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Thursday, December 6, 2012
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YOUR WEEKEND WEATHER OUTLOOK
FRIDAY
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SATURDAY SUNDAY
Rain likely.
Highs
around 50.
Lows in
the lower
40s.
Chance of rain 70 percent.
Mostly
cloudy. A
30 percent
chance
of light
rain in the morning and
after midnight. Highs
in the upper 40s. Lows
in the upper 30s.
Cloudy Monday with a 50 percent chance of snow showers.
Highs in the lower 40s. Partly cloudy Monday night with a
20 percent chance of snow showers. Lows in the mid 20s.
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Highs in
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40s. Chance
of rain
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Lows in the upper 30s.
NEW YORK (AP) As
New York City straphangers
pondered what they would do
in a similar nightmare situ-
ation, authorities charged a
homeless man in the death of
a Queens resident pushed in
front of an oncoming subway
train and killed as onlookers
watched.
I would certainly try to do
whatever I possibly could,
said Denise Martorana, 34, as
she waited for the A train at
Penn Station on Wednesday
evening.
I certainly wouldnt be
able to stand there and watch,
thats for sure, she said.
Naeem Davis, 30, was
arraigned Wednesday night
on a second-degree mur-
der charge and ordered held
without bail in the death of
58-year-old Ki-Suck Han on
Monday. He is due back in
court on Dec. 11.
Davis has several prior
arrests in New York and
Pennsylvania on mostly
minor charges including drug
possession.
Hans death got wide-
spread attention not only
for its horrific nature, but
because he was photographed
a split-second before the train
trapped him and seemingly
no one attempted to come to
his aid.
Hans only child, 20-year-
old Ashley, said at a news
conference Wednesday that
her father was always will-
ing to help someone. But
when asked about why no
one helped him up, she said:
Whats done is done.
The thought of someone
helping him up in a matter
of seconds would have been
great, she said.
A freelance photographer
for the New York Post was
waiting for a train Monday
afternoon when he said he
saw a man approach Han at
the Times Square station, get
into an altercation with him
and push him into the trains
path.
The Post photo in
Tuesdays edition showed
Ki-Suck Han with his head
turned toward the train, his
arms reaching up but unable
to climb off the tracks in
time.
The photographer, R.
Umar Abbasi, told NBCs
Today show Wednesday
that he was trying to alert the
motorman to what was going
Homeless man charged
in subway riders death
Jefferson holds band concert
Jefferson Senior High School band member Kelli Kramer performs a trumpet solo
during the Christmas concert held Wednesday night. Band students in grades 5-12
performed with their respective groups. (Delphos Herald/Stephanie Groves)
Annual Christmas Bazaar offers meals, general store
Tri ni ty Uni ted
Methodist Church held its
annual Bazaar Wednesday
evening. Guests enjoyed a
meal prepared by volun-
teers and a General Store
made up of homemade
candy, baked goods, jel-
lies and jams and more.
Above: Lyn Rhoads, left,
Jeannine Nolan, Mary
Hoffman, Janice Freund
and Claire Thompson make
sure everyone has a good
selection of pie. (Delphos
Herald/Stacy Taff)
Rosie Hilvers purchases items from Donna Erman in
the General Store.
See DEATH, page 3
Job seminar
rescheduled
Jim Perry and The
Delphos Herald have
rescheduled a free semi-
nar for job-seekers and
people who wish to pursue
new endeavors to 8-11
a.m. Jan. 26 at the Eagles
Lodge in Delphos.
Getting Over the Wall
is a 3-hour intensive seminar
designed to get candidates
past hidden objections that
are preventing them from
getting an opportunity to
meet with decision-makers.
Three key areas
focused on are:
Resumes - Assuring
resumes match the job
opportunity being pursued
and pass the 6-second eye-
ball test and get read.
Networking - Building
the pool of people to
help in the search.
Interviewing How to
interview like a pro in 30
minutes and get the job.
Though there is no
charge for the program, pre-
registration is essential in
order to assure availability of
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including the number and
names of participants.
Franklin offers annual Christmas play
Franklin Elementary School students present their annual holiday program for the student body Wednesday afternoon. Tonights performance
for the general public begins at 7 p.m. (Delphos Herald/Stephanie Groves)
Smokers celebrate as
Wash. legalizes marijuana
By GENE JOHNSON
The Associated Press
SEATTLE The crowds
of happy people lighting
joints under Seattles Space
Needle early this morning
with nary a police officer in
sight bespoke the new real-
ity: Marijuana is legal under
Washington state law.
Hundreds gathered at
Seattle Center for a New
Years Eve-style countdown
to midnight, when the legaliza-
tion measure passed by voters
last month took effect. When
the clock struck, they cheered
and sparked up in unison.
A few dozen people gath-
ered on a sidewalk outside the
north Seattle headquarters of
the annual Hempfest celebra-
tion and did the same, offer-
ing joints to reporters and
blowing smoke into televi-
sion news cameras.
I feel like a kid in a candy
store! shouted Hempfest vol-
unteer Darby Hageman. Its
all becoming real now!
Washington and Colorado
became the first states to vote
to decriminalize and regulate
the possession of an ounce or
less of marijuana by adults
over 21. Both measures call
for setting up state licens-
ing schemes for pot growers,
processors and retail stores.
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LOTTERY
LOCAL PRICES
PERSONAL
THANK
YOU
WEATHER POLICE
REPORT
Delphos weather
High temperature
Wednesday in Delphos was
42 degrees, low was 26. High
a year ago today was 34, low
was 32. Record high for today
is 69, set in 1988. Record low
is -1, set in 1977.
WEATHER FORECAST
Tri-county
TONIGHT: Mostly cloudy
through midnight, then cloudy
with a 30 percent chance of
rain showers after midnight.
Lows in the upper 30s. South
winds 5 to 10 mph.
FRIDAY: Rain likely.
Highs around 50. Southwest
winds around 5 mph shift-
ing to the southeast in the
afternoon. Chance of rain 70
percent.
FRIDAY NIGHT: Rain
likely. Lows in the lower 40s.
Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph
shifting to the southwest after
midnight. Chance of rain 70
percent.
EXTENDED FORECAST
SATURDAY: Mostly
cloudy. A 30 percent chance
of light rain in the morning.
Highs in the upper 40s. West
winds around 5 mph shifting
to the north in the afternoon.
SATURDAY NIGHT:
Mostly cloudy. A 30 percent
chance of rain after midnight.
Lows in the upper 30s.
SUNDAY: Rain like-
ly. Highs in the upper 40s.
SUNDAY NIGHT: Rain
likely. Lows in the upper 30s.
Corn $7.66
Wheat $8.25
Soybeans $14.75
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At 9:34 p.m. on Monday,
Delphos Police were called
to the 200 block of West
Fourth Street in reference to a
subject breaking into vehicles
at a residence in that area.
Upon officers arrival, the
victim/witness stated that a
white male had been inside
a vehicle parked at the resi-
dence and when the victim/
witness approached the sub-
ject, they ran from the scene.
The victim/witness stated
the subject did leave behind
items that did not belong to
the victim and were not in the
vehicle prior to the subject
gaining entry.
At 12:14 p.m. on Tuesday,
Delphos Police were called to
the 500 block of North Canal
Street in reference to a theft
complaint.
Upon officers arrival, the
victim stated that someone
had taken a bicycle from the
residence.
Witness interrupts
car break-in
Bicycle missing
from residence
Egypts army moves to
restore order after protests
By HAMZA HENDAWI
CAIRO The Egyptian
army deployed tanks and
gave both supporters and
opponents of Mohammed
Morsi a deadline to leave the
area outside the presidential
palace today following fierce
street battles that left five
people dead and more than
600 injured in the worst out-
break of violence between the
two sides since the Islamist
leaders election.
The intensity of the over-
night violence, with Morsis
Islamist backers and largely
secular protesters lobbing
firebombs and rocks at each
other, signaled a possible
turning point in the 2-week-
old crisis over the presidents
assumption of near-absolute
powers and the hurried adop-
tion of a draft constitution.
Opposition activists defi-
antly called for another pro-
test outside the palace later
today, raising the specter of
more bloodshed as neither
side showed willingness to
back down.
But the armys Republican
Guard, an elite unit assigned
to protect the president and
his palaces, gave protesters
on both sides until 3 p.m.
(1300 GMT, 8 a.m. EDT) to
clear the vicinity, according
to an official statement. The
statement also announced a
ban on protests outside any
of the nations presidential
palaces.
Morsi was in the palace
today conducting business as
usual, according to a presi-
dential official who spoke
on condition of anonymity
because he was not autho-
rized to address the media.
Egypt has seen sporadic
clashes throughout nearly
two years of political turmoil
after the ouster of autocratic
leader Hosni Mubarak. But
Wednesdays street battles
were the worst between
Morsis supporters and fol-
lowers and came after an
implicit call by the Muslim
Brotherhood for its members
to go to the palace and evict
anti-Morsi protesters who
had camped out there.
Unlike Mubarak, Morsi
was elected in June after a
narrow victory in Egypts
first free presidential elec-
tions, but many activists who
supported him have jumped to
the opposition after he issued
decrees on Nov. 22 that put
him above oversight and a
draft charter was later rushed
through by his Islamist allies
despite a walkout by Christian
and liberal factions.
Compounding Morsis
woes, four of his advisers
resigned Wednesday, joining
two other members of his
17-member advisory panel
who have abandoned him
since the crisis began.
Six tanks and two
armored vehicles belonging
to the Republican Guard, an
elite unit tasked with pro-
tecting the president and his
palaces, were stationed this
morning at roads leading
to the palace in the upscale
Cairo district of Heliopolis.
The guards commander,
Maj. Gen. Mohammed Zaki,
sought to assure Egyptians
that his forces were not tak-
ing sides.
They will not be a tool
to crush protesters and no
force will be used against
Egyptians, he said in com-
ments carried by the official
MENA news agency.
The situation was calm
this morning, with thousands
of Morsi supporters camping
outside the palace after driv-
ing away opposition activists
who had been staging a sit-in
there, prompting fierce street
battles that spread to residen-
tial areas.
I dont want Morsi to
back down, said Khaled
Omar, a Brotherhood sup-
porter. We are not defending
him, we are defending Islam,
which is what people want.
Dave Brubeck, legend who
helped define jazz, dies
By CHARLES J. GANS
You dont have to be a jazz
aficionado to recognize Take
Five, the smoky instrumental
by the Dave Brubeck Quartet
that instantly evokes swing-
ing bachelor pads, hi-fi sys-
tems and cool nightclubs of the
1950s and 60s.
Take Five was a musi-
cal milestone a deceptively
complex jazz composition that
managed to crack the Billboard
singles chart and introduce a
new, adventurous sound to
millions of listeners.
In a career that spanned
almost all of American jazz
since World War II, Brubecks
celebrated quartet combined
exotic, challenging tempos
with classical influences to cre-
ate lasting standards.
The pianist and composer
behind the group, Brubeck
died Wednesday of heart fail-
ure at a hospital in Norwalk,
Conn. He was a day shy of his
92nd birthday.
Brubeck believed that jazz
presented the best face of
America to the world.
Jazz is about freedom with-
in discipline, he said in a 2005
interview with The Associated
Press. Usually a dictatorship
like in Russia and Germany
will prevent jazz from being
played because it just seemed
to represent freedom, democ-
racy and the United States.
Many people dont under-
stand how disciplined you have
to be to play jazz. ... And that
is really the idea of democ-
racy freedom within the
Constitution or discipline. You
dont just get out there and do
anything you want.
The common thread that
ran through Brubecks work
was breaking down the barri-
ers between musical genres
particularly jazz and classical
music. He was inspired by his
mother, a classical pianist, and
later by his composition teach-
er, the French composer Darius
Milhaud, who encouraged his
interest in jazz and advised him
to keep your ears open as he
traveled the world.
When you hear Bach or
Mozart, you hear perfection,
Brubeck said in 2005. Remember
that Bach, Mozart and Beethoven
were great improvisers. I can hear
that in their music.
Brubeck was always fasci-
nated by the rhythms of every-
day life. In a discussion with
biographer Doug Ramsey, he
recalled the rhythms he heard
while working as a boy on
cattle drives at the northern
California ranch managed by
his father.
The first time he heard
polyrhythms the use of two
rhythms at the same time
was on horseback.
The gait was usually a fast
walk, maybe a trot, he said.
And I would sing against that
constant gait of the horse. ...
There was nothing to do but
think, and Id improvise melo-
dies and rhythms.
Brubeck combined classical
influences and his own inno-
vations on the seminal 1959
album Time Out by his clas-
sic quartet that included alto
saxophonist Paul Desmond,
drummer Joe Morello and
bassist Eugene Wright.
It was the first jazz album to
deliberately explore time sig-
natures outside of the standard
4/4 beat or 3/4 waltz time. It
was also the first million-sell-
ing jazz LP and is still among
the best-selling jazz albums of
all time.
Columbia executives
blocked its release for nearly
a year until label President
Goddard Lieberson intervened.
They said, We never put
out music that people cant
dance to, and they cant dance
to these rhythms that youre
playing, Brubeck recalled in
2010. He also wanted a paint-
ing by Joan Miro on the cover,
something else the record com-
pany had never done.
I insisted that we go with
something new, he said. And
to their surprise, it became the
biggest jazz recording they
ever made.
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to correct published errors in
its news, sports and feature
articles. To inform the news-
room of a mistake in published
information, call the editorial
department at 419-695-0015.
Corrections will be published
on this page.
CORRECTIONS
The 5th annual HalloWine
Party was a huge success.
Proceeds of $1,862
were split evenly between
the Delphos Community
Christmas Project and St.
Johns Religious Education
Fund.
Thanks to everyone for
their support.
The HalloWine
Committee,
Shelley Kreeger,
Rose Morris
Mel Morris
Charlie Luersman
Mark W. Kroeger is a
patient in the neuro unit at
Riverside Methodist Hospital.
Cards may be sent to:
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Answers to Wednesdays questions:
Legendary singer-songwriter Stevie Wonder endorses his
contracts with a fingerprint.
In Internet shorthand, ^5 means high five.
Todays questions:
In what language was the oldest known written version of
the Cinderella story told?
How many U.S. states end with the letter a?
Answers in Fridays Herald.
German lesson:
How are you? Wie geht es Ihnen? (vee gayt ess een-
en)
Can you help me? Knnen Sie mir behilflich sein?
(kern-en zee neer be-hilf-lixh ziyn?)
They will not
be a tool to crush
protesters and
no force will
be used against
Egyptians.
