December 10, 2014

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Wednesday, december 10, 2014
Gerker joins county

Eco Dev effort
Vol. 145 No. 126
Delphos, Ohio
BY STEPHANIE GROVES
DHI Media Staff Writer
sgroves@delphosherald.com
DELPHOS The Delphos Economic Growth Partnership drew over a dozen

local business owners, community leaders and concerned citizens during a meeting
at the Delphos Eagles Tuesday night to discuss and highlight the progress steering
committee members have made with business and community development strategies during the past few months.
Conversation turned toward identifying a point person for the Delphos group; an
individual who knows Delphos and will work with both Allen and Van Wert county
Economic Development teams.
Van Wert County Economic Development Director Sarah Smith announced Sue
Gerker has taken the Economic Development Program Manager position with the
Van Wert County agency. Gerker will work directly with Smith to provide community and economic development programs to Van Wert County.
See GERKER, page 12
The Delphos Economic Area Growth Partnership meeting Tuesday night highlighted
the progress steering committee members have made with business and community
development strategies. Van Wert County Commissioner Thad Lichtensteiger, Van Wert
Economic Development Director Sarah Smith and newly-hired Economic Development
Program Manager Sue Gerker talk over economic strategies. (DHI Media/Stephanie
Groves)
Wolfe
clarifies
calamity
days
Upfront
Band boosters
offer drawing
Jefferson Band
Boosters are selling
Christmas Raffle tickets.
The cost is $20 for a
chance to win a $1,000
first prize, $500 second
prize or $250 third prize.
The drawing will be held
today during the Jefferson
Band Christmas Concert
which starts at 7 p.m.
Winners need not be present.
Call 567-371-9412 or
419-234-1068 for tickets
or more information.
BY NANCY SPENCER
DHI Media Editor
nspencer@delphosherald.com
Herald seeks
man, woman of
the year nods
The Delphos Herald

is searching for the 2014
Tri-County Area Man and
Woman of the Year.
Nominees should, by reason of public service and community involvement, deserve
the title Man of the Year
and Woman of the Year.
A panel of judges not
associated with the newspaper will decide the winners.
Recommendations must
be received by 5 p.m. Dec.
17 in The Delphos Herald
newsroom, 405 N. Main St.,
Delphos, OH 45833, or e-mail
nominations to nspencer@
delphosherald.com.
Sports
Tickets on sale
St. Johns is selling tickets for upcoming
basketball matchups.
Tickets for Fridays 6
p.m. home game versus
Crestview and Saturdays
game at Elida are $6 for
adults and $4 for students.
Tickets will be sold in
the high school office during school hours until
1 p.m. on Friday.
All tickets will be
$6 at the door.
Forecast
Mostly cloudy
this morning
then becoming partly
cloudy. Mostly
clear tonight.
Highs in the mid 30s. Lows
in the mid 20s. See page 2.
Index
Obituaries
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The Next Generation
Community
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Comics and Puzzles
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Fort Jennings senior Student Council members Connor Wallenhorst, Tyler Ricker, Alyssa Louth and
Jenna Calvelage shop for items for the schools Toys for Tots donation. (Submitted photo)
Penny Stall raises nearly $2,000 for Toys for Tots

INFORMATION SUBMITTED
FORT JENNINGS The Student

Council at Fort Jennings High School
recently organized a Penny Stall competition.
On the day before Thanksgiving,
each class, grades 7-12, was asked to

bring in as many pennies as possible.
The pennies had to be dropped in containers on the teachers desks before
the bell rang to start class. The teacher
then was required to count the pennies
before class could begin that day.
Village suffers 80
water line breaks
The idea was to organize each

class, decide how many periods and
which ones students wanted to stall
and to plan on bringing in enough
pennies to get that goal accomplished.
See PENNY, page 12
DELPHOS Hours or
days? Most school districts
in Ohio are struggling with
this question when delays and
cancellations will determine
if teachers and students need
to make up time in the classroom.
Delphos City Schools
and the Delphos Education
Association met recently to
clarify the calamity days policies. Superintendent Kevin
Wolfe read a statement noting
that while students will be
allowed up to eight calamity days of hours or 52
hours before adding extra
days to the schedule, teachers, according to the Ohio
Revised Code, will only be
allowed up to five calamity
days. After five days have
been reached, teachers will
make up the required days at
the end of the current school
calendar.
With the state changing
the requirements for students
to hours and the teachers still
marking days, we just felt we
needed to put this out there
so everyone is on the same
page, Wolfe said.
Wolfe also noted a sizeable amount of funds recently
received by the district.
See BOARD, page 12
BY STEPHANIE GROVES
DHI Media Staff Writer
sgroves@delphosherald.com
SPENCERVILLE Village Administrator Sean Chapman

told village council Spencerville has suffered close to 80 water
line breaks this past year and through some research, he suspects high chlorine content corroded the water lines, leaving
the system vulnerable to leaks.
Weve done some research in-house regarding what was
causing the rash of leaks we experienced from November
2013 until September 2014, he said. At first, we attributed
the leaks to the harsh winter; however, come spring, summer and fall, they never stopped occurring. One thing we
recognized was that we changed gas chlorine suppliers in
November 2013 and ceased using gas chlorine in September
2014.
Based on some of the research, it showed that chlorine, fed
in higher concentrations, can become corrosive to the water
lines.
Since we quit feeding the gas chlorine, our leaks have
been reduced drastically, he said. I realize we will continue
to have leaks but its nice to know that we may not see another
record year of close to 80 leaks.
Chapman said the Water Treatment Plant is operating fine.
He said Plant Supervisor Jim Cave has a good grasp on the
daily duties and has been working on maintenance schedules.
The final pay applications have been processed.
See BREAKS, page 12
Hohenbrinks spread Christmas magic
Brad and Kent Hohenbrink, owners of Hohenbrink TV in Delphos, recently donated $1,300 and 14 Christmas trees to the Delphos Community
Christmas Project to help make residents holiday season a little brighter.
Brad Hohenbrink hands Community Christmas Project volunteer Deb
Rostorfer a check to be used for gifts. (DHI Media/Stephanie Groves)
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Wednesday, December 10, 2014
For The Record

VAN WERT COURT NEWS
VAN WERT Van Wert County Common
Pleas Court had one Treatment in Lieu violation
and 10 arraignments on Wednesday.
TREATMENT IN LIEU VIOLATION
Michael Sparrow, 23, Delphos, admitted to
violating his Treatment in Lieu programs by having
several positive drug tests. The Court then entered
a guilty finding to his charges of breaking and
entering and safecracking. The Court then ordered
a pre-sentence investigation and set sentencing for
9 a.m. Dec. 17.
ARRAIGNMENTS
Dan Neiferd, 37, Van Wert, entered not guilty
pleas to child endangering, a felony of the third
degree, and illegal cultivation of marijuana, a
felony of the fourth degree. He was released on a
surety bond and pretrial set for 8 a.m. Dec. 17.
Jordan Perl, 22, Van Wert, entered a not guilty
plea to grand theft, a felony of the third degree. He

was released on a surety bond and pretrial set for
8 a.m. Dec. 23.
Rodney Adams, 21, Van Wert, entered a not
guilty plea to two counts trafficking marijuana, a
felony of the fifth degree. He was released on a
surety bond and pretrial set for 8 a.m. Dec. 23.
Countez Kelly, 21, Lima, entered a not guilty
plea to possession of cocaine, a felony of the third
degree. He was released on surety bond with pretrial set for at 8 a.m. Dec. 17.
Lisa Couch, 46, Van Wert, entered a not guilty
plea to domestic violence, a felony of the fourth
degree. She was released on a surety bond with an
order to have no contact with the victim. Pretrial
was set for 8 a.m. Dec. 17.
Dion Kantner, 41, Lima, entered a not guilty
plea to trafficking cocaine, a felony of the fourth
degree, and two counts of trafficking in counterfeit
controlled substance, also a felony of the fourth
Safety coalition reports 1 fatal crash in November

there were seven traffic fatalities.

In all of 2013, there were a total of seven
fatal crashes, resulting in seven fatalities.
According to the National Highway
Traffic Safety Administration, each traffic fatality has a comprehensive cost of
$5,377,368. Total comprehensive costs
for 2014 Allen County fatal crashes is
$43,018,944.
LIMA The Lima-Allen County Safe

Community Coalition reports there was one
fatal traffic crash on Allen County roadways during November.
So far this year, there have been eight
fatal crashes, resulting in eight fatalities.
During the same 11-month period last year,
TODAY IN HISTORY
Associated Press
Today is Wednesday,
Dec. 10, the 344th day of
2014. There are 21 days
left in the year.
Todays Highlight in
History:
On Dec. 10, 1964,
Martin Luther King Jr.
received his Nobel Peace
Prize in Oslo, saying he
accepted it with an abiding faith in America and
an audacious faith in the
future of mankind.
On this date:
In 1520, Martin Luther
publicly burned the papal
edict demanding that he
recant, or face excommunication.
In 1787, Thomas H.
Gallaudet, a pioneer of
educating the deaf, was
born in Philadelphia.
In 1817, Mississippi
was admitted as the 20th
state of the Union.
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Redding, 26, and six others were killed when
their plane crashed into
Wisconsins Lake Monona.
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American League adopted
the designated hitter rule
on an experimental basis
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Bishop Desmond Tutu
received the Nobel Peace
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One Year Ago

On Friday, St. Johns High School Mission Society held
a coat and clothing drive to benefit the Interfaith Thrift
Shop. Members Samantha Bonifas, Sydney Fischbach, Ben
Wrasman, Quinn Wise, Nick Bockey, Alicia Buettner, Maddie
Burgei, Alaine Utrup and Austin Heiing showed the garments
collected.
25 Years Ago 1989
Marty and Nolan Sherrick will open the Hollow Log
Monday at 7798 Elida Road, between Elida and Delphos on
State Route 309. The business will specialize in folk art, crafts
and flowers. Classes on making cornhusk dolls, ribbon bows,
teddy bears, wood carving and quilting are also being planned.
The log building containing the business was reassembled
from a log house and a log barn.
A tribute to Bertha Schmelzer was presented at the recent
Christmas dinner-meeting of Catholic Ladies of Columbia.
She was recognized for her years of service to the council as
recording secretary. Members were entertained by St. Johns
Bell Choir under the direction of Marilyn Roxlau.
The Jefferson Wildcats went head-to-head against the
Columbus Grove Bulldogs Friday night. Using an explosive
first- and second-quarter offense, the Wildcats rolled to an
85-47 victory. Leading all scorers was Jon Boggs with 26.
Three others hit double figures as Don Rice hit 15, Brian
Strayer knocked in 12 on four 3-pointers and Bill Stemen
added 10.
50 Years Ago 1964
Herman T. Dienstberger of Delphos, was elected president
of the Allen County Fair Board Tuesday evening during the
board meeting held in Lima. Dienstberger is the first Delphos
resident to hold the post of president since the fair was moved
to Lima 15 years ago. Prior to that time, the fair was known as
the Tri-County Fair and was held in Delphos.
Members of the American Legion Auxiliary held their
annual Christmas dinner meeting Monday evening in the post
club rooms on State Street. Following the dinner, a business
session was conducted. The members decided to send donations to all Veterans Administration hospitals in Ohio and to the
Ohio Soldiers and Sailors Orphans Home in Xenia.
W. E. Dugas was re-elected president of the Delphos
Sportsmens Club, Inc., during a meeting of the club held
Tuesday evening. Other officers elected were: vice president,
Joe Strayer; secretary-treasurer, Rev. John Wilcox; chairman of
trap committee, Dr. George Weber; chairman of membership
committee, Paul Harter, Jr.; and chairman of the entertainment
committee, Mike Youngpeter.
75 Years Ago 1939
Through the efforts of a group of Delphos young people, an
evening of entertainment was afforded Sunday when the initial
performance of the musical comedy, My Tomboy Girl, was
given in St. Johns auditorium. Those on the production staff
were: Director, Rev. M. C. Herr; singing director, Norman
Geier; publicity, Robert Say; stage managers Oliver Sever,
Laverne Kemper, Louis Klausing and Paul Vonderembse; and
property managers Donald Say, Gerald Will and Reno Bianchi.
Carl A. Lewis, representing the Zion Presbyterian Church
near Venedocia, won first place in the Van Wert County Prince
of Peace Declamation contest which was held Sunday night at
Van Wert. Roger Steele of the First Methodist Church in Van
Wert was second. Walter Meads, representing the Delphos
Presbyterian Church, was the only other contestant and did
not place.
Four interesting pictures are now being exhibited in the
windows at the Delphos Printing and Publishing Company.
The pictures were awarded to Commemorative Post, No. 268,
American Legion, for its successful membership campaign.
Two of the pictures are of cemeteries in France, one the
Argonne Cemetery in Argonne Forest and the other, the United
States Cemetery, No. 593, First Division. The two other pictures show war-torn Verdun and Chateau Thiery.
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thousands of spectators and
nearly 100 visiting heads
of state with a plea for the
world to emulate the last
great liberator of the 20th
century. (The ceremony
was marred by the presence of a sign-language
interpreter who deaf advocates said was an imposter
waving his arms around
meaninglessly.) General
Motors named product
chief Mary Barra its new
CEO, making her the first
woman to run a U.S. car
company.
Todays Birthdays: Soap
opera creator Agnes Nixon
is 87. Former Agriculture
Secretary Clayton Yeutter
is 84. Actor Tommy Kirk
is 73. Actress Fionnula
Flanagan is 73. Pop singer Chad Stuart (Chad and
Jeremy) is 73. Actresssinger Gloria Loring is
68. Pop-funk musician
Walter Clyde Orange
(The Commodores) is 68.
Rhythm-and-blues singer Ralph Tavares is 66.
Rhythm-and-blues singer
Jessica Cleaves (Friends of
Distinction) is 66. Country
singer Johnny Rodriguez
is 63. Actress Susan Dey
is 62. Former Illinois Gov.
Rod Blagojevich is 58. Jazz
musician Paul Hardcastle is
57. Actor-director Kenneth
Branagh is 54. Actress Nia
Peeples is 53. TV chef
Bobby Flay is 50. Rock
singer-musician J Mascis
is 49. Rock musician Scot
(cq) Alexander (Dishwalla)
is 43. Actress-comedian
Arden Myrin is 41. Rock
musician Meg White (The
White Stripes) is 40.
Rapper Kuniva (D12) is
39. Actor Gavin Houston is
37. Violinist Sarah Chang
is 34. Rock musician Noah
Harmon (Airborne Toxic
Event) is 33. Actor Patrick
John Flueger is 31. Actress
Raven-Symone is 29.
degree. He was released on a surety bond and pretrial set for 8 a.m. Dec. 23.
Natasha Bashore, 31, Van Wert, entered a not
guilty plea to theft, a felony of the fifth degree, and
forgery, also a felony of the fifth. She was released
on surety bond with pretrial set for 8 a.m. Dec. 17.
Jonathon Mattix, 27, Van Wert, entered a not
guilty plea to failure to register as a sex offender,
a felony of the third degree. He was released on
surety bond with pretrial set for 8 a.m. Dec. 17.
David Boff, Jr., 22, Van Wert, entered a not
guilty plea to failure to register as a sex offender,
a felony of the fourth degree. He was released on
a surety bond and pretrial set for 8 a.m. Dec. 23.
Charles Myers IV, 28, Willshire, entered a
not guilty plea to trafficking drugs, a felony of
the fourth degree, and aggravated trafficking
drugs, also a felony of the fourth degree. He was
released on surety bond with pretrial set for 8
a.m. Dec. 17.
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WEATHER
WEATHER FORECAST
Tri-County
Associated Press
TODAY: Mostly cloudy in
the morning then becoming
partly cloudy. Highs in the
mid 30s. North winds 10 to
15 mph.
TONIGHT:
Mostly
clear. Lows in the mid 20s.
Northwest winds 10 to 15
mph.
THURSDAY:
Mostly
sunny. Highs in the mid 30s.
West winds 10 to 15 mph.
THURSDAY NIGHT:
Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid
20s. West winds 10 to 15 mph.
FRIDAY AND FRIDAY
NIGHT: Partly cloudy. Highs
in the upper 30s. Lows around
30.
SATURDAY
AND
SATURDAY NIGHT: Partly
cloudy. Highs in the lower
40s. Lows in the mid 30s.
SUNDAY AND SUNDAY
NIGHT: Mostly cloudy.
Highs in the upper 40s. Lows
in the upper 30s.
MONDAY: Mostly cloudy
with a 20 percent chance of
rain. Highs in the upper 40s.
MONDAY
NIGHT:
Mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of rain. Lows in
the mid 30s.
TUESDAY: Mostly cloudy
with a 30 percent chance of
rain and snow. Highs in the
upper 30s.
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STATE/LOCAL
BRIEFS
Train Show
sponsored by
Putnam Railfans
INFORMATION
SUBMITTED
LIMA Since 1999,

the Putnam Association of
Railfans has gathered locally
to promote the hobby of model
railroading and the preservation of railroad history.
The clubs home base is the
Fort Jennings Depot, where
recently an open house organized
by the group entertained and educated almost 300 visitors.
The Putnam Railfans invite
the general public to their
annual train show from 10
a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday at the
Allen County Fairgrounds.
Featured will be model
railroading material of all
gauges, railroad memorabilia,
and operating model railroad
layouts for the youngsters and
for those just young at heart.
This is a great time to grab
that hard to find Christmas gift
or to just take in the nostalgia
of an old train set around the
Christmas Tree, Wes Klir, the
clubs vice president, noted.
Its truly an American classic,
and its right here for everyone
to come out and enjoy.
Admission is $5 for adults
with free entry for children 12
and under.
Lincoln Highway
Association meets
Tuesday in Delphos
INFORMATION
SUBMITTED
DELPHOS The Western
Ohio Chapter of the Lincoln
Highway Association will
hold its monthly meeting
Tuesday in Delphos.
Members and guests will
dine at 6 p.m. at The Grind
Caf and Coffee House, 226
N. Main St., and a short business meeting will follow.
Around 7 p.m., attendees
will proceed to the Delphos
Canal Commission Museums
16th annual Christmas Tree
Festival for a tour.
The public is invited.
Senate passes
changes to state
weapons laws
COLUMBUS (AP) An
Ohio bill that relaxes some
requirements to obtain concealed carry permits cleared
the state Senate on Tuesday
after a legislative panel
scrapped other proposed
changes to the states weapons laws.
The gun measure also
would allow hunters to use
noise suppressors on their
guns under certain conditions.
The idea, which passed the
House earlier this year, would
let licensed hunters use the
noise suppressors while hunting certain birds and other
wild game, including squirrels, rabbits and white-tailed
deer.
Senators passed the broad
legislation on a 24-6 vote as
they sought to finish their
work this week.
Backers of the bill contend
that noise suppressors would
help protect hunters hearing,
while making field commands
easier to hear because hunters
would not have to shout.
Opponents have said quieter weapons are not as safe
and are easier to use illegally. Democratic Sens. Mike
Skindell and Nina Turner told
their colleagues they feared
that hunters would be emboldened to seek game closer to
residential areas.
The Senate Civil Justice
Committee amended the bill
earlier Tuesday to reduce the
training time to get a concealed weapons permit from
a minimum of 12 hours to
eight. Such training must
include two hours devoted to
range time and live-fire training. The legislation also provides that certain out-of-state
licenses will be recognized
and allows a person who isnt
an Ohio resident to get or
renew a concealed handgun
license if he or she works in
Ohio.
Local educator becomes Google

