Elphos Erald: 15 To Vie For Canal Days Queen Crown

Wednesday, september 7, 2011
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Thursday
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of showers
and high
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Photo submitted
The 15 2011 Canal Days Queen contestants include, from left, Chelsea Wellmann, Morgan Shobe, Alecia Menke, Brittany Kemper, Jammie
Farler, Myriah Jackson, Ashley Truesdale, Destiny Thompson, Julia Dickman, Amanda Truesdale, Elizabeth Thompson, Whitney Hohlbein, Corinne
Metzger, Jessica Recker and Serena Lorencovic.
Blood donation
could win gas
The American Red
Cross will conduct a blood
drive from 10:30 a.m.
to 4:30 p.m. Thursday
at the Delphos Eagles
Lodge, 1600 E. Fifth St.
Successful donors will
be entered in a draw-
ing to win free gas for a
year ($3,000 gift card).
Call 1-800-RED-CROSS.
15 to vie for Canal Days Queen crown
Staff reports
DELPHOS Fifteen contestants
will compete for 2011 Canal Days
Queen on Sunday at the Delphos
Jefferson Middle School Auditorium.
Tickets are available at the door or
from the contestants for $5.
There will be a special tribute to
military, fire and police personnel
and those who lost their lives in the
2001 terrorist attacks. The National
Anthem will be sung by the barber-
shop quartet CQ.
Corinne Metzger is the daughter
of Dale and Teresa Metzger and is a
junior at Jefferson High School. Her
siblings include two brothers, Tyler
and Elijah. Metzger is active as a
member of the Jefferson band, where
she is in the color guard and plays
saxophone. She is also a member
of the choir and show choir. She is
also very involved with the school
musical. She has been a member
of the softball, soccer, track, and
basketball teams. Metzger has also
been awarded many academic hon-
ors. She is an honor roll student and
is a member of the student council,
holds a class office and is an active
member of SADD and Fellowship of
Christian Athletes. She is employed
at the Creamery.
Jessica Recker is the daughter
of Fred and Teresa Recker and is
a junior at St. Johns High School.
She has two brothers, Adam and
Scott; and a sister Victoria. She is
very active in both her school and
community. She is a church greeter,
cantor, and altar server. Recker is
also very involved in the music pro-
gram in the band, choir, and school
play. She is a member of the Liturgy
Team, where she is currently Vice
President, SADD where she is sec-
retary, and CRESPI Society. She is a
member of the Blue Jay varsity soc-
cer and basketball teams. Last year,
she served as sophomore class presi-
dent. Recker has spent many hours
volunteering for the recycle program,
the St. Johns Church Festival and
the Delphos Public Library Summer
Reading Program.
Amanda Truesdale is a sopho-
more at Jefferson High School and
is the daughter of Mike and Sue
Truesdale. Her siblings include two
brothers, Michael and Chris; and a
sister, Ashley. Truesdale is a mem-
ber of the Jefferson band and choir
and takes several classes at Hearts-
in-Motion Dance Studio. Some of
these classes include baton and cheer-
leading. She is a member of the
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Editor Nancy Spencer
Water superintenent clears up water softness issue
BY NANCY SPENCER
nspencer@delpho-
sherald.com
DELPHOS Delphos
Water Superintendent Tim
Williams cleared up some
cloudy issues with the citys
water softness at Tuesdays
council meeting.
Several councilman had
been approached by residents
concerning the softness, or
lack thereof, of their tap water
in the last several months.
Residents had complained the
water wasnt as soft as it had
been when they were using a
water softener in their homes.
Most people who use
water softeners have it so
high, it takes all the hardness
out of the water, Williams
explained. Yes, the city
water is harder than water
treated with a water softener
but it still falls within the
Environmental Protection
Agencys guidelines of 120-
150. We are at 137 and our
average for the last four
years since we brought the
new system online has been
131.7317.
Williams went on to say that
he could add more soda ash to
the water for more softness but
that would cause problems at
the plant and within the distri-
bution system.
The more soda ash we
add, the more other chemicals
we have to add to protect the
lines. The softer the water,
the more corrosive to lead
and copper lines it becomes,
Williams added.
To bring the water softness
to 120-125, Williams estimat-
ed it would cost approximate-
ly $35 per day for the extra
soda ash or $12,775 per year.
He did not have an estimate
for the added chemicals to
combat the corrosivity of the
softer water.
Council asked Auditor
Tom Jettinghoff to prepare a
budget including the increased
costs for soda ash and subse-
quent treatment estimations
and see what effect it would
have on the water account.
Williams was asked to
continue what he is doing and
to monitor the water softness
as usual.
Council gave approval to
Veterans Council Secretary/
Treasurer Rick Schuck to close
Main Street at approximately
3 p.m. for a 9/11 anniver-
sary program at the Veterans
Memorial Park. Following a
short ceremony, participants
will walk from the park to
the Delphos Fire Department
to place a wreath at the 9/11
memorial.
On first reading, council
heard a resolution approving
the citys 4.05 tax mill renew-
al levy for property owners.
The levy will appear on the
Nov. 8 General Election bal-
lot. If approved, the five-year
tax levy will continue from
Jan. 1, 2012, through Dec.
31, 2016.
Richard Kroeger of the
Ohio EPA presented a report
on ongoing work toward a
Water Source Protection Plan
for the city. Kroeger said
future meetings will be set up
to discuss the plan. Kroeger
said the thrust of the plan will
be to delineate the area the
citys water comes from, what
can contaminate it and how
certain scenarios can effect
the water supply.
Mayor Michael Gallmeier
told council he is working
with the Allen County Health
Department on an agreement
for Delphos to be a distribu-
tion point for medication is
case of an epidemic, pandemic
or other emergency situation.
He also reported the
Menke Addition sewer line
project will be complete this
week and bids were in for the
Elida Road sidewalk project.
Construction could begin in
the next week or two.
Following an executive
session, council returned to
meeting chambers and autho-
rized City Solicitor Glen
Lause to enter in to nego-
tiations to settle a civil suit
against the city Nichols vs.
the City of Delphos.
Veterans Council
sets 9/11 service
DELPHOS The Delphos
Veterans Council will offer a 9/11
Anniversary Memorial program
Sunday at Veterans Memorial Park.
At 8:46 a.m., church bells around
the city will chime as council mem-
bers lower the flags at the park
to half-mast. At 1 p.m., warning
sirens across the country, including
Delphos, will sound for a national
minute of silence for 9/11 victims.
At 3 p.m., Veterans Council
Secretary/Treasurer Rick Schuck
will emcee the official program at
the park with the VFW Color Guard
presenting the colors. Schuck and
Delphos Mayor Michael Gallmeier
will speak. Honor bearers will
include police department, fire
department and military personnel
as well as civilians.
After the program, participants
will proceed to the Delphos Fire
Department to place a wreath at its
9/11 memorial on behalf of all citi-
zens of Delphos.
The Veterans Council, local fire-
fighters and police officers and mili-
tary personnel will participate in the
2011 Canal Days Queen Pageant at 7
p.m. Sunday in the Jefferson Middle
School auditorium.
At dusk, the flags at the park will
be raised to full mast.
Photo submitted
Canal Days Committee raffling T-shirt quilt
The Delphos Canal Days Committee is raffling off a T-shirt quilt made
from past Canal Days T-shirts. The quilt was made by Sandy Beining. The
quilt is on display at the chamber office and tickets can be purchased for $1
each or 6 for $5. The winner will be chosen on Sept. 19.
See QUEEN, page 10
Jays selling Minster tickets
St. Johns is selling tickets
for its home football game
Saturday vs. Minster in the
high school office (7:30 a.m.
to 3 p.m.). Student prices are
$4 and adults $6. All tick-
ets will be $6 at the gate.
Kickoff is at 7:30 p.m.
Bank to host art,
crafts show
First Financial Bank will
host the 26th annual Delphos
Canal Days Arts and Crafts
Show Sept. 16 and 17.
Anyone interested
in exhibiting should
call 419-695-8110.
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March 5, 1948-Sept. 5, 2011
Carol Marie Maloney, 63,
of Middle Point, died at 11:14
p.m. Monday at St. Ritas
Medical Center.
She was born March 5,
1948, in Delphos to Edwin
and Lela Lindeman, who pre-
ceded her in death.
On March 11, 1967, she
married Robert Maloney, who
survives in Middle Point.
Other survivors include sons
Bobby Maloney of Prescott,
Ariz., and Gary Maloney of
Middle Point; daughter Paula
(Jeff) Vorhees of Lima; broth-
ers Gerald (Kay) Lindeman
and Larry (Joyce) Lindeman
of Delphos and Jimmie (Sue)
Lindeman of Ohio City; and
grandchildren Alexandria,
Bryan, Daniel, Shelby,
Keegan, Logan, Blaine and
Asia.
She was also preceded
in death by brothers Edwin,
Carl, Kenny, Donald and
Paul Lindeman; and sisters
Mary Imogene Joseph, Jean
Roberts, Dorothy Williams,
Donna Williamson and
Marilyn Martin.
Mrs. Maloney was a home-
maker who loved to garage
sale and spend time with her
children and grandchildren.
She had a wonderful smile
and a great sense of humor
that touched the lives of her
family.
Funeral services begin at
11 a.m. Friday at Harter and
Schier Funeral Home, the
Rev. David Howell offici-
ating. Burial will follow in
Venedocia Cemetery.
Friends may call from 2-8
p.m. Thursday at the funeral
home.
Memorials may be given to
fight rheumatoid arthritis.
WEATHER FORECAST
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TONIGHT: Cloudy
with a 50 percent chance
of showers. Lows In the
upper 50s. Northeast winds
10 to 15 mph.
THURSDAY: Mostly
cloudy with a 50 percent
chance of showers. Highs
around 70. Northeast winds
10 to 15 mph.
THURSDAY NIGHT,
FRIDAY: Mostly cloudy
with a 40 percent chance of
showers. Lows in the lower
60s. Highs in the mid 70s.
EXTENDED FORECAST
FRIDAY NIGHT-
SATURDAY NIGHT:
Mostly cloudy with a 30
percent chance of show-
ers. Lows in the upper 50s.
Highs in the mid 70s.
SUNDAY: Partly
cloudy. Highs in the upper
70s.
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MONDAY: Mostly clear.
Lows in the upper 50s.
Highs in the upper 70s.
MONDAY NIGHT:
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upper 50s. Highs in the
mid 70s.
TUESDAY: Mostly
clear. Lows in the upper
50s. Highs in the mid 70s.
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The high temperature
Tuesday in Delphos was 66
and the low was 50. A year
ago today, the high was 91
and the low was 65. The
record high for today is 99,
set in 1939 and the record low
of 40 was set in 1997.
Corn: $7.54
Wheat: $7.25
Beans: $14.01
COLUMBUS Labor
Day weekend, historically
known for being a dangerous
time on Ohio roadways, has
seen a reverse in this disturb-
ing trend, with this years
weekend the safest of the past
five Labor Day holidays.
According to the Ohio
Department of Public Safety,
10 people were killed this
year, a decrease of one fatal-
ity when compared to last
year. Fatalities reached a
five-year high in 2007, with
24 deaths 10 being alco-
hol-related. Provisional data
indicates this year was the
lowest in alcohol-related fatal
crashes in the past five years
with three of the 10 crashes
related to alcohol.
In addition to the decreas-
ing fatalities, troopers were
cracking down on danger-
ous drivers this weekend.
Troopers arrested 693 drivers
for OVI more than a 14 per-
cent increase throughout the
holiday reporting period of
Midnight on Friday through
11:59 p.m. on Monday.
We warned motorists
that troopers would be out in
full force this holiday week-
end, said Colonel John Born,
superintendent of the Patrol.
And the statistics show that
they were - fatal numbers
continue to decrease, while
our enforcement numbers
steadily increase.
The Patrol saw the largest
increase in aggressive driving
citations with an increase
of nearly 30 percent when
compared to last year. Overall
enforcement was up more than
13 percent, with troopers stop-
ping nearly 27,000 vehicles in
which a citation was issued.
For a complete breakdown
of the Patrols Labor Day
enforcement, please visit
statepatrol. ohio. gov\doc\
Labor_Day_2011.pdf
Labor Day weekend fatal-
ities down, OVI arrests up
By VICKI SMITH
Associated Press
MORGANTOWN, W.Va.
