August 6, 2014

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DELPHOS
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High School golf schedules,

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St. Johns sets

registration
St. Johns High School
has set registration for the
2014-15 school year.
The schedule is as follows:
9-11 a.m. Tuesday 7th grade
1-3 p.m. Tuesday 8th grade
9-11 a.m. Aug. 13 frosh
1-3 p.m. Aug. 13 sophs
9-11 a.m. Aug. 14 juniors
1-3 p.m. Aug. 14 seniors
Parents should check
their e-mail for information
and registration forms. If
the email was not received,
contact the high school
office with an alternative
and/or new email address.
As a reminder, St. Johns
does not provide any type
of accident insurance for
students or athletes. To
purchase basic accident
insurance for a student, contact the Ministry Center.
Cheerleader
sign up Monday
www.delphosherald.com
Wednesday, August 6, 2014
Vol. 145 No. 37
Delphos, Ohio
Eco dev meeting shows need for point person

BY STEPHANIE GROVES
DHI Media Staff Writer
sgroves@delphosherald.com
DELPHOS Close to 40 city

officials, economic development representatives, business owners and
concerned citizens met at Delphos
Eagles Tuesday night to discuss prospects for the city.
The meeting included a panel
of seven individuals belonging to
county and city organizations that
have been involved in or are offering assistance with the economic
development of Delphos. The panel
included Delphos Safety Service
Director Shane Coleman, Van Wert
County Economic Development
Director Sarah Smith, Mayor Michael
Gallmeier, Bob Ulm, Community
Improvement Corporation President
Dave Roach, Van Wert County
Convention and Visitors Bureau
Director Larry Lee and Allen County
Coordinator of Strategic Workforce
Development Eric Davis.
Ulm took the helm and led the
meeting by stating, There is no name
for this group of local businesses
interested in the private sector but
rather we have a mission to find
Close to 40 city officials, economic development representatives, business owners and concerned citizens met at Delphos
Eagles Tuesday night to discuss economic development for the city. DHI Media Advertising Manager Peter Ricker, right,
explains the desire to get things moving to the panel, including from left, Safety Services Director Shane Coleman, Van
Wert County Economic Development Director Sarah Smith, Mayor Michael Gallmeier, Bob Ulm, Community Improvement
Corporation President Dave Roach, Van Wert County Convention and Visitors Bureau Director Larry Lee and Allen County
Coordinator of Strategic Workforce Development Eric Davis. (DHI Media/Stephanie Groves)
the common ground to get a plan Manager Cindy Metzger, who said that have years of experience we can
started.
she feels as if Delphos has the tap into, she explained.
Ulm then introduced First Federal momentum to move forward.
Banks Community Banking Center
Delphos is rich with individuals
See ECONOMIC, page 10
The Delphos Midget

Football cheerleader meeting/sign ups will be held
at 6 p.m. Monday at the
Stadium Park shelterhouse.
Sisters of football players will be taken first and
if any room is left on a
squad, extras will be taken.
For more information,
contact Jessica Merschman
at 567-242-4023.
City seeking grants

BY NANCY SPENCER
DHI Media Editor
nspencer@delphosherald.com
Sports
Jays announce
FB ticket sales
The St. Johns Athletic
Department has announced
that last years Reserved Seat
Season Ticket holders and
those purchasing General
Admission Season Tickets
for the 2014 season will be
sold during the following
times in the High School
Office: 8 a.m.-noon and
1-3:30 p.m. through Monday;
and 7-7:30 p.m. Aug. 13 for
anyone. Season tickets for
high/grade-schoolers will
also be sold at these times.
If you do not want your
2014 Reserve Season Ticket,
please call the school office
(419) 692-5371, ext. 1146.
New requests for reserved
seat tickets may be made by
calling during office hours.
The policy of the MAC is
for students to buy a season
ticket or buy individual game
tickets on pre-sale for $4; ALL
tickets at the gate will be $6.
Prices include five home
games starting 7:30 p.m. Aug.
29 vs. Elida: Reserved Seat $35; General Admission - $28;
High/Grade School - $18.
Delphos City Schools parent Chris Shaw investigates a Google Chromebook
The following tickets
on display at the districts town hall meeting Tuesday. (DHI Media/Nancy
will also be sold: Varsity/
Spencer)
JV Volleyball Pass (10
Home Games): Adult $45,
Student $35. At the gate:
Adult $6 Student $4.
Junior High VB Pass (9
Home Games): Adult $25,
Student $15. At the gate:
Adult $3 Student $2.
BY NANCY SPENCER
broadband to handle the increased usage now
DHI Media Editor
and in the future.
Forecast
After a brief overview of the grant and the
Partly cloudy
impact on the district, teachers and students,
today with a 20
DELPHOS A dozen parents along with the floor was opened for questions. The bigpercent chance
Delphos City Schools administrators and gest concern from the parents was making
of showers
teachers gathered for a town hall meeting on sure their students knew the importance of the
and thunderthe schools $511,000 Ohio Straight A Fund taking care of the Chromebooks.
storms. Partly
grant.
Technology Director Josh McElroy said all
cloudy tonight. Highs
The main goal of applying for this grant students would be instructed on the care and
in the upper 70s. Lows
was to provide our students with the technol- use of the one-to-one technology.
ogy they need, Superintendent Kevin Wolfe.
We will have meetings for each grade
We needed to prove uniqueness and sustain- level and they will be told what they can and
Index
ability and we met that criteria.
cant do with them and what they should do
Special
Educational
Officer
Missy
with them, he said. They will also come
Obituaries
2
State/Local
3 McClurg applied for the grant, which was with a hard and soft protective case. These
The Next Generation
4 accepted in the second round. Her second laptops are not delicate but they wont take a
Community
5 effort was named Lets BRAG (Bring Robust lot of abuse, either.
Another concern was data mining and how
Sports
6 Achievement Gains) about our schools!
Business
7 McClurg said the Chromebooks seemed like safe the students information was using a
Classifieds
8 the best option because of their cost, ease Chromebook.
Student emails are not associated with a
Comics and Puzzles
9 of updating and the school is already using
Google
technologies.
student
identification number, so all anyone
World News
10
Through the grant, the district will receive would have is their email address, McElroy
620 touchscreen Chromebooks for all pupils said.
in grades 6-12, 12 Google Nexus tablets with
See PARENTS, page 10
optional keyboards and styluses and more
Parents get a peek at Chromebooks,

schools Straight A Fund grant
DELPHOS
The
City of Delphos is seeking two grants, one from
the Bureau of Workmans
Comp. to cover 75 percent
of the cost for two new EMS
cots; and a second from the
Ohio Department of Natural
Resources to install a stone
walking path at the top of
the reservoir.
The current EMS cots are
more than 20 years old and
need updated, according to
Fire and Rescue Chief Kevin
Streets, who said the city is
eligible for $40,000 toward
the cost in a 3-1 grant.
Safety Service Director
Shane Coleman said the
ODNR Natureworks Grant
also requires a 25-percent
match from the city and there
is currently $20,000 available
in Van Wert County.
I think we talked about
the reservoir being used for
recreation and we have had
some requests to enhance the
top of the reservoir for walking, Coleman said.
He added that the grant
deadline had been extended
from February to the end of
September.
Council OKd administra-
tion to seek the grant.

Coleman also had news
on a new proposal from
American Electric Power for
a city-wide aggregation when
the current contract with First
Energy expires in March
2015.
We received a proposal
for a fixed rate of 0.07175
per kwh from AEP with no
opt-out fee, he said. We
currently have variable rates
and a $75 opt-out fee from
First Energy. AEP will handle all the transfer costs and
offer budget billing. I know
First Energy does not offer
that. We can lock in the rate
on Tuesday for March, he
added.
Council advised Coleman
to accept the offer from AEP
as there was a 24-hour deadline.
See CITY, page 10
Tennis camp set Aug. 12-14

BY NANCY SPENCER
DHI Media Editor
DELPHOS The Delphos Herald will sponsor a Tennis
Clinic from 10 a.m. to noon Aug. 12, 13 and 14 at Delphos
Stadium Park tennis courts. This clinic is open to all area
youth, ages 5 and up.
Tennis Director and Head Pro Jeff Brown from Westwood
Tennis Center in Lima is in charge of training at the clinic.
In addition, other instructors will demonstrate and teach the
basics of tennis to participants.
The Delphos Herald Tennis Clinic is a great opportunity
for the children of Delphos to learn the basics of a sport that
they may have never considered before, St. Johns High
School Principal Adam Lee said. And as result of the clinic,
life-long tennis fans may emerge, while also sparking interest
in a new activity for our area youth.
The goal of the clinic is to teach basic fundamentals of
the sport. An exhibition match will be held on Aug. 14 to not
only showcase the talents of the tennis pros and instructors,
but it will demonstrate the fast-moving and competitive sport.
Tennis is a great individual accomplishment to master and is
enjoyed by men and women of all ages.
It is important that kids stay active and it is becoming more
difficult to do with the technology tools in their hands. Playing
tennis is a cheap method of competitive activity, Jefferson
High School Principal John H. Edinger said.
Participation is free but those interested must register by
Friday. Bring a racquet if possible and there will be a limited
number of loaner racquets available. Tennis balls and other
training aids will be supplied by Westwood Tennis and Brown.
Adult volunteers are welcome to assist.
For more information, contact Tom Odenweller at delphostennis@yahoo.com; PO Box 220, Delphos OH 45833; or
call 419 695-6060 (daytime) or 419-968-2567 (evenings).
See the registration form on page 4.
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For The Record
FUNERALS
REINDEL, Bernard J., 84, of Delphos, Mass of

Christian Burial will be held at 10 a.m. today at St. John
the Evangelist Catholic Church, Father David Reinhart
officiating. Burial will be at Resurrection Cemetery.
Memorial contribution may be made to the American
Cancer Society. To leave condolences online, go to
www.harterandschier.com.
EDWARDS, L. Keith, 76, of Grover Hill, funeral
services will begin at 11 a.m. today at Harter and Schier
Memorial Chapel with the Rev. Jody Harr officiating.
Burial will be at Walnut Grove Cemetery. Visitation will
be one hour prior to the service. In lieu of all flowers,
Keith had requested all donations to be made to St. Jude
Childrens Hospital. To leave condolences, please go to
www.harterandschier.com.
FROM THE ARCHIVES

