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BY NANCY SPENCER nspencer@delphosherald.com DELPHOS On emergency measure, city council approved two pieces of legislation Monday to contract with the Allen County engineers for tarring and chipping and paint-striping various streets. The first ordinance approves tarring and chipping of Jefferson Street in Stadium Park; Eighth Street from Elm Street to Moening Street; Jackson Street from Pierce Street east to the dead end; Third Street from Jefferson Street to State Street; and First Street from Pierce Street to Franklin Street. The project cost is $32,000. The second ordinance approves painting and striping South Main Street from Suthoff Street to Clime Street; Elida road from Fifth Street to the city limits; State Street from North Street to the creek on SR 697; Third Street from Clay Street to Washington Street; Fourth and First streets from Main Street to Pierce Street; Canal Street from First Street to North Street; Fifth Street from Elida Road to Lehman Road; Second Street from Douglas Street to Jefferson Street; Jefferson Street from Second Street to Third Street; Clay Street from Second Street to Third Street; and Pierce Street from the railroad tracks to Fifth Street. The cost of the project is $3,000. Council also approved 37 amendments to the citys traffic code to bring it in line with current state law. Several groups approached council requesting street closures and city assistance. The Delphos Veterans Council requested Main Street be closed from Second to Fifth streets from 10:45-11 a.m. on May 28 for the annual Memorial Day Parade. The parade steps off in front of the Safety Service Building on East Second Street and ends Delphos, Ohio at Veterans Memorial Park at Main and Fifth streets. The Delphos Fire Assoc. will host the 138th Northwest Ohio Volunteer Firefighter Assoc. Convention set June 15-16. It has requested several street closures for events from 10 a.m. to 11:30 p.m. on June 15, including Main Street between the railroad tracks and Fifth Street; Third Street between Main Street and the alley; and SR 66 traffic re-routed as is done for the annual Canal Days festival. Closures from noon to 5 p.m. for June 16 include Second Street between State and Main streets; Main Street between Second and 10th streets; no parking on the north side of First Street from State to Main streets; and SR 66 traffic re-routed as is done for Canal Days. The Delphos Kiwanis Club requested North Street from Canal Street to Jefferson street be closed for the annual Fourth of July celebration at Stadium Park. Representatives of the Nathan Miller Baseball Tournament requested assistance with umpire fees for the tournament. The city has done this in the past. The tournament raises funds for scholarships for students at both local schools. All were approved. Safety Service Director Greg Berquist informed council he has requested income tax information to determine how the I&K Distributing closure will affect the city. Berquist said he did not request any particular persons tax information only an aggregate of what the city will lose. We shouldnt really see any effects throughout this year but next year may be a different story, Berquist said. Berquist said the facility has 124 employees and it is still unsure how many will be offered other positions with Lipari Foods, which recently purchased I&K.

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Jefferson offers band concert

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The Jefferson Instrumental Music Department will present its Spring Band Concert at 7:30 p.m. today in the Jefferson Middle School Auditorium. The sixth-grade, junior high and senior high bands will perform.

ZIN instructors set Zumbathon to benet Relay

ZIN instructor Angie Bonifas, with guest ZIN instructors Josie Hemmelgarn, Angie Hatfield and Holly Vaghn, will present a Zumbathon charity event Make Every Move Count to benefit the Delphos Relay for Life. The Zumbathon will be held from 2-4 p.m. May 20 at the Delphos Eagles Lodge. The cost is $10 per person. Tickets can be purchased at the door. Ages 10 and up are welcome.

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The 10th annual Relay for Life Survivor Dinner accommodated a record turn-out Tuesday evening at St. Peter Lutheran Church. We have 125 here tonight, 2012 Survivor Chair Cindy Burgei said. Normally we have about 125 sign up but then only around 70 show up. Its nice to bring all of the cancer survivors and the caregivers together to enjoy a nice night. Entertainment for the night was a variety of songs performed by the Jefferson Show Choir, directed by Tammy Wirth. The audience members were invited to sing along with the well-known songs, which included Aretha Franklins Respect and Were Doing a Show.

The Do-Right Motorcycle Club will hold a chicken dinner from 4-10 p.m. on June 23 at the Foresters Hall at 14570 Landeck Road. Chicken dinners will be $7 while they last. The Dave Liles Band! will perform and an auction and raffles will be held. Proceeds will help purchase school supplies for those who need them for the 2012-13 school year.

Patrol focuses on motorcycle safety

COLUMBUS May is National Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month and the Patrol would like to remind motorists that there will be an increase in motorcycles on the roadways with the warmer weather and to remind motorcyclists to ride trained and to ride sober. From 2009-11, motorcycle-involved crashes resulted in a total of 503 fatalities and over 11,400 injuries in the state of Ohio. In 2011 alone, there were 167 motorcyclerelated fatalities. Of the 167 fatalities, the motorcyclist was at fault 70 percent of the time. Taking a training class and riding with proper endorsements as a motorcycle rider can help protect yourself and others from injury or even death. Out of the 7,920 citations the Patrol handed out to motorcyclists in 2009-11, 20 percent were for operating a motorcycle without a proper license or endorsement. As a rider, simple things like ensuring you have a valid motorcycle endorsement, receiving quality motorcycle training and wearing proper safety equipment can be key elements in staying safe. Riding sober is also very important. Last year, 49 percent of the fatal motorcycle crashes involved an impaired motorcyclist, an increase of 10 percent from 2010. Of course, motorcy-

TODAY BASEBALL DIVISION IV At Crestview: (Upper Bracket) Lincolnview vs. No. 1 Crestview, 5 p.m. (winner to Coldwater District May 16) SOFTBALL DIVISION IV At Lincolnview: (Lower Bracket) Jefferson vs. No. 1 Crestview, 5 p.m. (winner to Elida District May 15) At Miller City: (Lower Bracket) Columbus Grove vs. No. 2 Patrick Henry, 5 p.m. (winner to Elida District May 15) Track and Field: WBL meet at Wapak, 4:30 p.m. THURSDAY BASEBALL DIVISION IV: At Columbus Grove: (Lower Bracket) Miller City vs. No. 2 seed Kalida, 5 p.m. (winner to Elida District May 16) DIVISION III At Shawnee: Jefferson vs. Coldwater, 5 p.m. (winner to UNOH District May 17) Track and Field (4:30 p.m.): NWC meet at Crestview. Tennis: Districts at Port Clinton, TBA Sunny Thursday with high in mid 60s. See page 2.

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cle safety is not solely the responsibility of motorcyclists. Motor vehicle drivers share in this important effort by being aware of motorcyclists. There are some important steps to become more aware of motorcyclists: A motorcycle is a motor vehicle with all of the privileges of any vehicle on the roadway. Give motorcyclists a full lane of travel. Look for motorcyclists on the highway, at intersections and any time you are changing lanes. Allow plenty of space in front of the vehicle you are driving and do not follow a motorcycle too closely.

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The St. Johns High School Student Council recently donated $500 to the Community Unity Project. That money will provide the food for the month of July approximately 100 boxes for local residents in need. Delphos Mayor and Community Unity Food On Us Co-Chairs Michael Gallmeier, left, and Bob Ulm, second from right, and Community Unity co-founder the Rev. David Howell, right, accept the donation from Student Council President Andrew Etgen.

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Crisis threatens Europes way of life

The Associated Press Elections in France and Greece reflect the anger and disillusionment coming to the surface across Europe as a celebrated way of life that people have long enjoyed and even taken for granted comes under pressure in these times of crisis. Though the situation varies from north to south, Europe is undergoing profound change from its sophisticated lifestyle to its cherished welfare benefits and a sense among many Europeans of being the worlds elite. These are some of the ways you can see Europe grappling with change: THE WELFARE STATE: Six-week paid vacations. Retirement in your early 60s. Generous benefits for the sick and unemployed. The cradle-to-grave welfare system that was a pillar of European life for decades is being scaled back from one austerity package to another. Retirement ages are being raised past 65 in many countries. The Swedish prime minister even toyed with the idea of making people work until 75. Europeans are not about to give up on their fabled social model, but they can expect a slimmed-down version in the future. I dont think the social welfare system is being dismantled, says Rebecca AdlerNissen, assistant professor at

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the University of Copenhagens Center for European Politics. Its more about what we can afford in the future. LIFESTYLE:Bon-vivants or loafers? When it comes to work-life balance, Europeans either got it totally right or lost their minds completely, depending on whom you ask. But economic realities are now forcing the most stressed countries to question some deeply ingrained habits. Long lunches are on the wane across the continent. Spain is considering a change that takes aim at the habit of employees turning up for work and immediately going down to See CRISIS, page 2

City of Delphos Administrative Assistant Sherryl George sells tickets to Bob Thitoff on Monday as Edy Carder waits her turn. Pre-sale season tickets for the Delphos Municipal Swimming Pool are now available at the Municipal Building at 608 N. Canal St. during regular business hours of 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. through May 25. On May 26, 27 and 28, they will be sold at the pool during pool hours when weather permits. Presale prices are: Regular prices effetive May 29: Single $60 Single $80 Family $170 Family $195 Over 55 $50 Over 55 $70 Applications can be obtained at the Municipal Building or on the citys web site, cityofdelphos.com. Applications can be mailed in but have to be received no later than May 24 in order to get the pre-sale rates. The city is not responsible for any applications that are not received. To purchase a family pass, applicants must bring or attach a copy of their 2011 federal income tax form to show proof of dependents. Checks are to be made payable to City of Delphos. The pool season is May 26 (Memorial Day weekend) thru Aug. 22. Pool hours are from noon to 8 p.m. The opening is dependent on air temperature (>70 degrees), water temperature (>67 degrees) and weather conditions. General Admission $5 Reissued passes $5 Swimming lessons $40 a session Pool parties $125 Evening Swim (6 p.m. to close) $2 There are no refunds/rain passes. Children age 2 and under are admitted free and Little Swimmers are required for children who are not toilet trained.

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outright Nazis are a tiny minority in Europe today, the economic crisis has fueled forces on the right opposed to immigrants and the very idea of European integration. On the other end of the spectrum, left-wing parties who see the European Union as a capitalist superstate suppressing the working classes have made gains in France, Spain, Greece and Denmark, among other countries. EUROPE IN THE WORLD: The world still admires French art, Italian food and Spanish soccer. But in the global economy, sluggish Europe is looking less attractive when compared to fast-growing emerging economies such as China, India and Brazil. Thats a blow to the ego of a continent accustomed to seeing itself as having a central place in history. The European Unions seemingly endless debt crisis has seriously damaged confidence in its common currency project. Bickering between nations has also tarnished Europes self-image as a role model of how nations can come together to build peace and prosperity. CULTURE AND ARTS: Dont worry, the debt crisis isnt going to shut down the Louvre in Paris or the Vienna State Opera House. Culture will play a central role in European life for the foreseeable future. But how much of it should be financed by the government? Thats a question being asked in many European capitals as budgets are being tightened. As part of its austerity drive, Spains new conservative government has eliminated the Culture Ministry as a self-standing institution, merging it with education and sports. A program to subsidize Spanish cinema which made a name for itself around the world with Oscar-winning directors such Pedro Almodovar has been scrapped. In Sweden, the government has decided to gradually dismantle a subsidy program that provided lifelong income guarantees for artists seen as particularly important to Swedish culture.

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the closest coffee shop for a half-hour or more breakfast. Another sacred cow being targeted is the habit of making a long weekend out of it when a holiday falls on a Thursday, by taking off the Friday as well. In Ireland, the crisis has had an impact on legendary pub traditions. The Irish increasingly socialize at home, avoiding pubs where beer and other drink prices are several times higher than whats offered by the German discount supermarkets now proliferating in Ireland. POLITICAL EXTREMES: The National Front in France. Golden Dawn in Greece. The Freedom Party of the Netherlands. The True Finns. Across Western Europe, and in parts of the East, the far-right is on the march. Europe has deep traditions of tolerance and pluralism with roots in the 18th century Enlightenment. But European history also offers the most extreme examples of racist nationalism. While

High temperature Tuesday in Delphos was 70 degrees, low was 55. High a year ago today was 71, low was 45. Record high for today is 87, set in 1993. Record low is 27, set in 1945. WEATHER FORECAST Tri-county Associated Press TONIGHT: Mostly cloudy with scattered rain showers and isolated storms in the evening then partly cloudy after midnight. Lows in the lower 40s. Northwest winds 5 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation 30 percent. THURSDAY: Sunny. Highs in the mid 60s. Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph. THURSDAY NIGHT: Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 40s. West winds up to 10 mph. FRIDAY: Sunny. Highs in the lower 70s. West winds up to 5 mph. FRIDAY NIGHT: Mostly clear. Lows around 50. SATURDAY: Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 70s. SATURDAY NIGHTMONDAY: Mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower 50s. Highs around 70. MONDAY NIGHT: Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 50s. The Landeck Community Committee thanks everyone who helped make the pork chop dinner very successful. Those who purchased tickets and those who worked at the meal site were greatly appreciated. The proceeds are being used to help purchase equipment for the Landeck Community playground. Monetary donations will gratefully be accepted. Send a check to the Landeck Community Playground at 5423 N. Kill Road, Delphos. Delphos Fire Assoc. 300 Club April 25 Donald McGue May 2 Dave Backus FORT JENNINGS PARK GIVEAWAY Week 13: Steve Baumle Week 14: Michael Meswurst

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Cynthia S. Warnecke, 53, formerly of Spencerville, died at 12:25 a.m. today at Indiana University Medical Center, Indianapolis. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at Thomas E. Bayliff Funeral Home, Spencerville.

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A boy, Nolan Joseph, was born May 6 at St. Margaret Mercy Hospital in Dyer, Ind., to Luke and Amanda Smith. Grandparents are Andy and Teresa Kmetz and Joe and Cheryl Smith. Great-grandparents are Andy and Marge Kmetz, William and Lillian Looser, Bea Smith, Hubert Kidwell and Shirley Gonzales.

