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Benefits: Donaldson bakes up

Jobless Christmas cheer for family
relieved
life raft
BY STACY TAFF bark for the boxes which go
staff@delphosherald.com to each family.
Another Christmas tra-
DELPHOS — dition for Donaldson is the

Upfront
still
Meadows to host
afloat
Memory Care
Support Group
The Meadows of Kalida
will host a Memory Care
Support Group from 12:30-
2 p.m. on Wednesday.
This group is offered to
any community members
going through the dementia
journey with a loved one.
Refreshments will be served.
RSVP to Cindy at 419-
532-2961 by Tuesday.
Octogenarian Lucille fruitcake from a recipe that’s
Donaldson of Delphos stays at least 125 years old.
busy in the days leading up “It’s an old southern rec-
to Christmas by baking cook- ipe that was passed down
ies and other sweet confec- from my husband’s grand-
tions for her six
children and many
mother. She
learned it from
grandchildren,
great-grandchil-
a woman she
worked for when
CLEVELAND (AP) —
Kimberly Smith holds up dren, other family she was 13 years
the piece of paper that is the and friends. old,” Donaldson
only thing keeping her from As her fam- said. “It aver-
bankruptcy: an application for ily has grown, ages about
extended unemployment ben- so has the num- 12-13 pounds.
efits. She’s not happy that she ber of cookies It’s steamed for
needs it. And she’s upset that she bakes each three hours and
it was nearly taken away. Christmas. This then baked at a
“I do deserve it,” the year, Donaldson low heat, around
Donaldson
49-year-old says. “I’ve done baked 1,563 cook- 300 degrees
everything I could to try and ies in eight days. Fahrenheit. It has some

Students to begin
Christmas break
Area students will begin
Christmas break this week.
Delphos Public and
Parochial schools will dismiss he signed tax-cut legislation
at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday.
Ottoville students will
be dismissed at 1 p.m.
Wednesday.
Fort Jennings students
will attend a full day of
classes, dismissing at 3 p.m.
Wednesday.
All classes will resume on degrees and people with no
Jan. 3.
get a job. I tried to get back “I’ve got 11 different kinds unusual ingredients like but-
into the retail industry. I made I bake,” she said. “Molasses, termilk, dark molasses and
the effort to, at my age, go
back to college.”
cranberry white chocolate wine. It’s soaked for two
chip, mince, butterscotch, weeks in a wine-soaked
President Barack Obama carnation, chocolate chip, cloth. The only thing I’ve
extended unemployment ben- frosted sugar cookies, choco- taken out of the recipe over
efits for Smith and millions late chip oatmeal, pineapple, the years is the currants. I Stacy Taff photos
of other Americans when orange-date and spritz.” don’t really care for them Lucille Donaldson sits at her kitchen table as she prepares
She also makes buckeyes, and for the longest time it gift boxes of goodies for her children, grandchildren, great-
Friday. It helps people who peppermint bark and almond was so hard to find them.” grandchildren, other family members and friends.
have been out of work more
than 26 weeks but less than
99 weeks, though the ben-
efits vary greatly from state
to state.
They could be just about
anybody. People with college
higher education. People who
have resorted to living out of

Sports their cars. People who have

Jays selling
Continental tix
The St. John’s Athletic
Department is selling tickets
for its boys basketball game
Thursday at Continental (6
p.m. junior varsity start)
7:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Tuesday and 9 a.m. to noon
and 1-3 p.m. Wednesday
in the high school office.
Pre-sale adult tickets
are $6 and students $4; all
tickets at the door are $6.
F.A.S.T. hosting pro- been supporting her family
gram
F.A.S.T. of NW Ohio
will host a 6-week Spring
cashed out their retirement
savings. People who once held
six-figure jobs and people like
Smith, who was laid off from
her job as a department man-
ager at a jeweler’s a year and
a half ago.
What unites them is the bit-
terness in their voices as they
talk about how badly they
need unemployment benefits
— to clothe their children,
to pay for heat, to save their
homes from foreclosure.
“My options are to not pay
my bills, have my house taken
away, have creditors on me,”
says Smith, a mother of two
in Lyndhurst, Ohio, who has
on an unemployment check
that amounts to $477 a week
before taxes. Dena Martz photo

Training 2011 baseball pro-

gram for players in grades
In Ohio and the 24 other
states with unemployment St. John’s bands present holiday concert
1-12 from Feb. 6 to March 6. rates of at least 8.5 percent, A sixth-grade quartet of St. John’s band members performs “Hark the Herald Angels Sing” during the Christmas
Lima Senior High School the unemployed can receive concert on Sunday in the Arnzen Gymnasium. Members include Bailey Gordon, left, Alexis Deffenbaugh, Kelsi
head coach Jimmy Morris benefits for up to 99 weeks. In Gillespie and Ally Gerberick. The junior high and high school bands also performed.
will direct the program other states, they get less than

Shoppers crowd the malls in Christmas countdown

in conjunction with U.S. that — in some cases as few
Baseball Academy. Sessions as 60 weeks, according to the
Center for Budget and Policy
are offered in advanced
Priorities.
hitting, pitching and catch-
The new law restores, for
ing at a cost as low as 13 more months, the 99-week
$99 for six weeks. Space maximum. It also renews fed-
is limited. Registration eral programs that extend ben-
is now underway. efits beyond the 26 weeks that
For more infor- states always provide. Those
mation, visit www. federal programs had expired
USBaseballAcademy.com, or Nov. 30.
call toll-free 866-622-4487. For unemployed people
who spoke to The Associated
Press across the country, the
Forecast extension is a relief, but a
Up to an inch shadow of the relief a new
of snow likely job would provide. They are
Tuesday with frustrated not only with their
possible after- struggles to find work, but
noon mix of with the accusations — on
rain, sleet and snow. High TV, even by protesters outside
in low 30s. See page 2A. the office for food stamps —
that they’re lazy, that they’re
Index not trying hard enough.
Right now, there is nothing
Obituaries 2A Smith would like more than
State/Local 3A a job. Anything to get her
Politics 4A out of her living room, where
Community 5A she spends her days trolling
Sports 6-7A the Internet for jobs while the
Announcements 8A snow piles up outside.
World News 1B Before her job with the
Classifieds 2B jeweler, she spent two decades
TV 3B working for a fashion retailer
that ended up leaving north-
east Ohio.
See JOBLESS, page 3A
By MAE ANDERSON
and ANNE
D’INNOCENZIO
The Associated Press
NEW YORK — Packed
malls? Healthy gains in holi-
day spending? It’s beginning
to look at least a little like a
pre-recession Christmas.
Americans spent more on
clothing, luxury goods and
even furniture, delivering
healthy gains across the board,
according to MasterCard
Advisors’ SpendingPulse,
which tracks spending across
all transactions including cash.
The online category contin-
ued to be a bright spot. The
big exception was consumer
electronics, dragged down by
deep discounting of TVs amid
a glut. That area was virtually
unchanged from a year ago.
“This is the first normal
Christmas in three years,” said
Michael McNamara, vice pres-
ident of research and analysis
for SpendingPulse. He said
there is “genuine demand” for
a variety of products, even
higher-ticket items.
Sales of clothing rose
9.8 percent, with particular
strength in men’s clothing.
Jewelry revenue rose 2.6
percent and furniture rose
3.4 percent, according to
SpendingPulse, whose data
covered the period from Oct.
31 through Saturday com-
pared with the same period a
year ago.
Malls reported higher
traffic over the weekend,
including the Saturday before
Christmas, known as “Super
Saturday.” It’s one of the bus-
iest shopping days of the year.
Research firm ShopperTrak
expects it will be the third-
busiest this year. The lack of
any major storms nationwide
was a boon for shoppers.
The strong numbers are
encouraging to retailers, who
only this fall remained wor-
ried that the inventory they
ordered earlier in the year
when the economic recovery
looked stronger might end up
being too much.
But after a slowdown in
spending this summer, spend-
ing has picked up amid more
positive economic signs.
McNamara said that there’s
no evidence of emergency
discounting and that stores
have appropriate levels of
inventory.
Robin Lewis, CEO of The
Robin Report, a retail insid-
ers’ newsletter, said the spend-
ing stems from three factors:
consumers have been paying
down their debt slightly, the
savings rate has decreased
slightly and working hours
have increased, partly due to
seasonal demand.
“Those three things put
a few more bucks in their
pocket,” which becomes sign-
ficant combined with pent-up
demand.
Still, spending is still below
pre-recession levels in many
categories. McNamara esti-
mated that furniture is about
20 percent below the level
before the Great Recession,
while luxury and jewelry sales
are about 10 percent below the
peak before the big downturn.
Clothing sales are recovering
faster.
At the Mall of America
in Bloomington, Minn., the
nation’s largest mall, Public
Relations Director Dan Jasper
said a big snowstorm the
weekend before that closed
the mall early had shoppers
packing the mall to catch up.
Preliminary reports showed
200,000 came to the mall
Saturday, making it one of its
busiest days ever and the busi-
est day so far this year.
“People are a little pan-
icked. I’m hearing them say
’We’ve gotta get this done,’
and that doesn’t usually
show up until the 22nd or the
23rd.”
It wasn’t the only mall that
saw packed stores and park-
ing lots. Greg Maloney, CEO
of the retail practice of Jones
Lang LaSalle, which oper-
ates about 90 malls across
the country, said traffic was
up 10 percent to 12 percent
across the country over the
same weekend last year.
Karen MacDonald, a
spokeswoman for Taubman
Centers Inc., which owns or
manages 26 shopping centers,
said many stores were report-
ing higher traffic.
Most shoppers still had
about half their Christmas
shopping left heading into
the weekend, according to
the National Retail Federation
trade group. It raised its holi-
day sales forecast last week to
a 3.3 percent rise, approach-
ing 2007 levels, from an ear-
lier forecast of a 2.3 percent
increase.
 2A – The Herald Monday, December 20, 2010 www.delphosherald.com

