Don’t miss the Herald’s Hunting
Guide in Saturday’s paper.
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50¢ daily
Upfront
Elida begins
leaf pick-up
The Village of Elida
will begin leaf pick-
up on Wednesday.
Leaves must be raked to
the curb — not on the street.
Residents are asked to
keep lawn clippings, nuts
and tree branches out of
leaves. Nuts and branches
can be dangerous to the vil-
lage employees picking up
leaves and can ultimately
damage the equipment.
Village employees
will move through as
quickly as possible.
Until leaf pick-up begins,
they can be bagged for
Waste Management.
Annual Welsh
Breakfast set
The Welsh Society of
Northwest Ohio will hold
its annual Welsh Breakfast
from 8:30-11 a.m. Saturday
in the Gomer United Church
of Christ Fellowship Hall.
Tickets will be avail-
able at the door.
Flu shots available from
8:30-10:30 a.m. provided by
Delphos Visiting Nurses.
Sports
TODAY
Football
NWC (7:30 p.m.):
Spencerville at Jefferson;
Columbus Grove at Bluffton;
LCC at Ada; Crestview at
Paulding; Millbury Lake at
Allen East (non-league).
WBL (7:30 p.m.):
Wapakoneta at Elida;
Defiance at Bath; Celina
at Ottawa-Glandorf;
Kenton at St. Marys;
Shawnee at Van Wert.
MAC (7:30 p.m.):
Minster at Coldwater;
Marion Local at Fort
Recovery; Anna at Parkway;
St. Henry at Versailles.
SATURDAY
Football: New Bremen at
St. John’s (MAC), 7:30 p.m.
Boys Soccer
At Wapakoneta: Ottoville
vs. Fort Jennings, 11 a.m.
Girls Soccer
At Elida: St. John’s
versus St. Marys, 1 p.m.
Co-ed Cross Country:
Regionals at Tiffin and
Troy, 11:05 a.m.
Forecast
Mostly sunny
Saturday
with highs
in the lower
60s. Lows
in the upper
30s. See page 2.
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BY MIKE FORD
mford@delphosherald.com
DELPHOS — Snowfall
snarls traffic and strains
backs. It costs money to
address in more ways than
one. Keeping roads clear of
white debris is a hefty job.
Safety Service Director Greg
Berquist says the city is ready
for the white stuff.
“We have salt left over
from last year, so we won’t
need more until after the first
two snows. Last year, we
came into the year with no
reserve but we have enough
right now for the first two
snows and we have a con-
tract signed with the county
engineer to buy salt through
state acquisitions at $59.73
per ton,” he said.
The product will be
applied more efficiently now
that another municipality has
replaced certain equipment.
“The City of Lima bought
two new salt spreaders so
we purchased their old ones
for $3,000. We will need to
change some hoses on our
trucks to make them work
but we will have more effec-
tive salt distribution on the
roadways. We have histori-
cally spread salt with material
spreaders and if one of the
little parts gets stuck open,
it dumps salt and the driver
doesn’t know it until he goes
back and looks,” he said.
Berquist said major streets
are plowed first in the inter-
est of emergency vehicles.
Residential streets and alleys
are of least priority. Drivers
are encouraged to be courte-
ous to snow plow drivers.
2 “These are big trucks with
3 lots of blind spots, so when
4 folks see a salt truck coming,
5 they should give it as much
6 space as possible. The drivers
7 control the salt with levers,
8 using their right hand while
9 driving with their left and
watching traffic. It’s a busy
10
operation,” he said.
Residents are left unhappy
when waking up to a plowed-
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Halloween roundup
Nancy Spencer photo
Photo submitted
The Landeck Parents’ Club held its annual Halloween Party. Grades 1-4 have
a costume parade followed by judging. Students in grades 5 and 6 had a scavenger
hunt. Students then returned to their classrooms for games and treats. Second-grade
costume winners are, from left, first place, Anna Fitch, old lady; second place, Karly
“These are big
Mawhorr, bee keeper; and third place, Rileigh Rahrig, washing machine. See more
trucks with lots Landeck winners on page 10.
of blind spots, so
when folks see a
salt truck com-
ing, they should
give it as much
space as possible.
The drivers con- One-year-old
trol the salt with Liam Rinehart
is held by dad
levers, using their Rob Rinehart.
right hand while
driving with their
left and watch-
ing traffic. It’s a
busy operation.”
— Greg Berquist,
Delphos safety
service director Stacy Taff photos
along the street that’s snowed
in. Unfortunately, there aren’t
many options for owners or the
city. However, residents are
encouraged to get vehicles off
the street so all snow can be
removed. Homeowners should
remember they can be cited for
placing snow in the roadway.
“When snow rolls off the
blade, it has to go somewhere.
We could plow to the middle
but it’s a hazard and a huge
cost expense because we’re
touching the snow twice.
When there is more than three
inches of snow, we plow to the
middle on Main Street down-
town and on parts of Fifth
Street because the sidewalks
are located directly against the
roadway but plowing to the
middle creates a traffic haz-
ard. I watched a pedestrian
try to climb over it a couple
years ago and take a nose dive
in the roadway. Fortunately,
there weren’t any cars com-
ing. Plowing to the middle is
something we do because we The Mario Brothers are alive and well at Ottoville Local Schools. The trio was
don’t have anywhere else to part of the Fall Parade Thursday. See more photos on page 10.
put it,” he concluded.
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Arizona beheading raises REPORT
POLICE OBITUARY The Delphos
fears of drug violence Herald
Neva Faye Shaffer
Driver backs May 29, 1920 -
Oct, 28, 2010
Vol. 141 No. 117

By AMANDA
into vehicle
LEE MYERS
The Associated Press
CHANDLER, Ariz. —
The gruesome case of a man
who was stabbed and behead-
ed in a suburban Phoenix
apartment has police investi-
gating whether the killing is
potentially the most extreme
example of Mexican drug
cartel violence spilling over
the border.
Martin Alejandro Cota-
Monroy’s body was found
Oct. 10 in a Chandler apart-
ment — his severed head a
couple feet away. One man
suspected in the killing has
been arrested, and a manhunt
is under way for three others.
Detectives are focused on
whether the men belong to a
Mexican drug cartel, and they
suspect that Cota-Monroy’s
killing was punishment for
stealing drugs. The brutal
nature of the killing could be
designed to send a message to
others within the cartel.
Decapitations are a regular
part of the drug war in Mexico
as cartels fight over territory.
Headless bodies have been
hanged from bridges by their
feet, severed heads have been
sent to victims’ family mem-
bers and government offi-
cials, and bags of up to 12
heads have been dropped off
in high-profile locations.
More than 28,000 people
have been killed in Mexico
in drug-related violence
since December 2006, when
President Felipe Calderon
deployed soldiers to battle the
cartels in their strongholds.
If the suspects in the
Arizona case belong to a car-
tel, the crime could be the
only known beheading in the
U.S. carried out by a drug
cartel, said Tony Payan, a
political science professor at
the University of Texas at El
Paso who has done extensive
research about border vio-
lence.
The killing could also
affect the immigration debate
in Arizona. Supporters of the
state’s controversial immi-
gration law frequently cite
this type of violence as rea-
son to crack down on illegal
immigrants. The decapitation
victim and the suspects were
all illegal immigrants.
Republican Gov. Jan
Brewer drew criticism this
year for claiming that head-
less bodies were being found
in the Arizona desert as she
sought to bolster her argu-
ment for immigration reform.
She later backtracked on those
claims, but said such violence
in the broader border region
is cause enough for alarm.
The killing has unnerved
residents in the neighborhood
and apartment complex where
Cota-Monroy was killed.
The tiny, run-down com-
plex sits along a side street
across from ramshackle trail-
er homes in a neighborhood
not far from brand-new strip
malls with big-box stores in
the suburb of Chandler.
No one is living inside the
apartment that is the scene
of the crime. There’s beat-up
leather furniture, a bouquet
of flowers and a candle on
a dining-room table, and the
kitchen cabinets are ajar, as if
someone left in a hurry.
Alvarado, who lives alone
with her three children, said
she’s moving the family
away from the complex out
of fear that those responsible
will return to the area looking
for revenge.
The victim and three of
the suspects had traveled to
Chandler from where they
were living in Paris, Calif.,
and were staying at a hotel.
They met the two men who
live in the apartment at a
bar the night of the killing,
and the group returned to the
apartment.
Neva Faye Shaffer, 90,
Nancy Spencer, editor
Ray Geary, general manager
of rural Spencerville, died at Delphos Herald, Inc.
No injuries were report- 12:36 p.m. Thursday at St. Don Hemple,
ed in a fender-bender in a Rita’s Medical Center. advertising manager
driveway at 909 E. Third St. She was born May 29, Tiffany Brantley,
Thursday at 8:53 p.m. 1920, in Jennings Township, circulation manager
Julie Smith, 31, of Lima Van Wert County to Abrum William Kohl,
Avenue in Delphos was back- and Leota (Ashbaugh) Sherer. general manager/Eagle Print
ing from the drive when her On Oct. 29, 1944, she mar-
The Daily Herald (USPS 1525
vehicle struck a car parked at ried Glenn Shaffer, who died 8000) is published daily except
the end of the drive owned by Dec. 2, 2009. Sundays and Holidays.
Susan Smith of West Eighth Survivors include three By carrier in Delphos and
Street. children, Olene (Phil) area towns, or by rural motor
Passengers in the Julie Stureman of Kimmell, Ind., route where available $2.09 per
Kay Nelson of Fort Wayne and week. By mail in Allen, Van
Smith vehicle were Brandon,
Greg Shaffer of Lima; grand- Wert, or Putnam County, $105
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Nelson of Indianapolis and $119 per year.
Driver leaves Entered in the post office
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stepgrandchildren, Dawn Delphos, Ohio.
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great-grandchildren, Ashlyn carriers or motor routes provide
at 10:59 a.m. Thursday.
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No one was injured or United Brethren in Christ Scholars of the Day
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Second tornado confirmed South Korea: North Korea age of 10. She also served
the church in many ways and