Certified at Google Teacher Academy
AUSTIN, Texas Missy McClurg, a teacher
at Delphos Jefferson High School, has become
a Google Certified Teacher through the Google
Teacher Academy.
The academy is an intensive program that recognizes educators who are doing innovative and
exciting things in their classrooms with technology.
Fifty participants get hands-on experience
with Googles products and technologies, learn
about innovative instructional strategies and
receive resources to share with colleagues.
Upon completion, academy participants become
Google Certified Teachers who share what they
learn with other educators in their local regions
and beyond.
Google Certified Teachers are exceptional educators with a passion for using innovative tools to
improve teaching and learning, as well as creative
leaders and ambassadors for change. They are recognized experts and widely admired for their commitment to high expectations for students, lifelong
learning and collaboration.
McClurgs personal action plan as a Google
Certified Teacher includes wanting to start a
Northwestern Ohio Google Educator Group in
Google+ and providing summer ed tech trainings
for teachers in the Delphos City Schools.
The Google Certified Teacher program was
launched in 2006 with the first academy held
at Google headquarters in Mountain View. The
program has since held academies across the US,
McClurg
Australia, and U.K., expanding the ranks of Google
Certified Teachers to over 800 educators worldwide. The Google Teacher Academy is produced
by Google, in collaboration with Computer-Using

Educators (CUE, Inc), an educational non-profit
organization.
Millions available More than 65,000 deer checked

through program during gun hunting season
COLUMBUS - Community organizations, faith-based
groups and businesses are being asked to partner together
to encourage mentorship in Ohios schools and help give
more students access to role models who can help motivate and inspire them. The Ohio Department of Education
will begin accepting applications today for the states new
$10 million Community Connectors mentoring program.
Applications will be accepted through Feb. 20, 2015.
Community Connectors is one of the key education initiatives announced by Ohio Governor John R. Kasich at his
2014 State of the State address to support Ohios schools
by fostering increased student mentorship. There is little
doubt that an adults presence in a childs education brings
greater success in the classroom, said Dr. Richard A.
Ross, superintendent of public instruction. Our boys and
girls need an adult, a mentor they can trust, someone who
shows them compassion, who builds their self-esteem and
can keep them believing that the sky is the limit.
Nonprofit organizations from the faith-based and civic
communities are eligible to lead a project. They must team
up with a business and an eligible public school district (or
school within an eligible district) to establish a mentorship
program. Eligible school districts are those with a high
percentage of students in poverty and a high number of
students not graduating on time. All students within that
district, regardless of socioeconomic status, will be eligible
to participate in the program. Grant initiatives are to focus
on the following:
Setting Goals to be Prepared for 21st Century Careers;
Building Character;
Developing Pathways to Achievement;
Building Resiliency;
Believing in a Positive Future.
Those organizations and schools who partner in mentoring efforts can receive a maximum award of $500,000,
with the state matching three dollars for every dollar spent.
The state will hold several grant application seminars
across the state to help organizations understand the program and application process.
More information about the program can be found at
www.CommunityConnectors.Ohio.Gov.
Bills legalizing
fireworks clears Senate
COLUMBUS (AP)
Consumer grade fireworks
would be legal to use in Ohio
under legislation moving
through the state Legislature.
Current state law prohibits
setting off firecrackers, smoke
bombs and other recreational
fireworks available for purchase
in Ohio and says they must be
transported out-of-state within
48 hours of being bought.
A bill sponsored by
state Sen. Dave Burke, a
Marysville
Republican,
cleared the Ohio Senate in
a 21-7 vote Tuesday. Burke

says it would give Ohioans
the freedom to celebrate their
national pride and joy in a safe
and responsible manner.
A companion measure is
moving through the Ohio
House.
Sen. Shannon Jones, a
Springboro Republican, was
among opponents raising the
issue of safety. She questioned why the state fire marshal hadnt testified.
Victims of fireworks accidents testified against the bill.
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COLUMBUS Hunters checked 65,485

white-tailed deer during Ohios 2014 gun hunting season, Dec. 1-7, according to the Ohio
Department of Natural Resources (ODNR).
Rifles using specific straight-walled cartridges were allowed during Ohios deer-gun
season. Gun hunters took advantage of the
new opportunity and checked 5,360 deer with
straight-walled cartridge rifles.
Hunters have checked 148,830 deer so far in
all 2014 hunting seasons, compared to 162,720
at the same point last year. Hunters
harvested 75,408 deer during the 2013
deer-gun season.
Until recently, the populations in
nearly all of Ohios counties were
above their target numbers. In the
last few years, through increased
harvests, dramatic strides have been
made in many counties to bring those populations closer toward their goal, and the effectiveness of these herd management efforts are
reflected in the number of deer checked this
season. Once a countys deer population is
near goal, harvest regulations are adjusted to
maintain the population.
Counties reporting the highest number
of checked deer during the 2014 gun season: Coshocton (2,308), Muskingum (2,084),
Tuscarawas (2,074), Guernsey (1,788),
Ashtabula (1,730), Knox (1,727), Licking
(1,655), Harrison (1,491), Carroll (1,477) and
Belmont (1,428).
Hunting is the best and most effective management tool for maintaining Ohios healthy
deer population. During the 2013-14 hunting
season, Ohio hunters checked 191,459 deer.
Ohio ranks fifth nationally in resident hunters and 11th in the number of jobs associated with hunting-related industries. Hunting
has a more than $853 million economic
impact in Ohio through the sale of equipment,
fuel, food, lodging and more, according to
the National Shooting Sports Foundations
Hunting in America: An Economic Force for
Conservation publication.
The ODNR Division of Wildlife remains
committed to properly managing Ohios deer
populations through a combination of regulatory and programmatic changes. The goal
of Ohios Deer Management Program is to
provide a deer population that maximizes
recreational opportunities, while minimizing
conflicts with landowners and motorists. This
ensures that Ohios deer herd is maintained
at a level that is both acceptable to most, and

biologically sound.
Find more information about deer hunting
in the Ohio 2014-15 Hunting and Trapping
Regulations or at wildohio.gov. An updated
deer harvest report is posted online each
Wednesday. Archery season remains open
through Sunday, Feb. 1, 2015. The muzzleloader season is Jan. 2-5, 2015.
Ohios first modern day deer-gun season
opened in 1943 in three counties, and hunters
harvested 168 deer. Deer hunting was allowed
in all 88 counties in 1956, and hunters harvested
3,911 deer during that one-week season.
ODNR ensures a balance between
wise use and protection of our natural
resources for the benefit of all. Visit the
ODNR website at ohiodnr.gov.
A list of all white-tailed deer checked
by hunters during weeklong 2014 deergun hunting season is shown below.
The first number following the countys name
shows the harvest numbers for 2014, and the
2013 numbers are in parentheses.
Adams: 1,134 (1,343); Allen: 348 (380); Ashland:

1,160 (1,162); Ashtabula: 1,730 (2,334); Athens: 1,360
(1,745); Auglaize: 278 (299); Belmont: 1,428 (1,851);
Brown: 940 (932); Butler: 308 (312); Carroll: 1,477
(2,019); Champaign: 434 (414); Clark: 195 (198);
Clermont: 685 (667); Clinton: 285 (250); Columbiana:
1,245 (1,726); Coshocton: 2,308 (2,658); Crawford:
515 (528); Cuyahoga: 24 (31); Darke: 241 (170);
Defiance: 871 (744); Delaware: 422 (393); Erie: 219
(176); Fairfield: 708 (827); Fayette: 142 (103); Franklin:
124 (113); Fulton: 336 (341); Gallia: 1,220 (1,420);
Geauga: 470 (509); Greene: 213 (224); Guernsey:
1,788 (2,401); Hamilton: 165 (202); Hancock: 443 (338);
Hardin: 487 (544); Harrison: 1,491 (2,133); Henry:
334 (326); Highland: 1,004 (1,041); Hocking: 1,195
(1,456); Holmes: 1,349 (1,494); Huron: 921 (1,029);
Jackson: 968 (1,156); Jefferson: 1,120 (1,494); Knox:
1,727 (1,966); Lake: 138 (126); Lawrence: 779 (1,002);
Licking: 1,655 (1,887); Logan: 672 (653); Lorain: 646
(678); Lucas: 105 (131); Madison: 154 (127); Mahoning:
555 (750); Marion: 340 (348); Medina: 567 (555);
Meigs: 1,270 (1,482); Mercer: 206 (219); Miami: 250
(211); Monroe: 1,056 (1,337); Montgomery: 130 (109);
Morgan: 1,207 (1,445); Morrow: 671 (640); Muskingum:
2,084 (2,604); Noble: 1,031 (1,454); Ottawa: 121 (88);
Paulding: 509 (499); Perry: 1,160 (1,362); Pickaway:
330 (343); Pike: 701 (818); Portage: 451 (568); Preble:
272 (274); Putnam: 315 (255); Richland: 1,159 (1,182);
Ross: 1,106 (1,167); Sandusky: 261 (208); Scioto: 761
(1,099); Seneca: 710 (747); Shelby: 397 (371); Stark:
759 (883); Summit: 122 (140); Trumbull: 983 (1,298);
Tuscarawas: 2,074 (2,604); Union: 313 (301); Van Wert:
283 (214); Vinton: 1,032 (1,424); Warren: 321 (285);
Washington: 1,409 (1,606); Wayne: 639 (724); Williams:
831 (838); Wood: 389 (213); Wyandot: 749 (690). Total:
65,485 (75,408).
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and excitement of science and technology. Each
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parts: the Robot Game,
the Project and the FLL
Core Values. This years
challenge was Learning
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Wild Legos were both
recognized for performing a random act of
kindness during the day
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Gordon, Adam Fischer and Noah Ledyard; and front,
Mark Wrasman, Cody Williams and Devin Lindeman.
The Wild Legos team consists of sixth-graders,
back from left, Michaela Shawhan, Elizabeth Gerow,
Courtney Ebbeskotte and Jayna Friemoth; and front,
Brenden Etgen and Zach Herron. (Submitted photos)
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research trophy for their
Rosary Rap project.
Projects had to answer
the question, How can we
improve the way someone
learns?
The Wild Legos created
a music video on how to
learn to pray the rosary.
Their video can be viewed
Jefferson students kick off

Computer Science Week
Delphos Jefferson students kicked off Computer
Science Education week Monday by using Googles
Ngram viewer, an online graphing tool that charts
the yearly count of selected n-grams (sequence of
letters of any length) as found in over 5.2 million
digitized books. Tyler Klint, left, Shayna Sanchez
and Lexi Carpenter analyze the trend of Microsoft
versus Google in books over the last few decades.
Students at Jefferson will be participating this week
in the Hour of Code and Beyond, a global movement reaching tens of millions of students in more
than 180 countries, the largest learning event in history. (Submitted photo)
on the St. Johns webpage.

The Brick Builders created a Homework Helper
to help students remember
homework assignments.
The Wild Legos will
advance to the Ohio Youth
Robotics Wayne Warrior The Brick Builders consist of sixth graders, back
District First Lego League from left, Audrey Ferguson, Anna Schneer, Kylie
Tournament on Jan. 10-11. OConnor, Curtis Mueller and KC Edsall; and front,
Troy Smith and Renee Unland.
Students of the month awarded

Jefferson Middle School recently announced its November Students of
the Month. They include, front from left, Kalie Ulm, Rileigh Rahrig and
Jenna Illig; and back, Colby Klaus, Allyson Hasting and Alyssa Hohlbein.
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Preschoolers love Pizza time

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child has their own pizza box. Inside are activities based on each childs
individual likes and needs. The activities are designed to help the children
with colors, shapes, letters, numbers, critical thinking and fine motor skills.
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Are you also writers?
In a world of selfies
and six-second Vine videos, its nice to know that
one of the oldest forms of
expression - writing - still
gets some recognition.
While there are lots of
contests for school-age
students, here are two with
a focus on writing:
Letters
About
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students in grades 4-12,
sponsored by the Library
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asked to read a book, poem
or speech and write to that
author (living or dead)
about how the book affected them personally. Letters
are judged on state and
national levels. Grade 9-12
need to have theirs turned
in by Monday. Elementary
and middle schoolers have
until Jan. 15. For more
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Another great writing contest is sponsored
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According to the site, If
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Its no secret that knowing your way around the
computer/tablet/mobile
device is becoming an
essential. And its probably not too surprising to
learn that future career
success will partly depend
on familiarity with computer science.
Thats one reason an
international non-profit
group started an ambitious
project last year called
Hour of Code.
The project is a grassroots effort to encourage
students in the field of
computer science and provide learning resources for
everyone online for free.
Its a challenge for students of all ages to learn
even just a little coding.
Last year, 20 million
students participated in an
Hour of Code program.
For 2014, the Hour of
Code takes place during
Computer Science and
Education Week this week.
Locally, the Delphos
Public Library hopes to
organize their own coding
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turkey run a fever?
BY LOVINA EICHER
Lincolnview School
CALENDAR OF
EVENTS
TODAY
9 a.m. - noon Putnam
County Museum is open, 202
E. Main St. Kalida.
10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The
Delphos Museum of Postal
History, 339 N. Main St., is
open.
11:30 a.m. Mealsite
at Delphos Senior Citizen
Center, 301 Suthoff St.
Noon Rotary Club
meets at The Grind.
4 p.m. Delphos Public
Library board members meet
at the library conference room.
6 p.m. Shepherds of
Christ Associates meet in the
St. Johns Chapel.
7 p.m. Bingo at St.
Johns Little Theatre.
THURSDAY
9-11 a.m. The Delphos
Canal Commission Museum,
241 N. Main St., is open.
open.
11:30 a.m. Mealsite
3-7 p.m. The Interfaith
Thrift Store is open for shopping.
8 p.m. American Legion
Post 268, 415 N. State St.
FRIDAY
7:30 a.m. Delphos
Optimist Club, A&W DriveIn, 924 E. Fifth St.
open.
11 a.m.-4 p.m. Interfaith
11:30 a.m. Mealsite
SATURDAY
8:30-11:30 a.m. St.
Johns High School recycle,
enter on East First Street.
9 a.m. - noon Interfaith
St. Vincent dePaul Society,
located at the east edge of the
St. Johns High School parking lot, is open.
Cloverdale recycle at village park.
10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Delphos Postal Museum is
open.
12:15 p.m. Testing of
warning sirens by Delphos
Fire and Rescue.
1-3 p.m. Delphos Canal
Commission Museum, 241 N.
Main St., is open.
7 p.m. Bingo at St.
Johns Little Theatre.
SUNDAY
1-3 p.m. The Delphos
Canal Commission Museum,
241 N. Main St., is open.
1-4 p.m. Putnam County
Museum is open, 202 E. Main
St. Kalida.
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Oh my! We are already into the

