news agency quoted an their release. The Americans’ ful purposes. married Layton Adams, who on Feb. 1, 2002, she married 405 North Main St.

Military
died on Aug. 30, 1991. Wayne Reed, who also sur- TELEPHONE 695-0015
Survivors include daugh- vives. Office Hours
ters Susan (Fred) Lee of Other survivors include 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Mon.-Fri.
(Continued from page 1) Still, the Defense Department is being Spencerville and Joyce children Bill (Catherine) King POSTMASTER:
of Austin, Arakansas, Mary Send address changes
directed to create a spending plan for 2012 (Edward) Williams of Concord, to THE DAILY HERALD,
Other cost-cutting measures were planned that doesn’t exceed $554 billion, instead of N.C.; brother Alfred (Frances) “Katie” (James Parker) King 405 N. Main St.
as well, including the delay of the Marine ver- the $566 billion it initially wanted. The figure Armstrong; sister Gwen of Ohio City, Angela (Al Delphos, Ohio 45833
sion of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, accord- does not include war spending. Uncapher of Mendon; brother- Dunn) King of Wabash, Ind.; a
ing to defense analysts familiar with the plan. Last year, Gates pledged to trim the depart- in-law Harold Fleming of Van stepson, John C. (Joann) Reed
The steps are part of a broader effort by ment’s bureaucracy by disbanding an entire Wert; sisters-in-law Barbara of Sherwood; two sisters, Jean Scholars of the Day
Gates to find some $100 billion in budget military headquarters in Norfolk, Va., called and Marilyn Armstrong; grand- Ann (Ted) Furley of Rockford
fat through 2016 that he says should be rein- U.S. Joint Forces Command, and cutting back children Sheila Barton, Crystal and Barbara Brown of Van
vested into programs for the troops and to on the number of general officers that staff (Daniel) Bercaw, Melinda Wert; 13 grandchildren; and
modernize weapon systems. the Pentagon. Murrell, Sharla Adams, Brent many aunts and uncles.
According to Thompson, the Pentagon had Gates also announced that affordability (Shelli) Adams and Michele Mrs. Reed had formerly
been told to whittle its budget plan in coming would be given greater consideration when Whetstone; stepgrandchildren been dietary manager at Van
years by as much as $150 billion. Thompson buying goods and services and that contracts Brett and Scott Williams; and Wert Manor for many years
says that Gates was able to argue that only exceeding $1 billion would be particularly great-grandchildren Philip and a homemaker. She was a
about $80 billion was practical. scrutinized. (Michele) Etgen, Kyle Etgen, member of Life House Church
Cynthia (Kevin) Williams, in Van Wert.
Allison and Mitchell Adams, Funeral services will
COURT NEWS Alexandria and Reagan
Bercaw, Michael and Samantha
begin at 2 p.m. on Saturday
at Brickner Funeral Home,
St. John’s Scholar of the
Day is Alli
The following individuals cle from a Convoy resident years of community control Whetstone, Nick Reynosa and the Rev. Matthew Braun Gerberick.
appeared Wednesday before in October and deliberately and ordered to spend 30 days Cole, Reagan and Gabriel officiating. Burial will be in Congratulations
Judge Charles Steele Van damaged the vehicle causing immediately in the Van Wert Williams. Woodlawn Cemetery, Ohio Alli!
Wert County Common Pleas over $9,000 worth of dam- County Jail on a charge of She was preceded in death City.
Court: age. theft, a felony of the fifth by son Larry Adams; broth- Friends may call from 2-5 Jefferson’s Scholar of the
Shawn M. Jones, 36, Redding was ordered to degree. ers George, Paul, Thomas and p.m. and 7-9 p.m. Friday at Day is Wes
Van Wert, is charged with pay costs of the prosecution Kroupa is presently on infant Larry Armstrong; sis- Brickner Funeral Home, Van Kroeger.
the murder of his 84 year old and make restitution to the community control for a very ter Catherine Fleming; great- Wert. Congratulations
grandmother, Edna LaRue of victim for the damage done similar violation in Auglaize grandson Brock Bercaw; and Preferred memorials are to Wes!
Van Wert in October 2010. to the vehicle. County. sisters-in-law Mildred and the Riley Children’s Hospital.
Jones appeared before Judge Steele also gave Kroupa and others were Linda Armstrong. Students can pick up their
Judge Charles D. Steele for
a competency hearing. After
Redding two 12-month prison
sentences to run concurrently
responsible for stealing elec-
tronic games from the local
Mrs. Adams was a home- TODAY awards in their school offices.

Elizabeth
maker who had been employed
reviewing the evaluation con-
ducted by Court Diagnostics
to one another but deferred
the imposition of the prison
Walmart store with a value
over $4,000.
with the Journal News for 25 IN HISTORY
years before retiring in 1983.
Edwards
of Toledo, Judge Steele sentence pending the success- Judge Steele ordered that She was a Spencerville High By The Associated Press
found Jones competent to ful completion of the commu- Kroupa not enter any Walmart School graduate, member of Today is Thursday, Jan. 6,
the sixth day of 2011. There
leaves John
stand trial. nity control program. property in the future and Spencerville United Church
Attorney Scott Gordon, Thomas L. Anderson that he was also to spend an of Christ and Sunday School are 359 days left in the year.
who is presently representing II, 29, Convoy, was placed additional 30 days in the Van teacher, Brownie Scout and Today’s Highlight in