Maj. Gen.
Mohammed Zaki
Brubeck
The Delphos
Herald
Vol. 143 No. 125
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Ray Geary, general manager
Delphos Herald, Inc.
Don Hemple,
advertising manager
Tiffany Brantley,
circulation manager
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Legal
(Continued from page 1)
Colorados law is set to take
effect by Jan. 5.
Technically, Washingtons
new marijuana law still forbids
smoking pot in public, which
remains punishable by a fine,
like drinking in public. But pot
fans wanted a party, and Seattle
police werent about to write
them any tickets.
In another sweeping change
for Washington, Gov. Chris
Gregoire on Wednesday signed
into law a measure that legal-
izes same-sex marriage. The
state joins several others that
allow gay and lesbian couples
to wed.
The mood was festive in
Seattle as dozens of gay and
lesbian couples got in line to
pick up marriage licenses at the
King County auditors office
early today.
King County and Thurston
County announced they
would open their auditors
offices shortly after midnight
Wednesday to accommodate
those who wanted to be among
the first to get their licenses.
Kelly Middleton and her
partner Amanda Dollente got
in line at 4 p.m. Wednesday.
Hours later, as the line
grew, volunteers distributed
roses and a group of men and
women serenaded the waiting
line to the tune of Going to
the Chapel.
Because the state has a
three-day waiting period, the
earliest that weddings can take
place is Sunday.
In dealing with marijuana,
the Seattle Police Department
told its 1,300 officers on
Wednesday, just before legal-
ization took hold, that until
further notice they shall not
issue citations for public mari-
juana use.
Officers will be advising
people not to smoke in pub-
lic, police spokesman Jonah
Spangenthal-Lee wrote on
the SPD Blotter. The police
department believes that, under
state law, you may responsibly
get baked, order some pizzas
and enjoy a Lord of the Rings
marathon in the privacy of your
own home, if you want to.
He offered a catchy new
directive referring to the film
The Big Lebowski, popu-
lar with many marijuana fans:
The Dude abides, and says
take it inside!
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E - The Environmental
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Dear EarthTalk: Has recycling lived up
to its promise to reduce waste and pollu-
tion, save energy and provide jobs in our
ailing economy?
Ian Atkinson, New York, NY

Americans still dont recycle as much
as they could. Nonetheless, the practice is
already considered a huge success given
that it keeps about a third of the solid
waste we generate out of our quickly filling
landfills and saves natural resources while
generating much-needed revenue for strug-
gling municipal governments. Recycling
also helps us keep our carbon footprints
down: According to the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency, recycling one ton of
aluminum cans conserves more than 1,665
gallons of gasoline.
Of course that doesnt mean the progres-
sion from virtually no recycling just 40 years
ago to todays U.S. average of 33.8 percent
has always been smooth. Some types of
materials, especially mixed plastics, have
proven difficult and/or expensive to recycle,
causing skeptics to question the overall value
proposition. But well managed recycling
systems that focus on profitable resources
like glass, paper and metals have been a big
success. And why wouldnt they be, when
recycling uses as little as five percent of
the energy required for virgin production of
materials such as aluminum?
Sara Brown of Presidio Graduate School
reports that, while recycling has gained
significant momentum during the last two
decades, it has still not yet realized its
potential. Unfortunately, recycling pick-up
services are not cheap and it is viewed as a
redundant service; extra trucks mean extra
cost. On top of that, single stream recycling
requires investment in technology to sort
the loads efficiently, she says. Trash, on
the other hand, is far more indiscriminate
because everything just goes to one place,
the landfill.
Brown says that the availability of curb-
side recycling programs varies throughout
the country, as does their success. For exam-
ple, New York City was a pioneer in recy-
cling, but when the city became strapped
for cash, recycling rates fell precipitously
to just 15 percent and have not recovered.
New York City officials claim it is more
expensive to recycle than to send trash to
landfills and incinerators for disposal, and
that they have to weigh those costs against
environmental goals.
On the other end of the spectrum is San
Francisco, which has been steadily increas-
ing its recycling and composting and is now
up to over 77 percent. Even more incredibly,
the city is aiming for zero waste by 2020.
Brown lauds San Francisco for structuring
its recycling program to promote the desired
behavior. Curbside fees are charged on a
pay as you throw basis for trash, while
recycling and compost are free, creating a
financial incentive for following the law
and sorting your waste. Brown adds that
programs like San Franciscos prove that
recycling can be economically viable besides
being good for the planet.
Brown acknowledges weve come a long
way with recycling but that there is still great
potential to do more. A November 2011 report
entitled More Jobs, Less Pollution by a
coalition of groups including the BlueGreen
Alliance, the Natural Resources Defense
Council and Recycling Works! advocates
that the U.S. government mandate diverting
75 percent of our waste coast-to-coast by
2030. The result would be 1.5 million new
jobs as well as significant pollution reduction
and savings in water and other resources.
EarthTalk is written and edited by
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Recycling today is considered by many
to be a huge success, though Americans
could be recycling more than they do. Well
managed recycling systems that focus on
profitable resources like glass, paper and
metals have had the most success. (Digital
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By ANN SANNER
COLUMBUS Ohio
lawmakers moved quickly
Wednesday to pass a bill set-
ting training and certifica-
tion requirements for a new
group of professionals who
will help guide consumers
through the new health insur-
ance exchange.
The so-called health navi-
gators, who may work for
community groups, for exam-
ple, will help educate con-
sumers and small businesses
about the new online markets
created by the federal health
care law. Through these
online exchanges, consumers
will be able to buy individual
private policies and apply for
government subsidies to help
pay their premiums.
The exchanges open for
business Jan. 1, 2014, but open
enrollment for insurance plans
begins Oct. 1 of next year.
Ohios bill requires navi-
gators to pass criminal back-
ground checks and specifies
what navigators cannot do,
such as sell, solicit or nego-
tiate health insurance. Rep.
Barbara Sears, the bills spon-
sor, says the measure would
serve as a blueprint as the
state moves forward to meet
the federal requirements.
The bill cleared a legisla-
tive committee on Wednesday
before the full Ohio House
passed it on a 56-32 vote.
The measure now heads to
the Senate, where it will be
shuffled into the flurry of last-
minute, lame-duck session
action.
The state Department of
Insurance supports the pro-
posed regulations.
Ohio has opted for a partner-
ship with the federal govern-
ment to run the exchange but
doesnt intend to run its own
navigator program. An official
with the insurance department
told lawmakers Ohio can regu-
late navigators without running
its own program.
Running the navigator
program and regulating those
participating in it could cre-
ate a difficult, if not inap-
propriate, relationship, said
Michael Farley, department
assistant director for legisla-
tive affairs.
Farley said the bill would
protect consumers and give
those who wish to have navi-
gator programs the informa-
tion needed to hire and train
the health care guides.
Consumer advocates agree
that navigators should be
regulated, but say the bill is
flawed.
Nita Carter of the Universal
Health Care Action Network
of Ohio said the measure
needs to be flexible enough to
allow navigators to help peo-
ple enroll in the exchange.
Were going to have nav-
igators in our communities
and peoples homes, and they
might not be able to just stop
the process and go find a bro-
ker or an insurance agent,
said Carter, the groups health
equity director. We just dont
want it that restrictive.
Ohio House clears
rules for health
navigators
COLUMBUS (AP) The
payday lender Cash America
says about 14,000 customers
in Ohio whove been taken
to court for not paying their
debts are going to get some
money back.
The reason, according to
The Columbus Dispatch, is
that most of the companys
employees failed to prepare
documents properly in legal
proceedings to recover the
money.
The company said it
believes documents show the
money is owed, but that the
preparation and filing didnt
always comply with court
rules.
The total cost of the reim-
bursement program is expect-
ed to be $13.4 million. The
company hasnt said yet when
or how customers will be
reimbursed for money they
paid back to the company as
part of the legal actions.
The company operates 120
Cashland and Cash America
stores in Ohio.
Payday lender
will reimburse
Ohio customers
By Andrew Welsh-Huggins
COLUMBUS The state
was found in contempt of
court Wednesday for failing
to move quickly enough to
compensate dozens of land-
owners who suffered losses
from flooding near Ohios
largest inland lake, the Ohio
Supreme Court ruled.
At issue was how fast
the Department of Natural
Resources is responding to a
year-old court order to com-
pensate 87 landowners near
Grand Lake St. Marys, a
20-square-mile lake between
Dayton and Toledo.
The court ruled 5-2 that the
landowners had shown clear
and convincing evidence that
the state was in contempt of
the courts December 2011
decision ordering compensa-
tion.
The three-page ruling gave
the state three months to fin-
ish appraisals on all properties
whose claims relate to a flood
level set in 2003, and four
months to file lawsuits to take
the properties, which is neces-
sary to trigger court hearings
on compensation.
The court gave the state a
month to begin legal action
in Mercer County court on
all parcels that havent yet
been surveyed because they
involve flooding above the
2003 level.
Two justices dissented, say-
ing the state has been moving
forward, and that a settlement
offer earlier this year indicates
Ohio is making efforts.
The state has hired sur-
veyors and property apprais-
ers. The surveyors have begun
surveying the properties at
issue, and the appraisers have
begun appraising the proper-
ties as the surveys are com-
pleted, said Justice Evelyn
Lundberg Stratton, who was
joined in her dissent by Justice
Judith Lanzinger.
The state will speed up the
process and use all avail-
able resources to comply with
the court order, said Natural
Resources spokeswoman
Bethany McCorkle.
The decision came one day
after the court held a hearing
looking for an explanation of
the delay. At that hearing, an
attorney for the state told the
court that the end of 2013 was
a reasonable timeframe for
completing compensation.
It has been extraordinari-
ly difficult to find apprais-
ers who are both qualified
and willing to do the work,
Michael Stokes told justices
during an hour-plus hearing in
Columbus.
Landowners say a horse-
shoe-shaped dam the state
built in 1997 has led to sig-
nificant floods almost every
year since.
Lawyers for the landown-
ers almost all of them farm-
ers alleged the state has
been dragging its feet since
the courts 2011 compensa-
tion order, with only eight
settlements filed and six of
those in the week before the
December 2012 contempt of
court hearing.
Attorney Bruce Ingram
told justices Tuesday that
three property owners have
died since the courts order a
year ago and more are likely
to pass away before the case
is resolved.
Court orders Ohio to speed
up flood compensation
TOLEDO (AP) Ohio
is moving toward shutting
down hundreds of storefront
gambling operations that have
sprouted up in strip malls and
vacant stores, offering com-
puter games that operate like
slot machines with cash priz-
es.
The Ohio House approved
a proposal Wednesday that
amounts to a virtual ban on
the game parlors known as
Internet cafes.
Its been nearly two years
since lawmakers first began
weighing what to do about
these sweepstakes games that
are largely unregulated and
dont face the same scrutiny
as casinos and other games
of chance. Some favored new
regulations while others want-
ed a ban on the Internet cafes.
Internet cafes are simply
gambling by another name,
said Rep. Dennis Murray, a
Democrat from Sandusky.
The bill, approved by a
2-to-1 margin in House, would
shut down nearly all of the
estimated 800 sites by nar-
rowly defining what counts as
a sweepstake.
Owners of the Internet
cafes say the proposed legisla-
tion could mean the loss of as
many as 5,000 jobs in Ohio.
Most of the operations
are in the northern half of
the state. Customers pay for
Internet time or phone cards
and use them to bet points on
computers loaded with games
such as poker. The businesses
say they sell legitimate prod-
ucts with a chance to win a
prize.
Ohio moves toward virtual
ban on Internet cafes
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on by flashing his camera.
He said he was shocked
that people nearer to the vic-
tim didnt try to help in the
22 seconds before the train
struck.
It took me a second to fig-
ure out what was happening
... I saw the lights in the dis-
tance. My mind was to alert
the train, Abbasi said.
The people who were
standing close to him ...
they could have moved and
grabbed him and pulled him
up. No one made an effort,
he added.
In a written account Abbasi
gave the Post, he said a crowd
took videos and snapped pho-
tos on their cellphones after
Han was pulled, limp, onto the
platform. He said he shoved
them back as a doctor and
another man tried to resusci-
tate the victim, but Han died
in front of them.
Ashley Han and her moth-
er, Serim Han, met report-
ers Wednesday inside their
Presbyterian church in
Queens. The family came to
the U.S. from Korea about
25 years ago. They said Han
was unemployed and had been
looking for work. Their pastor
said the family was so upset
by the front-page photo of
Han in the Post that they had
to stay with him for comfort.
I just wish I had one last
chance to tell my dad how
much I love him, Ashley Han
said.
Mayor Michael Bloomberg
said Han, if I understand it,
tried to break up a fight or
something and paid for it with
his life.
The suspects last known
address was in a working-
class neighborhood in Queens.
The only neighbor who even
vaguely remembered Davis
was Charles Dawes, 80, who
stays with his son two doors
down.
Davis came and went,
came and went, and he always
looked serious, Dawes said.
But I havent seen him for
three or four months.
Subway pushes are feared
but fairly unusual. Among
the more high-profile cases
was the January 1999 death
of Kendra Webdale, who was
shoved to her death by a for-
mer mental patient.
Straphangers said they
were shocked by Hans death
but that its always a silent
fear for many of the more than
5.2 million commuters who
ride the subway on an average
weekday.
Stuff like that you dont
really think about every day.
You know it could happen. So
when it does happen its scary
but then what it all comes down
to is you have to protect your-
self, said Aliyah Syphrett,
23, who sat on a bench as
she waited at Pennsylvania
Station in Manhattan.
If she saw someone fall
or be pushed, I would try to
help them, and also inform
them that at the end of the
platform there are steps.... If
you can run to the other end
you can come right back up
the steps. But I guess at that
moment youre panicked.
Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking.
William Butler Yeats, Irish Nobel Prize-winning poet (1865-1939)
IT WAS NEWS THEN
POLITICS
Moderately confused
One Year Ago
Christmas came early for local non-profits Tuesday eve-
ning. Twenty-nine recipients shared in more than $305,000 in
Arnold C. Dienstberger Foundation grants at the Delphos Club.
This was the 14th annual distribution of money raised from
investments held by the not-for-profit foundation headquartered
in Delphos.
25 Years Ago 1987
Seven area students have been nominated by their local high
schools to participate in the Hugh OBrian Youth Foundation
program. The students nominated from Putnam County include:
Jeff Smith of Columbus Grove, Matt Homier of Continental,
Vickie Wieging of Fort Jennings, Sue Kortokrax of Kalida,
Tracy Halker of Leipsic, Kathy Vennekotter of Miller City-
New Cleveland and Kim Recker of Ottawa-Glandorf.