in Van Wert County opens fire at border

The National Weather
Service in Northern Indiana
confirmed a second torna-
do touchdown in Van Wert
County from Tuesday’s
storm.
Emergency Management
Director Rick McCoy
reviewed the damage along
US 127 near Haviland and
confirmed the damage was
consistent with an EF-1 tor-
nado and tracked the dam-
age path back into Van Wert
County. McCoy requested
that Weather Service offi-
cials travel to Van Wert and
Paulding counties to make a
complete assessment.
Weather Service officials
confirmed that the tornado
touched down initially at
1591 John Brown Road in
Van Wert County destroy-
ing a small shed and ripping
a grain bin off of its cement
foundation. The grain bin was
ELECTION DAY
rolled across the field for a
half-mile until it hit a tree
line. The tornado continued
northeast, hitting a small tree
orchard and done minor dam-
age to the residence located
at 11444 Van Wert Paulding
County Line Rd. The tornado
then continued northeast into
Paulding County, hitting the
village of Haviland and heav-
ily damaged a property on US
127. A number of properties
received damage as the tor-
nado continued another five
miles before lifting at St. Rt.
613 east of Broughton.
National Weather Service
officials rated the tornado an
EF-1 with winds of 115 mph.
McCoy said that Fred
Pond of Pond Seeds in Scott
provided weather data dur-
ing the storm that indicated
that the barometer dropped
rapidly to 29.20 inches as the
tornado passed. Pond said this
was the lowest measurement
he had ever seen the barom-
eter drop to.
SEOUL, South Korea (AP)
— North Korea fired two
rounds toward South Korea at
their tense border today and
South Korean troops immedi-
ately fired back, highlighting
the security problems faced
by Seoul as it prepares to
host Barack Obama and other
world leaders at the Group
of 20 economic summit next
month.
An official at the Joint
Chiefs of Staff in Seoul said
the exchange of fire at the
heavily militarized border
began when North Korean
troops fired at a South Korean
guard post in the Demilitarized
Zone.
There were no South
Korean injuries and it was
unclear whether it was an
accident or an intentional
provocation, the official said.
He asked not to be identified
because he was not autho-
rized to speak to the media.
The guard post is 73 miles
(118 kilometers) northeast of
in various offices. She was a
former member of the ARC
Board of Marimor Schools in
Korea criticized the South for Lima. She was a 1938 graduate
rejecting a proposal to hold of Spencerville High School
military talks and vowed to and worked at Westinghouse
retaliate. Corp. during World War II
Shooting incidents are and then assisted her husband St. John’s Scholar of the
on the family farms. Day is Ben
infrequent at the border. The
Funeral services will begin Wrasman.
last such incident was in 2007
at 10:30 a.m. Monday at Congratulations
when South Korea said North
Monticello United Brethren Ben!
Korean soldiers opened fire in Christ Church, Pastors
and the South shot back. No Andrew Adkins and grandson Jefferson’s Scholar of the
South Korean soldiers were Matthew Kephart officiating. Day is Brooke
hurt and it was unclear if any- Burial will be in Spencerville McElroy.
one was injured in the North. Cemetery. Congratulations
Despite today’s exchange Friends may call from 2-4 Brooke!
of fire, previously arranged p.m. and 6-8 p.m. Sunday at
Thomas E. Bayliff Funeral Students can pick up their
reunions of hundreds of fami- awards in their school offices.
Home, Spencerville, and
lies separated by the Korean
after 9:30 a.m. Monday at the
WEATHER
War will go ahead Saturday
in the North as scheduled, church.
Memorials may be made to
South Korean Unification
the Monticello Church or to High Temperature
Ministry spokesman Chun
the Spencerville EMS. Thursday in Delphos was 58
Hae-sung said.
The ministry handles degrees, low was 39. High a
LOCAL PRICES
year ago today was 59, low as
South Korea’s relations with
43. Record high for today is
the North.
Corn: $5.44 79, set in 1950. Record low is
The spike in tensions
Wheat: $6.18 20, set in 1981.
today came two weeks ahead
of a global economic summit Soybeans: $11.88
WEATHER FORECAST

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This is the fourth recorded Seoul. in Seoul, which is just 31 Tri-county
tornado in Van Wert County The firing of the 14.5-mm miles (51 kilometers) from The Associated Press
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Briefs
Injuries cut
short pumpkin
smash-and-slide
CHAGRIN FALLS (AP)
— Safety concerns cut short
an annual pumpkin smash-
and-slide staged by students
at an Ohio high school.
In a tradition going back to
1969, juniors and seniors from
Chagrin Falls High School
near Cleveland take pumpkins
to the top of a hilly street,
mash them on the pavement
and use the mess to slide down
on sleds or trash can lids.
WEWS-TV reports that
what’s known as the pumpkin
roll began Thursday morning tion are, from left, Vantage guidance counselor Jim Fisher, Vantage Trade and Industrial
just after midnight but was supervisor Steve Peters, Navistar employees Dave Gordon (father of Dan Gordon,
brought to an early end by Vantage 2006 graduate), Plant Manager Gary Wagner and Wally Wheeler.
police about 45 minutes later.
STATE/LOCAL
From the Vantage Point Q&A: Reading wild poll
swings in Ohio gov.’s race
By JULIE CARR SMYTH
The Associated Press
COLUMBUS — With less
than a week to go, the Ohio
governor’s race looks increas-
ingly like it could be a tight
one. Several polls show incum-
bent Democrat Ted Strickland
and Republican challenger
John Kasich running about
even, while others are showing
Strickland shrinking Kasich’s
once substantial lead.
Here are answers to key
questions raised by the poll-
ing and the prospect of a tight
finish:
Q: Are poll results swing-
ing more wildly than usual
this year?
Photos submitted A: Yes. Since September,
Navistar has donated an engine to Vantage Career Center. Participating in the dona- polls have gone from having
Kasich ahead by 17 points to
having Strickland ahead by 1
point. That is an unusual spread
for such a short period.
Q: Why are polls yielding
chance of reflecting the race’s
outcome. Also determine the
party breakdown of the sample
if you can. A Republican-heavy
sample will tend to favor Kasich,
a Democrat-heavy sample will
look better for Strickland —
since both men are far ahead
with voters of their own parties.
A sample heavy on indepen-
dents will tend to favor Kasich,
who is running ahead among
unaffiliated voters this year.
Q: What is a margin of
error?
A: A margin of error is a
good indication of how precise
a poll’s results are. The number
can be added or subtracted to the
result to determine the potential
spread. A margin of error of 3
percent in a poll showing Kasich
with a lead of 49 percent over
47 percent for Strickland, for
example, indicates that Kasich
could have up to 52 percent (49
plus 3) or as low as 46 percent

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(49 minus 3). So a margin of
Officers said there were too such different results? error of 3 percent in a poll show-
many hillside collisions and A: Several factors are play- ing a 2-point spread between
minor injuries this year. ing into the varied assessments. the candidates indicates a close
One student told the televi- In 2008, unusually high numbers race. Most widely used polls

sion station her leg got caught
between three sleds.
Ohio man charged
in 1991 killing
of employer
COLUMBUS (AP) —
Police in Ohio credit advances
in DNA science for an arrest
in the nearly 20-year-old kill-
ing of a woman found bound
to her bed and stabbed in the
chest.
Columbus police say
46-year-old Richard Allen
Fugate was arrested Thursday
and charged with murder in
the 1991 death of Nancy L.
Leslie, who was 44 at the
time.
Police say in a news release
that Fugate had been hired by
Leslie to do work on her home
several months before she was
killed.
They say state investiga-
tors recently found and identi-
fied DNA on evidence col-
lected from Leslie’s body
that matched samples from
Fugate.
Leslie’s daughter found her
body bound to her bed’s head-
board.
Fugate was scheduled to
make a court appearance this
morning. Court records don’t Distelrath, a project developer for Horizon Wind Energy,
list an attorney.
with Vantage
Vantage Career Center is
fortunate to have many part-
ners who assist students in
reaching educational goals.
Sara Distelrath is a project
developer for Horizon Wind
Energy. She visited a science
class to discuss renewable
energies and the current wind
farm project planned for the
Mrs. Harpel’s science classes at Vantage welcomed Sara
who discussed renewable energies and wind farms.
Van Wert/Paulding county
area. She shared wind maps
with the students to explain
why the area was chosen.
She also explained how the
wind turbines are built, the
components (foundation, 3
tubes, gearbox and 3 blades)
and how tall they will be (480
feet).
Nina Anez spoke to cur-
rent Auto Body students
about going to school for
what you like to do and mak-
ing good decisions. Anez is
a graduate of the program
and of Lincoln College of
Technology. After a tough
junior year at Vantage, Nina
returned and had an excel-
lent senior year, receiving the
Principal’s Award and win-
ning an Imagine America
Scholarship to help fund her
college education. She is cur-
rently a sales professional
with Advanced Auto Parts.
In addition to partners
coming in and speaking to
students, many partners think
of Vantage when they are
finished using specific pieces
of equipment.
Navistar Corporation in
Fort Wayne recently donated
a Cummings 485 horse diesel
semi engine to the Ag Diesel
program at Vantage. Students
are learning how to tear an
engine apart and put it back
together again by disassem-
bling and reassembling the
engine, as well as troubleshoot-
ing an engine of this size.
Thanks to all partners who
continue to bring the real
world of work into school.
of voters — many of them first-
timers — came out to the polls
for Barack Obama, who became
the nation’s first black president.
Predicting Democratic turnout
after such an unusual event has
been challenging for pollsters.
The impact of the fledgling tea
party movement on 2010 turnout
has also been difficult to guess.
It is unclear to what extent anger
among tea party supporters will
translate into voter participation
and which party’s candidates
will benefit from tea party activ-
ism. Ohio has a high number
of third-party candidates on its
statewide ballot this year who
may attract those votes.
Q: Is there any way to
objectively judge the results
of a poll?
A: There are several fac-
tors to consider. First, find out
whose opinions were tallied.
Was it all Ohioans, all registered
voters, or only likely voters?
Polls of likely voters are gener-
ally viewed as standing the best
3 Rep. governors rally in Ohio
LEBANON (AP) — GOP
candidate for Ohio gover-
nor John Kasich expects to
get help in his final cam-
paign push from three current
Republican governors.
Minnesota Gov. Tim
Pawlenty, Mississippi’s Haley
Barbour and New Jersey’s
Chris Christie rally Friday
for Kasich in the Republican-
dominated southwest Ohio
have a confidence level of 95
percent, which means the result
would repeat itself to within the
margin of error 95 out of 100
times.
Q: Is there a chance the
governor’s race will end in a
recount?
A: It is a real long shot.
Under Ohio law, the second-
place candidate must lose by
less than a quarter of a percent
in statewide races to trigger the
state’s automatic recount pro-
cess. In the last governor’s race,
held in 2006, that would have
translated to roughly 10,000
votes out of more than 4 mil-
lion cast. In the 2004 presiden-
tial race, Democrat John Kerry
lost Ohio to George Bush by
2.1 percent — the tightest race
in some time. The last state-
wide recount was in 1990, when
Democrat Lee Fisher — now the
lieutenant governor and a U.S.
Senate candidate — eked out
a victory for attorney general
over Republican Paul Pfeifer by
1,234 votes.
suburbs.
The three governors
are campaigning in Ohio
ahead of weekend visits
by a Democratic big three:
President Barack Obama,
Vice President Joe Biden and
former president Bill Clinton.
Former congressman
Kasich is trying to unseat
Democratic Ohio Gov. Ted
Strickland.

Panel to probe ad claims in Ohio treasurer race

By ANN SANNER state Rep. Josh Mandel in is Christian.
The Associated Press Tuesday’s election. The two The commercial and mail-
have been sparring over every- ers also focus on how the lob-
COLUMBUS — A thing from ethics to television byist’s wife was hired to work
panel of the Ohio Elections ads to campaign e-mails in an in Boyce’s office, saying the
Commission said Thursday its unusually nasty race. job was advertised only at

