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Board to examine hazing, sexual assault policies
BY NANCY SPENCERnspencer@delphosherald.com
OTTOVILLE — Schoolboard members here heardfrom a concerned district par-ent Wednesday evening whowould like members to reex-amine the school’s hazingand sexual assault polices.Russell Schlagbaum’sdaughter was sexuallyassaulted on a school bus lastyear. A video camera caughtthe assault and the tape wasused in prosecuting the indi-vidual who was sentenced to90 days in jail.The administration’sactions included suspendingthe offender for 5 days andhe was also not permitted toride the bus for the remainderof the semester.Schlagbaum asked theboard to make the district’spolicy more specific tooffenses as well as punish-ments, providing what hethought was a comprehensivepolicy from a Los Angelesinner-city school district.“I want the school boardto not only wear that hatbut also remember they areparents, too.” Schlagbaumsaid. “They all have littlegirls and I’m sure they don’twant their own daughtersor anyone else’s to have toface this. Our local district’spolicy is vague. We need toclearly define offenses andpunishments.”When it comes to disci-pline, school officials have towalk a fine line to satisfy statemandates and laws. Whenit comes to criminal behav-ior, districts must also takeinto account how an offenderwould be punished by thecourt system so the school’spunishment doesn’t exceedit, which could open the dis-trict to a possible lawsuit.Schlagbaum feels it couldbe a little simpler.“We live in an age whereour children are seeing moreand more sexually-explicitstuff and our young menare getting the idea that thistype of behavior is OK andsometimes even applaudedby others,” Schlagbaum said.“If we address the issuesspecifically and outline whatis offensive behavior in clearguidelines, there will be nogray areas.”The school board acceptedSchlagbaum’s informationand will review the district’spolicies. Members thankedSchlagbaum for his willing-ness to talk with them and hiseffort in researching schoolpolicies.The board approvedTodd Knippen and AshleyCrossgrove as co-assistantsoftball coaches for the 2011-12 school year. Head coachJoe Modica has agreed tosplit his wages and the wagesfor the junior varsity coachposition between himself,Knippen and Crossgrove.Teachers and administra-tors will meet for breakfast atthe Dew Drop Inn on Fridayprior to an in-service day.Classes begin on Tuesday.Elementary students ingrades K-5 can drop off theirsupplies from 5-8 p.m. onMonday.In other business, theboard:
• Approved Arp’s Dairy
Inc. to provide dairy productsand juice for the 2011-12school year;
• Approved Interstate
Brands to provide bakedgoods for the 2011-12 schoolyear.
• Approved Katie Schnipke
as the official school photog-rapher for the 2011-12 schoolyear;
• Moved Warren Bowery
from the Masters Level toMasters +15 Level on theSalary Schedule. Boweryhas completed and submittedthe paperwork indicating hiscompletion of 15 semesterhours beyond his master’sdegree;
• Congratulated Tyler
Turnwald on earning AllOhio Scholar Athlete Honorsfor baseball; and
• Approved the Ottoville
Mother’s Club to use theauditeria and small gymon Nov. 11-12 for thegroup’s Mom to Mom Sale.Proceeds will be used forimprovements to the vil-lage park.The next meeting willbegin at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 21.
St. John’sElementary setsopen house
St. John’s ElementarySchool will host itsBack-to-School OpenHouse on Tuesday.The kindergarten meet-ing is at 6 p.m. in the LittleTheater for parents only.Parents are encouraged tobring their kindergartenerto Miriam Scherger’s class-room for the meeting. At6:30 p.m., there will bean all-school assemblyin the Robert A. ArnzenGymnasium, followed by theopen house from 7-8 p.m.Students will find out theirteacher and which classroomthey will be in at that time.There will also be mum andscrip giveaways. Studentsin grades K-3 are encour-aged to bring their supplieswith them to be placed intheir desk that night.This year’s theme willbe “Learn and Live aChrist-Centered Life.”
Township trusteeschange meeting
The regularly sched-uled meeting of the MarionTownship Trustees onMonday has been resched-uled to 7 p.m. Aug. 29.Meetings are heldat the township houseon Kiggins Road.
