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Saturday, July 5 & Sunday, July 6, 2014

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CaValIErS

OPInIOn

VanCrESt HOldS
FIrSt art EXHIBItIOn

Four years after he took his talents

to South Beach, the Cleveland
Cavaliers are once again courting LeBron James. For this and
other sports news, turn to pages
B1-2.
B1

Readers speak their minds about

local topics on the Opinion page.
Turn to pages A6-7 to read letters
to the editor, thumbs up/down,
and columns from our staff.

Vancrest held its first annual art

exhibition Thursday afternoon.
The exhibition displayed works
crafted by long-term care patients
in art therapy classes.

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Van Wert County website getting a face lift

By Ed GEBErt
DHI Media Editor
egebert@timesbulletin.com
VAN WERT Van Wert County
will soon be getting a new look, but
it will not be visible to the naked eye,
no matter where in the county you
live. The update will be online.
Van Wert Countys website,
vanwertcounty.org, is in the midst
of an overhaul. The new look of the
website is coming soon.
Were 80-85 percent ready, said
Van Wert County Economic Development Director Sarah Smith. Im
thinking that if we can get everything that we need, we can launch it
in the next week.

The new site will give a fresh look

to the site which has been basically
unchanged for the past several years.
The goal is being more modern,
more user-friendly. It does have added information, especially as an economic development tool, you have
to showcase your county, what we
have, quality-of-life items, community photos, so people can come to a
website that is going to get them everywhere they need to go, explained
Smith.
The decision to update the countys site goes back prior to February. The county commissioners began meeting with potential vendors
about the change in February. Maverick Media of Delphos and Lima

were selected, and meetings with

that company began in March. Since
that time, design work for the site has
been ongoing, and each county office
has been questioned about changes
in content for the update. It will be
a one-stop shop for anyone wanting
information about the county from
near or far. Some of the departments
will have pages on the site itself with
information. Other departments will
have links to their current sites which
are already tied in to the information
to be provided.
According to Smith, there will be
pages or links to pages for county
offices, townships, villages, and services. Near to Smiths heart is the
chance to put all helpful informa-

tion about Van Wert County in one

place. That will help with economic
development efforts for businesses
out of the immediate area. Also to be
linked is the soon-to-debut Van Wert
Works website, which will list local
jobs for those looking for employment.
We will have a link to the Van
Wert Works website on the county
website so that people looking to
move back home or to the area for
the first time can go right to the
county website and link them to the
job postings, announced Smith.
Hopefully that site will be launched
sometime in July.
Gathering changes in page content is the task to finish up next week.

It will still be a website under

construction in parts where were
still waiting to get content from places or adding features, but I think our
website will be a work in progress all
the time where we can update things
as we need, Smith stated.
Van Wert County Recorder Kim
Hughes is one of the elected officials reviewing old pages and preparing for the change. Theres not
too much different for me, she admitted. I reviewed the content, and
there arent a lot of new parts for us.
But Im excited that its got a new
look, and I know theyve been doing a lot of hard work on it. I have
to review our records to see if there
is anything else that we could add.

Kiwanis see record

numbers for twoday festival

Van Wert celebrates Holiday at Home

By nanCy SPEnCEr
DHI Media Editor
nspencer@delphosherald.com
DELPHOS The weather couldnt have been
better. The community support was fantastic. That
summed up the ninth annual Kiwanis Fourth of July
celebration.
Record crowds on Thursday evening for the soldout Taste of Delphos pizza taste-off, duck races
and Pete Schlegel concert led into Friday with 109
children angling in the canal for the biggest fish,
103 riders in the second 10-mile Firecracker Fun
Ride, 26 teams in the Corn Hole Tournament and
more volleyball teams than ever before.
This was a record year all the way around,
Event Chair Cindy Metzger said Friday. We have
had the best weather, the best people and the best
support from the community and the local businesses.
Both days saw the Kiwanis selling out of food
with 600 barbecued chicken dinners gone by 5 p.m.
Friday. An hour later, a third trip to the local grocery store was needed to keep the burger and brat
tent in supply for the rest of the evening.
We are just moving everything, Metzger said.
We are excited about so many people coming out
and supporting us and our mission to serve the children of Delphos. They support us and we put the
money back into the community for them to enjoy.
All the money we raise is reinvested back into Delphos.
Events were well-attended with crowds filling
the tennis courts both evenings for concerts by Pete
Schlegel and Deuces Wild.
The Kiwanis Fireworks Show was offered at 10
p.m. Friday. The show is supported by the community with businesses and individuals contributing
more than $10,000 for pyrotechnics.
Due to the Fourth of July falling on a Friday, the
entertainment tent stayed open until midnight.
The Van Wert and Delphos areas celebrated the
July Fourth holiday with festivities throughout
the day. Pictured, the Delphos Veterans Council
Color Guard marches in the Van Wert Holiday
At Home parade (upper left). Poppy Queen
Madison Tumlinson rides in the Delphos VFW
Post 3035 Jeep in the Holiday at Home parade
(upper right). At left, members of the public
listen to music at the Van Wert Historical
Museum. The museum celebrated its grand
opening of a restored Lincoln Highway tourist
cabin at the event. Pictured at bottom left, Van
Wert officials open a 29-year-old time capsule
during the Independence Day celebrations in
Van Wert. Photographs from other activities
in the area including musical performances
from Pete Schlegel at the Delphos Kiwanis
July 4th celebration, a performance from the
Lima Symphony Pops Orchestra at Fountain
Park, and the 2014 Optimist Fishing Derby can
be found inside. More photographs from the
festivities can be found in our online photo
galleries, available at www.timesbulletin.com
or at www.delphosherald.com. (DHI Media/Ed
Gebert)

KIWanIS/A8

Children rode the carnival rides for free

from noon to 4 p.m. on Friday at the ninth
annual Kiwanis Fourth of July celebration at
Stadium Park. The free rides were a thankyou to the community for the support they
show the Kiwanis Club. (DHI Media/Nancy
Spencer)

Sentencing date set for one in Grube murder case

dHI MEdIa StaFF rEPOrt
info@timesbulletin.com
CELINA One of two persons
charged in the home invasion shooting deaths of Robert and Colleen Grube
near Fort Recovery will be sentenced on
July 17. Trevin Sanders faces a possible
life sentence for his part in the killings
of 70-year-old Robert Grube and his
47-year-old daughter, Colleen. The sentencing date was set earlier this week.
Sanders, who is now 20, was 17 at the
time of the November 2011 murders, cannot face the death penalty due to his age.
The same cannot be said of the other man
charged in the deaths. Bryant Rhoads, 23,
Union City, Indiana, who would be eligible for the death penalty if found guilty

in court. Rhoads will next appear in a

Mercer County courtroom on July 15.
Rhoads is charged with obstruction
of justice, aggravated murder, murder,
involuntary manslaughter, kidnapping,
aggravated robbery, aggravated burglary,
burglary, and theft.
Authorities believe Sanders was the
one who bound and shot the two victims
at the farm house. A laptop computer and
a gun were also reported missing from
the Grube residence.
The victims bodies were found in the
house by a relative. Robert Grube was
found in his wheelchair, and Colleen Grube was found on the couch.
Both Sanders and Rhoads are being
held in the Mercer County Correctional
Facility.

Index
Classifieds.......... B4-6
Comics.&.Puzzles.. B3
Real.Estate.............. B7

Local/State......... A3-4
Obituaries............... A2
History.................... A5

Bulletin Board

he VFW Post 5803 Ladies Auxiliary meeting

scheduled for Sunday, July 6, at
1 p.m. has been rescheduled for
Sunday, July 20, at 1 p.m.

an Wert Elks Lodge No.

1197 will be having a
dance on Friday, July 11, from 9
p.m. to midnight. The band will
The sentencing of Trevin Sanders be Dave Kill and the Gold Ole
in the 2011 murders of Robert and Boys. Cover charge is $5. This
Colleen Grube has been set for dance is open to the public.

July 17. (DHI Media File photo)

Sports..................B1-2
Todays.World......... B8
Weather.................. A2.

Vol. 145, No. 15

pread love
SLet no one ever
everywhere you
go.
come to you without
leaving happier.

-Mother Teresa

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A2 Saturday, July 5 & Sunday, July 6, 2014

OBITUARIES

Bonnie
L. Stout

LOCAL WEATHER

Paul E.
Shank

Today

March 11, 1929 - July 3, 2014

MIDDLE POINT Paul

E. Shank, 89, of rural Middle
Point,
died
Wed nesday,
July 2, 2014
at Vancrest
of Van Wert,
Ohio.
He was born June 14, 1925
in Mercer County, Ohio, the
son of the late Isaac and Pearl
(Irelan) Shank. On June 1,
Paul E. Shank
1947 he married Alice DuVall,
who survives. They recently
celebrated their 67th wedding anniversary.
Paul is survived by his wife Alice (DuVall) Shank of rural Middle Point; and children Paul Timothy (Jean) Shank of
Conway, South Carolina and Debra E. (John) Shank Thern of
Millersburg, Ohio. In addition, 3 grandchildren and 5 great
grandchildren survive.
Paul was preceded in death by brothers Cecil and Elroy
Shank, and by sisters Rea Bowersock, Ethel Hesse, Minnie
Yewey and Edna Taylor.
Paul was a lifetime retired farmer who enjoyed spending time with friends and family, and serving his Lord Jesus
Christ. He was a member of Trinity Friends Church in Van
Wert, Ohio. Paul was a WW II veteran of the United States
Army, a member of the Van Wert American Legion, and Gideons International Van Wert Camp.
Funeral services will be Tuesday, July 8, 2014 at 10:30
a.m. at Alspach-Gearhart Funeral Home with the Rev. Stephen R. Savage officiating. Interment will follow the funeral at Ridge Cemetery Middle Point, Ohio.
Friends may call Monday, July 7, 2014 at the AlspachGearhart Funeral Home between 2-4 p.m. or 6-8 p.m.
Memorials may be made to Trinity Friends Church or Gideons International.
Condolences may be expressed at www.alspachgearhart.
com.

Monday

mostly sunny
south winds
5-10 mph

partly cloudy
chance of
showers and
thunderstorms

mostly cloudy
chance of
showers and
thunderstorms

High: 80
Low: 59

High: 85
Low: 68

High: 86
Low: 69

June 14, 1925 - July 2, 2014

DELPHOS, Ohio Bonnie L. Stout, 85, of Delphos,

died at 7:02 p.m. Thursday,
July 3, 2014, at Vancrest
Healthcare Center of Delphos.
She was born March 11,
1929, at home in Allen County, to the late Harley L. and
Daisy D. (Downhour) Morris.
She was united in marriage to Emmet Stout on Oct.
26, 1946. He preceded her in
death on April 25, 1994.
She was a very good seamstress and enjoyed crocheting. She was also a marvelous
cook. She was a member of
Harley Davidson Full Dresser
and Touring Association. She
was a homemaker and farmer
and farmed alongside her husband Emmet her entire life.
Survivors include two
daughters: Carolyn (Ron)
Rice and Patricia (Michael)
Metcalfe, both of Delphos.
She was Granny to five: Teri
(Chris) Grothaus of Columbus Grove, Donald (Nikki)
Rice of Delphos, Steven (Trisha) Jones of Convoy, Mark
(Elaine) Rice of Pittsburg/
Delphos, and Suzi (Roy) Kill

Tomorrow

Bonnie L. Stout
of Delphos. She is also survived by 18 great-grandchildren.
Services will be on Tuesday, July 8, 2014, at 11 a.m.
at Harter and Schier Funeral Home, Delphos, with calling one hour prior to the service. The Rev. David Howell
will officiate. Burial will be
in Ridge Cemetery.
Visitation will be on Monday, July 7, 2014, from 2-8
p.m. at the funeral home.
Memorial
contributions
may be made to Vancrest
Healthcare Center of Delphos
or St. Ritas Hospice.
To leave condolences for
the family please go to www.
harterandschier.com.

Evelyn L. Heath
VAN WERT, Ohio Evelyn L. Heath, 92, of Van Wert,
died at 3:14 p.m. Friday, July 4, 2014, at the Van Wert Inpatient
Hospice Center.
Arrangements are incomplete at Cowan & Son Funeral
Home, Van Wert.

Doris Virginia Boberg

Feb. 9, 1916 - July 2, 2014
Doris Virginia (Ross) Boberg, 98, went to be with her
heavenly father on Wednesday.
She was born Feb. 9, 1916,
in Springfield to Roy and Lavinia (Laager) Ross, who preceded her in death.
Doris was wed to Elvin G.
Jiggs Boberg in Nov. 1946,
he passed away on July 27,
1994.
She is survived by six nephews, two nieces, one brotherin-law and three sisters-in-law.
Doris was preceded in death
by three brothers, Paul, Harry
and James Ross; and two sis- Doris Virginia Boberg
ters, an infant and Gladys Delaney.
She retired from Trim Trends of Spencerville and Quality
Zinc Platers of Delphos.
Doris was a member of The First Assembly of God church,
Delphos, and the VFW Auxiliary, Delphos post #3035.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Monday at The
First Assembly of God church, Delphos, with Rev. Dan Eaton officiating. Burial will be at Walnut Grove Cemetery.
Viewing will be one hour prior to services at the church.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to
The First Assembly of God church, Delphos

Virginia Holden-Gamble
Feb. 20, 1923 - July 4, 2014
VAN WERT, Ohio Virginia Marie (Kelsey) HoldenGamble, 91, of Van Wert, died
at 4:15 p.m. Friday, July 4,
2014, at the Van Wert Manor,
Van Wert.
She was born Feb. 20,
1923, in Toledo, Ohio, to the
late Ray Howard Kelsey and
Gladys Marie (Gill) KelseyBillieu who died on Oct 27,
1982. Her stepfather Orley
Billieu is also deceased.
Her husband, Paul F. Holden, died April 10, 2006.
Survivors include a son:
Larry J. (Linda) Holden of
Convoy; sister: Pauline M.
(Richard) Ellinger of Ohio
City, Ohio; a grandchild:
Steven J. (Shelly) Holden of
Convoy, and five great-grandchildren: Derek (Erin) Holden of Van Wert, Ashley and
Matt Holden of Convoy, Tyler
(Elizabeth) Gibson of Convoy,

and Jordan Gibson Ohio City.

She was preceded in death
by a son: Barry R. Holden, who
died Jan. 18, 2004; an infant
daugher: Sandra Sue Holden;
a granddaughter: Kimberly K.
(Holden) Gibson-Farmer; one
brother: Ray Howard Kelsey,
Jr.; a sister: Marilyn Kathleen
(Billieu) Darras, and a sisterin-law: Bernice Kelsey.
Virginia was a homemaker,
caregiver of the elderly and
writer of Christian poetry. She
was a former member of the
Wassenberg Art Center and
YWCA. She attended Ohio
City Liberty School.
Private family service and
burial will be in Woodlawn
Cemetery, Ohio City.
Preferred memorial is Wassenberg Art Center.
Arrangements were handled by Cowan & Son Funeral
Home, 616 S. Washington St.,
Van Wert.
OBITUARIES/A8

Helen Maxine Price

Oct. 24, 1922 - July 1, 2014

OHIO CITY, Ohio Helen

Maxine Price, 91, of Ohio City,
died at 6:14 p.m. Tuesday, July
1, 2014, at Van Wert Inpatient
Hospice.
She was born Oct. 24, 1922,
near Mendon, Ohio, to Harry
and Cecile (Terwilliger) Valentine.
On Dec. 5, 1945, in Ohio
City, she married David Eugene
Price, who survives.
Other survivors include
sons: Jim (Sandy) Price of Van
Wert, Ohio, and Mike (Sue)
Price of Ohio City; two grandsons: Bob Price and Randy
(Stacey) Price; seven greatgrandchildren: Charlie Price,
Caleb Price, Lillian Price, Reece Price, Merissa Price, Zach
Price, Abby Price, and a sister
Dorothy (Ralph) Dennings of
St. Marys, Ohio.
She was preceded in death
by her parents: Harry and Cecile Valentine, grandson: Dan
Price, and sister: D. Jean Rohrbach.
She was a 1940 graduate
of St. Marys Memorial High
March 4, 1934 - July 1, 2014
School. She was a retired office
LIMA My beloved, Charles Eugene Gene Wollenhaupt, employee from the National
80, passed away at 5 p.m. Tuesday at St. Ritas Medical Center, Seal Co. in Van Wert. Her faLima.
He was born March 4, 1934, in Van Wert, to Chris and Marjorie (Fackler) Wollenhaupt, who preceded him in death.
He had been married to Virginia Taylor Wollenhaupt Snow, the
mother of his sons. Mr. Gene and Miss Ellie Eleanor Langmaier were married Aug. 18, 1974, and they were to celebrate their Dec. 19, 1935 - July 1, 2014
40th wedding anniversary this summer.
CARTHAGENA Irene
Gene was Mr. Music Man in Lima and Van Wert. He was M. Bender, 78, of Carthagena,
the band director and music teacher at Elida High School for 30 died Tuesday at her home.
years. He was the owner of Genes Band: Gene Wollenhaupt on
She was born Dec. 19,
accordion, George Miller on sax, cousin Glen Poling on guitar, 1935, in Coldwater to Leo H.
Dr. James Baker on drums and Jack Gibson on guitar. Also, at an and Rose (Kahlig) Wenning,
earlier time, Keith Odor, a former student on drums, and Roger who preceded her in death.
Klofta, on sax; and I, Ellie Mae, sang my heart out with these
On June 9, 1956, she margreat musicians.
ried Edward C. Bender, who
Genes Band played at Lincoln Park on Friday evenings. There died Aug. 31, 2000.
were many more wonderful musicians who were a part of his life.
She is survived by seven
Gene started playing the accordion at age 7 and taught accordion children, Cynthia Gaerke of
lessons while in high school. He backed up Bobby Vinton two Coldwater, Joseph and Jean
times and was asked to go on the road with him. But he turned Bender of Maria Stein, Janice
him down.
and Kirk Brackman of VandaHe loved teaching band at Elida. He loved his students and they lia, Marjorie and David Luthloved him. The love they shared is truly unreal. His musical career man of Versailles, Donald and
goes back almost his whole life. Gene played his accordion as a Dee Dee Bender of St. Henry,
guest of the Lima Area Concert Band. He played for many stu- Marilyn and Allen Mulholdents weddings and parties, at nursing homes, and for the CIAO land of Spencerville and MiItalian Dinners. He was a member of the Musicians Union 320, chael and Susan Bender of
the Eagles 370, and Zion Lutheran Church. He taught lessons at St. Henry; 21 grandchildren,
Private Sounds of Music and led the Elida Alumni Band.
two step-grandchildren, nine
Mr. Gene was also the pinball king. He repaired juke boxes and great-grandchildren, six steppinballs for 30 years in his spare time, along with his sidekicks great-grandchildren; brothRandy Bartell, the late Red Sassi, and Rick Hortsman.
ers and sisters, Raymond and
Survivors include his two sons, David (Robin) Wollenhaupt of Mary Wenning of Coldwater,
Delphos and Tom (Tessie) Wollenhaupt of Norwich, Connecticut; Vera Bruns of Winter Hahis adopted daughter, Alice Sue Drake of Sussex, Wisconsin; his ven, Florida, and Pete Wentwo step-daughters, Susan Lee Brady of Lima and Darlene Ann ning and Lilly Fullenkamp of
(Mark English) Brady of Cincinnati; nine grandchildren, Erik Coldwater; and in-laws, Julius
(Lindsay) Wollenhaupt, Keri (Jon) Reeves, Adam Wollenhaupt, and Lois Bender of Minster,
Marc Wollenhaupt, Seth Wollenhaupt, Kurt Wollenhaupt, Kiya Christine McDonald of Celina
Wollenhaupt, Daniel Wollenhaupt, and Timothy Wollenhaupt; and Ruth Bender and Melba
five adopted grandchildren, Ryan Harper, Cherise Black, Jacob Bender of Ft. Loramie.
(Kelsey) Moore, in the US Army, Kirsten Gottfried, and KatherShe was also preceded in
ine Hooks; his great-grandson, Luke Wollenhaupt; and four ad- death by a daughter, Connie
opted great-grandchildren.
Bender; a son-in-law, David
He was preceded in death by his step-daughter, Kathy Lyne Gaerke; a sister and brotherBrady.
in-law, Dorothy and Albert
Services will be held at 11 a.m. Monday at Zion Lutheran Knapke; and in-laws, Wilfred
Church, the Rev. Kent Wilson officiating. Burial will follow in Bruns, Rosemary Wenning,
Gethsemani Cemetery. Friends may call from 4-8 p.m. Satur- Wilfred Fullenkamp, Aloys
day and 2-4 p.m. and 6-8 p.m. Sunday at Chiles-Laman Fu- and Clara Bender, Martin
neral & Cremation Services, Shawnee Chapel.
Bender, Albert and Bea BendContributions may be made to the Elida High School Band er, Victor Bender, Lawrence
Boosters.
and Ruth Bender, Louise and
Condolences may be expressed at www.chiles-lamanfh.com

Charles Wollenhaupt

Helen Maxine Price

vorite pastime was ballroom
dancing.
Rites are scheduled to
begin 10:30 a.m. Saturday,
July 5, 2014 at Miller Funeral Home, 1605 Celina Road
(Ohio 703 West Chapel) in
St. Marys, with the Rev. Jon
Kraner officiating. Burial will
follow at Greenlawn Cemetery in Wapakoneta, Ohio.
Visitation is 4 - 8 p.m. Friday
at the funeral home.
Memorial contributions may
be directed to CHP Hospice
program.
Online condolences may be
expressed via: www. Millerfuneralhomes.net.