One Year Ago
The 2013 Relay for Life exceeded expectations
with a preliminary total $96,902 raised. The goal was
$88,000. Expenses are $3,500. The effort was made by
250 participants with 24 teams represented in June at
the Community Track. The Kruisin for Miracle Team
was the top fundraiser with a total of $20,137. The top
fundraising team member was Paul Richardson of Team
SiF with $10,425.
25 Years Ago 1989
Bruce Van Metre of Delphos has been named manager of the Delphos Recreation Center. He will start
his 13th season in the bowling center business with two
years in Van Wert and 10 at Delphos Recreation Center.
Van Metre, a graduate of Lincolnview High School, is
married to the former Lisa Schimmoller of Delphos.
Black Swamp Rifle/Pistol Club Wednesday pistol
league top shooters were Dana Martin of Delphos, first,
and Paul Wilson and Fred Moreo of Delphos tied for
second. The Thursday rimfire rifle match top shooters
were Bob Martin of Delphos, first, Bob Maloney of
Delphos, second, and Art Haehn of Delphos, third.
Dave Luersman showed the loop system put in by
Luersman Backhoe and Trenching, Delphos, for geothermal heating and cooling at the Farm Focus in Van
Wert County. According to owner John Luersman, the
firm still does drainage, trenching and irrigation service, but the majority of their work now deals with
geothermal heating and cooling with the use of a water
furnace.
The Delphos
Herald
OBITUARIES
Edward F. Doc Laman
DELPHOS Edward F.
Doc Laman, 91, of Delphos
died at 8:45 a.m. Sunday at
Vancrest Healthcare Center.
He was born June 1, 1923,
in Allen County to Virgil
C. and Pauline (Plikard)
Laman, who preceded him
in death.
He married Pauline
Armstrong on Sept. 15, T. Joanne (Ulm)
1945. She preceded him in
(Wilson) Galloway
death on June 29, 1984.
He then married Sarah Anne (McAdow) Good Laman
on Oct. 19, 1985. She survives in Delphos.
Aug. 26, 1931-Aug. 1, 2014
Other survivors include a son, Dave Laman of Delphos;
VAN WERT T. Joanne
a stepson, Gary (Debra) Good of Defiance; a daughter, (Ulm) (Wilson) Galloway,
Claudia (Philip) McGriff of Piqua; two stepdaughters, 82, of Van Wert passed away
Carolyn (Jim) Bode of Springfield and Connie (Brian) peacefully Friday at Van
Frobase of Elida; two grandchildren, Tara Beckler of Tipp Wert Area Inpatient Hospice
City and Chad E. (Tiffaney) Laman of Westerville; one Center.
great-grandchild, Laci Beckler; seven stepgrandchildren;
She was born Aug. 26,
and 13 step-great-grandchildren.
Save
up toin$1.81
1931,
Delphos to Raymond
He was also preceded in death by a brother, Thomas C. and Halla (Cherry) Ulm, who
Laman.
preceded her in death.
Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at Harter
On July 14, 1967, she marand Schier Memorial Chapel, the Rev. Paul Scannell offi- ried Dr. Thomas R. Wilson,
ciating, with one hour visitation prior to the service. Burialselected
who preceded
varieties her in death.
will be at Walnut Grove Cemetery.
Joanne and Bob Galloway
Visitation will be from 4-8 p.m. today at Harter and met and then married on May
Schier Funeral Home with a Mason service at 8 p.m.
14, 2000. He survives in Van
Memorial contributions may be given to St. Paul United Wert.
Methodist Church in Elida, State of the Heart Hospice or
Joanne is also survived
Equestrian Therapy.
by her children, Linda
To leave condolences online, visit www.harterand- (James D.) Moran, Douglas
schier.com.
(Debra) Borden, Jane (Randy)
Lintermoot and Kathie (Stan)
Hitchcock; 24 oz.
stepchildren
Clyde Edward Smith Moletus F. Osting
Ken (Shirley) Galloway and
(Sandy) Galloway; and
In the Deli
SaveLarry
up to $3.00
lb. Brad (Junko)
grandchildren,
DELPHOS Clyde June 13, 1942-Aug. 5, 2014Kretschmar
Edward Smith, 67, of Delphos,
DELPHOS Moletus Borden, Jill (Mike) Carlson,
BrandLintermoot, Kasey
Jeff (Amy)
passed away Monday morning F. Osting, 96, of DelphosVirginia
Lintermoot,
Adam Johnson
while vacationing in Cancun, died Tuesday at VanCrest
and Andrew Johnson. She is
Mexico.
Healthcare Center.
Arrangements are incomFuneral arrangements are also survived by eight greatplete with Harter and Schier incomplete at Harter and grandchildren.
Brothers Raymond and
Funeral Home.
Schier Funeral Home.
Martin Ulm and sister Regina
Schimmoeller also precede
Joanne in death.
Joanne and Bob enjoyed
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lb. Her hobfriends and family.
bies included golfing with
her friends, playing solitaire,
Save reading
up to $2.00and
lb. working on crossword puzzles. She loved to
cook and bake for her family and friends who enjoyed
wonderful times sharing her
dishes together. Joanne also
loved her kitty Yoda curled up
in her lap.
Joanne was a member of
Twigs IV, where she volunteered at Van Wert County
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She worked
County Hospital in admissions and also in the radiology
department. She later sold real
estate in the Van Wert and
Celina areas
Services will be held at
10 a.m. today, the Reverend
Charles Obinwa presiding,
assisted by Reverend Paul
Miller at St. Marys Catholic
Church, 601 Jennings Road in
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Spencerville police warns residents of scams Elida resident wins

Emmy for documentary
BY STEPHANIE GROVES
DHI Media Staff Writer
sgroves@delphosherald.com
SPENCERVILLE Spencerville
Police Chief Darin Cook reported the
department handled two separate email
and/or phone scams in July during the
Village Council meeting Monday night.
Cook said the first scam was a
man asking for money for Publishers
Clearinghouse over the phone. He said
the money would be used to pay fees
associated with the winnings and then
the check would be mailed to the winner.
The second scam was a little more
intricate, Cook detailed. First it was
an email that turned into a phone call
claiming the resident would get a check
for $300 if she gave them information including her Social Security
number, birth date and bank account
information for a Walmart production
program.
Cook said the resident sensed a scam
immediately following the requests for
$2,390. She called the police department about the scam and when the
$300 check arrived, officers called the
bank it was drawn on and found it was
counterfeit. Cook added that the $2,390
was to be sent to an address in Apple
Creek, Ohio.
Cook said the scams are popping up
more and more and if anyone experiences these types of scams, they should
call the police department and/or the
Better Business Bureau.
Members of council suspended
the rules and passed on first reading
the ordinance to increase appropriations within the enterprise improvement
fund for the current year. Members also
approved paying the villages bills in the
sum of $10,874.
Mayor P.J.Johnson told council members that the current president of the
Community Improvement Corporation
INFORMATION
SUBMITTED
COLUMBUS Ohio
Attorney General Mike
DeWine released Tuesday a
status update on the progress
of DNA testing being conducted as part of the Ohio
Attorney Generals Sexual
Assault Kit (SAK) Testing
Initiative.
Status of Initiative as of
Aug. 1:
A total of 141 law
enforcement agencies in
Ohio have submitted 8,381
rape kits for testing by the
Attorney Generals Bureau
of Criminal Investigation
(BCI) as part of the SAK
Testing Initiative.
Forensic scientists at
BCI have completed testing
on a total of 4,413 rape kits
submitted as part of the SAK
Testing Initiative.
The DNA testing has
led to 1,608 hits in the
Combined DNA Index
System (CODIS), and all
investigative lead information associated with the hits
has been returned to the
investigating agencies.
Approximately one third
of all of the kits that have
been tested resulted in a hit
to the DNA database, and we
are returning investigative
lead information to local law
enforcement so that these
perpetrators can be brought
to justice, said Attorney
General DeWine.
In Cuyahoga County
alone, 170 defendants have
been indicted in connection with the SAK Testing
Initiative.
Background on the SAK
Initiative:
After taking office in
January 2011, Attorney
General DeWine learned that
many law enforcement agencies across the state were
in possession of thousands
of rape kits that had never
been submitted for DNA
testing, some of which were
associated with crimes that
occurred decades ago.
While law enforcement
agencies are not required by
law to submit those kits to
a lab for testing, Attorney
General DeWine developed
the SAK Testing Initiative
in an effort to test as many
of the previously untested
kits as possible. Attorney
General DeWine urged
law enforcement agencies
throughout Ohio to send all
of their previously untested
kits to the BCI crime lab for
DNA testing free of charge.
See UPDATE, page 10
ground service charge of $203. The new

service has been connected to the new
building and once all components are
put into place, the existing aerial feed to
the existing high-service pump building
will be removed and fed from the new
building, eliminating a pole and overhead power lines.
Electricians at the WTP continue
to install conduits, wire and controls.
Industrial Fluid Management (IFM) and
Findlay Machine and Tool (FMT) continue to install air lines, controls, panels,
etc. The HVAC contractor has most of
the plumbing and other HVAC work
completed.
Johnson said after a meeting on-site,
plant start-up is planned for Sept. 12.
From the end of August until then, the
plant will be operational and Kirk Bros.
should wrap the entire project up by the
first of October.
Once bids are received and opened,
Kohli & Kaliher will review all bids and
make a recommendation on which contractor should be awarded the project,
Johnson said.
Johnson reported that village crews
began a storm sewer replacement project
on South Canal Street between George
and Wein streets where there are currently two 6-inch storm sewer tiles running parallel along this stretch and one
of them is carrying some sort of wastewater.
The plan is to replace the twin
6-inch tiles with a single 8-inch tile
and locate the illegal tap and notify
the appropriate property owner of the
illegal connection and mandate that it is
corrected in a timely manner, Johnson
said. As time progresses, we will continue the project to First Street, at which
point the tile heads west and discharges
into the open ditch.
The next council meeting will be held
at 7 p.m. at the Municipal Building on
Aug. 18.
Utilities Committee hacks through

old utilities bill adjustment policy
BY NANCY SPENCER
DHI Media Editor
issue had been addressed.

One adjustment per each
eight-quarter period can be
granted if the bill is 150 percent of the average of the
last eight quarters and can be
adjusted to the highest average usage.
Shane Coleman also noted
that under the current policy
there isnt anything prohibiting repeat adjustments for the
same resident every two years.
We have another request
we just received for an
adjustment on a bill for more
than $11,000. They havent
had an adjustment in the last
eight quarters so by the current policy, we could give
the adjustment, Coleman
said. We need some guidance from council on how to
handle this situation. I think
it leaves us open for abuse
of the policy as it stands. I
would like to see council set a
limit on what the administration can adjust without seeking approval from council.
Id like that number to be
pretty low - about $500.
Councilman
Mark
Clement asked if there was
a reason such a large bill was
allowed to accumulate and
Coleman responded there had
been a water line break dur-
DELPHOS A request
for an adjustment to a city
utilities bill prompted a committee meeting held Monday
evening prior to the regular
council session.
Utilities Committee head
Joe Martz led the discussion
that focused on the citys
current policy instated in
2002 for residents seeking
an adjustment to their water,
sewer or both accounts for
usage that exceeds the norm.
The local landlord of a
property on King Street discovered usage of more than
$17,000 in a billing after a
water line break. The landlord
told the administration the
tenant had not notified him of
a problem and a neighbor had
discovered water accumulating in a shared yard.
The landlord had a bill
adjusted within the eightquarter time frame allowed in
the current policy, precluding
him from receiving another
adjustment.
The current policy states
that an adjustment can be
given if a resident fills out a
form noting why the water
usage was so high and the
ing the winter months.