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OTTAWA After 21 able arson evidence. A years in prison, Kenneth plea agreement in Putnam County led to Richeys Richey will now spend release from prison in another three years behind January 2008. bars. Visiting Judge Dale Richey, 47, now of Crawford handed down the Tupelo, Miss., was sentenced today in Putnam sentence in a courtroom County Common Pleas filled with eight friends Court on a felony count and family of Richey. of retaliation for phonRichey was led into the court room in handcuffs ing in a threat to Judge wearing green and gray Randall Basinger on New prison stripes. He said Years Eve. his threat against Judge Judge Basinger was an Basinger was a drunken assistant county prosecuprank and apologized. tor in 1986 when Richey Richey had pleaded was charged with setting guilty to retaliation, a a fire that killed a 2-yearthird-degree felony. old girl in Columbus Grove. The conviction Judge Basinger made a and death sentence were Ken Richey appears in Putnam victim statement in which overturned in 2007 by County Court in Ottawa in April he called Richey a threat a federal appeals court, when he pleaded guilty to threaten- to the public who needs to be incarcerated to the which cited question- ing a judge. (TB file photo) maximum sentence. The defendant is a sociopathic felon who has made repeated death threats to me and others in attempts to avoid prosecution, the VERMILION (AP) mother, who backed up the judge said. Police in northern Ohio say vehicle. a woman on a riding lawn Sgt. Jeff Chandler tells mower accidentally ran over The Morning Journal in her 4-year-old daughter, criti- nearby Lorain that the girl cally injuring the girl. was knocked over and her The accident happened feet became caught under Monday at a home in the mower blades. She was TOLEDO (AP) A Vermilion, a small city west flown to a childrens hospital trial has been delayed for of Cleveland along Lake Erie. in Cleveland in critical condi- two company officials Vermilion police say the girl tion. accused of stealing thouapparently was playing with No update on her condi- sands of dollars from an a toy and got near the mower tion was available Tuesday Ohio hot dog eatery made without being spotted by her morning. famous on the TV series M-A-S-H. The pair charged with stealing from Tony Packos *Weddings* Inc. were a company controller and the founders Rehearsal Dinner grandson, Tony Packo III. Engagement Party They have pleaded not guilty. *Birthdays *Reunions A judge rescheduled *Anniversaries their trial during a pretrial

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hearing Tuesday in Toledo. Court records show the date was pushed back from June 18 to August 13 because of a conflict with the courts schedule. Actor Jamie Farr made Tony Packos famous in the 1970s when he portrayed a homesick U.S. soldier in the Korean War who longed for the eaterys hot dogs. The restaurant chain was sold this year after a yearlong family feud over ownership.

By The Associated Press Today is Wednesday, May 9, the 130th day of 2012. There are 236 days left in the year. Todays Highlight in History: On May 9, 1712, the Carolina Colony was officially divided into two entities: North Carolina and South Carolina. On this date: In 1754, a cartoon in Benjamin Franklins Pennsylvania Gazette showed a snake cut in pieces, with each part representing an American colony; the caption read, JOIN, or DIE. In 1883, Spanish philosopher Jose Ortega y Gasset was born in Madrid. In 1936, Italy annexed Ethiopia. In 1945, U.S. officials announced that a midnight entertainment curfew was being lifted immediately. In 1951, the U.S. conducted its first thermonuclear experiment as part of Operation Greenhouse by detonating a 225-kiloton device on Enewetak Atoll in the Pacific nicknamed George. In 1961, in a speech to the National Association of Broadcasters, Federal Communications Commission Chairman Newton N. Minow decried the majority of television programming as a vast wasteland. In 1962, scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology succeeded in reflecting a laser beam off the surface of the moon. Italian movie director Federico Fellini began filming 8 1/2, his art house classic about a movie director struggling to make a movie.

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Repeal of contentious election law heads to Kasich

By ANN SANNER The Associated Press COLUMBUS A contentious new election law was on track to being repealed in the presidential battleground state of Ohio after a bill to rescind the law cleared the Legislature on Tuesday, amid Democratic accusations that Republicans were thwarting the chance for voters to weigh in on the issue this fall. GOP Gov. John Kasich is expected to sign the repeal bill. The overhaul law has been on hold since September. Thats when the Fair Elections Ohio campaign had gathered more than 300,000 signatures from Ohioans to get a referendum on Nov. 6 ballots to ask voters whether they wanted to repeal it. Why not let the voters vote? state Rep. Matt Lundy, an Elyria Democrat, asked his Republican colleagues. This is a very bad idea. House Speaker William Batchelder and others have said there is no precedent for a legislative repeal of a bill that also is the subject of a referendum, so its unclear how a court might rule if a legal challenge is filed. The states top elections official said with the laws repeal, theres no longer a question to be placed before voters. Todays action by the legislature means that Ohios election law is no longer in limbo and the potential for unnecessary voter confusion has been eliminated, Secretary of State Jon Husted, a Republican, said in a written statement. The Republicancontrolled House passed the measure on a 54-42 vote Tuesday, sending it to Kasich. Three House Republicans joined Democrats in opposing the bill. The GOPdominated Senate approved the legislation on a partyline vote in March. Among other changes, the overhaul law trims the swing states in-person early voting window from 35 days before Election Day to 17 days, and the period for absentee voting by mail from 35 days to 21. It also cuts off in-person early voting on the Friday evening before Election Day. Supporters of the repeal measure contend it would have same effect as voters opting to toss out the law this fall. They say repealing the bill and getting rid of the referendum would also save taxpayers almost $1 million. But the repeal bill also would reaffirm a technical change made last year in a separate bill that resulted in early voting ending on the weekend before the election. Before the overhaul and subsequent technical change, local boards of election had the discretion to set their own early, in-person voting hours on the days before Election Day. In-person voting on the weekend varied among the states 88 counties. Democrats and Fair Elections Ohio want the three final days of in-person voting restored. Otherwise, they say the bill is not a clean repeal and would not effectively give voters the same voting options they had before the overhaul bills passage. Batchelder, a Medina Republican and a former appeals court judge, told reporters he believed the bill was a true repeal of the law. Rep. Lou Blessing, a Cincinnati Republican, said local election officials asked the Legislature to end early voting on the Friday evening before Election Day, so they had time to prepare for the election. Thats going to be the law no matter what we do with (the overhaul), Blessing said. House leaders had delayed a vote on the repeal bill for almost two weeks in an effort to try to strike a compromise with opponents of the law, but none had been reached by Tuesday. Jennifer Brunner, a leader in the Fair Elections Ohio campaign and a former Democratic secretary of state, said the referendum has been certified for the ballot and the group intends to continue with its campaign to repeal the law. The leadership of this Legislature cant seem to get it through their heads that they cant affect the process, Brunner said. Voters last fall overwhelmingly rejected a Republican-backed collective bargaining law. Passage of the repeal bill came after a politically charged debate in the House that reflected the high stakes nature of a presidential election year. No Republican presidential nominee has reached the White House without carrying the swing state. President Barack Obama won Ohio in 2008, after the state went for George W. Bush in 2004. Obamas re-election campaign had worked with opponents to challenge the overhaul law. Should the repeal question remain on the ballot, Blessing said a vote for it would be similar to one for a deceased candidate whose name was still on the ballot. Thats whats happening to this bill, Blessing said. Its dying. Rep. Vernon Sykes, an Akron Democrat, said the repeal was unfair to those who want to weigh in on the issue. We are taking it away from the people, Sykes said. They have spoken. They would like to have an

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HAMILTON (AP) The remains of a southwest Ohio soldier who went missing during the Korean War have been identified more than 60 years later and will be buried this week with full military honors. The military says 24-yearold Cpl. Clyde Anderson of Hamilton was part of a combat team that came under attack in 1950. He was later listed as missing in action. In the early 1990s, North Korea returned more than 200 boxes of what were believed to be the remains of hundreds of U.S. military members. DNA tests helped confirm that Andersons remains were among them. His burial is planned Saturday in Blanchester.

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Republicans block Senate student loan bill debate

By ALAN FRAM Associated Press WASHINGTON Senate Republicans blocked a Democratic bill Tuesday to preserve low interest rates for millions of college students loans, as the two parties engaged in election-year choreography aimed at showing each is the better protector of families in todays rugged economy. The 52-45 vote to begin debating the legislation fell eight votes short of the 60 needed to proceed and stalled work on an effort both parties expect will ultimately produce a compromise, probably soon. For now, each side is happy to use the stalemate to snipe at the other with campaign-ready talking points while they are gridlocked over how to cover the $6 billion cost. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., said the vote showed that despite GOP claims that they support preventing an increase in student loan rates, Republicans showed today that its only talk. He also noted that the likely GOP presidential candidate, Mitt Romney, supports a temporary extension of todays low rates and needled, I suggest he pick up the phone and call Senator McConnell. That was a reference to Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., who said the battle is a phony one manufactured by Democrats to woo votes from students. Both parties say they want to extend low interest rates. The Senate has ceased to be a place where problems are resolved. Its become instead a place where Democrats produce campaign material, McConnell said. The vote was nearly partyline, with Reid voting no to give himself the procedural ability to demand another vote once a compromise is reached. Sen. Olympia Snowe, R-Maine, who is retiring after citing excessive partisanship in Washington, voted present. The Democratic bill would keep interest rates for subsidized Stafford loans at 3.4 percent for an additional year, rather than doubling automatically for new loans starting July 1. It would have no impact on current loans. A 2007 law approved by a Democratic Congress grad-

One Year Ago Brianna L. Regedanz, 8, daughter of Brian Thomas and Lisa Regedanz, has been chosen as a state finalist in the WASHINGTON (AP) National American Miss Ohio Pageant to be held July 15 and Support for the war in 16 at the Hyatt Regency in Columbus. Regedanz will be par- Afghanistan has reached a ticipating in the Jr. Pre-teen division. new low, with only 27 percent of Americans saying they 25 Years Ago 1987 back the effort and about half Fort Jennings High School graduation will be held May of those who oppose the war 22 in the high school gym. Speaker will be Ron Bruskotter, saying the continued presclass motto. Marcia McGraw, will deliver the welcome speech. ence of American troops in Michelle Broecker will present the class song. Sandy Ostendorf Afghanistan is doing more will give the farewell speech. harm than good, according to Ottoville won their 12th straight game by ripping an AP-GfK poll. Continental 11-6. Chris Schnipke led the Big Green going In results released today, 4-for-5 with 2 RBIs. Keith Schimmoeller went 3-for-4 with 66 percent opposed the war, an RBI, Todd Knippen 2-for-4 with two doubles and 2 RBIs, with 40 percent saying they Dale Schimmoeller 2-for-6 with a double and 2 RBIs, and Bill were strongly opposed. A year ago, 37 percent favored Honigford blasted a 3-run homerun in the third. Four Jefferson High School students won excellent the war, and in the spring of ratings at the State Science Fair, held recently at Ohio 2010, support was at 46 perWesleyan University, Delaware. Winners and their project cent. Eight percent strongly subjects included Michelle Buettner, allied medical; Kara supported the war in the new MacWhinney, behavioral; Mindy Best, behavioral science; and poll. The poll found that far Ryan Sakemiller, botany. fewer people than last year think the killing of Osama bin 50 Years Ago 1962 Laden by U.S. troops increased Clarence Specht, superintendent of Fort Jennings High the threat of terrorism against School, has announced commencement for the 19 seniors Americans. Overall, 27 percent who will be graduating this year will be held May 27 in the say the al-Qaida leaders death high school gymnasium. JoAnn Pohlman, daughter of Mr. and resulted in an increased terror Mrs. Hilary Pohlman, has been named valedictorian. Harold threat, 31 percent believe his Schimmoller, son of Mr. and Mrs. Cleo Schimmoller has been death decreased the threat of selected as salutatorian. terrorism and 38 percent say Plans were completed for the annual Mothers Day parade it has had no effect. The poll and program sponsored by Delphos Aerie No. 471, Fraternal was conducted before the revOrder of Eagles. The parade will form at 1:30 p.m. Sunday elation this week of a recent and will march to the auditorium of Delphos Jefferson High al-Qaida plot to blow up a School. Mayor Richard Wulfhorst will extend the welcome U.S.-bound airliner with an and flowers will be presented to the FOE Auxiliary Mother of underwear bomb. Chris Solomon, an indethe Year, to the oldest mother present, to the oldest Auxiliary mother present and to the oldest mother in the drill team in pendent from Fuquay-Varina, N.C., is among the responuniform present. Crescent Temple No. 50 Pythian Sisters held a regular dents who strongly oppose the business session Tuesday evening in the K of P Hall at which war. He said the military mistime plans were completed for a Mothers Day bake sale, to sion has reached the limits be held May 12 in Powells Store. The committee for the bake of its ability to help Afghans sale includes Rosabell Kiggins, chairman; Alva Daulbaug, or make Americans any safer, and he would close down the Emma Miller, Florence Allemeier and Helen Gable. war immediately if he could. While the rationale for the 75 Years Ago 1937 Plans have been completed for a series of baseball games war is to fight al-Qaida, most between Jefferson and St. Johns teams. The winner of two of the day-to-day combat is games will be declared the winner of the high school cham- against an entrenched Taliban pionship of the city and a trophy will be presented to that insurgency that will outlast the team. The trophy was donated through the efforts of Fr. H. J. foreign fighters, he said. What are we really doing Schmidt but the individual who is giving the trophy does not there? Who are we helping? wish to have his name published at this time. he said in an interview. Mrs. John Wolfe, West Fifth Street, received the members Yet nearly half, 48 perof the Womens Bible Class of the Methodist church into her cent, said the continued home Friday evening. She was assisted by Mrs. Lawrence presence of U.S. troops in Stopher, Mrs. J. O. Stiverson, Pauline McCabe and Rowena Afghanistan is doing more to Shumaker. Mrs. Stopher and Mrs. Wolfe were in charge of the help Afghanistan become a birthday program. stable democracy, while 36 A play titled The Mistakes of the Blakes, will be pre- percent said the opposite and sented by the senior class of Ottoville High School on 14 percent said they didnt Sunday and Monday evenings of next week. Verena Brinkman know. Among those opposed and Mary Catherine Weadick, faculty members, are directing to the war, 49 percent say U.S. the production which is to be given in the Ottoville parish troops are hurting more than hall. helping. Three-quarters of those who favor the war think they are doing more to help. Republicans are most apt to see U.S. forces as helping, with 56 percent saying so, followed by 47 percent of Democrats. Among independents, more say troops are hurting Afghanistans efforts to become a stable democracy (43 percent) than helping (32 percent). President Barack Obama has promised to keep fighting forces in Afghanistan until the end of 2014, despite the declining popular support. The effort to hand off primary responsibility for fighting the war to Afghan soldiers will be the main focus of a gathering of NATO leaders that Obama will host later this month in Chicago. That shift away from frontline combat is expected to come next year, largely in response to growing opposition to the war in the United States and among NATO allies fighting alongside about 88,000 U.S. forces. The shift makes some military commanders uneasy, as does any suggestion that the U.S. fighting force be cut rapidly next year. Obama has promised a steady drawdown.