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POLITICS “Numerous politicians have seized absolute power and muzzled the press. Never in
history has the press seized absolute power and muzzled the politicians.”
— David Brinkley, American broadcast journalist (1920-2003)
Officials: Mus-
IT WAS NEWS THEN
lim source turned
One Year Ago
• The Vaughnsville United Methodist Church is observing
in terror suspect
its 150th anniversary during 2009. As part of its year-long
WASHINGTON (AP) —
celebration, a Gymanfa Ganu will be presented at 4 p.m.
The tip that led to the FBI’s
Sunday. Jeffrey Llewellyn Foulkes, a native of the congre-
subway bombing sting came
gation, will be the director. The Gymanfa Ganu is a Welsh
from a source in the Muslim
tradition of gathering to sing hymns in Welsh and English.
community: A Pakistani-born
man from a middle-class sub-
25 Years Ago — 1985
urb was trying to join a ter-
• A proposed bond issue in Putnam County, with voters’
rorist group, law enforcement
approval, will provide more than just a new library build- officials said Thursday.
ing. Some of the funds will be used to upgrade the branch Farooque Ahmed, a nat-
libraries throughout the county. The existing library was uralized citizen arrested
founded in 1924 and for 10 years was located in the county Wednesday, was a married
courthouse. In 1934 Mrs. A. M. Brown donated her home on father who had a good job with
Main Street, Ottawa, to the library and this has served as the a telecommunications com-
main library for 51 years. pany. Authorities say he also
• The Rev. Allan P. Brown is new pastor at St. Paul was eager to kill Americans in
United Church, 335 S. Main St. He succeeds the Rev. John Afghanistan and committed to
Adams. Rev. Brown and his family came to Delphos from becoming a martyr.
the Wisconsin District of the Church of the Nazarene. This Ahmed thought he had
is his first full-time pastorate. found what he wanted, a pair
• The Ottoville Area Soccer Association held its drawing of al-Qaida operatives who
recently with winners Greg Wenzlick, first prize $100, Patty would help him carry out an
Koester, second prize $50 and Loretta Smith, third prize $50.
Top ticket seller was Steve Looser and the seller of the win-
attack on the nation’s second-
busiest subway, according
to court documents unsealed
ning first-place ticket was Karla Wenzlick. They will receive
a hot air balloon ride as their prize. Thursday. But the operatives
were really undercover inves-
tigators whose meetings at
50 Years Ago — 1960
• A Red Cross film in colors on the bloodmobile and blood a local hotel room were all
staged with the FBI’s cameras
donors was presented at the weekly meeting of the Delphos
Rotary Club at NuMaude’s Restaurant. E. E. Sheeter served rolling, law enforcement offi-
cials said, speaking on condi-
as technician in showing the picture. J. Frank Shumaker, who
with John Metzner, Sr., is in charge of the recruiting, spoke tion of anonymity because the
investigation continues.
of its importance and urged Rotarians to volunteer as donors
What followed was an elab-
and to contact others for this purpose. It was announced
orate ruse in which Ahmed was
that the bloodmobile will visit Delphos on Nov. 3 at the given intelligence-gathering
American Legion home on State Street. John Metzner, Sr.,
duties and coded information
general program chairman, has schedule William A. Kirk, in a Quran by two individuals
district sales manager for the Pennsylvania Railroad, as
posing as al-Qaida operatives
speaker at a Rotary meeting on Nov. 9. Guests included Page as part of the supposed plot to
Selly, Phillipsburg, N. J., Rotarian; H. David Hunt, Van Wert
kill commuters.
Rotarian; and four local high school seniors: Tom Fortener Ahmed, 34, was taped dis-
and Paul Deters of St. John’s, and Lee Macwhinney and Ted
cussing his firearm, martial
Ladd of Jefferson. arts and knife skills and offer-
ing to teach those deadly tac-
75 Years Ago — 1935 tics to others, according to an
• In a recent issue of the Catholic Chronicle, the Capitol FBI affidavit. Officials said
Theatre, Delphos, was given a high rating for the class of they took guns and ammuni-
pictures shown. The article deals with ratings given pictures tion out of Ahmed’s subur-
by the Legion of Decency and comments upon the great ban Ashburn, Va., town house
improvement in the pictures being shown by all of the the- during a search Wednesday.
atres. Ahmed was arrested just
• The work of examining pupils of the local schools to weeks before, the FBI says,
determine if any physical defects exist was started Monday. he planned to make the annual
Two Delphos nurses are employed for this work by the local religious pilgrimage to the
Red Cross. Evelyn Heck is conducting the examination on Islamic holy city of Mecca in
the public schools and Veronica King at St. John’s. Saudi Arabia. The case rep-
• Two Delphos musical organizations are to play at resents the latest in a recent
the annual banquet of the Van Wert County Sportsmen’s string of would-be terrorist
Association which is to be held at Van Wert on Wednesday attacks that officials say were
night. The Delphos Harmonica band is scheduled to play aided, hatched or carried out
for the entertainment as are also the Delphos String Pickers. by U.S. citizens.
Both of these organizations are under the direction of Harry Like the accused gunman in
Clawson. the deadly Fort Hood, Texas,
shooting and the convicted
terrorist who tried to deto-
nate a car bomb in New York
Moderately confused
City’s Times Square, officials
said they believe Ahmed was
radicalized inside the U.S. But
they do not yet know what
sent him down that path.
Like many would-be terror-
ists and sympathizers, Ahmed
was potentially influenced by
Anwar al-Awlaki, the radical
Muslim cleric who preached in
northern Virginia until 2002 and
now lives in hiding in Yemen,
officials said. But while Ahmed
listened to al-Awlaki’s Internet
sermons, officials said the two
were not in contact and they’re
not sure how influential those
sermons were.
Ahmed’s lawyer, feder-
al public defender Kenneth
Troccoli, declined to comment
on the case Thursday.
Born in Lahore, Pakistan,
Ahmed arrived in the U.S.
in 1993 and became a citi-
zen in 2005, officials said. He
worshipped at the All Dulles
Area Muslim Society, which
is known for its mainstream
Islamic congregation. Leaders
there have decried violence
and were quick to call for
Ahmed’s prosecution. He was
not a member of the society,
said board member Robert
Marro.
SPIN METER: Despite
claims, bailouts not over yet
By DANIEL WAGNER
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — The
Treasury Department says its
bank bailouts are over, but
the spending continues.
In a Sept. 22 speech,
Treasury Secretary Timothy
Geithner said the bailouts
“are completely behind us.”
That’s not quite correct. In
the final six months in which
it could spend money from
the Troubled Asset Relief
Program, Treasury set aside
$243 million for new con-
tracts for law firms, accoun-
tants and money managers
to help run what’s left of the
bailouts — on top of the $529
million already spent on work
by staff, private companies
and other agencies. Many of
the contracts last until 2019,
and there’s nothing to stop
the government from hiring
even more help if it’s needed
to chase down the remaining
bailout money.
Treasury’s authority to
spend more from the $700
billion fund expired on Oct.
3. The law requires officials
to recoup as much as possible
of the $185 billion still in the
hands of shaky private com-
panies. After all collections
are made, the government
expects to be out about $51
billion, mostly from housing
programs.
Rising voter anger ahead
of next week’s elections has
made Obama administration
officials reluctant to speak
candidly about the ongoing
cost of managing TARP.
Mismanagement rampant in public housing
By MATT APUZZO
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — There
were accusations of an exec-
utive slush fund, financial
shenanigans and dictatorial
management. But it was the
$900,000 in secret sexual
harassment payments that
got the head of the nation’s
fourth-largest housing author-
ity fired and had the mayor
asking how the housing board
missed it all.
Yet Philadelphia’s isn’t
even close to the worst of
dysfunctional housing agen-
cies across the country that
operate with no budgets,
untrained staff and shoddy
record-keeping, according to
a review by The Associated
Press of inspection and
audit records of 146 hous-
ing authorities that the gov-
ernment considered the most
troubled.
The documents show the
U.S. spends hundreds of mil-
lions of dollars each year
on housing authorities that
don’t follow financial rules
or, worse, lack even the most
basic policies for spending
petty cash or using govern-
ment credit cards.
“How is it possible that you
didn’t know?” Philadelphia
Mayor Michael Nutter asked
as his city became a high-
profile symbol of scandal
and mismanagement in the
nation’s public housing sys-
tem. “It defies logic and cred-
Most US troops, families say gays OK
By ANNE FLAHERTY
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — An
internal Pentagon study has
found that most U.S. troops
and their families don’t care
whether gays are allowed to
serve openly and think the
policy of “don’t ask, don’t
tell” could be done away
with, according to officials
familiar with its findings.
The survey results were
expected to be used by gay
rights advocates to bolster
their argument that the 1993
law on gays could be repealed
immediately with little harm
done to the military. But the
survey also was expected to
reveal challenges the services
could face in overturning the
long-held policy, including
overcoming fierce opposition
in some parts of the mili-
tary even if they represent a
minority.
Details on the survey
results were still scarce
Thursday, with the Pentagon
declining to discuss the find-
ings until after Dec. 1 when
Politicians who voted for the
TARP law now face tough
re-election fights. By down-
playing their efforts, officials
sidestep criticism of bailouts
that helped Wall Street with-
out easing lending or keeping
many people in their homes.
A government watchdog
said this week that public
statements by Treasury offi-
cials around the Oct. 3 dead-
line appeared designed to
create a mistaken sense that
TARP is over.
“The idea that TARP is
dead is just not accurate,” said
Neil Barofsky, the special
inspector general overseeing
the program, in an interview.
“People can write its obitu-
ary, people can declare that
it’s been put out of its mis-
ery, but there’s still close to
$180 billion of TARP money
outstanding, and $82 billion
obligated to be spent.”
Recapturing the outstand-
ing billions is just as tricky
as the work of distributing
money to stabilize a financial
system rocked by its worst
crisis in decades, Treasury’s
top bailout official said in an
interview.
“When you’ve got $185
billion of investments out
there, you don’t just say, ’Gee,
I’d rather not worry about it,”’
Acting Assistant Secretary for
Financial Stability Timothy
Massad said. “This is work
that anyone who looks at it
would say, ’If you closed
up shop now we’d be much
worse off.”’
Most of the contracts
Treasury awarded recently
ibility that all of these things
could be kept away from the
board for so long a period of
time.”
Actually, it doesn’t.
The AP’s review found
that federal money intended
for one program occasionally
gets used for others. Contracts
are signed without bidding or
approval. In New London,
Conn., housing officials had
no written contracts at all.
Yet Washington’s hands
are largely tied since the
threat of withholding or
reducing funding to pun-
ish irresponsible housing
authorities ultimately would
in effect penalize poor ten-
ants for the mismanagement
of their landlords.
All of this is supposed to
be audited, but sometimes
that either doesn’t get done or
there’s no paperwork on file
to prove it. Early this year,
federal officials were still try-
ing to resolve problems with
2006 and 2007 audits from
Highland Park, Ill.