Ottoville Local SchoolsIt’s My Job
The busier the better for Martin
BY STACY TAFFstaff@delphosherald.com
DELPHOS — When golf-ers are out on the course ona miserably hot day, there’sno sight more welcome thanthe beverage cart making itsrounds. For Dana Martin, 22,delivering cool refreshmentto the golfers is just one partof her job at the DelphosCountry Club.“On busier days and dur-ing the big outings, I’ll bedriving the beverage cart andhelping the customers out onthe course. I’m also wait-ressing here in the clubhouseand helping with meal prep,bartending and pretty muchwhatever needs to be done,”she said. “On slower days,it’s mostly cleaning, re-stock-ing and helping customers.”Martin, who graduatedfrom St. John’s and is current-ly majoring in occupationaltherapy at the Universityof Findlay, says her job isalways better on busy days.“With this job, there aresome days, some nights andsome weekends,” she said.“Tuesday, Thursday andthen the weekends are usu-ally our busiest days and thenof course the days when wehave big outings. Those arethe days we like to work. Theleast busy days are Monday,Wednesday and Friday.Those go slower becausethat’s when we do the clean-ing and stuff.”When you have a job thatrevolves around a hobby thatthrives in sunny weather, it’shard to believe there wouldbe some cons.“With the temperaturesgetting so high this summer,it gets really hot in here andout there on the course,” shesaid. “It gets difficult and Ihave a hard time keeping upwhen I’m waitressing.”Naturally, Martin’s favor-ite part of the job is drivingthe beverage cart.“It’s really fun driving itand plus you get to be outside,”she said. “It’s fun to interactwith everyone and meet peoplethat I wouldn’t normally get achance to meet.”
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As an employee of the Delphos Country Club, Dana Martin works behind the bar andanywhere else she’s needed.
Oil sheen in Gulf,source unknown
By RAPHAEL G. SATTERThe Associated Press
LONDON — A new oilsheen has been spotted in theGulf of Mexico, althoughenergy company BP saidtoday the discovery had noth-ing to do with its operationsand was far from the site of itsdisaster-hit Macondo well.A spokesman for anothercompany involved in inves-tigating the sheen said hebelieved it had already dissi-pated since being first spottedlast week.BP spokesman DarenBeaudo said his companyhad sent several remotelycontrolled mini-submersiblesinto the water over the week-end to investigate the sourceof the sheen — a shiny coat-ing that floats on the surfaceof the water which generallycomes from leaked or spilledoil — but had concluded “thatit couldn’t have been fromanything of ours.”A statement from BP PLCplaced the site of the sheennear two abandoned explora-tion well sites in the GreenCanyon Block in the Gulf of Mexico, although its sizeand exact location wasn’t dis-closed.According to an onlinemap published by the U.S.Department of Energy, theGreen Canyon Block — ahuge square-shaped area of water south of Louisiana— is south and west of theMississippi Canyon Blockwhere the Macondo wellblew up.There were about 80 activeleases on drilling sites at theend of June in the GreenCanyon area, according to aquarterly bulletin publishedin from the U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management,Regulation and Enforcement.BP holds 10 of those leaser.Other holders include RoyalDutch Shell PLC, ChevronCorp., Anadarko PetroleumCo., and numerous othersmaller companies.A U.S. government offi-cial also said the area aroundMacondo was clear.“They are not investing anysheens in the vicinity of the BPwell,” Paul Barnard, OperationsController for the New Orleanssector of the Coast Guard, toldthe AP today.Beaudo, asked to estimatethe distance between thesheen and the Macondo well,said he believed it was faraway.“We’re talking 10s of miles (kilometers) if not fur-ther,” he said.A catastrophic April 2010explosion at the Macondowell killed 11 men and ledto the worst offshore oil spillin U.S. history. The strickenwell spewed more than 200million gallons of oil into theGulf before it was cappedsome three months later.BP’s operations in theGulf of Mexico have seenparticular scrutiny followingthe disaster and it remainsthe area’s largest leaseholder,but other energy companieshave operations in the Gulf as well.Among them is Shell,which is still investigatingthe cause of a recent oil spillin the North Sea — the area’sworst in a decade. The Dutchcompany counts severalprojects in the Gulf’s GreenCanyon Block.Shell did not immediatelyreturn a call seeking commenttoday.Rick Rainey, a spokesmanfor the energy services firmEnterprise Products PartnersL.P., said the U.S. CoastGuard had asked his companyto check one of its pipelinesin the Green Canyon areaover the weekend because of the sheen.“We spent the last fewdays inspecting our lines.Everything’s fine with theline,” he said. “What I under-stand from our guys who haveheard from the Coast Guard isthat the sheen has since dis-sipated.”