Authorities say a man
who killed five people near
Morgantown and ran down
an elderly woman in neigh-
boring Pennsylvania also
shot and wounded a gas sta-
tion attendant as he crossed
back through West Virginia.
He then took his own life in
Kentucky.
The path of violence
that Shayne Riggleman cut
through three states before
committing suicide during a
police chase was one of the
most heinous crimes Ive ever
witnessed, State Police Capt.
James Merrill said Tuesday.
At a news conference,
Merrill would not comment
on a motive or say how
Riggleman, 22, was connect-
ed to any of the five shooting
victims at the blood-spattered
house a few miles west of
Morgantown, where the spree
began Monday afternoon.
Charles Richardson Jr.,
whose son was among the five
shooting victims, told The
Associated Press he didnt
recognize Rigglemans name
or know his connection to the
family. Nor was he aware of
his son having trouble with
anyone.
Richardson said his son
worked for FedEx and liked
to tinker on vehicles and
computers. The two were not
close, he said, even though
the elder Richardson lives in
a mobile home within sight
of his sons house.
He went about his busi-
ness and I went about mine,
he said, but I loved my
son.
Police identified the
dead as: 49-year-old
Charles Richardson III; his
wife, 50-year-old Karin
Richardson; her children,
17-year-old Kevin Hudson
and 22-year-old Katrina
Hudson; and 30-year-old
Robert Raber.
Katrina Hudson was six
months pregnant.
Raber lived in the house,
but Merrill would not other-
wise elaborate on his rela-
tionship to the other victims.
Merrill said investigators
believe all five victims in the
ramshackle house were shot
with a high-powered rifle.
Autopsies were under way
Tuesday.
Troopers had been asked
to check on the family around
5:30 p.m. Monday and
arrived about an hour later.
They found two bodies in the
kitchen and one in the living
room once they reached the
home at the end of a deeply
rutted dirt drive.
Merrill said troopers
secured the site, determined
the shooter was no longer
inside and found two more
bodies in a bathroom after
searching further.
Merrill said the call about
the familys welfare came
from a friend who grew
concerned after Riggleman
traveled to see her in
Pennsylvania.
Aut hori t i es sai d
Riggleman apparently shot
the victims around 3:30 or
4:30 p.m. Monday then drove
about 20 miles to Fairchance,
Pa., and met with that friend.
Authorities would not iden-
tify the woman but credited
her with preventing more
deaths.
Its unfortunate it ended
the way it did, Merrill said,
... but I do not believe that
he wouldve stopped.
After leaving the woman
around 5:30 p.m., police
say, Riggleman crashed
into another vehicle near
Fairchance and then ran
down the elderly female
driver as she got out of her
car to exchange information.
Authorities did not identify
that victim but said she was
seriously injured.
Riggleman then fled south
on Interstate 79, Merrill said.
At an Exxon station near
Amma, about 30 miles from
the West Virginia state capi-
tal of Charleston, Riggleman
randomly shot and severely
wounded attendant Don
Nichols, police said.
Nichols, who was in criti-
cal condition, is expected to
survive.
Riggleman continued
south into Lewis County,
Ky., where a deputy tried to
pull him over for reckless
driving.
The deputy chased the driv-
er until he pulled over about
a half-mile down the road.
The deputy found Riggleman
with a self-inflicted gunshot
wound, Lewis County Sheriff
Johnny Bivens said.
Merrill said Kentucky
authorities found three weap-
ons in a silver Jeep that
Riggleman had taken from the
Richardson home a high-
powered rifle, a second rifle
and a .22-caliber handgun.
Authorities searched
Rigglemans Morgantown
apartment and were study-
ing his Facebook page.
Riggleman apparently lived
alone, and police did not
immediately know whether
he was employed.
Police: 5 slain in W.Va.
before suspect kills self
Libyan fighters say
Gadhafi surrounded
By BEN HUBBARD
The Associated Press
TRIPOLI, Libya (AP)
Libyan fighters have surround-
ed ousted dictator Moammar
Gadhafi, and it is only a matter
of time until he is captured
or killed, a spokesman for
Tripolis new military council
said today.
The councils deputy
defense minister said, howev-
er, that Libyas former rebels
had no idea where Gadhafi
was, and they were focusing
on taking control of territory
instead of tracking down the
former leader.
Figures in Libyas new gov-
ernment have given a series
of conflicting statements about
Gadhafis presumed where-
abouts since the fall of the
capital last month and many
reports about his location have
proven untrue.
Anis Sharif told The
Associated Press that Gadhafi
was still in Libya and had
been tracked using advanced
technology and human intelli-
gence. Rebel forces have taken
up positions on all sides of
Gadhafis presumed location,
with none more than 40 miles
(60 kilometers) away, he said,
without providing details.
He cant get out, said
Sharif, who added the former
rebels are preparing to either
detain him or kill him. We are
just playing games with him,
Sharif said.
NATO said that it had made
a number of airstrikes around
Sirte Gadhafis home-
town on Tuesday, hitting
six tanks, six armored fighting
vehicles and an ammunition
storage facility, among other
targets. They also targeted the
Gadhafi loyalist strongholds of
Hun, Sabha and Waddan.
Deputy Defense Minister
Mohammad Tanaz told the AP
that the former rebels dont
know where Gadhafi is, and
the fugitive could still be hid-
ing in tunnels under Tripoli.
He said the manhunt was
not a focus for his men.
Our priority is to liberate
all of Libya, he said.
Locating Gadhafi would
help seal the new rulers hold
on the country. Convoys of
Gadhafi loyalists, including his
security chief, fled across the
Sahara into Niger this week
in a move that Libyas former
rebels hoped could help lead to
the surrender of his last strong-
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STATE/LOCAL
Van Wert County Fair Junior Fair results
Junior Fair Dairy Show
Awards
Junior Dairy Showman
Austin Sheets
Intermediate Dairy
Showman
Korey Oechsle
Senior Dairy Showman
Meagan Hempfling
Champion Dairy Showman
Alyssa Bowen
Champion Junior Jersey
Female
Morgan Pugh
Reserve Champion Junior
Jersey Female
Matt Oechsle
Champion Senior Jersey
Female
Harrison Oechsle
Reserve Champion Senior
Jersey Female
Lucas Mefferd
Champion Jersey Female
Harrison Oechsle
Reserve Champion Jersey
Female
Payton Curran
Champion Junior Holstein
Female
Alyssa Bowen
Reserve Champion Junior
Holstein Female
Payton Curran
Champion Senior Holstein
Female
Harrison Oechsle
Holstein Female
Alyssa Bowen
Champion Holstein Female
Harrison Oechsle
Reserve Champion Holstein
Female
Alyssa Bowen
Champion Senior Guernsey
Female
Harrison Oechsle
Guernsey Female
Lucas Mefferd
Champion Guernsey
Female
Matt Oechsle
Reserve Champion
Guernsey Female
Harrison Oechsle
Grand Champion Dairy
Female
Harrison Oechsle
Reserve Champion Dairy
Female
Harrison Oechsle
Jr. Fair Crop & Garden
Awards
Best Corn Exhibit
Jordan Miller
2nd Best Corn Exhibit
Adam Schumm
Best Soybean Exhibit
Nick Bauer
2nd Best Soybean Exhibit
Kole Rolsten
Best Small Grain Exhibit
Jacob Staley
FFA Special Shop Awards
Best FFA Shop Award
Caleb Blankenmeyer
2nd Best FFA Shop Project
Abram Mitchener
Jr. Fair Swine Showman
Awards
Senior Showman Winner
Adam Schumm
Senior Showman, 2nd
Jacob Wortman
Senior Showman, 3rd
Kim Schnipke
Senior Showman, 4th
Lucas Etzler
Intermediate Showman
Winner
Brock Bonifas
Intermediate Showman,
2nd
Tara Vorst
Intermediate Showman,
3rd
Cain Lautzenheiser
Intermediate Showman, 4th
Kurt Junior
Showman Winner
Joey Shier
Junior Showman, 2nd
Ryan Keber
Junior Showman, 3rd
Trevor Gibson
Junior Showman, 4th
Brett Schumm
Champion Swine Showman
Adam Schumm
Jr. Fair Swine Farrow To
Finish
Champion
Troy Petterson
Reserve Champion
Logan Miller
3rd place
Cassey Patterson
4th place
Joey Shier
Jr. Fair Dairy Feeder Calf
Show Awards
Senior Feeder Calf
Showman
Brooks Ludwig
2nd Place Feeder Calf
Showman
Tyler Matthews
Intermediate Feeder Calf
Showman Alyssa Bowen
Junior Feeder Calf
Showman
Brett Schumm
Champion Feeder Calf
Showman
Matt Allmandinger
Dairy Feeder Calf Best Rate
of Gain Tristin Miller
Dairy Feeder Calf Winner,
Heat 1
Baylee Neate
Dairy Feeder Calf 2nd
Place, Heat 1
Tara Vorst
Heat 2 Gretchen Klinker
Dairy Feeder Calf 2nd Place,
Heat 2 Hayden Ludwig
Heat 3
Betty Vorst
Place, Heat 3
Beth Klopenstein
Heat 4
Morgan Miller
Heat 4 Baylee Neate
Heat 5
Josh Ream
Heat 5 Morgan Miller
Heat 6 McKenzie Bowen
Heat 6 Tristin Miller
Heat 7
Tyler Matthews
Heat 7 Tanner Matthews
Heat 8
Matt Allmandinger
Place, Heat 8
Tyler Matthews
Feeder Calf
Matt Allmandinger
Feeder Calf Tyler Matthews
Jr. Fair Steer & Beef Feeder
Show Awards
Champion Beef Feeder Calf
Austin Sorgen
Reserve Champion Beef
Feeder Calf Austin Sorgen
Dairy Steer Best Rate of
Gain
Tara Vorst
Dairy Steer 2nd Best Rate
of Gain
Tyler Matthews
Steer
Tyler Matthews
Steer
Tanner Matthews
Performance Steer Best
Rate of Gain Adam Rager
Performance Steer 2nd Best
Rate of Gain
Morgan Williams
Grand Champion
Performance Steer Morgan
Williams Reserve
Champion Performance Steer
Caden Ringwald
Show Steer Best Rate of
Gain
Jon German
Show Steer 2nd Best Rate
of Gain
Zayne Weck
Show Steer 1st Weight
Class
Whitney Bates
Show Steer 2nd Weight
Class
Matt Allmandinger
Show Steer 3rd Weight
Class
Kim Schnipke
Show Steer 4th Weight
Class
Tobin Joseph
Grand Champion Show
Steer
Kim Schnipke
Reserve Champion Show
Steer
Tobin Joseph
Jr. Fair Beef Breeding Show
Awards
Senior Beef Showman
Josh Ream
Intermediate Beef
Showman
Katie Vorst
Junior Beef Showman
Austin Sorgen
Champion Beef Showman
Matt Allmandinger
Champion Aberdeen-Angus
Female
Morgan Williams
Champion Simmental
Female
Brandon Babich
Reserve Champion
Simmental Female Adam
Schumm
Champion Chianina
Female
Lauren Schmid
Reserve Champion Chianina
Female Lauren Schmid
Champion Limousin
Female
Allison Bowsher
Reserve Champion
Limousin Female
Audrey Bowsher
Champion Hereford
Female
Lili Dietrich
Reserve Champion Hereford
Female
Kim Schnipke
Champion Crossbred
Female
Austin Sorgen
Reserve Champion
Crossbred Female Brandon
Babich
Supreme Female Overall
Brandon Babich
Reserve Supreme Female
Overall
Ausrin Sorgen
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Thursdays newspaper.
Pathfinders 4-H Club garnered many awards at the 2011 Van Wert County Fair.
Samantha Bonifas, left, was 2nd in class two in goats; Coleen Schulte was 1st in class
one in goats; Meagan Hempfling was second in class one in goats; Julie Bonifas was 1st
in class three in goats; and Lucy Bonifas was second in class three in goats, Intermediate
Showmanship winner and Reserve Champion in market Boar Goat.
Pathfinder 4-H Club member Sophia Wilson won Grand
Champion Market Lamb.
Photos submitted
Pathfinder Anna Mueller was the 2011 Junior
Showmanship Winner.
