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The Village of Ottawa
released a statement from

Mayor Ken Maags attorney
Tuesday
that stated
he will take
a temporary
leave of
absence and
not resign
from his
position.
Maag,
61, was
arrested and charged with
solicitation of a prostitute on
Monday, according to Allen
County Sheriff Sam Crish.
Village council is
expected to meet today to
temporarily appoint Council
President Dean Meyer the
assumed role of acting
mayor until further notice.
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Wednesday, august 31, 2011
DELPHOS HERALD
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50 daily
Delphos, Ohio
Telling The Tri-Countys Story Since 1869
Allen County Fair Junior Fair
results, p3, 9

Lady Jays, Wildcats rebound from
losses, p6-7
Upfront
Sports
Forecast
Obituaries 2
State/Local 3
Politics 4
Community 5
Sports 6-7
Business 8
Classifieds 10
TV 11
World news 12
Index
Hot, sunny
Thursday with
high near 90.
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www.delphosherald.com
Ottawa mayor
takes leave
Maag
St. Johns selling tickets
St. Johns is selling tickets
for its home football game
Friday vs. Detroit CC 7:30
a.m.-noon and 1-3:30 p.m.
through Friday. Student cost
is $4; adult $6. Tickets are
$6 at the gate. They are also
selling General Admission
season tickets. Student
cost is $18; adult $28.
Todays slate
Boys Soccer (5 p.m.):
Miller City at Fort
Jennings (PCL); Van Wert
at Shawnee (WBL).
Girls Soccer: LCC
at Kalida, 5 p.m.
Boys Golf: Spencerville,
Allen East and LCC at
Jefferson (NWC), 4 p.m.:
Versailles at St. Johns
(MAC), 4:30 p.m.: Ottoville
at Bath, 4:30 p.m.
Ottoville to name Park Festival royalty
Staff reports
OTTOVILLE The 49th
annual Ottoville Park Carnival
will include the selection of the
2011 Ottoville Park Carnival
King and Queen at noon on
Sunday.
Turning over their crowns
will be the 2010 Park Carnival
King, Brad Eickholt, son of
Frank and Judy Eickholt; and
the 2010 Park Carnival Queen,
Taylor Hoersten, daughter of
Dan and Barb Hoersten.
The candidates for this
years contest are self-nomi-
nated. Any incoming senior
attending Ottoville High
School interested in being
included as part of the court
is eligible to participate. The
participants are selected based
upon the individual that has
the highest ticket sales for the
Big Ticket Raffle. The 2011
candidates for the upcoming
Ottoville Park Carnival include
one contestant for king and
three queen candidates.
Lindsey Eickholt is one
of the members of the court
competing for the queens
crown. She is the daughter of
Jim and Ceil Eickholt. She has
a variety of different interests,
including softball, National
Honor Society, marching
band, pep band, flag corps,
teachers aide, cast member in
the high school musical, mass
server and participant in the
Big Brother/Big Sisters pro-
gram. In her spare time, she
can be seen working at both
The Dew Drop Inn and The
Village Market in Ottoville.
She enjoys spending time
with her family and friends
and plans to attend college
majoring in either nursing or
speech pathology.
Another members of this
years royalty is Kendra
Krouskop, daughter of Kevin
and Becky Krouskop. Her
activities include soccer as
well as participating in season
and competition cheerleading.
Reading and hanging out with
friends are two of her favor-
ite hobbies. Her future plans
are to attend The University of
Findlay and obtain her degree
in pre-veterinary medicine.
The final contender for the
title of 2011 Ottoville Park
Carnival Queen is Krista
Schimmoeller, daughter of
Chris and Lori Schimmoeller.
Her activities include basket-
ball, softball, Big Brothers/Big
Sisters, National Honor Society,
teachers aide and serving at
Mass. She is also involved
in marching, pep and concert
band. She is currently employed
at Twisters in Ottoville.
Jared Byrne is the sole
candidate running for the title
of 2011 Ottoville Park Carnival
King. He is the son of Craig
and Sue Byrne. He is current-
ly a member of the Ottoville
High School basketball team.
His hobbies involve a variety
of outdoor activities including
hunting and fishing. His future
plans are to attend Hocking
College in Nelsonville, major-
ing in wildlife management.
In 2010, the candidates for
Ottoville Park Carnival King
and Queen raised $10,214.
This was the highest amount
raised since 2004. Over the
past five years, this contest
has raised over $40,000 for
the Ottoville Park Carnival.
This years king and queen
will each receive a $100 sav-
ings bond, provided they sell
a minimum of $100 worth of
tickets. Winners can also be
eligible to receive a percentage
of the ticket sales plus bonuses
depending on how many tick-
ets they sell.
Any juniors interested in
participating in the court for
the 50th annual Ottoville Park
Carnival can contact Sherri
Edelbrock at 419-453-2332 or
Sheila Kortokrax at 419-453-
3769. All interested candidates
will be accepted.
The two-day festival starts
Saturday with an OSU Tailgate
party at noon, corn hole tour-
nament at 12:30 p.m., Battle
of the Businesses at 2 p.m., a
wing cook-off at 4 p.m. and
lawn mower races at 5 p.m.
The evening closes with a lip
sync contest at 8 p.m.
Sundays events start with
a volleyball tournament at 9
a.m., parade at 1 p.m., a Cub
Scout tractor pull at 2:30 p.m.
and wiffle ball home run derby
finals at 7 p.m.
The Big Ticket Drawing
will begin at 8 p.m. Sunday.
The entertainment packages
include an Apple iPod, first
prize; Epic Holland grill,
second price; and OSU foot-
ball tickets, third prize. There
will also be a variety of raffle
booth drawings, including out-
door furniture, gift certificates,
Reds tickets, wall hangings
and more.
The Reaganomics will take
the stage at 9 p.m. to close the
festival.
Free taxi rides will be
offered from 10 p.m. to 1 a.m.
Eickholt
Byrne
Krouskop
Schimmoeller
August Americas deadliest
month in long Afghan war
By DEB RIECHMANN
The Associated Press
KABUL, Afghanistan
August has become the deadli-
est month yet for U.S. forces
in the nearly 10-year-old war
in Afghanistan, increasing
pressure on the Obama admin-
istration to bring troops home
sooner rather than later.
The 66 U.S. service mem-
bers killed this month eclips-
es the previous record of 65
killed in July 2010, according
to an Associated Press tally.
Nearly half the August deaths
occurred when insurgents shot
down a Chinook helicopter
Aug. 6, killing 30 American
troops, mostly elite Navy
SEALs.
Violence is being reported
across Afghanistan despite
the U.S.-led coalitions drive
to rout insurgents from their
strongholds in the south.
Though American military
officials predicted high casual-
ties this summer as the Taliban
try to come back after recent
offensives, the grim mile-
stone increases pressure on the
Obama administration to with-
draw U.S. forces quickly.
The military has begun to
implement President Barack
Obamas order to withdraw
the 33,000 extra troops he
dispatched to the war. He
ordered 10,000 out this year
and another 23,000 withdrawn
by the summer of 2012, leav-
ing about 68,000 U.S. troops
on the ground. Although major
combat units are not expected
to start leaving until late fall,
two National Guard regiments
comprising about 1,000 sol-
diers started going home last
month.
Afghan President Hamid
Karzai has set the end of 2014
as the target date for Afghan
police and soldiers to take the
lead in protecting and defend-
ing the country, leaving inter-
national combat forces to go
home or take on more support
roles.
In a speech in Minnesota
on Tuesday, Obama honored
all the troops who have been
killed in Afghanistan and Iraq.
Photo submitted
Christmas in July raises
nearly $400, toys for Delphos
Community Christmas Project
The Christmas in July event was a great success at
Studio 320 Hair Salon. Stylists collected nearly $400
and many items were donated to the Delphos Christmas
Community Project. Project Director Edna Fisher, left,
accepts a check from stylist Holly Schwinnen. The salon
had an in-house contest to see who could raise the most
money and Schwinnen was the winner.
Veterans
Appreciation
Festival set
Delphos American Legion
Post 268 will host a Veterans
Appreciation Festival from
noon to 11 p.m. Saturday at
the post.
The beer garden opens
at noon with pork chop and
chicken dinners served at 4
p.m. for $7.50.
Karaoke starts at 4 p.m.
with live music by Garry
Stennett and Dave Kill and
That Lousy Band from 7-11
p.m.
Putnam has case of West Nile Virus; two reported this year
Putnam County has one of
the first human West Nile Virus
cases in the state of Ohio this
year.
The case is a 14-year-old
male who is recovering at home.
The other case in Ohio was iden-
tified in Cuyahoga County.
Putnam County had cases
of West Nile Virus last year as
well, so it is important to take
preventive measures during this
mosquito season.
West Nile Virus is transmit-
ted by the bite of a mosquito.
Symptoms include fever, head-
ache, confusion, nausea, seizures,
altered nerve reactions, abnormal
movements and coma. The dis-
ease ranges from mild to severe.
The health department
would like to remind all resi-
dents of the importance of
protecting yourself against
mosquitoes. To avoid pos-
sible infection from mosqui-
to bites: If you are outdoors
between dusk and dawn when
mosquitoes are most active,
be sure to wear long pants, a
long-sleeved shirt, shoes and
socks. Light colors are least
attractive to mosquitoes. Use
insect repellent that contains
DEET or picaridin and follow
the label directions. To elimi-
nate mosquito breeding sites
near your home: Remove all
discarded tires and other water-
holding containers, such as tin
cans and unused flower pots,
from your property. Eliminate
standing water from your prop-
erty. Make sure all roof gutters
are clean and properly drain-
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outdoor saunas and hot tubs.
Keep them empty when not in
use and drain water from pool
covers. Change water in bird
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Students can pick up their
awards in their school offices.
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Dickman.
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sept. 3, 1969-Aug. 27, 2011
Tammy J. Cross, 41, of
Delphos, went to our heav-
enly father surrounded by her
family at 10:32 a.m. Saturday
at her residence after a short
illness.
She was born Sept. 3, 1969,
in Lima, to Art and Joyce
(Hartman) Cross. Her father
preceded her in death and her
mother survives in Delphos.
Other survivors include
sister Bev Cross-McNeal of
Delphos; brother Luke Cross
of Delphos; and nephews Sean
McNeal and A.J. Cross.
She was also preceded in
death by her brother, James
Cross; and a nephew, Tyler
Cross.
Ms. Cross was a 1987
Jefferson High School gradu-
ate and 1993 Ohio State
University graduate who
earned her bachelor degree
with double majors in psy-
chology and communications.
She enjoyed her dogs, Coco,
Jazz and Kane and her cat,
Maudie.
A private family service
will be held.
Arrangements are by Harter
and Schier Funeral Home.
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tri-county
Associated Press
toniGHt: Partly cloudy
in the evening then becom-
ing mostly clear. Lows in the
mid 60s. South winds 10 to
15 mph.
tHUrsDAY: Hot. Mostly
sunny. Highs around 90.
Southwest winds 5 to 15 mph.
tHUrsDAY niGHt,
FriDAY: Mostly clear. Lows
in the upper 60s. Highs in the
lower 90s. Southwest winds 5
to 15 mph.
FriDAY niGHt: Partly
cloudy. Lows around 70.
sAtUrDAY: Partly cloudy
with a 40 percent chance of
showers and storms. Highs in
the upper 80s.
sAtUrDAY niGHt:
Partly cloudy with a 50 per-
cent chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the
mid 60s.
CLEVELAND (AP)
These Ohio lotteries were
drawn Tuesday:
Mega Millions
02-22-25-28-50, Mega
Ball: 18
Estimated jackpot: $21
million
Megaplier - 4
Pick 3 evening - 2-0-2
Pick 4 evening - 3-8-3-3
Powerball
Estimated jackpot: $75
million
rolling Cash 5
11-12-21-29-35
Estimated jackpot:
$100,000
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The high temperature
Tuesday in Delphos was 78
and the low was 57. A year
ago today, the high was 90
and the low was 67. The
record high for today is 98,
set in 1951 and the record low
of 42 was set in 1915.
Corn: $7.73
Wheat: $7.56
Beans: $14.48
Louis Weber, 79, of
Delphos, died today at Lima
Memorial Health System.
Arrangements are incom-
plete at Harter and Schier
Funeral Home.
Louis Weber
By JoHn CUrrAn
the Associated Press
NEWFANE, Vt. As
emergency airlift operations
brought ready-to-eat meals
and water to Vermont resi-
dents left isolated and desper-
ate, states along the Eastern
Seaboard continued to be
battered by the after effects
of Irene, the destructive hur-
ricane turned tropical storm.
Dangerously damaged
infrastructure, 2.5 million
people without power and
thousands of water-logged
homes and businesses contin-
ued to overshadow the lives
of residents and officials from
North Carolina through New
England, where the storm has
been blamed for at least 44
deaths in 13 states.
Raging floodwaters contin-
ued to ravage parts of north-
ern New Jersey this morning,
even after the states rain-
swollen rivers crested and
slowly receded.
The Passaic River crest-
ed Tuesday night, causing
extensive flooding and forc-
ing a round of evacuations
and rescues in Paterson, the
states third-largest city.
Been in Paterson all my
life, Im 62 years old, and Ive
never seen anything like this,
said resident Gloria Moses as
she gathered with others at
the edge of what used to be a
network of streets, now cov-
ered by a lake.
New Jersey Gov. Chris
Christie, after touring Wayne,
through which the Passaic
also flows, said Tuesday
night he saw just extraordi-
nary despair.
In Connecticut, the
Connecticut River at Hartford
crested Tuesday evening at
24.8 feet, the highest level
since 1987, according to
Nicole Belk, a hydrologist
with the National Weather
Service, in Taunton, Mass.
But she said levees helped
minimize flooding in river-
side communities.
She said the river could
still rise slightly farther south,
in Middletown, where some
streets and neighborhoods
were already experiencing
minor flooding.
Denise Ruzicka, director
of inland water resources for
Connecticuts Department of
Energy and Environmental
Protection, said flood control
dams and basins that New
England states installed after
1955 floods helped prevent
a catastrophe in the lower
Connecticut River basin.
She said all the rivers in
the state will be receding by
the end of the day.
The worst is over, she
said.
Gov. Dannel P. Malloy
toured hard-hit coastal areas
including a peninsula in
Fairfield that was lined with
heavily damaged homes on
Long Island Sound.
Communities on the East
Coast continued recovery
efforts Tuesday, with peo-
ple moving out of emer-
gency shelters in western
Massachusetts, farmers
in New Yorks battered
Schoharie Valley assessing
crop losses and an insurance
agent in Pawtucket, R.I.,
fielding dozens of calls from
customers making damage
claims.
The majority of the claims
are trees down, said Melanie
Loiselle-Mongeon. Trees on
houses, on fences, on decks,
on cars.
In Vermont, officials
focused on providing basic
necessities to residents who
in many cases still have no
power, no telephone service
and no way to get in or out of
their towns.
On Tuesday night, 11 towns
Cavendish, Granville,
Hancock, Killington,
Mendon, Marlboro, Pittsfield,
Plymouth, Stockbridge,
Strafford and Wardsboro
were cut off from the out-
side.
But by this morning, all
but one of the communities
Wardsboro had been
reached by ground crews,
emergency management offi-
cials said.
Flooding persists as east
Coast reels from irene
NEW YORK (AP) No
one would sniff at all the dol-
lars Jerry Lewis raised for
muscular dystrophy: a couple
of billion during his 45-year
reign as host of the MDA
Telethon.
But what kind of TV did he
offer in exchange? The short
answer: Jerry put on a show
like no other.
Labor Day this year prom-
ises to be bland by comparison,
with the 85-year-old Lewis
now banished from the annual
rite he built from scratch and
molded in his image.
As if deflated by the
absence of its larger-than-life
host, The 46th Annual MDA
Labor Day Telethon will fill
just six hours (Sunday from 6
p.m. to midnight in each time
zone; check local listings for
station), rather than the gru-
eling 21 1/2-hour endurance
contest that Lewis used to
churn through with his view-
ers in tow.
On this years broadcast
(which, ironically, will no lon-
ger be actually airing on Labor
Day), a quartet of lightweights
are standing in for Jerry: Nigel
Lythgoe (So You Think You
Can Dance), Nancy ODell
(Entertainment Tonight),
Alison Sweeney (The
Biggest Loser) and Jann Carl
(billed as an Emmy-winning
journalist).
Celebrities will include
Celine Dion, Jennifer Lopez,
Lady Antebellum, Richie
Sambora and Jordin Sparks.
Jerry Lewis:
MIA at this
years MDA
Telethon
By AMAnDA Lee MYers
the Associated Press
PHOENIX An 86-year-
old Arizona man had just fin-
ished trimming plants in his
backyard when he fell face-
first into his pruning shears,
sending one of the handles
through his right eye socket
and halfway into his head.
Unsure what had happened,
Leroy Luetscher reached up
and felt the shears jutting from
his face. He was covered in
blood and in more pain than
hed ever felt in his life.
I didnt know if my eye-
ball was still there or what,
Luetscher told The Associated
Press on Tuesday. The pain
was so bad that I guess I
wasnt afraid to die.
Luetscher managed to put
his T-shirt over the wound to
stanch the bleeding. He said
the excruciating pain is what
kept him conscious and able
to walk to the laundry room of
his house to beckon his long-
time live-in girlfriend, who
called 911.
Luetscher, a Wisconsin
native who now lives in south-
ern Arizonas Green Valley,
has made a remarkable recov-
ery since the July 30 accident.
He still has slight swelling in
his eyelids and minor double
vision, but is otherwise OK.
Doctors who removed the
shears and rebuilt a bone in
Luetschers eye socket say it
could have been much worse.
Hes was very lucky that
it missed all vital structures
and we were basically able to
put him back together, Dr.
Lynn Polonski said.
After Luetschers girl-
friend, Arpy Williams, called
911, an ambulance rushed him
to University Medical Center
in Tucson, where a team of
surgeons took scans of his
brain and came up with a plan
to treat him.
They learned the shears
handle had gone 6 inches into
Luetschers head and was rest-
ing against the carotid artery
in his neck.
It was a bit overwhelm-
ing, said Polonski, one of
Luetschers surgeons. It was
wedged in there so tightly,
you could not move it. It was
part of his face.
Polonski said the team
made incisions underneath
his right upper lip and his
sinus wall, allowing them to
loosen the handle of the prun-
ing shears with their fingers.
Once we were able to loosen
it up, it went fairly easily,
he said.
Man describes shears
impaling eye socket
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As our mission transi-
tions from combat to support,
Afghans will take responsibil-
ity for their own security and
the longest war in American
history will come to a respon-
sible end, Obama said at the
American Legions national
convention in Minneapolis.
For our troops and military
families who have sacrificed
so much, this means relief
from an unrelenting decade of
operations.
Aside from the 30
Americans killed in the
Chinook crash southwest of
Kabul, 23 died this month in
Kandahar and Helmand prov-
inces in southern Afghanistan,
the main focus of Afghan and
U.S.-led coalition forces. The
remaining 13 were killed in
eastern Afghanistan.
Former U.S. ambassa-
dor to Afghanistan, Ronald
Neumann, said the recent
spike in violence does not
tell policymakers much on its
own, yet could still have the
effect of intensifying the sense
of frustration about the war
in Congress and elsewhere.
Some U.S. lawmakers see the
wars duration and cost as a
nuisance in a time of tight
U.S. budgets, he said. That
reinforces the negative, he
said.
War
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49th Annual
Ottoville Park Carnival
Always Labor Day Weekend
Saturday, Sept. 3
rd
and Sunday, Sept. 4
th
Live Entertainment
Events
The Reaganomics
The Midwests Most Exciting
80s Dance & Party Band
www.reaganomics.com
Sunday, September 4th
9:00 p.m. to midnight
No carry-in beverages permitted
Sponsored by:
C&G Distributing Co. K&L Ready Mix
The Ottoville Bank Co. Ottoville VFW Post 3740
Saturday, September 3
rd
Lip Sync Contest
OSU Tailgate Party
Corn Hole Tournament
Lawn Mower Racing
Texas Hold Em
Kids Rides & Bicycle Raffle
Wing Cook-Off
Adult Wiffle Ball Tournament
Sunday, September 4
th
Parade
BBQ Chicken Dinners
Golf Challenge
Bingo
The Reaganomics
Big Ticket Drawing
Raffle Booth Drawings
Cub Scout Tractor Pull
Adult Wiffle Ball Tournament
Come enjoy rides, games
and family fun the whole weekend!
For a full list of events visit www.ottovillepark.com
FREE
ADMISSION
We are specially trained and equipped to meet your on-farm, in-feld
tire service and replacement needs. Call us for on-farm deliveries
and on-the-spot tire repairs.
We have What it takes
to serviCe your tires,
including a sense of urgency.
502 N. Main St. Delphos, OH
419-695-1060
Spring on in to our
Were growing to serve you better! Come see our expanded full-service pet hospital!
1825 East Fifth Street 419-692-9941
Coming soon..www.delphosanimalhospital.com
April 25th 2:00-4:00 pm
GUEST EXHIBITORS
* Hollowell Dog Training *
* MaryAnns Kountry Kennels *
* Elida Dog Grooming *
* Marc Walters Photography *
* Roger BiceShawnee Run
Kennels *
Enjoy Food,
Refreshments,
Demonstrations,
Door Prizes,
and more!
Picture of the 4
veterinarians (on file
at Delphos Herald)
1825 East Fifth Street 419-692-9941
www.delphosanimalhospital.com
RABIES VACCINE CLINIC
Saturday, Sept. 24, 2011 ... 1-4 p.m.
for dogs, cats, ferrets,
and horses!
Open to our current clients and the general public
Rabies Vaccinations are $15
Microchipping available.
Walk-ins welcome.
In support of
WORLD RABIES DAY
September 28
th
Delphos Animal Hospital is sponsoring a
Refreshments and door prizes!
Horse owners are encouraged to call for an
appointment. Bring proof of previous rabies
vaccine, if applicable.
Allen County Fair Junior Fair results
Allen County Jr. Fair
Royalty
Jr. Fair King
Jacob Lawrence Allen Co
Does & Kids
Jr. Fair Queen
Allie Averesch Bunny
Boosters
Jr. Fair Prince
John Core Blue Ribbon
Bearcats/Spencerville FFA
Jr. Fair Princess
Jenni Point Johnny
Appleseed Gang
Department Royalty
Beef Queen
Melissa Hefner Auglaize
Ag
Beef Princess
Emily Allen Auglaize Ag
Canine Queen
Ally Bonnette Paws &
Pals
Dairy Princess
Corrine Wood Milky Way
Dairy
Goat Queen
Megan Joseph Allen Co
Does & Kids
Horse/Pony King
John Mohr Johnny
Appleseed Club
Horse/Pony Queen
Abigail Moeller Equine
Country Club
Poultry King
Rory Goble Harrod Lively
Poultry Queen
Emma Boughan Cairo Corn
Kobs
Rabbit King
Max Mcadoo Bunny
Boosters
Rabbit Queen
Emily Green Bunny
Boosters
Lamb & Wool Queen
Makenzie Skinner Future
Shepherds
Pork Industry Queen
Emily Lugibihl Gomer Go
Getters
Pork Industry Princess
Haley Calvelage Delphos
Livestock