Meanwhile, waiting lists
for getting into public housing
are often ignored. And once
tenants are in, landlords fre-
quently don’t know whether
they’re charging the right rent.
In Dallas, housing employ-
ees made income calculation
errors in the files of two out of
every three tenants.
Philadelphia is not the
worst-managed housing
authority in the country. Not
even close. The Department
it rolls out its own plan for
repeal.
The officials who dis-
closed the survey’s findings
spoke on condition of ano-
nymity because the results
had not been released. NBC
News first reported the find-
ings Thursday.
President Barack Obama
has said “don’t ask, don’t tell”
unfairly discriminates against
gays. Defense Secretary
Robert Gates and Adm.
Mike Mullen, the military’s
top uniformed officer, agree
but want to move slowly to
ensure that military effective-
ness doesn’t suffer.
Among their top concerns is
that forcing too much change,
too soon on an institution that
historically has been reluctant
to embrace gays could prompt
a backlash among troops and
their families.
With a Democratic-
controlled Congress already
considering a change to
the law, Gates in February
ordered a yearlong study
into the matter. As part of
that effort, the Pentagon sent
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are for work officials can’t
even describe, because it’s
not yet needed.
That means the contracts
are vague. For example, 13
law firms will share up to
$99.8 million under a contract
so broad it could cover virtu-
ally any kind of legal work.
Future information technol-
ogy needs will be billed to
three companies through a
$100 million contract. Four
accounting companies will
ensure that Treasury’s rules
for the bailout programs are
followed — at a cost of up to
$22 million.
Much of the remaining
work will involve deciding
investments’ values so that
Treasury can resell them to
the bailed-out companies or
private investors. Treasury
must sell shares of General
Motors and Citigroup Inc.
into the markets, and negoti-
ate with banks that want to
rebuy government-held stock
options.
Treasury officials hope not
to spend all the money autho-
rized under the contracts. It’s
too early to say how much
will be tapped, they say.
More than a dozen pro-
grams were created under
the fund, and each requires
a separate exit strategy. For
example, Treasury can’t sell
its shares of General Motors
until the company decides to
offer them to private inves-
tors. The government won’t
approve that move until it
believes investors will pay
enough to give it a good
return.
of Housing and Urban
Development has identified
146 housing authorities as
having major problems, and
flagged them as “troubled.”
The AP requested under
the Freedom of Information
Act all inspection and review
documents related to the
most troubled agencies. The
Obama administration turned
over thousands of pages of
sometimes haphazard and
incomplete reports and said
they were the only documents
available at headquarters. To
get a clearer picture of a trou-
bled housing authority, offi-
cials in Washington would
have to gather information
from regional offices.
The documents the AP
reviewed showed a housing
system in which agencies
must become nearly insol-
vent before the federal gov-
ernment steps in. And even
when Washington does inter-
vene, the mismanagement
can continue for years while
the U.S. continues subsidiz-
ing the housing agency.
The U.S. public hous-
ing system is a bureaucratic
labyrinth of local, state and
federal governments and
nonprofit, quasi-government
housing agencies. Housing
budgets are typically con-
trolled by housing boards,
separate from city budgets.
Depending on the city, may-
ors and city councils may or
may not have a say in how
the boards are run.
out some 400,000 surveys to
troops and another 150,000 to
family members on the mili-
tary’s policy toward gays.
Officials said that with the
survey results complete, the
working group is analyzing
the results and working on
a plan to overturn the policy
should Congress repeal the
law.
Gay rights groups attacked
the 103-question survey. They
said it assumes troops don’t
want to serve with openly gay
service members and repeat-
edly uses the term “homo-
sexual,” considered to be out-
dated and derogatory.
The survey was prepared
by the Maryland-based
research firm Westat under a
$4.5 million contract.
Earlier this month, the
Pentagon was forced to lift its
ban on openly serving gays
for eight days after a federal
judge in California ordered the
military to do so. The Justice
Department has appealed and
a federal appeals court grant-
ed a temporary stay of the
injunction.
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Renteria, Cain give Giants
2-0 World Series lead
By RONALD BLUM
The Associated Press
SAN FRANCISCO —
Fans jumped up and down,
shaking orange pompoms,
waving scarves and chanting
“Sweep! Sweep!”
While the Giants are
looking more and
more like a base-
ball juggernaut,
they’re only half-
way to their first
World Series title
in 56 years. They
hope to wrap it up
on the road.
“We’ve just got to take
that confidence and some
of the good approaches that
we’ve had into these last two
games and take them down
to Texas with us,” Matt Cain
said after Thursday night’s
9-0 win over the Texas
Rangers gave San Francisco
a 2-0 Series lead.
Cain pitched 7 2/3 innings
and combined with his bull-
pen on a 4-hitter and Edgar
Renteria reprised his October
success with a home run and
three RBIs.
While the Giants had the
best ERA in the majors dur-
ing the regular season, they
were just 17th in runs —
the fewest among the eight
postseason teams. Yet San
Francisco has outscored
Texas 20-7 and outhit the
Rangers .314 to .227. The
Giants’ offense is picking
up speed faster than a
cable car heading down Nob
Hill.
“We’ve put ourselves in
a good situation,” said Cain,
who hasn’t allowed an earned
run in the postseason.
After a day off, the
Series resumes for the first
time in Arlington, Texas.
Colby Lewis starts Game 3
for the Rangers on Saturday
night against Jonathan
Sanchez.
Forty of the previous
51 teams to take a 2-0 lead
have gone on to win the title,
including seven straight and
13 of the last 14.
“I don’t think we caught
any breaks yet,” Rangers
manager Ron Washington
said. “We certainly don’t
feel like we’re defeated.
We’re heading home. They
took care of us in their ball-
park, now we’re headed to
ours.”
San Francisco improved to
11-0 against Texas at AT&T
Park and got its third shutout
in nine postseason wins. The
Giants sent the high-octane
Rangers offense to its first
shutout since Sept. 23.
Not bad for a team that
scored 19 runs in its six-game
NL championship series win
over Philadelphia.
“Unbelievable,” said
Renteria, who has just eight
regular-season homers in the
last two years. “You guys
know I have power.”
No team has overcome a
2-0 Series deficit since the
1996 New York Yankees
against Atlanta. The Giants
have won each time they
took a 2-0 lead: in 1922,
1933 and 1954.
“We’re not playing the
NBA
The Associated Press
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic Division
W L Pct GB
New Jersey 1 0 1.000 — Sacramento 1
New York 1 0 1.000 — Phoenix
Boston 1 1 .500 1/2
Philadelphia 0 1 .000 1 Kendra Rindler (St. Henry).
Toronto 0 1 .000 1 ———
Southeast Division
W L Pct GB
Atlanta 1 0 1.000 — Phoenix 110, Utah 94
Orlando 1 0 1.000 — Today’s Games
Miami 1 1 .500 1/2
Charlotte 0 1 .000 1 Sacramento at New Jersey, 7 p.m.
Washington 0 1 .000 1 Atlanta at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.
Central Division
W L Pct GB
Cleveland 1 0 1.000 — Milwaukee at Minnesota, 8 p.m.
Chicago 0 1 .000 1 Denver at New Orleans, 8 p.m.
Detroit 0 1 .000 1 Oklahoma City at Detroit, 8 p.m.
Indiana 0 1 .000 1 Orlando at Miami, 8 p.m.
Milwaukee 0 1 .000 1 Memphis at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Southwest Division
W L Pct GB
Dallas 1 0 1.000 — Saturday’s Games
New Orleans 1 0 1.000 — Washington at Atlanta, 7 p.m.
San Antonio 1 0 1.000 — Sacramento at Cleveland, 7:30
Memphis 0 1 .000 1 p.m.
Houston 0 2 .000 1 1/2
Northwest Division
W L Pct GB
Portland 2 0 1.000 — Philadelphia at Indiana, 8 p.m.
Denver 1 0 1.000 1/2
Oklahoma City1 0 1.000 1/2
Minnesota 0 1 .000 1 1/2
Utah 0 2 .000 2 p.m.
Friday, October 29, 2010
same,” said Nelson Cruz, one
of several slumping Rangers.
“I don’t know what it is. I
wish I could tell you. The
way we’re playing, it’s dif-
ferent. It’s not us.”
Cruz is 1-for-9. Josh
Hamilton and Michael
Young are each 1-for-8 with
no RBIs.
“I think that
more or less it has
to do with the pitch-
ing we’ve been fac-
ing,” Washington
added. “We had
some opportunities
early in the ball-
game to put some runs on the
board and we had the right
people up there, and he made
his pitches.”
At this rate, team presi-
dent and part-owner Nolan
Ryan probably wants to grab
a ball himself and get on the
mound.
“It’s not going to both-
er us. We’re still confident
we can win this thing,” said
Derek Holland, who forced
in a run with three straight
walks.
Loser C.J. Wilson didn’t
pitch badly, allowed two
runs and three hits in 6-plus
innings. He gave up Renteria’s
fifth-inning homer, then left
the mound accompanied by
a trainer with a blister on the
middle finger of his pitch-
ing hand following a leadoff
walk in the seventh. Juan
Uribe added a run-scoring
single against reliever Darren
Oliver.
San Francisco pulled
away as Washington again
made bullpen moves too late
and the Giants became the
first team in World Series
history to score seven runs in
an inning with two outs and
the bases empty.
Four straight two-out
walks by Rangers relievers
let the game get out of con-
trol, and Texas set a record
for most runs allowed in a
franchise’s first two Series
games — five more than
Colorado did against Boston
in 2007.
After Holland’s bases-
loaded walk to Aubrey Huff,
Mark Lowe walked Uribe.
Renteria, whose 11th-inning
single won Game 7 of the
1997 Series for Florida
against Cleveland, followed
with a 2-run single. Pinch-
hitter Aaron Rowand hit a
2-run triple against Michael
Kirkman and Andres Torres
doubled in a run.
Cain allowed all four hits
and has allowed only a single
and an unearned run in 21 1/3
innings over three postseason
starts. He joined the Giants’
Christy Mathewson (1905)
and Carl Hubbell (1933), the
Yankees’ Waite Hoyt (1921)
and Detroit’s Kenny Rogers
(2006) as the only pitchers
to allow no earned runs in 20
or more innings in a single
postseason.
“Now we’re going in their
ballpark,” Giants manager
Bruce Bochy said. “I’m sure
they’re going to have a sense
of confidence. We’ve been
road warriors, so that’s what
it’s going to take right
now.”
Pacific Division
W L Pct GB
Golden State 1 0 1.000 — Crow and Leslie Stolly.
L.A. Lakers 1 0 1.000 — — in its “Volley For The
0 1.000 — On the second team:
1 1 .500 1/2
L.A. Clippers 0 1 .000 1 Deanna Ray (Celina) and
Thursday’s Results
Orlando 112, Washington 83
Indiana at Charlotte, 7 p.m.
Cleveland at Toronto, 7 p.m.
New York at Boston, 7:30 p.m.
L.A. Clippers at Golden State, 10:30
p.m.
L.A. Lakers at Phoenix, 10:30 p.m.
Portland at New York, 7:30 p.m.
Minnesota at Memphis, 8 p.m.
Detroit at Chicago, 8 p.m.
Denver at Houston, 8:30 p.m.
Charlotte at Milwaukee, 8:30 p.m.
New Orleans at San Antonio, 8:30
SPORTS
Lady Jays eliminate Musketeers in soccer
By JIM METCALFE
jmetcalfe@delphosherald.com
OTTOVILLE — Winning
at the tournament level in high
school sports — even more
so than the regular season —
is all about trying to impose
your will upon the opponent,
forcing them to play how you
want them to play.
The St. John’s girls soc-
cer team did that on a windy
and chilly Thursday night
at Ottoville’s Bob Kaple
Stadium.
The result was a 2-0 vic-
tory over Fort Jennings in a
Division II district semifinal.
That sent the Blue and Gold
onto a 1 p.m. Saturday match-
up at Elida Middle School
against St. Marys Memorial,
a 1-0 double-overtime victor
over Bath.
The Jays, who had beaten
the Musketeers early in the
season at home, needed to do
it again to stay alive in the
tournament this night.
As one might have expect-
ed heading into the contest,