Pathfinder Brice Schulte took second place in lightweight
division for sheep.
The theory seems to be that as long as a man is a failure he is one of Gods
children, but that as soon as he succeeds he is taken over by the devil.
H.L. Mencken, American journalist-author (1880-1956)
IT WAS NEWS THEN
POLITICS
Moderately confused
One Year Ago
Fort Jennings varsity cheerleaders won this years compe-
tition at the Van Wert County Fair. Team members are Elaina
Maag, Andrea Heitmeyer, Lauren Verhoff, Taylor Wallenhorst,
Alyssa Piasecki, Marissa Mesker, Kaitlin Stechschulte, Mara
Brown, Brittany Inkrott, Rachel Horstman, Emily Grone,
Jamie Saum, Andrea Ricker, Cassie Horstman and Stephanie
Korte.
25 Years Ago 1986
The Black Swamp Quilters will hold their annual quilt
show at the Delphos Public Library during Canal Days. This
will be their ninth annual show. The Friends of Genealogy
will also have a display in the library during Canal Days.
Woodcarvings by Rudy, Bob and Tom Bendele will be on
display in the case near the checkout desk.
Susan Studer, 12, of Elida, and her dog, Ginger, won the
first place silver bowl in statewide dog obedience competi-
tion at the Ohio State Fair. The duo also placed first in Allen
County 4-H clubs competitions.
Freshman Jon Boggs made his debut at quarterback, com-
pleting nine of 11 passes for 241 yards and three touchdowns
as the Jefferson Wildcats rolled over Parkway 26-0 Friday.
Damon Ulm caught touchdown aerials of 81, 16 and 37 yards
and had six catches for 193 yards. Tony Closson scored the
other touchdown on a one-yard run.
50 Years Ago 1986
Tracks spotted Monday on the property of Lewis E. Miller
of near Elida, in the latest development in the bear reportedly
sighted in the area, have been definitely identified by American
Township Constable Clarence E. Prince as bear tracks. The
tracks were first reported by Millers neighbor, Roland H.
Alexander, Jr. Alexander also found evidence of the traveling
bear scratches on an old car seat in his back yard.
Richard Burger was named to head the Delphos Coon
and Sportsmens Club, Inc., at an election of officers held
in the club house Tuesday night. Other officers elected were
Joe Kimmet, vice president; Charles Bilimek, secretary; and
R. Schroeder, R. Wreede, L. Moreo, M. Youngpeter and A.
Kimmet, trustees.
The Delphos Do-Pass-Os Western Square Dance Club
held an election of officers at a recent meeting. The club will
hold an open air dance Sept. 9 on the parking lot of the Auto
Bank of the Commercial Bank. The committee in charge of the
dance includes Mr. and Mrs. John Hilvers, Mr. and Mrs. Byron
Sybert and Mr. and Mrs. Alex Warnecke.
75 Years Ago 1936
A number of people saw the finals of the Delphos
Recreation tennis tournament which was held Sunday after-
noon at Waterworks Park courts. Elmer Scherger was named
champion of Delphos after defeating J. V. DeWeese three
straight sets.
Estella M. Thuston, of near Fort Jennings, owns a leghorn
hen that has laid 43 eggs in 42 days. The owner of the hen
believes that she has a record breaker.
An important event in the history of the Delphos Kiwanis
Club is scheduled to take place soon. At a regular meeting of
the club, a letter from the secretary of Kiwanis International
was read by Melvin Westrich. In this letter attention was called
to the fact that the Delphos Club was given its charter 15 years
ago.
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By ANDREW TAYLOR
Associated Press
WASHINGTON
Fights large and small await
Congress as it gets back to
business, with jobs and bud-
get cuts topping a contentious
agenda that also includes a
lengthy roster of lower-pro-
file but must-do items that
also are potential victims of
partisan gridlock.
President Barack Obama
is to unveil his jobs agenda in
a nationally televised address
Thursday night, but early
glimpses of the package show
it relies heavily on extending
expiring programs.
Obama is expected to pro-
pose $300 billion in tax cuts
and federal spending to get
Americans working again.
Republicans on Tuesday
offered to compromise with
him on jobs but also
assailed his plans in advance
of his prime-time speech.
According to people famil-
iar with the White House
deliberations, two of the big-
gest measures in the presi-
dents proposals for 2012 are
expected to be a one-year
extension of a payroll tax cut
for workers and an extension
of expiring jobless benefits.
Together those two would
total about $170 billion.
The people spoke on
the condition of anonym-
ity because the plan was still
being finalized and some pro-
posals could still be subject to
change.
The White House is also
considering a tax credit
for businesses that hire the
unemployed and spending on
public works projects such as
school construction.
Obamas speech dovetails
with the launch of a bipar-
tisan deficit-reduction panel
that will hold its first meeting
Thursday amid mixed expec-
tations that it can be suc-
cessful in a highly partisan
climate infused with heavy
doses of presidential politics.
In the Senate, the politi-
cal tit-for-tat started immedi-
ately after the opening prayer
Tuesday.
Senate Republican leader
Mitch McConnell predicted
Obamas speech on jobs
legislation to a joint session
of Congress would include
more of the same failed
approach thats only made
things worse over the past
few years.
He spoke a few moments
after the Senates top
Democrat, Harry Reid
of Nevada, had said that
Republicans, rather than
working with Democrats to
produce job-creating legisla-
tion, insist on reckless cuts
to hurt our economic recov-
ery.
The deficit panels dead-
line isnt until late November.
But in the short term, theres
a need for legislation required
to simply keep the govern-
ment running past Sept. 30.
That includes a stopgap bill
to avoid a government shut-
down and short-term exten-
sions of highway and avia-
tion programs needed to head
off widespread layoffs of
construction workers whose
livelihoods are financed by
ticket and gasoline taxes set
to expire soon.
A full roster of appro-
priations bills also looms.
The Senate Appropriations
Committee is getting to work
in earnest today on three
spending bills, including a
measure providing $6 bil-
lion in much-needed disaster
aid most of which comes
on top of tight budget caps
imposed just last month.
But time for floor debate
could prove to be scarce
and all sides already were
bracing for the possibility of
unpopular omnibus legisla-
tion wrapping together all the
appropriations bills instead
of the 12 individual spend-
ing bills a more functional
Congress might produce.
The Senates moves on
disaster aid could spark a
battle with tea party-backed
House Republicans, who say
Congress should cut federal
spending elsewhere to pay
for disaster aid. None of the
handful of Republicans pres-
ent at a Senate Appropriations
subcommittee vote Tuesday
complained about the move,
however.
Congress returns to fight
over jobs, budget cuts
By HOPE YEN
Associated Press
WASHINGTON
Working-age America is the
new face of poverty.
Counting adults 18-64 who
were laid off in the recent
recession as well as single
twenty-somethings still look-
ing for jobs, the new work-
ing-age poor represent nearly
3 out of 5 poor people a
switch from the early 1970s
when children made up the
main impoverished group.
While much of the shift in
poverty is due to demograph-
ic changes Americans are
having fewer children than
before the now-weakened
economy and limited govern-
ment safety net for workers
are heightening the effect.
Currently, the ranks of the
working-age poor are at the
highest level since the 1960s
when the war on poverty was
launched. When new census
figures for 2010 are released
next week, analysts expect
a continued increase in the
overall poverty rate due to
persistently high unemploy-
ment last year.
If that holds true, it will
mark the fourth year in a row
of increases in the U.S. pov-
erty rate, which now stands at
14.3 percent, or 43.6 million
people.
There is a lot of discus-
sion about what the aging
of the baby boom should
mean for spending on Social
Security and Medicare. But
there is not much discus-
sion about how the wages
of workers, especially those
with no more than a high
school degree, are not ris-
ing, said Sheldon Danziger,
a University of Michigan
public policy professor who
specializes in poverty.
Census numbers show that
out of 8.8 million families
who are currently poor, about
60 percent had at least one
person who was working.
The reality is there are
going to be a lot of work-
ing poor for the foreseeable
future, Danziger said, citing
high unemployment and con-
gressional resistance to rais-
ing the minimum wage.
The newest poor include
Richard Bowden, 53, of
southeast Washington, who
has been on food stamps off
and on the last few years. A
maintenance worker, Bowden
says he was unable to save
much money before losing
his job months ago. He no
longer works due to hip and
back problems and now gets
by on about $1,000 a month
in disability and other aid.
At my work, we hadnt
gotten a raise in two years,
even while the prices of food
and clothing kept going up,
so I had little left over,
Bowden said. Now, after
rent, the utility bill, trans-
portation and other costs, my
money is pretty much down
to nothing.
I pray and hope that
things get better, but you just
dont know, he said.
The poverty figures come
at a politically sensitive time
for President Barack Obama,
after a Labor Department
report last Friday showed zero
job growth in August. The
White House now acknowl-
edges that the unemployment
rate, currently at 9.1 percent,
will likely average 9 percent
through 2012.
Obama is preparing to out-
line a new plan for creating
jobs and stimulating the econ-
omy in a prime-time address
to Congress on Thursday.
The Republican-controlled
House has been adamant
about requiring spending cuts
in return for an increase in the
federal debt limit. Suggested
cuts have included proposals
to raise the eligibility age for
future Medicare recipients or
to reduce other domestic pro-
grams in a way that would
disproportionately affect the
poor.
Working-age adults make
up record share of US poor
By KASIE HUNT and
MICHAEL R. BLOOD
Associated Press
SIMI VALLEY, Calif.
Rick Perry is looking to make
a strong first impression
on the national stage. Mitt
Romney is hoping for another
flawless debate performance.
And Michele Bachmann,
perhaps, is shooting for rel-
evance in what increasingly
appears to be a two-man GOP
presidential race.
With the national unem-
ployment rate stuck at 9.1
percent, the economy was
likely to dominate todays
debate at the Ronald
Reagan Presidential Library.
Republicans competing
for the chance to challenge
President Barack Obama next
fall were taking the stage one
day before the incumbent
Democrat rolls out a jobs-
creation plan.
Its the first of three
Republican presidential
debates scheduled over the
next three weeks.
The events promise to
shape the GOP presiden-
tial race heading into this
winters series of nominat-
ing primaries and caucuses.
National and state polls
show Perry, the Texas gov-
ernor, and Romney, the for-
mer Massachusetts gover-
nor, competing for the lead.
Bachmann, the Minnesota
congresswoman who was
running strong in polls ear-
lier this summer, is trailing,
along with no less than a half
dozen other lesser-known
Republicans.
This would be the first
debate appearance for Perry,
who has been in the race just
a few weeks.
But his attendance was in
question. Aides said Tuesday
that he plans to debate. But
Perry, who was in Texas
dealing with one of the most
destructive wildfire outbreaks
in the states history, left
open the possibility that he
may skip the debate. Asked
whether he would have time
to prepare even if he does
attend, Perry said, Well
deal with that when it comes
up.
Should Perry attend as
expected, he will face a bright
spotlight in part because he
doesnt have extensive debate
experience and is competing
in his first national campaign.
Hes a natural politician, but
aides privately acknowledge
that Perry doesnt count
debating among his strongest
skills. In 10 years as gover-
nor, Perry has debated other
candidates just four times
and last year, he didnt debate
his general election opponent
at all.
Perry entered the race and
immediately jolted the GOP
electorate with a shot of ener-
gy. But he found himself in
hot water for controversial
remarks, including suggest-
ing there are gaps in the
theory of evolution, question-
ing whether humans play a
role in climate change and
referring to Social Security as
a Ponzi scheme. The debate
will test whether he can with-
stand on-camera questioning
or barbs from his competitors
over those issues.
Romney, who led the
field before Perry became a
candidate, has turned in two
strong debate performances
largely by staying above the
fray while his rivals sparred
onstage.
Republican debate first for Perry
NORTH LAS VEGAS,
Nev. (AP) Casting him-
self as Americas CEO,
Republican presidential hope-
ful Mitt Romney on Tuesday
outlined a sweeping economic
plan that would reduce regula-
tions and taxes on companies,
sanction China over its cur-
rency practices and weaken
the clout of labor unions.
Trying to hold off surg-
ing rival Rick Perry, Romney
traveled to economically
suffering Nevada and stood
inside a giant truck warehouse
to deliver his multi-point plan
designed to position him as
the GOP contender with the
most comprehensive approach
to fixing the economy.