out of will
Jones, asked the court provide on three years of commu- Wert County Jail at a time to Girl Scout leader and 4H advi- History:
funds for a private evaluation nity control and ordered to be determined by his supervi- sor. She always had a great On Jan. 6, 1941, President
of Jones which was granted. spend up to six months at the sion officer. interest in any kind of “crafts” Franklin D. Roosevelt, in his
HILLSBOROUGH, N.C.
Gordon told Judge Steele WORTH Center on a charge A basic prison term of nine especially sewing, quilting State of the Union address,
(AP) — The will Elizabeth
he would be filing a motion of possession of drugs, a fifth months was given Kroupa but and crocheting and was an outlined a goal of “Four
Edwards signed days before
for continuance and also a degree felony. the imposition was deferred avid sports fan cheering on Freedoms”: Freedom of
her death last month makes no
motion for suppression of cer- Anderson was ordered to pending the successful com- the Cincinnati Reds and Ohio speech and expression; the
mention of her estranged hus-
tain evidence. Those motions pay costs of the prosecution pletion of the community State football and basketball. freedom of people to wor-
band and two-time presiden-
will be ruled on upon the fil- of the case, had his drivers control program. Funeral services begin at ship God in their own way;
tial candidate John Edwards.
ing by Gordon. license suspended and must Kasie L. Shisler, 22, 2 p.m. Saturday at Thomas freedom from want; freedom
The News & Observer of
Jones case was originally complete a substance abuse Van Wert, appeared on a E. Bayliff Funeral Home, from fear.
Raleigh reported Thursday
set for jury trial to start on assessment along with any bond revocation hearing and the Revs. R. Vincent Lavieri On this date:
that Elizabeth Edwards left all
Jan. 24. That will be contin- recommended rehabilitation was found to be in violation and David Howell officiat- In 1540, England’s King
her possessions to her three
ued until other matters are programs. of the terms of his personal ing. Burial will follow in Henry VIII married his fourth
surviving children.
cleared up. Anderson was also sen- surety pond. Spencerville Cemetery. wife, Anne of Cleves. (The
Her last will and testament
Jones is presently being tenced to an eight-month Shisler allegedly used Friends may call from 4-9 marriage lasted about six
names as the executor of her
held in the Van Wert County prison term, with the impo- heroin while out on bond on p.m. Friday and for an hour months.)
estate her eldest child, lawyer
Jail on a $500,000 cash bond, sition of that sentence not another charge. prior to the service. In 1759, George
Cate Edwards.
a further pretrial will be held imposed pending the success- Judge Steele ordered that Memorials are to the United Washington and Martha
Elizabeth Edwards died
after the independent evalu- ful completion of the commu- Shisler’s bond be revoked Church of Christ memorial Dandridge Custis were mar-
Dec. 7, six days after she
ation and suppression of evi- nity control program. and he be held in jail until fund. ried in New Kent County, Va.
signed the will filed in Orange
dence hearings are completed. Ceilia Diaz, Van Wert, Jan. 26, his sentencing date. In 1838, Samuel Morse
County Superior Court in
and Alfred Vail gave the first
Dyllen A. Redding, 19,
Convoy, was placed on three
was found to be in viola-
tion of her community con-
Christopher Overmeyer,
20, Convoy, was placed on WEATHER successful public demonstra-
tion of their telegraph, in
North Carolina.
The Edwardses separated
years of community control trol program for using a con- one year of community con- early last year after 32 years
and ordered to spend up to trolled substance. trol on a charge of theft, a Delphos weather Morristown, N.J.
In 1861, Florida militia-
of marriage. John Edwards
six months at the WORTH Diaz was ordered to spend misdemeanor of the first admitted he fathered a child
Center on charges of grand the balance of a 180 day jail degree. The high temperature men seized the federal arsenal
during an affair with a former
theft, a felony of the fourth sentence and fined $1,000 for Overmeyer had originally Wednesday in Delphos was at Chattahoochee.
campaign worker.
degree; and vandalism, a fel- the violation. She had been been arrested for the theft of 27 and the low was 14. A In 1912, New Mexico
year ago today, the high was became the 47th state.
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ony of the fifth degree. given credit for 56 days she a computer.
A Van Wert County had already spent in jail on A jail term of 180 days 21 and the low was 17. The In 1919, the 26th president
Sheriff’s Department inves- the original charge. and a fine of $1,000 were record high for today is 61, set of the United States, Theodore
in 1939 and the record low of Roosevelt, died in Oyster Bay, CLEVELAND (AP) —
tigation lead to the arrest of James E. Kroupa, 20, deferred pending the success- These Ohio lotteries were drawn
Redding after he stole a vehi- Lima, was placed on three ful completion of the commu- -12 was set in 1924. N.Y., at age 60.
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Homeless man
with velvety
voice wins hearts
By TOM WITHERS
Associated Press
CLEVELAND — From
homeless to household name.
Ted Williams, whose deep,
velvety voice and touching
story prompted an outpouring
of sympathy and job offers
from across the country, has
become an overnight sensa-
tion.
He’s America’s hottest and
most improbable star.
Williams, who was living
in a tent near a highway in
Columbus just days ago, will
be in New York today for
an emotional reunion with
his 90-year-old mother and
to appear on NBC’s “Today”
show — one of many inter-
view requests to come his way
in the past two days.
“I can’t believe what’s
going on,” Williams said
Wednesday in a phone inter-
view with The Associated
Press. “God gave me a mil-
lion-dollar voice, and I just
hope I can do right by him.”
Left homeless after his
life and radio career were
ruined by drugs and alcohol,
Williams has been offered a
job by the NBA’s Cleveland
Cavaliers, and the 53-year-
old is being pursued by NFL
Films and others for possible
work. Williams and his com-
pelling tale became an online
sensation after The Columbus
Dispatch posted a clip of him
on YouTube demonstrating
his voiceover skills while beg-
ging by the side of the road.
Now, he’s in demand.
“This has been totally,
totally amazing,” Williams
said, his voice choking with
emotion. “I’m just so thank-
ful. God has blessed me so
deeply. I’m getting a second
chance. Amazing.”
Williams was contacted
Wednesday by the Cavaliers,
who have offered him a
position that could include
announcing work at Quicken
Loans Arena, the team’s
downtown facility. Williams
said the team has offered him
a two-year contract and said
they would pay his living
expenses.
It’s been a shocking turn of
events for the golden-voiced
man, who had gotten by living
in shelters and occasionally
with family and friends over
the past few years. Williams
has also been in his share of
trouble. His past includes a
lengthy list of arrests. He has
served time in prison for theft
and forgery and has been cited
with numerous misdemean-
ors, including drug abuse.
He was most recently arrest-
ed on May 14. He pleaded
guilty to a first-degree misde-
meanor theft charge. In court
records, his address is listed
as “Streets of Columbus.”
Upon learning of Williams’
criminal history, the Cavaliers
said their offer still stands.
“We believe in second
chances and second opportu-
nities,” said Tracy Marek, the
team’s senior vice president
of marketing. “The gentle-
man deserves an opportunity
to explain certain situations.
We’re not jumping to conclu-
sions. It’s not fair.”
Cavaliers spokesman Tad
Carper said exact details of the
team’s offer and their plans to
help Williams with housing
were still being worked out.
The Cavaliers did not
know much about him, but
were moved by Williams’
ordeal.
“When you know some-
thing’s right, you just have
to launch,” Marek said. “One
of the big things that we talk
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“She (my mother)
has always been
my best friend.
When I was a
kid, she would
take me down to
Radio City Music
Hall and on the
subway. I’m just
glad that she is
still around. I
prayed that she
would live long
enough that I
could make her
proud and she
could her son
do something
other than stand
along the side
of the road with
a sign asking
for money.”
— Ted Williams
about here, with our orga-
nization, is how important
urgency is — when you see
something that feels good and
seems right.”
During a timeout in the
first quarter of Wednesday
night’s game against Toronto,
the Cavaliers put a picture
of Williams on their giant
scoreboard and urged fans to
send him messages at www.
wewanttedwilliams.com.
Williams flew Wednesday
night to New York, where he
was expected to stay in a posh
hotel off Central Park. He
plans to see his mother, Julia,
who lives in Brooklyn. She
has stood by him during his
battles with addiction.
“She has always been my
best friend,” he said, crying.
“When I was a kid, she would
take me down to Radio City
Music Hall and on the sub-
way. I’m just glad that she is
still around. I prayed that she
would live long enough that I
could make her proud and she
could her son do something
other than stand along the
side of the road with a sign
asking for money.”
Julia Williams is thrilled
her only child is turning his
life around. She can’t wait to
see him.
“This will be my day to
see my son get up and do
something to help himself,”
she said. “He has so much
talent. I hope this will be the
thing for him. He came from
a nice family. And then he
went poor, poor. So, maybe
this will build him up and let
him see that there’s more in
life than hanging around with
the wrong people, and taking
drugs.”
Williams said his life
began spiraling downward in
1996 when he began drink-
ing alcohol “pretty bad.” He
used marijuana and cocaine
and lost interest in his radio
career. He eventually wound
up on the streets, despite the
best efforts of his children,
seven daughters and two sons
who all live in the Columbus
area.
Williams said he cele-
brated two years of sobriety
“around Thanksgiving. I just
hope everyone will pray for
me.”
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Dear EarthTalk: What
is happening to update
and reform the Toxic
Substances Control Act of
1976, which I understand
is considerably outdated
and actually permits the
use of thousands of chemi-
cals that have never been
adequately tested for safe-
ty?
— Henry Huse,
Norwalk, CT
According to the Natural
Resources Defense Council
(NRDC), a leading envi-
ronmental research and
advocacy organization,
upwards of 80,000 chemi-
cals commonly used in the
United States have never
been fully assessed for
toxic impacts on human
health and the environment.
“Under the current law, it is
almost impossible for the
EPA [U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency] to take
regulatory action against
dangerous chemicals, even
those that are known to
cause cancer or other seri-
ous health effects,” reports
the group.
1976’s Toxic Substances
Control Act (TSCA) was
intended to protect people
and the environment from
exposure to dangerous
chemicals. But the standards
at that time dictated that only
those chemicals deemed an
“unreasonable risk” were
subject to testing and regu-
lation. When the law went
into effect, some 62,000
chemicals escaped testing
and most have remained on
the market ever since. In
the interim, however, we
have learned that many of
them have been linked to
hormonal, reproductive and
immune problems, cancer,
and a plethora of environ-
mental problems.
And since 1976, an addi-
tional 22,000 chemicals
have been introduced with-
out any testing for public or
environmental safety. Some
of the potentially worst
offenders can be found in
cleaning and personal care
products, furniture, building
materials, electronics, food
and drink containers, and
even kids’ toys.
“The law is widely consid-
ered to be a failure and, most
recently, the Environmental
Protection Agency’s own
Inspector General found it
inadequate to ensure that
new chemicals are safe,”
reports NRDC, which is not
the only group concerned
about beefing up TSCA. The
Safer Chemicals, Healthy
Families Coalition includes
more than 200 nonprof-
its—including Physicians
for Social Responsibility,
the U.S. Public Interest
Research Group (USPIRG),
the Environmental Defense
Fund and the Lung Cancer
Alliance, among many oth-
ers—representing a collec-
tive membership of more
than 11 million individual
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parents, health profession-
als, advocates for people
with learning and develop-
mental disabilities, repro-
ductive health advocates,
environmentalists and busi-
nesspersons from across the
country.
By banding together,
coalition leaders hope to
convince Congress to fix the
problem by finally updat-
ing TSCA and creating the
“foundation for a sound and
comprehensive chemicals
policy that protects public
health and the environment,
while restoring the luster of
safety to U.S. goods in the
world market.”
Specifically, the coali-
tion is lobbying Congress
to revamp TSCA so that the
most dangerous chemicals
are phased out or banned
outright and that others are
tested and regulated accord-
ingly, all the while ensuring
the public’s right-to-know
about the safety and use
of chemicals in everyday
products. Also, the coali-
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funding to expand research
into greener alternative
chemicals to replace those
with known health hazards.
Dear EarthTalk: I saw
a TV ad for toilet paper
with no cardboard core
to save paper. I under-
stand that green groups
recently struck a deal with
Kimberly-Clark to protect
eastern U.S. forests from
decimation for, among
other things, toilet paper.
Can you tell me if any
efforts are underway to
protect Canada’s boreal
forest, also long used for
making tissue paper?
— K. Douglas,
Winthrop, ME
In August 2009,
Kimberly-Clark, the paper
giant behind the Kleenex,
Cottonelle and Scott brands
and the largest manufac-
turer of tissue products in
the world, gave in to pres-
sure from Greenpeace and
other environmental groups
to clean up its act in regard
to how it sources its wood
fiber and how much recy-
cled content it includes in
its products. After various
forms of public haranguing
from Greenpeace, the com-
pany committed to sourc-
ing 40 percent of its North
American tissue fiber—
some 600,000 tons year-
ly—from recycled sources
or from forests certified as
sustainable by the nonprofit
Forest Stewardship Council
(FSC). Also, by the end
of 2011 Kimberly-Clark
will stop buying non-FSC-
certified wood fiber from
Canada’s vast but fast-
shrinking boreal forest—the
largest old growth forest on
the continent.
One outgrowth of this
landmark agreement is
Kimberly-Clark’s launch of
Scott Naturals Tube-Free
toilet paper which, to reduce
waste is wound in such a way
that it doesn’t need card-
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Kimberly-Clark, the largest manufacturer of tissue
products in the world, caved into pressure from Greenpeace
and other environmental groups and has agreed to source
40 percent of its North American tissue fiber from recy-
cled sources or from forests certified as sustainable. One
outgrowth of this landmark agreement is the company’s
launch of Scott Naturals Tube-Free toilet paper which, to
reduce waste is wound in such a way that it doesn’t need
cardboard tubes, which are responsible for some 160 mil-
lion pounds of trash each year.
board tubes. The company cent of Canada’s boreal for-
estimates that the 17 billion est has already been allocat-
toilet paper tubes produced ed to forestry companies for
yearly in the U.S. account development and less than
for some 160 million pounds 10 percent of it is formally
of trash—most of us dis- protected in any way. Clear-
card instead of recycle them. cut logging by Kimberly-
By eliminating the tubes, Clark and its competitors
the company hopes to both has claimed half a million
save cardboard and allow acres of boreal forest annu-
customers to use every last ally in Canada’s Ontario and
piece of toilet paper, since Alberta provinces alone in
the last one won’t have any recent years.
glue on it to stick to the roll. “Because of Kimberly-
The tube-free TP is being Clark’s place in the paper
sold initially at Walmart and products market, the com-
Sam’s Club stores in the pany’s new policy will send
Northeastern U.S. and will a strong signal to its com-
be launched nationally and petitors, Procter & Gamble,
beyond if it catches on with SCA and Georgia Pacific,
consumers. that creating a policy that
Kimberly-Clark’s green protects ancient forests is
awakening will no doubt a key element of sustain-
benefit the tree farms and able business,” reports
forests of the Southeast—the Greenpeace. Of course,
locus of logging operations there are plenty of other
in the U.S. these days—and brands of tissue paper that
it will also benefit Canada’s already make use of pri-
boreal forest, from which marily recycled and/or sus-
the company still sources tainably harvested fiber—
a large amount of its wood check out Greenpeace’s
fiber. North America’s larg- Recycled Tissue and Toilet
est ancient forest by far, the Paper Guide to find out
Canadian boreal forest pro- which ones—but they are
vides habitat for more than a not easily found at main-
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a threatened species, includ- stores. The more shoppers
ing woodland caribou, bald go for greener options, the
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POLITICS “Simplicity is an acquired taste. Mankind, left free, instinctively complicates
life.” — Katharine Fullerton Gerould, American author (1879-1944)
Boehner cries
IT WAS NEWS THEN again, gets gavel
One Year Ago WASHINGTON (AP) —
• Jefferson Athletic Booster President Jerry Gilden pre- The chin started trembling
sented a check for $10,000 to Delphos Stadium Club Trustee partway down the center aisle
Don Neumeier for the booster’s second installment on a as the applause rose to a roar.
$30,000 pledge to the club. The funds are for improvements John Boehner, the emotional
to facilities at Stadium Park. Ohioan about to become the
House’s new speaker, took his
25 Years Ago — 1986 time, shaking hands with col-
• James A. Wellman of Delphos, one of 26 state winners leagues and their children on
of the American Soybean Association “Lexone” Young his way to the rostrum. At its
Leader Award, recently attended a leadership seminar spon- foot, the hankie came out.
sored by Du Pont Agricultural Products at its headquarters in “It’s still just me,” he told
Wilmington, Del. the House after departing
• The Shawnee Indians came away with a 54-51 victory Speaker Nancy Pelosi, dry-
eyed, handed Boehner his out-
on their home-court Saturday evening against the St. John’s
Blue Jays. Blue Jays Coach Arnzen was forced to change sized “gavel of choice.”
It is known to bug Boehner
offensive strategy after center Mark Wurst left the game with that he can’t keep it together
an ankle injury after only three minutes had elapsed in the at big moments, but appar-
initial period. ently it runs in the family. At
• Ottoville Cub Scout Pack 266 held its Christmas party the moment Pelosi transferred
featuring a buffet supper. Santa helped with the gift exchange, power to her successor, at least
treated the youngsters and awarded the door prizes to Patrick six hankies had been deployed
Miller, Jason Metcalfe, Cory Boecker, Mark Knippen and by Boehner’s proudly weep-
Chad Miller. ing family members watching
from the gallery overhead.
50 Years Ago — 1961 By any measure, Wednesday
• Mrs. Gene Culp was installed as Worthy Matron of was a dramatic time for the
Delphos Chapter No. 26, Order of the Eastern Star Thursday Boehners, Congress and a
night and Charles Daulbaugh was installed as Worthy Patron. recession-weary nation that
The installation ceremonies were conducted in the Masonic had voted two months earlier
Temple with Mrs. Roger Hoverman serving as installing to break the Democrats’ grip
officer. on Washington power. In the
• Delphos City Service Director Irvin Hanf is advertis- 112th Congress, Democrats
ing for bids for the leasing of ground in the northeast still hold the majority of the
part of the city, northeast of the sewage disposal plant. The Senate and President Barack
ground was asked for by the newly formed Go-Kart club Obama owns the veto pen. The
House, though, will be run
and will be used as additional recreation for the citizens of
by Boehner and a Republican
Delphos and other nearby communities. caucus determined to undo
• Reorganization of the Washington Township trustees much of the Democrats’ work
in Van Wert County was held with Andy Vorst of Middle — starting with Obama’s sig-
Point elected chairman and Ray Upperman vice chairman. nature health care overhaul.
Aloys Pohlman is the third member of the board and Leander For Wednesday at least, the
Knebel, clerk. atmosphere inside the House
was as much about institutional
75 Years Ago — 1936 change as the political kind.
• Several amateur boxers from Delphos have signed up to Democrats gave Boehner
fight in the Lima American Legion contests to be staged in a standing ovation when he
Lima Memorial Hall on January 18. The event will feature entered, and they started the
Donald Thithoff, who has been entered in the 118 pound applause later when Pelosi, in
class, along with Gaza Szabo fighting in the 185 pound class. her farewell address, noted that
Harve Himmenger has entered the 147 pound class. the new speaker had earned
Joe Point, James Taylor and Albert Szabo are in 160 pound everyone’s respect.
class. “I can’t say that we’re