For The Record

POLICE REPORT Clothes dryer WEATHER OBITUARY The Delphos
at convent
Driver sited for failing to stop
catches fire
Delphos Weather
Herald
behind turning vehicle
The high temperature
Delphos Fire and Rescue Sunday in Delphos was 25 and Vol. 141 No. 160
extinguished a clothes dryer the low was 14. A year ago Nancy Spencer, editor
At 11:13 a.m. on Saturday, ing eastbound, failed to see
fire at St. John’s convent. today, the high was 31 and the Ray Geary, general manager,
a collision occurred when the Schmit turning. This result-
The call came in at approx- low was 24. The record high Delphos Herald Inc.
driver of one vehicle struck ed in Lumpkins sliding off
imately 6:39 a.m. Saturday. for today is 60, set in 1949 Don Hemple, advertising manager
a second vehicle as it was the roadway and striking
When the 21 personnel and and the record low of -10 was Tiffany Brantley,
turning. Schmit’s vehicle in the right
EMS arrived, they found a fire set in 1963. circulation manager
Nicholas Schmit, 57, of side.
in a clothes dryer in the base- WEATHER FORECAST William Kohl, general manager/
Delphos, was traveling east- There were no injuries
ment of the structure. The fire Tri-county Eagle Print
bound on East Cleveland and minor damage to the
Street and stopped to turn vehicles. caused minimal damage but The Associated Press The Daily Herald (USPS 1525
right into a private drive Lumpkins was cited for smoke damage to the convent 8000) is published daily except
when Zachary Lumpkins, failure to maintain reason- prompted residents to vacate TONIGHT: Snow likely Sundays and Holidays.
the building for the weekend. after midnight. Snow accumu- By carrier in Delphos and
18, of Delphos, also travel- able control. area towns, or by rural motor
Fire and Rescue were back lation an inch or less. Lows
Driver backs into Driver cited for on call at 8:09 a.m. around 20. Temperatures ris-
ing into the mid 20s after
David S. Lee route where available $2.09 per
week. By mail in Allen, Van
Kroger recalling
Aug. 19, 1950-Dec. 18, 2010
car in alleyway assured clear
Wert, or Putnam County, $105
midnight. Southeast winds 5 David S. “Dave” Lee, 60, per year. Outside these counties
select pet foods
to 10 mph. Chance of snow of rural Spencerville, died at
At 3:10 on Friday a colli- distance
$119 per year.
70 percent. 11:40 a.m. Saturday in the Entered in the post office
sion occurred when the driver TUESDAY: Snow like- Cleveland Clinic, where he had in Delphos, Ohio 45833 as
of one vehicle backed into At 11:43 a.m. on Thursday, CINCINNATI (AP) —
The Kroger Co. is recalling ly with a chance of sleet in been a patient since Dec. 7. Periodicals, postage paid at
another in an alleyway. a collision occurred when the the morning then a chance He was born Aug. 19, Delphos, Ohio.
Kendra Stocklin, 17, of driver of one vehicle rear-end- select packages of pet food No mail subscriptions will be
in 19 states, saying the prod- of snow, rain and sleet in 1950, in Lima to Paul M. and
Delphos, was traveling east- ed a second at a stop light. the afternoon. Snow and sleet accepted in towns or villages
ucts might contain aflatoxin, Juanita C. (Bowers) Lee, who where The Daily Herald paper
bound through an alleyway Sally Kiggins, 73, of accumulation an inch or less. preceded him in death.
which poses a health risk to carriers or motor routes provide
off North Jefferson Street Delphos, was stopped facing Highs in the lower 30s. South On June 20, 1970, he mar-
pets. daily home delivery for $2.09
when Corissa Stephens, 31, east on East Second Street winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of ried Connie M. Harbert, who
The company said in a per week.
of Delphos, began backing up at the Pierce Street intersec- statement Saturday it is recall- precipitation 70 percent. survives. 405 North Main St.
and failed to see Stocklin’s tion when Carol Cross, 58, of ing select bags of Pet Pride TUESDAY NIGHT: Survivors also include TELEPHONE 695-0015
vehicle, striking it in the right Delphos, followed too closely Cat Food, Pet Pride Kitten Cloudy. A slight chance of children Jason (Jessica) Lee Office Hours
rear. and failed to stop, rear-ending Formula Food, Old Yeller snow showers in the eve- and Jennifer (Mike) Patton of 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Mon.-Fri.
There were no inju- Kiggins’ vehicle. Chunk Dog Food, as well as ning then a chance of flurries Spencerville, Julie (Michael) POSTMASTER:
ries. There was no dam- There were no injuries and after midnight. Lows in the Send address changes
Kroger Value Chunk Dog Bogdan of Rome and Jessica to THE DAILY HERALD,
age to Stocklin’s vehicle moderate damage to the vehi- Food and Kroger Value Cat mid 20s. West winds around (Damian) Conley and Joel
and and minor damage to cles. Cross was cited for an 405 N. Main St.
Food. The products carry 5 mph becoming north after (Miranda) Lee of Spencerville; Delphos, Ohio 45833
Stephens’. assured clear distance ahead expiration dates of Oct. 23 midnight. Chance of snow 20 eight siblings, Mike (Janet)
No citatations were given. violation. and 24, 2011. percent. Lee and Pastor Phil (Debbie)
Cincinnati-based Kroger EXTENDED FORECAST Lee of Lima, Kathy (Jim) Scholars of the Day
says it is using a customer WEDNESDAY: Mostly Caudill, Steve Lee, Doug Lee,
Take a break at ... recall notification system in cloudy with a chance of flur- Jeff (Nancy) Lee and Mark