Martz had asked Auditor
Tom Jettinghoff to provide
the committee with the
adjustments granted in 2013
and so far in 2014. Jettinghoff
reported more than 200
adjustments in 2013.
We only have a little more
than 2,000 customers so we are
adjusting between 7-8 percent
of our bills, he said. It makes
me uncomfortable to see the
same ones coming back and
getting adjustments.
Councilman Josh Gillespie
asked if residents are required
to notify the city prior to
events like reseeding a yard
or filling a swimming pool or
if they just come in and fill
out paperwork after the fact.
We have both happening, Mayor Michael
Gallmeier said.
I think it should be a policy that they have to notify the
city prior to doing something
like that so we can make sure
that is what is happening,
Gillespie said.
See UTILITIES, page 10
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COLUMBUS A documentary about the former school in
Gomer was honored this past weekend in Columbus with an
Emmy Award.
Echoes of Gomer
School is a film about
the school, which opened
in 1914 in northern Allen
County in the village
of Gomer. The school
served the community
until 1969 when the high
school was consolidated with Elida and then
eventually reduced to
just a kindergarten and
then closed in 2012.
These small town
schools just arent
around anymore, and
when the State School
Board consolidated them
John Ondo
into larger schools, it took
the heart right out of small
towns like Gomer. I wanted that story to be told, said producer of the documentary John Ondo of Columbus.
Ondo, a graduate of Elida, produced, shot and edited the
documentary that was used as a fundraising project for the
Gomer Alumni and it was also broadcast on WTLW TV. On
Saturday, Ondo and his production company, Ondo Media,
were honored with an Emmy Award given by the National
Academy of Television Science, Ohio Valley Chapter, in the
category of photography for this film.
I have been shooting video and film for over 30 years, but
the Gomer project was something special, I just felt it the first
day I started shooting the exteriors, Ondo said.
Ondo was nominated for an Emmy on projects three other
times while working at TV44 in Lima; however, this year was
his first win. Its an incredible honor and it is special when
there are ties back to your home town.
Ondo Media produced the 2011 documentary Reflections
of Elida and is currently filming a documentary on the history of Botkins School called The Trojan Journey due to be
released in May of 2015.
Ondo Media specializes in documentary production and
media consulting. Based in Columbus, they work with emerging
businesses to develop a successful media strategy. John Ondo is
also the author of the book How to Avoid a Media Meltdown.
For more information, visit ondomedia.com, elidamemories.com or facebook.com/gomermemories.
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Municipal Building, Police Department,
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for the village and determines the best
options.
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around .0585/kwh, which is up 16 percent, Johnson said. After this threeyear period, we will more than likely see
an even higher rate increase unless there
is a significant change in the electric
market.
The new rates will expire in February
2018, at which point the village will
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suppliers to get the best rate package for
all village accounts.
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to 35 percent over the next three years,
if the village does not lock into a lower
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Patrol reminds drivers

to watch for stopped
school buses
Vantage announces orientation

meetings, schedule pickup dates
Medical Office Management.

Both meetings will be held in the
Commons Area at Vantage. The evening
will include a brief general session as
well as an opportunity
for students and their
parents to re-acquaint
themselves with the
Vantage facilities, talk
to the teachers, complete electronic forms,
and get measured for
uniforms. Class schedules and student
handbooks will be available for pickup and students will be able to pay
their program fees. All students new to
Vantage and their parents should attend
this meeting.
Students who attended Vantage last
year can pick up their schedule and
pay program fees from 8 a.m. to 3
VAN WERT To prepare for the

upcoming school year, Vantage will hold
two orientation meetings to welcome
COLUMBUS With the
new students and their parents to the
new academic year approachschool.
ing for Ohio students, the
The first orientation meeting will
Ohio State Highway Patrol is
be held at 7 p.m. on Monday. This is
reminding drivers to be alert
designed for students who are enrolled
for stopped school buses that
in Ag & Industrial Power Tech, Auto
will soon be on the road
Body, Auto Technology, Building &
again every weekday. Extra
Grounds Maintenance, Carpentry,
patience and attention will
Electricity, Industrial Mechanics,
help make a safer school
Precision Machining, and Welding.
year for children statewide.
The second orientation meeting is set
Motorists should remem-
for 7 p.m. Tuesday and is for students
ber to stop at least 10 feet
in the following programs: Network
back when approaching a

Systems, Cosmetology, Culinary Arts,
school bus from either side while it displays flashing
Interactive Media, Early Childhood

lights and an extended arm, and to not resume driving
Education, Health Technology, and

until
the
school
bus
begins
moving.
From
2011-13,
4,055 drivers were convicted of failing to stop for a
school bus that was loading or dropping off passengers.

All Ohioans play a part in making it safe for stu
dents to load and unload school buses, said Colonel
Paul A. Pride, Patrol superintendent. Motorists must
INFORMATION
Rostorfer was named to
be cautious when driving near school buses, and parents
SUBMITTED
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medical colleges deans
should
teach
their
children
to
stop
and
look
both
ways
list every grading semesbefore crossing the street. The Patrol will do our part by
Courtnie
R o s t o r f e r ter over the last four years
watching for motorists driving recklessly.
recently graduated magna while attending Kettering

The Patrol reminds motorists to plan ahead and
cum laude from Kettering College.
She
recentallow extra time for these school bus stops. Motorists
College with a bachelor of ly completed a required

are urged to exercise patience and never pass a stopped
science degree in diagnostic 90-day externship at Lima

school bus.
medical sonography.
Memorial Hospital and has
p.m. Monday and Tuesday. Please return

a completed emergency medical form
when picking up schedules and paying
fees.
Returning students
who are unable to pick
up their schedule on
the above dates should
call Vantage Student
Services at 1-800-6863944, ext. 2126, to
make arrangements to
pick up your schedule before school
starts.
The first day of school for new students is Aug. 19. The first day of school
for returning students is Aug. 20. The
school day runs until 2:40 p.m.
For additional information, call
Vantage Student Services at the number
above for more information.
Rostorfer graduates magna cum laude
Delphos American Legion Post 268

415 North State St., Delphos, Ohio
Veterans Appreciation Festival

Saturday, August 16, 2014
The Delphos American Legion invites you

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appreciation of our veterans.
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Coronation committee announces changes

VAN WERT The Van Wert County Junior
Fair Board is pleased to announce this years
King and Queen Coronation.
With the 2014 Van Wert County Fair just
around the corner, the Junior Fair Coronation
Committee would like to announce the changes
involving this years coronation ceremony. The
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them in her field of ultrasound technician.
Rostorfer is a 2010
Jefferson High School
graduate and is the daughter of Dan and Margie
Rostorfer of Delphos.
ceremony will be held at 6 p.m. Aug. 24 underneath the Entertainment Tent at the fairgrounds.
Also new this year, there will be a crowning
of a Species Prince or Princess. This will follow the coronation of the Junior Fair King and
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If there are any questions concerning these
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Use a checklist: Stay organized and on budget with a
checklist. Some retailers offer online and in-store lists breaking
down the essential gear needed for on and off-campus living.
Know your school rules: To avoid any unwelcome surprises on move-in day, learn your school-specific rules before
shopping. From microwaves to coffeemakers, know what you
can and cant bring to your school.
Create a college registry: A registry makes a great resource
for family and friends choosing graduation or college gifts.
Students can also use their registry to share what theyre bringing to school with roommates.
Meet the roomie: Once students receive their housing
assignment, they should connect with their future roommate to
finalize room decisions and avoid duplication.
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transporting your items to college easier. For example, Bath &
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Bedding: The bed is pretty much the center of dorm room
life, so make it comfortable and stylish. School-provided mattresses are often thin, so consider adding a memory foam topper
or fiber bed for extra support. Remember that most dorms require
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with storage and organizational items under the bed, over the
door and in the closet. For example, Real Simple Slimline
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of space. Look for multi-functional items, such as bed risers
that have an AC outlet and USB charger.
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extra warmth, or add accents like a cool side table and colorful throw pillows. Decorate the walls with dry erase message
boards, artwork and photo displays.
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for back to school
(StatePoint) Back to school