Car dealers fear economycould scare off buyers
By TOM KRISHERThe Associated Press
STERLING HEIGHTS,Mich. — Jeff Swanson wasin the market for a new car just a few weeks ago. Thenthe stock market went crazy.So Swanson, 25, decided tokeep his 10-year-old PontiacGrand Prix for at least anotheryear. Gyrations in stocks andtalk of a weakening economyrattled Swanson’s confidenceabout taking on another pay-ment, even though his new job running a home for men-tally disabled people seems tobe secure.“Everywhere you turn,other people are saying ‘Oh,I lost my job this week. Ilost my job last week,”’ saysSwanson, who works for anon-profit that gets moneyfrom the state. “I want to bea little bit financially set incase something like that hap-pens.”It’s an increasingly com-
Trevor Kroeger, right, is the Delphos Knights of Columbus Council 1362Youth of the Year for the 2010-11 fraternal year. Presentinghim with a $300 award isGrand Knight Jim Mesker.Kroeger plans to attend theUniversity of Cincinnati’sCollege Conservatory of Music to study music edu-cation in hopes of pursuinga career in opera conduct-ing. He currently plays thepiano and organ and planson studying voice at UC.
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Project Recycleset Saturday
Delphos Project Recycle isset for 9 a.m. to noon Saturdayat Delphos Fuel and Washnorth of Double A TrailerSales on East Fifth Street.Newspaper, phone booksand aluminum cans need tobe in separate containers.Allother items are taken to theVan Wert Recycle Center.Cardboard, magazinesand plastic shopping bagsalso need to be separated. Alltin, plastic and glass contain-ers need to be rinsed clean.Labels can be left on itemsand they can be co-mingled.No window or plateglass, nor light bulbs, orna-mental, Pyrex or cookwareglass will be accepted.Computers, etc., arealso accepted but nomonitors or TVs.
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The Church WomenUnited Interfaith ThriftShop will hold its annual25-cent sale from 5-7 p.m.today; 1-4 p.m. Friday; and9 a.m. to noon Saturday.All clothing, shoes, books,purses, coats, audio/videoand more is on sale. Notincluded are Boutique andhousehold items and toys.Proceeds from theThrift Shop help pay rent,utilities, medical and mis-cellaneous expenses forneedy area families.
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Item missingfrom outsideresidence
High temperatureWednesday in Delphos was82 degrees, low was 58. Higha year ago today was 82, lowwas 65. Record high for todayis 95, set in 1947. Record lowis 46, set in 1963.
Delphos weather
Corn: $7.42Wheat: $7.13Beans: $13.60
Items takenfrom businessBusiness reportsair conditionertampered withResidencebroken intoItems missingfrom behindbusinessPolice probepair of theftsSpouting missingfrom homeResident reportsdog running atlarge
At 3:55 p.m. on Monday,Delphos police were calledto the 200 block of EastCleveland Street in referenceto a theft complaint.Upon officers’ arrival, thecomplainant stated someonehad taken an item from theoutside of the residence.
WEATHER FORECASTTri-countyAssociated PressTONIGHT
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02-03-06-10-15-16-18-19-32-33-35-51-58-60-69-71-73-76-77-80Two individuals werearraigned before JudgeCharles Steele in Van WertCounty Common Pleas Courton Wednesday morning, bothhad been indicted by the VanWert County Grand Jury ear-lier this month.
Justin Tansy,
26,Brownsburg, Ind., entered anot guilty plea to a charge of unauthorized use of a motorvehicle, a misdemeanor of thefirst degree.Tansy was released on a$5,000 unsecured personalsurety bond with a pretrialhearing scheduled for 8 a.m.Aug. 24.
Dustin Garrett,
27, VanWert, entered a not guilty pleato an indictment charging himwith possession of drugs, afelony of the fifth degree.Garrett was released on a$5,000 unsecured personalsurety bond with a pretrialhearing scheduled for 8 a.m.Aug. 24.In other court news:
James D. Ramirez,
21Van Wert, entered a plea of guilty to a charge of burglary,a felony of the fourth degree.According to a Van WertCity Police Department inves-tigation, Ramirez entered ahome in Van Wert on July26.Judge Steele ordered a pre-sentence investigation andscheduled sentencing for 9a.m. Sept. 28.