Booths
Best Decorated Booth - 12
And Under
Dad & Me
Best Decorated Booth 16
And Over
Mustang Country
Connections
Best Display Of Projects
Westside 4-H
Best Use Of Theme
Liberty Christian Clovers
Most Creative
Blue Ribbon Bearcats
Best Scout
Allen County Troops
Best FFA
Spencerville FFA

Girl Scouts
Neighborhood Award
Allen County

Poultry
Champion Pen of 2 Meat
Chickens
Madison Rex Allen Co.
Feather Fanciers
Reserve Champion Pen
Bailey Croft Blue Ribbon
Bearcats
Champion Jr. Pen
Madison Rex Allen Co.
Feather Fanciers
Reserve Jr. Champion
Bailey Croft Blue Ribbon
Bearcats
Pen of 2 Meat Chickens
Champion Sr. Div.
Garrett Renner Cairo Korn
Kobs
Res. Champion Sr. Div.
Shelby Stevens Allen Co.
Rough Riders
Canine
Sub Novice A Ovedience
Olivia Meister Paws &
Pals
Sub Novice B Obedience
Jenny Ditto Allen Co. K-9
Novice A Obedience
Megan Schaeffer Paws &
Pals
Novice B Obedience
Michelle Hines Paws &
Pals
Graduate Novice A
Obedience
Ally Bonnette Paws &
Pals
Open B Obedience
Megan Joseph Allen Co.
K-9
Jr. Grooming & Handling
A
Kaitlynn Slone Paws &
Pals
Int. Grooming & Handling
A
Taran Zwiebel Paws &
Pals
Int. Grooming & Handling
B
Arianna Sassi Paws & Pals
Sr. Grooming & Handling
B
Michelle Hines Paws & Pals

Poultry
Champion Standard
Cockerels
Jason Lauf Perry Blue
Ribbon
Reserve Champion Standard
Cockerels
Austin Lauf Perry Blue
Ribbon
Champion Standard Pullets
Austin Lauf Perry Blue
Ribbon
Pullets
Ribbon
Champion Bantam
Cockerels
Ribbon
Reserve Champion Bantam
Cockerels
Madison Rex Allen Co
Feather Fanciers
Champion Bantam Pullets
Ribbons
Pullets
Feather Fanciers
Champion Raising Pullets
Jessica Bendele Allen Co
Feather Fanciers
Reserve Champion Raising
Pullets
Zeb Smith Perry Blue
Ribbons
Champion Standard Duck
Feather Fanciers
Duck
Zach Kraft Allen Co
Feather Fanciers
Champion Bantam Duck
Linnea Stephens Allen Co
Feather Fanciers
Duck
Feather Fanciers
Champion Goose
Josh Stephens Cairo Korn
Kobs
Reserve Champion Goose
Wil Boughan Cairo Korn
Kobs
Champion Meat Turkey
Coby Goble Harrod Lively
Reserve Champion Meat
Turkey
Destiney Goble Harrod
Lively
Champion Breeding Turkey
Coby Goble Harrod Lively
Champion Poultry
Kylie Fritz Delphos FFA
Showmanship 16-19 Yrs.
Reserve Champion Poultry
Jordan Barclay Delphos FFA
Champion Poultry
Madison Rex Perry Blue
Ribbons
Halle Strayer Gomer Go
Getters
Champion Poultry
Ethan Grant Allen Co
Feather Fanciers
Christian Rosterfer Allen
Co Feather Fanciers
Poultry Champion
Ribbons
Rabbits
Champion Pen Of 3 Market
Rabbits
Marissa Edgington Bunny
Boosters
Reserve Champion Pen Of 3
Market Rabbits
Parker Frey Bunny
Boosters
Champion Fryer
Taylor Clum Bunny
Boosters
Reserve Champion Fryer
Boosters
Champion Fur
Carly Clum Bunny
Boosters
Reserve Champion Fur
Breanna Nestor Bunny
Boosters