shopping can seem tedious
and boring for some students.
But you can help your young
ones get motivated for a new
school year by getting them
more involved in the experience.
After an extended vacation, going back to school and
getting back into the daily
grind can seem stifling, but
personalizing and accessorizing school supplies, lockers
and work spaces can be a
simple antidote.
With that in mind, here are
a few tips and DIY ideas to get
kids pumped about the new
school year:
Notebooks
Why settle for the same
plain notebooks everyone else
has? Liven up math, history
and English by decorating a
notebook for each subject with
its own unique design and
color concept. Doing so isnt
just fun, it can help students
find their stuff quickly during
the rush between classes.
One easy way to decorate
notebooks and reinforce them
at the same time against wear
and tear is with duct tape.
Lay down a solid color duct
tape along the cover of your
notebook in rows, then use a
crafting knife to cut along the
sides, making the edges sharp
and clean. After that, lay a few
horizontal, diagonal or vertical stripes of patterned duct
tape down over the base in fun
patterns to make it your own.
Dont forget to label each notebook with your name and subject!
Workspaces
A students work space
should be a place that inspires
him or her to do great work
and be creative. But that can
seem impossible when the
space is colorless and uninspiring. To get your kids excited about homework, let them
play a role in choosing where
they do it and then allow them
to decorate that area.
A place for friendly
reminders and to-do lists
above the desk can be a helpful study aid that keeps kids
on task. However, rather than
hanging a conventional chalkboard, create a portable version with 3Ms new Scotch
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Tape, which acts just like a
regular chalkboard or dry
erase surface, but is applied
like tape and removes cleanly
and easily from surfaces.
Be Creative
You provide the binders, notebooks, pencils and
the crafting supplies and let
kids provide the imagination.
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CALENDAR OF
EVENTS
TODAY
9 a.m. - noon Putnam
County Museum is open, 202
E. Main St., Kalida.
10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The
Delphos Museum of Postal
History, 339 N. Main St., is
open.
11:30 a.m. Mealsite
at Delphos Senior Citizen
Center, 301 Suthoff St.
Noon Rotary Club
meets at The Grind.
6 p.m. Shepherds of
Christ Associates meet in the
St. Johns Chapel.
6:30 p.m. Delphos
Kiwanis Club meets at the
Eagles Lodge, 1600 E. Fifth
St.
7 p.m. Bingo at St.
Johns Little Theatre.
Delphos Civil Service
Commission meets at
Municipal Building.
7:30 p.m. Hope Lodge
214 Free and Accepted
Masons, Masonic Temple,
North Main Street.
9 p.m. Fort Jennings
Lions Club meets at the
Outpost Restaurant.
THURSDAY
9-11 a.m. The Delphos
Canal Commission Museum,
241 N. Main St., is open.
open.
11:30 a.m. Mealsite
3-7 p.m. The Interfaith
Thrift Store is open for shopping.
6:30 p.m. Delphos
Ladies Club, Trinity United
Methodist Church.
7 p.m. Delphos
Emergency Medical Service
meeting, EMS building,
Second Street.
7:30 p.m. Delphos
Chapter 23, Order of Eastern
Star, meets at the Masonic
Temple, North Main Street.
FRIDAY
7:30 a.m. Delphos
Optimist Club, A&W DriveIn, 924 E. Fifth St.
open.
11:30 a.m. Mealsite
1-4 p.m. Interfaith Thrift
Store is open for shopping.
SATURDAY
8:30-11:30 a.m. St.
Johns High School recycle,
enter on East First Street.
9 a.m. - noon Interfaith
Thrift Store is open for shopping.
St. Vincent dePaul Society,
located at the east edge of the
St. Johns High School parking lot, is open.
Cloverdale recycle at village park.
10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Delphos Postal Museum is
open.
12:15 p.m. Testing of
warning sirens by Delphos
Fire and Rescue.
1-3 p.m. Delphos Canal
Commission Museum, 241 N.
Main St., is open.
7 p.m. Bingo at St.
Johns Little Theatre.
SUNDAY
1-3 p.m. The Delphos
Canal Commission Museum,
241 N. Main St., is open.
1-4 p.m. Putnam County
Museum is open, 202 E. Main
St. Kalida.
We are having all kinds of garden goodies

lately. It makes meal planning so much easier.
Our first batch of sweet corn is ready. Weve
also been enjoying tomatoes, green beans,
buttered red beets, zucchini, cucumbers and
hot peppers. The peas are now over for the
season.
The boys pulled all the onions from the
garden and we tied them in bunches to hang
under the porch to dry. Before it gets too cold
we will move them to the basement. I hardly
ever have to buy onions from year to year
if I plant enough to store for the winter. We
also like to plant enough potatoes but this
year they didnt do so well. Im surprised if
we will have enough for storage. There is a
potato field close by, where we can go pick up
potatoes after the picker goes through. They
miss a lot and its easy to get plenty from the
ground.
This Thursday we plan to travel to Berne,
Indiana, to attend niece Marlene and Chris
Troyers wedding. Daughter Elizabeth has
almost completed sewing her periwinklecolored dress for this occasion. Elizabeth and
her friend Timothy will be table waiters and
Ill help cook. More on that next week.
Congratulations go to niece Elizabeth and
Sam as they announced their wedding plans
for September. This would be sister Lizs oldest daughter and the first wedding to prepare
for. Liz has a wedding wagon she rents out to
people so she should be well prepared with all
the tables, stoves and dishes that she will need
for the wedding.
For my own wedding, my mother had to
borrow stoves, pots and pans, and some dishes as wedding wagons were unheard of then.
It was a lot of work to gather these things and
then make sure everything was delivered back
to its owner.
We are enjoying making banana poppers
on the grill lately since our banana peppers
are big enough to stuff with cream cheese and
shredded Colby cheese. We then wrap bacon
around the peppers and grill them. We make
a few with jalapeos for Joe and me but the
children prefer the banana peppers as they
arent quite as hot. It seems like the banana
peppers cant grow fast enough to keep up
with making the poppers.
Son Kevin, 8, loves to husk the corn for
me when we have sweet corn. I thought it
was funny when he asked where he should put
the wrappers when he takes them off. He was
talking about the husk.
Son Joseph, 12, had four of his school buddies here for the night on his birthday, July
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I think they told each other so many scary
stories that they were a little scared to go to
sleep. They came in and told me they saw
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Joseph wanted cupcakes instead of cake
for his birthday. Daughter Verena, 16, baked
chocolate and white cupcakes for him. She
topped them with vanilla pudding frosting.
I want to thank all of you readers that have
taken time to encourage me to keep writing.
Life brings us disappointments in various
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Golf Schedules
ST. JOHNS
BOYS GOLF
Date Opponent Site Time
Aug. 6 Lincolnview Home 10 a.m.
Aug. 11 Tee-Off Classic DCC 8:30 a.m.
Aug. 12 St. Henry* Home 10 a.m.
Aug. 13 Wildcat Invitational Kalida 9 a.m.
Aug. 14 NBremen/NKnoxville* NB 10 a.m.
Aug. 15 Celina Invitational Foxs Den 8:30 a.m.
Aug. 19 Minster* Home 10 a.m.
Aug. 20 Parkway* Away 4:30 p.m.
Aug. 23 Springbrook Invite Away 8:30 a.m.
Aug. 27 Versailles* Away 4:30 p.m.
Aug. 28 Fort Recovery* Home 4:30 p.m.
Sep. 8 Coldwater* Away 4:30 p.m.
Sep. 11 Marion Local* Away 4 p.m.
Sep. 13 Delphos CC Invite Home 8:30 a.m.
Sep. 15 Ottoville/LCC/Lib.-Ben.(OV host) Home 5 p.m.
* - Midwest Athletic Conference match
JEFFERSON
BOYS GOLF
Aug. 6 Fort Jennings Away 8 a.m.
Aug. 7 Ottoville Away 8 a.m.
Aug. 12 Colonial Tournament(Allen East host) Away 9 a.m.
Aug. 14 Paulding Invitational Auglaize 9 a.m.
Aug. 18 Home Quad* Home 4 p.m.
Aug. 20 Columbus Grove/Bluffton* Bluff. 4 p.m.
Aug. 25 Allen East Tri* Away 4 p.m.
Aug. 27 Tri Match with CV* Home 4 p.m.
Sep. 3 Columbus Grove Quad* Away 4 p.m.
Sep. 4 Paulding Tri* Away 4 p.m.
Sep. 8 Spencerville Quad* Away 4:30 p.m.
Sep. 9 Lincolnview/Crestview*(CV host) Away 4 p.m.
Sep. 13 Delphos Invitational Home 8:30 p.m.
Sep. 15 Tri-match with Bluffton* Home 4 p.m.
Sep. 18 NWC Colonial 9 a.m.
* - Northwest Conference match
OTTOVILLE
BOYS GOLF
Aug. 6 Bluffton Home 10 a.m.
Aug. 7 Jefferson Home 8 a.m.
Aug. 8 Fort Jennings/Col. Grove* Home 8 a.m.
Aug. 13 Kalida Wildcat Inv. Away 9 a.m.
Aug. 14 Auglaize Tournament/Paulding Away 9 a.m.
Aug. 15 Fort Jennings/Mill. City/Leipsic* Pike 9 a.m.
Aug. 18 Wayne Trace Away 4:30 p.m.
Aug. 20 Fort Recovery Away 4:30 p.m.
Aug. 23 Allen East Away 8:30 a.m.
Aug. 25 Leipsic* Away 4 p.m.
Aug. 27 Bath Home 4 p.m.
Sep. 4 Ayersville Away 4:30 p.m.
Sep. 6 Stryker Invite Away 8 a.m.
Sep. 12 Fort Jennings/Kalida Home 4 p.m.
Sep. 13 Delphos Invite DCC 8:30 a.m.
Sep. 15 Lima CC Away 4 p.m.
Sep. 17 Fort Jennings/Col. Grove/MC FJ 4:30 p.m.
Sep. 22 PCL TBA noon
All home matches at Delphos Country Club
* - Putnam County League match
FORT JENNINGS
BOYS GOLF
Aug. 6 Jefferson Home 8 a.m.
Aug. 8 Ottoville(host)/Col. Grove* Away 8 a.m.
Aug. 13 Kalida Invitational Away 9 a.m.
Aug. 15 Ottoville/Leip./MC* Pike Run 9 a.m.
Aug. 18 Miller City* Home 4 p.m.
Aug. 21 Wayne Trace Invitational Pleasant Valley 4:30 p.m.
Aug. 25 Ayersville Home 4:30 p.m.
Sep. 3 Leipsic/Miller City* Home 4:30 p.m.
Sep. 8 Lima Temple Christian Home 4 p.m.
Sep. 10 Arlington Home 4:30 p.m.
Sep. 12 Ottoville(host)/Kalida* DCC 4 p.m.
Sep. 13 Delphos Invitational DCC 8:30 a.m.
Sep. 17 Ottoville/Col. Grove/MC* Home 4:30 p.m.
Sep. 22 PCL(FJ host) Home noon
Sep. 23 Crestview Away 4 p.m.
Sep. 25 Sectional Auglaize CC 9 a.m.
All home matches at Delphos Country Club
LINCOLNVIEW
BOYS GOLF
Aug. 6 St. Johns Away 10 a.m.
Aug. 11 Lancer Invitational Home 9 a.m.
Aug. 15 Spencerville/Col. Grove/Pauld.* Away 9 a.m.
Aug. 18 Jefferson/Spencerville/AE* DCC 10 a.m.
Aug. 19 Crestview/AE* Home 10 a.m.
Aug. 20 Fort Recovery Away 4:30 p.m.
Aug. 21 Wayne Trace Invitational Away 4:30 p.m.
Aug. 23 Springbrook Invitational Away 8:30 a.m.
Aug. 25 Pauld./Bluff.* Away 4 p.m.
SPORTS
Aug. 28 Spencerville/CV/Bluff.* Home 4 p.m.