Irene M. Bender

Visitation & services can be found on page A8.

Happy 40th Birthday

Chris Longstreth
7/5/19743/11/2013

Love you
always,

Mom

Irene M. Bender
Charles Francis, Alvina and
Clarence Cordonnier, Ann
Marie and Jack Burnaby, Pauline and Melvin Schmiesing
and Don McDonald.
She was a member of St.
Aloysius Catholic Church,
Carthagena, St. Monicas
Ladies Sodality, and the
Coldwater American Legion
Auxiliary. Irene was a homemaker, loving mother and
grandmother, enjoyed flowers,
sewing, baking, and spending
time with her family.
Mass of Christian Burial
will be held at 10:30 a.m.
on Tuesday at St. Aloysius
Catholic Church, Carthagena. Burial will follow in St.
Aloysius Cemetery. Friends
may call from 2-8 p.m.
Monday and from 9-10 a.m.
Tuesday at the Hogenkamp
Funeral Home, St. Henry.
Condolences may be made
at www.hogenkampfh.com.

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COMMUNITY CALENDAR
Community calendar items include the name of the event
or group and date, time and place of the event. Please include a daytime phone number when submitting calendar
items.
SATURDAY, JULY 5
9 a.m.-noon Interfaith Thrift Store is open for shopping.
9 a.m. St. Vincent dePaul Society, located at the east
edge of the St. Johns High School parking lot, is open.
10 a.m.-2 p.m. Delphos Postal Museum is open.
10 a.m.-1 p.m. Van Wert Farmers Market, 500 Fox
Road, will be open.
12:15 p.m. Testing of warning sirens by Delphos Fire
and Rescue.
1-3 p.m. Delphos Canal Commission Museum, 241 N.
Main St., is open.
1 p.m. Sugar Ridge Rainbow Family will hold a
pot luck luncheon, that is open to the public, at Heistands
Woods. All who attend are asked to please bring a dish.
7 p.m. Bingo at St. Johns Little Theatre.
8 p.m. Van Wert Amateur Radio Club will meet at the
Emergency Management Agency Complex, 1220 E. Lincoln
Highway.
8 p.m. AA open discussion at First Presbyterian
Church.
SUNDAY, JULY 6
1 p.m. Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 5803 has its
monthly meetings at the VFW post home, located at 111 N.
Shannon St., across from the YMCA, on the corner of Jackson and Shannon streets. For more information check out
their website: http://vfwpost5803.webs.com or contact them
at email: vanwertvfw5803@gmail.com.
1-3 p.m. The Delphos Canal Commission Museum,
241 N. Main St., is open.
2 p.m. AA open discussion at 1158 Westwood Dr.
2-4:30 p.m. Van Wert County Historical Museum is
open to the public.
4 p.m. Convoy Fire & EMS meets the first Sunday at
the fire station.
MONDAY, JULY 7
8 a.m. Chrysler Retirees breakfast will be held at the
Orchard Tree Restaurant.
11:30 a.m. Mealsite at Delphos Senior Citizen Center,
301 Suthoff St.
1 p.m. Senior Citizens Club will meet in the CoA
Building.
5 p.m. Weight Watchers will hold its weigh in. Meeting will follow at 5:30 p.m. Both are held in the Fellowship Hall on the second floor at Trinity United Methodist
Church, South Walnut St., Van Wert.
6 p.m. Willshire Village Council will meet in the village hall.
6:30 p.m. Shelter from the Storm support group meets
in the Delphos Public Library basement.
7 p.m. Delphos City Council meets at the Delphos Municipal Building, 608 N. Canal St.
7 p.m. Delphos Parks and Recreation board meets at
the recreation building at Stadium Park.
7 p.m. Washington Township trustees meet at the
township house.
7 p.m. American Legion Post 178 will have a meeting.
7:30 p.m. Spencerville village council meets at the
mayors office.
7:30 p.m. Delphos Eagles Auxiliary meets at the Eagles Lodge, 1600 Fifth St.
8 p.m. The Veterans of Foreign Wars meet at the hall.
8 p.m. Jennings Township, Van Wert County, trustees
will meet at the township house.
8 p.m. AA Big Book meeting at First Presbyterian
Church.
8:30 p.m. Young & Heart Group will meet at St.
Marks Lutheran Church.

Saturday, July 5 & Sunday, July 6, 2014

A3

Vancrests Art Therapy promotes

sensory and fine motor skills
BY STEPHANIE GROVES
DHI Media Staff Writer
sgroves@delphosherald.com
DELPHOS The reception for the
First Annual Vancrest Art Exhibition
took place on Thursday afternoon with
residents, family members and staff
members spending quality time together
delighting in the art pieces each have
crafted through the past four months.
Vancrests Activities Director Katie
Gladish said the classes have been designed to give the long-term care patients
guidelines for completing projects with
a sample project to visualize. The therapeutic benefits of the projects focuses on
fine motor and sensory skills. She said
the participants work on a variety of art
projects with different mediums.
The classes promote fine motor skills
like picking up and painting with a brush
and the up-and-down or side-to-side
strokes of painting, she detailed. They
also stimulate sensory skills by utilizing
a variety of mediums including clay and
materials like lace.
Delphos Area Art Guild (DAAG)
Director Shauna Turner-Smith said according to the Art Therapy Association,
art therapy is utilized in a wide array of
settings to promote well being, socialization, communication and healing; ease
stress, pain and loss; improve cognitive
and motor skills; and empower through
end-of-life and transition concerns.
DAAG is always proud to help support any community endeavor and Vancrest is a local nursing care facility that is
especially close to our hearts, she said.
Gladish said the residents have been
really excited about their family members coming to the facility to see their
art. They really enjoy and love working
with Anna Fisher, who is a local mixed
media artist.
Sometimes the resident compares
their project to the sample project and
feels as if they have not done a great job,

The reception for the First Annual Vancrest Art Exhibition took place
on Thursday afternoon with residents, family members and staff
members delighting in the art pieces each have crafted through the
past four months. Residents enjoyed refreshments in the dining
room decked out in red, white and blue. Talking art were, from the
left, resident Rose Sever, Vancrest Activities Director Kelly Gladish,
resident Diane Carder, mixed media artist Anna Fisher and resident
Rosemary Bensman. (DHI Media/Stephanie Groves)
Gladish explained. Anna is always there
with positive reinforcement for them.
Fisher infuses her enthusiasm while
teaching the residents how to work with
the mediums. She said watercolor is
the hardest medium for anyone to work
with.
The work is handcrafted by the residents who make a beautiful piece of art
from almost nothing, she explained.
With the ceramic birdhouses, they started with a rolled out piece of clay, cut out
the pieces with templates, construct them
and after the clay dries, residents glaze
them.
Fisher says they give her so much back
and its very rewarding seeing what they
can produce.
During our next few classes, we will
be doing weaving and a collage depicting
their lives, she added. It will be very
interesting to see what they do.

The residents participating in the sessions say they love working with Fisher
who is very engaging and promotes fun
and conversation during the classes.
Resident Lois Schlatman said it is
a social gathering that activates their
minds and is much better than just sitting
in their rooms.
Since January, DAAG has partnered
with the Delphos Vancrest Healthcare
Center to help assist their Activities in
Art to reach a higher level. The classes
take place every other month throughout
the year.
Turner-Smith said art can be intimidating for some people and she believes
the exhibition has inspired residents who
have not participated in the classes to try
and create a piece of art.
They see the art the other residents
have created and now they think Maybe
I can do that too, she explained.

Celebrating with the Lima Symphony Orchestra

The Lima Symphony Pops Orchestra performs Friday evening at Fountain Park as part of the Summer
Music Series. The Pops Orchestra played under the direction of Maestro Crafton Beck. (DHI Media/
Angela Stith)

ODOT releases weekly road construction report

INFORMATION
SUBMITTED
The following is the weekly report concerning construction and maintenance work
on state highways within the
Ohio Department of Transportation District 1 which includes the counties of Allen,
Defiance, Hancock, Hardin,
Paulding, Putnam, Van Wert
and Wyandot.
For the latest in statewide
construction visit www.ohgo.
com. Please contact us at 419999-6803 with any information needs.
Construction and Maintenance
Projects
Week of July 7, 2014
Allen County

Schlegel entertains
record crowd Thursday
The Kiwanis 2014 July 4th Celebration entertainment
at the adult beverage tent in Delphos highlighted
the music of Pete Schlegel on Thursday night where
patrons were treated to guitar-driven, up-tempo,
honky-tonk songs. Schlegel played to a record
Fourth of July Eve crowd, according to Kiwanian and
event chair Cindy Metzger. Fridays featured band
was Deuces Wild. (DHI Media/Stephanie Groves)

Interstate 75 Reconstruction Project For the most recent information concerning

the Interstate 75 reconstruction project through Lima
and Allen County, please visit
www.odotlima75.org.
Ohio 309 (Elida Road) between Pioneer Street and Eastowne Road will be restricted
to one lane through the work
zone for sealing of pavement
cracks. Work is being performed by the Allen County
ODOT maintenance garage.
Ohio 81 between Bentley
Road and the Hardin County
line is now open following a
culvert replacement.
U.S. 30/Ohio 309 near Delphos may be restricted to one
lane at times through the work
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Choice at Slice of Delphos

The Kiwanis 2014 Slice of Delphos

(Pizza Taste-Off) was held at the
Stadium Park Shelterhouse Thursday
evening. At right, the Peoples Choice
Champion was Niedeckens Carry
Out. Above: Niedeckens Carry Out
employees accepting the traveling
trophy include, from left, Cory
Haggard, Shawnda Metzger, Matthew
Warnecke,
Barb
Mesker,
Trish
Vasquez, Lindsey Blankenship, Nikki
Betz and Jessica Hubbard. At right, a
new award was offered this year for
the Slice of Delphos Pizza Taste-Off.
The 2014 Slice of Delphos Judges
Choice Champion was awarded by
Cindy Elwer to Jacks Pizza employees
T.J. Cross and Nathan Jackson. (DHI
Media/Stephanie Groves)

Times Bulletin/Delphos Herald

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Kids participate in Optimist Fishing Derby at Stadium Park

The annual Optimist Fishing
Derby took place Friday
morning at Stadium Park
where 107 kids of all ages
tried reeling in the biggest
fish to win the two grand
prize
mountain
bikes
donated by the Delphos
Walterick-Hemme VFW Post
3035 represented by Dave
Edelbrock
and
Shannon
Wagoner.
Grand Prize Winner in the
girls division was Olivia
Lindeman (at right) with a
3 pound, 3 ounce fish which
was 19 and three-eighths
inches long and in the boys
division (at far right) with
a 4 pound, 14 ounce, 25inch fish, Noah Ebling. (DHI
Media/Stephanie Groves)

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A5

Declaration of Independence sets America on path to freedom

BY KIRK DOUGAL
DHI Media Group Publisher
kdougal@timesbulletin.com
At times it is hard to believe that
such a small document could hold
enough power to give birth to a new
nation. At only a little more than
1,300 words, barely five pages of
text, it threw a gauntlet down in the
face of the greatest military power in
the world and changed the course of
this country over the next 238 years.
The thirteen colonies had been at
war with Great Britain for more than
a year when the Declaration of Independence was signed. A series of extensive taxes had been levied against
the colonies after the Seven Years
War had added large amounts of debt
to the British government. However,
the Stamp Act and the Townhsend
Act were despised by the colonists.
The Crown, meanwhile, thought the
taxes were justified ways of raising
money for keeping the colonies as a
part of the British Empire. The Boston Tea Party in December of 1773
led to the Coercive Acts, a series of
five laws that sought to quash the
growing resistance in the colonies.
Four of the five directly punished
Massachusetts because it was seen
by the Crown as a hotbed of antagonists.
The acts had an unintended consequence, however. Until 1774, the
colonies more often then not acted
individually with only a rough affiliation with each other. After the specific attacks against Massachusetts,
the colonial governments began to
see all the colonies as part of a group.
In September of 1774, the First
Continental Congress was convened and then shots were fired at
Lexington and Concord in April of
1775. Even then, after bloodshed
had led to deaths, most colonists

Declaration of Independence

From the
Archives
By
Kirk Dougal

wanted a reconciliation with Great

Britain with the condition of more
self-rule.
Up until January of 1776, most
citizens were afraid to discuss possible separation from England in public. But a newly arrived immigrant
from Great Britain, Thomas Paine,
published a pamphlet entitled Common Sense in which he advocated
a break from the Crown and the establishment of a republican government. Historians agree no new ideas
were introduced in the writings but
it did group them in a way that was
readily accessible to the public with
a style the common man could understand. The first year alone, more
than 500,000 copies of the 48-page
pamphlet were sold, making it the
best selling book, per capita, in the
history of America.
With citizens now openly discussing revolution, the colonies were
brought even closer to revolt after the
passage of the Prohibitory Act which
provided for a blockade of American ports and labeled U.S. ships as
enemy vessels. This meant captured
American sailors could then be impressed into the British navy.
In May of 1776, the Continental
Congress appointed a committee
to write a preamble to explain why
they were taking steps to govern
themselves. John Adams wrote it,
explaining the Crown had refused

When in the Course of human

events, it becomes necessary for
one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected
them with another, and to assume
among the powers of the earth, the
separate and equal station to which
the Laws of Nature and of Natures
God entitle them, a decent respect
to the opinions of mankind requires
that they should declare the causes
which impel them to the separation.
We hold these truths to be selfevident, that all men are created
equal, that they are endowed by
their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are
Life, Liberty and the pursuit of
Happiness. That to secure these
rights, Governments are instituted
among Men, deriving their just
powers from the consent of the
governed, That whenever any Form
of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of
the People to alter or to abolish it,
and to institute new Government,

reconciliation and were hiring

mercenaries, Hessians, to keep
the colonies in line. The preamble
passed but not without controversy.
Four colonies voted against it and
Maryland, whose government was
still under British control, walked
out in protest. Adams called it the
most important resolution that ever
was taken in America, because it
effectively started the revolution
process.
On June 11, a Committee of Five
John Adams, Benjamin Frank-

laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in

such form, as to them shall seem
most likely to effect their Safety
and Happiness. Prudence, indeed,
will dictate that Governments long
established should not be changed
for light and transient causes; and
accordingly all experience hath
shewn, that mankind are more
disposed to suffer, while evils are
sufferable, than to right themselves
by abolishing the forms to which
they are accustomed. But when a
long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same
Object evinces a design to reduce
them under absolute Despotism,
it is their right, it is their duty, to
throw off such Government, and to
provide new Guards for their future
security.
Such has been the patient sufferance of these Colonies; and such is
now the necessity which constrains
them to alter their former Systems
of Government. The history of the

lin, Thomas Jefferson, Robert Livingston and Roger Sherman were

instructed to begin work on a document to officially declare the colonies independent of Britain. Sadly,
no minutes of any meetings between
the five members were preserved so
historians have no record of what
happened except for later writings,
primarily by Adams and Jefferson.
Their accounts often contradict each
other and the two men spent nearly
two decades with open animosity between them.

present King of Great Britain is a

history of repeated injuries and
usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute Tyranny over these States. To
prove this, let Facts be submitted to
a candid world.
He has refused his Assent to
Laws, the most wholesome and
necessary for the public good.
He has forbidden his Governors
to pass Laws of immediate and
pressing importance, unless suspended in their operation till his
Assent should be obtained; and
when so suspended, he has utterly
neglected to attend to them.
He has refused to pass other
Laws for the accommodation of
large districts of people, unless
those people would relinquish the
right of Representation in the Legislature, a right inestimable to them
and formidable to tyrants only.
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What is known, however, is that

after meeting as a group and laying
down a general outline, Jefferson
was chosen to write the document.
He is also known to have produced
at least one draft which he showed
to the committee. They offered some
changes and he incorporated them
into the proposal before the committee gave the document to Congress
on June 28.
FReeDOm/A8

Visiting the Ohio State Holocaust and Liberators Memorial

Tears of Sorrow,
Tears of Joy
As we travel through
this thing we call life, every
once in a while we experience something that affects
us deeply. Last month, I had
one of those experiences. My
wife and I joined with a group
of about 2,000 people at the
Ohio Theater in Columbus
to witness the dedication of a
new memorial that sits in the
southwest corner of Capitol
Square. The memorial was
erected as a remembrance of
the millions of people who
lost their lives during the Holocaust and to the liberators
who fought to end the rule of
Nazi Germany.
I thought it was appropriate to write this column for
this holiday weekend when we
are celebrating our freedom. I

CURATORS
CORNER
By
Gary Levitt

know many of us realize just

how precious that freedom is
and to what lengths we will go
to protect everyones freedom.
We look back at that dark period of the incredible loss of
life with the thought never
again. How I wish that were
true. I find it difficult to read
the international news and to
come to terms with the hundreds of thousands of people
who are suffering under the
tyranny of military dictatorships and genocide, often with
the impedance that it is a reli-

gious mandate.
But that freedom we enjoy
doesnt rule out the conflicts
we encounter, especially when
we cannot select who will and
who wont enjoy total freedom. Case in point is some of
the comments related to the
erection of this memorial. As
you might expect, there was a
significant amount of controversy in both the government
and the citizenry concerning
the religious connection being made between the State of
Ohio and the Jewish community. Unfortunately, we even
heard of the organizations and
individuals who insist it never
happened.
As we watched the proceedings and listened to all
the speakers, I realized the
profound effect that bigotry
and hatred have on all the nations of the world. As a faithful reader of this column, I

am sure you remember my

articles concerning the government (USPS) and the religious communities in the issuance of U.S. stamps. Stamps
have honored many of the
holidays of the worlds various religions and celebrated
numerous historic milestones
without trampling on any one
individuals or groups rights.
There were numerous people who played a part in bringing this memorial to fruition.
But regardless of your politics,
regardless of your feelings for
our state administrators, the
push for this project came directly from Governor Kasich
and his genuine desire to remember the sacrifices made
by all during World War II.
As several people spoke about
the journey that was taken to
bring this memorial to fruition
you could see the emotion that
filled everyone who touched

this project.
At this point you may be
asking yourself Is this about
postal history or just another
editorial? As we look back
to 120 years of the issuance
of commemorative stamps
in America, it truly is a fresh
look at the history of the
world.
If you have the opportunity
to stop in to the museum, ask
to see the souvenir sheets that
were produced concerning
World War II. Each theater is
described in detail chronicling
the span of time and the magnitude of a world war. I hope
you are just a little curious
how extensive a collection of
stamps on the war would be.
Take a minute and Google
U.S. stamps of WWII.
There are hundreds of images.
You will probably see many of
the other types of stamp and
philatelic memorabilia that I

have written about in past articles: ration stamps, defense

department savings stamps
and V-mail. So when I say:
the U.S. Post Office has been
integral in so many parts of
our lives - far beyond being
a communications network,
a glance through those hundreds of images well, you
know what they say about a
picture.
As you watched those fireworks explode, as you sipped
your favorite beverage while
having a cookout with all your
friends and family, I hope you
stopped for just a moment and
thought just how lucky you really are. Hopefully every time
you put a postage stamp on
a letter (a letter that cant be
censored or opened by anyone
except the recipient), you will
be reminded.
Thanks, Dad, youll be remembered for your service.