JOHNNY A’S
an effort to help customers ries. Highs around 30. North (Theresa) Lee of Spencerville
determine if they purchased winds 5 to 10 mph with gusts and Joan (Glenn) Wasser of
the affected pet food. up to 20 mph. Atlanta; brother-in-law John
WEDNESDAY NIGHT- Flanagan of Spencerville;
Open Dec. 24 at 11 a.m. BIRTHS
THURSDAY NIGHT:
Mostly cloudy. Lows around
grandchildren Austin Lee,
twins Morgan and Caitlin
Open Delphos
Dec. 25 at noon ST. RITA’S
20. Highs in the upper 20s.
FRIDAY, CHRISTMAS
Lee, Brandon and Alyssa
Lee, Hunter, McKenna and
Open Dec. 31xat8”2 p.m. MEDICAL CENTER EVE: Cloudy with a 50 percent
chance of snow. Highs in the
Emma Patton, Bryce, Carly
St. John’s Scholar of the
A girl was born Dec. 17 to and Brady Bogdan, Olivia,
2 Col
Open Jan. 1 at noon Robert and Kimberly Hohlbein upper 20s. Lows around 20. Isabella and Owen Conley and Day is Isaac
of Fort Jennings. CHRISTMAS DAY: expecting another one; and Klausing.
Cloudy with a 40 percent several nieces and nephews. Congratulations
A boy was born Dec. 18 to chance of snow. Unseasonably
David and Jennifer Hovest of He was preceded in death Isaac!
cold with highs in the mid by a grandson, Evan Patton;
Fort Jennings. 20s. Jefferson’s Scholar of the
and a sister, Tammy Flanagan.
Mr. Lee was a 1968 grad- Day is Jace
LOTTERY uate of Spencerville High
School and had attended the
Stockwell.
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Jobless
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Smith doesn’t intend to set-
tle for a low-skill, low-wage
job, saying she’s not going to
“throw myself into poverty.”
“That’s just making peo-
ple settle for whatever can be
had,” she said. “Speaking for
myself, I didn’t spend 25 years
in a career that was supposed
to be my livelihood for the
rest of my life to go work at a
Starbucks.”
Instead, she has re-educated
herself.
There are jobs in the medi-
cal industry, people told her.
So she went back to school
and became a certified medical
assistant. Weeks blurred into
months. And still Smith cannot
find a job.
“We, the middle class, are just
trying to keep our heads above
water,” she says. “And you know
what? We’re drowning.”
———
“THEY HAVE NO
IDEA”
“If I hear one more sena-
tor, congressman, TV pundit or
whatever...”
Theresa Christenson can’t
finish the sentence before
breaking into tears.
“It really gets me when
they say ’you lazy people,”’
says Christenson, who lives on
$1,720 a month in unemploy-
ment insurance benefits and
what’s left of her dwindling
401K. “They have no idea how
depressing that is when you
have been beating your head
against the wall, trying to find
work. Every time I see that or
read it, I just start crying. They
have no idea.”
Before she was laid off
from a quality assurance
job at Yahoo! in July 2009,
Christenson, of Burbank,
Calif., earned around $100,000
a year. The 58-year-old has
managed to hang on to the
4-bedroom house that she co-
owns with her sister, where
they’ve lived for 22 years.
Without the extension, she
expected to lose the stucco,
one-story “house that looks
like every other house.”
She knows she’s better off
than others, but depression has
set in during the long, hard
months of fruitless searching.
“People who have lost their
homes and are now living out
of their car — my heart shat-
ters for them,” she says. “I’m
very, very thankful for the
extension.”
Yet she says she’s disgusted
by the deal between Obama
and congressional Republicans
that made the extension pos-
sible — a deal that preserved
tax cuts for the wealthy as well
as the poor.
“I hate the cost,” she says.
“That we got it at the cost of
millionaires and billionaires
getting to keep their money
and stay at the same tax rate.”
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By MIKE WAGNER
The Columbus Dispatch
COLUMBUS (AP) — An
endless stream of faces passed
by Jody Naudascher at her
daughter’s funeral, but the
one she was privately hoping
to see, the hockey player with
the long, sandy-blond hair,
didn’t walk through the door.
Almost nine years after
13-year-old Brittanie Cecil
died after being struck by a
hockey puck, Naudascher
finally met the man who had
been carrying around his own
anguish for the loss of her
little girl.
Espen Knutsen, the former
Columbus Blue Jackets player
who shot the puck that struck
Brittanie, embraced the trem-
bling mother the moment he
saw her, and the two began
the closure that had escaped
them both.
“I don’t hold you responsi-
ble; I never did,” Naudascher
told Knutsen at Nationwide
Arena during a private, one-
hour meeting. “It was an acci-
dent, and you should never
have blamed yourself for any-
thing. I wanted to tell you all
this back then.”
On March 16, 2002,
Knutsen struck a routine slap
shot in a game against the
Calgary Flames. It ricocheted
off an opponent’s stick, flew
into the lower bowl and hit
Brittanie in the head just
above the nose.
Brittanie died two days
later. The news left Knutsen
sobbing in the Blue Jackets’
locker room and stunned the
hockey world. Within a few
months of Brittanie’s death,
Nationwide Arena and every
other NHL arena installed tall
nets around the ends of the
ice to protect fans from flying
pucks.
Naudascher and Knutsen,
separated by an ocean since
the tragedy, have wondered
about each other’s grief, until
they were able to share their
compassion for one another
on Friday.
“I can’t imagine what it
was like for you, for your
family,” Knutsen said.
“It was a terrible accident
that I couldn’t believe,” he
said. “I saw her walk out of
the arena and couldn’t believe
it when I heard what hap-
pened. I’m the one that is
thankful for meeting you.”
It was Knutsen’s first
trip back to the U.S. since
he last played for the Blue
Jackets in 2004. He lives with
his 11-year-old son, Emil,
in Norway, where Knutsen
coaches the country’s top pro-
fessional hockey team. He is
one of several former play-
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Jackets celebrate their 10th
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The meeting this week
was arranged at Naudascher’s
and Knutsen’s request by The
Columbus Dispatch when it
was announced that the for-
mer player would be making
the trip. The newspaper had
interviewed Naudascher and
Knutsen for an in-depth story
published on March 21.
They were joined in the
arena’s Founders Club room
by Knutsen’s son; Brittanie’s
grandparents, Fran and Rhonda
Naudascher; Brittanie’s sis-
ter, Kristina Sergent; and
Sergent’s stepsister, Chelsea
Wombold.
Knutsen’s calm, inviting
demeanor seemed to soothe
members of Naudascher’s
family, who didn’t know what
to expect from the 38-year-old
former player.
They spent the first part of
the meeting sharing details of
their ordeals after Brittanie’s
death.
Jody Naudascher told
Knutsen that Brittanie didn’t
see the puck or feel it until
she realized she was bleeding.
She was even laughing, joking
and holding up the puck that
struck her when she arrived at
the hospital. And Naudascher
told him how the national
media stalked her family dur-
ing Brittanie’s funeral services
and continued to hound them
for years.
Knutsen reflected on being
made a villain by some after
the tragedy, how hard it was
to continue playing hockey
and how Brittanie’s death
could have been prevented if
nets had been hung in North
American rinks sooner.
The emotion in the room
eventually overwhelmed
Brittanie’s grandfather, who
began weeping as his family
described Brittanie’s spirited
personality for Knutsen.
Brittanie would have turned
23 this coming March.
“She would have liked
meeting you,” said Fran, her
grandfather. “We don’t blame
you for anything, either.
You’re a very nice man.”
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Trustees held their regular He also asked the trustees
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members present: Joseph discuss they advised him to
Youngpeter, Howard Violet purchase what was needed
and Jerry Gilden. with a $2,500 budget.
The purpose of the meet- Trustee Violet stated
ing was to pay bills and con-
duct ongoing business. The
minutes of the previous meet-
the culvert at the corner of
Kiggins Road and Ridge
Road has been inspected by
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as read. The trustees then personnel and decided it was
reviewed the bills and gave functional and not in need of
approval for 21 checks total-
ing $21,090.83.
Road Foreman Elwer
any repair and this time.
Trustee Gilden present
plans for a non vehicle imple-
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reported that the road and
sign inventories have been
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The sign on Becker Road revised drawing to move for-
that was in the right-of-way ward to advertise for bids per gift you can give yourself
has been moved and the dirt Ohio Revised Code for the at retirement. Converting
that was in the right-a-way above facility. Trustee Violet to a Roth IRA from a
on Dogleg Road has been seconded the motion which traditional IRA allows for
removed. passed unanimously. tax-free accumulation as
Fiscal Officer Kimmet pre- There being no further
well as tax-free withdrawals
sented the Fund Status Report business, a motion to adjourn
and the Bank Reconciliation by Trustee Violet was sec-
in retirement – which
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reviewed and signed. passed unanimously. to worry as much about
He gave the trustees a what income tax rates
schedule of zoning fees for November 25, 2010 will be in the future.
their review and they asked
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POLITICS “We are all citizens of history.”
— Clifton Fadiman, American author, editor and radio personality (1904-1999)
Senate Dems
IT WAS NEWS THEN
push ahead
One Year Ago
• The Delphos FFA, Delphos Young Farmers and Delphos
on arms treaty
Young Farmwives recently teamed up to make a donation to By DONNA CASSATA
the Delphos Community Christmas Project. These three orga- Associated Press
nizations come together annually to make a donation to the
project. This year, the organizations collected numerous non- WASHINGTON — suddenly calling for wage cuts
perishable food items and fresh fruit. Each club also made a Democrats have moved a step
monetary donation to help ensure that everyone in the Delphos closer toward a crucial Senate
vote on a new arms control
area can have a Merry Christmas. treaty with Russia, beating
back Republican efforts to
25 Years Ago — 1985 alter the accord and setting up
• Delphos Rotary Club presented checks to Delphos
a showdown with the GOP on
Christmas Project and the St. Vincent de Paul Society from President Barack Obama’s top
funds collected Saturday from shoppers in downtown Delphos foreign policy priority.
and the two supermarkets. Rotary Club collected $510. A The White House has made
$255 check was given to each group. ratification of the landmark
• The Rev. Jon Dodds, pastor of the Delphos Church of the agreement an imperative in the
Nazarene, will become associate pastor at the Wapakoneta closing days of postelection
Church of the Nazarene effective Dec. 29. Rev. Dodds has Congress, but its hopes for the
been pastor of the Delphos Church for three and one-half pact were complicated Sunday
years. as Senate Minority Leader
• The Delphos Rulers of Tomorrow 4-H Club presented Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said
two $25 checks Wednesday. Club secretary Mosler he would oppose the treaty.
presented a check to Cletus Hickey, coordinator of St. “Rushing it right before
John’s Annex. The club uses the annex for its meetings. Christmas strikes me as trying
Chris Trentman, club vice president, presented a check to to jam us,” said McConnell. “I
Monte Druckemiller, president of the Delphos Stadium Club. think that was not the best way
The 4-H club decided to donate the funds to the stadium club to get the support of people
because both St. John’s and Jefferson schools benefit from like me.”
the stadium. McConnell on CNN’s
“State of the Union” criticized
50 Years Ago — 1960 the treaty’s verification sys-
• The “Holiday Varieties” concert presented by the music tem and expressed concern the
pact would limit U.S. missile
department of Delphos Jefferson Friday night provided a defense options even though
thoroughly delightful evening of music. The first part of the
Obama insisted that the treaty
program featured the vocal department under the direction imposes no restrictions on the
of Ann Y. Oetzel and included selections by the girls glee
system aimed at protecting the
club, the girls ensemble, a seventh-grade chorus and the A United States and its allies
Cappella choir. Particularly notable was “The Snow” sung by
from ballistic missile attacks.
the girls’ ensemble with a difficult flute obbligato interwoven Undeterred by McConnell’s
into it that was beautifully played by Joan Horine. The A
opposition, Majority Leader
Cappella choir concluded the first half of the program with a Harry Reid, D-Nev., announced
particularly moving performance of “Breathe on Me, Breath
Sunday night that the Senate
of God.” The concert band, under the direction of David Zoll,
would vote Tuesday to end
concluded the evening with three difficult selections that were
debate on the treaty and move
expertly performed. to a final vote.
“It is time to move for-
ward on a treaty that will help
75 Years Ago — 1935
• Burkel Brittingham, Delphos “Man of Mystery,” is reverse nuclear proliferation
and make it harder for ter-
presenting a feature entertainment at the Ohio Theatre
in Van Wert. Each afternoon he makes his blindfolded drive rorists to get their hands on a
nuclear weapon,” Reid said,
through traffic in the business district. He also presents his
lifting act at the theatre and gives demonstrations of the magic adding that the debate “will
come down to a simple choice:
art.
• Arrangements are being made for the holding of a Farmers you either want to keep nucle-
ar weapons out of the hands of
Institute at Elida. February 10-11 have been selected as dates
terrorists, or you don’t.”
for this event. R. B. Baxter is president of the institute with F.
B. Griffin as vice president; Oscar Holtzapple, secretary, and
Mrs. Fred Irvin as lady correspondent.
• Mrs. W. F. Brittingham, West Third Street, opened
her home to the members of the Past Chiefs Association NEW YORK — Words
Wednesday evening. She was assisted in her duties as host- matter.
ess by Mrs. William Alspach. The program for the evening Just ask Google, which
included singing of Christmas carols by the group and an now has arranged for anyone
appropriate Christmas reading by Mrs. E. B. Mauk. to search millions of books
online and track how many
times a particular word has
been used through the ages,
Moderately confused thus suggesting how much
we think about (and, by infer-
ence, value) certain things.
Or ask WikiLeaker Julian
Assange, now free from pris-
on and enjoying “mansion
arrest,” who gained notori-
ety as well as accolades for
exposing the private words
of diplomats and untold oth-
ers. While some leaked cables
highlight both the good and
the bad that humans do, oth-
ers could reveal secrets told
by people who may not enjoy
the protections of free speech-
minded democracies.
Or ask the Republican
Party, some of whose mem-
bers sought to eliminate cer-
tain words from a report by
the bipartisan Financial Crisis
Inquiry Commission, includ-
ing “deregulation,” “shadow
banking,” “interconnection,
and even “Wall Street.”
When Democratic mem-
bers declined to participate in
such selective wordplay, the
GOP members issued their
own report without the words
that might have caused sensi-
tive readers to recoil, or that
might have implicated parties
Republicans wished not to be
implicated.
Republican messages
on pay cuts conflict
By BEN EVANS
Associated Press
WASHINGTON — For a
guy who insists that federal
bureaucrats make too much
money, incoming House
Majority Leader Eric Cantor
sure doesn’t mind handing
out handsome government
raises of his own.
Cantor, the Virginia
Republican who has led the
GOP charge this year to
freeze federal salaries, has
boosted his congressional
office’s payroll by 81 percent
since coming to Congress in
2001 — about 8 percent per
year through 2009. When he
became minority whip last
year, the office’s personnel
expenses went up by at least
16 percent.
Cantor and other GOP lead-
ers are now pledging to cut
their budgets by 5 percent when
they take over the House in
January — a symbolic gesture
aimed at showing a commit-
ment to slowing Washington
spending. But the lawmakers
often haven’t practiced what
they’re preaching.
Overall, congressio-
nal payroll expenses have
climbed much faster than the
civilian federal work force
DADT repealed but restrictions remain
By ROBERT BURNS
Associated Press
WASHINGTON — While
President Barack Obama this
week is expected to clear the
way for gays to serve openly
in the military, the new law
won’t go into effect immedi-
ately and unanswered ques-
tions remain: How soon will
the new policy be implement-
ed, will it be accepted by the
troops and could it hamper
the military in Afghanistan
and Iraq?
The historic action by
Congress repeals the require-
ment, known as “don’t ask,
don’t tell,” that for the last 17
years has allowed gays and les-
bians to serve, but only if they
kept quiet about their sexual
orientation. Ending that policy
has been compared in its social
implications to President Harry
S. Truman’s 1948 executive
order that brought racial equal-
ity to the military.
After Obama signs the
legislation — passed by the
Senate on Saturday — into
law, the Pentagon must still
certify to Congress that the
change won’t damage combat
readiness.
So, for the time being the
restrictions will remain on the
books, though it’s unclear how
fully they will be enforced.
Some people believe gay dis-
charge cases will be dropped
as soon as Obama signs the
Wordplay
KATHLEEN PARKER
Point
of View
Between weaselly obfus-
cation and absolute trans-
parency, we find ourselves
troubled by our vast power
to know and the tyranny of
others whose demands for
transparency infringe on our
rights to not be known and to
not know.
Spare me your absolute
truth and I’ll spare you mine.
Privacy as we once knew
it is dead, we’ve reluctantly
come to accept. We will adapt
accordingly and, perhaps,
keep more of our thoughts to
ourselves. This would not be
a bad development, though I
entertain no hope that Twitter
will fall into disuse. Sharing
is so ... special.
More concerning than
the limits of sharing or the
boundaries of transparency
are the intentional manipula-
tions of language to obscure
truth. Totalitarians throughout
history have relied on writing
and speaking badly -- that is,
without clarity — in order to
keep the masses confused and
captive. Clarity, the enemy of
deceit, is anathema to authori-
tarians everywhere.
costs that lawmakers are now
clamoring to freeze. Many of
the most vocal federal crit-
ics have overseen growth that
rivals or outstrips the execu-
tive branch’s, according to
data from Legistorm, a web-
site that tracks congressional
salaries. For example:
— Firebrand Republican
Michele Bachmann of
Minnesota has for months
pushed legislation to freeze
what she calls “unconscio-
nable” federal salaries.
Meanwhile, her own payroll
jumped 16 percent between
2007, when she came to
Congress, and 2009.
— Rep. Jason Chaffetz,
the Utah Republican set to
chair the House subcommit-
tee overseeing the federal
work force, says Washington
must “figure out how to do
more with less.” But the fresh-
man lawmaker gave his own
employees an average raise of
about 9 percent this year.
— Sen. Tom Coburn,
R-Okla., who has long criti-
cized federal pay, has over-
seen an average jump of 8
percent per year in his office
employee costs between
2006, his first full year in the
Senate, and 2009.
The lawmakers offered vari-
ous explanations for their ris-
law. Military leaders, who
have been divided on the
issue, gave indications that the
policy change will be aggres-
sively pursued.
Marine Corps Commandant
Gen. James Amos, who had
argued against the policy
change, said in a statement
Sunday the Corps “will step
out smartly to faithfully
implement this new policy”
and that he would “personally
lead this effort, thus ensuring
the respect and dignity due all
Marines.”
The issue of gays in the
military has been a conten-
tious one for decades. Until
1993, all recruits had to state
on a questionnaire whether
they were homosexual; if they
said “yes,” they could not
join. More than 13,500 ser-
vice members were dismissed
under the law.
In the 17 years since the
“don’t ask, don’t tell” policy
went into effect, views toward
the gays in the broader society
have evolved. Gay marriage
is now legal in five states
and the District of Columbia.
Opinion surveys say a major-
ity of Americans think it’s OK
for gays to serve in uniform.
Peter Mansoor, a retired
Army colonel who command-
ed a brigade in Iraq, said he
believes the military — from
top commanders to foot sol-
diers — will accept their new
orders.
Thus, when Republicans
refuse to use certain words
as potentially too ‘upsetting,’
they are choosing a dark path
for citizens to follow. By any
other name, it is dishonest.
Most understand that Wall
Street played a role in the
financial crisis, as did unregu-
lated “shadow banks,” non-
banks that nonetheless had
lending powers and abused
them.
Democrats are equally
guilty of obfuscation through
language distortion. How
many times throughout the
tax bill debate have you heard
some variation of the follow-
ing? Giving tax breaks to the
rich will add to the deficit.
Pardon? How does money
in someone’s own pocket add
to another’s debt? This sort
of logic is possible, of course,
only under confiscatory rules
of wealth redistribution.
Yet we have become quite
accustomed through the rep-
etition of this idea that the
rich are somehow hurting the
poor and disrupting the prop-
er functioning of an engorged
and profligate government.
Permit me to reword the
issue just a tad. Let’s say Joe
is $100 in the hole and yet
continues to spend money like
a drunken fool. Mary has five
bucks, which she declines to
share because she has to buy
food. Joe is insistent. His debt
will get worse if Mary doesn’t
help out. This may be true,
www.delphosherald.com
ing costs, with many saying
they were simply going along
with the budget allowances that
Congress sets each year for
its members. Some said they
were working to hire the best
staffs they could to serve their
districts or had new demands
such as the need to hire a social
media coordinator.
Chaffetz and Coburn
emphasized that while they
may have spent more on sala-
ries, they came in well under
the overall budget for House
and Senate expenditures.
“What’s important to me
is that we drive the overall
number down,” he said.
Cantor spokesman Brad
Dayspring said his boss
deserves credit for recogniz-
ing the issue now and work-
ing to address it.
“The new Republican
majority will cut spend-
ing, and Eric believes that
effort starts with his team,”
Dayspring said.
The issue of federal salaries
came to a head last month when
President Obama took a page
from the Republican playbook
and proposed freezing civilian
federal wages for two years.
Cantor and other Republicans
offered similar plans earlier
in the year that were widely
panned by Democrats.
“Pretty much all the heated
discussion is over and now
it’s a matter of the more mun-
dane aspects of implementing
the law,” Mansoor, a profes-
sor of military history at Ohio
State University, said in a
telephone interview.
Aaron Belkin, director of
the Palm Center, a research
institute at the University of
California, Santa Barbara said
only three steps are needed
to assure a smooth and quick
transition: an executive order
suspending all gay discharg-
es, a few weeks to put new
regulations in place, immedi-
ate certification to Congress
that the new law will work.
But he said the military may
require months of education
and training well into 2011.
Defense Secretary Robert
Gates, who has supported the
change but has stressed a go-
slow approach, said “success-
ful implementation (of the
new policy) will depend upon
strong leadership, a clear mes-
sage and proactive education
throughout the force.”
A leading opponent
of repealing the 1993 law,
Elaine Donnelly, has called
the expected certification a
“sham” because it will be
done by three people who
already have stated their sup-
port for the change: Obama,
Gates and Adm. Mike Mullen,
chairman of the Joint Chiefs
of Staff.
but Mary isn’t convinced that
helping Joe pay down his debt
will do any good as long as
he continues to spend. She’s
betting that Joe will just dig a
deeper hole, and she will have
less security of her own.
You see the problem. It isn’t
the money. It’s the dishonesty
of the argument. Allowing
wealthier Americans to keep
the amount of money they are
now getting isn’t adding to
the debt. Yet, the effect of this
oft-repeated trope has been to
demonize “the wealthy,” as if
they somehow have wronged
their fellow citizens by work-
ing hard and achieving what
everyone else wants.
Words matter, and I sus-
pect that if the good folks in
Washington would speak with
greater clarity, steering away
from the sort of heated rheto-
ric that stokes class warfare
and demonizes the doers who
create jobs for others, most
Americans gladly would do
the necessary things, includ-
ing willingly helping Joe dig
out of debt.
But first Joe has to be hon-
est about his role in this pre-
dicament. Blaming the rich
for Washington’s problems is
a distortion by dishonest bro-
kers. And they wonder why
Americans don’t trust them
enough to fork over more of
their money?
Kathleen Parker’s e-mail
address is kathleenparker@
washpost.com.
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Kalida boys roll over Jeffcats Defenses rule as