Sep. 4 Ada/Bluff./AE* Away 4 p.m.
Sep. 6 Antwerp Invitational Away 8:30 a.m.
Sep. 8 Jefferson/Spencerville/Bluff.* Away 4 p.m.
Sep. 9 Jefferson/Crestview/Ada* Home 4 p.m.
Sep. 13 Delphos Invitational Away 8 a.m.
Sep. 15 Col. Grove/Ada/AE* Away 4 p.m.
Sep. 16 Col. Grove/Crest./Pauld.* Home 4 p.m.
Sep. 18 NWC Colonial 9 a.m.
All home matches at Hickory Sticks
SPENCERVILLE
BOYS GOLF
Aug. 6 Upper SV Away 4 p.m.
Aug. 11 Rob Contini Memorial Away 8 a.m.
Aug. 15 Columbus Grove Quad* Away 9 a.m.
Aug. 18 Jefferson NWC Quad* Away 4 p.m.
Aug. 20 NWC Quad Home 4 p.m.
Aug. 25 NWC Tri-match Home 4 p.m.
Aug. 28 Lincolnview/Crest./Bluff* Away 4 p.m.
Sep. 2 Ada/Allen East/Pauld.* Away 4 p.m.
Sep. 8 NWC Quad Home 4:30 p.m.
Sep. 10 Fort Jennings tri Away 4:30 p.m.
Sep. 11 Allen East Quad* Away 4 p.m.
Sep. 16 Bluffton tri* Away 4:30 p.m.
Sep. 18 NWC meet Away 9 a.m.
All home matches at Tamarac Golf Club
ELIDA
BOYS GOLF
Aug. 6 Hawthorne Hills Inv. Away 9 a.m.
Aug. 11 Rob Contini Memorial Away 8 a.m.
Aug. 15 Celina Invitational Away 8:30 a.m.
Aug. 18 Defiance* Away 5 p.m.
Aug. 21 Wapakoneta* Home 5 p.m.
Aug. 25 St. Marys Mem.* Home 5 p.m.
Aug. 27 Lima CC tri Away 4:30 p.m.
Aug. 28 Celina* Home 5 p.m.
Sep. 2 Van Wert* Away 4:30 p.m.
Sep. 4 Shawnee* Home 4:30 p.m.
Sep. 5 McLean Invitational Away 8:30 a.m.
Sep. 8 Kenton* Away 5 p.m.
Sep. 11 Ottawa-Glandorf* Away 5 p.m.
Sep. 13 Tom Pickerel Invite Away 10 a.m.
Sep. 15 Bath* Home 5 p.m.
Sep. 18 WBL Tourney VW 8:30 a.m.
Sep. 23 LCC tri Away 4:30 p.m.
* - Western Buckeye League match
KALIDA
BOYS GOLF
Aug. 6 Hawthorne Hills Inv. Away 9 a.m.
Aug. 8 Lib.-Benton/St. Joe Syc. Spr. 9 a.m.
Aug. 11 Rob Contini Memorial Hawthorne 8 a.m.
Aug. 13 Kalida Wildcat Invite Home 9 a.m.
Aug. 15 Celina Invitational Foxs 8:30 a.m.
Aug. 27 Elida/LCC Hawthorne 4:30 p.m.
Sep. 2 Tinora/Antwerp Home 4:30 p.m.
Sep. 4 Van Buren Away 4:30 p.m.
Sep. 9 Bath/Lib.-Ben. Home 4:30 p.m.
Sep. 11 Col. Grove/MC/Leip.* Home 4 p.m.
Sep. 12 Ft. Jenn./Ottoville* Away 4 p.m.
Sep. 15 Arlington Away 4:30 p.m.
Sep. 16 Shawnee Home 4:30 p.m.
Sep. 20 Bryan Invitational Orchard Hills 9 a.m.
Sep. 22 PCL(FJ host) Delphos noon
VAN WERT
BOYS GOLF
Aug. 6 Liberty-Benton Invitational Away 10 a.m.
Aug. 7 Bryan Away 9 a.m.
Aug. 11 Defiance Invitational Away 9 a.m.
Aug. 14 Greenville Invitational Away 9 a.m.
Aug. 18 Ottawa-Glandorf* Away 5 p.m.
Aug. 19 Shawnee* Home 2 p.m.
Aug. 25 Kenton* Away 5 p.m.
Aug. 28 St. Marys Mem.* Home 5 p.m.
Sep. 2 Elida* Home 4:30 p.m.
Sep. 4 Bath* Away 5 p.m.
Sep. 8 Celina* Away 5 p.m.
Sep. 11 Defiance* Home 5 p.m.
Sep. 13 Jordan Moeller Inv. Away 8:15 a.m.
Sep. 15 Wapakoneta* Away 5 p.m.
Sep. 18 WBL Meet Home TBA
Sep. 20 Bryan Invitational Away 9 a.m.
Sep. 23 Elida/LCC LCC 4:30 p.m.
* - Western Buckeye League match
All home matches at Hickory Sticks
NASCAR the big winner

with Jeff and Junior on top
By JENNA FRYER
Associated Press
CHARLOTTE, N.C.
It was Jeff Gordons
championship to lose just
a week ago after his record
fifth win at the Brickyard.
Then Dale Earnhardt Jr.
completed a season sweep
at Pocono and now hes the
guy to beat.
Jeff and Junior, two of
NASCARs biggest stars
heating up during
this lazy summer
stretch of racing.
NASCAR really
couldnt ask for anything
more.
Well, it wouldnt hurt
if Tony Stewart threw his
hat into the ring, too. As
of Tuesday, it will be one
year since the broken leg
that ended his season and
Stewart has now gone 14
months without a victory.
He is on the outside looking in on the Chase for the
Sprint Cup Championship
field.
Stewart is one of the
very few drivers who move
the needle for NASCAR
and has just five races
remaining to grab a win he

desperately needs to make
him automatically eligible
to race for the championship. For now, the only
noise Smoke is making on
the track is his constant
sniping against blocking
(do as he says, not as he
does) but it might be time
for him to block his way
into Victory Lane.
That
would
give
NASCAR the trifecta for
its highly-anticipated Chase,
which for the
first time will
feature elimination rounds
and a winner-take-all finale. Picture the glee on Brian
Frances face in Phoenix
if its some combination
of Junior and Jeff, Smoke
and Jimmie Johnson,
Brad Keselowski, Kyle
Busch and Kevin Harvick
all jockeying to make the
Final Four showdown at
Homestead.
Maybe Stewart makes it,
maybe he doesnt and
really, he needs to be in the
Chase because the intensity is always higher when
Smoke is involved but
thats just another element

of this win-win time for
NASCAR.
The powers that be cant
ask for anything more than
the 24 and 88 flexing their
muscles right now, when
neither team has anything to
lose. They are playing with
house money, having fun
seeing what they are made
of before the 10-race Chase.
For Gordon, the points
leader for 14 of the last 15
weeks, its about building the
confidence of his team and
making them believe a championship is possible. There was
no doubt after the Brickyard
victory and he followed it by
leading a race-high 63 laps
Sunday at Pocono before finishing sixth.
The win went to
Earnhardt, who used crew
chief Steve Letartes strategy to complete the Pocono
sweep. It was his third
win of the season the
same amount of victories Earnhardt earned all
of 2006 through 2013
and came just four days
after Hendrick Motorsports
announced
Letartes
replacement for 2014.
The mystery that is Bubba Watson

By DOUG FERGUSON
Associated Press
LOUISVILLE, Ky. Las
Vegas bookies are giving Bubba
Watson the same odds of winning the PGA Championship as
Tiger Woods.
One is the Masters champion. The other might not even
be healthy enough to play.
What are the odds? Watson
asked Tuesday.
Told that both were listed at
33-1, he replied: I dont gamble. But if I did, I would always
pick Tiger Woods.
Watson could get much better odds on annoying someone.
Not surprisingly, he managed to do that, too.
For the first time in 50 years,
the PGA of America brought
back its long drive contest to
the PGA Championship. Jack
Nicklaus still has a gold money
clip from winning.
Watson, one of the longest
hitters in golf, got nothing but
grief.
He had said he had no interest in taking part in such a contest during his practice round for
a major. Instead of letting it go
at that, he made his own statement Tuesday morning when
he reached the par-5 10th, the
hole used for the competition.
Watson hit a 3-iron.
Longest 3-iron of the day,
Watson said. I won that competition. Take that.
He was joking, even if the
joke was on him.
Watson wasnt the only player who didnt go along. Hes
just the only one who hit an iron
on a 590-yard hole and then
climbed onto a soap box.
My thoughts? I want to
practice the game of golf. I
want to learn this golf course,
Watson said. I dont see that
we should have a competition
like that while were playing
a practice round and learning
the golf course, trying to win a
great championship. Theres no
reason to make something up in
the middle of the practice round
like that. Thats just me. Like
it or not, thats just who I am.
Thats just what I think.
Who he is remains a mystery.
The guy who invented
Bubba golf and won two
green jackets, the guy who
encouraged thousands of fans
to keep screaming as he teed off
in the Ryder Cup, can make the
game look fun.
Bubba Watson the golfer?
That can be a little more complicated.
This is the guy who once said
he doesnt like a lot of attention,
then he had Ping make him a
driver with the head and shaft
painted hot pink.
At the British Open this year,
he told reporters he doesnt like
watching golf on TV because
of the negative tone but makes
an exception for the Masters,
particularly the two years he
won. And he said there has not
been one positive thing written
about him.
Im waiting on that one.
Then Ill start reading, he said.
Well, I cant read yet. But Ill
start.
Bubba was goofing. He
knows how to read. And he
knows there have been great
things written about his wondrous ability, starting with that
gap wedge he hooked out of the
trees in a playoff to win his first
Masters.
The trick to Watson is not to
take him too seriously.
And thats what made
Tuesday so peculiar. Watson
effectively was criticized for
taking himself too seriously.
That might be a first.
He is serious about his golf.
Watson won at Riviera and
the Masters and was
seemingly headed for
a good year. But after
losing a 54-hole lead
at the Memorial, he
missed the cut at the
U.S. Open and British
Open.
5 players who
used PGA to earn
spot in Ryder Cup:
For a half-century or more, winning the PGA Championship
in a Ryder Cup year meant an
automatic spot on the U.S. team.
That ended in 1991, which happened to be the year John Daly
won the PGA Championship
at Crooked Stick as the ninth
alternate.
He remains the only
American professional to win
two majors without every playing in the Ryder Cup.
The criteria has evolved
over the years but one thing
has remained: The PGA can
go a long way in deciding to
makes the U.S. team and
who doesnt. Two years ago,
Hunter Mahan was No. 9 in
the standings and missed the
cut at Kiawah Island. He was
not among the four captains
picks. Brett Wetterich had the
final spot in 2006 and missed
the cut and no one was able to
pass him.
Here are five players who
made the most out of the PGA
Championship to earn a spot in
the Ryder Cup:
5. LARRY NELSON
Larry Nelson made his debut
in the Ryder Cup in 1979 by
winning all five matches he
played, a feat no other American
has matched. Two years later, he
won the PGA Championship to
get on the team and went 4-0 in
the Ryder Cup. His prospects
looked bleak in 1987 when he
wasnt among the top 20 in the
Ryder Cup standings going into
the final major of the year.
He closed with a 72 in tough
conditions at PGA National
to force a playoff with Lanny
Wadkins, and then beat Wadkins
with a par on the first extra
hole. The victory made him an
automatic selection to the team.
Wadkins, the runner-up, also
earned enough points to qualify.
Nelson, who had been 9-0 in
the matches, went 0-3-1 as the
Americans lost for the first time
at home.
4. DAVID TOMS
David Toms was 13th in the
Ryder Cup standings going into
the 2001 PGA Championship,
trailing Ryder Cup veterans Jim
Furyk and Brad Faxon.