this was not going to be an
offensive outburst and neither
team could get their offen-
sive attack going against the
other’s defense early on.
The Jays (15-2-2) got the
first real opening at 35:22 when
senior Becca Saine fired from
18 yards but junior Musketeer
keeper Kelsey Von Lehmden
got the stop (9 saves).
The Orange and Black (11-
6-2), who officially outshot
the Jays 14-12, got their first
solid opening at 26:20 when
senior Lauren Verhoff got an
opening but Lady Jay senior
netminder Samantha Stant (12
saves) got the stop.
The Jays got the big first
goal at 21:37. On a lead pass
from senior Emma Boggs,
Saine got behind the defense,
forcing Von Lehmden to come
off her line and try to cut
off the angle. However, Saine
made a juke that caused the
keeper to fall and continued
on toward the right post, firing
a 6-yarder into an empty goal
for a 1-0 lead.
“That was critical to get the
first goal against Fort Jennings.
They are a tough team and you
want to get in the lead against
them,” St. John’s coach John
Munoz observed. “I felt we
did a good job possessing the
ball, as we have all year, and
Jefferson, Spencerville
on replay tonight
DELPHOS — The
Spencerville at Jefferson
football game tonight will be
aired via tape-delay at 10
a.m. Saturday on WTLW-TV,
Channel 44.
The station will air the
LCC at Ada game at 11:15
p.m. tonight, as well as noon
Saturday.
They will air the Ashland
at University of Findlay col-
lege football game at 3 p.m.
Saturday.
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Weber, Karhoff, Recker
earn district golf honors
Ottoville’s Zach Weber
and Kyle Karhoff and Kalida’s
Neil Recker earned honor-
able-mention All-District boys
golf honors.
Minster’s Craig Purpus
and Lima Central Catholic’s
Austin Stolly were among
the first-teamers, along with
LCC’s Josh Klaus a second-
teamer.
Austin Fischer and Oliver
Weaver, both of Minster,
were also honorable men-
tion.
On the fgirls side in
Division II, Shawnee placed
three on the first team:
Sheridan Balyeat, Emily
Shelby Warner (LCC),
Honorable mention:
Minster’s Kelly Mueller,
Claire Fischer, Annie Burke
and Marissa Conrad; LCC’s
Ali Whitney and Sarah
Schiewiller; Shawnee’s
Morgan VanMeter and Raven
Venegas; Celina’s Danielle
Huff; and Parkway’s Abby
Evans.
Wapakoneta had two
earn honorable mention in
Division I: Kristina Kessen
and Courtney Knippen.
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WBL announces
all-league honors
The Western Buckeye
League announced its all-
league elections for volley-
ball and soccer.
Erin Dorsten of Celina
is the volleyball Player of
the Year. Others on the first
team are teammate Angie
Fisher; St. Marys Memorial’s
Jenny Brown and Cierra
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Tom Morris photo
St. John’s senior Becca Saine breaks free of her Fort Jennings defender, sophomore
Elaina Maag, and sidesteps junior goalkeeper Kelsey Von Lehmden on her way to score
the Blue Jays’ first goal. The Blue and Gold went on to a 2-0 district girls soccer victory
on a windy and cold Thursday night at Ottoville.
did a nice job with our one- 9:08, when her 6-yarder was an excellent match against a
touches.” knocked away by a defender. solid team. The girls find ways
Lady Musketeer coach The Musketeers had a to get the job done.”
Rodney Wagner felt that his superb chance at 4:51 when The Musketeers had a great
team played the Blue Jays’ sophomore Macy Schroeder chance to get within a goal at
style, especially after falling got behind the defense but 26:30. Off a corner kick from the
behind, instead of its own. a diving Stant deflected her right side by sophomore Alaina
“We played more kick-ball, 17-yarder. Maag, her boot hit the top of the
especially the first half, and She also had the last chance bar and came back into play.
our style is ball possession. I in the first half with five ticks However, the Musketeers could
also felt they beat us to a lot of to go when her 12-yarder from not get control for a follow shot
the balls in the midfield area the left wing was stymied. as the Jays preserved the 2-goal
and went to the ball a bit better Both units continued to lead.
than we did,” he noted. “We press the attack forward in the The Musketeers had three
outshot them — as has been second half but not getting a prime chances to get on the
what we’ve done a lot of the lot of free looks at the goal: board down the stretch but
season — but we couldn’t get either the shooters’ aim was Stant came up with the goods:
the ball in the back of the net. off the mark or the keepers 23:11, on junior Morgan
That is one thing we can have were up to the task. Schroeder’s 19-yarder; at 4:01,
struggles with at times, espe- The Jays got that all-impor- won her 22-yarder; and 10
cially when we fall behind. tant second tally at the 33:25 seconds, when senior Taylor
We struggle when we’re play- mark. Near the box, Saine Wallenhorst was stymied from
ing from behind.” drew the defense and sent a 28 yards.
The Musketeers looked for nice pass from the left post to “The girls played hard; it
the equalizer and had an open- the right wing, where class- was just unfortunate it ends
ing at 17:00 when the ball was mate Bailey Calvelage got like this,” Wagenr added.
deep in their offensive zone; room to maneuver. Her 1-on-1 “People always ask me who
freshman Ashley Gable — was a 15-yarder that went to my favorite players are and I
who was trying her best to be the opposite side past a diving always reply the seniors. They
a thorn in the Blue Jay side — keeper for a 2-0 lead. have played for me for four
got possession off a ricochet “That second goal was just years and they have worked
but was denied by Stant. as crucial. It gives you some hard all four years. It’s tough
Saine was also being a pest breathing room and forces to say goodbye to seniors
to the Musketeers, three times them to alter their strategy and they are always missed.
getting chances: at 14:40, some,” Munoz added. “Our However, we have a lot of
when she had a 1-on-1 look defense was outstanding experienced girls back.”
that was deflected by Von tonight. Jennins has some Wallenhorst, Verhoff, Alissa
Lehmden and after a sequence good speed and I felt we didn’t Piasecki, Melissa Krietemeyre
the keeper finally got posses- let that become a big factor. and Mindy Merricle played
sion; 12:30, shooting just over Our defense has been steady their final high school matches
the top of the crossbar; and all season. Overall, we played Thursday night.
LOCAL ROUNDUP
Anderson; Bath’s Liz Brock, Carroll; O-G’s Kaylee Borer 7 assists, 3 block-assists).
Ott0awa-Glandorf’s Melissa and Kelsey Hoehn; Shawnee’s For Dearborn (11-25,
Verhoff and Wapakoneta’s Shelby Lucas and Kaitlyn
O’Connor; Ali Manley of Bath
2-11 WHAC), Courtney
Emily Henderson.
and Mallory McDevitt of Wapak.
Provencher (8 kills, 5 digs)
On the second team were
Second team: Elida’s led the way, along with Nia
Celina’s Morgan Weininger and Martin (5 kills), Michelle
Liz Carr; O-G’s Sara Basinger Lindsay Peters and Jordan
Porada (14 digs), Mallori
and Hannah Kaufman; Elida Haidle; Celina’s Michelle
Welker and Alex Parker; St. McGuckin (4 kills), Christine
senior Amber Saddler and Van
Marys’ Jamie James and Carrie Mech (11 assists) and Megan
Wert’s Molly Gamble.
The third unit has Taylor Schlater; Katie Dackin (Bath), Smith (10 assists).
Rupert (Wapak), Shannon Roof Terrill Webb (KLenton), Jessie ----
(O-G), Demma Strausburgh Kreinbrink (O-G), Shawnee’s
Lauren Diglia and Amy Snider
Eastwood ousts Lady
(Defiance), Marianne Deppe
(Wapak).
Titans in volleyball
(Bath), Abbey Zacharias (Celina)
Third team: Celina’s Tracy
Eastwood ended the
and Samantha Rex (Shawnee). Ottawa-Glandorf volleyball
Honorable mention: Elida’s Donovan and Taylor Guingrich;
season in the district round
Kelsey Smith, Bath’s Madison St. Marys’ Sara Lininger and
Thursday, sweeping the
Molly Albert; Elida’s Kaitlyn
Clark, Celina’s Kiernon Koontz,
Morrisey, Kiley Dear (Bath), Lady Titans (19-6) 25-20,
Defiance’s Betsy Lawson,
Kenton’s Sara Price, O-G’s Katie Schlegel (Defiance), Ally 30-28, 25-18.
Jill Recker, Shawnee’s Cassie Whitacker (Kenton), Brooke Melissa Verhoff paced
Grybowski, St. Marys’ Rachel Zynda (O-G), Britt Lauch O-G with 11 kills and 14 digs,
(Shawnee) and Alicia Sawmiller
Wale, Van Wert’s Raegan
(Wapak).
along with Sara Basinger (11
Baxter and Wapak’s Krissy assists, 10 digs), Shannon
Steinbaugh. Honorable mention: Elida’s
Roof (3 aces, 8 kills) and
In boys soccer, Shawnee’s Kayla Smith, Taylor Dackin
Hannah Kaufman (2 aces,
Clark Heinz was Player of the (Bath), Hanna Mast (Celina),
25 digs).
Brittany Froelich (Defiance),
Year.
Randi Jo Long (Kenton), Molly ----
Joining him on the first
team were teammate Christian Laibe (O-G), Kaitlynn Gross Miller City edges Bryan
Vogelsong; Elida’s Jared (Shawnee), Kelly Heitkamp (St. GLANDORF — Miller City
Stump and Cody Sanderson; Marys), Ashley Mohr (Van Wert) scored a goal with 5:50 left
and Kayla Limbert (Wapak).
Memorial’s Joe Brenneman
Lady Racers
in the first half and made it
and Brennan Brown; Wapak’s stand up to oust Bryan 1-0
sweep UM-Dearborn
Mickie Grothause and Andy in district girls soccer action
Faller; Bath’s Connor Rockhold, LIMA — The University of Thursday at Titan Field.
Chad Brooks (Celina), Doug Northwestern Ohio women’s The Lady Wildcats won
Herrett (Defiance) and Andrew volleyball team hosted their despite being outshot 13-6.
Trenkamp (O-G). home finale of the season Missy Michel made 13 saves
Second-teamers were Thursday night at Racer
Elida’s Trey Bowman and Ryan for the victors, while Emily
Musgrave; Ryan Magee and
Gymnasium — The Garage Robinson garnered seven
Matt Tucker (Shawnee); Caleb saves for the Golden Bears.
Norton (Bath), Philip Johnston Cure” match to commemo- -----
(Celina), Jordan Tobias rate all of breast cancer sur- Defiance to host “Take
(Defiance), Mathew Kaufman vivors and raise awareness A Kid to the Game” on
(O-G), Matt Freewalt (St. Marys), for the Susan G. Komen Saturday
Jacob Hood (Van Wert) and Taz Foundation. DEFIANCE — The
Henderson (Wapak). The teams and play- Defiance College athletics
Third-teamers: Bath’s ers wore pink in honor of
Garrett Renner and Sam best; department will join with the
the event, as well as three
Shawnee’s Tim Taviano and NCAA to host the 16th annu-
Nate Aller; Elida’s Joe Burnett, seniors playing their final al “Take A Kid to the Game”
Kyle Menchhofer (Celina), Alec home matches: Roshelle program during Saturday’s
Blake (Defiance), TJ Metzger Watercutter-Nickol, Katie football contest with Rose-
(O-G), Ryan Wilker (Memorial) Luebke and Maria Brubaker. Hulman. Kickoff is slated for
and Joe Moonshower (Van The Lady Racers sent 1:30 p.m. with festivities slat-
Wert). that trio out victoriously, ed for noon at DC’s Coressel
Honorable mention: Dylan sweeping the University of Stadium.
McDorman (Elida), Logan Michigan-Dearborn 25-10,
Rockhold (Bath), Nathan All area students grades
25-18, 25-17 in Wolverine- kindergarten through eighth
Loughridge (Celina), Conor Hoosier Athletic Conference
Brobston (Defiance), Corey grade will be admitted free
Minter (Kenton), Eric Beckman action. of charge to the game and
(O-G), Jared Dupes (Shawnee), Luebke amassed a match- will be able to participate in
Luke Leffel (Memorial), Tyler high 11 kills; Watercutter- various games and competi-
Money (Van Wert) and Colin Nichols totaled nine kills, tions. There will also be face
Mankin (Wapak). three assists, six digs and two painting, free prizes and a
In girls soccer, Dee Dee block-assists; and Brubaker post-game autograph ses-
Sudhoff of St. Marys was Player two kills. Other Lady Racer sion with players from the
of the Year. (22-11, 9-5 WHAC) leaders
Joining her on the first Defiance College football
were Meagan EnYart (10 team.
unit were teammate Kristin
Vehorn; Elida’s Shannon Boroff kills), Kelly Oldiges (15 digs), For more information,
and Hope Bowman; Celina’s Jessica Prince (10 digs) and contact Brian Bovington at
Mackenzi Rutschilling and Ally Debbie Brubaker (35 assists, 419-783-2342.
www.delphosherald.com Friday, October 29, 2010 The Herald —7