last month of 2014. Where did this
year go?
Thanksgiving Day has come and
gone. Although its not the only
day that we need to thank God for
our blessings, on that day we are
especially reminded of all that we
are thankful for. My list seems endlessfamily, friends, church, and
so many more. I feel one blessing
I should mention is the editors at
MennoMedia. They deserve a lot
of credit for the fact that this column is still going, as does my good
friend Ruth, who has been by my
side through good and bad. Trusted
friends are rare and they have been
so good to me. Writing the columns
isnt always easy but knowing you
have a firm foundation makes it so
much easier.
I also want to thank all of you
readers for your words of encouragement. To those of you who send
a stamped self-addressed envelope:
bear with me, please. A reply will
come, but forgive me for not always
getting back to you sooner. Last
but not least, I want to thank our
Heavenly Father for his guidance
through our most difficult trials.
We spent our Thanksgiving Day
at brother Albert and Sarah Irenes
house. All my siblings were present as were all the nieces, nephews,
families and special friends (except
for two nieces and one nephew). The
family grows more every year and
although I dont have a total, I know
its more than 100 now.
Alberts family grilled 140
pounds of chicken, plus they fixed
two 22-pound turkeys. Needless to
say, there were so many leftovers! I
wont begin to mention all the food,
but a 14-foot dining table was filled
to capacity. When everyone brings
food, it adds up. Snacks were served
before everyone left.
We four sisters here in Michigan
always have a Thanksgiving meal
together. This year we all gathered over at Jacob and Emmas on
Sunday. Emma fixed two turkeys
stuffed with dressing. Also on the
menu were mashed potatoes, gravy,
corn, lettuce salad, sliced cheese,
homemade bread, butter, jam, sum-
THRIFT SHOP
WORKERS
DEC. 11-13
THURSDAY: Joyce Day,
Mary Lee Miller, Eloise
Shumaker, Helen Fischer and
Darla Rahrig.
FRIDAY:
Sharon
Schroeder, Mary Sanchez,
Delores
German,
Judy
Pohlman and Dolly Mesker.
SATURDAY: Mary Lou
Schulte, Lorene Lindeman,
Valeta Ditto and Marie Hirn.
THRIFT SHOP HOURS:
3-7 p.m. Thursday; 11 a.m.-4
p.m. Friday; and 9 a.m.-noon
Saturday.
To volunteer, contact
Volunteer Coordinator Barb
Haggard at the Thrift Shop at
419-692-2942 between 8 a.m.
and 4 p.m.
Daughter Elizabeth Eicher was sewing and her dog, Izzy, thought she
needed in on the action, watching the needle move up and down.
(Submitted photo)
mer sausage, veggies and dip, hot

peppers, pumpkin roll, pumpkin
and peanut butter pies, a variety of
Christmas candy and probably more
that I cant remember now. The table
was set for 24 people, which is what
we total now. After dishes were
washed, we played games.
I got a laugh out of daughter

Lovina. Sister Emma gave her the
meat thermometer to hold in the
turkey, to see if it was fully cooked.
When someone asked her what she
was doing, Lovina replied, Aunt
Emma wants to know if the turkey
is running a fever. We all thought it
was funny!
Daughters Elizabeth and Susan
are off work this week from the factory due to a cancelled order. We
(Elizabeth, Susan, Verena and I) are
enjoying our week. We started it out
with going Christmas shopping on
Monday. We had a nice time and
made more memories together. It
is hard to believe my three oldest
Blood drive makes

goal at 63 units
The blood drive held at the Knights of Columbus hall on

Dec. 3 made goal with 63 productive units given.
Those making a milestone and receiving a pin were: Susan
Smith and Jerry Burgei, three gallons; Joyce Schulte and
Doug Bockrath, five gallons; Ken Wise, seven gallons; Carol
Hoersten, eight gallons; and Chuck Shumaker, 16 gallons.
The next blood drive for the American Red Cross at the K
of C hall will be Feb. 4.
daughters have grown this much.

The Christmas season is upon us.
Let us remember: Jesus is the reason
for the season!
For this weeks dish, I will share a
few short recipes that were served as
snacks at Alberts on Thanksgiving
Day.
Fruit Dip
8 ounces cream cheese
1 cup brown sugar
8 ounces whipped cream
1 teaspoon vanilla
Mix together well. Serve with
apples or any fruit.
Cheese Ball
2 8-ounce packages cream cheese
1 package dried beef, chopped
fine
1 small onion, chopped fine
seasoning of your choice
Mix all ingredients together.
Serve with your choice of crackers.
Lovina Eicher is an Old Order
Amish writer, cook, wife and mother
of eight. Formerly writing as The
Amish Cook, Eicher inherited that
column from her mother, Elizabeth
Coblentz, who wrote from 1991 to
2002. Readers can contact Eicher
at PO Box 1689, South Holland,
IL 60473 (please include a selfaddressed stamped envelope for a
reply) or at LovinasAmishKitchen@
MennoMedia.org.
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6 The Herald
Wheeler block preserves

Lady Bulldog win
By JIM METCALFE
DHI Media Sports Editor
jmetcalfe@delphosherald.com
ELIDA
The
Spencerville girls basketball
team had shot the 3-pointer
well versus Elida for most of
the game Tuesday night.
However, when the Lady
Bearcats were going
for the game-winner
as time was expiring,
Lady Bulldog freshman Shyah Wheeler
swatted away the
effort to preserve a
62-60 non-league triumph on
the Union Bank Court of the
Elida Fieldhouse.
The visitors (1-2) led 46-41
entering the fourth period and
both teams started hot
each hitting their
first three shots as
the Bearcats still led
53-48 after Elidas
Hope Carter bombed a
trey at 6:40. Carter (16
markers, 3 assists, 3 steals)
hit a drive to the basket to
get within 53-50 fouling out Spencervilles Katie
Merriman (6 boards) at 5:48.
Jacey Grigsby (13 counters, 8
caroms) hit a trey and Caitlyn
Probst a deuce around two
Carter free throws for a 58-52
edge. However, foul trouble
started to get in the Bearcats
way and the Bulldogs began
to take advantage. They
canned 9-of-16 foul shots in
the finale (16-of-26 overall
for 61.5%) to slowly chip
at the deficit, despite Abby
Waddle (8 markers) fouling
out at 1:55. When Carter (11
markers in the finale) hit a
step-back 3 on a long offensive rebound at 1:33, Elida
had the lead 59-58.
Bailee Kuhn (12 counters,
11 rebounds) and Brett Pauff
(4 steals) each hit a single for
the hosts (at 59.6 and 44.6
ticks, respectively) for a 61-58
edge. Megan Miller (13 markers, 7 boards) finally broke
the 3-minute Lady Bearcat
drought with a putback at 35
ticks to get within 61-60. After
an exchange of turnovers,
Carter was fouled at 15.3 ticks
and hit the first of the double
bonus. On the ensuing Bearcat
possession, Schylar Miller (16

counters, 8 dimes, 4 thefts)
missed her drive and the long
rebound took Emilee Meyer to
the left corner; her desperation
triple was blocked by Wheeler
as the horn sounded.
We got into foul trouble;
every time we play defense
with our hands on the opponent, the opponent is going
to shoot a lot of free
throws. We only shot
four but part of that
was we were hitting our threes so
well, we kind of fell
in love with them,
Spencerville coach Greg Ekis
said. This was a tough loss
but to have our girls play two
very good players in Wheeler
and Waddle will only help us.
This kind of opponent
and game will bring
us closer together as
a team and make us
better.
That is part of what
Elida co-coaches Chrissy
Billiter and Elise Jenkins hope
happens to their crew.
This is not to diss our
previous teams but our first
year, wed have lost this game.
When we got behind by eight,
wed have found a way to let it
grow to 15 or 20, Billiter said.
We had some girls really step up big: Shyah and
Hope played great games. We
rebounded when we really,
really had to, Jenkins added.
We got good production
from our man-to-man; its
been horrible so far but we
got some stops at key times.
We gave up some 3s our
posts havent had to step out
and defend that this year
but overall, we defended.
The Bearcats had a great
start, especially behind the
arc they shot 8-of-19 overall in the first period (24of-56 for the night, 10-of-25
from deep, for 42.9%), 3-of-8
downtown. What also helped
was eight offensive boards
(16 for the night as part of
35 total), keeping Elida from
getting into its running game.
Probst hit a short baseline
jumper at 1:42 to account for
a 19-11 first-period edge.
62
60
SPORTS
Lady Jays outlast Van Wert 46-37

BY NICK JOHNSON
DHI Media Correspondent
news@delphosherald.com
DELPHOS The St. Johns Lady
Jays used a fourth-quarter rally to knock
off visiting Van Wert at The Vatican on
Tuesday night, winning the non-league
contest 46-37.
St. Johns outscored the Cougars
20-7 in the final period, taking advantage where Van Wert could not: the free
throw line.
Delphos controlled most of the first
period, as St. Johns got a basket from
Lexie Hays before a Madilynn Schulte
3-pointer would bring the score to 5-2,
Lady Blue Jays. The Cougars would
get baskets from Emma Kohn and Erin
Morrow in the first quarter but St. Johns
held an 8-4 lead after one thanks to a
Jessica Geise free throw and a Sydney
Fischbach layup.
Morrow cut the St. Johns lead to
8-6 with the first bucket of the second
period. St. Johns pushed forward, however, with hoops by Geise and Hays to
give Delphos its largest lead of the first
half at 12-6.
The Lady Cougars used an old-fashioned 3-point play from Morrow to got
back to within a bucket at 14-12. Later
on, back-to-back buckets from Kohn and
Elizabeth Keirns to tie the game at 16-16.
The Lady Blue Jays went into the
locker rooms at halftime with a 20-18
lead over Van Wert with a late score
from Geise.
Van Wert got a nice back-door cut
and bucket from Morrow to tie the game
at 20-20. Van Wert used a strong defensive period, holding the Blue Jays to six
points while Kohn scored six herself
and Alexa Dunlap added three points.
Delphos St. Johns got four points from
Schulte in the third period, which kept
the Van Wert lead to 30-26 after three
periods.
The Lady Blue Jays got a basket
from Rachel Pohlman and two foul
shots from Geise to bring the game to a
tie at 30-30. With the score 34-33, Lady
Cougars, St. Johns went on a 7-0 run
to regain the lead, getting a 3-point play
from Hays and a bucket from Schulte to
make it 40-34, Lady Jays.
St. Johns (2-2) went 6-for-8 from the
charity stripe down the stretch to help
close out the Lady Cougars and pick up
St. Johns Lexie Hays gets to the rim against Van Werts Erin Morrow
during the teams non-conference cage clash at Arnzen Gymnasium.
(DHI Media/Kenny Poling)
a 46-37 victory.
That was a big win; it was two
teams that were kind of in a dogfight.
Both offenses struggled early because
both defenses were taking things away
and making it tough on the opponents,
St. Johns head coach Dan Grothouse
noted. I thought there towards the end
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we made some plays. We had a little

mini-run, six or eight points, and we got
the ball out. Their pressure gave us fits
but we got some passes through and got
some easy baskets. On the other end,
we really limited them to one shot and
didnt allow them extra opportunities.
See JAYS, page 8
Crowle, Bauer lead Lady Knights past Parkway

getting seven first-quarter points from both Gehron and
By JOHN PARENT
Heckler, the Panthers trailed by 11 after one.
DHI Media Sports Editor
Foul trouble would hamper Parkways efforts in the secsports@timesbulletin.com
ond, as both starting forwards, Terra Walls and Lydia Heindel,
See BULLDOG, page 8
ROCKFORD It took just three minutes of game action went to the bench with their second fouls of the half.
for Crestview senior Terra Crowle to reach double figures in
Most of our scoring comes through there (the low post); it
scoring on Tuesday, as the Lady Knights put 27 points on the has always been an inside-out offense, noted Parkway head
board in the first quarter on their way to a 75-41 win at Parkway. coach Chris Weirrick. Having Lydia go down (with fouls),
Crowle found herself open in the corner on the games first she is our team leader. Shes the one that needs to be getting it
possession and stroked a 3-pointer just 12 seconds into the done in the post. When she got her fouls, that hurt.
contest. After teammate Lindsey Motycka added a three of her
The Knights made a concerted effort to get the ball inside
own, Parkways Sarah Gehron fired in a triple. Crowle, then, against the Panther zone, where Emily Bauer made her presanswered with another corner 3-pointer.
ence felt throughout the evening.
By JOE KAY
Again, Parkway connected from deep, with Kayle Heckler
(Parkway) had to expand out (on defense) because we
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finding the range, but Crowle answered once more. This time, were shooting the ball well (from outside), Rickard noted. If
her triple came from the wing and the Lady Knights were up you take away the outside, the inside is going to be open, and
CINCINNATI From third overall in the NFL to among
12-6. Following a pair of Crestview free throws, Crowle con- our posts pass the ball so well, so if theyre not open, theyre
the worst in Bengals history, Cincinnatis defense has taken
nected on her fourth 3-ball in as many tries, making it 17-6, going to pass the ball out to someone who is, or they can finish
a great fall this season. And theres little time left to put it all
Lady Knights with still five minutes to play in the first period. with (Bauer) and Lindsey (Motycka), too.
back together again.
She was stroking it and Terra is capable of doing that,
After a slow start to the second quarter, Crestviews offense
The Bengals are tottering atop the
Crestview head coach Greg Rickard explained. She stayed again caught fire, with Crowle nailing two more 3-pointers
AFC North following a 42-21 loss to
consistent through the whole game and the girls did a nice job and Bauer adding seven points in the period as the Knights
Pittsburgh at Paul Brown Stadium.
of finding her when she was open.
moved ahead 47-21 at the break.
Cincinnati (8-4-1) has a half-game
Though Parkway (2-1) made an effort to stay in the game,
See ROUNDUP, page 7
lead over Pittsburgh and Baltimore
with three to play. The Bengals finish
the season in Pittsburgh.
The Steelers piled up 543 yards on Sunday. Its the third
time this season that Cincinnati has given up 500 yards in a
game, a franchise record, according to STATS. Only twice
By TOM WITHERS
Manziel is the Browns 21st starting Cleveland-area kid who grew up attendbefore had the Bengals allowed a pair of 500-yard games in
ing Browns games with his dad, Hoyer,
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quarterback since 1999.
a season; those were in 1968 and 1969, when they were an
Ive tried to spend my entire sea- who battled back from a season-ending
expansion team.
CLEVELAND Johnny Footballs son learning what it takes to become knee injury in 2013, is in the final year
It gets worse.
days as a backup are over this season.
a pro and its been great to watch of his contract. With Manziel around,
Linebacker Vontaze Burfict went on the injured reserve
Hes getting his chance to start.
Brian because he knows what it takes, its likely Hoyer will have to sign elselist on Tuesday, ending his season. The Bengals have severely
Rookie quarterback Johnny Manziel Manziel said. Ive prepared every week where to remain an NFL starter.
missed their best defensive player, who was limited to only
Although I am disappointed by
will make his first NFL start Sunday to be ready to help the team however
five starts because of a pair of concussions and knee surgery.
coachs decision, I respect
against Cincinnati, replacing the slump- possible and my focus has
The defense has played very well at times, looking like the
him and his choice and will
ing Brian Hoyer as Cleveland tries to been on improving every day.
unit that ranked in the top seven during each of the last three
be there to support Johnny,
pump life into its sagging playoff hopes.
Even before Manziel was
playoff seasons. When things go badly, it has a tendency to
Hoyer said. As always, I will
After moving up in Mays draft to told hell start, the possibilimplode.
do whatever I can to help this
get him and waiting seven months as he ity sparked some controversy
One of the messages I am going to give the guys, that I
team win.
learned and watched from the sideline, with Bengals coach Marvin
have been telling them, is we have to be better when the odds
The No. 22 overall pick in
the Browns are finally setting one of col- Lewis calling the 6-footer a
are against us a little bit, coordinator Paul Guenther said.
this years draft, the popular
lege footballs most captivating players midget during a radio interWhen things arent going quite as smoothly as we want them
and polarizing Manziel has
loose with three games left in the season. view Monday night. Lewis
to go, we have to go out there and buckle up and play good
Browns coach Mike Pettine made the later apologized but the jab
been on the field just 18
defense.
expected switch on Tuesday after meet- stirred the Ohio rivalry.
plays this season. He came
The defense has been pushed around in all four of
ing with his staff and general manager
The Browns really had no
off the bench two weeks
Cincinnatis losses. The Bengals play at Cleveland (7-6) on
Ray Farmer, then informing both quarter- choice but to turn to Manziel.
ago in the fourth quarter at
Manziel
Sunday.
backs. Many Browns fans have wanted Hoyer has been awful in his last
Buffalo, completed 5 of 8
The Bengals retained the core of a defense that finished
the change for weeks as they watched four games, throwing just one touch- passes and scored on a 10-yard touchthird overall in yards allowed last season. The only significant
Hoyer fumble away his dream job.
down pass and eight interceptions. It down run.
loss to free agency was defensive end Michael Johnson. Their
Manziel won the Heisman Trophy at
Pettine said in a statement that the hasnt been all Hoyers fault as teamlinebackers have been hurt and tackle Geno Atkins has been
switch isnt about Hoyer or Manziel but mates have dropped passes and run pass Texas A&M, where his ability to improslow in recovering from knee surgery.
routes incorrectly but Cleveland needs vise made him a star and earned him his
about the Browns.
The Steelers piled up 25 points and 229 yards in the fourth
We are trying to get the offense a spark and Manziel changed games in Johnny Football nickname.
quarter alone on Sunday. Ben Roethlisbergers 94-yard touchThe Browns are hoping he can perto perform at a higher level, he said. college with his legs and right arm.
down pass was the decisive play.
Pettine considered the switch a form some of that magic on Sundays.
Johnny has worked very hard to earn
I think thats the first time (since the season opener) that
Manziel couldnt beat out Hoyer durthis opportunity and it will be very week ago but stuck with Hoyer, who
we gave up a deep ball, and thats not like us, safety George
important for every member of the has gone 10-6 as Clevelands starter. ing training camp and the 22-year-olds
Iloka said. Well work on that as a secondary. Thats not how
offense to elevate their play for us to Hoyer had two interceptions Sunday off-the-field behavior, which included
we play championship defense.
obtain our desired result.
as the Indianapolis Colts rallied from weekend trips to Las Vegas, led to outRight now, it ranks among the leagues worst defenses.
Manziels debut start will come in a 14-point deficit in the third quarter side criticism of his maturity and comThe Bengals are on pace to give up 6,000 yards overall
Clevelands final home game, against to win. Hoyer and the Browns offense mitment. The Browns held off on playfor only the second time in franchise history. After Sundays
a Bengals team Hoyer beat on Nov. 6. picked up only three first downs in the ing him until they felt he was ready and
blowout loss, theyre in danger of failing to make the playoffs.
now Pettine has put the teams season in
Manziel will try to show the Browns he second half.
So you go and you say, Hey, these are the things we need
can be the franchise quarterback theyve
Manziels promotion could signal the Manziels hands.
to correct, Guenther added. But we need to move forward.
coveted for two decades.
end of Hoyers time with the Browns. A
Johnny better be good.
Bengals defense has

slid to among worst ever
Johnny Time: Browns Manziel to make first start
College Basketball Schedule