Allan Pierce,
44, VanWert, was sentenced to spendsixty days in the Van WertCounty Correctional Facilityon a charge of sexual imposi-tion, a misdemeanor of thethird degree.Pierce also was found tobe a tier one sex offender andwill be required to registerwith the sheriff annually forthe next 15 years.Judge Steele gave Piercecredit for 11 days in jail forthe time served awaiting thefinal disposition of the case.
April Diltz,
35, formerlyof Van Wert now a residenceof Swanton, was given threeyears of community controlon two counts of possessionof drugs, both counts fourthdegree felonies.Diltz was arrested for anincident in August 2010 dur-ing an investigation conductedby the Ohio Crime Task Forceand the Van Wert City PoliceDepartment.Diltz will have a jail sen-tence of 30 days, which is tobe served at the determinationof her supervision officer, per-form 200 hours of communityservice and provide a list of all medications she is takingalong with a list of medicalproviders she sees.Judge Steele ordered herdriver’s license suspendedfor a period of six months,she was ordered to pay partialreimbursement of $250 for hercourt appointed counsel, $25affidavit of indigency fee andcourt costs.Judge Steele gave her asix-month prison sentence oneach count to be served con-currently with the impositionof the prison sentence to bedeferred pending the success-ful completion of the commu-nity control program.
Stephanie Farmer,
VanWert, admitted to violating theterms of her community con-trol by testing positive for theuse of marijuana and heroinand failing to pay her courtcosts.Farmer was resentenced tothree years of community con-trol under the previous condi-tions and ordered to spend 10days in jail, she was givencredit for seven days jail timewhich she had served awaitingfinal disposition of her case.
Ronnie L. Black,
52,Delphos, entered a plea of guilty to a charge of domesticviolence, a misdemeanor of the first degree.Black had originally beencharged with domestic vio-lence, a felony of the fourthdegree.Judge Steele ordered a pre-sentence investigation andscheduled sentencing for 9a.m. Aug. 31.
Skyler D. Luegers,
20,Celina, entered a guilty pleato a charge of grand theft of amotor vehicle, a felony of thefourth degree.Judge Steele ordered a pre-sentence investigation andscheduled sentencing for 9a.m. Sept. 28.
Tasha Comment,
27, VanWert, admitted to violatingher community control pro-gram.Comment admitted to vio-lating her conditions by test-ing positive for the use of bathsalts and for not paying herweekly electronic monitoredhouse arrest fees (EMHA).Judge Steele told Commentthat he was concerned abouther use of bath salts but didresentence her to three yearsof community control andordered her to spend up to sixmonths at the WORTH Centerin Lima.The basic prison term of 12 months remains but theimposition of the prison sen-tence was deferred pendingthe successful completion of the community control pro-gram.
Randal D. Keller,
51, VanWert, was placed on threeyears of community controlon a charge of possession of drugs, a felony of the fifthdegree.Keller was arrested on thecharge after the Van WertCity Police Department hadgone to arrest Keller on anoutstanding warrant issued bythe Van Wert Municipal Courtand they discovered him to bein possession of heroin.Keller was ordered to spend30 days in jail at a time to bedetermined by his supervisionofficer, complete a substanceabuse assessment and com-plete any rehabilitation pro-gram recommended.Judge Steele ordered is hisdriver’s license suspended forsix months, placed him in theintensive supervision programand ordered him to pay allcosts associated with his case.A basic prison term of sixmonths was issued to Keller,but Judge Steele deferred theimposition of the sentencepending the successful com-pletion of the community con-trol program.At 5:01 p.m. on Wednesday,Delphos police were called toa business in the 200 block of Elida Road in reference to atheft complaint.Upon officers’ arrival, anemployee stated that a subjectcame into the business andhad taken items without pay-ing for them.At 5:11 p.m. on Tuesday,Delphos police were called toa business in the 900 block of Elida Ave.Upon officers’ arrival, theowner of the business metwith officers and stated some-one had attempted to takeitems off of an air condition-ing unit at the business.At 7:08 p.m. on Monday,Delphos police were called tothe 300 block of North MainStreet in reference to a bur-glary complaint.Upon officers’ arrival, thevictim stated someone hadforced their way into the resi-dence while the resident wasgone.At 2:38 p.m. on Tuesday,Delphos police were called toa business in the 200 block of North Main Street in referenceto a theft complaint.Upon officers arrival, anemployee stated that someonehad taken items from behindthe business.At 2 p.m. on Monday,Delphos police were called tothe 800 block of South ErieStreet in reference to a theftcomplaint.Upon officers’ arrival,they met with the victim whostated someone had taken anitem from the outside of theresidence.At 2:13 p.m., police werecalled to another residence inthat area who also reporteditems taken from the outsideof the residence.At 9:08 a.m. on Monday,Delphos police were calledto 600 block of West FirstStreet in reference to a theftcomplaint.Upon officers’ arrival, theymet with the victim who stat-ed someone had removed andtaken a metal spouting thatwas attached to the residence.At 5:36 p.m. on Monday,Delphos police were called tothe 1000 block of North MainStreet in reference to a dogrunning at large in that area.Upon officers arrival, theylocated the dog and later wereable to make contact withthe owner. The owner willbe cited into Lima MunicipalCourt for the offense.