Freedom of speech for hate speeches

The words of the fifth Psalm are not for the
faint of heart.
“Thou art not a God that hath pleasure in
wickedness. ... The foolish shall not stand in
thy sight: thou hatest all workers of iniquity,”
Snyder saw their hateful slogans in news re-
TERRY MATTINGLY ports and on the Internet.
This is case in which scholars have struggled
On to find a way to defend the free speech and re-
ligious liberty rights of Westboro believers, as
The goal, she added, is to protect First
Amendment principles that have been “essen-
tial to the advancement of civil rights, including
the civil rights of LGBT people. Allowing Fred
Phelps to speak his mind may be difficult, but

warned the psalmist.
Obviously, says the Rev. Fred Phelps of
Westboro Baptist Church, this passage teaches
that God hates the evil liberals who run the
Southern Baptist Convention, along with le-
gions of other Americans.
Phelps also believes that God hates the pope
and plenty of other religious leaders who are
called “conservatives,” “traditionalists” and
even “fundamentalists” in public debates about
faith, morality and culture.
Southern Baptists are too liberal? Yes, that’s
why activists from the independent Westboro
Baptist congregation in Topeka, Kan., like to
picket major SBC meetings carrying those now
familiar signs with slogans such as, “Thank
God for Dead Soldiers,” “God Hates America,”
“Thank God for AIDS” and, of course, “God
Hates Fags.”
With Westboro Baptist, up is down and
down is up.
It may take months for the U.S. Supreme
Court to rule on the First Amendment puzzle
that is the clash between Phelps and Albert Sny-
der, the grieving father of Marine Lance Cpl.
Religion
Matthew Snyder. A Westboro Baptist team held
a protest near the Catholic funeral of Snyder’s
son and church leaders also posted a website
screed claiming that the divorced father raised
his son to “serve the devil.” A Maryland court
gave Snyder $5 million, but the award was
overturned.
Behind this pain and grief is a thicket of le-
gal and journalistic thorns.
This is a case in which the mainstream press
has spilled oceans of ink attacking Phelps’
flock. Nevertheless, the core facts provoked the
Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press
and 21 news organizations to file a friend-of-
the-court brief supporting the church’s right to
hold legal protests and for journalists to cover
them. News executives are especially worried
because the protesters complied with all restric-
tions imposed by civic officials, including mov-
ing their demonstration away from the church.
well as the religious liberty and privacy rights
of grieving family members.
In a reluctant defense of Phelps, a New York
Times editorial quoted Justice Felix Frank-
furter: “It is a fair summary of history to say
that the safeguards of liberty have often been
forged in controversies involving not very nice
people.” I once heard a church-state scholar put
it this way: “Your religious liberties have been
purchased for you by believers with whom you
wouldn’t necessarily want to have dinner.”
What about the American Civil Liberties
Union? After all, in the 1970s this organization
backed the right of neo-Nazis to march through
Skokie, Ill., a small community that was home
to a large number of Holocaust survivors.
In a court brief backing Westboro Baptist,
“we pointed out that the First Amendment’s
protection of freedom of speech guarantees that
no one can be found liable for merely express-
ing an opinion about a matter of public concern,
regardless of how hurtful those opinions might
be,” noted Chris Hampton, a leader in ACLU
efforts to promote lesbian, gay, bisexual and
transgender causes.
chipping away at one of the fundamental prin-
ciples on which our country was founded is far,
far worse for all of us in the long run.”
This is, of course, precisely the kind of lib-
eral thinking that Phelps condemns out of hand,
even when voiced by religious conservatives.
According to his reading of Psalm 5 and many
other scripture passages, Phelps believes that
God hates what he calls “kissy-pooh” sermons
that refuse to proclaim that God never, ever for-
gives homosexuals and many other sinners.
The Westboro website once warned preach-
ers who claim that God will forgive those who
repent, no matter what: “You are going to Hell!
Period! End of discussion! God’s decree send-
ing you to Hell is irreversible! Hypocrites!”
“That’s Bible preaching,” Phelps told Bap-
tist Press, in a 2003 interview about his beliefs.
“You tell (people) that God loves everybody?
You’re lying on God.”
(Terry Mattingly is director of the Washington Journalism
Center at the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities
and leads the GetReligion.org project to study religion and the
news.)