A former Spencerville woman, Barbara K. Kill, has been
selected to receive the achievement and recognition award
for outstanding job performance during 1987 from the Ohio
Highway Patrol. Kill is a dispatcher assigned at the St. Marys
post, Ohio Highway Patrol. She joined the patrol in 1974, and
has also received the coveted award in 1986.
Senior linebackers Tony Closson and Bob Ladd were
co-recipients of the Robert Christy Award Friday night at the
banquet honoring Jefferson athletes in fall sports. More than
300 people attended the banquet honoring the Jefferson foot-
ball team which reached the Division V state semifinals and
finished at 12-1.
50 Years Ago 1962
Roscoe Thompson was installed as Worshipful Master of
Hope Lodge No. 214, F & M, at the organizations meeting
Wednesday evening in the Masonic Temple. Other officers
installed were Carl W. Ramsey, senior warden; Edward Jamison,
junior warden; Robert McDonald, secretary; Harold Heitzman,
treasurer; John Helton, chaplain; Harold Harmon, senior dea-
con; Gary John, junior deacon; Jack E. Cochensparger, senior
steward; Bill Wilcox, junior steward; William Benson and
Tyler and Carl E. Zink, trustees.
The vocal department of Delphos Jefferson High School
will combine with the choirs from Blue Creek School of
Paulding County to present the annual Christmas concert Dec.
17 in the Jefferson auditorium. Ann Dienstberger and Nancy
Riggenbach will be at the pianos, and Bill Doyle and Doug
Harter will play trumpets.
Delphos Council, No. 1362, Knights of Columbus, is
planning a New Years dance to be held at the council club
rooms, Elida Avenue. Music will be furnished by the Variety
Trio orchestra of Fort Wayne. Tickets are being sold by James
Hemker, Emmet Bockey, George Odenweller, Firmin Pothast,
Robert Schmit, Melvin Hempfling, Rufus Bonifas, George
Bonifas, Hubert Youngpeter, Don Gerdeman, Harold Liebrecht,
Hubert Holdgreve, Carl Kimmet, and Arnold Kimmet.
75 Years Ago 1937
Fans who were in attendance at the basketball session at
St. Johns auditorium Saturday night were certainly given their
moneys worth. Both of the games were of the most thrilling
nature with the result in doubt up to the close in each. St. Johns
Varsity won by a four-point margin, 22 to 18, and the St. Johns
Reserves nosed the Willshire reserves by a one-point margin,
20-19.
A total of 320 Delphos persons enrolled as members in the
American Red Cross during the annual roll call which started
on Armistice Day, Nov. 11, and continued until Thanksgiving
Day, Nov. 25. Mrs. George Horine, local Red Cross chairman,
is thanking the local citizens on behalf of the organization for
the splendid cooperation and response to the annual call.
A card party, for the benefit of the Delphos Public Library,
will be held in the K. of C. rooms Wednesday evening. The
members of the Beta Delphian and Ella Huber Delphian chap-
ters, the Sorosis Club and the Tourist Club are sponsoring the
party.
WASHINGTON (AP)
President Barack Obama
plans to ask Congress for
about $50 billion in addition-
al emergency aid for states
hit by Superstorm Sandy,
Democrats on Capitol Hill
said Wednesday.
Housing Secretary Shaun
Donovan told a Senate
Appropriations subcommit-
tee that the administration
is still working on a request
for a supplemental spending
bill to provide the aid and
expects to send it to Congress
this week.
We do not have a specif-
ic number, Donovan said.
The price tag is expected
to be anywhere between $45
billion and $55 billion. Two
Senate Democratic aides,
speaking on condition of ano-
nymity because the request is
still being assembled, put the
number in the neighborhood
of $50 billion.
The president isnt going
to leave New York, New
Jersey or the entire region
to fight for itself, Donovan,
who is coordinating the
governments Sandy recov-
ery efforts for Obama, told
reporters after the hearing.
Donovan urged Congress
to take action in the next
few weeks on the adminis-
trations upcoming request.
On Tuesday, the head
of the Federal Emergency
Management Agency, Craig
Fugate, said the govern-
ments disaster relief fund
still has $4.8 billion, enough
to pay for recovery efforts
into early spring. So far the
government has spent about
$2 billion in the 11 states
struck the late October storm,
one of the worst ever in the
Northeast.
New York, New Jersey
and Connecticut are together
seeking about $83 billion
in aid. Donovan described
that figure as more of dam-
age estimate, saying some
of might be covered by pri-
vate insurance and other
already-funded government
programs.
Given the recent budget
talks and the strong pres-
sures against new spending,
Congress is not expected to
approve large amounts of
additional money all at once.
The storm devastated
coastal communities from
North Carolina to Maine,
killing more than 120 people.
New York and New Jersey
were hit the hardest.
By CONNIE CASS
WASHINGTON The
dealmakers who warn that a
year-end plunge off the fis-
cal cliff would be disastrous
dont seem to be rushing to
stop it. Why arent they pan-
icking?
For one thing, the Dec.
31 deadline is more flexible
than it sounds. Like all skilled
procrastinators, from kids put-
ting off homework to taxpay-
ers who file late, Washington
negotiators know they can
finagle more time if they need
it.
That doesnt mean delay
would be cost-free. Stock mar-
kets might tank if 2013 dawns
without a deal. But Americans
could be temporarily spared
many of the other ill effects
if Congress and President
Barack Obama blow past their
deadline.
The Obama administration
would have power to delay
some of the tax increases and
spending cuts that would offi-
cially take effect as January
begins. Then, if an agreement
is reached early in the year, it
could be applied retroactively
to wipe them out.
Some lawmakers even
argue that briefly going over
the cliff is the best way to
force a compromise. The
Obama administration on
Wednesday indicated it would
take the plunge if necessary to
ensure that the wealthy end up
paying higher tax rates.
Pushing the deadline too
far is a risky strategy, how-
ever. The Congressional
Budget Office predicts that
the fiscal cliff policies, if left
unchecked, would spark a
recession later in 2013 and
send the unemployment rate
above 9 percent by fall.
How long could negotiators
balk and bicker before putting
the U.S. economy in jeop-
ardy? The calendar becomes
less and less forgiving as the
weeks pass.
A procrastinators guide to
pushing the deadline:
DECEMBER
Democrats led by Obama
and Republicans led by House
Speaker John Boehner say its
critical to reach a deal this
month. Yet both sides appear
dug in over taxes. And their
two plans are far apart on how
much to cut spending while
the economy is still recover-
ing from the last recession.
So far, Boehner said,
were nowhere.
If compromise were easy
for this bunch, they wouldnt
be in this jam. A good chunk
of the fiscal cliff the auto-
matic spending cuts known
as the sequester is an
artificial deadline created by
Congress in hopes of forc-
ing itself to come up with a
deficit-cutting plan. It arrives
at the same time as the expira-
tion of the George W. Bush-
era income tax cuts and other
temporary tax breaks sched-
uled to end unless Congress
extends them. Together the
taxes and cuts would equal
close to $700 billion in deficit
reduction over 2013.
Congress could vote to
override all this and essential-
ly freeze taxes and spending
where they are now while the
economy heals. But Obama
and lawmakers, especially
Republicans bent on budget-
cutting, see the fiscal cliff as
the critical moment to over-
come inertia on the nations
long-term debt crisis.
JANUARY
If theres no deal in
December, the economy wont
fall off a cliff on New Years
Day. But probably will begin
a bumpy downhill ride.
The new Congress
that convenes Jan. 3 wont
look much different from
the one thats deadlocked
now, divided between a
Republican-controlled House
and a Democratic-dominated
Senate.
Higher taxes for nearly
everyone and across-the-board
spending cuts would already
be law.
People will get more
nervous day by day, said
Mark Zandi, chief economist
at Moodys Analytics. Still,
he thinks the economy could
weather a few more weeks of
uncertainty as long as nego-
tiators appeared to be working
toward an agreement.
If the Bush-era tax cuts
expired, that would raise
income taxes for the average
middle-class family by $2,200
over the course of 2013, the
White House says. Thats
about $42 per week, probably
not enough to curtail spending
right away and deal an imme-
diate blow to the economy,
economists say.
Plus, taxpayers might
never have to ante up. The
Treasury Department sets
withholding tables that deter-
mine how much tax comes
out of Americans paychecks.
It could hold off raising the
withholding if a deal seems to
be in the works, said Roberton
Williams, a senior fellow of
the private Tax Policy Center.
Both Republicans and
Democrats say they dont
want middle-class taxpayers
to pay higher tax rates.
Other far-reaching tax
changes are more likely to go
ahead in January. For exam-
ple, although Obama propos-
es extending the temporary
Social Security payroll tax
reduction, support for that has
been weak. So more money
might start coming out of
workers pay, whether or not
a fiscal cliff deal is reached.
Thats another $1,000 over
the year, or a little more than
$19 per week, from a worker
making $50,000.
As for the sequester, the
White House can direct the
Pentagon and federal agencies
to husband their resources for
a while and hold off on some
spending cuts while negotia-
tions continue.
The more theres an antic-
ipation that theres actually
an agreement in the works,
the less of an impact any of
this should have, said Chad
Stone, chief economist for the
liberal Center on Budget and
Policy Priorities. He argues
that its OK to miss the fis-
cal cliff deadline if necessary
to achieve a well-designed
agreement.
By ALICIA A.
CALDWELL
WASHINGTON
The Homeland Security
Department paid for an under-
water robot in a Midwest city
with no major rivers or lakes
nearby, a hog catcher in rural
Texas and a fish tank in a
small Texas town, according
to a new congressional report
highlighting what it described
as wasteful spending of tax
money intended for counter-
terrorism purposes.
Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla.,
said in his 54-page report that
while much of the spending for
the departments Urban Area
Security Initiative appeared
to be allowed under the pro-
grams rules, it was still inap-
propriate in an age of budget
austerity and as the federal
government faces a $16 tril-
lion national debt.
Every dollar misspent in
the name of security weakens
our already precarious eco-
nomic condition, indebts us to
foreign nations, and shackles
the future of our children and
grandchildren, Coburn said.
The report focused on
UASI spending in the last few
years in Arizona, California,
Colorado, Indiana, Louisiana,
Minnesota, Ohio, Oklahoma
and the National Capitol
Region, which includes
Washington and parts of
Maryland and Virginia.
Among the projects Coburn
found questionable were:
$21 for a fish tank in
Seguin, Texas, a small town
outside of San Antonio.
$98,000 for an underwa-
ter robot in Columbus, Ohio,
where there are no major riv-
ers and few lakes nearby.
$24,000 for a latrine on
wheels in Fort Worth, Texas.
A BearCat armored
vehicle bought with a
$285,933 grant in Keene,
N.H., a small New England
town that is home to an annual
pumpkin festival that draws up
to 70,000 people.
$250,000 for security
upgrades, including $9,000 in
signage, at Lucas Oil Stadium
in Indianapolis.
The grant program stems
from the 2001 terrorist attacks
when the federal government
pledged to help equip local
governments to prevent future
attacks and respond if they
occurred. DHS has pumped
billions to states over the past
decade under the program that
puts states in control of how
the money is ultimately spent.
The security program is
the departments most popu-
lar grant, and guidance for
how money can be spent
has evolved over the years.
During the past decade there
have been other examples of
questionable homeland secu-
rity grants, including infamous
snow cone machines bought
by Michigan officials last year.
The department has no way of
tracking how the money is
spent and has not produced
adequate measures to gauge
what states and communities
actually need, Coburn said.
DHS spokesman Matt
Chandler said the department
fundamentally disagrees
with the reports position on
the value of homeland secu-
rity grants and the impor-
tance of investments in our
first responders on the front
lines and the development of
critical capabilities at the local
level.
By HOPE YEN
WASHINGTON New
census data released today
affirm a clear and sustained
drop in illegal immigration,
ending more than a decade of
increases.
The number of illegal immi-
grants in the U.S. dropped to
an estimated 11.1 million last
year from a peak of 12 mil-
lion in 2007, part of an overall
waning of Hispanic immigra-
tion. For the first time since
1910, Hispanic immigration
last year was topped by immi-
grants from Asia.
Demographers say illegal
Hispanic immigration 80
percent of all illegal immi-
gration comes from Mexico
and Latin America isnt
likely to approach its mid-
2000 peak again, due in part
to a weakened U.S. economy
and stronger enforcement but
also a graying of the Mexican
population.
The finding suggests
an uphill battle for the
Republicans, who passed leg-
islation in the House last week
that would extend citizenship
to a limited pool of foreign stu-
dents with advanced degrees
but who are sharply divided
on whether to pursue broader
immigration measures.
In all, the biggest surge
of immigration in modern
U.S. history ultimately may
be recorded as occurring in
the mid-1990s to early 2000s,
yielding illegal residents who
now have been settled in the
U.S. for 10 years or more.
They include migrants who
arrived here as teens and are
increasingly at risk of aging
out of congressional propos-
als such as the DREAM Act
that offer a pathway to citizen-
ship for younger adults.
The priority now is to push
a vigorous debate about the
undocumented people already
here, said Jose Antonio
Vargas, 31, a journalist from
the Philippines. We want to
become citizens and not face
the threat of deportation or
be treated as second class,
said Vargas, whose campaign,
Define American, along with
the young immigrant group
United We Dream, have
been pushing for citizenship
for the entire illegal popula-
tion in the U.S. The groups
point to a strong Latino and
Asian-American turnout for
President Barack Obama in
last months election as evi-
dence of public support for a
broad overhaul of U.S. immi-
gration laws.
Earlier this year, Obama
extended to many young-
er immigrants temporary
reprieves from deportation.
But Vargas, who has lived
in the U.S. since 1993 and
appeared this year on the
cover of Time magazine with
other immigrants who lacked
legal status, has become too
old to qualify.
This conversation is a
question about how we as
a nation define who is an
American, Vargas said, not-
ing that if politicians dont
embrace immigration overhaul
now, a rapidly growing bloc
of minority voters may soon
do it for them. If you want
us to pay a fine to become a
citizen, OK. If you want us to
pay back taxes, absolutely. If
you want us to speak English,
I speak English. But we cant
tread water on this issue any-
more.
Jeffrey Passel, a senior
demographer at the Pew
Research Center and a former
Census Bureau official, said
U.S. immigration policies will
have a significant impact in
shaping a future U.S. labor
force, which is projected to
shrink by 2030. Aging white
baby boomers, many in spe-
cialized or management
roles, are beginning to retire.