THOSE WERE THE DAYS

25, 50, and 75 Years Ago
BY KIRK DOUGAL
DHI Media Group Publisher
kdougal@timesbulletin.com
25 Years Ago
This week in 1989, lawyers for Pete Rose fought to keep
his case in state court rather than be moved to federal court
as requested by MLB Commissioner Bartlett Giamatti. The
case over whether or not Giamatti could decide Roses future
in the game of baseball was expected to hinge over the answer
of where it was decided. Federal courts had long upheld the
commissioners office power in such cases. Rose had been
accused of betting on his own team, an action that held a lifetime banishment from the MLB.
The Holiday at Home celebration had been a success in Van
Wert. During the parade, the Van Wert and Ohio City-Liberty Alumni Band won the Mayors Choice Award, Company
C/148th Infantry of the Ohio National Guard was named the
Most Patriotic, and the Harrison Jolly Boosters 4-H club won
the honor of Best Float.
Deanna Perrin, 4, got an assist from her father Bruce Perrin in holding an 18 inch catfish, which took first place in
the girls division of the July 4 fishing derby. Scott Baldauf,
10, and Chuck Haehn, took first in the boys division, both
with 18 inch catfish.
50 Years Ago
This week in 1964, the U.S. Congress finally completed action on the civil rights bill as it passed the House of
Representatives, overriding the nay votes of the southern Democrat block. After more than a year of political
battles, the legislation was sent to President Johnson. He
was expected to sign the bill into law immediately in the
hopes of quieting unrest over protests and demonstrations
in the South.
Master of Ceremonies R.L. Van Ausdall brought a round
of applause at the Van Wert High School auditorium when he
announced Jane Branfield as Miss United Fund of Van Wert
County. Branfield had represented the YWCA in the competition. She was crowned by the reigning the Miss America,
Miss Donna Axum.

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Times Bulletin/
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Times Bulletin & Delphos Herald

WEEKEND EDITION

KIRK DOUGAL
Group Publisher
Nancy Spencer
Ed Gebert
Delphos Editor
Van Wert Editor
A DHI Media Publication serving Van Wert, Delphos & Area Communities

Perfect Unity
In the event you are a part of the population who is digitally challenged or have hidden under a news rock for the past
week, a social media story has been sweeping the nation and
has many people fighting mad.
On June 17, researchers from the University of California at
San Francisco and Cornell University released a report in the
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. In the study,
the scientists, along with the help of Facebook, manipulated
the newsfeeds of nearly 700,000 Facebook users for one week
in January of 2012. The goal was to quantify how the emotions
of the users could be changed by showing them either predominantly positive or predominantly negative stories.
The scientists were able to prove the nature of the stories
did alter the users moods, labeling the changes an emotional
contagion that moved through the population (users) much
like a virus.
The outrage from the social media public arose from the
fact Facebook did not inform the users they were part of an
experiment. Before anyone writes off the complaints as coming
from a small segment, understand just how huge the 10-yearold company has become in its meteoric rise. In December of
last year, 757 million users logged onto Facebook every day
and more than 1.23 billion - yes, billion - people were active
monthly users. If Facebook was a country, it would be the second largest by population in the world with only China containing more people.
So making a bunch of Facebook users mad is a big deal.
And they had every right to be upset. When the research was
conducted in early 2012, the study came only two months after
the company had its fingers smacked with a ruler by the Federal Trade Commission for using unfair and deceptive practices with its privacy policy. Even so, the corporation would not
add a line about research into the policy until four months after
the study was completed.
Quite frankly, we are not that upset about the research project itself, although we believe the participants should have been
informed. If anybody believes the attempted manipulation of
feelings is not occurring on a daily basis already, they are trying to fool themselves. The advertising industry is built around
the alteration of buying habits of consumers, as an example.
Our problem is with the success of the study and the dangerous implications down the road. For instance, suppose two
candidates are running for political office. Candidate A is for
government-supplied widgets while Candidate B is dead set
against them. They campaign with speech after speech, each
giving their side of the argument until any voter even remotely
paying attention know the stances of A (pro) and B (con) on
widgets.
Now suppose in the final two months leading up to the election, Candidate A or a political action committee pays Facebook millions of dollars to manipulate Facebook feeds so only
positive stories about widgets appear. Every day hundreds of
millions of people are bombarded about the benefits of widgets in every home. This research study just proved that over
time, users emotions will change and they will see widgets in
a more favorable light.
And that is where the danger lies. The stories never mention Candidate A or the election which means there does not
need to be any disclaimer as required by election law. Yet, the
election could be swung by the manipulation of the Facebook
users.
Want something even more sinister? Suppose the national
economy stinks. Unemployment is high, inflation is on the rise,
and the government debt is breaking records. Yet, every day
on their social media feeds, hundred of millions of people are
being told everything is getting better. The population is really not doing without, no matter what they think they remember from a few years earlier. We acknowledge this is a huge
leap into Orwellian territory but the study shows if the theme
of everything is okay is repeated enough times to enough
people - like on the largest social media site in the world - then
attitudes will change no matter what the truth of the situation.
To us, the fact the manipulation works is the most frightening revelation of all.
(The headline of this editorial refers to a line from George
Orwells classic dystopian novel, 1984: The ideal set up
by the Party was something huge, terrible, and glitteringa
world of steel and concrete, of monstrous machines and terrifying weaponsa nation of warriors and fanatics, marching
forward in perfect unity, all thinking the same thoughts and
shouting the same slogans, perpetually working, fighting, triumphing, persecutingthree hundred million people all with
the same face.)

Finally, Im the Bingo Queen!

I wont insult anyone by
saying I never win anything.
I have won a thing or two in
my day but I NEVER WIN at
Bingo!
It never used to bother me
because I enjoy playing. I enjoy the suspense. I like waiting breathlessly for the caller
to say B-5 or N-27 the last
number I need for Bingo. And
usually, it just doesnt happen.
I found out Im pretty much
a poor loser when there are
big-ticket items involved
like, lets say, purses.
I attended the first Canal
Days Purse Bingo and I was
so excited. Some people are
into shoes, some people are
into hats I love purses!
I dont have a lot. Just a few
select ones I just couldnt live
without.
I went to the Purse Bingo
with a friend and we found a
few more to sit with and then
we were off. The caller was
flying through the balls and

still no Bingo. A few cards

held only two or three sad little dabs. When the purse I had
my eye on came up the butterflies started in my stomach
and I held my breath with each
new call. I just had to have that
purse!
Well, that didnt happen
and I am ashamed to say it
made me a little angry. OK, I
was mad. I wanted that purse!
So, the rest of the games
I pouted as purse after purse
went to someone else. All I
wanted was the Bingo madness to stop.
Then, on the way home, the
lady who won my purse was
walking north on Main Street
toward my house. Hmm. I had
a few evil thoughts and then I
went home and pouted some
more.
Bingo returned to Canal
Days the next two years and
every time someone asked
me if I was going to play, I
just shook my head and said

To the editor,
I am writing this to thank those who
were so good to me. On May 28, 2014,
I had the pleasure to go on the Honor
Flight out of Fort Wayne to Washington,
D.C. to see the World War II memorial
and all the other things to see in D.C.
First off in the armory they gave me a
hat and shirt, then a good breakfast. On
the plane, they had some goodies till we
arrived in D.C., then on the bus sightseeing around D.C.
The monuments were fabulous. Man
could not have made them any more
beautiful. Sack lunches or something to
eat all the time.
They took us to see the changing of
the guard at Arlington National Cemetery. Everybody should see this.
On the flight back to Fort Wayne,
there were more goodies. When we got
in the airport, to my surprise, not only
my beautiful wife of 67 years, Donna,
and my five kids and grandchildren and
great-grandchildren were there to greet
me. I couldnt believe all the people that
were there to thank me for my service
and shake my hand.
I want to thank my son, Don, who
pushed a wheelchair for me. I would
never have made it. I want to really thank

By Nancy
Spencer

games playing two cards each

and nothing. I expected no
less. And then it happened.
I got a Bingo four corners!
Yes!
I made my money back and
more and even got a cool little
magnetic bingo card holder
which came in handy because
it was a little breezy.
So I kept playing. A few
rounds later it happened
again. The same four-corner
Bingo!
Wow, I was on a roll. I
pocketed my money and gave
away the magnetic card holder
and got a little more comfortable.
BINGO/A7

Line up for the parade

Every year I watch a handful of parades, live and in-person.
Large and small, hang on, lets make that small and a little
less small, these parades are a community event, and a bit of a
curious one. In ancient days, parades were generally military
affairs, with victorious troops returning from battle being welcomed by an adoring throng. The troops would hear the cheer
and accept the salutes of their thankful community.
Certainly there must have been parades for occasions like
annual holidays also, but I dont believe Ive ever read about
such a parade in the olden times. Did the local cobbler decorate
his horse with flowers and a sign which advertised his 20 percent off sale on shoe re-soling? I dont think so.
Did the First Church of Rome put together a mobile display
advertising Roman Vacation Bible School and walk it down
the Appian Way? I have my doubts. Did every Roman Senator walk the parade route waving, shaking hands, and kissing
babies? Alright, probably, if they had an election coming up.
The first parade I can remember participating in was in
my hometown. I was probably four or five years-old. My
parents dressed me in some kind of western outfit, fixed an
arched top to my little red wagon to make it look like a Conestoga wagon, and had me pull the wagon down the parade
route with my little sister riding inside. She was wearing
some get-up that made her look like a washout from Little House on the Prairie auditions. Townspeople lined the
streets well, except my hometown didnt have enough
people to line the streets with enough leftover to drive trac-

the girls from the FCCLA in Van Wert

school for the beautiful blanket. It is so
nice.
P.S.: On the flight back on the plane
we had a mail call, my envelope was full
of letters thanking me for my service in
the army, people I didnt even know. Little kids gave me colored papers thanking
me. Again, I really enjoyed the trip.
Thanks again and again for all who
had anything to do in my trip to D.C.
Kenneth Ross
Willshire

Local couple thanks

benefit supporters
To the editor,
Living in a community that doesnt
think twice about helping out a fellow
neighbor is the greatest thing we could
ask for.
My husband, Mark Ladd, and I have
been dealing with the hardship of his
cancer for nearly two years in which he
has not been able to work. Knowing this,
his wonderful friends at the VFW Post
5803 decided they would have a benefit
for Mark to help out their fellow member
and friend.
Many donations were made by our

My
Two
CenTs

tors, march in the band, or

walk and throw candy into
the so-called crowd. So it was
a less-than-overwhelming reBy
ception, even for a five-yearEd Gebert
old. But it was all an odd experience. I guess it must be,
since I remember a sliver of
it nearly half a century later.
Parades are dependent upon certain things: a marching
band which hopefully can actually play instruments rather than
just carry them, a fleet of farm tractors or garden tractors that
can pull a flatbed trailer with assorted people riding, fire trucks
with abnormally loud sirens, and a few convertibles to carry a
bevy of queens, sitting atop the folded-up roof. Unless you have
these items, or acceptable substitutes, there is no parade. No
band makes a parade pretty lame. No noisy sirens, no fun. Also
no kids with fingers in ears as the noise passes. The tractors
and flatbeds can be straight out of the fields or improved and
modernized. My kids have been in parades where there was
no available tractor and flatbed, so a pickup truck made a good
substitute. Hey, riding in the back of an open pickup is a new
experience for most kids these days. For me, it was a weekend
ritual to get to a job, a picnic, or sometimes even to church on
Sunday morning.
PARADE/A7

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YOUR OPINIONS
Vet says thank you

I had to be somewhere else.

Why put myself through all
that? I was also a little embarrassed by my own actions and
feelings the first time. Really,
Nancy. Pouting over Purse
Bingo?
So as I walked over to the
park Friday I just talked myself right into playing a few
games and then moving on
because I had work to do.
When I first caroused the
Bingo Tent all the seats were
full and I just took some pictures and then walked around
and took some more. Whew.
Now I didnt even have to deal
with it.
When I made my way to
the tent a second time, there
was a seat right on the edge,
right where I wanted to be and
it seemed like fate. Come and
play, the Bingo Tent called to
me.
I got out the money I was
willing to donate and settled
in. I went through four or five

On the
Other
hand

THUMBS UP / DOWN
Thank you
local businesses and by many friends
for all of the
and family members. The turnout at the
prayers,
conbenefit and the outcome was simply overcerns, and great
whelming. Mark and I want to say thank
medical care by
you to all of you who supported us in
this benefit and also thank you for all the Van Wert County Hospital
wonderful contributions that were made. and Lutheran Medical Group,
We are blessed to live in such a car- during my recent medical
ing community and to have wonderful
friends who took it upon themselves to
want to help out a friend they care about.
God bless you all,
Mark and Alma Ladd
Van Wert

situation (Gerald Williams).

A special thank you to our
neighbor, Gail Perl, for mowing our lawn.
Gerald and Barbara Williams
Van Wert
THUMBS DOWN/A7

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you to a healthier, happier
way of life.
The advice is good for
people of all ages. Most are
simple, common sense ways
to face lifes challenges. See
how many you can embrace.
1. Get enough sleep. If
necessary, use an alarm
clock to remind you to go to
bed on time.
2. Dont rely solely on your
memory. Write down when to
pick up the laundry, when library books are due, etc.
3. Dont put up with
things that dont work right.
If something is a constant
aggravation, get it fixed or
replace it.
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the gas tank get below onequarter full, keep a wellstocked emergency shelf
of supplies at home.
5. Make friends with nonworriers. Stress is contagious.
6. An instant cure for
most stress: 30 minutes of
brisk walking or other aerobic exercise.
7. Forget about counting
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in the sand near the waters
edge.
8. Take your scissors to
your credit cards. Wait until
you can pay cash for things
you dont absolutely need.
9. Think of your next embarrassing situation as an
episode on TVs Candid
Camera.
10. Every day, make time
for some solitude.
11. Schedule a realistic
day. Allow ample time be-

tween appointments so you

dont have to rush, worry and
apologize for being late.
12. Talk it out. Discussing
your problem with a trusted
friend can help clear your
mind of confusion so you
can concentrate on problem
solving.
13. Instead of doing something tomorrow, do it today;
instead of doing it today, do
it now. Hard work is simply
the accumulation of easy
things you didnt do when
you should have done them.
14. Relax your standards.
The world will not end if the
grass doesnt get mowed this
weekend.
15. Add an ounce of love
to everything you do.
16. Respectfully say No,
thank you, to extra projects
you dont have the time or
energy for.
17. Donate extra stuff to
charity. Getting rid of what
you dont need makes what
you do need easier to find.
18. Do nothing which, after being done, leads you to
tell a lie.
19. Carry a duplicate car
key in your wallet. Part B:
Never leave your wallet in
your car.
20. Resolve to be tender
with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving
and tolerant with the weak
and erringfor sometime in
life, you will have been all of
those.
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bingo
(From page A6)
Its always more fun when youre winning. It doesnt sound all warm and fuzzy,
but its true. You know it and I know it.
After my third Bingo, people were still
happy for me but I could tell they probably
didnt want to hear my voice again unless it
was to chat.
I left the Bingo tent with a little more
money than I started with and a light heart.
I was the Bingo Queen! Its the little things,
you know.
I hope I have overcome that little green
monster that made me feel so angry and jealous when I didnt win that purse. I will now
confess my other purse incident. Thanksgiving in some year that began with 2000,
we had a group gift exchange. You had to

choose a gift that started with the third letter of your first name. I picked all kinds of
nail polish and other accessories for a good
manicure.
We all drew numbers and I was No. 1. I
had my eye on a package and since I was
first, I went for it. IT WAS A PURSE! It was
sooooo cute. I fell in love instantly. Then the
next person stole it from me. Whah?!? Since
I was No. 1, I had to wait until everyone else
went and then I was left with the last gift.
You know exactly what I got. It was mine! I
dont even have long fingernails and I dont
paint them. Bummer!
Im not like that in any other instance.
I love it when good things happen to other
people, I just wanted it to happen to me that
time. Oh, and the Purse Bingo time.