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dElPhos
A.C.T.S.
NEW TESTAMENT FELLOWSHIP
Rev. Linda Wannemacher-Pastor
Jaye Wannemacher-Worship Leader
Contact: 419-695-3566
Sunday - 7:00 p.m. Bible Study with
worship @ ACTS Chapel-8277 German
Rd., Delphos
Thursday - 7:00 p.m. “For Such A
Time As This” All & Non Denominational
Tri-County Community Intercessory
Prayer Meeting @ Presbyterian Church
(Basement), 310 W. 2nd St. Delphos -
Everyone Welcome.
FIRST UNITED PRESBYTERIAN
310 W. Second St.
419-692-5737
Pastor Harry Tolhurst
Sermon:
“Why Church?
Reason 4: Mentors”
II Timothy 1: 1-14, Luke 17: 5-10
Sunday - 11:00 Worship Service
ST. PETER LUTHERAN CHURCH
422 North Pierce St., Delphos
Phone 419-695-2616
Sunday is Reformation Sunday
After Pentecost
Rev. Don Pletcher, Pastor
Saturday - 8:00 a.m. Prayer
Breakfast
Sunday - 8:45 a.m. Sunday School;
10:00 a.m. - Worship w/Communion;
7:00 p.m. Church Council
Tuesday - 6:00 p.m. Noodle Making;
Wednesday - 7:00 p.m. InReach/
OutReach
FIRST ASSEMBLY OF GOD
“Where Jesus is Healing
Hurting Hearts!”
808 Metbliss Ave., Delphos
One block south of Stadium Park.
419-692-6741
Senior Pastor - Dan Eaton
Sunday - 10:30 a.m. - Celebration
of Worship with Children’s Church &
Nursery provided; 6:00 p.m. - Youth
Crew at The ROC
Monday- 7:00 p.m. Prayer
Small groups offered at various times.
Please call the church for information.
DELPHOS CHRISTIAN UNION
Pastor: Rev. Gary Fish
470 S. Franklin St., (419) 692-9940
9:30 Sunday School
10:30 Sunday morning service.
Youth ministry every Wednesday
from 6-8 p.m.
Children’s ministry every third
Saturday from 11 to 1:30.
ST. PAUL’S UNITED METHODIST
335 S. Main St. Delphos
Pastor - Rev. David Howell
Week beginning October 21, 2010
Sunday - 9:00 a.m. Worship Service.
DELPHOS WESLEYAN CHURCH
11720 Delphos Southworth Rd.
Delphos - Phone 419-695-1723
Pastor Wayne Prater
Sunday - 10:30 a.m. Worship; 9:15
a.m. Sunday School for all ages.
Wednesday - 7 p.m. Service and
prayer meeting.
CARPENTER’S HOUSE MINISTRIES
7999 SR 66 Delphos
Sunday Services - 10:30 a.m.
Nurseries, Sunday school rooms.
TRINITY UNITED
METHODIST CHURCH
211 E. Third St., Delphos
Rev. David Howell, Pastor
Week of October 31, 2010
Sunday - 8:15 a.m. Worship Service;
9:30 a.m. Church School for all ages;
10:30 a.m. Worship Service; 11:30 a.m.
Radio Worship on WDOH; 7:00 p.m.
Host County Charge Conference
Monday - 3:00 p.m.-4:30 p.m. Girl
Scouts; 4:00 p.m.-6:00 p.m. Free Food
on Us at Eagles (Doors open at 2:30
pm for registration); 6:15 p.m. United
Methodist Dinner
Tuesday- ELECTION DAY; 5:30 p.m.-
7:00 p.m. Girl Scouts; 6:30 p.m CC
Printed Materials Committee
Wednesday: 7:00 p.m. Chancel Choir;
8:30 p.m. Capital Campaign Meeting at
Vanamatic
Thursday- 7:40 a.m. Sr. Hi FCA
Meeting; 4:30 p.m.-6:30 p.m. Suppers on
Us; 6:00 p.m. Worship Committee; 6:30
p.m. CC Publicity Committee
Friday- 1:30 p.m CWU World
Community Day at St. John’s Catholic
Chruch; 3:00 p.m. Mustard Seeds; 5:00
p.m. Wedding Rehearsal
Saturday: 4:30 p.m. Kelsey Grice &
Paul Siefker Wedding; Daylight Savings
Time Ends//Set clocks back one hour
before you go to bed.
MARION BAPTIST CHURCH
2998 Defiance Trail, Delphos
Pastor Jay Lobach 419-339-6319
Services: Sunday - 11:00 a.m. and
6:00 p.m.; Wednesday - 7:00 p.m.
ST. JOHN’S CATHOLIC CHURCH
331 E. Second St., Delphos
419-695-4050
Rev. Mel Verhoff, Pastor
Rev. Jacob Gordon, Asst. Pastor
Fred Lisk and Dave Ricker, Deacons
Mary Beth Will, Liturgical
Coordinator; Mrs. Trina Shultz,
Pastoral Associate. Harry
Flanagan, Parish Council President
Celebration of the Sacraments
Eucharist – Lord’s Day Observance;
Saturday 4:30 p.m., Sunday 7:30, 9:15,
11:30 a.m.; Weekdays as announced on
Sunday bulletin.
Baptism – Celebrated first Sunday
of month at 1:30 p.m. Call rectory to
schedule Pre-Baptismal instructions.
Reconciliation – Tuesday and
Friday 7:30-7:50 a.m.; Saturday 3:30-
4:00 p.m. Anytime by request.
Matrimony – Arrangements must be
made through the rectory six months
in advance.
Anointing of the Sick – Communal
celebration in May and October.
Administered upon request.
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ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST CHURCH
Landeck - Phone: 419-692-0636
Rev. Mel Verhoff, Pastor
Administrative aide: Rita Suever
Masses: 8:30 a.m. Sunday.
Sacrament of Reconciliation:
Saturday.
Newcomers register at parish.
Marriages: Please call the parish
house six months in advance.
Baptism: Please call the parish.
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ST. PATRICK’S CHURCH
500 S. Canal, Spencerville
419-647-6202
Saturday - 4:30 p.m. Reconciliation;
5 p.m. Mass, May 1 - Oct. 30. Sunday -
10:30 a.m. Mass.
SPENCERVILLE FULL GOSPEL
107 Broadway St., Spencerville
Pastor Charles Muter
Home Ph. 419-657-6019
Sunday: Morning Services - 10:00
a.m. Evening Services - 7:00 p.m.
Wednesday: 7:00 p.m. Worship ser-
vice.
AMANDA BAPTIST CHURCH
Back to Christ’s Ministry
Conant Road & SR. 117
Ph. 647-5100 - Rev. Mike Decker
Sunday – 10:30 a.m. Worship &
Fellowship. Wednesday – 6-9 p.m.
Bible Study.
SPENCERVILLE CHURCH
OF THE NAZARENE
317 West North St. - 419-296-2561
Pastor Tom Shobe
9:30 a.m. Sunday School; 10:30
a.m. Morning Worship; 7:00 p.m.
Wednesday Service
TRINITY UNITED METHODIST
Corner of Fourth & Main, Spencerville
Phone 419-647-5321
Rev. Jan Johnson, Pastor
Sunday - 9:30 a.m. Sunday School;
10:30 a.m. Worship service.
UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST
Spencerville
Rev. Ron Shifley, Pastor
Sunday– 9:30 a.m. Church School;
10:30 a.m. Worship Service.
AGAPE FELLOWSHIP MINISTRIES
9250 Armstrong Road, Spencerville
Pastors Phil & Deb Lee
Sunday - 10:00 a.m. Worship ser-
vice.
Wednesday - 7:00 p.m. Bible
Study
HARTFORD CHRISTIAN CHURCH
(Independent Fundamental)
Rt. 81 and Defiance Trial
Rt. 2, Box 11550
Spencerville 45887
Rev. Robert King, Pastor
Sunday - 9:30 a.m. Sunday school;
10:30 a.m. Worship Service; 7:00 p.m.
Evening worship and Teens Alive
(grades 7-12).
Wednesday - 7:00 p.m. Bible ser-
vice.
Tuesday & Thursday– 7- 9 p.m.
Have you ever wanted to preach the
“Word of God?” This is your time to
do it. Come share your love of Christ
with us.
IMMANUEL UNITED
Elida/lima
METHODIST CHURCH
699 Sunnydale, Elida, Ohio 454807
Pastor Gary Rode
Sunday - 8:30 a.m. traditional; 10:45
a.m. contemporary
LIGHT OF LIFE CHAPEL
4680 North Kemp Rd., Elida
Pastor Dennis Johnson
Sunday – 9:30 a.m. Sunday School;
10:30 a.m. Service; 6:30 p.m. Service.
Wednesday – 6:30 p.m. Midweek
Service.
NEW HOPE CHRISTIAN CENTER
2240 Baty Road, Elida Ph. 339-5673
Rev. James F. Menke, Pastor
Sunday – 10 a.m. Worship.
Wednesday – 7 p.m. Evening ser-
vice.
CORNERSTONE BAPTIST CHURCH
2701 Dutch Hollow Rd. Elida
Phone: 339-3339
Rev. Frank Hartman
Sunday - 10 a.m. Sunday School (all
ages); 11 a.m. Morning Service; 6 p.m.
Evening Service.
Wednesday - 7 p.m. Prayer
Meeting.
Office Hours: Monday-Friday,
8-noon, 1-4- p.m.
ZION UNITED METHODIST
CHURCH
Corner of Zion Church & Conant Rd.,
Elida - Rev. Stuart Rames
Sunday - 9:30 a.m. Sunday School;
10:45 a.m. Worship.
PIKE MENNONITE CHURCH
3995 McBride Rd., Elida
Phone 419-339-3961
LIGHTHOUSE CHURCH OF GOD
Elida - Ph. 222-8054
Rev. Larry Ayers, Pastor
Service schedule: Sunday– 10 a.m.
School; 11 a.m. Morning Worship; 6
p.m. Sunday evening.
FAITH BAPTIST CHURCH
4750 East Road, Elida
Pastor - Brian McManus
Sunday – 9:30 a.m. Sunday School;
10:30 a.m. Worship, nursery avail-
able.
Wednesday – 6:30 p.m. Youth
Prayer, Bible Study; 7:00 p.m. Adult
Prayer and Bible Study; 8:00 p.m. -
Choir.
Van WErt County
CALVARY EVANGELICAL CHURCH
10686 Van Wert-Decatur Rd.
Van Wert, Ohio
419-238-9426
Rev. Clark Williman. Pastor
Sunday, Oct. 24
Sunday - 9:00 am - Sunday School;
9:55 am - Prayer at the Altar; 10:00
am Worship Service; 1:30 Harvester’s
Class at Vancrest Nursing Home
Tuesday - 9:30 am-MUMS
Wednesday - 1:30 pm Prayer Circle;
6:45p - Jr. and Sr. High Youth Group,
AWANA, Women’s Small Group, 7:00
pm Men’s Bible Study
Thursday - 9:30 am Women’s Bible
Study @ A. Swallow’s
Saturday - 5:00 pm Simple as that.
SALEM UNITED
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
15240 Main St. Venedocia
Rev. Wendy S. Pratt, Pastor
Church Phone: 419-667-4142
Sunday - 8:30 a.m. - Adult Bell
Choir; 8:45 a.m. Jr. Choir; 9:30
a.m. - Worship; 10:45 a.m. - Sunday
school; 6:30 p.m. - Capital Funds
Committee.
Monday - 6 p.m. Senior Choir.
ST. MARY’S CATHOLIC CHURCH
601 Jennings Rd., Van Wert
Sunday 8:30 a.m., 10:30 a.m.;
Monday 8:30 a.m.; Tuesday 7 p.m.;
Wednesday 8:30 a.m.; Thursday 8:30
a.m. - Communion Service; Friday
8:30 a.m.; Saturday 4 p.m.
VAN WERT VICTORY
CHURCH OF GOD
10698 US 127S., Van Wert
(Next to Tracy’s Auction Service)
Darryl Ramey, Lead Pastor
Chuck Brantley, Executive Pastor
Bryce Cadawallader, Youth
& Assimilations Director
Sunday - 10:00 am Worship Service
& Children’s Ministry
www.vanwertvictorychurch.com
www.acoolchurch.com
419-232-HOPE
TRINITY LUTHERAN
303 S. Adams, Middle Point
Rev. Tom Cover
Sunday– 9:30 a.m. Sunday
School; 10:30 a.m. Worship service.
GRACE FAMILY CHURCH
634 N. Washington St., Van Wert
Pastor: Rev. Ron Prewitt
Sunday - 9:15 a.m. Morning wor-
ship with Pulpit Supply.
KINGSLEY UNITED METHODIST
15482 Mendon Rd., Van Wert
Phone: 419-965-2771
Pastor Chuck Glover
Sunday School - 9:30 a.m.; Worship
- 10:25 a.m.
Wednesday - Youth Prayer and
Bible Study - 6:30 p.m.
Adult Prayer meeting - 7:00 p.m.
Choir practice - 8:00 p.m.
TRINITY FRIENDS CHURCH
605 N. Franklin St., Van Wert 45891
Ph: (419) 238-2788
Sr. Pastor Stephen Savage
Outreach Pastor Neil Hammons
Sunday - 8:15 a.m. - Prayer time;
9:00 a.m. Worship, Sunday School,
SWAT, Nursery; Single; 10:30 a.m.
Worship, Nursery, Children’s Church,
Discipleship class; Noon - Lunch
Break; 2:00 p.m. Service for men
at Van Wert Correctional Fac.; 3:00
p.m. Service for women at Van Wert
Correctional Fac., Service at Paulding
jail
Tuesday - 1:00 p.m. - Share, Care,
Prayer Group in Fireside Room;
10-noon - Banquet Table Food
Pantry; 6:30 p.m. Quilting Friends
in Fellowship Hall; 7 p.m. B.R.E.A.L.
Women’s group in Room 108.
Wednesday - 6:30 p.m. Small
groups, Discipleship Series in sanc-
tuary, Christian Life Club, Nursery,
Preschool; 7 p.m. R.O.C.K. Youth; 8
p.m. Worship Team rehearsal.
Thursday - 4-5:30 p.m. Banquet
Table Food Pantry.
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
13887 Jennings Rd., Van Wert
Ph. 419-238-0333
Children’s Storyline: 419-238-2201
Email: fbaptvw@bright.net
Pastor Steven A. Robinson
Sunday– 9:30 a.m. Sunday School
for all ages; 10:30 a.m. Family Worship
Hour; 6:30 p.m. Evening Bible Hour.
Wednesday - 6:30 p.m. Word of Life
Student Ministries; 6:45 p.m. AWANA;
7:00 p.m. Prayer and Bible Study.
MANDALE CHURCH OF CHRIST
IN CHRISTIAN UNION
Rev. Don Rogers, Pastor
Sunday– 9:30 a.m. Sunday School
all ages. 10:30 a.m. Worship
Services; 7:00 p.m Worship.
Wednesday - 7 p.m. Prayer meet-
ing.
PENTECOSTAL WAY CHURCH
Pastors: Bill Watson
Rev. Ronald Defore
1213 Leeson Ave., Van Wert 45891
Phone (419) 238-5813
Head Usher: Ted Kelly
10:00 a.m. - Sunday School 11:10
a.m. - Worship 10:00 a.m. until 11:30
a.m. - Wednesday Morning Bible Class
6:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. - Wednesday
Evening Prayer Meeting
7:00 p.m. - Wed. Night Bible
Study.
Thursday - Choir Rehearsal
Anchored in Jesus Prayer Line -
(419) 238-4427 or (419) 232-4379.
Emergency - (419) 993-5855
Putnam County
ZION CHRISTIAN UNION CHURCH
3025 Converse-Roselm Rd,
Grover Hill
Rev. Mark McKay, Pastor
Sunday - 9:30 a.m. Sunday
School; 10:30 a.m. Worship Service;
10:30 a.m. Junior Church.
Wednesday - 7 p.m. Bible Study,
Prayer Service; 7 p.m. Youth
Meeting.
FAITH MISSIONARY
BAPTIST CHURCH
Road U, Rushmore
Pastor Robert Morrison
Sunday – 10 am Church School;
11:00 Church Service; 6:00 p.m.
Evening Service
Wednesday - 7:00 p.m. Evening
Service
ST. ANTHONY OF PADUA
CATHOLIC CHURCH
512 W. Sycamore, Col. Grove
Office 419-659-2263
Fax: 419-659-5202
Fr. Tom Oedy
Masses: Tuesday-Friday - 8:00 a.m.;
First Friday of the month - 7 p.m.;
Saturday - 4:30 p.m.; Sunday - 8:30
a.m. and 11:00 a.m.
Confessions - Saturday 3:30 p.m.,
anytime by appointment.
CHURCH OF GOD
18906 Rd. 18R, Rimer
419-642-5264 Fax: 419-642-3061
Rev. Mark Walls
Sunday - 9:30 a.m. Sunday
School; 10:30 a.m. Worship Service.
HOLY FAMILY CATHOLIC CHURCH
Rev. Robert DeSloover, Pastor
7359 St. Rt. 109 New Cleveland
Saturday Mass - 7:00 p.m.
Sunday Mass - 8:30 a.m.
IMMACULATE CONCEPTION
CATHOLIC CHURCH
Ottoville
Rev. John Stites
Mass schedule: Saturday - 4 p.m.;
Sunday - 10:30 a.m.
ST. BARBARA CHURCH
160 Main St., Cloverdale 45827
419-488-2391
Fr. John Stites
Mass schedule: Saturday 5:30 p.m.,
Sunday 8:00 a.m.
ST. JOSEPH CATHOLIC CHURCH
135 N. Water St., Ft. Jennings
Rev. Joe Przybysz
Phone: 419-286-2132
Mass schedule: Saturday 5 p.m.;
Sunday 7:30 a.m. and 9:30 a.m.
ST. MICHAEL CHURCH
Kalida
Fr. Mark Hoying
Saturday – 4:30 p.m. Mass.
Sunday – 8:00 a.m. & 10:00 a.m.
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Mentally-ill mom abusive Tomorrow’s HI AND LOIS