Sqads of gunmen fromEgypt kill 7 inside Israel
By AMY TEIBELThe Associated Press
JERUSALEM — Squadsof gunmen armed with heavyweapons, guns and explosivescrossed into southern Israelfrom Egypt’s Sinai Peninsulatoday, killing seven Israelis inan audacious series of attacks,officials said. The vio-lence stoked concerns aboutPalestinian militants exploit-ing instability in Egypt.The attacks began aroundmidday and lasted for aboutthree hours. Israeli securityforces tracked down some of the attackers and killed sev-eral in a gunbattle, militaryspokesman Brig.-Gen. YoavMordechai said. Israeli TVchannels said seven assailantswere killed.Israel almost immediate-ly said the attackers camefrom the Hamas-ruled GazaStrip and made their waythrough Sinai, which bordersboth Israel and Gaza. Thatraised the specter of an Israelimilitary reprisal against thePalestinian territory.“The incident underscoresthe weak Egyptian hold onSinai and the broadening of the activities of terrorists,”Israeli Defense Minister EhudBarak said in a statement.“The real source of the terroris in Gaza and we will actagainst them with full forceand determination.”The attacks, which cameclose together in time andlocation, appeared coordi-nated, and represented oneof the boldest strikes in yearsagainst Israel. Hamas deniedinvolvement. In Egypt, asenior security official deniedthat the attackers crossed intoIsrael from Sinai or that thebuses were fired at frominside Egyptian territory.“The border is heavilyguarded,” said a Sinai-basedofficial who spoke on condi-tion of anonymity because hewas not authorized to speakto the media.However, security in theSinai has deteriorated sharplysince February, when long-time leader Hosni Mubarakwas ousted in a popularuprising. Many Israelis sawMubarak as a source of sta-bility with shared interests incontaining Iran and its radicalIslamic proxies in the region,such as Hamas. Mubarak alsoupheld the decades-old peacetreaty with Israel.Last week, Egypt movedthousands of troops intothe Sinai peninsula aspart of a major operationagainst al-Qaida inspiredmilitants who have beenincreasingly active in Sinaisince Mubarak’s ouster inFebruary. The militantshave taken advantage of the security vacuum causedby the abrupt withdrawalof police forces. Authoritieshave blamed the militantsfor brazen attacks on policepatrols as well as a string of bombings on a key pipelinecarrying natural gas to Israeland Jordan.A boy, Blaine David, wasborn Aug. 17 at St. Rita’sMedical Center to Shawnand Christie Allemeier of Delphos.He weighed 7 pounds, 1once and was 20 inches long.Grandparents are Dan andMargie Rostorfer and Davidand Diane Allemeier of Delphos.