• The annual meeting of the Walnut Grove Cemetery over it,” Rep. Doris Matsui,
Association was held in the chapel at the cemetery Saturday D-Calif., said of her party’s
afternoon and the following officers were elected: Jesse Election Day losses, which
McKenzie, president; Chas. Fosnaught, vice president; C. were bigger than expected.
As she spoke, some of
C. Laman, secretary; Albert Schmucckle, assistant secretary; the 85 Republican and nine
C. R. Morgan, treasurer; C. E. Foust, trustee, three years; S.
Democratic freshmen sworn
S. Brenneman, superintendent and Virgil Laman, assistant in Wednesday were picking
superintendent.
up manila envelopes with
• The Ohio State Board of Optometry met in Delphos
their keys to power inside:
Sunday and Monday at the Phelan Hotel. The meeting was gold-and-blue lapel pins, their
held in Delphos in honor of Dr. G. K. Miller, newly appointed voting cards and their House
member of the board. At this meeting, reorganization of the license plates.
board for the new year was one of the principal items of busi- “I’m official!” Rep. Steve
ness. Stivers, R-Ohio, announced to
his new staff, showing off his
pin. “Is it on straight?”
Rep. Frank Lucas, R-Okla.,
Moderately confused pointed to the “99” printed on
his envelope: that’s his rank on
the seniority ladder out of 435
members. It’s an improvement
over number 434, Lucas’ rank
when he was first elected as
a member of the “Republican
revolution” of 1994.
“I’m going from the con-
science of the body back to the
majority,” Lucas said. “I’m
euphoric. No, say I’m enthusi-
astic. That’s a better word.”
Boehner and his lieutenants
have cautioned Republicans
for months against any victory
dancing, rhetorical or other-
wise. Austerity is the name
of their game at the start of
this Congress in a recovering
economy — big-dollar fund
raisers and newoffice space in
the Capitol’s swankiest suites
notwithstanding.
But there was no mistak-
ing the glee which House
Republicans assumed the levers
of power Wednesday. Even
Senate Majority Leader Mitch
McConnell, the stern-faced tac-
tician from across the building,
grinned widely and appeared to
engage in lighthearted chit-chat
on the House floor as Boehner’s
big moment approached.
Panel: Massive oil spill
could happen again
By DINA CAPPIELLO
and HARRY R. WEBER
Associated Press
WASHINGTON — ment. When decisions were
Decisions intended to save
time and money created an
unreasonable amount of
risk that triggered the larg-
est offshore oil spill in U.S.
history, a disaster that could
happen again without sig-
nificant reforms by industry
and government, the presi-
dential panel investigating
the BP blowout concluded
Wednesday.
The commission find-
ings — the result of a probe
requested by President
Barack Obama after the April
20 rig explosion — described
systemic problems within the
offshore energy industry and
government regulators who
oversee it.
Poor decisions led to tech-
nical problems that the com-
mission, and inquires by BP
and Congress, have identified
as contributing to the acci-
dent that killed 11 people and
led to more than 200 million
gallons of oil spewing from
BP’s well a mile beneath the
Gulf of Mexico.
BP, Halliburton and
Transocean, the three key
companies involved with the
well and the rig that exploded,
each made individual deci-
sions that increased risks of a
blowout but saved significant
time or money.
Report lifts hopes for more jobs
By PAUL WISEMAN
and CHRISTOPHER
S. RUGABER
Associated Press
WASHINGTON — that the economy created
Companies added nearly
300,000 jobs in December,
according to an unofficial
count by a private payroll
firm — more than in any
month in the past decade. The
news raised hopes that the
government’s official report
Friday on last month’s job
creation could be a block-
buster.
While there were reasons
to doubt the numbers, the
report from Automatic Data
Processing, and another show-
ing strength in the nation’s
service industries, reversed
what was shaping up to be
an ugly day on Wall Street. It
also generated optimism that
the unemployment rate might
finally start to fall.
Some economists
expressed skepticism about
ADP’s monthly figures
because they often don’t
track the official government
employment data. Others said
that the report’s estimate of
job gains was so high that it
at least reinforced evidence
that hiring is picking up as
employers gain more confi-
dence.
Press Secretary Robert Gibbs quitting job
By BEN FELLER
Associated Press
WASHINGTON — Robert
Gibbs, the feisty press secre-
tary whose job as President
Barack Obama’s chief spokes-
man and confidant has given
him an outsized presence at
the White House, announced
Wednesday he was quitting
for the less demanding, more
lucrative role of giving paid
speeches and advising the
president from the outside
world.
In a rapidly unfold-
ing makeover, Obama was
also closing in on a decision
whether to tap William Daley,
a former commerce secretary,
for the vital gatekeeping job
of White House chief of staff.
Obama and Daley met at the
White House on Wednesday,
and a presidential decision
on that position was expected
within days.
The changes means Obama
is resetting his presidency as
core members of his team
head for the door, with senior
adviser David Axelrod soon to
follow and uncertainty loom-
ing over who will permanent-
ly replace Rahm Emanuel,
another defining figure who
quit as the top White House
manager three months ago to
run for Chicago mayor.
But ultimately, the
Deepwater Horizon disaster
came down to a single failure,
the panel says — manage-
made, no one was consider-
ing the risk they were taking.
In one example cited
by the commission, a BP
request to set an “unusual-
ly deep cement plug” was
approved by the then-Miner-
als Management Service in
90 minutes. That decision is
one of the nine technical and
engineering calls the com-
mission says increased the
risk of a blowout.
“The blowout was not the
product of a series of abbera-
tional decisions made by a
rogue industry or government
officials that could not have
been anticipated or expected
to occur again. Rather, the
root causes are systemic, and
absent significant reform in
both industry practices and
government policies, might
well recur,” the commis-
sion concluded in a 48-page
excerpt of its final report,
obtained by The Associated
Press. A final report is due to
the president Jan. 11.
Interior Department
spokeswoman Kendra Barkoff
said the report focused on
areas in which the agency in
charge of offshore drilling
has already made improve-
ments.
“The agency has taken
unprecedented steps and
Diane Swonk, chief econ-
omist at Mesirow Financial,
says the ADP numbers sug-
gest the Bureau of Labor
Statistics could report Friday
more than 300,000 jobs last
month. Economists have been
predicting fewer than half as
many — 145,000.
It takes about 125,000 new
jobs a month just to keep up
with population growth and
hold the unemployment rate
— now 9.8 percent — stable.
It takes up to 300,000 new
jobs a month to reduce the
unemployment rate signifi-
cantly, economists say.
The report is just the latest
sign that the job market might
be turning around at last. The
Labor Department said last
week that the number of
people applying for unem-
ployment benefits has fallen
to its lowest point in two
and a half years. The staff-
ing firm Challenger, Gray &
Christmas said Wednesday
that layoffs fell last month
to the lowest level since June
2000.
And big companies, which
have been slow to commit
to hiring full-time workers,
are starting to do so again.
Discount retailer Dollar
General this week said it plans
to hire more than 6,000 work-
Obama aides are promis-
ing stability, particularly as
former campaign manager
David Plouffe joins the senior
staff on Monday, but even
Gibbs acknowledged what’s
happening is a “pretty major
retooling.”
“It’s a good time to get
some fresh voices, including
somebody up here,” Gibbs,
39, said from his familiar
perch behind the White House
briefing room lectern.
The crowd for his ques-
tion and answer session with
reporters was bigger than
normal — the news media
and Gibbs’ staff members
packed the room after word
had gotten out about his deci-
sion. But otherwise, it was a
classic Gibbs briefing: a bit
late in starting and then filled
with winding answers, stern
defenses of the president’s
policies and wisecracks with
his questioners.
As attention centers on
the new Congress, Obama is
installing the leadership that
will help define his agenda,
the way he cooperates with
or combats Republicans and
his re-election style. Of all
the faces coming and going,
Gibbs is perhaps the one best
known to America through
his nonstop appearances on
television and his forays into
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will continue to make the
changes necessary to restore
the American people’s confi-
dence in the safety and envi-
ronmental soundness of oil
and gas drilling and produc-
tion on the Outer Continental
Shelf, while balancing our
nation’s important energy
needs,” Barkoff said in a
statement.
The panel underscores
its central conclusion with a
quote from an e-mail written
by BP engineer Brett Cocales
on April 16, just days before
the disaster. The e-mail was
first unearthed in an inves-
tigation conducted by Rep.
Henry Waxman, D-Calif.,
who at the time led the House
Energy and Commerce
Committee.
“But, who cares, it’s done,
end of story, will probably
be fine and we’ll get a good
cement job,” Cocales wrote,
after he disagreed with BP’s
decision to use fewer cen-
tralizers than recommended.
Centralizers are used to cen-
ter the pipe to ensure a good
cement job. The cement failed
at the bottom of the Macondo
well, allowing oil and gas to
enter it, according to investi-
gations.
The suggestion that the BP
disaster may not be an iso-
lated incident runs counter to
assurances by the oil indus-
try, which has worked hard to
portray the accident as a rare
occurrence.
ers in 2011. Union Pacific,
the nation’s largest railroad,
plans to replace 4,000 work-
ers — about 10 percent of
its total staff — who are set
to retire in 2011. It’s also
recalling some employees
who were furloughed during
the recession.
Economists had expect-
ed the ADP numbers, the
first major snapshot of hir-
ing in December, to show
that private employers added
100,000 jobs last month. The
actual figure, 297,000, was
“a bolt from the blue,” says
Ian Shepherdson, chief U.S.
economist at High Frequency
Economics.
In part because of that
powerful number, the Dow
Jones industrial average
edged higher for the third day
in a row. The Dow closed up
nearly 32 points, or about 0.3
percent, and broader stock
averages posted larger gains.
Before the ADP issued its
report, futures markets had
suggested the Dow was head-
ed for a steep loss.
Yet many economists are
unconvinced by the ADP
report. Zach Pandl of Nomura
Securities says the report has
a “spotty track record” in
aiming to predict what the
official government numbers
will show.
social media like Twitter.
Obama is now deciding
whether to stick with his
respected, below-the-radar
Pete Rouse as chief of staff,
or bring in Daley, a banking
executive who’s more com-
fortable in front of the cam-
eras. That decision appears
largely to be a matter of
whether Rouse, the interim
chief, wants to stay on for
another two years.
A combination of internal
fatigue and a demand to shift
people to the 2012 re-elec-
tion campaign effort is fuel-
ing all the personnel changes.
The president is expected on
Friday to name a new top eco-
nomic adviser, likely Treasury
official Gene Sperling. And
no matter who serves as chief
of staff, both deputy chiefs
of staff, Jim Messina and
Mona Sutphen, are leaving
soon. As for Gibbs,
he has been at Obama’s side
since 2004, when Obama had
not yet become a U.S. senator
from Illinois. His career has
soared along with Obama’s,
and his friendship and trust
with the president has given
him a profile that went far
beyond the already consum-
ing job of spokesman.
Few people in the West
Wing know how Obama
thinks as well as Gibbs does.
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5-7 p.m. — The Interfaith
Thrift Shop is open for shop-
ping.
6:30 p.m. — Delphos
Ladies Club, Trinity United
Methodist Church.
7 p.m. — Delphos
Emergency Medical Service
meeting, EMS building,
Second Street.
7:30 p.m. — Delphos
Chapter 23, Order of Eastern
Star, meets at the Masonic
Temple, North Main Street.
FRIDAY
7:30 a.m. — Delphos
Optimist Club meets at the
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
8:30-11:30 a.m. — St.
John’s High School recycle,
600 block of East Second
Street.
9 a.m. - noon — Interfaith
Thrift Store is open for shop-
ping.
St. Vincent DePaul Society,
located at the east edge of the
St. John’s High School park-
ing lot, is open.
Cloverdale recycle at vil-
lage park.
12:15 p.m. — Testing of
warning sirens by Delphos
Fire and Rescue
7 p.m. — Bingo at St.
John’s Little Theatre.
SUNDAY
1-3 p.m. — The Delphos
Canal Commission Annex
Museum, 241 N. Main St.,
will be open.
1-4 p.m. — Putnam County
Museum is open, 202 E. Main
St. Kalida.
MONDAY
11:30 a.m. — Mealsite
at Delphos Senior Citizen
Center, 301 Suthoff Street.
6 p.m. — Middle Point
Village Council meets
7-9 p.m. — The Delphos
Canal Commission Annex
Museum, 241 N. Main St.,
will be open.
7 p.m. — Marion Township
trustees at township house.
7:30 p.m. — American
Legion Auxiliary meets at the
American Legion hall, State
Street.
Delphos Eagles Aerie 471
meets at the Eagles Lodge.
Middle Point council meets
at town hall.
8 p.m. — Delphos City
Schools Board of Education
meets at the administration
office.
Delphos Knights of
Columbus meet at the K of
C hall.
TUESDAY
11:30 a.m. — Mealsite
at Delphos Senior Citizen
Center, 301 Suthoff Street.
6 p.m. — Weight Watchers
meets at Trinity United
Methodist Church, 211 E.
Third St.
6:30 p.m. — Delphos
Lions Club, Eagles Lodge,
1600 E. Fifth St.
7 p.m. — Delphos City
Council meets at the munici-
pal building, 608 N. Canal St.
7:30 p.m. — Ottoville
Emergency Medical Service
members meet at the munici-
pal building.
Ottoville VFW Auxiliary
members meet at the hall.
Fort Jennings Local School
District board members meet
at the high school library.
Alcoholics Anonymous,
First Presbyterian Church,
310 W. Second St.
8:30 p.m. — Elida vil-
lage council meets at the town
hall.
WEDNESDAY
9 a.m. - noon — Putnam
County Museum is open, 202
E. Main St. Kalida.
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COMMUNITY
LSO presents
Mozart by
Candlelight
The Lima Symphony
Orchestra will warm a cold
winter’s weekend with three
regional performances of
Mozart by Candlelight.
The captivating perfor-
mances will begin at 7:30 p.m.
Jan. 21 at the First Church
of God in Sidney, return to
Lima at 7:30 p.m. on Jan. 22
at Trinity United Methodist
Church and conclude at 4
p.m. on Jan. 23 at St. John
the Evangelist Church in
Delphos.
The professional musi-
cians of the Lima Symphony
Orchestra will present the maj-
esty and splendor of Mozart’s
music as it was written to be
performed surrounded by the
warm glow of hundreds of
glistening candles in stunning
sacred spaces.
Dena Martz photo The program will include
Hasselschwert’s first-grade class at St. John’s Elemenetary Mozart’s Concerto
Flute and Harp, his beauti-
for
Students in Mary Hasselschwert’s first-grade class at St. John’s Elementary include, front from left, Isaac C., ful Posthorn Serenade, and
Cassidy B., Aidan T. and Caitlin G.; center, Devin S., Zane S., Olivia R., Jacob M., Rose F. and Gavin F.; and back, Symphony No. 1, which
Brady K., Austin P., Aubrey J., Olivia M., Stephanie N. and Nicole P. Aliyah S. was absent. Mozart wrote when he was
only 8 years old.
Tickets are $20 for adults
SENIOR LUNCHEON CAFE and $10 for students.
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MONDAY: Cabbage roll, ranch mashed potatoes, green
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turvy day? Turn it margarine, coffee and 2% milk.
sunny-side up with WEDNESDAY: Sloppy Joes on white or wheat bun, cream
of broccoli soup with crackers, Lima beans, peaches, coffee
breakfast for dinner. and 2% milk.
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2 teaspoons vegetable brown, stirring occasional- beets, tropical fruit, white or wheat bread, margarine, coffee
oil ly. Add eggs, and stir until and 2% milk.
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8 cups frozen shred- 2 cups grapefruit sec-
begin meeting Jan. 18
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thawed (about 1 pound) 2 cups orange sections
½ teaspoon salt 1 tablespoon fresh lime
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per 2 tablespoons honey again on Jan. 18 in the St. John’s Ministry Center at 201 N.
4 ounces bacon or ham, Place grapefruit and Pierce St.
diced oranges in a large bowl.
4 eggs, beaten Combine lime juice and The group will meet for 10 weeks with the goal of moving
from the pain of divorce to forgiveness and healing.
¾ cup (3 ounces) shred- honey in a small bowl, stir
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The group will meet from 7-9 p.m.
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GIRLS BASKETBALL
STANDINGS Alomar and Blyleven
elected to Hall of Fame
Northwest Ohio Girls Basketball Crestview 1-1 3-3
Standings 2010-2011 Columbus Grove 1-1 3-4
League Overall Allen East 1-1 3-5
Blanchard Valley Conference Bluffton 1-1 2-7
Liberty-Benton 3-0 8-0 Spencerville 1-1 1-7
Van Buren 3-0 6-3 Lincolnview 0-2 3-6
Pandora-Gilboa 2-1 6-1 Ada 0-2 1-8 By BEN WALKER helped the Toronto Blue 3,000 hits and 500 home made up and Hirschbeck
Arcadia 2-1 4-3 The Associated Press Jays win titles in 1992-93. runs. supported Alomar’s bid for
McComb 2-1 4-5 Greater Buckeye Conference
Arlington 1-2 7-2 Napoleon 3-0 7-1 Palmeiro, McGwire, But Palmeiro failed a the Hall.
Hardin-Northern 1-2 4-5 Findlay 2-1 3-4 NEW YORK — After a Bagwell and Gonzalez fared drug test and was suspended “I regret every bit of it.
Cory-Rawson 1-2 2-7 Marion Harding 2-1 3-5 narrow miss last year, Bert poorly, with BBWAA mem- by Major League Baseball I apologized many times to
Leipsic 0-3 3-6 Lima Senior 1-2 3-4
Vanlue 0-3 0-8 Sandusky 1-2 1-4
Blyleven told voters they bers reluctant to choose in 2005. The penalty came a John,” he said. “I feel good
Fremont Ross 0-3 1-6 finally got it right by send- bulky hitters who posted big few months after he wagged I’ve had a good relationship
Buckeye Border Conference ing him into the Hall of numbers in the 1990s and his finger at members of with John.”
Edon 3-0 7-2 Fame along with Roberto 2000s. Congress and told them: “I Said Hirschbeck: “I’m
Stryker 3-0 6-2 Northwest Ohio Athletic League
Pettisville 2-1 4-5 Patrick Henry 2-0 5-1 Alomar. A lot of them have already have never used steroids. very, very happy for him.
Hilltop 1-2 1-8 Evergreen 2-1 6-1 And he took decided, such as Period.” It’s overdue.”
North Central 0-3 2-5 Archbold 2-1 9-2 the opportunity to Susan Slusser of Former Rep. Tom Davis Alomar drew 73.7 per-
Fayette 0-3 1-7 Wauseon 2-1 5-4 talk about base- the San Francisco was the chairman of the cent last year in his first try
Bryan 1-1 3-5
Green Meadows Conference Montpelier 1-1 1-7 ball’s dark past Chronicle, who House committee that held on the ballot. Blyleven had
Tinora 0-0 7-0 Liberty Center 1-2 4-7 — the Steroids wrote in an e-mail the March 17, 2005, hear- come even closer, missing
Wayne Trace 0-0 7-0 Swanton 1-2 3-6 Era. that she would not ing on steroids in baseball by five votes while getting
Holgate 0-0 8-1 Delta 0-3 2-6 All-Star slug- consider anyone at which Palmeiro made 74.2 percent.
Antwerp 0-0 6-3
Ayersville 0-0 3-5 Putnam County League gers Rafael who used perfor- that statement and McGwire Alomar got his first
Fairview 0-0 2-5 Pandora-Gilboa 2-0 5-2 Palmeiro, Jeff mance-enhancing refused to “talk about the major-league hit off Nolan
Hicksville 0-0 2-6 Ottoville 1-0 8-1 Bagwell, Mark substances. past.” Ryan in 1988. Ryan was
Edgerton 0-0 3-7 Continental 1-0 6-2 McGwire and Bagwell got Palmeiro recently reit- the last pure starting pitch-
Leipsic 2-1 5-4
Midwest Athletic Conference Fort Jennings 1-1 4-7 Juan Gonzalez didn’t come 41.7 percent in his first year erated the anabolic steroid er elected to the Hall by
Versailles 3-0 6-2 Kalida 1-1 3-6 close in Wednesday’s elec- on the ballot. His career stats that caused his positive test the BBWAA in 1999.
Minster 2-0 8-0 Columbus Grove 0-2 3-4 tion. No telling if they ever are among the best for first came in a vitamin vial given Blyleven, now 59, pitched
Fort Recovery 2-0 6-1 Miller City 0-3 5-6 will, either, after Hall voters basemen since World War to him by teammate Miguel against Alomar and his
New Knoxville 2-1 5-2
Coldwater 1-1 5-2 Western Buckeye League sent a clear message: The II — .297 batting average, Tejada. father, Sandy Alomar.
St. John’s 1-1 6-3 Bath 2-0 8-1 drug cloud isn’t going to .408 on-base percentage McGwire got 19.8 per- It was quite a climb for
Marion Local 0-2 2-5 St. Marys 2-0 7-1 cover Cooperstown. and .540 slugging percent- cent, a drop from 23.7 per- Blyleven, who helped pitch
St. Henry 0-2 2-7 Shawnee 2-0 6-2 “The writers are saying age. He hit 449 home runs, cent last year. This was his Pittsburgh to the 1979 title
New Bremen 0-2 1-6 Celina 2-0 5-2
Parkway 0-2 1-7 Kenton 1-1 7-1 that this was the Steroids topped 1,500 RBIs and runs fifth time on the ballot and and Minnesota to the 1987
Wapakoneta 1-1 4-4 Era, like they have done and ran the bases hard. He first since the former home crown. Many years ago, he
Northwest Conference Van Wert 0-2 2-7 Mark McGwire,” Blyleven was Rookie of the Year, NL run champion admitted he drew barely over 14 percent
Jefferson 2-0 8-1 Elida 0-2 1-7
Paulding 2-0 3-5 Ottawa-Glandorf 0-2 1-7
explained after finally mak- MVP and a Gold Glove win- took steroids and human in the BBWAA voting.
Lima Central Catholic 1-1 6-3 Defiance 0-2 0-7 ing it to the Hall on his 14th ner. growth hormone. Blyleven’s career stats