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Colorado at impasse on civil unions

By IVAN MORENO Associated Press DENVER Chants of shame on you from gay rights supporters thundered through the Colorado House on Tuesday night after Republican House Speaker Frank McNulty said legislation to allow civil unions wont get a vote. McNulty told reporters that lawmakers had reached an impasse and civil unions would die along with several other bills, including an overhaul of school discipline policies and setting a blood-level marijuana limit for drivers. We have reached an impasse, McNulty said. It is unfortunate that there will be items that will not receive consideration by the House tonight because of this impasse. Colorados debate came as gay rights are in the national spotlight. North Carolina voters approved a constitutional amendment Tuesday defining marriage solely as a union between a man and a woman, and also barring civil unions. Also, Vice President Joe Biden said over the weekend that he was absolutely comfortable with same-sex married couples getting the same rights at heterosexual married couples. Colorados bill had cleared a key hurdle Tuesday when By KASIE HUNT Associated Press Republican Rep. Cheri Gerou joined Democrats to advance the measure out of its final committee for consideration by the full chamber. This isnt a partisan conversation, Gerou said. This is, in my mind, this is a basic human rights conversation. Republicans in two other House committees had also joined Democrats. Supporters gathered at a rally outside the Capitol earlier Tuesday to pressure the GOP to take action on the bill, chanting Let them vote! to Republican lawmakers who control the House. Gay rights advocates had been nervous that Republican opponents would use procedural tactics to run out the clock and kill the bill. Tuesday nights announcement that the bill wouldnt get a vote came hours after Democrats sought to block a GOP filibuster on civil unions. Republicans control the House on a 33-32 margin but enough members of their party supported the legislation to pass it. Democrats used a procedural move to try to stop debate on other bills when it became clear Republicans were talking at length about other measures, delaying any action on civil unions. Republicans responded by abruptly stopping floor work. The bill needed to have an initial vote of the full House

ually lowered the rates but pops them back up to 6.8 percent in July because lawmakers were worried about costs. Stafford loans are for lowand middle-income students. The Education Department projects the measure would affect 7.4 million undergraduates borrowing money in the year starting July 1. Republicans oppose the Democratic plan to pay for the bill by forcing highearning stockholders in some privately owned corporations and professional practices to pay additional Social Security and Medicare payroll taxes. Even if it passed the Senate, it would have no chance of emerging from the Republican-controlled House. Democrats reject the GOP version, which drums up money for the extension of low rates by abolishing a preventive health program created by Obamas 2010 health care overhaul. Republicans are demanding a Senate vote on their measure but it cannot pass that chamber, and the White House has threatened to veto a House-passed bill that uses that same funding mechanism.

Primaries reect conservative enthusiasm for 2012

WASHINGTON In a show of conservative enthusiasm, a tea-party backed Republican vanquished sixterm Indiana Sen. Richard Lugar in a GOP primary and North Carolina voters decided overwhelmingly to strengthen their states gay marriage ban. Republican Mitt Romney, who long has been viewed skeptically by the GOPs base, won three primaries to move closer to clinching the nomination of a party that remains sharply divided between its establishment and right flanks. The nations polarized environment was on display in Tuesday contests scattered across several states six months before Americans choose whether to give Democratic President Barack Obama another four years. That was especially true in Lugars unsuccessful effort to beat back a challenge from Indiana Treasurer Richard Mourdock, who had painted the Republican senator as too moderate for the conservative state. We are experiencing deep political divisions in our society right now. These divisions have stalemated progress in critical areas, Lugar, a Capitol Hill diplomat and a deal-maker, said after an election that marked an end to a nearly four-decade career in the Senate. Elsewhere, North Carolinians voted to amend their state constitution to define marriage as between one man and one woman, effectively outlawing gay unions through a ballot measure pursued by the right. Wisconsin Democrats overwhelmingly picked Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett to challenge Republican Gov. Scott Walker in a June recall election. The primary outcome set up a re-match; Barrett lost to Walker in 2010. The highly charged and hard-fought contests overshadowed Romneys continued progress toward the GOP presidential nomination. He won Republican presidential primaries in Indiana, North Carolina and West Virginia, drawing close to the 1,144 delegates he needs to clinch the nomination. He won at least 63 delegates, with 28 from West Virginia still undecided. He had 919 delegates, 225 shy of what he needs to become the nominee. The results of Tuesdays far-flung voting gave clues

before midnight Tuesday or else the proposal would die. Thats because the Legislature adjourns today, so there wouldnt be time for a final vote. Earlier, Democratic Rep. Ferrandino, his partys leader in the House, told the Houses third-ranking Republican, Rep. Mark Waller, Were willing to work with you to make sure every bill gets an up or down vote tonight. The Senate had already approved the bill, and Democratic Gov. John Hickenlooper supported it. After the announcement that civil unions legislation was dead this year, Ferrandino, a gay lawmaker sponsoring the bill, tried to calm down observers who began chanting, including one who said to McNulty, All we ask is you give us a chance. More than a dozen states allow either gay marriage or civil unions. Hawaii and Delaware began allowing civil unions this year. McNulty, who opposes the plan, said earlier that Democrats intentionally held the bill to force a standoff. We all know that its a heated public policy issue to begin with and with the Senate Democrats sitting on it for 110 days, theyve really turned it into a manufactured crisis here at the end of session, he said.

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about the state of the electorate and illustrated the political minefields facing both Republican and Democratic candidates with the presidential contest well under way. The results were a warning to incumbents. They also highlighted tea party enthusiasm. And, in one state at least, they indicated that wedge issues are still a force even with an electorate focused on economic concerns. There also was an indication of just how unpopular Obama is in some parts of the country: A man in prison in Texas was getting 4 out of 10 votes in West Virginias Democratic presidential primary. Within minutes of Lugars loss, Democrats were painting Mourdock as too extreme for the state. Tea party groups were crowing about the win, and Mourdock urged supporters to donate to his general election campaign, saying, We left everything on the table to win the primary. He will face Democratic Rep. Joe Donnelly in November. Republicans need to gain four seats to take control of the Senate, and Lugars loss gives Democrats a pickup opportunity, said Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y.

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BY LOVINA EICHER Another rainy Monday which will put laundry off until tomorrow. The rain will do a lot of good for the garden, though. We planted radishes, lettuce, peas, onions, and corn last week. Our potatoes are up that Joe planted awhile back. I hope we can get the rest of the garden planted this week once it dries up. I need to go get some more seed and vegetable plants. We are still enjoying asparagus, rhubarb, and green winter onions. Our asparagus didnt do as well this year. A friend gave us starts for winter onions a few years ago. They are doing very well. Every year on or around my birthday he would bring me a batch of onions because he knew I liked them. Church services will be held here at our home in six weeks. We will be doing a lot of cleaning in the weeks ahead. Weddings are still in full swing. Daughters Elizabeth and Susan had two to attend this week. Usually the youth who arent family or dont have a part in the wedding dont attend the service but are invited for a 7 p.m. supper and singing at most of the weddings in the community. There are a quite a few more May weddings coming up. We also have some new babies in our church district. They are so sweet and innocent and such a blessing from God. It was exciting to hear the news about another set of twin boys born to a family in our church. They were named Jesse and Jared. Another set, Lyndon and Lanette, are around 7 months old now. All the babies in church never lack attention. It seems they grow so fast. Recently Joes sister Loretta and Henry were blessed with another daughter, Marava Joy. We are looking forward to getting acquainted with our new niece. Uncle Joe and Aunt Betty paid us a short visit one afternoon last week. Plans were to have supper at my brother Alberts in a nearby community. Our thoughts and prayers are with sister Liz, Levi, and family and also Levis extended family. Levis 62-year-old mother passed away suddenly on Saturday. It was a shock to the family and everyone. God has not promised us how long our stay on earth is. May we all be prepared for Him when our time does come. I know from experience what this family will go through not having their parents anymore. Levis Dad died suddenly in 2006. Joe and I would like to go to the visitation one evening which will be at sister Liz and Levis home. The funeral will also be there. My youngest sister, Susan, will be 36 this week on the 10th. So happy birthday wishes to her. Jacob and Emmas son Benjamin will be 10 on May 12. He is very excited about this birthday because now in church he can sit with the big boys instead of with his Dad. Usually when the boys and girls turn 10 they can sit with the older children instead of with their parents. Son Joseph will be 10 in July and he is looking forward to that. I guess it makes them

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Geise tosses 4-hitter, Jays advance in tourney

By JIM METCALFE jmetcalfe@delphosherald.com
PERRY TOWNSHIP Junior ace Curtis Geise tossed a 4-hitter versus Upper Scioto Valley Tuesday, leading St. Johns to a 9-0 victory in a Division IV sectional-final triumph at Perry High School. Curtis was outstanding on the mound today. He really mixed up his locations and speeds; his off-speed pitches complemented a lot of fastballs, St. Johns coach Dan Metzger began. Geise (5-3, 7 innings, 2 walks, 12 strikeouts; 105 pitches) had a tough beginning in the top of the first, thanks to a pair of errors on his defense between a single by Shane Rofe with one down. However, he fanned the next two striking out the side to get out of it unscathed. It took us an inning to settle down on defense; we had the tournament jitters and made some early mistakes, Metzger continued. After that, we did settle down. Getting early runs settled us down and we played more relaxed. Not allowing them to score in the first was a big momentum swing. USV coach Frank Crea agreed. We knew we had to come out swinging and get some early runs, knowing how good St. Johns is. We get the basesloaded with one out and dont score; thats not our game, Crea noted. Especially with the way their guy was pitching, we had to take advantage of any chance we got. We made some mistakes and they capitalized when we do that against the better competition, we dont compete well. They also made mistakes and we didnt take advantage. The Blue Jays (17-5) played small-ball the entire game, starting in the bottom half of the first. Tanner Calvelage (2-for-3, 2 runs scored, 2 runs batted in, 2 stolen bases) led off with a walk against Ram starter Cole Crawford (6 IPs,

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St. Johns senior Ryan Densel takes a roller up the middle and throws to first despite the efforts of USVs Trent Canfield to complete a game-ending double play Tuesday night at Perry. Junior Troy Warnecke provides backup. The Blue Jays pusted the Rams 9-0 behind the 4-hit shutout of Curtis Geise. 8 hits, 9 runs, 5 earned, 2 BBs, Calvelage lined a single into 4 Ks). He stole second and right. Geise forced Kundert advanced to third on a 1-out at third for the second out and infield hit to second by Troy Warneckes grounder resulted Warnecke. The junior stole in the third out. second. A wild pitch plated The Blue and Gold got Calvelage and put Warnecke a 1-out blooper to the grass at third, from where he scored behind third base by Isaac on a bounceout to first by Klausing. He eventually got Austin Reindel for a 2-0 edge. to third on a wild pitch and The Rams (12-8) wasted a a Bergfeld grounder but was leadoff double in the second left there. to the base of the center-field In the fourth, Hale walked fence by Sean Hale and a with two down but he was 1-out wild pitch. forced out at second by Trent The Rams never really Canfield to end the inning. challenged again, getting only Blake Watkins had a 2-out four base-runners over the knock to right in the USV final five frames. fifth. The Jays took advantage The Jays went up 5-0 in the of two miscues by the Rams fifth. With two down, Reindel in the home half. Jordan singled to left center. A throwBergfeld got aboard via an ing error on Klausings ground error and stole second. A mis- ball put runners at the corplayed grounder off the bat of ners and a wild pitch brought Ryan Buescher put runners Reindel home. on the corners. Buescher stole Brandon Overs singled with second and both runners came one down in the Upper half of home via a single to left by the sixth but was picked off Cody Kundert. An out hence, base by Geise.