(From page A6)

When I moved to this area nearly two decades ago, I was surprised that parades here
still allowed the throwing of candy into the
crowds during the event. The last couple of
places I had lived had candy-less parades. It
was a safety issue. Some child somewhere
must have dashed toward a moving tractor
to retrieve an errant Tootsie Pop, and parents
must have had some sort of fit. So instead of
having parents teach and remind their children not to act like idiots and chase candy
into traffic, they just abolished the practice
entirely.
And realistically, a parade without air-

Independence 238 years later

all employees forced to pay union dues contra
the freedom of association guaranteed in the
First Amendment? If you want to see what a real
fight against public unions looks like, read Scott
Walkers book Unintimidated. This ruling was
Despite popular misconception, America was laughably limited but again, pretended outrage
never meant to be a democracy. A pure democ- ensued.
These decisions were hailed as victories for
racy, also known as mob rule, rivals a dictatorconservatives. If these are what
ship in its lack of protections for
its citizens. We were meant to be
Citizen Wolfrum constitute conservative victories, then the mob has already
a constitutional republic.
won. These rulings are worse
It is noteworthy that our first
than nothing at all because they
national document is titled The
Declaration of Independence
By Todd D. pretend to be something and
only serve to rally the mob. The
and not The Declaration of SepWolfrum
Constitution is no longer the
aration or even The Declarasafeguard against the mob that
tion of Revolution. We started by
it was intended to be. Conservadeclaring ourselves independent,
tive justices, in their reluctance
stating we were born free, able to
to overturn precedent, will never
pursue life, liberty, and happiness
as we individually saw fit and we meant to keep reinstate its protections. They struggle to declare
even the obvious, as they did last week, in the
it that way.
238 years later, the Progressive movement, face of the Progressive media storms. Liberal
after a centurys incubation, has manufactured justices only await the discovery of the next loopthe consent of the mob into the greatest force of hole to expand government. Brother, its a rigged
anti-independence our republic has known a game.
Americans generally dont know what the rest
stronger force of subjugation than King George
ever sent. After all, the British taxes we rebelled of the world does - that independence is not the
against were trivial compared to the rates we pay natural state of things, tyranny is. And, ironicaltoday. He may have had his redcoats, but even ly, after all this time, the biggest threat to Ameriin his madness, George never dreamt punitive can independence is its incredible success, a success so great it has created the luxury of apathy.
schemes that could rival the EPA or the IRS.
The Progressive mob, with free cell phones Even a $17 trillion debt fails to intimidate in the
in one hand and a ballot in the other, re-elected face of the inescapable inertia created through
a blatantly failed president. It does not care if our past liberty.
Our independence is a Catch-22. Those who
its policies have disastrous long-term effects
maintaining independence is not its goal, appreciate the freedom for which our founders
not even in its top ten. It only cares that some fought tend toward just wanting to be left alone.
people have more and others have less. Its only That spells trouble for organized movements, as
guiding metric is that hazy subjective target of the Tea Party discovered when it was hijacked
fairness. And nothing short of total surrender by some poor candidates and a few unapologetic
will satisfy its demands, as was demonstrated racists. Freedom needs a guiding force.
We all live better than King George did 238
in its response to two Supreme Court decisions
years ago even the poor have cars, electriclast week.
In one case, Hobby Lobby and other closely ity, microwaves, and in-door plumbing. The
held corporations were found able to refuse to ultimate goal of the Progressive mob is that
insure what are basically abortion drugs. Hobby we forget that independence, not entitlement,
Lobby still must insure 16 other birth control op- is why this is so and they are advancing. As
tions. Progressives claim this extremely limited thousands of illegals flow across the border, at
ruling to be part of the conservative War on what point does this mob reach critical mass?
Women, even though half of the fertilized eggs At what point does apathy deserve tyranny?
killed by the pills would eventually turn into Nothing says this has to last forever Rome
and Britain each once had inescapable inertia
women. Pretended outrage ensued.
The other case found that a few home health as well.
(This and other Wolfrum columns can be
care providers in Illinois dont have to join a
union. What about the indentured servitude of read at toddwolfrum.com.)

Why would you trade one tyrant 3000 miles

away for 3000 tyrants less than one mile away?
Mather Byles quote from colonial times used
in the movie The Patriot

thumbs Down
(From page
In just five short months
Then comes the spring and
A6)
Old Man Winter will pull
Its back to the same damn
While bounc- his stunts
thing
ing across the
He will pack the crossings
Mother, mother there goes
tracks
With ice and snow
Another wheel cover
The other day
Then I wont have to drive
Robert Keck
A thought came my way
so slow
Van Wert

2014

borne candy seems worthless. After all, we

sit through commercials to see the program.
Why should we sit through the parade of
farm wagons, fire trucks, old cars and Vacation Bible School promotions and leave the
parade empty-handed?
We may not be welcoming back victorious
soldiers, fresh from battle, but we do get to
welcome and thank those who have served,
celebrate the things we have in common as
a community and as a nation, and recognize
the great things which are an everyday part
of our community. And thats the fun of attending another parade. Well, that and being
quick enough to pick up a stray Tootsie Roll.

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A8 Saturday, July 5 & Sunday, July 6, 2014

Hot-button issues fail to

make Ohios 2014 ballot
by JuLIe cArr smytH
AP Statehouse Correspondent

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) Based on

early vows, rumors and predictions, Ohios
2014 ballot was going to be rife with every
hot voter topic of the day: gay marriage,
right to work, medical marijuana, clean energy and voter rights.
As of Wednesdays signature deadline,
not one issue survived though many activists have vowed to try again for 2015.
Advocates for several of the issues say
its more difficult and expensive to pursue
the direct democracy route in Ohio these
days, despite a constitutional guarantee that
allows citizens to be able to challenge laws
they dont like. Other issues blazed, then fizzled before making much headway through
the qualification process.
But some observers say even a failed ballot campaign has its value. Blanketing street
corners and festivals for months or years in
this critical battleground state keeps the issue indirectly before voters and sometimes
slows down or speeds up the legislative process.
It does have value for rallying the troops.
You do want to get folks excited about an
issue and a ballot effort serves to do that,
said Carrie Davis, executive director of the
League of Women Voters of Ohio. Those
have value just in terms of generating public
discussion and public interest, and of course
weve seen the poll numbers shift in Ohio
on some of these issues as people are talking
about it.
Take gay marriage. A Quinnipiac University poll released in December 2012
found 45 percent of Ohio voters supported
same-sex marriage, compared to 47 percent
who opposed it. By May 2014, as competing campaigns to place a gay marriage
amendment on Ohios ballot churned away,

that same poll showed support for same-sex

marriage had grown to 50 percent of voters,
compared to 43 percent who opposed it.
In February, a Quinnipiac poll also
showed more than half of Ohio voters supported legalized marijuana but that didnt
make the Ohio Rights Groups success assured.
Theyve made it intentionally harder.
The seats of power dont like giving that
(policy-making power) up, said John Pardee, the legalization groups president. Our
forefathers here in Ohio wanted us to have a
constitutional right to change laws we dont
like. They couldnt undo that, but what they
could do is keep adding more and more
hurdles.
A law that went into effect last year required petition circulators to be at least
18; added a list of administration requirements for marking, sorting and submitting
petitions; and barred issue campaigns from
resubmitting petitions a second time after
theyve been invalidated even if some signatures were valid. The law also requires issue
campaigns to wait for their initial round of
signatures to be validated before gathering
more signatures.
Senate President Keith Faber said he
doesnt believe those changes led to 2014s
issue-free ballot. He said the severe winter
and the complexity of the changes that were
sought were more likely the culprit.
Any time youre asking voters to make
significant and substantive changes to the
constitution, they want to understand whats
being proposed, Faber said. A lot of these
issues, whether its marriage or voting rights,
can be very emotional topics, so naturally
Ohioans will be careful about signing a petition before they understand what youre asking them to put on the ballot. When youre
trying to do that in a compressed amount of
time, it becomes difficult.

The group is also taking

suggestions on how to spend
the proceeds from this years
and future events.
Weve taken care of a
lot of the projects we wanted
to do and now we need to
step back and look at what

else could happen with these

funds, Metzger said. We
welcome any suggestions
for things would benefit the
whole community, especially
the children.

obItuArIes

CANTON, Ohio (AP)

A tiara that once belonged to
President William McKinleys wife has gone on display
at the McKinley Presidential Library and Museum in
northeast Ohio after a hurried
fundraising campaign to buy it
from a Las Vegas pawn shop.
Relatives who had inherited Ida McKinleys diamondaccented headpiece sold it to
the pawn shop featured in the
History Channel show Pawn
Stars. When Gold & Silver
Pawn co-owner Rick Harrison
offered to sell the piece to the
Canton museum for $43,000

the amount he paid for it

the museum quickly scrambled to raise the money with
the help of donors in 22 states,
including Ohio.
About 200 donors lined up
out the door to see the headpiece when it was unveiled at a
special party this week, curator Kim Kenney told the Akron Beacon Journal.
Everybody was saying,
We did this. We got this
back, Kenney said.
She said it is usually difficult to authenticate jewelry
that belonged to presidents
wives, making the tiara spe-

Marjorie Marie Secaur

VAN WERT, Ohio Marjorie Marie Secaur, 95, of Van Wert, died at 6 p.m. Friday,
July 4, 2014, at Convoy Vancrest.
She was born Sept. 23, 1918, in Van Wert, a
daughter of Artie and Ola (Eller) Neiford.
She married Dwight D. Secaur on Sept. 21,
1940, who preceded her in death.
She is survived by sons: Barry (Judy) Secaur of Decatur, Indiana, and Jim (Sierra)
Secaur of Convoy, a daughter: Karen (Jim)
Feasby of Convoy, and a son-in-law: Rick Boley. She is also survived by 13 grandchildren,
and 20 great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents,
a daughter: Diana Boley, three brothers: Kenneth Neiford, John Neiford and Conrad Matzen and two sisters: Roma Wyckoff and Virginia Mottinger.
She had been employed by Van Wert Manu-

facturing and also Van Wert County Hospital.

She attended Trinity Friends Church in Van
Wert. She loved going to garage sales and
cooking for her family. She enjoyed working
in the hospital nursery and volunteering for the
Pregnancy Life Center.
Funeral services will be held at 10:30
a.m. Monday, July 7, 2014, at Brickner Funeral Home with the Rev. Wayne Karges officiating. Burial will be in Ohio City Woodlawn Cemetery.
Calling will be 4 until 6 p.m. Sunday,
July 6, 2014, and one hour prior to services.
Preferred memorials are to Pregnancy Life
Center
Condolences may be left on the website,
www.bricknerfuneralhome.com or sent to
bricknerfuneralhome@bright.net.

dAys
culture departments regular
activities.
Excitement was expected
to be brewing in downtown
Ohio City by the end of the
summer as it was announced
the Van Wert County EPA
would be constructing a new
municipal building beginning in late August. The ultramodern structure had been
designed by Edison W. Ellis
and was expected to cost the
princely sum of $22,000. Ohio
City would pick up the tab for
$4,500 while the remaining
$17,500 would be funded by

the federal government as part

of an already approved grant.
Installation of officers of
Delphos Council No. 1362
was held Monday evening.
Installed were John A. Shenk,
Grand Knight; Henry Fischer,
Deputy Grand Knight; John
Luersman, Chancellor; Jerome
Schmit, Recording Secretary;
Elmer Schernger, Treasurer;
Ray McKowen, Advocate; A.
L. Hemker, Warden; William
Roth Jr. and Walter Moenter,
Inside Guards; and Alphons
Warnecke, Trustee for Three
Years.

Freedom
(From page A5)
After the decades of complaints against
Great Britain and the ongoing fighting, Congress took the monumental document and
tabled it. They laid it aside to work in a
committee-of-the-whole on Virginian Richard
Henry Lees proposal of independence which
had been debated for weeks. On July 1, after
an impassioned speech by Adams that said
there was no time to wait to secure foreign
alliances or forge Articles of Confederation
between the colonies, the committee passed
the vote for independence with only South
Carolina and Pennsylvania voting against the
measure, Delaware deadlocked in a one-to-one
vote and New York abstaining since they had
not received any instructions from the state
legislation since the occupation of New York
by British troops. In fact, New Yorks government would not convene again until July 10,
days after the whole issue was decided. With
the next step in the process a vote by Congress,
Edward Rutledge of South Carolina asked for

cial because there is proof of

its provenance. The museum
had previously borrowed the
tiara from the family for special events.
Now it is on public display in its original velvet box,
within a special case for extra
security.
I have not tried it on. I will
not try it on, Kenney said,
smiling. Thats a curatorial
no-no.
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Information from: Akron
Beacon Journal, http://www.
ohio.com

VISITATION & SERVICES

Marys.

Irene Bender

Marjorie Secaur
Mass of Christian Burial will be held at
10:30 a.m. on Tuesday at St. Aloysius CathoFuneral services will be held at 10:30 a.m.
lic Church, Carthagena. Friends may call from Monday, July 7, 2014, at Brickner Funeral
2-8 p.m. Monday and from 9-10 a.m. Tuesday Home with the Rev. Wayne Karges officiating.
at the Hogenkamp Funeral Home, St. Henry. Burial will be in Ohio City Woodlawn Cemetery.
Doris Boberg
Calling will be 4 until 6 p.m. Sunday, July
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. 6, 2014, and one hour prior to services.
Monday at The First Assembly of God church,
paul Shank
Delphos. Viewing will be one hour prior to
Funeral services will be 10:30 a.m. Tuesservices at the church.
day, July 8, 2014, at Alspach-Gearhart FuJo Gold
neral Home & Crematory, Van Wert, Ohio.
A private family celebration of life will Friends may call from 2-4 and 6-8 p.m. on
be held on her birthday, July 5, 2014, in Monday, July 7, 2014, at the funeral home.
Cookeville, Tennessee.
Joan Smalley
James Hasselswerth

A service celebrating the life of Joan (SiCelebration of Life will be held at 1 p.m. Sat- dle) Smalley will be held at Woodlawn Cemurday, Aug. 16, 2014, at 205 Bonnewitz Ave., Van etery, in Van Wert, Ohio, at 1 p.m. on July 5,
Wert.
2014, for family and friends.

Bonnie Stout

Services will be on Saturday at 11 a.m. at

Services will be on Tuesday, July 8, 2014,
St. Peter Lutheran Church with calling one at 11 a.m. at Harter and Schier Funeral Home,
hour prior to the service at the church.
Delphos, with calling one hour prior to the
service. Visitation will be on Monday, July 7,
paul Miller
2014, from 2-8 p.m. at the funeral home.
Mass of Christian Burial will begin at
Charles Wollenhaupt
10:30 a.m. Monday at Sacred Heart Catholic
Services will be held at 11 a.m. Monday at
Church, Warsaw.
Zion Lutheran Church. Friends may call from
Helen price
4-8 p.m. Saturday and 2-4 p.m. and 6-8 p.m.
Rites will begin at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Sunday at Chiles-Laman Funeral & Cremation
July 5, 2014, at Miller Funeral Home, 1605 Services, Shawnee Chapel.
Celina Road (Ohio 703 West Chapel) in St.

Independence

(From page A2)

(From page A5)

75 Years Ago
This week in 1939, President Franklin Roosevelt
planned for an increase in
the farm program to a record $2.5 billion, bringing
the six-year total to more
than $8 billion. Only about
$1 billion was expected to
go directly into the hands of
farmers for soil conservation
and price supports while another $1 billion was to made
available for loans and the
final $500 million would be
put into research and agri-

Ohio museum buys McKinley

tiara from pawn shop

Ted Koenig

KIwAnIs
(From page A1)
Metzger said the group is
already planning for next year,
the 10th year the club will host
the event.
We will have some surprises and all the old favorites, she said.

Times Bulletin/Delphos Herald

a continuance until the next day.

On July 2, South Carolina reversed its vote
and voted for independence. Two members of
the Pennsylvania contingent abstained so their
vote swung to yes and Caesar Rodney - only
48 years-old at the time but with failing health
that would only allow him to live another eight
years - rode 80 miles on horseback through a
rainstorm to vote yes for Delaware and break
the tie. With the vote 12-0-1, independence
from England had been declared.
Congress then began debating Jefferson
and the Committee of Fives draft. Over the
course of nearly two days, multiple changes
in wording and nearly one-quarter of the passages were removed. One portion of the writing removed dealt with the slave trade and its
removal from the document would later allow
the country to fall into the Civil War.
With Congress now in agreement, the Declaration of Independence was sent out to the
printer on July 4, 1776.

(From page A5)

He has called together
legislative bodies at places
unusual, uncomfortable, and
distant from the depository of
their public Records, for the
sole purpose of fatiguing them
into compliance with his measures.
He has dissolved Representative Houses repeatedly, for
opposing with manly firmness
his invasions on the rights of
the people.
He has refused for a long
time, after such disolutions,
to cause others to be elected;
whereby the Legislative powers, incapable of Annihilation,
have returned to the People
at large for their exercise; the
State remaining in the mean
time exposed to all the dangers of invasion from without,
and convulsions within.
He has endeavoured to prevent the population of these
States; for that purpose obstructing the Laws for Naturalization of Foreigners; refusing to pass others to encourage
their migrations hither, and
raising the conditions of new
Appropriations of Lands.
He has obstructed the Administration of Justice, by refusing his Assent to Laws for
establishing Judiciary powers.
He has made Judges dependent on his Will alone, for the
tenure of their offices, and the
amount and payment of their
salaries.
He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent
hither swarms of Officers to
harrass our people, and eat out
their substance.
He has kept among us,
in times of peace, Standing
Armies without the Consent
of our legislatures.
He has affected to render
the Military independent of
and superior to the Civil power.
He has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution, and unacknowledged by
our laws; giving his Assent to
their Acts of pretended Legislation:
For Quartering large bodies of armed troops among us:
For protecting them, by a
mock Trial, from punishment
for any Murders which they

should commit on the Inhabitants of these States:

For cutting off our Trade
with all parts of the world:
For imposing Taxes on us
without our Consent:
For depriving us in many
cases, of the benefits of Trial
by Jury:
For transporting us beyond
Seas to be tried for pretended
offences
For abolishing the free
System of English Laws in a
neighbouring Province, establishing therein an Arbitrary
government, and enlarging
its Boundaries so as to render
it at once an example and fit
instrument for introducing the
same absolute rule into these
Colonies:
For taking away our Charters, abolishing our most valuable Laws, and altering fundamentally the Forms of our
Governments:
For suspending our own
Legislatures, and declaring themselves invested with
power to legislate for us in all
cases whatsoever.
He has abdicated Government here, by declaring us out
of his Protection and waging
War against us.
He has plundered our seas,
ravaged our Coasts, burnt our
towns, and destroyed the lives
of our people.
He is at this time transporting large Armies of foreign
Mercenaries to compleat the
works of death, desolation and
tyranny, already begun with
circumstances of Cruelty &
perfidy scarcely paralleled in
the most barbarous ages, and
totally unworthy the Head of a
civilized nation.
He has constrained our fellow Citizens taken Captive on
the high Seas to bear Arms
against their Country, to become the executioners of their
friends and Brethren, or to fall
themselves by their Hands.
He has excited domestic
insurrections amongst us, and
has endeavoured to bring on
the inhabitants of our frontiers, the merciless Indian
Savages, whose known rule of
warfare, is an undistinguished
destruction of all ages, sexes
and conditions.
In every stage of these
Oppressions We have Peti-

tioned for Redress in the most

humble terms: Our repeated
Petitions have been answered
only by repeated injury. A
Prince whose character is thus
marked by every act which
may define a Tyrant, is unfit to
be the ruler of a free people.
Nor have We been wanting in attentions to our British brethren. We have warned
them from time to time of
attempts by their legislature
to extend an unwarrantable
jurisdiction over us. We have
reminded them of the circumstances of our emigration and settlement here. We
have appealed to their native
justice and magnanimity, and
we have conjured them by the
ties of our common kindred
to disavow these usurpations,
which, would inevitably interrupt our connections and correspondence. They too have
been deaf to the voice of justice and of consanguinity. We
must, therefore, acquiesce in
the necessity, which denounces our Separation, and hold
them, as we hold the rest of
mankind, Enemies in War, in
Peace Friends.
We, therefore, the Representatives of the united States
of America, in General Congress, Assembled, appealing
to the Supreme Judge of the
world for the rectitude of our
intentions, do, in the Name,
and by Authority of the good
People of these Colonies, solemnly publish and declare,
That these United Colonies
are, and of Right ought to be
Free and Independent States;
that they are Absolved from
all Allegiance to the British
Crown, and that all political
connection between them and
the State of Great Britain, is
and ought to be totally dissolved; and that as Free and
Independent States, they have
full Power to levy War, conclude Peace, contract Alliances, establish Commerce, and
to do all other Acts and Things
which Independent States may
of right do. And for the support of this Declaration, with
a firm reliance on the protection of divine Providence, we
mutually pledge to each other
our Lives, our Fortunes and
our sacred Honor.