Racers build big

try. “They’ve kind of made Bagwell never tested Juan Gonzalez, a 2-time have gotten a boost in recent
their point.” positive, there were no pub- AL MVP implicated by Jose years by sabermetricians
Blyleven was cho- lic allegations against him Canseco in steroids use, who have new ways to eval-

lead but can’t hold

sen on 79.7 percent — it and he was adamant that received 30 votes, just above uate baseball numbers.
takes 75 percent approval he never used illegal drugs. the 5-percent threshold for “I could not be happier if
by the Baseball Writers’ Still, many of the voters and remaining on the ballot next it was my own son,” Twins

on vs. Siena Heights

By AUSTIN CLARKSON
The Delphos Herald
austinclarkson_24@
hotmail.com
LIMA — The University
of Northwestern Ohio men’s
basketball team once held a
14-point lead in the contest
Wednesday night at “The
Garage” as they went on a
red-hot run in the first half
of action, looking like they
were starting to sway the
momentum to their side of
the bench.
came out in the second half
with a different mentality it
seemed like as they took it to
the Racers and forced them
to take some shots that they
normally would not take on a
normal basis.
UNOH head coach Chris
Adams thought that his team
came out playing well in the
first half and was happy that
they improved from their
last outing against Lourdes
College: “(Siena Heights)
came down in the second
half and made some key bas-
Association of America to
reach the shrine. The great
curveballer won 287 games,
threw 60 shutouts and ranks
fifth with 3,701 strikeouts.
He was down to his next-to-
last try on the ballot.
“It’s been 14 years of
praying and waiting,”
Blyleven said in a confer-
ence call. “And thank the
baseball writers of America
for, I’m going to say, finally
getting it right.”
Alomar was picked on
90 percent of the ballots.
The 12-time All-Star won
a record 10 Gold Gloves at
second base, hit .300 and
fans aren’t sure yet how to
assess the huge numbers put
up by the game’s top hit-
ters.
“That stuff’s going to
happen in this era,” Bagwell
said on a conference call.
“People are going to have
suspicion in the era I played
in. .. There’s nothing I can
do about it.”
Palmeiro was listed on
just 64 of a record 581
ballots (11 percent) in his
first try despite lofty career
numbers — he is joined by
Hank Aaron, Willie Mays
and Eddie Murray as the
lone players with more than
year.
Alomar and Blyleven will
be joined by Pat Gillick at
the induction ceremonies
July 24 in Cooperstown.
The longtime executive was
picked last month by the
Veterans Committee. Gillick
helped earn his place with a
trade that brought Alomar to
Toronto.
Smart, graceful and acro-
batic on the field, Alomar
also was guilty in one of
the game’s most boorish
moments. He spit on
umpire John Hirschbeck
during a dispute in 1996 and
was suspended. They later
Hall of Famer Harmon
Killebrew said. “I played in
the first game Bert pitched
for the Minnesota Twins in
1970. ... I wish it wouldn’t
have taken so long but now
that he is in, it’s wonder-
ful.”
Barry Larkin and Tim
Raines showed gains in this
year’s voting. Pete Rose
received three write-in
votes.
Larkin (62 percent) and
Jack Morris (54 percent)
could get more consider-
ation next year, when Bernie
Williams is the top first-year
candidate.