Mexican immigration, which
has helped fill needs in farm-
ing, home health care and
other low-wage U.S. jobs, has
leveled off.
Immigration is one way to
boost the number of workers
in the population, he said,
but the next wave of needed
immigrants is likely to come
from somewhere other than
Mexico. We are not going
to see a return to the levels of
Mexican unauthorized immi-
gration of a decade ago.
Dems: Obama
to ask for $50B
Sandy aid
Illegal immigration drops after decade-long rise
Homeland Security grant spending questioned
How far over the fiscal
cliff could they go?
TODAY
5-7 p.m. The Interfaith
Thrift Shop is open for shop-
ping.
6:30 p.m. Delphos
Ladies Club, Trinity United
Methodist Church.
7 p.m. Delphos
Emergency Medical Service
meeting, EMS building,
Second Street.
7:30 p.m. Delphos
Chapter 23, Order of Eastern
Star, meets at the Masonic
Temple, North Main Street.
FRIDAY
7:30 a.m. Delphos
Optimist Club meets at the
A&W Drive-In, 924 E. Fifth
St.
11:30 a.m. Mealsite
at Delphos Senior Citizen
Center, 301 Suthoff Street.
1-4 p.m. Interfaith Thrift
Store is open for shopping.
SATURDAY
8:30-11:30 a.m. St.
Johns High School recycle,
enter on East First Street.
9 a.m. - noon Interfaith
Thrift Store is open for shop-
ping.
St. Vincent DePaul Society,
located at the east edge of the
St. Johns High School park-
ing lot, is open.
Cloverdale recycle at vil-
lage park.
10 a.m to 2 p.m. Delphos
Postal Museum is open.
12:15 p.m. Testing of
warning sirens by Delphos
Fire and Rescue
1-3 p.m. Delphos Canal
Commission Museum, 241 N.
Main St., is open.
7 p.m. Bingo at St.
Johns Little Theatre.
SUNDAY
1-3 p.m. The Delphos
Canal Commission Museum,
241 N. Main St., is open.
1-4 p.m. Putnam County
Museum is open, 202 E. Main
St. Kalida.
MONDAY
11:30 a.m. Mealsite
at Delphos Senior Citizen
Center, 301 Suthoff Street.
6 p.m. Middle Point
Village Council meets
7-9 p.m. The Delphos
Canal Commission Annex
Museum, 241 N. Main St.,
will be open.
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DEC. 7
Dick Culp
Steve Waldick
Kitchen
Press
Kitchen
Press
THRIFT SHOP WORKERS
SENIOR
LUNCHEON CAFE
More great dishes
to share during the
holiday season.
Tortilla Dip
1 pound Italian sausage
1/2 cup onion, diced
1 pound Velveeta
cheese, cubed
1/2 cup green pepper,
diced
1 can cream of mush-
room soup
Brown sausage and
onion; drain. Combine
meat and rest of the ingre-
dients in a slow cooker and
melt on low. Do not add
water. Serve with tortilla
chips or crackers.
*For a spicier version,
use spicy Italian sausage
and Mexican Velveeta.

Red-Hot Popcorn
5 cups plain popped
popcorn
Salt
1/4 cup water
1/2 cup mini cinnamon
candies (Red Hots)
Spread popcorn on
parchment-lined baking
sheet; sprinkle with salt.
In a large nonstick skillet,
stir water and cinnamon
candies over medium-low
heat until candy is almost
melted. Remove from heat
and stir until smooth sauce
forms. Using large spoon,
immediately drizzle over
popcorn. (Return mixture
to heat for a few seconds if
it stiffens.) Let cool.

Barbecups
3/4 pound ground beef
1/2 cup barbecue sauce
1 tablespoon instant
minced onion
2 tablespoons brown
sugar
1 (8-ounce) can refrig-
erator biscuits
3/4 cup shredded sharp
cheese
Brown beef; drain. Add
barbecue sauce, onion and
brown sugar; stir to mix
well. Open can of biscuits.
Press each biscuit into an
ungreased muffin cup,
making sure dough goes
up to edge of cup. Spoon
meat mixture into cups and
sprinkle with cheese. Bake
at 400 degrees for 10 to 12
minutes. Makes 8 to 10.
If you enjoyed these
recipes, made changes or
have one to share, email
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CLC collects baby bottles for Heartbeat of Lima
Fort Jennings CLC Council 88, along with Respect Life Group, recently held a
baby bottle collection. Heartbeat of Lima (also serving Putnam County) is their recipi-
ent, with 100 percent of their proceeds benefiting such a worthy cause. Fort Jennings
CLC Officers are pictured with Patti Kennedy, Executive Director of Heartbeat of
Lima, and Jan Kahle, Diocese of Toledo Respect Life Coordinator. Gathered around
their donations from left to right, Nancy Wiechart (CLC), Mandi Kahle (CLC), Jan
Kahle and Patti Kennedy, Kathy Luersman (CLC); and kneeling, Shelley Hoersten
(CLC). The council held a collection at their home parish, St. Joseph Catholic Church,
throughout the month of October. They collected approximately $200 worth of baby
supplies, including several hand-made baby afghans, and over $1,300 in financial
donations.
WEEK OF DEC. 10-14
MONDAY: Pork chops,
red-skinned potatoes, Capri-
blend veggies, bread, marga-
rine, applesauce, coffee and
2% milk.
TUESDAY: Meat loaf,
ranch mashed potatoes,
creamed corn, roll, margarine,
jello with fruit, coffee and 2%
milk.
WEDNESDAY: Cream of
potato soup, chicken salad,
fruit, coffee and 2% milk.
THURSDAY: Swedish
meatballs, parslied noodles,
broccoli, bread, margarine,
blueberry whip, coffee and
2% milk.
FRIDAY: Salmon patty,
cauliflower, bread, margarine,
dessert, coffee and 2% milk.
DEC. 6-8
THURSDAY: Mary Rigdon, Sandy Rigdon, Sue Wiseman,
Sarah Miller, Carlene Gerdeman, Sue Vasquez and Mary Lee
Miller.
FRIDAY: Lroene Jettinghoff, Pam Hanser, Gwen Rohrbacher
and Diane Mueller.
SATURDAY: Eileen Martz, Helen Fischer, Karen Hartman and
June Link.
THRIFT SHOP HOURS: 5-7 p.m. Thursday; 1-4 p.m. Friday;
and 9 a.m.- noon Saturday.
Anyone who would like to volunteer should contact Catharine
Gerdemann, 419-695-8440; Alice Heidenescher, 419-692-5362;
Linda Bockey 419-692-7145; or Lorene Jettinghoff, 419-692-7331.
If help is needed, contact the Thrift Shop at 419-692-2942
between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. and leave a message.

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Close of business December 5, 2012
Patton turns
95 Dec. 13
Patricia Patton will turn 95
years old on Dec. 13.
A card shower is being
held. Send cards to:
Patricia Patton, 12832
Whisper Willows Dr. Haselt,
Texas 76052.
Blood drive nets 45 units
The American Red Cross
held a blood drive at the
Delphos Eagles on Nov. 8.
The goal for the day was 45
pints of blood and 45 pints
were collected.
Those reaching gallon lev-
els are:
3 gallons- David Ricker
7 gallons- Diane Rostorfer
8 gallons- Sherry A.
Moore
11 gallons- Leo A. Wurst,
Nancy J. Kroeger
17 gallons- Delphia G.
Kiggins
The next blood drive at the
Delphos Eagles is on Jan. 10.
Thank you to all donors
and volunteers.
SPORTS
AMERICAN CONFERENCE
East
W L T Pct PF PA
y-New England 9 3 0 .750 430 260
N.Y. Jets 5 7 0 .417 228 296
Buffalo 5 7 0 .417 277 337
Miami 5 7 0 .417 227 249
South
W L T Pct PF PA
x-Houston 11 1 0 .917 351 221
Indianapolis 8 4 0 .667 265 306
Tennessee 4 8 0 .333 248 359
Jacksonville 2 10 0 .167 206 342
North
W L T Pct PF PA
Baltimore 9 3 0 .750 303 242
Pittsburgh 7 5 0 .583 254 230
Cincinnati 7 5 0 .583 302 260
Cleveland 4 8 0 .333 229 265
West
W L T Pct PF PA
y-Denver 9 3 0 .750 349 244
San Diego 4 8 0 .333 258 257
Oakland 3 9 0 .250 235 376
Kansas City 2 10 0 .167 188 322
NATIONAL CONFERENCE
East
W L T Pct PF PA
N.Y. Giants 7 5 0 .583 321 243
Washington 6 6 0 .500 312 301
Dallas 6 6 0 .500 280 295
Philadelphia 3 9 0 .250 217 320
South
W L T Pct PF PA
y-Atlanta 11 1 0 .917 317 229
Tampa Bay 6 6 0 .500 333 285
New Orleans 5 7 0 .417 321 327
Carolina 3 9 0 .250 235 292
North
W L T Pct PF PA
Green Bay 8 4 0 .667 296 259
Chicago 8 4 0 .667 294 198
Minnesota 6 6 0 .500 262 272
Detroit 4 8 0 .333 300 315
West
W L T Pct PF PA
San Francisco 8 3 1 .708 289 171
Seattle 7 5 0 .583 242 202
St. Louis 5 6 1 .458 221 267
Arizona 4 8 0 .333 186 234
x-clinched playoff spot
y-clinched division
Todays Game
Denver at Oakland, 8:20 p.m.
Sundays Games
Chicago at Minnesota, 1 p.m.
Baltimore at Washington, 1 p.m.
Kansas City at Cleveland, 1 p.m.
San Diego at Pittsburgh, 1 p.m.
Tennessee at Indianapolis, 1 p.m.
N.Y. Jets at Jacksonville, 1 p.m.
Atlanta at Carolina, 1 p.m.
Philadelphia at Tampa Bay, 1 p.m.
St. Louis at Buffalo, 1 p.m.
Dallas at Cincinnati, 1 p.m.
Miami at San Francisco, 4:05 p.m.
Arizona at Seattle, 4:25 p.m.
New Orleans at N.Y. Giants, 4:25 p.m.
Detroit at Green Bay, 8:20 p.m.
Mondays Game
Houston at New England, 8:30 p.m.
NFL GLANCE
Congrats, Kobe! Youre getting there!
So, Kobe Bryant became the fifth
member of the 30,000-point in the
National Basketball Association
Wednesday night.
He joins top scorer Kareem Abdul-
Jabbar (38,387 in 1,560 games), Karl
The Mailman Malone (36,928;
1,476), Michael Jordan (32,292; 1,072)
and Wilt Chamberlain (31,419; 1,045)
as the only guys to do so.
These numbers dont count the play-
offs, either.
He is also the youngest at 34 to get
to this hallowed mark but has been a
pro since he was 18 and has taken 1,180
games to do so.
Kevin Garnett is the next-closest at
24,553 but he is 36 though remains
a remarkable physical specimen at his
age and mileage because he, too,
turned pro at 18; Dirk Nowitzki is at
24,134. Dirk may get there because he
is 34 but he has been injured all year
and would need to play about three
more years and more.
I remember when Wilt the Stilts
mark was almost impregnable, espe-
cially since he averaged 50 points a
game by himself one year.
I dont think anyone will surpass
The Sky Hook unless they can play
25 years he played 20!
None other than Earvin Magic
Johnson has called Kobe the Greatest
Laker!
I dont think I will follow that line
when you consider all the Laker greats
that have gone before but I will write
that what he has done in todays game
is very special.
When Wilt played, it was up-tempo
every game; 120 shots per game per
team was not out of the ordinary. What
is the average now perhaps 90 at
most with a point guard like Steve
Nash at the controls? That is a major
difference.
Remember, Wilt averaged 22.9
rebounds a game in a 14-year career and
Bill Russell was right up there, along
with other legends. Now, the leading
rebounder is around 15 a game.
Two, while Wilt and others were
pretty physical he did play at 7 feet,
300 pounds it is beyond physical
these days.
You have bigger, faster, stronger
men all around and the court has not
grown an inch, so there is less room to
operate.
You look at Abdul-Jabbar and he
had his personal assist man, Magic;
he would several times a game make
sure he got the ball to The Captain for
a bucket. He also had Showtime with
Magic, James Worthy, Jamaal Wilkes,
Norm Nixon, etc., when they played
the game more like it used to be with
the fast break.
Malone had his personal assistant
in John Stockton who fed him on the
break many times.
Jordan didnt have anyone such as
these two, nor was the game up-tempo
like in days gone past.
Kobe is in the same category.
Not that they didnt have great play-
ers alongside them but they didnt
have the relationships Magic had with
Kareem and Stockton to Malone.
One wonders how many points these
guys would have scored had the game
not slowed down in the late 1980s from
the Wilt-Walt Frazier-Showtime era!
Maybe Magic is onto something!
Its almost a foregone conclusion that
Kobe will pass Wilt and his childhood
idol, Michael, in the next two years.
I think after that, if he is still around,
I dont see him physically capable of
getting past the Mailman.
Still, as I have always written, it is
difficult to really compare eras in any
sports, especially the entirely difference
game that the NBA has become from its
former self. Plus, I think the NBA has
become more star-driven and is more
of an individual game when compared
to some of the great TEAMS of yes-
teryear. These individuals realize they
dont become champions until they
become teams!
Now, we just dont need an NBA
team nicknamed the Pelicans!!
Are you like me with regard to the
murder-suicide of Kansas City Chief
linebacker Javon Belcher and his girl-
friend Kasandra Perkins you really
want to know why?
We have had a discussion in the
news room we really do have such
events going on from time to time!
about what this could mean.
What if the autopsy finds, for exam-
ple, brain damage from concussions
and/or the simple wear and tear of the
game he played for over a decade?
Could we have a Chris Benoit deal
here, that repeated concussions suf-
fered in the line of duty finally took
their toll?
What if perish the thought they
find evidence of steroid/PED abuse?
Or even the more horrific thought
too vile to believe that he simply and
freely killed his girlfriend (for whatever
reason that I leave to your imagination,
dear readers!), leaving the daughter he
loved without a mom, and then possibly
suffered remorse and turned the gun on
himself?
I wonder if all the people that sat
helplessly by and watched these pro-
ceedings unfold are still having night-
mares? I probably would.
JIM METCALFE
Metcalfes
Musings
jmetcalfe@delphosherald.com
Grove bests Hornets
in wrestling dual
COLUMBUS GROVE
Columbus Groves wrestling unit
bested Cory-Rawson 51-22 in a
dual Wednesday at home.