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SATURDAY, JUlY 5 & SUnDAY, JUlY 6, 2014

AP Source: Cavs seek reunion, meet with LeBrons agent

BY TOM WITHERS
AP Sports Writer
CLEVELAND (AP) Four
years after their messy breakup, the
Cavaliers and LeBron James are at
least talking about a reunion.
Cavs officials met with James
agent, Rich Paul, this week about the
free-agent superstars possible return. The sides visited as James continued his family vacation, a person
with knowledge of the details told
The Associated Press on Thursday
night.
The person spoke on condition of
anonymity because of the sensitive
nature of the talks.
It was not immediately clear if
owner Dan Gilbert was at the meeting.
James recently opted out of the
final two years of his contract in Miami. The two-time NBA champion
has gone to four straight finals with
the Heat. However, after the team
was throttled by San Antonio in this
years finals, James said he would
weigh his options this summer.
One of them could be re-signing
with the Cavs, the team he spent
seven seasons with before leaving
in 2010 to join forces with Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh in South
Florida. Wade and Bosh also opted
out of their deals with Heat, raising
speculation the Big Three could be
headed in different directions.
James decision to leave Cleveland Thursday was the four-year
anniversary of the teams last pitch

to him prompted Gilbert to condemn him in a scathing letter to Cavs

fans. The owner also told The AP he
felt James had quit during games in
the playoffs.
ESPN has reported that Paul
also met with representatives for the
Phoenix Suns, Houston Rockets and
Dallas Mavericks. A photo of Mavericks owner Mark Cuban in Cleveland circulated on Twitter, though he
said he was there for a commitment
for his TV show, Shark Tank.
While James has been out of the
country with his wife, Savannah, and
their two sons, Paul has been working on the four-time MVPs future.
Unlike four years ago, when teams
flocked to Cleveland to make presentations to woo James, the courtship
of him this time has been low key
and rather business-like.
The Cavs have waited patiently for
their chance to try and convince the
Akron, Ohio, native to come home.
In the past few weeks, the Cavs
have hired new coach David Blatt,
selected Kansas swingman Andrew
Wiggins with the No. 1 overall pick
and gotten All-Star point guard Kyrie Irving to agree to a five-year, $90
million contract extension.
Now, theyre working on bringing
back James, who has never ruled out
the possibility of a return.
Two years ago, James was asked
if he could ever see himself playing
for the Cavs again.
I dont know. I think it would be
great, he said. It would be fun to
play in front of these fans again. I

Simon key
as Reds snap
slump

FILE - This Sept. 29, 2008 file photo shows then-Cleveland

Cavaliers LeBron James at the teams media day in
Independence, Ohio. Cavs officials met with James agent,
Rich Paul, this week about the free-agent superstars possible
return. (AP Photo/Mark Duncan)
had a lot fun times in my seven years infamous Decision, when he anhere. You cant predict the future and nounced he was leaving on a nationhopefully I continue to stay healthy. ally televised special. He was booed
Im here as a Miami Heat player, mercilessly in his first games back
and Im happy where I am now, but I with the Heat, but in recent years
he has been received more favordont rule that out in no sense.
And if I decide to come back, ably. Maybe thats because the Cavs
havent been to the playoffs since he
hopefully the fans will accept me.
Cleveland fans, most of them left and Clevelanders know he might
anyway, have gotten over James be the only chance they have to see a

championship in their lifetimes.

Cleveland hasnt won a title in any
of the major sports since 1964.
If he were to come back, James
could repair the damage he did to his
image when he left.
But that remains a big if.
In having Paul meet with other
teams, James could simply be putting
on pressure for the Heat to upgrade
their roster. Miami has been pursuing free agents and Yahoo Sports
reported team president Pat Riley
and coach Erik Spoelstra met in Los
Angeles with Lakers free agent Pau
Gasol. The Heat could have trouble
surrounding James with enough talent if the reports he will only accept
a maximum contract are accurate.
James is scheduled to be in Las
Vegas next week to host a basketball
camp, and then is expected to attend
the World Cup in Brazil.
In order for James to play again
in Cleveland, he and Gilbert would
have to have some sort of reconciliation. Gilberts letter famously
typed in comic sans font was a
blistering attack on James, who had
carried the Cavs to the NBA Finals
in 2007 but failed to deliver on his
promise of a championship. Gilbert
had guaranteed the Cavs would win
a title before James, but later regretted the prediction.
Looking back now, that probably
was not the most brilliant thing Ive
ever done in my life, Gilbert said.
He and James may get a second
chance together.

Beyond Expectations
another great success

BY MARK SCHMETZER
Associated Press
CINCINNATI (AP) Alfredo Simon
moved into a tie for the National League lead
with his 11th win and Billy Hamilton homered
as the Cincinnati Reds snapped a three-game
losing streak with a 4-2 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers on Friday night.
Skip Schumaker and Joey Votto had runscoring doubles for the Reds, who were coming off being swept in a three-game series at
San Diego.
Simon (11-3), making his career-high 17th
start, overcame Jonathan Lucroys home run to
move into a tie with the Dodgers Zack Greinke and the Cardinals Adam Wainwright for
the NL lead in wins.
The Central Division-leading Brewers

Cincinnati Reds Alfredo Simon pitches

agaisnt the Milwaukee Brewers in the
first inning of their baseball game in
Cincinnati Friday July 4, 2014. (AP
Photo/TomUhlman)
dropped their fourth straight, matching their
longest losing streak of the season.
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Delphos 4th of July Minor

League Tournament results

The Indians won the championship on a brilliant early Friday evening at

Stadium Park, claiming the traveling Kevin Spanky Kemper Memorial plaque
in the process. Members of the team are, front from left, Caden Carter, Nolan
Schwinnen, Jack Gerker, Cody Bailey and Matt Miller; and back, coach Chad
Hosking, Eli Kill, Caden Meyer, Colin Bailey, Chase Bailey and Kobe Smith.
Absent are head coach Dan Hirn and players Nathan Mosier and Carter Hirn.

The Pirates, who came in second, are comprised of, front from left, Brendon
Oleson, Kevin Pohlman, Braylon Scalf, Tanner Jones, Gavin Holdgreve, Lucas
Grothaus, Maddox Kroeger and Danny Schleeter; and second, assistant coach
Josh Gillespie, Mason Rowe, Jason Gillespie, head coach Randy Holdgreve, Eli
Coil and assistant coach Scott Scalf. As well, winners of the 6-way Delphos
Little League Association 50/50 were Jeremy Buzard, Bruce Albee, Craig
Zimmerman, Irv and Rosie Moenter, Mike Kerns and Rene Mueller. (DHI Media/
Jim Metcalfe)

Players of all ages took to the diamond Thursday evening at Stadium Park
in Delphos for the annual Beyond Expectations softball game. The game
gives those with challenges an opportunity to join in the festivities with
an event of their own. Above: Carly Clay makes it to home plate with her
buddy Dean Bowersock as Umpire Paul Hale, back, calls her safe and
Chuck Wannemacher, left, gives her a high-five. (DHI Media/Jim Metcalfe.)

City League tourney results

The Pirates captured the 2014 Delphos City League 4th of July Tournament
and the traveling Mel and Dee Westrich Sports Complex Memorial Plaque.
The team is comprised of, front from left, Brady Zalar, Jaylen Jefferson, Trent
Lindeman, Cole Binkley and Braxton Scalf; and back, assistant coach Lenny
Hubert, Hunter Haehn, Brady Parrish, head coach Ray Geary, Blake Fischbach,
Logan Hubert and assistant coach Scott Scalf. Absent is Derek Haggard. (DHI
Media/Jim Metcalfe)

The Braves, the tourney runner-ups, are compsed of, front from left, Jarrod
Radabaugh, Devin Sanders, Braysen Schulte, Carson Muhlenkamp and Colin
Muhlenkamp; and back row, coach Mike Sanchez, Chase Martin, Colin Arroyo,
coach Mark Gerker, Keaton Jackson, Doug Long, Brady Welker, Curtis Mueller
and coach Paul Radabaugh. (DHI Media/Jim Metcalfe)

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Saturday, July 5 & Sunday, July 6, 2014

times Bulletin/Delphos Herald

Federer, Djokovic to meet in mens

Wimbledon final
BY HOWARD FENDRICH
AP Tennis Writer
LONDON (AP) Roger Federer was
on the decline or so the thinking went.
He was past 30. Had back problems.
Tried experimenting with a larger racket.
Was a family man, a father to two sets
of twins now. Slid down the rankings.
Reached zero Grand Slam finals over
the past two years. Started losing before
the quarterfinals at majors, including in
2013s second round at the All England
Club, of all places, to a guy ranked 116th.
Look at him now. Federer moved one
victory away from a record eighth Wimbledon championship and 18th Grand
Slam title overall by reaching Sundays
final, where he will face Novak Djokovic.
Federer was asked how much it would
mean to add to his trophy collection.
A lot, said Federer, who turns 33
next month and would be the oldest
Wimbledon winner in at least a half-century. I know I dont have 10 left, so Ill
try to enjoy it as much as I can.
Could he have imagined 12 months
ago, after his startlingly early exit, being
back in this years final?
I wasnt sure, Federer replied. I
hoped.
After so much buzz about the rise of a
new generation to challenge the supremacy of tennis Big 4, a quartet, includ-

ing Rafael Nadal and Andy Murray, that

will have won 36 of the past 38 Slams
Federer and Djokovic turned aside upand-comers in Fridays semifinals.
Djokovic, the 2011 champion, went
first on Centre Court, overcoming dips in
his play to beat 11th-seeded Grigor Dimitrov of Bulgaria 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (2), 7-6 (7)
and reach his third final at Wimbledon
and 12th in the past 16 majors.
Federer, tied with Pete Sampras and
William Renshaw with seven Wimbledon titles, followed with a 6-4, 6-4, 6-4
victory over 11th-seeded Milos Raonic
of Canada. Returning serves that topped
130 mph (210 kph), Federer broke Raonic
once in each set and took 61 of 80 points
on his own serve.
Just seeing Roger around, seeing his
persona, his aura you know that a lot
of people could have, and have, written
him off in a lot of ways, Raonic said,
(but) you knew this was very (possible)
for him.
Dimitrov (who beat defending champion Murray in the quarterfinals) and Raonic (who beat the man who beat Nadal
in the fourth round) are 23 and were
making their debuts in a Slam semifinal.
Federer was in his 35th; six-time major
champion Djokovic was in his 23rd.
It was sunny, 77 degrees (25 Celsius)
and windy, and Djokovic and Dimitrov
found themselves slip-sliding around the

worn court, especially along swaths of

brown dirt. One of their many lengthy,
entertaining exchanges ended with both
face-down on the turf.
Djokovic appeared ready to run away
with a win, one point from leading by a
set and two breaks. But Dimitrov, cheered
on by girlfriend Maria Sharapova, hit an
ace to erase a break point and reeled off
five consecutive games to grab the second set.
For Djokovic was volleying poorly
something that surely bothered one
of his coaches, three-time Wimbledon
champion Boris Becker and generally
struggling to find his strokes. After one
botched forehand, Djokovic threw his
racket end-over-end in the air and caught
it.
It was a roller coaster, Becker said
of his mans up-and-down performance.
It doesnt have to be pretty and perfect
all the time. You have to play perfect
when it matters most.
Djokovic did. Dimitrov did not, faltering at the end of the last two sets. In the
third, his one-handed backhand accounted for three mistakes in the tiebreaker,
and he also double-faulted.
In the fourth, Dimitrov wasted four set
points, including three in the tiebreaker,
which he led 6-3, before losing six of the
last seven points.

Lady Cougar basketball camp held

Roger Federer of Switzerland watches a return

over the net to Milos Raonic of Canada during their
mens singles semifinal match at the All England
Lawn Tennis Championships in Wimbledon, London,
Friday, July 4, 2014. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

St. Marys fall

baseball sign-up
Information submitted

K.C. Gieger Park will

again be the site for a fall
baseball league. This league
is open to all incoming freshman, sophomore, juniors, and
seniors. Games (doubleheaders) will be played on Sundays
beginning August 17 and will
conclude on September 21.
Cost for the lieague is $85 per
player, which will cover um-

pire expenses, team shirt and

game balls.
These will be regulation
games with live pitching and
certified umpires. If interested, you can obtain a registration packet by contacting Jeff
Dieringer at (419) 305-2477.
An early response coud help
secure your spot, as a limited
number of players are taken.
Dont delay if youre interested in playing.

Grand Lake

Fastpitch Softball
Fall League
3 Separate Leagues
$

3rd-5th Grade
75 ea. player (Machine Pitch)
6th-8th Grade
$100 ea. player (Jr. High)

9th-12th Grade
$100 ea. player (High School)

Questions??

Accepting Registrations until

August 1, 2014
Who: Girls 3rd-12th grade
5 Weekend Doubleheaders
Starts August 17, 2014
Registration Forms can be
printed out from
www.thundercamps.com
Please call Joe Hoying 419.834.1282
or John Hendricks 765.348.6413
email: grandlake@thundercamp.com

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Van Wert Girls Basketball recently held their youth basketball camp for girls
grades 4-8. Campers participated in daily drills, skills competitions, and live
games for the four days. The camp was run by the Lady Cougars coaches
and players and emphasized learning the fundamentals of basketball in a
fun and enjoyable way. Pictured top left, the campers; top right the skills
competition winners (back l to r) Abby Jackson, Olivia Kline, Reagan Priest,
Adrianna Grothause (front l to r) Emilee Philips, Lexi Barnhart, Sofia Houg,
Saylor Wise; bottom left, the WNBA champs, Rylee Dunn, Elizabeth Rutkowski,
Sierra Schafer, Coach Emma Kohn, Jerica Huebner, Abby Jackson, Kaylena
Kelly; bottom right, the college champs, Lizzie Gilbert, Saylor Wise, Coach
Riley Jones, Lexi Barnhart, Finley Foster. (Photos submitted)

Ventura shuts down Indians

CLEVELAND (AP)
Yordano Ventura pitched 8
1-3 stellar innings and Mike
Moustakas hit a three-run
homer to help the Kansas City
Royals beat the Cleveland Indians 7-1 on Friday night.
Ventura (6-7) blanked the
Indians on four hits until Michael Brantley hit a leadoff
homer in the ninth. The rookie
right-hander was pulled after
Jason Kipnis one-out single.
Ventura allowed six hits and
struck out four in the longest
outing of his career.
Salvador Perez and Christian Colon, making his first
major-league start, had three
hits apiece while Lorenzo
Cain snapped an 0 for 11 skid
with an RBI single in the third
and a run-scoring double in
the fifth.
The Royals are a major
league-best 11-2 away from
home since June 2.
Ventura retired the first 10
hitters before Brantley singled

with one out in the the fourth.

Carlos Santanas single moved
Brantley to third, but Kipnis
bounced into a double play.
Moustakas homer on a 3-2
pitch put the game away in
the sixth. The rally began on
singles by Perez and Alcides
Escobar.
Colon, a late addtion to the
lineup when second baseman
Omar Infante was scratched
with lower back tightness,
was 3 for 4, including a triple
in the second for his first major league hit. Colon added a
double in the fifth and an RBI
double in the ninth.
Ventura has allowed three
runs in 21 innings in three career starts against Cleveland.
The 23-year-old right-hander
held the Indians to one run in
seven innings in a 4-1 win on
June 11 in Kansas City.
Ventura gave up two runs
and seven hits in four innings
Los Angeles Angels in his last
start, an outing that was cut

short by a four-hour rain delay.

He had pitched seven innings
in each of his previous three
starts.
The Royals, who are second in the AL Central, are 3-1
on a nine-game road trip and
lead third-place Cleveland by
four games.
The Indians, who opened
a 10-game homestand, have
lost four straight at home after winning 11 of 12 at Progressive Field. Cleveland was
swept by Detroit in a threegame series June 20-22.
Tomlin turned in the best
performance of his career
against the Mariners last Saturday. He retired the first 12
hitters before allowing a leadoff single to Kyle Seager in the
fifth, Seattles only baserunner. Tomlins gem marked the
sixth time an Indians pitcher
recorded 11 strikeouts with
no walks in a shutout over the
past 100 years.

REDs
(From page B1)
Simon allowed six hits and two runs with two
walks, three strikeouts and a wild pitch in 7
1-3 innings to improve to 5-0 over his last seven starts.
Jonathan Broxton got the final two outs of
the eighth and Aroldis Chapman pitched the
ninth for his 17th save.
Milwaukee starter Kyle Lohse (9-3) lasted five innings, allowing four runs three
earned and seven hits with eight strikeouts
and one walk while picking up his first loss in
five starts since June 6. He was 2-0 over his
previous four starts.
Before a crowd of 42,120, Cincinnatis fifth
sellout of the season, Simon helped the Reds
take a 2-0 lead in the third inning. He lined a
single with one out, and Hamilton followed on
the next pitch with a 344-foot home run into
the visitors bullpen down the right field line. It
was the fifth of the season for Junes National
League Rookie of the Month.
The Reds scored as many runs in that span

of two batters as they totaled against the Padres. They made it 3-0 in the fourth on consecutive doubles by Devin Mesoraco and Schumaker. Mesoraco was robbed of a home run
by center fielder Carlos Gomez, who went high
above the wall in deep right-center and almost
pulled off a highlight-reel catch before settling
for keeping the ball in play.
Lyle Overbays error set up Cincinnatis
fourth run. The first baseman couldnt corral
Todd Fraziers spinning chopper with one out
in the fifth inning, and Frazier scored all the
way from first on Vottos double into the left
field corner.
The Brewers broke up the shutout in the
seventh, which Simon started by hitting Aramis Ramirez, who moved to second on a wild
pitch and scored on Jean Seguras single.
Lucroy knocked Simon out of the game in
the eighth with his ninth homer of the season, a
374-foot drive to right-center that bounced off
the top of the wall and into the stands.