However, visiting Siena
Heights made a second-half
comeback and took it to the
Racers in nipping the hosts
68-67 in a last-second thrill-
er.
After Siena Heights ral-
lied within 42-38 at halftime,
the battle continued into the
second half. The guests ran
off a 14-6 spurt to take their
largest lead at 52-48. From
then on, the biggest margin
was 60-54 by the visitors
with 6:06 remaining. There
were four ties and three lead
changes. A free throw by
Logan Mathews gave the
visitors a 68-67 edge with six
ticks left.
Jake Bolyard brought the
ball up the court. With time
winding down, he found Isaac
Bowers who then quickly
passed to senior big man Kyle
Gillette for a 10-foot jump
shot to decide the contest.
However, Gillette’s jump
shot was just off the mark
and Siena Heights completed
the comeback by getting the
rebound.
The Racers led by four
points going into the locker
room thanks to a big first half
at shooting the basketball
very well. The home team
made nearly half of its shots,
converting on 46 percent in
the first half (18-39). Siena
Heights shot only 13-of-36
in the first half (36%) as they
went into intermission and all
the momentum in the Racer
locker room. The Racers
set the pace of the game by
their defensive pressure on
the Siena Heights guards and
affected the shots that they
put up early in the game.
Leading the way for the
Racers for the night was
freshman sensation Bolyard
who netted 18 points and
really was crucial in the sec-
ond half. Wes Gelhaus also
had a very big night as the
freshman came off the bench
and really contributed in the
second half as he tallied up
a total of 13 points and five
rebounds to really make a
difference for his team.
Despite the lead going into
intermission, Siena Heights
kets to take the lead and the
momentum but I’m glad we
came out and improved and
played better but it is a very
tough home loss today.”
The Racers had seven out
of nine players in the scoring
column on the night.
With the loss the Racers
fall to 4-9 on the season and
just 1-3 in the Wolverine-
Hoosier Athletic Conference
on the year. Siena Heights
moves to 7-9 and 1-2 in the
WHAC.
VISITORS: Siena Heights
7-9 (1-2 WHAC)
FG-FGA 3FG-FGA FT-FTA
TP
Demetrius Andrews 3-4 0-0
3-5 9, Mark Snipes 2-9 2-6 0-0
6, Brent Reynolds 5-11 2-6 1-1
13, Logan Mathews 3-10 1-3 4-6
11, Jake Schirmer 3-6 0-0 0-0
6, Ryan Hopson 3-6 2-3 0-0 8,
Nick Kosovich 1-4 0-0 0-0 2,
Darrell Boswell 2-7 1-2 2-5 7,
Vince Schantz 2-3 0-0 2-2 6.
Totals 24-60(40%) 8-20(40%)
12-19(63.2%) 68.
HOME TEAM: Northwestern
Ohio 4-9 (1-3 WHAC)
FG-FGA 3FG-FGA FT-FTA
TP
Isaac Bowers 2-10 1-7 2-2
7, Jake Bolyard 8-21 2-9 0-0
18, Dustin Guthrie 2-5 0-0 0-0
4, Brandon Miller 0-1 0-0 0-0
0, Todd Watkins 4-7 0-1 0-1 8,
Wes Gelhaus 5-8 0-0 3-3 13,
D.J. Quarles 0-0 0-0 0-0 0, Darko
Bucan 2-3 0-0 0-0 4, Kyle Gillette
6-8 0-0 1-3 13. Totals 29-63(46%)
3-17(17.6%) 6-9(66.7%) 67.
Rebounds: SH 36.11 off.
(Boswell 12), UNOH 37/11 off.
(Gillette 10). Assists: SH 18
(Snipes 4), UNOH 16 (Gillette
4). Steals: SH 8 (Snipes, Boswell
2), UNOH 5 (Bowers, Bolyard,
Guthrie, Bucan, Gillette 1).
Blocks: SH 4 (Boswell 2), UNOH
2 (Gelhaus, Gillette 1). Fouls: SH
19, UNOH 22. Turnovers: SH 17,
UNOH 20.
Officials: Andy Nagy,
Raymond Kelser, Randy
Hutton
Attendance: 158
Score by Halves 1st 2nd Total
Siena Heights......... 38 30 - 68
Northwestern Ohio.. 42 25 - 67
Points in the paint-SHU-M
22,UNOH-M 42. Points off turn-
overs-SHU-M 19,UNOH-M 24.
2nd chance points-SHU-M
15,UNOH-M 9. Fast break points-
SHU-M 4,UNOH-M 6.
Bench points-SHU-M
23,UNOH-M 30. Score tied-8
times. Lead changed-7 times.
Last FG-SHU-M 2nd-01:42,
UNOH-M 2nd-00:41.
Largest lead-SHU-M by 6 2nd-
06:06, UNOH-M by 14 1st-06:39.
Lady Racers grab
10-point win over Siena
Heights
ADRIAN, Mich. — The
University of Northwestern
Ohio women’s cagers hit
the road Wednesday night
and came back from Siena
Height’s Fieldhouse with an
83-73 Wolverine-Hoosier
Athletic Conference win.
The Lady Racers (9-8, 3-2
WHAC) used solid shooting
— 28-of-57 overall (8-of-20
from deep) for 49.1 percent
and 19-of-24 free shots for
79.2 percent. Amanda Francis
led all scorers with 25, while
Kelly Warris (Elida) and
Tara Olberding added 11.
They controlled the glass
34 times (8 offensive) as
Rebecca Puckett led with six.
They had 23 assists (Francis
with 6, Shaye Warman 5);
hsd seven thefts (Francis and
Alexa Kennedy with 2 each);
blocked three shots (Francis,
Molly French and Ashley
Rothney 1 apiece); 22 fouls;
and 22 miscues. They host
Condordia University 1 p.m.
Saturday.
Four players reached dou-
ble digits for SHU (6-11,
1-3 WHAC): Brooke Haines
17, Shalaha Hubbard 15,
She’Meika Nicholson 12 and
Nikki Hughes 10. They con-
nected on 24-of-70 fielders
(5-of-22 downtown) for 34.3
percent and 20-of-25 at the
line (80%). They grabbed
45 off the glass (21 offen-
sive) as Hughes seized 13.
They totaled eight assists
(Nicholson 3); 15 thefts
(Hughes and Hubbard 3
each); four blocks (Haines
2); 21 fouls; and 21 errors.
VISITOR: University of
Northwestern Ohio (9-8 (3-2))
FG-FGA 3FG-FGA FT-FTA
TP
Molly French 0-2 0-0 0-0 0,
Ashley Rothney 2-5 0-0 0-0 4,
Kelly Warris 3-7 3-7 2-2 11, Alexa
Kennedy 2-3 2-3 3-4 9, Amanda
Francis 9-16 0-3 7-9 25, Shaye
Warman 2-3 2-3 0-0 6, Amanda
Henry 3-5 0-0 0-0 6, Tara Olberding
4-12 1-4 2-2 11, Jenna Blackburn
0-0 0-0 2-2 2, Rebecca Puckett 3-4
LOCAL ROUNDUP
0-0 3-5 9, Crystal Sloan 0-0 0-0 0-0
0, Brandi McDaniel 0-0 0-0 0-0 0.
Totals 28-57 8-20 19-24 83.
HOME: Siena Heights
University (6-11 (1-3))
Nikki Hughes 4-7 0-0 2-2 10,
Shalaha Hubbard 5-15 3-10 2-2
15, Sierra Brown 2-4 0-0 2-5 6,
She’Meika Nicholson 3-13 1-4 5-7
12, Sierra Calhoun 1-5 0-0 0-0 2,
Amanda Duke 0-0 0-0 0-0 0, Brooke
Haines 6-11 0-0 5-5 17, Kendall
Acho 0-1 0-1 2-2 2, Brittany Gibson
2-8 1-6 2-2 7, Grace Howrigon 1-4
0-1 0-0 2, Chandler Levit 0-1 0-0 0-0
0, Samantha Wolford 0-1 0-0 0-0 0.
Totals 24-70 5-22 20-25 73.
Score By Halves
1st 2nd TOTAL
University of Northwestern
34 49 83
Siena Heights University
31 42 73
----
Hanover sweeps BU in
cage action
HANOVER, Ind. -
The Bluffton University
women’s basketball team
jumped back into Heartland
Collegiate Athletic
Conference action with a
Wednesday night trip to
Collier Arena at Hanover
College. The red-hot
Panthers bolted out to a
47-23 haltime lead and held
Bluffton off for a 78-59
HCAC victory, keeping
Hanover perfect at 11-0
overall and 5-0 in the con-
ference. Bluffton slipped to
4-8 overall and 1-4 in the
HCAC.
The Beavers took an
early 6-2 lead with a layup
from junior Rachel Daman
(Defiance/Tinora) that was
ignited by a Kim Miller
(Delphos/St. John’s) steal.
The Panther defense pres-
sured the Beavers into five
turnovers over the next four
minutes which resulted in
15 unanswered points en
route to a 17-6 lead. A
Kylee Burkholder (West
Unity/Hilltop) jumper
ended the offensive drought
for the Beavers at the 13:12
mark of the half.
Bluffton cut the deficit
to 19-12 on a layup from
Brittany Lewis (Springfield/
Shawnee). However,
Hanover went on another
8-0 run to lead 27-12 at
the 8:56 mark of the half.
Sophomore Lauren Hutton
(New Riegel) traded baskets
with the Panthers before
two Miller free throws cut
the deficit to 32-21 with
5:22 to play. Following the
Miller markers, Hanover
ended the period with a
15-2 run for a 47-23 lead at
the break.
The Beavers started the
second half with hoops
from Miller and Daman.
A trip to the charity stripe
by Miller cut into the def-
icit before a Daman tri-
ple trimmed the lead to
47-32. A Kirstie Runion
(Cincinnati/Christian) three
pulled the Beavers within
13 at the 10:16 mark. Two
more Miller free throws at
the 6:48 mark is the clos-
est (60-48) the Beavers
would get the rest of the
way. Hanover pulled away
and continued their school-
record start (11-0) with a
78-59 victory.
Miller, who went over
the 1,000-point plateau
against #4 Washington
(Mo.), paced the visitors
with 14 points, seven assists
and six steals. She hit 4-of-
7 from the field and 6-for-7
at the line while hauling in
four caroms. Rachel Daman
chipped in with 12 markers
and five rebounds on 5-of-
9 shooting. Post players
Lauren Hutton and Kylee
Burkholder added nine and
eight points, respectively.
Burkholder ripped down
a team-high seven boards,
while Hutton collected five
rebounds.
Bluffton connected on
23-of-54 (42.6 percent)
from the field, compared to
27-of-66 (40.9 percent for
the Panthers. The Beavers
were 4-of-20 on triples,
while Hanover made 7-of-
22 from distance. The home
team finished 17-of-21 from
the stripe, compared to a
9-of-15 night for Bluffton.
The visitors turned it over
six more times (24-18),
while Hanover posted a
commanding 43-32 advan-
tage on the boards.
The Beavers welcome
HCAC foe Rose-Hulman
on Saturday with a 1 p.m.
tip, with the men following
at 3 p.m.
WOMEN
Bluffton University 59
Kim Miller 4-7 0-0 6-7 14,
Brittany Stegmaier 1-8 0-4 0-0 2,
Lauren Hutton 4-5 0-0 1-3 9, Kim
Meyer 1-3 1-3 0-0 3, Rachel Daman
5-9 2-6 0-0 12, Alicia Amis 0-0 0-0
0-0 0, Kirstie Runion 1-4 1-2 1-3 4,
Francena Tate 0-3 0-1 0-0 0, Beth
Yoder 0-4 0-2 0-0 0, Brittany Lewis
2-5 0-2 1-1 5, Elizabeth Webb 0-0
0-0 0-0 0, Mandi Leemaster 0-0 0-0
0-0 0, Kylee Burkholder 4-5 0-0 0-1
8, Rachel LeFever 1-1 0-0 0-0 0.
Totals 23-54 4-20 9-15 59.
Hanover 78
Holly Vogel 5-9 0-1 0-0 10, Torin
Franz 6-15 1-5 4-6 17, Molly Martin
2-4 0-0 4-4 8, Natalie Morse 3-9 2-5
0-0 8, Chelle Bentz 2-6 1-3 0-0 5,
Abbey Schmahl 1-3 0-1 0-1 2, Liz
Sparks 0-0 0-0 0-0 0, Katie Brewer
1-6 1-3 0-0 3, Amanda Trambaugh
0-1 0-0 0-0 0, Katie Gahimer 0-2 0-0
2-2 2, Kendall Withered, 2-4 2-4 2-2
8, Elyse Weddle 1-1 0-0 0-0 2, Sonja
Bowyer 4-6 0-0 4-6 13. Totals 27-66
7-22 17-21 78.
Score by Halves 1st 2nd Total
Bluffton 23 36 59
Record: (4-8; 1-4 HCAC)
Hanover 47 31 78
Record: (11-0; 5-0 HCAC)
MEN
Bluffton University 55
Rob Luderman 0-3 0-0 0-0 0,
Brent Farley 5-9 0-0 0-0 10, Nick
Lee 5-13 4-9 0-2 14, Mychal Hill
4-9 3-7 4-5 15, Josh Fisher 1-3 0-2
0-0 2, Nate Heckelman 1-2 0-0 0-0 2,
Josh Johnson, 0-1 0-1 0-0 0, Dustin
Kinn 0-1 0-1 3-4 3, Cam Saylor 0-0
0-0 0-0 0, Will Pope 3-8 0-0 3-7 9.
Totals 19-49 7-20 10-18 55.
Hanover 66
Mike Case 5-6 0-0 0-1 10,
Mitchell Meyer 1-6 0-1 8-12 10,
Grant Pangallo 3-6 2-3 0-0 8,
Ryan Nowicki 6-14 3-6 3-4 18,
Cody Osmon 1-3 1-3 0-0 3, Drake
Hendricks 1-4 0-1 0-0 2, Clayton
Fletcher 0-1 0-1 0-0 0, Jim Faehr
0-0 0-0 0-0 0, Jason Doehrman 0-0
0-0 0-0 0, Jacob Rieger 3-3 0-0 0-3
6, Brian Gunter 3-4 0-0 3-3 9, Dee
Jones 0-2 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 23-49
6-15 14-23 66.
Score by Halves 1st 2nd Total
Bluffton 21 34 55
Record: (8-4; 1-4 HCAC)
Hanover 31 35 66
Record: (9-2; 5-0 HCAC)
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AGRIBUSINESS