The Bulldogs are in the
Arcadia Invite 10 a.m. Saturday.
106: Double void.
113: Tregg Keysor (CG) pinned
Devin Meyer, 1:21.
120: Brett Sampson (CG) dec.
Brandon Eck 5-1.
126: Zach Smith (CR) pinned
Garrett Hauenstein, 1:08.
132: Eli Schroeder (CG), void.
138: Austin Brown (CR) dec.
Christian Stechschulte, 14-6.
145: Tyler Schroeder (CG) pinned
Lance Butler, :53.
152: Dylen Hartman (CR) pinned
C.J. Schartzer, 3:53.
160: Alec Gladwell (CG) pinned
Mason Watkins, 1:12.
170: Brandon Benroth (CG) pinned
Jacob Collins, 1:45.
182: Adam Johnson (CG), void.
195: Will Selhorst (CG), void.
220: Chase Oler (CR) pinned Eli
Wiswasser, 1:06.
285: Robert Lindeman (CG), void.
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Bluffton gets back in
win column with 73-65
victory over Kalamazoo
By Ryan Schadewald
Sports information assistant
BLUFFTON The Bluffton
University mens basketball team
used a strong run late in the first
half en route to a 73-65 vic-
tory over the Kalamazoo College
Hornets on Wednesday.
It snapped a 2-game losing
streak as Bluffton improved to
2-4.
The Beavers were led by Dustin
Kinn (Alvada/New Riegel) who
scored 18 points to go along with
eight rebounds. Freshman phe-
nom Thayne Recker (Arlington)
also chipped in with his first career
double-double performance of 15
points and 13 rebounds. Senior
Josh Fisher (Rockford/Parkway)
added 12 points while junior
Will Pope (Somerville/Preble
Shawnee) contributed 11 points
in the victory.
The visiting Hornets jumped
on top with a fast start, taking a
lead as high as 11-6 at the 15:40
mark of the first half. The Beavers
rallied to tie it up at 12 on a layup
by Recker with 13:35 to go in
the period. After a free throw by
Keith Garber, a chip shot from
Pope gave the Beavers a 14-13
lead. The Hornets tied it up at
18, but freshman Billy Taflinger
(Lima/Central Catholic) drained
a pair of free throws to put the
home team back on top with
11:20 on the clock.
The Hornets went on a 6-0 run,
making the score 24-20 before
Bluffton responded with a 6-0
spurt to take a 26-24 lead. After
six straight Kalamazoo counters,
Bluffton followed with 10 unan-
swered points, capped by a Pope
jumper and a free throw from
Recker which gave the Beavers a
36-30 lead at the 2:39 mark. The
Beavers lead would get as high
as seven before Eric Fishman
drilled a 3-pointer to cut the
Bluffton advantage to 39-35 at
halftime.
The Beavers were able to
maintain a solid cushion until
Kalamazoo used a 4-0 spurt to
cut the Bluffton lead to four at
50-46 with 14:22 to go. However,
Bluffton was able to push the
lead back to 10 with an 8-2 run.
The Hornets cut the deficit down
to five with 4:54 to go but the
Beavers kept control of the game
with a pair of makes at the line by
Kinn. Kalamazoo made one last
try when the visitors trimmed the
lead to 71-65 but Kinn finished
it with an uncontested layup to
wrap up the win.
Kinn led the Beavers with 8-of-
12 shooting from the field and two
free throws for a team-high 18
points. He added eight rebounds
to cap off his solid game. Recker
was a force in the paint, going
7-of-9 from the field with a foul
shot for 15 points. He also had a
game-high 13 rebounds, including
eight on the offensive end. Fisher
had a solid all-around game with
12 points and a career-high seven
dimes.
The Beavers forged a deci-
sive 49-31 advantage in rebound-
ing the basketball, including 20
offensive boards for the home
team. The Beavers also had a big
advantage in the paint, outscor-
ing the visitors 48-30 down low.
Bluffton shot 28-of-62 (45.2%)
from the field but only 3-for-13
(23.1%) from distance. The home
team converted 14-of-21 (66.7%)
from the charity stripe. In con-
trast, the visitors hit just 37.3
percent from the floor, although
they did shoot marginally better
from beyond the arc (31.6%) and
from the foul line (68.2%).
The Beavers will be back in
action on Saturday when they
battle the Rose-Hulman Institute
of Technology at 3 p.m. on
Copeland Court. The womens
game with RHIT will precede the
mens game at 1 p.m. The dou-
bleheader with the Engineers is
Community Day in the Sommer
Center.
Kalamazoo College 65
FGM-FGA 3FGM-FGA FTM-FTA PTS
Carter Goetz 2-10 1-3 1-2 6, Mark
Ghafari 9-13 4-5 5-6 27, Grant Carey
3-8 0-1 0-1 6, Eric Fishman 4-12
1-5 6-7 15, Adam Peters 2-4 0-0 0-0
4, Stephen Oliphant 0-1 0-0 0-0 0,
Keaton Adams 0-0 0-0 0-0 0, Aaron
Schoenfeldt 2-5 0-0 1-2 5, Keith
Garber 0-2 0-2 1-2 1, Carl Ghafari 0-0
0-0 0-0 0, Cam Schwartz 0-4 0-3 1-2
1, Jared Weeks 0-0 0-0 0-0 0. Totals
22-59 6-19 15-22 65.
Rebounds: 31/12 off. (Goetz
6). Assists: 8 (Ghafari 3). Steals:
10 (Ghafari/Fishman 3). Blocks: 0.
Turnovers: 10. Fouls: 22.
Bluffton University 73
Dustin Kinn 8-12 0-0 2-4 18, Will
Pope 4-9 0-0 3-5 11, Josh Fisher 4-11
1-3 3-4 12, Tyler Neal 0-5 0-4 3-4 3,
Ryan Ebbeskotte 1-2 1-2 0-0 3, Brock
Homier 0-1 0-1 0-0 0, Billy Taflinger
1-5 0-0 2-2 4, Nate Chambers 2-6 1-3
0-0 5, Dillon Long 1-2 0-0 0-0 2, Jon
Fowler 0-0 0-0 0-0 0, Thayne Recker
7-9 0-0 1-2 15. Totals 28-62 3-13
14-21 73.
Rebounds: 49/20 off. (Recker
13). Assists: 14 (Fisher 7). Steals: 5
(Recker 3). Blocks: 5 (Chamber 3).
Score by Halves:
Kalamazoo 35 30 - 65
Bluffton 39 34 - 73
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MSJ holds on for 48-47
victory over Beavers
By Evan Skilliter
Sports information assistant
CINCINNATI The Bluffton
Lady Beavers (4-2, 0-2 HCAC)
traveled to Cincinnati to face
HCAC rival Mount St. Joseph on
Wednesday and fell just shy of
their fifth win of the season as the
Lions edged the visitors, 48-47,
in a close game that featured 12
lead changes.
Ten of those 12 lead changes
came in a wild first half. Mount
took the first lead in the game but
freshman Brooke Ruffer (Stryker)
turned the tables with two suc-
cessful free throw attempts and
a layup. A three from Brooke
Mosler gave Mount its second
lead of the game but Lauren
Hutton (New Reigel) erased it
on the next Beaver possession
when sophomore Rachel DeBord
(Lebanon) found her in the paint
for two.
No team held a lead larger
than three points until Melanie
Monahan hit back-to-back layups
and Megan Metzel made a free
throw which put the hosts up by
five at halftime.
Bluffton trimmed the deficit to
three right out of the gate when
Ruffer found Hutton in the paint
for a deuce. After a 2 1/2-min-
ute scoring drought for both
teams, Beaver freshman Taylor
Whitaker (Mansfield/Lexington)
hit a jumper to make it a 1-point
game. A minute later, a Kylee
Burkholder (West Unity/Hilltop)
free throw tied the score, 31-31,
for the seventh time of the night.
A Monahan jumper sparked a
10-3 Mount run over a 6-minute
span as the Lions opened a 41-34
lead with 10:46 remaining in the
game. The Beavers fought back
and finally tied it up when Taylor
Knight (Perrysburg) got to the
rack with 1:45 to play.
After falling behind by one,
Ruffer put Bluffton back on top,
47-46, with 56 seconds left. With
just 16 ticks remaining, Madie
Long knocked down a jumper
to give the Lions a 48-47 lead.
Huttons last second attempt was
blocked, sealing Blufftons (4-2,
0-2 HCAC) second loss of the
season.
Ruffer led the Beavers with 10
points and 11 rebounds, notching
the first double-double of her
career. Burkholder finished with
eight points and four rebounds.
Whitaker tallied seven points and
five rebounds on the night, while
Kaitlyn Pennekamp.
The Beavers made just 17-of-
52 (32.1%) shots from the field,
including 3-of-12 (25%) outside
the arc. They also hit 10-of-16
(62.5%) from the charity stripe.
Bluffton finished with a slim
advantage on the glass, pulling
down 37 boards to 36 for the
Mount.
Bluffton will be back in action
this Saturday as they host Rose-
Hulman in the Sommer Center.
The Community Day contest is
slated for 1 p.m.
Bluffton University 47
FGM-FGA 3FGM-FGA FTM-FTA PTS
Taylor Whitaker 2-10 1-7 2-2 7,
Taylor Knight 1-3 0-0 0-2 2, Rachel
DeBord 0-3 0-2 0-0 0, Brooke Ruffer
4-6 0-0 2-2 10, Lauren Hutton 2-9 0-1
2-2 6, Brenna Kurilec 1-2 0-0 0-0 2.
Carolin Baker 0-0 0-0 1-2 1, Mikayla
Coburn 1-5 0-0 0-0 2, Abby Jerger 0-0
0-0 0-0 0, Kaitlyn Pennekamp 3-10
2-2 1-2 9, Kylee Burkholder 3-5 0-0
2-4 8. Totals 17-53(32.1%) 3-12(25%)
10-16(62.5%) 47.
Rebounds: 37/11 off. (Ruffer 11).
Assists: 12 (Whitaker/Debord 2).
Steals: 6 (Burkholder 3). Blocks: 1
(Burkholder). Turnovers: 20. Fouls: 14.
College of Mount St. Joseph 48
Heidi McManus 0-3 0-2 0-0 0,
Madie Long 2-8 0-5 2-2 6, Chelsea
Castleberry 3-4 0-0 0-0 6, Brooke
Mosler 1-5 1-3 0-0 3, Rachel Blevins
1-3 0-0 0-2 2, Melanie Monahan 3-10
0-1 0-3 6, Megan Mentzel 0-0 0-0 1-2
1, Megan Brown 0-0 0-0 0-0 0, Alex
Donald 3-4 1-1 2-2 9, Tara Dennis
7-14 0-1 0-0 14, Meredith Hartfiel
0-0 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 20-51(39.2%)
2-13(15.4%) 6-11(54.5%) 48.
Rebounds: 36/8 off. (Dennis 8).
Assists: 15 (McManus/Long 3). Steals:
10 (Long 3). Blocks: 6 (Dennis 5).
Score by Halves:
Bluffton Univ. 26 21 - 47
Mount St. Joseph 31 17 - 48
Points in the paint-BUWB13
20,MSJW 24. Points off turnovers-
BUWB13 18,MSJW 13.
2nd chance points-BUWB13
7,MSJW 6. Fast break points-BUWB13
0,MSJW 0.
Bench points-BUWB13 22,MSJW
31. Score tied-8 times. Lead
changed-12 times.
Last FG-BUWB13 2nd-00:56,
MSJW 2nd-00:16.
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Jackets fall at AU
despite huge 2nd half
from Wolfrum
ANDERSON, Ind. Logan
Wolfrum scored 28 of his game-
high 32 points in the second half
and added seven rebounds and
six assists in the final half but
it was not enough as Defiance
suffered its fifth straight regular
season road loss at Anderson via
an 85-81 defeat.
DCs recent struggles during
the regular season in the O.C.
Lewis Gym carried over into the
start of Wednesdays game, as
the Ravens blitzed Defiance early
for a 25-9 lead midway through
the opening half of action.
The Jackets managed to with-
stand the early surge and trimmed
the 16-point deficit to seven at
the intermission, before a pair
of triples from Wolfrum drew
the Purple and Gold to within a
single possession at 34-31.
Anderson pushed back by scor-
ing next six points but back-to-
back buckets from Ryan Hicks and
five more points from Wolfrum
sliced the Raven lead to 42-40. The
Jackets then drew even at 45-45
with 10:52 to play on a deuce and
a trey from Drew Frizell.
DC finally grabbed the lead at
the 9:01 mark on a 3-point play
from Hicks, but the 50-49 Yellow
Jacket edge would evaporate
quickly thanks to an ensuing 17-4
spurt from Anderson over the next
3:21 of action.
The AU lead would remain in
double figures until as late as the
00:37 mark of the contest, when
Wolfrum fueled one final rally
from the Jackets.
This time, Wolfrum poured in
eight straight for DC to cut the
margin to four with 14 seconds
left, before another 3-point play
by Hicks brought Defiance within
three with three ticks on the clock.
Time expired on the desperate
final charge from Defiance, how-
ever, as AU sank a free throw to
finish off the 85-81 contest.
Wolfrum ended the night lead-
ing all players with 32 points and
12 rebounds, while adding six
assists. The 30-point double-dou-
ble was the second in the past five
games for the Defiance native and
the 12-board effort marked a new
career-high for the senior guard.
Wolfrum continued his climb
up the DC record books, jumping
two more spots on the all-time
scoring charts into 14th with 1,435
and moving into third in program
history with 319 career assists.
Hicks provided plenty of sup-
port for Wolfrum, narrowly miss-
ing a double-double of his own
with 16 points, eight rebounds and
two steals, while Frizell set another
personal-best by netting 19 points.
Travis Schomaeker chipped in
11 points and one steal to go with
career-high outputs of six boards
and five assists.
Defiance (2-4, 0-2 HCAC) will
not get a break from the sched-
ule as a red-hot Hanover (5-1,
2-0 HCAC) squad will invade
the Karl H. Weaner Community
Center for a 3 p.m. tip Saturday.
DCs contest with Hanover
will follow the womens game at
1 p.m. and fans are encouraged
to wear ugly Christmas sweaters
to the gym.
LOCAL ROUNDUP
By JOE KAY
CINCINNATI
BenJarvus Green-Ellis showed
the Bengals his competitive-
ness this summer when he
got wrapped up in a team
volleyball game that
was supposed to be
just for fun.
To him, fun
means winning.
On the field,
the running backs
results were disappointing in
the first half of the season,
when a young offensive line
had trouble opening holes.