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2012 MAC CHAMPIONSHIPS

---Bearcats knock off state-ranked Kalida

At New Bremen Tuesdays Results (Points: 10-86-5-4-3-2-1) Girls Team Rankings (6 Events Scored): Versailles 47, Coldwater 35.50, Minster 32.50, Marion Local 28, Parkway 25, Fort Recovery 21, St. Henry 18, St. Johns 13, New Bremen 10, New Knoxville 4. 4x800 Meter Relay: 1. Versailles 9:33.38; 2. Minster 9:47.49; 3. Coldwater 9:49.16; 4. Fort Recovery 10:37.10; 5. St. Henry 10:48.20; 6. St. Johns (Tara Vorst, Ally Mohler, Brooke Zuber, Madison Zuber) 11:06.91; 7. Marion Local 11:11.63; 8. New Bremen 11:19.76. High Jump: 1. King (P) 5-2; 2. Alyssa Faurot (SJ) 5-2; 3. Winner (V) 4-10; 4. Rammel (C) 4-10; 5. (tie) Speck (SH) and McGowan (MI) 4-10; 7. Fiely (F) 4-8; 8. Francis (V) 4-6. Pole Vault: 1. K. Wuebker (MI) 12-0; 2. Hemmelgarn (ML) 10-6; 3. Barlage (V) 10-0; 4. Hartings (ML) 10-0; 5. Kunk (C) 9-6; 6. (tie) Niekamp (SH) and Honigford (C) 9-0; 8. A. Wuebker (MI) 8-6. Long Jump: 1. King (P) 17-5; 2. Thobe (ML) 17-4.50; 3. Suchland (NB) 17-3; 4. Rindler (C) 16-7.75; 5. Horstman (NK) 16-5.75; 6. Jutte (MI) 16-0; 7. Schlater (V) 15-11.50; 8. McGowan (MI) 15-9.75. Shot Put: 1. Kahlig (F) 36-11; 2. Bruns (V) 36-9.50; 3. Eiting (MI) 36-3; 4. Buchanan (P) 35-9.50; 5. Schmitz (C) 32-9.50; 6. Lawrence (V) 32-3.50; 7. Delzeith (SH) 31-8.50; 8. Moorman (C) 31-2.50. Discus: 1. Bruns (V) 116-2; 2. Schmitz (C) 113-5; 3. Delzeith (SH) 110-10; 4. Chrisman (ML) 109-10; 5. Westgerdes (F) 104-7; 6. Maurer (NB) 104-2; 7. Madison Kreeger (SJ) 99-0; 8. Reed (V) 93-10; ... 9. Stephanie Honigford (SJ) 91-2. Boys Team Rankings (5 Events Scored): Minster 62, Coldwater 34.50, Versailles 32, Marion Local 17.50, St. Henry 17, New Bremen 12, St. Johns 10, (tie) New Knoxville and Parkway 5. 4x800 Meter Relay: 1. Versailles 8:04.86; 2. Minster 8:11.00; 3. St. Henry 8:12.77; 4. Coldwater 8:23.66; 5. Marion Local 8:41.16; 6. Parkway 8:49.42; 7. St. Johns (Mark Boggs, Jake Hays, Jared Knebel, Tyler Conley) 9:02.05; 8. New Bremen 9:19.49. High Jump: 1. Dues (MI) 6-0; 2. Pothast (V) 6-0; 3. Knapschaefer (ML) 6-0; 4. (tie) Mackie (NK) and Mestemaker (C) 6-0; 6. Wilker (V) 5-10; 7. Bergman (C) 5-8; 8. (tie) Kuntz (NK) and Hess (ML) 5-6. Long Jump: 1. Collins (MI) 21-0; 2. Knapke (SH) 19-5; 3. Barga (V) 19-3.75; 4. Dippold (C) 19-3.25; 5. Bergman (C) 19-1.75; 6. Ben Youngpeter (SJ) 18-8.50; 7. Schoenlein (ML) 18-6.50; 8. Brunswick (ML) 18-4.75. Shot Put: 1. Will (MI) 53-2.50; 2. Kramer (C) 50-2.50; 3. Hegemann (MI) 48-0.50; 4. Didier (V) 44-9.50; 5. Brunswick (ML) 41-0; 6. Rios (C) 40-6; 7. Hippley (P) 40-3; 8. Yang (NB) 39-2.50. Discus: 1. Winner (MI) 164-4; 2. Will (MI) 146-8; 3. Meyer (NB) 139-9; 4. Nate Schroeder (SJ) 129-9; 5. Yang (NB) 128-8; 6. Beyke (SH) 128-2; 7. Kramer (C) 127-3; 8. Rios (C) 123-8.

Kalida 3-2 Tuesday night, moving its record to 15-9 for the season. All four seniors contributed greatly to the win in their last home game: Kasey Lee was the winning pitcher (1 2/3 innings in relief, 1 unearned run, 1 K), giving him a 6-1 record for the year. Cory Rieman went 3-for3 and made several great plays on defense. Matt Youngpeter (2 2/3 innings as the starter, 2 hits, 0 runs, 4 Ks) went 2-for-3 with an RBI and a run scored, while pitching three shutout innings in relief. Lastly, Jared Rex went 2-for-3 with an RBI, while throwing out a base-runner from the catcher position. Joel Shimp was the other Bearcat hurler (2 2/3 IP in middle relief, 1 earned run, 2 Ks, 1 walk), helping to limit the Wildcats to two hits. Nick Guisinger started for the Wildcats (3 IP, 4 hits, 2 earned runs, 3 Ks, 2 BB) and Kyle Kehres took the loss in relief (1 IP, 2 hits, 1 run, 1 BB). The last regular season game is at New Bremen on Thursday (5 p.m.). They open tournament play 5 p.m. Friday versus Ottoville at Crestview. Kalida (13-6) plays Miller City 5 p.m. Thursday at the Columbus Grove sectional.
Kalida 000 002 0-221 Spencerville 2 0 0 0 0 1 x - 3 8 2 WP: Kasey Lee (6-1); LP: Kyle Kehres. 2B: Matt Youngpeter (S). ----

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UPPER SCIOTO VALLEY (0) ab-r-h-rbi Chance Watkins 2b 3-0-0-0, Blake Watkins ss 3-0-1-0, Shane Rofe c 3-01-0, Cole Crawford p 3-0-0-0, Brandon Overs cf 3-0-1-0, Quintin Lewis lf 3-0-0-0, Sean Hale 1b 1-0-1-0, Trent Canfield rf 3-0-0-0, Cain Haney 3b 3-0-0-0. Totals 25-0-4-0. ST. JOHNS (9) ab-r-h-rbi Tanner Calvelage cf 3-2-2-2, Curtis Geise p 4-0-0-0, Troy Warnecke ss 4-1-1-0, Austin Reindel c 4-1-1-1, Isaac Klausing 1b 4-0-2-0, Jordan Bergfeld dh 3-1-0-0, Andrew Metzger rf 0-0-0-0, Ryan Buescher lf 3-2-1-0, Cody Kundert 3b 2-1-1-2, Ryan Densel 2b 2-1-0-0. Totals 29-9-8-5. Score by Innings: Upper SV 0 0 0 000 0-0 St. Johns 2 2 0 014 x-9 E: B. Watkins 2, C. Watkins, Crawford, Hale, Kundert, Reindel; DP: St. Johns 1; LOB: Upper Scioto Valley 6, St. Johns 5; 2B: Hale; SB: Calvelage 2, Warnecke, Bergfeld, Buescher; POB: Overs (by Geise); Sac: Densel. IP H R ER BB SO UPPER SCIOTO VALLEY Crawford (L) 6.0 8 9 4 2 4 ST. JOHNS Geise (W, 5-3) 7.0 4 0 0 2 12 WP: Crawford 3.

The Jays nearly ended the game in the home sixth. Buescher singled to right center, followed by a walk to Kundert. Ryan Densel laid down a bunt for a sacrifice but a throwing error on the play allowed Buescher to score and put runners up a base. Calvelage launched a 2-run knock to center and stole second. Geises grounder was booted, allowing Calvelage to touch the dish for a 9-0 edge and put Geise at second. Two outs later, Klausing singled sharply into left center but a throw from centerfielder Overs to Rofe at home to nab Geise at the plate. We didnt really hit the ball well today; we were anxious at the plate, Metzger added. When we hit the ball like this, we have to use our speed and their mistakes. We want to keep applying pressure on our opponents and make them make quick plays. Hale walked to commence the USV seventh but was forced at second by Canfield. However, a Cain Haney grounder to second base was picked up by Ryan Densel, who stepped on the bag and threw to first to complete a game-ending twin-killing. The Jays visit Parkway 5 p.m. Thursday and advance to a May 16 district semifinal at Elida.

Panthers ride 1-hitter from Fent over Lady Lancers

By Brian Bassett Times Bulletin Sports Editor sports@timesbulletin.com MIDDLE POINT - The Division IV second-round sectional softball tournament game between Lincolnview and Parkway quickly became a pitching duel Tuesday evening at Lincolnview High School - as both teams combined for only six hits. Unfortunately for the Lady Lancers five of those hits came off Parkway bats, all of the extra-base variety, and the Lady Panthers were able to escape with a 4-2 victory. Its tournament. Survive and advance, said Parkway coach Mark Esselstein. It wasnt our best game. (Lincolnview pitcher Ashley) McClure threw a really good game. It took us a while to zero in on her. When we did hit the ball, we hit it hard and got extra-base hits. We got just enough runs to finish it. The first of those runs came in the bottom of the first for the Lady Panthers when shortstop Taylor Walls hit a solo home run over the rightfield fence. The opposite-field shot put the Lady Panthers on the board first with an early 1-0 lead. Lincolnview answered to tie the game in the top of the second inning. Shortstop Baylee Neate drew a walk and advanced to second when catcher Lauren Calvert reached on catchers interference. Third baseman Kelsey Mohr dropped a sacrifice bunt to advance the runners to second and third with one out. A wild pitch by Parkway pitcher Sierra Fent brought Neate in to score and advanced Calvert to third. Fent then buckled down and ended the threat by striking out a pair of Lady Lancers to end the inning but not before Lincolnview tied the game at one. McClure struck out the Lady Panther side in the bottom of the second and Fent answered with three consecutive scoreless innings of her own. Parkway finally broke the stalemate in the bottom of the fourth when Fent helped her cause by leading off the inning with a double over the leftfielders head. First baseman Kylie Snyder brought Fent in to score on an RBI triple to give the Lady Panthers a 2-1 lead. Third baseman Peyton Heitkamp walked to put runners on the corners with one out but Calvert picked Snyder off of third base. Calvert ended the Lady Panther threat when she fielded a bunt off the bat of centerfielder Destinee Guggenbiller and retired her before reaching first base. The Panthers got a pair of runs in the bottom of the fifth inning to increase their

Miller City edges LadyCats 2-1 in tourney action MILLER CITY Miller City scored a run in the bottom of the eighth inning Tuesday night to eliminate Putnam County rival Kalida 2-1 in Division IV sectional softball action at Miller City. Marissa Schroeder tossed a 3-hitter for the host Wildcats (12-6), outdueling Emily Schnipkes 7-hitter. Miller City advances to the Elida District Tuesday. Kalida continues regularseason action at Ottoville tonight.
Kalida 000 001 00-130 Mil. City 010 000 01-272 WP: Marissa Schroeder; LP: Emily Schnipke. -----

Redskins oust Lady Cougars

Crawford throws goose-eggs at Elida

ELIDA Wapakonetas Johnny Crawford tossed a 2-hitter at Elida Tuesday night, shutting out the Bulldogs 2-0 in Division II sectional baseball action at Ed Sandy Field. Jake Porter was almost as good, tossing his own 2-hitter for the Bulldogs. The win sends the Redskins (19-4) on to the Bluffton University District May 17. Elida (7-16) takes on Lima Senior 5 p.m. Friday at Bluffton University.
Elida 0 0 0 000 0-022 Wapak 0 0 1 001 x-221 WP: Johnny Crawford; LP: Jake Porter. 2B: Chandler Kaeck (W). ----

SPENCERVILLE The Spencerville varsity baseball team defeated state-ranked

BATH TOWNSHIP - The Van Wert Cougar softball team traveled to Bath High School on Tuesday evening to take on the Wapakoneta Redskins in the first round of the sectional tournament. After the game was called for rain on Monday, they met again on Tuesday for second act; this time the game was played to completion with Wapak claiming a 3-0 win. When the game was postponed on Monday, the Redskins were up 2-0 with a runner on first and no outs in the top of the second inning. On Monday night, the first two Wapakoneta batters, Renee Lovett and Carli Sammons, reached and came around to score on groundouts by Courtney and Ashley Knippen. After a strikeout by Van Wert pitcher Jessica Klausing, the score was 2-0, Redskins. In the bottom of the frame, the Cougars managed to get Gretchen Klinker in scoring position after she singled and a sac bunt by Melissa Roop but the heart of the Van Wert lineup couldnt bring Klinker home. To start the second inning, Marcie Grothause singled and, after one pitch to the next batter, Ashley Cox, the game was postponed till Tuesday.

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Knights smack Archers

WP - Renee Lovett (7 IPs, 6 hits, 10 Ks, 0 runs); LP - Jessica Klausing (7 IPs, 7 hits, 3 K, 3 runs). 2B - Royer (V), Grothause (W). -----

The action picked back up then Tuesday and Klausing struck out Cox and got the next batter, Amy Hume, to ground out to shortstop Brooke Fuerst. Cougars first baseman Brittany Bigham then fired a missile to the third baseman Alyssa Bowen who slapped a tag on Grothause, who was trying to take third on the throw to first. In the bottom on the second, the Cougars got a pair of 2-out singles from Kelsey Saylor and Fuerst but the twoout RBI chance was squandered when Bowen struck out. Van Wert had its best chance to mount some offense when Klinker and Roop singled to start the third but Redskin pitcher Renee Lovett halted the Cougars offense when she retired the heart of the Van Wert lineup. The Cougars got a 2-out scare in the fourth after Kati Sawmiller singled and Grothause doubled. Roop throw a frozen rope to the cutoff, Fuerst, who applied the tag when Grothause was off the bag. Since Fuerst applied the tag before Sawmiller could score, the game remained 2-0. Van Wert made a chance to finally dent the plate in the sixth when Saige Royer hit a double with two outs and swiped third. Klausing couldnt pick her up, however. In the top of the seventh Wapakoneta looked like it would go quietly into the bottom of the frame after a lineout and a fielders choice after an error on Van Wert. Grothause, however, stole second and took off at the crack on the bat when Cox hit an RBI single for an insurance run for the Redskins and a 3-0 lead. The Cougars went 1-2-3 in the bottom of the seventh to drop to 11-11.

Lincolnview falls to 10-9 on the season.