Turning a parking lot into a garden

long and 10 inches deep — establish a polyculture dem- gutters hung on cattle pan- All three systems will
rest on a layer of wood chips. onstration site. In the past els (stiff, welded-wire fenc- use the same soil mix: wood
The wood chips cover the few years, he’s been hard- ing). This is the system that’s chips, compost, sand and top-
asphalt. The beds hold the pressed keeping up with peo- highest off the ground and so soil in a 4:2:1:1 ratio, respec-
soil mix and plants. ple’s interest in the project. A may be easiest to care for: tively.
Some growers tear out place for tours would help. less stooping. Will all the Parts of all three systems,
the asphalt instead. They He’d put it in a busy loca- containers be worth it? too, will grow beneath the
“depave” the entire park- tion — on U.S. 250 just south In the second system, all high tunnels. Will the asphalt
ing lot. It’s doable but hard of Wooster — on the lawn of the fruits and vegetables, capture and retain enough
work. (There’s even a group an obsolete, recently closed including the fruit trees, will heat to make a difference
dedicated to it: http://www. dormitory at the Agricultural grow in 3-by-30-foot trench- inside them? Can this be used
depave.org/.) Then they plant Technical Institute (ATI). es cut out of the asphalt. A to advantage in spring?
in the ground. ATI, too, is a part of Ohio low raised bed will surround The site in December is
Kovach wants to see if State. It’s next to OARDC. each trench. The bed will covered by snow but is fresh
depaving only the trenches is And he’d start a new study raise the trench’s sides; make in Kovach’s mind.
a simpler but still-productive in the dorm’s adjacent park- it deeper to plant in; and also “For now I’m getting a
option; if waist-high pots are ing lot. There he’d put the make it easier to reach, at bad feeling about the survival
easier to tend than ankle- or rest of his plants and the least compared to planting in of the (transplanted) trees and
knee-high raised beds; and parking lot, too, to new use. the ground. Is taking out only bushes in this treatment (the
what sort of freezing, dry- “We’re trying to come up part of a parking lot, instead tall beds), and I don’t know
ing or overheating problems with different ways to use of all of it, a viable option? if it’s because of the nor-
might come up in any of asphalt like this,” Kovach The third system will grow mal panic when starting a big
the systems. Asphalt holds said as he walked the site on a all the crops in tall raised beds project or something more.
in heat, after all, which may cold, gray day in November. — about 30 inches high, or up Hopefully, I’ll have clarity
Photo submitted
be a boon in March but a “Instead of saying, ‘It’s wast- past your knees — set on, not by March,” he said.
bane in August. He’ll look at ed land, let’s rip it all up,’ into, the asphalt. They’ll be “There are still a lot of
Ohio State University’s Joe Kovach cuts trenches at his yields, pests and high tunnels we’re saying, ‘Let’s figure a higher than the trench beds issues to be addressed. But
parking-lot test site in Wooster last fall. (unheated, plastic-covered way we can use it.’ ” but lower than the pots. The if this research is successful,
WOOSTER — An old and holds a joint appointment greenhouses) as well. He started the project in bottom 15 inches in each bed land that was paved and con-
asphalt parking lot might not with Ohio State University “I don’t think anyone October. The trenches were will be wood chips for drain- sidered unusable for food can
seem like a good place for a Extension. “We’re hoping to else is doing this bonkers cut (done in a day with a rent- age and height. become productive again.”
garden. learn if the trenches work, if research, quite frankly,” he ed pavement cutter). The pots The polyculture demon- Kovach is an associate
But in urban areas it can the pots are worth it and of said with a laugh on a late fall were bought (black, plastic stration site, meanwhile, professor in Ohio State’s
be. It tends to be cheap open all three techniques, which is day at his test site. “(Starting and the size of a small hot located on the grassy lawn, Department of Entomology.
land. And an Ohio State the best?” it) seemed like a good idea at tub). The soil-mix materials will serve a second purpose: He heads the universi-
University expert on inten- His work could boost the the time.” were gathered. Then the fruit as a study control for the sys- ty’s Ohio Integrated Pest
sive small-scale horticulture use of abandoned urban land. Dorm Closes, Idea trees and plants were trans- tems on the asphalt. Management Program.
has started a three-year study It could help people who live Grows planted. Further, final plant-
on what works best there. in urban food deserts — areas Kovach recently com- ing of other crops will take
Joe Kovach, who spe- having little or no access to pleted a six-year study of place this coming spring. An
cializes in maximizing fruit affordable, nutritious foods fruit and vegetable polycul- irrigation system and six high
and vegetable production in — grow more of their own ture: “ecologically designed” tunnels will go in then, too.
limited spaces, is comparing tomatoes, spinach and other mixed-crop plots that maxi- Pots vs. Beds vs.
three ways to do it in empty, fresh produce. And it could mize biological diversity, Trenches
abandoned parking lots: in help them do it more easily. minimize pest problems and The study features three
giant-sized pots and in raised Turning blacktop green earn the equivalent of near- replicated plantings under
beds on top of the black- isn’t new. It’s part of the ly $100,000 an acre a year. each of the three systems.
top, and in trenches cut right growing wave of urban farm- Dozens of big, healthy apple The first system will grow
through it. ing. But Kovach wants to trees, peach trees, raspberry apples, peaches, blueberries
“There are a lot of vacant see if there’s a better way to plants and blueberry bushes and blackberries in the giant
parking lots in places like do it. were grown for it. And then pots; deep-rooted vegetables,
Cleveland and Youngstown,” Commonly, parking-lot they weren’t needed any- such as tomatoes, in normal-
said Kovach, who works gardeners use raised beds. more. But Kovach just didn’t sized buckets with drain
at the Ohio Agricultural The bottomless wood or plas- want to trash them. holes; and shallow-rooted
Research and Development tic boxes — typically some- He had an idea. crops, such as green beans
Center (OARDC) in Wooster thing like 4 feet wide, 8 feet He’d use some of them to and strawberries, in wide The parking lot garden.

Ohio Corn and Wheat Growers unite More farmers’ markets year-round
Ohio grains top priority PLYMOUTH,
(AP) — A steady stream
Mass.

of customers filled baskets

DELAWARE — The Ohio
Corn Growers Association
(OCGA) and Ohio Wheat
Growers Association
(OWGA) have taken steps
to unite to better represent
the interests of thousands of
grain farmers throughout the
Buckeye State.
At the Ohio Grains
Symposium Dec. 16 in Lima,
OCGA and OWGA lead-
ers discussed the process
and decision to form a new
organization with the goal to
advance Ohio’s grains with
members.
As a single entity as of
Jan. 1, the Ohio Corn &
Wheat Growers Association
(OCWGA) has positioned
itself for the regulation and
advancement of domestic and
international issues that affect
the success of Ohio’s corn
and wheat markets, including
energy, livestock, trade, envi-
ronment and transportation
issues and relief programs,
research and marketing pro-
grams.
The new organization
is the result of an ongoing
relationship between the for-
merly separate associations
that has been fostered with
shared staff and joint mem-
bership meetings, legislative
visits, public campaigns and
policy-development strate-
gies.
Board members from
each of the previous separate
groups joined forces to plan
for the unification.
”It’s a logical transfor-
mation,” said Ohio Corn &
Wheat Growers Association
Executive Director Dwayne
Siekman. “OCWGA will
build upon the successes of
the two founding groups and
the synergies capitalized on
throughout the past several
years to have more impact.”
A grower survey con-
ducted in 2009 indicated tre-
mendous support for the new
organization.
“In Ohio, many of the
issues that we face are not as
a grower of one crop, but as a
producer of grains that allows
us to successfully manage our
farms,” said current OCGA
president John Davis,” said
current OCGA president John
Davis.
“There’s strength in num-
bers,” said Mark Wachtman,
OWGA president. “We’ll
have more impact to increase
our farmers’ potential.”
Officers have been
elected from the combined
group for a term of one year.
Formalized “action teams,”
comprising OCWGA mem-
bers, will develop grassroots
guidance to board members
and serve as a resource for
members to familiarize them-
selves with advocacy issues.
OCWGA will continue to
work with its national coun-
terparts the National Corn
Growers Association and
the National Association of
Wheat Growers.
“Advancing Ohio grains
is our bottom line,” said
Siekman. “We look forward
to a productive future.”
To visually bond the for-
mer separate associations, the
new entity engaged in a sig-
nificant branding process. As
part of its launch, OCWGA’s
brand elements, including a
new logo, will assist in rais-
ing awareness about its mis-
sion and values.
About Ohio Corn
& Wheat Growers
Association
The Ohio Corn & Wheat
Growers Association rep-
resents the interests of tens
of thousands of corn and
wheat growers throughout
the state. OCWGA works in
Washington, D.C., and at the
Ohio Statehouse to ensure
that government participation
in legislation is beneficial to
advancing the profitability of
Ohio grains. For more infor-
mation, visit ohiocornand-
wheat.org.
and shopping bags with veg-
etables, cranberries, cheese,
fresh-baked breads and pies
while chatting with the dozen
or so farmers selling goods in
the visitor’s center of a local
museum.
It was a bitterly cold, gray
December day, but for many,
it felt just right for the farm-
ers’ market as live music and
a warm fireplace helped set a
holiday mood.
A growing number of
farmers’ markets are extend-
ing their operation into and
through the winter months
— even in cold-weather
states like Massachusetts.
The expansion comes as
more farmers are prolonging
their growing seasons with
greenhouses and other meth-
ods. It’s also fueled by an
increased number of people
who aim to eat locally pro-
duced food year-round.
“It can’t be a five-
month-long thing and then
just stop and everybody
go to Walmart,” said Dave
Purpura, a farmer who par-
ticipates in the winter market
at Plimoth Plantation, a living
history museum dedicated to
the Pilgrims. “If you want
to be serious about promot-
ing the local food economy,
you have to go through the
winter.”
Purpura planted some veg-
etables late in the season spe-
cifically for sale at the winter
market.
Nearby, Donna Blischke
sold potatoes, onions and
squash that she stores in a
root cellar at her small organ-
ic farm in Carver. The winter
market also gives her a chance
to sell jams, jellies and sauces
made from produce left over
from the fall harvest.
“It’s a way to earn a little
extra money in the winter
months, while still providing
local foods,” Blischke said.
There are at least 898
winter farmers’ markets run-
ning nationwide, a 17 per-
cent increase from two years
ago, according to the U.S.
Department of Agriculture.
A winter market is defined
as one that operates between
November and March.
Winter markets often run
less frequently than their
summer counterparts; the
Plymouth Farmers Market,
for example, runs weekly
from June through October
and monthly from December
through March.
Perhaps surprisingly, sev-
eral northern states are among
those with the largest numbers
of winter markets, including
Massachusetts, New York,
Pennsylvania, Ohio, New
Jersey, Connecticut and
Michigan, the USDA said.
Chicago’s Green City
Market expanded to year-
round operations three years
ago and draws an estimated
60,000 visitors during the
winter months, said Lyle
Allen, the market’s executive
director. He recalled his anxi-
ety before the first January
opening.
“It was 2 degrees and the
wind chill was 40 below,”
Allen said. “I was worried.
We were concerned about
what kind of reaction we
were going to get from the
general public.”
But his fears evaporated
when he showed up at the
museum where some 35 to
40 farmers set up shop twice
a month in the winter.
The trend toward year-
round markets fits in with
overall growth in farmers’
markets. The number nation-
wide grew 16 percent from
2009 to more than 6,100
nationwide this year, accord-
ing to the USDA’s 2010 farm-
ers’ market directory. Many
markets have been reporting
record sales in recent years.
Year-round markets tend
to do better. A USDA survey
found markets that operated
for more than seven months
in a year had three times the
amount of sales revenue per
month and twice as many
customers per week as those
that didn’t.
The markets encourage
farmers to try a variety of
ways to extend their seasons,
she said. Growers combine
old techniques, such as stor-
ing vegetables in root cel-
lars, with new ones like hoop
houses, which use plastic or
some other material to trap
warmth from the sun and pro-
tect plants from frost.