By AUSTIN CLARKSON
The Delphos Herald
austinclarkson_24@
hotmail.com
KALIDA — It was a close
game for most of the first half
as the Jefferson boys basket-
ball team invaded the Wildcat
Den in Kalida Saturday night
in a non-league contest.
In the end, though,
the home team
took advantage of
Jefferson’s incapa-
bility of shooting the
basketball and used its
inside presence in the second
half of action to go on to a big
54-17 victory.
Both teams struggled to
score in the first half of play
but give credit to both Wildcat
squads’ defenses during the
first 16 minutes of the game.
Jefferson struggled shooting
the ball for the entirety of the
contest as they were 3-for-22
in the first half and shot 7-for-
36 in the contest.
Coach Marc Smith was
very blunt about his team’s
play: “It’s very simple; we
were unable to put the ball in
the basket tonight. We were
prepared for this game tonight
and just no one stepped up for
us tonight and put the ball in
the hole.”
Kalida really took advan-
tage of the inside presence
that they had over Jefferson
as they outscored the Jeffcats
37-9 in the second half alone
— blowing up a 17-8 halftime
edge — which led
to Jefferson play-
ing some younger
kids in the fourth
quarter to try to
see if their luck
might change.
“We started to put some
younger kids with not a lot of
varsity experience in to see
if maybe we were missing
something in our lineup but
we really didn’t see anything
that we are missing, we just
need kids to step up and make
some plays,” Smith added.
Kalida coach Dick
Kortokrax was very pleased
with how his team stepped up
to the plate in the second half
and really dominated: “We
played about as good as we
possibly could have in the
second half tonight and our
three seniors stepped up and
made some plays for us; that
led to our team really follow-
ing them. We came together
as a team and played well. I
have a tremendous amount of
respect for Coach Smith and
the Jefferson team and they
always play us tough.”
Kalida had three players
with double digits in the
scoring column in the
victory. Ben Schroeder
and Kristopher
Osterhage added 10
points in the victory,
while Drew Stechschulte led
all scorers on the night with 15
points in the post.
Jefferson only had three
players the entire night score
for them, which led to only 17
points on the night. Freshman
Austin Jettinghoff led with
eight, while senior Ryan
Ebbeskotte added five and
classmate Mitchell Antalis
four.
With the victory, Kalida
moves to 4-1 on the year
and will take on the Lancers
Thursday at Lincolnview.
The Wildcats drop to 2-3 on
the year and visit Ottoville
Tuesday night.
The Kalida JV team also
’Dawgs down Jays
got the victory Saturday as By JIM METCALFE by the time the horn sounded,
they defeated the Jeffcats by jmetcalfe@delphosherald.com they had only knocked a point
a score of 38-16. off their deficit and trailed
VARSITY ELIDA — St. John’s actu- 27-16.
JEFFERSON (17) ally played quite well in its Elida outscored their guests
Ebbeskotte 2-0-5, Shayn Klinger 0-0- belated boys basketball opener
Austin Jettinghoff 3-0-8, Ryan
from the west 12-8 in the
0, Nick Dunlap 0-0-0, Nick Cook 0-0-0, Saturday night on the Union finale.
0, Logan Bonifas 0-0-0, Zac Lumpkins Bank Court of the Elida
Jeff Schleeter 0-0-0, Zach Ricker 0-0-
St. John’s did not attempt a
0-0-0, Jordan Barclay 0-0-0, Mitchell Fieldhouse. free throw and Elida was only
Antalis 2-0-4. Totals 7-0/0-17.
KALIDA (54) All except for one tiny lit- 1-of-6 (16.7%).
Logan Recker 0-0-0, Drew tle thing: they Both teams’ coaches were
Stechschulte 7-0-15, Kristopher couldn’t throw impressed with the other’s
defenses, as
Osterhage 5-0-10, Jeremy Kahle
3-1-7, Ben Schroeder 4-2-10, Kevan the ball in the
Unverferth 2-0-4, Paul Utendorf 1-0-2, ocean against well as their
Austin Roebke 2-0-4, Tyler Kortokrax
1-0-2. Totals 25-3/6-54. the long and lean own.
Score By Quarters: Elida defense. “With
Jefferson 6
Kalida 7
2
10
9 0 - 17
21 16 – 54 Due to the Elida’s
Three-point goals: Jefferson, success of its length,
Jettinghoff 2, Ebbeskotte; Kalida,
Stechshulte. football team they made it difficult for us
JUNIOR VARSITY winning the Division VI state to get a clean look,” Elwer
Zach Ricker 1-1-4, Jeff Schleeter title, the Blue Jays — replac-
JEFFERSON (16) added. “When we got it inside,
they either blocked the shot
3-0-6, Ross Thompson 2-1-6, Nick ing four starters from 2009-10
Gallmeier 0-0-0, Tyler Mox 0-0-0, — had only nine practices and or influenced it. At the same
Quinten Wessell 0-0-0, Dakota Stroh
time, I was pleased with our
it showed, shooting 11-of-44
0-0-0. Totals 6-2-16.
KALIDA (38) from the floor (25%) in a 39-24 own defense. We did a nice
job defending them, especially
2-0-4, N. Kortokrax 2-0-4, Tyler loss versus archrival Bulldogs.
Cody Schnipke 2-0-5, Gerding
Kortokrax 1-0-2, Austin Horstman 4-3- “I thought our shot selec- McAdams; he is a challenge
11, Langhals 2-1-5, Heitmeyer 2-1-5,
tion was pretty good overall; for anyone.”
Strober 1-0-2. Totals 16-5-38.
Score By Quarters: we had good shots. We just Thompson agreed.
Jefferson 2 2 7 5 - 16
couldn’t get them to fall,” Jays “St. John’s took away some
Kalida 10 9 12 7 - 38
Three-point goals: Jefferson, coach Aaron Elwer admitted. of the things we like to do.
Ricker, Thompson; Kalida, Schnipke. “We didn’t get to the free- I was impressed,” he added.

Spencerville 3s overcome turnovers in win over Ottoville
By Kirk Dougal a chance on the road late. But
Times Bulletin Editor we didn’t do that and it really
kdougal@timesbulletin.com came back to kill us.”
The game started with a
SPENCERVILLE - There Spencerville turnover fol-
are times in high school bas- lowed by Ottoville’s Scott
ketball where one hot shooting Pohlman hitting a 12-foot
hand can send a team to vic- jumper outside the lane to give
tory. But when an entire team the Big Green what turned out
starts on fire and stays that to be their only lead of the
way through the whole game, night. The Bearcats’ Trevor
the opponent does not Hardeman
stand a chance. That hit a reverse
is what happened layup after
on Saturday night in driving base-
Spencerville as the line to break
Bearcats rode 9-of- the scoring
14 (64.3%) 3-point column at the
shooting to a 49-36 6:01 mark and tie the
victory over Ottoville. game, 2-2.
According to Spencerville What turned out the be the
head coach Kevin Sensabaugh, story of the game unfolded
they needed that terrific out- quickly as everyone on the
side shooting because of Ottoville team struggled to
the number of turnovers the put the ball in the bucket
Bearcats gave up. except for Pohlman. The Big
“That was probably Green could muster only three
what we were most disap- free throws the rest of the
pointed with, turnovers,” he quarter while Kevin Lenhart
said. “We just didn’t look opened up the threes for the
that sharp offensively. I think home team and Eli Bower had
part of that can be attrib- three points of his own for an
uted to the fact this is our 8-5 Spencerville lead at the
first double weekend. We end of one quarter.
just weren’t very sharp offen- The Bearcats exploded in
sively. Fortunately, we had a the second with 20 points,
couple of guys heat up from including scores from
the 3-point line.” beyond the arc from Bowers,
from beyond the arc. At the
same time, the Big Green
was only five of 23 (21.7%)
shooting.
The second half the two
teams played each other to a
virtual standstill. Spencerville
made the first four shots they
took in the period, includ-
ing threes from Binkley and
Lenhart, while Pohlman made
two trey’s of his own. A
12-12 tie in the period
kept the margin the same
going into the final peri-
od, 40-26.
Pohlman had five
points in the final effort
and Josh Schroeder nailed
one from beyond the arc for
the visitors but except for a
Nathan Turnwald runout off
a turnover, the tens points
was all they could put on the
board. Spencerville finally
cooled off a little - Binkley
added one more three-pointer
for good measure - but Derek
Goecke continued his fine
play off the bench adding four
points and several of his eight
rebounds on the night.
“We were very sharp
defensively,” Sensabaugh
said. “I thought we played
very well on the defensive
end of the court. We rebound-
ed extremely well; we did a
throw line and that is some- “They are going to have to
thing we’ll have to shore up, as bank on their defense until
well as simply finishing shots. they get the offense shored up.
and we seemed to get some Even when we got the ball Our defense was pretty good,
better looks from that and we inside, we didn’t shoot well. too, especially coming off a
will look at that. But I liked Other than that, though, we tough game Friday night.”
the way we competed tonight played a pretty solid game.” Curtis Geise led the Jays
and I thought our effort was They only committed eight with eight markers.
great.” turnovers (13 for the 4-1 The Jays’ junior varsity
Ottoville’s Scott Pohlman Bulldogs) and got outrebound- rolled up a 44-31 victory, led
led all scorers with 23 points. ed 24-22 (though they grabbed by 16 from Andrew Metzger
The Big Green made 12-of- eight offensive caroms versus (4 triples). Jeremy Newby led
43 field goal attempts for four for the home team). Elida 91-4) with 12.
27.9 percent, including 5-of- Elida also didn’t shoot as Elida is at Coldwater 6 p.m.
14 (35.7%) from beyond the well as head coach Denny Tuesday, while St. John’s
arc. They converted seven of Thompson might have liked. renews an old rivalry with
13 attempts at the free throw “We had some good oppor- Continental 6 p.m. Thursday.
line for 53.8 percent. Greg tunities, too. We just didn’t VARSITY
Rue led the team with seven complete them,” he noted. ST. JOHN’S (24)
rebounds. “Reggie (McAdams) had 10
Alex Recker 0-0-0, Derek Klaus
1-0-2, Scott Klausing 0-0-0, Ryan
Spencerville showed very and he was the only one in Densel 0-0-0, Alex Clark 0-0-0, Curtis
balanced scoring with Lenhart double figures but we had a Geise 3-0-8, Tyler Bergfeld 0-0-0, AJ
Klausing 1-0-3, Jordan Leininger 2-0-4,
(12) and Bowers (10) crack- few others at least score. We Tanner Calvelage 1-0-3, Austin Vogt
ing double digits and Binkley executed well; we just didn’t 1-0-2. Totals 10-0/0-24.
(9) and Hardeman (8) very get the ball in the hole.”
ELIDA (39)
Reggie McAdams 4-0-10, Aric
close. They were 17-of-36 Elida used its usual mix of Thompson 0-0-0, Dakota Mathias 1-1-
from the field for 47.2 per- man-to-man and zone defens- 3, Mackenzie Hampshire 3-0-6, Alex
McAdams 3-0-7, Andrew Clevenger
cent and made 6-of-10 free es to take advantage of an 3-0-8, Mike McDonald 0-0-0, Ebin
throws for 60 percent. Along expectedly rusty Blue Jay Stratton 2-0-5. Totals 16-1/6-39.
Score by Quarters:
with Goecke’s eight caroms, offense and it worked quite St. John’s 2 6 8 8 - 24
Hardeman grabbed nine for well, holding the Jays to only Elida 11 9 7 12 - 39
the home team.
Three-point goals: St. John’s, Geise
a fielder in the first quarter. 2, AJ Klausing, Calvelage, Recker;
The Bearcats won the bat- The Blue Jays used their own Elida,
tle on the boards. 33-17, but trademark man-to-man look -------
JUNIOR VARSITY
Ottoville did a much better — with several players tak- ST. JOHN’S (44)
job of handling the ball, giv- ing turns shadowing the 6-6 Troy Warnecke 1-0-3, Ryan
Buescher 2-0-4, Ben Warnecke 3-0-9,
ing it up only nine times to the McAdams — to hold down Cole Fischbach 0-0-0, Andrew Metzger
home team’s 21 turnovers. the Bulldogs, limiting them to 6-0-16, Aaron Ledyard 1-0-2, Seth
Spencerville goes to 4-0 11 points in the first.
Bockey 3-0-6, Tanner Calvelage 2-0-4.
Totals 18-0/2-44.
on the season while Ottoville It was only a bit better for ELIDA (31)
falls to 2-2. the Blue and Gold in period
Bryan Romey 0-0-0,
Stumbaugh 0-0-0, David Diller 2-0-5,
Max