This is a business plan
for America, Romney told
supporters as he promoted his
plan as one designed to mod-
ernize an economy he says
is still oriented toward ear-
lier decades and held up
General Electric CEO Jack
Welch and former Apple CEO
Steve Jobs as real deal lead-
ers in the U.S. economy.
Its a version of the eco-
nomic pitch Romney has been
making throughout the cam-
paign so far but its now
been sharpened to highlight
how his private-sector record
contrasts with Perry, the
Texas governor, who has held
elected office for more than
two decades. In his speech
Tuesday, Romney barely
mentioned his own four years
as governor of Massachusetts.
Perrys campaign sharply
criticized Romney immedi-
ately after the address. As
governor of Massachusetts,
Mitt Romney failed to create a
pro-jobs environment, Perry
spokesman Mark Miner said
in a statement. When Romney
was governor, Massachusetts
ranked 47th out of 50 in job
creation.
Romneys plan calls for
reducing or eliminating sev-
eral taxes, extracting more
U.S. oil, coal and natural
gas, expanding trade pacts
and slashing federal spend-
ing. His campaign distributed
the 160-page booklet, and
Romney explained it in an at-
times rambling speech deliv-
ered without prepared text or
a teleprompter.
Democrats called Romneys
plan wrong-headed and
doomed to fail. Taxes already
are near historic lows, they
noted, and many employers
say weak consumer demand is
more troubling than taxes or
regulation.
Romney portrayed his plan
as a bold vision to lower the
nations unemployment rate,
now at 9.1 percent.
America should be a job
machine: jobs being created
all the time, people looking
for employees to join their
enterprises, he said.
Many of his proposals
are not new, although they
could cause fierce debates
in Congress if pursued.
He would seek a balanced
budget amendment to the
Constitution, cut non-security
discretionary spending by 5
percent, eliminate the estate
tax and undo the 2010 health
care overhaul championed by
President Barack Obama.
The jobs plan is Romneys
first major policy statement
since he announced his candi-
dacy in June. It came two days
ahead of Obamas scheduled
speech on jobs before a joint
session of Congress.
Romney says
cut taxes, slap
China, drill oil
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CALENDAR OF
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Children ready for school,
Eicher to face empty home
BY LOVINA EICHER
We have entered
September and enjoyed
a relaxing Labor Day. My
husband Joe and the boys
plan to go fishing but first
they are cleaning out our
tool shed. Things
seem to get disor-
ganized in there
pretty fast. The
boys can spend a
lot of time in there.
This summer they
tried to build their
own pony buggy.
They had the right
idea but it would
not have been safe
to use. They were
puzzled when they
got to the wheels as to how
to make them workable.
They came in and asked me
if they could take the wheels
off their bikes. That wasnt
an option because that would
have made their bikes unus-
able!
They have quite an imagi-
nation and if they keep try-
ing they might figure one out
a way yet to get the buggy
moving. They are sure get-
ting good practice at pound-
ing in nails in the meantime.
School starts tomorrow
and the children have all
their school bags and cloth-
ing ready to go. Verena will
be in 7th grade, Benjamin
in 6th and Loretta will enter
middle school in grade 5.
In the elementary building
Joseph will be in third grade,
Lovina in first, and Kevin
in kindergarten. The house
will seem empty when all
six leave for school at 7
a.m. tomorrow morning. We
are hoping and praying that
Verena will have a better
year this term. Elizabeth, 17,
is sewing Joseph some new
pants hoping to have them
in time for him to wear to
school tomorrow. She has
cut out quite a few pairs of
pants for the boys, I think a
total of 10. It seems like we
will be able to have more
time to sew after the children
are in school.
Loretta, 11, Joseph, 9, have
left for the neighbors to go get
milk with the pony cart. It is
hard to believe they can drive
Tiger. Tiger is the miniature
pony that Susan trained. He
seems to be really calming
down. Kevin is 6 years old
now and we want to make
cupcakes and cel-
ebrate his birthday
tonight. The week-
end was so busy
and we didnt get
around to it yet.
We gave him some
toys for his birth-
day. He hides them
behind the couch
and doesnt real-
ize we all know
where they are
hidden. He hid his
birthday candy between our
bed and our night stand. It
is funny to see all the hiding
places he comes up with.
Our neighbor lady, Amy,
brought us peaches from their
tree. They are really good.
I will freeze some and keep
them just for fresh eating. We
sure appreciated her giving
them to us
This coming Friday we are
invited to a wedding about 4
miles from here. The bride is
a girl from our church district.
Hopefully this cool weath-
er we are having today will
warm up by then. Our ther-
mometer showed 53 degrees
this morning and the children
all wanted jackets to wear
outside. Friday and Saturday
it was very hot and now today
it is chilly.
On Saturday, we all went
to the place that Elizabeths
friend, Timothy, recently
bought. Joe helped Tim cut
wood while our children
loaded it up into wheelbar-
rows and hauled it inside.
Daughter Susan, Verena, and
I fixed lunch at home and
took it over and stayed to
help.
For lunch we had campfire
stew, crackers, sliced toma-
toes, chocolate cake, peaches,
chips and salsa. After we were
home, we experienced a bad
thunderstorm and also some
hail. The children ran outside
after the storm and gathered
some hail and put in baggies
and put into the freezer. They
were really amazed at some
of the golf-ball sized hail.
We were thankful the storm
didnt do too much damage.
We had a lot of small twigs
blown off our trees. Later
that evening we had another
thunderstorm and it sounded
very windy outside. Makes a
person think of all the people
affected by Hurricane Irene
recently. Let us pray for
them. We have been keeping
up with the hurricane in the
newspapers. While we were
in Florida we got some read-
ing papers on the hurricanes
which is very interesting. The
children seem to understand
a lot more what a hurricane is
but we hope to never be close
to one.
We have harvested our
cabbage now. Try this veg-
etable relish, which is a great
way to use up the cabbage.
Easy Vegetable Relish
4 cups onion
4 cups cabbage
4 cups green tomatoes
4 cups red or green pep-
pers
1/2 cup salt
6 cups sugar
2 tablespoons mustard
seed
1 tablespoon celery seed
1 tablespoon tumeric
2 cups water
2 cups vinegar
Grind vegetables and
sprinkle with salt. Let stand
in refrigerator overnight.
Rinse salt from the vegetables
and drain. Put vegetables in
pan and pour vinegar sugar,
mustard seed, celery seed,
tumeric, water, and vinegar
over the top of them. Heat
over medium until boiling.
Simmer 3 minutes and pro-
cess. Makes around 8 pints.
(Editors Note: The Amish
are avid home-canners.
Proper USDA guidelines
should be followed when
home-canning, which can
be found at USDA.gov or by
contacting your local county
extension agent.)
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HOLIDAY
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M T OTORCOACH RIPS
TODAY
6 p.m. Shepherds of
Christ Associates meet in the
St. Johns Chapel.
6:30 p.m. Delphos
Kiwanis Club meets at the
Eagles Lodge, 1600 E. Fifth
St.
7 p.m. Bingo at St.
Johns Little Theatre.
Delphos Civil Service
Commission meets at
Municipal Building.
7:30 p.m. Hope Lodge
214 Free and Accepted
Masons, Masonic Temple,
North Main Street.
9 p.m. Fort Jennings
Lions Club meets at the
Outpost Restaurant.
THURSDAY
9-11 a.m. The Delphos
Canal Commission Museum,
241 N. Main St., is open.
11:30 a.m. Mealsite at
Delphos Senior Citizen Center,
301 Suthoff Street.
5-7 p.m. The Interfaith
Thrift Shop is open for shop-
ping.
8 p.m. American Legion
Post 268, 415 N. State St.
FRIDAY
7:30 a.m. Delphos
Optimist Club, 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,
600 block of East Second
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.
Happy Birthday
SEPT. 8
Andy Gerdemann
Tony Reindel
Kathy Stewart
Patty Lause
Gregory D. Redmon
Shawn Pavel
Danny Makara
Thomas Stocklin
Jennifer Smith
Cody Hoehn
Grubenhoff turns 95 Sunday
Rita Grubenhoff will cel-
ebrate her 95th birthday on
Sunday.
She has fve children (one
is deceased), 22 grandchil-
dren, 31 great-grandchildren
and fve great-great-grand-
children.
Send cards to: Rita
Grubenhoff, 310 Elida Ave.,
Apr. 310, Delphos OH
45833.
SPORTS
National League
East Division
W L Pct GB
Philadelphia 90 48 .652
Atlanta 82 59 .582 9 1/2
New York 69 71 .493 22
Washington 65 75 .464 26
Florida 63 78 .447 28 1/2
Central Division
W L Pct GB
Milwaukee 85 58 .594
St. Louis 75 67 .528 9 1/2
Cincinnati 70 72 .493 14 1/2
Pittsburgh 65 77 .458 19 1/2
Chicago 61 81 .430 23 1/2
Houston 48 94 .338 36 1/2
West Division
W L Pct GB
Arizona 81 61 .570
San Francisco 75 67 .528 6
Los Angeles 69 72 .489 11 1/2
Colorado 67 75 .472 14
San Diego 61 81 .430 20
Tuesdays Results
Philadelphia 6, Atlanta 3
Houston 4, Pittsburgh 1
L.A. Dodgers 7, Washington 3
N.Y. Mets 7, Florida 4, 12 innings
Cincinnati 4, Chicago Cubs 2, 13 innings
St. Louis 4, Milwaukee 2
Colorado 8, Arizona 3
San Francisco 6, San Diego 4
Todays Games
N.Y. Mets (Dickey 7-11) at Florida (Hand
1-5), 5:10 p.m.
San Francisco (Cain 11-9) at San Diego
(Harang 12-5), 6:35 p.m.
Atlanta (Beachy 7-2) at Philadelphia (Oswalt
7-8), 7:05 p.m.
Houston (Happ 5-15) at Pittsburgh (Burres
1-0), 7:05 p.m.
L.A. Dodgers (Eveland 1-0) at Washington
(Wang 2-3), 7:05 p.m.
Cincinnati (Cueto 9-5) at Chicago Cubs
(Dempster 10-11), 8:05 p.m.
Milwaukee (Greinke 14-5) at St. Louis
(C.Carpenter 8-9), 8:15 p.m.
Arizona (J.Saunders 9-12) at Colorado
(Millwood 2-1), 8:40 p.m.
Thursdays Games
L.A. Dodgers (Billingsley 10-10) at
Washington (Detwiler 2-5), 1:05 p.m.
Atlanta (Minor 4-2) at N.Y. Mets (Schwinden
0-0), 4:10 p.m., 1st game
Atlanta (Teheran 0-1) at N.Y. Mets (Gee
12-5), 7:40 p.m., 2nd game
Philadelphia (Hamels 13-7) at Milwaukee
(Narveson 10-6), 8:10 p.m.
San Diego (Luebke 5-8) at Arizona (I.Kennedy
18-4), 9:40 p.m.
American League
East Division
W L Pct GB
New York 87 53 .621
Boston 85 56 .603 2 1/2
Tampa Bay 77 64 .546 10 1/2
Toronto 70 72 .493 18
Baltimore 55 85 .393 32
Central Division
W L Pct GB
Detroit 80 62 .563
Chicago 71 69 .507 8
Cleveland 70 69 .504 8 1/2
Kansas City 60 83 .420 20 1/2
Minnesota 58 84 .408 22
West Division
W L Pct GB
Texas 81 62 .566
Los Angeles 77 65 .542 3 1/2
Oakland 64 78 .451 16 1/2
Seattle 59 82 .418 21
Tuesdays Results
N.Y. Yankees 5, Baltimore 3
Detroit 10, Cleveland 1
Boston 14, Toronto 0
Texas 8, Tampa Bay 0
Chicago White Sox 3, Minnesota 0
Kansas City 7, Oakland 4
Seattle 2, L.A. Angels 1
Todays Games
Detroit (Verlander 21-5) at Cleveland
(Masterson 11-8), 12:05 p.m.
Baltimore (Britton 9-9) at N.Y. Yankees
(A.J.Burnett 9-11), 1:05 p.m.
Texas (D.Holland 13-5) at Tampa Bay
(Price 12-12), 1:10 p.m.
Kansas City (Chen 10-6) at Oakland
(Moscoso 7-8), 3:35 p.m.