Goats
Champion Market Goat
Mya Gossard Allen Co Does
& Kids
Reserve Champion Market
Goat
Shannon Mckamey Future
Shepherds
Champion All Other Breeds
Samantha Vermule
Delphos FFA
Champion Harness
Christian Long Gomer Go
Getters
Champion Jr. Meat Doe
Mya Gossard Allen Co
Does & Kids
Champion Sr. Meat Doe
Shannon Mckamey Future
Shepherds
Champion Beg. Meat Goat
Blake Lamb Allen Co
Does & Kids
Showmanship
Champion Jr. Meat Goat
Does & Kids
Champion Sr. Meat Goat
Caitlin Landwehr Delphos
FFA
Champion Of Champions
Does & Kids
Meat Goat Showmanship
Champion Market Goat
Rate Of Gain
Abigail Purdy Allen Co
Does & Kids
Reserve Champion Market
Rate Of Gain
Mya Gossard Allen Co
Does & Kids
Beef
Beginner Beef
Troy Elwer Delphos
Livestock
Showmanship Junior Beef
Justin Siefker Delphos
Livestock
Showmanship Senior Beef
Melissa Hefner Auglaize
Ag
Showmanship
Justin Siefker Delphos
Livestock
Champion Beef Female
Kylie Fritz Delphos
Livestock
Reserve Champion Beef
Cody Wright Amanda Ag
Female
Champion Feeder Calf
Logan Heffner Auglaize
Ag
Reserve Champion Feeder
Calf
Cody Wright Amanda Ag
Champion Rate Of Gain
Casey Troyer Elida FFA
Champion Improvement
Casey Troyer Elida FFA

Rabbits
Beg. Rabbit Showmanship
Katie Thaxton Bunny
Boosters
Demonstration
Jr. Rabbit Showmanship
Boosters
Demonstration
Sr. Rabbit Showmanship
Lacy Pellegrini Bunny
Boosters
Demonstration
Champion Of Champion
Kaley Core Blue Ribbon
Bearcats
Rabbit Showmanship
Demonstration
Champion Beg. Rabbit
Arianna Smedley Johnny
Appleseed
Champion Jr. Rabbit
Emily Green Bunny
Boosters
Champion Sr. Rabbit
Kaley Core Spencerville
FFA
Demonstrations
Jr. Div. Individual
Jackson Conrad Allen East
Top Achievers
Sr. Div. Individual
Emily Green Bunny
Boosters
Jr. Div. Team
Makenzie Conrad Allen
East Top Achievers
Logan Conrad Allen East
Top Achievers