On the other side of the
court, Ottoville’s Tom Von
Sossan was happy with the
number of miscues his defense
caused but had some frus-
tration with the Big Green’s
inability to turn them into
points.
“We did a good job of get-
ting out into passing lanes and
forcing turnovers but we just
didn’t reward ourselves by
finishing,” he said. “Four or
five runouts or semi-runouts
on the night and we didn’t
convert them. If we convert
a few easy opportunities,
despite them shooting it really
well from the three, we’ve got
Ottoville breaks away for 2nd-half win over Spencerville
By Matt Jacobs
Times Bulletin
Correspondent
sports@timesbulletin.com
SPENCERVILLE - It
was a tale of two halves
on Saturday for the Lady
Bearcats when, despite a
strong opening, Ottoville’s
defense proved to be the dif-
ference in the second half as
they pulled away to an easy
72-46 victory on the after-
noon.
The first quarter featured a
back-and-forth affair between
the two ball clubs. While the
home team offered a bal-
anced attack, it was apparent
from the beginning Ottoville
looked to exploit its height
advantage, going to 6-2 soph-
omore Abby Siefker early
and often. Siefker would lead
the charge for the Big Green
scoring 11 first quarter points
Hardeman, Dan Binkley
and two more from Lenhart.
Meanwhile, Ottoville’s
offense went scoreless for the
first 4:05 of the period until
Greg Rue made a shot in the
lane. Pohlman scored seven
points after the bucket but
that was all as Spencerville
took a 14-point lead, 28-14,
into the intermission.
A look at the first half
stats showed just how hot
Spencerville had been and
how cold it was on the
Ottoville side of the court.
The Bearcats were nine of 18
(50%) from the field, includ-
ing a sizzling 6-of-8 (75%)
the bench. Spencerville did a
good job of breaking the Big
Green press and hung tough
in the second quarter, but
were once again outscored,
11-6. At the end of the first
half, the Bearcats trailed
Ottoville, 26-18.
The third quarter proved
why some say Ottoville has
one of the best defenses in
the area. They forced several
turnovers and easy buckets
on their way to a 21-point
third quarter. Kari Beining
had a strong showing in the
third, putting seven points on
the board. Despite the turn-
overs, the Bearcats stayed
tough with twelve points.
Mackenzie Miller and Abby
Freewalt led the charge with
each scoring five points in
the period.
In the fourth quarter,
both teams had their high-
est point total of the after-
lot of good things. Look, we
are not always going to play
our best and offensively we
sure didn’t tonight but it was
good to get a win. Ottoville is
a good team.”
Coach Von Sossan admit-
ted his team was still trying
to find their offensive identity
but liked the team’s defense
and hustle.
“We’ve run the dribble-
drive the last four or five
years and we haven’t lit the
scoreboard up this year,” said
Von Sossan. “We’ve got to
find ways to score. The sec-
ond half we went to a more
traditional 3-out, 2-in motion
ter with nine points.
Ottoville was led in the
game by Abby Siefker who
had team and game-high hon-
ors with 21 points on the
afternoon.
Ottoville head coach Dave
Kleman was impressed with
how Spencerville handled the
Big Green pressure early in
the game.
“They came out and han-
dled our press well,” he said.
“They came out of the gates
playing tough. They executed
their offense very well, and
it took some adjustments at
halftime to settle in.”
But Kleman was also very
pleased with how his team
stayed composed and did
what they needed to do to
win, including key contribu-
tions from his players that did
not start.
“We have a deep bench
that consists of young tal-
The Big Green junior 2, netting six markers. Elida
varsity took home a victory, tossed in nine of its own to
45-35.
OTTOVILLE (36)
Nathan Turnwald 2-1-5, Josh
Schroeder 1-0-3, Jared Byrne 0-2-2, gle scoring in the third period,
Scott Pohlman 8-3-23, Travis Eickholt
0-1-1, Greg Rue 1-0-2, Kevin Schnipke
0-0-0. Totals 12-7-36.
SPENCERVILLE (49)
Eli Bowers 4-1-10, Trevor
Hardeman 3-1-8, Cole Roberts 0-0-0,
Daniel Binkley 3-0-9, Kevin Lenhart
4-0-12, Levi Krouskop 2-0-4, Derek
Goecke 1-4-6, Josiah McNulty 0-0-0.
Totals 17-6-49.
Score by Quarters:
Ottoville 5 9 12 10 - 36
Spencerville 8 20 12 9 - 49
Three-point goals: Ottoville 5
(Pohlman 4, Schroeder); Spencerville
9 (Lenhart 4, Binkley 3, Bowers,
Hardeman).
the press all season. I think we
did a decent job of handling
their big girl (Siefker) but we
gave up too many offensive
rebounds and that’s how she
was able to score most of
her points. I was pleased by
our overall performance, but
I think being close caused us
to played with some nerves
and that led to the sloppy play
in the second half.”
Ottoville also won the JV
contest 64-15. They were led
in scoring in the game by
Taylor Mangus who had 16
points.
Spencerville brings in
New Knoxville 6 p.m. (JV)
Tuesday, while Ottoville
plays at Ottawa-Glandorf 6
p.m. Dec. 27.
OTTOVILLE (72)
Rachel Turnwald 1-1-3, Megan
Bendele 1-4-6, Kari Beining 5-1-12,
Lauren Koch 0-3-3, Nicole Vorst 0-0-0,
Tonya Kaufman 2-0-4, Lauren Kramer
3-1-7, Tasha Kaufman 3-0-7, Rachel
grab a 20-8 lead by intermis-
sion.
The Jays continued to strug-
though they did double their
score from the first half. Still,
Jennings girls hold on for PCL win
By AUSTIN CLARKSON
The Delphos Herald
austinclarkson_24@
hotmail.com
FORT JENNINGS — The
Fort Jennings girls basketball
team took on Putnam County
League foe Kalida Saturday
afternoon at “The Fort.”
The Musketeers held off
Kalida’s late fourth-quarter
rally — the LadyCats had the
deficit down to just one point
— as the home team found
a way to get the victory and
made their homecoming day a
little sweeter as they defeated
the guests 39-33.
The Musketeers got out to
an early lead in the first half
of action thanks to a great
defensive battle with the
Wildcats. The Musketeers
played a zone defense and the
Wildcats struggled shooting
the ball, which led to many
opportunities at the other end
for the home team.
Kalida was led offensively
on the day by Emily Turnwald,
who racked up 11 points; how-
ever, her efforts came up just
short as the Wildcats couldn’t
complete their fourth-quarter
comeback.
Jennings took a late fourth-
quarter lead and looked like
they were starting to get a
little momentum going and
really take control of this con-
Uriel Sellers 0-0-0, Myron Watkins 3-1-
7, Jeff Horner 1-0-2, Brice Coolidge
0-0-0, Trent Long 1-2-5, Jordan
Greeley 0-0-0, Jeremy Newby 3-6-12.
Totals 10-9/11-31.
Score by Quarters:
St. John’s 16 5 14 9 - 44
Elida 12 8 6 5 - 31
Three-point goals: Metzger 4, B.
Warnecke 3, T. Warnecke; Elida, Diller,
Long.
very hard to come back from.
I just wish we could find ways
to have our kids make plays at
the end of the games to help us
find a way to pull out a couple
of these games and get some
wins,” Kalida coach Adam
Huber explained.
Taylor Wallenhorst
had a big day for the Lady
Musketeers as she netted 12
points in the victory, while
teammate Macy Schroeder
added eight points.
Fort Jennings coach
Myerholtz were very pleased
after the contest as they
squeaked out a PCL victory:
“We are fighting a bit of ill-
ness right now and the girls
really stepped up today and
got things done. Give credit
to Kalida; they really fought
hard to the end and gave us a
scare there at the end.”
With the win, the
Musketeers improve to 4-3
on the year (1-1 PCL) and
will be back into action today
when they play host to the
Crestview Knights.
On the other side, Kalida
falls to 2-5 (0-1 PCL) and will
take on the Grove Bulldogs
Tuesday at Kalida High
School.
KALIDA (33)
Emily Turnwald 4-2-11, Sam
Edwards 1-0-2, Nicole Kaufman 2-0-
6, Christy Ellerbrock 0-0-0, Brandi
Merschman 2-0-4, Chelsea Verhoff

as Ottoville clung to a slim
15-12 lead at the end of the
quarter.
In the second quarter,
play would get more physi-
cal and both teams saw their
foul totals climb. This was a
bigger problem for Ottoville
because Siefker picked up
her second foul and she spent
noon. Spencerville added 16
but the Big Green out-dueled
them once again by scoring
25 points in the period. Miller
tallied eight more points for
Spencerville to end with a
team high 15 points in the
game. Rachel Beining came
off the bench after Siefker
fouled out and led the Big
ent. We don’t have superstars
and everyone accepts their
roles.”
Spencerville coach Katie
Fisher touched on how her
team reacted to playing a
team like Ottoville.
“They are a great team,”
she said. “I do think we han-
dled their press fairly well
Beining 4-1-9, Krista Schimoeller
0-0-0, Abby Siefker 7-7-21, Melissa
Schnipke 0-0-0 Totals 26-18-72.
SPENCERVILLE (46)
Abby Lee 0-0-0, Alyssa Mullholland
1-3-5, Cortney Miller 2-2-6, Mackenzie
Miller 6-1-15, Rachael Kahle 1-0-2,
Brittany Kill 2-3-7, Jennifer Post 0-0-0,
Claire McConnell 0-0-0, Tori Hardesty
0-0-0, Abbie Freewalt 4-3-11. Totals
16-12-46.
Score by Quarters:
Ottoville 15 11 21 25 - 72
Spencerville 12 6 12 16 - 46
Three-point goals: Ottoville 2 (K.
Beining, Tasha Kaufman); Spencerville
test. However, the away team
had different ideas as they got
two big 3-pointers to put them
down just one point going
into the final minutes of this
PCL matchup. Kalida has had
many problems this year find-
ing ways to win games and it
hurt them again Saturday.
“We’ve been down so
much this year and we get our-
1-0-2, Alexis Wurth 1-0-2, Haley
McIntyre 0-0-0, Julia Vandemark 2-1-
6. Totals 9-4-3/5-33.
FORT JENNINGS (39)
Morgan Schroeder 1-2-4, Kristina
Clippinger 2-0-4, Macy Schroeder 4-0-
8, Kelsey VonLehmden 3-1-7, Taylor
Wallenhorst 5-0-12, Lauren Norbeck
0-1-1, Kendra Klausing 1-1-3. Totals
14-2-5/7-39.
Score by Quarters:
Kalida 9 4 8 12 - 33
Ft. Jennings 10 12 6 11 - 39
Three-point goals:
Kaufman 2, Turnwald, Vandemark;
Kalida,

the rest of the first half on Green in scoring in the quar- - perhaps the best we handled 2 (M. Miller 2). selves into big deficits that are Fort Jennings, Wallenhorst 2.
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WEEKLY ATHLETIC Musser, Miller champions at Allen County