Now, Green-Ellis has run
for more than 100 yards in
each of the last three games,
steadying the offense during
a 4-game winning streak that
has Cincinnati (7-5) back in
playoff contention.
His new team is seeing
that competitive streak again.
Green-Ellis signed with
the Bengals as a free agent
after four years with New
England, where he had a total
of 20 starts and four 100-
yard games. The Bengals
were looking for a more ver-
satile replacement for Cedric
Benson as they evolved into a
West Coast offense.
The running game strug-
gled mightily at the outset.
Green-Ellis averaged less
than 60 yards in the first nine
games and the Bengals rushed
for only 93.7 per game,
eighth-worst in the NFL.
Theres been a pronounced
change lately. Green-Ellis ran
for 101 against Kansas City,
129 against Oakland and 118
against San Diego, becoming
the first Bengals running back
with three straight 100-yard
games since Corey Dillon in
1999.
During the last two games,
hes broken runs of 48, 41
and 39 yards, the three lon-
gest of his career.
Offensive coordinator Jay
Gruden thinks its a matter of
Green-Ellis settling in behind
a new offensive line that was
in flux because of injuries
early in the season.
The Bengals got to see
another side of him during
the second half of their 20-13
win in San Diego on Sunday.
After Green-Ellis
was dropped for a
loss on third-and-1,
he was outspoken
on the sideline, ral-
lying the rest of the
offense.
Green-Ellis is the opposite
of Benson when it comes to
sharing his thoughts with the
public. Benson would meet
with the media in front of his
locker every Wednesday to
discuss the state of the team
and the upcoming game. If
he thought the Bengals were
overlooking the run, hed say
so.
Green-Ellis doesnt do
many interviews and doesnt
say much even then.
Im only thinking about
Dallas, thats about it, he said
after practice on Wednesday.
I dont even care about the
last three games. Those are
etched in stone. Nothing we
can do about them. Only thing
I care about is improving and
worrying about Dallas.
The Cowboys (6-6) come
to Paul Brown Stadium on
Sunday, needing to stop
Green-Ellis in order to have
a chance to stay in the playoff
chase.
NOTES: DE Carlos Dunlap won
the AFCs defensive player of the
week award for having five tackles,
two sacks and forcing two fumbles
in San Diego. ... K Mike Nugent
didnt practice on Wednesday
because of a sore right calf. CB
Dre Kirkpatrick (concussion), RB
Cedric Peerman (ankle) and WR
Marvin Jones (illness) also were
out. ... C Kyle Cook fully partici-
pated in practice for the first time,
an indication hes close to being
activated. Cook hurt his right ankle
in the final preseason game and
needed surgery. He was designat-
ed as the Bengals player who can
return from injured reserve during
the season. He resumed practice
on a limited basis last week.
By TOM WITHERS
BEREA Browns offen-
sive tackle Joe Thomas once
blocked and did all he could
to protect Peyton Hillis from
harm.
On Wednesday, he
steamrolled his for-
mer teammate.
With Hillis com-
ing to Cleveland this
week as a member
of the Kansas City
Chiefs, Thomas unloaded on
the bruising running back,
saying he didnt always play
hard and accused Hillis of
putting his contract situation
ahead of the team.
Thomas felt it was selfish
behavior.
It was a terrible distrac-
tion, Thomas said follow-
ing practice. He crippled our
offense. We were struggling
to find anybody who could
carry the ball after all the inju-
ries we had. To have Peyton
going through a contract dis-
pute and basically refusing to
play, it was a big distraction.
But more than anything, he
was our starting running back
that was a good player who
was going to help us be a suc-
cessful offense.
When hes not there and
you dont have anybody to
turn to, it makes it hard to win.
And thats the distraction, its
not being successful.
Hillis was the toast of
Cleveland in 2011. He rushed
for 1,177 yards, scored 11
t ouc hdowns
and endeared
himself to
Browns fans
with his bull-in-
a-chi na-shop
running style.
Following the
season, Hillis was selected to
have his likeness on the cover
of the popular Madden video
game, a choice that seemed to
trigger his undoing.
He wanted a long-term
contract with the Browns
and took his campaign pub-
lic. From the start, his season
unraveled as greed seemed to
consume him.
He was everything peo-
ple knew about him hard-
working, blue-collar, tough,
would do anything for any-
body on the team, Thomas
said. All he cared about was
winning and then all of a sud-
den the next year, all he cared
about was trying to get his
new contract.
Hillis sat out Clevelands
Bengals RB Green-Ellis
finally emerging
Browns Thomas rips former
teammate Peyton Hillis
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Monday Hi-Rollers
11-26-12
Agri Tech 84-28
Dicks Chicks 74-38
Adams Automotive 63-49
C.M.S. 45-67
Dickmans Ins. 38-74
Studio 320 32-80
Ladies over 160:
Doris Lindeman 177, Sherry Fetzer
164-180, Brittany VanMetre 220-191-
188, Cheryl Gossard 166-209, Lisa
VanMetre 215-201-182, Carol Ricker
172-168, Lex Martin 210, Robin
Allen 162, Cathy Hughes 171, Judy
Landwehr 209, Jenny German 170,
Doris Honigford 205.
Ladies over 500:
Brittany VanMetre 599, Cheryl
Gossard 531, Lisa VanMetre 598, Judy
Landwehr 508.
Monday Rec.
11-26-12
Jennings Mowers & Mopeds 28-12
Delphos Rec Center 26-14
Honda of Ottawa 22-18
The Pittsters 22-18
Dukes Sharpening 22-18
PCS Nitrogen 20-20
2 Lefts & a Right 12-28
Men over 160:
Dan Rostorfer 167, Tom Honigford
167-170, Jeff Rostorfer 193-213, Josh
Kimmel 178-161, Alan Nester 207,
Mark Radabaugh 189-168, Terry
Lindeman 160-190-185, Rob Ruda
203-225-234, Phil Boes 164, Darrell
Myers 168, Chet Dilworth 163, Dave
Breaston 220, Jeff Milligan 162-203
Tim Martin 202-206-194, Michael
Mesker 167-171-218, Bruce VanMetre
212-248-216, Steve Landwehr 188,
Kyle Richards 212-183-202 Butch
Prine Jr. 265-215-204.
Men over 525:
Jefferson Rostorfer 563, Terry
Lindeman 535, Rob Ruda 662, Dave
Breaston 526, Tim Martin 602, Michael
Mesker 556, Bruce VanMetre 676, Kyle
Richards 597, Butch Prine Jr. 684.
Tuesday Early Birds
Delphos Recreation Center 86-34
Chief 64-56
The Grind 58-62
Bellmanns Party Shop 56-64
Floors Done By 1 52-68
Pin Pals 44-76
Ladies over 160:
Kelly Hubert 165-214, Sue Karhoff
165, Doris Honigford 192, Holly Schrader
166-161-162, Kendra Norbeck 165-
174, Val Maag 161, Janice Kaverman
200-167, Lisa VanMetre 208-184-228,
Jodi Bowersock 181, Robin Allen 182-
173-224, Tammy Ellerbrock 181-190.
Ladies over 500:
Kelly Hubert 526, Janice Kaverman
521, Robin Allen 579, Tammy
Ellerbrock 526.
Ladies over 600:
Lisa VanMetre 620.
Tuesday Merchant
Nov. 27, 2012
Topp Chalet 36-12
R C Connections 30-18
Adams Automotive 30-18
Unverferth Mfg. 26-22
Lears Martial Arts 24-24
Ace Hardware 22-26
Kerns Ford 22-26
Caballeros Tavern 22-26
Delphos Sporting Goods 18-30
Men over 200
Scott Scalf 258-300-279, John
Jones 203-239-210, John Allen 225,
Carter Prine 209, Sean Hulihan 227-
232-232, Jason Teman 210, Pat
Mathis 225-217, Ryan Kies 201-234,
Jerry Mericle 217, Don Honigford 202,
Brock Parsons 206-223-246, Lenny
Klaus 231-207, Dave Moenter 256-
203-246, Dan Wilhelm 277-258, Shawn
Allemeier 223-260-221, Don Rice 268-
253-248, Kyle Early 213-278-225, Josh
DeVelvis 279-213, Ted Kill 215, David
Newman 215-212-220, Alex VanMetre
204-242-248, John Adams 242, Larry
Etzkorn 204, Shane Lear 203-214,
Bruce VanMetre 257-233.
Men over 550
Scott Scalf 837, John Jones 652,
John Allen 571, Carter Prine 560,
Sean Hulihan 691, Jason Teman
551, Pat Mathis 636, Ryan Kies 615,
Jerry Mericle 586, Brock Parsons 675,
Mike Hughes 571, Lenny Klaus 622,
Dave Moenter 705, Dan Wilhelm 729,
Shawn Allemeier 704, Don Rice 769,
Kyle Early 716, Josh DeVelvis 687,
Ted KIll 582, David Newman 647, Alex
VanMetre 694, John Adams 624, Larry
Etzkorn 561, Shane Lear 599, Bruce
VanMetre 684.
Wednesday Industrial
Nov. 28, 2012
K & M Tire 38-10
Strayers 36-12
D & D Grain 26-22
DRC 13th Frame Lounge 24-24
Rustic Cafe 22-26
Moes Dougout 22-26
Topp Chalet 20-28
Cabos 18-30
John Deere 18-30
Delphos Restaurant Supply 16-32
Men over 200
Don Rice 244-247-247, Dale
Metzger 201, Shawn Allemeier 236-
209-225, Phil Austin 225-214, Bruce
VanMetre 245-235-215, Frank Miller
225-235, Dave Miller 225-205, John
Allen 231, John Jones 212-220-203,
Matt Hoffman 216, Lee Schimmoller
222-233, Shane Schimmoller 247-
206, Kyle Profit 224, Terry Trentman
219-214-217, Lenny Hubert 245, Sean
Hulihan 204, Dave Jessee 257-225,
Mike Eversole 203-204, Tim Strayer
221, Dave Knepper 207, Coda Henze
223, Brian Stepleton 206, Duane
Kohorst 244, Brian Schaadt 235-277,
Shawn Stabler 263, Jeff Kreischer
209-203, Butch Prine Jr. 233-211-223,
Clint Harting 212-209.
Men over 550
Don Rice 738, Dale Metzger 558,
Shawn Allemeier 670, Phil Austin 623,
Bruce VanMetre 695, Frank Miller 648,
Dave Miller 583, John Allen 606, John
Jones 635, Matt Hoffman 566, Lee
Schimmoller 647, Shane Schimmoller
645, Kyle Profit 575, Terry Trentman
650, Lenny Hubert 582, Dave Jessee
660, Mike Eversole 584, Dale
Riepenhoff 572, Tim Strayer 573, Dave
Knepper 583, Brian Stepleton 571,
Duane Kohorst 567, Brian Schaadt
682, Shawn Stabler 600, Jeff Kreischer
596, Butch Prine Jr. 667, Clint Harting
613.
Thursday National
Nov. 29, 2012
Westrich 28-12
C B 97 27-13
K-M Tire 26-14
V F W 26-14
Wannemachers 25-15
Erins Dream Team 20-20
D R C Big Dogs 16-24
First Federal 16-24
Bowersock Hauling 14-26
Men over 200
Chuck Verhoff 236, Brent Hollar
214-207, Dave Miller 267, Jeff
Lawrence 229-203, Nate Lawrence
265, Dan Kleman 202, Mike Rice 240-
202, Lenny Hubert 245, Sean Hulihan
215, Rob Ruda 203-247, Kevin Decker
279-226-226, Fred Wagner 224-201-
222, Ray Geary 204, Don Honigford
249, Mike Ferguson 217, Frank Miller
233-244-245, Tim Koester 216-215,
Ted Wells 243, Brad Thornburgh 211-
257, Doug Milligan Sr. 203-225, Dave
Moenter 225-237, Dan Wilhelm 204-
298, John Jones 206, Rob Shaeffer
220, Bruce VanMetre 238-279-220,
Don Eversole 213, Brian Schaadt 201-
237.
Men over 550
Brent Hollar 560, Dave Miller 628,
Jeff Lawrence 607, Nate Lawrence
612, Mike Rice 576, Lenny Hubert 595,
Sean Hulihan 551, Rob Ruda 619,
Kevin Decker 731, Fred Wagner 647,
Don Honigford 588, Mike Ferguson
561, Frank Miller 722, Tim Koester
610, Ted Wells 610, Brad Thornburgh
668, Doug Milligan Sr. 619, Dave
Moenter 637, Dan Wilhelm 696, John
Jones 562, Rob Shaeffer 572, Jason
Wagoner 554, Bruce VanMetre 737,
Don Eversole 589, Brian Schaadt 622.