Lincolnview 010 001 0 - 2 1 2 Parkway 100 120 x - 4 5 1 WP - Fent; LP - McClure. 2B - (P) Fent (2), K. Walls. 3B - (P) Snyder. HR - (P) T. Walls.

cushion. DP Rachel King walked to open the frame and flex/catcher Zoey Pond entered at first to run for King. Rightfielder Kayla Walls doubled to right center to score Pond. Walls came home on an RBI double from Fent, which made the Lady Panther lead 4-1 heading into the sixth. First baseman Carley Springer reached on a dropped fly ball to open the Lincolnview sixth and advanced to second. After a quick out, Calvert notched an RBI single with the first and only Lincolnview hit of the evening. Fent squashed the Lady Lancer rally, however, when she induced a pair of groundouts to end the frame. The Lincolnview run brought them within two, 4-2. Neither team could scratch a run across through the remainder and the Lady Panthers held on to advance in the sectional tournament. Fent took the win, going all seven innings and surrendering only one hit. She did, however, walk five Lady Lancer batters. Fent allowed a pair of runs - one earned - while striking out seven. Lincolnview played well, they battled. Sierra was having trouble finding the strike zone. She battled and got better as she went. She got a lot more consistent in the late innings, said Esselstein. McClure was tagged for the loss despite allowing only five hits and striking out eight. She walked two and allowed four earned runs in six innings of work. Lincolnview coach Kent McClure was proud of the way his pitcher and his team battled despite the loss; especially after getting run-ruled by the Lady Pathers earlier in the season: I knew we could play with them. With Ashley fresh, she threw great. Youve got to hand it to Parkway; theyve got some nice bats. Theyre very wellcoached, have a very nice pitcher. I was happy with the way we played. Would have liked to win but Parkway is a nice team. Fent also led the Lady Panther bats. She went 2-3 with a pair of doubles, an RBI and a run scored. Calvert picked up the only Lincolnview hit; she went 1-2 on the night. The win advances Parkway in sectional play. They will play the winner of tonights Columbus Grove and Patrick Henry showdown next Wednesday at Elida. Their record is now 19-5 on the season.

Brewers offense breaks out in 8-3 win over Reds

By CHRIS JENKINS The Associated Press MILWAUKEE It was just the sort of situation the Milwaukee Brewers had in mind when they signed Aramis Ramirez and one of those spots where the slugger hadnt been coming through for his new team. Ramirez looked like his old self this time, smacking a 3-run triple in the fourth inning to help the Milwaukee Brewers shake off their recent offensive struggles with an 8-3 victory over the Cincinnati Reds on Tuesday night. The Brewers scored all eight of their runs with two outs, a good sign for manager Ron Roenicke. But there was one potential bad sign for Roenicke and the Brewers: Ryan Braun tweaked his nagging Achilles injury on a play in the outfield and Roenicke added its not clear if he would play in todays series finale. Yovani Gallardo (2-3) gave up two runs in six innings and tied a season high with eight strikeouts for the Brewers, who had lost eight of their previous 11 games. Milwaukee was coming off a miserable

ANTWERP The Crestview Knight baseball team traveled to Antwerp

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road trip that included significant knee injuries to first baseman Mat Gamel and shortstop Alex Gonzalez. Gallardo had an RBI single in the fifth, snapping an 8-game scoreless streak by the Reds bullpen. You dont know what games going to turn things around, Roenicke added. We know were going to turn it around and hopefully this was the start. Scott Rolens double in the eighth was the 506th of his career, tying Babe Ruth for 48th on the all-time list. Cincinnatis Jay Bruce hit a 2-run homer off Gallardo in the sixth, his 10th this season. Reds starter Homer Bailey (1-3) gave up six runs and six hits in 3 2/3 innings. He walked three, struck out four and hit a batter. They capitalized all day actually, Reds manager Dusty Baker said. All their runs scored with two outs. They had the bases loaded twice and got a couple of hits. We had the bases loaded once. We had some action but they were getting the clutch hits all night long. Cesar Izturis homered for
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Pacers beat Magic 105-87, advance to 2nd round

By CLIFF BRUNT The Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS Danny Granger and the Pacers are getting some well-deserved time off and he plans to spend some of it rooting for the Knicks against the Heat. Its not that Indianas forward wants to see them win. Hes just hoping New York can extend the series against Miami so the teams keep beating up on each other in a series the Heat lead 3-1. Granger ensured the Pacers will be fresh for whichever team advances, scoring 25 points to help Indiana eliminate the Orlando Magic with a 105-87 victory in Game 5 on Tuesday night. We havent been in this position for six, seven years, he said. Just to finally be back in the playoffs, finally to be competing for a championship as a high seed, is a great place for us to be right now. It was Indianas first series win since 2005 and its first clincher on its home court since the first round of the 2000 playoffs. Darren Collison scored 15 of his 19 points in the fourth quarter and George Hill added 15 points for the Pacers, who trailed by two at the end of the third quarter but outscored the Magic 36-16 in the final 12 minutes. Hill, an Indianapolis native who grew up a Pacers fan, enjoyed the crowd. Fun to be a part of, he
(Continued from Page 6) Tuesday night to take on the Archers in a non-conference matchup. The Knights used big second and third innings to run-rule the Archers in five innings, 12-1. Antwerp struck first in the bottom of the first inning, scoring a run off an RBI single by Shane Cline to take a 1-0 lead, but the Knights struck back in a big way in the second inning. Alec Heffner got the rally started by hitting a double to the right-field gap. After Heffner advanced to third on a passed ball, Jake Harmon picked up the RBI single to score Heffner and tie the game at one. Isaiah Simerman continued the rally with a single, which advanced Harmon to third. After an out, Matt Holden and Damian Helm drew back-to-back walks to force in another run. Venice Roberts pushed the score to 4-1 on a 2-RBI single and Jacob Wortman followed with an RBI single to make the score 5-1. The Knights scored their sixth run of the inning on a fielders choice off the bat of Heffner. Simerman got his second hit of the inning, this time picking up the RBI to give Crestview a 7-1 lead. Crestview again struck with anther big inning in the top of the third. Kole Rolsten, Holden and Helm each drew walks, loading the bases for Roberts, who again came through with an RBI single. The Knights scored another run on a fielders choice ground ball by Wortman. Heffner continued to stay hot at the plate, this time getting an RBI single to score Helm and putting the Knights up 10-1. With runners on second and third, Harmon got his second hit of the game, a 2-RBI double, and put the Knights up 12-1. Crestview held the Archers scoreless the rest of the game. The Knights were led in hitting by Heffner, Roberts,

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Brodeur, Devils eliminate Flyers with 3-1 win

By DAN GELSTON The Associated Press PHILADELPHIA Martin Brodeur has taken this path to the Stanley Cup championship before. Two times hes beaten the Philadelphia Flyers in the East playoffs and gone on to hoist the Cup high over his head in celebration in the finals. One of the games all-time greats, the veteran goaltender has a chance to do it again. Bryce Salvador, David Clarkson and Ilya Kovalchuk scored goals to lift New Jersey to a 3-1 Game 5 win over the Flyers on Tuesday night, sending the Devils into the conference championship round for the first time since 2003. The Devils await the winner of the New York-Washington series, the Rangers lead 3-2. New Jersey rebounded this season under coach Peter DeBoer in his first season on the Devils bench after the franchise suffered one of its worst years since general manager Lou Lamoriello took over in 1987. Brodeur, who turned 40 this series, had 27 saves and the Devils hope they can ride him all the way to June like they did in their three previous championship runs. The sixth-seeded Devils scored twice in the first period and became the first East team to win four straight games in these playoffs. The Devils have won six out of seven and believe they have another title run in them. This is the third time in franchise history New Jersey has defeated Philadelphia in the postseason. The previous two times (1995 and 2000), the Devils went on to win the Stanley Cup. Max Talbot scored for the Flyers but Philadelphia was eliminated in the conference semifinals for the second straight season. The Flyers finished the season without suspended All-Star forward Claude Giroux because of his illegal check to the head on New Jersey center Dainius Zubrus in Game 4. The Flyers again failed in the postseason to hold a quick lead after Talbot scored in the first. Meanwhile, the Devils survived a rugged series of hits unleashed by a frustrated Flyers team that failed to build anything off the surprising first-round win over Pittsburgh. Anton Volchenkov, Marek Zidlicky and Zubrus all suffered punishing hits that knocked them to the ice in Game 5. Bryzgalov had a disheartening end to an erratic first season in Philadelphia. He allowed two YouTube-worthy goals like only he can. Salvador unleashed a shot from outside the circle that skipped along the ice as if he threw a rock across a pond and sailed high over Bryzgalov for the tying goal.

Brendon Stoner and Carson Stoner of Ottoville have been studying martial arts under Shane Lear at Lears Martial Arts Academy in Delphos for 17 months, under Diane Pack at Packs Champion Karate Center in Fort Jennings for just under a year and sword training under John Paxton at Findlay Martial Arts for less than 6 months. Both boys have been competing in tournaments since July 2011. This past month, Brendon, left, received two plaques: one from the Professional Karate Commission (PKC), in which he was State Champion of Ohio for 2011 in Weapons, Kata, and Sparring for 11/12-year-old novice and the other was from the Miami Valley Tournament Association (MVTA) in Dayton for placing first in Weapons, Kata and Sparring for 11/12-year-old novice in the 2011 season. Carson, right, also received two plaques: one from the PKC, in which he was State Runner-Up for Ohio in Weapons, Kata and Sparring for 9/10-year-old novice in 2011 and the other from the MVTA for placing first in Kata and second in Sparring in 9/10-year-old novice for 2011. Currently, both boys are still competing for National Titles in the PKC, whose national season ends at the end of June 2012 and both boys are currently sitting in 1st or 2nd place nationally for their age groups in Weapons, Kata and Sparring. Both boys would like to thank all of their instructors for helping them prepare for past and upcoming tournaments. They are pictured with Lear and their trophies.

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added. Its a blessing. The support that we had today, it reminded me of the Pacers back in the day. To be a part of it was fun. Jameer Nelson led Orlando with 27 points and made 5-of-8 3-pointers. Glen Davis, a thorn in Indianas side throughout the series, scored 15 but made just 6-of-17 shots. The Magic made just 5-of-16 shots in the fourth quarter. Collison made a layup and hit a 3-pointer to give the Pacers a 78-73 lead with 9:33 to play. After Nelson drained another 3, Collison came back with a layup, then Leandro Barbosas steal and layup pushed Indianas lead to 87-80 with 6:49 to play and forced an Orlando timeout. A few minutes later, Indianas Paul George stole an inbounds pass and found Granger under the hoop for a layup and a 91-80 lead. The Pacers dominated from there. Indiana led by as many as 15 points in the first half but as was the case throughout the series, it didnt last. Orlando got hot late in the half and a 3-pointer by Jason Richardson and a bucket by Davis cut Indianas lead to 48-47. Indianas Roy Hibbert made a hook shot to push the lead back to three at the break. A putback by Ryan Anderson gave Orlando a 51-50 lead early in the third quarter. A bucket by David West and a jumper and a 3-pointer by Hill built Indianas lead to

57-51. Orlando rallied again and tied the game at 61 on a fadeaway by Davis before a 3 by Nelson gave Orlando a 66-64 lead. He hit another 3 in the closing seconds he had 15 in the quarter to give Orlando a 71-69 lead. Hill added nine points in the period to keep the Pacers in the game before Collison and Granger put it away.
HAWKS 87, CELTICS 86 ATLANTA Al Horford scored 19 points in his first start since January and Atlanta held on for the victory in Game 5. Game 6 is Thursday in Boston. The Celtics had a chance to clinch the series when Rajon Rondo stole Josh Smiths inbounds pass with 10 seconds remaining. But he got hemmed in along the sideline and Smith knocked away a desperation pass. Paul Pierce and Kevin Garnett led the Celtics with 16 points apiece. Rondo had 13 points and 12 assists. Horford, who went down in January with a torn pectoral muscle, had 11 rebounds, three assists, three steals and three blocked shots. BULLS 77, 76ERS 69 CHICAGO Luol Deng scored 24 points and Carlos Boozer added 19 points and 13 rebounds as Chicago avoided a first-round playoff exit.

The top-seeded Bulls finally won without point guard Derrick Rose, building a 9-point halftime lead and staying in control down the stretch to pull within 3-2. Game 6 is Thursday in Philadelphia. Its been a brutal series for the Bulls, with Rose tearing the ACL in his left knee late in the opener and center Joakim Noah spraining his left ankle in Game 3. He sat out his second straight game. The Bulls held the Sixers to a season-low 32.1 percent shooting. Jrue Holiday scored 16 points on 5-of-17 shooting for Philadelphia while Lou Williams scored 13 and Andre Iguodala and Spencer Hawes both finished with 11. Hawes grabbed 14 rebounds. NUGGETS 102, LAKERS 99 LOS ANGELES Andre Miller scored 24 points, including two free throws with 12.8 seconds left, and Denver survived Kobe Bryants 43-point performance to avoid playoff elimination. JaVale McGee had 21 points and 14 rebounds for the Nuggets, who trimmed the Lakers series lead to 3-2. Game 6 is Thursday in Denver. Denver had a 15-point lead midway through the fourth quarter but Bryant hit four 3-pointers over the final 4:47 to make it 98-96 with 59 seconds left. Ramon Sessions hit a 3-pointer with 12.8 seconds left, trimming the Nuggets lead to one point. Los Angeles had two more chances to tie after Millers free throws but Bryant and Sessions missed 3-point attempts.

In a season loaded with head-scratching tallies allowed, Bryzgalov saved the weirdest for the finale. Clarksons dump-in was pushed by Flyers defenseman Kimmo Timonen toward the goaltender. Instead of controlling it, wrapping it around the boards or even just covering it, Bryzgalov pushed it right back toward a charging Clarkson, whose stick grazed the puck as it slid through the goalie and past the line. The Devils could have credited Bryzgalov with an assist on that goal. Kovalchuk fired a liner from the high slot after the Devils won the faceoff to make it 3-1 in the third to seal the win. From there, New Jerseys depth took over and stuffed any hope of a home team rally. The fact that we have four lines and roll six defensemen really helps, DeBoer added. Its a team game. We play that way and guys really believe in what were doing. But thats a good team we just beat over there and we have a long way to go. All the inspirational Rocky clips on their highlight reel couldnt inspire the Flyers. Even Girouxs presence may not have even mattered in Game 5. Without their leading scorer, the Flyers tried to knock around the Devils with a series of both clean and questionable hits. Zac Rinaldo stayed on his skates when he charged full speed with his right shoulder and crushed Volchenkov against the boards. Volchenkov was down on his knees for several minutes before he walked to the bench.