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Saturday, July 5 & Sunday, July 6, 2014 B3

Todays
Horoscope
By Eugenia Last

SATURDAY, JULY 5, 2014

Blondie

You will be able to watch

your hard work pay off and
your plans come to fruition.
The growth and maturity you
have gained will pave the way
for greater success. Continued
discipline and devotion will
help you to see your plans to
completion.
CANCER (June 21-July
22) -- Feel free to make
suggestions, but remember that
others arent obliged to do as
you say. Dont be grumpy if
you cant get what you want.
Accept the inevitable.

For Better or Worse

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22)

-- You can form a gratifying
partnership with someone
who shares your values and
your high standards. Good
communication and mutual
respect will help you to meet
your financial target.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept.
22) -- Dont be overwhelmed
by your agenda. Take one
step at a time until you reach
your destination. Learn from
experience and savor the
moments that bring you joy.

Beetle Bailey

Pickles

Garfield

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) -You need to face up to the issues

that youve been avoiding. Its
quite possible that you have
blown things out of proportion.
Stop procrastinating, and do
what needs to be done.

Crossword Puzzle

ACROSS
1 Idle away
time
5 Impose
10 Dome
12 Mind teaser
13 Customer
14 Win over
15 Reddishbrown color
16 Campground initials
18 Mineral
spring
19 Plane part
23 Elevator
buttons
26 German
article
27 Part of
SWAK
30 Capitalists
goal
32 Royal residence
34 Orchestral
instruments
35 Scavenging
animals
36 Give the
impression
37 Unhatched
fish
38 AARP
members
39 Scales
42 Physique
45 Kimono
sash
46 Franklins
flier
50 They have
pseudopods
53 Manuscript
fixer
55 Dirge
56 Finds a new
tenant
57 Wry humor
58 Shade trees

der
6 Peculiar
7 Fateful day
8 High-five
9 Prefix for
trillion
10 EMT technique
11 Short socks
12 Be a parent
17 Above, to
Tennyson
20 Common
phrases
21 Approved
22 Worlds
longest river
23 Checkout ID
24 U.S. leader
25 Type of
survivor
28 Minus
29 Wound remnant
31 Tiny insect
32 Less sincere
33 Slalom run
37 CSA defender
40 Price tag

Thursdays answers
41 Knowhow
42 Romantic
island
43 Bradley
or Sharif
44 Audition
tape
47 Part of
an agenda
48 Little kids
49 Hesitant

DOWN
1 Kauai feast
2 -- out (withdraws)
3 Ventricle
neighbor
4 Andy
Capps wife
5 Fishs rud-

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov.

22) -- Dont be too quick to sign
on the dotted line. Your time
and money are precious and
shouldnt be taken lightly. Get
all the facts before you consider
a new project.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23Dec. 21) -- You have a knack
for commanding attention.
Your entertaining way of
speaking will make you an
impressive leader at any event
or function. Have fun and enjoy
the moment.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22Jan. 19) -- Keep your finances
and legal documents stored
securely away. Dont trust
anyone who is prying into your
personal affairs. Listen and
observe, and you will avoid
meddling.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb.
19) -- You can accomplish
plenty if you let your inhibitions
go and your imagination
run wild. Your plans will
fall effortlessly into place.
Romance and love will play a
big part in your day.

Born Loser

PISCES (Feb. 20-March

20) -- Reduce the drudgery
of your domestic chores by
enlisting the help of friends. By
spreading the work around, you
will have time left over to enjoy
a meal together.

Marmaduke

ARIES (March 21-April

19) -- Be agreeable and
adaptable today. You may
end up heading in a different
direction, but going along with
the crowd for now will take the
pressure off of you to make
thing happen.

Hagar the Horrible

Barney Google & Snuffy Smith

TAURUS (April 20-May

20) -- To decide the best course
of action, different viewpoints
are essential. Discussions with
others in your chosen field
will help you to make the right
decisions. Network with others
and learn.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20)
-- Lighthearted entertainment
is exactly what you need. Your
friends will be delighted if you
take part in an event or activity
that requires someone with
skills like yours.
**
COPYRIGHT 2014 United
Feature Syndicate, Inc.
DISTRIBUTED
BY
UNIVERSAL UCLICK FOR
UFS

Answer to Sudoku
Hi and Lois

The Family Circus By Bil Keane

sounds
51 Dr.
Casey of 60s
TV
52 -- day
now
54 Fiddlede- --

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125 Lost and Found

235 Help Wanted

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419-203-2480

2 CASHIER
positions available. Must
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fast paced atmosphere,
positive attitude, team
player, work well with
public and co-workers. If
you have these
attributes please apply
at Brookside
Convenience Store,
1301 West Main Street
Van Wert, Ohio
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205 Business
Opportunities

BREAD ROUTE & Box

Truck for sale. Be your
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235 Help Wanted

BLUE STREAM
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235 Help Wanted

Utility/
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CDL Class A
DRIVERS NEEDED

Full Time

Valid Drivers License

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Please apply in person
from 8am-5pm at

New Run Domiciled

in Lima, OH
HOME DAILY
Monday-Friday

3242 Mentzer Church Rd.

Convoy, OH

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Van Wert City School
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anticipated start date is
October 1, 2014.
All qualified applicants
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235 Help Wanted

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NURSE AIDES

Putnam County HomeCare & Hospice is seeking dependable and reliable nurse aide applicants with a genuine interest in home care to work part-time with some
weekend & evening hours. State tested aides preferred.
Send resume to Putnam County HomeCare & Hospice, P.O. Box 312, Ottawa, OH 45875 or Fax to 419523-6328 by 4:30 pm on July 11, 2014.

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HOMIER & SONS

Looking For an Ag
Service Manager to
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operations in our Service
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Experienced, Well
Organized and works
well with people.
Computer Skills a must.
Call Ben @
419-263-3067 or Fax
Resume 419-263-3067
HR/SAFETY MANAGER
Dancer Logistics, a
growing company in Delphos, Ohio is in need of
a Safety Manager for our
trucking division. The
ideal candidate will have
previous experience with
CSA, DOT rules & regulations, review and understanding of log books
as well as employee discipline. Interested candidates should send a resume and cover letter to:
Dancer Logistics Attn:
Dan, 900 Gressel Drive,
Delphos, OH 45833 or
apply in person.
LOCAL DUMP Truck
Firm is Looking For a
Dump Truck Driver
Home Every Night!
Paying $25/Hour
419-203-0488 or
419-238-6588
LOOKING TO
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Residential Ads and
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om
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TRUCKING,
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Excellent pay. Good
safety bonus program.
Home on weekends.
Small family owned
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dispatch@mccammontrucking.biz. (A)

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1:00-2:30 p.m.

202 Marion Ave.

1101 Ricker St.
6170 St. Marys Rd.
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1321 Christina St.
410 E. 2nd St.
509 E. 8th St.

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Date: Fri. 7/11

Time: 10:00 am (real estate)
&1
1:00 am (personal property)
Location: 4239 Werner
Rd., Convoy, OH
Items: 20 and 36 acre
tracts farmland, 3 bdrm
house w/garage & pole
barn plus 1 acre, assorted
furniture, appliances, lawn
& garden tools
Seller(s): Fortney Family Trust
Auctioneer(s):

Bee Gee Realty &

Auction Co., LTD.

515 Auctions

305 Apartment/Duplex
For Rent

1 BEDROOM & Studios

$300 deposit water and
trash paid
NO PETS
Thistlewood/Ivy Court
Apartments
419-238-4454
1 BEDROOM
Downstairs, central air,
NO dogs, $315.00
monthly, 419-238-9508

1 BEDROOM,
stove and refrigerator
included, water and
sewer paid, very decent,
located in Van Wert,
419-438-7004
2 BEDROOM Upstairs
stove and refrigerator,
water and sewer paid.
Very decent, in Van Wert
419-438-7004
2 BEDROOM
Very clean Apt with A/C
$420/mo. in Van Wert
419-979-9308
DOWNTOWN DEL PHOS -Very nice, newly
remodeled, mostly furnished, 2nd floor, 4BR,
2BA, large kitchen and
dining area, very large
family room. Ample parking.
$750/mo.
419-236-6616
NICE, CLEAN, one bedroom apartment. Stove,
Refrigerator include.
New carpet and linoleum. $400 +deposit.
419-296-5123.

305 Apartment/Duplex
For Rent

RIVERTRACE
APARTMENT
1 Bedroom and
Efficency apartment.
$330.00-$430.00 per
month deposit required.
All Utilities and
Cable included.
419-771-0969
UPSTAIRS 2BEDROOM
1 Person, NO Pets,
NO Smoking.
$400.00 Deposit,
$400.00 a Month
419-667-5590

310 Commercial/ Rent

Industrial For

COMMERCIAL
BUILDING 2500 sq. ft.
at 830 W. Main St.
Van Wert. Ideal for
Business or Personal
use.
Call: 419-438-7004

320 House For Rent

HOUSE FOR
rent, 2 bedroom
Stove, refrigerator, w/d
hook up, $450.00
monthly plus
deposit.
Call 419-749-2920.
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325 Mobile Homes For

Rent

BELLAVE PARK
Newly Remodeled.
Excellent Condition.
2 Bedroom Mobile
Home. Rent-To-Own.
$450.00-$475.00 Per
Month
419-771-0969
HOUSE TRAILER for
rent in Scott Ohio, 2
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call 419-587-3345
leave message.
Rent-To-Own
2 Bedroom
Mobile Home
419-692-3951

PUBLIC AUCTION

Date: Sat. 7/19

Time: 10:00 am
Location: 633 W. Wayne
St., Delphos, OH
Items: 2bdrm ranch-style
home w/ garage, 1997
Mercury Cougar, 2000
Oldsmobile Bravada, various firearms
Seller(s): Heir of Ervin E.
Fabian
Auctioneer(s):

Straley Realty &

Auctioneers, Inc.

515 Auctions

ESTATE AUCTION

Date: Sat. 7/12

Time: 10:00 am
Location: 1882 SR 127,
Scott, OH
Items: 1640 sq. ft. 3bdrm/2bath
ranch home + 2 pole & 2 storage
bldgs, 2007 Chevy Silverado Z71, Bobcat 371, 2007 Yamaha Zuma, misc.
lawn tools & equipment, household
furniture, appliances
Seller(s): Robert E. Hartman Estate, VW Probate
Court Case #2014-1070
Auctioneer(s):

Straley Realty &

Auctioneers, Inc.

TEEM WHOLESALE
has an immediate
opening for a class A
CDL truck driver. Home
every night, weekends
off, dedicated routes,
dedicated equipment,
overtime available
if desired.
Applicants must be
dependable self
motivated individuals
who learn quickly and
can work in a team
setting. Applicants must
also have valid drivers
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driving record.
Experience is a plus but
not required.
Competitive wages,
dental & life insurance,
401K, paid vacations
and holidays. Please
apply in person at
Teem Wholesale
200 W. Skinner St.
Ohio City, Ohio 45874.
No phone calls please.

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SUNDAY, JUNE 29, 2014

SECURITAS HAS an
immediate opening for a
part-time 3rd-shift
security officer to work
weekends and holidays
in Van Wert. Must have
HS diploma or GED, a
valid drivers license with
good record, and able to
clear a background
check and drug screen.
Uniforms are provided
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PRODUCTION
MAINTENANCE
EMPLOYEES
Haviland Drainage
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Haviland, Ohio, a leader
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seeking the following
employees to join our
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Skilled Maintenance
Ideal candidate would
have experience in repair and troubleshooting
general production
machine, plastic
extrusion, operating basic machine shop equipment, welding and steel
fabrication, pneumatic
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maintaining and making
building improvements.
Basic electrical
knowledge/experience
a plus.
High School diploma,
valid drivers license, excellent communication
skills
required in all positions.
Competitive wages and
benefits. Equal
Opportunity Employer
Send resumes to
Haviland Drainage
HR Department
PO Box 97
100 W. Main St.
Haviland, Ohio 45851
fax: 419-622-6911 or
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Times Bulletin/delphos Herald

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Items: 84 acres farm land,
74.05 tillable, contains
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Seller(s): Francis, Joseph
and Philip Noonan
Auctioneer(s):

410 Commercial Sale

Property For

FOR SALE: Locally

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00096859

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SheriffS Sale of real eState

SheriffS Sale of real eState

The State of Ohio, Van Wert County. fifth third Mortgage Co.,
Plaintiff, -vs- Matthew a. BarriCklow, Defendant. Case No.
CV1309171 Pursuant to a Court Order of Sale issued by the Clerk of
Common Pleas Court, in the above entitled action, I will offer for sale
at a public auction, at the door of the courthouse in the basement of the
Van Wert County Courthouse, in the above-named County on fridaY,
JulY 11, 2014 at 10:00 aM, the following described real estate, situate
in the County of Van Wert and State of Ohio, and in the township of
tullY. An approved legal description can be found at the Van Wert
County Recorders Office, located on the 2nd floor of the Van Wert County Courthouse, 121 East Main Street, Room 206, Van Wert, Ohio 45891.
Said Premises located at 316 e. tullY St., ConVoY, ohio. ParCel
#02-002988.0000. Said premises appraised at $18,000.00 and cannot
be sold for less than two-thirds of that amount. THE FOLLOWING APPRAISAL did not INCLUDE AN INTERIOR EXAMINATION OF THE
PREMISES. TERMS OF SALE: Ten percent down day of sale, balance
due on delivery of deed.
Thomas M. Riggenbach, Sheriff / Bobbie Jo Garcia, Deputy
kirk SaMPSon, Attorney
Van Wert County, Ohio
6/21,6/28 & 7/5/2014
00095815

The State of Ohio, Van Wert County. firSt federal Bank of the
MidweSt, Plaintiff, -vs- Joyce Maynard, deceaSed, Defendant.
Case No. cV1402025 Pursuant to a Court Order of Sale issued by the
Clerk of Common Pleas Court, in the above entitled action, I will offer
for sale at a public auction, at the door of the courthouse in the basement of the Van Wert County Courthouse, in the above-named County
on friday, July 11, 2014 at 10:00 aM, the following described real
estate, situate in the County of Van Wert and State of Ohio, and in the
township of waShington. An approved legal description can be found
at the Van Wert County Recorders Office, located on the 2nd floor of the
Van Wert County Courthouse, 121 East Main Street, Room 206, Van
Wert, Ohio 45891.
Said Premises located at 527 tooMey St., delphoS, ohio. parcelS #25-051858.3400 and #25-051859.1000. Said premises appraised at $50,000.00 and cannot be sold for less than two-thirds of
that amount. THE FOLLOWING APPRAISAL did not INCLUDE AN
INTERIOR EXAMINATION OF THE PREMISES. TERMS OF SALE: Ten
percent down day of sale, balance due on delivery of deed.
Thomas M. Riggenbach, Sheriff / Bobbie Jo Garcia, Deputy
John liMing, Attorney
Van Wert County, Ohio
6/21,6/28 & 7/5/2014
00095809

The State of Ohio, Van Wert County. firSt financial Bank, Plaintiff, -vs- Brian M. foSter, Defendant. Case No. cV1311204 Pursuant
to a Court Order of Sale issued by the Clerk of Common Pleas Court, in
the above entitled action, I will offer for sale at a public auction, at the
door of the courthouse in the basement of the Van Wert County Courthouse, in the above-named County on friDaY, JulY 11, 2014 at 10:00
aM, the following described real estate, situate in the County of Van
Wert and State of Ohio, and in the township of tullY. An approved
legal description can be found at the Van Wert County Recorders Office,
located on the 2nd floor of the Van Wert County Courthouse, 121 East
Main Street, Room 206, Van Wert, Ohio 45891.
Said Premises located at 426 S. Main St., conVoY, ohio. Parcel
#2-004436.0000. Said premises appraised at $18,000.00 and cannot
be sold for less than two-thirds of that amount. THE FOLLOWING APPRAISAL DiD not INCLUDE AN INTERIOR EXAMINATION OF THE
PREMISES. TERMS OF SALE: Ten percent down day of sale, balance
due on delivery of deed.
Thomas M. Riggenbach, Sheriff / Bobbie Jo Garcia, Deputy
tina WooDS, Attorney
Van Wert County, Ohio
6/21,6/28 & 7/5/2014
00095816

The State of Ohio, Van Wert County. US Bank national aSSociation, Plaintiff, -vs- Jerry l. Snyder, Defendant. Case No.
cV1209239 Pursuant to a Court Order of Sale issued by the Clerk of
Common Pleas Court, in the above entitled action, I will offer for sale
at a public auction, at the door of the courthouse in the basement of the
Van Wert County Courthouse, in the above-named County on friday,
JUly 11, 2014 at 10:00 aM, the following described real estate, situate
in the County of Van Wert and State of Ohio, and in the township of
harriSon. An approved legal description can be found at the Van Wert
County Recorders Office, located on the 2nd floor of the Van Wert County Courthouse, 121 East Main Street, Room 206, Van Wert, Ohio 45891.
Said Premises located at 2742 US 224, ohio city, ohio. Parcel
#3-006144.0100. Said premises appraised at $60,000.00 and cannot
be sold for less than two-thirds of that amount. THE FOLLOWING APPRAISAL did not INCLUDE AN INTERIOR EXAMINATION OF THE
PREMISES. TERMS OF SALE: Ten percent down day of sale, balance
due on delivery of deed.
Thomas M. Riggenbach, Sheriff / Bobbie Jo Garcia, Deputy
colette carr, Attorney
Van Wert County, Ohio
6/21,6/28 & 7/5/2014
00095819

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The State of Ohio, Van Wert County. WellS fargo Bank, Plaintiff,
-vs- William roy lentz, Jr., Defendant. Case No. CV1312223 Pursuant to a Court Order of Sale issued by the Clerk of Common Pleas
Court, in the above entitled action, I will offer for sale at a public auction,
at the door of the courthouse in the basement of the Van Wert County
Courthouse, in the above-named County on friDay, July 11, 2014 at
10:00 am, the following described real estate, situate in the County of
Van Wert and State of Ohio, and in the township of WillShire. An approved legal description can be found at the Van Wert County Recorders
Office, located on the 2nd floor of the Van Wert County Courthouse, 121
East Main Street, Room 206, Van Wert, Ohio 45891.
Said Premises located at 18455 St. rte. 49, WillShire, ohio. ParCel #6-008976.0000. Said premises appraised at $39,000.00 and cannot be sold for less than two-thirds of that amount. THE FOLLOWING
APPRAISAL DiD INCLUDE AN INTERIOR EXAMINATION OF THE
PREMISES. TERMS OF SALE: Ten percent down day of sale, balance
due on delivery of deed.
Thomas M. Riggenbach, Sheriff / Bobbie Jo Garcia, Deputy
keVin WilliamS, Attorney
Van Wert County, Ohio
6/21,6/28 & 7/5/2014
00095812