He took a captains pick out
of the equation when he set the
major championship record with
a 265, making a par from the
18th fairway at Atlanta Athletic
Club to beat Phil Mickelson by
one shot.
It was his first Ryder Cup,
though it would have to wait.
The Sept. 11 terrorist attacks
three weeks later wound up
postponing the matches by
one year. His partner for the
2002 matches at The Belfry?
Mickelson, the man he beat to
a major. Toms went 3-1-1 in
his Ryder Cup debut, beating
Sergio Garcia in singles in a U.S. loss.
3.
BUBBA
WATSON
Watson was 18th
in the Ryder Cup
standings and wasnt
getting much attention as a player with
prodigious length
but only one PGA
Tour victory at Hartford that
summer. On a wild Sunday at
Whistling Straits, he closed with
a 68 and got into a playoff with
Martin Kaymer a playoff that
did not include Dustin Johnson
because of his unfortunate
grounding up a club in a bunker
on the 72nd hole.
Watson lost his chance to
win by hitting into a hazard on
the third and final hole of the
playoff. He was close to tears
not because he lost but because
of the Ryder Cup.
2. BRAD FAXON
Brad Faxon was 11 shots out
of the lead and in 14th place in
the Ryder Cup standings going
into the final round of the 1995
PGA Championship at Riviera.
One round changed everything.
Faxon shot a 28 on the front
nine at Riviera and tied the
major championship record
with a 63. He finished alone
in fifth place and earned just
enough points to move up to
10th and earn a spot on the
team.
The hardest part was waiting to see if it would be good
enough.
1. JEFF MAGGERT
Jeff Maggert didnt win
much on the PGA Tour. He was
clutch when it came to making
the Ryder Cup team.
He was outside the top 10 in
1995 when he closed with a 69
and tied for fourth at Riviera
to earn a spot on his first team.
Two years later, he closed with
a 65 at Winged Foot to finish
third and earn a spot on another
team.
The real high-wire act was
at Medinah in 1999. And all he
could do was wait.
Maggert was No. 10 in the
standings and missed the cut.
His hopes of a third straight
team appeared to be over, especially when Bob Estes made a
late charge on Sunday. Estes
needed a 2-way tie for fifth
to make the team and he was
alone in fourth with three holes
to play. But he made bogeys on
the 16th and 17th and finished
11th in the standings.
Bizarre play, Cueto help Reds down Indians

Associated Press
without All-Stars Joey Votto and Brandon

Phillips, is 6-12 since the break, as it strugCLEVELAND Johnny Cueto threw gles to stay in the NL playoff chase.
his fourth complete game of the season and
Michael Brantley had an RBI single
the Cincinnati Reds, aided by a bizarre play for the Indians, whose four-game winning
in which a Cleveland runner was fooled by a streak ended.
second ball on the field, defeated the Indians
Cincinnati scored in the first on a dropped
9-2 on Tuesday night.
relay throw by third baseman Lonnie Chisenhall.
The Indians, trying to mount a comeback in
Jay Bruce had three hits and two RBIs
the seventh, had a rally squelched after an errant and Negron added a two-run double in the
warmup pitch from Cincinnatis bullninth.
pen came on the field.
TRAINERS ROOM
Yan Gomes double cut the lead
Reds: Votto (strained left knee)
to 6-2 and moved David Murphy
who has been on the 15-day disto third as a ball thrown by reliever
abled list since July 8, is rehaJumbo Diaz rolled behind second
bilitating in Cincinnati. Manager
base. Murphy mistakenly thought
Bryan Price says Votto is still expethat ball was live and edged off
riencing soreness in the knee and
third. He was tagged out after the
theres no timetable for his return.
ball that was in play was thrown to
Indians: Designated hitter Nick
Santiago.
Swisher (strained right wrist) is
Cueto
Indians manager Terry Francona
expected to be available today after
spoke briefly with the umpires but the call stood. missing two games. Center fielder Michael
The unusual play, along with Cuetos Bourn (strained left hamstring) began a
strong performance and a rare big offensive rehab assignment at Double-A Akron on
day by the Reds, helped Cincinnati break a Tuesday and could rejoin the Indians next
10-game losing streak at Progressive Field.
week. Hes hasnt played since July 5.
Cueto (13-6), who hasnt lost since July
ON DECK
2, allowed two runs in winning his fifth
Reds: Right-hander Mat Latos (3-3) starts
straight decision.
today as the series shifts to Cincinnati. Hell
Ramon Santiago hit a 3-run homer in the be making his 10th start after opening the
second off Josh Tomlin (5-8) to break a 1-all season on the DL. Latos owns a 3.11 career
tie for his first home run since Aug. 16 last ERA at Great American Ball Park, which is
season while playing for Detroit.
the lowest by any pitcher with at least 15
Cincinnati, which has been playing starts there.
The Herald 7
US stocks sink on
renewed RussiaUkraine tensions
BY KEN SWEET
Associated Press
NEW YORK Renewed

concerns that tensions could
flare up between Russian and
Ukraine pushed U.S. stocks
sharply lower Tuesday.
The market had been moderately lower all day, weighed
down by a disappointing
earnings forecast from retail
giant Target and a report on
China that showed the worlds
second-largest economy was
slowing down.
The selling accelerated in
afternoon trading. The Dow
Jones industrial average fell
nearly 200 points at one point,
but recovered some of those
losses in the last 30 minutes
of trading.
Several traders pointed to
news reports of a buildup in
Russian troops on the Ukraine
border and comments from a
Polish politician that reportedly said Russia was poised to
invade or pressure Ukraines
eastern border as catalysts for
the selling.
The developments came
after the most recent round
of sanctions were imposed on
Russia by the U.S. and Europe
last week. Russia called
Tuesday for a meeting of the
U.N. Security Council to discuss the situation in Ukraine.
The Ukraine-Russia tensions were outweighing any
good economic data that
investors had to work with
Tuesday, said Tom di Galoma,
a bond trader at ED&F Mann
Capital.
Business
S&P: Wealth gap is slowing Effort to avoid probate

may
not
be
worthwhile
US economic growth
Bruce Williams
JOSH BOAK
Associated Press
WASHINGTON Economists have
long argued that a rising wealth gap has
complicated the U.S. rebound from the
Great Recession.
Now, an analysis by the rating agency
Standard & Poors lends its weight to the
argument: The widening gap between the
wealthiest Americans and everyone else
has made the economy more prone to
boom-bust cycles and slowed the 5-yearold recovery from the recession.
Economic disparities appear to
be reaching extremes that need to be
watched because theyre damaging to
growth, said Beth Ann Bovino, chief
U.S. economist at S&P.
The rising concentration of income
among the top 1 percent of earners has
contributed to S&Ps cutting its growth
estimates for the economy. In part because
of the disparity, it estimates that the economy will grow at a 2.5 percent annual
pace in the next decade, down from a forecast five years ago of a 2.8 percent rate.
The S&P report advises against using the
tax code to try to narrow the gap. Instead,
it suggests that greater access to education
would help ease wealth disparities.
Part of the problem is that educational
achievement has stalled in recent decades.
More schooling usually translates into
higher wages. S&P estimates that the
U.S. economy would grow annually by
an additional half a percentage point or
$105 billion over the next five years,
if the average the American worker had
completed just one more year of school.
By contrast, S&P concludes, heavy taxes
that would be meant to reduce inequality
could remove incentives for people to work
and cause businesses to hire fewer employees because of the costs involved.
The report builds on data from the
Congressional Budget Office, the
International Monetary Fund and academic economists to explain how income disparities can hurt growth. Many consumers
tend to become more dependent on debt
to continue spending, thereby worsening
the boom-bust cycle. Or they curb their
spending, and growth improves only modestly, as it has during the current recovery.
Tax data tracked as part of the World
Top Incomes Database project reveal
just how much the economic chasm has
expanded.
An American in the top 1 percent of
earners had an average income of $1.3
million in 2012, the most recent year for
which data are available. Average income
jumps to $30.8 million for the top 0.01
percent.
Adjusted for inflation, the top 0.01 percents average earnings have jumped by a
factor of seven since 1913. For the bottom
90 percent of Americans, average incomes
after inflation have grown by a factor of
just three since 1917 and have declined for
the past 13 years.
Yet not all economists agree on how
much, or even whether, the wealth gap
slows growth.
Harvard University economist Greg
Mankiw wrote in a 2013 paper that the
evidence is that most of the very wealthy
get that way by making substantial economic contributions, not by gaming the
system.
But S&P challenges the notion that a
rising tide automatically will lift all boats:
A lifeboat carrying a few, surrounded
by many treading water, risks capsizing,
it argues.
Can Africa keep its economic winning streak alive?

PAUL WISEMAN
Associated Press
WASHINGTON They export BMWs and birdseed and
plenty in between. Their middle class is growing fast enough
to draw the likes of Marriott and Wal-Mart. China, Europe,
Japan and the United States are vying to build roads and power
plants there.
No longer are the nations of sub-Saharan Africa, long a
symbol of war, famine and corruption, an economic basket
case. Six of the worlds fastest-growing economies are there.
Higher oil prices, richer consumers and sounder governments
have raised so much interest in Africas economic promise that
its being showcased this week at the first U.S.-Africa Leaders
Summit in Washington.
The question is: Can all this endure?
Africa has stood on the verge of prosperity before only to
see its opportunities fizzle. Yet never before has it stood to
benefit as it does now.
Africa presents enormous opportunities, says Paul
Sullivan, director of international business development at
Acrow Bridge of Parsippany, New Jersey, which has put up
hundreds of prefabricated steel bridges across Africa.
As African leaders gather to mark a decade of economic
gains, they appear intent on sustaining the growth and ensuring that the benefits are spread broadly and not siphoned away
by corrupt officials and foreign companies.
In the decades after many of the countries regained their
independence in the 1960s, their natural resources Nigerian
oil, Liberian diamonds, Congolese copper and cobalt failed
to support durable growth. They sometimes proved a curse:
Proceeds would vanish into Swiss bank accounts of corrupt
leaders and give armed factions something to fight over.
Analysts note hopefully that the current resurgence is built
on foundations sturdier than the ups and downs of commodity prices. Many African nations have become more democratic, making it easier for entrepreneurs to do business, and
have boosted investment in education and infrastructure. A
decade of solid growth has created a middle class with more
spending power 350 million strong in 2010 by the African
Development Banks count, up from 220 million in 2000.
Armed conflicts are down despite headlines about the
terrorist groups Boko Haram in Nigeria and al-Shabab in
Somalia.
The improved environment has benefited even countries without bounteous natural resources. In resource-poor
Rwanda, for example, economic growth rose from an average
1.7 percent from 1990 to 2000 to 7.7 percent the next decade.
The consultancy Ernst & Young ranks Africa as the
worlds second-most-attractive market after North America.
Cumulative foreign investment in sub-Saharan Africa has
catapulted from $33.5 billion in 2000 to $246.4 billion in
2012, according to United Nations numbers crunched by the
Brookings Institution.
South Africa exports BMW sedans to the United States.
Ethiopia has developed a niche making shoes. And it produces