Swine
Champion Farrow To
Finish
Deavan Scott Lafayette
B&G
Reserve Champion Farrow
To Finish
Mitchell Scott Lafayette
B&G
Sheep Showmanship
Champion Beg. Sheep
Allyson Richardson Harrod
Lively
Res. Ch. Beg. Sheep
Brandon ODell Blue
Ribbon Bearcats
Champion Jr. Sheep
Jacob Sherrick Harrod
Lively
Res. Ch. Jr. Sheep
Rory Coble Harrod Lively
Ch. Sr. Sheep
Claire Mcconnell Blue
Ribbon Bearcats
Res. Ch. Sr. Sheep
Taylor Richardson Harrod
Lively
Photo submitted
Delphos Livestock 4-H Club purchased a bench in memory of Troy Reindel that now sits on the Allen County
Fairgrounds. Todd Sutton, front right, of Potash of Lima told the club last week his company would take over the
payments for the bench. The Reindel family is in the front row.
Read more on page 9
When you pray, rather let your heart be without words than your words without heart.
John Bunyan (1628-1688)
IT WAS NEWS THEN
POLITICS
Moderately confused
One Year Ago
Caleb Haunhorst of Delphos, member of Allen County
K-9 4-H Club, earned first place in the Novice A Dog
Obedience competition at the Allen County Fair with his
Black Lab Belle. This was Haunhorsts second year showing
at the fair. He is the son of Todd and Tricia Haunhorst.
25 Years Ago 1986
The 130th annual Van Wert County Fair was officially
opened today with a ribbon-cutting ceremony. A ribbon-
cutting was also held to dedicate the new 1200-square-foot
junior fair horse barn that will accommodate 104 horses.
Activities in the afternoon include a 4-H garden, flower and
baked goods judging.
Dave Holtzhauer was elected president of the Spencerville
Invincible Fire Company. Other officers are Dave Evans, vice
president; Junior Mulholland, treasurer; Roger Brotherwood,
secretary; John Skorupski, assistant secretary; Paul Lee, two-
year term as chief; Greg Leidy, safety director; Tim Potts,
captain of nozzle; Don Whitmore, captain of hose; Dennis
Coil, reporter; and Bob Eutsler, Carl Potts, Jim Hirn and
Courtney Wilson, trustees.
Lincolnview downed Fort Jennings 18-16, 6-15 and
15-11 Thursday. Point leaders for Fort Jennings were Laura
Broecker with 14 and Cora Bigelow and Shelly Broecker
with seven each. In serves Bigelow was 12 of 13 and Karen
Lindeman 11 of 12.
50 Years Ago 1961
Fifty-six members of the Fraternal Order of Eagles
Auxiliary were present for the regular meeting held Monday
in the Eagles clubrooms. An initiation was conducted with the
local drill and degree teams in charge. The next meeting will
be held Sept. 11. Hostesses will be Edna Freund, chairman;
Opal Diltz, Mildred Davis, Veronica Williams and Gloria
Bayman.
The Green Thumb Garden Club guest meeting was held
Aug. 28 in NuMaudes Restaurant. Mrs. Benno Miller opened
the meeting and welcomed the 20 members and guests. Mrs.
James Wiltsie, program chairman, introduced the speaker,
Mrs. E. L. Staup, who spoke on The Influence of Period
Arrangement on Modern Floral Art.
Sons Bar will meet Stumbaugh Construction of Lima
in the finals of the Delphos invitational slo-pitch tournament
Aug. 31 following semi-final victories Monday night. Sons
Bar moved into the finals with a 4-2 victory over Tom &
Lous. Clarence Giesken pitched a four-hitter for Sons Bar
to snap Tom & Lous win streak.
75 Years Ago 1936
Many changes which have been made in Delphos since
he left here nearly 40 years ago are noted by Frank Lause, of
Custar, Wood County, Ohio, who is visiting with his broth-
ers, Louis and Leo Lause, and with other relatives. Lause left
Delphos in 1897. He was born and reared on a farm on the
banks of the Auglaize River, east of Delphos.
A large number of Delphos fair visitors witnessed the
annual Delphos Allen County fair livestock parade held
Friday afternoon. The Eagles band headed the parade of fine
cattle, horses, etc. The grand champions in each class led the
entries in their own divisions.
Mrs. Elmer Freund, Mrs. Ed. Mox, Sr., and Mrs. H. F.
Buchholtz of St. Peters Lutheran Church of Delphos
were in attendance at the annual Womens Missionary
Conference conducted at St. Johns Lutheran Church in Piqua
on Thursday. The 1937 conference will be held at Arlington,
Ohio.
SAN ANTONIO (AP)
Republican presidential
candidate Mitt Romney cas-
tigated career politicians
Tuesday as he tried to distin-
guish himself from chief rival
Rick Perry while on the gov-
ernors home turf in Texas.
I am a conservative busi-
nessman. I spent most of my
life outside of politics, deal-
ing with real problems in the
real economy, Romney told
the Veterans of Foreign Wars
annual convention in San
Antonio. Career politicians
got us into this mess and they
simply dont know how to get
us out.
Romney didnt men-
tion Perry by name during
the speech, which comes as
national polls show Perry with
more support than Romney.
For months, Romney has led
the pack seeking the GOP
presidential nomination and
largely ignored his would-be
rivals.
Even so, the contrast
Romney is seeking to draw is
clear. He was a businessman
who founded a venture capi-
tal firm and headed the 2002
Olympic Winter Games in
Salt Lake City before serving
a single term as Massachusetts
governor. Perry is Texas lon-
gest-serving governor and has
been an elected public official
for 27 years, having served as
lieutenant governor, agricul-
tural commissioner and a state
representative before becom-
ing governor in 2000.
A Perry spokesman dis-
missed Romneys jab:
Governor Perry was a farmer
and served in the military for
a combined 19 years, Mark
Miner said. Mitt Romney
must have been talking about
someone else in his remarks
today.
Perry himself then sug-
gested the presidential race
had no room for verbal barbs,
saying during an appearance
on the Sean Hannity radio
show, Frankly, I dont know
Governor Romney well
enough on a personal basis.
But look, this race is not
going to be about personali-
ties, from my perspective,
and certainly not be going to
be personal. Its going to be
about records and who can
get America working again.
And our nation cant endure
four more years of this ris-
ing unemployment and rising
taxes and rising debt.
Romney also hammered
the Obama administration in
his speech, saying we stand
near a threshold of profound
economic misery. Four more
years on the same political
path could prove disastrous.
Romney went on to assert
that as president he would not
apologize to foreign leaders
for America, something he
accused Obama of doing.
Have we ever had a presi-
dent who was so eager to
address the world with an
apology on his lips and doubt
in his heart? Romney asked.
Although the president has
indicated to foreign leaders
that America is not above
reproach, he had never apolo-
gized for U.S. actions, either
as a candidate or as presi-
dent.
Romneys remarks
Tuesday provide strong
clues about his strategy
for trying to derail Perry,
who jolted the race earlier this
month by formally becoming
a candidate.
By RICHARD LARDNER
Associated Press
WASHINGTON As
much as $60 billion in U.S.
tax dollars has been lost to
waste and fraud in Iraq and
Afghanistan over the past
decade due to lax oversight
of contractors, poor planning
and corruption, according to
an independent panel.
In its final report to
Congress, to be pub-
licly released today, the
Commission on Wartime
Contracting said the waste
could grow as U.S. support
for reconstruction projects
and programs wanes, leaving
Iraq and Afghanistan to bear
the long-term costs of sus-
taining the schools, medical
clinics, barracks, roads and
power plants already built
with American money.
Government agencies
should overhaul the way they
award and manage contracts
in war zones so they dont
repeat the mistakes made in
Iraq and Afghanistan, the
commission said. Among
the reports 15 recommenda-
tions are the creation of an
inspector general to monitor
contracting and the appoint-
ment of a senior government
official to improve planning
and coordination.
obtained a copy of the com-
missions 240-page report in
advance of its public release.
The commission was estab-
lished by Congress in 2008
and ceases operating at the
end of September.
Overall, the commis-
sion said spending on con-
tracts and grants to support
U.S. operations in Iraq and
Afghanistan is expected to
exceed $206 billion by the
end of the 2011 budget year.
Based on its investigation,
the commission said con-
tracting waste in Afghanistan
ranged from 10 percent to 20
percent of the $206 billion
total. Fraud during the same
period ran between 5 percent
and 9 percent of the total, the
report said.
Styled after the Truman
Committee, which examined
World War II spending six
decades ago, the commis-
sion was vested with broad
authority to examine military
support contracts, reconstruc-
tion projects and private
security companies. But the
law creating the commission
also dictated that it would
cease operating at the end of
September 2011, even as the
U.S. operations in Iraq and
Afghanistan continue to be
heavily supported by contrac-
tors.
Sen. Claire McCaskill,
D-Mo., who co-sponsored
legislation to establish the
commission, said in a state-
ment emailed Tuesday that
it is disgusting to think that
nearly a third of the billions
and billions we spent on con-
tracting was wasted or used
for fraud.
The commission cited
numerous examples of waste,
including a $360 million
U.S.-financed agricultural
development program in
Afghanistan. The effort began
as a $60 million project in
2009 to distribute vouchers
for wheat seed and fertilizer
in drought-stricken areas of
northern Afghanistan. The
program expanded into the
south and east. Soon the U.S.
was spending a $1 million a
day on the program, creating
an environment ripe for waste
and abuse, the commission
said.
Paying villagers for what
they used to do voluntarily
destroyed local initiatives and
diverted project goods into
Pakistan for resale, the com-
mission said.
The Afghan insurgencys
second largest funding source
after the illegal drug trade
is the diversion of money
from U.S.-backed construc-
tion projects and transpor-
tation contracts, according
to the commission. But the
report does not say how much
money has been funneled to
the insurgency. The money
typically is lost when insur-
gents and warlords threaten
Afghan subcontractors with
violence unless they pay for
protection, according to the
report.
By JIM KUHNHENN
Associated Press
WASHINGTON
Limited in his ability to cre-
ate jobs through direct spend-
ing, President Barack Obama
is considering measures to
encourage the private sector
to free up its cash reserves
and hire more workers to ease
the nations unemployment
crush.
As Obama prepares to
unveil a new jobs agenda next
week, his aides are reviewing
options that would provide tax
incentives to employers who
expand their payrolls. That
approach is a more indirect
effort to spur the economy
and relies less on government
intervention and massive pub-
lic works projects.
Among proposals circulat-
ing in the White House is a $33
billion tax credit that Obama
first proposed early last year
but Congress whittled into a
smaller one-year package.
Under one version of
the plan, employers would
receive a tax credit of up to
$5,000, subtracted from their
share of federal payroll taxes,
for every net new hire. White
House officials caution that
the overall jobs plan is still
subject to change.
The tax credit, however,
is a relatively untested idea.
Congress passed a version in
March 2010, known as the
HIRE Act, which provided
$13 billion in tax credits to
qualified employers who
hired new workers. But there
is no government data to track
its success.
The HIRE Act was very
small, said Mark Zandi,
chief economist at Moodys
Analytics and an occasional
adviser to Democrats and
Republicans. It really didnt
add to payrolls.
It would have to be big-
ger, he added. Something
more along the lines that the
Obama administration pro-
posed in 2010.
While promising a major
jobs package, Obama is ham-
strung by budget cuts and a
tight debt ceiling that he had
a hand in negotiating.
As a result, economists
predict that while the presi-
dents initiatives could elimi-
nate some drag on the econ-
omy and maintain the status
quo, they wont be enough to
propel it to new heights
Still, Obama today pre-
dicted his plan could push the
economy to grow 1 percent to
1.5 percent faster.
That could mean half a
million to a million addition-
al jobs, he said Tuesday in
an interview with radio talk
show host Tom Joyner.
Obamas jobs package
is designed to supplement
other proposals already in the
pipeline, including free trade
agreements with South Korea,
Colombia and Panama and
the renewal of a highway con-
struction bill.
On today, Obama will call
on Congress to pass federal
highway legislation before the
current law expires Sept. 30.
Seeking to blunt congressio-
nal partisanship, Obama will
be joined by the leaders of
two occasionally warring fac-
tions AFL-CIO President
Richard Trumka and David
Chavern, chief operating offi-
cer of the U.S. Chamber of
Commerce.
At a minimum, the presi-
dents jobs plan will call on
Congress to extend current
payroll tax cuts and jobless
benefits, spend money for
new construction projects and
offer incentives to businesses
to hire more workers.
We dont have magic bul-
lets, but what we do have, I
think, is the capacity to do
some things right now that
would make a big difference,
Obama told Joyner.
By ROBERT BURNS and
KIMBERLY DOZIER
Associated Press
WASHINGTON Gen.
David Petraeus is bidding
farewell to the Army that has
been his life and the troops
that have been his family for
37 years.
Americas best-known
general is taking off his uni-
form before starting a new
chapter as the 20th director
of the CIA next week, where
he will keep waging war on
al-Qaida and other terrorist
groups, but in a far different
manner.
The soldier-scholar-
statesman is to be sworn in
as the nations spy chief on
Sept. 6, less than a week
before the 10th anniversary
of the terrorist attacks that
killed nearly 3,000 people in
New York, Washington and
Pennsylvania.
Its a sharp and unexpect-
ed career turn for the man
many thought would ulti-
mately become the top officer
in the land chairman of the
Joint Chiefs of Staff after
six command assignments,
including four in war zones.
He is credited with turning
around the Iraq war and help-
ing pivot the still uncertain
campaign in Afghanistan.
Instead, President Barack
Obama asked him to take
over at CIA as part of a major
shuffle of top national securi-
ty officials that included Leon
Panetta moving from CIA
director to succeed the retir-
ing Robert Gates as defense
secretary.
Close friends and col-
leagues of Petraeus say that
when he realized the White
House would not make him
chairman of the Joint Chiefs,
he saw the CIA as the best
alternative.
I wanted this job, he
told senators at his confirma-
tion hearing, saying he had
discussed the CIA post with
the Obama administration for
months.
Although he could have
stayed in uniform at the CIA,
Petraeus, 58, chose to shed it
to avoid what some might see
as the militarization of intel-
ligence.
I have a certain profile in
various parts of the world,
he told the Pentagon Channel
in an interview Aug. 18.
And were I to travel there
in uniform, it might create
some confusion, frankly, as,
you know: Who is this guy?
Hes still in uniform. Is he the
director of the CIA or is he
actually something else?
Petraeus soared to public
acclaim in 2007-08 with his
surprising success in revers-
ing an escalation of insurgent
violence in Iraq.
At a September 2008 cere-
mony in Baghdad marking the
end of Petraeus 19 months
in command, Gates credited
him with dealing a tremen-
dous, if not mortal, blow to
an insurgency that two years
earlier seemed beyond U.S.
or Iraqi government control.
I believe history will
regard you as one of our
nations great battle cap-
tains, Gates told Petraeus.
Petraeus is credited
with similarly solidifying
gains against the Taliban in
Afghanistan, though he him-
self says progress is fragile
and reversible.
Some critics of his push
to add troops into the conflict
there say Obamas decision to
draw down those troops over
the coming year shows the
administration is abandoning
Petraeus counterinsurgency
campaign.
Petraeus aides disagree.
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7 p.m. Bingo at St.
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6:30 p.m. Delphos
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Methodist Church.
7 p.m. Delphos
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Eichers youngest to
head to kindergarten
BY LOVINA EICHER
There are only a few days
in August left. The school
doors open for another term
next week. Where have these
summer months
go to so fast?
Son Kevin is
down to count-
ing 5 times to
sleep before his
6th birthday on
Sept. 2. Kevin is
our youngest and
he will be 6 and
starting kinder-
garten. The years
go way too fast
for me.
Daughter Lovina, 7, will