Boston (Wakefield 6-6) at Toronto
(Morrow 9-10), 7:07 p.m.
Chicago White Sox (Danks 6-10) at
Minnesota (Pavano 7-11), 8:10 p.m.
Seattle (Furbush 3-7) at L.A. Angels
(J.Williams 2-0), 10:05 p.m.
Thursdays Games
N.Y. Yankees (Nova 15-4) at Baltimore
(Simon 4-8), 1:05 p.m.
Boston (A.Miller 6-2) at Toronto
(R.Romero 13-10), 7:07 p.m.
Cleveland (D.Huff 2-3) at Chicago White
Sox (Floyd 12-10), 8:10 p.m.
Kansas City (Hochevar 10-10) at Seattle
(Vargas 7-13), 10:10 p.m.
MLB
By JIM METCALFE
jmetcalfe@delphosherald.com
COLDWATER St.
Johns scored midway
through the second half on
a windy Tuesday afternoon/
evening and then held off
Coldwater 2-1 in a girls soc-
cer matchup at Coldwater.
The Cavaliers had tied the
score 1-1 at 25:34 of the sec-
ond half and seemed
in control.
The Jays (2-2)
finally got an oppor-
tunity to counter and
made it pay off. Off
a corner kick from
the left side by senior
Kait Wrasman with
the wind coming from
the northwest cor-
ner behind it she
connected with classmate
Courtney Grothouse, who
touched it to sophomore
Sam Bonifas. Her 15-yarder
from outside the left post
went over the top of Cavalier
junior keeper Krista Wellman
(4 saves versus 7 shots on-
goal, 9 total) and into the
net for a 2-1 lead with 20:49
remaining.
The Cavaliers (2-5) tried
to get the equalizer but either
misfired on their tries or Lady
Jay sophomore netminder
Madison Kreeger (13 saves
vs. 15 shots on-goal, 17 total)
was up to the task, deny-
ing three prime chances: at
9:25, stopping senior Carly
Schlater; at 6:50, denying a
shot in front by sophomore
Kaitlyn Schmit; and 1:44,
when she stymied freshman
Holly Rindler.
Madison faced a few
more shots the second half
than the first. I prefer my
goalie to not be very busy but
Coldwater really came back
with a different atti-
tude the second half,
St. Johns coach John
Munoz noted. They
are a much better
team than they were
last year. Madison
really had to make
some good stops, as
well as take away the
50/50 balls in front of
the goal.
Coldwater coach Scott
Brinkman was extremely
pleased with his team.
Our effort was exactly
what I wanted today. I cant
fault that, Brinkman said.
Weve come a long way in
our program. We have 11
seniors, whereas before, we
didnt have a lot of seniors.
With the wind at their back
the first half, the Jays had a
lot better looks. The keep-
ers were up to the challenge,
denying the opponent.
As well, the wind may
have played havoc with the
shots, with a 17-yarder by
Grothouse at 27:25 going just
over the top and a 30-yarder
by Wrasman outside the right
post curling just wide left at
21:58.
As well, Coldwater junior
Carly Hoying missed over
the top on her 20-yarder at
8:02.
The Jays went up 1-0 at
10:08 on a penalty kick on a
foul from behind in the box.
Grothouse got the
honors and went hard
and low right past a
diving Wellman.
With the wind at
their backs the sec-
ond half, the hosts
had fire in their
eyes looking for the
tie, pressuring the
defense of senior
Julie Bonifas and the
like in front of the
keeper.
They had ample chances
that were denied by Kreeger
especially at 30:17 when
she made a great diving save
of a 19-yarder by Schmit;
and at 26:10, when Kreeger
knocked away a 20-yard free
kick by Hoying.
She very nearly kept
Coldwater off the board
at 25:34. Hoying tried a
20-yarder from the right post
that deflected off a defender,
forcing Kreeger to make a
diving deflection; however,
waiting on the opposite side
was Schmit, who touched it
inside to senior Abbey Kunk
wide open in front of the
goal. Her point-blank shot
was too good to be stopped to
tie it at 1-1.
Every match and every
practice, we are getting bet-
ter. We are slowly coming
around, Munoz added. We
are still dealing with so much
inexperience but the girls are
making progress. We
didnt have a JV match
today, so the second
half, I was looing to get
those new girls more
playing time; they have
to have it. Plus, with the
weather changing so
quickly that is soc-
cer season this was
the first time we played
in wind like this. Again,
its a learning experience.
For Brinkman, having two
younger girls like Schmit and
Rindler is also a comfort.
Having two girls like
that so young but having the
skills they do is a positive for
us, he added. You can see
the confidence grow in those
two every practice; they are
melding nicely with the older
girls, too.
St. Johns hosts Jefferson
5 p.m. Thursday, with
Coldwater hosting St. Marys
Memorial.
Lady Jays hold off Cavaliers on pitch
Bonifas
Kreeger
By JIM METCALFE
jmetcalfe@delphosherald.com
Ive thought a little bit about the
penalty given to the high school players
over a week ago in the Louisville HS
versus Walsh Jesuit.
Alex Schooley and Gavin Lovejoy
in particularly pointed to the sky after
putting their team ahead with just over
a minute left. Well, they were penal-
ized for excessive celebration, giving
Walsh Jesuit field position and helping
them win on a last-second 29-yard field
goal.
It was in honor of a teammate that
had died in an accident only days
before.
I understand about not calling atten-
tion to yourself or not showing up the
other team. That is unsportsmanlike
conduct and it needs to be discouraged.
However, I have never liked that
penalty in the college game. When you
see some of the stuff called and then the
stuff that SHOULD be called and is not,
it gets frustrating.
Football, especially high school and
college, is advertised as a game of emo-
tion, passion, pageantry, etc., which it
indeed is.
Yet when that emotion is shown, it
seems that it is penalized.
The Louisville team had just gone
ahead late in the game after trailing
17-0; they should be excited. Schooley
had been a pallbearer at the friends
funeral just the morning before.
It seems to me touching your heart
and pointing toward Heaven is not
showing up the other team in any way,
shape or form; pointing at them would
be or doing the pre-arranged stuff. If
they are offended, that is their prob-
lem.
Especially when you consider the
circumstances.
This is what I dont know about the
circumstances and may never know.
I believe that before every game, the
officials talk to each of the coaching
staffs about what they are supposed
to watch out for. It seems to me that
the Louisville coach likely would have
explained the situation and that his
team was still pretty emotional after
losing their friend.
It also seems that this was probably
a rivalry game of some sort and the
opposing coaches and players
wouldve known what had happened,
or that the Louisville coach likely had
told them.
Apparently, the referees had said
something to Schooley earlier in the
game about not celebrating; perhaps
he should have relayed that to the
coach and the coach then should have
explained what was happening.
I want to give the officials the bene-
fit of the doubt because it is a tough job.
College and the NFL have seven guys
and we see the struggled they have with
guys that made a pretty good paycheck;
high school only has five.
However, if all of this is true and
they still flagged the players, the offi-
cials were wrong and, to my mind, the
opposing coach could have declined the
penalty. Granted, that may have been
too much to ask in the heat of a game
having a chance to win the opener,
playoff points, etc. but it might have
been a superb gesture of understanding,
considering the statement read before
every game.
If this is not the case, the Louisville
coach should have made sure every-
body was informed about the situation.
As far as I can find, I have no idea what
he did or didnt do.
Watching it on YouTube, you can
argue about whether it was excessive
celebration or not after all, it seems
officials are taught not to let their
whistle (or flag?) decide the outcome
of a game late but they decided to
throw the yellow. I also dont know if
there was or is bad blood between the
schools and the officials were making
sure it wasnt going to get out of hand;
if that is true, then the flag was likely a
correct response.
I have read a few posts on some web
sites and they were naming names; I
dont like that.
If it seems I am equivocating, I am.
This is where we dont have all the facts
about what really happened and I am
thinking out loud here.
I imagine a lot of people might have
the same feelings, wanting to give the
stripes the benefit of the doubt but hav-
ing in the back of their minds the death
of a teenager and the emotions that
cant shouldnt be bottled up.
A lot of ifs here, arent there?
Wheres Paul Harvey when you need
him The Rest of The Story?
This item was much better.
Forest Park (Ind.) High linemen
Anthony Fischer, Austin Kempf and
Ethan Knust were walking to the store
Saturday when they saw a truck over-
turned on the road. After breaking
through a barbed wire fence to get to
it, they pulled a man and his young
daughter to safety, then discovered a
very pregnant woman was still trapped
inside. The truck was on fire, so the
kids knew what they had to do.
With the help of two other bystand-
ers, they flipped the truck and got the
woman out safely.
Heroes in my book!!!
Thoughts on The Penalty and true heroes
JIM METCALFE
Metcalfes
Musings
By MALLORY KEMPER
The Delphos Herald
mkemper2011@hotmail.com

ELIDA St. Marys Lady
Roughriders and Elida Lady
Bulldogs battled it out in a
Western Buckeye League girls
soccer matchup at the Elida
Soccer Complex Tuesday
night.
St. Marys dominated the
shots on-goal 12-2, while
remaining undefeated (4-0-1,
2-0-0 WBL) with a 3-0 vic-
tory.
The Lady Riders controlled
most of the first half, getting
seven shots on-goal. St. Marys
senior Ashleigh Falk had a good
attempt at Elidas goalie, senior
Kaitlyn Morrisey (8 saves), at
the 28:02 mark when she drib-
bled past the Lady Bulldog
defenders and shot two yards
from the goal, hitting
the top of the goal
post.
St. Marys con-
trolled the ball for the
next three minutes
and freshman Maho
Dokai made a fancy move
around the goal and shot from
four yards out in the right cor-
ner just past Morrisey, who
dove to try to stop the goal but
couldnt reach it as St. Marys
went up 1-0 with 25 minutes to
play in the opening half.
With less than two min-
utes to play, Lady Rider Sara
Lininger was wide open as she
made her way down the pitch
and shot to the left of Morrisey;
she leaped and got a hand on
the ball to keep St. Marys from
scoring another goal just before
the half ended.
The second half began with
Elida stepping it up and con-
trolling more of the offense.
Lady Bulldog Lindsay Hall
had a good shot on-goal, using
her quickness to get past the
Riders defense but couldnt
manage to get the ball in the
back of the net.
We came out stronger
the second half, Elida coach
Brady Overholt said. We put
a few combinations together
that we couldnt do in the first
half.
St. Marys came back down
the other end quickly with no
pressure from the Elida defense
as Falk had a wide-open look at
the goal from about nine yards
out and scored for a 2-0 lead.
St. Marys controlled the
ball for the next five minutes,
shooting a few more times at
the goal, but couldnt find the
back of the net.
At the 24:49 mark, St.
Marys Kayla Boysell made
her way past Elidas defenders
and shot from 15 yards out just
out of the goalies reach for
another score.
The Lady Bulldogs fought
to get the ball and senior Beth
Boyle had a good
attempt at visitor
goalkeeper Paige
Dicus with 13 min-
utes to play, when
she made a move
and shot from about
eight yards away but didnt
score.
Overall, their posses-
sion beat us in the long run,
Overholt added. We kind
of played a defensive game
instead of an offensive game,
which we needed to do.
As for St. Marys, head
coach Paul Dingledine thinks
his team played a hard-fought
match and did what they need-
ed to do in a league match.
We came out ready, scored
and did a great job, Dingledine
added. We held them defen-
sively and only gave them two
shots on-goal, which is impor-
tant for teams to be success-
ful. I am happy with our win
tonight, especially playing a
tough Elida team.
Elida falls to 2-2-1. The
junior varsity match ended in
Elidas favor, 3-1.
Elida falls to St. Marys
Rangers sweep Bearcats
SPENCERVILLE New Knoxville has
started to come together under first-year head
volleyball coach Jill Roode.
Spencerville has struggled to do the same
for its first-year coach, Kari Wicker.
That, as much as anything, explains
Tuesday nights 25-13, 25-16, 25-17 sweep
by the Rangers at Spencerville High School.
We are struggling with two things right
now: serving and defense. Its hard
to play good volleyball when you
dont do those things; we are on our
heels too much right now instead of
attacking, Wicker noted. We are
doing some other things OK, like
serve-receive. Still, tonight was our
sixth match and were just into our second
week of the season. We havent really had
a chance to work on things in practice to get
better; well have that opportunity the next
three days.