Harmon and Simerman, who all had two hits on the night. Roberts also picked up the win on the mound for Crestview. Simerman and Bryce Richardson came in to throw two innings of scoreless relief. Crestview will take on Lincolnview tonight in sectional final action at Crestview High School with the start time scheduled for 5 p.m. ----Jeffcat JVs whip Mustangs The Jefferson JV baseball team improved their record to 14-6 with a 8-1 win over Allen East Tuesday night. Jordan Herron was the winning pitcher. Leading the hitting was Zavier Buzard with two hits. ----Lady Racers seeded 18th in NAIA National Championships LIMA The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics released the pairings and brackets for the 2012 Womens Tennis National Championships, held May 15-19 in Mobile, Alabama. The University of Northwestern Ohio was slotted the 18th seed and will open up the tournament at 10 a.m. Tuesdayagainst No. 14 Lewis-Clark State (Idaho). The winner of that match then faces third-seeded EmbryRiddle at 10 a.m. May 16. Lady Racers and Robert Morris (Ill.) are two newcomers to the tournament while 10 schools will be appearing for the 10th time since 2000. Seventeen of the 24 qualifiers are returners from last years tournament. UNOH enters the tournament after upsetting Davenport University in the finals of the NAIA Unaffiliated Group Tournament. The Lady Racers are 16-9, ranked 26th in the final NAIA Coaches Top 25 poll, and finished runners-up in the Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference. Go to NAIA.org to view the bracket and match schedule.

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The Associated Press FIRST ROUND (Best-of-7) Tuesdays Results Indiana 105, Orlando 87, Indiana wins series 4-1 Atlanta 87, Boston 86, Boston leads series 3-2 Chicago 77, Philadelphia 69, Philadelphia leads series 3-2 Denver 102, L.A. Lakers 99, L.A. Lakers lead series 3-2

NBA PLAYOFF GLANCE

The Associated Press CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS (Best-of-7) Tuesdays Result New Jersey 3, Philadelphia 1,

NHL PLAYOFF GLANCE

Todays Games New York at Miami, 7 p.m., Miami leads series 3-1 L.A. Clippers at Memphis, 9:30 p.m., L.A. Clippers leads series 3-1 Thursdays Games Chicago at Philadelphia, 7 p.m. Atlanta at Boston, 8 p.m. L.A. Lakers at Denver, 10:30 p.m.

Hamilton plenty thankful for his 4 HR-game

By DAVID GINSBURG The Associated Press BALTIMORE Josh Hamilton expects it will take some time before he realizes the significance of becoming the 16th player in baseball history to hit four home runs in a game. He does, however, appreciate how fortunate he was to be playing baseball at Camden Yards on Tuesday night as a member of the Texas Rangers. Because, before his epic performance against the Baltimore Orioles, Hamilton had to do something even harder than launching a quartet of 2-run homers. He needed to save himself from personal ruin. Hamilton went from firstround draft pick by Tampa Bay in 1999 to out of baseball altogether because of drug and alcohol addiction. He recovered and returned to the majors in 2007 with Cincinnati and was traded to Texas, where he has become a star the AL MVP in 2010 while still battling his addiction. He had a relapse before this season but is off to a torrid start. After going 5-for-5 with a career-high eight RBIs and setting an AL record with 18 total bases in the Rangers 10-3 win, Hamilton reflected on what his life was like before this unforgettable night. I think about what Gods done in my life, everything I did to mess it up, he said. To finally surrender everything and pursue that relationship with Christ on a daily basis and understanding when I dont pursue it, I end up messing up. Understanding that what Im doing and what Gods allowed me to do, coming back from everything I went through and allowing me to play the game at the level I play it, its pretty amazing to think about. Few players in the game today are playing at Hamiltons level. Hes batting .406 and leads the majors with 13 homers and 36 RBIs. Thats impressive but not as mind-blowing as his heroics against the Orioles. Hamilton homered off Jake Arrieta in the first and third innings, added another off Zach Phillips in the seventh and topped it off with a 1-forthe-books shot against Darren ODay. During the last at-bat, Hamilton took a mighty hack and missed, lined a foul into right-field seats and then sent an 0-2 pitch over the centerfield wall. Amazing, Texas manager Ron Washington said. Josh came out tonight and he wasnt going to be denied. I know he cant do it every night but what you saw tonight, hes capable of it. As he spoke to the media afterward, Hamilton wore a blue T-shirt emblazoned with BEAST MODE. On this night, he was a beast with the bat. Its like anything else you do something good or something incredible happens, it takes a little bit for it to sink in, Hamilton said. I think when I get away from everybody and I have some time to myself, I think it might then. The last player to hit four home runs in a game was Carlos Delgado on Sept. 25, 2003, for Toronto against Tampa Bay. Two of the 16 players to hit four homers in a game did it before 1900. History was witnessed tonight, Washington added. As he walked to the plate in the eighth inning, Hamilton felt a sense of calm. He had never hit more than two home runs in a game and already had three. I just went up like it was any other at-bat because if I dont hit one, Hamilton reasoned, Ive still had a really good night. Obviously its, other than being in the World Series, the highlight of my big-league career. I was saying after I hit two Ive never hit three in a game before and what a blessing that was. Then to hit four is just an awesome feeling, to see how excited my teammates got. It reminds you of when youre in Little League and a little kid and just the excitement and why we play the game. Things like that. You never know what can happen. It was just an absolute blessing. So is his career. Hamilton will become a free agent after this season but thats something he wont deal with until the proper time. God gives me peace, man. I pray a lot. I want to be where he wants me to be, Hamilton added. If thats Texas, I love it in Texas. And you know, I take it as far as day-to-day life, a one-day-at-a-time mentality not only for a recovering addict but that should be for everybody. Its one day at a time really because tomorrow is not promised and yesterdays gone.

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The Associated Press National League East Division W L Pct GB Washington 18 11 .621 Atlanta 19 12 .613 New York 17 13 .567 1 1/2 Miami 15 15 .500 3 1/2 Philadelphia 14 17 .452 5 Central Division W L Pct GB St. Louis 19 11 .633 Cincinnati 15 14 .517 3 1/2 Houston 14 16 .467 5 Pittsburgh 13 16 .448 5 1/2 Milwaukee 13 17 .433 6 Chicago 12 18 .400 7 West Division W L Pct GB Los Angeles 19 11 .633 San Francisco 15 15 .500 4 Arizona 14 17 .452 5 1/2 Colorado 12 17 .414 6 1/2 San Diego 11 20 .355 8 1/2 Tuesdays Results N.Y. Mets 7, Philadelphia 4 Pittsburgh 5, Washington 4 Atlanta 3, Chicago Cubs 1 Houston 3, Miami 2 Milwaukee 8, Cincinnati 3 St. Louis 6, Arizona 1 San Diego 3, Colorado 1 San Francisco 2, L.A. Dodgers 1 Todays Games Cincinnati (Cueto 4-0) at Milwaukee (Greinke 3-1), 1:10 p.m. Atlanta (T.Hudson 1-0) at Chicago Cubs (Maholm 3-2), 2:20 p.m. Colorado (Friedrich 0-0) at San Diego (Bass 1-3), 3:35 p.m. N.Y. Mets (Gee 2-2) at Philadelphia (Cl. Lee 0-1), 7:05 p.m. Washington (Detwiler 3-1) at Pittsburgh (Bedard 2-4), 7:05 p.m. Miami (Jo.Johnson 0-3) at Houston (Harrell 2-2), 8:05 p.m. St. Louis (Lohse 4-1) at Arizona (Miley 3-0), 9:40 p.m. San Francisco (Lincecum 2-2) at L.A. Dodgers (Billingsley 2-2), 10:10 p.m. Thursdays Games Washington (Strasburg 2-0) at Pittsburgh (Correia 1-2), 7:05 p.m. ----

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American League East Division W L Pct GB Baltimore 19 11 .633 Tampa Bay 19 11 .633 New York 16 13 .552 2 1/2 Toronto 16 14 .533 3 Boston 12 17 .414 6 1/2 Central Division W L Pct GB Cleveland 17 12 .586 Detroit 15 14 .517 2 Chicago 14 17 .452 4 Kansas City 10 19 .345 7 Minnesota 8 21 .276 9 West Division W L Pct GB Texas 20 10 .667 Oakland 16 14 .533 4 Seattle 14 18 .438 7 Los Angeles 13 18 .419 7 1/2 Tuesdays Results Chicago White Sox 5, Cleveland 3, 10 inn. N.Y. Yankees 5, Tampa Bay 3 Texas 10, Baltimore 3 Kansas City 6, Boston 4 Minnesota 5, L.A. Angels 0 Oakland 7, Toronto 3 Detroit 6, Seattle 4 Todays Games Toronto (Morrow 3-1) at Oakland (T.Ross 1-2), 3:35 p.m. Chicago White Sox (Peavy 3-1) at Cleveland (J.Gomez 2-1), 7:05 p.m. Tampa Bay (Niemann 2-3) at N.Y. Yankees (Phelps 0-1), 7:05 p.m. Texas (Lewis 3-1) at Baltimore (W.Chen 2-0), 7:05 p.m. Boston (Lester 1-2) at Kansas City (B.Chen 0-4), 8:10 p.m. L.A. Angels (E.Santana 0-6) at Minnesota (Pavano 2-2), 8:10 p.m. Detroit (Smyly 1-0) at Seattle (Vargas 3-2), 10:10 p.m. Thursdays Games Tampa Bay (Price 5-1) at N.Y. Yankees (Sabathia 4-0), 7:05 p.m. Texas (D.Holland 2-2) at Baltimore (Hammel 4-1), 7:05 p.m. Cleveland (D.Lowe 4-1) at Boston (Beckett 2-3), 7:10 p.m. Toronto (H.Alvarez 2-2) at Minnesota (Marquis 2-1), 8:10 p.m. Detroit (Scherzer 1-3) at Oakland (Colon 3-2), 10:05 p.m.

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(Continued from Page 6) the Brewers, his first home run since July 10, 2010. With Braun on first base after a 2-out single in the first, Bailey hit Ramirez in the left arm with a 93-mph fastball. Ramirez briefly was attended to by a trainer but remained in the game. Bailey then walked Corey Hart to load the bases for Jonathan Lucroy, who hit a single up the middle that scored Braun and Ramirez for a 2-0 lead. Nyjer Morgan made a sensational catch to rob Rolen of a potential home run in the second, leaping near the center-field wall and coming down with the ball. Travis Ishikawa then had a big catch of his own to end the inning, diving into the seats down the first-base line to catch a foul popup. Milwaukee came up with another 2-out rally in the second, when Morgan singled, Rickie Weeks walked and Braun pounded a ground-rule double to left, scoring Morgan for a 3-0 lead. Ramirez popped out to end the inning. Bailey loaded the bases with two out in his half of the fourth and Baker brought in reliever J.J. Hoover to face Ramirez. The Brewers signed

Ramirez as a free agent in the offseason, hoping the former Cubs slugger could take Prince Fielders role in the cleanup spot. But coming into Tuesdays game, Ramirez was hitting .215 and he made a throwing error in the fourth inning. With the Miller Park crowd sitting in relative silence, a fan in the second deck shouted Show us why youre here! at Ramirez and he did a few pitches later, smacking a bases-clearing triple to right stretched Milwaukees lead to 6-0.
PIRATES 5, NATIONALS 4 PITTSBURGH Rod Barajas hit a 2-run homer off Washington closer Henry Rodriguez with two outs in the ninth to lift the Pittsburgh Pirates to a 5-4 victory on Tuesday night. The veteran catcher, mired in a season-long slump, drilled a shot down the left-field line that sailed a few rows into the seats for his first home run and RBIs of the year. The Nationals went ahead 4-3 after Adam LaRoches 2-run blast in the top of the ninth off Pittsburgh closer Joel Hanrahan. Alex Presley singled with one out in the bottom of the ninth off Rodriguez (1-2) and moved to third on a pair of wild pitches before Barajas broke through. Tony Watson (2-0) earned the victory after replacing Hanrahan. METS 7, PHILLIES 4 PHILADELPHIA Lucas Duda had a tie-breaking, 2-out RBI single in the seventh and the New York Mets took advantage of Philadelphias defensive blunder. Duda and David Wright had two

hits and two RBIs each to help the Mets win their fourth straight. Hunter Pence homered for the Phillies. The Mets took the lead in the seventh with four 2-out runs on four hits, including Dudas single to right off left-hander Antonio Bastardo (1-2) that drove in Wright with the go-ahead run. Manny Acosta (1-2) didnt allow a run or hit in two-thirds of an inning in the sixth in relief of starter Miguel Batista. ASTROS 3, MARLINS 2 HOUSTON Pinch-hitter Brian Bogusevic hit an eighth-inning RBI double and Houston ended Miamis season-long 7-game winning streak. The game was tied at 2-2 when Travis Buck singled with two outs before Bogusevics hit off Ryan Webb (1-1) to the corner of left field, which a leaping Logan Morrison just missed, sent Buck home. The Astros had tied the game when two errors on one play by Omar Infante allowed two runs to score in the sixth inning. Infante had a solo homer in the fourth and Buck added one in the fifth to give Miami the 2-0 lead but they managed just two hits the rest of the way. Wilton Lopez (3-0) allowed one hit in the eighth for the win and Brett Myers pitched a scoreless ninth for his eighth save. Jon Rauch got the last three outs in his first save opportunity of the season. BRAVES 3, CUBS 1 CHICAGO Dan Uggla hit a tie-breaking 2-run single in the eighth inning. Michael Bourn reached on a leadoff single and Kerry Wood issued two walks before Uggla drove a 1-1 pitch back up the middle for his third hit of the game. Freddie Freeman helped set up the big inning by hustling down the line to prevent a potential double play. Wood (0-2) has struggled since he was sidelined for three weeks

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with right shoulder fatigue, yielding two runs in each of his two outings since he was activated from the DL on Thursday. Kris Medlen (1-0) pitched a perfect seventh, Jonny Venters worked out of a jam in the eighth and Craig Kimbrel finished for his 10th save in 11 chances. GIANTS 2, DODGERS 1 LOS ANGELES Ryan Vogelsong pitched into the eighth inning for the first time this season and the San Francisco Giants ended a streak of 12 straight winning decisions at home by Clayton Kershaw. Kershaw hadnt lost at home since April 16, 2011, against St. Louis. The Giants snapped an 0-6 skid against the left-hander with their first win since Aug. 1, 2010. Vogelsong (1-2) allowed one run and eight hits in 7 1/3 innings. The right-hander walked three and struck out one. Lopez got the first two outs in the ninth and Santiago Casilla retired Juan Uribe for his sixth save in seven attempts. Kershaw (2-1) had his careerbest 10-game overall winning streak end. He gave up two runs and five hits in eight innings, struck out seven and walked one. CARDINALS 6, DIAMONDBACKS 1 PHOENIX Carlos Beltran homered in his first two at-bats, including a grand slam, for six RBIs, and St. Louis handed Arizona their fourth loss in a row. Beltran hit a 2-run homer off Ian Kennedy in the first, then cleared the bases with a shot into the swimming pool area in right-center in the seconds, his 10th career grand slam. Jake Westbrook (4-2) blanked the Diamondbacks on four hits through seven innings. Kennedy (3-2) threw five scoreless innings after Beltrans slam but the Diamondbacks lost for the sixth time in seven games. PADRES 3, ROCKIES 1 SAN DIEGO Will Venable tripled and scored in the first, then doubled in the go-ahead run in the fifth inning to back 37-year-old Jeff Suppan. Suppan (2-0) settled down after the first inning, when he allowed two hits and two walks but gave up only one run. Suppan contributed to the go-ahead run when he sacrificed Jason Bartlett, who drew a leadoff walk in the fifth. Venable then followed with a double to left to give the Padres a 2-1 lead against Alex White, (0-1), who was making his season debut. Orlando Hudson added an RBI triple in the eighth. Suppan held Colorado to one run and four hits in five innings, walked two and struck out one.