BOWLING
NBA GLANCE
Individual
Week 13
Quarterbacks
Att Com Yds TD Int
A. Rodgers, GBY 414 279 3124 29 8
Griffin III, WAS 325 218 2660 17 4
Ale. Smith, SNF 217 152 1731 13 5
R. Wilson, SEA 317 201 2344 19 8
M. Ryan, ATL 462 312 3590 22 13
Brees, NOR 492 304 3674 31 16
Jo. Freeman, TAM 388 217 3003 23 8
Romo, DAL 483 324 3660 19 15
Kolb, ARI 183 109 1169 8 3
C. Newton, CAR 355 204 2933 14 10
Rushers
Att Yds Avg LG TD
A. Peterson, MIN 234 1446 6.18 82t 8
M. Lynch, SEA 250 1138 4.55 77t 6
Do. Martin, TAM 236 1106 4.69 70t 9
Morris, WAS 230 1106 4.81 39t 6
Gore, SNF 199 972 4.88 37 6
Bradshaw, NYG 185 836 4.52 37 5
S. Jackson, STL 195 772 3.96 46 2
L. McCoy, PHL 177 750 4.24 34 2
Forte, CHI 179 749 4.18 46 3
Griffin III, WAS 105 714 6.80 76t 6
Receivers
No Yds Avg LG TD
B. Marshall, CHI 91 1182 13.0 56 8
Witten, DAL 88 818 9.3 36 1
Ca. Johnson, DET 86 1428 16.6 53 5
Gonzalez, ATL 73 770 10.5 25 7
D. Bryant, DAL 71 978 13.8 85t 8
R. White, ATL 68 1023 15.0 59 4
Cruz, NYG 68 883 13.0 80t 8
Cobb, GBY 64 675 10.5 39t 7
Harvin, MIN 62 677 10.9 45 3
Colston, NOR 61 828 13.6 40 8
Punters
No Yds LG Avg
Morstead, NOR 54 2698 70 50.0
Bosher, ATL 44 2107 63 47.9
McBriar, PHL 36 1711 64 47.5
A. Lee, SNF 51 2410 66 47.3
J. Ryan, SEA 54 2534 73 46.9
Weatherford, NYG 43 2017 68 46.9
Hekker, STL 58 2712 68 46.8
Zastudil, ARI 83 3868 68 46.6
Koenen, TAM 56 2545 64 45.4
Moorman, DAL 35 1571 64 44.9
Punt Returners
No Yds Avg LG TD
Da. Johnson, PHL 17 236 13.9 98t 1
Cobb, GBY 24 242 10.1 75t 1
Ginn Jr., SNF 27 271 10.0 38 0
Logan, DET 31 300 9.7 48 0
L. Washington, SEA 29 258 8.9 52 0
Sproles, NOR 15 131 8.7 21 0
P. Peterson, ARI 40 338 8.5 26 0
Parrish, TAM 19 154 8.1 26 0
Sherels, MIN 23 186 8.1 77t 1
Franks, ATL 18 144 8.0 28 0
Kickoff Returners
No Yds Avg LG TD
Harvin, MIN 16 574 35.9 105t 1
L. Washington, SEA 18 575 31.9 98t 1
Cadet, NOR 17 490 28.8 75 0
J. Rodgers, ATL 16 442 27.6 77 0
Cobb, GBY 33 851 25.8 46 0
D. Hester, CHI 18 459 25.5 38 0
D. Wilson, NYG 44 1094 24.9 66 0
W. Powell, ARI 18 445 24.7 65 0
Banks, WAS 22 527 24.0 55 0
B. Boykin, PHL 34 768 22.6 44 0
Scoring
Touchdowns
TD Rush Rec Ret Pts
Do. Martin, TAM 10 9 1 0 60
Jam. Jones, GBY 9 0 9 0 54
A. Brown, NYG 8 8 0 0 50
D. Bryant, DAL 8 0 8 0 50
A. Peterson, MIN 8 8 0 0 50
Rudolph, MIN 8 0 8 0 50
Cobb, GBY 8 0 7 1 48
Colston, NOR 8 0 8 0 48
Cruz, NYG 8 0 8 0 48
J. Graham, NOR 8 0 8 0 48
Kicking
PAT FG LG Pts
Tynes, NYG 31-31 32-36 50 127
M. Bryant, ATL 32-32 29-34 55 119
Ja. Hanson, DET 31-31 25-28 53 106
Barth, TAM 34-34 23-28 57 103
D. Bailey, DAL 27-27 23-25 51 96
Walsh, MIN 24-24 24-27 55 96
Akers, SNF 32-32 21-30 63 95
Gould, CHI 31-31 21-25 54 94
Henery, PHL 19-20 22-23 49 85
Zuerlein, STL 18-18 21-27 60 81
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Team
TOTAL YARDAGE
NATIONAL FOOTBALL CONFERENCE
OFFENSE
Yards Rush Pass
Detroit 4993 1243 3750
New Orleans 4637 1107 3530
Washington 4604 2006 2598
Dallas 4549 989 3560
Atlanta 4528 1095 3433
N.Y. Giants 4454 1378 3076
San Francisco 4360 1945 2415
Philadelphia 4351 1603 2748
Tampa Bay 4325 1410 2915
Green Bay 4207 1260 2947
Carolina 4123 1353 2770
Minnesota 4026 1859 2167
Seattle 3943 1696 2247
St. Louis 3931 1381 2550
Chicago 3648 1473 2175
Arizona 3349 978 2371
DEFENSE
Yards Rush Pass
San Francisco 3355 1087 2268
Seattle 3761 1327 2434
Chicago 3836 1242 2594
Arizona 3896 1543 2353
Dallas 4040 1398 2642
St. Louis 4088 1373 2715
Minnesota 4138 1381 2757
Carolina 4173 1546 2627
Green Bay 4188 1382 2806
Philadelphia 4218 1415 2803
Atlanta 4230 1456 2774
Detroit 4241 1433 2808
N.Y. Giants 4403 1461 2942
Washington 4686 1098 3588
Tampa Bay 4701 988 3713
New Orleans 5286 1846 3440
AVERAGE PER GAME
NATIONAL FOOTBALL CONFERENCE
OFFENSE
Yards Rush Pass
Detroit 416.1 103.6 312.5
New Orleans 386.4 92.3 294.2
Washington 383.7 167.2 216.5
Dallas 379.1 82.4 296.7
Atlanta 377.3 91.3 286.1
N.Y. Giants 371.2 114.8 256.3
San Francisco 363.3 162.1 201.3
Philadelphia 362.6 133.6 229.0
Tampa Bay 360.4 117.5 242.9
Green Bay 350.6 105.0 245.6
Carolina 343.6 112.8 230.8
Minnesota 335.5 154.9 180.6
Seattle 328.6 141.3 187.3
St. Louis 327.6 115.1 212.5
Chicago 304.0 122.8 181.3
Arizona 279.1 81.5 197.6
DEFENSE
Yards Rush Pass
San Francisco 279.6 90.6 189.0
Seattle 313.4 110.6 202.8
Chicago 319.7 103.5 216.2
Arizona 324.7 128.6 196.1
Dallas 336.7 116.5 220.2
St. Louis 340.7 114.4 226.3
Minnesota 344.8 115.1 229.8
Carolina 347.8 128.8 218.9
Green Bay 349.0 115.2 233.8
Philadelphia 351.5 117.9 233.6
Atlanta 352.5 121.3 231.2
Detroit 353.4 119.4 234.0
N.Y. Giants 366.9 121.8 245.2
Washington 390.5 91.5 299.0
Tampa Bay 391.8 82.3 309.4
New Orleans 440.5 153.8 286.7
NFC LEADERS
Q: What universitys football team played in the first seven Holiday
Bowls?
A: Brigham Youngs.
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic Division
W L Pct GB
New York 13 4 .765
Brooklyn 11 6 .647 2
Philadelphia 10 8 .556 3 1/2
Boston 10 8 .556 3 1/2
Toronto 4 15 .211 10
Southeast Division
W L Pct GB
Miami 12 4 .750
Atlanta 10 5 .667 1 1/2
Charlotte 7 10 .412 5 1/2
Orlando 7 11 .389 6
Washington 2 13 .133 9 1/2
Central Division
W L Pct GB
Chicago 9 8 .529
Indiana 10 9 .526
Milwaukee 8 9 .471 1
Detroit 6 14 .300 4 1/2
Cleveland 4 15 .211 6
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Southwest Division
W L Pct GB
Memphis 13 3 .813 1/2
San Antonio 15 4 .789
Houston 9 8 .529 5
Dallas 8 10 .444 6 1/2
New Orleans 5 12 .294 9
Northwest Division
W L Pct GB
Oklahoma City 15 4 .789
Utah 10 10 .500 5 1/2
Denver 9 10 .474 6
Minnesota 8 9 .471 6
Portland 8 11 .421 7
Pacific Division
W L Pct GB
L.A. Clippers 12 6 .667
Golden State 11 7 .611 1
L.A. Lakers 9 10 .474 3 1/2
Phoenix 7 12 .368 5 1/2
Sacramento 5 12 .294 6 1/2
Wednesdays Results
New York 100, Charlotte 98
Indiana 99, Portland 92
Boston 104, Minnesota 94
Golden State 104, Detroit 97
L.A. Lakers 103, New Orleans 87
Atlanta 108, Denver 104
Chicago 95, Cleveland 85
San Antonio 110, Milwaukee 99
Utah 87, Orlando 81
Sacramento 107, Toronto 100
L.A. Clippers 112, Dallas 90
Todays Games
New York at Miami, 8 p.m.
Dallas at Phoenix, 10:30 p.m.
Fridays Games
Boston at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.
Denver at Indiana, 7 p.m.
Washington at Atlanta, 7:30 p.m.
Golden State at Brooklyn, 7:30 p.m.
Chicago at Detroit, 7:30 p.m.
Cleveland at Minnesota, 8 p.m.
Memphis at New Orleans, 8 p.m.
Houston at San Antonio, 8:30 p.m.
Charlotte at Milwaukee, 8:30 p.m.
Toronto at Utah, 9 p.m.
L.A. Lakers at Oklahoma City, 9:30
p.m.
Orlando at Sacramento, 10 p.m.
By BRETT MARTEL
NEW ORLEANS Kobe
Bryant grinned and uttered the
word irony as he consid-
ered the fact that the team that
drafted him nearly 17 years
ago was his opponent on the
night he eclipsed a scoring
milestone to join an exclusive
club of NBA greats.
Its easy to forget that it
was the Hornets who drafted
and then traded Bryant away
back in 1996.
In the years since, the
Hornets have changed cit-
ies, from Charlotte to New
Orleans, and Bryant has
become one of five players in
NBA history to score 30,000
points, surpassing the mark
with a 29-point performance
that helped the Lakers to a
103-87 triumph Wednesday
night.
Its funny how sports
always seems to kind of have
that connectivity, in some
shape, form or fashion,
Bryant said. It just always
seems to come full circle.
Bryant entered the game
needing 13 points to make
history and no one doubt-
ed he would get it. NBA
Commissioner David Stern,
who happened to be making
a scheduled visit with new
Hornets owner Tom Benson,
offered Bryant a congratula-
tory hand shake before tip-
off.
Bryant had 17 points by
halftime, eclipsing the 30,000-
mark with a short jumper in the
paint over Robin Lopez late in
the first half. That might have
been the least spectacular of
his baskets, which included
the usual array of soaring
dunks, demoralizing transi-
tion 3-pointers and twisting,
off-balance jumpers.
The only other players to
score more than 30,000 are
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Karl
Malone, Michael Jordan and
Wilt Chamberlain.
Its pretty awesome,
Bryant said. These are play-
ers I respect tremendously
and obviously grew up idoliz-
ing and watching and learned
a great deal from.
When Lakers coach Mike
DAntoni was asked before
tipoff about Bryants impend-
ing milestone, the coach
joked, That just means he
is old.
In fact, at 34, Bryant is
younger than the other four
were when they hit the mark
but Bryant also turned pro at
18 and is in his 17th season.
Honestly, I dont know
why Im still working as hard
as I am after 17 years, Bryant
said. Thats the thing that
Im most proud of every
year, every day working hard
at it. Its a lot of years, a lot
of work.
Dwight Howard added 18
points and five blocked shots
for the Lakers, who trailed
48-47 at halftime but seized
control with a 13-0 run to
open the third quarter; the
lead grew as large as 20 in
the fourth.
Ryan Anderson scored 31
points, hitting 5-of-8 3-point-
ers for the Hornets, who were
playing their ninth straight
game without top overall
draft choice Anthony Davis.
Greivis Vasquez added 16
points, while Lopez scored
15 points and blocked five
shots.
Antawn Jamison scored
15 and Metta World Peace
11 and Chris Duhon had 10
assists for Los Angeles, which
is playing without Steve Nash
and Pau Gasol and won for
only the second time on the
road this season. The Hornets
fell to 3-7 at home and lost
for the 10th time in 12 games
overall.
The Hornets led from early
in the first quarter until half-
time, going up by as many as
eight points when Al-Farouq
Aminu slammed down an
alley-oop lob from Vasquez,
energizing the largest crowd
of the season at the New
Orleans Arena.
Bryant helped the Lakers
trim their deficit after that,
hitting five free throws and
his milestone on 3-foot jump-
er in the last 2:15 of the sec-
ond quarter.
Jamison opened the third-
quarter onslaught with 3,
Howard followed with a fast-
break layup and Bryant had
two straight fast-break dunks,
one of which he created with
a steal. Howard finished the
surge with a layup.
After the game, Bryant sat
in his locker, reflecting on the
elite company he now keeps
in NBA history, and the things
he sees in younger, prolific
scoring stars like Oklahoma
Citys Kevin Durant, whom
the Lakers will face on Friday
night, and who could very
well join the 30,000-point
club at the rate hes going.
One common characteris-
tic, Bryant said, is an appar-
ent immunity to both pressure
and criticism.
Scorers kind of have a
fighter-pilot mentality. Were
a different breed, he added.
But there are different posi-
tions. We scored in a myriad
of ways. We all went about it
differently in different situa-
tions. Its fun to see.
NOTES: Stern also discussed the
possibility of a team name change for
New Orleans, something Benson has
said he wants since buying the club
last spring. Stern says the club has
not yet applied for a name change
but that the league would likely accept
whatever name the Hornets want and
expedite the transition.
SPURS 110, BUCKS 99
SAN ANTONIO Tony Parker
and Gary Neal each scored 22 points
and San Antonio had a season-high 53
rebounds in the win over Milwaukee.
Tim Duncan added 17 points and
10 rebounds for the Spurs. Tiago
Splitter had 15 points, Manu Ginobili
scored 11 and Matt Bonner had a
season-high 12 rebounds.
Monta Ellis had 21 points and
11 assists for Milwaukee. Brandon
Jennings added 14 points and Ersan
Ilyasova scored all of his 17 points in
the first half.
San Antonio, which went on
a 36-15 run bridging the final two
quarters to pull away, outrebounded
Milwaukee 53-36, including a 28-17
advantage in the second half.
KNICKS 100, BOBCATS 98
CHARLOTTE, N.C. J.R. Smith
hit a fallaway jumper from the left wing
as time expired to give New York a win
over Charlotte.
The Bobcats appeared in position
to win after a miss by Raymond Felton
with 14 seconds left but rookie Michael
Kidd-Gilchrist made an ill-advised pass
and Smith intercepted it.
After a timeout, Smith drove to
the left side and hit an 18-footer over
Kidd-Gilchrist.
Carmelo Anthony scored 20 of his
23 points in the first half for New York
and Tyson Chandler had 18 points and
17 rebounds.
Kemba Walker scored 25 points
for the Bobcats.
CLIPPERS 112, MAVERICKS 90
LOS ANGELES Blake Griffin
had 19 points and 13 rebounds and
Chris Paul added 14 points and 13
assists, propelling Los Angeles over
Dallas for its fourth straight victory.
Jamal Crawford had 20 points,
Caron Butler scored 16 and DeAndre
Jordan 12 for the Clippers, who shot
50 percent and dominated the entire
game.
Reserve Vince Carter scored 16
points for Dallas. Derek Fisher added
15 points and Shawn Marion and Chris
Kaman had 14 points apiece for the
Mavericks, who fell to 2-7 on the road.