Topping the Lady Bearcats (0-6) were
seniors Taylor Elchert (3 aces; 5 digs),
Devan Hanjora (16 digs) and Shanna German
(4 kills; 6 digs) and junior Abby Freewalt (5
digs).
These girls havent had any consistency
with the coaching; they have had coach after
coach after coach, Wicker added. Theyve
had no chance to really get comfortable
under any one system. I have some very
good athletes that are simply struggling right
now.
Roode has seen her girls come back from
a slow start.
I have been teaching in the system for
a couple of years now, so the girls knew
me as a teach and I knew them as students.
The adjustment was to go from that to play-
ers and coach, Roode added. The biggest
focus I have had is communication; you
cannot play good volley-
ball without that on the
court. That has been the
biggest difference so far;
were gelling there and it
becomes a much easier
game.
Leading the Lady
Rangers (3-3) were Kalyn Shroer (8 points;
13 digs), Haley Horstman (25 assists; 3
aces), Meg Reineke (10 digs; 6 kills), April
Cain (3 kills; 7 blocks), Haley Dillon (8
kills), Paige Lehman 7 kills) and Taylor
Niemeyer (5 kills).
The Rangers (1-2) won the junior varsity
match 25-15, 25-16.
Spencerville is in the Kalida Pioneer
Festival Invitational 9 a.m. Saturday.
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Thunderbirds stay
perfect on the links
KALIDA Lima Central Catholics
boys golf unit stayed perfect with a 156-196-
203-208 Northwest Conference victory over
host Columbus Grove, Jefferson and Ada
Tuesday at Country Acres Golf Club.
Josh Klaus shot a 38 to lead LCC (13-0,
8-0 NWC), while Kody Griffiths 44 was
low for the host Bulldogs (10-9, 7-6 NWC);
Tyler Wrasman and Jacob Violet carded 49s
for the Wildcats (7-8, 4-7 NWC) and Matt
Gray registered a 41 for Ada (6-11, 4-7).
Jefferson hosts Columbus
Grove and Lincolnview
today (4 p.m.).
Team Scores:
Lima Central Catholic
156: Josh Klaus 38, John
Kidd 39, Timmy Levers 49,
Austin Goodridge 40, Evan
Wilker 43, Jacob Judy 47.
Columbus Grove 196: Kody Griffith 44,
Matt Silver 49, Clay Diller 49, Jacob Roebke
54, Taylor Giesige 56, Jeff Birkemeier 60.
Jefferson 203: Tyler Wrassman 49, Jacob
Violet 49, Nick Gallmeier 51, Tyler Miller
54, Carter Mox 58, Ryan Bullinger 62.
Ada 208: Matt Gray 41, Slade Downing
51, Austin Dysert 55, Connor English 61,
Allen Jenkins 64.
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Shawnee grabs CC tri-meet
SPENCERVILLE Shawnee won both
sides of the Spencerville cross country tri-
meet Tuesday.
Spencerville hosts its own invitational 9
a.m. Saturday.
High School Boys: Shawnee 23,
Spencerville 38, Perry (no team score).
Top 5 Finishers: 1. Brandon Sevitz Shaw
17:43, 2. Aaron Hefner Spen 18:10, 3. Joe
Wisher Spen 19:12, 4. Joe Miller Shaw
19:16, 5. Andrew Bryan Shaw 19:17 ... Top
Perry runner: 16. Bryce Phillips 24:16.
High School Girls: Shawnee
28, Spencerville 29, Perry (no
team score).
Top 5 Finishers: 1. Adrienne
Pohl Shaw 21:08, 2. Kacie
Mulholland Spen 21:29, 3.
Maddie Cohorn Shaw 21:45, 4.
Cortney Miller Spen 21:48, 5. Tori
Hardesty Spen 21:48 ... Top Perry runner:
22. Julie Lee 31:11.
Junior High Boys: Spencervile 24,
Shawnee 31, Perry (no team score).
Top 5 finishers: 1. Jon Andrews Shaw
12:40, 2. David Wisher Spen 12:53, 3.
Dominic Brown Spen 12:54, 4. Westley
Godfrey Perry 13:03, 5. Thad Ringwald
Spen 13:33.
Junior High Girls: no team scores.
Top 5 Finishers: 1. Kennedy Sharp Spen
14:39, 2. Sarah Miller Shaw 15:20, 3. Cassie
Demoss Perry 17:28, 4. Victoria Haycock
Shaw 17:30, 5. Kylie Kuhlman Shaw 17:36.
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DEAR BRUCE: My
friend and I are having a
disagreement. She says you
should pay off a house as fast
as you can, even pay cash if
you can. My opinion is that if
you can get a good deal on a
mortgage, take the loan and
use the tax deduction every
year. Who is right? -- S.P., via
email
DEAR S.P.: If the money
you would use to pay cash
for the house is earning more
than what your interest rate
would be for the mortgage,
then by all means, get a loan.
Keep that money earning the
higher percentage instead of
paying cash for the house.
On the other side of that, if
your credit is a little bit shaky,
or if you are risk-averse in
terms of investments and
your savings earn very little,
it may be to your advantage
to pay cash and then claim the
deduction on your taxes.
Another variable is your
age. Many people who are
along in years like to have the
home paid for in full and enjoy
not having to worry about a
mortgage. The math is simple
to figure out; just figure what
works best for you.
DEAR BRUCE: My
husband and I had our will
drawn up. Because all of our
relatives live states away, we
put our bank as the executor
of our will. We are both in our
60s.
When we contacted the
bank to give it a copy, the
bank informed us there would
be a fee involved in handling
our will when we both passed
on. The fee would be based
on a percentage of the value
of the estate.
We have no children, and
we want charities that we have
named to receive our house.
We have no debt; everything
is paid for. Is there a better
way to handle this? Should
we keep the bank as our
executor? We do not want to
burden our faraway relatives.
-- Reader, via email
DEAR READER: It is
not unreasonable for a bank
to charge a fee for handling
your estate once you both
have passed away.
It seems to me like
you have things
under control.
Considering the
geographic distance
that you say there
is between you
and your relatives,
it would be unfair
to expect them to
handle your estate
without paying
them a fee as well.
The only other
alternative would be to make
your attorney your executor.
You might ask how much of
a fee he or she would charge
and compare it with the banks
fee. It may be that because
you have already engaged
the services of the attorney
in writing your will, he or she
may charge less of a fee than
the bank would.
DEAR BRUCE: You
have said many times that a
prudent person should have
at least a million dollars in
liability insurance that is
usually acquired through
an umbrella policy. I dont
understand why I should be
insured for a million dollars.
My assets dont even come
close to a million, and Im
sure that in my lifetime I will
never be worth a million.
I have a
good job, and as far
as I can tell there is no
chance in the future
of losing it. I have a
modest home that is
almost paid for and
no outstanding bills.
They can try to come
after me for a million
dollars, but they will
never get it as it wont
ever exist. So again,
why should I put out
the money to be insured
for a million? -- Reader in
Michigan

DEAR READER:
The fact that you dont
have a million or never will
does not preclude someone
from suing you for a million
dollars and attaching your
future wages in an effort to
recoup as much of the million
as possible. Having adequate
liability insurance is simply
a responsible action on your
part. If you were to cause
severe damage to someone,
while you may not be able to
make them completely whole,
you will at least have enough
insurance to make them as
whole as money can do.
Paying off mortgage quickly makes sense
Smart Money
Bruce Williams
Fortman Insurance company recently opened a satellite office in Bluffton. Owned
by Cathy Fortman and her husband, the company held a grand opening celebra-
tion at the Bluffton location located at 115 N. Main Street, Bluffton. The company
offered food and drink to the community of Bluffton on Friday. Pictured above are,
from left, Dale Metzger (new Property and Casualty Agent from Bluffton), John
Fortman and Sharon and Nick Schroeder (Schroeder CPAs).
Fortman Insurance opens Bluffton office
Submitted photo
BANGKOK (AP) Asia-Pacific markets
rebounded in early trading today, as traders
looked past some bleak U.S. jobs data and
Europes debt crisis to scoop up bargains fol-
lowing a steep selloff of equities.
Japans Nikkei 225 index, which on
Tuesday fell to its lowest level since April
2009, rose 1.4 percent to 8,714.59. A slightly
lower yen helped Japans powerhouse export
sector recover from the beating it took earlier
this week.
Mazda Motor Corp. jumped 3.4 percent,
and Sony Corp. gained 2.8 percent. Toyota
Motor Corp. rose 2.3 percent.
Markets received further good news when
the Australian government said the economy
expanded 1.2 percent in the quarter through
June, rebounding from a 0.9 percent contrac-
tion in the previous three months. Australias
S&P ASX 200 index gained 1.9 percent at
4,153. New Zealands NZX 50 was 0.7 per-
cent higher at 3,294.42.
South Koreas Kospi clawed back the prior
days losses to rise 2.4 percent at 1,809.35,
with blue chip high-tech stocks among those
leading the way. Hynix Semiconductor, the
worlds second-largest memory chip maker,
soared 7.4 percent. LG Electronics Inc., which
ranks No. 2 globally in flat screen televisions,
was 5.8 percent higher.
Softening gold prices, which recently have
hit all-time highs, caused gold-related shares
to decline. Newcrest Mining Ltd., Australias
top gold miner, lost 1 percent.
A wave of negative sentiment slammed
global stock markets last Friday, when a gov-
ernment report said the U.S. economy failed
to add any new jobs in August. It was the
worst reading on jobs since September 2010.
But signs of growth in the U.S. service
sector helped tame concerns about anoth-
er U.S. recession. The Institute for Supply
Management said Tuesday that the service
sector grew more than analysts had expected
in August.
Growth in that part of the economy, which
employs nearly 90 percent of Americas work
force, fell the three previous months.
Asian markets up as gloom dissipates
By PAUL NEWBERRY
HAMPTON, Ga. Jeff Gordon
and Jimmie Johnson went at each
other as though they were on a
little dirt track, not a high-banked
speedway.
Imagine the possibilities when
theyre competing for a champion-
ship.
Over the last 10 laps of a rain-
delayed race at Atlanta Motor
Speedway, these two guys were
sliding all over the track, yank-
ing the wheel this way and that to
keep from smashing into the wall,
throwing caution to the wind as
they raced for the checkered flag.
It was downright thrilling, the
sort of white-knuckle racing that
showed this sport at its very best.
And at the end, it was Gordon
crossing the line first Tuesday, his
one-time protege about a half-sec-
ond behind.
Wow!
When youre battling a guy as
talented as Jimmie is and that team,
as good as they are, definitely, its
going to be significant, Gordon
said. Thats the kind of race team
we have right now. Weve not been
able to battle with those guys like
weve been able to do this year.
And that is whats got me
extremely excited.
Everyone should be.
While there will be 10 other
drivers in the Chase for the Sprint
Cup Championship, the thought
of two teammates Johnson, the
defending 5-time champion, duel-
ing with Gordon, a 4-time cham-
pion whos won more Cup races
than everyone but Richard Petty
and David Pearson is quite tan-
talizing.
Even Johnson, the guy who
came in second, paused in front
of a television to watch a replay of
those final laps of the AdvoCare
500.
To race that hard for a win
is what we all wake up and are
excited to do each and every time
we get in a race car,
Johnson said. Even if
I did come in second,
its OK. Id much
rather have won. But
we left it all out there
on the track.
Gordon captured
his third win of the
year and his 85th over-
all, his career in a full-
blown renaissance at
age 40. Hes already
won more races this
season than he did the last three
years combined and snapped a tie
with Bobby Allison and Darrell
Waltrip for third on the career vic-
tory list.
Petty (200) and Pearson (105)
are the only drivers with more wins
than Gordon, who received a spe-
cial plaque from NASCAR during
the victory ceremony in front of the
main grandstand.
He sure earned this win.
Johnson put his
No. 48 car in front of
Gordons Chevrolet
a couple of times but
couldnt hold on com-
ing out of the corners.
At the end, with both
drivers racing as hard
as they could on fading
tires, their cars came
close to getting side-
ways several times.
Johnson made one
last run for the lead on
the final lap but had to back off to
keep from putting his car in the
wall. Gordon pulled away in the
No. 24 to win by 0.598 seconds.