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Casey Anthony attorneysappeal probation order
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) —Casey Anthony’s attorneysfiled an appeal Wednesday tostop her from having to returnto Florida to begin serving aone-year probation sentence.Anthony was acquittedlast month of a murder chargein the 2008 death of her2-year-old daughter, Caylee,and released soon afterwardfrom jail. The appeal, filedin Florida’s Fifth DistrictCourt of Appeal in DaytonaBeach, claims a probationorder upheld last week in anunrelated case would consti-tute an “illegal sentence” if carried out.Last week, a judge orderedAnthony to return to Orlandoby the end of next week inorder to report to a probationofficer. She has been keepinga low profile at an undis-closed location.Judge Belvin Perry saidAnthony must comply with anorder issued by another judge,Stan Strickland, in January2010 after she pleaded guiltyto stealing checks from afriend. At the time, Stricklandsaid Anthony should serve theprobation upon her release,but those instructions nevermade it into a written order.Corrections officials inter-preted the sentence to meanAnthony could serve the pro-bation while she was in jailawaiting her murder trial.Strickland clarified in anorder two weeks ago thatAnthony must begin her pro-bation now that she is out of jail. He then recused himself from the case and turned itover to Perry, who had pre-sided over Anthony’s murdertrial.In the appeal, Anthony’sattorneys accused Stricklandof bias, citing an appearanceon Nancy Grace’s televisionshow in which he said hewas “shocked” by the murdertrial verdict. Grace has been avocal critic of Anthony.The attorneys also arguedStrickland couldn’t amendthe order since the proba-tion sentence had alreadybeen completed. The orderalso violates double jeopardysince Anthony would be serv-ing the same sentence twice,they said.“The defendant has actu-ally served her entire sen-tence, as evidenced by herDepartment of Correctionsrecords,” the order said.In previous motions,Anthony’s attorneys havesaid she could be endangeredif she returns to Orlando sinceshe has received death threats.But those threats weren’tmentioned in the appeal.In his order last week,Perry said allowing Anthonyto serve probation while in jail “would take a lawfullyimposed sentence and make ita mockery of justice.”
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The short answer is: “Itdepends.” A fairly recentinnovation in wine packag-ing, the so-called Bag-in-Box(BIB) dispenser makes useof a plastic bag with a nozzlesurrounded by a corrugatedcardboard box. The wholepackage sits easily on a shelf and usually features a built-inspout for easy pouring andresealing. The main benefit isthat each box can hold aboutfour bottles-worth of wine,and the BIB technology pre-vents oxidation, keeping thewine fresh for up to six weeksafter the seal has been brokeninitially.Besides costing less tomanufacture than glass bot-tles, the Bag-in-Box appa-ratus, invented by Schollepackaging a half centuryago, weighs significantlyless, stacks more efficiently(meaning more wine can gowith each container load) andwill not shatter if dropped.As such, they are easier totransport, which keeps costsdown and reduces the carbonfootprint of the entire distri-bution process. While U.S.wine buyers traditionallyhave viewed wine in a boxas cheap and unsavory, sev-eral American and Europeanwineries are working to turnthat view around by puttingout award-winning vintagesby the box. Eco-consciousyet no less discriminatingwine consumers are helpingto drive the growing demandfor boxed wines in the U.S.,which currently commandabout 10 percent of U.S.supermarket wine sales.But boxed wine may havean environmental dark side:Some of the plastic bagsinside the boxes containBisphenol-A (BPA), a syn-thetic chemical that has beenin use for four decades tostrengthen plastic food con-tainers and other items butrecently has been linked to arange of human health prob-lems. “A growing amount of scientific research has linkedBPA exposure to altereddevelopment of the brain andbehavioral changes, a predis-position to prostate and breastcancer, reproductive harm,diabetes, obesity and cardio-vascular disease,” reports thenon-profit Natural ResourcesDefense Council (NRDC).The bags are made out of #7 plastic, a catchall categorytypically containing mixedtypes of plastic (“polycarbon-ate”), combined for variouspractical reasons. As moreand more research comes tolight, many environmental-ists and public health advo-cates are warning consumersto avoid storing any food ordrinks in containers made outof #7 plastic, as there is like-lihood that BPA could be partof the mix.Most wineries offeringboxed wines make it clear if their plastic bags do not con-tain BPA. For one, SchollePackaging, inventors of theBIB system and one of thelargest wine box manufactur-ers, uses only BPA-free #7plastic in their bags. Perini,Campo Largo, Bota Box andmany other box wines comein BPA-free packaging. Thesimple way to know is to readthe labels when you’re wineshopping.Also, don’t think that byavoiding boxed wine you arenecessarily avoiding BPA.Researchers have found thatthe plastic stoppers so manyof us use to cap an unfinishedbottle, not to mention the lin-ing of concrete vats used tostore wine at many wineries,contain and can leach BPAinto your glass. That’s notto say that all wine containsBPA; quite the contrary, infact, as most bottled winestill never comes into con-tact with plastic and as suchdoes not carry any BPA-stigma. Regardless, the moreyou know, the safer you canbe—so that the worst thingyou get from your wine is ahangover.
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Boxed wines have many environmental advantagesover bottled, but some of the plastic bags inside the boxescontain BPA, a synthetic chemical that has been linkedto a range of human health problems. Bota Box, picturedhere, and many other box wines come in BPA-free pack-aging. The simple way to know is to read the labels whenyou’re wine shopping.