still let me hold her on my
lap a lot more than Kevin
does. He tells me Mom I
am not a baby anymore. At
the recent family gathering,
Kevin told my husband Joe
that he doesnt need help
carrying his plate anymore.
He said at school I carry
my own plate. You can just
really see them grow up.
Kevin was helping
Benjamin, 12, and Joseph, 9,
clean out the chicken coop
this week. He came walking
in with farm boots two times
too big for him and said
see, Mom, I am helping. I
have manure on my boots.
It just made me laugh to
think that if he is dirty he
thinks we will know he is
helping.
Daughter Susan, 15, is
training another pony for a
family in our church. This
one is named Minnie and is
quite a bit calmer to handle.
Lovina will lead it around
a lot and crawl on its back.
It is tinier than ours so it
is easier for them to get on
and off. Our border collie
dog, Buddy, likes to take
the ponys rope and lead it
around.
Friday evening we went
to a local benefit auction
and supper for an Amish
man in the community. The
proceeds went to
help pay his med-
ical expenses. On
Saturday we had
an easy dinner
as chicken was
being delivered
in our community
to help an Amish
man from a near-
by community
with his medical
expenses. It is
nice to be able to share one
anothers burdens.
Verena has managed to
start walking without crutch-
es now. She has a walking
sandal on her cast. She still
has to put the brace on her
leg at night. It is just nicer
for her to not have to get
around using crutches. She
seems to be able to keep
the pain under control most
times.
Our third cutting of hay is
down and we should be able
to bale within a few days.
We are hoping the rain holds
off until the hay is inside.
I have more tomatoes the
boys picked for me to can.
Our potatoes didnt do so
well so it looks like we will
end up buying storage pota-
toes for the winter. Last week
we also did several more
batches of salsa and canned
more green beans and hot
peppers. If my cucumbers
keep doing well I would like
to can some more dill pick-
les. The children like these
with sandwiches. When our
horses accidentally got out
while I was at the hospital
with Verena a few weeks
ago, they trampled some of
my cucumber plants. The
horses killed a few of the
plants but others survived.
Elizabeth, 17, wants to
cut the boys out some pants
for school. We are hoping
to get those sewn this week
and also some new shirts
for them. The girls seem
to have enough dresses for
now. I want to have Susan
help her sew. Susan would
much rather clean out the
horse stalls than do any sew-
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though.
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Ottovilles Megan Bendele tries to stuff a set by
Lincolnviews Samantha Shaffer Tuesday night at
Lincolnview. The visiting Lady Green swept the hosts.
Junior Madison Zuber slips a shot through Spencerville defenders Shanna German
and Katie Merriman for a point Tuesday night at Arnzen Gymnasium. The host Blue Jays
battled past the Bearcats in five sets.
By Brian Bassett
Times Bulletin
Sports Editor
sports@timesbulletin.com
MIDDLE POINT - The
Lincolnview volleyball team
hosted the Ottoville Lady
Green Tuesday in an early-
season, non-conference
match.
Ottoville opened the match
hot and stayed that way,
sweeping the Lady Lancers
three sets to none.
Ottoville jumped out to a
3-1 lead to begin the first
set. A kill by Abby Siefker
(11 kills, 14 solo blocks)
gave Ottoville a 4-1 lead and
sparked a 4-point rally that
forced Lady Lancer coach
Heather Byrne to use her first
time out.
The break would not slow
the Ottoville momentum,
however, as they extended
their lead to 10-1 before a
Tonya Kaufman (26/27
serving, 5 aces, 20 points)
serve found the net, giving
Lincolnview the point.
With Ottoville lead-
ing 16-5, the Lady Lancers
took advantage of consecu-
tive errant shots by the Lady
Green. Two Kelsey Mohr
(12/12 serving, 5 aces; 28/28
setting, 11 assists) aces and
a block by Lauren Calvert
brought the Lady Lancers
back within six, 16-10. They
got as close as 16-12 before
a kill by Ottovilles Megan
Bendele (5 kills; 11 solo
blocks; 5 digs) stopped the
Lincolnview rally.
Ottoville increased the
lead to 24-17 and a block
by Siefker sealed the first-set
victory for the Lady Green.
The second set was closely
contested to begin, seeing a
3-3 tie. A Bendele kill gave
Ottoville an 8-6 lead. The
Lady Green lead increased
to 17-8 before a missed serve
by Bendele gave the Lady
Lancers a point and the ball.
Siefker countered with a
kill for the Lady Green and
Kaufman added an ace, mak-
ing the score 19-9, Ottoville.
The score quickly became
24-10 before a Lincolnview
shot fell out-of-bounds, giv-
ing the Lady Green the sec-
ond set, 25-10.
The Lady Lancers jumped
out quickly in the third set
and a Carley Springer (17/18
hitting, 9 kills; 2 blocks)
ace gave them a 7-2 lead.
Ottoville then made a run,
capped off by a Siefker kill
which brought Ottoville
within one, 10-9. The Lady
Green took the lead 11-10
and increased it to 15-10 on a
kill by Marissa Nienberg.
Lincolnview would not go
away as a block by Jodie
Doner stopped the Ottoville
rally. The Lady Lancers ran
with the momentum and a
point by Springer tied the set
at 19. The scoring was back
and forth after that, as the set
saw ties at 22 and 24.
A Doner kill gave the
Lady Lancers a 25-24 lead.
Ottoville countered with con-
secutive kills by Siefker, giv-
ing the Lady Green the 26-25
lead. Bendele then came
through with an ace which
sealed the set for the Lady
Green, 27-25 - and the match,
3-0.
Lady Green takes Lancers in 3
See LADY GREEN, page 7
Brian Bassett photo
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By JIM METCALFE
jmetcalfe@delphosherald.com
DELPHOS St. Johns
was looking to bounce back
from a 5-set loss Monday
night at Van Wert when they
hosted Spencerville, making
its season debut, Tuesday
night at Robert A. Arnzen
Gymnasium.
This match also went five
sets but the Lady Blue Jays
pulled off a 21-25, 25-14,
23-25, 25-19, 15-11 mara-
thon.
The team that had defend-
ed the north end of the gym
had won the previous four
sets, which boded well for the
Lady Bearcats.
However, two aces by
junior Madison Zuber (6
aces) got the hosts off well.
The Lady Bearcats replied by
notching a 3-all tie on an ace
by senior Devan Hanjora (11
kills, 11 digs) but senior Shelby
Reindel (16 kills, 5 aces) put
one down off the defense and
that gave the Jays the lead
for good. A hitting error gave
the hosts a 7-3 edge, forcing
first-year Bearcat coach Kari
Wicker to call time. The visi-
tors battled within 8-6 on a hit
off the block by junior Abby
Freewalt (13 digs) but a hit-
ting miscue ended that rally.
The Jays had a little too much
down the stretch and a serving
error by the Bearcats ended
the match.
We did what we had to do
to win. We might have been
a little tired after last nights
5-setter but that is no excuse,
St. Johns coach Kellie
Sterling said. What we have
to realize is we have to come
ready to play every night. Its
a long week for us to open the
season with four matches and
school starting but we should
be used to that by now; it hap-
pens every year.
The Bearcats started the
match well, despite it being
their season-opener. They
simply were more consistent
than the hosts in the set and
took a 1-set edge.
Thats how we wanted to
start. Unfortunately, we didnt
maintain it but that might be
expected for a first match,
Wicker explained. We had
a lot of hitting errors and a
bunch of missed serves, which
we hadnt done. Still, these
girls have progressed so much
in the short time weve been
together. They have worked
hard and started to come
together.
The Jays bounced right
back in set 2, taking con-
trol behind Reindel and some
hitting errors by the visi-
tors. They grabbed an 15-5
advantage and went on to tie
the match at 1 on a hit off
the block by junior Lauren
Utrup.
The Jays appeared to have
all the momentum in the third
set, again riding Reindel in
a 7-0 spurt this time at
the serve to take an 11-5
edge on a Utrup kill. Prior
to the run, though, the Jays
lost junior Emily Horstman
to a left ankle injury. Wicker
called time and that steadied
the Bearcats. Senior Taylor
Elchert (10 kills, 9 digs, 6
aces) started to do some dam-
age at the net and at the serve
and the Jays began to mis-
fire at the net. A kill off the
defense by Elchert gave the
visitors a 22-21 edge and they
closed it out on a serving
error on set point.
The Jays again came out
quickly in set four. With fresh-
man Rebekah Fischer play-
ing for Horstman, the Jays
grabbed the lead on a Reindel
bomb on the first point and
seemed again on the verge of
taking command. They led
by 16-7 at one point and 17-8
before hitting errors hurt the
effort and Elchert and Hanjora
began to get back into the
match. Freewalts ace tied it
at 19 but that was it. A serv-
ing error gave junior Lindsey
Wannemacher the serve for
the Blue and Gold and three
hitting errors around an ace
and a net violation on set
point sent the match to the
ultimate tie-breaker.
The sets we won, we
were far more consistent all
over the court. We were sim-
ply keeping the ball in play and
giving ourselves a chance,
Sterling added. Becca did a
great job filing in for Emily.
That forced Heather (Vogt) to
the outside, which is not her
usual spot either. We had con-
tributions across the board.
We have practice (today) and
well see what we need to do,
especially if Emily is out for
a time.
Junior Katrina Etzxkorn
contribnuted 10 digs and
junior setter Christie Carder
set the table with 32 assists for
the hosts.
Spencerville freshman
Schylar Miller delivered 16
assists.
We have some injuries
right now, especially Shelby
Mulholland. We have not
had a full team due to that,
Wicker added. We are still
getting used to each other
with different people next to
each other. I am confident
once we get healthy, well
have success.
St. Johns hosts Coldwater
5:30 p.m. Thursday, while
the Bearcats entertain Wayne
Trace 6 p.m.
Jays outlast Lady Bearcats in 5
The college football season is upon
us.
Just in time.
The way the offseason and preseason
was going, was ANY team not going to
be involved with some shenanigans?
I know there are some many
that werent but it just seemed as if the
perfect storm was hitting and program
were going down.
If you are Ohio State and Luke Fickell,
you are looking forward to the Akron
game Saturday. Heck, youd have got-
ten excited if you were playing Crawfis
College A & I!!
I dont know what the NCAA is
going to do in a few months with the
football program but football is exactly
what these guys need.
I know its been some time since the
Miami (Fla.) scandal hit but something
perturbs me about that one; a convicted
felon got it rolling.
Someone, to me, that has nothing to
lose by implicating or perhaps smear-
ing? ANYONE else.
Its possible he is telling the truth;
after all, the Hurricanes have had their
share of problems with the NCAA or
the NCAA has had its share of troubles
with Miami! but it stinks to high
heaven in my book. And I am no fan of
the Hurricanes.
I also dont believe that they are
going to get hit with the death penalty
the suspension of the program for a
specified tenure, which many pundits
were actually calling for.
Still, its a lesson to ALL of college
football and by extension college bas-
ketball, baseball, etc.; if the powers-that-
be can bring down two major programs
like OSU and Miami, anyone can get
humbled.
In this day and age of the Internet,
cell phone cameras, smart phones and
cars that park themselves, beware!
Now LSU is under the gun for
a fight involving a handful of its
football players. Well see where that
takes us.
Speaking of Ohio State, I was
shocked that Terrell Preyor went as
high as he did in the supplemental draft
I dont think anyone thought he was
a third-round pick, especially having to
completely sit out the first five weeks
of the regular season this fall because he
tried to game the system but it makes
sense when you consider who drafted
him.
That maverick Al Davis, who has the
real Maverick in James Garner as a
major fan.
Al has always walked and talked to
the beat of a different drummer.
I am no Raiders fan but the man
did know his football did. Now, he
has lost it and I venture a guess most
Raiders fans agree with me.
Unfortunately, my Cowboys as my
friend Mike Wrasman CONSTANTLY,
everlastingly, even a couple of times
here and there reminds me!!! are
owned by an Al Davis wannabe in Jerry
Jones.
That might be OK IF Mr. Jones knew
football like Al knew football.
Alas and alack, it aint so!
Bengals fans might be able to share
my misery, too, with owner Mike Brown
being the de facto general manager and
director of player personnel (though one
of his family members has the official
title).
Again, that might be OK if Mike
even remotely was like his father, the
legendary Paul Brown, when it came to
knowing football.
I re-iterate it aint so!
Are you ready for some football?
JIM METCALFE
Metcalfes
Musings
By CHARLIE
WARNIMONT
Delphos Herald Correspondent
KALIDA After a hectic
pre-season that saw Kalidas
volleyball work through inju-
ries, college courses and for
some a trip to Europe, it was
only natural that they start a
little slow.
The LadyCats did just that
as they fell behind Van Wert
in their season opener Tuesday
night.
But as Kalida started to
find its rhythm, they stormed
back in the next three sets to
claim a 23-25, 25-22, 25-22,
25-12 win against the Cougars
in Kalida.
That first game I felt we
were still trying to figure out
our lineup because our pre-
season has been filled with
injuries, girls taking college
courses and for some a once
in a lifetime trip to Europe,
Kalida coach Jeremy Stober
said. Weve been very unor-
ganized as to who is going to
play what position. That sec-
ond, third and fourth games,
we settled into a lineup we
used at Maumee Bay this sum-
mer and we showed we had a
little more composure with that
lineup. We did a lot of nice
things tonight. For a group that
hasnt been playing together a
lot the last two weeks, that was
good for us to come out and
get a win in our gym against a
quality opponent.
While the LadyCats were
playing their season opener,
the Cougars were playing their
second contest of the season,
having beaten St. Johns
Monday evening in a 5-set
match.
Feeding off the momentum
of their big win Monday, the
Cougars took a quick lead in
set one, going up 10-4 as the
Wildcats struggled with errors
early. However, leads in the
first three sets would be hard
to hold as Kalida started to
find its stride, coming with-
in 21-18 on a blocking error
by the Cougars. Van Wert
regained the serve and went
up 24-18 before Kalida made
one more push. They were
suddenly within 24-23 on a
kill by Elizabeth Turnwald (3
kills) and a well-placed tip by
Haley McIntyre (9 kills). The
Cougars Ashlee Dowdy gave
Van Wert a 1-0 edge with a
hard smash.
Van Wert got on top in
the second set as they were
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2 aces) and went up 23-20
on three straight errors by the
Cougars. Van Wert regained
the serve and pulled within
23-22 before Kalida was able
to close out the set on a solid
hit by Merschman.
The third set was much
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A Perry defender tries to block a shot by Jeffersons
Katie Goergens but the Wildcat sophomore got the deflec-
tion to drop in for the winning shot in set 2 Tuesday night at
Jefferson High School. The Lady Wildcats grabbed the 4-set
victory.
Tom Morris photo
Lincolnview freshman Brittany Foust and Crestview
freshman Lauren Schmid battle for possession during a
girls soccer matchup at Lincolnview. The Lady Knights
won their first-ever NWC match 6-0.
Jim Metcalfe photo
Byrne believes getting down
early in sets puts the Lady
Lancers at a disadvantage the
rest of the match: We get our-
selves down and have to put
all of our energy into fighting
back. We need to go on runs
instead of playing from behind
every time.
Byrne was happy with the
defensive improvement she
saw in her team throughout the
match: As the match contin-
ued, we started to become a
little bit more confident with
our blocking. I think we got
a lot more touches on the ball
towards the third game. I would
call it our learning time right
now. We take this time and
learn from it and just make
adjustments accordingly. The
girls cant hang their heads;
theyre early into the season and
its a non conference game.
Becca Adam was 37-38 set-
ting, with 11 assists, for the
Lancers, while Whitney Miller
had 11 digs.
Tammy Wannemacher was
14/15 serving (2 aces, 8 points)
for the Lady Green.
Ottoville won the junior var-
sity match in three sets.
The Lady Green hosts
Kalida 5 p.m. Friday. The Lady
Lancers return to action Sept. 8
as they host Kalida.
(Continued from Page 6)
Lady Green
By MALLORY KEMPER
The Delphos Herald
mkemper2011@hotmail.com