WHITE SOX 5, INDIANS 3, 10 innings CLEVELAND Alex Rios wasnt seeking revenge against Cleveland closer Chris Perez. He got it anyway. Rios tripled home the go-ahead run in the 10th inning and the Chicago White Sox beat the Cleveland Indians 5-3 Tuesday night. On May 3, Perez retired Rios for the final out of a 7-5 win in Chicago and the excitable closer started pumping his fist and yelling. Rios took exception to it, thinking it was directed at him. After delivering to help Chicago win for only the second time in eight games, Rios said it was no big deal. It was just part of baseball, Rios said. I was just trying to hit the ball hard somewhere and it worked out pretty good. Perez (0-1) was peeved at losing. Asked if he was surprised by his outing, the normally genial reliever shot back, Thats a stupid question. This is baseball, he replied. I was never going to give up another run again? Come on. Its baseball. I gave up two hits. We lost, It stinks, especially after we battled back. What are you going to do? The right-hander yielded a leadoff single to Paul Konerko, who was replaced by pinch runner Brent Lillibridge. After A.J. Pierzynski fouled out, Rios lined a ball over the head of second baseman Jason Kipnis that rolled all the way to the wall in rightcenter as Lillibridge easily scored. Rios scored on a fielders choice, beating a throw home from Kipnis, who fielded a ground ball hit by Alexei Ramirez. Hector Santiago (1-1) pitched the ninth for his first career win and Addison Reed worked a perfect 10th for his second save after new closer Chris Sale blew a 3-0 lead in the eighth. These guys didnt fold, manager Robin Ventura said. They battled and did just a great job. That was a wellstruck ball by Rios. Rios was in a 3-for-18 skid until getting two singles off starter Justin Masterson and his second career triple off Perez. He also hit a walkoff grand slam off Clevelands closer Sept. 10. Perez allowed only one run over his previous 13 outings. Carlos Santanas 2-run single off Sale tied it at 3. Until then, Cleveland had been shut out on four hits by John Danks, who bounced back from consecutive poor starts to pitch well. Danks left after yielding singles to Casey Kotchman and Jack Hannahan to open the eighth. Hannahans ball fell just in front of leftfielder Dayan Viciedo, who pulled up near the foul line. Sale got Johnny Damon to hit a slow roller to shortstop Ramirez, who booted it for an error, loading the bases. Kipnis grounded out to first, scoring Kotchman, and Asdrubal Cabrera walked, reloading the bases. Santana then lined a ball right past Sale and into center field to tie it. It was Sales first outing since beating Cleveland 7-2 as a starter May 1. A reliever last year, he went 3-1 in five starts. I was mentally and physically ready to go, even though I hadnt been out there for a while, Sale said. I feel bad for Johnny. We rode in together

The Associated Press BASEBALL WASHINGTON Kirk Radomski, the former New York Mets batboy who provided drugs to dozens of major-league baseball players, took the stand at Roger Clemens perjury trial and described a shipment of human growth hormone he sent to Clemens house about a decade ago. Radomski showed the jury an old, torn shipping label he found under his television set in his bedroom in June 2008. Federal agents had failed to find the label when they searched his home three years earlier because they apparently didnt look under what Radomski called his huge, old dinosaur of a TV. The label was addressed to Brian McNamee, Clemens former strength coach, at Clemens home address in Texas. Radomski said the shipment was for two kits of HGH about 50-100 needles that he estimated occurred in 2002. Major League Baseball would fund scholarships and exert greater

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and he was pumped, saying Im better than that, I can beat that team. I let him down. Indians starter Justin Masterson made 27 pitches in the first inning, allowing five hits and falling behind 2-0. One run scored on a groundout by Paul Konerko and A.J. Pierzynski added an RBI single. Cleveland put a runner on third with no outs in the seventh, but Danks quickly got out of it. Masterson struggled to throw strikes but kept Cleveland in the game. The right-hander allowed six hits and two runs over six innings, walking five. Pierzynskis bases-loaded RBI groundout made it 3-0 in the seventh off reliever Dan Wheeler. NOTES: Cleveland LHP Nick Hagadone struck out the side in the ninth, one day after earning his first career save. ... When Hagadone and Tony Sipp saved both ends of a doubleheader Monday, it was the first time since the save became an official statistic in 1969 that two different Cleveland lefties did it in a twinbill. YANKEES 5, RAYS 3 NEW YORK David Robertson struck out Carlos Pena with the bases loaded to end a rocky ninth inning in his first save chance since Mariano Riveras season-ending knee injury, helping New York end a 7-game skid against Tampa Bay. Raul Ibanez homered twice, Curtis Granderson also connected and the Yankees handed James Shields (5-1) his first loss in seven starts this season. Ivan Nova (4-1) rebounded nicely after snapping his 15-game winning streak, pitching seven sharp innings, the last three in a steady rain. He gave up six hits and struck out eight. Shields gave up three runs and four hits in six innings. TWINS 5, ANGELS 0 MINNEAPOLIS Scott Diamond pitched a career-best seven scoreless innings in his season debut and Ryan Doumit hit a two-run homer, lifting Minnesota over Los Angeles. Diamond (1-0) struck out six, the most in any of his eight major league starts, and allowed only four hits. Hes the first Twins starter to pitch this year without allowing a run. Diamond got 12 groundball outs, seven to shortstop Brian Dozier, and walked only one. Dan Haren (1-3) didnt even finish the fourth, the shortest of his seven starts this season after pitching into the seventh inning in each of his last four appearances. He gave up eight hits and five runs with two walks over 3 2-3 innings. TIGERS 6, MARINERS 4 SEATTLE Justin Verlander won his 12th straight decision on the road, Prince Fielder homered and Detroit raced to an early lead before holding on to beat Seattle. Verlander wasnt his sharpest, giving up three runs and seven hits, but he retired nine of his final 10 batters, struck out six and went at least six innings for the 49th straight start. Andy Dirks had a single, double and drove in three runs in his first two at-bats, helping give Verlander (3-1) a 5-0 lead. Detroit needed just three pitches to take a 1-0 lead off Kevin Millwood, who struggled early before making it through five innings. Millwood (0-4) allowed five runs on eight hits with five walks and three strikeouts. ROYALS 6, RED SOX 4 KANSAS CITY, Mo. Billy Butler hit a mammoth three-run homer in the eighth inning to lead Kansas City past Boston. Chris Getz and Humberto Quintero also drove in runs for the Royals, who overcame another lousy performance by their starting pitcher to pick up a confidence-boosting win. Daniel Bard (2-4) walked Jarrod Dyson and Alex Gordon to start the eighth before giving way to reliever Matt Albers, whose third pitch to Butler landed beyond the left-field wall. Kelvin Herrera and Jose Mijares (2-1) had kept Kansas City in the game after Danny Duffy lasted just 4 1-3 innings. Jonathan Broxton worked the ninth for his sixth save. ATHLETICS 7, BLUE JAYS 3 OAKLAND, Calif. Newcomer Brandon Inge hit a game-ending grand slam to cap a five-run ninth inning rally for Oakland against Toronto. The Blue Jays took the lead in the top of the ninth off Grant Balfour (1-1) when Eric Thames hit a leadoff triple and scored on Kelly Johnsons twoout single. Michael Taylor hit an opposite-field fly in the bottom half that landed just inside the right-field line for a leadoff double off Francisco Cordero (1-2) and went to third on Jemile Weeks sacrifice. Cliff Pennington followed with an RBI single to right field to tie the game. After two intentional walks, Inge ended it with a drive into the left-field seats.

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Ford to boost factory output by 40,000 vehicles

By TOM KRISHER The Associated Press DETROIT (AP) Rising car and truck sales have prompted Ford Motor Co. to add a week of production at 13 North American factories so the company can make another 40,000 vehicles this year. Ford said Tuesday that it would cut in half the normal two-week summer shutdown at six assembly plants and seven engine and parts plants. Auto plants normally close for two weeks around the July 4 holiday as they switch over to make vehicles for the next model year. Through April, U.S. auto sales ran at an annual rate of more than 14 million, substantially higher than last years 12.8 million. Ford sales were up 5 percent. Total U.S. car and truck sales rose 10.3 percent through April to 4.65 million vehicles, according to Autodata Corp. Many analysts are forecasting sales of about 15 million new vehicles in 2013. At Ford, most factories have been running at capacity, and the company is adding third shifts at three plants just this month to meet higher demand, said Jim Tetreault, vice president of North American manufacturing for the company. Requiring more capacity from our plants is a good problem to have, and having the flexibility to add a week of production in our plants goes a long way toward solving it, Tetreault said in a statement. Factories that will work the extra week include Chicago Assembly, which makes the Ford Explorer SUV and Ford Taurus and Lincoln MKS large cars; Dearborn Truck, in Dearborn, Mich., which makes F-Series trucks; Louisville Assembly in Louisville, Ky., which makes the new Ford Escape small SUV; Kentucky Truck in Louisville, which makes heavy-duty pickups and the Lincoln Navigator and Ford Expedition big SUVs; Michigan Assembly in Wayne, Mich., which makes the Ford Focus compact; and Kansas City Assembly in Claycomo, Mo., which makes F-150 pickups. Other factories with the added week include Dearborn Engine, Chicago Stamping, Cleveland Engine No. 1, Lima Engine in Lima, Ohio; Essex Engine in Windsor, Ontario; Sterling Axle in Sterling Heights, Mich., which makes transmission and engine parts; and the Rawsonville parts plant in Ypsilanti Township, Mich. Ford now has the capacity to make 2.6 million vehicles in North America, but the company plans to add shifts and make other changes to

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push that up to 3 million this year, spokeswoman Marcey Evans said. The 40,000 increase announced Tuesday is part of that plan, she said. Ford shares fell 13 cents, or 1.2 percent, to $10.53 in afternoon trading. Its shares are up from a 52-week low of $9.05 in early October but down 31 percent from their high of $15.35, reached almost a year ago. Ford is the second U.S. automaker to raise production this year by cutting summer downtime. In the past two weeks, Chrysler announced that it would cancel the twoweek summer shutdown at the Jefferson North plant in Detroit, Toledo Supplier Park in Toledo, Ohio, and at plants in Belvidere, Ill., and Toluca, Mexico. Chrysler also plans to take only one-week shutdowns at factories in Sterling Heights, Mich., and Saltillo, Mexico.

DEAR BRUCE: We purchased our BRUCE WILLIAMS house about five years ago, and our closing attorney scheduled the survey for two days after closing. Everything turned out fine. The back line of our property is about 477 feet long. We put up a fence, and then we were confronted by our neighbor behind us, who told us our survey was wrong. He says one of the two corner pins is off by about 30 feet. I mentioned to him that the surveyors found the pin in a large rock in the creek, right where the register of deeds states it should be. The neighborhood was surveyed in 1979 and showed the pin in the creek then. He has a survey from the 1920s that shows the pin 30 feet up the hill. I asked him to take me to court to keep things civil, because I didnt know what else to do. We didnt hear from him for about a year, until he showed up on the front step looking for an argument. He said he was taking down my fence and putting up barbed wire on what he thought was the property line. There was no stopping him. I called the police and made a report. My fence is now down, and barbed wire is running through my trees. I have called a few local attorneys, and without at least a $150 consultation fee, they dont even want to talk to me. I dont want to give away money that I cant really afford. I thought of taking my neighbor to small-claims court for the fence and the survey. (I paid the surveyors to put in a few extra stakes along the line to help me install the fence on my property.) My fear is that the small-claims court will tell me it cannot determine property lines, which would put me further behind or possibly help his case. I also thought of calling in another survey company and letting it know up front what I am going through. I need to mention that my original survey company has gone out of business. Can you please offer some advice? -- P.T. DEAR P.T.: It seems to me this problem should be resolved by your title company. I have to believe that you were required to carry title insurance when you obtained your mortgage, assuming you have one. You mention that the pin was in a large rock in the creek, and that when the neighborhood was surveyed 30-plus years ago, it showed the pin in the creek. Your neighbors 90-year-old survey shows the pin 30 feet up the hill. Pins dont move by themselves; creeks do. It could be that relying on the creek as a point is faulty. Nonetheless, this is clearly a question of the title company providing the service you paid for. Theres a challenge to the survey, which is a challenge to the title, and it is up to the title company to get that resolved.