New tractor exhaust technology may take getting used to
BY GLEN ARNOLD
OSU Extension, AG educator
The diesel tractor is very important
to every farmers operation but after the
first of the year it will have some dif-
ferent exhaust technology that may take
some getting used to. Air quality regula-
tions from the Environmental Protection
Agency, affecting only new equipment,
will add cost to the tractor, and may
give off blacker smoke, but the engines
are expected to lower emission level of
nitrous oxide. That is one of the green-
house gases which are currently being
blamed for climate change issues. But
what does it mean for area farmers?
New EPA regulations for diesel pow-
ered equipment, called Tier 4, pertain to
non-road diesel engines with more than
175 horsepower in 2011. The regulations
will apply to smaller horsepower tractors
put into service in 2012 and later. By
2015, the regulations require tractors and
other non-road diesel equipment to have
reduced both nitrous oxide and particulate
matter (soot) by 90 percent. The regula-
tions have only been applied to over the
road diesel engines up until now, but farm
tractors will now have their turn.
There are two primary technolo-
gies being used by tractor manufactur-
ers. Caterpillar, Cummins, Deutz, John
Deere, Komatsu and Perkins are using
EGR technology to comply with Tier 4
regulations. AGCO, Case IH and New
Holland are using SCR technology. The
EGR (exhaust gas recirculation) technol-
ogy takes 20-30 percent of the exhaust
gas, pipes it into a cooling chamber on
the side of the engine. When it is cooled,
its oxygen content is lowered. It is then
piped into the intake manifold where it
lowers the oxygen content and lowers
the overall combustion temperature. That
results in less nitrous oxide, but possibly
more soot.
The SCR (selective catalytic reduc-
tion) technology utilizes a storage tank
on the tractor which holds diesel exhaust
fluid (DEF), a combination of urea and
de-ionized water. One gallon of DEF is
blended with 25 gallons of diesel fuel dur-
ing the tractors operation. This technol-
ogy eliminates the particulate matter with
a high exhaust gas temperature, resulting
in reduced levels of nitrous oxide.
The DEF liquid that will have to be
replenished regularly, and farm petro-
leum suppliers should be planning to
sell it. It is 68 percent water, and has the
potential to both freeze and gel at lower
temperatures. Don’t plan to operate your
tractor without the DEF, since an engine
without the DEF will have a loss of
power, but will be able to get an imple-
ment to the edge of the field or your fuel
tank. Horsepower will drop intentionally,
when the computer senses the DEF tank
is empty. Manufacturers are addressing
all of these concerns with their new
products.
What is the impact of the technology
on farmers? The EPA has indicated the
additional cost will be 1-3 percent of the
cost of the equipment. Should you buy
before the new models are on the market?
This would delay the impact on your
farm until the next time you update your
equipment. That apparently is what hap-
pened when the regulations were applied
to the over the road trucks before the Tier
4 diesel engines were installed. As with
any new technology there will be some
issues that have to be resolved after the
equipment is used in the field and unfore-
seen problems occur. While adding more
cost to each machine, the new engines are
expected to be both more energy efficient
and emit lower levels of nitrous oxide.
Annual Putnam banquets set
The Putnam County annual
Beef, Pork and Dairy Banquets
have been set for 2011 and all
banquets will be at the Kalida
Knights of Columbus Hall for
the first time ever. Tickets
for all three banquets can be
obtained at the Putnam County
Extension office in Ottawa or
from any member of the beef,
pork or dairy producer groups.
These banquets typically draw
300 to 350 people and are a
great opportunity to have a night
out with family and friends.
The 2011 Putnam County
Beef Banquet is set for Jan. 26
starting with a Salisbury steak
dinner at 6:30 p.m. The enter-
tainment will be Jim Bodicker, a
finger style guitar player from the
Ada area. He is well known for
his humorous songs and ability to
play a wide range of music.
The 2011 Putnam County
Pork Banquet is set for Feb. 21.
A pork chop dinner will start
the evening off at 6:30 p.m.
The entertainment will be Matt
Bowers from Fort Jennings who
is a country music singer finish-
ing second in a recent T102
Country Star Playoffs.
The 2011 Putnam County
Dairy Banquet is set for
March 23 starting at 7:15 p.m.
Entertainment for the dairy
banquet is the Crazy World of
Daniel Jay Robison, the Family
Ventriloquist. All the routines
are wholesome and lots of fun
for each and every member of
the family. The dinner will be
a Salisbury steak meal includ-
ing The Dannon Company
milk products, ice cream, vari-
ous cheeses, and other assorted
dairy products.
Proceeds from the ban-
quets are used to improve Jr.
Fair livestock buildings at the
Putnam County Fairgrounds,
fund producer educational
meetings, commodity product
promotion and scholarships for
high school students. Tickets
for the banquets are $8 per
person.
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Cooperation Tomorrow’s HI AND LOIS

needed to get kids Horoscope

By Bernice Bede Osol

through high school

Friday, Jan. 7, 2011

You might take it upon yourself to

establish far more important objectives
than usual in future months. Whether
Dear Annie: It is a tragic in one’s life, but it is not a or not you’ll be able to do all of them
fact that one in four young necessity unless they have will depend upon your knowledge,
people in America does not children together. As for tak- skills and the time you have allotted.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-
graduate from high school. ing care of a sick or injured Jan. 19) - There is no need to let
We are at risk of losing our ex-spouse, it would depend friends pressure you into making a
leadership position in the entirely on whether the rela- commitment to do something that you
global economy. But I am tionship is friendly, wheth-
feel you won’t enjoy or for which you
can’t justify spending the money. Be
BLONDIE
convinced that by working er anyone else can care for your own person.
together we can change this the person and whether the AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19)
- Poor sportsmanship could tarnish
situation. healthy ex has remarried. It is your image, so be sure, when you
Already, in some of the most certainly not expected. involve yourself in a competitive
poorest performing schools We are going to assume your event, to remain graceful and gracious
should you lose.
in the nation, we are seeing wife is simply a caring, com- PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) -
signs of improve- passionate woman, Just because someone you know is
ment. In some but ask her how she a far better talker than most people
doesn’t mean this person’s ideas are
communities, would feel if you better than yours or anybody else’s.
graduation rates rushed to the aid of Follow your own thinking.
have increased 10 an ex-wife (not her) ARIES (March 21-April 19)
or more percent who needed your - Keep to yourself anything that
your instincts warn you not to share.
in just six years. ongoing care. Usually when your inner voice
These glimmers of Dear Annie: I speaks, it is wise to heed its advice.
To go against it is folly of the highest
BEETLE BAILEY
hope inspire me, think you missed order.
but the pace of another option TAURUS (April 20-May 20) -
progress is far too in your response Normally you are someone who faces
slow. We must act to “Solicitous the truth and doesn’t beat around the
bush, so it is a surprise to see you
now. Spouse,” whose being an apple polisher for someone
We have Annie’s Mailbox wife has chosen her you think can do you a favor.
launched Grad daughter’s blind, GEMINI (May 21-June 20) - If
you aren’t attentive to instructions
Nation, a 10-year campaign incontinent dog over him. on to how to do handle something or
to see that 90 percent of My wife and I have been tackle a particular job, when you try
students will graduate and married for more than 40 to do it, you will wish you had been a
better listener.
obtain at least one year of years and are now on our CANCER (June 21-July 22) -
education or training beyond fifth dog. We’ve loved our You’re not usually much of a gambler,
high school. pets as much as our children, but if you’ve been on a losing streak
I know we all want to and have spent hundreds of in general, you might attempt to take
a chance on a social game that you’re
do our part to keep America dollars during the last few playing with friends. Better keep the SNUFFY SMITH
great. Success requires all months of their lives to keep stakes low, and know when to fold
of us -- educators, business them going as long as pos- ‘em.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) - Abide
and civic leaders, policy- sible. by the original plans that you and
makers, parents and students However, in each case, your friends agreed to, even if you
-- to work together. Your there came a time when the now believe that, because they have
lost their luster, you would like to do
readers can learn how to get dog had no more quality of something different.
involved at americaspromise. life, and we reluctantly made VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) - Be
org. Our nation -- and our the decision that it was time prepared to come up with some pretty
imaginative excuses when explaining
children -- are counting on it. for the dog to be put down. to a friend why you didn’t do a favor
Sincerely -- Marguerite W. This may be what needs to for him/her as you had promised, or
Kondracke, President and be done in this case. It is expect to lose all creditability.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) - If
CEO, America’s Promise difficult and sad, but finding you don’t have as tight of a grip on
Alliance a new puppy as soon as pos- your credit cards as you should,
Dear Marguerite sible helped ease the grief for chances are you will go hog wild and
Kondracke: Thank you for us. -- J. load them up with a lot of imprudent
purchases.
HAGAR THE HORRIBLE
giving our readers a way to SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) -
improve the opportunities for Annie’s Mailbox is written Making huge issues out of situations
students within their commu- by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy you normally wouldn’t blink over is
deliberately asking for trouble to erupt
nities. An educated child has Sugar, longtime editors of the within the household. Get back in
a greater likelihood of being Ann Landers column. Please character and be tolerant of your kin.
successful in life and con- e-mail your questions to SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec.
21) - Usually, creative and imaginative
tributing to the overall better- anniesmailbox@comcast.net, ideas abound within you, whether
ment of society. We cannot or write to: Annie’s Mailbox, they are about what to do or where to
afford to let them down. c/o Creators Syndicate, 5777 go, but not so currently. Let someone
else make the plans.
Dear Annie: My wife W. Century Blvd., Ste. 700,
recently found out through Los Angeles, CA 90045. Copyright 2011, United Feature Syndicate, Inc.
a friend that her ex-husband
remarried and didn’t tell her.
I commented that I didn’t BORN LOSER
see anything wrong with that,
and she was shocked at my
response. She told me that if
we divorced after 25 years,
she would expect me to tell
her if I got married again and
she would do the same. She
also said if we divorced and
one of us were dying of some
incurable disease, she would
expect me to drop everything
and take care of her, because
she would do the same for
me. FRANK & ERNEST
I told her that would
depend on whether or not
we were on speaking terms,
but she said it is the least she
would expect of me. Now
she calls me a scumbag (jok-
ingly, I hope). Am I missing
something here? -- Scumbag
Dear Scumbag: It is a
courtesy to inform an ex-
spouse of a major change

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Vice principal shot, killed by student