DELPHOS The Jefferson
Lady Wildcats came out strong
against Perry Tuesday night
at Jefferson High School as
they fought back to win three
straight sets, 25-27, 25-22,
25-23, 27-25.
Jefferson bounced back
after a loss Monday night for
a 1-1 record on the season.
I am really excited and
proud of our girls to get our
first win this season, Jefferson
coach Joy Early said. I was
glad to see the underclass girls
play so well, including fresh-
man Brooke Culp, who really
stepped up and set well for us
tonight.
In the first set, Commodore
senior captain Teysha Upshaw
led her team with six kills,
who was assisted by Brittany
Newland with seven assists.
The Lady Cats battled back
with two straight aces by sopho-
more Rileigh Stockwell but the
Commodores connected on the
first set with a 27-25 victory.
Stockwell came out strong
the second set as she led her
team with a couple of kills,
aces and blocks for the Lady
Cats. Jefferson was up 12-4
but the Commodores of Perry
were not going to give up that
easily.
Upshaw had a couple of
kills to make the second set
just as close as the first with
a 19-19 tie. Sophomore Katie
Goergens for the Lady Cats
hammered a couple kills down
the middle that helped seal the
second-set victory and tie the
match at 1-1.
In the third set, Culp led
Jefferson with six assists
to Goergens. The third set
was another close one but a
Georgens block led the hosts
to another set victory and a 2-1
lead in the matchup.
The fourth set was like
the other three as the Lady
Commodores would not let the
Lady Cats get an easy win.
Upshaw had two blocks and
three kills as she led her team
to a 24-24 tie. A Stockwell kill
ended the set for Jeffersons
first win of the season.
It was our first game of
the season, so we made silly
mistakes, including missing
14 serves, Perry coach Gina
Shively said. We are a young
team with only one senior,
Teysha, who played her heart
out tonight.
As for the Lady Cats of
Jefferson, Coach Early is
pleased to get her first win of
the season.
I am really excited and
proud of our girls to get our
first win this season, she
added. Katie bounced back
from a rough Monday but real-
ly stepped it up with 12 kills
and played the net very well.
The junior varsity match
was won by Jefferson (2-0)
25-17, 25-15.
Jefferson nets first win of the season
By JIM METCALFE
MIDDLE POINT One
could really tell that Crestview
had the veteran and deeper
girls soccer team Tuesday
night at Lincolnview High
School.
The Lady Knights used that
experience at the varsity level
to good use as well as its
bench to wear down the
Lady Lancers 6-0 in Northwest
Conference action.
We played a pretty good
first half but as the match wore
on, our lack of bench took
over. I like the improvement
that I am seeing from the girls,
especially passing to someone
and ball skills, Lancer coach
Katrina Smith said.
The Knights (2-1, 1-0)
dominated the shooting 28-11
(25-10 on-goal).
After a couple of close calls,
the Knights broke the scoring
drought at 14:36 when senior
Madison Etzler who was a
problem all match long for the
Lady Lancer defense (1-2, 0-1)
shot a 16-yarder from the
right wing that went opposite
past diving freshman keeper
Julia Thatcher (17 saves).
Etzler got another open look
from just outside the goalie
box on the left wing at 6:01
and went the opposite corner
for a 2-0 lead, which ended up
the halftime score.
The hosts had a couple of
chances in the first half, miss-
ing a shot just over the top from
the left wing by junior Kaylee
Thatcher; and 4:58, when fresh-
man Hannah McCleery was
denied from the left by senior
keeper Megan Foster (6 saves).
I felt we were a little lax
in the first half, so we talked
to the girls about taking advan-
tage of what we have; our
speed and depth. Plus, while
last year we had no seniors,
this year we have nine; I am
looking for that leadership and
they have shown it already,
Crestview coach Melissa
Mefferd explained.
The halftime talk did some
good as just 2:14 into the sec-
ond half, the visitors made it
3-0. Etzler finished her hat
trick as she got behind the
defense and went middle to left
in a 14-yarder.
The next goal came only 53
seconds later. Brooke Bowen
shook loose from the Lancer
defense and her 16-yarder from
the right wing went high side
left for a 4-nil advantage.
With a clearly tiring Lancer
11 (only three subs) against the
speedy and relentless Knights,
the visitors broke through
for the fifth time at 11:31.
Freshman Lauren Schmid fed
senior captain Catelyn Mefferd
and it was off to the races; she
fired a 9-yarder from just out-
side the right post to the other
side of the twine.
The final tally came at 7:53
when senior Brittany Longwell
got behind the dead-tired
defense and her 12-yarder went
right to left.
The Lancers had three solid
chances in the second half:
when junior Ali Gorman missed
just right from the top of the
box at 36:07; when Thatcher
got loose for an 18-yarder that
Foster deflected and finally
controlled; and 3:39, when
sophomore Cassie Hale got
loose and her blast from in
front was first deflected by a
defender and then gobbled up
by the keeper.
At 2:25, McCleery missed
the final chance to break the
shutout as she just missed wide
right from the top of the box.
Lincolnview is off until
Sept. 8 when they head to
Bluffton for a 7 p.m. match;
Coach Smith plans to use that
time off well.
This was a tough opening
week; we had three matches
so close together, she added.
We havent had a chance to
give the girls a break were
pretty fatigued right now
nor really do any conditioning
or fixing the things we need to.
Thankfully, matches the rest
of the season will be farther
apart so we can keep working
on things in practice and our
conditioning.
Crestview hosts Lima
Central Catholic 12:30 p.m.
Saturday.
Knights wear down
youthful Lady Lancers
Vikings get out
broom vs. Grove
By DAVE BONINSEGNA
The Delphos Herald
COLUMBUS GROVE
There was a flurry of activity
going on at Columbus Grove
High School on Tuesday night:
along with Open House and
the anticipation of the first day
of the school year, the Leipsic
Lady Vikings were on hand to
take on the Lady Bulldogs in
Putnam County League volley-
ball action.
The Bulldogs got off to a
good start in each of the sets,
scoring the first points and tal-
lied four of the first five in
set three; however the Vikings
proved to have more stamina
in the long run as they swept
the match in three sets: 25-17,
25-16 and 25-12.
Leispic was led by a trio of
players: Emily Gerten, Ashley
Rieman and freshman Kelly
Nadler. Riley Eversole and Julia
Wynn provided offensive action
for the Dogs.
Grove took the first point in
set one but each team had its
share of problems getting the
ball across the net as the teams
combined for 17 unforced errors
in the first set. The score was tied
at 11-11 when Nadler hit the first
of four kills in the set, adding two
aces to end the set. The Bulldogs
rallied on the strength of a 5-0
run but the guests answered back
with a 6-0 tally to wrap things up
and take a 1-0 lead.
Set two was more of the
same: Grove up 1-0 but a hit-
ting error by the home team tied
the set at 1-1. The Vikings then
used the height of Nadler (6-2)
and Amber Gerdeman (6-1) at
the net to gain points off double
blocks, leading to a 17-9 lead
at one point in the set. The
Vikings wrapped up set two,
using a 7-0 run along the way,
adding the finishing touches on
a kill by Haley Gerten for a 2-0
advantage.
In the third set, it appeared
that the Bulldogs would get
some momentum on their side;
hitting errors by the Vikings
gave the home team a 4-1 lead
early on and even after the set
was tied at 6-6, the Bulldogs
kept pace until the 9-9 mark.
Leipsic took the lead for good
on a Gerten ace and rattled off
15 of the next 18 points as once
again Nadler ended the game
on an ace, giving the guests the
sweep.
Grove hosts Arlington 10
a.m. Saturday.
---
Big Green boys white-
wash Black Knights
OTTOVILLE Austin
Markward registered six saves
(versus 9 shots) and the Ottoville
boys soccer unit stayed perfect
at 5-0 with a 2-0 defeat of Van
Buren Tuesday night at Bob
Kaple Memorial Stadium.
Blake Gerdeman and
Anthony Eickholt 1tallied the
goals for the Big Green, who
ended with eight shots.
Ottoville visits Lima Senior
6 p.m. Thursday.
----
Lady Dawgs, Redskins
notch 1-1 tie
ELIDA Elida and
Wapakoneta went at it in the
Western Buckeye League girls
soccer opener Tuesday night at
the Elida Soccer Complex.
They emerged with a 1-1
draw.
Lindsey Hall had the goal for
Elida (1-1-1, 0-0-1 WBL), with
an assist from Beth Boyle, while
Mallory McDevitt countered for
the Lady Redskins.
Ashley Knippen had 11 saves
for Wapakoneta (12 shots on-
goal), while Kaitlyn Morrisey
had two for the Lady Bulldogs
(3 shots on-goal).
Wapakoneta is 1-2-1 overall
(0-0-1 WBL).
Elida hosts Sylvania
Southview 1 p.m. Saturday.
----
Elida clubs Polar Bears
DOLA Elida played
Hardin Northern on the road
Tuesday night in volleyball
action and came back home
with a 25-22, 25-15, 25-9 win.
Topping Elida (1-1) were:
Katrina Meeks (10 kills;
2 blocks; 13 digs; 2 aces),
Alicia Zuber (12 digs; 2 aces),
Kelsey Smith (26 assists),
Torie McAdams (2 blocks),
Alex Hambleton (12 digs) and
Ally Bader (2 aces).
The Polar Bears won the
JV match in two while the
Bulldogs swept the reserve
match.
Elida hosts Wapakoneta
5:30 p.m. (JV start) Thursday.
----
Indians take measure
of Lady Cougars
VAN WERT Shawnee
has established a traditionally
strong girls soccer program
over the years.
Van Werts second-year
program found out the hard
way at home Tuesday, falling
9-0 to the Lady Tribe.
(Continued from Page 6)
like the first two as the teams
traded mini-scoring runs. The
Wildcats led much of the game
before Van Wert went up
20-19 on a well-placed shot
by Hitchcock. A long serve by
Van Wert returned the serve to
Kalida and they went up 22-20
as McIntyre delivered a hard
smash for one of the points.
Molly Gamble gave Van Wert
a sideout with a quick push to
an open area of the floor but the
Cougars were unable to mount
a comeback as Kalida closed
out the set for a 2-1 lead.
While the first three sets
were back and forth until the
25th point went up on the
scoreboard, Kalida made an
early statement in set four that
helped decide the match. Tied
3-3, the Wildcats went on a 7-1
run that gave them a comfort-
able 10-4 lead. Wildcat hit-
ters McIntyre, Merschman and
Kayla Siefker (6 kills) started
to take control at the net and
with the Wildcats having suc-
cess, a tired Van Wert squad
had trouble responding to the
challenge at hand.
They came out strong
against us, Van Wert coach
Vicki Smith said of the fourth
set. We played really tough
last night (Monday) with our
first home game and the adren-
aline rush was with us. I think
us being on the road and hav-
ing played five games, we just
came up a little bit short. This is
the second game of season and
I told them dont put too much
pressure on yourselves. They
came out, played hard and they
were close games, so you cant
ask for much more from them.
We were down Monday night
and were able to come back.
Tonight, I just felt we didnt
have the steam to do it. And
once Kalida got on that roll,
we started pushing and making
mistakes. We are young and
need to realize that we cant get
down on ourselves when we
make mistakes because this is a
good volleyball team.
Kalida continued to add to
its lead, running off stretches
of three and four points as they
went up 23-11. Van Wert brief-
ly stopped the Wildcats run
with a sideout before a quick
set made it 24-12 before a hit-
ting error by the Cougars ended
the match.
Van Wert is going to do
some nice things under their
new coach, Stober said. The
first game I felt we just made
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and you can survive that when
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Andrea Bellmann had seven
kills. Halie Zenz had 20 assists,
three aces and three kills and
Alexis Decker had 15 assists.
Van Wert hosts Shawnee 6
p.m. Thursday. Kalida travels
to Ottoville in a PCL matchup
on Friday night (5 p.m.).
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Close of business Aug. 30, 2011
Drs. Praveen Malhotra and
Manu Aggarwal of the Vein
Care Center have welcomed
Ashley Carity as their regis-
tered vascular technician.
A 2010 graduate of the
University of Toledo, Carity
holds a BS in health care
management as well as an
associates degree in cardio-
vascular technology. She
obtained her RVT credentials
in July from The American
Registry for Diagnostic
Medical Sonography.
Carity also serves at the
ICAVL technical director for
the practice, overseeing the
clinical standards of the phy-
sicians and technical staff.
The Vein Care
Center, accredited by the
Intersocietal Commission
for the Accreditation of
Vascular Laboratories, is one
of a select number of vas-
cular laboratories in the US,
Canada, and Puerto Rico to
meet or exceed the standards
for noninvasive vascular test-
ing.
The Vein Care Center has
offices in Lima, Findlay and
Celina.
The Vein Care Center
adds RVT to staff
Carity
By JOAN LOWY
WASHINGTON Pilots
automation addiction has
eroded their flying skills to
the point that they sometimes
dont know how to recover
from stalls and other mid-flight
problems, say pilots and safety
officials. The weakened skills
have contributed to hundreds
of deaths in airline crashes in
the last five years.
Some 51 loss of control
accidents occurred in which
planes stalled in flight or got
into unusual positions from
which pilots were unable to
recover, making it the most
common type of airline
accident, according to the
International Air Transport
Association.
Were seeing a new breed
of accident with these state-
of-the art planes, said Rory
Kay, an airline captain and
co-chair of a Federal Aviation
Administration advisory
committee on pilot training.
Were forgetting how to fly.
Opportunities for airline
pilots to maintain their fly-
ing proficiency by manually
flying planes are increasingly
limited, the FAA committee
recently warned. Airlines and
regulators discourage or even
prohibit pilots from turning
off the autopilot and flying
planes themselves, the com-
mittee said.
Fatal airline accidents have
decreased dramatically in the
U.S. over the past decade.
However, The Associated
Press interviewed pilots,
industry officials and aviation
safety experts who expressed
concern about the implications
of decreased opportunities for
manual flight, and reviewed
more than a dozen loss-of-
control accidents around the
world.
Safety experts say theyre
seeing cases in which pilots
who are suddenly confronted
with a loss of computerized
flight controls dont appear to
know how to respond immedi-
ately, or they make errors
sometimes fatally so.
A draft FAA study found
pilots sometimes abdicate
too much responsibility to
automated systems. Because
these systems are so integrated
in todays planes, one mal-
functioning piece of equip-
ment or a single bad computer
instruction can suddenly cas-
cade into a series of other
failures, unnerving pilots who
have been trained to rely on
the equipment.
The study examined 46
accidents and major incidents,
734 voluntary reports by pilots
and others as well as data
from more than 9,000 flights
in which a safety official rides
in the cockpit to observe pilots
in action. It found that in more
than 60 percent of accidents,
and 30 percent of major inci-
dents, pilots had trouble manu-
ally flying the plane or made
mistakes with automated flight
controls.
A typical mistake was not
recognizing that either the
autopilot or the auto-throttle
which controls power to the
engines had disconnected.
Others failed to take the proper
steps to recover from a stall in
flight or to monitor and main-
tain airspeed.
The airline industry is
suffering from automation
addiction, Kay said.
In the most recent fatal
airline crash in the U.S., in
2009 near Buffalo, N.Y., the
co-pilot of a regional airliner
programmed incorrect infor-
mation into the planes com-
puters, causing it to slow to an
unsafe speed. That triggered a
stall warning. The startled cap-
tain, who hadnt noticed the
plane had slowed too much,
responded by repeatedly pull-
ing back on the control yoke,
overriding two safety systems,
when the correct procedure
was to push forward.
An investigation later
found there were no mechani-
cal or structural problems that
would have prevented the
plane from flying if the cap-
tain had responded correctly.
Instead, his actions caused an
aerodynamic stall. The plane
plummeted to earth, killing all
49 people aboard and one on
the ground.
Two weeks after the New
York accident, a Turkish
Airlines Boeing 737 crashed
into a field while trying to land
in Amsterdam. Nine people
were killed and 120 injured.
An investigation found that
one of the planes altimeters,
which measures altitude, had
fed incorrect information to
the planes computers.
That, in turn, caused the
auto-throttle to reduce speed
to a dangerously slow level
so that the plane lost lift and
stalled. Dutch investigators
described the flights three
pilots automation surprise
when they discovered the
plane was about to stall. They
hadnt been closely monitor-
ing the airspeed.
Automation in
the air dulls
pilot skill
By Jason Alderman
Many people suffered
blows to their credit scores
during the unstable economy
of the last few years, whether
because they missed payments,
exceeded credit limits or, more
seriously, experienced a home
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Is this a big deal? Absolutely.
If your credit score drops
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charged higher loan and credit
card interest rates and offered
lower credit limits or per-
haps be disqualified altogether.
And, lower scores can also lead
to higher insurance rates and
harm your ability to rent an
apartment or get a cell phone.
Fortunately, taking these
few steps will begin improv-
ing your credit score almost
immediately:
First, review your credit
reports from the three major
credit bureaus (Equifax,
Experian and Transunion) to
see which negative actions
your creditors have reported
and look for errors or fraudu-
lent activity. You can order one
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at www.annualreport.com.
You can also order a FICO
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to know exactly where you
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It definitely pays to have
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Greg Pelling, vice president of
Scoring and Analytics at FICO.
Based on todays rates, you
could save $30,000 in interest
on a $100,000 home loan over
30 years, if your score is above
740 rather than below 620.
Lenders base their decision on
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score plays a major role.
Never exceed individual
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your credit utilization ratio (the
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youre using), the better. Try
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tion ratio and ratios on indi-
vidual cards and lines of credit
below 30 percent.
Even if you pay off your
balance each month, showing
a high utilization ratio at any
time during the month could
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few suggestions:
Spread purchases among
multiple cards to keep indi-
vidual balances lower.
Make extra payments
midway through billing cycles
so your outstanding balances
appear lower.
Ask lenders to reinstate
higher limits if your payment
history has been solid.
Transferring balances to
a new credit card to get a lower
rate dings your credit score by
a few points although it wont
take long to recover. But, say
you move a $2,000 balance
from a card with a $10,000
limit to one with a $4,000 limit;
youve immediately gone from
a 20 percent utilization ratio to
50 percent on the new card.
A few other credit score-
improvement tips:
Make sure that credit
card limits reported to credit
bureaus are accurate.
Dont automatically close
older, unused accounts; 15 per-
cent of your score is based on
credit history. In fact, occa-
sionally make small charges on
existing accounts to make sure
lenders dont close them out.
Each time you open a
new account theres a slight
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a major purchase like a home
or car.
Pay off medical bills and
parking, traffic or library fines.
Once old, unpaid bills go into
collection, they can damage
your credit.
Tips for improving
your credit score
Were seeing
a new breed
of accident
with these
state-of-the art
planes. Were
forgetting
how to fly.
Rory Kay,
airline captain,
co-chair FAA
advisory committee
According to the Tax Foundation, it took the
average American until April 12 this year to
earn enough to pay 2011 income taxes.
This year, aim to be above average. Start by
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529 college savings plans
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consideration when making investment decisions, not
the driving factor.
Be Tax-smart
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Call or visit today to learn more about
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Country Club
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Country Club
Draft Showmanship
Ashley Mcclintock Allen
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Over
Whitney Lauch Equine
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Draft Horse/Pony
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Driving
Advanced Reining
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Lillian Frye Equine
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Country Club
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Country Club
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Julie Noonan Equine
Country Club
13-15 Yrs.
Showman
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Palmer Barnett Classic
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Walk/Trot Horsemanship
Abigail Neville Classic
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English Equitation 13 Yrs.
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Country Club
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Showmen
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Over
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Showman