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MEN
Todays Games
EAST
UMBC at CCSU, 7 p.m.
Monmouth (NJ) at Fordham, 7 p.m.
Kansas at Georgetown, 7 p.m.
Rider at Iona, 7 p.m.
Rhode Island at Providence, 7 p.m.
Dartmouth at Mass.-Lowell, 8 p.m.
Fairleigh Dickinson at St. Johns, 8 p.m.
Princeton at St. Peters, 8 p.m.
Towson at Temple, 8 p.m.
Duquesne at Penn St., 9 p.m.
SOUTH
Greensboro at UNC Greensboro, 11:30 a.m.
Campbell at Delaware St., 7 p.m.
Columbia at Kentucky, 7 p.m.
NC Central at Maryland, 7 p.m.
Hofstra at Coppin St., 7:30 p.m.
La Tech at Louisiana-Lafayette, 8 p.m.
MIDWEST
High Point at Ohio St., 7 p.m.
Arkansas St. at Purdue, 7 p.m.
Southern U. at Minnesota, 8 p.m.
Incarnate Word at Nebraska, 8 p.m.
Iowa Wesleyan at Nebraska-Omaha, 8 p.m.
S. Illinois at SE Missouri, 8 p.m.
Trinity (Ill.) at Valparaiso, 8:05 p.m.
Wisconsin at Milwaukee, 9 p.m.
SOUTHWEST
SE Oklahoma at Tulsa, 8 p.m.
Fresno St. at Texas Tech, 9 p.m.
FAR WEST
Utah at BYU, 9 p.m.
Colorado St. at Colorado, 9 p.m.
N. Iowa at Denver, 9 p.m.
Davidson at Montana, 9 p.m.
Long Beach St. at San Diego St., 10 p.m.
Wyoming at California, 11 p.m.
Washington St. vs. Gonzaga at Spokane
(Wash.) Arena, 11 p.m.
UC Riverside at UCLA, 11 p.m.
Thursdays Games
EAST
Maine at Boston College, 7 p.m.
Binghamton at Colgate, 7 p.m.
DePaul at George Washington, 7 p.m.
SOUTH
Chattanooga at The Citadel, 6 p.m.
Wright St. at Belmont, 7 p.m.
Warren Wilson at Coastal Carolina, 7 p.m.
Tusculum at UNC Asheville, 7 p.m.
SC State at Coll. of Charleston, 7:30 p.m.
Fort Valley St. at Troy, 8 p.m.
MIDWEST
Michigan-Dearborn at IPFW, 7 p.m.
Elon at Missouri, 7 p.m.
UCF at Ill.-Chicago, 8 p.m.
Idaho at W. Illinois, 8 p.m.
FAR WEST
NW Nazarene at Boise St., 9 p.m.
E. Washington at San Francisco, 10 p.m.
San Diego at UC Santa Barbara, 10 p.m.
Cal St.-Fullerton at Sacramento St., 10:05 p.m.
Fridays Games
EAST
NJIT at Holy Cross, 7:05 p.m.
SOUTH
Texas Southern at Florida, 7 p.m.
Charleston Southern at NC State, 7 p.m.
MIDWEST
Iowa St. at Iowa, 8 p.m.
Saturdays Games
EAST
Radford at Georgetown, Noon
Stony Brook at Providence, Noon
La Salle at Drexel, 1 p.m.
Indiana St. at Iona, 2 p.m.
Norfolk St. at Mount St. Marys, 2 p.m.
St. Bonaventure at Pittsburgh, 2 p.m.
Delaware St. at Rhode Island, 2 p.m.
Mount St. Vincent at St. Francis (NY), 2 p.m.
Duquesne at Robert Morris, 4 p.m.
Canisius at UMass, 4 p.m.
Rider at Hartford, 7 p.m.
Albany (NY) at Siena, 7:30 p.m.
SOUTH
SC-Upstate at Maryland, 11 a.m.
North Carolina at Kentucky, Noon
Marist at VMI, 1 p.m.
Bluefield at Liberty, 2 p.m.
Montreat at Presbyterian, 2 p.m.
Centenary at Louisiana-Lafayette, 3 p.m.
UNC Greensboro at ETSU, 4 p.m.
W. Kentucky at Mississippi, 4:30 p.m.
Lipscomb at Austin Peay, 5 p.m.
James Madison at East Carolina, 5 p.m.
Oklahoma St. at Memphis, 6 p.m.
Howard at Richmond, 6 p.m.
Niagara at Davidson, 7 p.m.
Furman at Gardner-Webb, 7 p.m.
Sam Houston St. at LSU, 7 p.m.
N. Iowa at VCU, 7 p.m.
Navy at Md.-Eastern Shore, 7:30 p.m.
Spring Hill at Southern Miss., 8 p.m.
FAU at UCF, 8 p.m.
Tennessee Tech at Alabama, 9 p.m.
Purdue at Vanderbilt, 9 p.m.
MIDWEST
Jackson St. at Loyola of Chicago, TBA
Wichita St. at Detroit, Noon
E. Kentucky at IUPUI, 1 p.m.
Morehead St. at Ohio St., 1 p.m.
Alcorn St. at Ohio, 2 p.m.
Murray St. at Evansville, 2:05 p.m.
Saint Marys (Cal) at Creighton, 2:15 p.m.
Nicholls St. at Wisconsin, 3 p.m.
Nebraska-Omaha at UMKC, 3:05 p.m.
Utah vs. Kansas at the Sprint Center,
Kansas City, Mo., 3:15 p.m.
Cleveland St. at Bowling Green, 4 p.m.
Xavier at Missouri, 4 p.m.
Drake at Green Bay, 5 p.m.
Grand Canyon at Indiana, 5 p.m.
Idaho at S. Dakota St., 5 p.m.
Middle Tennessee at Akron, 7 p.m.
Oregon vs. Illinois at the United Center, 7 p.m.
Missouri St. at SE Missouri, 7 p.m.
SIU-Edwardsville at Saint Louis, 7 p.m.
Arkansas St. at Toledo, 7 p.m.
N. Illinois at E. Illinois, 8 p.m.
North Dakota at N. Dakota St., 8 p.m.
Florida St. at Notre Dame, 8 p.m.
UNLV vs. South Dakota at the Sanford
Pentagon, Sioux Falls, S.D., 8 p.m.
Alabama St. at W. Illinois, 8 p.m.
Ball St. at Valparaiso, 8:05 p.m.
Cincinnati at Nebraska, 9 p.m.
SOUTHWEST
Dayton at Arkansas, 2 p.m.
Oklahoma at Tulsa, 2:30 p.m.
N. New Mexico at Abilene Christian, 5 p.m.
Youngstown St. at Texas A&M, 5 p.m.
Arlington Baptist at Houston Baptist, 8 p.m.
New Mexico St. at Oral Roberts, 8 p.m.
McNeese St. at TCU, 8 p.m.
Texas St. at Texas, 8 p.m.
Lamar at Texas-Pan American, 8 p.m.
FAR WEST
Pepperdine at Arizona St., 2 p.m.
Ark.-Pine Bluff at Air Force, 4 p.m.
Ark.-Fort Smith at Colorado St., 4 p.m.
Loyola Marymount at N. Arizona, 4 p.m.
Mississippi St. at Oregon St., 4 p.m.
CS Bakersfield at Portland St., 4:05 p.m.
Michigan at Arizona, 5:15 p.m.
N. Colorado at Colorado, 6 p.m.
Denver at Stanford, 6 p.m.
Louisiana-Monroe at New Mexico, 8 p.m.
Princeton at California, 8:30 p.m.
BYU at Weber St., 9 p.m.
NW Nazarene at Idaho St., 9:05 p.m.
Utah St. at Utah Valley, 9:05 p.m.
Cal Poly at Fresno St., 10 p.m.
Cal St.-Fullerton at Nevada, 10 p.m.
Seattle at San Jose St., 10 p.m.
Washington St. at Santa Clara, 10 p.m.
Texas-Arlington at UC Irvine, 10 p.m.
Gonzaga at UCLA, 10 p.m.
New Orleans at San Diego, 10:30 p.m.
Army at Southern Cal, 10:30 p.m.
Sundays Games
EAST
George Washington at Penn St., Noon
Manhattan vs. Rutgers at Madison
Square Garden, Noon
St. Peters at Seton Hall, Noon
Binghamton at Boston College, 1 p.m.
Quinnipiac at Boston U., 1 p.m.
Colgate at New Hampshire, 1 p.m.
Wagner at Vermont, 1 p.m.
Temple at Villanova, 2 p.m.
Fordham vs. St. Johns at Madison
Square Garden, 2:30 p.m.

NJIT at LIU Brooklyn, 3:30 p.m.
Louisiana Tech at Syracuse, 4 p.m.
Coppin St. vs. UConn at the XL Center,
Hartford, Conn., 4 p.m.
West Virginia vs. Marshall at Charleston
(W.Va.) Civic Center, 4:30 p.m.
Longwood at UMBC, 5 p.m.
SOUTH
Campbell at Coll. of Charleston, 2 p.m.
FIU at Florida Gulf Coast, 2 p.m.
NC A&T at Old Dominion, 2 p.m.
Butler at Tennessee, 2 p.m.
Dartmouth at Jacksonville St., 3 p.m.
Coastal Carolina at SC State, 3 p.m.
Alabama A&M at Virginia Tech, 3 p.m.
Auburn at Clemson, 4 p.m.
Jacksonville at Florida, 4 p.m.
Wofford at NC State, 4 p.m.
UNC Wilmington at Louisville, 6 p.m.
Samford at Wake Forest, 6 p.m.
UNC Asheville at UAB, 8 p.m.
MIDWEST
Illinois St. at DePaul, 4 p.m.
Chicago St. at S. Illinois, 4:05 p.m.
Miami (Ohio) at Wright St., 5:30 p.m.
Southern U. at Iowa St., 6 p.m.
Savannah St. at Kansas St., 6 p.m.
Montana at Milwaukee, 6 p.m.
MVSU at Northwestern, 6 p.m.
Oakland at Michigan St., 8 p.m.
SOUTHWEST
Prairie View at Texas Tech, 2 p.m.
Kent St. at UALR, 3 p.m.
North Texas at Stephen F. Austin, 4 p.m.
FAR WEST
Montana St. at Wyoming, 2 p.m.
S. Utah at Boise St., 6:30 p.m.
W. Michigan at Pacific, 8 p.m.
E. Washington at Washington, 8 p.m.
Portland at Sacramento St., 8:05 p.m.
WOMEN
Todays Games
EAST
Bryant at UMass-Lowell, 5:30 p.m.
Rutgers at Temple, 6 p.m.
Fairleigh Dickinson at Saint Peters, 6
p.m.
Salem International at Marshall, 6 p.m.
Boston College at Holy Cross, 7 p.m.
Dartmouth at Maine, 7 p.m.
Duquesne at West Virginia, 7 p.m.
Penn St. at Hartford, 7 p.m.
Binghamton at Colgate, 7 p.m.
Coppin St. at Mount St. Marys, 7 p.m.
Albany (N.Y.) at Marist, 7 p.m.
SOUTH
N.C. Central at Virginia Tech, 7 p.m.
Wisconsin at Florida, 7 p.m.
UNC Asheville at Furman, 7 p.m.
Centenary at McNeese St., 8 p.m.
MIDWEST
Toledo at Dayton, 11 a.m.
Monmouth (N.J.) at Xavier, 11:30 a.m.
E. Illinois at Milwaukee, 1 p.m.
IPFW at Indiana, 7 p.m.
Minnesota at North Dakota, 8 p.m.
SE Missouri at UMKC, 8 p.m.
Green Bay at S. Dakota St., 8 p.m.
Arkansas at Missouri St., 8:05 p.m.
Notre Dame at DePaul, 9 p.m.
SOUTHWEST
Texas Lutheran at Incarnate Word, 7 p.m.
Idaho at Baylor, 8 p.m.
FAR WEST
CS Stanislaus at Nevada, 2 p.m.
UC Riverside at UCLA, 8 p.m.
S. Dakota Tech at Wyoming, 9 p.m.
Idaho St. at Utah, 9 p.m.
Grand Canyon at N. Colorado, 9 p.m.
UC Davis at San Jose St., 10 p.m.
Thursdays Games
EAST
UCF at St. Johns, 7 p.m.
LIU Brooklyn at NJIT, 7 p.m.
SOUTH
Chattanooga at Belmont, 5 p.m.
S.C. State at UNC Greensboro, 7 p.m.
Providence at Florida Gulf Coast, 7 p.m.
Louisiana Tech at Mississippi St., 8 p.m.
MIDWEST
Kansas at Purdue, 7 p.m.
Arkansas St. at Ohio St., 7 p.m.
CS Bakersfield at Nebraska-Omaha, 8 p.m.
N. Dakota St. at N. Iowa, 8 p.m.
Iowa St. at Iowa, 8 p.m.
Nebraska at Creighton, 9:05 p.m.
SOUTHWEST
Lamar at TCU, 8 p.m.
FAR WEST
Air Force at Utah Valley, 9 p.m.
Southern U. at Arizona, 9 p.m.
Denver at Colorado St., 9 p.m.
Fridays Games
SOUTH
American at Maryland, 7 p.m.
Middle Tennessee at Kentucky, 9 p.m.
MIDWEST
E. Illinois at W. Illinois, 8 p.m.
Kansas St. at Wichita St., 8 p.m.
Colorado at Missouri, 8 p.m.
SOUTHWEST
Grand Canyon at Oral Roberts, 8 p.m.
FAR WEST
St. Martins at E. Washington, 2 p.m.
Gonzaga at Wyoming, 9 p.m.
Cal Maritime at Pacific, 10 p.m.
Portland St. at Portland, 10 p.m.
Saint Marys at Fresno St., 10 p.m.
Sacramento St. at UCLA, 10 p.m.
Pepperdine at UC Santa Barbara, 10 p.m.
San Diego at Seattle, 10 p.m.
Saturdays Games
EAST
Army at CCSU, 1 p.m.
Northeastern at Maine, 1 p.m.
Memphis at Georgetown, 2 p.m.
Bowling Green vs. St. Francis (Pa.)
at Cambria County War Memorial,
Johnstown, Pa., 2 p.m.
Binghamton at Princeton, 2 p.m.
Colgate at Monmouth (N.J.), 2 p.m.
IPFW at West Virginia, 4 p.m.
Siena vs. Albany (N.Y.) at the Times
Union Center, Albany, N.Y., 5 p.m.
Boston U. at Marist, 7 p.m.
Youngstown St. at Canisius, 7 p.m.
SOUTH
Coppin St. at Miami, 1 p.m.
Montreat at Wofford, 2 p.m.
Campbell at Charleston Southern, 2 p.m.
S. Illinois at Austin Peay, 2 p.m.
Md.-Eastern Shore at S.C.-Upstate, 2 p.m.
Thomas at North Florida, 2 p.m.
Jacksonville St. at Kennesaw St., 2 p.m.
Stony Brook at Morgan St., 2 p.m.
Tennessee Tech at Georgia St., 2 p.m.
Southern Wesleyan at Furman, 2 p.m.
Alabama St. at Troy, 3 p.m.
McNeese St. at Louisiana-Monroe, 3 p.m.
Philander Smith at MVSU, 4 p.m.
Coastal Carolina at Radford, 4 p.m.
Southern (N.O.) at La-Lafayette, 5:15 p.m.
Gardner-Webb at Liberty, 7 p.m.
E. Kentucky at ETSU, 7 p.m.
Mount St. Marys at N.C. State, 7 p.m.
North Dakota at Clemson, 7 p.m.
Davidson at Winthrop, 7 p.m.
Chattanooga at UT Martin, 8 p.m.
MIDWEST
SE Missouri vs. Detroit at Savage Arena,
Toledo, Ohio, Noon
Michigan at Notre Dame, 1 p.m.
Cent. Michigan at Dayton, 2 p.m.
Idaho at Toledo, 2:30 p.m.
Illinois at Valparaiso, 2:35 p.m.
CS Bakersfield at Nebraska, 3 p.m.
Dartmouth at N. Iowa, 3 p.m.
St. Josephs at Chicago St., 3:05 p.m.
Ball St. at Butler, 7 p.m.
Wisconsin at Green Bay, 8 p.m.
SOUTHWEST
Houston at Texas A&M, 2:30 p.m.
Prairie View at TCU, 3 p.m.
Arlington Baptist at Houston Baptist, 5 p.m.
Texas-Arlington at Texas A&M-CC, 6 p.m.
FAR WEST
BYU at Utah, 2 p.m.
Utah Valley at Idaho St., 4 p.m.
UC Davis at Arizona St., 4:30 p.m.
N. Arizona at Oregon, 5 p.m.
California at Long Beach St., 7 p.m.
UNLV at S. Utah, 9 p.m.
The Herald 7
Lady Green pounds SR