Dear Annie: Our son into a napkin, especially a
recently informed us that cloth one that our server will Horoscope
our 7-year-old grandson has have to handle, is downright By Bernice Bede Osol
high-functioning Asperger’s rude. He doesn’t care and There are strong indications that
syndrome. I have extensive believes I am overreacting. future days will turn out to be an
experience with children I would so appreciate it if extremely productive cycle for you.
Ideas you couldn’t develop and goals
on the autism spectrum. you would please give us a you previously were unable to achieve
“Jeremy’s” behaviors, while lesson on nose-blowing eti- will now be attainable. Be willing to
rowdy, are not typical of quette. -- Too Mortified To give things a try,
Dine Out SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) -
Asperger’s. Continue to operate as diligently as
What we have noticed, Dear Mortified: One you can in the sensible manner you’ve
however, is a crippling should excuse oneself from been moving and a major, ambitious
degree of anxiety and numer- the table when blowing one’s objective can be realized. However,
ous phobias in our daughter- nose and never, ever use
it behooves you not to mention your
intentions. BLONDIE
in-law, “Lois.” Jeremy is a napkin. We suggest you SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21)
not allowed to play outside, bring along a handkerchief - Although it may have been a while,
don’t lower your expectations and
have friends over or do any or travel pack of tissues for hopes. What you are visualizing is
activities normal for a boy those moments when your achievable and now within the realm
his age. Lois keeps him on a husband feels the need to of possibility. Think win.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)
rigid schedule designed for honk in public and see if it - Gains that you’ve been hoping for
a much younger helps. involving a shared endeavor can be
child. He is not Dear Annie: I made. However, it might take a bit
more push on the part of both of you
allowed to bathe read the letter from in order to bring them about.
alone, brush his “Needing Advice,” AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) -
own teeth or wipe whose boss is hav- When it comes to a critical situation
ing an affair with that you’re unsure how to handle, seek
himself after using out some suggestions from another
the bathroom, a co-worker. Yes, who has had experience in this area. It
even though he is she should tell the could turn out to be excellent advice.
capable of doing wife. PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) BEETLE BAILEY
- Problematical developments
all these things. Two years ago, pertaining to your work or finances
As a result, he acts I was that wife, and might pop up, but don’t allow them
out and has serious no one told me. I to defeat what you’re trying to
accomplish. You’re more than a match
behavior problems was hurt to discover for them.
at school. Annie’s Mailbox that everyone knew ARIES (March 21-April 19)
When Jeremy except me. Women - Although you may desire to do
something fun with friends, you’ll
is with me, he is a totally I thought were my friends not let it interfere with taking care of
different child. Even his did not say a thing to me. I a job that is important to you nor the
father has a better experience felt so betrayed. efficiency with which you’ll handle
it.
with the boy than his wife Please advise “Needing” TAURUS (April 20-May 20) -
does. With his mother, how- to tell the wife. I seriously You’ll not hesitate to take on a big job,
ever, Jeremy’s behaviors are doubt her job will be jeop- and what you start you won’t stop until
alarming and clearly meant ardized. His wife will make you finish it to your satisfaction. What
you take on will be done to perfection
to get attention. I actually sure it isn’t. -- Betrayed in in an outstanding manner. SNUFFY SMITH
saw waitresses cringe when New Mexico GEMINI (May 21-June 20) -
we entered a pizza parlor. Dear N.M.: We under- Duty will take precedence over any
nonessential involvements. Regardless
He is cruel to small animals stand your sense of betrayal, of how hard the work is, you’ll take it
and says he wants to kill the but a personal friend is not in in stride and do a job that will satisfy
family cat. the same position as the hus- your self-esteem.
CANCER (June 21-July 22) -
Lois confessed that she band’s employee. His love Your no-nonsense, realistic approach
had pressured a special- life is the employee’s busi- of handling financial situations will
ist into giving her son the ness only insofar as it affects serve you well. In fact, your budgeting
will be so wise that I’d take bets it
Asperger’s diagnosis. When the job -- in which case, she would even get blood from a turnip.
I gently suggested getting a should approach her employ- LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) - This
second opinion, she told me er, not his spouse. could be one of your better problem-
solving days, so it behooves you to
to leave her home and then focus your efforts on some significant
had a screaming tantrum. issues. The wise answers you’re
My terrified grandson hid in Annie’s Mailbox is writ- seeking should come easily.
the garage. My son admits ten by Kathy Mitchell and VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) -
Something that has been denied you
HAGAR THE HORRIBLE
his wife has a mental health Marcy Sugar, longtime edi- but to which you’re entitled is likely
problem, but he runs away tors of the Ann Landers to finally come through for you. Your
to the office. He said Lois column. Please e-mail your patience and tolerance will be paying
off in more ways than one.
called him at work demand- questions to anniesmail- LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) -
ing that he come home if he box@comcast.net, or write Someone who may not be older but
ever wanted to see his son to: Annie’s Mailbox, c/o is more experienced than you will be
of tremendous assistance in helping
alive again. She once falsely Creators Syndicate, 5777 W. to resolve a problem that you’ve been
accused him of molesting Century Blvd., Ste. 700, Los dealing with for far too long. The
the boy. He told me that she Angeles, CA 90045. input will be welcome.
locks herself in her room for Copyright 2010, United Feature
days at a time, often keeping Syndicate, Inc.
Jeremy in there with her. She
even insists she can read the
thoughts of others. BORN LOSER
What can I do? -- Deeply
Concerned
Dear Concerned: Your
daughter-in-law is mentally
ill and is abusing her son
emotionally. The fact that
Dad permits this is reprehen-
sible. Call Child Protective
Services, and ask that some-
one check out the home situ-
ation. Talk to the principal
and counselor at Jeremy’s
school. Then tell your son to
stop hiding at work and con- FRANK & ERNEST
tact the National Alliance
on Mental Illness (nami.org)
at 1-800-950-NAMI (1-800-
950-6264) and ask for help.
Dear Annie: My hus-
band insists on blowing his
nose at the dinner table. This
includes when we eat out at
restaurants with linen nap-
kins. I’ve told him repeat-
edly that blowing one’s nose
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Tests warned of cement troubles before BP blowout

By DINA CAPPIELLO
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — Tests performed
before the deadly blowout of BP’s oil well in
the Gulf of Mexico should have raised doubts
about the cement used to seal the well, but the
company and its cementing contractor used it
anyway, investigators with the president’s oil
spill commission said Thursday.
It’s the first finding from the commission
looking into the causes of the April 20 explo-
sion that killed 11 workers and led to the
largest offshore oil spill in U.S. history. And
it appears to conflict with statements made
by Halliburton Co., which has said its tests
showed the cement mix was stable.
The company, which has blamed BP’s well
design and operational decisions for the disas-
ter, acknowledged in a six-page statement
released late Thursday that it never tested the
final mixture of cement for stability after BP
made a last-minute change to the mix.
The cement mix’s failure to prevent oil and
gas from entering the well has been identified
by BP and others as one of the causes of the
accident.
BP and Halliburton decided to use a foam
slurry created by injecting nitrogen into
cement to secure the bottom of the well, a
decision outside experts have criticized.
The panel said that of four tests done in
February and April by Halliburton, only one
— the last — showed the mix would hold.
But the results of that single successful test
were not shared with BP, and may not have
reached Halliburton, before the cement was
pumped, according to a letter sent to com-
missioners Thursday by chief investigative
counsel Fred H. Bartlit Jr.
Halliburton said Thursday that that suc-
cessful test was performed on a mixture differ-
ent than the one eventually used. While some
tests were conducted on the new formulation
requested by BP, those tests did not include a
foam stability test, the company said.
According to the panel, BP at the time of
the blowout had in hand results from only one
of the tests — a February analysis sent to BP
by Halliburton in a March 8 e-mail that indi-
cated the cement could fail. The slurry tested
in that case was a slightly different blend, and
assumed a slightly different well design, but
there is no indication that Halliburton flagged
the problem for BP, or that BP had concerns,
the letter said.
“Halliburton (and perhaps BP) should
have considered redesigning the foam slurry
before pumping it at the Macondo well,”
Bartlit wrote.
Independent tests conducted for the com-
mission by Chevron on a nearly identical
mixture were also released Thursday. The
results concluded that the cement mix was
unstable, raising questions about the validity
of Halliburton’s test showing that the near-
final mixture was stable. The company said
the “significant differences” between its inter-
nal tests and the commission’s were caused
by the use of different materials.
BP, as part of its internal investigation,
also conducted independent tests that showed
the cement mix was flawed, but its analysis
too was criticized by Halliburton, which said
it was not the correct formula. BP’s report
also mentioned a cement test Halliburton
performed in mid-April, but it appears BP
obtained the results after the accident and
considered its methods flawed.
By contrast, the commission obtained pro-
prietary additives from Halliburton as well as
a recipe to re-create the slurry that was used
on the well. One and a half gallons of the
actual mix used on the rig remain, but it is
being held as evidence in criminal and civil
investigations.
Halliburton rejected the commission’s
claims that the February tests were conducted
on a cement that was similar to the one used.
“Contrary to the letter...the slurry tested
in February was not ’a very similar foam
slurry design to the one actually pumped,”’
the statement reads. The company also says
there were significant differences in how the
cement was tested.
Halliburton shares dropped from near $34
to below $30 in New York trading in the half
hour after the commission released its find-
ing. The shares recovered a bit, and closed at
$31.68, down $2.74, or 8 percent. BP shares
rose from $40.38 to $41.28, then quickly
reversed course and fell to $40.28. The shares
finished trading with a gain of 49 cents at
$40.59.
BP has also been criticized for not per-
forming a cement bond long, a test that checks
after the cement is pumped down whether it is
secure. There are also questions about wheth-
er BP pumped down enough cement to seal
off the bottom of the well, which was located
more than three miles below sea level.

FDA rejects highly-anticipated diet drug Qnexa

Landeck costume winners By MATTHEW
PERRONE
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — Vivus CEO Leland Wilson
Federal health regulators have
decided not to approve an
experimental diet pill called
Qnexa, which had been tout-
ed by many experts as the
most promising weight-loss
drug in more than a decade.
The drug’s maker, Vivus
Inc., said in a statement
Thursday that the Food and
Drug Administration declined
to approve the drug in its pres-
ent form. The agency asked
for more study results and
additional information on its
possible health risks, includ-
ing major cardiovascular
events and risks for women
of childbearing potential.
The FDA did not ask for
any new clinical studies, but
more may be required if the
agency’s concerns aren’t
Landeck costume winners in first grade are, from left, first place, Haylee Bayman, chef; addressed, Vivus said.
second place, Gracie Renner, cup cake; and third place, Cole Binkley, Stormtrooper. The company plans to
respond to the FDA in about
six weeks.
“We remain confident in
the efficacy and safety pro-
file of Qnexa demonstrated
in the clinical development
program and look forward
to continue working with the
FDA towards the approval
for the treatment of obesity,”
said in a statement.
Its shares added 5 cents to
$6.18 in aftermarket trading
Thursday. The stock added
5 cents to $6.13 during the
regular session.
Vivus, based in Mountain
View, Calif., is one of three
small drugmakers racing
to win approval for their
weight-loss drugs. Many ana-
lysts picked Qnexa as the
most promising contender
because of the high level of
weight loss reported in com-
pany studies: On average,
patients lost more than 10
percent total body mass. That
compared to weight loss of
under 5 percent with drugs
currently on the market, like
Roche’s Xenical.
But Qnexa’s outlook took
a significant hit in July, when
a panel of experts assembled
by the FDA voted 10-6 to
not recommend the drug’s
approval. Panelists said the
drug was associated with a
number of dangerous side
effects, including suicidal
thoughts, heart palpitations,
memory lapses and birth
defects.
With rates of obesity and
diabetes rising globally, doc-
tors say new weight-loss
drugs are needed, though the
drug class has a history of
safety problems.
Vivus is the second weight-
loss drug rejected by the FDA
in the past week. On Saturday,
Arena Pharmaceuticals
announced that the agency
declined to approve its drug
lorcaserin, citing tumors seen
in rats during early stage test-
ing. The San Diego-based
company said it still hopes to
win approval for the drug and
would submit more detailed
information, at the agency’s
request.
FDA’s rejection of drugs
from Vivus and Arena
will focus new attention
on the third competitor in
the weight-loss drug race:
Orexigen Therapeutics. The
company’s drug Contrave has
shown weight loss between 5
and 10 percent with modest
side effects, though FDA’s
decisions this week suggest a

Halloween Fun
Children throughout the area enjoy fun Halloween activities!

Costume winners in third grade are, from left, first place, Blake Fischbach, headless
horseman; second place, Tanner Mathewson, fisherman in boat; and third place,
Nathan West, scarecrow.

Answers to Thursday’s questions:

Fourth-grade costume winners are, from left, Lauren Grothaus, frozen head in Ian Fleming, creator of fictional superspy James Bond, aka Agent 007, was known as
freezer; second place, Madison Geise, Dorothy and Toto; and third place, Rachel Agent 17F when he spied for British Naval Intelligence during World War II.
Kroeger, Chiquita Banana Lady. Chopped onions, bell peppers and celery are considered the “holy trinity” of Louisiana’s
Cajun and Creole cuisines.

GM to repay $2.1B of govt.’s investment

WASHINGTON (AP) — The government
says General Motors will pay back $2.1 bil-
lion of the funds that taxpayers invested in the
company. That brings the total it has repaid
to $9.5 billion out of the nearly $50 billion
the government loaned to and invested in the
company.
The Treasury Department says the com-
pany is repurchasing about 84 million pre-
ferred shares that the government owns. The
purchase is on the condition that the company
proceeds with an initial public offering of its
shares. That IPO is expected to take place
next month.
The government’s remaining $40 billion
investment in the company is equivalent
to 60.8 percent of the company’s common
shares.
Today’s questions:
What was U.S. statesman Henry Kissinger’s given name at birth?
In what sequence do the feet of all four-legged animals normally hit the ground when
they walk?
Answers in Saturday’s Herald.
Today’s words:
Glair: raw egg white used in sizing or glazing
Vaccimulgence: cow-milking
The Outstanding National Debt as of 9:45 a.m. today was $13,682,439,475,229.
The estimated population of the United States is 309,377,051 so each citizen’s share
of this debt is $44,222.54.