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DAYTON (AP) — Ohiohas seen a jump in FBI back-ground checks on prospectivefirearms buyers, and gun-rights groups say explana-tions include the economy,changes in laws and the popu-larity of sport shooting.The National InstantCriminal Background CheckSystem shows the FBI rannearly 248,000 checks forfirearm purchases in Ohioduring the first seven monthsof this year, up from 17.7 per-cent from the same period in2010, the Dayton Daily Newsreported for a Wednesdayarticle.While not all backgroundchecks lead to purchases,they’re seen as a way of measuring gun buys becausefederally licensed gun-sellersare required to perform themduring sales, the newspaperreported.The chairman of theBuckeye Firearms Associationsays more people want to ownguns because of fears aboutthe economy and whetherriots like the recent ones inEngland could happen here.High unemployment andunderemployment and tur-moil in other countries haveled to a “growing feeling thatwe are going to have unrest inthis country,” chairman JimIrvine said. “People want tobe prepared.”He also believes sales arespurred by concern that newgun restrictions might beimposed.Other gun-rights groupspoint to more relaxed hand-gun regulations in the state.The number of concealedhandgun licenses issued in2010 was down 24 percentfrom 2009. But last year stillhad the second highest num-ber of licenses issued sincea concealed carry law tookeffect in 2004, according toOhio’s attorney general’soffice.The president of a shoot-ing supply store believes salesare climbing as more peopleenjoy firing ranges.“We are seeing a growthin the industry that may havebeen spurred by fear, but nowit’s just an enjoyable recre-ation,” said Evan English,president of Olde EnglishOutfitters in Tipp City.Gun-control supportersargue that an increase in gunsales simply means that exist-ing gun owners are buyingmore guns.Toby Hoover, executivedirector of the Ohio CoalitionAgainst Gun Violence, saysoverall gun purchases aredeclining and “a lot of rheto-ric and fear from the gunlobby about government tak-ing their guns away” must beprompting gun owners to buymore firearms.
Gun-buyer backgroundchecks up 17.7 pct. in Ohio
COLUMBUS (AP) —A judge is allowing a newowner to reopen an Ohiofuneral home that crematedthe wrong child’s body andhad its license suspended.The state funeral boardvoted this week to blockthe takeover of the MarlanJ. Gary Funeral Home inColumbus. But a county judgeon Wednesday temporarilystopped the panel from clos-ing the home after the newowner said the board improp-erly discussed the matter inprivate.Board director MalikHubbard tells The ColumbusDispatch he doesn’t knowhow the panel will respond.Its members had objectedto the new license because thehome’s name wasn’t chang-ing. They said consumerswould think management wasstill the same.A mix-up at the morgueled the home to cremate a14-month-old boy against hisparents’ beliefs.
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CINCINNATI (AP) — A14-foot, 120-pound reticulatedpython was found in the back-yard of a Cincinnati family’shome.Nathaniel Allbright andhis father Alfred Allbright tellThe Cincinnati Enquirer oneof their dogs found the snakeWednesday under a tarp in theyard.The Allbrights suspected asnake was nearby when theyand their two dogs found alarge amount of shed snakeskinin the yard. One of the dogsthen found the python beneaththe tarp.Nathaniel Allbright says hefashioned a noose out of pipeand rope to transfer the snakeinto a trash can.The Society for thePrevention of Cruelty toAnimals now has the snake.SPCA Deputy Clerk CaryRobers says officials do notknow where the python camefrom or how it got to the yard.
14-foot pythonfound in back yard
TOLEDO (AP) — A tradegroup reports Toledo showedthe most improvement amongthe state’s six biggest housingmarkets during July.The National Associationof Realtors says Toledo hada higher increase in homeprices, a bigger drop inhomes on the market and ashorter average sale time thanAkron, Cleveland, Cincinnati,Columbus and Dayton.Toledo Board of RealtorsPresident Ed Sitter tells TheBlade the report confirms “pos-itive signs,” including agentssaying some homes are draw-ing multiple offers.Toledo’s median sale pricerose to $114,900 in July,up 6 percent from the samemonth a year ago. Meanwhile,Cleveland’s median pricedropped 5 percent.The number of houses forsale in Toledo fell 20 percentfor July, while houses were onthe market for 4 percent fewerdays.
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