189 archrival Musketeers
By LARRY HEIING
DHI Media Correspondent
news@delphosherald.com
OTTOVILLE The Fort Jennings
Lady Musketeers made the short trip
down State Route 189 to take on the
Ottoville Lady Green in non-league girls
basketball action.
The Big Green were rude hosts, drubbing their neighbors 81-45 Tuesday evening at L.W. Heckman Gymnasium.
Fort Jennings got on the board first
on a beautiful assist from Erin Osting to
senior Hannah Clay for the easy bucket.
Ottoville scored on their first possession as Annie Lindeman found a wideopen Lexie Wannemacher under the
bucket. Ottovilles full-court press led
to a steal by Wannemacher with a pass
ahead to a streaking freshman Bridget
Landin for the layin. A floater by Brooke
Mangas and an offensive putback by
Landin gave the Lady Green a quick
8-2 lead. After Jenna Calvelage stopped
the Ottoville run with a put-in from
the paint, sophomore Alicia Honingford
nailed a pair of baskets that force Ft.
Jennings coach Rhonda Liebrecht to call
time out. After the pause, Nicole Kramer
nailed a triple and Ottoville rolled to a
21-10 lead after one quarter.
The Musketeers began the second stanza with bucket from Kylie
Jettinghoff after an offensive rebound.
Lindemans hoop-and-foul doubled up
the Musketeers 24-12 before Alyssa
Louth began to heat up from outside for
Ft. Jennings, landing a 3-pointer. After
Ottoville put the game together a 13-2
spurt, Keri Eickholt found the bottom
of the basket from 3-point land. A drive
by Mangas from the left corner for the
hoop extended the LadyGreens lead to
40-20. Lindeman of Ottoville and the
Musketeers Louth traded
deep triples before the half-time
buzzer sounded.
The Lady Green offense was wellbalanced at the half break as Coach
Dave Kleman had nine different players
get in the scoring column with none in
double digits. Landin led all scorers with
eight points.
The Fort Jennings offense was deadly
from outside the arc, hitting 75 percent
of their 3-point attempts in the first half.
As effective the Musketeers were
outside in the first half, Ottoville was
even more efficient from the inside to
start the second half, scoring their first
seven baskets from four feet or less
from the hole. Back-to-back triples from
Kramer and Courtney VonSossan with
less than two minutes left in the third
quarter gave Ottoville the first points
from outside. Jessica Young hit a trey
just before the buzzer for Fort Jennings
as her team trailed 69-32 heading into
the final eight minutes.
Lindeman scored on an inbounds
pass to open the fourth-quarter scoring,
Fort Jennings guard Kylie Jettinghoff goes up for the shot against the
defense of Ottovilles Alexis Thorbahn and Lexie Wannemacher during
girls hardwood action Tuesday at Heckman Gymnasium. (DHI Media/
Larry Heiing)
followed by Lady Musketeer Louth nailing her fourth trey of the night. By then,
both coaches emptied their benches to
finish the game.
We got to play our entire team
tonight, Kleman said. The experience
is good as our young players are getting
smarter. Our defensive pressure is getting better but we are not quite where we
need to be yet.
Fort Jennings committed 15 turnovers against the trapping full-court
defense of Ottoville and the Big Green
turned the ball over just 10 times.
Ottoville held a slight advantage on
the boards grabbing 26 rebounds and
Fort Jennings grabbed 24.
The Lady Musketeers shot 43 percent
from the floor and only attempted a pair
of free throws for the game, missing both.
Ottovilles offense landed 35 shots in
the contest, including five 3-pointers, for
54 percent and made 6-of-10 freebies.
Musketeer coach Liebrecht was
pleased with her squads effort: Despite
getting blown out on the scoreboard,
I was happy with the girls intensity.
Ottoville is a great team and we didnt
back down and played hard. As long
as the girls display this desire to win-it
makes a job as coach easier because the
players want to improve and hopefully
get a win soon.
Fort Jennings (0-5) will try to get
its first win of the season next Tuesday
Roundup
(Continued from page 6)
Parkway wound up shooting just 6-for-22 from the field in the

first half (27 percent) and gave the ball up via turnover 13 times.
I thought, in the first quarter, we didnt play very well
defensively, but we tightened it up in the second quarter and
held them to five points, Rickard noted.
In the second half, Bauer made her presence felt on the
defensive end.
She blocked three shots in the third period, helping
Crestview withstand an early rally by the Panthers. Another
Crowle 3-ball, plus four points each by Motycka and Brady
Guest pushed the Knight lead to 60-33 at the end of three
quarters.
Bauer ended up with 15 points, five rebounds and seven
blocked shots.
Shes been that way all year, Rickard said of Bauers
defensive prowess. Shes been more aggressive than she was
last year and playing smart - not getting in foul trouble. Shes
been much more aggressive at the defensive end, and that
allows us to do more things.
Crowle, meanwhile, scored a game-high 21 points on 7 of
10 shooting, all from 3-point range. In addition, she led the
Knights with six rebounds while dishing out three assists. She
also collected three steals.
The Knights out-shot Parkway 48 percent (25-for-52) to 31
percent (15-for-48) and grabbed 36 rebounds to the Panthers
33. Parkway committed 20 turnovers for the game while
Crestview just 13.
Crestview is a great team, they really are. They are good,
Coach Weirrick observed. The way they came out shooting
threes, I think it shocked (our) girls. I thought we played fairly
decent defense. There were hands in her face and she (Crowle)
would still make the shots.
Crestview opens its home schedule with a Northwest
Conference tilt against Columbus Grove on Thursday.
Parkway, meanwhile, travels to Delphos St. Johns that same
evening for a Midwest Athletic Conference matchup with the
Lady Jays.
Crestview won the junior Varsity contest on Tuesday,
40-27.
Score by quarters
Crestview 27 20 13 15- 75
Parkway 16 5 12 8- 41
Crestview (75)
Crowle 21, Mercer 2, Riggenbach 0, Bauer 15, L. Motycka
11, Guest 8, Hartman 8, Zaleski 5, P. Motycka 5
Parkway (41)
K. Walls 0, Gehron 11, Heckler 15, T. Walls 6, Heindel 6,
Hawk 0, Crouch 3, Pond 0, Wehe 0
Information submitted
Cougar swimmers fall to Celina
VAN WERT The Van Wert High School boys and girls
swimming teams hosted Celina High School to compete in a
dual meet. The Bulldogs were victorious over both Cougar
teams: girls 66-28 and boys 49-44.
Swimmers placing first in individual events included:
Sam Easley (200 meter- freestyle), Cade Fleming (200-meter
individual medley), and Kory Schlatter (400-meter freestyle),
Tyler Rex (100-meter backstroke) and Hannah Stemen (400meter freestyle).
Two Van Wert relays finished in first place: 400 Freestyle
Relay: boys (4:37.68 Sam Easley, Nathan Ireland, Josh
against Leipsic.
Ottoville improves to 3-1 and will
entertain Bluffton on Saturday.
In the junior varsity game, Amber
Miller scored 14 points as Ottoville
pounded Fort Jennings 50-17.
Varsity
Fort Jennings (45)
Jenna Calvelage 2-0-4, Keri Eickholt 3-0-7, Hannah
Clay 3-0-6, Gabby Clippinger 1-0-2, Erin Osting 2-04, Alyssa Louth 5-0-14, Jessica Young 1-0-2, Kylie
Jettinghoff 3-0-6. Totals: 15-5-0/2-45.
Ottoville (81)
Madison Knodell 1-0-2, Bridget Landin 4-0-8, Nicole
Kramer 5-0-13, Brooke Mangas 3-2-8, Alicia Honigford
3-1-7, Alexis Thorbahn 3-0-7,
Courtney VonSosson 2-0-5, Haley Landwehr 1-0-2,
Annie Lindeman
5-1-11, C.J.Kemper 0-0-0, Lexie Wannemacher 4-19, Lyndsey Wannemacher,
4-1-9. Totals: 30-5-6/10-81.
Score By Quarters
Ft Jennings 10-25-7 -13=45
Ottoville 21-27-21-12=81
Three-point goals: Fort Jennings, Louth 4, Eickholt;
Ottoville, Kramer 3, Thorbahn, VonSossan.
Junior Varsity
Fort Jennings (17)
Erin Eickholt 1-0-2, Abby VonSossan 0-0-0,
Vanessa Wallenhorst 2-2-7, Marissa Krietemeyer 0-22, Rachel Kneale 2-0-4, Haley Wittler 1-0-2. Totals:
5-1-4/9-17.
Ottoville (50)
Madison Knodell 3-0-6, Emily Landin 3-0-7, Nicole
Williams 4-2-9, Amber Miller 5-2-14, Autumn Neer 1-1-3,
Alexis Thorbahn 2-0-4, Abi Hilvers 1-0-2, C.J.Kemper
2-1-5. Totals: 17-4-4/12-50.
Score By Quarters:
Ft. Jennings 4-2-5-6=17
Ottoville 17-7-15-11=50
Three-point goals: Fort Jennings, Wallenhorst;
Ottoville, Miller 2, Landin, Williams.
Overholt, Tyler Rex) and girls (5:02.28 Katie Trittschuh,

Mackenzie Agler, Peyton Fleming, Hannah Stemen)
The Cougar swimmers will compete again on Saturday
when they travel to Ayersville for the Napoleon Invitational.
Boys Results (all distances in meters)
200 Medley Relay: 2nd (2:20.49Kory Schlatter, Cade
Fleming, Tyler Rex, Nathan Ireland), 4th (3:03.67 Chris
Campbell, Stephen Hamblett, Dalton Heppeard, Brayden Cox)
200 Freestyle: 1st (2:16.76- Sam Easley), 4th (2:52.88-Joe
Linser), 6th (3:16.63 Dalton Heppeard)
200 Individual Medley: 1st (2:49.64-Cade Fleming), 4th
(3:19.23- Nathan Ireland)
50 Freestyle: 3rd (28.74Josh Overholt, 4th (32.44-Daymean
Ladd), 5th (37.62-Chris Campbell), JV 3rd (39.92 Stephen
Hamblett)
100 Butterfly: 2nd (1:18.64-Tyler Rex)
100 Freestyle: 2nd (57.13-Sam Easley), 3rd (1:05.42 Josh
Overholt), 6th (1:16.28 Nathan Ireland)
400 Freestyle: 1st (5:41.72 Kory Schlatter), 2nd (6:22.46
Joe Linser)
200 Freestyle Relay: 2nd (1:59.53 Sam Easley, Daymean
Ladd, Cade Fleming, Josh Overholt) 3rd (2:27.73Chris
Campbell, Brayden Cox, Dalton Heppeard, Joe Linser)
100 Backstroke: 1st (1:15.25 Tyler Rex), 4th (1:34.40
Daymean Ladd), 6th (2:04.62- Brayden Cox)
100 Breaststroke: 2nd (1:27.34 Cade Fleming), 3rd
(1:38.76 Kory Schlatter), 4th (2:04.49 Stephen Hamblett)
400 Freestyle Relay: 1st (4:37.68 Sam Easley, Nathan
Ireland, Josh Overholt, Tyler Rex)
Girls Results (all distances in meters)
200 Medley Relay: 3rd (2:35.02 Haley Richardson,
Bethany Fast, Hannah Stemen, Peyton Fleming), 4th (3:07.56
Chloe Brake, Madison Pauquette, Meagan Jacobs, Olivia
Profit)
200 Freestyle: 4th (2:58.10 Peyton Fleming), 5th (3:04.32Haley Richardson), 6th (3:07.40 Olivia Profit)
200 Individual Medley: 2nd (3:00.32 Hannah Stemen),
5th (3:29.21 Madison Pauquette)
50 Freestyle: 3rd (29.97 Katie Trittschuh), 4th (34.28
Mackenzie Agler), 6th (35.55 Madison Turnwald), JV 1st
(38.40 Jen Rex-LaRue), 3rd (39.24 Rebekah Fast), 4th
( 39.41 Jaycie Rickard), 5th (40.50 Emma Verville) 6th
(42.99 Chloe Brake)
100 Butterfly: 2nd (1:24.05 Bethany Fast), 5th (1:53.44
Olivia Mengerink)
100 Freestyle: 2nd (1:14.25 Katie Trittschuh), 5th (1:23.33
Jena Rex-LaRue), 6th 1:25.79 Meagan Jacobs) JV 2nd
(1:29.43 Jaycie Rickard), 3rd (1:29.45 Emma Verville)
400 Freestyle: 1st (5:26.33 Hannah Stemen), 3rd (6:03.30
Mackenzie Agler)
200 Freestyle Relay: 3rd (2:17.08 Bethany Fast, Madison
Turnwald, Haley Richardson, Katie Trittschuh), 4th (2:31.70
Meagan Jacobs, Jena Rex-LaRue, Madison Pauquette,
Mackenzie Agler), 5th (2:36.70 Jaycie Rickard, Rebekah
Fast, Emma Verville, Olivia Mengerink)
100 Backstroke: 3rd (1:27.10 Peyton Fleming), 5th
(1:37.50Haley Richardson), 6th (1:53.51 Chloe Brake)
100 Breaststroke: 2nd (1:32.89 Bethany Fast), 5th (1:46.30
Rebekah Fast), 6th (1:49.65 Olivia Profit)
400 Freestyle Relay: 1st (5:02.28 Katie Trittschuh,
Mackenzie Agler, Peyton Fleming, Hannah Stemen), 4th
(5:45.21 Madison Turnwald, Olivia Profit, Jena Rex-LaRue,
Meagan Jacobs), 5th (6:17.26 Olivia Mengerink, Chloe
Brake, Jaycie Rickard, Madison Pauquette)
8 The Herald
White Sox making

moves at winter meetings
Associated Press
SAN DIEGO The Chicago
White Sox are making the biggest
moves at the winter meetings, trying to regain relevance in the AL
Central after losing 188 games over
two seasons.
Hours after reaching a $46 million, 4-year deal with closer David
Robertson, Chicago acquired starting pitcher Jeff Samardzija from
the Oakland Athletics as part of a
6-player trade.
In our mind were not finished
yet, White Sox general manager
Rick Hahn said Tuesday. We still
know we have some other areas we
need to improve and were hopeful
that in the coming days, and if not
the coming days, then the coming
weeks, well be able to fill a couple
more voids in our roster.
While Jon Lesters
talks on the free-agent
market still seemed
to be creating a logjam for other starting pitchers, the
Chicago teams were busy in the
trade mart.
In the days other significant
swap, the Arizona Diamondbacks
sent All-Star catcher Miguel
Montero, who is owed $40 million
over the next three seasons, to the
Chicago Cubs for a pair of prospects.
Coming off consecutive playoff
appearances that followed a 20-year
drought, the Pittsburgh Pirates
agreed to a $39 million, three-year
deal to keep left-hander Francisco
Liriano. And Atlanta agreed to a
1-year deal with free-agent infielder
Alberto Callaspo.
The deals for Robertson, Liriano
and Callaspo were disclosed by
people familiar with the negotiations who spoke on condition of
anonymity because they had not
been announced.
Lester has been sought by
Boston, the Cubs, the Los Angeles
Dodgers and the World Series
champion San Francisco Giants,
who were dropped from consideration Tuesday.
If it happens tomorrow, it happens tomorrow. If happens next
week, it happens next week. If it
happens in January, it happens in
January, Boston general manager
Ben Cherington said. Were not
working in sequential order. We are
aware of all the possibilities. We
have to be aware of the bigger stuff
because of the financial implica-
Jays
tions, but theres all sorts of other

stuff we are working on.
The White Sox boosted their
rotation by acquiring Samardzija,
who played football for Notre Dame
and pitched for the Cubs.
Being a Chicago guy, thats one
of the craziest things Ive thought
about, he said after Oakland dealt
him to Chicagos South Side. Im
sitting here thinking, Now, do I
really have to go get my cleats on
and go play for the Bears? If I
could skate, maybe the Hawks. My
jumpers garbage, so the Bulls are
out of the question.
Trading an All-Star for the third
time in less than two weeks, the
Athletics sent Samardzija and righthander Michael Ynoa for righthander Chris Bassitt, catcher Josh
Phegley and first baseman Rangel
Ravelo and infielder
Marcus Semien.
An
All-America
wide receiver with
the Fighting Irish,
Samardzija was 31-42
with a 3.97 ERA for the Chicago
Cubs from 2008 until July 5, when
he was traded to the As. He went
5-6 with a 3.14 ERA for Oakland.
Samardzija, a right-hander
who turns 30 on Jan. 23, made
$5,345,000 this year and is eligible for salary arbitration. He can
become a free agent after the 2015
season.
Were going to make every
effort to make this a long-term relationship, Hahn said. We felt that
this was a premium starter who fit,
not just in terms of how he fit in
our rotation, but how he fit in our
clubhouse.
Samardzija wasnt so sure he
would want to miss free agency.
Youre so close to it, you really
want to experience it, he maintained. But like I said before, when
the situations right, its right. When
the numbers are right, theyre right.
Earlier in the offseason, Chicago
agreed to a $25 million, two-year
contract with first baseman Adam
LaRoche and a $15 million, threeyear deal with left-hander Zach Duke.
Samardzija joins a rotation that
includes Chris Sale, who finished
third in AL Cy Young Award voting,
and Jose Quintana.
Its a gutsy move, White Sox
manager Robin Ventura said. You
look around at our division, and you
see the starting pitchers out there, of
what it takes to make it in your division
of facing them all the time, and we feel
like thats something we had to do.
Panthers Newton suffers

back fractures in crash
Associated Press
CHARLOTTE, N.C. Panthers quarterback Cam