The State of Ohio, Van Wert County. WellS fargo Bank, Plaintiff,
-vs- richard Wannemacher, Defendant. Case No. cV1110267
Pursuant to a Court Order of Sale issued by the Clerk of Common Pleas
Court, in the above entitled action, I will offer for sale at a public auction,
at the door of the courthouse in the basement of the Van Wert County
Courthouse, in the above-named County on fridaY, JulY 11, 2014 at
10:00 am, the following described real estate, situate in the County of
Van Wert and State of Ohio, and in the township of WaShington. An
approved legal description can be found at the Van Wert County Recorders Office, located on the 2nd floor of the Van Wert County Courthouse,
121 East Main Street, Room 206, Van Wert, Ohio 45891.
Said Premises located at 12225 delphoS SouthWorth rd.
(noW annexed1516 Bredeick), delphoS, ohio. parcel
#25-051858.2165. Said premises appraised at $90,000.00 and cannot
be sold for less than two-thirds of that amount. THE FOLLOWING APPRAISAL did not INCLUDE AN INTERIOR EXAMINATION OF THE
PREMISES. TERMS OF SALE: Ten percent down day of sale, balance
due on delivery of deed.
Thomas M. Riggenbach, Sheriff / Bobbie Jo Garcia, Deputy
todd mccurtY, Attorney
Van Wert County, Ohio
6/21,6/28 & 7/5/2014
00095811

COMMUNITY
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OUR TREE
SERVICE

The State of Ohio, Van Wert County. WellS fargo Bank, Plaintiff,
-vs- John Michael Pavel, Defendant. Case No. cv1305105 Pursuant to a Court Order of Sale issued by the Clerk of Common Pleas Court,
in the above entitled action, I will offer for sale at a public auction, at the
door of the courthouse in the basement of the Van Wert County Courthouse, in the above-named County on friDaY, JulY 11, 2014 at 10:00
aM, the following described real estate, situate in the County of Van
Wert and State of Ohio, and in the township of PleaSant. An approved
legal description can be found at the Van Wert County Recorders Office,
located on the 2nd floor of the Van Wert County Courthouse, 121 East
Main Street, Room 206, Van Wert, Ohio 45891.
Said Premises located at 731 S. Shannon St., van Wert, ohio.
Parcel #12-033960.0000. Said premises appraised at $30,000.00 and
cannot be sold for less than two-thirds of that amount. THE FOLLOWING APPRAISAL DiD not INCLUDE AN INTERIOR EXAMINATION
OF THE PREMISES. TERMS OF SALE: Ten percent down day of sale,
balance due on delivery of deed.
Thomas M. Riggenbach, Sheriff / Bobbie Jo Garcia, Deputy
JeffreY helMS, Attorney
Van Wert County, Ohio
6/21,6/28 & 7/5/2014
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The State of Ohio, Van Wert County. Van WerT COunTy TreaSurer BeVerly FuerST, Plaintiff, -vs- Brian M. FOSTer, Defendant. Case no. CV1312214
Pursuant to a Court Order of Sale issued by the Clerk of Common Pleas
Court, in the above entitled action, I will offer for sale at a public auction,
at the door of the courthouse in the basement of the Van Wert County
Courthouse, in the above-named County on FriDay, July 11, 2014 at
10:00 aM, the following described real estate, situate in the County of
Van Wert and State of Ohio, and in the township of Tully.
An approved legal description can be found at the Van Wert County
Recorders Office, located on the 2nd floor of the Van Wert County Courthouse, 121 East Main Street, Room 206, Van Wert, Ohio 45891.
Said Premises located at 127 W. Tully ST., COnVOy, OHiO, ParCel #02-002612.0000.
Said premises to be sold without appraisal for not less than $4,855.87 for
taxes, assessments, penalties and court costs to date herein, pursuant to
Section 5721.19 of the Ohio Revised Code. If no bids are received on July 11,
2014, the said premises will be offered for sale on July 25, 2014 at 10:00 AM.
TerMS OF Sale: Ten percent down day of sale, balance due on delivery of deed.
Thomas M. Riggenbach, Sheriff/Bobbie Jo Garcia, Deputy
ChARlES KEnnEDy, Attorney
6/21, 6/28 & 7/5/2014
00095817

SheriffS Sale of real eState

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The State of Ohio, Van Wert County. Phh Mortgage CorP, Plaintiff,
-vs- Jeffrey M. Painter, Defendant. Case No. CV1312221 Pursuant
to a Court Order of Sale issued by the Clerk of Common Pleas Court, in
the above entitled action, I will offer for sale at a public auction, at the
door of the courthouse in the basement of the Van Wert County Courthouse, in the above-named County on friDay, July 11, 2014 at 10:00
aM, the following described real estate, situate in the County of Van
Wert and State of Ohio, and in the township of WillShire. An approved
legal description can be found at the Van Wert County Recorders Office,
located on the 2nd floor of the Van Wert County Courthouse, 121 East
Main Street, Room 206, Van Wert, Ohio 45891.
Said Premises located at 605 fort reCoVery rD., WillShire,
ohio. ParCel #7-010368.0000. Said premises appraised at
$15,000.00 and cannot be sold for less than two-thirds of that amount.
THE FOLLOWING APPRAISAL DiD not INCLUDE AN INTERIOR
EXAMINATION OF THE PREMISES. TERMS OF SALE: Ten percent
down day of sale, balance due on delivery of deed.
Thomas M. Riggenbach, Sheriff / Bobbie Jo Garcia, Deputy
Craig thoMaS, Attorney
Van Wert County, Ohio
6/21,6/28 & 7/5/2014
00095813

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The State of Ohio, Van Wert County. Bank of america, Plaintiff, -vsJameS a. reynoldS, Defendant. Case No. cV1402026 Pursuant to
a Court Order of Sale issued by the Clerk of Common Pleas Court, in the
above entitled action, I will offer for sale at a public auction, at the door
of the courthouse in the basement of the Van Wert County Courthouse,
in the above-named County on friday, July 11, 2014 at 10:00 am,
the following described real estate, situate in the County of Van Wert and
State of Ohio, and in the township of JenningS. An approved legal description can be found at the Van Wert County Recorders Office, located
on the 2nd floor of the Van Wert County Courthouse, 121 East Main
Street, Room 206, Van Wert, Ohio 45891.
Said Premises located at 16085 JoneS rd., Venedocia, ohio.
Parcel #28-055116. Said premises appraised at $90,000.00 and cannot be sold for less than two-thirds of that amount. THE FOLLOWING
APPRAISAL did INCLUDE AN INTERIOR EXAMINATION OF THE
PREMISES. TERMS OF SALE: Ten percent down day of sale, balance
due on delivery of deed.
Thomas M. Riggenbach, Sheriff / Bobbie Jo Garcia, Deputy
charleS gaSior, Attorney
Van Wert County, Ohio
6/21,6/28 & 7/5/2014
00095810

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The State of Ohio, Van Wert County. NatioNStar, Plaintiff, -vsBreNda orSBoN, Defendant. Case No. CV1312217 Pursuant to a
Court Order of Sale issued by the Clerk of Common Pleas Court, in the
above entitled action, I will offer for sale at a public auction, at the door
of the courthouse in the basement of the Van Wert County Courthouse,
in the above-named County on fridaY, JulY 11, 2014 at 10:00 aM,
the following described real estate, situate in the County of Van Wert and
State of Ohio, and in the township of tullY. An approved legal description can be found at the Van Wert County Recorders Office, located on
the 2nd floor of the Van Wert County Courthouse, 121 East Main Street,
Room 206, Van Wert, Ohio 45891.
Said Premises located at 3865 CoNVoY rd., CoNVoY, ohio. ParCel #1-001488.0100. Said premises appraised at $90,000.00 and cannot be sold for less than two-thirds of that amount. THE FOLLOWING
APPRAISAL did Not INCLUDE AN INTERIOR EXAMINATION OF
THE PREMISES. TERMS OF SALE: Ten percent down day of sale, balance due on delivery of deed.
Thomas M. Riggenbach, Sheriff / Bobbie Jo Garcia, Deputy
Matthew Gladwell, Attorney
Van Wert County, Ohio
6/21,6/28 & 7/5/2014
00095814

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B6 Saturday, July 5 & Sunday, July 6, 2014

Times Bulletin/Delphos Herald

Friend has hard time finding a few kind words for bad book
DEAR ABBY: My friends
husband has been writing a
novel for several years. He just
self-published it, and its available on Amazon. He gave me
a copy, asked me to read it and
enter a great review on the Amazon page. The problem is the
book is filled with misused and
misspelled words, and there is
missing punctuation. He even
switched the names of two characters. (His wife, who is a perfectionist, was
his editor.)
Aside from the fact that I dont want to finish the book, I know he or my friend will ask
me how I liked it. I dont want to lie because
Im afraid if someone else brings these things
to their attention, theyll know I didnt read it
or think I should have told them. I know they
will be embarrassed if I bring it to their atten-

tion. Frankly, I think its too

late to say anything negative
because the book has already
been printed. I also dont want
to cause hurt feelings because
I know how long he worked
on this project and hes proud
with
of it. How do I handle this?
Jeanne
READER IN THE SOUTHPhillips
WEST
DEAR READER: Hes a
friend, right? And youre only a
reader, not a literary critic whose credibility
will suffer if you dont point out every flaw.
Find SOMETHING you liked about the book
and mention that on the Amazon page. You
could call it a page turner because you had
to turn from Page 1 to Page 2, didnt you? In
a case like this, less is more. And remember,
youre doing this in the capacity of being a
friend, not an English teacher.

Dear
abby

** ** **
DEAR ABBY: I have a friend whose son
was involved in a shooting which ended in a
death in her house. Should I send food, flowers
and a nice note in the mail or stand back and
not intrude? I sent a text asking if she was OK
and if I could do anything for her family, but I
dont know what else to do. We are more than
acquaintances but less than great friends.
UNSURE IN PENNSYLVANIA
DEAR UNSURE: If the funeral has been
held, your friend does not need flowers. At a
time like this, she could use some moral support. Call her and tell her you would like to
bring some food over and ask what she may
need. Then bring it to her, and be ready to
listen if she wants to talk. Your presence and
your caring will be meaningful, because when
a tragedy like this happens, people dont know
what to say, which isolates the person who is
grieving.

** ** **
Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was
founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips. Contact Dear Abby at www.DearAbby.com or P.O.
Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069.
** ** **
Good advice for everyone teens to seniors is in The Anger in All of Us and How
to Deal With It. To order, send your name and
mailing address, plus check or money order for
$7 (U.S. funds) to: Dear Abby, Anger Booklet,
P.O. Box 447, Mount Morris, IL 61054-0447.
(Shipping and handling are included in the
price.)
COPYRIGHT
2014
UNIVERSAL
UCLICK
1130 Walnut, Kansas City, MO 64106; 816581-7500

Wildfire preparation
Dear
Readers:
With
droughts becoming more
common across the United
States, WILDFIRES are always a possibility. Here are
some hints from the American Red Cross to keep you
and your family safe:
* Be prepared. Have an escape plan, with two possible
ways to get out of your neighborhood if fire is approaching.
* Back your car into the
driveway or garage for a fast
getaway.
* Keep some items to
tackle smaller fires near your
home, such as an ax, a rake,
buckets and shovels. This
could save your home until
help arrives.
* Keep a water source
outside to be used just for
putting fires out, such as
large drums of water, a small
pool, a pond or a hose.
* Have supplies ready to
leave with you: flashlight,
medications, first-aid kit,
cash, water, nonperishable
food and important documents.
* Have a plan for your
pets so they are not left behind.
More information can be
found at www.redcross.org.
Heloise
PET PAL
A reader sent in this picture of her four adopted cats spooning with each other.
Dear Readers: A reader,
They are all lying on their sides with their paws around each other. (Photo via email, sent in a picture of
submitted)

425 Houses For Sale

NEWLY REMODELED
country home. New
quartz countertops, new
glass mosaic
backsplash, new carpet,
new wood flooring,
3000+ sq. ft. with
basement, 3 bedrooms,
1 1/2 baths.
8029 St Rt 81
Rockford, Ohio
$139,900
419-203-2457.

555 Garage Sales/Yard

Sales

19285 STATE Rd. July

2nd-5th, 8am-6pm. Girls
clothes up to 6-6X. Boys
clothes 18mos-3T. Kids
Toys. Adult clothes,
large. Garage doors,
miscellaneous.

555 Garage Sales/Yard

Sales

CONVOY
9129 Harrison Willshire
Road (224 West to
Middlebury, North 2
Miles), July 4-July 6,
9:00-Dark, Queen Bed,
Dresser, Secretary, Twin
Beds, Stroller, Freezer,
1000s Miscellaneous.
DELPHOS
19285 State Road
July 2-5th, 8:00-6:00
GIrl Clothes Up To 6-6x,
Boy Clothes 18
Months-3T
Kid Toys, Adult
Clothes; Large,
Garage Doors,
Miscellaneous

555 Garage Sales/Yard

Sales

MOVING SALE! 3838

Southworth Rd., Delphos
July 5th 9am-5pm. Drill
press, tools, vintage burlap bags, dog kennels,
furniture, TVs, and much
more!
VAN WERT
1102 Heritage Ct.
Friday-Saturday
8am-5pm
Armour, Soccer Ball Net,
LOTS of Misc!!!
VAN WERT
320 S Cherry St V.W.O
in Rear
Friday-Saturday
8am-5pm
Little of Everything
Come and See!!

555 Garage Sales/Yard

Sales

VAN WERT
522 S. Shannon St.
Wednesday-Saturday
July 2-5,10a.m.-5p.m.
Primitive Hutch, Couch,
Table, Chairs, Desk,
Movies, Xbox Games,
Clothes, Books, Glass
Tables, Duncan Phyfe
Drop Leaf Dining Table
and Chairs, Tools, Many
New Items.
VAN WERT
Friday-Saturday,
9:00-2:00
622 Elm Street
Infant-Adult Clothes,
Beach Towels, Toys,
Movies, Computer,
Video Games, Shoes,
Houehold Items,
Miscellaneous

579 Picture It Sold

579 Picture It Sold

Tank/Trailer combo

$1500 OBO

1954 15HP Evinrude

motor
Electric motor
Fish finder
Cover
Nicely-painted trailer

419-203-1675

555 Garage Sales/Yard

Sales
VAN WERT
INDIAN LAKE
ESTATES ADDITION
July 10th-11th
8:00am-4:00pm
Both Days
1097 Chippewa Drive
1041 Chippewa Drive
1049 Chippewa Drive
1065 Chippewa Drive
1063 Shawnee Drive
1071 Shawnee Drive
Boys Clothes, Girls
Clothes, Housewares,
Christmas Wreaths,
Appliances, Dishes,
Canning Jars,
Longaberger Baskets,
Furniture, Bedding,
Miscellaneous,
Reasonable Prices.

555 Garage Sales/Yard

Sales

VENEDOCIA
15364 Reis Rd
July:11-12
July:18-19
9am-6pm
Estate Sale. Tools,
Household Items,
AC Front Loader for WD,
Grader Blade.
TOOLS

560 Home Furnishings

LIVING ROOM lamps,

two in excellent condition
$25 for set.

577 Miscellaneous
BRAND NEW in plastic!
QUEEN PILLOWTOP
MATTRESS SET
Can deliver, $150.
(260) 493-0805

579 Picture It Sold

14' Aluminum Row/Fishing boAt

1000 Gallon
tank and trailer
combination.
For farm use - or fill
your own pool!

419-203-0184

her four adopted cats spooning with each other. They are
all lying on their sides with
their paws around each other. The cats are great about
posing for pictures.
To see their picture, go to
my website, www.Heloise.
com, and click on Pets.
Heloise
SHARPEN THE STICKS
Dear Heloise: As I
struggled to insert 10 small
American flags into very
hard ground this morning for
the Memorial Day holiday,
I thought of the old pencil
sharpener sitting idle in the
cabinet. I then proceeded to
sharpen the sticks. Insertion into the ground was a
snap. I believe I came up
with the perfect solution. Its
a real back-saver. Eveleen
S. in Florida
That certainly makes the
task easier! This can be used
for any type of lawn decoration. Heloise
KEEP BLOOMING
Dear Heloise: Ive enjoyed the spectacular blossoms from my cymbidium
(orchid), but now they have
faded and I have cut them
back. I didnt know what to
do. I inserted a small pot of
moth orchids in the center
and enjoyed blossoms again
until the cymbidium blooms
again.

$700

from
Heloise

It also helps if you have

some dry green moss to cover the top of the moth orchid
plant. Gene in Texas
REPLACE THE ROLL
Dear Heloise: Best way
to never run out of toilet paper? Heres what I do: When
you have about 1/4 left on
the roll, replace it with a
full roll of toilet paper. Store
that small amount under the
bathroom-sink cabinet. Do
this in all of your bathrooms.
This way, even if you forget or didnt find the time to
go shopping, you will never
be without. Brenda B., Jupiter, Fla.
NO-SLIP SHOWER
Dear Heloise: After a recent surgery, I needed something to prevent myself from
slipping or falling when leaving the tub after a shower or
bath. I have some leftover
shelf liner, the plastic mesh
type, and it works perfectly.
It dries quickly on the
edge of the tub when not in
use. Lynn in Colorado
Springs, Colo.
(c)2014 by King Features
Syndicate Inc.

583 Pets and Supplies

CHIHUAHUA PUPPIES.
3 female, 1 male, born
4/28/14, $200. Parents
on-site, paper trained.
Ph. 419-905-5595.

805 Auto
2003 JEEP
Liberty Sport
Blue, 4wd, V6, a/c,
cruise control, power
locks and windows,
back hitch and
front tow hooks,
110,000 miles,
Runs Great.
$5500 o.b.o. Call after
3:30, 567-259-8610 or
leave message.

805 Auto

95 40TH Anny Ford

Thunderbird V8 $2000
will consider offers.
419-232-3035 or thornhill_farm@yahoo.com
for pics
GUARANTEED
TOP DOLLAR
FOR JUNK CARS
TRUCKS & VANS
CALL JACK @
260-466-8689

899 Wanted to Buy

WANTED: A Good Used

Refrigerator and Stove
In Van Wert
Call: 419-438-7004.

579 Picture It Sold

1988 FORD AEROSTAR

86,400 original miles

$2,100
OBO

419-232-2099

Hints

Please no calls
after 10:00 pm

2000 GRAND PRIX

3800 V-6
124,000 miles
Very clean
Loaded

$3,200
obo

419-605-6609 or 419-771-2879

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Saturday, July 5 & Sunday, July 6, 2014 B7

Average rate on 30-year

mortgages dips this week
WASHINGTON (AP) Average U.S. mortgage rates are
near historically low levels.
Mortgage company Freddie Mac said Thursday that the nationwide average rate for a 30-year loan dipped to 4.12 percent, down from 4.14 last week. The average for the 15-year
mortgage, which had taken a big dip the previous week, was
unchanged this week at 3.22 percent.
Rates on one-year adjustable mortgages averaged 2.38 percent this week, down from 2.40 percent last week.
Mortgage rates are slightly lower than they were at the same
time last year, having fallen recently after climbing last summer when the Federal Reserve began talking about trimming
back the monthly bond purchases it has been using to keep
long-term rates low.
At 4.12 percent, the rate on 30-year mortgages is down from
4.53 percent at the beginning of this year.