PACERS 99, TRAIL BLAZERS
92
INDIANAPOLIS Paul George
scored 22 points and George Hill added
18 to help Indiana beat Portland.
David West had 16 points and
10 rebounds for the Pacers (10-9),
who have won four of five and moved
above .500 for the first time since a
2-1 start.
Damian Lillard led Portland with
23 points. Wesley Matthews scored
19, LaMarcus Aldridge had 18 points
and 10 rebounds and J.J. Hickson 14
points and 12 rebounds for the Trail
Blazers.
Indiana outscored Portland 31-14
in the third quarter to take control. The
Blazers made a push in the fourth but
could get no closer than four.
CELTICS 104, TIMBERWOLVES
94
BOSTON Kevin Garnett had 18
points and 10 rebounds and remained
unbeaten against his former team
as Boston beat Minnesota in Rajon
Rondos return from a 2-game sus-
pension.
The Celtics improved to 10-0
against Minnesota since they acquired
Garnett from the Timberwolves during
the summer of 2007.
Boston went 1-1 without Rondo,
suspended for his role in a scuffle dur-
ing a game against the Brooklyn Nets
last Wednesday. Rondo had 17 points
and 11 assists, Paul Pierce scored 18,
Jason Terry 17 and Brandon Bass 12.
Kevin Love had 19 points and 13
rebounds,and Nikola Pekovic scored
14 for the T-Wolves.
WARRIORS 104, PISTONS 97
AUBURN HILLS, Mich. Klay
Thompson scored 19 of his 27 points
in the third quarter to help Golden
State pull away to beat Detroit.
The Warriors, starting a 7-game
Eastern trip, snapped Detroits 5-game
winning streak at home. Stephen Curry
finished with 22 points and 10 assists,
his fourth straight 20-10 game, while
David Lee added 20 points and 11
rebounds.
Tayshaun Prince was the only
Pistons starter to reach double figures
with 24 points. Rodney Stuckey had
17 points and fellow reserve Andre
Drummond had 15 points and 12
rebounds.
HAWKS 108, NUGGETS 104
ATLANTA Josh Smiths steal,
jam and free throw with 31 seconds
remaining extended Atlantas lead and
the Hawks held on to beat Denver.
Smith had 16 points and 13
rebounds on his 27th birthday, while Al
Horford led the Hawks with 25 points
and 12 rebounds.
Ty Lawson paced Denver with
a season-high 32 points and Corey
Brewer added 19.
Lawsons 3-pointer gave the
Nuggets a 101-99 advantage before
Horford hit a tying jumper.
Lou Williams made two free throws
to put Atlanta up by two before Smith
stole the ball from Lawson and com-
pleted a fast break with a dunk over
Brewer, who was called for a foul.
BULLS 95, CAVALIERS 85
CLEVELAND Marco Belinelli
scored a season-high 23 points, Luol
Deng added 22 and Chicago took con-
trol early on to beat Cleveland.
Belinelli was starting his second
straight game in place of injured shoot-
ing guard Richard Hamilton. Chicago
went ahead for good less than two
minutes in and shot 66.7 percent in the
first quarter.
The Cavaliers have lost 13-of-15
and are 2-7 since point guard Kyrie
Irving broke his left index finger last
month. Anderson Varejao recorded
his 10th straight double-double with
11 points and 15 rebounds his 10th
straight game with at least 15 boards.
KINGS 107, RAPTORS 100
SACRAMENTO, Calif.
DeMarcus Cousins had 25 points and
13 rebounds to help Sacramento beat
Toronto for only its third win in the last
12 games.
The Kings used strong fourth-
quarter play from Cousins and Tyreke
Evans to earn a rare victory.
Evans, back in the starting lineup
after missing the past two games with
a bruised left knee, scored 10 of his
23 points in the fourth quarter. Jason
Thompson added 13 points and 10
rebounds for the Kings, while John
Salmons scored 12 and Aaron Brooks
11.
Kyle Lowry scored 29 of his
34 points in the second half for the
Raptors.
JAZZ 87, MAGIC 81
SALT LAKE CITY Al Jefferson
scored a season-high 31 points and
grabbed 15 rebounds to lead Utah
over Orlando.
Jefferson had just eight points at
halftime but scored 17 in the third
quarter and was the difference down
the stretch as the Jazz held off a furi-
ous Orlando comeback attempt.
Orlando trailed by 14 in the first
half and by 11 entering the fourth
but took a 79-78 lead on Glen Davis
powerful jam.
Randy Foyes 3-pointer and back-
to-back jumpers by Jefferson sealed
it for Utah.
Davis led Orlando with 18 points,
Jameer Nelson had 17 and Arron
Afflalo 16.
Bryant eclipses 30,000,
Lakers beat Hornets 103-87
Kobe Bryant
(Continued from Page 6)
third game with strep throat
on the advice of his agent,
Kennard McGuire. He missed
several other games with a
hamstring injury and while
he was rehabbing one week,
Hillis left the team and missed
a treatment to get married in
Arkansas. There were other
issues, including when Hillis
skipped a Halloween charity
event for kids an absence
he blamed on a miscommu-
nication.
It was a soap opera.
And to Thomas, it never
seemed to end.
Thomas was one of several
veterans who intervened dur-
ing the season and encour-
aged Hillis to clean up his
act. Thomas said Hillis made
things hard on himself and, in
turn, on everyone else.
You see a lot of guys in
contract disputes, like Matt
Forte, Thomas said. His
solution was Im going to
go out and prove they have to
have me and they cant play
without me. The frustrating
thing to a lot of teammates
was you would try to talk to
him and you try to tell him
Thats not the right way to do
it if you want to get your big
contract. He just wouldnt
listen to anybody.
Hillis never did get that
long-term contract with the
Browns, who decided to let
him hit the free-agent market.
He signed a 1-year deal with
the Chiefs during the offsea-
son. He has rushed for 193
yards on 59 carries with one
TD so far this season.
I think it was better for
both sides (he left), Thomas
continued. At that point, the
situation with him here was
toxic and he didnt want to be
here and players didnt want
him here. It was better for a
fresh start.
Browns coach Pat Shurmur
refused to address the turbu-
lence caused by Hillis last
season.
Thomas was asked if Hillis
might come to Cleveland
looking to settle a grudge.
He might, Thomas
replied. I guess I havent
watched their offense, so I
dont really know what his
role is. Im sure hell prob-
ably want to come in here and
prove they made a mistake by
not re-signing him. It will be
interesting to see how many
opportunities they give him.
NOTES: Browns S Usama
Young practiced for the first time
since sustaining a concussion
against Pittsburgh on Nov. 25.
He missed Sundays game at
Oakland.
Browns
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Q: Whatever
happened to the first
female in space? --
I.L.M., Redding, Calif.
A: Soviet cosmonaut
Valentina Tereshkova
became the first woman
to travel into space
when her spacecraft,
Vostok 6, lifted off on
June 16, 1963. She
completed 48 orbits
in 71 hours. After her
accomplishment, she
was named Hero of the
Soviet Union and twice
awarded the prestigious
Order of Lenin. Born
in Maslennikova,
Russia, on March 6,
1937, Tereshkova
became interested in
skydiving at an early
age. This expertise
led to her selection
as a cosmonaut in
February 1962. In
November 1963,
she married a fellow
cosmonaut and later
had a daughter. Over
the years, she became
actively involved in the
Communist Party. But
after the collapse of
the Soviet Union, she
lost her political office.
She remains active
in space-oriented
programs, and is still
considered a national
hero.
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primrose path, you
are someone living a
life of luxury. How did
the term come about?
-- J.M.L., Rochester,
Minn.
A: William
Shakespeare used
pr i mr ose
path first --
in Hamlet
( 1 6 0 2 ) .
There are
var i at i ons
of the idiom
such as
primrose way and
primrose lane. Why
Shakespeare used
primrose is anyones
guess.
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How many episodes
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during its 20-year run?
How long was the show
on radio? -- V.F.J.,
Sedalia, Mo.
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to 1975; the radio
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to 1961 and William
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venerable Marshal Matt
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C l a r k
G a b l e s
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p a p e r s
when he
left the
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I.G., Bangor, Maine
A: After his wife,
Carole Lombard, died
in a plane crash in
1942, Clark
Gable went
through a
period of
depression,
a n d
e n l i s t e d
in the Air
Corps later
that year.
He served bravely
in uniform, flying
combat missions and
rising to the rank of
major. When he was
discharged in 1944,
Capt. Ronald Reagan
signed his papers.
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for several decades
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had one? -- T.J.L.,
Columbus, Ohio
A: No, I have never
tasted one and, until
recently, I had never
heard of the confection.
The Sperry Candy Co.
created it, supposedly
making reference to
President Herbert
Hoovers promise of
a chicken in every
pot. The candy bar
did not contain chicken
but was a chocolate-
covered nut roll. The
product ended its
long run in 1962, after
Pearsons Candy Co.
acquired Sperry.

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By Bernice Bede Osol
Stepmom concerned
stepdaughter is
being brainwashed
Dear Annie: My incred-
ible husband of two years has
a 4-year-old daughter with his
ex-wife. I have actively helped
raise Christie since she was
barely a year.
We havent communicated
with the mother since the time
we took her to court for refus-
ing visitation, but my husband
and I have always provided for
Christie in every way possible,
above and beyond the court-
ordered child support. This lit-
tle girl loves me. I have never
tried to replace her
mother, encouraged
or expected her to
call me Mom, or
even so much as
talked badly about
her mother in front
of her.
But lately,
Christie has been
questioning my re-
lationship with her
father, saying the
reason her mommy
and daddy are not
together is because
of me. When I ask her to do
something she doesnt want to
do, she says her mommy says
she doesnt have to listen to me
because I am not her mother.
Even worse, shes been told
that when my husband and I
have a baby of our own, Daddy
wont love her as much as the
new baby.
Christie is obviously too
young to draw these conclu-
sions on her own, so Mom is
giving her these impressions
or telling her these things out-
right. I dont know why any
mother would want to hurt her
child this way, but I worry it is
going to cause Christie to re-
sent me. How can we handle
this? Stepmom in the Mid-
dle
Dear Stepmom: Many
courts now recognize parental
alienation. Suggest that your
husband speak to his lawyer
about this possibility. In the
meantime, when Christie is
with you, do your best to coun-
ter the negative brainwashing.
Let her know how much you
love her and always will; that
a new baby means she will
be more important than ever,
and the new baby will need a
big sister; that everyone in the
household has chores to do,
and you want her to learn to
be a big girl. As she gets older,
she will recognize her mothers
bitterness, so please dont play
into that drama.
Dear Annie: I am a recent
widow in my mid-70s. I decid-
ed after the death of my hus-
band a couple of years ago that
I would live out my life alone.
I dont have much of a so-
cial life, but I do attend church
services regularly. I fnd myself
sitting next to a man who once
spoke to me after the service.
After several weeks, I could
tell he seemed interested in me.
After a few conversations, I re-
alized I am 10 years older than
he is.
He seems like a kind and
polite man, and his wife has
been dead for many years. I
am fattered by his attention
and shocked at this chain of
events. I would appreciate your
input on the age difference. I
am basically a happy, healthy
woman, but this is a situation
I could take or leave. So if you
tell me to come to my senses,
I will say Goodbye, Colum-
bus. California
Dear California: The age
difference is irrelevant as long
as you dont mislead him about
it. If you enjoy his company,
we say go for it. There is noth-
ing wrong with a companion-
able friendship, and if either of
you is looking for something
more, just be sure you are both
comfortable with it.
Dear Annie: You
printed several re-
sponses to Looking
for a Relationship,
Too and included
one from El Paso,
Texas, who sug-
gested that women
take up shooting
because guys like a
gal with good aim.
I laughed, think-
ing of a song from
the Broadway musi-
cal Annie Get Your
Gun, which was titled, You
Cant Get a Man with a Gun.
Thanks for a good chuckle.
Musical Lover
Dear Annie: I understand
Concerned Grandpas pain.
He noticed things on his grand-
daughters Facebook page that
disturbed him, and his subse-
quent comments created a rift.
Im 50 and have two kids
in college. All four of their
grandparents are in their mid-
70s and on Facebook. We have
found that sometimes it is best
for our kids to block not only
Grandma and Grandpa, but
also us, from their posts. This
is easy to do and saves a lot of
minor grief for everyone.
No one wants to see their
child or grandchild at a party
playing beer pong, doing shots,
dirty dancing or taking off
clothing. Honestly, they are not
doing anything much different
from what their mother and I
did when we were in college 30
years ago. But thankfully, that
was before the digital age and
social media, and we werent
broadcasting our behavior to
the entire world. Scott in
Northern California
Annies Mailbox
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 7, 2012
Advancement in your chosen
field of endeavor is
a strong possibility
in the year ahead.
Your rise in position
and status could
come about through
a unique turn of
events.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-
Dec. 21) -- Because you have an
abundance of energy waiting to be
channeled, youll be willing to help
others accomplish their projects or
assignments without the slightest
hesitation.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)
-- Youll be exceptionally effective
working on jobs initiated by another
that can be speedily accomplished.
Conversely, time-consuming projects
will prove difficult.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb.
19) -- Dont spend your time on
insignificant situations or projects --
go after something that is meaningful
because, whether you know it or not,
youre holding the winning cards.
PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20)
-- Having direct involvement with
another and collectively working on
a constructive project can bring you
a lot of satisfaction. If you cant do
anything with a pal, do something for
him or her.
ARIES (March 21-April 19) --
Dont ignore some wise advice just
because it comes from someone you
dont like. If you do, your ego will be
the cause of numerous problems.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20) --
Watch what you say when in a social
setting, because theres someone
among the group who is looking to
use your words against you in hopes
of tripping you up.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20) --
Steer clear of someone who makes
you feel extremely uncomfortable.
There is a perfectly good underlying
reason why your instincts are telling
you to avoid this person.
CANCER (June 21-July 22)
-- Make sure the objectives you
establish for yourself are within the
scope of possibility. If you attempt
something thats unrealistic, you
could get yourself into big trouble.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) -- Certain
activities you find interesting may not
be of equal attraction to your friends.
If you attempt to add your picks to
the agenda anyway, youll lose your
companions.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)
-- You should do rather well when
looking out for your interests, but the
moment you try to manage things for
others, youll quickly lose steam.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) -- If
there is something important that you
hope to accomplish, go it alone. The
participation of others could turn out
to be more of a hindrance than help.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22)
-- Todays aspects could be a bit
wacky as far as youre concerned,
inasmuch as you might benefit from
what another initiates, but lose out on
something that you set in motion.

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