Newton suffered fractures to his lower back in a 2-car
crash Tuesday and will spend the night in the hospital,
a team spokesman said Tuesday.
Newton was in fair condition, had no other internal
injuries and would not need surgery, team spokesman
Charlie Dayton said during a news conference outside
a Charlotte hospital. It was unclear if Newton would be
able to practice or play Sunday against the Buccaneers,
Dayton said.
Right now we have thought about Cams
well-being and we understand there was someone else in the other car who was injured,
Dayton said. We just hope that theyre all
OK.
He was expected to be released from the
hospital today after undergoing tests.
Television footage showed Newton on a
stretcher being placed in an ambulance after
the crash. Photos from The Charlotte Observer showed
the 25-year-old smiling as an officer attended to him
on the ground.
A black pickup truck that Charlotte-Mecklenburg
police spokesman Robert Tufano said Newton was
driving was overturned on the roadway with debris
scattered all over the street. The roof was caved in
and a tow truck later was hauling it away. Another car
that appeared to be involved in the crash had front end
damage.
Police were investigating how the crash happened
on a bridge that crosses busy I-277 in the shadow of
Bank of America Stadium, where the Panthers play.
Dayton said he believes Newton was on his way to the
stadium but wasnt certain.
The 2-time Pro Bowler has 2,800 yards passing this
season with 16 touchdowns and 11 interceptions. He
also has rushed for 425 yards and 3 touchdowns to lead
the Panthers to a 4-8-1 record.
An Atlanta native, Newton led the Auburn Tigers to
a national championship in 2010.
Dayton said Newton had two transverse process
fractures in his lower back, which is the same description of an injury that Dallas quarterback Tony Romo
has and has been playing through it.
Dayton said Panthers owner Jerry Richardson
stopped to visit Newton but was unable to see the quarterback because he was undergoing tests. Richardson
left to attend the league meetings in Dallas.
As word of the accident spread online, NFL players
started sending good wishes on social media. Praying
for @CameronNewton, Oakland Raiders defensive
end Justin Tuck tweeted.
Newton threw three touchdown passes in Carolinas
41-10 win over the New Orleans Saints on Sunday, his
best game in nearly a month-and-a-half. He also broke
a string of eight straight games with an interception.
The win put the Panthers back in the playoff hunt,
one-half game behind the Atlanta Falcons and New
Orleans Saints (both 5-8).
Newton was the No. 1 overall pick in the 2011 NFL
draft and was the franchises starter right away. He has
only missed one game this season, the opener at Tampa
Bay. Newton has one year left on his rookie contract
after the Panthers picked up a $15 million option for
2015.
The Lady Cougars (2-2) had two players in double figures as Morrow had a game-high 15
points and Kohn contributed 11 points to Van Werts cause. St. Johns had three girls with
double-digit scoring as Hays scored 12 points and Geise and Fischbach each chipped in 10.
While the Jays were able to hit the bulk of there free throws in the final period, Van Wert
struggled from the line all evening long.
Five-for-17 from the line: that is pretty much the ball game right there, Cougar head coach
Lance Moonshower said following the contest. The girls gave good physical effort at times;
they came back from the deficit and got a lead but we are just not as mentally tough as I would
want. When we made a mistake, wed drop our heads. We need to get into the mindset that what
happened on the last play is done and we need to move on to the next play.
The Cougars open Western Buckeye League play on Thursday as they welcome St. Marys
Memorial. St. Johns, meanwhile, hosts Parkway in a Midwest Athletic Conference tilt.
Score by quarters:
Van Wert 4 14 12 7- 37
St. Johns 8 12 6 20- 46
Van Wert (37)
Cassidy Sinning 1, Alexa Dunlap 6, Emma Kohn 11, Erin Morrow 15, Emily Bair 2,
Elizabeth Keirns 2.
St. Johns (47)
Madilynn Schulte 9, Rachel Pohlman 5, Jessica Geise 10, Lexie Hays 12, Sydney Fischbach
10.
Bulldog
The Lady Bulldogs began to seal off the

offensive glass in the second period, plus their
pressure defense began to assert itself in forcing 10 miscues (20 total). That allowed the
Orange and Black to chip away at the deficit.
They were within 23-21 on a breakaway by
the freshman Wheeler (18 counters) at 1:50
but a trio from the left wing by Grigsby at 31
ticks put the Black Attack up 28-22 at the half.
The third period saw the game tighten considerably. There were two lead changes and a
pair of ties. At 41-41, Grigsby buried a 3-ball
from the right corner and S. Miller put back
a miss with 1.8 ticks on the board to put the
guests up 46-41.
Spencerville hit 2-of-4 singles (50%);
and added 21 fouls. They visit Lincolnview
Thursday.
Elida ended up 22-of-45 from the field
(3-of-9 downtown) for 48.9 percent; secured
27 rebounds (11 offensive); turned it over 14
times; and added 13 fouls. They host Celina
Thursday.
In junior varsity action, Spencerville came
away with a 40-32 victory.
Kaiden Grigsby led the Lady Bearcats with
10 markers.
The Lady Dawgs were paced by nine from
Missy Jackson.
VARSITY
SPENCERVILLE (60)
Schylar Miller 7-0-16, Jayden Smith 0-0-0,
Emilee Meyer 4-0-10, Katie Merriman 1-0-2,
Jenna Henline 0-0-0, Caitlyn Probst 2-0-4,

Jacey Grigsby 5-0-13, Megan Miller 4-2-13,
Audrey Bowsher 1-0-2. Totals 14-10-2-60.
ELIDA (62)
Hope Carter 5-4-16, Brett Pauff 2-2-6,
Abby Waddle 2-4-8, Skylar Hurst 1-0-2,
Shyah Wheeler 7-4-18, Courtney Siefker 0-00, Bailee Kuhn 5-2-12. Totals 20-2-15-62.
Score by Quarters:
Spencerville 19 9 18 14 - 60
Elida 11 11 19 21 - 62
Three-point goals: Spencerville, Grigsby
3, M. Miller 3, S. Miller 2, Meyer 2; Elida,
Carter 2.
JUNIOR VARSITY
SPENCERVILLE (40)
Sydney Shaffer 0-0-0, Kaiden Grigsby 2-610, Lexi Gilroy 0-0-0, Madison Catlin 0-1-1,
Carleigh Hefner 1-0-2, Jayden Smith 2-0-4,
Tiffany Work 2-1-5, Jenna Henline 2-0-4,
Allison Adams 1-2-4, Julie Mulholland 3-1-7,
Destiney Fiely 0-0-0, Paige Olmstead 0-0-0,
Allison Bowsher 1-1-3. Totals 14-0-12/19-40.
ELIDA (32)
Skylar Gutman 0-0-0, Lauren Alexander
1-0-2, Lauren Kesler 1-0-2, Alyssa Doty 0-00, NaKya Rodgers 2-2-6, Esther Hullinger
0-0-0, Mariah Wise 3-1-8, Missy Jackson 2-59, Kyleigh Gay 1-3-5. Totals 9-1-11/21-32.
Score by Quarters:
Spencerville 2 10 18 10 - 40
Elida 9 4 9 10 - 32
Three-point goals: Spencerville, none;
Elida, Wise.
Tuesday Merchant
Dec. 2, 2014
Pitsenbarger Supply
91-8
Lears Martial Arts
82-14
To Legit 2 Split
78-26
R C Connections
75-24
Ace Hardware
72-28
Men over 200
Desteni Lear 232-209-203,
Terence Keaser 211-245, Mike
Rice 223, Shane Lear 236-289,
Bruce VanMetre 212-238-201,
John Jones 265-207, John Allen
207-225, Doug Milligan Jr. 202246, Dave Stemen 205, George
Cunningham 224, David Newman
229-246, Jim Childress 211, Kyle
Carver 206, Brock Parsons 226,
Jerry Mericle 214, Mark Biedenharn
215-203, Rick Schuck 258, Mike
Hughes 226-205.
Men over 550
Desteni Lear 644, Terence
Keaser 646, Mike Rice 562, Shane
Lear 698, Bruce VanMetre 651,
John Jones 657, John Allen 589,
Doug Milligan Jr. 637, Dave Stemen
205, George Cunningham 553,
David Newman 649, Jim Childress
577, Brock Parsons 557, Jerry
Mericle 555, Mark Biedenharn 604,
Rick Schuck 606, Mike Hughes
611.
Wednesday Industrial
Dec. 3, 2014
K-M Tire
50-14
Unverferth Mfg.,
44-20
Buckeye painting
39-25
Rustic Cafe
38-26
Topp Chalet
38-28
Heather Marie Photo
31-33
Fusion Graphic
26-38
Cabo
24-40
D & D Grain
18-46
John Deere
14-50
Men over 200
Don Rice 233, Tim Martin
221-216-256, Shawn Allemeier
222-245, Justin Starn 219, Bruce
VanMetre 225-21, Kyle Early
278-21, Dave Moenter 226-233,
Randy Fischbach 216-245, Shane
Stabler 242, Jason Mahlie 235244, Jim Thorbin 214-206-243,
Rick Kennedy 225, Erin Deal
256-227-247, Brent Miller 236215, Brian Sharp 244-215, Rob
Shaeffer 211-218, Steve Richards
201, Butch Prine Jr. 223-222-228,
Terence Keaser 234-211, Josh
DeVelvis 220, Daniel Uncapher
212, Shane Schimmoller 216-235,
Frank Miller 247-228-206, Joe
Geise 202-210, Justin Miller 215217, John Allen 256-204-210, John
Jones 202, Mike Rice 217-223,
Bruce Moorman 206, Dan Kleman
209, Brian Stepleton 215, Harold
Beckner 214, Terry Trentman 201204, Matt Hamilton 222, Taylor
Booth 255-300-236, Ryan Robey
215-255.
Men over 550
Don Rice 599, Tim Martin
693, Shawn Allemeier 641, Justin
Starn 605, Bruce VanMetre 631,
Kyle Early 679, Dave Moenter
653, Randy Fischbach 660,
Shane Stabler 585, Jason Mahlie
652, Josh DeVelvis 573, Daniel
Uncapher 567, Shane Schimmoller
645, Frank Miller 681, Joe Geise
605, Justin Miller 623, John Allen
670, John Jones 559, Mike Rice
The Panthers have repeatedly said Newton is a

guy they view as their franchise quarterback moving
forward.
But it has been a rough year for Newton.
After the Panthers fell at home to the San Francisco
49ers in the NFC divisional playoffs in January,
Newton had ankle surgery in March that sidelined him
for all but one of the teams spring practices.
He returned for the start of the training camp, but
then suffered another setback when he fractured his
ribs during a preseason game against the New England
Patriots.
The injuries forced Newton to miss
Carolinas season opener.
He has said hes not been close to 100 percent all season.
Newton is 23-31-1 as an NFL starter in the
regular season and 0-1 in the playoffs.
Derek Anderson is the teams backup quarterback and would be first in line to replace
Newton if he is unable to play Sunday against
Tampa Bay (2-10). Anderson started and led Carolina
to a season-opening victory against the Bucs.
Union: Not consulted on conduct policy
NEW YORK The players union says it has not
had input into a revamped personal conduct policy the
NFL is preparing.
NFL owners are meeting today in Irving, Texas,
and are expected to see a framework for changes to the
policy. The union has sought to have any alterations to
the policy negotiated.
The current policy was part of the 2011 collective
bargaining agreement between the NFL and the NFL
Players Association. But in the wake of the Ray Rice
and Adrian Peterson cases, portions of the policy are
being reworked.
In the latest of four talks (about the personal conduct policy) they progressively got less interested,
NFL Players Association President Eric Winston said
of the NFL during a conference call Tuesday. And
we found out before this last meeting that they were
already planning to present it. They basically asked us
to a meeting as a farce, to say they met with the players
three or four times.
We found out a personal conduct (policy presentation) would be rolled out this week to the owners.
Added union executive Zak DeOssie: We got an
invitation and the topic was the conduct policy and we
sort of knew going into that meeting that they were not
entertaining the idea of this being a collectively bargained issue. We asked a bunch of times, Is this what
we are about to talk about, collectively bargained?
And they reiterated no.
We were left with no choice to not engage with
them with any sort of policy that the owners are going
to see.
Among the unions aims is to have Commissioner
Roger Goodells role in handing out discipline reduced
or even eliminated.
League spokesman Greg Aiello said the unions
proposal would weaken the policy.
The commissioners disciplinary authority for offfield conduct was negotiated as part of the 2011 CBA,
Aiello wrote in an e-mail to The Associated Press. The
personal conduct policy applies to all NFL personnel
and has never been the subject of collective bargaining.
It has been in place for almost 20 years (since 1997).
BOWLING
630, Brian Stepleton 560, Harold

Beckner 599, Duane Kohorst
556, Armando Alverez 553, Terry
Trentman 566, Matt Hamilton 603,
Taylor Booth 79, Ryan Robey 615.
Thursday National
Dec. 4, 2014
Westrich
8-0
Evans Construction
8-0
D R C Big Dogs
8-0
K-M Tire
8-0
Old Mill Campground
8-4-4
First Federal
4-4
S & Ks Landeck Tavern
0-8
Wannemachers
0-8
Mushroom Graphics
0-8
VFW
0-8
Men over 200
Tom Pratter 206, Glenn Hash
222, Mike Rice 222-224-203, Don
Honigford 234, Neil Mahlie 210,
Mike Hughes 219, Jason Mahlie
227-236-202, Brian Schaadt 247,
Neil Korte 244, Bruce VanMetre
244-224, Tom Schulte 244, Chuck
Verhoff 201-236, Justin Miller 224,
Dave Miller 217-212-203, Don Rice
203-211-203, Shawn Allemeier 226261-225, Sean Hulihan 224-213254, Rob Ruda 245-235-300, Scott
Scalf 256-227-225, Carl Beck 204214-213, Ted Wells 202-210, Frank
Miller 247, Dan Mason 209-213, Jeff
Lawrence 257-227, Randy Lawley
247, John Jones 201-237-212, John
Allen 242-256, Joe Geise 243-215,
Doug Milligan Jr. 248.
Men over 550
Mike Rice 649, Don Honigford
554, Neil Mahlie 551, Mike Hughes
582, Jason Mahlie 665, Brian
Schaadt 623, Seth Schaadt 574,
Neil Korte 631, Bruce VanMetre
653, Tom Schulte 572, Chuck
Verhoff 580, Dave Miller 632, Don
Rice 617, Shawn Allemeier 712,
Sean Hulihan 691, Rob Ruda 780,
Scott Scalf 708, Carl Beck 631, Ted
Wells 605, Brad Thornburgh 566,
Frank Miller 605, Larry Mason 566,
Dan Mason 617, Jeff Lawrence
684, Randy Lawley 560, John
Jones 650, John Allen 681, Joe
Geise 634, Doug Milligan Jr. 622.
Monday Rec
12-1-14
The Pittsters
40-8
Rustic
40-8
Grothouse Barber Shop
34-14
Dukes Sharpening
30-18
Delphos Rec. Center
26-22
2 Lefts & A Right
24-24
S&K Tavern
22-26
Jennings Mower & Mopeds 18-30
Bunge
12-36
Cabo
6-42
Men over 170
Butch Prine Jr. 224-189204, Randy Ryan 201-176, Tom
Honigford 185-197, Jeff Rostorfer
216-218-246, Dan Grothouse
176-172, Brent Grothouse 176,
Jerry Looser 183-170-223, Dave
Breaston 187, Mark Mansfield 204,
Jeff Milligan 206-177, Zach Sargent
232-178-217, Brian Gossard 212212-218, Shawn Allemeier 177208, Tim Martin 220, Scott German
194-216, Bruce VanMetre 218256-222, Ryan Robey 186-178210, Jerry Kraft 202-176, Bruce
Kraft 199, Dave Kill 199-178, Greg
Kill 180, Harold Beckner 196-207,
Mark Radabaugh 176-172, Terry