The defending champ moved
past Kyle Busch to take the top
spot in the season standings.
Tony Stewart was feeling a lot
better about his chances after mak-
ing up more than 8 seconds on the
leaders in the final laps to finish
third. He solidified his hold on 10th
place the final spot that will be
determined on points.
Six drivers had already clinched
a spot in the 12-driver playoff and
three more joined them Tuesday.
Kurt Busch and Ryan Newman
are locked in on points and Brad
Keselowski wrapped up at least
a wild card with his sixth-place
finish.
Stewart was followed across
the line by Kurt Busch and Carl
Edwards. Denny Hamlin finished
eighth, moved up one spot to 12th
in the season standings and has
a firmer grip on the second wild
card. The last two spots in the
Chase will go to the drivers ranking
11th to 20th in the points with the
most wins. Hamlin has one of those
precious victories.
Gordon holds on at Atlanta for 85th career win
Gordon
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mail to 110 W. Crawford
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DEAR DR. GOTT:
You have repeatedly
indicated that a primary
care doctor can remove
wax from the ears. NO
WAY! Only a trained
ENT doctor should do
that. It does not take
much to create serious
problems.
I go every three
months to my ENT for
ear cleaning. I am deaf
in one ear and have an
over 75 percent hearing
loss in the other. I will
not take a chance on just
anyone doing any more
than looking in my ears.
The same thing goes with
my eyes.
I have a story about
how a primary care doctor
could not help with an
ear problem. A little girl
we knew had a problem
with one ear where she
would get real bad pain.
Her parents took her to
the pediatrician, who
just gave her antibiotics,
which did nothing. They
finally took
her to an
ENT. He took
one look, got
his tools out,
reached in
and removed
a watermelon
seed. That is
why we need
s p e c i a l l y
t r a i n e d
doctors when it comes to
our ears and eyes.
DEAR READER:
Your story doesnt
convince me. A
watermelon seed is a
fairly large object to be
wedged into the ear. Had
the pediatrician done a
thorough examination,
including looking into
the girls ear, he would
have no doubt found the
cause of her pain. Your
story simply leads me to
believe that he prescribed
antibiotics without
actually looking to see if
she had an ear infection.
I stand by my
statement that a primary
care physician can safely
remove wax from the
ear. If other problems
are suspected or present,
then a referral to an ENT
(ear-nose-and-t hroat )
physician is definitely in
order.
As for the eyes,
simple problems such
as pink eye can also
be safely handled by a
primary care physician.
For more complicated
matters, such as shingles
or herpes of the eye or
poor vision, referral to
a ophthalmologist is
appropriate.
Readers who are
interested in learning
more can order my Health
Report Ear Infections
and Disorders by sending
a self-addressed, stamped
No. 10 envelope and a
$2 U.S. check or money
order to Dr. Peter Gott,
P.O. Box 433, Lakeville,
CT 06039. Be sure to
mention the title, or print
an order form from my
websites direct link:
www. AskDr Got t MD.
com/order_form.pdf.
DEAR DR. GOTT:
In the past you suggested
eating pickles or drinking
pickle juice for muscle
cramps. Why? I often
crave pickles and will
consume an entire jar
in one sitting. I take a
diuretic (HCTZ) that is
not potassium sparing.
Does this have anything
to do with it?
DEAR READER: To
the best of my knowledge,
pickles do have a fair
amount of potassium,
particularly the dill
variety. They are also a
good source of vitamins
A and K, calcium, iron
and manganese. The
downside is that they
are very high in sodium,
which can cause water
retention and high blood
pressure.
HCTZ (hydrochlor-
othiazide) is a common
medication used to treat
high blood pressure, so
you should likely be
on a low-sodium diet.
Pickles are definitely
out. Your craving may
be due to the HCTZs
pot assi um- depl et i ng
effects, so speak with
your physician regarding
adding a supplement to
your diet, or increase
your intake of high-
potassium foods such as
baked potatoes, bananas,
papaya, prune juice,
raisins, cantaloupe, pears,
oranges/orange juice,
peaches, strawberries
and apples/apple juice.
Reserve pickles for a rare
treat and dont eat the
whole jar in one
sitting.
Dr. Peter H.
Gott is a retired
physician and the
author of several
books, including
Live Longer, Live
Better, Dr. Gotts
No Flour, No Sugar
Diet and Dr. Gotts
No Flour, No Sugar
Cookbook, which
are available at most
bookstores or online.
His website is www.
As k Dr Go t t MD.
com.
Primary care doctor can safely treat your ears
Answer to Puzzle
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Horoscope
By Bernice Bede Osol
Flirtatious
hubbys eyes
wander
Dear Annie: I have been
married for 19 years and my
husband is a flirt. Early on,
he would openly say teasing
things to other women. After
complaining repeatedly that
he was being disrespectful to
me, he stopped.
Now I find him staring
at other women until they
pay attention. Its
almost as if he is
trying to make a
connection. Hes
an attractive man
and when he acts
like that, some
women believe
he is interested
in them, and they
behave seductively
toward him. I find
this humiliating. I
have tried to talk
to him about it. At
first, he told me
I was jealous and insecure.
Now he simply denies that
he does it.
I get the noticing part,
because I notice attractive
men, but I dont flirt or try to
make a connection with them.
I am beginning to resent my
husband. When other men
make eyes at me, I do not
encourage them. Now I am
reconsidering.
My husband will not go
to counseling. Is this really
normal male behavior? --
Second Best
Dear Second: It is normal
to look. It is not normal to
respond in so exaggerated a
manner that your spouse feels
humiliated. More important-
ly, when you ask him to stop,
he should make every effort
to do so. Otherwise, he is
being inconsiderate and dis-
respectful. Tell your husband
you are going to see a coun-
selor on your own so you can
best determine how to deal
with his behavior because it
is seriously damaging your
marriage. We hope that gets
his attention.
Dear Annie: In a few
months, I will be having a
milestone birthday. Id like to
ignore it, but my friends keep
talking about what we should
do to celebrate. I sincerely
do not want to do anything
at all.
My friends think they are
pleasing me, but they are
making me miserable. The
last time they did this, I went
along with it, but I was quite
resentful that they didnt
take me at my word. How
can I politely convince them
to not do anything? -- No
Celebrations
Dear No Celebrations:
Not everyone enjoys birth-
day celebrations. Tell your
friends that the best gift they
could give you is to make
a donation in your name
to your favorite charity.
Unfortunately, that doesnt
guarantee they wont try to
surprise you anyway, so we
suggest you make other plans
on that day and be unavail-
able.
Dear Annie: This is
the other side of Numb in
Nevada, whose daughter-in-
law cut them off from seeing
the grandchild.
My husband and his moth-
er were very close. To honor
that bond, I allowed
her into the delivery
room for the birth
of our son. She
repaid me for that
kindness by taking
photos without per-
mission, and now
there are digital pic-
tures of me in labor
floating around the
Internet.
When I came
home from the hos-
pital, she proceed-
ed to criticize my
housekeeping, insisted that
my older children stay with
a relative for another week
and, despite the fact that I
was breastfeeding, repeatedly
tried to bottle feed the baby.
I agreed to a baptism to make
her happy, and she got into
a fight with my mother and
told her to leave.
Since she lived six hours
away, we allowed my
mother-in-law to stay with
us frequently. I ignored her
criticisms of my appearance,
my childrens clothes, their
behavior and my views on
childrearing. I continued to
be polite and respectful. I had
to take antianxiety medica-
tion to make it through those
weekends.
Now, Im divorced, and
the most enduring benefit is
that I never, ever have to
deal with her again. -- Its
Not Always the Daughter-
in-Laws Fault
Dear Not Always: You
sound like you made every
effort to be kind and respect-
ful toward a real barracuda.
We salute you.
Annies Mailbox
THURSDAY, SEPT. 8, 2011
You could be luckier expanding
your present undertakings than you
might be starting something new in
the next year. Dont avoid innovation
entirely, but focus on developing what
you already have going.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) --
You need to depend solely on yourself
if you want to be an achiever. The
types of helpers you expect to get
arent likely to be there for you when
youll need them.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) --
Being humble is of course a noble
virtue, but dont confuse being
condescending with humility. It
doesnt become you to act weak, nor
will it get you anywhere. Be nice, but
be strong.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22)
-- Be careful not to be lured into
situations where you need an army
to back you up. The ranks following
your banner might not be as large as
they usually are, and could be unable
to defend you.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec.
21) -- When important issues are at
stake, it will be necessary to state your
position as succinctly as possible. If
you get too wordy, what you say could
be misinterpreted.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)
-- Anything that requires money up
front should be first checked out very
carefully. Even if the ante being asked
is only nominal, remember, its just
the opener.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) --
You should take extra care to protect
your interests when getting involved
in a partnership situation. You could
end up being the only giver, with your
cohort being the only receiver.
PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) --
Instead of sweeping both large and
small mistakes under the rug, keep
your gaffes in plain sight. That way, if
any start to turn into something larger,
you can get on it immediately.
ARIES (March 21-April 19) --
Although you like to have your own
way, youre usually willing to go
along with the majority. However, if
you think theyre wrong, you need to
stand firm.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20) --
Dont permit relatives to have greater
influence over your personal affairs
than they should. If you think theyre
out of line and/or wrong, let them
know that you are your own person.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20) --
Usually youre not a gullible person,
yet if the news is juicy and exciting,
it makes life fun, and you might not
be able to help taking everything you
hear as gospel.
CANCER (June 21-July 22)
-- There are few signs more prudent
than the crab, yet your extravagant
urges could take precedence and
compel you to recklessly spend your
money on foolish things. Get hold of
yourself.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) -- Your
judgment might not be at its best, and
could put you in a position of acting
as an antagonist instead of being the
accepting ally you usually are. Get
back in character.
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Answers to Tuesdays questions:
12% percentage of people consider them-
selves lucky.
Its not really true that no two snowflakes
are alike. It is that finding two identical
snowflakes would be nigh or impossible.
Todays questions:
In what country would you find the high-
est consumption of tea?
What is the only Wonder of the Ancient
World still standing?
Answers in Thursdays Herald.
Todays words:
Thanatism: the belief in life before
death, not after it
Zyxomma: an Indian dragonfly
Todays joke:
An employee comes into her managers
office to take a day off from work. The
manager replies, So you want a day off.
Lets take a look at what you are asking
for. There are 365 days per year available
for work. There are 52 weeks per year
in which you already have 2 days off per
week, leaving 261 days available for work.
Since you spend 16 hours each day away
from work, you have used up 170 days,
leaving only 91 days available. You spend
30 minutes each day on coffee break,
which counts for 23 days each year, leav-
ing only 68 days available. With a 1-hour
lunch each day, you used up another 46
days, leaving only 22 days available for
work. You normally spend 2 days per
year on sick leave. This leaves you only
20 days per year available for work. We
are off 5 holidays per year, so your avail-
able working time is down to 15 days. We
generously give 14 days vacation per year
which leaves only 1 day available for work
and Ill be darned if you are going to take
that day off!
Guard members killed in Nevada rampage
By SANDRA CHEREB
Associated Press
CARSON CITY, Nev. The burst of bul-
lets came suddenly in Nevadas capital.
Just before 9 a.m., the gunman stepped
onto an IHOP parking lot from his blue
minivan with a yellow Support Our Troops
sticker on it. He opened fire, then continued
into the restaurant and marched resolutely
toward a table of uniformed National Guard
members before shooting each one of them,
and fatally wounding three of them, authori-
ties said.
Eduardo Sencion would kill three people
and wound eight others in all before shoot-
ing himself in the head in front of a bustling
business complex in an unexplained display
of violence Tuesday. One of the wounded, a
woman and National Guard member, would
later die at an area hospital.
The breakfast-time massacre sent tremors
of fear through Carson City at a time when
lawmakers were not in session. In the imme-
diate confusion after the shooting, officials
prepared for a citywide assault.
A motive remained unknown late Tuesday,
as lawmakers, business owners and law
enforcement officials in this close-knit, gov-
ernment-driven city of 50,000 struggled to
understand what drove Sencion to turn an
AK-47 assault rifle on his hometown.
Authorities are investigating whether the
military members were targeted. Carson City
Sheriff Kenny Furlong told The Associated
Press on Tuesday night that authorities, at
that point, did not think the shooter set out to
target people in military.