the best-selling imported birdseed in the United States.
We see Africa as the fastest-growing market worldwide,
says David Picard, a manager at heavy equipment manufacturer Caterpillar.
In 2011, Wal-Mart acquired Massmart Holdings, which runs
350 stores in 12 sub-Saharan countries. Marriott International
last year agreed to buy Protea Hospitality of South Africa, a
116-hotel chain in seven sub-Saharan countries.
Cummins, based in Columbus, Indiana, has enjoyed double-digit sales growth this year in supplying power equipment
to Africa. Consumers in the Nigerian capital of Lagos eat
burgers from Johnny Rockets and ice cream from Cold Stone
Creamery.
No nation has been more aggressive in Africa than China.
Its direct investment in sub-Saharan Africa has jumped from
virtually nothing in 2002 to $18.2 billion in 2012. China is
hungry for oil, coal and other resources and eager to develop
the roads, bridges and ports needed to pull them out of Africa.
Africans tend to favor doing business with China in part
because its less likely than Western nations to demand economic and political reforms to accompany trade and development deals.
Investors from the U.S. and Europe have tended to be
large investors who demand all kinds of facilitation, who
expect all kinds of conditions, says Frederick GoloobaMutebi, a Rwanda-based researcher and honorary fellow at the
University of Manchester. I do not see Europe and the U.S.
catching up with China.
Indeed, this weeks summit is seen as an American effort to
regain some of the influence lost in the region to China over
the past decade. Next year, the United States hopes to expand
a 14-year-old free-trade deal with Africa.
On Tuesday, the Obama administration announced $14 billion in commitments from U.S. businesses to invest in Africa
money to be plowed into construction, clean energy, banking, information technology and other sectors. The money
includes a $2 billion investment by General Electric by 2018,
$200 million by Marriott and a $66 million commitment by
IBM to provide technology services to Ghanas Fidelity Bank.
In addition, Coca-Cola and its African bottling partners
announced an investment of $5 billion, raising to $17 billion
Coca-Colas investment in Africa from 2010 to 2020.
Before Africas continued ascendance can be assured,
though, analysts say its countries must resolve some thorny
questions. Among them:
Can it build the roads, railways and power plants needed
to sustain its pace of growth?
Rosa Whitaker, a former U.S. trade official and now a consultant specializing in Africa, says sub-Saharan countries need
to spend more than $90 billion on infrastructure. Electricity
is a big obstacle. Two-thirds of people in sub-Saharan Africa
have no access to it. You cant do much without power,
notes Stephen Hayes, president of The Corporate Council on
Africa, which promotes U.S.-Africa commercial ties.
DEAR BRUCE: My dad

passed away on Dec. 8, 2013.
He had no assets and only
$900 in his checking account.
While he was alive, I was his
power of attorney and after
his death was designated by
his will as his executor. Mom
passed away in 2012, and
there are two other adult children listed as heirs.
I went to the office of the
attorney who wrote the will
and he retired some time ago.
The attorney who took over
his cases suggested that rather
than probate the will, which
could cost money we dont
have, he would file an affidavit for filing will for preservation. I got the forms, went to
his office to sign, had them
notarized and sent copies to all
of the heirs.
I took my copies along
with the death certificate to
the bank to have the account
closed and to open a new
account. I was told by the
bank that they didnt like
the wording in a couple of
places. They said it could be
interpreted as meaning more
heirs would be filing claims
and that more money may be
coming into the estate, which
might require probating the
will.
I am expecting some
refunds from insurance companies and possibly from
the nursing home, but certainly not enough to warrant
probating the will. Also, the
will specifically states that if
Mom has passed, only the
living children are to receive
the remainder of the assets
or monies. In other words, it
doesnt extend to spouses or
children of a deceased heir
(one brother passed away 14
years ago).
I realize this is long and
detailed, but do I have any
recourse with the bank? They
wont let me deposit the
refund checks I have received,
nor can I pay the funeral home
or the cemetery. I dont know
what the recourse will be if
they go unpaid for any length
of time. I dont know what to
do next. -- C.T., via email
DEAR C.T.: You have
your hands full, but really,
it shouldnt be that difficult
to straighten out. The advice
that was given regarding not
filing for probate has a certain degree of merit because
there are some relatively modest expenses, but having to
meet all these other standards
may be more trouble than its
worth. You have checks made
out to your dad and you are
having a problem depositing
them, although I dont understand that.
Smart
Money
Why not file a will through
probate? You can be named
the executor and proceed. This
way you can deposit the monies in the various accounts and
distribute any assets according
to the will. As I understand it,
there are a couple of remaining heirs.
Technically, you dont
have to file a will if there is no
reason to, but the reality here
is you are being hassled with
regard to minor amounts paid
to the estate. I would just file
the will through probate and
get on with your life.
DEAR BRUCE: I have
been getting conflicting opinions about when and how to
pay quarterly estimated tax. I
receive Social Security and a
pension income. In December,
I take a required minimum
distribution (RMD) from my
IRA.
One bit of advice says at
the first of the year, I should
calculate my total expected
taxable yearly income (Social
Security, pension, dividends
and RMD), estimate the taxes
that would be due, then divide
by four and make four equal
payments during the course of
the year.
The other advice seems
to be saying that I need not
pay quarterly tax, but instead
have the IRA custodian simply withhold the total yearly
estimated tax in one lump sum
from the RMD.
Ive asked a few friends
what they do, and some do the
former, some the latter. Whats
correct? -- D.C., via email
DEAR D.C.: As far as
I can tell, you can proceed
either way: Make certain there
is enough money withheld to
satisfy all the taxes, or make
the proper tax payment quarterly and at the end when its
time to file. Then make up any
deficiency prior to the file date
closing.
From what you are telling me, it doesnt appear that
you will have a substantial tax
payment, but it must be made
on time.
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930 Legals
Ordinance #2014-29
An Ordinance amending
Section 925.07(a)(b) of
the codified Ordinances
of the City of Delphos
regarding water rates
and minimum sewage
charges for water.
Ordinance #2014-30
Section 923.11(a)(b) of
the codified Ordinances
regarding sewer rates
and minimum usage
charges for sewer.
Ordinance 2014-33
An Ordinance authorizing
the Auditor for the City
of Delphos to issue
a warrant to Stolly
Insurance for the 201415 insurance coverage
and declaring it an
emergency.
Ordinance #2014-34
An Ordinance establishing a park fund within
the funds of the City of
Delphos and declaring an
emergency.
Ordinance #2014-35
An Ordinance accepting
the separation agreement between the Ohio
Patrolmens Benevolent
Association Dispatchers
and the City of Delphos
and declaring it an
emergency.
Passed and Approved
this 18th day of June
2014.
Mark A. Clement,
Council President pro-tem
Attest:
Sherryl L. George,
Deputy Council Clerk
Kimberly Riddell, Acting
Mayor
A complete text of this
legislation is on record
at the Municipal Building
and can be viewed during
regular office hours.
Marsha Mueller, Council
Clerk
July 30 & August 6, 2014
Ordinance #2014-27
the Mayor and Safety
Service
Director
to
enter into an economic
development agreement
with Lakeview Farms for
water and sewer rates for
three years and declaring
an emergency.
Ordinance #2014-28
the Mayor and/or Safety
Service
Director
to
dispose of City assets.
Ordinance #2014-25
Section
181.03
and
Section 181.14A of the
codified
ordinances
relative to the amount of
income tax imposed and
declaring an emergency.
Ordinance #2014-26
An Ordinance authorizing the auditor for the
City of Delphos to add
sick leave hours to
current City employees
accumulated sick leave
balances.
Passed and approved
this 16th day of June
2014.
Kimberly Riddell
Council President
ATTEST:
Clerk
Michael H. Gallmeier,
Mayor
A complete text of this
legislation is on record
at the Municipal Building
and can be viewed during
regular office hours.
Clerk
July 30 & August 6, 2014
NOTICE OF INTENT TO
SELL
The City of Delphos
intends to sell unneeded,
obsolete
and
unfit
personal
property
belonging to the City
of Delphos by Internet
Auction.
1. The items will be
listed on the City of
Delphos
website
at
HYPERLINK http://www.
cityofdelphos.com www.
cityofdelphos.com and
GovDeals.com.
2. GovDeals, Inc. shall
be responsible for the
internet auction.
3. The items will be
available for bidding for
14 days.
4.
The
bidder
is
responsible for picking
up the item. The City will
not ship any items.
5. GovDeals, Inc. will
be responsible for the
receipt of payments and
will only accept PayPal,
credit
cards:
Visa,
MasterCard, American
Express and Discover, or
wire transfer.
6. The items must be
picked up within 10 days
of the Buyers Certificate.
Shane Coleman
8-6-14
8-16-14
Washington
Township
Van Wert County will
hold a public hearing for
a Conditional Use Permit
for the property located
at 21997 St. Rt. 697. The
meeting will be at 7:00
P.M. August 19, 2014
at the township office
located at 22693 Lincoln
Highwayt Delphos, Ohio
45833. August 6, 2014
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Update
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Council will hear a presentation for Poggymeyer Design on options for

increasing the efficiency and addressing issues at the wastewater treatment
plant.
That also leads us into what we are going to do about getting the meters
read for the next billing, Coleman said. Our summer help will be gone
and with the current employee level, we dont have anyone to read the
meters.
Because the city has employees laid off, they cannot hire temps and due
to the three-hour furlough, current employees cant read the meters either
because it would put them into overtime.
Council asked Coleman to find out what options were available without
violating Ohio Revised Code.
Council passed on third reading agreements with the Allen County
Engineers Office for tar and chipping of South Bredeick Street from the
railroad tracks to Clime Street, Bank Street and Maple Street from Second
to Fifth streets. The total of the work is $15,500and painting and striping
of 16 streets within the municipality will cost $5,800.
Also on third reading, council passed an ordinance authorizing approval
of the minutes from the tax incentive review council. Included in the review
was the last report for a tax abatement for Vanamatic Co., which expires
in 2012 and a continuing abatement with K&M Tire/Langhals Enterprise,
LLC. Included in the review was information that K&M Tire exceeded its
proposed job creation by 35 and payroll by $850,000. K&M was granted
the 10-year tax abatement in 2012.
An ordinance modifying the citys requirements for peddlers/solicitors
was heard on first reading. Gallmeier said since the dispatching services
have been moved to the Allen County center, peddlers and solicitors will
need to visit the city building before going about their business in the city.
Identification and personal information will be required to receive a permit
from the city.
Also heard on first reading was a resolution to donate a family pool pass
valued at $215 to Community Health Professionals for an annual benefit
auction in September.
A resolution establishing the policy and the intent to sell unneeded,
obsolete or unfit personal property belonging to the city was amended
on second reading. The resolution was changed to read the bidding shall
remain open for no less than 14 days, including Saturdays, Sundays and
legal holidays; and payments shall be credit card, PayPal or wire transfer,
instead of cash. The resolution indicates the city will use Gov.Deals, Inc.,
at gov.deals.com to conduct auctions on its behalf.
Economic
Parents