Lindeman 192-215-191, Rob Ruda
214-199-182.
Men over 525
Butch Prine Jr. 617, Jeff
Rostorfer 680, Jerry Looser 576,
Jeff Milligan 546, Zach Sargent
627, Brian Gossard 642, Shawn
Allemeier 548, Tim Martin 554,
Scott German 568, Bruce VanMetre
696, Ryan Robey 574, Jerry Kraft
527, Dave Kill 525, Harold Beckner
572, Terry Lindeman 598, Rob
Ruda 595.
Monday Hi Rollers
12-1-14
Agri-Tech
36-12
Adam Automotive
36-12
Dickmans Ins.
28-20
Dicks Chicks
26-22
Studio 320
26-22
Full Spectrum
24-24
K&M Tires
14-34
Ladies over 160
Kelly Hubert 187-190, Doris
Honigford
173-163,
Connie
Paddubney 172, Mary White 161161, Donna Bendele 160, Doris
Lindeman 167, Sherry Fetzer 168,
Lisa Douglas 183, Marianne Mahlie
190, Chris Mahlie 230-193-194,
Denise Courtney 160, Robin Allen
200-169, Audrey Martin 174, Cheryl
Gossard 164, Brittany Rahrig 221167-176, Anita Stewart 175, Lisa
VanMetre 209-199, Pam Dignan
203-168.
Ladies over 500
Kelly Hubert 526, Robin Allen
515, Brittany Rahrig 564, Lisa
VanMetre 545, Pam Dignan 524.
Ladies over 600
Chris Mahlie 617.
Tuesday Early Birds
12-2-14
Delphos Rec Center
96-32
Old Duck Farts
72-56
Pin Pals
72-56
Floors Done By 1
72-56
The Grind
56-72
Ladies over 160
Jodi Bowersock 207-181,
Robin Allen 200-183, Nikki Rice
169-170, Shawn Heiing 162,
Shirley Hoehn 203, Tammy
Ellerbrock 175, Mary White 178,
Janice Kaverman 189-181.
Ladies over 500
Jodi Bowersock 538, Robin
Allen 510, Shirley Hoehn 507, J
anice Kaverman 507.
Thursday Classic Six
12-4-14
Vancrest
88-32
Delphos Rec Center
72-48
Huey Investments
70-50
The Fort
63-57
American Pawn
61-59
Ladies over 160
Marcia Schmitz 175-172, Sue
Karhoff 166, Joyce Shirey 168,
Tammy Ellerbrock 203-201-197,
Sarah Prine 165, Shannon Moreo
205, Stacy Prine 162-233-189,
Diane Steinbrenner 161, Sandy
Fischer 176=176, Trina Schuerman
170, Tara Bowersock 187-184-206.
Ladies over 500
Stacy Prine 584, Tara
Bowersock 577.
Ladies over 600
Tammy Ellerbrock 601.
Business
Central receives technology awards

Mortgage insurance to
help protect homeowner
DEAR BRUCE: Can you

please explain PMI insurance?
-- Reader
DEAR READER: PMI is
private mortgage insurance. If
you have little money to put
down on a house, your lender
may require you to pay for
an insurance policy to protect
itself. If you cant pay for your
mortgage, the mortgage will be
paid at least up to 20 percent of
the outstanding balance, which
should enable the house to be
sold at a break-even point.
PMI is not to be taken lightly. Mortgage insurance can
make home ownership possible for people who would not
be issued a mortgage without
it, but it should be used only if
its absolutely necessary. There
also should be a prearranged
point when the PMI goes away
as your equity increases.
DEAR BRUCE: I lost my
job in 2012. I notified U.S.
Bank, my 80/20 lender, of the
impending inability to pay
PL Development Specialist for Central Jeanine Forwerck(center) ac- and desire for short sale. I
cepts the Download Implementation Award from Bonnie Two Bears, had a buyer lined up. Bank of
chairperson for the Industry Solutions Committee, and Christopher America agreed, but U.S. Bank
dragged its feet and the deal
Gory, chair of the Applied Client Network. (Submitted photo)
collapsed.
Fast forward to today. Bank
of America long ago stopped
trying to collect payments and
the property was seized; locks
were changed. U.S. Bank continues to send me bills to this
day! I have a letter from the
foreclosure department warning of action, and then nothing.
What can I do? They have
the ability to drag out nonpayment forever. My credit was
WASHINGTON (AP) The number a month this year, the healthiest pace in
in the mid-700s before this.
of available U.S. jobs rose in October to the 15 years.
-- J.M.
Still, the job market is not yet back to
second-highest level in 14 years, and comDEAR J.M.: You are stuck
panies kept hiring at a healthy pace, adding full health. There are still nearly 7 milin a tough spot. I am gathering
lion people working part-time jobs who
to evidence of an improving economy.
that Bank of America was the
Job openings increased 3.2 percent to would prefer full-time work, up from 4.1
primary lender and U.S. Bank
4.83 million, the Labor Department said million before the Great Recession.
was the secondary.
Tuesdays data is from the Job
Tuesday. Thats just below Augusts total,
Since there is no possibilwhich was the highest on records dating Openings and Labor Turnover survey, or
ity of any value to be there
back to 2000. Total hiring slipped 0.4 per- JOLTS, which provides a more detailed
for U.S. Bank, it is cheaper
cent to 5.1 million after reaching a seven- look at the job market than the monthly
for the bank to send monthly
year high in September. The number of employment report. It includes figures
bills than to repossess. On the
other hand, Bank of America
people quitting was mostly unchanged at for overall hiring, as well as the number
has no great reason to move
a six-year high of 2.7 million.
of quits and layoffs. The monthly jobs
ahead because of the expense,
The overall figures paint a picture of figures are a net total of job gains or
and until such time as it can at
a more dynamic job market, with busi- losses.
least break even, why should it
Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen
nesses filling more open jobs and more
bother?
Americans quitting, typically for better- has cited the levels of quits and hires as
You mentioned that the
paying opportunities. More quits and key indicators of job market health. She
banks have the ability to drag
more job postings provide more oppor- and other Fed officials are monitoring
this out forever. Perhaps not
tunities for the unemployed to find work. those trends as they consider when to
forever, but for a very long
Job openings have been rising strongly raise short-term interest rates from neartime. I sympathize, since your
all year, but total hiring has only picked zero levels. Most economists forecast
credit was destroyed through
up in the past couple of months. That that wont happen until the middle of
no fault of your own.
suggests employers are stepping up their next year.
What I would do is write
efforts to fill open positions. The number
Surveys by trade groups and staffto both banks involved and
of available jobs has increased 21 percent ing firms also point to solid job gains.
explain that unless this can be
in the past 12 months, while hiring is up Small business owners are much more
settled satisfactorily, you are
12 percent. That gap has narrowed sig- optimistic about future economic growth,
going to go through Chapter
nificantly this year.
and most expect sales to increase in
7 bankruptcy to have this debt
More people quitting and growth in the coming months, according to a surdischarged. There will be some
hiring can also help up drive up wages, vey released Tuesday by the National
expense involved here, but at
which have barely kept up with inflation Federation of Independent Business.
least it will set the entire matter
The NFIBs optimism index rose
since the recession ended.
aside once and forever.
DEAR BRUCE: My husThe data comes after last Fridays sur- in November to its highest level since
band and I have allowed our
prisingly strong jobs report. Employers February 2007, 10 months before the
daughter, who is a single mothadded a net total of 321,000 jobs in recession began. A measure of small
November, the most in nearly three years. businesses plans to hire ticked up to the
Job gains have averaged 241,000 jobs highest level since July.
VAN WERT The Central Insurance

Companies have been honored with the
2014 Interface Partnership Award from
insurance technology company Applied
Systems. This award recognizes Centrals
achievements in and dedication to real
time communication.
Applied Systems acknowledged
Centrals leadership and innovations, citing their interface advancements in download and real time rating. The award
was presented at the 2014 Technology,
Education and Networking Conference
(TENCon) hosted by ASCnet, Inc., the
Applied Systems Client Network.
Central was also recognized by the
Applied Client Network Industry
Solutions Committee with the Download
Implementation Award. This award recognizes carrier partners and individuals
who have worked closely with ASCnet
membership to advance agency technology and interfaces with innovations and
contributions to those ends.
The Central Mutual Insurance
Company was founded in Van Wert in
1876, and provides insurance for more
than 328,000 automobiles, homes, and
businesses in 18 states. The Central group
of companies has combined assets of over
$1 billion. Centrals A.M. Best rating is A
(Excellent).
Gas to average
$2.60 next year
Associated Press
The Energy Department
again slashed its prediction for
next years average price of
gasoline across the U.S., this
time to $2.60 a gallon. That
would be 23 percent below
this years projected average
and the lowest full-year average since 2009.
If that comes to pass, the
price drop will save U.S. drivers $100 billion over the course
of the year based on current
consumption levels. That will
boost the overall economy by
reducing shipping and transportation costs, and leaving
consumers more money to
spend on other things.
In its most recent
short-term
energy
outlook, released Tuesday, the
Energy Departments Energy
Information Administration
cut its gasoline price forecast
for 2015 by 35 cents a gallon.
It was the second time in two
months that the EIA cut the
forecast by more than 30 cents
a gallon.
The average national price
of gasoline to $2.66 a gallon on Tuesday according to
AAA, 61 cents less than last
year at this time. The national
average has fallen every day
since September 26.
The steep drop in gasoline
prices is a result of a drop
in crude oil supplies. Global
crude prices have fallen to
around $66 per barrel from a
June high of $115 per barrel.
US job openings rise,

hiring remains healthy
Company president in chemical spill facing charges

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) The
top executive charged in a chemical
spill that left 300,000 people without
drinking water lied about his role with
the company to protect his personal
wealth of nearly $8 million from lawsuits, according to an FBI affidavit.
In bankruptcy court hearings and
meetings, former Freedom Industries
President Gary Southern repeatedly said
he had little to do with the company
before it was sold a few weeks prior to
the January chemical spill. But an FBI
affidavit said Southern had overseen dayto-day operations at the chemical storage
company, hired employees and executed
contracts for several years, according to a
complaint unsealed Monday.

They are either outright lies, or are, at
the very least, misleading, FBI Special
Agent James F. Lafferty II said in a sworn
statement. All of the statements indicate
or suggest an effort to defect blame from
Southern for the discharge of (the chemical) MCHM into the Elk River.
Southerns attorney, Bob Allen of
Charleston, said the former executive
plans to vigorously fight the charges.
Southern negotiated the sale of
Freedom Industries to Chemstream
Holdings Inc. just weeks before the
spill, and discussed how much money
would be set aside to deal with necessary repairs at the site, the complaint
said. Investigators discovered holes in

tanks, shoddy last-resort containment
walls and other deficiencies.
Southern, who has previously denied
wrongdoing, faces charges of bankruptcy fraud, wire fraud and lying under
oath. If convicted of all the charges, he
faces up to 30 years in prison.
He was arrested in Florida, where he
owns a home on Marco Island, and was
released Tuesday on a $100,000 bond.
His next hearing is in West Virginia on
Dec. 18.
Southerns public image suffered
when he appeared unsympathetic to
much of an entire valley of people lacking clean water.
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Smart
Money
er of two (with a deadbeat
husband), to live in a home
we own without paying rent.
There is still a mortgage on
that home. Can it be transferred
to her and placed in her name?
She cannot qualify for the
loan, but we want to give her
a sense of ownership. As a
side benefit, it might force her
to take over payments. Is this
legal? -- Reader
DEAR READER: There
is absolutely no reason for the
home to be transferred to her
and placed in her name. You
mentioned you want to give
her a sense of ownership. That
may very well be, but no one
is going to give her a mortgage for the very reasons you
outlined. Hoping that as a side
benefit it might force her to
take over payments is a pie-inthe-sky dream. All she has to
do is stop making the payments
and eventually the bank will
foreclose.
Whether you want your
daughter to continue to stay in
the house is up to you, but there
is no value in putting it in her
name, unless you pay off the
entire mortgage, which would
not be to your advantage.
DEAR BRUCE: I had my
first car repossessed last year. I
am 35 years old, recently lost
my job and couldnt afford the
payments of $400. How long
will this stay on my credit
report? -- Frank
DEAR
FRANK:
Unfortunately, there is no set
answer for this. The fact that
you had your car repossessed is
going to sit on your report for
some time.
The company that owns
that liability will probably sell
it to another company, and that
company in turn will try to collect. Because the second company paid less for your debt,
it can offer you a lower settlement payment and still come
out ahead.
As to how long this stays
on your credit report, that will
depend on the size of the debt.
If its relatively modest, it will
generally go away after a few
years.
(Send questions to bruce@
brucewilliams.com. Questions
of general interest will be
answered in future columns.
Owing to the volume of mail,
personal replies cannot be provided.)
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DEAR ABBY: A few months ago,

I turned 50 and my co-workers held a
small celebration. When we celebrate
birthdays, we all have agreed to regift
an item (usually a gag gift).
One of my presents was a black
leather miniskirt and matching vest. I
never planned on wearing it, but my
husband, Tom, and I were invited to
an 80s-themed Halloween party and
I didnt want to spend a lot of money
on a costume, so we decided to go as
a rock star and his groupie.
I left work early to get ready for
the party. When Tom arrived home,
he couldnt keep his eyes or hands off
me. We never made it to the party and
had the best sex wed had in years.
Before that night, our love life had
been practically nonexistent.
Abby, please remind readers
to always keep intimacy in their
relationships. Apparently, Tom and I
just needed to be creative and spice
things up a little. -- HAPPIER IN
PENNSYLVANIA
DEAR HAPPIER: Thats a great
suggestion. Now I know why your
jack-o-lantern was smiling.
DEAR ABBY: I was married for
six years and had three children with
my husband. He always said he hated
people who cheat on their spouse, but
then he had an affair with a married

co-worker, a woman who had three
kids. We had a huge argument about
it. I called her names and he beat me
up. I called the police, he was arrested,
jailed, and I filed for divorce.
It has been six years and I have
moved on, but Im still angry over
their cheating. They got married and
invited mutual friends who knew of
their affair. All of them attended the
wedding.
When I questioned a few of them
about why they didnt tell me he was
cheating on me, they said it was none
of their business. (Oddly enough,
those people thought nothing of
socializing with the cheaters.)
Id like to know how many of your
readers would tell someone their
spouse was cheating. I know I would,
because affairs arent innocent fun.
Just to add to the end of my
story, my ex and his trophy wife are
now divorcing after three years of
marriage. The reason? He caught
her cheating! -- THE EX-MRS. IN
ILLINOIS
DEAR EX-MRS.: These friends
may not have told you because they
either didnt want to get involved, or
they had already chosen whose side
they planned to be on.
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seven novels. Emily was so impressed that