But of course, its clearly a heavy, heavy
concern from here, he added.
Sencion shot each of the five Nevada
National Guard troops sitting together at the
back of the restaurant. Another woman was
shot and killed.
Family members told investigators that
Sencion, 32, was mentally troubled, but he
did not have a criminal history. He was pro-
nounced dead at a local hospital hours after
the mass shooting.
The sheriff may never know the motive,
Nevada Highway Patrol spokesman Chuck
Allen said.
The shooting started just before 9 a.m.
roughly two miles from the state Capitol in
Carson City.
Sencion stepped out of the minivan and
immediately shot a woman near a motorcy-
cle before charging into the chain restaurant.
Witnesses said he had unloaded a magazine
when he was still less than 12 feet from his car.
The gunfire prompted Ralph Swagler, the
owner of a nearby barbecue restaurant, to
grab his weapon. But when Sencion started
toward him, Swagler backed away.
I wish I had shot at him when he was
going in the IHOP, said Swagler, who owns
Locals BBQ & Grill. But when he came at
me, when somebody is pointing an automatic
weapon at you you cant believe the fire-
power, the kind of rounds coming out of that
weapon.
Sencion struck each of the Guard members
in the restaurant in what witnesses described
as a seemingly intentional attack. He then
exited the restaurant and fired shots toward
the barbecue restaurant, shattering the win-
dows. He also fired toward an H&R Block
and a casino across the street.
Sencion had shot himself and was lying
injured in the parking lot by the time officers
arrived. A crowd of reporters and onlookers
could see a body on the ground, covered with
a white sheet except for the feet, clad in tan
boots.
Fran Hunter is a frequent IHOP customer
who works in a pet supply store next door but
made a last second decision Tuesday to eat at
the casino coffee shop across the street.
It turned out to be a good decision, she
told the AP. If you know the IHOP, they
had to be sitting ducks with that long narrow
aisle if they were at those tables with no
way to get out.
Servicemen flocked to a Reno hospital
after the shooting, nervously waiting for word
on those killed and hurt.
Its hard to believe something like this
would happen to really good people, said
Spc. Lee Amato, 33, a Nevada Army National
Guard member. Its like a hole, something
taken away. Its mind-boggling and hard to
comprehend.
Sgt. 1st class Cameron Anderson, 31, of
Reno, was tasked with driving the Guards
chaplain to the hospital.
You go a whole tour in Afghanistan and
no one is shot, Anderson said. And you go
to IHOP and several are shot. Its a shock.
The names of the victims, including the
three Guard members a woman and two
men who were killed, were not immedi-
ately released.
Winds fueling massive Texas
wildfre fnally calm
By JIM VERTUNO and
MICHAEL GRACZYK
Associated Press
BASTROP, Texas One
of the most destructive wild-
fires in Texas history is slow-
ing down thanks in part to
calming winds, but stretched-
thin firefighting crews have
yet to gain any control of the
blaze that is plowing across
rain-starved grasslands now
littered with hundreds of
charred homes.
Raging with zero contain-
ment for days, the wind-fueled
fire has destroyed more than
600 homes and blackened
about 45 square miles in and
around Bastrop, a city near
Austin. An elite search team
today will begin looking for
more possible victims of the
fire, which has killed two
people and forced thousands
to evacuate.
Crews finally got a
reprieve Tuesday from winds
pushed in by Tropical Storm
Lee that whipped the blaze
into an inferno over the
weekend. Increased humid-
ity was moving in overnight,
and officials were expected
to report some containment
in the morning, Texas Forest
Service spokesman John
Nichols said.
Tonight should be a good
night, tomorrow should be
a good day we hope,
Nichols said late Tuesday.
The reason why it hasnt
been able to be contained is
the wind. We still have a lot
of active fire on the line, but
today was the first day we
had very light wind.
The blaze is the most cat-
astrophic of the more than
180 fires that have erupted in
the past week across Texas,
marking one of the most dev-
astating wildfire outbreaks in
state history. The fires have
destroyed more than 1,000
homes, caused four deaths
and pulled the states fire-
fighting ranks to the limit.
In a housing develop-
ment near Bastrop, Willie
Clements two-story colonial
home was reduced to a heap
of metal roofing and ash.
A picket fence was melted.
Some goats and turkeys sur-
vived, but about 20 chickens
and ducks died in a coop that
went up in flames.
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FCA, and Students Against
Destructive Decisions, a
cheerleader for the Wildcats
and played one of the Turbo
Twins in Jeffersons class play
Hot Rods. Truesdale is also
very active in her church and
youth group at Trinity United
Methodist Church. She is
employed at the Dairy Hut.
Elizabeth Thompson is a
senior at Jefferson High School
and is the daughter of Trevor
and Angie Thompson. Her
siblings include two sisters,
Destiny and Arielle; and two
brothers Braden and Taylor. She
is very active in her school and
community and enjoys being
involved in the Wildcat choir
and show choir. She is a flute
player for the Jefferson band,
where she currently serves as
treasurer. Thompson is active
in several clubs, including
SADD and Fellowship of
Christian Athletes. She enjoys
spending time with her friends
and family and is very active
her churchs youth group and
enjoys singing at her church,
Delphos Christian Union. After
graduation, Thompson plans to
attend college majoring in Early
Childhood Education.
Serena Lorencovic is
the daughter of Vaclav and
Brenda Lorencovic and is a
junior at Jefferson High School.
She has one brother, Nikoli.
Lorencovic is a member of sev-
eral clubs including, SADD,
FCCLA, 4-H and FFA, where
she currently holds her Chapter
Degree. She was a member of
the FCCLAs parliamentary
procedure team that competed
at the state competition. She is a
cheerleader for the football and
basketball teams and plays fast-
pitch softball. Lorencovic was
in Jeffersons class plays A
Night at the Wax Museum and
Hot Rods and is a member of
the color guard for the march-
ing band. She has been in the
Amateur Talent Show and has
participated in several model
showcases.
Whitney Hohlbein is the
daughter of Darren and Tracy
Hohlbein and is a junior at
Jefferson High School. She has
one brother, Wes. Hohlbein
currently holds a 3.5 GPA and
is enrolled in honors and col-
lege preparatory classes. As
a Wildcat, Whitney is very
involved on the varsity cheer-
leading squad for the football
team and also participates in
competitive cheerleading. She
has danced at The Dancer by
Gina for 5 years and is a member
of the Jefferson Color Guard.
She has also raced soapbox cars
and enjoys snowboarding and
wakeboarding. She is employed
by Deb in the Lima Mall and
volunteers at The Meadows of
Kalida. Hohlbein hopes to one
day pursue a career in forensic
nursing.
Julia Dickman is a senior
at St. Johns High School and is
the daughter of Gene and Patty
Dickman. She has two broth-
ers, Erik and Ryan. Dickman
enjoys staying active in her
school and community. She is
a member of the 4-H program
where she has held several
offices. She is also a member
of the National Honor Society,
CRESPI Society, SADD and
is a member of the Liturgy
Team. Dickman served as copy
editor of the yearbook in 2011
and is on student council. She
also stays very busy as the field
commander for the Blue Jay
Marching Band. She has spent
countless hours volunteering
for many different organiza-
tions, including Sisters of Notre
Dame Convent, Pregnancy for
Life, Venedocia Lions Club
and for her church.
Alecia Menke is a senior
at Jefferson High School and
is the daughter of Todd and
Armella Menke. She has one
brother, Joshua. She has many
academic and athletic achieve-
ments. She is a football and
basketball cheerleader and is
involved in tumbling and All-
Star Gymnastics, as well as
lifting at the Peak. She vol-
unteers these talents towards
being a cheerleading coach for
the Upward program. She is
also a member of the choir,
where she serves as president
and show choir, and has been
in the school musical for three
years. Menke is enrolled in
several advanced placement
courses and currently holds a
3.9 GPA. She is a member of
St. John the Evangelist Catholic
Church and is a member of the
Immaculate Conception Youth
Group in Ottoville.
Morgan Shobe is the
daughter of Mike and Jill
Shobe and is a junior at St.
Johns High School. She has
a brother, Gavin; and a sister,
Lauren. She is very active in her
school and community. She is
a member of the 4-H program,
through which she shows hogs
at the Allen County Fair. She
has danced at The Dancer by
Gina and served on the Blue
Jay cheerleading squad. Shobe
is attending Vantage Career
Center, studying health tech-
nologies. She is employed at
the Chick-N-House.
Jammie Farler is the daugh-
ter of Bill and Shelly Farler and
is a junior at Jefferson High
School. Her siblings include
two sisters, Samantha and
Madison. As a Wildcat, Farler
is a member of SADD, FCCLA,
FCA and the FFA. She is also
involved in the choir and is on
the color guard for the march-
ing band. She has also been
active as a cheerleader and is
the president of her youth group
at Delphos Wesleyan Church.
Farler has danced for 14 years at
The Dancer by Gina and spends
many hours volunteering at the
National Honor Society Blood
Drive, the Jefferson Athletic
Boosters Pancake Day and she
is employed at Lock 16 Catering
and is a lifeguard at the Delphos
Municipal Swimming Pool.
Myriah Jackson is a senior
at St. Johns High School and is
the daughter of Jerry and Becky
Jackson. She has two sisters,
Mykalah and Mykenah; and a
brother, Jarret. She is a member
of the student council and has
served as class president for the
past two years. Jackson is also
on the Blue Jay varsity soccer
team and has been a member of
the basketball team and cheer-
leading squads. She also lends
her voice talents to the Through
the Halls radio program on
Saturday mornings and volun-
teers at the Soup Kitchen and at
St. John the Evangelist Catholic
Church. She is employed by the
Delphos Municipal Pool and
Joyous Occasions.
Ashley Truesdale is a soph-
omore at Jefferson High School
and is the daughter of Mike and
Sue Truesdale. She has two
brothers, Michael and Chris;
and a sister, Amanda. She is a
member of the Jefferson band
and choir, as well as the show
choir and takes several classes
at Hearts-in-Motion Dance
Studio. Some of these classes
include baton and cheerleading.
She is also a member of the
Jefferson Band, where she plays
the trumpet and is a member of
the color guard. Truesdale is on
the cheerleading squad and is
a member of the softball team.
She is a member of the FCCLA,
FCA, and SADD. She is also
very active in her church and
youth group at Trinity United
Methodist Church.
Destiny Thompson is the
daughter of Angie and Trevor
Thompson and is a junior at
Jefferson High School. She has
two sisters, Elizabeth and Arielle;
and two brothers, Braden and
Taylor. Thompson is a member
of both the basketball and foot-
ball cheerleading squads and is
also a member of the fast-pitch
softball team. She has also been
a member of the choir and show
choir for three years and current-
ly serves as secretary. She plays
the clarinet in the Jefferson band
and is a public relations officer.
Thompson is on the A honor
roll and received the top history
student award for her freshmen
class. She has also served as
a class officer and is a mem-
ber of student council, FCA and
SADD. She is employed at Old
Navy.
Brittany Kemper is the
daughter of Jeff and Melissa
Kemper and is a junior at
Jefferson High School. Brittany
has one brother, Kevin. Brittany
is extremely active in Jeffersons
athletic and music programs.
She is a 3-year member of
the choir and show choir and
in junior high, participated in
the OMEA District 3 Honors
Choir. She is also a member of
the Wildcat concert band where
she plays bass clarinet, as well
as being a member of the color
guard. She has participated in
Solo and Ensemble contest
and has performed in the talent
show. Kemper has also been
a member of the cheerleading
squad since junior high and is a
junior optimist.
Chelsea Wellmann is
the daughter of Jim and Jean
Wellmann and is a senior at
St. Johns High School. She
has one brother, Andrew. She
devotes many hours to music,
athletics and academics. She
is a member of the St. Johns
marching, concert and pep
bands as well as the choir and
is a vocalist in addition to her
talents on the trumpet and the
piano. She has participated in
many OMEA events as well.
Wellmann is a member of
the CRESPI Society, Liturgy
Team, NHS and is a student
ambassador. She maintains
at 3.9 GPA and is a varsity
basketball cheerleader for the
Blue Jays. She volunteers many
hours to the church as well as
to the Christian Corners Soup
Kitchen.
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