SCHEDULE
For Week of Dec. 19-25
TODAY
Girls Basketball
St. John’s at Shawnee, 6 p.m.
Crestview at Fort Jennings, 6 p.m.
Wayne Trace at Lincolnview, 6 p.m.
TUESDAY
Boys Basketball
Jefferson at Ottoville, 6 p.m.
Fort Jennings at Crestview, 6 p.m.
Elida at Coldwater, 6 p.m.
Van Wert at Paulding, 6 p.m.
Girls Basketball
New Knoxville at Spencerville, 6 p.m.
Columbus Grove at Kalida (PCL),
6 p.m.
Wrestling
Columbus Grove at Paulding, 6 p.m.
Swimming and Diving
St. Marys at Elida (WBL), 5:30 p.m.
Wert, 6 p.m.
By JIM METCALFE
jmetcalfe@delpho-
Northwest Conference power,
you expect good wrestling. A
WEDNESDAY sherald.com meet like this can only help
Wrestling
Lincolnview at Huron Invitational, 10 you down the road.”
a.m. SHAWNEE — Though Jefferson coach Jeff Rex
THURSDAY
Boys Basketball Allen East’s full wrestling hopes that is the care as well
St. John’s at Continental, 6 p.m. team ran away with the Allen after his team ended up sixth
Lima Temple Christian at Fort
Jennings, 6 p.m. County Invitational Saturday, in the 10-team event.
Spencerville at Minster, 6 p.m. other coaches had positives “We finished fourth in our
Kalida at Lincolnview, 6 p.m.
Lima Senior at Elida, 6:30 p.m. they can bank on for the rest first invitational and fifth last
Girls Basketball of 2010 and into 2011. week at Lincolnview. We
Jefferson at Van Wert, 6 p.m.
Wrestling Take St. John’s coach were hoping for fourth or
Spencerville and Ottawa-Glandorf at Derek Sterling, whose unit fifth here to stay on track,”
St. Marys, 6 p.m.
Co-Ed Bowling finished fifth in a tough com- Rex said. “Curtis Miller (first
Van Wert vs. Parkway (boys)/St. petition after only 10 prac- at 215) was his usual and
tices. Jacob Leach (fourth at 189)

ALLEN COUNTY
Coldwater and Versailles at Van Marys (girls) at Parkway, 10 a.m.

“We placed all 101 of the is coming along well. Tanner

wrestlers we brought today Vermule did a good job fin-

WRESTLING INVITE
Saturday’s Results
At Shawnee
Team Scores: Allen East 319, Bath
264, Elida 260, Shawnee 249, St.
John’s 221, Jefferson 205, Bluffton
195, Lima Central Catholic 162,
Spencerville 88, Lima Senior 78.
Most Valuable Wrestler: Colin
McDermitt (Shawnee), 130 pounds.
Championship Matches:
103: Kane Plaugher (SH) dec. Riley
Overholt (EL) 14-5.
112: Trace Plaugher (SH) major
dec. Tyler Baker (AE) 16-5.
119: Joe Arthur (SH) pin Colin
Ingram (BA), 3:41.
125: Brady Croft (SH) dec. Dustin
Brinkman (BL) 6-2.
130: Colin McDermitt (SH) dec. Colt
Lovejoy (AE) 6-5.
135: Zavier Meeks (BA) dec. Kyle
Muller (SH) 9-3.
140: Zach Wilson (BL) dec. Austin
Lloyd (AE) 10-5.
145: Ryan Musser (SJ) dec. Cody
Hahn (LC) 4-0.
152: Grant Dues (AE) pin Jake
Tremoulis (LC), 1:43.
160: J.R. Conyers (AE) dec. Ian
Dukeheart (EL) 16-9.
171: Colt Lovejoy (AE) pin David
Gremling (LC), 2:09.
189: Jeremy Chandler (BA) pin
Logan Heiing (SJ), 3:00.
215: Curtis Miller (DJ) in Logan
Kiracofe (BA), 3:16.
285: Cole Keyner (BA) dec. Kody
Koronich (BL) 2-1.
Third-Place matches:
103: Zach Ellsworth (LC), default.
112: Jake Bible (BA) dec. Austin
Murphy (EL), default.
119: Matt Hammons (LS) pin John
McRedmond (DJ), 4:22.
125: Nick Pauff (EL) dec. Tanner
Vermule (DJ), 4:22.
130: Aaron Merschman (SJ) major
dec. Adam Troyer (EL) 21-10.
135: Justin Pyrer (AE) dec. Will
Buettner (SJ) 5-3.
140: Tommy Mault (BA) pin Tyler
Dunlap (EL), 3:49.
145: Zachary Green (EL) pin Nick
Stephens (AE), 4:09.
152: Tyler Smith (EL) pin Austin Lotz
(SV), 1:43.
160: Brett Schwinnen (SJ) dec.
Bobby Sunderhaus (LC) 6-3.
171: Nicokoli Sackinger (EL) dec.
Brock Bonifas (SJ) 15-8.
189: Logan Sturgill (BL) dec. Jacob
Leach (DJ) 9-5.
215: Ben Moser (BL) dec. Grant
Criblez (AE) 13-5.
285: Curtis Adkins (SH) pin Geoff
Ketcham (DJ), 2:22.
Fifth-Place Matches:
112: Trevor Bockey (SV) pin Ashley
King (SV), 2:23.
119: Trey Gossard (AE) pin Dakota
Rolf (EL), 1:54.
125: Aaron Deffenbaugh (SJ) pin
Spencer Lake (LC), :33.
130: Austin Lee (DJ) pin Josh Bracy
(BL), 2:18.
135: Cory Binkley (SV) pin Jared
Eley (LC), 4:54.
140: Joey Lindeman (DJ) pin Brady
Shafer (LS), 3:32.
215-Pound Placers - Pool 8: 1. Odierno
(NE) 1:48; 2. Sloan (SJ); 3. Weaver (C-M)
4:49; 4. Taylor (AT); 5. Fullen (JO) 8-7; 6.
Eveland (LO); 7. Cordle (ST) bye.
285-Pound Placers - Pool 8: 1. Stenger
(C-M) 0:36; 2. James Hardman (VW); 3.
Kuhlwein (JO) 2:54; 4. Smathers (AT)
5. Hall (LO) 5-3; 6. Mann (ST); 7. Hake
(NE) bye.
First Place - Pool 8: 103: Dematteo (JO)
dec. Nichols (SJ) 4-0; 119: Conner Blacka
(JO) pin Vu (AT) 1:40; 130: Seth Stalder
(AT) dec. Nedved (C-M) 4-3ot; 135: Auld
(NE) dec. Gerren (AT) 9-2; 145: Connor
Massillo (VW) maj. dec. Peterman (JO)
17-5; 152: Covington (AT) pin McSurley
(JO) 4:23; 171: Baker (JO) dec. Running
(C-M) 12-7; 189: Blankenship (JO) pin Cory
Hirschy (VW) 3:03; 215: Odierno (NE) pin
Brody Sloan (SJ) 1:48; 285: Stenger (C-M)
pin James Hardman (VW) 0:36.
Third Place - Pool 8: 103: Dunlap (C-M)
dec. Haynes (LO) 7-5; 119: Nichols (SJ)
dec. Hewitt (C-M) 7-0; 130: Dickson (ST)
maj. dec. Eye (JO) 15-1; 135: O’Bryon
(C-M) pin Cowell (LO) 1:22; 145: Coey
(AT) pin Kingery (LO) 0:45; 152: Cao (NE)
pin Woods (ST) 1:52; 171: Doyle (NE) dec.
Pappas (ST) 7-2; 189: VanWinkle (C-M)
dec. Pownell (SJ) 10-4; 215: Weaver (C-M)
pin Taylor (AT) 4:49; 285: Kuhlwein (JO)
pin Smathers (AT) 2:54.
Fifth Place - Pool 8: 103: Brooks (NE)
pin Webb (AT) 0:39; 119: Jermaine Defore
(VW) pin Molnar (NE) 4:21; 130: Sean
Dorsch (VW) maj. dec. Peck (NE) 8-0; 135:
Wolfe (ST) maj. dec. Daniel Thompson
(VW) 8-0; 145: Gauden (C-M) dec. Sheets
(NE) 6-2; 152: Fuller (SJ) pin Arn (C-M)
3:22; 171: Fox (LO) dec. Alasaaf (AT) 4-1;
189: Hoffmann (LO) dec. Sorrell (AT) 4-3;
215: Fullen (JO) dec. Eveland (LO) 8-7;
285: Hall (LO) dec. Mann (ST) 5-3.
Seventh Place - Pool 8: 103: Tolliver
(ST) pin Pook (X1) 1:22; 119: Agosta (LO),
bye; 130: Shreve (LO), bye; 135: Sowards
(JO), bye; 145: Eberle (SJ) pin Townsend
(ST) 3:21; 152: Adam Myers (VW), bye;
171: Kyle Loshe (VW), bye; 189: Cronkhite
(ST) pin Archer (NE) 2:09; 215: Cordle
(ST), bye; 285: Hake (NE), bye.
(Van Wert Wrestlers):
Consolation Semifinals - Pool 8: 119:
Jermaine Defore (VW), bye; 130: Sean
Dorsch (VW), bye; 135: Daniel Thompson
(VW) pin Sowards (JO) 5:52; 152: Fuller
(SJ) pin Adam Myers (VW) 0:18; 171: Fox
(LO) pin Kyle Loshe (VW) 0:45; 189: Cory
Hirschy (VW) maj. dec. Pownell (SJ) 11-0;
285: James Hardman (VW) dec. Smathers
(AT) 10-3.
Round 3 - Pool 8: 119: Hewitt (C-M) pin
Jermaine Defore (VW) 1:59; 130: Stalder
(AT) dec. Sean Dorsch (VW) 13-8; 135:
Wolfe (ST) dec. Daniel Thompson (VW)
8-7; 145: Connor Massillo (VW) pin Kingery
(LO) 0:27; 152: Woods (ST) pin Adam
Myers (VW) 4:37; 171: Alasaaf (AT) pin
Kyle Loshe (VW) 1:44; 189: Cory Hirschy
(VW) pin VanWinkle (C-M) 1:25; 285:
James Hardman (VW) pin Hall (LO) 2:25
Round 2 - Pool 8: 119: Matt Nichols
(SJ) pin Jermaine Defore (VW) 3:21; 130:
Eye (JO) pin Sean Dorsch (VW) 0:39;
135: Cowell (LO) pin Daniel Thompson
(VW) 0:44; 145: Connor Massillo (VW)
pin Townsend (ST) 2:22; 152: Arn (C-M)
pin Adam Myers (VW) 1:04; 171: Running
(C-M) pin Kyle Loshe (VW) 0:28; 189:
in the top eight. We had one
champion: Ryan Musser
(145); and one second, Logan
Heiing (189),” Sterling
explained. “We had two thirds:
Aaron Merschman (130) and
Brett Schwinnen (160); two
fourths: Will Buettner (135)
and Brock Bonifas (171); two
fifths: Aaron Deffenbaugh
Jefferson’s Tanner Vermule folds Bath’s Shawn
Lambert up like an accordion to pin him in a 125-pound
match at Shawnee.
(125) and Cole Helms (285);
a sixth: Reed Hesseling (215);
a seventh: Logan Looser
(140); and an eighth (Nate
Schroeder at 285). We still
have our football legs for the
majority of these kids and
our conditioning isn’t what it
will be. We lost a couple of
matches because of that, as
well as not quite having our
moves and techniques down.
We’ll get back to work on
that.
“This is also great com-
petition. Any time you bring
in Western Buckeye League
teams that are Division II,
plus another like Allen East, a
ishing fourth at 125 for a
freshman in this meet. Colin
McConnahea was fifth at 171
and he also wrestled well.
“We’re still figuring out Amy Musser photo
where we’re going to put St. John’s senior Aaron Merschman looks to break down
everyone in the weight class- Adam Troyer of Elida in his 130-pound match Saturday in
es because of the Alpha test. the Allen County Invitational at Shawnee. Merschman
Plus, this is a tough meet; beat Troyer to grab third place.
you find out what your weak- you wrestle,” Wegesin stat- and Trevor Bockey (112),
ed. “Our goal has always fifth; Ashley King (sixth at
been what we’re doing in 112); John Smith (160), Jake
late February and March, not Bellows (189) and Lucas
about this early. That is true Krouskop (215), seventh;
especially this year because and Jonas Johnson (140)
of our age and lack of experi- and Lucas Shumate (171),
ence; we’re learning. This is eighth.
such good competition: you Elida finished third as
have a minimum of four or a team, led by runner-ups
five good wrestlers in every Riley Overholt (103) and
weight class and there are no Ian Dukeheart (160); thirds
easy matches. Nick Pauff (125), Zachary
“Some of the kids were Green (145), Tyler Smith
upset but I told them that (152) and Nickoli Sackinger
they just need to learn and (171); fourths Austin Murphy
move forward. Take the les- (112), Adam Troyer (130)
sons you were taught today and Tyler Dunlap (140); a
and get better.” fifth, Quentin Poling (215);
Placers for the Bearcats and sixths Dakota Rolf (119),
were Austin Lotz (152), Theran Carroll (189) and
fourth; Cory Binkley (135) Nate Sackinger (285).
Linda Vermule photo
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The
145: Justin Conner (BL) pin Caleb Cory Hirschy (VW) maj. dec. Sorrell (AT)