wrote
Wuthering he gave Aesop his
Heights;
Anne freedom. Others argue
Q: My father has wrote Agnes Grey that Aesop was as
been watching reruns and The Tenant of much a fable as, well,
of the TV show Green Wildfell Hall; and Aesops fables. They
C h a r l o t t e argue the works are
Acres.
He
wrote Jane mostly by two poets,
would like to
Eyre, The the Greek Valerius
know details of
and
the
P r o f e s s o r, Babrius
the old tractor
Villette and Roman Phaedrus, who
that
always
translated the works of
Shirley.
broke
down
There were Babrius.
when used by
Popular
fables
six
Bronte
Mr. Douglas.
children -- five include The Ant and
The tractor is
Grasshopper,
girls and one the
similar to one
my father used Eddie Albert boy, though The Boy Who Cried
the
two Wolf and Town
many years ago.
-- F.W., Waynesboro, oldest sisters died as Mouse and Country
Mouse.
children.
Pa.
Q: While still king,
For many
A: Green
years,
the Edward VIII attempted
Acres, staring
sisters wrote to find a compromise
Eddie Albert
under
the so he could remain
as
Oliver
pen names of on the throne and
Douglas and
Currer, Ellis still marry American
Eva Gabor as
and
Acton Wallis Simpson. One
his fashionable
Bell, retaining of his suggestions was
wife,
Lisa,
their
actual that he and Simpson
aired
from
would agree that
1965 to 1971. Eva Gabor initials.
Q:
Jackie their offspring would
On the show,
the
temperamental Gleason played a renounce any claim to
tractor was a fictional bartender on his TV the throne, as would
H o y t - C l a g w e l l . show, The Jackie their offspring. The
In reality, it was a Gleason Show. Was agreement was not
Fordson model F, the his name Joe or Mr. unusual between the
first tractor built and Dennehy? -- K.G., marriage of a man
or woman of royal
Stuart, Fla.
sold by Henry Ford.
A: One of the many or noble birth with a
Q: I would like to
read all the novels characters introduced partner of lower rank.
by the Bronte sisters. by Gleason was Joe There is a name for
Where can I get a list? the Bartender. Mr. this type of marriage.
(Thomas
Pop) Do you know what it
-- F.L., Mesa, Ariz.
A: All together, the Dennehy was the is? -- E.H., New York
customer. City
literary sisters wrote unseen
A: This is called a
Gleason
said
he
modeled him after the morganatic marriage.
superintendent of the The word comes
building he grew up in from Medieval Latin,
matrimonium
ad
Brooklyn, N.Y.
Gleason
later m o r g a n a t i c a m ,
marriage
revealed that the name meaning
Dennehy is a tribute with a morning gift.
Edward
and
to his first love, Julie
Simpson did not
Dennehy.
Q: How many enter into this type of
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are there? -- J.L., abdicated the throne
for the woman he
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also suspect that, unlike years ago
when folks opted to remain silent, the
majority will say they feel the spouse
has a right to know because they
would want to be told.
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advice on hugging a woman without
it seeming like I am more interested in
experiencing a free feel of her breasts
than in just hugging her. Any help or
suggestions will be appreciated. -HEALTHY AMERICAN MALE
DEAR H.A.M.: If you are hugging
women you dont have much of a
relationship with, your intention
could be misconstrued. If you think
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might be regarded as making a pass,
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months. How can I kick this infection for good?
DEAR READER: Sinusitis is inflammation
of the sinuses. Everyone has sinuses, and many
of us are not happy about that. Like you, my
sinuses frequently get inflamed. Sinuses are the
moist air spaces behind the eyes, forehead, nose
and cheeks, on each side of our head.
Why do we have sinuses? I dont think
anyone knows, and Im not sure theres a good
reason. They dont do anything good for us. All
they seem to do is cause trouble. In that respect,
theyre sort of like our appendix.
What irritates the sinuses and leads to
inflammation is most often a viral infection.
Sometimes its an allergic reaction to things
in the air we breathe or to certain foods.
Conditions that block the sinuses, such as
polyps in the nose or a badly deviated septum,
can do it. Cigarette smoke also is a common
irritant, even second-hand smoke. Sometimes
its swimming, particularly when there are
substances in the water (like chlorine) that
irritate the lining of the sinuses.
As you know, sinusitis causes pain and
pressure, congestion and postnasal drip.
Normally, the sinuses drain through small
openings into your nose. Anything that
obstructs that flow -- often a cold or allergies
-- can cause a buildup of mucus in the sinuses.
This warm, moist environment serves as an
ideal bacterial breeding ground. Bacteria that
normally live in your sinuses rapidly multiply,
causing an infection: bacterial sinusitis. That
adds pus to the mucus. Sputum, the stuff that
blows out of your nose or that you cough up
from the back of your throat, turns yellow,
brown or green. Also, bacterial sinusitis often
causes a fever.
Bacterial sinusitis is actually pretty unusual
and is over-diagnosed. Unfortunately, it is
hard for a doctor to be sure there is a bacterial
infection that requires antibiotic treatment.
Most doctors will treat with antibiotics if
someone has had the symptoms for 10 days
or more without improvement. Thats because
viral infections usually are improving by that
time.
Antibiotic treatment also is justified if
symptoms are severe and have persisted for
three days or more, or if a person has a high
fever (over 102 degrees).
A typical course of antibiotics, lasting 10 to
14 days, can usually treat a bacterial infection of
the sinuses. Your doctor can extend that course
up to six weeks if needed. But sometimes
antibiotics still fail to eliminate the infection,
or they provide only temporary relief before
symptoms return.
Bacterial sinusitis will return if you dont
reduce the conditions that irritated the sinuses
in the first place. So try:
-- Treating your allergies. If allergies could
be a factor, ask your doctor about more effective
allergy treatment.
-- Eliminating milk and/or wheat from your
diet. Allergic reactions to these foods can set
the stage for sinusitis.
-- Quitting smoking. Cigarette smoking
impairs the function of tiny hairs that sweep
mucus and debris out of your sinuses.
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Harvard Medical School. To send questions, go
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Zits
Todays
Horoscope
By Eugenia Last
WEDNESDAY,
DECEMBER 10, 2014
Blondie
For Better or Worse
Address
your
current
professional situation and
consider the changes youd
like to make. Consider
implementing an enjoyable
pastime into your moneymaking
scheme. Regardless of the
choice you make, if you are
methodical and take a step-bystep approach, you can make
your dreams a reality.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23Dec. 21) -- Make a point to take

care of unfinished business
before you run out of time.
Medical, financial, legal or
insurance documents should be
reviewed and updated before
the year is out.
CAPRICORN
(Dec.
22-Jan. 19) -- Show your
leadership ability. You will be
resentful if other people try to
control your actions. You be the
one to decide what direction
your day will take.
Beetle Bailey
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AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb.

19) -- Dont let self-doubt or
fear prevent you from taking on
a new challenge. Rather than
daydreaming, make a lifestyle
change or personal connection
with someone. Love is on the
rise.
Crossword Puzzle
ACROSS
1 Goes back
packing
6 Chubby
11 Hitching
posts?
12 Actress
Ryder
13 Whim
14 Become
intense (2 wds.)
15 Ninnies
16 Action word
17 Cuzco
founder
18 Mark of
Zorro
19 Ancient
harp
23 Promissory
notes
25 Carpentry
tool
26 Mandible
29 Ne plus -31 Lispers
problem
32 I knew it!
33 Cooking
spice
34 Sault -Marie
35 Calendar
page
37 Whirlpool
39 Farewells
40 Jr. naval
officer
41 Calls it
quits
45 Sentrys
bark
47 Braid
48 I trouble?
51 Digestion
aid
52 Wreckage
53 -- ladies
dancing ...
54 Narrow
cuts
55 Apple drink
(2 wds.)
4 Experts
5 9-digit ID
6 Dock
7 Powerless
8 Wee circle
9 Eland cousin
10 Woof
11 Opposed
12 Joyful cry
16 Priests attire
18 Bantu language
20 Actor -Montand
21 Take a load
off
22 Ultimatum
word
24 Toe-stubbers cry
25 Country
26 Door frame
27 Hello, matey!
28 Diminish
30 Eliminates
36 Casual wear
(hyph.)
38 Raised ones
voice
Mondays answers
40 Stately
trees
42 Easily
conned
43 Loon, for
one
44 Getz or
Mikita
46 Defects
and all (2 wds.)
47 Sanskrit
DOWN
1 Circus
performer
2 Garret
3 Rum drink
PISCES (Feb. 20-March

20) -- A major change is
imminent. A different location
or vocation should be on your
mind. If you open your eyes to
new possibilities, you will find
the success you are looking for.
Pickles
ARIES (March 21-April

19) -- You will find fulfillment if
you strive to make a difference
in a cause that you feel strongly
about. Charitable, benevolent
or non-profit organizations will
value your help.
TAURUS (April 20-May

20) -- Dont waste time arguing
with an obstinate party. Walk
away from anyone putting too
many demands on you. A little
distance will help you gain
greater clarity.
Garfield
Born Loser
Hagar the Horrible
Barney Google & Snuffy Smith
GEMINI (May 21-June

20) -- Someone in your life
will not understand or approve
of your plans. If you are sincere
about
your
commitment,
you mustnt let anyone stand
between you and your goal.
CANCER (June 21-July

22) -- Earning a living must
take top priority for you.
Complete whatever is required
to help you move forward
professionally and financially.
Increase your knowledge so
that you can make the most of
your talents.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) -Today is all about you. Let your
imagination soar, and spend
time doing fun things with the
people you love most. Breaking
away from your daily routine
will be rejuvenating.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept.
22) -- Facing hard facts will be
necessary if you want to move
forward and distance yourself
from a situation that isnt in
your best interest. Take care of
yourself and your future.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct.

23) -- Dont let upsetting news
broadcasts or confusing world
events stop you from moving
forward. Focus on what matters
most to you. Stick close to the
ones you love.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov.

22) -- You will accomplish
a lot if you work alone and at
your own pace. Dont allow
anyone to push you around or
take advantage of you. Follow
the path that offers the highest
return.
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51 Min. fraction
12 The Herald
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Board
We would like to give

a big thank-you to the
Dientsberger Foundation
for awarding Delphos City
Schools a generous gift in the
amount of $45,000, Wolfe
said. This will be put to
good use in purchasing new
support material for curriculum and help us upgrade new
technology.
Wolfe said the anti-bullying assembly Rachels
Challenge held in both
Jefferson Middle School and
High School on Friday was
well-received by students
and teachers.
There were times you
could have heard a pin drop,
the kids were so taken by the
program, Wolfe added.
He also reported the Grant
Advisory Board Committee
met and discussed building
media and business contacts. The grant committee
will present on the districts
BRAG Grant at the Ohio
Educational
Technology
Conference (OTEC) in
Columbus Feb. 10-12.
The following coaching
contracts were re-issues for
the 2015-16 school year:
Chris Sommers head football coach; John Edinger and
Jon Kroeger assistant football coaches; Jeff Stockwell
and Bryan Weimerskirch
assistant football coaches
(split pay); Greg Gossman,
Brent Binkley, Michael
Wiltsie, Adam Wollenhaupt,

Seth Wollenhaupt and Roger
Arroyo volunteer assistant
football coaches; Scott Boggs
junior high head football
coach; Randy McElroy
assistant junior high football coach; Damion Joseph
volunteer assistant junior
high football coach; Maureen
Teman varsity football
cheerleading coach; Beth
Geise assistant football
cheerleading coach; Brittany
Rahrig junior high football cheerleading coach; and
Josiah Stober head soccer
coach.
Students will enjoy a 1:30
p.m. early dismissal on Dec.
19 and Christmas vacation
will begin on Dec. 22. Student
swill return to school on Jan. 5.
In other business, the
board:
Appointed Leila Osting
to the Delphos Public Library
Board of Trustees for the term
of 7 years to expire Dec. 31,
2021. Osting is the current
Library Board President and
this will be her second term;
Accepted a $200 donation from Josh Vasquez; and
Approved the annual
membership to the Ohio
School Boards Association
(OSBA) at $3,020 for 2015
and an additional $150 for
electronic support.
Before adjourning, the
board elected President ProTemp Brent Gable to preside
over the boards Organizational
Meeting at 7 p.m. Jan. 12.
Trivia
Answers to Mondays questions:

According to Greek mythology, there are five rivers in Hades: Acheron, Cocytus, Lethe, Phlegethon and
Styx.
Martin Luther King Jr. quoted the African-American
spiritual There Is a Balm in Gilead when he needed
a lift, according to his widow, Coretta Scott King. Mrs.
King cited one stanza in particular: Sometimes I feel
discouraged/And I think my works in vain/But then the
Holy Spirit/Revives my soul again.
Todays questions:
What is a Dracula sneeze?
What prolific 19th-century Italian composer once
boasted, Give ma a laundry list and Ill set it to music?
Answers in Thursdays Herald.
Todays joke:
A preacher was walking down the street when he
notices a little boy trying to ring the doorbell but its
just out of his reach. He watches his efforts for some
time and walks over to press the bell. After he pressed
it, he leveled down to the boy and asked Now what?
to which the boy turned and shouted, NOW WE
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Sue grew up in Delphos and is a graduate of
Delphos St. Johns, Smith explained. Having someone who knows Delphos, its people, its personality, its
needs and its assets is invaluable to making sure we
include Delphos in any county ED initiative.
Van Wert County Commissioner Thad
Lichtensteiger said Gerker will work in Van Wert
and hopefully spend time in Delphos focusing on the
citys properties and businesses.
Its our way of putting emphasis here and in Van
Wert, Lichtensteiger said.
Facilitator Cindy Metzger, First Federal Banks
Community Banking Center manager, said the new
name of the group Delphos Economic Growth
Partnership reflects and identifies what the committee would like to accomplish.
The mission statement reads: To facilitate economic growth and development by assisting private
and public entities to improve the quality of life in
the Delphos area, Metzger said.
Fellow Facilitator Peter Ricker, DHI Media
advertising manager, said Metzger has been working with the Delphos Area Chamber on the 501 C3
information.
The chamber is the preferred model for this
group, Ricker said. Weve talked with Attorney
Steve Mansfield and he has answered all of our
questions.
We feel its a natural fit verses creating a new
501 C3, Metzger said.
The group focused on the goal of creating a web
presence.
We came up with the funding and now we have
the opportunity to make an immediate impact,
Metzger said. The Canal Days Committee has
awarded us up to $4,000, the Arnold C. Dienstberger
Breaks
Foundation has given us a grant of $5,000 and we

have received a $1,000 award from DHI Media.
Ricker said the website development is ongoing
as talks with the chamber continue.
At this time we dont feel its necessary to integrate into the Delphos City website. They are in the
process of new website development, Ricker said.
Steering Committee member Jeff Fritz said the
goal of the website is to make people who visit it
more comfortable with Delphos.
Its not necessarily about economic development, Fritz said.
Steering Committee member Perry Wiltsie said
he spent hours online looking for attractions people
would want to come to Delphos for.
The Postal Museum links came up more than
any other links associated with Delphos, Wiltsie said.
Ricker gave an overview of the nine committees
the group would like to form.
We are looking for individuals who would like
to lead these groups, he said.
They include:
Travel and Tourism. Gary Levitt is chairing
this committee to further the Destination Delphos
atmosphere;
Business Retention and Expansion;
Business Development;
Finance and Operations;
Downtown Development;
Arts, Recreation and Culture;
Basic Needs of a Resident;
Education; and
Website Development.
These are our areas of focus and importance,
Metzger said. The goal at the next meeting is to
form committees.
The next economic development meeting will
be held at 6 p.m. on Jan. 13 at the Delphos Eagles.
was determined that the design would

be performed by an ODOT approved
and selected engineering firm and it was
agreed that the grant would cover all eligible design and construction costs up to
the $96,000 and the village would then be
responsible for 100 percent of the costs
above and beyond the grant amount of
$96,000.
Chapman said he felt the village would
have a financial match of close to
$20,000 at the most, based on what the
design costs would be.
Design costs are in the neighborhood
of $48,000 which eats away at our grant
allocation and leaves very little for construction, he said.
The project calls for the installation
of 5-foot-wide sidewalks along the north
and south sides of Second Street from
Elizabeth Street to the east dead end, only
where there are no existing sidewalks. It
also includes the installation of crosswalks
and a culvert extension on Second Street
between Elizabeth and Reynolds.
Chapman has been thinking of other
alternatives to the preliminary plans.
After some discussion internally and
field observations, Im wondering if we
would be better off to extend the sidewalk
on the north side of Second Street from
Oakland Avenue to the east, he said. I
would propose doing this work either
in-house or by putting it out for bid. The
estimated cost for us to do the work would
be $2,500 and bidding it out would be
around $10,000.
Chapman said the issue with the village doing the work in-house is time.
Council members suspended the rules

and passed on second readings three ordinances and one resolution establishing
employee allowances for uniforms, setting
employee medical and life insurance contributions, establishing wages and salaries
for employees and modifying appropriations and transfer funds. Members also
suspended the rules and passed on emergency measure the approval of TIRC
minutes.
Additionally, council voted on first
reading an ordinance amending and/or
adopting fees for the villages fee schedule
for non-sufficient check charges.
Due to charges being increased by the
bank, with respect to non sufficient funds
(NSF), Chapman proposed modification
to the villages Fee Schedule for NSF
charges.
We currently charge $30 for NSF
checks and the bank charges the village
$33 for each occurrence, he reasoned. I
have proposed increasing the NSF charge
to $40.
The villages estimated share of the
Safe Routes to School (SRTS) sidewalk
extension project is $40,000. Originally,
the village received a grant of $96,000
to go towards the project which was estimated at approximately $95,000.
In working with Ohio Department of
Transportation on the preliminary planning, we decided that the project would
be ODOT led, meaning ODOT would
be the lead agency and provide all of the
administration, he said. In addition, it
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He has asked ODOT to put this project

on hold until he had time to discuss
the options with Mayor P.J. Johnson and
council members and determine what is in
the villages best interest.
After discussion, council members
voted to cap the villages share of the project at $20,000.
Police Chief Darin Cook reported the village has been quiet and the
Thanksgiving holiday went great.
He told council he recently assisted
the Allen County Sheriffs Department
with a warrant at 631 N. Broadway
St. a rental property where after
entering the premises, law enforcement
found there was no floor left in it due to
the floor joists rotting away. Cook spoke
with the landlord who said he could not
afford the repairs.
It should be condemned, Cook said
adamantly. Its a safety hazard and the
house is leaning.
Village Solicitor Jason Flowers asked if
the resident was still living there.
He is back in the house and says he
cannot afford to live anywhere else, Cook
said. We need to get zoning, PMC and an
inspector involved.
The zoning board has a progression and the village is moving forward,
Johnson said. That house is on the list.
Id like to see the village move forward on that property as a priority, Cook
said.
The next village council will be held
at 7 p.m. on Dec. 22 at the municipal
building.
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Gerker joins county

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