Showmanship
Champion Of All
Champion
Cattle Club
Res. Champion Of All
Champion
Ribbon
Photos submitted
Haley Calvelage of Delphos Livestock 4-H Club was crowned the 2011 Pork Princess.
Justin Siefker of Delphos Livestock 4-H Club, above left,
competes in the Champion of Champions in showmanship.
Haley Calvelage also competed in the Champion of
Champions contest.
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Destinie Carpenter, LMT
Corner of Dutch Hollow & Nesbitt
Christian non-
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opening for a SHOP
COORDINATOR.
Position requires retail
experience, high school
diploma/GED, experi-
ence and knowledge
to appropriately price
goods at market value,
be able to communicate
well and be compat-
ible with the public and
co-workers, able to
multi-task, and be able
to maintain a positive,
calm demeanor in a
high volume environ-
ment. Approximately
35 hrs. per week; some
benefits available, some
lifting required. Send
resume to:
Human Resources,
102 N. Main St.,
Delphos, OH 45833.
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for help delivering papers
1- 2 days a week. Must
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Phone 419-203-5987
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person, Brentilys, 209
Main St., Delphos.
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20 CU. ft. freezer $100.00,
Dark pine hutch $125.00,
Fridge for garage $35.00
good condition. Phone
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1321 KRIEFT St., Del-
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frames, bedding, maga-
zi ne racks, gl asses,
purses, odds & ends.
Thurs. & Fri. 8-6pm
1511 S. Bredeick St.
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Thurs. Sept. 1, 9am-7pm
Fri. Sept. 2, 9am-5pm
Lots of Misc.
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Delphos. 303 W. Cleve-
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or come all three. Starting
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ending Sat. 9/3.
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machine copier, printer
combo, fireplace mantel
with electric insert. Chil-
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Day 2...household staples,
dishes, tableware, micro-
wave, grill, pots, pans,
home decor and collecti-
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ing, ladies size 14 and up,
mens lg. artwork, linens,
bedding.
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headboard.
725 N. Water St., Ft. Jen-
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10am-6pm. Womens and
mens clothing, 32 TV,
clown items, sporting
items, toys, plus have dis-
cont i nued i t ems of
thirty-one totes & purses
for 30% to 50% off. Lots of
misc.
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$400/mo. and deposit.
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419-286-2695
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620