Burkey (AE), :42.
152: Darquarvious Brown (LS) dec.
Seth Gehle (AE) 10-8.
160: Christian Fischer (DJ) pin Tyler
Burden (LS), 2:55.
171: Colin McConnahea (DJ) pin
BOWLING
12-4; 285: James Hardman (VW) dec.
Kuhlwein (JO) 8-2.
Round 1 - Pool 8: 119: Jermaine Defore
(VW) pin Molnar (NE) 3:39; 130: Sean
Dorsch (VW) dec. Peck (NE) 6-3; 135:
Gerren (AT) pin Daniel Thompson (VW) Thursday Classic Six

Gift for
Chris Proby (LS), 1:31. 2:54; 145: Connor Massillo (VW) pin Sheets D.R.C. 89-39
189: Max McAdoo (AE) major dec. (NE) 0:19; 152: Covington (AT) dec. Adam Sleets Coins 82-46
Theran Carroll (EL) 17-4. Myers (VW) 4-1; 171: Doyle (NE) pin
215: Quentin Poling (EL) pin Reed Kyle Loshe (VW) 1:08; 189: Cory Hirschy The Fort 60-68
Hesseling (SJ), 1:21. (VW) pin Cronkhite (ST) 3:44; 285: James Schrader Realty 60-68
285: Cole Helms (SJ) pin Nate Hardman (VW) pin Mann (ST) 0:47. I & K Dist. 50-78
Sackinger (EL), 1:09. Round 5 - Round Robin: 140: Lazear
(AT) pin Colten Royer (VW) 0:43; 160: Chuck Peters Realty 43-85

Seventh-Place Matches:
125: Shawn Lambert (BA), void.
130: Curtis John (LC), void.
135: Darren Edinger (DJ)) pin Jacob
Garmatter (BA), 2:49.
140: Logan Looser (SJ) dec. Jonas
Johnson (SV) 7-3.
Everyone
Fooce (JO) pin Gabe Hill (VW) 0:21. High Series:
Round 4 - Round Robin: 140: Elaine Abram 627.
Chamberlain (NE) dec. Colten Royer (VW) Games over 160:
4-2; 160: Richardson (C-M) tech. fall Gabe
Hill (VW) 17-0. Kathy Teman, Brandy
Round 3 - Round Robin: 140: Colten Kershner, Sue Karhoff, Tammy
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Knoch (BA) 7-5.
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Shumate (SV), 2:59.
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Wedding
‘Tron: Legacy’ uploads at
No. 1 with $43.6M debut
LOS ANGELES (AP) —
Jeff Bridges’ sci-fi sequel
“Tron: Legacy” has leaped to
the top of the box-office grid
with a $43.6 million opening
weekend, according to studio
estimates Sunday.
The Disney release
reboots the story line started
in Bridges’ 1982 tale “Tron,”
in which his character is
hurtled into a deadly virtual
reality known as the Grid.
The movie co-stars Garrett
Hedlund and Olivia Wilde.
Though quaint by today’s
standards, the computer-
graphic effects in the original
“Tron” were cutting-edge at
the time. Yet the movie was
a box-office underachiever
whose following somehow
swelled in the interven-
ing decades in a way that
perplexed even the studio’s
executives.
Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas Johnson
“I sure wish I knew,
because there is a very, very
committed core group of peo-
Brittney Wannamacher and Nicholas Johnson were unit- ple who just love that movie,
ed in marriage on Aug. 28 in a double-ring ceremony at New and they have fanned the
Hope Christian Center, Pastor Jim Menke officiating. opening-weekend grosses,”
The bride is the daughter of David and Connie Wannemacher said Chuck Viane, head of
distribution for Disney.
Other newcomers pre-
miered with modest to poor
receipts, continuing a slug-
gish end to Hollywood’s
year.
The weekend proved no
picnic for Dan Aykroyd’s
family flick “Yogi Bear,”
which fell flat at a weak No.
2 with $16.7 million. The
Warner Bros. release fea-
tures the voices of Aykroyd
and Justin Timberlake in an
adaptation of the TV car-
toon about the picnic-basket-
thieving bear.
With children out of
school over the holidays,
Warner Bros. executives
hope “Yogi Bear” will hold
up well through Christmas
and New Year’s.
“We wish it had been a
bit higher, but we’ll catch up percent from the same week- lion.
as we get going,” said Jeff
Goldstein, the studio’s gen-
eral sales manager.
The previous weekend’s
top movie, 20th Century
Fox’s “The Chronicles of
Narnia: The Voyage of the
Dawn Treader,” fell to No. 3
with $12.4 million, raising its In limited release, Nicole
total to $42.7 million. Kidman and Aaron Eckhart’s
Mark Wahlberg and somber drama “Rabbit Hole”
Christian Bale’s acclaimed opened solidly with $55,000
boxing drama “The Fighter” in five theaters, averaging
had a so-so expansion nation- $11,000. The film, which
wide after a stellar debut in earned Kidman a Globe nom-
limited release the previous ination, centers on a couple
weekend for the tale based struggling in their marriage
on the life of real-life fighter after losing their young son
Micky Ward. Released by in a traffic accident.
Paramount, “The Fighter” Estimated ticket sales for
came in at No. 4 with $12.2 Friday through Sunday at
million. U.S. and Canadian theaters,
Reese Witherspoon’s according to Hollywood.com.
love-triangle romance “How Final figures will be released
Do You Know” was a dud today.
with just $7.6 million, the 1. “Tron: Legacy,” $43.6
Sony release opening at No. million.
8. The movie co-stars Owen 2. “Yogi Bear,” $16.7 mil-
Wilson, Paul Rudd and Jack lion.
Nicholson. 3. “The Chronicles of
Overall revenues slipped Narnia: The Voyage of the
to $134 million, down 2.6 Dawn Treader,” $12.4 mil-
end last year, when “Avatar” 4. “The Fighter,” $12.2
debuted with $77 million million.
on its way to becoming the 5. “The Tourist,” $8.7 mil-
biggest modern blockbuster lion.
with a $2.8 billion worldwide 6. “Tangled,” $8.68 mil-
haul. lion.
Fox Searchlight’s ballet 7. “Black Swan,” $8.3
drama “Black Swan,” another million.

Company’s stuffed
of Delphos. The groom is the son of Jeff and Lynn Johnson top Globe nominee starring 8. “How Do You Know,”
and Jane and Randy Hemker of Delphos. Natalie Portman, climbed $7.6 million.
Nuptial music was provided by vocalists Brad Wannemacher the chart as it expanded into 9. “Harry Potter and the
germ toys catching on
and Tori Rutledge and organist Mark Smith. nationwide release with $8.3 Deathly Hallows: Part 1,”
Maid of honor was Lindsey Wannemacher of Delphos, million in 959 theaters, aver- $4.8 million.
sister of the bride.
Bridesmaids included Katie Etgen of Dayton, cousin of the aging $8,655 and coming in 10. “Unstoppable,” $1.8
By STEPHANIE REITZ the stuffed microbe toys have at No. 7. million.
bride; Logan Haines, Samantha Spieles and Rachel Mason The Associated Press spawned Facebook fan sites
of Cincinnati, friends of the couple; and Katie Grothouse of and a subculture of collectors
Cincinnati, cousin of the bride. STAMFORD, Conn. — who eagerly await each new
Flower girls were Kaylie Gilchriest of Fort Jennings, Jim Henson’s Muppets made release.
second cousin of the groom and Kierstyn Klaus of Delphos, pigs and frogs endearing, and
second cousin of the bride. They pounced on this
Walt Disney turned a common fall’s newcomers — includ-
Ringer bearers were Jaymison Moynihan, nephew of the rodent into a cultural icon.
groom; and Peyton Stabler of Delphos, second cousin of the ing measles, rubella and the
Now, Drew Oliver thinks oh-so-popular diarrhea — Answers to Saturday’s questions:
bride. it’s time for bacteria, viruses
Adam Johnson of Delphos, brother of the groom, was best and posted pictures on their The wingspan of the largest insect that ever lived
and other maligned microor- — a prehistoric dragonfly known by the Latin name
man. ganisms to share the love. Facebook pages of their new
Groomsmen included Jeff Ostendorf of Delphos, Luke mini-microbe Christmas tree Meganeuropsis permiana — was 2 1/2 feet. It weighed
Instead of standard more than a pound and lived about 300 million years ago
Bonifas and Tyler Kroeger of Cincinnati and Kurtis Staup Christmas gifts, a growing ornaments.
of Toledo, friends of the couple; and Brad Wannemacher of number of people are look- Being a purveyor of pre- during the Carboniferous period.
Delphos, brother of the bride. ing under the tree for giant tend pestilence might seem an Taxonomy is the field of biology devoted to naming,
Grandparents of the bride are Melvin and Jane Reindel and stuffed cold germs, cuddly odd career turn for Oliver, 40, describing and classifying organisms.
Donald and Rita Wannemacher. Grandparents of the groom E. coli, hugworthy heart- who was a Chicago corporate Today’s questions:
are Richard Moorman and the late Angela Moorman, Delores worm and other oddities from attorney when he incorporated Why are Gateway Computers packaged in white boxes
Hemker, Helen Johnson and the late Thomas Johnson, Dean Oliver’s Stamford-based Giant Microbes in 2001. covered with irregular black spots?
and Susan Mollenkopf and the late Ellen Mollenkopf. company, Giant Microbes. As a father of four, he How many of the gospels in the New Testament men-
A reception was held at the K of C hall in Lima. Oliver says the toys are true thought stuffed versions tion palm branches being spread along Jesus’ path during
Following a wedding trip to Carma Del Playa, Mexico, the to the microbes they represent of microbes that cause sore His final entry into Jerusalem?
couple resides in Cincinnati. except, of course, for their throats, the flu and other com- Answers in Tuesday’s Herald.
The bride graduated from the University of Cincinnati in eyes and enhanced colors. mon ailments could help chil- Today’s words:
August. She is an assistant manager at Nordstrom. Once popular mostly as dren understand the illnesses
The groom will graduate from the University of Cincinnati
Amby: a niche in a church for sacred odds and ends
“geek chic” among medical and avoid some of them with Jigamaree: a thingamajig
in June 2011. workers and niche groups, good hygiene.