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THE FAMILY of Dorothy Altenburger would like to express our sincere appreciation for the many acts of kindness during moms illness and passing. The cards, flowers, memorials, food, visits and especially the prayers were greatly appreciated. Thank you to Dr. Joel Knerr, Shanda of Love Heitmeyer Funeral Home and the Ottoville VFW Ladies Auxiliary. We also thank the caring staff of Vancrest and St. Ritas Hospice. Thank you to DeeDee Schlagbaum and the ladies who prepared and donated food for the delicious luncheon. A special thanks to Fr. John, choir, greeters, and liturgy committee for a beautiful funeral mass. An extra thank you to Vancrest Assisted Living staff and residents for being moms extended family these last four years. Jack & Barb Altenburger Randy & Judy Altenburger Dennis & Debra Altenburger and Families

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Al-Qaida bomb master: Brutality and novelty

By BRIAN MURPHY Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates Ibrahim Hassan al-Asiri has built a reputation as alQaidas bomb-making savant one potential near miss at time: Explosive-rigged underwear aboard a Christmas flight to the U.S. in 2009, printers fitted with high-grade explosives the next year and now possibly a metal-free device that could avoid airport detectors. Before those failed attempts, he staged an even more audacious attack: Turning his own brother into a suicide bomber in a mission that injured Saudi Arabias top counterterrorism official and was later decried by the U.S. State Department for its brutality, novelty and sophistication. You tyrants ... your bastions and fortifications will not prevent us from reaching you, said an al-Qaida statement claiming responsibility for the August 2009 blast in Jiddah. This appears to be the essence of al-Asiris plots as one of the leaders of the Yemen-based Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula, or AQAP. A pattern has emerged of explosive expertise channeled into designs using a smuggler-style stealth and innovation to try to outwit security forces and spy agencies. U.S. authorities Tuesday probed the latest device believed to be the work of the Saudi-born al-Asiri or one of his students after it was uncovered in a CIA operation. It was described as a refinement of the underwear bomb that failed to detonate aboard a jetliner over Detroit on Dec. 25, 2009. The twist this time was an absence of metal, which could have made the device undetectable by conventional airport scanners. It was a threat from a standpoint of the design, said John Brennan, President Barack Obamas counterterrorism adviser. Al-Asiri, 30, arrived in Yemen in 2006 after being jailed by Saudi officials in crackdowns against Islamic militants. They put me in prison and I began to see the depths of (the Saudi) servitude to the Crusaders and their hatred for the true worshippers of God, from the way they interrogated me, he is quoted as saying in the September 2009 issue of Sada al-Malahem, or Voice of Battles, an Arabic-language online magazine put out by al-Qaidas branch in Yemen. His younger brother, Abdullah, also made the trek to Yemen as they turned their backs on their father, a four-decade veteran of the Saudi military. In Yemens rugged northern mountains, they met with fugitive Yemeni militant Nasser alWahishi, a former aide to Osama bin Laden, and became the nucleus of the new al-Qaida affiliate, said the magazine account, which could not be independently confirmed. They later brought in U.S.-born cleric Anwar al-Awlaki as a powerful propaganda voice in the West. Al-Awlaki was killed in a U.S. airstrike last September. U.S. intelligence officials at first believed alAsiri also was killed in the attack, but the suspicions were proven wrong several weeks later. In August 2009, al-Asiri was linked to an elaborate scheme to strike at the heart of Saudis intelligence services. His brother Abdullah posed as a disenchanted militant wishing to surrender to high-ranking officials in his homeland. A Saudi royal jet was dispatched. To avoid detection, the explosives where reported hidden in his rectum or held between his legs. Once inside the Saudi intelligence offices in the Red Sea port of Jiddah, he detonated the device near his target: Deputy Interior Minister Prince Mohammed bin Nayef whose father Prince Nayef ran the ministry and would later become the kingdoms heir to the throne. Prince Mohammed was slightly injured in the suicide blast. The bomb used an industrial explosive known as PETN, or pentaerythritol tetranitrate, the same material used in 2001 by convicted shoe bomber Richard Reid when he tried to destroy a trans-Atlantic flight. It would become a signature element of alAsiris plots, according to intelligence analysts. After the failed Christmas 2009 bombing, investigators pulled al-Asiris fingerprint off the bomb hidden in the underwear of the Nigerianborn suspect, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, aboard the Northwest Airlines flight. Less than a year later, al-Asiri was linked to the discovery of printer cartridges packed

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with PETN and sent by international courier with Chicago-area synagogues listed as the destination. The explosive-rigged packages believed powerful enough to bring down a plane were pulled off airplanes in England and the United Arab Emirates. Al-Asiri became a major focus of Americas anti-terrorism efforts. In March 2011, Washington officially designed al-Asiri as a wanted terrorist, calling him the primary bombmaker for AQAP. It also presumably puts al-Asiri among the chief targets on the U.S. hit list. Last month, U.S. officials expressed concern that al-Qaida intends to advance plots along multiple fronts, including renewed efforts to target Western aviation, according to a joint intelligence bulletin circulated from the U.S. Northern Command, the FBI and Homeland Security Department. While al-Asiri has been dubbed the master bomb-maker of al-Qaidas Yemen franchise, it may be wrong to label him the linchpin of the groups ability to strike with explosives, said Gregory Johnsen, a Yemen expert at Princeton University. I think it is safe to assume that in the nearly six years that he has been in Yemen, he has trained other individuals to replace him if he were to be killed, Johnsen wrote on his blog Tuesday. It is unlikely that Asiri is the only bombmaker AQAP has within its ranks he is just the only name we know.

Orangutans use iPads to communicate

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BOSTON Couples retiring this year can expect their medical bills throughout retirement to cost 4 percent more than those who retired a year ago, according to an annual projection released today by Fidelity Investments. The estimated $240,000 that a newly retired couple will need to cover health care expenses reflects the typical pattern of projected annual increases. The Boston-based company cut the estimate for the first time last year, citing President Barack Obamas health care overhaul. Medicare changes resulting from that plan are expected to gradually reduce many seniors out-of-pocket expenses for prescription drugs. But Fidelity says overall health care cost trends are on the rise again, so its raising its cost estimate from last years $230,000 figure. As long as health care cost trends exceed personal income growth and economic growth, health care will still be a growing burden for the country as a whole and for individuals, says Sunit Patel, a senior vice president for benefits consulting at Fidelity, and an actuary who helped calculate the estimate. However, this years 4 percent rise is relatively modest. Annual increases have averaged 6 percent since Fidelity made its initial $160,000 calculation in 2002. The projections are part of Fidelitys benefits consulting business. The study is based on projections for a 65-year-old couple retiring this year with Medicare coverage. The estimate factors in the federal programs premiums, co-payments and deductibles, as well as out-of-pocket prescription costs. The study assumes the couple does not have insurance from their former employers, and a life expectancy of 85 for women and 82 for men. The estimate doesnt factor in most dental services, or long-term care, such as the cost of living in a nursing home. This years estimate could change significantly. Next month, the U.S. Supreme Court will decide whether to strike down part or all of the 2010 health care law, including its centerpiece requirement that nearly all Americans carry insurance or pay a penalty. If the ruling requires significant changes, Fidelity may update its estimate, Patel said. Although its focus is expanding health care access to people under age 65, the law also is intended to benefit many retirees by gradually closing whats known as the doughnut hole coverage gap in the Medicare drug benefit. But longer-term, retirees cost savings arent expected to offset other factors driving expenses up, such as new medical technologies, greater use of health care services, and more diagnostic tests. Fidelitys findings illustrate the importance of factoring in health care alongside housing, food and other expenses in retirement planning. If medical costs continue to rise faster than personal incomes, many retirees will have to adjust their household budgets so they can cover medical costs, Patel says.

Area ladies ride in Kentucky Derby Pegasus Parade

On May 3, nine area ladies along with 10 other ladies represented the American Sidesaddle Association in the Kentucky Derby Pegasus Parade. The parade theme this year was Family, Fun & Games. The ladies dressed as Southern Belles with long dresses and brimmed hats. Area ladies were: Suzanne Cooper of Grover Hill and her horse Johnny; her daughter, Tianna Cooper of Grover Hill, and her horse Holly; her stepmother, Mary Davis of California, and her horse Cindy; Heather Hershberger of Van Wert and her horse Zoey; Chelsea Gamble of Ottoville and her horse Mickey; Crystle Brower of Convoy and her horse Coco; Malayna Van Cleve of Oakwood and her horse OZ; Molly Meeker of Oakwood and her horse Sarah; and Deb Bidlack of Grover Hill and her horse Little Jet. Several of these ladies have ridden in the parade before. This is Molly Meekers second year, Chelsea Gambles third year, Heather Hershbergers fifth year and Deb Bidlacks eighth year. Bidlack is the

Nine area ladies represented the American Sidesaddle Association in the Kentucky Derby Pegasus Parade on May 3. They include, from left, Suzanne Cooper and Johnny, Mary Davis and Cindy, Tianna Cooper and Holly, Molly Meeker and Sarah, Maylana VanCleve and Oz, Deb Bidlack and Little Jet, Chelsea Gamble and Mickey, Crystle Brower and Coco and Heather Hershberger and Zoey.

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By DEEPTI HAJELA Associated Press NEW YORK Speakers at a panel on Tuesday disagreed over whether a correspondent for The Associated Press who defied military censors by reporting that the Germans had surrendered unconditionally in World War II had acted properly. Edward Kennedy was fired by the AP in 1945 after he became the first journalist to send a firsthand account of the surrender in Reims, France, that he and 16 other journalists witnessed. As a condition of seeing it, they made a pledge to keep it secret for a time, as British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and President Harry Truman had agreed to suppress news of the capitulation for a day. That was to allow Russian dictator Josef Stalin to stage a second surrender ceremony in Berlin. After it was reported on the radio in Europe, Kennedy defied military officials and sent his account to APs London bureau, without briefing his editors about the embargo situation. Retired foreign correspondent John Darnton said Tuesday that he questioned why Kennedy took that tack. Why didnt he let AP know what he was doing? Darnton asked, adding that by not

one that got this group of ladies together this year and is hoping they will continue for years to come. Be sure to watch for them in the Peony Parade, John Paulding Days Parade and other upcoming parades this summer To learn more about sidesaddle, visit the American Sidesaddle web site at americansidesaddleassociation. org\ .

MIAMI The 8-year-old twins love their iPad. They draw, play games and expand their vocabulary. Their familys teenagers also like the hand-held computer tablets, too, but the clans elders show no interest. The orangutans at Miamis Jungle Island apparently are just like people when it comes to technology. The park is one of several zoos experimenting with computers and apes, letting its six orangutans use an iPad to communicate and as part of a mental stimulus program. Linda Jacobs, who oversees the program, hopes the devices will eventually help bridge the gap between humans and the endangered apes. Our young ones pick up on it. They understand it. Its like, Oh I get this, Jacobs said. Our two older ones, they just are not interested. I think they just figure, Ive gotten along just fine in this world without this communication-skill here and the iPad, and I dont need a computer. Jacobs said she began letting the orangutans use iPads last summer, based on the suggestion of someone who had used the devices with dolphins. The software was originally designed for humans with autism and the screen displays pictures of various objects. A trainer then names one of the objects, and the ape presses the corresponding button. The devices have been a great addition to the enrichment programs Jungle Island already does with the orangutans, Jacobs said. Keepers have long used sign language to communicate with them. Using their hands, the orangutans can respond to simple questions, identify objects and express their wants or needs. The apes can also identify body parts, helping the trainers care for them and even give them shots. Were able to really monitor their health on a daily basis, Jacobs said of the need for communication with the orangutans. We can do daily checks. If somebodys not feeling well, we know it immediately. While Jacobs and other trainers have developed strong relationships with the orangutans, the iPad and other touchscreen computers offer an opportunity for them to communicate with people not trained in their sign language. It would just be such a wonderful bridge to have, Jacobs said. So that other people could really appreciate them. Orangutans are extremely intelligent but limited by their physical inability to talk, she said. They are sort of trapped in those bodies, Jacobs said. They have the intelligence that they need to communicate, but they dont have the right equipment, because they dont have voice boxes or vocal chords. So this gives them a way to let us know what they know, what they are capable of, what they would like to have.

WARWICK, R.I. (AP) Police at Rhode Islands T.F. Green Airport said Tuesday that a domestic dispute was behind an incident in which gun components and ammunition were found hidden inside a childs stuffed animals, including a Mickey Mouse. Authorities later allowed the 4-year-old boy and his father to continue their travel to Detroit after concluding the man didnt pose a risk, authorities said. He told police that he didnt know the parts were inside the stuffed toys. It appears to be the result of a domestic dispute, Rhode Island Airport Police Chief Leo Messier said in a statement. It was jointly investigated by the RI Airport Police, FBI and the RI State Police and it was determined that there was no threat at any time to air safety. Officials with airport police and the Transportation Security Administration declined to comment further, saying the incident remained under investigation. The man and his son were headed to Detroit when a TSA officer noticed the disassembled gun components artfully concealed inside three stuffed animals. The stuffed animals, including a teddy bear and a rabbit, were inside the childs carry-on bag, which had been put through an X-ray machine as part of normal security screening. Authorities said a .40-caliber gun was found inside one animal, while a magazine loaded with two .40-caliber rounds and a firing pin were found inside a second animal. Another part of a gun known as a slide was found inside the third animal. The parts could have been assembled to make a full firearm, authorities said. The items were confiscated. Police have not released the mans name.

doing so Kennedy was kind of usurping that decision-making power, which in my mind should have been left to people higher up inside AP. But former AP foreign correspondent George Bria said Kennedy made the right decision in the competitive news atmosphere. He had to have it first and right, and he did the right thing as far as Im concerned, Bria said. The panel was held at AP headquarters. AP President and CEO Tom Curley recently apologized for the news agencys decision to fire Kennedy, and on Tuesday he said, His conduct was absolutely the right thing to do and beyond reproach. Curley, who is retiring this year, has also co-written an introduction to Kennedys newly published memoir, Ed Kennedys War: V-E Day, Censorship & The Associated Press. After Kennedy broke the news, the military briefly suspended the APs ability to dispatch any news from the European theater. When that ban was lifted, more than 50 of Kennedys fellow war correspondents signed a protest letter asking that it be reinstated. The military expelled Kennedy from France. APs management at the time condemned him as well, leading to his firing.

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