Duplex For Rent
3 BEDROOM, new carpet.
Available immediately.
Call 419-234-6983.
800

House For Sale
2 BDRM house, close to
park. 2 car garage. 234
W. 7th Asking $53,900.
419-695-3594
810

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Answer to Puzzle
Frugal people sometimes get
teased for reusing items. For
example, you might save aluminum
foil to reuse later. While some may
find that idea silly, frugal people
know there are plenty of ways to
put foil to good use.
How have you reused aluminum
foil? Here are a few suggestions.
Dryer balls: Wad foil into balls
that are approximately 3 inches in
diameter and use them to reduce
static in your dryer. You can wrap
a tennis ball in foil, too.
Pot scrubber: If you dont like
the dryer ball idea, you can wad the
foil into a ball and use it to scrub
pots and pans instead. One reader,
Roxanne from West Virginia,
shares: That wadded-up foil will
clean the barbecue grill, or at least
take the bigger stuff off so you can
clean the rack easier. You can use
the foil balls for cat toys or to scrub
rust from chrome, too.
Remove wrinkles: A flat piece
can be used on your ironing board
under the fabric cover to reflect
heat. This will make your ironing
faster because both sides of your
fabric will benefit from the heat.
Prevent rust on steel wool pads:
Place steel wool pads in a ziplock
bag or in aluminum foil after use
and store them in the freezer;
theyll last longer.
Cardboard shutters: Cover foam
board or layers of cardboard with
foil and place these in windows to
reflect light and heat. These can be
placed in rear-facing windows, so
neighbors dont complain. Another
reader, N.J. in Vermont, shares: In
my neck of the woods, people use
solid foil-backed insulation board,
covered with pretty fabric, to plug
the windows. My aunt did this
on the windows of her rambling
old house. From outside and in,
they looked like damask window
coverings. They coordinated with,
but did not match, the heavy
drapes in the living room. She
also attached grosgrain ribbon
loops to the sides of the insulation
boards for easy removal. For
more information and directions
read: www.builditsolar.com/
Projects/Conservation/
CardboardShutter.htm.
Drip barrier: You can
reuse foil to cover stove
drip pans or on oven racks.
Sharpen scissors: Fold
foil in layers and cut with
scissors to sharpen them.
This is most helpful for
youth scissors or cheap
household scissors. But
its not recommended for
sewing scissors.
Solar oven: Build a
solar oven with cardboard
and aluminum foil. For
directions, visit www.
solarcooking.org/plans. Another
reader, Karen from Kansas,
shares: An excellent book on the
subject is Cooking With the Sun
by Beth Halacy and Dan Halacy.
Instructions for making your own
solar cooker are included in the
book, as well as lots of recipes. The
recipes will indicate if the recipe
will work in a reflector cooker,
a solar oven or both. Check your
local library for a copy.
Clean silverware: Line a pan
with aluminum foil, set your
silverware in it, pour boiling water
over it, and then sprinkle 1/2 cup of
baking soda into the pan. Let your
silverware soak for an hour. Rinse
it with water; let the silverware dry
flat on a towel, and then polish it.
Remove bloodstains: When I
had a bloody nose at school, the
blood dripped all over my blouse.
Our school nurse used rubbing
alcohol to remove it. It worked
well. -- Karen D., Iowa
Recycle air conditioner filters:
Take the paper trim off filters,
then use filters to insulate water
pipes. The wire mesh on the filter
holds a lot of wrapping and pets
dont bother it. -- Frances, Texas
(Note from Sara: The filter the
reader is referring to is a pleated
air filter that has an attached wire
mesh.)
Reuse dish soap bottle: I fill an
empty cleaner bottle with water
and use it to fill my iron. The
squirt-top makes it easy to pour
the water in the small hole. --
Dawn, email
Uses for Fels-Naptha soap: I
love Fels-Naptha soap! I started
using it as a child when I would
help my mother with the wash and
have used it ever since. It gets out
baby stains wonderfully, and it
always got out the grass stains on
my sons uniforms for baseball,
soccer and football. Now I am
making my own laundry detergent
with it and will never use anything
else. Walmart sells it pretty cheap,
too. -- Denise, email
Suggestion for recipes: Another
suggestion for cookbooks is
Taste of Homes cookbooks and
magazines. I go to the library and
check them out; Taste of Home
has recipes that use ingredients
you typically have on hand. --
Linda, emai
Copyright 2011, Sara Noel
Plenty of ways to reuse aluminum foil
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By Bernice Bede Osol
In-laws co-opt
birthday party
Dear Annie: Im recover-
ing from cancer. To thank my
husband for being so helpful,
caring and patient during my
treatment, I want to give him
a nice party for his 30th birth-
day. He liked the idea and put
together a guest list.
I mentioned this to my
in-laws, and they offered to
help. The next thing I know,
theyve insisted on paying
for the entire party and hav-
ing it at their house. They
also wanted me to
invite some of their
friends.
I told them my
husband is not close
to these people and
I did not intend to
invite them. They
became upset, say-
ing I was putting
them in an awk-
ward situation and
they would never
be able to explain
why these friends
werent included in this big
party. That annoyed me, and
I decided to change our plans.
I told my in-laws we would
now have a much smaller
party at my house.
It seemed to me that they
were making this about them
and not about my husband.
Now there is tension between
us. What should I do? -- Stuck
in the Middle
Dear Stuck: Your in-laws
overstepped by co-opting your
party, and it was perfectly
reasonable for you to back out
and start over. But it would be
a good idea to mend fences.
Please tell your in-laws that
you greatly appreciate their
efforts, but you didnt feel up
to the major shindig they had
in mind. Promise to cooperate
in every way possible should
they choose to have a second
celebration at a later date.
Dear Annie: My daughter
is getting married in January.
She asked her cousin Alia
to be the maid of honor.
Alia has never cared for
any of my daughters boy-
friends and is making no
effort to be part of the plans.
She has put off getting her
dress and told my daughter it
was for financial reasons, but
her Facebook page says she
got a big raise and a new car.
My daughter was hurt,
but said nothing. We both
thought it meant Alia wanted
out of the wedding, so my
daughter told her cousin that
she could bow out if it was
causing money problems.
Apparently, Alia was offend-
ed by that. Worse, her mother
got involved and started call-
ing my daughter and giving
her hell. My daughter told
Alias mother to mind her
own business. I have stayed
out of it.
Now there are hard feel-
ings within the family, and
I feel terrible for my daugh-
ter. Any suggestions? -- New
York Mother
Dear N.Y.: We assume
the goal is to patch this
up before the wedding, so
someone needs to apologize.
Unfortunately, its not likely
to be Alia or her mother.
Your daughter should call
her cousin and tell her she
is sorry there has been ill
will and misunderstanding
on both sides. She should
then say, sincerely, that she
would still like Alia to be in
her wedding party if it isnt
too great a hardship for her.
If Alia gets nasty, however,
your daughter should calmly
tell her that, under
the circumstances,
it would be best if
she stepped down
from her bridesmaid
responsibilities.
Dear Annie: I
disagree with your
answer to Danged
if I Do and Danged
if I Dont, whose
son and his new
wife dont want
her to stay in touch
with the ex-wife.
They have no business tell-
ing Mom whom she can and
cannot contact. The ex is the
mother of the grandchildren
and still part of the family.
You dont know that the new
wife wont change her views.
She should be making peace
with the family she married
into, not dictating terms --
J.S.
Dear J.S.: Of course she
should, but its naive and
unrealistic to think the new
wife is going to be more
accepting of the ex anytime
soon. Insecure people are
not necessarily introspective
about their motives. Mom
needs to tread carefully if she
wishes to maintain a relation-
ship with her son.
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on your behalf in the year ahead,
trying to improve your material
position in life. You must chip in and
help things along, however. The
more you do, the more your needs
will be met.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) -- The
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a long time but always felt was too
expensive are apt to finally become
available. With the extra cash in
your pocket, you can go for it.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) --
Whether or not you realize it, your
influence over your peer group is
stronger than you think. Others will
be easily swayed by the example
you set, and theyll want to emulate
your behavior.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) --
Keep a matter that is of a sensitive,
secretive nature between yourself
and closely involved parties. For
best results in resolving the matter,
you need to maintain its exclusivity.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21)
-- When a close friend tells you
something in confidence, he or she
might leave it to your discretion as
to whether or not another pal should
be let in on the secret. Choose
wisely.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)
-- A material desire could end up
functioning as a powerful motivator
for you. If you really want something
badly enough, you will be capable
of figuring out how to acquire it.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) --
Its more important for you to take
a long-range view of things where
your self-interests are concerned,
instead of worrying about how to
get what you want right now. Give
yourself time.
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-- Youre very blessed, because
someone who loves you is aware of
your present wants, and will knock
themselves out trying to figure out
ways to acquire them for you.
ARIES (March 21-April 19) -- Help
with a critical yet perplexing decision
is on its way. Listen carefully to the
new alternatives being presented --
one of them holds the key to your
dilemma.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20) --
Perform to the very best of your
abilities without thinking about
whats in it for you. If you do a good
job, the accolades will manifest.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20) -- Youve
heard it a thousand times: relax and
just be yourself when dealing with
others, be they bigwigs or small fry.
Whatever charisma you possess
cannot be forced, so play it cool,
Jack.
CANCER (June 21-July 22) --
As soon as you get everyone in
accord regarding a family matter,
put the wheels in motion and youll
get good results. Sit on things and
youll waste another toothsome
opportunity.
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By MATT APUZZO and
ADAM GOLDMAN
Associated Press
NEW YORK Working with the CIA,
the New York Police Department maintained
a list of ancestries of interest and dispatched
undercover officers to monitor Muslim busi-
nesses and social groups, according to new
documents that offer a rare glimpse inside
an intelligence program the NYPD insists
doesnt exist.
The documents add new details to an
Associated Press investigation that explained
how undercover NYPD officers singled out
Muslim communities for surveillance and
infiltration.
The Demographics Unit, a squad of 16
officers fluent in a total of at least five lan-
guages, was told to map ethnic communities
in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut
and identify where people socialize, shop and
pray.
Once that analysis was complete, accord-
ing to documents obtained by the AP, the
NYPD would deploy officers in civilian
clothes throughout the ethnic communities.
The architect of this and other programs
was a veteran CIA officer who oversaw the
program while working with the NYPD on
the CIA payroll. It was an unusual arrange-
ment for the CIA, which is prohibited from
spying inside the U.S.
After the AP report, New York Mayor
Michael Bloomberg said the NYPD has kept
the city safe and does not take religion into
account in its policing. The NYPD denied the
Demographics Unit exists.
There is no such unit, police spokesman
Paul Browne said before the first AP story ran.
There is nothing called the Demographics
Unit.
Internal police documents show otherwise.
An NYPD presentation, delivered inside the
department, described the mission and make-
up of the Demographics Unit. Undercover
officers were told to look not only for evi-
dence of terrorism and crimes but also to
determine the ethnicity of business owners
and eavesdrop on conversations inside cafes.
A police memorandum from 2006 described
an NYPD supervisor rebuking an undercover
detective for not doing a good enough job
reporting on community events and rhetoric
heard in cafes and hotspot locations.
How law enforcement agencies, both local
and federal, can stay ahead of Islamic terror-
ists without using racial profiling techniques
has been hotly debated since 9/11. Singling
out minorities for extra scrutiny without evi-
dence of wrongdoing has been criticized
as discriminatory. Not focusing on Muslim
neighborhoods has been equally criticized
as political correctness run amok. The docu-
ments describe how the nations largest police
force has come down on that issue.
Working out of the police departments
offices at the Brooklyn Army Terminal, the
Demographics Unit maintained a list of 28
countries that, along with American Black
Muslim, it considered ancestries of inter-
est. Nearly all are Muslim countries.
Police used census data and government
databases to map areas it considered hot
spots as well as the ethnic neighborhoods
of New Yorks tri-state area, the documents
show.
Undercover officers known as rakers
a term the NYPD also denied existed were
then told to participate in social activities
such as cricket matches and visit cafes and
clubs, the documents show.
Police had a list of key indicators of
problems. It included obvious signs of trou-
ble such as criminal activity and extrem-
ist rhetoric by imams. But it also included
things commonly seen in neighborhoods,
such as community centers, religious schools
and community bulletin boards (located in
houses of worship).
At least one lawyer inside the police
department has raised concerns about the
Demographics Unit, current and former offi-
cials told the AP. Because of those concerns,
the officials said, the information gathered
from the unit is kept on a computer at the
Brooklyn Armory Terminal, not in the depart-
ments normal intelligence database. The
officials spoke on condition of anonymity
because they were not authorized to discuss
the intelligence programs.
The AP independently authenticated the
NYPD presentation through an interview
with one official who saw it and by reviewing
electronic data embedded in the file. A former
official who had not seen the presentation
said the content of the presentation was cor-
rect. For the internal memo, the AP verified
the names and locations mentioned in the
document, and the content is consistent with
a program described by numerous current and
former officials.
Inside the spy unit NYPD says doesnt exist
SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP)
A man accused of throwing
his 7-year-old son overboard
during a sightseeing cruise
around Californias Newport
Harbor said Tuesday they
were just horse playing and
talked about jumping in the
water together.
I was not trying to kill
my son. We were playing in
the shallows, Sloane Briles
told KTLA-TV. I discussed
it with him. Wed jump in
together and just thought it
would be funny, ha ha.
Two of 85 people who
were on the Sunday afternoon
tour saw things differently. In
911 tapes released Tuesday,
the passengers expressed
shock and disgust after see-
ing Briles toss the boy into
the water.
Im on a boat tour called
the Queen and theres a man
who just threw his son over-
board, a woman told an
Orange County sheriffs dis-
patcher.
This man has been bad on
our whole trip and hes swim-
ming back to our boat now,
she said.
Sheriffs spokesman Jim
Amormino said Briles, 35,
was on the tour with his girl-
friend and two sons from a
previous marriage. Amormino
said they got into an argu-
ment and Briles threatened to
toss the boy into the water if
he didnt stop crying.
Staff members on the
42-foot boat said Briles told
the boy he needed to toughen
up then threw him into the
water five feet below, said
Charlie Maas, who oversees
the tour company.
Someone on the boat threw
the boy a life ring, and he was
safely rescued, uninjured, by
another boater. The father
also jumped in to save him
before swimming back to the
tour boat.
Another 911 caller said
she thought Briles was drunk
and violent.
Briles was taken into cus-
tody for child endangerment
and resisting arrest. He denied
witnesses accounts that the
boy was crying and said he
had never hit his son.
His girlfriend told the New
York Daily News that he was
only roughhousing with
his son as he often does and
regretted his stupid judg-
ment.
Dad says all was horse play
before boy went overboard
By PAUL SCHEMM
Associated Press
HEISHA, Libya The rebels roared along the bleak
and empty desert highway, leaving the last checkpoint far
behind as they probed the no-mans-land that separates them
from the final stronghold of Moammar Gadhafis crumbling
regime.
Stopping in Heisha, some 75 miles (120 kilometers) from
Gadhafis hometown of Sirte, the patrol found a dusty col-
lection of single-story, concrete buildings that stretched from
the highway to the desert.
They also found the green flags of Gadhafi flying every-
where and at least one poster of the long-serving leader a
sign that the town still supported the old regime, or at least
that its forces had recently been there.
As rebels forces have inched closer to Sirte, Gadhafis
hometown and the seat of his tribe, they have been sending
patrols into the villages ahead of their front lines to probe the
loyalists strength and establish a presence along the coastal
highway.
While the rebels have captured broad swaths of Libya, the
loyalists who still control Sirte have rebuffed all negotiations.
For most of the six-month conflict, the rebels have been
greeted with open arms by Libyans exhausted with 42 years
of Gadhafis erratic rule. But that changes in places like this,
edging closer to towns where Gadhafi had genuine support.
We patrol here to see if there are any Gadhafi support-
ers or remnants of his soldiers, which we would then fight,
Mohammed Sherif said as he drove a spray-painted rebel
pickup truck with a huge machine-gun bolted on the back.
Of course we would leave the civilians alone.
But that isnt a guarantee with all the rebels.
Sitting inside the pickup truck, Mohammed al-Awayib had
little sympathy for the people of Heisha, now caught between
two ragged armies. He muttered the word dogs! each time
they passed someone on the street, and made spitting noises.
They are not even human, he snarled. At one point,
moving to fire his Kalashnikov assault rifle out the window,
Sherif sharply told him to stop.
When al-Awayib stepped out of the car, Sherif apologized
for him, saying his friend had lost a relative in Gadhafis
infamous Abu Salim prison.
But how such resentments play out remains a major factor
in the Libyan fighting.
For most of the civil war, the loosely organized and
poorly trained rebels have normally steered clear of looting
except in places closely associated with Gadhafis regime,
such as in Tripolis Abu Salim neighborhood.
Fear of ill-treatment by the rebels may well be why Sirte
has shown little interest in surrendering.
Once a sleepy agricultural and trading town, Sirte was
transformed under Gadhafis rule as the regime handed out
government jobs to his tribesman. But it really only came
alive when Gadhafi hosted summit meetings in its luxurious
convention center, with limousines and police cars racing
down the road from the airport with sirens wailing.
Gadhafis tribesmen have a vested interest in the regimes
survival. The Gadhadhfa are heavily armed and use Sirtes
air base as the headquarters of a militia drawn from their
ranks.
If word was to spread of ill-treatment in towns like Heisha,
rebel officials know it could further harden the people of
Sirte against surrendering.
So the rebels are constantly shifting between aggression
and diplomacy.
Libyas rebels patrol loyalist area
By SEAN MURPHY
Associated Press
OKLAHOMA CITY
Wildfires fueled by extreme-
ly dry conditions and strong
winds destroyed dozens of
homes in Oklahoma City and
North Texas on Tuesday and
forced hundreds of residents
to evacuate.
Officials did not yet know
what started the blazes, but a
summer heat wave and drought
in Oklahoma and Texas have
left the ground parched and
vegetation dry.
Were in severe drought
conditions, so just the tiniest
little spark can start a wild-
fire, Texas Forest Service
spokeswoman April Saginor
said.
In Oklahoma City, bursts
of flame rose amid thick black
smoke as oil-packed cedar
trees ignited, giving gawkers
a stunning view even from
blocks away. Utility poles
lit up like matchsticks, and
power was out to more than
7,000 homes and businesses.
The fire destroyed 10 to 12
homes and consumed 1,500
acres in a sparsely populated
and heavily wooded section
of the city, fire department
spokesman Mark Woodard
said. Several hundred homes
were evacuated, according to
Red Cross spokesman Rust
Surette.
Meanwhile, a fast-mov-
ing wildfire in North Texas
destroyed at least 20 homes
and prompted authorities to
evacuate at least 125 other
homes in a lakeside commu-
nity, state Forest Service offi-
cials said.
Agency spokesman John
Nichols said the fire, which
started earlier in the day, had
spread to about 3,500 acres in
Palo Pinto County by Tuesday
night. It comes just four
months after massive blaz-
es in roughly the same area
scorched hundreds of thou-
sands of acres and destroyed
160 homes.
Part of a state highway was
shut down in the area because
of tall flames and huge plumes
of smoke, officials said.
Fires burn homes in Tex., Okla.
By ABDUL SATTAR
Associated Press
QUETTA, Pakistan A
suicide car bomber attacked
Shiite Muslims in southwest-
ern Pakistan today as they
were heading home after
morning prayers at the start
of an Islamic holiday. The
blast killed 10 people, offi-
cials said.
The attack occurred
in Quetta, the capital of
Baluchistan province. No
group immediately claimed
responsibility for the bomb-
ing, but Baluchistan is
believed to be home to many
Taliban militants who have
targeted Shiites in the past.
Extremist Sunni Muslim
groups like the Taliban view
Shiites as heretics.
The bomber was apparent-
ly targeting a Shiite mosque
but could not get close
enough because the road was
blocked, said Quetta police
chief Ahsan Mahboob.
Instead, he detonated his
explosives in a parking lot
nearby, Mahboob said.
It is unclear how many
of the 10 people killed were
Shiite worshippers or others
who were hit by the blast as
they were passing by, said
Mahboob. The blast also
wounded at least 17 people
and damaged nearby vehicles
and buildings, he said.
The attack was a somber
beginning to Eid al-Fitr, the
Islamic holiday that comes at
the end of the fasting month
of Ramadan. In Pakistan,
the three-day holiday started
today while in many other
parts of the Muslim world it
began on Tuesday.
Many analysts believe
Baluchistan is home to
Taliban leader Mullah Omar,
and fighters have used the
province as a convenient gate-
way to attack foreign troops
in neighboring Afghanistan.
Car bomb kills 10 in Pakistan
By SARAH BRUMFIELD
Associated Press
BALTIMORE For
years, William Hillars tales
about his exploits as an Army
Green Beret and a puffed
up resume helped him land
jobs teaching counterterror-
ism and drug and human traf-
ficking interdiction, but the
scheme has now earned him
21 months in federal prison.
Hillar, 66, of Millersville,
pleaded guilty to wire fraud
earlier this year and was
sentenced Tuesday in U.S.
District Court. He must pay
$170,000 in restitution to the
law enforcement and first
responder organizations and
schools that hired him believ-
ing that he had spent 28 years
in the U.S. Special Forces,
reaching the rank of colonel.
He must also perform 500
community service hours at
Marylands veteran cemeter-
ies.
His scheme started to
unravel when a skeptical
veteran emailed members of
the Special Forces commu-
nity to see if anyone knew of
Hillar, former Green Beret
Jeff Hinton testified Tuesday.
Hillars story was suspicious
because there were only a
handful of colonels during the
period Hillar claimed to have
served, he said.
Hi nt on, whose
Professional Soldiers
social networking site for
Special Forces members has
become a clearinghouse for
people checking on possible
fraudsters, filed Freedom of
Information requests. When
he learned that U.S. Special
Operations Command had not
heard of Hillar, he decided
to expose him and warn the
organizations that had hired
him, he said.
The training he was giv-
ing them would most likely
put people at risk, he said.
Basically its worthless.
While Green Beret impos-
tors are not uncommon,
Hinton called Hillar the most
prodigious fraud he has come
across, noting that this case is
the first he has seen result in
jail time.
Special Forces imposter sentenced
Answers to Tuesdays questions:
The most widely sung song in the English-speaking
world is Happy Birthday.
Two American presidents have claimed to have seen a
UFO: Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan.
Todays questions:
How many times did basketball superstar Michael
Jordan try out for his high school team?
What is the only state with a single school district?
Answers in Thursdays Herald.
Todays words:
Natatorium: indoor swimming pool
Tometose: covered with densely matted hair
Todays joke:
Dear Dad,
$chool i$ really great. I am making lot$ of friend$
and $tudying very hard. With all my $tuff, I $imply cant
think of anything I need. $o if you would like, you can
ju$t $end me a card, a$ I would love to hear from you.
Love,
Your $on
The Reply:
Dear Son,
I kNOw that astroNOmy, ecoNOmics, and oceaNOg-
raphy are eNOugh to keep even an hoNOr student busy.
Do NOt forget that the pursuit of kNOwledge is a NOble
task, and you can never study eNOugh.
Love,
Dad

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