By JOSH FUNK
Associated Press
OMAHA, Neb. — The son of a police
detective opened fire at a Nebraska high school
Wednesday, fatally wounding the assistant prin-
cipal and forcing panicked students to take
cover in the kitchen of the building just as they
returned from holiday break.
The gunman, who had attended the school for
no more than two months, also wounded the prin-
cipal before fleeing from the scene and fatally
shooting himself in his car about a mile away.
Authorities declined to speculate about why
the suspect, identified as 17-year-old Robert
Butler Jr., targeted the administrators.
Vice Principal Vicki Kaspar, 58, died at a
hospital hours after the shooting, police said.
Principal Curtis Case, 45, was listed in stable
condition.
Jessica Liberator, a sophomore at Millard
South High School, said she was in the cafeteria
when another administrator “rushed in to tell
everybody to get in the back of the kitchen.”
She said she started to cry when students
heard a knock on the kitchen door and a cafete-
ria worker yelled for everybody to get down. It
was a false alarm. Nobody came in.
She huddled with Brittany Brase, another
sophomore. Asked whether they were best
friends, Brase said, “No, not really.” But, she
added: “She’s my best friend now. These things
bring you together.”
Butler had transferred in November from a
high school in Lincoln, about 50 miles south-
west of Omaha.
In a rambling Facebook post filled with
expletives, Butler warned Wednesday that peo-
ple would hear about the “evil” things he did
and said the school drove him to violence.
He wrote that the Omaha school was worse
than his previous one and the new city had
changed him. He apologized and said he wanted
people to remember him for who he was before
affecting “the lives of the families I ruined.” The
post ended with “goodbye.”
A former classmate of Butler’s from Lincoln
confirmed the Facebook post to The Associated
Press and provided AP with a copy of it.
Conner Gerner said he remembered Butler as
being energetic, fun and outgoing. Gerner said
Butler sometimes got in trouble for speaking out
too much in class, but he did not seem angry.
Butler’s stepgrandfather, Robert Uribe, said
the news still seemed unreal to him Wednesday
evening and didn’t seem to fit with the polite
teen he knew.
“I have no idea what led to this,” said Uribe,
who last saw Butler about a month ago. Uribe
said nothing appeared to be wrong at that time.
Lincoln school officials declined to pro-
vide details about Butler’s student record. But
Lincoln Southwest High School Principal Rob
Slauson said Butler was involved in few, if any,
activities before transferring to the new school.
“I think it’s safe to say that in the yearbook,
there was one picture of Robert Butler, and that
was his school picture,” Slauson said.
Police Chief Alex Hayes provided no details
on the weapon Butler used or how he obtained
it. Butler’s father is a detective for the Omaha
Police Department. Investigators were inter-
viewing the seven-year veteran Wednesday
to learn more about what may have led to the
shooting.
Authorities first received reports of the shoot-
ing around 12:50 p.m. The school was immedi-
ately locked down, but within two hours, stu-
dents were being released in groups.
When the first group of students emerged,
parents began applauding. Some of the students
smiled, raised their hands in the air and flashed
a V for victory sign.
Crystal Losole, whose son and a nephew are
juniors at the school, said she got a call from her
son when he was hiding in the kitchen.
Hugging him later and weeping, Losole said
when she learned of the shooting, “My knees
kind of buckled.”
Her son, Skyler Marion, said he was in the
cafeteria when Assistant Principal Brad Millard
loudly announced that there was “a code red”
and that everybody needed to evacuate.
At first, nobody believed Millard, Skyler
said. But when Millard’s face turned white,
students knew it was no joke.
John Manna, who lives two blocks from the
school, said he knows Kaspar because his older
son graduated from high school with her son
in 1996.
“I was just shocked. I can’t think of a nicer
person. I can’t see how anyone would be cross
with her,” Manna said.
The shooting news jolted the suburban
neighborhood in west Omaha where the prin-
cipal lives.
“I’m really sad,” said Judy Robison, who
lives six houses away from the Case family.
“There’s been shootings downtown, but we’re
really pretty insulated out here.”
The school on the west side of Omaha has
about 2,100 students.

Witness in Jackson case US hopes for consensus with China on NKorea

says things didn’t add up By MATTHEW PENNINGTON
Associated Press
emergence of a North Korea that is a nuclear state,” he said.
He said both sides want North Korea to meet its obligations
By ANTHONY McCARTNEY under a 2005 agreement to abandon its nuclear program in
Associated Press WASHINGTON — The United States is hopeful that it exchange for aid and security guarantees.
can reach agreement with China and other nations on the best “We hope that coming out of the visit and the discussions
LOS ANGELES — The career paramedic dashed into way to push North Korea to abandon its nuclear program, with President Hu Jintao we would have a consensus on the
Michael Jackson’s bedroom, looked around and listened to a amid efforts to revive stalled multinational talks with the best way to move forward,” Crowley said.
doctor’s explanation for why the singer was ostensibly life- reclusive communist government, the State Department said North Korea has signaled its willingness to return to the
less and came to the conclusion that things didn’t add up. Wednesday. six-party talks, and called Wednesday for “unconditional and
Richard Senneff said the gaunt patient, an IV stand and The push comes ahead of a Jan. 19 state visit by Chinese early” talks with South Korea to put an end to the months of
bag next to the bed and the presence of Dr. Conrad Murray President Hu Jintao to Washington. tensions.
pointed more to a hospice patient, not an international pop Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and China’s Although two sides have recently ratcheted down their war-
superstar about to embark a series of London concerts. Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi held “lengthy discussions” like rhetoric, Seoul quickly dismissed the offer as insincere
Although the doctor said he was treating Jackson for dehy- Wednesday at the State Department on North Korea, spokes- and said it’s waiting for an apology for the sinking of a South
dration and exhaustion and he had just passed out, Senneff man P.J. Crowley told a news conference, as they ironed out Korean warship that claimed 46 lives, and the shelling of a
recalled how the singer’s legs were cold and limp, his open details of Hu’s visit. South Korean island in November that killed four people.
eyes dried out, and his hands and feet turning blue. The doc- China is North Korea’s main international ally and spon- Even if negotiations on the North’s nuclear program do get
tor never mentioned that he had given Jackson propofol, a sor, and its influence is seen as vital in winning concessions off the ground, it remains unclear what concessions the United
powerful anesthetic that authorities say killed the musician, from Pyongyang. Lingering concerns over the North’s nuclear States would be willing or able to grant Pyongyang. A new
Senneff said. program and recent deadly artillery strike against rival South Republican-led House could stymie any efforts to grant U.S.
The medic’s testimony during the second day of Murray’s Korea threaten to overshadow Hu’s visit, which will include a aid to the North in return for steps on denuclearization.
preliminary hearing was the latest in a series of witnesses formal state dinner at the White House. In comments made alongside Clinton before their talks
to describe Jackson as lifeless by the time help was sum- The six-nation talks, which also involve Japan, Russia and Wednesday, Yang said he believed the China-U.S. relation-
moned. South Korea, have stalled since 2009, when North Korea with- ship “is on the right track.”
Senneff will return to the stand today for defense question- drew in anger over international censure of a missile test. It “It is in the best interests of China, the United States and
ing, which so far hasn’t elicited any major contradictions in has since revealed it has a uranium enrichment program, giv- the world for us to continue to work together,” he said.
the prosecution’s case. ing it another means of creating material for a nuclear bomb. On Tuesday, Yang saw national security adviser Tom
Deputy District Attorney David Walgren described Japan Foreign Minister Seiji Maehara is due to meet with Donilon at a White House meeting that President Barack
Murray’s actions as “an extreme deviation from the standard Clinton today. Meanwhile, the US envoy on North Korea, Obama dropped in on.
of care” — ranging from his use of propofol in Jackson’s Stephen Bosworth, is in east Asia. On Tuesday, on his arrival They discussed efforts to prevent Iran from acquiring
bedroom, not telling medical personnel about it and improp- for talks in South Korea, he said that he was hopeful for “seri- nuclear weapons and North Korea, the White House said in
erly administering CPR. ous negotiations” soon on the North. He is also due to visit a statement.
Murray, facing four years if convicted of involuntary Beijing and Tokyo this week. Donilon stressed the importance of “effective efforts to
manslaughter, has pleaded not guilty. His attorneys say the Crowley said both the United States and China want stability reduce imbalances” in the global economy and U.S.-China
Houston-based cardiologist did not give Jackson anything on the Korean Peninsula. “Neither one of us wants to see the trade, it said.
that “should have” killed him.
Senneff’s testimony came after one of Jackson’s former
Man in custody after mall standoff Problems at R.I. school are dire
bodyguards, Alberto Alvarez, testified that Murray told him By BOB CHRISTIE a man they believed to have By ERIC TUCKER assaults on staff members by
to place medicine vials and an IV bag in other bags before Associated Press committed several robber- Associated Press students.
calling 911. ies in recent days in the sub- “We don’t have a sense of
The 34-year-old bodyguard was the only other person in CHANDLER, Ariz. — A urbs east of Phoenix, Arizona CENTRAL FALLS, R.I. — clarity from our leadership.
the room with Murray while frantic efforts were being made shootout at an upscale shop- Department of Public Safety The teachers at Central Falls We don’t have a clear sense
to revive Jackson. ping center in suburban spokesman Bart Graves said. High School struck a deal to get of their mission or their vision.
Alvarez said he was “frozen” at the sight of Jackson lay- Phoenix sent shoppers fleeing The task force included DPS their jobs back last year after the Communication has been, again,
ing in bed, a urinary catheter attached and his eyes and mouth and prompted a mall lockdown and Chandler police officers. entire staff was fired in a radical, awful,” Kinslow said. “If I’m
open. Wednesday as the suspect who The suspect the task force last-ditch attempt to raise student going to be thrown into the bus
“I said, ’Dr. Murray, what happened?’ And he said, ’He had exchanged gunfire with was tracking was at first performance. But if the admin- by my supposed leaders every
had a reaction. He had a bad reaction,”’ Alvarez recalled. officers holed up in a fast food believed to have been the same istrators thought the teachers day, where is my hope? Where is
The singer’s children, Prince and Paris, walked into the restaurant, authorities said. man who shot at DPS offi- would be grateful for a second my sense of team? Why would I
room at one point and the young girl screamed, “’Daddy!” The suspect surrendered cers in Casa Grande, south of chance, they were wrong. be working?”
and started to cry, Alvarez recalled. At the doctor’s urging, Wednesday afternoon and no Phoenix, on Dec. 10, and was Many teachers aren’t show- But he said he was hopeful
he ushered them out of the room. injuries were reported, officials wounded by return fire, then ing up for work, often calling out that a team of mediators coming
In the courtroom audience, Jackson’s mother, Katherine, said. mistakenly released from cus- sick. Several abruptly quit within into the school could encourage
dabbed at her eyes during the most detailed public account Hours after the noon-hour tody late last month. the first few weeks of the school cooperation.
yet of events surrounding the death of her son. She came to parking lot gunbattle, authori- However, authorities later year. Administrators have had to Following months of negoti-
court with her husband, Joe, and children Randy, Janet and ties reopened the Chandler determined the robbery suspect scramble to find qualified sub- ations, the teachers were rehired
LaToya. They made no eye contact with Murray across the Fashion Center following a was not the same man. Police stitutes and have withheld hun- after agreeing to work a longer
courtroom. search that had been made to identified the man in custody as dreds of student grades because school day, undergo more rig-
They heard Alvarez testify that he helped Murray bag the confirm only one suspect was 27-year-old Adam Hernandez, of the teacher absences. orous evaluations and provide
medicine and saw an unidentified “white milky substance” in involved in both the shooting who they say may have robbed The progress that the city’s more after-school tutoring. At
the bottom of an intravenous bag. and the standoff. a hotel south of the mall ear- school board — and the Obama the time, Gist said the chang-
“He just grabbed a handful of bottles, or vials, and he “Thankfully, nobody was lier Wednesday. Police did not administration — had hoped for es would result in “dramatic
instructed me to put them in a bag,” Alvarez testified, adding shot and nobody got hurt,” immediately release any other seems increasingly, and alarm- achievement.”
that Murray also told him to place an intravenous bag into Chandler police Sgt. Joe information on Hernandez. ingly, elusive. That hasn’t happened.
another sack. Favazzo said. When the gunfire erupted The problems come despite a More than a dozen teaches
After collecting everything and bagging it, Alvarez said, The mall reopened at about outside the mall, shoppers and labor agreement that union lead- and sometimes over 20 of the
Murray told him to call 911. 5 p.m. after police SWAT employees inside ran in all ers and administrators in this roughly 90-person staff were
Four minutes later, Senneff and his crew arrived at Jackson’s teams with dogs finished their directions trying to get out of poor, heavily immigrant city absent on almost any given day
rented mansion in the Holmby Hills area of Los Angeles. search. the way. trumpeted as a breakthrough at in the last couple of months,
He said Wednesday that he saw no signs of the propofol The first burst of gunfire Minutes after the gunfight, Central Falls High, a struggling including six on long-term
or the other sedatives ultimately found in Jackson’s body, erupted just outside an entrance the suspect entered a nearby school of roughly 840 students leave, said Central Falls School
and Murray made no mention of the anesthetic as paramedics to a Sears store when mem- Baja Fresh fast food restaurant, where just 7 percent of 11th- Superintendent Frances Gallo.
rushed to try to find some way to save the singer. bers of a U.S. Marshals Service fired several shots and held off graders were proficient in math Fifteen teachers have left since
fugitive task force confronted police for nearly three hours in 2009. August, including six who quit
PIZZA • SUBS • SALADS • WINGS • PIZZA • SUBS before surrendering, Chandler Exactly what’s causing all the after school started, though
police said. problems is unclear, but both administrators said they have

It Doesn’t Get
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officers began calling for peo-
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