DHI Media Advertising Manager Peter
Ricker said the community wants to get the
economic engine moving.
Everyone wants to see the community
succeed, he said. We have to figure out what
the next step is.
Panel members were then asked to address
the group and give an overview.
Gallmeier said when the city gets a lead,
whether in Van Wert or Allen County, the
administration works with the economic
development groups and its own people to
create and offer an attractive package to get
new businesses into Delphos.
Smith told attendees that economic development is a huge project to take on and its the
community and downtown working together.
It means more than just jobs and the community has to be ready for it, she said. A lot
of entitlements are lost to Lima and Van Wert
since Delphos sits in both counties.
She said the biggest question is where to
start? Smith said Delphos needs a point person, a main contact.
Roach said he is interested in assisting with
the development for the city of Delphos.
We have over $50,000 we can lend to
enhance businesses, he added. We also have
the Dienstberger House which has served as
an incubator, of sorts, for small businesses just
starting up.
He said there have been businesses that
have taken advantage of getting their feet wet,
running their business from the Dienstberger
House, then moved out and bought their own
buildings.
People want an authentic and real experience, small town attractions and memories
they can take home and remember, he said.
Davis described economic development as

a coopetition where businesses want to help
others succeed and at the same time, ensure
competition.
With economic development, the number
one issue is site selection with regard to the
workforce. Capital investment is very expensive, he added. The second thing businesses
look at is the community churches and
longterm services all the great resources
around us.
Ulm said Delphos is in a unique position
and seemingly sometimes an afterthought
when it comes to Lima and Van Wert.
How do we keep from being that afterthought? he asked.
Communication is key. Davis said people
have lost their ability to communicate unless
its via texting. Lee agreed with Davis.
Smith was adamant and strongly suggested
Delphos start by appointing a contact or point
person and build a resume for the city.
It seems Delphos has no single source
and that the information and people are fragmented. The question is how to support these
groups, overcome the unique challenges and
recognize a resolution to fix it?
Delphos Optimist Club member Jay
Metzger said the community needs to feel
good about its town.
Additionally, there is a feeling that development groups will not promote sustainability
because of the constant shifts or movement of
outside sources.
After a series of questions and answers
with discussion, the consensus seemed to be
that Delphos needs to appoint a contact or
point person and he or she should be full time.
The majority of the attendees also expressed
that they would attend a second meeting, if
one were held.
8 Annual Van Wert

th
Rib Fest
August 8 5 PM - 12:30 AM
August 9 11AM - 12:30 AM
Van Wert County Fairgrounds
Friday
5 PM - Gates Open
5 PM - Bad Advice
7 PM - The Earthquakers
10:30 PM - Jackpot
Scotty
Bratche
Saturday
8:30 AM - Youth Wiffleball Tournament 4:30 PM - Pig Races
11 AM - Gates Open
5:30 PM - Double Kik
12 PM - Corn Hole Tournament
7 PM - Nashville Crush
2:30 PM - When Pigs Fly
10:30 PM - Scotty Bratcher
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Gibsons Barnyard BBQ

Low & Slow BBQ
Pigtails BBQ
The technology is web-based, so nothing is stored on

the Chromebook. If its lost or destroyed, the students
information will still be accessible. It also means the
laptop boots up in seconds and does not require virus
protection. Google handles the security, the servers and
updates.
These are a great tool to expand on what we are
already doing well, Wolfe added.
McClurg also told parents National Honor Society
students will spend free time the first several weeks of
the upcoming school year scanning in textbooks so they
will be available on Google docs.
A lot of businesses and colleges are moving away
from Microsoft products and going to Google docs,
McClurg said.
Parents will need to pay a $25 annual maintenance
fee on their students laptop with a $50 maximum per
family. The laptops come with a 2-year warranty but it
wont cover intentional damage. The parents and students will also sign a policy acknowledging they understand what is expected of them. The technology will be
returned at the end of each school year and redistributed
the next year.
Professional development to bring teachers up to
snuff with the new technology will take $60,000 of the
grant. After teachers pass five modules of exams, they
will be designated Google educators.
Ohio State University in Columbus will receive
$140,000 to develop an app McClurg designed that
will become an online reference. Dr. Rajiv Ramnath,
director of OSUs Practice Collaborative for Enterprise
Transformation and Innovation, will oversee the creation of the app.
The Straight A Fund is awarded to schools with
ideas to solve problems, new ways to serve students
and creative solutions that save money while improving
service, according to the Ohio Department of Education
website. The district was among one of 34 grant recipients chosen from a pool of 339.
While the Google Chromebooks will replace many
of the computers in the classroom for grades 6-12, elementary-level students will benefit with more computer
access with the older machines.
We will move the best of what we have at the high
school and middle school to the two elementaries giving
them more technology, McElroy said.
This is a win for everyone, Wolfe said. Grades
6-12 will get the Chromebooks and grades K-5 will
have a significantly higher number of computers.
Utilities
Coleman agreed.
We have changed the
forms and made them
more detailed, Coleman
said. We can do a better
job on our end collecting
information and investigating these things.
Martz also suggested
wording in a new policy to
include specific language
directed toward landlords
that if their rental is vacant
for more than 30 days,
they are keeping the water

on at their own risk.
Clement said he felt
it was their property and
they should be responsible, period.
Martz asked Coleman
to inquire into policies of
other cities and see what
is being done about adjustments, filling swimming
pools, etc.
Martz said he would
call another committee
meeting as soon as he had
everything he needed.
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Answers to Mondays questions:

A loofah, or luffa, a natural cellulose sponge,
results when the zucchini-like vegetable known as
Chinese okra is allowed to mature on the vine.
Bruce Springsteen came in first in a 2012 poll that
asked Americans who theyd pick to compose a new
national anthem with 22 percent of the vote in the 60
Minutes/Vanity Fair poll. Other who drew doubledigit support were Dolly Parton with 19 percent;
Stevie Wonder with 18 percent; Bob Dylan with 11
percent; and John Williams with 10 percent.
Todays questions:
Who was the first pro golfer to win a major championship using a metal driver?
What brand of cigarette did cartoon caveman Fred
Flinstone and Barney Rubble smoke on TVs The
Flinstones?
Answers in Thursdays Herald.
Todays joke:
An elderly woman called 911 on her cell phone to
report that her car had been broken in to.
She is hysterical as she explains her situation
to the dispatcher: Theyve stolen the stereo, the
steering wheel, the brake pedal and even the accelerator! she cried.
The dispatcher said, Stay calm. An officer is on
the way.
A few minutes later, the officer radios in.
Disregard. He says. She got in the back-seat by
mistake.

To handle the influx of the
thousands of kits, Attorney
General DeWine hired 10
additional forensic scientists
to ensure the timely analysis
of kits submitted as part of
the SAK Testing Initiative.
By hiring this additional
staff, the older kits are tested
as quickly as possible, without slowing down the testing
of the more than 5,500 rape
kits associated with current
crimes tested by BCI since
2011.
Archives
50 Years Ago 1964

Gene Hayes, president
of the Delphos Kiwanis
Club, presided at the regular weekly dinner meeting
held Tuesday at the House of
Vogts. Don Imber, program
chairman, introduced Larry
Holtkamp, Van Wert County
Agriculture Extension Agent,
who spoke on Changes in
Rural Ohio, Communities at
the Crossroads.
A total of 72 cans of food
donated by members of the
Dads of Foreign Service
Veterans and other veterans
of Delphos was delivered to
the VFW Nashville Home
at Eaton Rapids, Mich., this
past Sunday. Dads Day is
observed at the home on
the first Sunday in August.
Making the trip to Eaton
Rapids were Mr. and Mrs.
Tom
Edwards,
Harold
Ladd, Marsha Stopher and
Lawrence Etter.
Three of the four Delphos
girls who attended Buckeye
Girls State this summer at
Columbus were guests at the
American Legion Auxiliary
meeting held Monday evening in the post club rooms
on State Street. Giving
reports on their activities
at Girls State were Linda
Truesdale, Janet Scherger
and Mary Weisgerber.
75 Years Ago 1939
A number of baseball fans
from Delphos plan to go to
Glandorf Sunday to see the
Glandorf baseball team mix
with the House of Davids
from Benton Harbor, Mich.
Ray Ditto of Delphos is a
member of the Glandorf
team. Special features are
being planned for the game.
Helen Stephens, worldfamous Olympic sprinter,
will race against Wank and
Unverferth, Glandorf outfielders, in a 100-meter
event.
The members of the
Womens Foreign Missionary
Society of the Methodist
Church convened at the home
of Mrs. Frank Linder, North
Canal Street, Friday afternoon. She was assisted by
Mrs. Thomas B. Snow. Mrs.
Lawrence Stopher gave the
prayer. The president, Mrs. C.
W. Cordermann, assisted by
Mrs. Clarence Swearingen,
had charge of the devotionals
and stewardship.
Plans for a picnic were
made at the regular meeting of the Womens Benefit
Association held Friday
evening in the lodge rooms.
The picnic is scheduled for
Aug. 17 and will be held
at Waterworks Park. In an
advertising contest, high
honors were awarded Mrs.
Roland Brenneman and second, Mrs. Philip Walther.
Dorothy Walther proved
most successful in a sting
contest.
DIY
And now, kids can share
their crafting talent not just
with their classmates, but
also with the world by entering 3Ms Tape On contest
where they can submit their
own back to school creations
using duct tape for an opportunity to win prizes.
Feeling inspired? Channel
that creativity this summer by
submitting your own back to
school project. Visit go.3M.
com/tapeoncontest for more
information on how to enter
and to see the official contest
rules.
Dont let back to school
shopping be a chore. This
year, get the kids off to a great
start by making school and
all the supplies that come with
it personal, stylish and fun.

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