Please join us in celebrating

this special season!
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Glory
to God
In The Highest
Dear Friend,
The Catholic community of
Delphos invites you to join us for
worship during this Christmas
Season. We welcome you to
celebrate with us in this time
of great joy, and hope that we
Trinity United Methodist Church
might serve you throughout
Ridge United Methodist Church
the new year. May the feast of
St. Paul United Methodist Church
Christmas bring us all close
Zion United Methodist Church
to God through his Son Jesus
•Christmas Eve, 7:30 at Trinity
Christ, in the joy of the Holy Family Candlelight Communion Service (Live Broadcast on WDOH)
Spirit. •Christmas Eve, 11:00 p.m.
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Christmas lights can mean more than meets the eye

By MARTHA IRVINE children.
Associated Press By the time they finished, there were 99

A string of illuminated glass bulbs, hung
for the holidays, may seem like no big deal, so
common it’s easy to pass them without really
noticing. But we humans are simple beings
who sometimes communicate best in the most
basic ways.
Lights on a cold, dark night can be a
welcome, even heartwarming sight. And in
gloomy economic times, or other trying cir-
cumstances, they can mean even more.
One study found that outdoor holiday dis-
plays can tell a lot about a neighborhood.
Whether found in wealthy or working-class
areas, they represent a community’s spirit
or “social capital,” even indicating how well
neighbors care for one another, says David
Sloan Wilson, a professor in Binghamton
University’s departments of biology and
anthropology.
“One way that neighborhoods express their
feelings of neighborliness is to decorate the
house, not the inside but the outside,” Wilson
says. “It is an expression of goodwill, basi-
cally.”
A simple gesture, yes — but one that
touches and comforts people, and brings them
together.
Here are a few stories about the impact
Christmas lights can have, from a big city
neighborhood that united to light its main
street to a small town that came together to try
to brighten the holiday for a dying boy.
Sparkling Harlem
It was as if Scrooge had invaded New
One study found that outdoor holiday displays
can tell a lot about a neighborhood ... even
indicating how well neighbors care for one another.
York’s Harlem neighborhood. Or so residents
implied.
Facing an impossibly tight budget, the
board that oversees the neighborhood’s main
thoroughfare, 125th Street, made a difficult
decision: It cut funding for Christmas lights.
When residents saw their normally festive
business district looking spiritless, they com-
plained, loudly.
“It was a bad Christmas in the office,”
recalls Barbara Askins, president and CEO
of the 125th Street Business Improvement
District. The lack of Christmas lights last
December had riled residents more than any
issue in recent memory.
This year, with the budget woes persisting,
Askins had an idea. What if she and her staff
could persuade the community to donate the
$60,000 needed to decorate the entire length
of the street?
The “Harlem, Light It Up” campaign began
this fall, with fundraising parties and even a
song and music video.
Big donations came in from nearby
Columbia University and the City College of
New York. Businesses, churches and commu-
nity organizations pitched in. Residents gave
what they could, the smallest amount $10.
It added up quickly. And the lights — many
of them incorporated in new sparkling decora-
tions of snowflakes and shooting stars — were
purchased and installed along the bustling
street.
Earlier this month, on a bitterly cold night,
hundreds of people filled a neighborhood plaza
for the official lighting. They cheered. They
drank cocoa and hot apple cider provided by
local businesses.
It had all been worth it, Askins thought,
smiling to herself. And the feeling was con-
firmed the next day when she received an
e-mail from a longtime 125th Street resident
who thanked her.
The street, the woman wrote, “feels like
home now.”
Birds of a Feather
The retirees of Loon Lake Lane and sur-
rounding streets in Lincoln, Calif., are a close
flock.
After moving in six years ago, one
neighbor handed out wooden cutouts of ducks
that he’d made. People painted them and put
them in their yards. Some had lights. Some
included tiny ducks to represent their grand-
ducks.
Imagine, then, what it’s like during the
holidays at this retirement village north of
Sacramento.
There’s a time each year when everyone
lines the streets with “luminarias,” small lan-
terns made with brown paper bags filled with
a bit of sand and a tea light candle. And folks
put out decorative deer — then kid each other
when a wind gust blows one over. But what
neighbors have always liked are strings of
lights.
Trouble was, rising utility bills were cramp-
ing the styles of these retirees — until they
noticed the solar panels going up at Tom
Zurek’s house two years ago. Before long,
several in the flock followed.
Now 85 percent of their electric power
comes from the sun gathered by a system
called SunRun, and Christmas displays on
Loon Lake Lane are among the most lavish in
the area.
Some have gone “absolutely crazy” with
lights, Zurek says. As the holidays approach,
the neighbors, who normally play golf or get
together for poker, share electrical cords and
assistance.
“Everybody is here to help everybody,” the
62-year-old retiree says. “It’s just a cohesive
group. I’ve never been in a social environment
like this one.”
Zurek, who monitors their solar power sup-
ply, says this year his electric bills have totaled
less than $100, even with all the Christmas
lights.

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 www.delphosherald.com Monday, December 20, 2010 The Herald – 3B

Writer concerned Tomorrow’s HI AND LOIS

about her mentally- Horoscope

By Bernice Bede Osol

ill sister
Tuesday, Dec. 21, 2010

It is best to discuss your objectives

only with persons you can completely
trust, so if you have something big in
Dear Annie: My 30-year- ed to hear my pastor’s words. the making, be a bit more secretive.
A pal could unwittingly reveal your
old sister is mentally ill and No wonder people don’t want plans to those who would steal it.
currently lives with my moth- to attend church. How do I get SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-
er. “Stacy” used to live in her over this? -- Disappointed Dec. 21) - You might think you’re
own place, but in the past six Church Member being clever when you attempt to
camouflage a selfish act from others,
years, she has become grad- Dear Disappointed: Talk
ually more dependent. She to your pastor, and explain
but there will be someone who has
your number who will out you the
BLONDIE
refuses to go anywhere alone how upset you were that she moment you try.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan.
and will no longer use the could not bring herself to pray 19) - It’s OK to be both realistic
telephone or Internet at all. for your husband’s health and optimistic over the outcome of
She has no interaction with and recovery because of his something important. If you don’t base
your instincts only on wishful thinking,
anyone outside the church affiliation. everything should come out fine.
immediate family. That isn’t church AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) -
I’m concerned ethics. It’s church Anything you borrow must be treated
with the respect you would give to
about Stacy’s well- politics. And a pas- one of your prized possessions. If
being, but I’m also tor should know the anything unfortunate should happen
worried about my difference. to it, it’ll be your responsibility to
replace it.
mother, who has Dear Annie: I PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) - Be
become her care- read the reply from cognizant at all times of the details,
giver. Mom works “Another Patient,” not just the big picture, if you hope to
80 hours a week and who said she had assess an important matter correctly.
Don’t let unimportant side issues BEETLE BAILEY
has health issues and a mastectomy, but distort your logical judgment.
needs all the sleep because she didn’t ARIES (March 21-April 19)
she can get. Stacy require radiation - Usually you know what to keep
secret and what can be told. This day,
shares a room with Annie’s Mailbox and chemo, people however, you might have a difficult
her and wakes her didn’t offer any sup- time keeping the cat ensconced in the
up frequently during the night port. I had the same problem bag if the story is a bit too juicy to
keep to yourself.
to tell her about the voices 23 years ago. TAURUS (April 20-May 20) -
she’s hearing and the symp- In my case, it was malig- Don’t permit yourself to get drawn
toms she’s having. She’s very nant melanoma, a potentially into situations that some high-rolling
friends could easily handle, but not
demanding and won’t leave deadly form of cancer. It for- you. Keep in mind your financial
Mom alone for five minutes. tunately was caught early, limitations, and abide by them.
I don’t know what to do. I and after two surgeries, the GEMINI (May 21-June 20) -
Talking about your goals might make
fear for my sister’s future. My doctors said I didn’t need for some interesting conversations and
mother says she will eventu- chemo or radiation. I was make you look like a high achiever,
ally live in a group home, but left with a 6-inch scar on but unless you actually do what you SNUFFY SMITH
anytime the subject is brought my thigh and some bewil- say, it’ll be nothing but chatter.
CANCER (June 21-July 22)
up, Stacy gets angry and says dered feelings. Because there - Asking others to do things for you
she’ll never go. She doesn’t was no further treatment, my that you can easily do for yourself will
recognize that she has an ill- family decided that I wasn’t only make you look like a user. Don’t
impose yourself on anybody unless
ness and is always going off sick and never had been. I you really need some help.
her medication. She’s been in received zero support, not LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) - Nothing
the hospital repeatedly. even from my husband. could be more foolish than to take a
gamble on something another wants
There are no other fam- I believe they found it to do that is completely out of your
ily members to take care of easier to deny my illness than control. If you want to take a chance,
Stacy, and even if someone to accept that I had cancer. make sure you’re calling the shots.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)
offered, she would refuse. Ignore it, it goes away. Yes, - Don’t solicit advice from just
Any advice? -- Blame the some of us want to keep it anybody, make sure to hit up someone
Disease, Not the Person private. But please, readers, you believe can help. Counsel from
the wrong person could complicate
Dear Blame: It is not do not trivialize what has your affairs and put you in a bigger HAGAR THE HORRIBLE
uncommon for those with happened to us. -- Scarred bind.
mental illness to prefer to be but Doing Fine LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) - Keep
unmedicated, and sometimes Annie’s Mailbox is written your mind on your work at all times,
even if you are performing a task that
this reluctance can be eased by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy is familiar and routine. Carelessness
with an adjustment in dos- Sugar, longtime editors of the could generate all kinds of unexpected
age or change in prescription. Ann Landers column. Please problems.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22)
Your mother should talk to e-mail your questions to - Make sure that the person who is
Stacy’s doctor. Also, please anniesmailbox@comcast.net, usually looking the other way or has
contact the National Alliance or write to: Annie’s Mailbox, left the table when the tab arrives
pays his/her fair share when out with
on Mental Illness (nami.org) c/o Creators Syndicate, 5777 friends. Don’t let him/her freeload
at 1-800-950-NAMI (1-800- W. Century Blvd., Ste. 700, this time.
950-6264). They can provide Los Angeles, CA 90045. Copyright 2010, United Feature Syndicate, Inc.

information, referrals and

support, and their Family-to-
Family program offers educa- BORN LOSER
tion and coping strategies for
those caring for a loved one
with mental illness.
Dear Annie: My husband
and I belong to different
churches. He’s been a mem-
ber of his for 50 years, and
I’ve been with mine for 30.
He was recently hospital-
ized, and someone from his
church came to visit, as did
my pastor. But when I spoke
to my pastor, she said she did
not think it was good church FRANK & ERNEST
ethics to pray for a non-mem-
ber, so she didn’t pray for
my husband during his illness.
Yet, when someone from his
church visited me when I
was hospitalized, they had no
problem praying for me.
I am a choir member and
the church secretary, and I
do whatever I can to help my
community. I was disappoint-
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November thru February
Mon.-Sat. 8 a.m.-6 p.m.

50 Piece
$999
Sunday 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
Closed: Thanksgiving,
Christmas, New Year’s

Chicken 1190 Westwood Drive, Van Wert, OH

419-238-1654

McNuggets
1001 Havemann Rd., Celina, OH
419-586-1085
502 Touring Drive, Auburn, IN
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260-925-3741