$tocks of Regional Interest

Name

Change

Dow Jones Industrial Average

+92.02
NASDAQ Composite
+28.19
NYSE COMPOSITE (DJ)
+54.38
S&P 500
+10.82
American Electric Power Co., Inc. -0.41
AT&T, Inc.
+0.17
AutoZone, Inc.
+4.15
Bob Evans Farms, Inc.
+0.59
Bunge Limited
-0.10
BP plc
-0.23
Citigroup Inc.
+0.23
CSX Corp.
+0.18
Cooper Tire & Rubber Co.
+0.23
CenturyLink, Inc.
+0.14
CVS Caremark Corporation
+0.58
Dominion Resources, Inc.
-0.98
Deere & Company
+1.03
The Walt Disney Company
+0.40
eBay Inc.
+0.39
Eaton Corporation plc
+0.69
Ford Motor Co.
+0.10
First Defiance Financial Corp.
+0.15
Federal-Mogul Holdings Corp.
+0.22
First Financial Bancorp.
+0.28
General Dynamics Corp.
+0.52
Goodrich Petroleum Corp.
-1.19
General Electric Company
+0.25
Greif, Inc.
+0.70
General Motors Company
0.00
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber
+0.08
Huntington Bancshares Inc.
+0.11
Health Care REIT, Inc.
-0.42
The Home Depot, Inc.
+0.07
Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
-0.04
International Business Machines +0.14
Johnson & Johnson
-0.44
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
+0.08
The Kroger Co.
+0.23
Kohls Corp.
+0.60
Lowes Companies Inc.
+0.11
McDonalds Corp.
+0.45
Microsoft Corporation
-0.10
MOTORS LIQUIDATION
0.00
Navistar International Corporation +0.40
Nucor Corporation
+0.87
Pepsico, Inc.
+0.35
The Procter & Gamble Company +0.42
Rite Aid Corporation
+0.40
RadioShack Corp.
+0.0054
Sprint Corporation
+0.12
Teleflex Incorporated
-0.12
Time Warner Inc.
+0.46
Textron Inc.
+0.16
United Security Bancshares Inc. 0.00
United Parcel Service, Inc.
+0.33
U.S. Bancorp
+0.34
Verizon Communications Inc.
+0.05
Wal-Mart Stores Inc.
+0.13
Wells Fargo & Company
+0.34
The Wendys Company
+0.03

Open
16,979.00
4,472.89
11,070.43
1,975.88
53.81
35.85
537.43
50.36
76.20
53.21
48.38
31.06
29.65
35.98
76.41
69.26
90.85
86.70
50.96
77.86
17.23
29.00
20.63
17.42
116.05
26.50
26.81
54.96
37.96
27.83
9.65
62.26
82.07
34.90
188.43
105.87
57.23
49.57
52.65
48.22
101.32
41.95
0.00
38.92
49.74
89.90
79.93
7.37
0.96
8.52
107.53
71.00
38.39
8.21
103.72
43.67
49.92
75.61
52.89
8.53

Close
17,068.26
4,485.93
11,104.72
1,985.44
53.76
35.84
539.46
50.95
76.06
53.15
48.24
31.20
29.71
36.08
76.83
68.66
91.38
86.84
50.94
78.29
17.32
28.97
20.82
17.66
116.02
25.31
26.86
55.65
37.74
27.91
9.70
61.92
82.05
35.00
188.53
105.42
57.05
49.66
52.95
48.23
100.98
41.80
0.0422
38.93
50.53
90.02
79.98
7.57
0.9618
8.60
107.34
71.39
38.33
8.08
103.88
43.59
49.71
75.75
53.00
8.55

REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS

Allen County
Amanda township
Andrew J. and Rachel L.
Bear to Wade P. and Beldeana
S. Wright, 7397 Agerter Road,
$27,000.
William Brice McBride to
James D. and Janice L. McBride, North Grubb Road,
$8,000.
David J. and Sandra E.
Kessen to James D. and Janice L. McBride, Grubb Road,
$96,000.
David J. and Sandra E. Kessen to Charles E. and Connie
Plikerd, Grubb Road, $100,000.
City of Delphos
Matthew C. and Rhonda K.
Stroh and Sheriff Samuel A.
Crish to Federal National Mortgage Association, 622 Fort Jennings Road, $174,182.
Gregory S. and Maria Kill
to KJD LLC, 681 E. 7th St.,
$50,000.
Kelly S. and Randy Kunk to
Reginda D. Brenneman, 215 S.
Pierce St., $52,000.
State of Ohio and Allen
County Auditor to Lima Florida
Properties LLC, 904 S. Adams
St., $28,000.
Marion township
Clint J. Gable to Mary Jo
Schmersal and James E. Dickman, co-executors, Mary Felicia Dickman Estate, 10790
Elida Road, R2, $1,000.
Mary Jo Schmersal and
James E. Dickman, co-executors, Mary Felicia Dickman,
deceased to James E. Dickman,
10790 Elida Road R2, $33,500.
John E. and Judy C. Grone
to Byron R. and Jeannine M.
Nolan, Elida Road, $54,000.
Eugene H. and Linda L.
Haunhorst to Bonnie R. Hohlbein, Acadia Road, $45,000.
spencer township
Alan Etzkorn to Shirley
Hoehn, Acadia Road, $103,200.
Village of spencerville
Todd B. Vandemark to Seth
A. Monfort and Andrea M. Lee,
514 E. 6th St., $134,500.
Lyn David McMichael to
Rebecca Tracey, North Broadway Street, $55,000.
Secretary of Housing and
Urban Development to Steven
E. Burden, 307 N. Elizabeth St.,
$27,235.
sugar Creek township
Winifred C. Martz to Kip L.
Martz, West Lincoln Highway,

$180,000.
Putnam County
David L. Felkey dec., .55
acre Ottawa, to Lois A. Felkey.
Pauline L. Groff, dec., 1.357
acres Perry Township, to Margaret S. Agner, Dawn D. Bushong and Susan Johnston.
Gilboa Pentecostal Church
of God, Silvio Jimenez TR and
Ruby McGowan TR, Lot 68
Gilboa, to Pentecostal Church
of God Ohio District of Arlington Ohio.
Pentecostal Church of God
District of Arlington Ohio, Lot
68 Gilboa to Gilboa Riverside
Rentals LLC.
Jill R. Niese, Lot 1055
Leipsic, to Roger E. Niese.
Kurt J. Ruhe and Nicole M.
Ruhe, Lot 10 and 11 Glandorf,
to Camas LLC.
Elaine K. Gideon nka
Elaine K. Ashley and James A.
Gideon, 4.293 acres and 28.720
acres Riley Township to James
A. Gideon.
Keith J. Duling, 3.0 acres
Van Buren Township to Heather R. Reynolds and Nathan P.
Reynolds.
Janice L. Fridley, 1.64 acres
Riley Township to Timothy I.
Meyer.
Carol A. Krietemeyer and
Donald T. Krietemeyer, 2.16
acres Jennings Township to
Donald T. Krietemeyer.
Carol A. Krietemeyer and
Donald T. Krietemeyer LE,
2.16 acres Jennings Township
to Carol A. Krietemeyer.
Carol A. Krietemeyer LE
and Donald T. Krietemeyer,
2.16 acres Jennings Township
to Krietah LLC.
Donald T. Krietemeyer and
Carol Ann Krietemeyer, parcel
Jennings Township and 80.0
acres Monterey Township to
Donald T. Krietemeyer.
Donald T. Krietemeyer LE
and Carol A. Krietemeyer, parcel Jennings Township, 80.00
acres Monterey Township and
77.40 acres Jennings Township
to Carol A Krietemeyer.
Carol A. Krietemeyer LE
and Donald T. Krietemeyer,
parcel Jennings Township,
77.40 acres Jennings Township and 80.0 acres Monterey
Township to Krietah LLC.
Kristine M. Vandemark,
Lot 40 Kalida, to Brooke L.
Etzkorn

Brian Charles Vorst, Lot 31

Kalida, to US Bank Trust.
Stephanie M. Braun, 1.21
acres Sugar Creek Township to
US Bank Trust.
Betty Helen Stucky, .214
acre Pandora to Debra J. Coats
and James R. Coats.
Janell K. Reichenbach,
Lot 611 Pandora to Jeremy R.
Darth.
Brenda J. Inkrott, Dennis
Inkrott, Anthony D. Schroeder, Cheryl Schroeder, Gwen
Schroeder, Kathy A. Schroeder, Patrick E. Schroeder, Philip
L. Schroeder, Sarah Schroeder
and Terrence J. Schroeder, 2.0
acres Van Buren Township to
John C. Schroeder.
Sybil A. Pierman, .620 acre
and 13.370 acres Ottawa Township to Gregory P. Verhoff and
Jamie L. Verhoff.
Jason M. Grothause and
Lori A. Grothause, 2.0 acres
Jackson Township to Tiffany
N. Barber and Craig D. Saum.
Sybil A. Pierman, 17.578
acres and 4.201 acres Ottawa
Township to Affenschaft LLC.
Janelle L. Schroeder, parcel
Jennings Township to Jason M.
Grothause and Lorie A. Grothause.
Van Wert County
W. DeWayne Hyman, Nancy L. Hyman to Kenneth L.
Keysor Family Trust, portion of
section 25, Ridge Township.
Farmers Grain & Feed Co.
to David Jason Kessen, Sandra
E. Kessen, portion of section 2,
Washington Township.
Tyler L. Johnson to Brooke
L. Gamble, portion of inlot 965,
Van Wert.
John W. Smith, John Smith
to MSCS Real Estate LLC,
portion of section 25, Pleasant
Township.
MSCS Real Estate LLC to
John W. Smith, portion of section 36, Pleasant Township.
Wells Fargo Bank to John
Pissarro, portion of section 25,
Pleasant Township (Baltzells
subdivision, lot 3).
Estate of Berneice Young to
Robert C. Young, inlot 3338,
portion of inlot 3339, portion of
sections 13, 36, York Township,
portion of section 31, Jennings
Township.
Kimberly A. Metz to Joel
Michael Foudy, Kristi Ann
Foudy, portion of section 6,

Pleasant Township.
Estate of David James Stevens, a.k.a. David J. Stevens to
Stella Jane Stevens, portion of
inlot 2201, Van Wert.
Estate of Timothy P. Giffin
to Katherine E. Giffin Beck,
portion of section 25, Pleasant
Township (Baltzells subdivision, lot 10).
W. Wallace Grimm, Donna
L. Grimm to Kevin D. Longstreth, Danielle N. Longstreth,
inlot 3710, Van Wert.
Bur Oak LLC to Travis J.
Schimmoeller, Jill M. Schimmoeller, portion of section 36,
Washington Township (Hickory Meadows subdivision, lot 4).
HSI Asset Securitization
Corporation Trust 2006-HE2
to Creative Home Buying Solutions Inc., lot 14-2, Van Wert
subdivision.
Michael R. Smitley, Sarah M.
Smitley to Chad David Dicke,
Meghan E. Dicke, portion of inlots 1031, 1032, Van Wert.
Van Wert Federal Savings
Bank to George L. Webb, Shirley A. Webb, inlot 1075, Van
Wert.
Conrad Johnson, Kathy
Johnson to Anthony S. Gordon,
portion of section 15, Union
Township.
William J. Schimmoeller,
Madelyn A. Schimmoeller to
Madelyn A. Schimmoeller Living Trust, inlot 824, Delphos.
Secretary of Housing and
Urban Development to Nicklis
A. Reigle, portion of section 13,
Willshire Township.
Pohlman Trust, Harold J.
Pohlman Revocable Trust, Dolores M. Pohlman Revocable
Trust to Dolores M. Pohlman
Credit Shelter Trust, Harold J.
Pohlman Credit Shelter Trust,
portion of section 25, Washington Township, lot 5-1, portion
of lot 5, portion of lot 67, lot 65,
portion of lot 66, Delphos subdivision.
Kelly J. Janka, Kelly Janka
to Clyde Bugle LLC, portion of
lot 81-4, Van Wert subdivision.
Laurie J. Barktley, Laurie
J. Janka, Mark A. Bartley to
Clyde Bugle LLC, inlot 1687,
Van Wert.
Estate of Glenn E. Fackler to
Sharon Kay Fackler, portion of
section 35, Tully Township.
Shirley A. Weir, Shirley
Weir to Robert H. Pierce, inlot

1274, Van Wert.

Estate of Martin T. McDonough Jr. to Betty Jane McDonough, inlot 1198, Van Wert.
Secretary of Housing and
Urban Development to Jeanne
E. Hollon, portion of section 33,
Ridge Township.
Life Star Rescue Inc. to
Braun Holdings LLC, lots 487,
458, Van Wert subdivision.
Joy Showalter, Joy Showalter-Oliver to Bruce Oliver, inlot
230, portion of inlot 231, Ohio
City.
Joy Showalter, Joy Showalter-Oliver to Bruce R. Oliver,
inlot 145, portion of inlot 146,
Ohio City.
Ruth M. Reed, Homer J.
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Washington Township.
Frederick B. Fortman, Fred
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Fred Fortman, Roselyn Fortman, Jerome Fortman, Jack
Fortman, portion of inlot 236,
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Lindy J. Schwab, Lindy
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Rick Holdgreve to Michael J.
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Ohioans can search sex

offender phone, email info
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP)
Ohioans can now see
hile this is not
whether phone numbers,
an absolute,
email addresses or screen
names belong to registered 100 percent, foolsex offenders under a new feature added to the states online proof way to see
database, the states attorney if the person on
general said Thursday.
the other end of
The sex offender registry
lists residents convicted of that phone number
sex crimes and labeled sex of- or email is a sex
fenders. The public can search
the database by name or loca- offender, it is, we
believe, a valuable
tion to find offenders.
The registrys new reverse- tool.
lookup feature lets people
input phone numbers, email
Attorney General Mike
addresses or online screen
DeWine
names used for video games
or social media to see whether
a registered sex offender has contacted them. If the information
matches an offender, the searcher will be told to immediately
contact their county sheriffs office or the states Bureau of
Criminal Investigation. It does not display the offenders name.
It would be up to the local sheriff to decide how to proceed.
Attorney General Mike DeWine announced the change at a
news conference in Columbus with the Buckeye State Sheriffs
Association. Only seven other states have the lookup feature,
he said.
DeWine acknowledged the search has pitfalls. For instance,
offenders could lie about their online information or change
their email addresses or screen names.
While this is not an absolute, 100 percent, fool-proof way
to see if the person on the other end of that phone number or
email is a sex offender, it is, we believe, a valuable tool, he
said.
DeWine said the new lookup could be helpful to parents who
see unfamiliar phone numbers on their childrens cellphones or
find strange emails or messages through their online accounts.
Some sex offenders also prey upon parents to get to their
children, he said. There have been instances when mothers
have met someone online only to have their child molested by
the person later.
Ohio has nearly 18,000 registered sex offenders.
The offenders are required to provide their home and work
addresses, phone numbers, email addresses and screen names
to their county sheriffs office. The information goes into a system maintained by the attorney general.

Online:
Sex Offender Registry: http://bit.ly/TRgGea

N.C coast survives hurricane

KILL DEVIL HILLS, N.C. (AP) Proving far less damaging than feared, Hurricane Arthur left tens of thousands of people
without power Friday in a swipe at North Carolinas dangerously
exposed Outer Banks, then brought lousy Fourth of July beach
weather to the Northeast as it veered out to sea.
The weather along the narrow barrier islands whose beaches draw hundreds of thousands of tourists every summer had
already cleared by Friday afternoon as Arthur scooted north and
its outer bands scraped the Delaware and New Jersey shores. Forecasters predicted the storm would weaken before its center moves
over western Nova Scotia in Canada early Saturday.

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STORY OF THE DAY

Solid US job gains

pointing to a
stronger recovery
By JOSH BOAK
AP Economics Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) The 5-year-old U.S. recovery
is gaining momentum from a surprisingly robust job market
and moving the economy closer to full health.
Employers added 288,000 jobs in June and helped cut the
unemployment rate from 6.3 percent to 6.1 percent, the lowest since 2008. It was the fifth straight monthly gain above
200,000 the best such stretch since the late 1990s tech
boom.
The stock market signaled its approval. The Dow Jones
industrial average surged 92 points to top 17,000 for the first
time.
The breadth and consistency of the job growth are striking in part because of how poorly the year began. The economy shrank at a steep 2.9 percent annual rate in the JanuaryMarch quarter as a harsh winter contributed to the sharpest
contraction since the depths of the recession.
Yet employers have shrugged off that setback. Theyve
kept hiring.
The unemployment rate dipped from 6.3 percent in May
to its lowest level since the financial crisis struck with full
force in the fall of 2008, when the Wall Street firm Lehman
Brothers went bankrupt.
This has now become a textbook jobs expansion, said
Patrick OKeefe, director of economic research at the consultancy CohnReznick. It is both broad and accelerating.
At least one nagging doubt is dampening the enthusiasm:
Can the stepped-up hiring lead to higher incomes? Wages
have yet to outpace inflation for most workers. Eventually,
analysts say, the falling unemployment rate should cause pay
to rise more sharply. But no one knows precisely when.

In this Thursday, June 12, 2014 photo, people

wait in line for the Cleveland Career Fair in
Independence, Ohio. U.S. employers accelerated
their hiring in June, adding a robust 288,000 jobs
and helping drive the unemployment rate to 6.1
percent, the lowest since September 2008, the
Labor Department reported, Thursday, July 3,
2014. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak)
The jobs report did make clear that, five years after the recession officially ended, the U.S. economy is showing more
vitality even as major economies in Europe and Asia continue to struggle.
Last months solid hiring followed gains of 217,000 jobs
in May and 304,000 in April, figures that were revised upward by a combined 29,000.
Over the past 12 months, the economy has added nearly
2.5 million jobs an average of 208,000 a month, the fastest year-over-year pace since 2006.
Economists say the steady U.S. hiring should fuel more
purchases of goods from Asia and Europe and strengthen
those economies at least slightly. Much of Europe is suffering from high unemployment. And China is trying to moderate its economys growth without slowing it too much.

California city is latest immigration flashpoint

MURRIETA, Calif. (AP) Rumors
had swirled among anti-immigration activists near a U.S. Border Patrol station in
Southern California that the agency would
try again to bus in some of the immigrants
who have flooded across the U.S.-Mexico
border.
Instead, they got dueling anti- and proimmigration rallies Friday.
The crowd of 200 outside the station
in Murrieta waved signs and sometimes
shouted at each other. One banner read:
Proud LEGAL American. It doesnt
work any other way. Another countered:
Against illegal immigration? Great! Go
back to Europe!

Law enforcement officers separated the

two sides and contained them on one approach to the station, leaving open an approach from the opposite direction.
It was not certain, however, that any
buses would arrive on Friday. Because of
security concerns, federal authorities have
said, they will not publicize immigrant
transfers among border patrol facilities. By
late afternoon many demonstrators were
leaving.
Six people were arrested, five for interfering with police who were investigating a
fight and one for disorderly conduct early,
police said. One of the five was a woman
who jumped on an officers back, but po-

lice did not give details on the actions of

the rest.
Earlier this week, the city became the
latest flashpoint in the intensifying immigration debate when a crowd of protesters
waving American flags blocked buses carrying women and children who were flown
from overwhelmed Texas facilities.
Federal authorities had hoped to process
them at the station in Murrieta, about 55
miles north of downtown San Diego.
This is a way of making our voices
heard, said Steve Prime, a resident of nearby Lake Elsinore. The governments main
job is to secure our borders and protect us
and theyre doing neither.

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